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Adelaide Suits Rehearses Her Scene With Richard Cutler For The League Of Women Voters "How-Not-To-Do-It" Finance Drive Presentation, September 1961

Adelaide Suits Rehearses Her Scene With Richard Cutler For The League Of Women Voters "How-Not-To-Do-It" Finance Drive Presentation, September 1961 image
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Ann Arbor News, September 14, 1961
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'FRIENDLY PERSUASION': A member of the League of Women Voters "persuades" a prospective contributor on one of her early morning calls as a solicitor for the League's finance drive, which begins Tuesday. Mrs. Daniel B. Suits and Prof. Richard L. Cutler are shown in a scene from one of the skits on "how-not-to-do-it" soliciting to be presented at the finance drive's kick-off meeting Monday.
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Actor Edward Everett Horton, in town for Ann Arbor's Drama Season, mugs for News cameraman Eck Stanger, June 1957

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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1957
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Edward Everett Horton, known the world over for his facial expressions, "read" four different types of magazines yesterday while News Chief Photographer Eck Stanger snapped happily. From left to right, the comedian appears (a) a touch doubtful by what he sees Scientific American, (b) delighted by something in Holiday, (c) aghast and frightened by a story in Mad and (d) guiltily pleased by a picture in Camera in Paris. Horton will star in "The Reluctant Debutante" at the Lydia Mendelssohn next week.
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Kroger Grocery Store, Whitmore Lake, February 1939

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Ann Arbor News, February 20, 1939
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NEW WHITMORE LAKE BUSINESS BUILDING: Improving the appearance of Whitmore Lake's business district is this new cement block building with tiled front erected by J. D. Ramsey. The building will be occupied by the Ramsey drug store, a beauty shop operated by Mrs. Ramsey and a Kroger store. On the second floor are modern apartments. The building has a frontage of 61 feet and is 80 feet deep.
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Actor Edward Everett Horton, June 1957

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Edward Everett Horton, known the world over for his facial expressions, "read" four different types of magazines yesterday while News Chief Photographer Eck Stanger snapped happily. From left to right, the comedian appears (a) a touch doubtful by what he sees Scientific American, (b) delighted by something in Holiday, (c) aghast and frightened by a story in Mad and (d) guiltily pleased by a picture in Camera in Paris. Horton will star in "The Reluctant Debutante" at the Lydia Mendelssohn next week.
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Actor Edward Everett Horton, June 1957

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Edward Everett Horton, known the world over for his facial expressions, "read" four different types of magazines yesterday while News Chief Photographer Eck Stanger snapped happily. From left to right, the comedian appears (a) a touch doubtful by what he sees Scientific American, (b) delighted by something in Holiday, (c) aghast and frightened by a story in Mad and (d) guiltily pleased by a picture in Camera in Paris. Horton will star in "The Reluctant Debutante" at the Lydia Mendelssohn next week.
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Planting Fish at Pleasant Lake, October 1938

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BASS PLANTED IN WASHTENAW LAKES: Twenty-six Washtenaw county lakes and streams were stocked with 15,000 large mouth black bass fingerlings by a State Conservation Department crew Thursday and yesterday: In the picture at the left, William Corson, Washtenaw county conservation officer, is standing between J. R. Meadows (left), and Nick O'Day, in front of the truck used to carry the fish. The picture was taken at Pleasant lake, and at the right is an interested spectator, Junior Sodt of Pleasant lake. Note that the conservation officer is equipped with a gun, following out the department's recent order to equip all its men with side-arms. In the picture at the right, Mr. Meadows is shown dumping some of the small fry into Pleasant lake.
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J. R. Meadows Plants Largemouth Bass In Pleasant Lake, October 1938

