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AACHM Oral History: Don Simons

Sun, 11/08/2020 - 1:08pm

Donald L. Simons was born in 1943 and he grew up on Fuller Street in Ann Arbor. He attended Jones School, Ann Arbor High, and Eastern Michigan University. He was a starting football halfback and basketball co-captain in high school, and was recognized as athlete of the month. Mr. Simons recalls segregation and several incidents of discrimination in Ann Arbor. He is proud of his family, his work coaching at the Maxey Boys' Training School and Boysville, and co-hosting the annual neighborhood picnic for 25 years.

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Legacies Project Oral History: Victoria Loomis

Thu, 01/16/2020 - 9:23am

Victoria Suane Milton was born in 1933 and grew up in River Rouge, Michigan. Her mother was of French creole background from New Orleans. In 1938 her father, Samuel B. Milton, founded one of Michigan’s first Black-owned hospitals, Sidney A. Sumby Memorial Hospital. He was also the first Black Wayne County coroner. After getting her BA in social work from the University of Michigan in the 1950s, Victoria returned to work at Sumby Memorial Hospital in purchasing and housekeeping. She and her husband John Loomis had six children, including a set of triplets. She passed away in 2021.

Victoria Loomis was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2009-2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

Angell School Friends Carry Marianna Hoad Up The Steps, January 1951 Photographer: Maiteland Robert La Motte

Angell School Friends Carry Marianna Hoad Up The Steps, January 1951 image

Year:
1951

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 6, 1951
Caption:
A friendly lift from her schoolmates is the safest and fastest way up the steps of Angell School when she is wearing roller skates, Maryanna Hoad has found. Giving her a helping hand are (left to right) Dorothy Morley, Lynn Wiederhaft, Karen Wenk, William Canton, and Molly McLennen. Maryanna put on her skates for a fast spin on the school sidewalk during the recess period.

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Richard Brenen dons a pair of skates as a few neighborhood dogs look on, February 1955

Year:
1955

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 25, 1955
Caption:
SIGN OF SPRING: Yesterday's spring-like weather caused this Ann Arbor lad, Richard Brenen of 705 Gott St., to don his roller skates for an early-season spin along the city's sidewalks. But "spring in February" proved short-lived as colder temperatures arrived last night with indications that winter is still here to stay for awhile.

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Family Roller Skating at Forsythe Jr. High, December 1972

Year:
1972

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West Park- Mack Picnic, 1995

Year:
1995

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Roller Skating Girls, March 1949 Photographer: Maiteland Robert La Motte

Year:
1949

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 28, 1949
Caption:
Spring must be here. Roller-skating youngsters on Ann Arbor streets comprise one of the surest signs. Here six-year-old Janet West of 1707 Pontiac St., a first grade pupil at Northside School, gets a helping hand with her skates from Betty Ann Dibble, seven and one-half, a second grader at St. Thomas School, before hitting the pavement. Scenes like this will increase in direct proportion to the rise of thermometers.

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Girls Roller Skating With Ski Poles, January 1957

Year:
1957

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 4, 1957
Caption:
READY FOR ANYTHING: With Michigan's changeable weather, a girl has to be ready for most anything. So yesterday when a swirling snowstorm broke across the city Patty McWilliams, 5, of 2402 Brockman Blvd. (left) and Cynthia Cairnes, 5, of 2108 Shadford Rd., went roller skating with the aid of ski poles.