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Madison Council of United Church Women Interfaith Tea

Date: 07 07 1961
Description: Guests of the interfaith tea include, seated, Elenor Bjork, president of the Madison Catholic Women's club; Joan Schultz, representing Bethel Lutheran Chur...
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"Floating" Truck Inspection Stations

Date: 07 27 1961
Description: A 11-man "floating" truck inspection crew checks trucks for equipment and weight violations. Too much weight was suspected on this semi-trailer but a final...
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"Floating" Truck Inspection Stations

Date: 07 27 1961
Description: A 11-man crew and their "floating" truck inspection station check trucks for equipment and weight violations. An inspector spotted several equipment defect...
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Sunset Hills Children's Circus

Date: 07 29 1961
Description: Not just children came to the Sunset Hills neighborhood children's circus. It was a fund raiser to benefit the American Nursing Research Foundation. The po...
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"Floating" Truck Inspection Stations

Date: 07 27 1961
Description: A 11-man crew and their "floating" inspection station check trucks for equipment and weight violations. This inspector checks a truck for proper lights.
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Sunset Hills Children's Circus

Date: 07 29 1961
Description: Marueen McGilligan performing a progressive dance at the Sunset Hills neighborhood children's circus, a fund-raiser for the American Nursing Research Found...
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Navy Reservists Train at the Naval Reserve Training Center

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Navy reservists train on various equipment at the Naval Reserve Training Center at Truax Field. Naval Reservists Jerry Simley, DeForest (L), and William Ma...
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Twelve Annual World Championship Rodeo

Date: 07 28 1961
Description: Ray Risch, Edgerton, participates in the bareback bronco competition at the 12th annual World Championship Rodeo at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch on Syene Rd.
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Navy Reservists Train at the Naval Reserve Training Center

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Navy reservists train at the Naval Training Center at Truax Field. A diesel marine engine is checked over by reservists (L-R) Paul Ferguson, 1423 Spaight ...
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Navy Reservists Train at the Naval Reserve Training Center

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Naval reservists train at the Naval Reserve Training Center at Truax Field. A complete combat information center mockup is maintained at the training cente...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: Four barbers dressed in white are cutting the hair of four men sitting in barber chairs. The barbershop, located in the basement of the State Capitol, was ...
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Kentucky Basketball Coach Adolph Rupp Speaks at Summer Clinic

Date: 08 03 1961
Description: Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp lectures at the Wisconsin High School Coaches Association annual summer basketball clinic. Shown (L-R) kneeling are W...
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Flower Show Judges

Date: 07 11 1961
Description: Judging flower shows requires a lot of training. Seated in a garden for the purpose of judging, are (left) Lurie Brewster Wear, a judge-in-training and (ri...
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Summer Projects for Bored Children

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: Kathleen Hall, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hall of 4321 Hegg Avenue, creates a design with colored toothpicks as a summer project in answer to the...
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Annual Gladiolus Society Show

Date: 08 05 1961
Description: Flower arrangement and color displays of gladiolus are highlighted at the annual Madison Gladiolus Society flower show in the lobby of the City-County Buil...
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Summer Projects for Bored Children

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: Seven year old Melissa Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hall of 4321 Hegg Avenue, creates a colored placemat using crayon shavings as a summer projec...
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Flower Show Judges

Date: 07 11 1961
Description: Catherine Barber of the West Side Garden Club, a certified flower show judge, is shown kneeling in the midst of a garden of flowers.
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Summer Projects for Bored Children

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: Nine year old Kevin Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hall of 4321 Hegg Avenue, creates a splatter painting as a summer project in answer to the question: ...
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Dental Exams Mark the Start of the Middleton High School Football Practice Season

Date: 08 10 1961
Description: The start of the Middleton High School football practices includes dental examinations. Dr. E.C. Nehls examines Jim Teff's molars while Dave Wahler looks o...
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Flower Show Judges

Date: 07 11 1961
Description: Marian Wisniewski (Wisneski?), a certified flower show judge, inspects one of her flower arrangements.

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