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D79650-5
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- 1953-12-17 (Creation)
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Three men and two women stand around a Christmas tree heavily hung with tinsel. One woman holds a painting of three Christmas candles. The other couple holds a sign stating that Hobby Shop gifts were made for the McNeil Island Dale Carnegie Multiple Sclerosis program, Christmas 1953. The event is a Christmas party sponsored by the members of the Bull-Bow chapter of the Dale Carnegie Club of the McNeil Island federal penitentiary for the patients from the MS Clinic started by the late Dr. Hinton D. Jonez at St Joseph's Hospital. The 18 active members of the club, not affiliated with the international organization due to members incarceration but students of the club study, arranged the party through Mrs. Grace Brown of the Tacoma Totem Chapter of the Dale Carnegie Club. The Bull-Bow members collected their own funds, bought materials and made all gifts by hand. The gifts were then gaily wrapped by Tacoma members who also served refreshments and arranged entertainment for the party. The McNeil Island group was named in honor of prison supervisor of education David Bowman, who encouraged the men to better themselves. The prison group was involved in charity activities throughout the year. (TNT 12/20/1953, pg. A-14)
Multiple sclerosis; Earle Hotel (Tacoma); Dale Carnegie Club, Bull-Bow Chapter (McNeil Island); Dale Carnegie Club, Tacoma Totem Chapter (Tacoma);