Photo By Dexter, 2028 Terry Ave, Seattle, SE. 0313

 

Members of the Washington State Press Club gather around the piano in 1947.

 

Here's a photo of some of the members of the Washington State Press Club shortly after WWII.

Identified by Jack Gordon as a photo taken sometime in 1947 or '48, the members include (unfortunately not in the order they are in the photo) Jack Sullivan (Times, Post-Intelligencer, TV Guide), Jerry Hoeck (Miller, Mackay, Hoeck, and Hartung), Cal Druxman (publicist), Joe Miller (Senator Jackson), Charles Regal (Post-Intelligencer), Lenny Anderson (Times, Post-Intelligencer), Bob Ackerly (radio), Roy Scully (Times photographer), John Class (Times photographer), Jack Gordon (Senator Magnusen, Catholic NW Progress, VFW), Bob Callan (navy), and Larry Dion (Times photographer), plus five unidentified Press Club members.

Jack Gordon is 6th from left back row (round pin in lapel)

 

Art Forde and Fred Carter

Jack Gordon in his fez

The typewritten caption on the reverse of this photo says:

"JACK GORDON, FOUNDER, FIRST PRESIDENT A&Q 'rs"

 

photo credit: Del Ankers, 1122 Vermont Ave, Washington DC

Washington State Press Club delegates in Washington, D.C., late 40's or early 50's.

 

Members of the Washington State Press Club in their infamous "Ale & Quail" fezzes. From the photo credit, they must have been in our nation's capitol for a convention. During the late 40's and early 50s Jack Gordon criss-crossed the country for (at different times) Seattle University, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dave Beck and the Teamsters, as well as his own publicity firm Williams and Gordon.  That's Jack with a big grin and a bow tie in the back row

It appears that the writing on the fezzes is "Washington State Press Club Chapter"

 

Seafair Pirates web page copyright message

 

As the Seafair "legend" was developed in 1950, Jack came up with the idea of the Seafair Pirates. Even 60+ years later, the pirates remember Jack as their creator. It's a bit tough to sdee in the screen-image above, but the Pirates' web site is copyrighted by the "Ale & Quail Society."

Founded shortly after World War II, the Press Club still lives on through the Pirates.

 

* "Davy Jones" operation from the October, 1951, issue of Gentlemen of the Press, the newsletter of the Washington State Press Club.