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Pontchartrain Wine Cellars: Part of Detroit's long history<br />
By Dan Jarvis<br />
Slaff Writer<br />
When J()(, dnd Molhe Bevel'<br />
pall! 'ou a Cold Duck near the<br />
end of ,I cool evenmg you can<br />
bet 'ou 'Ie Hlstmg a bit of hlS<br />
t'll\'<br />
A~ 0\\ nel s of the highly ac<br />
cldlllled Pontchartlall1 Wme Cel<br />
1,11~ III DeB Olt, the place whel e<br />
till' f,lI1lOU"dl mk \\ as II1vented,<br />
till' LOuple ha;; POUIed more than<br />
d fe\\ In thl' 32 ye,u s smce hl::'<br />
bef(,m \\ 01 klllg as a mandgel<br />
The Im,tol' of the Wine Cel<br />
I.u" d Ite" bdck to DetrOIt's glam<br />
OUI d,n" of long, sleek d.utomo<br />
bllp~ ,lIld high i:lt)Ie MOI'e than<br />
jU"t ,mothel i:ltyhsh restawant,<br />
the WllIl::'Celldl i:l\\ di:land :>tdl 1:><br />
a place for people and good can<br />
,el ::,at1On,a fact that the Beyers<br />
ha\ e not fOlgot ten<br />
Both longtime IeSldents of the<br />
Pomtei:l, they both attended Rich<br />
dl d Elemen'tal) School 111 1930,<br />
a" part of the school's first km<br />
del garten class They went on to<br />
Grosse POll1te High School, no,\<br />
South High<br />
Upon graduat10n m 1943, she<br />
enteled the Western College for<br />
Women, where among other sub<br />
Jects, she studied home econom<br />
IC'i And though 'ihe graduated<br />
magna cum laude III hel cl,li>s,<br />
Mrs Beyer Said she "cooh dS<br />
httle as poSSible, which pledi:ll'"<br />
everyone ..<br />
Upon hiS high school b'ladua<br />
tlOn, Beyer ventured olT to I\llch<br />
Igan State UllIvelslty, whele he<br />
had a hard time With hotel Ie",<br />
taurant school and deCided to lw<br />
come a commel cldl photoj.,'ld<br />
pher<br />
So ho\\ did tlm unllkeh COli<br />
pie go on to becollll' :"ucce"...rlll<br />
Iestallratelu',,')<br />
Research<br />
"We like to tl v othel menu"<br />
1'01Ided.s," 11.11" Bl'\,el ~dld 'We<br />
ha ve to know \\ hat till' compet I<br />
tlOn I" dOlllg ..<br />
"Neighbors, lIOt competitIOn:'<br />
Beyer said, attemptmg to can eet<br />
hiS Wife<br />
'Not all of them ate neigh<br />
bars," she counteled 11.11 s Be' el<br />
was referring to bu:,has m Pat I;",<br />
Rome, MUlllch and Amencan CIties<br />
like New York, Chicago and<br />
San FranCISCo, where the couple<br />
travel m search of new Idea::,<br />
One Ieason for the success of<br />
the Wme Cellars IS the Bevel b'<br />
!,'1ft or gab and Iespeet fm then<br />
customels<br />
"We have fun dOll1g It," he<br />
g~.p~~- By Ronald Bernas<br />
Veit<br />
Monon Trader, lllc announced the appomtment<br />
of Grosse Pomte Woods reSIdent Jim Veit to<br />
blanch manager of the company's newly acqulled<br />
factory branch III Romulus Velt comes to Monon<br />
\\ Ith 18 years of II1dustry e"penence m sales and<br />
malketmg With Fruehauf He Will be lesponslble<br />
for marketmg Monon's complete pi oduct Ime of<br />
ne\\ and used trailers, sel VIce and parts 111 east<br />
ern Michigan and north\\est Oh1Oaleas<br />
Jill A, Jentink of GIObse Pomte Park was<br />
named one of only two sales, service and marketmg<br />
at ea managers for Saturn Jentmk began her<br />
GM Cat eer m 1980 as a dlstnct sales managel<br />
With the CheVl olet Motor DIVISIOn She was !<br />
named metro dlstnct sales manager for Chevrolet<br />
In 1983 and became an assistant sales promotIOn<br />
manager fot General Motors customel sales and<br />
service staff m 1984<br />
Jentink<br />
Margaret Mclntyre of Grosse Pomte Farms was ndmed ::,elllOi<br />
medld plannel 1'01the Lmcoln Mercul) Dealer AssocmtlOn alcOllllt<br />
at Young & Rublcam DetrOIt PJevIOusly, McIntyre \\a;, medld duel'<br />
tm 1'01~aJ ontate & Co<br />
Wright<br />
Dick Wright of GlOsse Pomte Pal k, 10nf,rtlml'<br />
DetlOit Joull1ahst and automobJle columlllbt fO!<br />
the GlOsse Pomte News, received a two yeal dp<br />
pomtment to direct Wayne State Ul11Velslt) ...<br />
Journalism progl am Wllght began hiS cat eel a'i a<br />
copy aide at the DetJ OIt Free PI ess m 1956, and<br />
most Iecentlv was an auto columlllst and busllle""<br />
editor at Th~ DetJolt Newb, \\hlch he left III 1988<br />
John Ballantyne of Grosse Pomte, selllor vice preSident and<br />
dn'ector of chent sel'Ylces of Baker Advertlsmg Inc , has been named<br />
to the board of directors for Barat Human Services Ballantyne \\ III<br />
serve a four-yem term, headmg Barat's Development Comnllttee<br />
HIS re.,ponslblhtJes Will mclude creatlllg and executlllg a Stlateglc<br />
plan<br />
Thomas p, Rhoades of Grosse Pomte was<br />
named COIpm ate commUlIIcatlOns director of FOId<br />
MalO! Company's public affairs HIS office IS Ie<br />
~pon"lhle I'm COrpOiate media IelatIOns and U S<br />
commUl11catIOns mvolvlllg the company and It.,<br />
" and the Campbell,Ewald FoundatIOn He<br />
\\ 111 ,11"0 explore and expand relatlOn'ihlpS With<br />
('dUc,ltlOnal and cultural institutIOns<br />
"'dld "The people keep you stllll<br />
ulated ,md thele IS alwaVi:l'iome<br />
tlung 11l'\\ every d
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