Winter Meeting Report

The Adventure at the Commonwealth Club

A light dusting of snow failed to stop 64 stalwart Amateur Mendicants and friends from attending the society’s January 28, 2012 meeting at the British Commonwealth Club in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan.

Gasogene John Kramb called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m., welcoming members and guests to one of the best-attended meetings in the 66 year history of the AMS.

Following brief introductions of AMS board members and the planning committee, Kramb sought to quiet the souvenir seekers in the crowd by enumerating the availability of club badges, shirts and hats courtesy of member Gloria Longueil. As a way to encourage the presentations that AMS meetings have become known for, Kramb also ruled that, from now on, anyone presenting a scholarly paper during a meeting will be excused from paying for his or her own meal.

Members and guests also took the opportunity to improve their collections and pass on duplicate holdings during the evening-long Sherlockian Swap Meet. Among the stand-out swag being offered were rare books, videos and photos as well as a singular collection of the very first issues of the Baker Street Journal.

During the evening’s tasty repast – a buffet of roast beef, roast chicken, mashed and au gratin potatoes plus a salad, vegetables and more – various toasts organized by Commissionaire Chris Music were offered in accordance with the society’s long-standing tradition. Glasses were raised to The Woman (by Mark Diehl), Watson’s Second Wife (by Tidewaiter Ed Stein),
Mycroft Holmes (Bobbi Gorevitz) and to the founder of the Red-Headed League,
the late millionaire from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, one Ezekiah Hopkins (offered
as always by Jerry Alvin).

Salutations were also made to Holmes’ 158th Birthday (by Rob Musial), who also toasted three actors who in 2011 took their Last Bow – the late John Neville and Nicol Williamson, both of whom who played Holmes on the big screen and the late Edward Hardwicke, who was such a perfect Dr. Watson to Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock on the small screen.

To further celebrate Holmes’ natal day, dessert included slices of a one-of-a-kind creation, a cake shaped like a large book of Sherlockian tales, specially baked and frosted by the Chocolate Bar Café in Grosse Pointe Woods.

Scott Monty, who edits the Baker Street Blog (http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/) which is “the definitive site for news and info about Sherlock Holmes in popular culture,” then served up news about the upcoming second season of BBC’s “Sherlock” which is due to air on PBS starting May 6th.

Among his revelations: The second season, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a 21st Century Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson, will consist of three episodes: “A Scandal in Belgravia,” “The Hounds of Baskerville” and “The Reichenbach Fall.” In other news for which the world is
not prepared, he also revealed that, in England, Benedict’s groupies have come to be known as “Cumberbunnies.”

The evening also saw the annual awarding of the AMS Beggar’s Cup for the best presentation given during the preceding year. Taking home the coveted cup was Brad Schwartz. Using investigative legwork and recently-discovered drawings from the Illustrated London News,
he proved that Holmes and Watson were actively hunting Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel during his murder spree. In fact, the drawings Schwartz uncovered actually offer the first objective proof of Holmes’ involvement in the Ripper investigation.

Next, Commissionaire Music gave the Mendicant History Minute which detailed the scions spun off from the AMS over its proud 66 year history. They included Mary Morstan’s Companions (a female scion necessitated by the Mendicants’ male-only membership in its early days), the Napoleons of Crime and finally, the shadowy cabal known only as Moriarty’s Allied Friends in America (MAFIA), whose members are dangerous and believed to be still-at-large.

Because a careful reading of the Sacred Canon is an integral part of any Sherlockian scion, Gasogene Kramb next led the group through a pop quiz-styled discussion of the main and minor points of this event’s assigned story, “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,” all about a master blackmailer whose career concluded with a bang (or several bangs, actually).

The true main course of the evening was the exhaustively-researched presentation entitled “Edith Meiser, Sherlock Holmes and the Detroit Connection.” In it, member Michael Ellis detailed the career of a talented and beautiful local doyenne, who dabbled in Detroit and Broadway theater, wrote hundreds of Sherlockian tales for radio in the 1930s and 1940s and who was, among other
things, the first female member of the AMS.

