John Francis Cahlan, a native Nevadan, worked as the editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He also worked to support education and preserve Nevada history, advocating for the establishment of the Nevada State Archives. He was born in Reno, Nevada in 1902, and attended the University of Nevada, earning a degree in journalism in 1926, and worked for the Nevada State Journal.
Collection Number: MS-00829 Collection Name: Patrick W. Carlton Papers on the Oral History of the Public School Principalship Project Box/Folder: Box 01
Mabel Dillingham was born in 1901. She married her husband, John, on September 22, 1931 and moved with him to Los Angeles, California before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1937. Dillingham became a secretary for the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at Fifth Street Grammar School. She was also very active in her son’s Boy Scouts troop. Dillingham passed away November 21, 1991.