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Sherman Avenue Methodist Church Eagle Scout

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: Scoutmaster Flare Fredrickson presenting the Eagle Scout award to Ronald Bessire as his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Milton C. Bessire, look on. Ronald is a membe...
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Wisconsin Spring Market Hog Show

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: More than 150 Madison area young people in vocational-agricultural classes and 4-H clubs took part in the activity of judging 20 pork cuts and placing 10 l...
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Community Youth Dance Committee

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Four youth plan a community youth dance to be held in the Van Hise school auditorium. The dance will be sponsored by the Sunset Village Community Club. The...
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Officers of the YWCA Residence Girls Council

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: A group portrait of the officers of the YWCA Residence Girls Council includes, left to right: Mary Jo Boehmer, Prairie du Sac, treasurer; Willadene Netz, I...
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Irish Operetta at Madison Central High School

Date: 03 07 1961
Description: Jake Standifird (right, wearing a skirt) and Dawn Huett performing in a scene involving a switch of the sexes in the operetta "Bits of Blarney" which will ...
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Blessed Sacrament School Friars Win Basketball Championship

Date: 03 03 1961
Description: The Blessed Sacrament School Friars won the Parochial Grade School League basketball championship with a record of ten victories and no defeats.
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State Tax Office Activity at Tax Deadline

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: A young taxpayer is concentrating on his tax return at the state tax office in the City-County building as the tax deadline nears.
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Future Business Leaders Convention

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Five attendees at the eighth annual convention of the Wisconsin division of the Future Business Leaders of America include, left to right: Russell Meyer, J...
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Youth Contributing to United Nations Children Fund

Date: 07 01 1961
Description: Four members of the Bethany Methodist Youth Fellowship "weigh in" to determine what their contribution will be to the United Nations Children's Fund. Karen...
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Red Cross Volunteers Fill Rosemaled Box

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Two teen girls examining the contents of large rosemaled (painted decorations) wooden box. The original caption states: "Norwegian rosemaling on a American...
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Madison's Junior Bowling League Starts at the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes and Burr Oaks Bowl

Date: 09 16 1961
Description: Madison's Junior Bowling League program begins the season at the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes & Burr Oaks Bowl on Saturday mornings and afternoons. Cheryl Crary (11) ...
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Leonard Maurer

Date: 10 12 1961
Description: Portrait of Leonard Maurer who has joined the Wisconsin State Journal staff as a temporary farm writer while the regular farm writer, Robert Bjorklund, is ...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The boys' program at the Madison YMCA is supported by the United Givers. Here a boy is jumping on the trampoline.
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A boy looking at a science set in a store toy department.
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St. Patrick's Grade School Girl Scouts Earn Marian Award

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: Girl scouts from St. Patrick's Catholic Grade School are the first in the Madison Diocese to receive the Marian Award, the highest Catholic scouting award....
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"Hawks" Hockey Player

Date: 03 10 1962
Description: Action shot of a "Hawks" hockey player Tom Grumke skating through a check at boards to retrieve the puck before scoring.
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Eagle Scout Awards

Date: 10 29 1962
Description: Andrew Anderson, left, and Morris Wee receive their Eagle Scout badges at Bethel Lutheran Church. They are members of Boy Scout Troop 6.
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Empty Stocking Fund Television Benefit Show

Date: 11 30 1963
Description: A barbershop quartet from the Wisconsin Dells Area High School will perform during the long television benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund on WISV-TV, co-s...
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Empty Stocking Fund Television Benefit Show

Date: 11 30 1963
Description: A trio from Brooklyn will perform at the long television benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund on WISC-TV, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Empty Stocking Fund Television Benefit Show

Date: 11 30 1963
Description: Nine eighth grade girls rehearsing for the long television benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund at WISC-TV, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal

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