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BASS PLANTED IN WASHTENAW LAKES: Twenty-six Washtenaw county lakes and streams were stocked with 15,000 large mouth black bass fingerlings by a State Conservation Department crew Thursday and yesterday: In the picture at the left, William Corson, Washtenaw county conservation officer, is standing between J. R. Meadows (left), and Nick O'Day, in front of the truck used to carry the fish. The picture was taken at Pleasant lake, and at the right is an interested spectator, Junior Sodt of Pleasant lake. Note that the conservation officer is equipped with a gun, following out the department's recent order to equip all its men with side-arms. In the picture at the right, Mr. Meadows is shown dumping some of the small fry into Pleasant lake.
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Pie Throwing Contest at Forestbrooke Athletic Club Pol, September 1964

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Pie In The Eye All is fair in love and pie-throwing. Even throwing the baker into the pool for putting only pie-topping in her pie pans is allowable. That's Aunt Ellen the baker on the left taking a leap of her own accord (she wanted was the topping off her top.) The messy battle took place yesterday at the specially decorated Forestbrooke Subdivision pool. Proceeds from two talent shows amounted to $30 to be sent to CARE.
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Nina Fahrner Makes Coffee Fudge Parfaits With Stephen Fister, June 1968

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Mrs. Clyde A. Fahrner Jr. of 2040 Calumet accepts a helping hand from a young neighbor, Stephen Fister, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Fister of 2027 Calumet, as she prepares her diet dessert specialty. While not all of Mrs. Fahrner's recipes are slimming, this Coffee Fudge Parfait has only 120 calories per tall serving glass. What better recommendation can a low-calorie dessert receive than approval by a non-dieter such as Stephen? Mrs. Fahrner's Grasshopper Pie is sure to please.
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Ypsilanti League Of Women Voters Distribute Voter Information Guides, January 1962

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VOTER GUIDES DISTRIBUTED: For the first time, the Ypsilanti League of Women Voters is distributing pamphlets designed as voter information guides for city and Ypsilanti township residents. A supply was turned over yesterday to City Clerk Elizabeth E. Fenker (right) and Ypsilanti township Clerk Tilden R. Stumbo by Mrs. Allen Myers, League president (left), and Mrs. George S. Sayre, second vice-president. The League hopes to make printing of the guides an annual project. The pamphlets, including data on voter eligibility, polling precincts, election dates and area incumbents and their terms of office, also are available at the Ypsilanti Public Library, the Board of Commerce or from the League on request.
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City Administrator Guy C. Larcom jr. Is Interviewed By League Of Women Voters Members, March 1962

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Ann Arbor News, March 19, 1962
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INTERVIEWING FOR BOOKLET: Making an early start on interviews with city officials for a new edition of an Ann Arbor League Of Women Voters booklet are Mrs. Peter B. Olmsted (left) and Mrs. Angus Campbell. They are meeting with City Administrator Guy C. Larcom, jr. A kickoff meeting for League committee members who will gather information for the revised edition of "Know Your Town" will be held tomorrow. The new edition will be the third. The first was published in 1943.
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Darwin Downer With Set Of Triplet Lambs, April 1937

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Ann Arbor News, April 21, 1937
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JUST A SPECIMEN: Many strange and wonderful things happened on the Darwin Downer farm, near Chelsea, last week and the view above is just a sample - just a smidgin, as the boys say - of what went on. Mr. Downer is shown holding one set of the six sets of lamb triplets which were born during the tremendous re-storking of his sheep herd. Six sets of lamb triplets are a lot of potential chops, but they only constituted only the first paragraph of the story. There were also 102 sets of twins. Mrs. Dionne, the thing seems to be catching.
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Mary Anderson & Eleanor Gilbert - All-City Badminton Tournament, April 1938

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BRUNETTE BEATS BLOND - Miss Eleanor Gilbert, right, defeated Miss Mary Anderson, left, in the novice final of the All-City Badminton tournament Saturday night. The match was one of the hardest fought of the tournament, going three sets.
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Chris Mack & Leroy Weir, All-City Badminton City Tournament, April 1938

