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Occasionally I receive emails I feel would be of interest
to Detroit Memories Newsletter subscribers.
With permission from the authors, I'll publish them.
Eileen:
I remember Ken Muse ( July 2010 ) from my days working with him at Macomb Community College in Warren .
I was a vocational counselor and Ken taught photography.
We worked in the same building and I would sit in on his
classes in the evenings after work to upgrade my
photographic skills.
Ken was a very funny, creative and busy person, doing
writing for both his cartoon strip, books and local TV shows
as well as his teaching duties. He will be missed.
Roy Seppanen
Saint Paul, MN
Motor City Radio Reunion 2010
was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel , Novi MI ~ Saturday, September 25, 2010
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I had the privilege of attending this event where the five honorees were:
DICK PURTAN
45 years of entertaining us at WKNR , WXYZ , CKLW , WCZY/WKQI and WOMC
SONNY ELIOT
Weatherman extraordinaire on WWJ
ROBIN SEYMOUR
DJ WKMH , WKNR , and CKLW , CKLW host of Swingin' Time
SPECS HOWARD
40 years of running the famed Southfield broadcasing school that bears his name
ERNIE HARWELL
(posthumously) Beloved voice of the Detroit Tigers 1960—2002
Also celebrated was the 90th anniversrary of WWJ being on the air.
Here are a few photos from the event and after-party:
SONNY ELIOT RETIRES
after 60 years in Detroit broadcasting
On September 10, 2010, WWJ-AM’s legendary weathercaster and Hall of Fame broadcaster Sonny Eliot announced his retirement from broadcasting.
Sonny , who's been making Detroiters smile about the weather for years,
debuted on WWJ Newsradio 950 in 1950.
In case you were wondering, Sonny will be 90 years old on December 16th.
by B.J. Hammerstein and Julie Hinds, Free Press Staff Writers
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1960s MICHIGAN TRAVELOGUE
What a blast to the past! It'll make you want to jump in the car to see all of
these sights. Check out the cars and clothes. Makes it even more fun to watch.
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SEPTEMBER CONTEST WINNER
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WHO ARE THESE FORMER
DETROIT TV PERSONALITIES?
for the answers and the winner of the
September 2010 Newsletter Contest
OCTOBER CONTEST
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ATTN: TEEN DANCE SHOW PARTICIPANTS!
'LIFE AND TIMES' BOOK UPDATE
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DETROIT PHOTOS
Submitted by Marge Buza, Mesa AZ
The area where I grew up was known as Regent Park and had its own
small homeowners' group called The Regent Park Home Owners' Association .
All new homes had to be one-family structures, "x" feet from the curb,
made of brick, etc. The association was an active group that sponsored dances
card parties, etc. City Council members came to speak at the meetings.
To keep us teens busy, they started the Regent Park Teen Club .
Detroit's Regent Park is bounded by Gratiot / E. 8 Mile / Kelly Road / E. State Fair.
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Something about metro Detroit from the 50s, 60s or 70s
you've been wondering about but didn't know who to ask? Send it to us.
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UPCOMING REUNIONS
FOR EVENT DETAILS, GO TO
OLDIES WOMC 104.3
This list is compiled from the 104.3 WOMC Class Reunion Directory .
If you have an upcoming class reunion planned in the Metro Detroit area
and you don’t see it here, email: Audrey.Zofchak@cbsradio.com
Include the school, graduate year(s), date, time, location, contact info, website,
and RSVP info, if required. All events are added as time permits. However, you
can post your info in the Comments section at the bottom of the WOMC reunion page.
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Clarenceville High School of Livonia ~ Class of 1965
Oct. 16, 2010
Finney High School ~ Combined Classes 1970-1975
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Lakeview High School (St. Clair Shores) ~ Class of 1970
Saturday, October 23, 2010
St. Andrew High School ~ Class of 1962
Date and Location to be determined
Warren Fitzgerald High School ~ Class of 1968
Sat. Oct. 9, 2010
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MOTOR CITY RADIO REUNION 2010 WHAT'S NEW? eMAIL inBOX ~ KEN MUSE REMEMBERED
Eileen Trombley Glick ,
with CKLW's Bob Todd and Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor
at Art's AfterGlow Party on Sunday 9/26
(reprinted with permission from Bob Todd )
It was a magical evening filled with extraordinary talents, both present and past.
