The Tacoma Club had just elected new officers for 1948, Bert Sweeting was retiring as President and B. E. Buckmaster had just been elected new President. The new club officers would hold their meetings and club activities in the newly remodeled and carpeted facilities located in the Washington Building. Interior view of the Tacoma Club with new carpeting from Selden's.

Banquet halls--Tacoma; Table settings & decorations; Murals--Tacoma; Floor coverings; Selden's, Inc. (Tacoma); Tacoma Club (Tacoma);

The Tacoma Club had just elected new officers for 1948, Bert Sweeting was retiring as President and B. E. Buckmaster had just been elected new President. The new club officers would hold their meetings and club activities in the newly remodeled and carpeted facilities located in the Washington Building. Interior view of the Tacoma Club with new carpeting from Selden's.

Banquet halls--Tacoma; Table settings & decorations; Floor coverings; Selden's, Inc. (Tacoma); Tacoma Club (Tacoma);

Junior League proviso. A committee of four Junior League "Follies" committee chairs meet with Robert H. Gage, an advance man, at the Tacoma Country Club to coordinate preparatory activities for the Follies which will be presented at Temple Theater November 12 and 13, 1947. Mr. Gage was in Tacoma from the Jerome H. Cargill organization of New York City The women are, L-R, Mrs. Emile Sacanno, Betye M. (Mr. Elbert H, II) Baker, Caroll (Mrs. Thomas) Carstens, and Sally G. (Mrs. Thomas) Moffitt. (T.Times, 8/30/1947, p.9)

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Publicity, Girls selling Follies tickets, Junior League, Nancy Custis. The Junior League Follies would be held November 12th and 13th, 1947. Two Junior League members show the program from the upcoming Follies to encourage a young shoe salesman to buy tickets to the fund raising event. Proceeds from the show would benefit the Tacoma Occupational Therapy Workshop.

Junior League (Tacoma); Junior League Follies (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Shoes; Shoe stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Publicity, Girls selling Follies tickets, Junior League, Nancy Custis. Two Junior League members show the program from the upcoming Follies to encourage a salesman at a jewelry store to buy tickets to the fund raising event. Proceeds from the show would benefit the Tacoma Occupational Therapy Workshop.

Junior League (Tacoma); Junior League Follies (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fund raising--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Junior League, Nancy Curtis. Emily N. (Mrs. Henry H.) Walker and Mrs. Robert Young sit at a desk looking at a magazine. Emily Walker is the advertising chairman for the Junior League Follies of 1947 to be presented November 12th and 13th. Mrs. Young is chair for the project. The purpose of the follies for 1947 was to raise funds for the Tacoma Occupational Therapy Workshop. It had been twenty years since the Tacoma Junior League had put on a follies. (T.Times, 8/16/1947, p.9)

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Committee for newspaper, Club of Hearts, Marjorie Joy Miller. Members of the Club of Hearts met to plan their annual formal Fireside tea which was held September 21, 1947, at the home of Patricia Black at 4118 North 38th Street. Members shown, L-R, Marjorie Ludwig (seated on floor), Marjorie Graves, Marjie Joy Miller, Patricia Black, Margaret Matthew, and Lorraine Bottinger. Miss Miller would later be known as film and stage actress Marjie Millar. (T.Times, 9/19/1947, p.5, TNT, 9/20/1947, p.8)

Club of Hearts (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ludwig, Marjorie; Graves, Margorie; Miller, Marjie Joy; Black, Patricia; Matthew, Margaret; Bottinger, Lorraine; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tea parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Millar, Marjie;

In September of 1947 Tacoma boy scouts Bob Evans (left) and LeRoy Gruver returned from the World Jamboree which was held that year near Paris, France. The two scouts were greeted with a three-way handshake by their unidentified scout master as they disembark from their train at Union depot. LeRoy Gruver advanced to Eagle Scout while he and Bob were at the Jamboree. (T.Times, 9/5/1947, p.1) TPL-10566

