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AACHM Oral History: Dolores and James Turner
Dolores Preston Turner was born in Ann Arbor in the early 1940s, and her family lived in a small historically Black neighborhood on Woodlawn Avenue. She graduated from Ann Arbor High School, where she met her future husband, James Turner. She remembers moving into their first apartment in Pittsfield Village as a result of fair housing protests in Ann Arbor in the 1960s. Turner has two master’s degrees and she taught English at Huron High School for 30 years. Dolores and James celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September 2021.
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AACHM Oral History: Harold Simons
Harold Simons was born in 1946 and he grew up in Ann Arbor. He was inspired by Jones School teacher Harry Mial to become a teacher and coach. A standout basketball player for Ann Arbor High, he went on to play at Eastern Michigan University. He was the freshman basketball coach there before becoming head coach at Huron High for 20 years. Mr. Simons reflects on race relations and generational differences in Ann Arbor. He and his wife Ethel have been married for 53 years.
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Law Teacher William Wolff Greets Students at Huron High Freshman Orientation, August 1991 Photographer: Colleen Fitzgerald
Year:
1991
Huron High Students and Teacher Donald Henson Use Driver's Training Simulators, April 1974
Year:
1974
Teacher Kent Overbey Teaches English as a Foreign Language at Huron High School, October 1974 Photographer: Robert Chase
Year:
1974
Ann Arbor News, October 6, 1974
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Huron Teacher Kent Overbey Practices Verb Conjugations
New Sensor-Operated Buzzer Alarm in the Huron High School Library, September 1974 Photographer: Jack Stubbs
Year:
1974
Ann Arbor News, September 26, 1974
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Following a "misfire," Pegi Nordby hesitantly makes another try at going through a new alarm-connected gate at Huron High School. The gate is designed to frustrate would-be book thieves. It is part of a system which includes a sensor-operated buzzer alarm, which is set off when someone tried to leave with a library book which has not been checked out. Librarian Fran Greenough watched as Pegi makes a second try at the gate following the false alarm.
Three All-A Students Pose with Huron High Principal, June 1974 Photographer: Robert Chase
Year:
1974
Ann Arbor News, June 17, 1974
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Huron High's All-A students are shown with 12th grade principal Daniel Spriggs. They are in foreground (from left) Tom Terwilliger, Nancy Fahrner, and Paul Sponseller.
Huron High Students and Teacher Donald Henson Use Driver's Training Simulators, April 1974
Year:
1974
Ann Arbor News, April 29, 1974
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Huron High Students Amy Mahatzke And Michael Blalock Use Driver Training Simulators As Teacher Donald Henson Monitors
Portrait of South Lyon Major Andrew T. Rajkovich with Desmond P. Ryan and Willie Brown Jr. at Huron High, March 1974 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1974
Ann Arbor News, March 10, 1974
Caption:
To tell the truth, the political situation at Huron High has been highly confused these days, with three pretenders to the title of mayor. Andrew T. Rajkovich, at left, Desmond P. Ryan and Willie Brown Jr. shared slots on the ballot. When it was all sorted out, it was revealed that Ryan and Brown were pretenders in the dramatic sense, having been cast as mayors in local productions. Rajkovich is the real mayor of South Lyon.