The unveiling of the marker for Sam Allen, founder of the Allenmore Golf Course. Photograph ordered by the Elks.The marker reads "In honor of Sam E. Allen founder of the Allenmore Golf Course. August 14, 1931 presented by the Allenmore Men's Club 1955." The man seated next to the marker is Sam Allen, long time operator and owner of the Allenmore Golf Course. He had recently sold the layout to the Tacoma Elks Lodge. Standing, left to right, are Clyde Alexander, acting manager of the course, Bill Jepsen, Elks trustee, Jack J. Walters, 1953 National Champion Left Handed Golfer and Elks trustee and Erling O. Johnson, secretary-manager of the Tacoma lodge. (TNT 8/3/1955, pg C-6)
Allenmore Golf Club (Tacoma); Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Walters, Jack J.; Golf--Tacoma--1950-1960; Allen, Sam; Alexander, Clyde; Jepsen, Bill; Johnson, Erling O.;