Myrtle (Mrs. Berry) Sugg (left) president of the Day Nursery Club and Madeleine (Mrs. L.F.) Wing, President of the board of the Day Nursery Association paid a pre-Christmas visit to the children at the Tacoma Day Nursery on December 15, 1941. They watched four unidentified little girls play contentedly in a sandbox. The Day Nursery, founded in 1918, provided care during the day for preschool children of working parents. The Association sponsored a Christmas luncheon, one of its many fund-raisers for the nursery. (T. Times 12/16/1941 p.8-article)

Day care--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Day Nursery (Tacoma); Sugg, Myrtle; Wing, Madeleine; Children playing in sand;

On May 21, 1942, a crowd gathered at the corner of 9th and Pacific to watch Capt. William E. Farrar, on ladder, corral a swarm of bees clustered on a downtown traffic signal. When the obscured traffic signal became a police matter, Capt. "Bill" Farrar, captain of detectives and a bee expert, and Ray Garetson, at bottom of ladder, were sent to remedy the situation. Armed with a soapbox, whisk broom, ladder and a net to protect his face, Farrar removed the Queen bee to the box and the remainder followed. Problem solved. Incidentally, Farrar carried all the needed equipment in his car at this time of year in case of emergencies. (T. Times 5/21/1942, pg. 3; TNT 5/21/1942, pg. 1)

Farrar, William E.; Garetson, Ray; Bees; Pest control;

The Fircrest volunteer Fire Department poses with their ladder truck for a group picture.

Fircrest Fire Department (Fircrest); Fire engines & equipment--Fircrest; Fire fighters--Fircrest;

Intersection of South 19th Street and Pacific Avenue, looking north. Garretson - Woodruff - Pratt, Birmingham and West Coast Grocery Buildings on left, Union Depot on right. Business District in background. For United Pacific Insurance Company.

City Views - Street Scenes - Tacoma - Pacific Avenue Business Enterprises - Insurance Companies - United Pacific Insurance Company

View of Pacific Avenue, looking north from south of Puyallup Avenue. Hotel Merkle on right, former Sears Store at left. For United Pacific Insurance Company.

City Views - Street Scenes - Tacoma - Pacific Avenue Business Enterprises - Insurance Companies - United Pacific Insurance Company

Charles A. Robbins, College of Puget Sound bursar, declared college trustee Norton Clapp the winner of the shoveling contest during the ground breaking ceremony for the school's new Student Union Building on October 16, 1940. From left to right in the front are: Tacoma Chamber of Commerce president Everett T. Smith, Student Body President Lyle Jamieson, Charles A. Robbins, Norton Clapp and Mayor Harry P. Cain. The young C.P.S. student president came in second in the contest. (T. Times, 10-17-40, p. 10)

Clapp, Norton, 1906-1995; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Robbins, Charles A.; Smith, Everett T.; Jamieson, Lyle; Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ground breaking ceremonies--Tacoma;

High school basketball action, Fife at Clover Park. Fife High School was victorious, 44-31. From 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School Yearbook.

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Fife High School (Fife); Basketball;

High school basketball action, Fife at Clover Park. Referee taking ball from Mike Lemmon, son of C.P. Coach Burton Lemmon. Fife was victorious, 44-31. From 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School Yearbook. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 52)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Fife High School (Fife); Basketball; Lemmon, Mike;

The girls' tennis team from Clover Park High School posed with their rackets in late February of 1941. From left to right in front: Bibbits Strong, Marnie Keller, Joan Bussard. Rear: Kay Perry, Helen Laughlin, Coach Beulah White, Jean Dyer, Anne Bush. Miss White taught P.E. and English. The team was scheduled for meets against Roy, Kapowsin, Fife and Orting. (1941 Klahowya yearbook, pg. 46)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Tennis players--Lakewood--1940-1950; Strong, Bibbits; Keller, Marnie; Bussard, Joan; Perry, Kay; Laughlin, Helen; White, Beulah; Dyer, Jean; Bush, Anne;

For the 1941 "Klahowya," Clover Park High School yearbook. Student Library Staff. The staff checked in and out 2, 800 books as well as mending many. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 35- names in caption)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood;

For the 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School yearbook. Cement truck by rock pile. Two young men on back of truck, another in cab. Used in yearbook advertisement for C.S. Barlow and Sons, Inc. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 56)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Building materials industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building materials; C.S. Barlow & Sons, Inc. (Tacoma); Concrete mixers--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Photos for 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School yearbook. Sophomore Jody Bussard studies under the symbol of the Kiwanis Club. Used as the frontspiece for the Administration section of the yearbook. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 1)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Bussard, Jody;

