Nevada Music Festival Awarded to Las Vegas
The fifth annual Nevada state music festival for 1938 was awarded to Las Vegas after a Winnemucca conference that drew over 1800 students and teachers. Adjudicators Emory Epperson and Adolph Otterstein rated performances to improve participants, not prize outcomes. The letter from Mrs. C P Squires praised Vegas entrants and noted standout performers Eleanor Paulus, Miriam Burwell, Audrey Paulus, and Evelyn Jones.
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Las Vegas
Lewis E. Rowe
Nevada
Winnemucca
Emory G. Epperson
Salt Lake City
Adolph W. Otterstein
San Jose State College
Hubbard
C. P. Squires
Herbert A. Squires
Vegas
Herbert
Audrey
Eleanor Paulus
Miriam Burwell
Audrey Paulus
Evelyn Jones
Mother's Heroic Rescue Of Son In Nevada Mine
In Good Springs Nevada Ernest Pack and his mother Annie Davis, with friend Chuck Sackler, explored the Clementina mine tunnel 400 feet long. A gas pocket felled Ernest gasping. Chuck climbed 150 feet, reached a platform, sent for air and help, while Mrs Davis waited above in darkness peering for light as her son collapsed mid shaft.
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Nevada
Clementina
Chiquita
Ernest Pack
Annie Davis
Goodsprings
Clementia
Ernest
Charles
Chuck) Sackler
Chuck
Helldorado Parade Details Planned by Fred O'Donnell Committee
Helldorado officials led by Fred O Donnell prepare events for the Helldorado Rodeo starting May 18. Jim Cashman leads the parade featuring Death Valley Scotty and A M Johnson with a stage coach and pack train. The procession forms on South Main and moves at 6 30 p m from Fremont to Helldorado Village at Sixth and Fremont, with no motor vehicles allowed.
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Fred O'Donnell
Jim Cashman
Death Valley Scotty
A. M. Johnson
South Main Street
Fremont Street
Helldorado Village
Sixth and
Fremont
Shriners Plan Meadows Party for May 17
Boulder-Vegas Shrine Club schedules a dinner and exclusive event at The Meadows on Monday May 17 for Masons, Shriners, and their ladies. Tickets are 1.50. Elmer Mikkelsen chairs arrangements, with Mike Silver and Paul Webb on the committee. President H. P. Marble urges full attendance and fez wearers ready to respond to duty.
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Boulder-Vegas
Chiquita Mine Expands Output At Goodsprings Site
The Age reports rapid progress at the Chiquita mine eleven miles west of Goodsprings. Manager James Maxfield and Supt. James J. Smith oversee boosting ore production to about 100 tons daily with an average value of ten dollars per ton. Underground workings extend 1500 feet, surface operations cover about a mile, and a hilltop head frame signals a thriving, modern milling complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiquita
James Maxfield
James J. Smith
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Helldorado
Old West
Shriners Plan
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