HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007 Issue 4 - Our Favorite Renton Santas, Lewis ArganoDecember 2007 Volume 38, Number 4
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By Elizabeth P. Stewart
Little Luigi Argano arrived in the U.S. at the age of nine, traveling from Genoa with his mother and five of his six brothers
and sisters. They made the arduous trip across the Atlantic in a second-class berth, and still had 3000 more miles to
travel to join father Guiseppi and brother Raphael. Their train trip ended in Newcastle on December 24, 1913. Sur-
rounded by cousins, aunts, and uncles, young Luigi was delighted to spend his first Christmas in America.1 It was the
first time he’d ever exchanged gifts on Christmas. Later in life, he never missed an opportunity to recreate that joyful
experience for other children by bringing Santa to life. Looking back, everything in his life seemed to be leading to this
special role—his confirmation name was even “Nicholas”!2
His father Joseph Argano was ambitious and determined to provide a better life for his children. Joseph began his Ameri-
can life in the coal mines, but quickly saved enough money to return to his shoe repair and sales business. He opened
Argano Modern Shoe Store in downtown Renton, and then expanded into real estate, becoming a landlord for businesses
situated in the Argano Building at Third and Smithers. Joseph Argano’s success meant that Lewis could focus on his
studies, when not helping out at the shoe store. Lewis graduated from Renton High School in 1926. Two years later he
decided to go to Ellensburg Normal School to become a teacher.3
But young Lewis wasn’t all work, and his early theatrical interests hinted at
his future as an annual Santa. He may have inherited the theatrical bug
from his father, who once considered opening a movie theater with a
partner. When the partner backed out, Benjamin Fey happened to be looking
for a theater to lease in Renton, and he opened his Renton Theatre in the
Argano Building. Later Joseph Argano leased the Rainier Theatre building
to Jensen von Herberg. Young Lewis enjoyed acting from an early age,
taking part in plays and operettas in grade school and high school. He was a
founding member of the Community Players and also pursued acting at
Ellensburg.
Lewis even briefly made a try at movie acting in Hollywood in 1932. While
visiting a sister in Los Angeles, he and a friend made the rounds of the
studios, looking for work. “I used to visit a lot of the studios hoping to get in,
but in those days, they were having trouble producing movies,” Lewis
remembered in 1986. “Another young man and I… found out that they
were filming a French scene and the casting director thought that this friend
of mine and I were ‘French’ enough that we could take part.” They showed
up at RKO Studios at 6 a.m., only to find out that the parts were promised
to two other actors. “And that was the end,” Lewis recalled, “I would have
loved to have stayed…. I thought that would be a stepping stone for future
work for me, but it didn’t work out that way because I spent almost forty
years in education.”4 Almost as soon as his Hollywood part fell through, he
received a job offer to teach at Campbell Hill School.
OUR FAVORITE RENTON SANTAS:
LEWIS ARGANO
Above: Lewis Argano, 1930
(#1987.054.2501)
Masthead Photo:Another of Renton’s Santas at the Columbine Rebekah Lodge
Christmas party, 1925. (#2000.024.5301)
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Susie Bressan, Graphic Design & Layout
Louise George, Copy Editor
Daisy Ward, Text Input & Copy Editor
Karl Hurst, City of Renton Print and Mail Services
Renton Historical Society
Board of Trustees
Bob Hunt, President
Sandra Meyer, Vice President
Elizabeth P. Stewart, Secretary
Paula Tran, Treasurer
Larry Sleeth, '07
Robert Bonner '08
Kevin McQuiller, '08
Ron Stroben '08
Susie Bressan '09
Laura Clawson, '09
Doug Kyes, '09
Martha Zwicker, '09
Lynn Bohart '09
Robin Baches '10
Terri Briere, City Liaison
Museum Staff
Elizabeth P. Stewart, Museum Director
Daisy Ward, Administrative Assistant
Dorota Rahn, Volunteer Coordinator
Tom Monahan, Research Specialist
Sarah Iles, Collection Manager
Pearl Jacobson, Registrar
Louise George, Secretary
Renton History Museum
235 Mill Avenue South
Renton, WA 98057
Phone: 425.255.2330
FAX: 425.255.1570
Board Meetings: Please call the museum
for time and location.
Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm
Admission:$3 for adults
$1 for children
Always free to members and to the
general public on the first Wednesday
and third Saturday of the month.
By Bob Hunt, President
President's Message
All right! Now is the time for you almost-volunteers! If you have been thinking
that you want to do something for your community and the Renton Historical
Society, and the future of the Museum is something that you are interested in,
this is your big chance.
Many of you don’t find yourselves attracted to the idea of being a docent or
working with the folks doing oral histories. You’re looking for a project. You
know, something with a beginning, middle, end, and some sort of
PRODUCT! Have we got a deal for you!
The Society is looking for some volunteers to be part of a team that will work on
a Museum Master Plan during 2008. This team will develop a Request for
Proposals , work with the City of Renton to choose an appropriate consulting
firm, oversee the Master Plan process, and finally review and consult on the
final report, including a presentation to the Community Services Director and the
City Council.
You don’t have to know how to do this stuff, so don’t worry that you don’t have
the right experience. You should be somewhat organized, be able to work
cooperatively with a diverse group, and have some idea of why the preservation
of Renton’s history is important to the community. The commitment is not too
awful; the team will meet a couple of times a month during the first couple of
months and then approximately once a month through the rest of the year. We
have the Library effort to model from, as they are in a similar process and much
further along. We also have an approved scope of work that Liz has prepared
to get us kicked off.
So, what are you gonna do? This is about the most tailored opportunity ever,
and just the one you’ve been waiting for. Yeah, I can come up with all sorts of
excuses why this isn’t the right time if I want to stall, too. The fact is the time
will never be better than now and the potential exists for you to be part of a plan
that lays the groundwork for the next few decades of heritage education and
preservation in Renton.
Contact Liz Stewart at the museum, 425-255-2330 or EStewart@ci.renton.wa.us
and she’ll get you a form to fill in. We want to be working on task in January, so
don’t forget about this during the Christmas rush.
Hope to see you and looking forward to having an energetic team.
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In the last newsletter I wrote that this fall would be a “study” period for the
Museum, with CMAP and CAP assessors coming through and giving us the
benefit of their expert knowledge. Just a
reminder: Museum staff applied to these
two federally funded programs—the
Collections Management Assessment
Program (CMAP) and the Conservation
Assessment Program (CAP)—to bring
peer reviewers in to provide us sugges-
tions for improvement in the handling of
our collections and our historic building.
James Burns, Curator of History for the
Tempe Historical Museum, visited us in
August, and Preservation Architect
Donna Hartmans and Conservator
Diana Dicus toured the Museum in
October and November.
Although we don’t have all three final reports yet, the site visits themselves
were wonderful learning experiences for staff and trustees. We had a chance to
sit down with these three very knowledgeable museum professionals and talk
about what our goals are as an institution and how we can best achieve them.
During this process, for example, it became pretty clear that our current offsite
storage will be inadequate for future growth of the collection. If we want to be
able to continue to build a first-class collection that documents and preserves
Renton’s heritage, we will have to come up with more and better offsite storage
that is climate-controlled, watertight, pest-free, and secure.
Donna, Diana, and James did give us some good news, too. Donna pronounced
our historic fire station very “stout,” and she was impressed by its good condition
in spite of the Puget Sound region’s tendency toward earthquakes. They also
appreciated the fact that the Historical Society is committed enough to collection
care that it has hired a full-time Collection Manager, particularly such a compe-
tent and conscientious one.
While we’re looking forward to their reports, we’re getting a jump-start on
conserving an important part of our collection. 4Culture, the King County agency
that provides culture grants with lodging tax money, recently awarded the
Museum funds for the historical reconstruction of our coal mine car in partner-
ship with the Northwest Railway Museum. The Railway Museum has a new
state-of-the-art conservation facility in Snoqualmie as well as a cadre of volun-
teers experienced in rail car restoration. The project will get underway in late
January—watch our City of Renton website for updates about its progress!
Here’s wishing you and your family a Happy Holiday season, and a New Year
full of history!
