Young men and boys throughout Tacoma entered their model airplanes, hoping to win one of the five Division titles. Speed Jobs, Club Ships, Gas Model Airplanes flying up to 140 miles per hour, A. J. Fireball gas model airplanes and a model jet plane with a 152 miles per hour record, were all entered in the Tacoma Plymouth Aero League contest. View of contest participants preparing their airplanes for the competition (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1).
Contests--Tacoma; Competition entries--Tacoma; Victories--Tacoma; Awards; Hobbyists--Tacoma; Model airplanes; Airplane racing--Tacoma; Plymouth Aero League (Tacoma);
More than 60 young men signed up to compete in Tacoma's Plymouth Aero League contest. The contest was scheduled for Sunday afternoon at The Stadium. Later this month, Plymouth Motor Corporation was sponsoring the 2nd Annual International Model Plane Aero League Contest in Detroit, Michigan; the five Tacoma Division winners would get to compete in that contest. View of participants with one of the judges (T. Times, 7/10 & 12/48, p. 1).
Contests--Tacoma; Competition entries--Tacoma; Victories--Tacoma; Awards; Hobbyists--Tacoma; Model airplanes; Airplane racing--Tacoma; Stadium High School (Tacoma); Plymouth Aero League (Tacoma);
TNT 10/28/1956 p.A1 Old pamphlet points up Stadium controversy p.B5 AAUW against Stadium job
TNT 10/30/1956 School men oppose Bowl proposition
TNT 11/2/1956 p.B5 PTA opposes Stadium levy p.B9 25 cents a year tax for average family will rebuild our Stadium (il) p.B12 Bowl group still batttles for rebuilding
TNT 11/8/1956 p.A4 Thank you Stadium friends
TNT 12/13/1957 p.A1 School board hears plan to fix Stadium
TNT 2/14/1958 Group given assurance on Stadium lease
TNT 6/20/1958 p.1 Group proposes plan to revamp Stadium Bowl
TNT 7/9/1958 Stadium Bowl group to meet
TNT 7/11/1958 p.6 Stadium Bowl group formed; seek $500,000 (Stadium Bowl Memorial Assoc.)
TNT 8/5/1958 p.8 Stadium Drive opens Thursday with breakfast
TNT 8/7/1958 Stadium Bowl supporters to open office
TNT 8/15/1958 p.11 Stadium Bowl fans to start with fanfare (il of Boosters group)
TNT 8/22/1958 Promotion for Stadium furthered
TNT 8/23/1958 Coffee boosts Stadium drive
TNT 8/24/1958 Past glories of Tacoma Stadium recalled; impressive events staged in big bowl (il)
TNT 11/7/1958 p.40 Stadium Bowl group forms corporation
TNT 12/17/1958 p.A1 ... fund drive opens Jan. 16
TNT 12/31/1958 p.7 Support given Stadium plan by Mrs. Bethel
TNT 1/11/1959 p.A11 Memorial group urges Stadium Bowl renewal; outdoor civic auditorium visualized as goal ( sketch of proposed reconstruction plans by E.J. Bresemann, arch.)
TNT 1/13/1959 Stadium Bowl wins official civic backing
TNT 3/26/1959 p.B5 Stadium Assn. books concert by Montovani
TNT 4/5/1959 p.B7 Eager to carry the ball (local high school student body presidents support Stadium project)
TNT 4/7/1959 Stadium Bowl to open again backers say
TNT 4/30/1959 p.A13 Stadium Bowl cleanup set
TNT 5/5/1959 p.1 Student's can't clean Stadium
TNT 5/8/1959 Stadium group to meet with school board
TNT 5/15/1959 p.1 Board eases cleanup ban for Stadium
TNT 7/24/1959 p.1 Board favors repairs for Stadium Bowl
TNT 8/7/1959 Stadium Bowl supporters to open office
TNT 8/28/1959 p.A1 Schools to map policy for rebuilding Stadium
TNT 9/11/1959 p.A1 Board votes Stadium Bowl work start
TNT 10/15/1959 p.C17 Marine Band turnout cheers Stadium Assn.
