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tember 10, 1992<br />
ise Pointe News<br />
Last call<br />
Swimmers took advantage this past weekend of a rare - <strong>for</strong> this year - nice day to get<br />
L few laps on the last day the pool was open.<br />
Business Notes<br />
"The PenIs of Domg Busi.<br />
ness m the Former Soviet<br />
Umon" will be the topic of<br />
speaker Mana Aronson at the<br />
Sept 10 meetmg of Women in<br />
International Trade Inc., De.<br />
trOIt Chapter at the DetrOIt<br />
Athletic Club.<br />
For reservatIOns call Gwen<br />
Cullum at 225.3660. Price <strong>for</strong><br />
members IS $20 and guests are<br />
$22 The meeting starts at 5:30<br />
p 'In and dinner is at 6:30.<br />
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Grosse Pomte Shores resident<br />
Angie Bournias, owner of<br />
Angie Bournias Creative<br />
Services: Public Relations<br />
and Marketing Communications,<br />
recently announced the<br />
company's expansion and relocation<br />
to 300 Stroh River Place<br />
in Detroit Bournias, in busi-<br />
'T, ~.<br />
Hall of fame<br />
klects Cross-<br />
• Grosse Pointe Farms reSident<br />
Ralph E Cross was one of five<br />
people elected to the Machine-<br />
Tool Hall of Fame of the American<br />
PreciSIOn Museum, jomIng<br />
~O other honorees<br />
: Cross was born in 1910 and<br />
jomed The Cross Co. in DetrOIt<br />
in 1933 after completing an<br />
engmeenng degree at M I.T.<br />
The company had been a pl-<br />
~neering budder of engines,<br />
transmissions, differentials and<br />
gears but at that time the only<br />
profitable product was a gear<br />
footh roundmg machme devel-<br />
Qped by Milton Cross in 1912<br />
,<br />
: Ralph Cross stopped all other<br />
9peratIOns and concentrated on<br />
the machine tool. With Cross<br />
concentrating initially on the<br />
engineering and manufactur-<br />
Ing, the company pioneered the<br />
tievelopment of transfer ma-<br />
~hmes, developmg pre-set tools,<br />
tool control systems, and compp.tenzed<br />
machme.tool systems.<br />
: Startmg in 1960, he spent<br />
Several years in Europe, estabpshmg<br />
both englneermg and<br />
ptanufacturmg operations m<br />
Germany that enabled the comr~ny<br />
to move mto the Euro-<br />
~an market. The firm later<br />
~xpanded to Britain Long a<br />
proponent of increased tramIng<br />
<strong>for</strong> apphcation engmeers, he<br />
h~aded the Engineermg Educa-<br />
#!In Foundation of the Society<br />
Of Manufacturing Engineers m<br />
Pearborn and has endowed a<br />
~halr m manufacturmg technol.<br />
ogy at MIT<br />
; Cross IS the only livmg hall<br />
of fame member. Members are<br />
,pidged <strong>for</strong> their mventIOns, in-<br />
~vatlve use of others' inven-<br />
~ons or Jemonstrable effect on<br />
'be Industry through the manigement<br />
of a machine-onented<br />
roup<br />
Donate your car;<br />
1<br />
~d the needy<br />
1-<br />
!.Mother Waddles Perpetual<br />
Mission has a car donatIOn proham<br />
m which donors can get a<br />
~x deduction and help the<br />
lteedy<br />
; The vehicle need not run and<br />
;Nck up can be arranged. Call<br />
689-6500 <strong>for</strong> more in<strong>for</strong>matIOn<br />
ness <strong>for</strong> the past 15 years, speclBhzes<br />
m pubhc relations, marketing,<br />
speCial events,<br />
plnmotlOn and corporate comm.<br />
unlcatlOns CreatIVe Services<br />
represents clIents III retail and<br />
fashIOn merchandisIng, real es<br />
tate development, the food and<br />
restaurant mdustnes, the auto.<br />
motive mdustry and the arts,<br />
medical and profeSSIOnal service<br />
sectors<br />
Merry Maids recently relocated<br />
