Home portrait of C.A. Erdahl and family. The Erdahl family resided at 1672 South 56th St. for many years. Florence and Clif are seated on the living room couch surrounded by their four children, Bebe, Ronald, Martin and Judith. The former state legislator had just won election as Commissioner of Public Utilities, defeating Light Department chief inspector William L. Gaffney by approximately 1300 votes. (T.Times 3-15-44, p. 1)

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The Tacoma Times called them the "Happiest family in South Tacoma" in its March 15, 1944, edition. C.A. (Clif) Erdahl had just won election as the city's Commissioner of Public Utilities the day before. He and his wife, the former Florence Sellman, posed with their four children in the Erdahl living room at 1672 South 56th St. The two boys, Martin (8) and Ronald (11) attended Horace Mann Elementary School while daughter Bebe (14) was a 9th grader at Stewart Junior High. Little Judith (4) completed the family picture. Mr. Erdahl, age 37, was a former state legislator. He had led the field of candidates for the commissioner of public utilities position in the primaries and carried through to win the final runoff with William L. Gaffney, Light Department chief inspector, with a margin of over 1300 votes. Mr. Erdahl would take office on June 5, 1944. (T.Times, 3-15-44, p. 1)

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