Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 6, 1942
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IRENE SEITZ, deputy county clerk: "I'm going to give to the USO-Community Fund drive because I think it is our duty as citizens to do all we can to back up the soldiers in their struggle. The agencies of the Community Fund have helped to make our democracy a thing worth fighting for."

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 3, 1954
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Hopeful that they'll be able to make the trip to Rome to sing in an international choir boys' congress April 20-25, six St. Thomas choir boys and their director made out passport applications yesterday at the county clerk's office. Because it takes some time to get the passports, it was necessary to do this immediately, although only part of the necessary $5,000 has been raised. They are (left to right) William W. Graf, 11, David F. Meldrum, 13, Joseph A. Tramontin, 13, Albert J. Raboteau, 11, Thomas C. O'Brien, 10, Preston W. Shelton, 12, and their director, Charles H. Clarke. They would be the only United States representatives.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 2, 1966
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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."