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FALL 2015 in This Issue Official publication of the Ypsilanti Historical Society, featuring articles and reminiscences of the people and places in the Ypsilanti area FALL 2015 In This Issue... In Search of the Real Rosie the Riveter ........................1 By James Mann The Mushroom Traffic Signals ...6 By Al Rudisill The George Families of River Street .................................8 In Search of the By Jan Anschuetz Finding George Family REAL Tombstones in the Anschuetz Family Backyard ........................14 By Robert Anschuetz ROSIE One Towner House ...................16 By James Mann THE Big Sister is Watching ...............18 By Fred Thomas RIVETER Holy Trinity and the Anniversary That Will Not Be .......................20 BY JAMES MANN By James Mann Return of Education (James Mann is a local Movie Night ..............................23 author and historian, Hosted By: James Mann a volunteer in the YHS The Way We Word ...................24 Archives, and a regular contributor to the By Richard Lederer Gleanings.) Incident at the Archives ...........28 By James Mann Society Briefs From the President’s Desk ..........2 Society Board Members ............2 Museum Board Report .............15 Membership Application .........29 The original “We Can Do It” poster. GLEANINGS Sponsors ..............31 s part of the effort to save the of the women who set the record were Advertising Application ...........31 Willow Run Bomber Plant from dressed as Rosie the Riveter. Ademolition, some 776 women dressed as Rosie the Riveter to set a The requirements were based on the Guinness Book of World Record. The World War II era “We Can Do It” poster. requirements for participation were This poster has come to be accepted as stringent, the white poke-dots on the the image of Rosie the Riveter, urging YpsilantiHISTORICAL SOCIETY red bandanna had to be the right size women to leave the traditional role of 220 North Huron St. |Ypsilanti, MI 48197 and the women had to have on the right homemaker and replace men in the fac- shoes and pants. The women succeed- tory. The problem is the girl in the post- www.ypsilantihistoricalsociety.org ed in achieving their goal. Pity, none er was not Rosie the Riveter. There is From the PRESIDENT’S DESK BY ALVIN E. RUDISILL Ypsilanti HISTORICAL SOCIETY e have installed a “Charles S. Kettles” display in the Edmunds/Ypsilanti Room in the Museum. Lt. Colonel Kettles served during the Vietnam Board of Trustees: WWar and is currently being considered for the Medal of Honor. The Maria Davis, Virginia Davis-Brown, program at our 2:00 pm, Gerald Jennings, Val Kabat, September 27th, Member- Jackson Livisay, Karen Nickels, ship Meeting will be pre- John Pappas, Alvin Rudisill, sented by Bill Nickels and Diane Schick, Robert Southgate, Nancy Wheeler will feature the service of Lt. Colonel Kettles. The Museum Advisory Board: display will be dedicated Virginia Davis-Brown, following the program Kathleen Campbell, Marjorie Fahndrich, and meeting. Make sure Jackson Livisay, Fofie Pappas, you place the September Robert Southgate, Rita Sprague 27th Membership Meeting Nancy Wheeler, Daneen Zureich on your calendar. Archives Advisory Board: The YHS Museum and Kim Clarke, Maria Davis, John Pappas, Archives was part of the Gerry Pety-ex officio, Hank Prebys, George Ridenour, Diane Schick, “Walking Tour of Histori- Jane Schmiedeke, Lisa Walters, cal Sites” that took place Bette Warren at the Ypsilanti Heritage Endowment Fund Festival. Many people Advisory Board: toured the museum and archives and had their The display case in the Edmunds/Ypsilanti Room featuring the military Nat Edmunds, Lynda Hummel, service of Lt. Colonel Charles Kettles. Mike Kabat, Paul Kuwik, “ticket” punched so they Don Loppnow, Michael Newbury, would be eligible for the tour prizes. First prize was $1,000 and second prize was Karen Nickels, Melanie Parker, Steve Pierce, Alvin Rudisill a $500 golf and weekend stay at the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor Marriott Hotel. We are looking for authors to contribute articles for the Gleanings. With the • passing of prolific authors Phil Barnes and Tom Dodd it has been somewhat of Ypsilanti Historical Society a struggle to gather the number of stories we need to fill the available space. 