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Boy Scout Recognition
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Scout Charles Anderson is being presented with a $500 check by Edward Fischer, Sheriff of Dane County, safety director and past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, for rescuing a boy drowning in the Yahara River. At the right is H.C. Nicholls, president of the Council.
February 24, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts
February 24, 1948
Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts banquet attendees are left to right: Sheriff Edward Fischer, director of safety and past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; P.H. Norg, Boy Scout executive; ...
Harlan C. Nicholls and His Three Sons
February 3, 1948
Harlan C. Nicholls, president of the Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts, and his three sons, all of whom are involved in scouting. Pictured in front at the right is Tony, Cub Scout, standing at right...
Governor Oscar Rennebohm and Boy Scout Steve Clark, Jr,
February 11, 1948
Governor Oscar Rennebohm accepting a report on the 1947 services of Wisconsin Boy Scouts from Steve Clark, Jr. (left) a member of Boy Scout Troop 1, Madison.
Boy Scout Four Lakes Council Annual Dinner
February 28, 1950
Boy Scout - Four Lakes Council annual dinner head table. Left to right are: John A. Raymond, scout commissioner; Dr. Albert E. Iverson, national director of Protestant relationships of the Boy Scou...
Boy Scouts with Torches at Wisconsin State Capitol
February 12, 1949
Scouts representing each of the 17 Boy Scout councils of Wisconsin line up with torches inside the Wisconsin State Capitol to open their national campaign to "strengthen the arm of liberty". In the...
Two Boy Scout Pen Pals
June 4, 1948
Two Boy Scouts, George Koehler of Madison, at left, and Michael Benamou, at right, scout from Marseilles, France, who is visiting in Madison. The two scouts are pen pals.
