Several members of the Women's Auxiliary of the Young Men's Business Club (Y.M.B.C.) met in the Winthrop Hotel's presidential suite in October of 1940 to plan the decorations for the upcoming annual autumn party. That year a "Harvest Hop" cabaret dance would take place in the Crystal Ballroom of the Winthrop Hotel on November 9th with proceeds benefiting the Jessie Dyslin Boys Ranch, a favorite project of both the women's auxiliary and the Young Men's Business Club. For the last ten years both spring and fall benefits went toward support of the Dyslin Ranch. From left to right were: Mrs. Jerry Geehan, Jr., Mrs. Amos Booth, Mrs. Thor C. Tollefson, Mrs. Samuel L. Crippen and committee chair Mrs. Richard Feix. They discussed decorations comprised of autumn leaves, golden pumpkins and berried pyracantha. Jerry Geehan, Jr., president of the Y.M.B.C., would serve as the evening's master of ceremonies. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger 10-27-1940, 2-B-alt. photo)
Committees--Tacoma--1940-1950; Young Men's Business Club, Women's Auxiliary (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Geehan, Jerry--Family; Booth, Amos--Family; Tollefson, Thor C., 1901-1982--Family; Crippen, S.L.--Family; Feix, Richard--Family;