As the meeting drew to a close, the raffles were held and Donna Garant won the Sherlock Holmes pub sign and Gayle Mayer won the three-volume annotated Holmes, authored by Leslie Klinger and donated by member Phil Jones.

Members Anne Musial and Gayle Conway then led the assembly in the traditional singing of “God Save the Queen” and the meeting concluded with the reading of poem, “221B” by Musial.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Musial
AMS Tantalus

Winter Meeting

“We had been out for one of our evening rambles, Holmes and I,
and had just returned about six o’clock on a cold, frosty winter’s evening.”
— Dr. John Watson in “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton.”

We cordially invite you out on a frosty winter’s evening for an enjoyable sojourn at the winter meeting of The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit.

Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 7 p.m.
British Commonwealth Club, 30088 Dequindre Rd., Warren
(between 12 & 13 Mile Roads)
Club phone: (586) 751-9560

Our assigned reading and brief Canonical discussion will concern “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,” which involves an evil blackmailer, a lovely debutante and a victim bent on revenge.

The evening’s presenter will be Michael Ellis who will enlighten us on what he’s learned while investigating the case of “Edith Meiser, Sherlock Holmes and the Detroit Connection.”

We’ll also award the annual Beggar’s Cup for the Best Presentation of 2011 and hold a Sherlockian Swap Meet where you can set your own prices and add to or condense your collection with the right audience.

There will also be the usual toasts – including a birthday salute to The Master – plus prizes and more. We look forward to seeing you on Jan. 28. Libations begin at 6:30 p.m. with a tasty buffet dinner at 7 p.m.

To join us on January 28, please mail your check for $25 per person by MONDAY, JAN. 23rd to:

Edward F. Stein, A.M.S.
25015 Oakbrooke
Southfield, MI 48033

The buffet includes roast beef, roast chicken, tossed salad, mashed & au gratin potatoes, vegetable medley, rolls and dessert. Coffee/tea is included. As always, there will be a cash bar.

“Come at once if convenient … if inconvenient, come all the same.”

Fall Meeting Report

The Adventure of the Big Rock

The Big Rock Chophouse & Brewery in the swanky suburb of Birmingham, Michigan was the setting for the September 10, 2011 meeting of The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit.


Gasogene John Kramb convened the meeting at 1:14 p.m. and welcomed the 53 attendees (including six first-time guests) to the event, held in the Big Rock’s pleasant Terrace Room, within sight of the giant copper kettles used to craft the eatery’s signature brew.

After brief introductions of the AMS board members and planning committee, Kramb dispensed with miscellaneous club business, noting the double 65th anniversary of the AMS as well as Detroit’s legendary Buddy’s Pizza, the availability of club shirts and caps (through member Gloria Longueil) and what a bargain the annual Mendicant dues of $12 are.

Two Mendicants, Philip K. Jones and Chris Music, were also cited for their submissions to the Baker Street Journal, which published their individual works among the nine articles in its most recent summer issue. Jones itemized and categorized the Untold Tales in the Canon while Music detailed the important work of an archivist in preserving the proceedings of groups like the Mendicants.

Such business dispensed with, the attendees tucked into their meal choices of either chicken piccata in a lemon/garlic/white wine sauce, flatiron steak with a mushroom Bordelaise sauce or grilled salmon with chimichurri sauce, accompanied by chef’s salad, an excellent accoutrement of fresh vegetables and bakehouse bread, capped by a sorbet-and-cookie dessert.


During this gustatory exposition, attendees took time for the usual and some special toasts by Richard Jeryan (concerning the career and background of The Woman), by Rob Musial (to Watson’s Second Wife), by Chris Jeryan (to Mrs. Hudson and the exhilarating effect of haggis), by Chris Music (to Mycroft Holmes, said by some to be Sherlock’s smarter, older brother) and by Jerry Alvin (who connected the discovery of the RH factor to founder of the Red-Headed League, the late millionaire from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, one Ezekiah Hopkins).

