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Madison's Junior Bowling League Starts at the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes and Burr Oaks Bowl

Date: 09 16 1961
Description: Madison's Junior Bowling League program begins the season at the Bowl-A-Vard Lanes & Burr Oaks Bowl on Saturday mornings and afternoons. Cheryl Crary (11) ...
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Youth's Amateur Show Aids Muscular Dystrophy Patient Services

Date: 09 14 1961
Description: Six Madison area youngsters stage an amateur talent show to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Patient Services committee. Shown (L-R) handing over the...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Betty Anderson is serving her daughter Lori a piece of the "500 Cake" which won the Grand Prize in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest.
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Captain Robert C. Burns' wife Carol and sons Bruce and Terry are sitting together. Captain Burns has been called up for active dut...
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Staff Sargent Paul A. Haack's wife Margaret and two sons are playing in a front yard with a dog. Staff Sargent Haack was called up...
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Lieutenant Colonel John D. Winner's wife Marcelaine and children sitting together for a group portrait. He was called up for activ...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Clarendon and Elaine Bradley and their two adopted children; Bruce, age 4 and 6 year-old Carla. They adopted them through the Lutheran Welfare Society, a R...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Timothy and Helen Matthews with their seven month old adopted son, Timothy John. They adopted their child through the Catholic Welfare bureau, a Red Feathe...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Dean and Betty Colden with their two adopted children; David, age three years and one year old Sally. The couple adopted their children through the Childre...
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YWCA Girls Camp Indoors

Date: 11 02 1961
Description: Cold weather sent a YWCA camping experience indoors for the 49 girls attending. Those in line for camp-type food of wieners and baked beans include Annette...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Lutheran Welfare Society is one of 29 United Givers agencies. The society facilitates the adoption of children into families such as the one pictured, find...
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YWCA Girls Camp Indoors

Date: 11 02 1961
Description: Jennifer Jueds is shown enjoying milk and a hot dog as she relaxes on her "bed" in the gymnasium of the YWCA. She is one of 49 girls who spent 24 hours cam...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Madison Area Retardation Council is one of 29 United Givers agencies. Some of the services the council provides for the mentally retarded are sheltered...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Dane County Guidance Center is one of 29 United Givers agencies. A team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers serves Madison and Dane Coun...
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YWCA Girls Camp Indoors

Date: 11 02 1961
Description: Patty McCutchin is shown attentively listening to a story while resting on a bedroll in the gym of the YWCA. Other pajama-clad girls are nearby reading or ...
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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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YWCA Girls Camp Indoors

Date: 11 02 1961
Description: Betsy Silber and Ann Simmons are shown in lively conversation in their sleeping bags on the floor of the YWCA gym. Cold weather sent 49 girls inside for th...
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Second Graders Make Pictorial Displays for Thanksgiving

Date: 11 22 1961
Description: Second graders at Hoyt School make pictorial displays for Thanksgiving to show what they are thankful for. Edith Birdsall (7), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joh...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Madison Neighborhood Centers is one of 29 United Givers agencies. At three centers (Atwood Community Center, the Neighborhood House and South Madison Neigh...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Speech and Hearing Rehabilitation Center on the University of Wisconsin Campus is one of 29 United Givers agencies. It serves about 500 people each yea...

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