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Perry Nursery School In Session At Parkridge Community Center In Ypsilanti, October 1962

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Year:
1956
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Ann Arbor News, October 16, 1962
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Nursery School In Session: A hand-picked group of 24 three and four-year-olds are taking part in classes at Ypsilanti's new Perry Nursery School situated in the Parkridge Community Center. The program, designed to give special preparation to the selected children, is being administered by Charles E. Beatty, principal of Perry Elementary School, and will be researched by a team headed by David P. Weikart, special services co-ordinator and school psychologist for the school district. Furniture for the school shown here was designed and built voluntarily by Byron Aldrich and Richard Krezewinski of the school system.

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1996
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Ypsilantians Remember Lost Community

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AACHM Oral History: Johnny Barfield

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Johnny W. Barfield was born February 8, 1927, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As a child he sold soap house to house and, after tenth grade, joined the U.S. Army where he served in France and Germany. After leaving the Army in 1947, Mr. Barfield became a wall washer for the University of Michigan, where hard work, entrepreneurship, and innovation helped him build the largest cleaning business in Ann Arbor. Mr. Barfield is widely recognized for his philanthropic work and support of the African American and business communities.

Four Youths Wounded At Dance In Ypsilanti

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1965
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