Next, Commissionaire Music gave a quiz on the meeting’s required reading, “The Noble Bachelor.” Tying with all 11 correct answers were Fritzi Roth, who took home the scholar’s ribbon and medallion (suitable for engraving) and Chris Jeryan who opted for the shaving mug emblazoned with the U.S. and British flags and accompanied a cake of rare English shaving soap. This relic, donated by Anne Musial, honors Holmes’ vision at the end of this month’s story.

Wrapping up discussion of the story, Tantalus Musial also offered a limerick about it that was composed by the legendary science fiction writer (and Sherlockian) Isaac Asimov while Jones, drawing on his BSJ scholarship, recapped the untold tales mentioned in “The Noble Bachelor.”

The afternoon’s main course were presentations by two medical Mendicants en regalia, Ed Stein (BS, OD) and David Mohan (BA, MS, MD etc.) on why Watson’s wounds in the Second Anglo-Afghan War resulted in numerous discrepancies and inaccuracies in his telling of Holmes’ tales.


It was Stein’s contention that Watson suffered from a refractive error, astigmatism and presbyopia, which caused him to squint (as captured in the portrayal of Watson by actor Edward Hardwicke) and to mistake numbers and dates. Though easily corrected by glasses, Stein believes that Watson, who noted that his “experience with women extends over many nations and three continents” avoided corrective lenses because he was concerned about his image around the fairer sex.

In his paper, Mohan contended that Watson’s wound from a Jezail bullet during the Afghan conflict caused a form of dyscalculia, which led to him garbling dates and numbers, something that has frustrated Sherlockian scholars ever since. Backed by medical diagrams, angiograms and CT scans, Mohan showed that such a wound (and the resulting Bernoulli Effect) would have created a dysfunction of the angular gyrus, leading Watson to scramble numbers and dates.

As the applause died down at the conclusion of both medical exams, Anne Musial held the drawing for this meeting’s door prize, an imported tin of English biscuits, which was won by Elaine Johnson. Drawing the winning name was first-time guest Devin Rosni.

The meeting concluded at 3:43 p.m., after the singing of “God Save the Queen” and the reading of the traditional poem, “221-B” by Richard Jeryan, the club’s Lascar.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Musial
AMS Tantalus

Next Meeting

“I had formed my conclusions as to the case before the client had come into the room.”
— Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor.”

And we hope you’ll quickly come to the conclusion to join us for an enjoyable afternoon repast and presentation at the Fall 2011 meeting of The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit. We'd like a large turnout so please feel free to invite your friends, family and neighbors -- we'll have the room

Saturday, September 10 at 1 p.m.
Big Rock Chop House, 245 S. Eton Road, Birmingham
just south of Maple (15 Mile) Road
Restaurant phone: (248) 647-7774

Our assigned reading and brief Canonical discussion will concern “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,” a story involving an English lord and an American bride who disappears on her wedding day.

As we continue to celebrate the Mendicants’ 65th year, Doctors David Mohan and Ed Stein will offer a fascinating joint presentation on “The Mystery of Doctor Watson’s Wounds.”

There will also be the usual toasts plus prizes and more. We look forward to seeing you on Sept. 10. Libations begin at 12:30 p.m. with a tasty luncheon served shortly after 1 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Robert Musial, Tantalus

If attending, select your entrée and return with your check ---

NOTE: Due to the venue, please select your entree from those listed below and let us know your choice when you mail your check for $25 per person. Then send these by FRIDAY, SEPT. 2nd to:

Edward F. Stein, A.M.S.
25015 Oakbrooke
Southfield, MI 48033

_____ Chicken piccata _____ Flatiron steak _____ Grilled salmon

Bread, salad, potatoes, vegetables, dessert and beverages are included. There will be a cash bar.

Summer Meeting

Save the date...

The summer meeting of the Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit will be help on Saturday afternoon September 10th at the Big Rock Chophouse located near Downtown Birmingham (in the old train station).

More details forthcoming...

-Chris

Spring Meeting Report

A "Ripping" Good Time

The spring 2011 meeting of The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit was gaveled to order at 1:01 p.m. May 1 at the Bastone Brewery & Restaurant in the bucolic but trendy suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan.

