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AACHM Oral History: Janie Lee Ross

Janie Lee RossJanie Lee Ross was born in 1921 in Jackson, Tennessee. Her father was a church deacon, and she remembers attending choir rehearsals. In the 1940s she and her husband Thomas moved to Chicago, and she went to practical nursing school. They moved to Ann Arbor in 1951 and purchased a home on Fifth Avenue. They opened their home to many friends and relatives who needed a place to stay. Ross was a nurse’s aid at St. Joe’s Hospital and a custodian in Ann Arbor Public Schools. She has four children–Charlotte, Thomas, Carol, and Eugene (Bobby)–and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Sloane Staples & Tina Carras Do The Twist At Slauson Intermediate School, April 1976 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Sloane Staples & Tina Carras Do The Twist At Slauson Intermediate School, April 1976 image
Year:
1976
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 2, 1976
Caption:
Sloane Staples (left) and Tina Carras demonstrate the Twist for classmates at Slauson Intermediate School. Students and staff joined yesterday in festivities of "The 50s Days" by wearing apparel reminiscent of that era.

"Tap Dance Revue" Rehearsal at Ann Arbor High School, May 1960

"Tap Dance Revue" Rehearsal at Ann Arbor High School, May 1960 image
Year:
1960
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 10, 1960
Caption:
TO PRESENT REVUE: Some of the participants in the annual "Tap Dance Revue" to be held at 8 p.m. Friday in the Ann Arbor High School auditorium rehearse for the show. The dancers in class two at Haisley School are (left to right) Becky Davis, Jackie Tasker, Paulette LaRoue, Cheryl Hatchett, Bernadeane LaRoue, Susan St. George, Betty Bell and Mary Anna Danner. The revue is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Recreation Department and the Ann Arbor Public Schools. Admission is free. George Payne teaches the class.