For the 1941 "Klahowya," Clover Park High School yearbook. Girls Advisory Board and advisor Miss Katherine Dowd. The Girls and Boys boards were organized to improve the conduct of the students. Justice was dealt in the courts held by the boards. Pictured: Miss Dowd (seated.) Back Row: Jean Strong, Beverly Eberhart, Peggy Rough, Betty Grant, Shirley Light, Betty Dyer, Mary Warren. Front row: Ardene Reeder, Joan Dunn, Helen Ross, Phyllis Lofgren, Diana Corse. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 6)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Dowd, Katherine;

Photos for 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School Annual. Kenneth J. Hansen, Commercial Department Teacher , School Paper and Yearbook advisor. He left Clover Park for another position at mid-term. (Not Used).

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Hansen, Kenneth J.;

Photos for 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School Annual. Two Teachers and Junior Class Officers. L to R: Social Science/ Math Teacher Burton Lemmon, Sec.Treas. Bob McClenaghan, VP Dean Gillette, Pres. Pauline Enger, Science Teacher Walter Brown. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 24)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Lemmon, Burton; McClenaghan, Bob; Gillette, Dean; Enger, Pauline; Brown, Walter;

Eileen Morrell was crowned Campus Queen at the Clover Park High School Klahowya Dance on April 19, 1941. Master of Ceremonies for the event was James Dyer, editor of the yearbook. Her "Court" included Helen Laughlin, Jeanne Ingram, Lavonne Nelson, Betty Dyer, Phyllis Lofgren and Elsie May Morrison. (1941 CPHS yearbook "The Klahowya,"pg. 29)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Morrell, Eileen;

For the 1941 "Klahowya," Clover Park High School yearbook. Led by advisor James Garrard and Club president Jerry Hallmeyer, the Radio Club was trained in the International Morse Code and learned the theory of radio receiving and transmitting. They constructed several crystal receiving sets, a simple spark coil and dismantled two old radios for their parts. Pictured working on various radios are, top row: Doyle Watt, Dick Taylor, Dave Heignbert, Tom Williams, Mr. Garrard, Lionel Reid, William Legacy, Jerry Hallmeyer, Ross Spalding. Bottom Row: Tommy Loper, James Caillouette, Edward Carl, Bob Kelly. Mr. Garrard taught shop, spanish, mechanical drawing and history. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 37)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Radios;

For the 1941 "Klahowya," Clover Park High School yearbook. Class of 1941 forms a cloverleaf on school lawn. Used for yearbook endpapers.

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Students--Lakewood--1940-1950;

Photos for 1941 "Klahowya," Clover Park High School yearbook. Marvin Kasemeier, Inspirational Trophy winner and Football Team Captain Wally Hager. Kasemeier was an all around athlete, playing football, baseball, track and basketball. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 42)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Students--Lakewood--1940-1950; Kasemeier, Marvin; Hager, Wally; Awards;

Eight of the 48 members of the Clover Park High School Rifle Club practice their target shooting skills under the supervision of physical education instructor Beulah White (seated, far left) in February of 1941. The club promoted the correct use of firearms both for recreation and for national defense. The eight marksmen are: (back row, l to r) Jean Dyer, Marilyn Mockby, Pat Rainwater, Nina Anderson; and (lying down, l to r) Willowdee Bailey, Peggy Harkins, Pat Lawlor, Dorothy Dell Dimmer. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 36)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; White, Beulah; Dyer, Jean; Mockby, Marilyn; Rainwater, Pat; Anderson, Nina; Bailey, Willowdee; Harkins, Peggy; Lawlor, Pat; Dimmer, Dorothy Dell;

Cast of one-act plays given by Clover Park High School in November of 1940. The drama club would be performing three one-act plays at the school gym on Friday, November 29, 1940. Group of four boys and two girls includes (left to right) Medine Molinek, Harry Johnson, Jr., Bill Grondahl, Rodman Robson, Marcella Herr and Bob Tollefson. (T.Times 11-29-40, p. 20)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Students--Lakewood--1940-1950; Actors--Lakewood--1940-1950; Actresses--1940-1950; Molinek, Medine; Johnson, Harry; Grondahl, Bill; Robson, Rodman; Herr, Marcella; Tollefson, Bob;

