Many of the Tacoma professional and amateur artists who belonged to the Pacific Gallery Artists displayed their work at the third annual Tacoma Paul Bunyan Home Show which opened at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse on April 30, 1951. Shown with some of the paintings that were shown are: (seated) Mrs. Juanita Savisky, holding her painting "Mount Rainier"; and standing (l to r) Mrs. Anna Hall, holding "Cliff Dwellers of New Mexico" by John Allard; Mrs. Jo Buhre; and Mrs. Rosalie Walker, holding Mrs. Buhre's painting "Poppies". (TNT, 4/27/1951, p.C-9)

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pacific Gallery Artists (Tacoma); Paintings; Artists--Tacoma--1950-1960; Savisky, Juanita; Hall, Anna; Buhre, Jo; Walker, Rosalie;

Waving to the crowds lined up on Pacific Avenue for the 1951 Daffodil Festival Parade are three Elks officials motoring along in a convertible decorated in blossoms. Driving is secretary Erling O. Johnson and in the back seat are Harold Duncan at left and Lloyd L. Wynans, right. Mr. Wynans was the current Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174. Mr. Duncan, as Leading Knight, was to succeed Mr. Wynans as Exalted Ruler later in the year.

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Convertible automobiles--Tacoma; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1951 : Tacoma); Johnson, Erling O.; Duncan, Harold; Wynans, Lloyd L.; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);

The Packard Bell float motored merrily along Pacific Avenue past the Washington Hardware Co. store on April 7, 1951, in the 18th annual Daffodil Festival Parade. An unidentified woman smilingly displays a handful of daffodils to the teeming crowds. A Packard Bell television set aboard the float has the photograph of the 1951 Daffodil Queen, Elaine Chipps of Puyallup, on the screen. Packard Bell was celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1951.

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1951 : Tacoma); Packard Bell Co. (Tacoma); Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma);

A smiling bride prepares to affix her signature to the wedding certificate resting on the grand piano as the minister, her groom, maid of honor and the best man look on. The new Mrs. J. Richard Friedline has placed her beribboned bridal bouquet of stephanotis and orchids next to her. The former Mary Kay Sadler is adorned in satin and Chantilly lace with a fingertip veil; she is also wearing a multi-strand pearl necklace. The groom and best man wear white tuxedos while the maid of honor appears to be dressed in a V-necked tulle gown in this sepia 1951 photograph. The Friedlines were married in late August in the First Christian Church.

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Friedline, J. Richard; Sadler, Mary Kay; Bouquets; Pianos; First Christian Church (Tacoma);

Slusher-McCarthy wedding. The Church of the Visitation was the site of the Maxine Slusher/Edward McCarty nuptials on October 13, 1951. The double-ring ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Father Anslem. The bride wore a ballerina length gown of white satin with an overdress of net and a lace apron. Her fingertip veil was edged with lace and attached to a coronet which contained seed pearls. She carried a bouquet of orchids and stephanotis. (TNT 10-28-51, D-2)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Bouquets; Slusher, Maxine--Marriage; McCarty, Edward; Church of the Visitation (Tacoma);

Honeymoon couple "Going Away." Following the Fera - Paulik, Jr. wedding in April of 1952, the bride and groom stand beside the open door of a coupe-style automobile. Bride is wearing checkered top, dark skirt and carrying the current trend in purses, a wicker basket.

Weddings--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Automobiles--1950-1960; Honeymoons;

ca. 1952. Rinas-Nabity wedding

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960;

Vera Lois Chambers and John E. Dilatush were looking at the latest models of front load washers and dryers when they were photographed at Paulson's Radio & Appliance store, 1101 South K (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way), for the 1952 bridal layout section of the News Tribune. The couple was married on July 26, 1952 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church. The bride was the daughter of Mrs. Robert E. Chambers of Denver and the groom the son of Mrs. Grace F. Dilatush of Seattle. The couple held their reception at the YWCA, where the bride was formerly an employee. The couple made their first home in Portland, Oregon. (T. Reporter 8/7/1952, pg. 5) TPL-10479

