Construction of the new Clover Park Junior High School has begun and plywood forms for the reinforced-concrete are being installed. According to Clover Park superintendent A.G. Hudtloff the structure would house 20 classrooms, two home-making rooms, two science rooms, a band room, a choral room, general shop, art room, library, two teachers' rooms, a cafeteria, a conference room, kitchen and gymnasium. Capacity of the building would be 900 students. The building was estimated to cost $848,000.The building was designed by Charles Reuger. Standard Construction Company was the building contractor. (TNT, 9/l27/1952, p.10)

Public schools--Lakewood; Clover Park Junior High School (Lakewood); Reinforced concrete construction--Lakewood;

The $152,000 Vocational Training Center at Clover Park High School was nearing completion by the beginning of February of 1943. Included in the high ceiling shop area were an airplane hangar for studying airplane construction, a large machine shop, automotive shop and sheet metal shop.

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

Overview of new vocational training center at Clover Park High School. the $152,000 center was built with federal grants obtained by Superintendent A.G. Hudtloff and would be used for training skilled workers in the vital defense industries. Autos and busses surround the building as classes begin in February of 1943. Demand was so high for skilled workers, that classes ran around the clock.

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

Construction materials littered the site of the newly constructed vocational training center at Clover Park High School in February of 1943. Classes were ready to begin in the eagerly awaited center, where they would be teaching the skills needed in the defense industry. Special shops were available for airplane construction and maintenance, large machines, automotive and sheet metal work. Spaces were also available for training in welding, shipfitting, woodworking and drafting.

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

In February of 1943, the $152,000 vocational training center at Clover Park High School was completed. Classes would immediately commence there for both men and women. The facility included an airplane hangar, large machine shop, automotive shop, sheet metal shop and space for training in welding, shipfitting, woodwork and drafting. The facility was built with federal grants obtained by A.G. Hudtloff. There was such a demand for vocational training to fill positions in the wartime industries that the school ran 24 hours a day. School would commence despite the large piles of construction materials still lying about. (T.Times 2/4/1943, pg. 3; TNT 2/4/43, pg. 1)

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

By February of 1943, the vocational training center at Clover Park High School was ready for use. With demand for skilled war workers at a record high, classes ran around the clock at the facility. Pictured is the facility's automotive shop, where students learn to work on military and commercial vehicles. (T.Times 2/4/1943, pg. 3; TNT 2/4/1943, pg. 1)

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

Interior of shop building at the new vocational training center at Clover Park High School. Classes ran 24 hours a day at the new facility which opened in February of 1943, training skilled laborers for the defense industry.

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

On November 21, 1942, Congressman John Coffee, center in overcoat and scarf, visited the Lakewood area to check out the progress on the construction of the addition to Clover Park High School. The $225,000 addition was the result of a federal grant that he had helped obtain. The finished addition would include four classrooms, a cafeteria and a gymnasium. Pictured left to right are Walter Hedlind, Mrs. Nellie Wootan, Hugh Fotheringill, Stanley Lytle, Ivey Alice Mann, Congressman Coffee, John Maas, Mrs. H.E. Liebe, A.G. Hudtloff and Paul Olsen. (TNT 11/23/1942, pg. 11)

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Construction--Lakewood--1940-1950; Coffee, John; Hudtloff, A.G.; Lytle, Stanley;

Congressman John M. Coffee, center with mortar, was photographed helping with the construction of an addition to Clover Park High School November 21, 1942. His biggest aid was his assistance in obtaining the federal grant that made the $225,000 addition possible. Pictured left to right in front of the wall are Superintendent A.G. Hudtloff, Congressman Coffee, Olai Hageness, Clarence Rueger and Walter Hedlind. Back of the wall are Paul Olson, Charles Rueger, Stanley Lytle and Pete Hansen. The addition was scheduled to be ready for occupancy by mid-late Spring 1943 and would include eight classrooms, a gymnasium and a cafeteria. (T.Times 11/23/1942, pg. 6)

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Construction--Lakewood--1940-1950; Coffee, John; Hudtloff, A.G.; Lytle, Stanley;

Congressman John Coffee, center in overcoat and scarf, posed on November 21, 1942 in front of Clover Park High School with a group of men and women. Congressman Coffee was visiting the school to view the construction of a new addition, the result of a federal grant that he had fought hard to obtain. The $225,000 addition would add eight classrooms, a gym and a cafeteria.

Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Coffee, John;

High school basketball action, Fife at Clover Park. Clover Park Pep Band playing on stage in gymnasium. For 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School Annual. Used in yearbook ad for Ted Brown Music Company.

Public Schools--Lakewood; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public Schools--Fife; Fife High School (Fife); Bands; Basketball;

ca. 1938. Clover Park Junior and Senior High School, general view of complex. Intermediate School by Hill and Mock, Architects, 1928, on left, High School by Charles V. Rueger, Architect, 1937, on right. (filed with Argentum)

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