The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 5

THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY JULY 7 1937 0 Lakewood Community Center Its Formal Opening to the Public! ore Than 500 see Arid a shoemaker la avail-) able to render his services if your: feet are in a pinch Handsome effect of sunlight A color scheme of powder blue and rose is carried out in the booths Lavatories are BARBER SHOP IN MAHOGANY Lounge! Guests View of rose porcelain and the(chairs custm-huilt have aluminum'frames and blue leather upholstery Direct communication to each of the five booths is possible from the central desk and doors are of a new silent folding type Hair driers are built on a new principle providing air circulation from the scalp to the outer layer of hair for Crowd Escorted Through New Plant Inspection Before Formal Opening Tomorrow Evening Outdoor Free Vaudeville at Lakewood Center Thursday Regarded as one of the most attractive and most completely equipped shops in Tacoma and vicinity the barber shop in the new Lakewood Community Center will he open for business on Friday One of the striking features of the shop are the handsome paneled walls of mahogany which has also been used for the decorative and graceful valances dear around the room The two-rhair shop has an attractive hack-bar of glass chrome and terra cotta Two large mirrors hide spacious cabinets Lighting is furnished by attractive Indirect lighta of silver and chrome and a large bay window at the front At the rear of the shop is a glassed-in room whieh will he equipped with the latest scalp treatment equipment day night July 12 the theater will be the only Monday night show being planned Starting at 6 Thursday night two complete shows will be given There are acres of material to! describe but the best way is to go see the center You'll want to go again again and again But not often does a Tacoma moie audience have an opportunity to see a world premiere at a preview but this was fulfilled last night when Mr Clapp II Moore and Sidney Dean presented "Easy Living" a splendid comedy starring Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold The picture will come to the Rialto theater here for 11s first showing later this month Before "Easy Living" made its initial appearance Lakewood theater was initiated into the order of Good and Loud Community Singing Arnold Leverenz was at the organ and the audience put orioles to shame on such favorites as "The Old Gray "Shine On Harvest Moon" Liza June" and others This particular singer was highly complimented on his feat of hitching Old Dobbin to the shay when others were riding with the Man on the Flying Trapeze It was unique With Mr Arnold and Miss Ar-j thur in are Mary I Nash Ray Miliand Luis Aiberni and Esther Dale They're great ACOUSTICS OF THEATER FINE Completely equipped with the latest and finest equipment the Lakewood theater auditorium is accoustically correct The walls are treated with thick felt covered with blue damask of floral design The theater has a modern ventilating and air conditioning system assuring patrons of being able to keep cool even in the hottest weather Pictures wiH be shown three days a week Friday Saturday and Sunday regularly with a possibility of holiday shows also Mon- (Continued from Page One) drilng off into the Everglades The center is ready to satisfy all desires A man can take his wife to Iho market for vegetables and groceries and stop al the meat ccunler for steak Then they enn move along into the drug store and have a soda Speculating over the soda the wife will observe her husband noils a shave and he can suggest a fingerwavc The haircut should remind the husband he hasn't seen his dentist twire yet and his wife may want to discuss a problem with the doctor Specialists are present to re ceive them The waiting room itself is so comforting It will cure minor troubles Feeling spruced up from these attentions the couple can go to the dining room for a meal either Inside or on the terrace and afterward retire to the theater for a show There are nine chances to one the husband unless the picture is absorbing will dose the first time because the seats are the last word in comfort They are so soft a man forgets how hard he has worked all day After the show one still has the recreation hall and rifle range to 1 Pictured above ta one of the employes of the Lakewood theater resting in the luxuriously furnished theater lounge Tomorrow night the entire building will be open for publie inspection and at o'clock a free outdoor vaudeville show will be given in front of the theater With everything in readiness for a gala public opening of the Lake-wood Community Center tomorrow night