Published In
Ann Arbor News, May 8, 1940
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FIRST GIRL STUDENT TO SOLO: Joan B. Hamilton, 20, junior student in the Literary college from Yonkers, Ny Y., is the first of her sex to fly alone after instruction at the Ann Arbor airport under the U.S. Civil Aeronautical Authority. Miss Hamilton was a member of the University Glider club last semester and took up airplane work this term. She also solos in another field: with Bill Gail's dance orchestra. After getting her A. B. degree, she plans to study law.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, March 5, 2000
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At lower left, Barton Dam along the Huron River. The dam was built in 1912 as a growing Ann Arbor needed increasing amounts of fresh water. For the full text of the Ann Arbor News' annual Outlook economic study, visit Michigan Live at aa.mlive.com/news/outlook.