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Abbot Students Plant Spring Bulbs Outside Their School, October 1973 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Abbot Students Plant Spring Bulbs Outside Their School, October 1973 image
Year:
1973
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 31, 1973
Caption:
The city's celebration of its 150th anniversary next year should find Ann Arbor ablaze with flowers under a program sponsored by the Beautification Committee of the Sesquicentennial Commission. The committee, with help from local scouts, students and various civic groups hopes to plant some 20,000 bulbs at various public places. A parent, Basil Babcock, helps youngsters from Abbot School, 2670 Sequoia Parkway, plant bulbs on the school grounds. The students are, from left, Scott Clark, Beth Borton, Dianna Clark, Gaye Hines and Tina Clark.
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AACHM Oral History: Janie Lee Ross

Janie Lee RossJanie Lee Ross was born in 1921 in Jackson, Tennessee. Her father was a church deacon, and she remembers attending choir rehearsals. In the 1940s she and her husband Thomas moved to Chicago, and she went to practical nursing school. They moved to Ann Arbor in 1951 and purchased a home on Fifth Avenue. They opened their home to many friends and relatives who needed a place to stay. Ross was a nurse’s aid at St. Joe’s Hospital and a custodian in Ann Arbor Public Schools. She has four children–Charlotte, Thomas, Carol, and Eugene (Bobby)–and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Catherine Gordon With Lilacs Blooming In October, October 1954

Catherine Gordon With Lilacs Blooming In October, October 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 28, 1954
Caption:
THEY THINK IT'S SPRING: A prime example of this year's freak fall is this lilac bush blooming in the yard of Mrs. Catherine Gordon, 200 W. Jefferson St. Many local residents have reported "spring" flowers of various types in bloom this fall, but University botanists said the flowering lilacs were particularly unusual.
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Ted Fry Holds A Giant Banana Squash From His Garden, October 1955

Ted Fry Holds A Giant Banana Squash From His Garden, October 1955 image
Year:
1955
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 11, 1955
Caption:
BIG SQUASH: Ted Fry of 64 Longfellow Dr., Whitmore Lake, imported some special banana squash seeds from California this spring, planted them in his garden and awaited developments. The "developments" included the monster squash he's holding, which grew to be 32 1/2 inches long and weighs 31 1/2 pounds. Fry operates a grocery market at Pittsfield Village.
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Phyllis Brumm, Bride Of Vernon Cannon, On Her Wedding Day - June 3, 1939 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Phyllis Brumm, Bride Of Vernon Cannon, On Her Wedding Day - June 3, 1939 image
Year:
1939
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 5, 1939
Caption:
BRIDE RECEIVES GUESTS IN GARDEN: The former Phyllis Brumm (above), and Vernon Cannon of Chapel Hill, N. C., were united in marriage Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Brumm's parents, Prof. and Mrs. John L. Brumm on Cambridge Rd., and held a reception in the garden after the ceremony.
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