The Bickett clan, 1925, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed picture 24.

Back row: Jean Elizabeth (Chapman) Bashor, Dora Agnes "Aggie" (Bickett) Chapman, and Helen Margaret "Marie" (Gebauer) Baker.

Middle row: Robert Alfred "Bob" Chapman, Jean Elizabeth Chapman, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, and probably Harvey Michael Bashor Sr.

Front row: Helen Means Bickett.

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, 1925, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. The picture at the far right is stock photo of a 1922 Studebaker Model EJ Light Six Touring Car

Back row: Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett. Front row: Jean Elizabeth Chapman and Robert Alfred "Bob" Chapman, 1925. Location Wisconsin. Reed picture 20.

Jean Elizabeth Chapman was born April 25, 1919, at 1718 Avenue G, 3rd Ward, City of Galveston, Galveston Co., TX.

Robert Alfred "Bob" Chapman was born April 22, 1922, in Galveston, Galveston Co., TX.

The above array of Wisconsin automobile plate designs from the 1920s and 1930 is from the La Crosse County Historical Society.

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, 1925, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed picture 11.

Helen Means Bickett, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, and Gertrude Pearl Patricia (Baker) Bickett, Possibly in April, 1930, when Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Bickett, of Watertown, Wisconsin, were in Yellow Springs, Greene Co., OH, to take  Earl Bickett by automobile to St. Louis, where Earl will take the train for Galveston, Galveston Co., TX. Earl Bickett will make his home with his sister, Mrs. Chapman. It appears that the Bickett family automobile still has the 1921 Studebaker Model EJ Light Six Touring Car. Reed Allan Larson picture 18.

The above array of Wisconsin automobile plate designs from the 1920s and 1930 is from the La Crosse County Historical Society.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, about 1933.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett in her Art Institute costume, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, 1933.

The 1933 "Orbit" contained this snippet:

The Art Institute

The Art Institute committee was indeed wise... or otherwise... in choosing Watertown to send its contributions of art to the World's Fair. Many students spent long hours (class periods if possible) posing for the great masters. We are about to enter the holy of holies wherein our gems of art are on exhibition. XXXXXXXX. Next we have three gentle maids (Meyers, Bickett, and Steffen) dancers extraordinary, who have interpreted the Terpsichorean art for us. The are tripping the light and fantastic with feet on the ground and heads in the clouds. Don't hit the ceiling, girls.

Leigh Larson note: Terpsichorean art is the art of dancing. The 1933 World's Fair held May 27, 1933, to November 1, 1933, in Chicago, Cook Co., IL, was "A Century of Progress International Exposition."

Ruth Gertrude Bickett and High School Group Picture, Watertown High School, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, about 1934.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett and friends, about 1934.

 Ruth Gertrude Bickett graduated from Watertown High School, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, in the Class of 1934. She sang a duet with her classmate at the graduation ceremonies.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, ca. 1935.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1935.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett Class of 1938, was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, in the 1936 The Wisconsin Badger Yearbook, Page 319, University of Wisconsin, Dane Co., WI. This is the same sorority that her sister, Helen Means Bickett, belonged to about four years earlier.

The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI, Sunday, December 15, 1935

University Crowd and Madison Townspeople in Midst of Busy Season

TWENTY-FIVE of the most beautiful young women at the University of Wisconsin have been selected by their sororities and dormitories as candidates in the annual Badger beauty contest sponsored by the university yearbook. Some of the candidates are pictured here. From the entire list six girls will be chosen as final Badger beauties by Max Factor, Hollywood cosmetician, and George Petty, Esquire and cigarette advertisement artist. The winners will be pictured in this year's Badger. In the group here are (left to right) Mary Belle Lawton of Brodhead, the candidate of Gamma Phi Beta; Mary Lou Montgomery of Milwaukee,  Kappa Alpha Theta; Ruth Bickett of Watertown, Alpha Gamma Delta; Gretchen Schmidt, Wauwatosa, Delta Zeta, and Grace Carlson, Sheboygan,, Langdon Hall. (Photoart Studio Photos, Madison)

Ruth G. Bickett furnished the Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity with her UW Madison Activities Record, 1935.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane Co., WI, Badger Beauty Name List, 1935.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1936.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett Class of 1939, was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, in the 1937 The Wisconsin Badger Yearbook, Page 267, University of Wisconsin, Dane Co., WI. This is the same sorority that her sister, Helen Means Bickett, belonged to about four years earlier. Ruth Gertrude Bickett would not return to the University of Wisconsin after 1937. She said there were no classes that interested her, but if the had offered Dance as a major she would have continued there.

The Galveston Coastal News, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX, Friday, June 25, 1937

To the right are a group of visitors from Wisconsin, who have been spending the week here as the guests of Mrs. W. J. Chapman and daughter, Miss Jean Chapman. Miss Ruth Bickett, standing, and Miss Helen Bickett, seated on the top step, are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bickett of Watertown, Wis., and the nieces of Mrs. Chapman. They were accompanied by Miss Doris Kaddatz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kaddatz, of Watertown, who is seated on the lowest step. Miss Chapman  who is pictured with the group will accompany them when they leave. They will spend a few days in New Orleans before returning home.

Helen Means Bickett, in her wedding dress, with her sister, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, at the time of Helen's wedding, October 16, 1938.

Ruth Gertrude and Helen Means Bickett, and two others, all smoking! Bickett residence, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, at the time of Helen's wedding, October 16, 1938.

Bickett residence, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, about 1940.