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Goynes, Theron
Theron Goynes was born August 20, 1929 in Texarkana, Texas. He attended college at Texas A & M University, was in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), served in the United States Air Force, and then became an educator. Goynes met his future wife, Naomi Jackson, in Nashville, Arkansas where they were both young teachers in 1956.
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Wadley-Munier, Robin
Robin Wadley-Munier was born January 9, 1948 and was raised in Monroe, Louisiana. Wadley-Munier married her husband, Fredric Earl Munier, in 1980 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987. She held occupations as a special assistant to the City Counsel and a teacher assistant at Clark High School.
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Boranian, Hixon, 1914-1988
Violinist and music teacher Hixon John Boranian was born on March 1, 1914 and spent the majority of his career playing with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos. He retired in the late 1970s and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he taught music. Boranian passed away in 1988.
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Christiansen, Norman, 1931-
Norman Christiansen was born on October 11th, 1931 in Red Lodge, Montana. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 after graduating college in Montana. Christiansen worked at the Nevada Test Site for two years and was a teacher at various schools.
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Craddock, Patricia Carmichael
Ms. Patricia Craddock was born in Las Vegas in 1928. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Las Vegas, becoming a teacher, the educational system in Nevada. She also discusses the perception of Las Vegas from other people across the country, and recrational activities available to young people at the time.
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Meyer, Yvonne, 1935\-....
Ballerina and dance teacher, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Director of the Académie de Danse Montparnasse
Danced with Ballet de France Janine Charrat, Les Etoiles de Paris de Serge Lifar, National Ballet Washington D.C., and many others
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