220 North Huron Street Please call me at 734-476-6658 or email me at [email protected] if you are interested Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 in submitting a story or in becoming one of our regular contributors. Museum: 734.482.4990 Archives: 734.217.8236 One of our new projects in the Archives is to transcribe the many “Oral History” www.ypsilantihistoricalsociety.org audio tapes that have been produced over the years by YHS members and many • others, including A. P. Marshall who produced a series on African American his- tory in Ypsilanti. Alice Calder started this project a couple of years ago and now volunteer Sam Smaltz has taken on the responsibility. A new collection titled GLEANINGS Staff “Oral Histories” will be established and the printed version of each audio tape Editor ...................................... Al Rudisill along with the actual audio tape will be placed in a folder in a file cabinet. Assistant Editors .....................Peg Porter Fofie Pappas I want to thank all of the volunteers who serve on our boards, docent in the Mu- Kenneth Warner seum, provide services in our Archives, or provide other services to the Ypsilanti Design & Layout .........Pattie Harrington Advertising Director .........Michael Gute Historical Society. Without their efforts it would be impossible to provide the Finance Director ................Karen Nickels many services available through the Society. Distribution .......................Michael Gute If you have suggestions for articles or if you have questions, contact Al Rudisill at 734.476.6658 or Contact Information [email protected]. Museum: 734-482-4990 Ypsilanti GLEANINGS is published 4 [email protected] times a year by the Ypsilanti Historical YpsilantiHISTORICAL SOCIETY Society, 220 N. Huron Street, Ypsilanti, 220 North Huron Street Archives: 734-217-8236 MI 48197 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 [email protected] 2 Ypsilanti GLEANINGS • FALL 2015 • www.ypsilantihistoricalsociety.org In Search of the Real Rosie the Riveter continued from page 1 nothing in the poster, to indicate that her name is Rosie or Rosie, brrrrrrrrrrr, the riveter that she is a riveter. The poster tells us, “We can do it,” but does not tell us what we are to do. Rosie’s got a boyfriend, Charlie The “We Can Do It” poster was the work of graphic artist Charlie, he’s a Marine J. Howard Miller, who was commissioned by the Westing- Rosie is protecting Charlie house Company to create a series of posters. The purpose Workin’ overtime on the riveting machine of this series of posters was not to empower women, or encourage women to join the workforce, but to discourage When they gave her a production ‘E’ disputes between labor and management. Workers were She was as proud as a girl could be encouraged to meet production goals, cooperate with There’s something true about, red, white, and blue management and accept corporate values. Workers were about not to consider joining a union, demand higher wages or Rosie, brrrrrrrrrrr, the riveter better working conditions. The posters were displayed in employee only areas of Westinghouse plants, and were Doo-doo-doo-doo never seen by the general public during the war years. Ev’ryone stops to admire the scene On the bottom of the “We Can Do It” poster is the West- Rosie at work on the P-19 inghouse logo, as well as the words, War Production Co- She’s never twittery, nervous or jittery ordinating Committee, a Westinghouse committee to deal I’m Rosie, hm-hm-hm-hmm, the riveter with issues that might affect war production. The woman is wearing a badge on her collar, such as workers wore on What if she’s smeared full of oil and grease the plant floor, and includes an employee number. In the Doin’ her bit for the old lend-lease bottom left corner of the poster are the instructions: “Post Feb. 15 to Feb. 28.” The poster was taken down after this She keeps the gang around, they love to hang around time and forgotten until the 1980’s, when it reemerged as Rosie (Hm-hm-hm-hm, that’s me, the riveter) a feminist icon. Rosie buys a lot of War Bonds The young woman in the poster was most likely mold- That girl really has sense ed after Geraldine Hoff Doyle, who graduated from high school in Ann Arbor, and at age 17, found employment as Wishes she could purchase more Bonds a metal presser in the American Broach & Machine Co. of Putting all her extra cash in National Defense Ann Arbor. She left the factory after only a few weeks, be- cause as a cellist, she feared she might injure her hands in Oh, when they gave her a production ‘E’ the machine. During her brief time at the factory, she was She was as proud as a girl could be photographed by a wire service photographer. The photo- There’s something true about, red, white, and blue graph shows Doyle standing at the metal press, wearing a about bandanna with white poke-dots. This image may have in- Rosie the riveter gal spired J. Howard Miller to create the We Can do It poster. Doyle did not know of the poster, until 1984. While other girls attend their favorite cocktail bar At about the time the We Can Do It poster was being tak- Sipping dry Martinis, munching caviar en down, to be replaced with the next one in the series, There’s a girl who’s really putting them to shame the song Rosie the Riveter was being released. The song Rosie is her name was the work of Redd Evens and John Jacob Loeb. The two may have been influenced by the story of Rosalind P.
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