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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Elton Hodge is pointing to his certificate and his badge of office as Dane County Defense Director while I.G. Trowbridge (left) and John F. Whitmore, club ...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Glenn Mason is watching as Jerome Hoffman makes a written announcement that Wilbur Zwitter (center) has been re-elected president of the South Side Men's C...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Six Madison Optimists posing around a trombone-shaped trophy won by the Boy Scout Four Lake Drum and Bugle Corps. Pictured left to right are: Dick Gannon, ...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three past presidents of Madison Optimist clubs are shown at a dining table. Left to right are: Walter Blair, B.R. L'Hommedieu, and Jerry Coulter. Coulter ...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three Optimists chatting over coffee (left to right): W.C. Matthews, Wesley West, and Joseph Melli.
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: The four top guests at the meeting are (left to right): George Browne (of Indianapolis, Indiana), past president of Optimists International; Madison Mayor ...
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Signer of 1000th Member of Chamber of Commerce Wins Trip to New York City

Date: 05 03 1957
Description: For signing up the 1000th member of the Madison Chamber of Commerce, a Madison businessman and his wife will get an all-expense paid trip to New York City....
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We Saw You . . . at PEO Sisterhood Tea

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Members of the PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood Reciprocity Board honor First Lady Helen (Davis) Thomson, wife of Wisconsin Governor...
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Koepcke Travel Agency Given Plaque

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: Phil Koepcke is holding a plaque awarded to Koepcke Travel Agency for its outstanding contributions to the development of civil air transportation. With hi...
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University League Scholarships

Date: 03 06 1958
Description: The 1958 Rosa P. Fred scholarship winner is Nancy Post (right). She is pictured with Mrs. E.B. (Rosa) Fred (upper left) and Mrs. David Kovenock (lower left...
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Railroad Women Honored

Date: 04 23 1958
Description: Pins for 40 years of membership in the grand international auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were presented by, at extreme right, Mrs. C...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Joan Nordness, general chairman of the "Youth and the Community" conference, addresses an audience at an all-morning meeting held at the YWCA.
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, at the home of Mrs. James Regan in Mineral Point. They are discussing the floor refinishing she accomplished as ...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, at the home of Mrs. Ivan Johanning, Dodgeville. They are admiring the baked goods made by Mrs. Johanning as one o...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: "All the Winnipeg girls were housed with Madison families during their four-day stay. While Bonnie Rejahl, hugging a toy bear, left, and her Canadian house...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, left, meeting with Mrs. Milton Leix, Cobb, president of the county homemakers organization.
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Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce prompt their charcoal broiled chicken dinner held at the West Side Business Men's Club, Gilbert Road. Sho...
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International Religious Fellowship Conference

Date: 08 15 1958
Description: Among the 30 European and 100 American youths attending the International Religious Fellowship Conference at the Dane County fairgrounds are, left to right...
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Five Episcopalian Women

Date: 10 30 1958
Description: Five Episcopalian women looking at a sheet of paper. They attended the first meeting of the Northwest Convocation Board Women's Auxiliary Council of the Di...
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We Saw You at CC Open House

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: New members of the Madison Chamber of Commerce are welcomed at an open house at the chamber offices, 23 W. Main Street. Edward I. Diener (left) Sears, Roeb...

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