Renton Museum Report
By Elizabeth P. Stewart
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Our Favorite Renton Santas continued from page 1
After some years teaching at the Campbell Hill School and then the Henry Ford School, Lewis found a way to incorporate
show business into his teaching career. The state of Washington decreed that school districts would develop audiovisual
departments to bring movie projectors, filmstrips, and record players into classrooms. Superintendent Oliver Hazen knew
that Lewis had taken courses in audiovisual materials at the University of Washington, so he tapped Lewis to become
director of the school district’s Instructional Materials Department. He held that position for 25 years.5
Sometime in the 1940s, Lewis Argano began playing Santa Claus annually at the Renton Hardware store, taking photo-
graphs with children as they made their under-the-tree requests. By this time, he was also involved with Kiwanis and the
Renton Rotary Club, as well as the Knights of Columbus, and he managed to bring his dramatic talents to all these organi-
zations, in and out of a Santa suit.6
Santa was spread pretty thin in Renton in the 1940s and 1950s, as local stores and businesses competed to convince
parents that they didn’t have to travel to Seattle to see the real thing. In 1945 Santa was so busy around town that the
Chamber of Commerce had to develop a schedule for him, and Renton Rotary, Kiwanis, the Lions Club, the Chamber—
including Lewis Argano—and the Recreation Council put together a welcoming committee. “Old St. Nick will take
advantage of the end of gasoline rationing,” the Renton Chronicle reported, “to travel in his big bus which is of a size to
hold many goodies.”7 Santa later told Mrs. Claus that he’d visited over 4000 children in the Renton area, making stops at
schools, community centers, the hospital, and even the Briscoe Memorial School for Boys. Santa finished his four-day
sojourn in the Renton area with a stop in downtown on Christmas eve that year.8
Above: Kiwanis Vaudeville Show, 1939. Lewis Argano (standing at center) was the director of “Kiwanis Karnival Kapers.”
(#1966.044.0434)
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Parents, merchants, and newspaper publishers were understandably tight-lipped about Santa’s real identity, but Lewis
Argano’s daughter, Kathy Argano McKnight, remembers that Renton Hardware Store owner George Dobson asked her
father to take over the role when the previous Santa promised more than one child’s parents could deliver. Superintendent
Hazen OK’ed Mr. Argano’s temporary role, and Lewis took up his station in a big chair in the hardware store window for
many years. His daughter recalls that he took great pleasure in getting his padded stomach and rosy cheeks just right for
the part. He brought unique talents to the role, too. One year a little girl sat on his lap and didn’t say a word when Santa
asked her what she wanted for Christmas. Her mother told Santa that the child had just arrived from Italy and couldn’t
speak a word of English. Imagine their surprise when Santa asked her again, in Italian this time, what he could bring her!9
Above:Lewis Argano as Santa.
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Our Favorite Renton Santas from page 5
As everyone who was ever a kid knows, it takes many Santas to make the holidays bright. With his love for children and
his childhood memories of a harder time, Lewis Argano
brought a special enthusiasm and wonder to the part,
and certainly brightened the season for many a family.
Do you have a favorite Renton Santa? Please
donate your photos and stories to the Renton
History Museum, and we’ll feature them next year
in the December newsletter.
1 See Steve Anderson, “Arrivederci Italia! Guiseppi e’ Rosaria Argano Arrivano in America,” Renton
Historical Society & Museum Quarterly, November 1999, p.1+. Lewis Argano also remembered
the trip in an oral history in the Museum’s collection, taken 3 April 1986.
2 Lewis Argano, “I was Only Nine…,” unpublished essay, n.d. (“Lewis Argano” vertical file, Renton
History Museum); Author’s telephone conversation with Kathy Argano McKnight, 21
November 2007.
3 Anderson, “Arrivederci Italia”; Argano Oral History.
4 Argano Oral History, p. 15.
5 Argano Oral History, p. 19.
6 Dean A. Radford, “Residents Share Memories of City’s Centennial,” South County Journal, 29
August, 2001, p.A9.
7 “Santa Claus Is Coming,” Renton Chronicle, 6 December 1945, p.1.
8 Santa’s itinerary was published in “Welcome Santa Claus,” Renton Chronicle, 20 December 1945,
p.1. Santa wrote an open letter to Mrs. Claus in “Merry Christmas To All And To All A Good
Night,” Renton Chronicle, 27 December 1945, p. 1.
