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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Left to right are: James Meyers, Martin Bliese, Ole Gunderson, and Keith Blechlin, all of whom are being transferred from the Madison Pure Oil Co. office.
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Mrs. Jack McCarron (left), Mae Boyd, Mrs. Irv Skoyen and Mrs. D.W. Kirner, employees of the Pure Oil Co. Madison office, are leaving the company or being t...
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Group portrait of four of the twenty employees staying in Madison with the Pure Oil Co. They include, from left: Knowlton Levernick, H.C. Hoff, J.M. Beveri...
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Truax Officers' Wives

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Three women attend a St. Valentine's Day tea given by the Truax Officer's Wives Club to welcome wives of officers newly assigned to Truax Field Air Force B...
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Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: The president of the national auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mrs. Pat Kveton of Dallas, Texas, was a guest of honor at a banquet at the Park Ho...
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Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: Group portrait of two dignitaries with their wives that took part in the banquet honoring the president of the national auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreig...
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Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: Members of the local Marion Cranefield auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the banquet honoring the president of the national auxiliary. From left...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: A special tribute was paid to auxiliary hospital chairmen during the banquet honoring the national auxiliary president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Fro...
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Annual Matrix Banquet

Date: 03 12 1957
Description: Attending the annual banquet for members of Matrix, an organization for women journalists, are Alice Kearby, Milwaukee, left, a Theta Sigma Phi journalism ...
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Inter-Faith Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Representing their church at an inter-faith tea are, from left: Catherine Gedko, Baha'i; Mrs. John English, First Methodist; Doris Voit, Plymouth Congregat...
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Wisconsin League of Women Voters Legislative School Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Members of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters enjoying tea at the executive mansion following a session at the Wisconsin State Capitol for the league's l...
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Wisconsin League of Women Voters Legislative School Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Four Madison members of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters enjoying tea at the Executive Mansion after a session at the Wisconsin State Capitol for the l...
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Wisconsin League of Women Voters Legislative School Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Wisconsin's governor's wife Helen Thomson, (left) greets Mrs. Ruth Kearl of Madison at a tea in the executive mansion for the Wisconsin League of Women Vot...
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Wisconsin League of Women Voters Legislative School Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: First vice-president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, Mrs. Ernest T. Clough of Milwaukee, serving tea at the executive mansion after a session at t...
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Combo Club Dinner Dance

Date: 03 10 1956
Description: James and Betty Severa attend the Combo Club dinner dance at the Nakoma Country Club.
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Hear Inc. Dinner & Program

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Members of the Zonta Club sponsored a community-wide dinner and educational program for Hear, Inc. at the Park Hotel. Left to Right: Suzanne Boyce, Middlet...
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Madison String Sinfonia

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: Former members of the Madison String Sinfonia who came from other states for a surprise party to honor conductor Marie Endres during the 20th anniversary o...
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Madison String Sinfonia

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Attending a surprise party to honor conductor Marie Endres during a 20th anniversary celebration of the Madison String Sinfonia group are five Sinfonia mem...
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East Side Women's Club Spring Banquet

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: At left is Mrs. Amy Levander (left) sitting with her 98-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Ella Stevenson, and her mother, Mrs. W.G. Gerlach, during a three-genera...
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East Side Women's Club Spring Banquet

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: The new president of the East Side Women's Club, Mrs. Evelyn Fletcher (left), is shown with the retiring president, Mrs. Beulah Von Eschen, at the annual s...

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