Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 2, 1966
Caption:
Pair Honored For Service - Mrs. Luella M. Smith, Washtenaw county clerk since 1939, and the Rev. C. W. Carpenter, pastor of the Second Baptist Church from 1929 until his retirement on his 80th birthday yesterday, today received the first American Bar Association Liberty Bell Awards at the Law Day ceremonies in the Washtenaw Circuit Court. Circuit Judge James R. Breakey Jr. (right) presented the plaques on behalf of the Washtenaw County Bar Association. The award was established by the ABA to recognize efforts of non-lawyers to uphold the law. Judge Breakey commended both Mrs. Smith and the Rev. Mr. Carpenter for "service a long way beyond the call of duty." He told Mrs. Smith "you have guided us as lawyers and judges through the years and I was happy to see you advanced early in the days of having a woman in a high position." He called her the "most efficient county clerk in the state." He said the Rev. Mr. Carpenter's "work in human relations has stamped your position as one of the great service in the community."

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 16, 1958
Caption:
Heart Operation Patient: Mrs. Ahmet Berker (center) shows County Clerk Luella M. Smith pictures of her children as Mrs. Berker's husband (left)looks over her shoulder. Mrs. Berker was brought to University Hospital from her native Turkey for an operation on her heart. Unen Dilber (right) brought his father at the same time for another type of operation.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 29, 1962
Caption:
Welcomes New Citizens: Circuit Judge William J. Weipert, jr. (far right), congratulates Dr. and Mrs. Walter G. Brovins (left), formerly of the Ukraine, and Hendrika Overkleeft (standing center), from The Netherlands, as County Clerk Luella M. Smith (seated) completes Hendrika's naturalization certificate. Dr. Brovins is a state physician at Ypsilanti State Hospital. Hendrika, 16, a student at Ypsilanti High School, was the youngest person naturalized yesterday.