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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Baking Contest Winner

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Mrs. LaVone Wipperfurth of 2526 E. Dayton Street receiving a $200 prize check from J.R. Warren, Milwaukee, branch manager of Pillsbury Mills. Mrs. Wipper...
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Wisconsin State Student Nurses Association Convention

Date: 09 18 1954
Description: Mary Verhagen of St. Mary's Hospital and Nancy Reid of University Hospitals present a check to Harold Gauer, Wisconsin director of CARE.
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Dorothy Hatfield

Date: 04 24 1955
Description: Dorothy Hatfield receives a bag of silver dollars as her award from J. Jesse Hyman Sr., President of the Emporium Company, in recognition of her 13 years s...
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Dane County Mental Health Association

Date: 09 11 1957
Description: Howard Herschleder, president of Dane County Mental Health Association, presenting a check for the Dane County home at Verona. Receiving the check are Fran...
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Roundy's Fun Fund Committee Members

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Shown left to right, are Barney Gill, James Geisler, chairman of "Roundy's Fun Fund" committee, Dagney Wang, recording secretary, and Joseph R. "Roundy" Co...
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One Penny Buys $300 Hearing Aid

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: A man and woman examine a rare penny. The penny was a 1856 Indianhead, called a Flying Eagle Cent. Only 1,000 of those coins were struck. The penny was wor...
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UNICEF Drive

Date: 02 1961
Description: Leo Lunenschloss, left, chairman of the board of the Security State Bank, holds a check for $3,876.71 representing money collected in the 1960 UNICEF drive...
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Dietetics Scholarship Award

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: W.P. O'Brien, representing the DuBois Company of Cincinnati, presenting a check for $200 to Martha Study, president of the Wisconsin Dietitians Association...
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Bergman's Check

Date: 06 05 1961
Description: Two men and a woman posing with Bergman's Pharmacy check (?).
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Mental Health Fund Raising

Date: 06 02 1965
Description: Susan Butler presenting a check for $760 to Atty. William Chatterton, president of the Dane County Assn. for Mental Health. The gift has been designated fo...
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Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Man and woman looking at a box of money in relation to a WKOW-TV Muscular Dystrophy telethon to raise money for a cure of the disease.
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State Employees Receive Merit Certificates and Cash Awards

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Five state employees are recognized for contributing ideas to save the Wisconsin state government money. They are receiving merit certificates and cash awa...
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Welfare Fund Donations for Air Force Pilot's Son

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral donating to a fund established for the welfare and education of the 3-month-old son of an Air Force p...
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Jaycettes Donation to University Hospital

Date: 05 21 1958
Description: Lloyd Hughes, superintendent of University of Wisconsin hospitals, receives a check from the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary (Jaycettes) for the hospi...

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