Welcoming the 54 members and guests was Richard Jeryan, the society’s Lascar, filling in Gasogene John Kramb who was on assignment and believed to be taking part in some sort of special operation in Pakistan.

The meeting was held in the restaurant’s lower level, which reminded some that the original group of amateur mendicants, mentioned briefly in “The Orange Pips,” actually convened in the lower vault of a furniture warehouse.

After introducing board members and the planning committee, Lascar Jeryan welcomed the first-time attendees and reminded others about the necessity of paying their $12 annual dues which, for this meeting only, had been reduced to a more-affordable $12.

Mendicant Regina Stinson, who is also a member of the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) and major domo of the small but scrappy scion known as the Ribston-Pippins of Royal Oak, was then recognized and invited attendees to her presentation on the films of Sherlock Holmes, set for the next evening at the Clawson Public Library.

Following Stinson, Commissionaire Chris Music reminded the multitude about the annual Dayton symposium on Holmes and Doyle, set for May 13-15 in Dayton, Ohio. Learned presentations, good fun, dandy memorabilia and more; for info, contact Cathy Gill at (513) 681-5507 or at chirpsworth@fuse.net.

With preliminaries dispensed with, the Sunday dinner began with a choice of potato leek soup or a green salad, followed by either mustard glazed pork loin, fish and chips, chicken and orchiette pasta, pan-roasted salmon or steak frites and later, a full complement of desserts, including chocolate-covered strawberries, lime cheesecake shots, chocolate mousse shots or profiteroles. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

During the repast, the usual – and some special – toasts were offered. Among these were a salute to William and Kate, the newly-wed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (by Rob Musial); Irene Adler (Jim O’Keefe), Watson’s Second Wife (Ed Stein), Mrs. Hudson (Mary Louise Kramp), Mycroft Holmes (Regina Stinson, with a sonnet she composed and read at a BSI gathering a few years ago) and of course, in honor of May Day and the carrot-topped everywhere, a toast to the founder of the Red-Headed League, the late millionaire from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, one Ezekiah Hopkins (by Jerry Alvin).

Member Anne Musial then held the meeting’s drawing, in which member O’Keefe won a detailed miniature porcelain model of a Victorian-era hansom cab, donated by the Lascar and wife Chris Jeryan.

Taking note of the 65th year of the Mendicants with a “History Minute from the Archives,” Commissionaire Music then detailed how the society had, in January 1954, erected a plaque in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, England – a plaque which commemorated the very first meeting of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Intrepid sleuthing by Music revealed that the plaque was recently moved to a very visible spot in the museum of St. Bart’s, the city’s oldest hospital which dates to the 12th Century.

Next, society Tantalus Musial offered background on and questions about the meeting’s assigned story, “The Cardboard Box,” which so scandalized Victorians with its depiction of murder and adultery that it wasn’t reprinted in book form until 24 years after it first appeared in the Strand magazine.

Then, member Brad Schwartz served up the meeting’s main course, a presentation entitled “Two Suspicious Characters – Or in Defense of the Deerstalker. This learned lecture and PowerPoint presentation proved, thanks to a careful analysis of illustrations in an issue of the London Evening News in 1888, that Holmes and Watson likely assisted in ending the deadly depredations of Jack the Ripper, that infamous scourge of London’s grimy East End.

After the presentation, the Commissionaire said plans are underway for the next meeting, likely in August or September; details to follow.

Wrapping things up, members Anne Musial, Gayle Conway and Dr. David Mohan led the singing of “God Save the Queen,” O’Keefe closed the proceedings by reciting the traditional poem “221B” and the meeting adjourned at 3:44 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Musial
AMS Tantalus

Spring Meeting

“We approached the case with an absolute blank mind, which is always an advantage.”
— Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box”

And we hope you’ll see the advantage of joining us for dinner on the first Sunday in May for the annual spring meeting of The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit – as part of the year-long celebration of the 65h anniversary of the society’s founding.

Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 1 p.m.
Bastone Brewery & Restaurant, 419 South Main at Fifth, Royal Oak
Restaurant phone: (248) 544-6250

Our assigned reading and brief Canonical discussion will concern “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,” a case involving adultery, revenge and murder – so please be ready to lend an ear.

