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D17681-7
Date(s)
- 1944-06-03 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On June 3, 1944, 459 members of Tacoma's Schoolboy Patrol were the guests of the Tacoma Police Department at a picnic held at Point Defiance Park. During the school year, the boys directed traffic around the schools, making sure that students made it safely to classes. At the picnic, they directed the celebration of Public Safety Commissioner Einar Langseth's birthday by lining up to give him a good luck birthday swat. Commissioner Langseth, bending over on lower right side, replied that he was not nearly as old as the 459 swats he received. (T. Times, 6/5/44, p. 2).
Police--Tacoma; Picnics--Tacoma; Langseth, Einar, 1892-1968;