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World Community Day

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: Sunday School children, mostly from the Pilgrim Congregational Church, pack gifts to be sent to refugee camps all over the world as part of World Community...
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Madison Council of United Church Women Plan World Community Day

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: A panel on Comparative Religions will be the highlight of the morning session at World Community Day, planned by the Madison Council of United Church Women...
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World Community Day

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: Three women of Grace Episcopal Church pack boxes of donated articles for the world's needy as part of the Madison Council of United Church Women's World Co...
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World Community Day

Date: 09 27 1953
Description: "Building Lasting Peace" is the theme for World Community Day, sponsored by the Madison Council of United Church Women at Grace Episcopal Church. Pictured ...
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World Community Day

Date: 09 26 1953
Description: Six members of the social relations group of the Guild of the First Baptist Church work on making blankets, curtains, bed linens, and other needed article...
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Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals

Date: 11 09 1953
Description: Gretchen Holt writes a check for Christmas seals she received in the mail.
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Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Host Bridge Party

Date: 10 10 1953
Description: Group portrait of the women of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority in charge of arrangements for the benefit bridge party at the chapter house for cerebral palsy. L...
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Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals

Date: 11 08 1953
Description: Emanuel Gehle making a bird house at Lake View Sanatorium with a jig saw purchased with funds from the Christmas seal fund drive.
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Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals

Date: 11 09 1953
Description: Three children look at a picture book at the Morningside Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Money from the sale of Christmas seals was used to redecorat...
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Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals

Date: 11 09 1953
Description: Three children at the Morningside Sanatorium listen to a phonograph record being played on a record player purchased with money from the sale of Christmas ...
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Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals

Date: 11 09 1953
Description: Mrs. Del (Gerd) Myren, a tuberculosis patient at Lake View Sanatorium, develops a print in a darkroom with equipment purchased with money from the Christma...
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Charity Dance

Date: 12 09 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Allis Promenaders who will sponsor their annual Empty Stocking Club dance at the Frank Allis School. Pictured are Rita and Bob Beckma...
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West High School Clothing Drive

Date: 12 11 1953
Description: Members of the committee for the West High School clothing drive for needy children pose with bags of the clothing they collected. Principal Ralph Christof...
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Charity Ball at Hotel Loraine

Date: 11 15 1953
Description: Group portrait of the committee in charge of arrangements for the Annual Christmas Charity Ball at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. The meeting t...
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Women Making Gift Packages

Date: 12 17 1953
Description: Three unidentified women (employees or volunteers) possibly at and possibly from radio station WIBA, making up Christmas gift packages of candy, nuts, and ...
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Empty Stocking Fund Donation

Date: 12 24 1953
Description: Bill Doudna of the Wisconsin State Journal (left) receives a $400 check for the Empty Stocking Fund from the Madison Barbershop Quartet organization...
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Members of Madison Kiwanis Club Honored

Date: 12 28 1953
Description: Five charter members of the Madison Kiwanis Club are honored at a special 37th anniversary observance at the Park Hotel. Seated left to right are: Emerson ...
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Delta Gamma Models

Date: 03 13 1954
Description: Three Delta Gamma sorority members model formal long dresses in preparation for the alumnae group's annual bridge party and style show. From left, they are...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Elsie Smavy (right), bedridden in her seventh year of polio and with limited movement in her lower arms, creates embroidery. Her children, Molly, 7, and Ni...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Margaret Fliegel holds a book while sitting on her bed in front of an anatomy chart. She was a senior physical therapy student and a Easter Seal grant rec...

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