Here are my photos
(with apologies for my new camera that took crappy pictures)
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Hilarious! Dick was the emcee of the event.
One of his remarks: "We weren’t going to have the reunion this year,
but we didn’t realize so many people were still alive."
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If you're on Facebook (and if you're not, you should be!),
you can view many more photos of the Reunion:
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In addition to the above-mentioned, there were nearly 400 attendees
at this sold-out event. Here are a few names you may recognize:
Larry Adderley WWJ WCZY WOMC WXYZ Ch. 7 Sports
Bob Allison Ask Your Neighbor / Bowling for Dollars
Bob Bartlett WKNR-FM / WPAG Talent
Bill Bonds WXYT / WKNR Talent TV
Gary Burbank CKLW Talent
Ed Busch CKLW Talent
Paul Cannon WKNR Talent
Randall Carlisle CKLW News
Art Cervi WHDN / WXYT Talent (Bozo T. Clown)
Dennis Coffey Funk Brothers
Michael Collins WRIF / WWJ Talent
Chuck Daugherty WXYZ
Joe Donovan CKLW / WWJ News
Jim Edwards CKLW / WXYZ Talent
Brother Bill Gable CKLW / WGRV Talent
Russ Gibb WKNR-FM Talent
Jerry Goodwin WKNR / WABX Talent
Bob Green WKNR / WXYZ Talent
Lou Henry CKLW news Disc Jockey
Steve Hunter CKLW Talent
Shotgun Tom Kelly Talent
Jim Kerr WAAM/WCAR/WKNR Talent
Don Kremer WWJ Sports
Scott MacKinnon DetroitRadioFlashbacks.com
Jim McFarlin HOUR Detroit Magazine / Detroit News Writer
Michael McNamara Markham Street Films, Inc. / CKLW documentary film
Jim Michaels WTWR / WDRQ / WYST Talent
Phil Nye WKNR / WXYZ-TV News
Charlie O'Brien CKWW / CKLW Programming
Kevin O'Neill WOMC / WKQI / WNIC Talent
Michael O'Neill WKNR / WXYZ / WJR / WKBD-TV News
Arthur Penhallow WRIF Talent
Keith Radford WKBW-TV / CKLW News News
Joey Reynolds WXYZ / WHYT Talent
Chuck Richards W4 Talent
Tom Ryan (Count Scary / Sgt. Sacto) CKLW / WOMC / WKNR / WXYZ Talent
Steve Schramm (Keener13.com) Michigan Radio Programming
Donald Schuster WWWW / WJR Talent
Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor CKLW Talent
Sharon Shutty-Wright WMAQ-TV/NBC 5 / WJR / WXYZ / WKAR News Anchor/Reporter
Erik Smith WKNR/Ch. 7 News
Paul W. Smith CKLW WJR Talent
Dick Smyth CKLW News
Gary Stevens WKNR Talent
Bobby Todd CKLW Talent
Rosalie Trombley CKLW The Big 8 Programming
Art Vuolo, Jr. RADIOGUIDE / Vuolo Video History
George Young Entertainer / Comic
Erik Smith, Sonny Eliot and Bill Bonds
(reprinted with permission from Erik Smith )
Dick Purtan (who emceed the event)
and Art Vuolo ("Radio's Best Friend" and Host of the MCRR)
at Art's AfterGlow Party on Sunday 9/26
(reprinted with permission from Bob Todd )
Robin Seymour and Rosalie Trombley (no relation), CKLW ,
one of the most influential woman in the music business.
(reprinted with permission from Bob Todd )
WHAT'S NEW?
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You Know You're From Detroit If...
Thanks Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor for jogging my memory
about all of the the metro Detroiters who relied on your
helicopter traffic reports during your tenure at CKLW .
You've been officially added to the top of the YKYFDI List!
