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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1938
Page
1
The Fraternal Order of Eagles welcomed distinguished guests Virgil Bernard state president and Fred Strosnider past state president to the Las Vegas aerie. They were escorted to the Dam and Lake Mead during the official visit.
The Chamber of Commerce voted at the Tuesday noon meeting to extend aid to the Ahepa, a Greek origin patriotic society, in its efforts to secure the 1939 District convention of the order for Las Vegas.
Col John R. White resigns after years in charge of Death Valley National Monument. He will focus on Sequoia National Park. Mr T R Goodwin will assume full management of Death Valley Monument as of June 30 with ongoing highway improvements, including surfacing the Scotty’s Castle road.
Mrs John Corey and her children have returned home to Las Vegas after spending the past year in Europe.
The Synod of the Province of the Pacific of the Episcopal Church held a banquet at Memorial Auditorium with about three hundred attendees. Bishop Tucker delivered the principal address on Domestic Missions, praising local support from Las Vegas, the Chamber of Commerce, and Christ Church.
Spectators thronged Silver Lake at Baker for gasoline speedboat races last Sunday drawing participants from Death Valley Junction. The six to eight mile lake, normally a desert sandscape, hosted the novel event as boats skimmed the placid surface according to Death Valley Rambler.
Mrs Oconnor of Carson City formerly of Las Vegas has been visiting local friends for the past week averaging social calls and gatherings during her stay.
The Mission Tavern under new management was elected to membership in the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce at Tuesday's luncheon meeting. Applications were received from the State Cafe, under new management, and DeCrane Wilbourn venetian blinds, and referred to the membership committee.
Leon Rockwell Jr. has accepted a summer position at Brice Canyon lodge and departed Thursday morning for the assignment.
At a Tuesday Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon Bishop Stevens of California spoke thanking the group. Rt Rev Thomas Jenkins introduced him. President Griffith announced Rev C H Sloan as fish and game committee chair. War policy remarks and a brief Washington report closed the event with a pledge that America will fight if needed.
About one hundred Star Route mail carriers from the state will meet in Las Vegas tomorrow to discuss mutual interests. The group also plans a visit to Boulder Dam and a ride on Lake Mead.
Mr and Mrs Leslie D Summerfield of Reno spent several days in Las Vegas during the past week. They were seen at local events and returned home with reports of their travels.
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