9 Author’s telephone conversation with Kathy Argano McKnight, 26 November 2007.
Right: Santa Lewis put a lot of time and effort into his
Chritsmas identity. (Courtesy of Kathy Argano McKnight)
Above: Kathy Argano and her firend visit Santa, 1951.
(Courtesy of Kathy Argano McKnight)
Above: The Arganos’ Christmas card, ca.
1954. (Courtesy of Kathy Argano McKnight)
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From the Collections Department…
By: Sarah Iles, Collection Manager
As I have been getting to know
our collection over the past year
and a half, I have come across
many photos of dogs. I have
always been a dog-lover and
have really enjoyed looking at
these photographs. After
compiling a list of several, I
decided to share these with
everyone and include them in the
newsletter. Enjoy!
Dogs were first domesticated around 15,000 years ago
and were probably the first animal domesticated by
humans. Their functions as domesticated animals occupy a
great range and include: guards, herders, hunters, rescuers, sled pullers, and
simply, companions. Since mankind’s early associations with the dog, the dog
has cemented its relationship with humans as “man’s best friend.”
The people who came west and settled in Renton in the early days of Washing-
ton Territory were no exception. Many of the early family photographs in our
collection have dogs seated along with the family, sometimes in a place of
honor. Photo-
graphs were not
commonplace at
that time and the
fact that people
included their
dogs in the family
portraits shows
how important
and loved they
were.
Above: Ada (Smithers) Thorne and family
playing croquet outside their home on
3rd Avenue, ca 1891. The dog is lying in
the middle of the croquet course. (RHM#
1995.077.4117)
Above: Unknown child and dog, ca 1885. Child could possibly
be a member of the Custer family. (RHM# 2000.127.8940)
Above: John and Janet Faull family, 1910.
The dog’s name was Toby. The youngest
daughter, Viola, would dress him up in her
doll clothes and push him around in her
baby buggy. (RHM# 41.4201)
Above: Victor Parker and his dog Mack, 1896. Victor
was a grandson of two Renton pioneers, Captain Robert
Brown and David Parker. (RHM# 1969.002.0276)
Above: Jack Stewart, R.C. Roberts, George Evans, Andy Stewart and Jim
Evans, 1894. The hunting party is accompanied by four dogs, two of
which appear to be hound dogs. (RHM# 1989.062.1656)
Volunteer Report
By Dorota Rahn, Volunteer and Education Coordinator
We are about to finish our Fall 2007 Speaker
Program. In October the museum hosted a very
informative and interesting presentation by Roger
Fernandes about traditional Salish art. Roger also
shared with the audience stories and myths of the
First People. In November Peter J. Fromm talked
about human interactions with whales and showed
us many slides documenting those encounters. It
was a very enlightening presentation proving how
little humans know about whales. Karen Haas
attracted a small crowd portraying Mrs. Calvin
Adams, the gossipy wife of a St. Louis tavern
keeper. She shared the latest stories after Lewis and Clark’s Corp of Discovery
returned safely to St. Louis in September of 1806.
In October the museum started offering free tours at 11:00 a.m. on the third
Saturday of every month. These tours are appropriate for elementary students
through adults. Please encourage your family members and friends to come for
a tour. The museum has updated the coal mining display and, in addition, the
colorful Roxy Theater sign complements the rest of the exhibits. Many
Rentonians remember going to the Roxy between 1930s and 2001. Some of
them had their first dates there that ended in later marriages.
Two new volunteers joined our team of 49. Amy Jung S. Lee previously
volunteered at the Food Bank and as president of the Women’s Association at
St. Andrews Catholic Church. She has already started greeting visitors at the
museum and will attend docent training to become a tour guide. Sean Greene
has been an intern at Wal-Mart, Salvation Army, and Valley Medical Center. He
is currently developing key word indexes to oral history transcripts in the
museum’s collection. His work will allow future researchers to access oral
information about different topics. WELCOME ABOARD!!!
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Gayle & Warren Jones
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Robert O’Donnell
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Rachel Thomas
Renton History Museum
235 Mill Avenue South
Renton, WA 98057
Nonprofit Org
US Postage PaidRenton, WA
Permit No. 105
In Hindsight...
Cover of the December 1954 Boeing
Magazine. Photographer Vern Manion
had a tough time getting Spruggins
the bulldog to pose. (#2006.033.009)