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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
6
El Patio openair theater offers two evening showings today and tomorrow at 7 and 9 pm featuring the widely discussed Love Life lecture picture. The program covers sex education plainly with dedicated performances for women and men and a stage Q and A on sexuality.
Mr and Mrs V Orton formerly of Las Vegas now in Los Angeles stop here en route to Parowan Utah for a two week vacation and will return briefly. Bob Ferguson, ex Las Vegas resident, arrived yesterday and speaks of Vegas growth and old friends passed. Mrs D G Lorenzi recovering in LDS hospital Salt Lake City plans to stay another week before returning to Las Vegas. Mr and Mrs C C Boyer and Alice Doherty head to Reno where Alice enters the university. Boyers plan about ten days in northern Nevada. John Beville to visit Los Angeles September 1 and 2. Fred Flotho also plans a Labor Day trip to California. C E Pembroke and son Jack motor to Balboa for a week of fishing. Glen Jarrett will vacation in Southern California. Nila Kay to spend Labor Day in LA with Mrs. Lloyd Searcy. Mrs La Mar Foremaster leaves for Salt Lake City for about a month.
The sixth annual Nevada vocational teachers conference is held in the University of Nevada Reno agricultural building for ten days. Agriculture leader Ray Fife of Ohio will speak, with Idaho’s Dorothy Ellis presiding over home economics and Arizona’s G S Sanders heading the industrial group. Local Clark County representatives from Las Vegas, Overton, and Bunkerville attend alongside others from valley schools focusing on agriculture, industry, and home economics for the coming year.
New York Aug 21 A sweeping sale transferred United Cigar Stores into a syndicate led by George K Morrow in a transaction described as one of the nation’s largest financial deals. The $100,000,000 purchase price marks a landmark change in control of the chain.
Mr and Mrs C P Squires marked their fortieth anniversary with a dinner in Las Vegas. The couple previously lived in Seattle Redlands San Bernardino and Los Angeles before moving to Las Vegas in 1905 and 1906. They shared the occasion with relatives and friends including James Squires Russell Squires and John Doherty.
Cedar City Utah hosts a three day American Legion Rodeo August 29 to 31 with horse racing as the main feature. G R Parry chairs a strong committee. stalls attract entrants from Delta Panguitch Richfield Pleasant Grove Parowan. The event promises record interest with bucking horse contests and a star wrestling fight card led by Ira Dern and Herbert Milne. Proceeds fund a sinking fund for a future club house. A thirty six page program is mailed to box-holders in Garfield Kane Washington Iron counties. If missed contact the committee.
J C Wittner, extension agent, forecasts stocking 8000 fish from Utah government hatcheries in Eagle and Spring valleys. Senator Oddie presses for assured funding. Government survey of Spring Valley streams to test federal hatchery feasibility promised this week to Lincoln County Farm Bureau president James Hollinger and Samuel Hollinger of Uvcine during a visit to Springville hatcheries and Ford hatchery in Richfield. The streams lie in Lincoln county.
Laurel Richhart a Las Vegas youth plans to attend the University of Nevada as a freshman this year. She graduated from high school in 1928 and has been working at Rihimaier's fountain in El Portal building. Mrs J Warren Woodard shows marked improvement after hospital admission in Los Angeles. The husband expects her return home by week’s end if recovery continues.
Hollywood journalist George H Beale outlines Charles Gay and his wife building a lion farm funded by film work and publicity Numa the 16 year old star earned about 70000 over eight years, now Gay keeps 200 lions and a farm valued at 300000 with plans to supply circus and zoo needs nationwide Numa starred with Chaplin Swanson Banky Murray and others in major films and remains a top comedic draw Numa began in Mack Sennett comedies.
C B Clark of Appleton Missouri arrives in Las Vegas with Mrs Clark and four children to see his nephew George Goodwin after a 19 year gap. The family toured Yellowstone and Eugene Oregon then followed the coast to Los Angeles before driving to Las Vegas for a three week, 4750 mile trip. Mona Kay departs Friday for Reno to enroll at the University of Nevada for the year.
A thirteen foot cornstalk on display near the Chamber of Commerce second floor Delkin bid shows a stalk from Stewart Ranch, grown by Virgil Bean. The tall stalk, with two ears, was brought into town yesterday by automobile by E C Alsop, nearly reaching the hall.
The private library of Ed Smith, deceased, willed to his Kansas nephew, has been given to the Las Vegas public library and will be placed there soon. Frank Stevens said the gift letter was received, noting Smith served ten years on the local library board. The $1,000 bequest will go to the library once the $1,000 pledged by citizens is collected.
In Munich on August 21, women in short sleeveless dresses are barred from meetings and social affairs of the Catholic Apprentices Federation to support Bavarian church officials’ campaign against scant attire.
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