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Gavrin, David
David Gavrin, a former teacher, has been an on and off resident of Las Vegas since 1974 until he moved permanently to the town in 2003. He and his wife, Rosa, a former CPA, were from New York and were members of Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn New York. When they moved to Las Vegas they purchased a house near Midbar Kodesh Temple and have been active members ever since with David serving as the Men's Club President.
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Tucker, Samuel A.
Sam Tucker was a Las Vegas, Nevada casino executive and former bootlegger. He was an associate of Moe Dalitz in the Prohibition-era liquor trade in Cleveland before moving to Las Vegas in the late 1940s to invest in the Desert Inn with Dalitz and others. Tucker served as chair of the United Jewish Appeal in Las Vegas from 1953 to 1956.
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Dalitz, Moe. Interview, 1977-1978. OH-02067. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Holloway, Simeon
Simeon Holloway was born in Gary, Indiana on December 15, 1920. He worked at a steel mill, and then enlisted in the US Navy at the outbreak of World War II. During his time in the Navy, he was chosen for the Navy's first allblack band, the B-1s, the existence of which was denied for decades. Forty years later the members would receive honorary music degrees. After the Navy, he was an actor in Los Angeles, California from the 1970s to 1985. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985 and has been a successful investor in Las Vegas residential properties.
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Ravetti, Joanne, 1947-
Joanne Ravetti was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Her family then moved to Pittsburgh. Jan has three sisters and an older brother; she is the second youngest child. Her parents owned a bar in Pittsburg, they also managed a hotel. Jan's family moved to Las Vegas on the request of her uncle who invited the family to move to Las Vegas so he could assist them financially.They arrived on August 12th 1963. Her family moved into the Paradise Palm area.
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Hicks, Harriet (Harriet Thorton), 1913-
Harriet Thornton Hicks was born June 8, 1913 in Parowan, Utah; the thirteenth child of 14. In 1931, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to join two older sisters who had relocated there. She was picked up at the train by young Charles Hicks, who was a friend of her sisters. Charles had a car and offered to provide transportation. Within three years, the two were married. Hicks quit her drug store job to raise a family and he worked for the railroad, the only business at the time in Las Vegas.
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Barnett, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann Barnett was born July 24, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Ralph Eugene Goodman and Katherine Cynthia Pendergrass. Barnett moved to Nevada in 1959. When she first moved to Nevada she worked as an accountant for a small business. Afterwards she became a licensed practical nurse and worked at Rose de Lima Hospital in the psychiatric unit. Barnett came to Nevada with her husband William Barnett the two divorced in 1961. Barnett gave birth to her sone in September of 1963.
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