Women

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) with two unidentified young women from Lamar, Colorado in front of a painting of former Secretary of the Interior and Supreme Court Justice Lucius Q.C. Lamar in the Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Left to right: Fort Lewis Census Enumerators, Mrs. Helen Moppes, Mrs. Florence Mall, Mrs. Dorothy Christiansen, Mrs. Gale Boardman, and Mrs. Janice Brown, meet with Major General Louis W. Truman and Mrs. Vivian Robinson, Tacoma District United States Census Bureau Representative, before commencing work on the official 1960 United States Census.

The receiving line at the Officer's Wives Club luncheon at which Major General Louis W. Truman was guest speaker (L-R): Mrs. O'Brien; Mrs. Henry Glaister; Mrs. Joseph Murray, President of the Officer's Wives Club; Major General Louis W. Truman and his wife Mrs. Margaret Stevenson Truman; Mrs. Roy T. Jackson; Mrs. William O. Blandford; Mrs. George N. Powell; and Mrs. Robert H. Adams.

Major General Louis W. Truman (third from left) and his wife Mrs. Margaret Stevenson Truman (fourth from left), greet Mrs. Orrin A. Tracy (second from left) at the General's New Year's Eve reception at Fort Lewis, Washington. Looking on are Brigadier General William O. Blandford and Mrs. Blandford (third and fourth from right) and Brigadier General Robert H. Adams and Mrs. Adams (second from right and right).

Making plans for the annual Mother's March of Dimes are (L-R) Major General Louis W. Truman; Major General Earl C. Bergquist (Retired), Armed Forces Consultant for the National Foundation of the March of Dimes; Mrs. Edward S. Berry, Fort Lewis and Pierce County March of Dimes Executive Board Member and Mrs. James Law, Pierce County March of Dimes Secretary.

From left to right, Major General Louis W. Truman, Mrs. Adams, Brigadier General Robert H. Adams, Mrs. Blandford, Brigadier General William O. Blandford, Mrs. McLean, and Colonel John R. McLean, Executive Officer of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery, at a reception for Blandford and Adams. The reception was held to congratulate Blandford on his new position as Assistant 4th Infantry Division Commander, and Adams on his new position as Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery.

Major General Louis W. Truman (right) and his wife, Margaret S. Truman (left) greet Brigadier General and Mrs. William O. Blandford (center).

Major General Louis W. Truman, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis commander, is "held up" for the first five dollars worth of tickets to the July 4 "Frontier Night" party at the Fort Lewis Officer's Club. Mrs. Jeannette Strombeck, wife of Second Lieutenant Edward E. Strombeck, 47th Infantry, is the ducat seller. Mrs. Beatrix Schick, wife of Major Charles F. Schick, 5th Battalion, 16th Artillery Company, models a $1000 mink stole to be given away as a door prize at the event

Alaska Governor William A. Egan (second from left) and Major General Louis W. Truman (right) escort Margaret S. (Mrs. Louis W.) Truman (left) and an unidentified woman to tables at the Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival Reception held at Fort Lewis, Washington. Others in the background are unidentified.

An unidentified United States Army (center) meets the women of the Fort Lewis, Washington, Officers' Wives Club. Pictured: Margaret S. Truman (third from left), wife of Major General Louis W. Truman, commanding general of Fort Lewis, Washington. All other women are unidentified.