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Nearly 40 local Boy Scouts and scout masters helped the 1947 Community Chest campaign by posting pole cards along Tacoma streets to keep Tacoma citizens aware of the upcoming campaign. Here Russell Matthews, Lucien Gumm, Bob Wright and Scoutmasters S/Sgt. L.J. Keehley and Lt. J.A. Kruavica from Troop 102, McChord Field, put up placards in South Tacoma. The scouts took over the project as part of their community service work. (T.Times, 9/24/1947, p.2-article, TNT, 9/24/1947, p.7)

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American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. Some of the high school girls sit outside at a table working on crafts or taking a time out in the shade or looking at a scrap book during the Junior Red Cross session July 1947 at Benbow Lakes.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Students; Handicraft; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin);

American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. A group portrait of a few of the hight school students from Canada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington who attended the Junior Red Cross session July 1947 at Benbow Lakes.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Students; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Group portraits;

American Red Cross Training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. Three of the high school students attending the Junior Red Cross July 1947 session at Benbow Lakes are learning recreation skills by making rag dolls and knitting.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Students; Handicraft; Dolls; Knitting;

American Red Cross Training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. The high school students attending the summer session 1947 Junior Red Cross training at Benbow Lakes learned about forest protection, service to patients in military hospitals, safety, youth for youth programs and recreation on land and water. (T.Times, 7/15/1947, p.3)

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Students;

American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. A group portrait taken by one of the buildings at Benbow Lake of a few of the high school students from Canada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington who attended the Junior Red Cross session in July of 1947.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Students--1940-1950; Group portraits;

American Red Cross Training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. A few of the high school students attending the July 1947 session of the Junior Red Cross at the Red Cross training center at Benbow Lakes are receiving training in nutrition looking at a poster about protein and having healthy breakfasts.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Nutrition; Food;

Lifesaving and water safety were among the many skills taught at the special Benbow Lake Red Cross Training Center at Kapowsin in July of 1947. 112 high school students from 45 Red Cross chapters in Canada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington were sent for the special 12 day training session, including Nancy Hobbs from Tacoma and Harry Butts from Sumner. The young people sent to the camp were chosen for their known fidelity to Red Cross service and fitness for leadership. (Young people and instructor in photo not identified.) (T.Times 7/15/1947 p.3)

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Lifesaving--Kapowsin--1940-1950; Students; Bathing suits; Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin; Benbow Lakes (Kapowsin);

American Red Cross Training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. High school students attending the July 1947 Junior Red Cross session learned safety and lifesaving techniques such as artificial respiration at Benbow Lakes.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Lifesaving--Kapowsin--1940-1950; Artificial respiration;

American Red Cross Training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. A group photograph of the staff for the Junior Red Cross training session at Benbow Lakes July 1947.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Group portraits; Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin; Benbow Lakes (Kapowsin);

American Red Cross Training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. High school students attending the July 1947 Junior Red Cross session also studied about the youth for youth program for Junior Red Cross at Benbow Lakes.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Group portraits;

American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. 112 high school students left July 14, 1947, for a 12 day session at the Junior Red Cross training center at Benbow Lakes, Kapowsin, Washington. 45 chapters in Canada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington chose members known for their fidelity to Red Cross service and fitness for leadership. (T.Times, 7/15/1947, p.3)

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Group portraits;

American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. A group posing with an automobile of a few of the high school students from Canada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington who attended the Junior Red Cross session July 1947 at Benbow Lakes.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Benbow Lakes (Kapowsin); Students; Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin;

American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. High school students attending the 12 day Junior Red Cross session July 1947 learned water safety and recreation on land and water. Here they are swimming, rowing a boat and canoeing at Benbow Lakes.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Bathing suits; Canoes; Rowboats; Swimming; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin;

