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E19-3
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- 1937-01 (Creation)
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Mayor George Smitley, polio victim Shirley Ford and bakery owner Gus C. Westerdale at Model Bakery. Publicity for President Roosevelt's Birthday Ball to benefit Infantile Paralysis (Polio) research. Birthday cake was topped with a bust of FDR. Young Miss Ford, 709 No. "L" St., would have the honor of cutting and distributing the cake to the hordes expected to attend the fourth annual President's Ball. Balls and parties would beheld across the nation on January 30th in honor of President Roosevelt with the majority of proceeds remaining in the local communities for the benefit of polio victims. (T.Times 1-28-37, p. 11, 1-29-37, p. 16)
March of Dimes (Tacoma); Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Bakeries--Tacoma; Model Bakery (Tacoma); Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Fund raising--Tacoma--1930-1940; Ford, Shirley; Westerdale, Gus C.;