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Lincoln Day Planning Committee

Date: 01 12 1950
Description: Dane County Republican committee members plan for the Lincoln Day dinner. Seated from left to right are: Mrs. Philip M. (Nettie) Fairchild, Mrs. Warren S. ...
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Nakoma Golf Club Women

Date: 05 03 1950
Description: Five women of the planning committee for the Nakoma Golf Club's women's spring tea and style show gather around a decorated table. Shown at the serving ta...
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Rainbow Girls Dance Committee

Date: 10 26 1950
Description: Five Rainbow Girls, committee chairmen for the "Scotch Fling" sweater and skirt dance, are seated around a table. Left to right are: LaVon Dailey, Donna Fe...
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University Club Christmas Dance Committee

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Members of the committee plan the University Club's annual Christmas dance for the children and grandchildren of club members and their friends. Seated, fr...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Organizers

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: The planning committee for the soap box derby looking at a drawing of the new hill site.
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
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St. Bernards's Catholic Church Bazaar Committee

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: (Left to right) Mrs. Frank (Clara) Zeier, Mrs. J.W. (Lucille) Noltner, Mrs. Wilfred J. (Blanche) Schlimgen, and Mrs. Joseph (Edith) Hoffman plan the annual...
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Christmas Charity Ball Committee

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: Committee members making arrangements for the Christmas Charity Ball, an event for college students and young married couples in Madison. Seated left to ri...
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Catholic Women's Club Plans Banquet

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: Four committee chairmen for the annual banquet of the Catholic Women's Club are, left to right: Mrs. Fred W. Chamberlin, decorations co-chairman; Sophie Ni...
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Phi Chi Theta Convention

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Joyce Hittenberger (left), Berkeley, California, the new national president; Mary Seymour, retiring national president; Janet Bruhn, general chairman of th...
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Veterans Day Program Planners

Date: 10 22 1959
Description: Five committee members of the Madison Veterans council going over plans for the ceremony and parade to be held Veterans Day, November 11. Left to right: Go...
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Nakoma Welfare League Party Preparations

Date: 12 01 1959
Description: Teenagers Joan Wilke (left), Ruth Rauschenberger, Rick Smith, Bob Dicke, and Betsy Paddock complete preparations for the annual young people's party of the...
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Sororities Plan Yule Dance

Date: 12 10 1959
Description: Members of two sororities meet to plan a Christmas dance for teenagers. Seated in front are: Mary Rendall, president of Tri-Hi, and Jean Postweiler, presid...
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Westmorland Plans Colonial Ball

Date: 02 13 1960
Description: Planning committee members for the annual Westmorland Colonial Ball include, left to right, Rose Plevak, Evelyn Cannon, Elizabeth Skowlund, Marion Hoeveler...
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Women of Westmorland Planning Party

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Five Women of Westmorland posing as they plan their annual dessert style show and card party to be held in the auditorium of Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathol...
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Edgewood High School Class Reunion Committee

Date: 04 24 1961
Description: Group portrait of the committee planning the tenth class reunion of the 1951 Edgewood High School class. Seated, left to right, are: LeRoy Berigan, Carol C...
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Girl Scout Round-Up Planning

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: Flora Steul serves tea following a meeting in which final arrangements were made for the West District Round-Up of Girl Scouts held on May 7th. Girl Scout ...
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Community Youth Dance Committee

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Four youth plan a community youth dance to be held in the Van Hise school auditorium. The dance will be sponsored by the Sunset Village Community Club. The...
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Beautiful Madison Week Proclamation

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly Investigation Before the Police and Fire Commission

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: The Madison Police and Fire Commission explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under the influ...

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