American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. An elevated view of high school students attending the 12 day Junior Red Cross session July 1947r. Here they are swimming, rowing a boat and canoeing at Benbow Lakes. They learned water safety and recreation on land and water at the session.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Bathing suits; Canoes; Rowboats; Swimming; Benbow Lakes (Kapowsin); Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin);

American Red Cross training Center, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomson. High school students attending the Junior Red Cross session July 1947 at Benbow Lakes raise both the United States flag and the Red Cross flag at the summer camp facilities. The Pierce County delegates to the program were Nancy Hobbs from Lincoln High School and Harry Butts from Sumner High School. (T.Times, 7/15/1947, p.3)

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Flags--United States; Standards (Identifying artifacts); Flagpoles--Kapowsin; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin);

Birthday party at Union-University Club. Mrs. Charles Eckstrom. Eleven girls gathered for Carolyn Eckstrom's 10th birthday: L-R, seated; Suzanne Baker, Eileen Eckstrom (floor), Carolyn Eckstrom, Mary Rowland, Patty Reed, Margaret Graham (floor); standing; Joan Hansen, Anne Rowland, Joanne Treichel (arm of sofa), Patty Lynam and Elizabeth McAllister (seated in arm chair). (T.Times, 6/21/1947, p.12)

University Union Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children's parties; Birthday parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Eckstrom, Carolyn; Baker, Suzanne; Eckstrom, Eileen; Rowland, Mary; Reed, Patty; Graham, Margaret; Treichel, Joanne; Lynam, Patty;

Here are the big winners in the 1947 Tacoma Poggie Club Father-Son-Daughter Salmon Derby held at Point Defiance on July 13th. At the left, Richard Sheriff holds his top prize bicycle while his dad, Johnny Sheriff holds their 18 lb. 13 oz. salmon. At the right are Judy Weller and her father C.J. (Bud) Weller. Judy's King salmon weighed in at 2 oz. less then Richard's. She also won a new bike. In the center is Ted Lowe proudly holding his second place catch.(T.Times, 7/14/1947, p.1) TPL-4786

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In June of 1947, the Pierce County Chapter of the Red Cross held a 10 day aquatic safety school with 131 men and women from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Montana at Benbow Lakes near Kapowsin. It was one of six such schools operated in the U.S. One of the skills covered was lifesaving. Some of the women practiced artificial respiration with other trainees on a dock at the lake. The women were wearing bathing suits and caps. (T. Times 6/24/1947, pg. 5)

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Safety; Lifesaving; Bathing suits; Benbow Lakes Resort (Kapowsin); Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin;

Children who have learned swimming under the Red Cross, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomsen. A large group of boys stand in the pool at Lincoln High School watching while the instructor helps one of the boys learn how to float. Over 5,000 free lessons were given so far that summer. All instructors were trained at an American Red Cross safety institute. The free lessons were open to children from 8 to 17 years of age.

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Children swimming--Tacoma--1940-1950; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bathing suits; Teenagers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Children who have learned swimming under the Red Cross, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomsen. A group of girls stand in the pool while one of the swimming instructors helps one of the girls learn to float in the water. More girls sit around the edges of the pool watching. Free swimming lessons were offered to Tacoma Youth through a program sponsored by the Tacoma recreation commission. (T. Times, 7/30/1947, p.5)

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Children swimming--Tacoma--1940-1950; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bathing suits; Teenagers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Children who have learned swimming under the Red Cross, American Red Cross, Mrs. Thomsen. Three rows of young boys stand in the swimming pool with their arms out in front of them at the pool at Lincoln High School. They are learning to dive into the water while standing in it. A teenage boy stands with a whistle directing them. They are participating in a program sponsored by the Tacoma recreation commission in conjunction with the Metropolitan Parks and Tacoma school district. (T.Times, 7/30/1947, p.5)

American Red Cross Pierce County Chapter (Tacoma); Children swimming--Tacoma--1940-1950; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bathing suits; Teenagers--Tacoma--1940-1950;