Theresa Brickley was born around 1928 and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Brickley’s first chance at having a dance career was disrupted when World War II started when she was 16 years old. She immigrated to the United States with her American husband in 1951. After moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from Seattle, Washington, Brickley met Elizabeth Burkey in the Sun City Dance Company. They became best friends and performed together in various hotels all over Las Vegas, including the Sahara, Rio, and Mirage.
Melanie Greenberg was born June 24, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri. She came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 with her daughter Sari and husband Gene Greenberg. She is an active member of Temple Beth Sholom, the Jewish Federation’s Young Leadership and Women’s programs, organizer of Hebrew High, coordinator of L’Dor V’Dor activities for seniors, and served as Executive Director of Hillel from 1996 – 2003.
Helen Daseler was born in Denver, Colorado. She moved to Southern California and attended University High School in Los Angeles. She went to college at George Washington University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She married Jack E. Daseler who was serving in the US Navy. The couple moved to Europe later and he worked as a teaching principal. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1961 and founded the Las Vegas Day School. Helen taught kidnergarten at the school for 39 years.
Jacqueline “Jaki” Baskow was born in 1951 and grew up Jewish in Camden, New Jersey where her father was a murder victim; her tenacious effort to find the perpetrator included the help of celebrity detective Joe Schillaci. She has worked with a colorful array of A-list entertainers and events in her successful business, Baskow and Associates. She came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976. For over forty years she has worked in celebrity talents brokering, planning events, and in production services.
Robert "Bob" James Agonia was born August 3, 1938 on a migrant camp in Garden Grove, California. Agonia served in the Peace Corps in El Salvador. He later worked for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Agonia worked as Chief Contractor and for Human Resources at the Nevada Test Site Department of Energy.
Johnie Beatrice Sparkman Wright was born on June 8, 1939 in McNary, Arizona. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. Johnie is a retired nurse's aide who received her training at Rose De Lima Hospital in 1968. As a native Las Vegan she recalls stories of her youth: Brownies, dancing at Silver Slipper and not being allowed on Jackson Street. She remembers moving to Berkley Square in 1959 and what it was like to live there.
Lucille Wilson was born to Emma Fineel and Thomas H. Wilson in Verona, Missouri on January 13, 1913. She spent most of her young life in Illinois. She worked as a teacher and married John S. Wright in 1939. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 when he got a job at Nevada Southern University, now known as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The couple had three children. Lucille passed away on November 19, 2001 in Las Vegas.
Martin Arthur Sherman was born on September 6, 1932 to Alonzo and Gerda Sherman in Wichita, Kansas. He married Barbara Smith and the couple had four children. The family moved to southern Nevada in 1957. Sherman was a lieutenant with the Henderson Police Department. He and Barbara divorced in 1972 and he married Patricia Rae. After leaving the police department, he owned a locksmith shop and later worked as a propety manager. He was an active member of the Lions Club. He retired to Cedar City, Utah where he died on April 24, 2016.
Quenton Gale Perkins was born to Ruby Hunt and Dale B. Perkins on November 28, 1937 in Logandale, Nevada. He grew up in Overton and graduated from Moapa Valley High School. After his marriage to Gwyn Clough,the couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Quent worked as an engine operator for the Las Vegas Fire Department and they owned Perkins Feed and Western Goods. After retirement, they moved to Arizona, before moving to Dry Lake, Nevada. He passed away in 2000.
Kay Alice Rodriguez lived in Las Vegas, Nevada and owned a real estate business, Bark Kay Realty. She was born April 28, 1936 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959 to get a divorce. After her divorce, she returned to South Dakota, but moved back to Las Vegas shortly after. She worked as a waitress at the Riviera and the Dunes. She later began working in real estate and raised her children. She passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 20, 2014.