Boulder City Legion Post to lay cornerstone for new building
Boulder City Post No. 31, the youngest and one of the largest in Nevada, will lay the cornerstone of its new building at Wyomin g and Avenue B Monday at 6:30 p m. Speakers include Walker Young and Frank Crowe. The Legion band will perform and attendance is expected to exceed a thousand. Six Companies will construct the building with about half the labor donated by Legion members and friends. A donor tablet will be hung.
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Boulder City Post
No. 31
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Avenue B
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Biggest Baby Boy Arrives at Las Vegas Maternity Home
Mrs. Julian 8 Smith returns home to Boulder City from the Las Vegas Maternity Home as the institution reports the largest baby boy born. Julian Jr weighed eleven pounds at birth. Mrs. Frank Buol of Johnnie, Nev. says she became mother of the largest girl baby last December 8, a 10 1/2 pound child.
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Smith
Boulder City
Las Vegas
Julian, Jr
Frank Buol
Johnnie, Nev
Campbell Rites To Be In South After Clubroom Completion
The body of Mr. Dan will be buried in Blackfoot after the building is completed. Rites will be held in the club rooms with a large clubroom for members and a smaller meeting room for the Ladies Auxiliary once the project is finished.
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Campbell
South
Dan
Ee Wedne Blackfoot
St Christopher Ceremony Held Today At New Episcopal Church
A 3 p m Sunday ceremony in Boulder City will mark the cornerstone laying of the new St Christopher's Episcopal Church at Arizona and Utah streets. Rt Rev Thomas Jenkins Bishop of Nevada will preside. Architect Paul Warner and contractor E E Buttermore lead a two story concrete and stucco building with a bell tower and social hall.
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St. Christopher’s
Arizona
Utah
Thomas Jenkins
Episcopal Church
Nevada
Paul Warner
E. E. Buttermore
Utah Street
Boulder City Churches Hold Sunday Services and Music Week
Boulder City churches plan a Mother’s Day program with Sunday school at Parks mortuary chapel at 10 a m and worship at 9 45 am Mrs Jackson will play the piano Parson Tom will discuss The Box That Changed a Home A 7 45 pm closing National Music Week public service features Clark Higgins and his Makers of Melody and performances by the Boulder City male and mixed quartets Parson Tom will briefly speak on When people just can’t sing.
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Professional Cards Boulder City Optical Co Ad
Boulder City Optical Co Frank Agasim Optonetrist Theatre Building offers eye examinations and glasses fittings with careful examination and precise fitting services.
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Boulder City
Boulder City Optical Co
Frank Agasim
Two Hurt In Auto Crash Near Williamsville
Oscar Williams age 24 and John Abercrombie age 27, both with Six Companies,were injured in a collision yesterday at 3 pm one half mile west of Williamsville. Williams and Abercrombie were in a Six Companies Ford flat bed truck. Holman Erickson and Brooks were also aboard and released after minor injuries. A light speed wagon supply truck owned by Anderson Brothers allegedly sideswiped the truck. its driver John Thrasher is held in technical custody during injury observation.
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John Abercrombie
Boulder City Hospital
Williamsville
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Arbercrombie
Jim Holman
Alvin Erickson
Carson Brooks
Ford
Anderson Brothers
Holman
Erickson
Brooks
John Thrasher
Williams Still in Las Vegas Hospital
Claude Williams, chief United States ranger from Boulder City, remains confined in Las Vegas hospital with wounds allegedly inflicted by Tom Phelan the downtown casino pouncer. Though not serious, there is risk of complications, and he will stay hospitalized until declared out of danger.
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United States
Boulder City
Las Vegas
Tom Phelan
Boulder City Society entertains in honor of Mrs Larson
Mrs W Pierce hosts a gathering at 631 California avenue for Mrs Mary Larson of Washington Utah and Mr and Mrs Karl Larson of St George Utah alongside Eldon Larson and family from Las Vegas. Eldon Larson teaches at Las Vegas High School. The Blowout Girls met at Verna Towler’s Saturday for games and refreshments with Dorotha Shields Fern Guinn Virginia Julian Lauretta Guinn and Verna Towler in attendance.