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This Month In
DETROIT HISTORY
October 18, 1963 ~ The IOC awarded the 1968 Olympics to Mexico City;
Detroit finished second in the balloting.
Dear Eileen:
Once again, one of the best Newsletters around. I always enjoy the read even though I haven't lived in Detroit in 44 years. And I still drink Vernor's !
You do a lot of work to put out this publication. Congratulations!
Tom Grinnell
Portland, OR
SECOND & FINAL NOTICE
I am an NYU professor writing a book on televised teen dance programs of the '50s and early '60s and am delighted to have found this website.
I would love to hear from anyone who was involved with the following shows in any way -- as a dance participant, producer, cameraman, or any other capacity.
"Ed McKenzie's Saturday Night"
Bud Davies's "Top Ten Dance Party"
Lee Alan & Joel Sebastian's "Club 1270"
I am interested both in what occurred on the dance floor and studio as well as what happened behind the scenes. The dances, music, planning of the show, logistics of scheduling, and community response to the show, are all of interest to me. Please email me at jmm2@nyu.edu . I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Julie Malnig
Associate Professor
Chair, Interdisciplinary Arts Program
The Gallatin School, New York University
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Hello Eileen,
I really enjoy your newsletter on Detroit each month. Thank you for doing it.
I was wondering if you could feature a story on the old Plum Street neighborhood.
It was roughly the area bounded by Michigan Ave , the Lodge Freeway and the Fisher Freeway . I remember going down there in the '60s for the stores, art, rock and roll, and the hippie activities. I don't believe that I have ever seen anything about Plum Street in your Detroit Memories Newsletters .
Are there any other readers who remember Plum Street ?
Thank you,
James A. vanBuskirk
Crestwood High School, Class of 67
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A n Sw e R: They're sure are! Here's what Leon "Lee" Dixon wrote in the
"Plum Street was more or less a short trip from WSU main campus -- and that is where many of the clientele came from. I know -- I was one of them.
Plum was the main street for the area, but not the only street. The "shops" were mostly in old houses (at least one I recall was a beautiful old Victorian with lots of "gingerbread" all over the front porch), but not all of them. In fact, I knew people who ran shops and a restaurant there who actually lived in the house where the shop or restaurant was located. One place was patterned after a once-famous natural/organic restaurant on Sunset Strip in LA called "The Source." Like the LA restaurant, the only dishes sold at this Plum Street restaurant were supposedly organic and home-grown by hippies someplace. No meat was offered, as I recall. One couple I knew had a plant store and moved it to Greektown -- where some of the shops went when Plum closed down.
I well remember The Fifth Estate underground newspaper. A lot of it was influenced heavily by L.A. and San Francisco underground papers and others. But Detroit had its own spin on things, of course.
I was a student at Wayne State for a couple of years and I also well remember
The South End . The paper was a constant source of controversy -- which is exactly what it wanted to be in those days. There was always a tug of war of politics and polar extremes with that paper and it often went over the ragged edge -- which just served to make people read it more -- even those who hated it.
At one point it pushed for (and basically succeeded in getting) shutting the University down for a love fest and anti-war (Viet Nam) rally that ended up in a sizable march down Woodward to Grand Circus Park . The march was AFTER a day of music on campus (the big headline band was Savage Grace ) and endless speeches mostly by people nobody knew.
Plum Street vendors were on campus selling all kinds of wares that day. It was a strange and interesting time. "
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And another from Ellen in Seattle:
The mention of Plum Street brings back some memories for me. My dad worked for
Detroit Edison and part of his job involved maintaining the employee parking
lots and outdoor areas making sure everyone parked where they belonged. He
actually made a lot of friends with the "hippies" on Plum Street (it was in the
shadow of the Edison buildings) and he'd come home from work sometimes bearing
presents for me from them. I had a nice assortment of love beads, shirts and
posters. I was only 11-12 yrs old at that time and remember being in awe when he finally took me down to see Plum Street and to meet the folks there.
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Other Plum Street articles and photos:
By Julie Morris and Jenny Nolan / The Detroit News
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