Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1954
Caption:
They Could Smile Afterward: Although badly frightened, some of the employes of the Kroger Store at Stadium Blvd. and Jackson Ave. were able to muster smiles last night after five gunmen held up the store and got away with $4,500. In left foreground are William Carr and John Vunck, Behind them is Toshio Kimura. Lined up left to right are Arthur Frank, Dennis Moffat, Floyd Morris, George Gilligan, Charles Wright, Hershel Spencer and Max Hepburn. All but Gilligan were imprisoned in a small cold storage room by the bandits, as was Walter Moore (not pictured). Gilligan hid atop a meat cooler. The store manager, Kenneth Taylor (not pictured), was locked up in an empty truck trailer outside the store.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1938
Caption:
Chelsea Youths Take State Titles: Members of Chelsea High school's Future Farmers chapter won state championships in potato and dairy judging at the recent state FFA convention, it was learned during the past week. Their instructor and adviser, Roy Wallis, is shown at the left and the tree boys nearest him were members of the champion dairy judging team, while the three at the right were potato judging champions. From left to right, back row, are Veryl Haflay (?), ? Merkel, Francis Hafner, Robert Swartzmiller and Warren Hoover. Standing in front with Mr. Wallis is Max Hepburn. Merkel won first place in the state in individual dairy judging, and Hepburn placed third.