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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Wrenn O'Connell and his wife Margaret practice for the Badger State Spelling Bee with their daughter, Margaret, while sitting on a living room couch. Marga...
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Edgewood College Father-Daughter Banquet

Date: 10 20 1951
Description: Seated at the speakers table of the Edgewood College father-daughter banquet are, left to right: Rev. John Beix of St. Francis Minor Seminary, Milwaukee; R...
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Spelling Bee Champion Heading to National Finals

Date: 05 17 1952
Description: Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 spelling champion, Beth Knope, boards a train to attend the national finals. Saying goodbye are her parents Sidney an...
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Spelling Bee Winners

Date: 04 10 1954
Description: Badger Spelling Bee champion Robert Suszycki of Mauston posing with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Suszycki, and his teacher Howard Mackin.
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Ritva Jantunen (standing right) of Helsinki, Findland displays a symmetrical "himmelis." In Finland, a "himmelis" would be made of straw and oats and place...
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto of Kurwe-shi, Japan (right) decorating a Christmas tree in the home of his hosts, the Dr. Frank K. Dean family. Tom (center) is standing...
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Elks Club Honor Students

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: East High School student Carla Helmus (left), shown with her parents Carl and Marcella Helmus, is honored at an Elks banquet for outstanding high school yo...
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Elks Club Honor Students

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: East High School student Webb Spraetz, standing, is honored at an Elks banquet for outstanding high school youth. His parents, Frederick and Ruth Spraetz, ...
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Elks Club Honor Students

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: West High School student Jim Nafziger, center, is honored at an Elks banquet for outstanding high school youth. His parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Ralph D. Nafzige...
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Martha and Tim Frautschi

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: Portrait of two of Lowell and Grace Frautschi's children, Martha and Tim Frautschi. Martha is a 1960 graduate of Radcliffe College where she majored in Far...
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Brother-Sister General Motors Scholarship Winners

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Madison Central High School senior Arlene Parmentier (right) holding a scholarship she won from General Motors. Her brother, Robert (left), is also a Gener...
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Pat Richter

Date: 11 22 1962
Description: Pat Richter and his sisters, Jane, left, and Randi along with their mother Mary eating breakfast before the Minnesota football game. The neighbors were res...

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