Remembering the Roaring Twenties in Las Vegas and beyond
A nostalgic reminiscence catalogs 1920s pop culture from radios to silent film stars, cars, soda, and games. It names Barthelmess Nilsson Harlow and Cantor among others, recalls Stutz Bearcat to Lindy flies, advertising slogans, and sports icons, celebrating bygone era glamour and routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dearie
The
Saturday Evening Post
Liberty Magazine
Richard Barthelmess
Anna Q. Nilsson
Jetta Gondal
Ramon Navarro
Jean Harlow
Mabel Normand
Eric von Stroheim
Moore Brothers
Matt
Owen
Tom
Bank of Nevada Names Siefert Vice President
Charles H. Siefert promoted to vice president and manager of the Carson Boulevard office. Siefert began in 1945 with Bank of America in San Diego and earned national recognition in 1947 as Manager of the Year at Interstate Finance in Nashville. He joined Bank of Nevada in 1959 after moving to Nevada in 1955, with extensive community service in youth programs and local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Siefert
Bank of Nevada
Carson Boulevard
A. M. Smith
Bank
Siefert
Bank of America
San Diego
California
Interstate Finance Company
Nashville
Tennessee
Nevada
Boy Scouts of America
Boulder Dam Area
United Fund
The
First Presbyterian Church
Las Vegas
Masonic Lodge No
Kachod Named Vice-Commander For War Vets
Joseph Cohen of Phoenix was named department commander of a new Jewish War Veterans South West department serving Arizona Nevada and Texas. Murray Kachad of Las Vegas will be senior vice commander with William Lieberman El Paso junior vice commander and George J. Buchsbaum Tucson judge advocate. Cohen helped secure Phoenix Veterans Hospital during the Truman era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Southwest
Jewish War Veterans
Arizona
Nevada
Texas
JWW
Joseph Cohen
Phoenix
Murray Kachad
Las Vegas
William Lieberman
el Paso
George J. Buchsbaum
Tucson
Rancho Vocational and Industrial Arts Classes to Double
Rancho High School will double its vocational and industrial arts offerings next year after new facilities were added. The industrial arts wood shop will run six one hour periods weekly, while vocational carpentry runs two to three hours daily. Morning carpentry blends half theory with practice. advanced carpentry in the afternoon splits one third theory and two thirds practice. Woodshop instructor Harvey Thiel says additional construction projects will be planned for students, including enclosing carports and erecting porches.
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Rancho High School
Woodshop
Harvey Thiel
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Paul Price
Ig Vegas
Oakland
Star
Moon
Durant
Hupmobile
Pierce Arrow
Franklin
Diana
New York
Tony Cornero
Empress Eugenie
Benny Goodman
Dorsey Brothers
Artie Shaw
Sande
Howard Jones
Howard Jones’ Thundering Herd From U.S.C
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame Irish
Dole
Hawaii
Myrt
Marge
Bing Crosby
Kraft Music Hall
Bob
Hope
Wonderful Stock Company
Fred Allen
Eddie Cantor
Bert Gordon
Joe
Penner
Wynn
Charlie McCarthy
W. C. Fields
Edgar Bergen
Gable
Metro
Max Baer
Jack Sharkey
Primo Carnera
Kingfish Levinsky
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Braddock
Schmeling
Joe Louis
Cassius Clay
Five and Dime
Loyce Whiteman
Coconut Grove
Morro Castle
Jesse Owens
Berlin
Albany
Jim Thorpe
Gene Goldkette
Connie Francis
Congo
Sahara
Rose de Lima Hospital
Las Vegas Strip
Richard Conte
Pat Parvin
Kachod
War Vets
Cohen
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Veterans Hospital
Kachad
Dale Carnegie
Aymond
Parker
Futva
Joe Baudoin
Don King
Eal Stee Vaak
Norm Powell
Zenith
Motorola
Admiral
Philco
Sale Riteo
Wen Dl
Ag Serer Ey Ed
Pnr
E. Cherleston
SUN
Rancho
Chicago
Fremont St
Nev
Arnold and
Phyllis Christensen
Joseph
Las Vegas High School
Palm Mortuary
Frigidaire
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