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W. Pierce
California
Verna Towler
Dortha Shields
Fern Guinn
Virginia Julian
Lauretta Guinn
Verna
Towler
Boulder City Post Boasts Snappiest Color Guard in Nevada
Nevada's youngest American Legion post, chartered April 14, claims the snappiest color guard in the department and vows to impress at the Las Vegas convention June 9 to 11. Boulder City Post 3 seeks top membership, challenging Reno’s Darrell Dunkle Post to lead in registrations. officers include Commander R. F. Skinner Adjutant H. C. Looze and Vice Commander H. B. Lawton. A free El Portal theater ticket awaits Mrs Vearl Leavitt at the box office today only.
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American Legion Department
Las Vegas
Nevada
Darrell Dunkle
Reno
R. F. Skinner
H. C. Looze
H. B. Lawton
Boulder Briefs: Local Moves and Visits
Mr and Mrs David Ponton plan to move from Boulder City to Las Vegas today for a temporary relocation. Mrs J W Pierce and Mrs Louis Foscerini were business visitors in Las Vegas Friday. Mrs Bert Dawes welcomed home from hospital and improving. Mrs Wanda White from Beaver Utah arrived in Boulder City Friday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Lamar Pierce. Parson Tom Stevenson attended the Kiwanis meeting in Las Vegas Thursday evening.
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Boulder City
Las Vegas
J. W. Pierce
Louis Foscerini
Bert Dawes
Las Vegas Hospital
Wanda White
Beaver, Utah
Lamar Pierce
Parson
Tom Stevenson
Kiwanis
Taxi driver attacked near Boulder City crash
An unnamed Las Vegas woman, a local taxi driver, and Boulder City resident Joe Thayer were involved in a crash on river road near the junction with Las Vegas Boulder City highway. Thayer allegedly struck the driver in the head with a crank or blunt object, causing the taxi to overturn. Both occupants suffered minor injuries and were treated. Thayer was arrested but released when the driver did not file charges. The woman is said to frequent the Purple Sage road house. Police will continue the investigation.
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Joe Thayer
Boulder City
River Road
Thayer
Learns of Her Father's Death in Bayard Neb
Mrs William ONeil reports the death of her father in Bayard Nebraska on April 27. En route to the bedside the ONeils faced a Wyoming storm and left their car for a train ride. Mr ONeil expected back in Boulder City soon. Mrs ONeil will stay with her mother. Family reunion plans include a trip to Moapa Valley and a supper at Warm Springs with relatives.
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Bayard
Neb
Lawrence Price
Moapa Valley
Warm Springs
Misses Prisley Host Lawn Party at Moapa Valley
The Misses Maude and Iola Prisley entertained with a lawn party at their home on Wednesday evening. State Deputy Supt. Ruth Olmsted, of Carson City, visits schools of educational district No. 1. Several locals and visitors including Donald L. Smith Glen Sutton from Long Beach Calif visit their mother Mrs. Mabel Smith. Bernice Thomas and Laura Gentry to Salt Lake City later this week. Agnes Anderson to substitute in high school while Thomas absent. Golden R. Tueiler returns to Provo for summer vacation. Dr. W. W. Cook spoke in St. Thomas schools on stimulants and narcotics effects.
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Iola Prisley
Ruth Olmsted
Carson City
Donald L. Smith
Glen Sutton
Long Beach, Calif
Mabel Smith
Bernice Thomas
Laura Gentry
Salt Lake City
Agnes Anderson
Thomas
W. W. Cook
St. Thomas Schools
Six Companies Clash With Needles Cubs At Boulder Park
Boulder City Twiilight baseball action looms as Six Companies and Needles Cubs prepare for a fast game this afternoon. Frank Moran reports the field, including diamond and outfield, is in A 1 shape with H Groescheur on the mound and risp behind the plate. Moran also announces twilight games against the Boulder City Merchants and Bureau of Reclamation, two games weekly.
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Needles Cubs
Boulder City Park
Frank Moran
H. Groescheur
Risp
Moran
Boulder City Merchants
Bureau of Reclamation
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