Elks, Emmett T. Anderson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks. Emmett T. Anderson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, and his wife Lucile are welcomed home by a parade along Pacific Avenue. Lucile is holding a bouquet of long-stemmed roses. Emmett T. Anderson was the president and manager of a substantial printing business in Tacoma, Anderson Printing Company. His family consisted of his wife Lucile, a son and a daughter and, at this time, four grandchildren. (TNT, 7/26/1949, p.9; TNT 7-28-49, p. 1-article)

Anderson, Emmett T.; Anderson, Lucile B.; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

Elks, Emmett T. Anderson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks. A view of the parade welcoming home Emmett T. Anderson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, along Pacific Avenue past Peoples Department Store on the left and Pacific First Federal on the right. Emmett T. Anderson was born in Tacoma January 17, 1890, the same year that the Tacoma Elks Lodge was instituted. He was initiated into the lodge in 1917. His service to the order took him from "esquire" through the chairs to exalted ruler of his lodge in 1927-1928. In 1929 he was selected as district deputy grand exalted ruler for Washington Southwest. The following year he was elected president of the Washington State Elks Association. (TNT, 7/26/1949, p.9)

Anderson, Emmett T.; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

Elks, Emmett T. Anderson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks. The Boys Club welcomes the man who worked on their new building a few weeks ago. Emmett T. Anderson was a director of the Tacoma Boys' club and a member of the Mt. Rainier council of Boy Scouts of America, and youth activities was one of his platform planks at the Cleveland Convention. Mr. Anderson had recently been elected the Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks. A parade was held in his honor on July 27, 1949. The Music Box Theater is on the corner behind the boys at the corner of South 9th Street and Broadway. (TNT, 7/26/1949, p.9; TNT 7-28-49, p. 1-article)

Anderson, Emmett T.; Tacoma Boys' Club (Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Music Box Theatre (Tacoma);

The April 13, 1949 earthquake that shook Puget Sound damaged the dome on the Capital Building in Olympia. On June 22, the 1,600 pound cap stone was carefully lifted out of place so that repairs could be made to the cupola. The cap stone was gently moved down the ramp that was built along the outer edge of the scaffolding. The lantern's stone spire was replaced with light metal and the structure reinforced to lighten its dead loads. Following a second earthquake in 1965, 14 of the dome's 22 windows were filled-in with concrete panels as part of a thorough building stabilization. (Johnston, Norman J. Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders, University of Washington Press, Seattle, p. 128; TNT, 6/22/1949, p.17) TPL-4756

Legislative Building (Olympia); Scaffolding--Olympia--1940-1950; Maintenance & repair--Olympia; Damage to property; Disasters--Olympia--1940-1950; Earthquakes--Olympia--1940-1950;

Mayor Val Fawcett with Mrs. Emmett T. Anderson. On July 27, 1949, a welcome home parade in downtown Tacoma was held in honor of the newly elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks Order of the United States, Emmett T. Anderson. Mayor Val Fawcett is pictured above with Lucile B. Anderson shortly after presenting her with a bouquet of red roses. Emmett Anderson was a prominent Tacoma civic leader and president of Anderson Printing. He was chosen as national leader of the Elks during the recent convention in Cleveland. ALBUM 14

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Anderson, Lucile B.; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Opening of 38th Street, Tribune, June 17, 1949. A crowd looks on as Mayor C. Val Fawcett is about to cut the ribbon formally opening the improved 38th Street district. The mayor stated that it would be one of the busiest cross-town streets in the city. Tex Baker has been identified as the man at left in straw hat. His twins are in the photograph's foreground. Ray D. Shaw, chairman of Friday night's activities, is at far right. Also identified in the group with Mayor Fawcett were Herb Lautermilch, Jimmie Duplain and Earl Ruppert. (TNT 6-19-1949, p. 1)

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Dedications--Tacoma--1940-1950; Streets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Baker, Tex; Baker, Tex--Family; Shaw, Ray D.; Lautermilch, Herb; Duplain, Jimmie; Ruppert, Earl;

The Pierce County Treasurer's office was located on the first floor of the Pierce County Court House, at 1012 South G Street. In 1949 The Pierce County Treasurer was Leander R. Johnson. Interior view of the treasurer's office, county employees are reviewing county treasury information; the man behind the three men in foreground, is looking through a city directory. TPL-8391

County government--Tacoma; Government employees--Tacoma; Government officials--Tacoma; Treasuries--Tacoma; Civil service--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pierce County Treasurer (Tacoma);

View of the City of Tacoma Board of Contracts and Awards members: A. M. Angove, City Purchasing Agent and Secretary of the Board; L. W. (Roy) Craig, Finance Commissioner; Mayor C. Val Fawcett, Chairman; and Lyle Lemley, City Controller. The Board of Contracts and Awards supervise the operations of the municipal plant and shops (T.N.T., 9/4/49, p. A-8).

