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;

Lt. Governor Emmett T. Anderson and family at testimonial dinner on September 7, 1956. Mr. Anderson, third from left, stands with his wife, daughter and son and their spouses at the Top of the Ocean. From L-R are Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Finnegan, Mr. Anderson and wife Lucille, and Mr. and Mrs. Burr Anderson. An overflowing crowd of nearly 540 people attended the Anderson testimonial. It was meant to be a non-political, non-fund raising event with only a large banner of Dwight D. Eisenhower as an indication of any political leanings. The Anderson family were owners of Anderson Printing Co., Inc. Mr. Anderson was very active in civic and fraternal affairs; he was the Past Exalted Ruler of Elks in Tacoma. He won the Republican nomination for Governor in 1956 but lost to Democrat State Senator Albert Rosellini. (TNT 9-8-56, p. 2) ALBUM 4.

Anderson, Emmett T.; Anderson, Emmett T.--Family; Finnegan, Maurice--Family; Anderson, Burritt B.--Family;

Lt. Governor Emmett Anderson, 1956 Republican nominee for Governor, 3rd from right in photo, with family at a testimonial dinner held at the Top of the Ocean. Mr. Anderson served as Lt. Governor from 1953-1957. He won the Republican nomination for Governor in 1956, defeating fellow Republican and State Attorney General Don Eastvold, but was to lose the general elections in November to State Senator Albert Rosellini, Democrat. (TNT 9-8-56, p. 2) ALBUM 4.

Anderson, Emmett T.; Anderson, Emmett T.--Family; Political elections--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Mayor John Anderson (left) assists Edwin L. Cliffe, superintendent of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington, with a chemistry demonstration on April 3, 1957. Mr. Cliffe was explaining the benefits of the chemical industry to the mayor in preparation for National Chemical Progress Week April 8-12th. The Tacoma area, home to Hooker Electrochemical, Kaiser Aluminum, Pennsalt, Reichhold Chemicals, St. Regis Paper Co., and DuPont de Nemours of DuPont, was the hub in the Pacific Northwest for the production and sale of chemicals. Publicity for Pennsalt Chemical Company. (TNT 4-10-57, D-3 article) ALBUM 14

Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Anderson, John H.; Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Pennsalt (Tacoma); Cliffe, Edwin L.; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Benediction at Ground breaking of the U.S. Oil and Refining plant on the Tacoma Tideflats. Left to Right, front row: Congressman Thor Tollefson, Senators Henry M. Jackson and Warren G. Magnuson. Mayor Harold Tollefson is 3rd from right, second row. Lt. Gov. Emmett Anderson and U.S. Oil & Refining president Dr. Ernest Lyder are in the front row, right. Pools of water dot the landscape surrounding the platform; this had been one of Tacoma's prime duck hunting and swimming locations. ALBUM 4.

Magnuson, Warren G., 1905-1989; Jackson, Henry M., 1912-1983; US Oil & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Legislators--Washington--1950-1960; Tollefson, Thor C., 1901-1982; Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Anderson, Emmett T.;