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Fashion Writer Tavy Stone to be inducted into Michigan
Journalism Hall of Fame.
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would consider the less important top-
very once in a while, a jour-
ics — fashion, entertaining, parties,
nalist comes along whose
offbeat people and relationships," said
riting style is as newswor-
her husband in nominating her.
thy as the news itself.
He added that she "had an uncanny
Charlotte "Tavy" Stone was such a per-
ability
to sniff out the latest trend, find
son.
the
future
bestseller, the hot Christmas
For 25 years as a freelancer and then
toy
or
the
coming spring color and be
as fashion writer for the Detroit News,
the
first
to
write about it."
Stone covered Detroit society, men-
She often went to New York City for
tored young journalists and promoted
fashion openings, he said, but noted
civic projects.
The fashion writer, feature writer and "she was Detroit through and through
lifestyle writer, who died in 1985 at age and was happiest when writing about
her native city and its people and
57, will be one of four inductees into
attractions."
the Michigan Journalism
While at the News, she
Hall of Fame at a banquet
created
Contact 10, a col-
on April 20 at the Kellogg
umn that tried to help
Center at Michigan State
readers who wrote in with
University.
a problem; created Cleo, a
Her husband, William
nationally known astrolo-
Stone, of Bloomfield
gist;
and covered the wed-
Township nominated her.
ding
of Prince Charles
The Hall's board unani-
and
Princess
Diana.
mously approved the nom-
Among
the
up-and-
ination Jan. 15.
coming journalists she
"The biggest tribute I
Charlotte "Tavy" Stone
encouraged along the way
can pay is to say her sto-
were
Molly Abraham,
ries were worth reading
Linda
Solomon
and
Bob Talbert.
even if you didn't have a lick of interest
Stone
was
a
winner
of City of
in the subject matter; the writing was
Detroit
Citizens
Awards
from Mayors
that good and that engaging," said
Jerome
Cavanagh
and
Coleman
Young
Robert A. Sklar, editor of the Detroit
for
her
civic
contributions,
including
Jewish News, who seconded the nomi-
creating Detroit's "Biggest Garage Sale"
nation of his aunt. "She set a break-
at Cobo Center and an antique-flea
through standard by which the best
market on the streets of downtown
and brightest work of today's feature
Detroit.
writers is measured."
Today, the Tavy Stone Fashion
Stone's trademarks were her work
Library,
funded by the Tavy Stone
ethic and her original writing style.
Foundation,
is housed in the Detroit
Stone attended Highland Park
Historical
Museum.
It was conceived
schools. She graduated from the
especially
for
high
school
and college
University of Chicago at age 18 as part
students interested in fashion and jour-
of a special scholarship program. Her
nalism.
journalism career started in 1960 with
Other Michigan Journalism Hall of
freelance work at the Detroit Free Press
Fame
inductees this year are David
and the Detroit News. In 1975, the
Ashenfelter,
enterprise reporter for the
News hired her full time.
Detroit
Free
Press
and a Pulitzer Prize
"During the height of the newspaper
winner
for
the
Detroit
News; Harry
war in Detroit, fashion writing was
Atkins,
Associated
Press
sports editor;
viewed by the Detroit News as a major
and the late Kenneth Lowe, editor of
battlefront," said Ben Burns, a former
the Mining Journal in Marquette and
News editor who helped hire her. "But
later
editor of the Michigan Out-of-
Tavy was much more than a fashion
Doors
magazine. The newest inductees
writer. She was lifestyles writer, who
bring
the
Hall of Fame membership to
could translate her enthusiasm for life
106.
and the world into award-winning
For banquet reservations, call (517)
copy."
353-6430.
Her impact "was all the more strik-
ing because she wrote about what some
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Institute Plans
Remembrance
The Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-
Christian Studies will host a community-
wide Christian Holocaust Memorial
Service at the National Shrine of the
Little Flower at 12 Mile and Woodward
in Royal Oak at 3 p.m. Sunday, March
10; it is open to the public at no charge.
The speaker will be Anneke Burke-
Kooistra who lived in the Netherlands
during the Holocaust. Her parents hid
eight Jews in their home.
A reception and opportunity for dis-
cussion with Burke-Kooistra will follow
the service. Esther Posner, a Southfield
resident who was a hidden child in the
Netherlands, will respond to Burke-
Kooistra at the reception.
For information, contact David
Blewett, (248) 557-4522.
Jerusalem: Topic
Of Parlor Meeting
The state of affairs in Jerusalem will be
the subject of a parlor meeting on
Tuesday, March 12, in West Bloomfield.
The guest speaker will be a former
Detroit Jewish community shaliach
(Israel emissary).
Yefet Ozery, the North American
Desk of the Jerusalem Foundation
director, will speak at 7 p.m. at the
home of Sharona Shapiro and David
Lerner.
Ozery will present the challenges fac-
ing the Foundation and all Israel sup-
porters. The discussion topic will be
"Jerusalem: Now More Than Ever,"
keying on the Palestinian intifada
(uprising), now 18 months long.
"In its toughest hour, nearly all visi-
tors have abandoned Jerusalem," says
Shapiro. "Once the heartbeat of a
bustling city, Jerusalem's center now is a
wash of empty hotels and closed-down
businesses. With unemployment rates at
an all-time high, anxiety for the future
is nearly all consuming."
Terrorists are aiming to destroy not
only the lives of Jerusalem's residents,
but also their city's strength, spirit and
hope," she added.
The Jerusalem-based Jerusalem
Foundation was founded 36 years ago
by then-mayor Teddy Kollek. Through
partnership with the international
Friends of Jerusalem, the Foundation
offers educational, cultural and social
service opportunities.
For parlor meeting reservations, call
(248) 788-2026.