Letter refers to Las Vegas Land and Water Company map, referenced below, showing proposed earthen dam near the Old Mormon Fort. Letter includes estimated construction costs. Mr. Adamson, Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, advised against the spending of company money on the project.
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Taken at Doolittle Rec Center, includes (L-R) Bobby McRoy, Lovell Gaines and Wendell Williams after a softball game.
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Jean S. Childs was born in Spokqne, Washington on April 30, 1946. Childs moved to Las Vegas with her family in 1962 and attended Ranch High School, along with her twin brother and younger sister. After a brief move back to California, Childs returned to Las Vegas and attended UNLV. After graduation she began work with the Economic Opportunity Board, which administered the Head Start program. She worked at Head Start for twenty-six years starting in 1972. She was also Regional Head Start Director and worked as a private consultant.
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Daryl Morris, born July 18, 1961 in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is one of three sons born to Paula and Bobby Morris. His day job was in insurance, but his great love was for acting. He was smitten at the age of 11 and took acting lessons as a youngster, and later studied with actor Jeff Goldblum. He had an impressive list of films in which he has appeared, including the opening scene of Mall Cop 2. He enjoyed voice-over acting and teaching acting classes. He served in the Navy and attended UNLV.
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Rabbi Shea Harlig (1965- ) founded Chabad of Southern Nevada in 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chabad of Southern Nevada is a branch of Chabad-Lubavitch, a worldwide Orthodox Jewish outreach organization. Rabbi Harlig previously lived in Brooklyn, New York, where he was born, raised, educated, and ordained.
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Gertrude "Gee Gee" Greenblatt (1915-1981) was a hospitality manager at several Strip hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. She moved to Las Vegas with her husband in 1953 and worked as a waitress in the showroom of the Sahara Hotel for a year and five months. After leaving the Sahara, Greenblatt held several different positions, including head waitress at the Silver Slipper dining room, hostess at the Westerner Club, and manager of the Sands Hotel coffee shop.
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Barbara Kaufman (née Raben) was born on August 01, 1941 to Hymen Raben and Harriet Goodman. She married Bernard Kaufman on March 26, 1961. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968. Barbara and Bernard have two children together, Carrie and Andrew Kaufman. Barbara focused herself on raising their children, Carrie and Andrew, and once the children were in their teens, she went to work for her brother as a bookkeeper. Barbara, as of October 27, 2014, is still a bookeeper.
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Joni Fried was born November 09, 1955 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her parents, Milton and Esther Fried, owned Freed’s Bakery. She grew up in Paradise Palms and became one of the third-generation owners of her parents’ bakery.
Joni is married to Fred Jones. They have two children: Matthew Scott Eichenfield and Sarah Charlotte O'Briant-Fried.
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