fro,- th ( *". RDWOOD :1737:Mo ir ONLY NO RISK FLOORING COMPANY IN THE AREA!, AL HAVNER AND SONS HARDWOOD FLOORS 3rd & 4th generation hardwood flooring craftsmen. The only company in town who can eliminate the financial, emotional and psychological risk factors of hiring a company that you really know nothing about to come in and work in your life's biggest investment. metro >> that's life Hard-Working Family Man Jay Grant is 89 and still working. • When you're !coking at wood floors, consider the real thing - real, hand scraped wood floors. • We are one of the only companies in Michigan who do an authentic hand-scraped hardwood floor. MY SECRET.' will not ask you for a dime up front, all I ask is that you pay me when the job is complete and you are satisfied with your floor... How's that for a guarantee???? Call Al HAVER & SONS today! 313-561-3330 or 313-769-6558 GOLNICK PEDIATRIC tfc ADOLESCENT DENTISTRY Marion and Jay Grant and the families of Dr. Arnold & Linda Golnick and Dr. Jason & Marla Golnick Wish their family, friends & patients a Happy Passover Lakes Medical Center 248-668-0022 2300 Haggerty Rd., Ste. 1180 W. Bloomfield ROBERT LAWRENCE For State Rept:esentativ Enjoy a happy and healthy Passover Robert Lawrence, Candiate for State House District 40 www.electrobertiawrence.org Paid for by the Committee to Elect Robert Lawrence Sue Pearl Special to the Jewish News R ecounting the story of Jay Grant's life would be dif- ficult without the help of his wife, Marion. Jay, 89, and Marian, 86, have been married for more than 69 years. Marion's heartfelt explana- tion is simple. "Who better to tell his story than me?" When Jay and Marion met, he was 19 and she was just two weeks shy of her 16th birthday. "I lied to Jay and told him that I was 17," said Marion, who met her future husband at a dance at the Jewish Community Center in Detroit in 1941. "Jay kept pursuing me, but I wanted to have nothing to do with him. I told my mother, 'Tell that arrogant fellow with the black curly hair that I don't want to see him!' Jay wouldn't give up though." A year and a half later they were engaged. Right before their engage- ment party, Jay received his draft notice from the Army. The couple had a very small wedding at an aunt's house before he had to leave for duty. Jay was a classified engineer, a B-24 gunner. "I was very lucky because just before I was supposed to be deployed overseas, it was announced that the war had ended:' he said. After the war, Jay and Marion raised their five children in Detroit. They currently live in Southfield. "It wasn't easy in the beginning for us:' said Marion, whose husband sometimes worked seven days a week, holding down three jobs at a time. "Jay would say, 'A man does what he has to do ... my life is my family.' He never complained." One summer in the early 1960s, both Jay and Marion simultaneously were recuperating from emergency surgeries. (He had a double-hernia and she had a tumor removed.) "We always did like to do everything together," joked Jay. "That summer, our five children [ages 12,13,14,16 and 19 at the time] literally supported us:' said Marion. "They all got various jobs from delivering newspapers to work- ing at a carry-out restaurant. The kids paid all the bills including our mortgage. They have all since grown Family Man on page 28 26 April 5 . 2012