Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 27, 1970
Caption:
Assistant Fire Chief Fred Schmid (right) holds a rope to a new flag pole erected in Buhr Park by Fire Capt. George Hastings and Firefighters Norman Hebert and James Hayes. The pole is dedicated to Sgt. Charles Brown, killed in action in Vietnam. Vandals wrecked the old flag pole. (Ann Arbor News photo by Cecil Lockard.)

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 10, 1960
Caption:
Gifts Provide Night Lights: Raymond Girbach (left), president of the Washtenaw County Farm Council, accepts a check for $1,000 from Fred Schmid (center), president of the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club, as Raymond McCalla, Kiwanis agriculture and conservation committee chairman, smiles his satisfied approval. Behind them are two of six huge night-lighting poles installed last week at the Farm Bureau's Activities Center on the Saline-Ann Arbor Rd., to permit night use of the center's show ring (judges' stand in background). The $2,275 project was financed by the Kiwanis gift, $1,000 from the Farm Council, $100 donated by the Webster Grange and gifts from two county 4-H Clubs. Lights with a combined power of 36,000 watts have been placed on the poles.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 20, 1955
Caption:
Fire Draws Crowd: A noon-hour fire yesterday at the Virginian restaurant, 313 S. State St., brought firefighting equipment and a large crowd to the scene, as shown in top photo. Though the blaze was confined to the basement, damage is expected to total several thousand dollars. In the picture at lower left, employes and University students are busy moving stock from Wild & Co., next door to the restaurant, to avoid smoke damage. Dense smoke hampered firemen in their attempts to bring the fire under control. At lower right [this photo], Fred Schmid retreats gasping from the interior of the restaurant. Chief Ernest Heller, who was breathing with difficulty this morning, said the fire was probably caused by defective wiring in the ceiling of the basement.