https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=WA-TAN-YE 2026-04-03T20:24:57Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=184984&oldid=prev 2025-06-18T16:17:00Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:17, 18 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1) At their November meeting each of the nineteen members brought an article of clothing to be donated to a needy high school girl. (2)  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1) At their November meeting each of the nineteen members brought an article of clothing to be donated to a needy high school girl. (2)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. During [[WORLD WAR II]] the Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (3) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold. On December 6, 1941 a two-man Japanese submarine tried to make its way into Pearl Harbor the evening before December 7, 1941.  The submarine had lost its bearings and was found on a reef.  In October, 1943 the boat was put on display in Dubuque by the Dubuque County War Finance Committee with the Wa-Tan-Ye in charge of ticket sales. Admission to see the submarine was by ticket with each costing the purchase of a $25 War Bond. (4) In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (5)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. During [[WORLD WAR II]] the Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (3) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold. On December 6, 1941 a two-man Japanese submarine tried to make its way into Pearl Harbor the evening before December 7, 1941.  The submarine had lost its bearings and was found on a reef.  In October, 1943 the boat was put on display in Dubuque by the Dubuque County War Finance Committee with the Wa-Tan-Ye in charge of ticket sales. Admission to see the submarine was by ticket with each costing the purchase of a $25 War Bond. (4) In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (5) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gifts were distributed by club members to residents of the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY HOME]] in 1955.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:04, 18 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women's service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women's service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) At their November meeting each of the nineteen members brought an article of clothing to be donated to a needy high school girl. (2</ins>)  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. During [[WORLD WAR II]] the Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2</del>) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold. On December 6, 1941 a two-man Japanese submarine tried to make its way into Pearl Harbor the evening before December 7, 1941.  The submarine had lost its bearings and was found on a reef.  In October, 1943 the boat was put on display in Dubuque by the Dubuque County War Finance Committee with the Wa-Tan-Ye in charge of ticket sales. Admission to see the submarine was by ticket with each costing the purchase of a $25 War Bond. (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3</del>) In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3</del>)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. During [[WORLD WAR II]] the Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3</ins>) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold. On December 6, 1941 a two-man Japanese submarine tried to make its way into Pearl Harbor the evening before December 7, 1941.  The submarine had lost its bearings and was found on a reef.  In October, 1943 the boat was put on display in Dubuque by the Dubuque County War Finance Committee with the Wa-Tan-Ye in charge of ticket sales. Admission to see the submarine was by ticket with each costing the purchase of a $25 War Bond. (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">4</ins>) In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5</ins>)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1. &quot;Wa-Tan-Ye to Hold Mother&#039;s Day Bond Drive,&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph-Herald&#039;&#039;, May 11, 1944, p. 19</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1. &quot;Wa-Tan-Ye to Hold Mother&#039;s Day Bond Drive,&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph-Herald&#039;&#039;, May 11, 1944, p. 19</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>2. "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jaunt</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jeep" for Each Bond</del>," Telegraph-Herald, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">May 13</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1943</del>, p. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">8</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>2. "<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wa</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tan</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ye's Bring Clothing Articles</ins>," <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Telegraph-Herald,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' November 17</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1937</ins>, p. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">4</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3. "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Captured Sub Fights Japan</del>," <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>Telegraph-Herald<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">October 11</del>, 1943, p. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">9</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>3. "<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jaunt-on-Jeep" for Each Bond</ins>," Telegraph-Herald, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">May 13</ins>, 1943, p. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">8</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2</del>. "Wa-Tan-Ye Club Plans Yule Party for Orphans," ''Telegraph-Herald'', Dec. 15, 1949, p. 7</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">4. "Captured Sub Fights Japan," ''Telegraph-Herald'', October 11, 1943, p. 9</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5</ins>. "Wa-Tan-Ye Club Plans Yule Party for Orphans," ''Telegraph-Herald'', Dec. 15, 1949, p. 7</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=184982&oldid=prev 2025-06-18T15:58:37Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:58, 18 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. During [[WORLD WAR II]] the Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (2) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In October</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1943 </del>a two-man Japanese submarine <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which had </del>tried to make its way into Pearl Harbor the evening before December 7, 1941 lost its bearings and was found on a reef.  In October, 1943 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">its </del>was put on display in Dubuque by the Dubuque County War Finance Committee with the Wa-Tan-Ye in charge of ticket sales. Admission to see the submarine was by ticket with each costing the purchase of a $25 War Bond. (3) In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. During [[WORLD WAR II]] the Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (2) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On December 6</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1941 </ins>a two-man Japanese submarine tried to make its way into Pearl Harbor the evening before December 7, 1941<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  The submarine had </ins>lost its bearings and was found on a reef.  In October, 1943 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the boat </ins>was put on display in Dubuque by the Dubuque County War Finance Committee with the Wa-Tan-Ye in charge of ticket sales. Admission to see the submarine was by ticket with each costing the purchase of a $25 War Bond. (3) In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (3)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=184980&oldid=prev 2025-06-18T15:40:50Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:40, 18 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (2) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">during [[WORLD WAR II]]</del>.  