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Madison Exchange Club Collection for Salvation Army

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Members of the Madison Exchange Club with one of five bathtubs they will have around Madison to collect money for the Salvation Army Christmas baskets for ...
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, giving a speech at Madison's United Givers' Fund banquet during the Madison stop on her tour of the country.
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, being crowned "Madison's Miss 1957 United Givers' Fund Queen" at the charity's banquet during the Madison stop on ...
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March of Dimes "Race of Dimes" on the Capitol Square

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin football players Dan Lanphear and Bill Hobbs prepare to push two polio victims in wheelchairs around the Capitol Square as part of ...
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Annual Hadassah Donor Dinner

Date: 04 16 1958
Description: Harriet Miller and Ethel Waisman shown working on plans for the annual Hadassah donor dinner to be held at Beth Israel Center. Hadassah serves people in 76...
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Lions Club Aids YWCA Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1960
Description: Donald Franklin, left, presenting a check for $400 to Mona Manson, as the club's contribution toward improving Camp Maria Olbrich, the YWCA day camp on Lak...
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Husband-Wife Team Solicitors for the Red Feather Drive

Date: 10 11 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. James C. and Betty Geisler. He is active in the advanced gifts section and she is chairman of the women's division of the Red Feather Drive.
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Roundy's Fun Fund Plaque Presented to Volunteer Mrs. Leia Josephson

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: A Roundy's Fun Fund plaque is presented to Mrs. Leia Josephson (L), 225 Van Deusen Street by Joseph (Roundy) Couglin (Middle), Wisconsin State Journal colu...
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Service Clubs Collect for UNICEF

Date: 10 20 1960
Description: Madison service clubs displayed cartons for collecting donations for UNICEF at their meetings. Mrs. John Miller, chairman of the UNICEF service club drive ...
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United Givers Report Luncheon

Date: 10 27 1960
Description: Three of the key figures at the United Givers report luncheon with the scoreboard sign for the campaign. Left to right are Betty Geisler, chairman of the w...
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United Givers Report Luncheon

Date: 10 27 1960
Description: Captain A. Alvin T. Nygaard of the Madison Police Department converses with other campaign volunteers at the report luncheon for the United Givers Fund.
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United Givers Report Luncheon

Date: 10 27 1960
Description: The crowd at the United Givers report luncheon listens to the report given by the general chairman in the room at the Hotel Lorraine decorated with red fea...
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United Givers Fund Raising

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Platform planks depicting areas of service of the 29 United Givers agencies were nailed to a ladder at the second fund report luncheon. At the top of the ...

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