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D673-2
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- 1936-06 (Creation)
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Over 51 fishermen took part in the Poggie Club - Junior Chamber Salmon Derby in June of 1936; 24 landed a salmon. The first place winner was Oscar F. Harting, front row 6th from the right, (between the man in sweater and tie and the man in a hat) who caught an 18 pound salmon. First prize was $150 in cash, 2nd was a boat with outboard and third prize was an outboard motor. All successful fishermen were awarded steel fishing knives. Merle Murphy and George Murphy are in the front row, 3rd and 4th from the left, respectively. Les Davis, founder of the Les Davis Fishing Tackle Co., is 2nd from right in the white shirt. Davis began manufacturing tackle in the 1920s in the garage of his home at No. 34th & Stevens. He died in 1983 at the age of 78. Oscar Harting died in Tacoma on February 7, 1992; he retired after 22 years of service with Metropolitan Parks as the Point Defiance Boathouse manager and concession operator. (T. Times 6/15/1936, pg. 11) TPL-9857
Poggie Club (Tacoma); Children fishing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Contests--Tacoma--1930-1940; Clubs--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fish; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Beaches--Tacoma--1930-1940; Harting, Oscar F.; Salmon; Davis, Lester;