In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">During [[WORLD WAR II]] the </ins>Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (2) The event resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. In October, 1943 a two-man Japanese submarine which had tried to make its way into Pearl Harbor the evening before December 7, 1941 lost its bearings and was found on a reef</ins>.  <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In October, 1943 its was put on display in Dubuque by the Dubuque County War Finance Committee with the Wa-Tan-Ye in charge of ticket sales. Admission to see the submarine was by ticket with each costing the purchase of a $25 War Bond. (3) </ins>In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (3)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1. &quot;Wa-Tan-Ye to Hold Mother&#039;s Day Bond Drive,&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph-Herald&#039;&#039;, May 11, 1944, p. 19</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1. &quot;Wa-Tan-Ye to Hold Mother&#039;s Day Bond Drive,&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph-Herald&#039;&#039;, May 11, 1944, p. 19</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>2. &quot;Jaunt-on-Jeep&quot; for Each Bond,&quot; Telegraph-Herald, May 13, 1943, p. 8</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>2. &quot;Jaunt-on-Jeep&quot; for Each Bond,&quot; Telegraph-Herald, May 13, 1943, p. 8</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3. "Captured Sub Fights Japan," ''Telegraph-Herald'', October 11, 1943, p. 9</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>2. &quot;Wa-Tan-Ye Club Plans Yule Party for Orphans,&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph-Herald&#039;&#039;, Dec. 15, 1949, p. 7</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>2. &quot;Wa-Tan-Ye Club Plans Yule Party for Orphans,&quot; &#039;&#039;Telegraph-Herald&#039;&#039;, Dec. 15, 1949, p. 7</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=184979&oldid=prev 2025-06-18T15:25:17Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:25, 18 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (2) <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resulting </del>in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale. </del>In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one of the club's most successful fund-raisers. (2) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The event resulted </ins>in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (3)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=184978&oldid=prev 2025-06-18T15:21:03Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:21, 18 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye, a national women&#039;s service club for business and professional women,  celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One </del>of the club's most successful fund-raisers <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resulted </del>in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ride-A-Jeep War Bond Campaign directed by [[BIGGINS, Mary|Mary BIGGINS]] and Genevieve Butler was one </ins>of the club's most successful fund-raisers<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. (2) resulting </ins>in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1949 a Christmas party was organized for children of the [[ST. MARY'S ORPHAN HOME]]. (3)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1. "Wa-Tan-Ye to Hold Mother's Day Bond Drive," Telegraph-Herald<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>, May 11, 1944, p. 19</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>1. "Wa-Tan-Ye to Hold Mother's Day Bond Drive," <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Telegraph-Herald<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>, May 11, 1944, p. 19</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2. "Jaunt-on-Jeep" for Each Bond," Telegraph-Herald, May 13, 1943, p. 8</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2. "Wa-Tan-Ye Club Plans Yule Party for Orphans," ''Telegraph-Herald'', Dec. 15, 1949, p. 7</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=184977&oldid=prev 2025-06-18T14:57:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:57, 18 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. The local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, a national women's service club for business and professional women,  </ins>celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(1)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club&#039;s most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club&#039;s most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Source:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1. "Wa-Tan-Ye to Hold Mother's Day Bond Drive," Telegraph-Herald,, May 11, 1944, p. 19</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=133279&oldid=prev 2016-09-30T18:46:00Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:46, 30 September 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN- YE. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Service organization whose </del>local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN-YE. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club&#039;s most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club&#039;s most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=WA-TAN-YE&diff=22327&oldid=prev 2010-04-02T01:52:54Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:52, 2 April 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN- YE. Service organization whose local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">JUNIEN </del>DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN- YE. Service organization whose local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the Julien Motor Inn (now the [[HOTEL <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">JULIEN </ins>DUBUQUE]]) was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club&#039;s most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. In later years, proceeds from the club activities supported two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club&#039;s most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during [[WORLD WAR II]]. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:52, 2 April 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN- YE. Service organization whose local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">JULIEN MOTOR INN</del>]] was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WA-TAN- YE. Service organization whose local chapter boasts of hosting the first rummage sale in Dubuque. Wa-Tan-Ye celebrated fifty years of service to Dubuque on September 24, 1987. The celebration in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Julien Motor Inn (now </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HOTEL JUNIEN DUBUQUE</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) </ins>was held in the same room that held the charter dinner on September 25, 1937.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dubuque County Fair</del>. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Today </del>proceeds from the club activities <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">support </del>two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club's most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">World War </del>II. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dedicated to doing well for others, the club is best remembered for its fund-raising booth at the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR]]</ins>. From its beginning, the group supported the [[GIRL SCOUTS]] and originally sponsored a troop. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In later years, </ins>proceeds from the club activities <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">supported </ins>two Girl Scout camp scholarships and a wide variety of other community organizations. One of the club's most successful fund-raisers resulted in an estimated $50,000 worth of war bonds being sold during <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[WORLD WAR </ins>II<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. Bond purchasers were given free jeep rides to encourage sales. This record was a great improvement from the twelve dollars raised in the first rummage sale.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Organizations]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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