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West High School Spelling Bee
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Three contestants compete in the annual Madison West High School spelling bee. Left to right are Gretchen Crownhart, Jim Underkofler, and Bob Eccles.
March 16, 1961
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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West High School Spelling Bee
March 16, 1961
Officials gather at a table during the annual West High School spelling bee. At left is pronouncer Armand Ketterer. The two judges are George Blackman, principal of Crestwood school (center) and Pa...
West High School Spelling Bee
March 16, 1961
Four seventh and eighth graders wait their turn at the annual spelling bee at Madison West High School. Left to right are Kathy Freney, Pamela Crane, Dick Beeman, and Brian Smith.
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April 25, 1953
An adult stands beside a Badger Spelling Bee contestant at a podium behind a WIBA microphone.
West Junior High School Spelling Finalists
April 4, 1950
Roger E. Trafford, principal at West junior high school, standing in an auditorium with his students who won the first four places in the school spelling bee. His students, left to right, are: Gret...
Twenty-Three Champions Compete in City Spelling Bee
March 25, 1952
Spelling champions from twenty-three Madison public and parochial schools will take part in the city spelling finals of the "Wisconsin State Journal" 1952 Badger Spelling Bee in Scanlan Hall of the...
1958 Badger Spelling Bee Championship
May 1958
Portrait of one of the 1958 Badger Spelling Bee contestants.
