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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Three and a half year old John Pike (son of Mr. & Mrs. Wardell Pike) is shown about to drop a coin into his bank and will join other children in giving mon...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Martha Jean Johnson, 6, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Everett F. Johnson is shown helping earn her weekly allowance by setting the table and doing other simple ...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: One of the dozens of Madison baby-sitters who give part of their earnings to the Empty Stocking Club is 13-year-old Julie Reynoldson, daughter of Mrs. and ...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Three young friends are shown with puppets and setting ready to give a performance of Hansel and Gretel. Of their earnings, they intend to give $3 to the E...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: 13-year-old Phil Shuler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Shuler, and carrier for the Wisconsin State Journal, is shown delivering envelopes for donations...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: Constance Elvehjem will sell some of her famous baked beans made from her grandmother's recipe at the Madison Altrusa club's annual country fair at the Spr...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: Dr. Elizabeth McCoy of the University of Wisconsin bacteriology department examines the root system of French pussywillows she raised to sell at the Madiso...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: One of the philanthropic projects of the Madison Altrusa Club's annual country fair proceeds is scholarships for young women to take the practical nurse's ...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: The Madison Altrusa club gives a summer scholarship each year to a talented Madison student in honor of the late Lucy Irene Buck, a former club president a...
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Lions Club Donates Television Set to Mendota State Hospital

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Madison Lions Club members Bernard C. Reese (left) and Deane Johnson (right) present a Motorola television set to Edward Karpowiez, recreational therapy di...
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Half Century Club of U.W. Madison

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: The original caption states: "Joseph Cutler, Milwaukee, left, presents University of Wisconsin President Conrad Elvehjem with a $25,000 check as the class ...
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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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We Saw You . . . at West Side Garden Club Show

Date: 11 17 1960
Description: The West Side Garden Club holds its annual "Holiday House" show. Proceeds from the show are used for garden therapy, civic projects, conservation, and scho...
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Madison Pharmacists Women's Club Dinner Dance

Date: 11 12 1960
Description: Four members of the Madison Pharmacists Women's club admire a rosette tree hand-made for a table decoration at the club's annual dinner dance at the Nakoma...
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Madison Barbershop Quartet Singers Make Donation to the Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 14 1960
Description: Madison barbershop quartet singers make a $350.00 donation to the Empty Stocking Club. The amount represents one half of the proceeds from the group's "Qua...

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