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Bollig, Frank M., 1906-1987
Frank M. Bollig was born in December 10, 1906 in Kansas, Bollig relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in April of 1942. Bollig intended to move to California, but an older phramacist and friend convinced him to come to Nevada. At the time of his interview, Bollig owned a drug store at the Plaza Drug Store in Parkway Plaza Shopping Center located at Sahara and Maryland Parkway, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bollig was married in 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Bartolo, Karen (Karen Sarret), 1943-
Karen Sarret Bartolo moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from Reno at five years of age in 1948 with her family. Her father opened Sarret's Office Supply. Karen was a member of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, a dance team. She was baptized at 15 as a Mormon and graduated from Brigham Young University. Karen was an elementary school teacher in Sandy, Utah, and at several schools in Las Vegas.
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Nathan, Arte
Arte Nathan was born October 3, 1950 and was raised in Utica, New York. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987. His training in Human Resources helped him evolve the thinking in the casino industry to allow management and labor to work for the best interests of both. Educated at Cornell University, Nathan worked with Culinary Workers Union’s Jim Wilhelm to develop a profitable relationship that served the casino owner and the people who maintained the cleanliness of the property.
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James, Audrey, 1914-
Audrey James was born July 13, 1914 in Columbia, Mississippi. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952 and over the course of her decades in Las Vegas, she has worked as an elementary school teacher. James has always been an active church member and continues to be involved in food bank operations to feed the poor. She has traveled the world and spearheaded a book drive to benefit children in the African countries she has visited.
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Coleman, Rachel Lee, 1936-
Rachel Coleman was born in in Fayette, Mississippi. Rachel came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1957 from Vicksburg, Mississippi, with her husband and young son. She advanced from her position as glass washer at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino to executive housekeeper at the Hacienda Hotel and Casino in 1969. Rachel became a representative for the Culinary Union 226 in 1973, then became department head of the union in 1981, and finally ran for union president in 1987.
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Martin, Donna Giuffe, 1944-
Donna Giuffre-Martin was born November 17, 1944 in Frankfort, Indiana. Her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952 as her dad quickly became a radio and television personality. She graduated from Rancho High School in 1962 and worked for various educational organizations that furthered women’s education. She married her husband, George, on March 12, 1988. They both of them spent many hours volunteering with the homeless.
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Taylor, D. R.
D. Taylor grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia. He graduated from Georgetown University. As a new college graduate, Taylor headed west to Lake Tahoe, Nevada where he was hired in 1981 by the Culinary Union to organize workers and oversee an eleven-and-a-half-month strike. The Culinary Union then sent him to organize in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984.
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Ostler Stout-Hall, Margaret
Margaret Ostler Stout-Hall moved to Las Vegas in 1951, when she was twelve and her father bought Las Vegas's Seven-Up Bottling Company. She grew up in Rancho Circle and went to Las Vegas high School, where she became a Rhythmette. Margaret went to work doing scheduling for Senator Harry Reid after she lost her husband and sons in an airplane accident.
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Jackson Ferguson, Edna
Edna Jackson-Ferguson was born October 15, 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas. She married her husband, who worked on the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, on May 17, 1923 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before moving permanently to Las Vegas, Jackson-Ferguson was a teacher in Idaho. On July 1, 1930, the Jackson family made their way to Nevada, but they weren’t able to move to Boulder City until a year later after the town was built.
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Block, Arthur
Arthur Block was born on July 12, 1924 in Reno, Nevada. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He married Edith Block in 1946. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968. He had a career in law enforcement and also worked at Summa Corporation as security after retiring from law enforcement. He passed away on January 27, 2011.
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