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Elliott Zimmerman Heads Madison Elementary Junior Red Cross Council

Date: 06 1953
Description: New officers of the Madison elementary Junior Red Cross Council are elected by representatives of 23 Madison elementary school Junior Red Cross councils. S...
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Peonies Aid Good Cause

Date: 06 14 1953
Description: Group of three women selling peonies. They are (L-R): Jean Monroe; Mrs. J.A. Ragone, chaperone at the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house; and Alice Aten. The...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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La Sertoma Club

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Mrs. Harry Warren (left), treasurer of the Milwaukee La Sertoma looks on while Carol Burns (right), president of the Madison group, adjusts the corsage wor...
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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elk prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc...
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Women Make Year's Supply of Lefsa

Date: 11 19 1954
Description:  Mrs. John Berge, 25 N. 6th Street, begins the process of rolling out the flat, round cake known as "aevna" until it is one foot in diameter. She and her t...
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Members of the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church junior choir sing Christmas songs for Oakwood Lutheran Home residents. Shown seated at a table are Almira an...
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Women Make Year's Supply of Lefsa

Date: 11 19 1954
Description: Three daughters of Mrs. John G. Peterson gathered at one of their homes every year to carry on a 30 year, Christmas time, tradition of baking lefsa, a Norw...
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Dietetics Scholarship Award

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: W.P. O'Brien, representing the DuBois Company of Cincinnati, presenting a check for $200 to Martha Study, president of the Wisconsin Dietitians Association...
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Dane County Health Survey Meeting

Date: 03 1955
Description: Christ Bultman, Madison; Mrs. Lucile Graves, director of the Dane County Public Health Nursing Service; and Dr. William T. Russell, Sun Prairie, discuss th...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Three delegates from St. Stanislaus Church in Berlin, Wisconsin checking the convention program at the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. They are...
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Cosmos Dancing Club Spring Dinner Dance

Date: 05 13 1955
Description: Marzo and Eliza Bliss and Jack and Elizabeth Merner visiting at the spring dinner dance of the Cosmos Dancing Club at the Nakoma Country Club.
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Cosmos Dancing Club Spring Dinner Dance

Date: 05 13 1955
Description: Victor R. Johnson and his wife Stella are visiting with Madalyn Stolper, (right) at the spring dinner dance of the Cosmos Dancing Club at the Nakoma Countr...
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Cosmos Dancing Club Spring Dinner Dance

Date: 05 13 1955
Description: Jerry and Dorothy Freck enjoy dancing to the music of Jerry Billington's orchestra at the spring dinner dance of the Cosmos Dancing Club at the Nakoma Coun...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three clergymen visit during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA. Left to right are: Rev. George Grotkin of St. Mary's Catholi...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three pastors attend the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. Pictured are Rev. Edwin Erbe, St. John's Catholic Church,...
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Knights of Columbus Formal Spring Dance

Date: 05 14 1955
Description: Among the formally attired guests at the party at the Maple Bluff Country Club are Alice McGuire, Howard Buenzli, Margarate Buenzli, and Wilbur McGuire. Gu...
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Ten Year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Jean Austin, right, pins a name card on Dorothy Behnisch at the ten year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion. The class presented a check as a gift ...
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United Church Women Breakfast

Date: 07 20 1955
Description: United Church Women board members attend a breakfast to honor their president, Mildred Campbell, who will be moving from Madison. Ilma Wallenfeldt (left), ...

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