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Tigers from 1968 World Series honored
On Tuesday night, June 24, with the Cardinals in town, the city thanked them one more time.
The Tigers honored the 40th anniversary of the 1968 team with
a 15-minute pregame ceremony at Comerica Park.
Eighteen members of the team attended Tuesday's game.
A sellout crowd of 44,446, the third-largest crowd in park history, came to catch a glimpse of
Willie Horton, Denny McLain, Dick McAuliffe, Hall of Famer Al Kaline, Jim Price, Gates Brown,
Wayne Comer, Bill Freehan, John Hiller, Mickey Lolich, Tom Matchick, Daryl Patterson,
Mickey Stanley, Dick Tracewski, Jon Warden, Don Wert, Hal Naragon and Bill Behm.
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ROOSTERTAIL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Susan Whitall / The Detroit News
Photo by Eileen Glick, July 2006
It was June 1958, just as the atomic age was giving way to the swinging '60s,
and a sleek new restaurant opened with floor to ceiling views of the Detroit River.
The Roostertail was built by Joe Schoenith as a 50th birthday present for his wife, Millie.
The eatery, ultra-modern for 1958, was named after the spray of water
that jets up in back of a hydroplane boat.
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MyDetroitStory
The history of the Roostertail and its Detroit connections.
Compiled by Jerry Schoenith
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WORTH A VISIT!
Paul H. Adams
This artist, who grew up near the heart of downtown Detroit,
beautifully captures our city exactly the way we remember it.
His Downtown Gallery paintings and prints include:
J.L. Hudson's (at Christmas)
Campus Martius
Penobscot Building
Bob-Lo Columbia
SS Kresge
Cass Tech High School
Ford Rotunda
Clairmont Street Car
DSR Administration Building
His Woodward Avenue Series includes:
Ted's
Maverick's
Totem Pole
Welcome to Highland Park
Susie Q
National Shrine of the Little Flower
Washington Square Building
http://www.paulhadams.com/
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WORTH A LOOK!
Vintage Lou Gordon Tribute video clip & DVD
Check out the final show that aired shortly after his death in 1977.
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Something nostalgic for yourself or someone you know.
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FROM THE DETROIT MEMORIES
EMAIL INBOX
Occasionally I receive emails I feel would be of interest
to our Detroit Memories Newsletter subscribers.
With the permission of the authors, I'll publish them.
This month there are three.
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MARY HELEN CAVANAGH
Dear Friends of Detroit Memories,
My mother, Mary Helen Cavanagh, wife of my father, the former mayor of Detroit, Jerome P. Cavanagh, former first lady, and mother of his eight children, died Tuesday, May 27th at her home. She was 78. All of her children were with her as she was released from an 18 year struggle with leukemia. Mom was totally prepared, both in mind and spirit, as she'd been in decline for the last few weeks.
Both the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News obituaries describe my mother perfectly. Many of you will remember some of the things mentioned.
Thank you for all your wonderful emails and condolences.
Kind regards,
Mark Jerome Cavanagh
appealsman@mac.com
PS: Here is a link to the Find a Grave memorial I wrote about my father a few years ago.
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SS STE. CLAIRE UPDATE
Hi Eileen,
A couple of updates on the ship:
Here is a link to an article that appeared in the The Oakland Press: Local News about the Ste. Claire.
We have been back onboard the past three Sundays doing more demolition work. This past Sunday we began tearing up the dance floor. Since it is too far gone to be refinished and saved, we will be selling pieces in the near future with a letter of authenticity and a plaque.
Check out the website for artist's renderings of what is planned at BOB-LO BOAT S.S. STE. CLAIRE.
We feel good about the construction that will happen this summer and plan to be on the river in mid-September for a new, improved haunt experience. Then, back to Ecorse for more construction and, hopefully, docked all next summer for rentals.
Check out my Flickr site for the latest photos in my Bob-Lo album: Bob-Lo Boat Ste. Claire.
The last seven rows are the most recent, beginning last winter, and include a few shots of the Columbia which we had the privilege, by chance, to board last Sunday.
Keep up the great work!
Linda Benedict
Ste. Claire volunteer
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I LOVE DETROIT!
(ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE)
Eileen:
I have always been fascinated with Detroit. I suppose one of the major reasons for that fascination was that, as your city was agonizing through the trauma of the 60’s and 70’s, so was my hometown, Gastonia, North Carolina. We were a textile manufacturing center with a booming downtown. A regional mall opened in 1976 hat effectively put the center city out of business, and the migration of textiles overseas in the late 20th and early 21st century transformed the city into little more than a bedroom community for Charlotte (20 miles east). For many years, I waited for a member of the Gastonia “diaspora” to create a website in which the wonderful old things could live again. No one ever did.
So, about two months ago, I created a very simple one, http://www.vintagegastonia.com. Visiting your site has given me much inspiration. We were bequeathed so much by previous generations and have witnessed its being traded for a national way of life that is arguably inferior in many ways to the original urbanism that we saw disappear. Thank you for all you do to help preserve memories from a wonderful time, the likes of which we will not see again. I would be honored to have my little website mentioned in your newsletter. Best wishes to you, and keep up the good work. No one can tell what benefit our recording of these worthwhile things might bring to a later generation in a distant, undreamed-of time.
Tim Ellis
trentoncreativeenterprises@charter.net
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