At 85, these 2 Packerettes of 1950s still cheer on Packers, each other
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Among all the warm memories Judy Walters and Ellen Olson have of their time together as Packerettes in the 1950s, there’s a part of it that still makes them shiver just thinking about it. The uniforms they wore when they performed with the Lumberjack Band during halftime of Green Bay Packers games at City Stadium weren’t exactly designed with cold weather in mind. They remember them as halter tops and short skirts with marabou feathers along the bottom. “We froze to death, honest to Pete,” Olson said. But for two 15-year-olds from Green Bay West High School, getting to be a part of Packers history was a teenage thrill – even if they didn’t realize how truly special it all was at the time. At...