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There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: Fred Adams

Sat, 08/10/2024 - 2:12am

Fred Adams attended Jones School from kindergarten through ninth grade, from 1937 to 1947. During junior high he played in the Intramural Football League against teams from Tappan and Slauson. He also recalls several Black-owned businesses on Ann Street, where his father worked.

More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.

Carpenter School Boy Scout Troop 29's Booth At Scout-O-Rama, April 1956

Year:
1956

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 26, 1956
Caption:
SCOUT BOOTH TO FEATURE FISHING: Boy Scouts of Troop 29, Carpenter School, have taken the fishing merit badge as the theme for their booth at the Portage Trails Council's Scout-O-Rama Saturday night at Ann Arbor High School. Standing in rear are (left to right) Jerry Hartman, Jim Thomas and Wayne DeHate. Seated (left to right) are Ronnie Exelby, Phillip Marshall and Mike Lillie. Kneeling in foreground are Don Gibson (left) and Norm Briggs.

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Burns Park Cub Scout Skit Depicts The Beginning Of Ann Arbor, February 1952

Year:
1952

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 7, 1952
Caption:
Cub Scouts of Burns Park School Pack 101 will turn back the pages of time at their "Blue and Gold" anniversary dinner tonight at the First Presbyterian Church. Here is a preview of the skit depicting the beginnings of Ann Arbor. In coonskin caps are famous local pioneers John Allen (Doug Bailey, left) and George Rumsey (Tom Baumgardner). To the right are their wives Ann Allen (Bill Baumgardner, left) and Ann Rumsey (Dick Root). Adding the early American touch to the scene are "Huron Indians" Audie Stevens (left) and Mike Heffernan. The trusty steed at the extreme left is composed of Larry Lowe (in front) and Philip Chenoweth. The dinner and program commemorates the 42nd anniversary of the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America.

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City Man, Hero In Finnish Army, Will Be Honored

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Ann Arbor News, September 20, 1962

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Month

September

Year

1962

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AACHM Oral History: Mike Bass

Wed, 08/10/2022 - 3:45pm

Michael Thomas Bass was born in 1945 to Thomas and Louise Bass. His parents–a doctor and a teacher–were influential members of Ypsilanti’s Black community. Bass excelled in football, basketball, and track. He was senior class president of Ypsilanti High School in 1963. He received a BA in Education from the University of Michigan. Bass is best known for playing in the National Football League for the Washington Commanders (formerly Redskins) from 1969 to 1975. After retiring from the NFL, Bass ran a resort in the Bahamas. He and his wife Rosita now reside in Florida and they have two daughters, Kimberly and Louise.

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Boy Scouts Prepare for a Party at the Dunbar Center, February 1948

Year:
1948

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 12, 1948
Caption:
Dunbar Scouts Plan 'Housewarming' Party: Plans for a "housewarming" party tonight at Dunbar Civic Center are being discussed here by members of Boy Scout Troop 75, for whom the party is being given. The scouts (left to right) are Fred Adams, Don Calvert, Marvin Baker, Paul Bacon, Curtis Starks, Coleman Jewett, Robert Henson, John Adams, Duane Calvert, Horace Williams, Hathaway Gulley and James Guster. Scoutmaster Vernon Adams is explaining things. At the party, which will begin at 7 o'clock, the troop will be presented with a flag by the Graf-O'Hara post of Veterans of Foreign Wars.