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Optimist Week Designation

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell signing a proclamation designating Nov. 7-13 as Optimist Week in Madison. Looking on, left to right, are: Charles Th...
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Flag Day Ceremony

Date: 06 14 1949
Description: Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild gives the keynote address at the flag day ceremony at the Madison Elks Lodge, 120 Monona Drive. At the left is Kenneth...
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Madison Come-Back Club Presidents

Date: 02 01 1950
Description: Five past-presidents of the Madison Come-Back Club at an annual dinner. Left to right: Myrtle Tiffany, Jay Rose, Lloyd Lock, Frida Kaech and Bjarne Romnes....
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U.W. Alumni — Half Century Club

Date: 06 16 1950
Description: Carl Runge (right), 91, U.W. Madison 1886 alumni and a former Milwaukee judge, is shown receiving a gold top cane to honor his being the oldest alumnus in ...
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Ray-O-Vac Initiates 25-Year Members

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: New members of the Ray-O-Vac Company's 25 Year Club were initiated during ceremonies at the organization's annual banquet at Hotel Loraine.
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Crime Prevention Week Declaration

Date: 02 15 1952
Description: Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thompson sitting at his desk while signing an endorsement of the Madison observance of Crime Prevention Week. The nati...
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Eagles Club Breaks Ground for New Hall

Date: 06 22 1953
Description: Former Governor Oscar Rennebohm turns the first shovelful of earth for the new Eagles Hall to be built on the site of the old Marquette School at 1232 Jeni...
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World Community Day Planners

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: Officers of the Madison Council of United Church Women plan the program for World Community Day. Seated left to right are: Elva Jabas, a member of Pilgrim ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Banquet

Date: 05 12 1956
Description: Members of the Blackhawk Ski Club Board of Directors burn the mortgage deed to the Club's 32 acre tract at Tomahawk Ridge hill during a club banquet. Left ...
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Women of the Moose Award Night Ceremony

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Charlotte Haugen, senior regent of the Women of the Moose, is shown with two young recipients of Bible Camp scholarships: Kenneth Wilke and Sharon Thompson...
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Theresa Lions Club

Date: 1976
Description: "The Theresa Lions Club has installation of officers at the American Legion Hall."
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Madison Optimists Installation of Officers

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: William C. Williamson, right, hands over the president's gavel to the new president of the Madison Optimists, John. L. Lonergan.
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Madison Optimists Installation of Officers

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: Raymond Lemke, right, congratulates three of the newly installed officers of the Madison Optimists. They are, left to right: Cyril Klingele, second vice-pr...
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Madison Optimists Installation of Officers

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: Three newly installed directors of the Madison Optimists sit at a breakfast table. They include, from left: Delbert Braun, Harold Anderson, and Edward Krec...
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We Saw You . . . Honoring Six Farmers

Date: 11 17 1958
Description: The Uptown Kiwanis Club honored six outstanding Dane County farmers at its recent recognition meeting during National Farm-City Week. Shown (left to right)...
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We Saw You at East Side Women's Club

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: Esther Weddig is honored as the 1959 "Woman of the Year" by the East Side Women's Club at their annual club dinner. Over 300 club members attended the dinn...
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We Saw You at East Side Women's Club

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: More than 300 East Side Women's Club members attend the annual club dinner, themed "An Evening in Hawaii." New president Mrs. George Peck (right), accepts ...
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We Saw You . . . at Toastmistress Event

Date: 06 09 1959
Description: The Toastmistress Club celebrates its first year in Madison with a combination guest night and initiation of officers at the Cuba Club Supper Club. Shown g...
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Mrs. Max W. Sulewsky Wins Theodora Youmans Award

Date: 05 1960
Description: Mrs. Max W. Sulewsky is given the 23rd annual Theodora Youmans award by the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs for her achievements in conservation of t...
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Exchange Club of Downtown Madison

Date: 11 12 1960
Description: Robert Maurer (left), Milwaukee, presents the charter to Robert Lee, club president, on the extreme left during the chartering ceremony of the Exchange Clu...

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