Its Eastepomte office to<br />
21127 Mack In Grosse Pointe<br />
Woods. The franchise is owned<br />
by J111 McBnde and Trudy<br />
Rhoades of the Pomtes, who<br />
were recently inVited to attend<br />
an advanced per<strong>for</strong>mance seminar<br />
m Minnesota <strong>for</strong> businesses<br />
earmng more than $500,000<br />
annually The new telephone<br />
number is 885-3360.<br />
Terrence K. Carmichael<br />
~ StudIo and Gallery Inc. recently<br />
relocated from Grosse<br />
Pointe Park to 20725 Mack m<br />
Grosse Pomte Woods. The tele.<br />
phone number is 8844280.<br />
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Managers hark<br />
The Grosse Pomte War Memonal<br />
AssocmtlOn and the BUSIness<br />
Management Institute of<br />
Marygl'ove College, in cooperation<br />
with the non-profit American<br />
Management AsSOCIation<br />
ExtenSIOn Institute, are offermg<br />
a Certmcate m Management<br />
Program thIS fall. To<br />
earn a certificate III management,<br />
students must take SIX<br />
state-of the art busmess courses<br />
m any order<br />
PartiCipants will be awarded<br />
a Marygrove certIficate and 1 5<br />
continuing education units after<br />
completmg each course<br />
Some employers may provide<br />
tUItIOn fees <strong>for</strong> contmuing education.<br />
Each course IS $150 and<br />
mcludes AMA textbook. Each<br />
course meets three hours a<br />
week <strong>for</strong> five weeks at the War<br />
MemOrial.<br />
The first class, "What Managers<br />
Do," will be offered on<br />
Mondays, Sept. 14 through Oct.<br />
12, from 6:30 LO 9:30 p.m.<br />
"How Successful Women<br />
Manage," the second class, will<br />
be held on Thursdays, Sept 17<br />
through Oct 15, from 6:30 to<br />
9:30 p.m.<br />
For more in<strong>for</strong>mation, call<br />
881-7511.<br />
-.- Free ..HOlley Jlallageme1l1 Semi1lar-<br />
IIIl'es/llient strategies<br />
and 1I11111icijJalbOllds .<br />
Date: September 14 &: 21st Speaker John T. Albrecht, MSIE<br />
Tune. 7:00 - 9:00 p.OL Place. The Nclghborhood Club<br />
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SERVICES · SYSTEMS.CONSULTATION I<br />
Merchants<br />
By Debra Pascoe<br />
Staff Wnter<br />
Hurricane Andrew's gales<br />
have sent a St Clair Shores<br />
busmessman into a whirlwind<br />
of activity of hiS own which he<br />
hopes Will help counter the dev.<br />
astatlOn m south FlOrida.<br />
Last week, Alvin Wagner,<br />
owner of Jefferson Beach MarIna,<br />
started clearmg out a<br />
15,Ooo-square-foot warehouse<br />
on his property to make room<br />
<strong>for</strong> a hurrICane relief center<br />
sponsored by him and other<br />
members of the Nautical Mile<br />
Merchants ASSOCiation<br />
Wagner ISturnmg to local<br />
reSidents to help him collect<br />
non-perishable food Items, paper<br />
goods, hYgiene supplIes,<br />
transistor radIOS,batteries,<br />
flashlIghts, blankets, clothing,<br />
diapers, pet supplies and buildmg<br />
materials to aid the thousands<br />
who were left homeless<br />
m Andrew's path<br />
Wagner saId hiS close tIes<br />
WIth Dade County and the city<br />
of MlBmi, where he spends the<br />
wmter months, played an im.<br />
portant role m hiS decision to<br />
set up the drIve.<br />
"We're not doing this to get<br />
a big, gold star on our <strong>for</strong>eheads,<br />
we just want to help,"<br />
he said.<br />
The Umverslty of Miami<br />
graduate said he's spoken to<br />
several friends m the area who<br />
have hkened parts of Dade<br />
County to a "war zone."<br />
"Obviously the destruction<br />
down there is beyond our behef,"<br />
Wagner said.<br />
Whlle most rellef ef<strong>for</strong>ts are<br />
Living trust<br />
