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VFW Distinguished Service Citations

Date: 06 28 1946
Description: Captain Joseph W. Bollenbeck (right), presenting VFW Distinguished Service Citations to Col. W.S. Middleton, University of Wisconsin Dean of Medicine; Sgt....
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Frank Blied Receiving Award from Bishop O'Connor

Date: 03 04 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor presents the medal of Benemerenti to Frank Blied, a member of a pioneer Madison family. The medal, awarded by Pope Pius XII, is ...
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Father-Daughter Breakfast at Blessed Sacrament Church

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Patricia Kurth, daughter of Tom Kurth, is shown accepting a $1 prize from William Riley, on behalf of her father, who was the youngest father at the Father...
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Sister M. Jeanette, O.P.

Date: 1944
Description: Sister M. Jeaneatte, pharmacist for Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica, New York, posed by medicine dispensers. Sister M. Jeanette was a recipient of the ...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste...
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Athletic Night Dinner

Date: 03 30 1952
Description: George O'Brien, captain-elect of the 1952 University of Wisconsin football team stands between the Reverend Alvin Kutchera and Coach Earl Wilke of Edgewood...
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Blessed Sacrament Parochial School Athletic Banquet

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: Group portrait of members of the Blessed Sacrament Parochial school athletic teams, their coaches and sponsors who were honored at the school's annual banq...
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Reverand Jerome Mersberger Honored by Moose Lodge

Date: 07 25 1952
Description: The Reverend Jerome Mersberger (at left), pastor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, is honored at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Moos...
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Houdini Award

Date: 1941
Description: The Houdini Award, an album, presented to Madison magician Ben Bergor by the Houdini Club of Wisconsin. Because Bergor won the award three years in success...
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Houdini Award

Date: 1941
Description: Ben Bergor, a Madison magician, receiving the Houdini Award from the widow of Harry Houdini. Behind him is the trunk from which Bergor had escaped, and fou...
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Alan (The Horse) Ameche

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Alan (The Horse) Ameche, of Wisconsin, received the Extension Magazine's award of a gold football for being named to the All-Catholic, All-American team. ...
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Bernard Gill Receives St. George Award

Date: 02 19 1956
Description: Bernard Gill, right, receives the St. George Award for Scouting at St. Raphael Cathedral. Seated is Bishop William O'Connor. Flanking the Bishop are Revere...
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Eagle Scout Award

Date: 04 01 1958
Description: Robert Whipple pins a miniature badge on his mother, Myrtle Whipple, after receiving an Eagle Scout Badge at Luther Memorial Church. Left to right: Rev. Fr...
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Nurse's Scholarship

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: Phyllis Harrington (right) of Arena, a second-year student nurse at St. Mary's, was awarded the Iowa county 40 and 8 chapter nursing scholarship. The prese...
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Madison Catholic Woman's Club Scholarship Winners

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Four students at Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart receive freshman tuition scholarships from the Madison Catholic Woman's Club. They are JoAnn Hunold, ...
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Community Achievement Award

Date: 1961
Description: Dr. Thomas Boston and unidentified group standing outdoors on the lawn in front of a building (most likely St. Joseph's Hospital employees and State Medica...
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Eagle Scout Presentation

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Catherine Moore pins the Eagle Scout badge on her son, Bill, at Luther Memorial Church. Bill's father, Wayne, who is the chairman of the troop, looks on wi...
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Madison Jewish Welfare Council Dinner-Dance

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: Nathan Sudow, second from left with his wife Mary at his side, receives an engraved Israeli Bible honoring him for his many years of service to Jewish acti...
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Scouts Honored at First Methodist Church

Date: 05 14 1961
Description: Four Boy Scouts and an Eagle Scout, all members of the First Methodist Church, are presented with God and Country awards. Reverend Dr. Carl Stromberg (lef...
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Eagle Scout Awards

Date: 05 22 1961
Description: Three members of Explorer Scout Post 19 of Luther Memorial Church receive their Eagle Scout awards in ceremonies in the church. The scouts and their parent...

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