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Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967
American film star and the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for best actor, Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was born in Milwaukee, Wisonsin on April 5, 1900 to Caroline Brown and John Edward Tracy. Tracy joined the United States Navy in 1918. Upon his discharge, he enrolled at Ripon Colle as a premed student. While attending Ripon, Tracy auditioned for and eared a part in a play, and quickly discovered his true calling, acting. He moved to New York, New York in 1922 in order to enroll at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Slavin, Hale Burgher, 1906-1965
Dr. Hale Burgher Slavin practiced medicine in Las Vegas, Nevada for more than thirty years between 1933, when he first arrived, until his death in 1965. During this time, he held a number of positions in the state's medical society while working in a large private practice.
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Saiger, Mort (Morton Saiger), 1903-1997
Morton "Mort" Saiger was born July 22, 1903, in Opatov, Poland. He fled Poland in 1920 three days before he was to be inducted into the army. Settling in Denver, Colorado with his father, he showed an early interest in show business, winning awards as a ballroom dancer, appearing in several silent films, and performing as a baritone in a 1939 Los Angeles, California production of Mozart's opera, "Bastien and Bastienne."
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Mobley, C. C. (Clio Cline), 1881-1985
C. C. (Clio Cline) Mobley was born in Greensberg, Indiana on February 9, 1888 to Lyman Mobley and
Nancy Doggett. Mobley married Bertha Pearl Dickey in 1903, and the new family moved soon after to
Riverside, California. Mobley's first daughter, Mary Miriam, was born in California in 1908. In 1911
Mobley moved his wife and family to the land in Las Vegas, Nevada that contained the Old Las Vegas
Mormon Fort and first swimming pool in Las Vegas. The family operated a dairy farm on the property,
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