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Chambers, Lois; Dilatush, John; Appliances; Appliance stores--Tacoma; Paulson's Radios & Appliances (Tacoma);

The dining room of the "Tacoman," the model home built adjoining the College of Puget Sound fieldhouse for the fourth annual Tacoma Home Show. The dining area opens off of the living room, but is separated from the kitchen with folding "Modernfold" accordion doors. The wings on the dining room table can be raised up to make a larger table. Built in cabinets of hemlock provide neccessary storage. A large window provides a view while dining. The ranch style model home had seven rooms and was built by Jardeen Brothers.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dining rooms--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dining tables;

Model kitchen on display in 1952 Tacoma Home Show booth by Kitcheneers of Tacoma, makers of kitchen equipment. The booth displays the company's built-in ranges, ovens and cabinets. The curved fifties shelves protrude from the end of the cabinet and banquette seating occupies the left hand side of the picture.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Appliances; Kitchens--Tacoma--1950-1960; Kitcheneers of Tacoma (Tacoma);

Duratile booth at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show. The company is advertising its "modernfold" doors, the extremely popular folding accordion doors that were replacing swinging doors in the fifties. The accordion doors gave the homeowner the option to leave them open for a great room feel, or close them as privacy is needed. Also shown are Duratile original steel wall tile in variegated colors. A folding staircase for use in attics is shown to the left. A modern kitchen, with bent chrome chairs and a standing ashtray, can be seen to the right. Duratile was located at 3869 Steilacoom Blvd.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Duratile (Lakewood); Folding doors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Kitchens--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Booth by Sammons Heat Engineering at the 1952 Tacoma Home Show featuring the Superflex modulating automatic Furnace, by Perfection Stove Co. Sammons was owned by John E. Sammons and was located at 709 So Yakima Ave. Approximately 13,480 people attended the Home Show sponsored by the Tacoma Master Builders at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse to view the latest in innovations for the fifties home.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Sammons Heat Engineering (Tacoma); Furnaces--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Tacoma Boat Building, the launching of the A.M.S. (motor minesweeper) #113 for the Navy, sponsored by Evelyn Langlie, wife of Governor Arthur B. Langlie. Mrs. Langlie holds the ceremonial champagne bottle and and an unidentified young girl holds flowers. The AMS 113 was the first minesweeper to be launched in Tacoma since WWII and on completion would cost upward of $1,000,000. Tacoma Boat Building had received the contract to build the minesweepers prior to the devastating fire of 1951 that destroyed their plant. By December of 1951, their new plant was almost complete and construction begun on 3 of the 144 ft class and 5 of the 57 ft. class. (T. Reporter 7/22/1952, pg. 2)

Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Langlie, Evelyn;

Tacoma Boat Building, the launching of the A.M.S. #113 (motor mine sweeper.) Group of 21 at banquet table on July 19, 1952, including Naval officers. Mayor John Anderson is at the left of the seated row, Governor Arthur B. Langlie fifth from left, owner Arne Strom in the center of the same row with Evelyn Langlie to his right and co-owner Haldor Dahl is third from left in the standing row. The worst fire of 1951 totally destroyed the Tacoma Boat Building plant with the co-owners Strom and Dahl holding contracts for the building of Navy minesweepers. A new plant was quickly built on the strip of land separating the Milwaukee and Sitcum Waterways and production of the sweepers began. (T. Reporter 7/22/1952, pg. 2)

Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Strom, Arne; Dahl, Haldor; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Governors; Langlie, Evelyn; Anderson, John H.; Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Launching of the USS Endurance (AMS 435) at J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding, the largest wooden-hulled vessel to be built in Tacoma since WWI. Martinac had a contract to build four 171 foot minesweepers and was also the first firm on the Pacific coast to be designated by the Navy as a "qualified laminator." When completed in early spring, the ship would represent an expenditure of approximately $3,500,000. The total Navy contract was worth 8 million dollars, a large portion of the 20 million in Navy contracts held by Tacoma boat building firms. (TNT 2-10-1952, pg. B-6, T. Reporter 7/8/1952, pg. 8, T. Reporter 8/11/1952, pg. 2)

Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

Launching of the USS Endurance (AMS 435) at J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding, sponsored by Gerry Ann Borovich. Gerry Ann, the 16 year old daughter of Fred Borovich vice president-treasurer of Martinac, holds the ceremonial flower bouquet. The vessel was the first of her size to be launched in a Northwest yard under the Navy's minesweeper program. The firm was constructing four 171 foot minesweepers. (T. Reporter, 8/11/1952, pg. 2)

Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Borovich, Gerry Ann;

Exposure of approximately 300 people at the Alcoholics Anonymous Banquet at the roof garden of the Masonic Temple. In June of 1952, Tacoma hosted a Northwest conference of 750 members of AA from cities in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska. Part of the purpose of the conference was to inform invited community leaders and dignitaries of the origins and goals of the organization. There are a few empty chairs at the Saturday night banquet but most of the tables are full and another group of people stand at the rear of the picture. It appears that the banquet has not begun- most places are set with salad plates and coffee cups. Some banquet attendees have brought their children. (T. Reporter 6/21/1952)

Banquets--Tacoma--1950-1960; Masonic Temple (Tacoma); Alcoholics Anonymous (Tacoma);

Doris Olson and Stanley Roger Swanson were married October 11, 1952, at First Covenant Church. The bride wore Chantilly lace and satin. The bride and groom are seen with members of their family. (TNT, 11/5/1952, p.8)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Olson, Doris--Marriage; Swanson, Stanley Roger; Families--Tacoma--1950-1960; First Covenant Church (Tacoma); Churches--Tacoma;

Marilyn Joan Taylor and Charles E. Bott were married August 9, 1952. An afternoon reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, Joseph and Mary Lanz. Family members gather outdoors for a group portrait in the garden. Four generations are represented with two young children, their parents, grandparents and their great-grandmother. (TNT, 8/29/1952, p.C-5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Families--Tacoma--1950-1960; Group portraits--1950-1960; Lanz, Joseph--Homes & haunts;

Helen Marie Hansen and Hugh Burton Leach wedding. Wedding couple following ceremony dressed in "going away" clothes. Bride appears to be carrying a trendy molded plastic purse. Couple are standing on steps to house with number 3220 above door. The Leaches were married on July 12, 1952 at Mason Methodist Church in Tacoma.

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hansen, Helen Marie--Marriage; Leach, Hugh Burton; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Honeymoons;

Three couples attending the Pi Beta Phi sorority and Sigma Chi fraternity dance are seated at picnic table inside the Lakeside Park building at Five-Mile Lake. They are, L-R, Ray May, Patt Thompson, Don Montague, Marjorie Sarsten, Shiela Widener and Jack Schutzman. (TNT, 12/10/1951, p.7)

Dance parties--Federal Way--1940-1950; Pi Beta Phi (Tacoma); Sigma Chi (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Widener, Shiela; May, Ray; Thompson, Patt; Montague, Don; Sarsten, Marjorie; Schutzman, Jack;

Ruby Rosemarie Rainwater and Robert M. Clasby were married December 29, 1951, at the Little Church on the Prairie. Ruby is seen seated in a large white chair with a Christmas tree behind her. Ruby is the daughter of John W. and Carrie C. Cline. Robert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Clasby. The bride wore an ankle-length net and lace gown over satin. Her bouquet was white orchids and stephanotis on a white Bible. They were to live in Seattle where Robert was a student at the University of Washington. (TNT, 1/15/1952, p.10)

Wedding costume--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Weddings--Lakewood--1950-1960; Christmas decorations; Little Church on the Prairie (Lakewood); Rainwater, Ruby Rosemarie--Marriage;

Norma Clare Deary and Harry T. Johnson were married December 22, 1951, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Buckley. Norma is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Deary. Harry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Johnson of Hoquiam. Both the bride and groom were seniors at Washington State College. (TNT, 1/1/1952, p.6)