TNT 10/23/1959 p.5 School board to meet with Stadium group
TNT 10/31/1959 p.5 Architect wants study of Stadium restoration (arch. Louis M. Pedersen hired as consultant)
TNT 11/13/1959 p.1 Go-ahead for Stadium work
TNT 11/29/1959 p.B15 Stadium Bowl Association issues stamps
TNT 1/26/1960 p.1 Ruling stands on Stadium's end section (removal of end sections of horseshoe required by the Tacoma Public Works Department)
TNT 2/28/1960 Stamps sold to restore Stadium Bowl
TNT 4/8/1960 p.A3 Stadium Bowl games held likely by fall
TNT 4/24/1960 Stadium design topic
TNT 5/27/1960 p.4 School board OKs Stadium Bowl plan
TNT 6/24/1960 p.7 School board lets contract for Stadium
TNT 6/30/1960 p.A1 $50,000 Stadium Bowl renovation job begins (Louis M. Pedersen, arch. and Jardeen Bros., contr.)
TNT 7/10/1960 p.B2 Tacoma's Stadium lives again ... ! (full page ad for the Stadium Memorial Assoc.) (il) p.B4 Stadium Assn. calls for rebuilding help (il of Stadium Memorial Assoc. members)
TNT 11/13/1960 p.A1 Gird game rededicates Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 2/22/1961 Stadium Bowl group elects
TNT 4/11/1961 p.3 Old ball park lights to go to Stadium (from the old Cheney Field / Tiger Park at 3130 So. 38th St.)
TNT 5/28/1961 p.D10 Dance will benefit Stadium
TNT 7/1/1961 Stadium Bowl benefit dance ...
TNT 8/16/1961 p.A11 Stadium group calls for big push now
TNT 12/31/1961 p.B3 Light fixin'
TNT 4/2/1962 p.5 New Stadium drive opened
TNT 4/8/1962 Tacoma surges ahead and builds Stadium
TNT 5/16/1962 p.A2 Flare sale to aid Bowl drive
TNT 6/26/1962 Giants' ticket sale to aid Stadium Bowl
TNT 7/11/1962 Stadium Bowl night Friday at ball park
TNT 4/23/1963 p.16 Stadium High students plan bowl drive
TNT 5/28/1963 p.A5 Stadium Bowl program at game (fundraiser at Cheney Stadium)
TNT 12/4/1963 p.B6 Stadium Bowl session is optimistic
TNT 12/5/1963 p.C3 New face, name mulled for Stadium (proposal to rename the Stadium in honor of President John F. Kennedy) (new remodeling plans by Silas Nelsen, arch.)
TNT 4/26/1964 p.C20 Students spur efforts to light bowl
TNT 6/16/1964 p.9 For Stadium Bowl (il of 90 ft. cedars, to be used as light poles)
TNT 7/5/1964 p.A1 Tacomans pour into Stadium Bowl for glittering fireworks exhibition
TNT 7/10/1964 p.5 Stadium Bowl to be lighted by September; poles arrive
TNT 8/27/1964 p.B6 Many assist lighting of Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 8/30/1964 Powerful lift plants poles (il)
TNT 5/9/1965 p.A20 Old photos tell the Stadium story (il)
TNT 5/16/1965 Out of Tacoma's past
TNT 6/9/1965 p.B11 Group seeks federal aid for Stadium
TNT 1/19/1966 p.A1 Tacoma looks at Stadium Bowl for use by pro football team
TNT 1/21/1966 p.1 Stadium Bowl can be restored for pro team, association told
TNT 1/25/1966 p.1 Council takes pass on Stadium
TNT 10/9/1966 p.A8 Music proceeds go for Stadium (aerial il)
TNT 6/27/1969 p.59 Old Woman's Gulch made queen of Stadium, be she's slipped
TNT 4/23/1970 p.A5 Jackson sees no simple solutions (Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson speaks on the first Earth Day) (il)
TNT 5/14/1982 City, Schools nearing Stadium cleanup pact
TNT 5/28/1982 Schools, city near accord ...
