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ii j2 Las Vegas Review-Journal Monday, December 15, 1952 aradise Pool Honors Valley Glistening in the sun like a diamond on green velvet, Paradise pool, at the new Sands is named after Paradise valley, lying to the east. The swimming^ pool, designed in a meandering contour, is located between the main building of the Sands and the five hotel - room structures,. and is a place in the "syn" for those seeking the pleasure of swimming and sunbathing. Conveniently placed around the pool are comfortable deck chairs for loungers. The pool itself holds 143,000 cubic feet of water, making it one of the largest pools in this area. Two diving boards, both located at the west end of the pool, are of latest design. Surrounding Paradise pool are part of the grounds that make a perfect setting for the swimming pool. Water in the pool is kept at a comfortable temperature, circulated and treated so that it is always pure and healthful. Paradise pool Will be dedicated Wednesday afternoon by a vivacious aquatic star, and Fernando Lamas, movie star and former Olympic swimmer. GLISTENING WATERS ?╟÷ Paradise pool, named after Paradise valley, is one of the most attractive pools to be found to this area. The pool contains 143,000 cable feet of treated water, to LOVELIES ?╟÷ All the beauty at the Sands is not in its architecture, nor on the Copa Girls lin Here are just a few of the pretty cocktail waitresses being certified for employment by B| Manager Matt Howard. that here was the proper place for new luxury equipment with which to serve the public. I And so the Sands was born. . If the ghost of Dr. Roy W. Martin,. jjhdic tcet V1 ?╜v?╜?╟÷ . Ipie. Of the pioneers G^this sectionj^assure comfort and health, and I ever roams the areabetween Chjurf will be dedicated Wednesday af' jleston Boulevargrand seven jp^es ternoon by the noted aquatic star, US ,./r.nntintftfrl p??n Paee *Vf I Esther Williams.?╟÷ / ^ .. . soutn, W^s an even b^T that the I scintiUating smile, sJHEamiliar to I the old timers of the section, is indelibly imprinted,on, his radiant physiognomy. ~H$?║M For Dr. Martin ?╟≤dreamed -f$. tfcjs Las Vegas town as one which would take its place -.swith the famous [recreation spas of the nation, and j ahnost gave his life to see that the dream came truo?╜^H^^; I He did live, however, to see a I portion of his vision realized, because be was almost a constant visitor atJboth'El Rancho and Last I Frontier, and, whethef| he realized lit, Wl" not- beenhfor him, Las Vegas still might have been struggling along withvft.couple or three commercial hotels,-anasunknown as [the desert spa it fifes how become. Spend Thousands To Meet Opening To meet its opening dat?╜^8% world's newest resort, is s&en&N ,ing $15,000 a day in overthttfrmyi to some 115 workmen. With skilled labor athju^pem- ium in the desert arealf top- wages i and overtime pay boasted the total' cost of constructing the 200- room showplace to $5,550,000. Sands Opening (Continued from Page 3) man. He had an idea and he was going to see it carried through. So he broke ground just about a week before the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. That,ithe residents of this area thought, was the end. With the war on, there wasn't a possibility that the project could be finished. They didn't know Rgfo. Griffith. The Texas - Oklahoma tycoon nevsr 'batted anJm$. He had his material and went right along building his hotel,- It opened a couple of years later and has been an outstanding success ever since. There was jsbmething of a lull in hotel operation for a time, but, at the height of the war there came talk of another hotel in Las Vegas, but there wasn't any hope, so far as the local residents werecon- cerned, that an establishment of this type could be constructed. ;*?;H6wever, up popped Benny Sie- gel, and with approval of the war production board, ground was broken for the fabulous Flamingo. The plans and specifications practically floored the chamber of commerce when they were laid before that group, and the officers and directors of the civic organization went 1100 per cent behind the project. The j builders needed that co-operation, because all through the construction the Flamingo operators were plagued by WPB agents who could not understand why such elaborate facilities were needed during war time. When it was completed, they found out. It became the headquarters for the WPB and most of the other federal bureau officials who came to Las Vegas and it proved to be a boon to the officials who were forced to come here on government business. After the war, Marion Hicks, who | had constructed El Cortez hotel at Sixth and Fremont many years before, became imbued with the idea jthat what this town needed was another resort hotel. So he joined I forces with Clifford A. Jones, of Las Vegas, and some southern Cal- ifornjaLca^talists to dream upJha home?╜*?muriderbird hotel. - \'':W^k.s^!m his associates- were convinced that Las Vegas would need a new luxury hotel, now that [the war was over, despite the fact that the moss-backs ofs the area were equally as convinced that the project would- flop. They went ahead with their hotel, and another star was added to the fast growing "crown" along the glamor "strip" section of Las Vegas Years before the Hicks pro Wilbur Clark had dreams of r hotel but never seemd to bele i to secure the right operators!v the propei financing to go thr with the project. He built art quit, then he resumed again,! to quit again, and the resided Las Vegas were convinced tha hostelry never would be con 2f Las Vegas Re view-Journal Monday, December 15, 1952 However, Clark, a rather df and determined individual, 1 I gave up and, as a result, the; ert Inn was added to the accol dations for Las Vegas. Milton Prell was the next t bitten by the resort hotel and, about two years ago st remodeling his Bingo club u| tel proportions. That esti ment was opened to the publics last falLrafeK, % _ , J Now, it is; the Sands. Jake I man, a Texas racing tyeeon, ihad been coming to Las Ve?║?║ several years, got the yen to> here and he decided that Li gas was on the up-grade axl for another resort hotel. I LaRue's restaurant hadj| its doors a couple of yeaM I viously and Freedman got th Formfipverfon Resident Heads Special Officers A scion-of one of the oldest and largest pioneer families in southern Nevada* B. W. '*Bev"" Perkins, 40, heads the SandS security detail,. J BorMl^iSOverton, Jftigrins was graduated from Moapa valley high school at- Qverton'and prepared for poli^wSrk by attending and completing courses at the army criminal- investigations division schools | at Fort Custer, Michigan, and) Cairo, Egypt* ':aJ|?║|| | At^"esent, Perkins is completing */ft..j, business administration course: With International Correspondence school. During the war yea'rs, Perkins serveojflQj#ionths as criminal investigators and inte^^nce agent for thfe army, 35 motlhs "of which were-s^^Pip, the mi^dle^ east. Perkins linekhls wife* the former EileeW< Gojppld," at Port Said, Egypt,. whBS*$erving in the African middlfc. east theater. The, Perkins have two children^ ages 7 and 3. He has held-a?.'deputy sheriff's commission in Clark county since 1938 Jgf!, for three years * was special or&cer^Tat Railroad Pass Cas- |ino. &J||h| Other police and investigation as- sife-ment^'^tii'^evada include one year as' ih^eStl|jttor for the office of pr^^dmipstration, three years as investigator and valuations consultant for; the -state tax commission, and two years as assistant chief of security at the Desert Inn. He is a member of the National Sheriff's association, Criminal Investigations Division, the American Legion and Veteran of Foreign wars. I CHEIJK- Leon Chauveau, recognized as one of the world's foremost che'fs, is shown inspecting j one of the many Ovens to be found in his kitchen at the new Sands. Chauveau formerly was ehef in some of New York City's finest nightclubs and is a native of Burgundy, France. His specialty is fine sauces, but is a master of all cooking. jjjgjl sSfro