A capacity crowd attended Jack Lacy's Sales Clinic at the College of Puget Sound that was presented by the Tacoma Sales Executive Club over three evenings. All shows were sold out days ahead of the lectures. William S. Crean, vice president of Lacey Sales Institute, flew from San Francisco for a three-city itinerary which included Vancouver, B.C., and Seattle, and Tacoma. (TNT, 2/2/1952, p.19)

Tacoma Sales Executive Club (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Public speaking--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The class of new members at the Elks. Four smiling men were photographed on March 13, 1952.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1950-1960; Men--Clubs--Tacoma--1950-1960; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

Free dinners offered to servicemen at Tacoma's USO club by the Pierce County Restaurant Owners' Association. Servicemen from different branches of the military are being served hot dogs, bananas and vegetables by volunteers in aprons. This USO club had been in continual operation since 1941, providing a "Home away from Home" for American Servicemen. Even in 1951 when funding from the national organization stopped, Pierce County agencies kept the door open on this club.

USO clubs (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Military personnel--Tacoma--1950-1960; Korean War, 1950-1953--Military personnel;

Free dinners offered to servicemen at Tacoma's USO club by the Pierce County Restaurant Owners' Association. This appears to be a face-off in the milk drinking duel as spectators cheer the duo on. Names attached to photograph identify servicemen as front row, left to right, Sgt. Wendell O'Daunis of Texas, Pvt. Charles Esmont of Kentucky, Pfc. Walter Reid of North Carolina, Pvt. Theodre Wynn of Maryland, and Pvt. George E. Preston of Kentucky. Back row, left to right, Pvt. Harris Weathington of New York, S.A. Arthur Shivel of Indiana and Cpl. Bobby J. Russell of Florida. TPL-9615

USO clubs (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Military personnel--Tacoma--1950-1960; Korean War, 1950-1953--Military personnel; Milk;

The six American Legion auxiliary members who directed the work of the 1952 state convention in Tacoma are, L-R, seated: Mrs. Arthur Von Cadow, Dayton, WA, department president; Mrs. R.H. Hedberg, chairman of the Thursday state dinner; Beatrice (Mrs. C.F.) Davidson, convention chairman; standing, Irene B. (Mrs. Kenneth B.) Knudsen, publicity chairman; Mrs. C.W. Burrows, past presidents' tea; Mrs. James Romano, department drill team. (TNT, 8/15/1952, p.21)

American Legion (Tacoma); Davidson, Beatrice; Knudsen, Irene B.;

The Delta Theta sorority held their summer dance, a "Night in Monte Carlo" at the Fircrest Golf Club. The summer dance was held annually to honor members of the social group who would be departing soon for college. Ordered by Delta Theta. (TNT, 8/23/1952, p.20)

Delta Theta Sorority (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1950-1960; Group portraits--1950-1960; Fircrest Golf Club (Fircrest);

June Otto, left, and Janet Spadafore, right, were co-chairs of the committee for the progressive dinner of the Ellen Satterlee Junior Orthopedic Guild. Betty Frangen was to receive the group for the cocktail course, June Otto was hostess for the soup course. Janet Spadafore hosted the salad course and Ann Friberg presented the main course. Dena Wold served dessert. Sally Boothe was in charge of the coffee. Ordered by Ellen Satterlee Orthopedic Guild, June Otto. (TNT, 6/21/1951, p.12)

Tacoma Orthopedic Association, Ellen Satterlee Guild (Tacoma); Women--Clubs--Tacoma; Women--Social life--1940-1950; Otto, June; Spadafore, Janet;

A view of the front of "The Northwesterner," a model home built by the Tacoma Master Builders Association, for the 1951 Home Show. Designed by Spokane architect Bruce Walker, the home was constructed of red cedar siding with all weather plywood and located in the Skyline Terrace Addition. TPL-7636

Tacoma Master Builders Association (Tacoma); Model Houses--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A conversation area has been created off the main part of the living room in "The Northwesterner". Two side chairs and a sofa have been arranged around a coffee table. A china cabinet has been added to provide storage in this area. Two torcheres provide upward lighting at either end of the sofa. Doors can be seen on the right. TPL-7644

Tacoma Master Builders Association (Tacoma); Model houses--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Living rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Miss Jean Trovani, retiring president, presented the presidential gavel to Miss Mitzi Pinch, the new president of the Dr. Edward Rich Orthopedic Junior Guild, on July 10, 1951. Miss Pinch entertained the group at a pot luck dinner at the home of her parents, Morris and Sonya Plotkin. Other new officers that were installed were: Janet Kidd, vice president; Gloria Sideres, secretary; and Marcia Knapp, treasurer. Ordered by Jean Trovani.

