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Optimist Week
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Acting City Manager George Forster signs a proclamation to observe Optimist Week in Madison. Standing left to right are: C. B. Beebe, director of the Optimist-sponsored Drum and Bugle Corps.; Ross Rowen, Director of the Junior Optimist oratorical contest; B. R. L'Hommedieu, president; and W. H. Moffit, chairman of Optimist Week.
November 9, 1950
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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