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Optimist Club Oratorical Winners
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The winner and two runners-up in the Madison Optimist Club's oratorical contest. In the center is the winner, fifteen-year-old Richard Harris. The runners-up are Arthur Wobig (left) and Chuck Kennedy (right).
May 19, 1952
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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