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WIN TITLE IN DOUBLES - Chris Mack, left, and Leroy Weir, right, won the men's doubles title in the All-City Badminton tournament Saturday night at Michigan's Intramural Building. Mack was also victorious in the men's singles and paired with Jane Quirk to annex the crown in the mixed doubles.
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E. E. Knox, New York World's Fair Courier, Visiting City Hall, May 1938

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MAYOR WELCOMES WORLD'S FAIR COURIER: When E. E. Knox, special "good will" envoy from the New York world's fair of 1939, arrived in Ann Arbor yesterday, he was greeted at the city hall by Mayor Walter C. Sadler, Police Chief Lewis W. Fohey and William M. Strickland, manager of the local branch of the Automobile club. Standing in front of the courier's car, they are, left to right, Chief Fohey, Mr. Knox, Mayor Sadler and Mr. Strickland.
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Dr. John F. Shepard Drops A Financial Contribution For The Ann Arbor League Of Women Voters Into A Mailbox, September 1962

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Ann Arbor News, September 12, 1962
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AVID LEAGUE SUPPORTER: Mrs. Carl Johnson, finance chairman of the Ann Arbor League of Women Voters, smiles with approval as Dr. John F. Shepard of Oakland Ave., professor emeritus of psychology at the U-M, is first in line with his contribution for the League's annual finance drive, which gets under way officially Sept. 17. Supporters of the League's nonpartisan work in national, state and local government are being asked to donate $3,500 this year.
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Guests Are Greeted At The League Of Women Voters Annual Membership Dessert, September 1962

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TERRIFIC TURNOUT: Mrs. Peter Paraskevoudakis (left) was one of the new members greeted at the door by Mrs. Frank Sergeant (center) and Mrs. Leonard Hoag at yesterday's annual membership dessert of the League of Women Voters in the YM-YWCA. Multitudes turned out for the affair and also to hear talks by the candidates running for the congressman-at-large post in Michigan, Nov. 6.
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League Of Women Voters Annual Membership Dessert, September 1962

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DISCUSS LEAGUE WORK: Mrs. Aubrey Hicks (left), a prospective member of the League of Women Voters, talked with Mrs. Raymond L. Nusca at the League's dessert about the non-partisan organization's work with elections, candidates and issues.
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League Of Women Voters Members Enjoy Annual Membership Dessert, September 1962

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A FINE DESSERT: Mrs. Leonard Gregory (back to camera), Mrs. Max Crossman, Mrs. Lyle Craine, chairman of the League of Women Voters' Huron River Resource Committee, and Mrs. William Horner (left to right, clockwise) enjoyed the dessert served at the League's annual membership drive yesterday at the "Y."
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Guests Find Their Name Tags At The League Of Women Voters Annual Membership Dessert, September 1962

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'PROSPECTIVES': Mrs. Donald A. Jones of Manor Dr. and Mrs. Roger Low of Baldwin Ave. (left to right) picked up their name tags before the League of Women Voters' dessert yesterday at the "Y." Both the prospective members learned about the League's activities at the annual drive to recruit members.
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Candidates For Michigan Congressman-At-Large Draw Straws To Determine Who Will Speak First At A League Of Women Voters Event, September 1962

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WHO GOES FIRST? Mrs. Thomas Snelham of Birmingham, state president of the League of Women Voters, supervises as the candidates for congressman-at-large draw straws to determine their speaking order before the Ann Arbor league. From left to right are Ralph Muncy, Socialist Labor; Alvin M. Bentley, Republican, and Neal Staebler, Democrat. Bentley lost and spoke first, as in the candidates' previous joint appearances.
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Five Sets Of Twins At St. Thomas Catholic School, April 1937

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PROBLEM IN DOUBLES: St. Thomas Catholic school boasts five pairs of twins, pictured above. Two of the pairs are brother and sister combinations and the others are girls. The girls, dressed alike, frequently present a problem in identity. Left to right are: Irene and Anthony D'Agostino, 7 years old; Hilda and Helen Heinzmann, 9 years old; Guadaloupe and Martina Bedolla, both 7; and Raymond and Cecile Hurtubise, 7 years old; and in back Corrine and Lorraine Kester, 10 years old.
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Latin American Politicians At League Of Women Voters Tea, October 1962

