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Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325

Date: 06 24 1947
Description: Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325 twenty-fifth anniversary dinner showing masons and their wives sitting at tables, and floral decorations on the speakers...
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L.C. and Daisy Bates with Men and KKK Cross

Date: 10 15 1956
Description: Daisy and L.C. Bates with two men and a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) cross that they found in their yard. Because this event preceded the integration crisis of 1957 ...
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Rufus F. Wells pose for a portrait as guests of honor at the Zor Shrine Potentates' Ball held at the Hotel Loraine. Mr. Wells is head of the Z...
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Zor Shrine Wives' Banquet

Date: 11 22 1949
Description: Wives of Zor Shriners sitting beside a decorated table at a banquet held at the Crystal Ballroom at Hotel Loraine. From left at the table are Mrs. Lionel (...
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Zor Shrine Coffee Hour

Date: 05 29 1954
Description: Wives of Zor Shriners are entertained during a coffee hour at Hotel Loraine. Shown left to right: Bertha Lewis of Madison; Mrs. Clifford Brainert, Janesvil...
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Zor Shrine Coffee Hour

Date: 05 29 1954
Description: Women take part in a Zor Shrine coffee hour held for wives of members. Standing, left, Flora Millichip, Kansas City, KS. Seated left to right: Mae Rowley,...
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Wisconsin Elks Association Wives Luncheon

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: These women attended the Elks State Convention in Madison. Left to right are: Mrs. William Eulberg, Portage, wife of a state trustee; Margaret Mapes, wife ...
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Wisconsin Elks Association Wives Luncheon

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: Attending the luncheon for wives of Elks Club members are, (seated): Mrs. Arno Miller, Portage, wife of the new president of the Wisconsin State Elks Assoc...
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Wisconsin Elks Association Wives Luncheon

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: Wives of two officers of the Grand Lodge or national organization of the Elks are Mrs. Alfred LaFrance, Racine, wife of the grand esquire of the Grand Lodg...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Because Chester Hartel, husband of the Wisconsin state president of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority is a polio victim, the three chapters of the sorority in M...
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 02 08 1958
Description: Four wives of Zor Shrine members attend the Potentate's Ball. They include, from left to right: June Metzen, Betty Geisler, Lillian Hendrickson, and Althea...
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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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Knights of Columbus Formal Spring Dance

Date: 05 14 1955
Description: Rita and Edward Konkol attend the Knights of Columbus spring dance. Mr. Konkol was social chairman of the organization.
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Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 06 1956
Description: Lucile Sachse (right) greets two wives of Shriners as they register at the Hotel Loraine for the Midwest Shrine Convention in Madison. The guests are Mrs. ...
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Knights of Columbus Formal Spring Dance

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: Hosts and hostesses for the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus party include (left to right) Gertrude Gill, Bernard Gill, Michael Hielmeier (Ft. Atkinson), ...
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We Saw You . . . at Shrine Dinner

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Guests at the Shrine Valentine Day Dinner include, from left to right, Mrs. R.C. Birkenbine, Mr. R.C. Birkenbine, Mrs. A.T. Wallace, and Rev. A.T. Wallace.
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Dane County American Legion Forty-and-Eight Banquet

Date: 03 28 1954
Description: Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Meek of Lodi cut short a Texas honeymoon, after their marriage March 15, to attend the Annual Dane County American Legion 40-and-8 banqu...

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