Mazel Toy!

Holiday Planning

Blind date leads to Yom Kippur dance invitation.

By Leonard Poger
Copy Editor

he High Holidays were nearing in
1953 and Sol Margolis, a college
freshman who had just ended a rela-
tionship, needed a date for the

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Look g back on 50 years

of marriage, Barbara, 68,

has several tips ar yourrs

couples who want to

know what makes for a

iifelong commitment.

Lyzohub

Sept. 18

Aug. 27

Elvira and Walter
Lyzohub Jr. of Livonia
are proud and delighted
to announce the birth of
their first child, David
Michael. Loving grand-
mother Roza welcomed
him with much happi-
ness, hugs and kisses.

Jocelyn (Traitel) Tink and Jason Tink of
Birmingham are happy to announce the
birth of their daughter, Naomi Shea.
Welcoming her home is big sister Zoey.
Proud grandparents are Linda and Myron
Tink of Farmington Hills and Richard and
Gloria Traitel of West Bloomfield. Sharing
their joy is great-grandfather William
Traitel of West Bloomfield. Naomi Shea is
named in loving memory of her maternal
great-grandmother Shirley Traitel and her
paternal great-grandmother Sylvia Tink.

Sept. 16

Jodi (Roth) and Joshua Isser of Walled
Lake are thrilled to announce the birth of
their beautiful daughter, Hannah Sara.
Welcoming her home with love, hugs and
kisses is her big brother
Daniel, 2'/2. Also sharing
in the joy are great-
grandmother "Nana"
Gertrude Silverman of
West Bloomfield and
grandparents Laura and
Isser
Burton Roth of West
Bloomfield and Leonard
and Sandra Isser of Boynton Beach, Fla.
Hannah Sara is named in loving memory
of her maternal grandmother Hilda Frank-
Roth and paternal grandmother Sarah
Isser.

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upcoming Yom Kippur dance, then the
major social event for young Jewish
singles.
A friend suggested a blind date with
Barbara Bogrow, a Detroit Central
High School junior and two years
younger than Sol. But he wanted to
meet her before inviting her to the
High Holiday dance.
Barbara agreed "because I had
nothing else to do," she chuckled.
She understood that "he was looking
me over."
During that first date, the age dif-
ference "never came into play," and
Sol clearly liked what he saw and
heard. "We hit it off," he recalled.
Barbara's first impression was also
positive. "He seemed like a nice guy,"
she said, "and he had a car."
Sol invited Barbara to the Yom
Kippur dance 52 years ago. Two years
later, they were married.

Aug. 11

Jodi (Weiss) and Robert Mills of West
Bloomfield announce with great joy and
happiness the birth of
their son, Jacob Seth
(Ya'akov Shalom).
Sharing in their joy are
grandparents Annie and
Gary Weiss and Sharon
and Stuart Mills, all of
West Bloomfield. Jacob
Mills
is named in memory of
his maternal great-
grandfather Icek (Jack) Jablonka and his
paternal great-grandmother Sadie Mills.

The West Bloomfield
couple celebrated their
50th anniversary on
Sept. 11 with a dinner
hosted by their three
daughters and sons-in-
law, Nancy and Peter
Winagar of Novi, Marcie
and Paul Strasberger of
Oak Park, and Sheryl and David
Stoddard of Oak Park. Sharing in the
event were grandchildren Michael,
Rachel, Hilary, Steven, Mallory and
Heather.
Sol worked mostly in retail sales,
serving as general manager of the six
Ross Music stores. Later, he worked
for Lafayette Radio and World
Camera. In 1971, he went into busi-
ness for himself, opening a bookstore
in western Wayne County. The grand
opening featured author Arthur Haley.
Although the bookstore didn't last,

Sol and

Barbara

Margolis

Sol is still in sales as a self-employed
insurance agent based in Southfield.
Looking back on 50 years of mar-
riage, Barbara, 68, has several tips
for young couples who want to know
what makes for a lifelong commit-
ment.
"My grandmother told me, 'Don't go
to bed mad."' Another suggestion:
"Enjoy every day and make it count."
Couples should "not sweat the small
stuff — it's all small stuff."
Sol, 70, added, "When you have a
fight, you make up. Don't let things
linger." 0

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Notices

In an attempt to keep the notices that mark youth on their path to maturity
meaningful yet brief, we have decided to change the items to include.
We have eliminated the reference to the school "honor" ranking because it
differs from school to school. Since mitzvah projects have increased, we ask that
only one be selected to be representative of tzedakah.
Thank you for your adherence to these changes.

Megan Elizabeth Bounds will read
from the Torah when she is called to the
bimah during
Havdalah services at
Temple Israel
Saturday, Nov. 5. Her
parents are Laurie and
Matthew Bounds.
Sharing the simchah
will be her grandpar-
Bounds
ents Phyllis and Stanley
Berger. She is also the
grandchild of the late Ann and David
Bounds.
Megan is a student at Cranbrook
Kingswood Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. She found it especially meaningful
to volunteer at the Cookies and Dreams
fund-raising event for camp Mak-A
Dream.

Madelaine Allison Bryen will celebrate
her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel
Saturday, Nov. 5. She is the daughter of
Marjorie and Eric R. Bryen and sister of
Elysa. Her proud grand-
parents are Jane and
William Godin. She is
also the granddaughter
of the late Helen Bryen
and the late Lenore
Godin.
Attending Dunckel
Middle School in
Bryen
Farmington Hills,
Madelaine felt it very
meaningful to volunteer as an assistant
teacher at the Montessori Center of
Farmington Hills for a week as one of her
mitzvah projects.

November 3 . 2005

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