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SOUTH OF THE BORDER: Mrs. Franklin Moore, president of the League of Women Voters, was hostess in her home on Glendaloch Circle yesterday afternoon at an informal tea given by the League honoring 11 Latin American politicians. From left to right they are Antonio Besil of Argentina, Jose Antonio Ferreiro of Uruguay, Mrs. Moore, Jose Francisco Pena of the Dominican Republic, Augusto Velezmoro of Peru and Vicente Machado of Honduras.
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Children getting Fluoride Treatments at Pittsfield Village, September 1949

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FLUORIDE FOR CHILDREN'S TEETH: First group of the 800 Washtenaw youngsters who eventually will received fluoride treatment to prevent tooth decay are pictured in the community building at Willow Village, where U.S. Public Health Service experts are holding the first of a series of demonstration clinics. Dr. Sanford Smith is in charge assisted by Miss Marirose Ratti (center background) and Miss Pat Dean.
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George Henning's Cattle, November 1936

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FATTENING FOR MARKET: George Henning, Salem, is one of many Washtenaw county farmers who are feeding cattle for market. Above is shown his 116 Herefords and shorthorns.
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Henning Siblings and Sheep, November 1936

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INTRODUCING - THE ALL-'ROUND 4-H CHAMPION, HER SISTER AND BROTHER: Above are shown Margaret Henning, right, newly crowned 4-H champion of Washtenaw county, her brother Robert, and sister, Clara. They live near Salem on their father's 280-acre farm. Margaret has completed, with remarkable success, a half dozen 4-H projects and at the banquet given Washtenaw county members in the Michigan Union Monday night by the Kiwanis club she was acclaimed the All-'Round 4-H champion of the county.
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William & Regina Bird Celebrate Their 50th Wedding Anniversary, February 1938

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GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRANTS: Mr. and Mrs. William O. Bird celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary quietly yesterday at their home at 1118 Catherine St.
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"Washtenaw" Stone For Hugh Gray Memorial, with Arthur W. Stace, Eli Gallup, and Joseph Arnet, May 1938

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WASHTENAW STONE GOES INTO CAIRN: This 600-pound boulder is Washtenaw county's contribution to the cairn to be erected on the Old Mission peninsula north of Traverse City. A stone from each county of the state goes into this monument to Hugh Gray, dean of the Michigan tourist association men. Left to right, inspecting the stone, are Eli A. Gallup, superintendent of parks, who gave the boulder, Joseph L. Arnet, in whose granite plant it was engraved, and Arthur W. Stace, chairman of the Washtenaw county committee.
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Dr. Bayard Dodge Meets With Former Students Of The American University Of Beirut, January 1938

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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MEETS FORMER STUDENTS: Former students of the American university at Beirut, Syria, who are studying here, had luncheon yesterday with Dr. Bayard Dodge, president of the university, who spent two days in Ann Arbor, and with Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, counselor for foreign students. From left to right above are, standing, Ayoub S. Howie of Ras-Beirut; Hassan F. Khatib of Amman, Transjordan; Fuad Abi-Ajram of Baakline, Syria; and Anwar Hasani of Bagdad, Iraq. Seated, are Dr. Dodge, Prof. Nelson and Raja T. Shabshab of Beirut.
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Haines of 7th St. With Big Pike, June 1937

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YEAH IT'S NICE, BUT WHO IS GOING TO CLEAN IT? Mrs. Howard Haines of South Seventh St. is proud of her husband's prowess as an angler, but when he brought this eight and three-quarter pound pike home yesterday, the question immediately arose as to who was going to clean it. Judging from the above picture, Mrs. Haines doesn't relish the job. Mr. Haines caught the pike in Whitmore Lake yesterday morning, as the inland fishing season opened.
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S. S. Sturgeon With Ann Arbor Police Department's New Radio Transmitter, April 1937

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POLICE RADIO TRANSMITTER READY FOR SERVICE: S. S. Sturgeon, chief radio operator on the local police force, is shown putting finishing touches on the transmission equipment which he has built and which was to be moved to the city hall today to begin operation. The system will be operated on a one-way basis temporarily.
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Radiotrician S. S. Sturgeon with Ann Arbor Police Department Police Radio Set.

