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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The original caption states: "A confident winner, Julie Matthews stands before the microphone minutes before winning the county spelling title and a chance...
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Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt, President of Milton College

Date: 10 15 1963
Description: Milton College president Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt and his wife, Phyllis, are shown at the side of the Milton College football field, with practice going on in...
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Visiting Nurse Health Aide Program

Date: 05 12 1964
Description: Marie Ackley is sweeping the floor of the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund. She is working as a health aide in a new Visiting Nurse Service program an...
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Window Washing at New Holy Name Seminary, 702 S. High Point Road

Date: 09 15 1964
Description: Mothers of new seminarians volunteer to wash windows at the new Holy Name Seminary located at 702 S. High Point Road in Madison. The mothers came from Dioc...
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Second Lieutenant John R. Lonergan's wife Diane sitting behind a desk at what appears to be a bank. Lt. Lonergan was called up for...
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Wisconsin Alumni Association Women's Day

Date: 05 03 1961
Description: Four ladies attending the first Women's Day sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Seated are Mrs. J. Martin Klotsche, wife of the provost of the U...
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Blackhawk Country Club Women at Annual Mad Hat Luncheon

Date: 03 22 1961
Description: Mrs. Darwin (Marybelle) Waters of 3302 Nottingham Way won the "most original" prize for her hat decorated with crisp new dollar bills at the annual Mad Hat...
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Blackhawk Country Club Women at Annual Mad Hat Luncheon

Date: 03 22 1961
Description: The "prettiest hat" at the Blackhawk Country Club Womens' Mad Hat event went to Mrs. Warren C. (Barbara) Bogel of 4518 Wakefield Street. She used fresh cab...
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Madison Council of United Church Women Interfaith Tea

Date: 07 07 1961
Description: Two hostesses for the tea, Dorothy Dunn, left, and Mrs. J.H. Watts, are shown with Elizabeth Rennebohm who provided background piano music for the citywide...
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Madison Council of United Church Women Interfaith Tea

Date: 07 07 1961
Description: Several persons from foreign lands were special guests of honor at the tea. Shown with Frances Rieser (third from left), are Mrs. T.C. Pillay of India, Edu...
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Wisconsin State Journal's Young Columbus

Date: 03 27 1964
Description: Kirby Toberman, The Wisconsin State Journal's 1964 Young Columbus, is shown receiving a passport holder and gift pen and pencil set from State Journal Publ...
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Philharmonic Chorus of Madison Prepares for Annual Winter Concert

Date: 12 01 1965
Description: The Philharmonic Chorus of Madison, directed by Prof. Samuel Jones of the University of Wisconsin School of Music, rehearses for its annual winter concert.
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New U.S. Citizens Celebrate at Citizenship Ceremony

Date: 11 14 1961
Description: Forty-one men, women, and children receiving their U.S. citizenship from Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone. The Lawyers' Wives of Dane County entertain the ne...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The last five spellers left in the Iowa county championship spelling bee all look a bit worried as they wait for the final rounds of the bee, held in the D...
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Jaycettes Plan 12th Annual Benefit Style Show

Date: 08 03 1961
Description: The Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary (Jaycettes) plan for their 12th annual benefit style show held in the University of Wisconsin Union Theate...
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"Tasting Tea" at Ann Emery Hall

Date: 12 05 1961
Description: Katie Knode, Fredonia, New York, with a frosted Cherry Angel Food Cake. The co-eds pictured in this series are all freshmen or sophomores at Ann Emery Hall...
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Three nurses demonstrating a rescue maneuver on a volunteer during a two-day instructional program on emergency procedures at St. Mary's hospital.
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: Two McCaskill girls, two styles of riding — Sandy, left, riding Western on her Arabian stallion, Tiraffle, and Sherry, right, riding her three-gated "Arab,...
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Empty Stocking Club Toy Depot

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: Two wives of Wisconsin State Journal employees sorting gifts at the Empty Stocking Club toy depot. Pictured are Mrs. Thomas Butler and Mrs. Monte McCormick...
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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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