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941-1
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- 1935-02-05 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Mayor George Smitley with the head of the Maccabees Lodge. Mayor Smitley (L) and C.L. Briggs, supreme record-keeper of the national order of Maccabees exchange handshakes in this February, 1935, sepia photograph. The Order of Maccabees was headquartered in Detroit and was a fraternal benefit society that provided life, health and accident insurance for its members. Mr. Briggs had visited Tacoma over the weekend as he was making a national tour of inspection. He had addressed a state field conference preparing for a state membership drive and planned to later speak in Seattle at the Maccabees temple. ALBUM 11. (T.Times 2-5-35, p. 4)
Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Order of Maccabees; Briggs, C.L.;