Tacoma Orthopedic Association, Dr. Rich Guild (Tacoma); Community service--Tacoma--1950-1960; Plotkin, Morris--Homes & haunts; Trovani, Jean; Pinch, Mitzi;

Women of the Tacoma unit No. 138 of the American Legion auxiliary were folding more than 120,000 sheets of Tuberculosis Association Christmas seals for 1952. Shown are, L-R, standing Fannie (Mrs. Roy) Hinchcliff, Mrs. George Prentice, Birdie Hay, Nettie May Grisham, Georgia (Mrs. Heber) Wolfe, Eva (Mrs. Alvis) Gasaway and Hazel (Mrs. Wilbur) Boyer. Seated, Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mrs. A.N. Ohlinger, Ruth (Mrs. R.A.) Hedberg, Mrs. George Terry, Mrs. August Boschert, Goldie (Mrs. Jesse) Baker, Evelyn Draper, Mrs. Carl Druse, Hazel Hess, Mrs. Pete Passero and Hilda (Mrs. Max) Mrohs. Ordered by the Tuberculosis Association. TNT, 10/12/1952, p.D-9)

American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma); Community service--Tacoma--1940-1950; Christmas seals; Tuberculosis League of Pierce County (Tacoma); Women--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Maruta Versemnicks, from Latvia, admires the doll and wardrobe which was sold to benefit the Tacoma-Pierce County School for Crippled Children. This was one of the benefit projects the Chi chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, had scheduled for the year. Sylvia (Mrs. Lloyd J.) Sass was chairman of the committee handling the project. Maruta is wearing a leg brace. From 1949-50, the School for Crippled Children was housed in the basement of the First Congregational Church at 211 So. J St. In 1953, the school moved to its new home at 5030 E. Roosevelt Ave. in Salishan. It would remain there for approximately ten years. (TNT, 11/2/1952, p.D-10)

Beta Sigma Phi (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Girls--Tacoma--1950-1960; Children playing with dolls--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dolls; Orthopedic braces; Versemnicks, Maruta; Crippled Childrens School (Tacoma);

The downtown streets of 9th and Pacific are blocked off so that spectators can enjoy the three hour long June, 1957, Pacific Northwest Shrine Association parade. Marching in formation is the large El Katif Shrine Band from Spokane with general membership to the rear. Fourteen temples sent representatives and bands to the three-day convention; they came from across the Pacific Northwest as well as two provinces in Canada. Photograph ordered by Pacific Northwest Shrine Association.

Pacific Northwest Shrine Association (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Spokane; Marching bands; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1950-1960;

These six ladies would be manning the Mary Bridge Children's Hospital booth at the Puyallup Fair in September, 1958. They represented three Valley District guilds belonging to the Tacoma Orthopedic Association. The women are posed with a large bulletin board. On the board are calendars, one for each month of the year, and each calendar has various tray favors pinned on it. The favors were made by junior volunteers, presumably belonging to the junior guilds sponsored by the Orthopedic Assocation. Seated from left to right are: Mrs. Everett Dickinson and Mrs. James Peterson, association president. Standing from left to right are: Mrs. George Eade, Mrs. R.A. Cross, Mrs. Howard Thomas and Mrs. Everett Peake. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Orthopedic Association. (TNT 9-5-58, A-6)

Tacoma Orthopedic Association (Tacoma); Charitable organizations--Tacoma; Calendars;

Ellen Abbott was crowned honored queen at a Job's Daughters ceremony on December 13, 1958. She, along with the other women in the group, were dressed in ceremonial regalia. Ellen Abbott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Abbott, is seated in the center of the five women. The letters of her name and title were hanging on the curtains behind the group. "Charity," the theme of the public installation ceremony of Bethel 8, International Order of Job's Daughters, took place in the Gothic Room on the third floor of the Masonic Temple. A dance and informal reception followed. A list of officers installed was mentioned in a News Tribune article dated December 12, 1958. Photograph ordered by Ellen Abbott. (TNT 12-12-58, p. 14)

International Order of Job's Daughters (Washington); Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960; Abbott, Ellen;

ca. 1959. Barbara Heil points out the circled March 17 on a 1959 calendar as a reminder of the opening day of the 11th annual Greater Tacoma Home Show. Three area contractors assist her in this promotional photograph. The show was to be held at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse from March 17-22, 1959. Backing Miss Heil are, from left to right, R.L. Johnson - president of the Masonry Contractors Association, Robert J. Sproul - president of the Tacoma Master Builders and Roger Trolson - President of Unit Masonry Company. (TNT 3/12/1959, pg. C-5, TNT 3/15/1959, pg. B-2, TNT 3/16/1959, pg. 27+, TNT 3/2/1959, pg. 11) Ordered by the Tacoma Master Builders Association.

