Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 25, 1946
Caption:
SON RECEIVES DEAD FATHER'S AWARD: Richard Otto Donner, 11-year-old son of Mrs. Virginia Kappler of Whitmore Lake, receives a firm handshake and a Silver Star medal, awarded posthumously to his father, Major Otto H. Donner, who was killed in December, 1944. Mrs. Kappler, who stands behind the boy, has recently re-married. Left to right in the above picture are Lt. Col. N. W. Dragneff, who presented the awards; Richard, his mother, Mrs. Fred Henes of Dexter, who received a Silver Star awarded posthumously to her son, Paul; and Lt. Col. Dudley J. Scholten, who was awarded a Legion of Merit at the ceremonies in the Armory.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 3, 1947
Caption:
LOST SAVINGS RESTORED: Police Lt. William E. Hitchingham zips the $12,180 contents of a handbag belonging to Mrs. Rachel Ripperton (center) into a money-pouch for temporary safe-keeping in the police department vault. Mrs. Ripperton, a visitor from Three Rivers, lost the handbag yesterday near the Ann Arbor Armory. The bag, containing the entire proceeds from the recent sale of the owner's farm, was picked up and turned over to police by Mrs. Laura B. Naylor, of 3960 Pontiac Trail. Right is Mrs. Martin Jensen, a neighbor of Mrs. Ripperton's, who drove the elderly women to Ann Arbor.