TNT 8/26/1982 p.A1,A2 Restoration of Stadium continuing
TNT 11/13/1982 Stadium partially restored
TNT 11/17/1982 p.C12 Same time a year later (il)
TNT 12/10/1982 School district to go to court over repair cost of Stadium Bowl
TNT 8/10/1983 p.A7 ... field will be playable this fall
TNT 4/25/1984 Stadium Bowl suit goes to jury
TNT 4/27/1984 Contractor loses 1st phase in Stadium Bowl case
TNT 5/17/1984 Some issues in Stadium Bowl washout suit settled
TNT 6/19/1984 Hole in a pipe becomes crux of Bowl damage trial
TNT 6/20/1984 City blamed for washout
TNT 6/21/1984 Jury deliberates in ... washout suit
TNT 6/22/1984 p.A1 Firms not at fault for washout
TNT 6/23/1984 Stadium Bowl verdict: School District out $400,000, City $450,000
TNT 7/31/1985 Stadium facelift (il)
TNT 10/24/1985 p.C4 The wandering is over: Stadium Bowl reopens
TNT 10/26/1985 p.B3 Decatur rallies to beat Tigers in Bowl
TNT 9/13/1987 p.E7 Yesteryear: Stadium Bowl set stage for splendor for generations (il)
TNT 9/30/1999 p.C1 Stadium a shimmering emerald (il after remodeling)
TNT 8/24/2006 p.B1 It's the ultimate needle in a haystack (bronze plaque missing since 1914 resurfaces) (il of plaque)
TNT 9/9/2006 Tacoma's grand castle (Special Section) (il)
TNT 9/12/2006 p.B1 White CD key to Stadium history mystery (plaque missing since 1914 is returned) (il) T.Weekly 9/6/2007 p.B4 Stadium games relocated; sinkhole a maintenance issue ... (il)
TNT 9/7/2007 p.B1 Sinkhole blitzes three sports events at Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 4/4/2010 p.B1 Did Babe hit a long one from Stadium into Bay? In reporter's dreams Ranger 4/22/2010 Soldiers get dirty to help preserve iconic Stadium (il)
TNT 7/4/2010 p.B1 For decades, Independence Day meant Stadium Bowl
TNT 9/14/2010 p.A1 The Bowl's turn for a party; Tacoma's Stadium Bowl celebrates its centennial ... look back at the icon's rich history and fascinating trivia (includes timeline) (il)
TNT 9/19/2010 p.B1 Fill the Bowl hits record for food (Guinness World Record for 24-hour food drive, collected 515,067 pounds of food, filling 15 tractor-trailers)
Stadium Bowl's stands are packed with students and adults in this circa 1920 photograph. Lines of young boys and girls occupy the field while the school band plays on the outdoor stage. This is believed to be "Stadium Day," held each year in May. The "Castle," the massive turreted brick structure otherwise known as Stadium High School, overlooks the Bowl. G55.1-093
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Stadium High School (Tacoma); Celebrations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930;
4th of July celebration at Stadium Bowl. 35,000 jammed into Stadium Bowl in 1924 to celebrate Independence Day with pageants and fireworks. Mounted horsemen from Troop F, 11th U.S. Calvary, bands, sailors and school children stood in the center of the vast bowl with the imposing Stadium High School to the left. The American Legion sponsored the festivities. G55.1-036; BU-11,612 (TNT 7-5-24, p. 1-article)
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Stadium High School (Tacoma); Crowds--Tacoma--1920-1930; Spectators--Tacoma--1920-1930; Celebrations--Tacoma--1920-1930;