These Clover Park High School drama club students were doing a bit of research in the school library for the 3 one-act plays they would be performing in November of 1940. Bill Grondahl is at the far left sharing a book with Medine Molinek while Rodman Robson selects a book from the library shelves. Marcella Herr is seated examining a book with Bob Tollefson while Harry Johnson, Jr., is pictured peering over their shoulders. (T.Times 11-29-40, p. 20-alt. photograph)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Students--Lakewood--1940-1950; Actors--Lakewood--1940-1950; Actresses--1940-1950; Grondahl, Bill; Herr, Marcella; Molinek, Medine; Johnson, Harry; Robson, Rodman; Tollefson, Bob;

Jim Frank, College of Puget Sound track athlete running a relay. He won a letter for competing with the 1941 CPS track team, coached by Coach Leo Frank. (1941 CPS yearbook Tamanawas)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Track athletics; Relay racing; Frank, Jim;

Looking a bit like the mad hatter with numbers extending up from their hats, the winners of the 1940 Fireman's Salmon Derby at Point Defiance posed on July 18, 1940 with their catch. Entrants were from Tacoma, Seattle and other cities. The largest was caught by Al Guy of Tacoma, weighing in at 15 lbs. 3 oz; the smallest by Fred Wendland of New Jersey, 11 oz. Mr. Guy won an outboard motor while Mr. Wendland received a silver pitcher. The fish were donated to the children of the Industrial Home and after the contest, the firemen enjoyed a communal dinner. Pictured kneeling, left to right, Robin Otis, Glenn Otis, Al Guy, Howard Sayres, Paul Braaten and C. Durkee. Back row, left to right, Ray Hammond, Frank Conklin, Art Kelchner, Walt Birkland, Art Strong, Art Youk, Ed Thompson, Oran Miller, P.T. Smith, Peter Van Veen, George Anderson and Erling Bergerson. The names supplied by the Tacoma Times do not equal the number of men in the photograph. (T. Times 7/19/1940, pg. 13) (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fish; Salmon; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Fire fighters;

On November 13, 1940, David Larson (left) and George Tucker, two saxophone players from the 146th Field Artillery Band, tried to blow away the unidentified listeners attending the Enlisted Men's Dance at the Tacoma Armory. All three saxophone players in the band, including Dean Curtiss who was not pictured, were former members of leading dance bands. The 146th FA Band was supplying the music for the dance, the second in a series of dances. All men in uniform from McChord Field, Fort Lewis and Camp Murray were invited for the evening's entertainment; all area young women were invited to act as dance partners. TPL-1755 (T. Times 11/14/1940, pg. 13)

Dance parties; Soldiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; State Armory (Tacoma); Saxophones; Tucker, George; Larson, David;

An unidentified couple shares a quick drink of water from the fountain at the enlisted men's dance held November 13, 1940 at the Armory. All of the military men from McChord, Ft. Lewis and Camp Murray were invited to attend and a hurried call went out for 25,000 of Tacoma's fairest to serve as dance partners. (T. Times 11/14/1940, pg. 1+)

Dancers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dance parties; Soldiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; State Armory (Tacoma);

Cocker Spaniel puppies of Mr. Beidler. Geraldine, a jet black cocker spaniel owned by Mr. and Mrs. Myron Beidler, 5438 South "J" St., gave birth to eleven pups of various hues, in October of 1940. Ten of the puppies survived, with their eyes still closed when this series of photographs were taken. Mr. Beidler is pictured above feeding one of the pups with a small bottle and nipple as the tiny puppies were on a special diet. The young girl holding a tin measuring cup was not identified. The tired mother, Geraldine, is believed to be lying on a blanket next to Mr. Beidler. (T.Times 10-25-40, p. 14-picture of puppies)

Dogs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pets; Children & animals--Tacoma; Beidler, Myron--Homes & haunts; Beidler, Myron;

ca. 1941. A carhop served a foaming mug of Root Beer to a "woody" station wagon at the Kruger's Triple XXX Root Beer Barrel drive-in restaurant in South Tacoma. Frank J, Kruger had opened at this location in 1936. If car service was not for you, the restaurant also had booths and stools indoors.

Drive-in restaurants--Tacoma--1940-1950; Triple XXX Barrel (Tacoma); Restaurant workers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs Convention. View inside Stadium Bowl with High School in background. (T. Times)

Events - Conventions - Tacoma Facilities - Stadiums - Stadium Bowl

Miss Mary Fairhurst is pictured boarding a southbound train at Union Station for San Francisco, California where she has accepted a position with a nationally known concern. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril J. Fairhurst. (T. Times 8/26/1940, pg. 9)

Fairhurst, Mary; Union Station (Tacoma); Arrivals & departures--Tacoma--1940-1950; Farewells; Luggage; Railroad travel--Tacoma--1940-1950;