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Coons, David, 1939-1989
Radio reporter and Nevada history enthusiast David Coons was born on September 25, 1939 in Lebanon, Indiana, but he spent most of his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1958 before studying broadcasting in Los Angeles, California. Coons, a longtime member of the Nevada Historical Society, was especially interested in railroads, and he collected memorabilia and ephemera from railroads in the American Southwest. Coons died in 1983 in Las Vegas.
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Costa, Tony
Entertainer and song writer Anthony (Tony) Costa was born March 25, 1920 in Manhattan, New York. He started taking piano lessons at age eight and attended the famed Julliard School of Music. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in music at the Manhattan School of Music. By the time World War II began, Costa was a concert pianist. He joined the Air Force and served in the medical corps in Africa.
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Franchini, Anthony J., 1898-1997
Musician, arranger, conductor, and composer Anthony J. Franchini was born on August 2, 1898 in Naples, Italy and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was five years old. With only an 8th grade education, he worked as a music teacher in Massachusetts until he enlisted in the Army during the first World War. When he was discharged, he went to New York City, New York to pursue a career in music.
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Frehner, Beulah Conger, 1911-1985
Beulah LaVon Conger Frehner was born in 1911 in Nevada. She married Merle Frehner in 1930 in Utah. Beulah Frehner died in 1985.
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Friedman, William
Bill Friedman taught the course “Casino Operations and Management” at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s College of Hotel Administration from 1970 to 1979. He also managed two Las Vegas strip casinos: Castaways Hotel and Casino and the Silver Slipper Casino. Source: Friedman, Bill. “About the Author Section 1.” Billfriedmanauthor.com. https://www.billfriedmanauthor.com/author-and-research/ (accessed October 26, 2017).
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Atkinson, Connie
Musical arranger and bass player Connie (Condit) Atkinson was born New Jersey in 1929. During his high school years he played in various dance bands all over New Jersey. During his four years at South Eastern College he played in small groups and big bands in the state of Louisana. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1970s and worked in several hotel house bands and with small musical groups. He retired to Florida in 1981 and passed away in 2009 in Del Rey Beach, Florida.
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Ashbaugh, Don, 1898-1961
"Don Ashbaugh served in both World War I and World War II as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes and as editor of an airbase newspaper. And in between he graduated from the University of Southern California in 1927 and worked on newspapers from Manila to Paris, including nine years in Los Angeles, first with the Los Angeles County News and then with the Los Angeles Times.
In 1934 he joined the publicity department of Paramount Pictures. When World War II broke out in 1941, he joined the army.
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