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A66855-1
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- 1952-05-15 (Creation)
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Dinner at The Firs honoring the 25th wedding anniversary of Vernor and Ada Shields. Mr. and Mrs. Shields lived at 735 Stadium Way. He was the owner of Cooksie and Shields at 941 Commerce, a restaurant and tavern with cigars, tobacco, billiards and a card room. He was also part owner, with Chester L. Olson, of the K Street Department Store at 1124 So. K. The Firs was located two miles south of the Roy "Y" on Mountain Highway in the Loveland area. It was built in 1922 of vertical log construction, and served as an inn, restaurant and cabaret. It catered primarily to banquets and private parties and offered music by Lloyd Alton's Orchestra. It was destroyed in 1974 by fire and never rebuilt.
Shields, Vernor; Shields, Ada; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1950-1960; Firs (Spanaway);