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Madison Downtown Rotary Club Scholarshop Awards

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Walter Renk (right), president of the Madison Downtown Rotary Club presents scholarship awards to five Madison high school seniors. Left to right are: Lee ...
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Madison League of Women Voters Dinner

Date: 10 08 1959
Description: The honored guest and speaker at a Madison League of Women Voters dinner is Mrs. John G. Lee, of Farmington, Connecticut, who was the national president fr...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Dr. Adrian Davis (left), Mrs. Carl Carper, Margorie Boissard and Ann Bolz attend the opening reception of the Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibiti...
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Conference of United States Court Reporters

Date: 08 03 1959
Description: Madison Federal Court Judge Patrick T. Stone greets members of the Conference of United States Court Reporters at their convention at the Edgewater Hotel i...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Blanche Nesbit, Dr. Mark Nesbit, and Dorothy Guild posing in front of a large painting during the Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition.
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 12 12 1959
Description: Drama Institute in Madison drew hundreds of high school thespians from all over the state.
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Wonderful World of Paperback Books

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: An aisle of paperback books in a Madison bookstore. Two women are standing in the aisle.
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Zonta Plans Inter-City Event

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: A program by the Madison Recorder group and the Madison Folk Dance group will be featured at the inter-city meeting of representatives from Zonta Clubs of ...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly Investigation Before City Council Committee

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: A Madison City Council investigative committee explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under t...
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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Outgoing president of the Madison League of Women Voters, Mrs. Beatrice Lampert, hands over the gavel to the incoming president, Mrs. Katherine Lichter. Th...
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Madison Art Guild's Annual Art Salon

Date: 04 08 1959
Description: First prize winners at the Madison Art Guild's Annual Art Salon include, from left to right, Eloise Haas, Ellsworth Mack, Dorothy Angevine, and Rea Ragatz.
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Madison Art Association Board Members

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: Madison Art Association board members are Charles Jacobson Jr., treasurer; Marguerite Hanson, past president; Lillian Simonson, secretary of the new board ...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Officials

Date: 05 14 1959
Description: Madison Visiting Nurse Service Officials look over plans for a new office. Left to right are: Mrs. Helen Giessel, board of directors treasurer; Mrs. Virgin...
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Madison Officers of National Council of Jewish Women

Date: 05 05 1959
Description: Among the new officers of the Madison section of the National Council of Jewish Women are, left to right: Rose Glass, Doris Simon, Maxa dai Frank, and Jane...
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Madison League of Women Voters Dinner

Date: 10 08 1959
Description: Three members of the Madison League of Women Voters chat at a league dinner. Left to right are Mrs. Henry Lardy, Mrs. Laura Munson, and Professor Clara Pen...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Among those viewing the works of Illinois and Iowa artists are, (left to right): Sally Marshall, president of the Madison Art Association; Clayton Howdle; ...
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Arthur Fiedler Visits Madison

Date: 11 24 1959
Description: Boston "Pops" orchestra conductor Arthur Fiedler speaks with Elizabeth Monschein of WHA and Cliff Roberts of WIBA. Fiedler was in Madison to speak to repre...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Annual Meeting

Date: 10 27 1959
Description: Miss Agnes Griffith, Mrs. Doris Rubin, and Mrs. Ruth Towell look at some of the nursing displays at the annual meeting of the Madison Visiting Nurse Servic...
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Spring Snow

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Two women, seen from behind, are using umbrellas while walking on a snowy sidewalk on the first block of East Main Street on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Madison Skating Club's Annual Ice Show

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Four members of the Madison Skating Cub have trained skaters that will take part in the club's annual ice show. Winifred Balsley performs a graceful turn i...

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