The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-31
Big Parade
Brings Out
Thousands
Floot Of Y. NJ. B. c.
Is Judged Winner
OF Sweepstakes

o. Sol. who knows q good
parade when he sees one. took
a tentative peek al the an
nual Daffodil Festival pro-
eession here Saturday and
promptly punched his way OUT
of a sky-full of clouds to take
a grandstand seat for the
longest, most spectacular Daft
fodil parade of them all.
An estimated 100000 persons.
undaunted by threatening skies
right up to parade time. but
carrying umbrellas and wearing
raincoats. watched the parade as
It wound through wntown
streets.
Great cheers and hearty APP
plause went up along the parade
route as the spectators sounded
approval of the gorgeous floats,
the smart-stepping marching units
and the harmonious. stirring music
Of the bands.
Magnificent show
II was ma gnificent show.
Flower experts. here from the Ma
tional Flower and Garden show IN
Seattle. judged the floats. selecting
the Young Mems Business club
float as the sweepstakes winner
The float. a beautiful daffodil
mountain, carried out the From
Ski Level to sea Level" motif. In
the crater of the mountain was
beautiful Virginia Davis of Park
land. this years Tacoma Winter
Sports Carnival queen She was
dressed in ski toys. Seated at the
base of the mountain were Lois
Peck and Beverly Martin. both at
tired in swimming suits.
The Y. NJ B. c. float. entered IN
the service club division took T
honors in that division. of course. I
Second was the Tacoma Rotary /
club float-a large globe, illustra-
ting the fact that Rotary is world
wide, and with pretty Shirley Abel
and Janice Nye standing along
side.
DaffodiI Crescent
Afifi temples float-an "orl- |
entail potentate" seated in a large |
daffodil crescent-took first honors
In the organizations and lodges
division. Bill Left was the "poten-
tate Next in this division was
the Tacoma Garden clubs float. ii
. was a small garden. mplete with
bird bath and not forgetting four
fetching girls seated above. The
girls were Marguerite Johnson,
Marion osgood, Gerry Waechter
and True Elizabeth Schulz.
Commercial Winner
Float of Leeds Shoe store-a
large daffodil slipper, mounted on
a platform and surrounded by at
tractive girls-was the CONNER
cial division winner. Second was
the Tacoma Retail Trade bureaus
float. one of the few surprisingly.
which had a military motif. II
consisted of a two-gun battleship
turret and an army field piece, all
made up of daffodils.
Tacoma City Lights float,
model of its Cushman power plant
generator, surrounded by daffo-
dis. was the winner of the Gar
rett trophy in the civic division.
Only float casualty" was the
Rotary club float. which broke
down temporarily at 18th and
Broadway. A mechanic was quick
" called, the car was fixed and
the float finished as the last float
In the parade.
Continue TO Valley
Marching units dropped out of
the procession at 18th and Broad
way. with the floa Is continuing
on to Puyallup and Sumner, where
they paraded at and 2:3o O'Clock.
respectively. A number Of the
bands, sent ahead by bus. joined
the floats in the valley towns.
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie, Mrs
Langlie and their two children,
were in attendance. first in their
special car near the head Of the
parade and later at the reviewing
stand at 10th and Pacific ave.
Queen Pauline I and her at
tendants-M xene Maddox and
Doris Simonson-graced the Ia
coma Chamber of Commerce float,
also near the van of the process
son. and then were returned 10
watch the parade from their spe-
cisl daffodil throne directly across