Tacoma Master Builders Association (Tacoma); Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Heil, Barbara; Johnson, R.L.; Sproul, Robert J.; Trolson, Roger; Calendars;

ca. 1959. Apparently in 1959, Las Vegas was still viewed as a "cowboy" town by the women of Tacoma. This photograph, which ran in the News Tribune in October of that year shows (l to r) Mrs. Warren Peterson, Lucille (Mrs. Maurice) Finnigan, Mrs. Robert Holder, Dorothy (Mrs. Norbert) Knecht, Jean (Mrs. William) Jepsen and Patricia (Mrs. Jay) Dahl. They were all dressed in Western attire to help promote the two "Las Vegas Comes to Elks" parties that were being held at the Elks Club on October 23 and 24. (TNT 10/18/1959, pg. D-4)

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Finnigan, Lucille; Knecht, Dorothy; Jepsen, Jean; Dahl, Patricia;

Two Bluebirds stand inside a cutout heart, advertising the February finish for the sale of their traditional chocolate covered mint candies, being offered by another Bluebird member in the photograph. The Bluebirds are a junior branch of the Camp Fire Girls. Their insignia shows on their caps and on their vests. Camp Fire Girls would be selling candy from the end of January through February 13th. 1960 was the Golden Jubilee of the Camp Fire Organization; the first group formed in March of 1910. Proceeds from the sale were used to help defray costs incurred in maintaining their residential camp Camp Wakoma and their day camp sessions. Money was also retained at the local level to help benefit local groups, providing revenue for field trips, supplies and functions. (TNT 1/24/1960, pg. D-5)

Camp Fire Girls (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1960-1970; Candy--Tacoma--1960-1970;

The Afifi Arab Patrol, headed by Glen F. Perkins, Capt., posed for a group picture on the steps outside the Masonic Temple, 47 Saint Helens Ave., on April 2, 1966. Four Arab Patrol leaders kneel in the front row: Ben Beuche, Glen F. Perkins, Gordon M. Korsmo and Harold W. Baird. Behind them stand members of the 1966 Patrol; all are wearing Masonic regalia. Names of the Shriners are printed on the bottom of the photograph. Photograph ordered by the Afifi Temple.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1960-1970; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Tacoma); Afifi Arab Patrol (Tacoma); Masonic Temple (Tacoma); Uniforms; Beuche, Ben; Perkins, Glen F.; Korsmo, Gordon M.; Baird, Harold W.;

In September, 1967, the Tacoma Elks Club sponsored their annual Salmon Derby, inviting members to participate for a chance to win valuable prizes. Three men are pictured preparing their boat for entry into the waters of Commencement Bay. They were part of the 1820 contestants who vied for over 150 prizes. 186 fish were caught that day, most at the mouth of the Puyallup River. (TNT 9-18-67, p. 16)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1960-1970; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fishing; Contests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Elks Club members ready their boats in preparation for the 21st annual Salmon Derby sponsored by the Tacoma Elks Lodge on Sunday, September 17, 1967. 1820 contestants would take their chances to win valuable prizes including a boat, trailer and motor. Al Marano, fishing alone at Point Defiance, would come in first with a catch weighing in at 22 lb. 4 oz. He would drive away in a 1967 Jeep Universal, the grand prize. (TNT 9-18-67, p. 16, TNT 9-19-67, p. 14)

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1960-1970; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma); Fishing; Contests--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Santa had plenty of helping hands at the American Legion Edward B. Rhodes No. 2 Memorial Hall on December 23, 1967. Commander Wallace Walker, Sr. (far left), of the American Legion Post #222 was chairman of the event. Tacoma Mayor A.L. "Slim" Rasmussen (in glasses & hat) assisted Santa in making sure these small children had plenty to eat and drink, including pumpkin pie and milk. George W. Johnson, acting executive director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc., is believed to be standing right of Mayor Rasmussen. 500 children enjoyed the hot dinner, music from Lincoln and Stadium High School, and received gifts. Santa arrived, not by reindeer, but with help from the Tacoma Fire Department. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (, TNT 12-10-67, A-4-article; TNT 12-22-67, p. 14-article)

