Show FORD RESTORES RESTORES OLD WILLOW RUN SCHOOL SCHOOLS S I The little red brick schoolhouse in Michigan that was known as Wil Willow low Run Bun until it was abandoned 10 years ago Is is' the scene of af activity this fall faU fall as 30 20 children from front the district study and play and recite Inthe Inthe in the tho same room room where their grandparents grandparents grand grand- parents were taught 72 years ago Willow Run school was restored restore because Henry Ford the automobile magnate noticed it The broken windows the sagging door and the decaying white pine floor first firs caught his attention Then he learned Frank Cody superintendent of ot Detroit schools taught his first firs class there 40 years ago Ford ord bought the school an and ground The state was searched for white pine to replace the old floor Ancient desks were were found but only five of at them Ford workmen made 25 25 replicas of the five I authentic pieces of a past generation An old brass hand bell belI such as called the tho children from recess decades ago was located Even the paint on the wainscoting Is la the same shade as when Cody taught the school When the school V was S opened this fall 30 children were on hand for forthe forthe forthe the first class Ford and Cody attended attended attended at at- tended as did many timers old and anda a few of the time one teachers |