As an appetizer, Commissionaire Chris Music will offer a History Minute from the Mendicant archives.

And member Brad Schwartz will serve up the main course – a surprising presentation entitled “Two Suspicious Characters – Or in Defense of the Deerstalker” which firmly establishes the link between Holmes and the good doctor and a real-life crime that shocked the world.

There will also be the usual toasts plus prizes and more. We look forward to seeing you on May 1. Libations begin at 12:45 p.m. with the meeting and dinner beginning at 1 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Robert Musial, Tantalus


To join us that afternoon, please mail your check for $25 per person by FRIDAY APRIL 22 to:

Edward F. Stein, A.M.S.
25015 Oakbrooke
Southfield, MI 48033

Entrée choices include fish & chips, pork, salmon, chicken or steak plus soup or salad, dessert and beverages. There will also be a cash bar featuring choices from Bastone’s microbrewery.

From the Archives

The Case of the Missing Plaque
By Chris Music, AMS Commissionaire and Archivist

As most Mendicants know, the first meeting between Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson, M.D. took place in 1881 at the chemical laboratory at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. Dr. Watson described this meeting in detail in A Study in Scarlet.

Another great event took place in 1953, when the Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit erected a plaque at St. Barts –commemorating this historic meeting. The plaque stated the following:

AT THIS PLACE NEW YEARS DAY, 1881
WERE SPOKEN THESE DEATHLESS WORDS:
“YOU HAVE BEEN
IN AFGHANISTAN, I PERCEIVE”
BY
MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
IN GREETING TO
JOHN H. WATSON, M.D.
AT THEIR FIRST MEETING
THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS – 1953
BY THE AMATEUR MENDICANTS AT THE CAUCUS CLUB

But what happened to this plaque? Could it really still be there after all these years? Or was it lost? Stolen? Maybe it was buried in a forgotten storage closet somewhere. Or was it still hanging in its original location? These questions prompted me to contact St. Bartholomew’s directly to inquire. Much to my delight, I received an email back from one Katie Omerod – Deputy Archivist at Barts. In it she states:

“The plaque which you refer to is very much still in existence! It is currently hanging in the Museum here at Barts, where it has been for the last 5 years or so. It was moved from its previous location in a Medical School building as no one got to see it there.”

So mystery solved! The museum at St. Barts is open to all, free of charge, Tuesday-Friday 10AM – 4PM. So next time your travels take you to London, make it a point to visit this historic site which played such an important part in both Sherlockian and Mendicant history.

(Thanks to Roger Johnson, BSI, Sherlock Holmes Society of London for the photo)

Winter Meeting Report

To kick off its 65th year and to celebrate the 157th birthday of Sherlock Holmes, the Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit gathered on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the British Commonwealth Club in suburban Warren, Michigan.

The winter dinner meeting was called to order at 6:59 p.m. by John Kramb, the society’s Gasogene, who welcomed the 61 members and guests and introduced the AMS board members and the notables in the audience. Among them was member Jim Zych, who recently won first place in a contest sponsored by the national Sherlockian group, the Baker Street Irregulars, for his essay on an alternative fate of Professor Moriarty.

With society business dispensed with, the assemblage took part in a tasty buffet dinner of roast beef, chicken cordon bleu, potatoes and vegetables while chatting with friends old and new.

The usual toasts were offered by Fritzi Roth (to Mrs. Hudson), Glenn Harbaugh (Mycroft Holmes), Phil Jones (Watson’s Second Wife) and Sam Stinson (to The Woman).

Additional salutations were offered by Bev Sobolewski (to Irene Adler), by Jerry Alvin (to Watson’s First Wife with a nod to Ezekiah Hopkins, the late millionaire from Lebanon, Pennsylvania who founded The Red-Headed League) and by your Tantalus, who served up an Isaac Asimov limerick to Holmes on his birthday and succinctly explained why a January date was selected as the Great Detective’s natal day.