Weddings--Buckley--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Wedding costume--1950-1960; Altars--Buckley; St. Aloysius Catholic Church (Buckley); Deary, Norma Clare--Marriage; Johnson, Harry T.;

A group portrait of the women of one of the families attending the wedding of Miss Constance Lee Campbell and Gilbert W. Hart. Constance and Gilbert were married June 16, 1951, at the Little Church on the Prairie. Constance was the daughter of Frank and Lois M. Buchanan. Gilbert was the son of the Ward V.B. Harts of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Ordered by Lois M. (Mrs. Frank) Buchanan. (TNT, 6/24/1951, p.D-5)

Weddings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Families--Tacoma--1950-1960; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hats--1950-1960; Campbell, Constance Lee--Marriage;

Ward Smith, Inc., realtors, booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. Information about homes in the Skyline Terrace housing development is featured on a display at the back of the booth. Ordered by Ward Smith, Inc., Del Belfoy.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Ward Smith, Inc. (Tacoma); Real estate business--Tacoma;

Tietz Construction Company's booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. A wall of photographs shows many of the options available for new homes with large, thermopane windows, dishwashers and disposals for the kitchen, living room-dining room combinations, and built-in wardrobes and wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms. The Richards Studio took many of the photographs inclulded in the display. Ordered by Harry Rinker.

Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Tietz Construction Inc. (Lakewood); Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Construction industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

H. A. Briggs Construction's booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. The display includes advertising for Dura-Homes, Westmoreland Terrace and Wollander. A three-bedroom home could be sold to a veteran for $542.89 down, and $57.33 per month. Ordered by Mr. H.A. Griggs.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Briggs Construction Co. (Tacoma); Construction industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Duratile's booth at the 1951 home show at the College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse featured Duratile steel wall tile for exterior and interior uses and modernfold doors. Samples of the tile in place on a wall or around a sink are included and room has been provided to try the folding doors. Ordered by Bob Cowden.

Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Exhibitions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Exhibit booths--Tacoma; Duratile (Lakewood);

Shown during the wedding reception at the bride's parents' home on Gravelly Lake Drive following Anne Baker's marriage to Lt. William C. Johnston are, L-R, Dr. and Mrs. (Constance H.) David T. Hellyer, who were the couple's attendants, and Florence M. (Mrs. John S.) Baker and Mrs. Stanley Johnston, mothers of the newly-weds. Miss Baker and Lt. Johnston were married at Visitation Church April 21, 1951. (TNT, 4/29/1951, p.D-1)

Weddings--Lakewood--1950-1960; Baker, Florence M.; Baker, Florence M.--Homes & haunts; Baker, Anne--Marriage; Hellyer, David T.--Family; Hellyer, David T.; Hellyer, Constance H.; Baker, John S.--Family;

Microsoft mogul Bill Gates' parents' wedding. The happy couple cut their wedding cake after the Seattle ceremony. Both William Henry Gates, Jr. and Mary Maxwell Gates came from extremely successful families. Mary's great grandfather James Willard Maxwell moved to Washington in the late 19th century where he served as President of a bank, two terms as Mayor and was elected to the State Legislature. When he moved to Seattle before World War I, he became a prominent banker. Mary Maxwell grew up with some of the most important and famous families in the Pacific Northwest. Bill Jr. grew up in Bremerton, also in a well to do family, and became the City Attorney for Bremerton before entering the Seattle law firm of Skeel, McKelvy, Hanke, Everson and Uhlmann. Mary became a school teacher until the couple started their family and later served on corporate boards including United Way, University of Washington and First Interstate Bancorp. ("Bill Gates" by Adam Woog, "Bill Gates, Billionaire Computer Genius" by Joan D. Dickinson and "Smart Money, The Story of Bill Gates" by Aaron Boyd)

Weddings--Seattle--1950-1960; Brides--1950-1960; Grooms (Weddings)--1950-1960; Maxwell, Mary; Gates, William Henry; Wedding costume--1950-1960;