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AACHM Oral History: Dolores and James Turner

Dolores TurnerDolores 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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Retiree A.P. Marshall Teaches Over 55 Driving Class, February 1989 Photographer: Colleen Fitzgerald

Retiree A.P. Marshall Teaches Over 55 Driving Class, February 1989 image
Year:
1989
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 11, 1989
Caption:
A.P. Marshall, retired dean of academic services at Eastern Michigan University, volunteers to teach a driver refresher course for senior citizens sponsored by Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons.
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Pioneer High School Student Driver, 1976 Photographer: RJ Godin

Pioneer High School Student Driver, 1976 image
Year:
1976
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Academy Driving School Accident, May 1969 Photographer: Dennis Chase

Academy Driving School Accident, May 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 28, 1969
Caption:
A stunned driving instructor watched her student turn right onto E. Stadium from Washtenaw this morning and run smack into a sign on the corner. "Slow up, slow up," Jean Kassell, a teacher for six months at the Academy Driving School in Detroit, told the student, who had been out driving for 15 minutes. But not even the instructor’s own steering wheel and brake could stop the accident. Mrs. Kassell sent the student home in a taxicab and waited for a wrecking crew to...uh, remove the car. "This is not good advertising," she said.
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Driver Education On A Bumpy Road, March 1978 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Driver Education On A Bumpy Road, March 1978 image
Year:
1978
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 26, 1978
Caption:
Another Option - Pioneer driver education teacher Stanley Szymanski assists student Debbie East at a simulator. This is an option, along with driving range training, which allows school districts to cut the number of required on-the-street driving hours in driver education classes. The simulator, with all the devices of areal driver's seat, has students react to filmed traffic situations.
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Driver Education Facing Funding Challenges, March 1978 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Driver Education Facing Funding Challenges, March 1978 image
Year:
1978
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 26, 1978
Caption:
Driver education is facing some serious problems in Michigan, most of which relate to rising costs and lack of money. School districts have resorted to money-saving devices such as driving ranges and simulators, like the one at left with Pioneer teacher Stan Szymanski and student Debbie East.
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