American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma); Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1960-1970; Christmas--Tacoma; Children--Tacoma--1960-1970; Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Walker, Wallace; Santa Claus--Tacoma;

Children pour out of the American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 Memorial Hall on December 23, 1967, at the conclusion of the post and Opportunity & Development, Inc., joint-Christmas celebration for the underprivileged. Turkey and ham with all the fixings and a visit from Santa brought smiles to the faces of the estimated 500 children in attendance. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 12-10-67, A-4-article)

American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma); Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1960-1970; School children--Tacoma--1960-1970; Christmas--Tacoma;

New officers of Job's Daughters. Job's Daughters is an international fraternal organization for young women between the ages of 11-20 who are related to Master Masons. Photograph ordered by Ben Robertson, Federal Way.

International Order of Job's Daughters (Washington); Fraternal organizations;

When January, 1957, rolled around, it was time to prepare for the 9th annual Camp Fire Girls candy sale. Thousands of Tacoma homes would be visited by Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds in a door-to-door campaign extending to February 23rd. Three unidentified girls stopped by the Brown & Haley Co. on January 22nd to pick up boxes of the chocolate mint wafers packed in new slim cases. It was the first time that wafer-thin chocolate-covered mints were offered. Proceeds of the sales went to support the Camp Fire Girls Camp Wakoma. Photograph ordered by the Camp Fire Girls. (TNT 1-27-57, B-15-article)

Camp Fire Girls (Tacoma); Fund raising--Tacoma--1950-1960; Candy--Tacoma;

The Normanna Male Chorus, led by Gunnar Malmin of Pacific Lutheran College, posed for a group picture on March 7, 1957. Professor Malmin, dressed in a dark tuxedo, is seated in the front row. Normanna Male Chorus was the oldest Norwegian singing organization in the west. It was formed in 1888 by Tacoma and Parkland men, and held its first Sangerfest in Tacoma in 1906. The first director was Professor Carlo Sperati; the present conductor Malmin has held the title since 1947. Normanna Male Chorus has approximately 50 members. Photograph ordered by Normanna Male Chorus. (TNT 2-25-57, p.5)

Normanna Male Chorus (Tacoma); Choirs (Music); Singers; Malmin, Gunnar J.;

A motley crew of entertainers made up the Tacoma Eagles Aerie 3 band on October 12, 1963. The all-male band members would certainly turn heads in their startling costumes, including grass skirts, dresses, oversized glasses, wigs and fake mustaches, and variety of headgear. Photograph ordered by Mountain View Memorial Park.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma; Clubs--Tacoma; Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 3 (Tacoma); Entertainers--Tacoma--1960-1970; Musical ensembles--Tacoma;

The Tacoma Drama League would be presenting the melodrama "East Lynne" Nov. 6th & 7th, 1936. It would be directed by Claude Brennan, who in his acting days has played every male role in the play.

Drama Clubs -- Tacoma; Tacoma Little Theatre (Tacoma); Tacoma Drama League (Tacoma); Theatrical Productions--Tacoma;

The bright lights of Lincoln Bowl look down on the thousands of Shriners present for their annual Pacific Northwest Shrine Association convention in 1957. "Shrine-O-Rama" was open to the general public who watched the marching units and listened to the various Shrine bands. ALBUM 15.

Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1950-1960; Meetings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Lincoln Bowl (Tacoma);

On February 26, 1937, nearly 300 guests crowded into the American Legion Hall, home of the West Bremerton Post No. 149, for their monthly social. The program included recognition for local teachers and junior high graduates. Selected for recognition on a basis of scholarship, honor, leadership, service and courage were four mid-year graduates from junior high. Pictured receiving their certificates of recognition are, left to right, Patricia Castle, Post Commander Pat Mulvany, Harold Worland, Joan Tatham and Wayne Kirkland. Their bronze plaques, medals and pins were posed on the podium. (Bremerton Sun 2/27/1937, pg. 1).

American Legion, Post 149 (Bremerton); American Legion Hall (Bremerton); Castle, Patricia; Mulvany, Pat; Worland, Harold; Tatham, Joan; Kirkland, Wayne; Awards;