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McCants, Barbara
Debutante escort: Benny Thrower
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Set of photographs including KTOO, Elder Trent at KTOO, Ray Blanks at Juvenile Home, Mullin at Doolittle, Scout meeting at Matt Kelly, ballet at Highland, Jo Mackey at Colonel Franks, and marble game at Westside
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Archival Collection
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Photographer's notations: Sis Phyllis Jackson, Bob Mabery at KTOO, Elder Trent at KTOO, Ray Blanks at Juevenile Home, Mullin at Doolittle, Scout Meeting at Matt Kelley, Ballet at Highland, Jo Mackey at Col. Franks, Marble game at Westside. Some photos from this set were previously online with the digital ID pho022093.
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Lundy Bennett, Gwendolyn
second grade teacher at Kit Carson School and sponsor of the 1964 debutante ball
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Bennett, Marion D., Sr., 1933-2013
Marion D. Bennett, Sr. was born May 31, 1933 in Greenville, South Carolina to a family of eleven. He graduated from Sterling High School and went on to Morris Brown College. After graduating in 1957, he later matriculated at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia where he received a Master of Divinity in 1960. Reverend Bennett came to Las Vegas, Nevada on July 7, 1960 to be the pastor of the Zion United Methodist Church. Reverend Bennett fought hard to get the Equal Rights Commission established in Nevada.
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