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Badger Spelling Bee
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The audience at the Badger Spelling Bee audience, comprised of parents, teachers and students, sitting in an auditorium. The 1950 Badger Spelling Bee was sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal.
April 29, 1950
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Badger Spelling Bee
April 29, 1950
Badger Spelling Bee champion Arlene Brown stands before seated judges Mrs. Robert Taylor and Morton Schroeder, as Master Pronouncer Paul W. Gauger looks on. An audience is in the background.
Badger Spelling Bee
April 25, 1953
An adult stands beside a Badger Spelling Bee contestant at a podium behind a WIBA microphone.
Badger Spelling Bee Officials
April 6, 1954
W.J. (Bill) Clark, master pronouncer in the Badger Spelling Bee finals, looks over the word list with bee officials Wallace Wikoff, Spelling Bee director, and Nancy Staudenraus, State Journal libra...
Badger Spelling Bee Winner With Teachers
April 3, 1954
Judy Fiedler, Franklin School student and winner of the Badger Spelling Bee, poses with two teachers. Laura Reed (left) is Fiedler's spelling teacher and Cecelia Bartholomew is her homeroom teacher.
Spelling Bee Winners
April 10, 1954
Badger Spelling Bee state finals winner Robert Suszycki and runner-up David Hemmy (of Juneau City) shake hands.
Spelling Bee Winners
April 10, 1954
Badger Spelling Bee champion Robert Suszycki of Mauston posing with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Suszycki, and his teacher Howard Mackin.
