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D30327-1
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- 1947-11-03 (Creation)
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Reverend Arthur Bell and his wife Helen of St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church are pictured cutting into a beautifully frosted cake in November of 1947 as his congregation celebrated the reverend's twenty five years of faithful service. 250 friends attended the surprise church service honoring Reverend Bell's work at the north end church after which he was surprised again with the presentation of a new four-door Chevrolet sedan from his church family. He had come to Tacoma to assist Bishop Lemuel Wells and promised to stay a year and perhaps longer if his (then) frail health improved and if the people of his church (then called St. Mark's) wanted him to stay. That one year grew to 25 by 1947. Reverend Bell's diligent efforts made it possible to reconstruct the historic St. Luke's church bit-by-bit at 36th & North Gove from its original location at 6th & Broadway. (T. Times, 11/4/47, p. 18-article & alternate photograph; TNT 11-4-47, p. 1, 13-article & alternate photograph).
Awards; Commemorations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Clergy--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bell, Arthur--Family; Bell, Arthur; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Cakes--Tacoma--1940-1950;