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Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Man and woman looking at a box of money in relation to a WKOW-TV Muscular Dystrophy telethon to raise money for a cure of the disease.
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Polio Kickoff Banquet

Date: 12 09 1953
Description: A.E. Whitford, W.K. Mansfield, Ted M. Meloy, and Carl Regenberg (left to right) discuss plans for the drive to raise $75,000 for the Dane County chapter of...
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Joan Hentchel, Miss Wisconsin, Named Miss Red Feather

Date: 10 18 1957
Description: Miss Wisconsin, Joan Hentchel, is named Miss Red Feather by the Madison United Givers' Fund. She is shown receiving the award from campaign chairman Charle...
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Mayor at Second Report Luncheon

Date: 10 25 1957
Description: Several United Givers' Fund officials are shown discussing this year's campaign during the second report luncheon at Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: John...
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Theaters Collect Money for Polio Fund

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: March of Dimes treasurer, Frank Sackman, holding a check for money collected in four local theaters for the infantile paralysis fund campaign by teenage vo...
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Dane County Association for Mental Health Fund Drive

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: Association president, Howard Hershleder, and campaign chairman, H. Kelley Meyer, look over a chart in preparation for the annual fund drive of the Dane Co...
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U.S. Savings Bond Campaign

Date: 04 19 1958
Description: Arnold G. Gehner, center, vice president of the Bank of Madison, is general chairman for the "Share-in-America" Madison area U.S. savings bond purchasing c...
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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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Welfare Fund Donations for Air Force Pilot's Son

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral donating to a fund established for the welfare and education of the 3-month-old son of an Air Force p...
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Jaycettes Donation to University Hospital

Date: 05 21 1958
Description: Lloyd Hughes, superintendent of University of Wisconsin hospitals, receives a check from the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary (Jaycettes) for the hospi...
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Board of Directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation

Date: 06 04 1958
Description: Members of the board of directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation that unwrapped plans to increase the industrial potential of the Madison metropoli...
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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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Governor Starts State Poppy Drive

Date: 05 12 1959
Description: Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson receives a poppy in his office from Selma Mepham, chairman of the 1959 state poppy drive. Looking on are Florence Wooleve...
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Madison Civic Symphony "Pops Concert"

Date: 01 17 1960
Description: Planning for the first "Pops Concert" staged by the Madison Civic Music Association and performed by the Madison Civic Symphony on April 30th are: L to R: ...
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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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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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