Along with dessert, Anne Musial arranged another post-prandial treat, a Norwegian almond ring cake (baked by the daughter of the Norwegian consul) to commemorate the coincidental 157th birthday of that remarkable Norwegian explorer, Sigerson, who had more than a passing acquaintance with Holmes.

With the meal concluded, the Gasogene presented the annual engraved Beggar’s Cup award for the best Sherlockian presentation in 2010 to Dr. David Mohan, whose paper at the spring meeting definitively revealed that “The Mazarin Stone” in the tale of the same name was, in reality, the famous Sancy diamond.

Following that, the Tantalus rose to offer discussion points on the evening’s story, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist.” Owing to a special guest, he graciously yielded his time and recapped the adventure with a quick limerick about the tale, again by Asimov.

Gasogene Emeritus Roy Pilot then introduced the guest, Michael Whelan, the “Wiggins” (or leader) of the Baker Street Irregulars since 1998. Whelan briefly stressed both the fellowship and the scholarship of the 300 Sherlockian societies in the U.S. and how “the game” is played, in which Holmes’ devotees maintain that he was an actual person.

To back up that assertion, several hardcover BSI books showcasing the Canon’s tales and explanations of the discrepancies in them were offered for sale all evening. To facilitate the use of these tomes, the Gasogene passed out special sets of Holmesian bookmarks, featuring The Master, the Good Doctor and the Evil Professor.

Commissionaire Chris Music then recapped a brief history of the beginnings of the AMS in the 1940s, with short illustrated profiles of the society’s founders and early members, including Russell McLauchlin, Robert Harris, the mysterious Ray Donovan and Edgar W. Smith.

Dovetailing with the Commissionaire’s presentation for every guest was a replica of the program from the Society’s 1948 Canonical dinner and a reprint of the AMS entrance examination for membership from 1946, its first year.

In keeping with the historical theme, Ed Stein, the society’s Tidewaiter, a former Gasogene and a member since 1976, revealed that he had found Harbaugh’s unopened letter of application to the society in his files and offered a delayed apology on behalf of the group, which Harbaugh goodnaturedly accepted.

Next, an assortment of Sherlockian door prizes were won by Bev Ellis, Jim O’Keefe, Tom Biblewski, Peggy Whalen, Jim Conway, Dean Weber and the Gasogene himself, marking a first in his 35-year history with the group.

As the evening drew to its close, Dr. Mohan, Anne Musial and Gayle Conway led the group in the singing of “God Save the Queen.” Richard Jeryan, the society’s Lascar, concluded the festivities with a dramatic rendition of the poem “221B” by Vincent Starrett.

The spring meeting of the AMS will be Sunday afternoon, May 1, at the Bastone Brewery in Royal Oak. Details to follow before the beginning of spring.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Musial
AMS Tantalus

Winter Meeting Announcement

“From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive, Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man.”
— Opening line of “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist.”

And we hope you won’t be too busy to join us for an enjoyable evening at the winter meeting of The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the society’s founding – and the 157th birthday of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
British Commonwealth Club, 30088 Dequindre Rd., Warren
(between 12 & 13 Mile Roads)
Club phone: (586) 751-9560

Our assigned reading and brief Canonical discussion will concern “The Solitary Cyclist,” an adventure involving a beautiful woman, a bearded man and a battle for a South African fortune.

As we begin our 65th year, Commissionaire Chris Music will offer a fascinating presentation on the formation of the Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit and our early years.

We’ll also award the society’s coveted annual Beggar’s Cup for the Best Presentation Made in 2010.

There will also be the usual toasts – including a birthday salute to The Master – plus prizes and more. We look forward to seeing you on Jan. 29. Libations begin at 6:30 p.m. with a tasty buffet dinner at 7 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Robert Musial, Tantalus

If attending, please mail your check for $26 per person by MONDAY, JAN. 24th to:

Edward F. Stein, A.M.S.
25015 Oakbrooke
Southfield, MI 48033

The buffet includes roast beef, chicken Cordon Bleu, tossed salad, mashed & au gratin potatoes, vegetable medley, rolls and dessert. Coffee/tea is included. As always, there will be a cash bar.

"Come at once if convenient... if inconvenient, come all the same."