Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 3, 1947
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CONVOCATION PICKETED: University students who picketed the special convocation in Hill Auditorium this morning, at which Netherlands ambassador Eelco N. van Kleffens was a principal speaker, are shown carrying placards protesting the situation in Indonesia. Other students, in turn, picketed the pickets, declaring that the original group did not represent student sentiment.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 17, 1948
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DIGGING FOR BETTER LIGHTING: A new, streamlined curb lamp post will be set into this hole in a Main St. sidewalk as part of the extensive improvements in Ann Arbor's street lighting which were started yesterday by the Detroit Edison Co. The changes are expected to increase the brightness of the city's lights by almost 70 per cent. Shown reaching into the excavation is Albert J. Genovese of Ann Arbor. Bending over at the right foreground is Clare B. Titus of Rochester, foreman of the project. Standing at the rear, in front of bystander Gilbert Mayfield are Walter C. Malzahn of Utica (left) and Alfred R. Roach of Davisburg.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 7, 1946
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Lester A. Working of the Ann Arbor Flying Club stops to chat with Mrs. Harry Smith, 80, before they take off for Holland, Mich., on Mrs. Smith's first plane trip. Mrs. Smith, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Newton Beach at 418 S. Division St., spent the afternoon visiting her brother who is seriously ill.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 19, 1950
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100 YEARS OLD TODAY: South Lyon is today celebrating, with open house and band music, the 100th birthday of its oldest resident, Mrs. Emma Furman. Messages of congratulations have come to her from President Truman and Governor Williams.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1947
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WHO SAYS IT'S HOT? Well, nearly everybody said so Monday afternoon as the temperature reached 93 degrees, but five youngsters who wisely journeyed to Island Park found the Huron river an excellent heat antidote. Pictured (left to right) are Peggy Herrst, 3, Emma Herrst, 5, Michael Jones, 2, Connie Jones, 4, and Edna Jones, 13.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1947
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WADING IS FUN - AND COOLING: Mrs. Mildred Wigfall and her two and one-half-year-old daughter, Teressa, found the water at Island Park just the thing for keeping cool Monday afternoon as the thermometer soared to a record summer high.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1947
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MOTHER AND SON COOL OFF: Fifteen-month-old Michael Parsons had the right idea Monday afternoon. He beat the 93-degree heat by playing in the shallows of the Huron river at Island Park, and his mother, Mrs. Lena Parsons, went right in with him.