Grosse Pointe News - Local History Archives

May 16, 1991
Grosse Pointe News
Dorothy Comstock Riley to speak
The GIO"..,CPUI/lte Chaptci of
the American RlNIIl''l;; Wom
en's ASSOClatlO1l \\,III hold It~
annual bUbl r~:'t
ness asso
clate event #q,ft
on Wedneb ; ~
day, May 22,
to honor the
buslIless as
soclate" and
employer" of
ABWA mem
bel'S and pro
Vide an op
portumty to RUey
leal n about other fields, mdus
tnes and posItions
Dorothy Comstock Riley, as.
socmte justtce of the Michigan
supreme court, Will be the
guest speaker Her tOpiC wtll be
"Court Agenda - 21st Cent
tury"
Riley has received many
awards The most recent were
an honorary doctor of lllws
from the Umvel slty of Detroit
Law School and the Dtstm.
gUlshed Alumm Award, Wayne
State Unlverstty, IJ1 1990
The AmerIcan Bustness
Women's AssociatIOn currently
has 100,000 members natIOn.
Wide As an educational as,,"o
CtatlOn, the awarding of schol
at !ohlps is one of ABW A's key
programs The month of May IS
"cholalshlp month Locally, the
Grosse POinte Chaptel has
awarded $19,000 to women
The mIssIon of the Amel'lcan
Busllless Women's A~latlOn
IS to brmg together worklllg'
women of all backgrounds and
to provide oPportUl1ltles for
them to help themselves and
others grow personally and
plofesslOnaIly through leader
ship, educatIOn, netwOJ kll1g
support and nahonal Iecogm
tlOn All employed indiVIduals
who support the mISSIOn and
goals of the associatIOn al'e eh
glble for membership
The meetlllg w1I1 begin With
cocktalIs at 6 pm., followed by
dmner with musIc by Ruth
Cowan, pianist For further InformatIOn
about the locatIOn of
the meeting and reservations,
call Donna, 268-2559, OJ Bar
bara, 293-2164
League of Women Voters to meet
"Politics In Grosse POinte -
Then and Now," will be dIScussed
by Jean Dodenhoff, CUIa.
tor of the GIOS'>e POlJ1te Hlstoncal
Soctety at the League of
Women Votel's annual meeting
and dmner at GIObse POlllte
Memonal ChUlch on Wednes
Fort Pontchartrain
The next meeting of the Fort
Pontchartrain Chapter of the
NSDAR Will be held at the De.
troit Boat Club on Friday, May
17.
New officers WIll be Installed.
The speaker Will be Mrs Milbert
A. Ellman.
Grosse Pointe
Jewish Co uncil
The Grosse POll1te JewIsh
Council will sponsol a free lec
ture at 7:30 p.m on Tuesday,
May 28, at Grosse Pointe Unit
tal'lan Church, 17150 Maumee
The speaker wtll be Isaac
Lakritz, U.S. representative,
American Society for Techmon
Umverslty
He wIll dISCUSS"Is
rael in the 199Os' Political and
MIlitary Preparedness "
The commumty IS Invited.
Ribbon Farms
Membel s of the RIbbon
Farms chapter No 323 of Ques.
tel'S will meet on Monday, May
20, at the home of Amta Leshe
for lunch, a busll1ess meeting
and a progl am
day, May 22 The evemng In
eludes a SOCial hour at 5,30
pm, dll1ner at 6 30 and the
program at 7'~O
Dodenholf will review the
story of Citizen government in
the Grosse Pomte area from
early settlement days to the
present tIme. The progl'am also
will Il1clude the electIOn of offi.
eel'S for the commg year.
For more mformatlOn, call
881-6343 by Fllday, May 17
Trowel and Error
Garden Club
Members of the Trowel and
En or Garden Club will paltlcI
pate In the plantmg of the War
Memorial garden on Tuesday,
May 21, at 930 a.m and the
Grosse Pointe Woods LIOn's
Club garden
Luncheon Will be served to
the workers at noon by the
LIOn's Club A bUSiness meet-
Ing Will follow
Detroit Garden
Center
The DetrOIt Garden Center
mvites the public to an infor
mal flower arranglng demon
strati on Wednesday, May 22, at
1 p m Don Jensen of The Ar-
I'angement flower shop Will m.
struct. PartIcipants are asked
to bnng a flower from theIr
gal den, If avaIlable, and Jensen
will blend It mto an arrange
ment Cost is $7 50 Phone 259
6363 for reservations
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:. BRIDGE BY WOODY BOYD t'." .:
Hairdr .... r Cheryl Kazmierski of Coloseum 2000 meets with
Grosse Pointe teens Laurie Mayk. left. and Tanya Latinas.
right. in preparation for AssumptiCin Cultural Center's Teen
Fitness and Beauty Day on Saturday, June 1.
Teen fitness and beauty day
to be at Assumption Center
AssumptIOn Cultural Center
wIll olfel a bpeclal day designed
just for teenaged girls - Teen
Fitness and Heauty Day - Saturday,
June 1, from 9 a m to 3
pm.
The mornmg wtll begm wtth
onentatlOn and an exet Clse
wOI'kout Participants Will
~hOWf'I' ami ~hRmpoo, then Jom
profeSSIOnals from Colobeum
2000 of Grosse Pomte Woods,
who will demonstrate proper
skm care and make up appllca.
tIon Hall' stylists Will help the
teens find ways to give hair a
Polish Genealogical
Society
of Michigan
The Polish Genealogical Society
of Michign will hold a
meeting on Saturday, May 18,-
from 10 a,m,-.to 3 p,m. in thecemetery
offi&! of Sacred Heart
of Mary Cemetery, Deqmndre
at Mound Road
Members of the society Will
present a program about cemetery
research. The group will
then move to the cemetery for
a hancls-