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Turtles Trapped For Saline's Polar Bear Inn, May 1938

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SALINE MEN GET BIG TURTLE CATCH: Trapping turtles isn't very common in Washtenaw county, and capturing 10 turtles in six traps is even more rare, but that's what George Hertler of US-112, Saline township, did Wednesday. The gross weight of the catch was about 150 pounds, and the largest turtle weighed 19 pounds. Mr. Hertler obtains turtle meat and turtle soup for his restaurant, and the turtles are caught in Snake lake near Clinton. Mrs. Hertler paints the shells like those suspended from the roof in the picture. Holding some of the catch, from left to right, are: Will Schumacher, route 2, Saline, Mrs. Hertler and Mr. Hertler.
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Whitmore Lake School Students Enjoy A Film From Their New Movie Projector, February 1939

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WHITMORE LAKE SCHOOL GETS NEW PROJECTOR: Pupils in the only Washtenaw county rural school to have its own motion picture projector, these children seem to be enjoying the first showing of pictures with the machine purchased by the Whitmore Lake School Parent-Teachers Association. Frequent use of the machine for educational films is planned by school officials.
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Contestants Waiting To Start The Superior 4-H Farmers Club Pie Eating Contest, March 1936

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'ON YOUR TEETH, GET SET - BITE" - And the pie-eating contest of the Superior 4-H farmers' club, held at the home of Robert Steeb, Geddes Rd., last Friday night was under way. Above are shown the contestants, waiting and ready for the word to bite. Standing in the front row are, left to right, Arthur Vandenbosch, Dean Vandenbosch, William Carver, Donald Gill and Wayne Alber. Standing in the rear are Elsie Steeb, Jill Smith, Leona Parker and Junior McKim. Grouped between the front rows are John Smith, Elwood Parker, president of the club, Howard L. Spedding of the Kiwanis club, Wayne Spike, Wallace Vandenbosch, Sebert Hughes, William Leslie, Lucy Steeb, John Carver, Jesse Hewens and Robert Wardle.
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James E. Harkins - Lifelong Ann Arbor Resident, June 1938

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RECALLS SHOW DAYS: James E. Harkins (above) who was 79 years old on June 3, tells of his experiences in home talent shows as he recalls his early life in Ann Arbor. He is a lifelong resident of the city.
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Sam Denton, 79, Operates Switchboard At Gregory, April 1937

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BLINDNESS NO OBSTACLE: For 32 years Sam Denton, 79 years old, shown above, has operated the Gregory switchboard in the rear of his grocery store. He has been blind for 54 years, but has always surmounted the obstacle.
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Marksmanship Memorial Trophy Presented To The Ann Arbor Police Department, June 1937

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DONORS OF POLICE MARKSMANSHIP TROPHY: Justice Jay H. Payne (left) and Prosecutor Albert J. Rapp (right) are shown examining the trophy held by Justice Harry W. Reading, which the three public officials have presented to the Ann Arbor police department to stimulate and award marksmanship. The trophy is a memorial to Patrolman Clifford "Sid" Stang, who was killed in action March 21, 1935, when he interrupted a robbery of the Conlin & Wetherbee men's furnishings store, 118 E. Washington St. One of the two gunmen, William "Shorty" Hayden, later was captured in California, was returned to Ann Arbor just one year and 40 minutes after the shooting and today is serving a life sentence for murder. His accomplice is still sought. The trophy will be awarded to the policeman winning it three consecutive years, each year's winner being determined on the basis of average scores for the various practice shoots held during the summer months.
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