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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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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Mary Anderson and Ted Cox, members of the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church youth choir, sing Christmas carols at a party for residents of Oakwood Lutheran H...
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Elizabeth Damres (left), home matron, and Helen Antoine, Mendota Garden Club member, pass out gifts during a Christmas party for residents of the Oakwood L...
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Vivian Schleck (left), member of the Mendota Garden Club, lights a candle, and Mrs. Alvin Sonnenberg, member of the Little Garden Clubs, serves cookies du...
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Dane County Health Survey Meeting

Date: 03 1955
Description: Leaders in the upcoming Dane County health survey register for the planning meeting. Shown are Dr. Alan Filek, state board of health; Mrs. Edwin Blaney, pr...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Shown at a registration table at the first annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women are, from left: Mrs. F.J. Sazma, Water Town;...
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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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Dane County Health Survey Meeting

Date: 03 1955
Description: Three ladies are standing in the kitchen while preparing the luncheon for those attending a planning meeting for the upcoming Dane County health survey. Sh...
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Cosmos Dancing Club Spring Dinner Dance

Date: 05 13 1955
Description: Oscar and Harriet Block chatting with Jane Deuel, (center) at the spring dinner dance of the Cosmos Dancing Club at the Nakoma Country Club.
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Four delegates from different areas of the diocese chatting during the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention. From left: Mrs. William Goke,...
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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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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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Ten Year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion

Date: 05 25 1955
Description: Members of the Edgewood High School Class of 1945 converse during dinner at the class reunion dinner dance at the Elks' Club. They include, from left to ri...
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"Play Ball" Echoes Through City

Date: 06 20 1955
Description: Baseball players from the Dairy Queen team wait their turn at bat. Shown left to right are: Robert Larson, Neal Darazio, and Peter Mery.
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We Saw You at Shrine Summer Tea

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Della Larson and Gladys Wundrow chatting during a summer tea put on by the Madison Shrine No. 6 White Shrine of Jerusalem, held at the home of Forrest and ...
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Ten Year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion

Date: 05 25 1955
Description: One of the people who came the longest distance for the Edgewood High School Class of 1945 Reunion was William Boyle, left, of Wharton, N.J. With him are E...
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We Saw You at Shrine Summer Tea

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Jessie Briese, sitting, is pouring tea for (left to right) Lillian Dean, Mrs. John Westmont, and Agnes Dreher. The tea and jelly mart was held at the home ...

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