seminar slated<br />
Learn to avoid probate and<br />
how to reduce taxes to your<br />
heirs on Thursday, Sept. 17,<br />
from 7 to 9 p.m_ at the War<br />
Memorial.<br />
The advantages and legahty<br />
of the hving wlll and a living<br />
trust Will be dlscussed, followed<br />
by a question and answer session.<br />
Lecturer Paul Leduc is 'Ii<br />
registered investment adviser.<br />
The class is $6 a person. For<br />
more in<strong>for</strong>mation, call 881-<br />
7511.<br />
concentrated m Homestead,<br />
Fla, Wagner said he'd hke to<br />
see Items collected go to resIdents<br />
hvmg III the outskirts of<br />
that community.<br />
He's already talked With rep<br />
resentatlves from local Salvation<br />
Army outlets to make arrangements<br />
to ship the goods<br />
south But If they can't handle<br />
the load, Wagner IS making<br />
plans to have It done himself<br />
The aVid boat enthUSiast saId<br />
some people have questIOned<br />
hiS loyaltIes and are wondermg<br />
why he chose to help those who<br />
have lost their homes rather<br />
than their boats.<br />
"People have said to me 'why<br />
don't you help the boaters,'" he<br />
saId "But I thmk the people<br />
who have lost theIr homes and<br />
dIdn't have Insurance are more<br />
Important. Most of the boaters<br />
probably have msurance "<br />
hlO<br />
Business<br />
to aid<br />
DAY<br />
YR<br />
GARBAGE GRINDER?<br />
Call<br />
ZIP _<br />
19A<br />
hurricane victims<br />
The center, located in the<br />
Jefferson Beach Manna com.<br />
plex, 24400 East Jefferson, w111<br />
be open from 9 a.m to 6 p.m.<br />
every day until Sept 15. Signs<br />
will be posted showmg the way<br />
to the drop-off Site.<br />
Someone will be on hand to<br />
help unload donatIOns.<br />
ReSidents who want to make<br />
a monetary donation can send<br />
checks payable to the Salvation<br />
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Date hired by<br />
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Attention<br />
Former Employees of<br />
Highland Parkers Inc.<br />
Retirement Plan<br />
YOU MAY BE ENTlTlEO TO ADDITIONAL PENSION BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF A 1987 COURT SEmEMENT*<br />
If you were a member of Highland Porkers Inc Retirement Plan on or oher January 1 1976 and be<strong>for</strong>e November<br />
11, 1977, you should Immealatelv submit a claim Isee below) 10 find out about any poSSible retirement benefits<br />
Spouses and/or beneflclones of deceased <strong>for</strong>mer employees may also be eligible and should also fde a c101m<br />
<strong>for</strong>m Settlement beneflls Will be dstnbuted _by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporat on on agency of the United<br />
Stores Government You wdl hear from PBGC wilhln 3 months oker submiSSion of the <strong>for</strong>m No benefits wdl be dlstnbuted<br />
wlthoul the filing of a claim <strong>for</strong>m I<br />
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If you are filing as the spouse or beneficiary of a deceased employee, complete Part A and Part B.<br />
PART A: EMPLOYEE<br />
Last Name First Middle Inltlal __<br />
Address _<br />
PART B: SPOUSE OR BENEFICIARY (Complete Part B only If employee I~ decea~ed)<br />
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MO D\Y YR<br />
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Settlement Implementation Group<br />
P.O. Box 57410, Washington, D.C. 20037.0410 IOl92JROOjGPN<br />
'The Retllg/P,ech P]amllffs Seltlement Comml/lce J< mOOlI01Jng the PRee < Iml'hmcnWllnn of the 'ietr/e<br />
ment The Serrlemenr Commlltee < addrcH 1< r 0 Bn~ 31(,37 \Va,lIm!;lnn n C 20011<br />
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