special arrangements have been completed for a free two-hour vaudeville in front of the theater The vaudeville will start at 7 and will last until 9 Features to be included on the program are the famous 3 Radio Rogues and the Four Esquires popular quartet that will give the patrons a well-rounded program of singing and instrumental solos A stage will be built in front of the theater and the large parking space in front of the Community Center will provide standing room for hundreds of Tacomans and residents of outlying communities anxious to attend the opening Fine Beauty Shop A revelation hi modem beauty treatment scientifically offered by experts in a luxuriously-equipped shop awaits patrons of the Lake-wood Health and Beauty Center one of the community service units in the new Community Center Acknowledged by beauty technicians as one of the finest shops in I the country the Lakewood Health and Beauty Center will offer a complete program known as the "Conquest of and includ- ing body facial and scalp treat- i ments Mis Louise Roberts is manager of the Lakewood shop and has obtained a corps of experts trained in every line of beauty treatment She will direct the shop personally Colonial In Design The shop carries out the colonial architecture of the entire center The reception room furnished in Chippendale is paneled in rare ha re wood and of outstanding beauty is the all-crystal appointment desk Air-conditioned the rooms an covered with skylights lined with amber glass to give an all-year 9 Rose who will open his store for business Friday July 9 DRUG STORE OF RARE BEAUTY A real apothecary of the New England variety is one of the features of the new Lakewood Community Center Rose will be the manager of the drugstore and has planned a complete and well-stocked store for residents of the lakes district Running the entire width of the building the drug store may he entered from the market or from the spacious parking space at the front of the structure Near the front of the 51016 will he located the modern and glassed-in prescription room Wall shelves and display islands of the latest construction will be used Across the hack of the store is a I large plate glass window overlooking Gravelly lake road Near this window Mr Rose is installing a mngazine rack The large circular hay window in i store will hold seats and small 1a-1 hies for the soda fountain customers A "walk-up" fountain will be another feature of the store -this for customers wanting a cool drink hut not wanting to sit down A complete line of drugs and medicines will he stocked by Mr DOCTOR DENTIST OFFICES TO OPEN Offering residents of the lakes district two new services Dr Edwin Muir and Dr Klop-ping will open doctor's and dentist's offices in the new Lakewood Community Center at the Junction of the Steilacoom and Gravelly lake roads opening for public inspection Thursday night Both suites are located on the second floor of the Colonial building and are both in the same wing reached by the stairway near the entrance to the drug store The offices will be equipped with the very latest equipment The suites are spacious and well lighted both artificially and naturally and carry out the handsome decorative motif throughout the entire community center MARKET CART AIDS MARKETING An innovation in markets of Tacoma and vicinity is the carriage arrangement for carrying baskets while shopping at the new market in the Lakewood Community Center Roughly resembling a baby carriage the push cart is equipped with hard ruhher tires and has a place for placing the market basket so that the customer may not have to carry a heavily loaded basket around the store Harry Rowen market manager has purchased IS of these cutis fur 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LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER IS WITHOUT EQUALASACOMMUNITYPROJECTINTHEWEST I III fjvf i ri Fi ft Features 9 Restaurant and SnocA Shop Doctor and Dentist Offices Beauty Salon and Health Center Grocery Store and Market 9 Meat Market 9 Drug Store 9 Barber Shop 9 Community Hall 9 Rifle Range 9Theater For those who live in nrarliy rities anti towns the lAtkewootl Community Crntcr offers a place where the iliscriminatin may entertain their distinguished guests Many people will plan their drive through the picturesque country-side arriving at 1 alar wood Community Center for dinner by the great ojien hearth after which they may step into the jli-locr (heater for a mmfortaMe rimiii" at the movie or possibly A theatrical Come Out and See for Yourself at Our Open House Tonorrow Night Thursday July 8th 7-11 O- FREE OUTDOOR VAUDVILLE Featuring the Famous "3 RADIO )l THK FOUR ESQUIRES XBL iSKEL- SI'" 5 4.