Municipal officials--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Municipal government--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma City Hall (Tacoma); Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965;

Govenor and Mrs. Arthur B. Langlie and family for Thanksgiving layout, Tribune, Barbara Dana. Governor Langlie, his daughter Carrie and his wife, Evelyn, are seated together on a sofa talking with an unidentified woman in the living room of the govenor's mansion in Olympia. (TNT, 11/20/1949, p.D-1)

Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966--Family; Governors--Washington (State); Holidays--Olympia--1940-1950;

Tacoma Mayor Val Fawcett buys tickets from two Bellarmine Boosters. The names of the men were not listed in Richards Studio notes. These tickets may have been for the March 12th victory mixer honoring the 1949 City high school champs. The Bellarmine varsity would be making their final appearance before their Class A state tournament matches. (T.Times, not used) ALBUM 14. (T.Times 3-6-49, p. 14-article on mixer)

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Mayor Val Fawcett and other civic leaders attended a January 25, 1949, dinner held at the Orchard Hill Country Club honoring Col. James Stack, USA retired, on his retirement as chairman of the Citizens Armed Forces committee. C.J. Quill of the Totem Greeters presented Col. Stack with a small totem pole. Col. Stack was the former aide to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. From L-R are: City Finance Commissioner L.W. "Roy" Craig, City Public Utilities Commissioner C.A. "Clif" Erdahl, Col. Stack, Mayor Fawcett, C.J. Quill, Pierce County Sheriff Lee Croft and City Public Safety Commissioner Robert S. Temme. More than 100 prominent civic leaders attended the dinner. ALBUM 14. (T.Times 1-26-49, p. 1-article) TPL-10374

Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Totem poles; Stack, James; Craig, L.W.; Erdahl, C.A.; Quill, C.J.; Croft, Lee; Temme, Robert S.; Municipal officials--Tacoma--1940-1950;

John H. "Big John" Anderson (right) was the newly selected Exalted Ruler of the Tacoma Elks Lodge for 1949-1950. He is pictured above accepting the gravel from his predecessor, Cecil Walrath, on April 5, 1949. Mr. Anderson, a well known Tacoma building contractor, was installed in impressive ceremonies headed by Edwin J. Anderson, past president for the State Elks Association. John Anderson had a bright career ahead of him: he was elected mayor of Tacoma twice and served as school board president three times. An avid sportsman and noted civic leader, Mr. Anderson passed away in November of 1974. (TNT 4/5/49, p. 20-article; TNT 4-7-49, C-7).

Anderson, John H.; Walrath, Cecil; Men--Clubs--Tacoma; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Inaugurations--Tacoma; Fraternal lodges--Tacoma; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Tuxedoes;

ca. 1941. Governor Arthur B. Langlie waves at the end of a speech. Born in Lanesboro, Minnesota, Mr. Langlie was Mayor of Seattle when he resigned on January 11, 1941, to become Governor of Washington. A Republican, he succeeded Democrat Clarence D. Martin. Mr. Langlie was a three-term governor from 1941-45 and 1949-57. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Washington in 1944 and 1948 and delivered the keynote address during the 1956 Convention in San Francisco. Governor Langlie passed away in 1966 and is interred at Acacia Memorial Park, Seattle. Sepia photograph taken about 1941. ALBUM 10.

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966;

ca. 1948. Governor (or Republican candidate) Arthur Langlie and his wife Evelyn, Congressman Thor Tollefson, and Puget Sound National Bank chief Reno Odlin on the platform at the Tacoma Armory, likely during the 1948 Republican State Convention.

Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Legislators--Washington--1940-1950; Tollefson, Thor C., 1901-1982; Political elections--Tacoma;

C.H. Ranschler, Superintendent of Elections, taught new voter Clara Hill how to use a voting machine in anticipation of the Primary Elections taking place in February of 1926. A record voter turnout, estimated to exceed 30,000, was expected at Tacoma's 101 polling places. At stake were the elections of the mayor and two City Councilmen. Five candidates had thrown their hats into the ring for the mayoral election and the two with the most votes in the February 23rd primary would run head-to-head in the March general election. Likely taken on the 2nd floor of the Old City Hall building.TPL-3206 (TNT 2/22/1926, pg. 16)