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D27845-5
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- 1947-05-08 (Creation)
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Brown & Haley. Brown and Haley honored all their employees who had worked for the local candy making firm for more than five years with a dinner party on May 16, 1947. Special guests were, left to right, Emma Green, Ernest Meredith and Bertah Penney. It was Mrs. Green's 70th birthday so she is cutting her birthday cake. She had been working actively for 55 years. She was given an orchid corsage and a gold watch by the company. She also became eligible for retirement benefits with this birthday. Ernest Meredith had been with the company 30 years and was given a traveling bag. Miss Penney had also been with the company 30 years and received an orchid corsage and a gold watch. (T.Times, 5/20/1947, p.3)
Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dinner parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Birthdays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Employees--Tacoma--1940-1950; Green, Emma; Meredith, Ernest; Penney, Bertha;