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Director of Personnel Gabe Boldue was a six year resident of Vegas. He attended school at the University of Dayton (BS in Education) and the University of of Detroit (MA in Psychology. His background included personnel positions with divisions of the Atomic Energy Commission. He enjoyed tennis, swimming and chess. He and his wife Anne, were married 15 years and had eight children.
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Music Hall Maitre d' Jerry Schuetz. More than one-half million people pass through the main showroom each year. A native of Hamburg, Germany, he took his hotel training in the Bad Hamburg Hotel School. Wile employed with the Home Steamship Lines, he visited America and decided to stay. After residence in New York, he went to NV in 1957, and was associated with resorts in Reno, Lake TAhoe and Vegas. |
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Resident Manager George Benson works regularly with local Little League teams, and is a coach for the Frontier's softball and basketball teams. Originally from New York, George attended Cornell University where he studied Hotel Management. He had been affiliated with major hotels in seven large cities, and went to Vegas in 1961, joining the resort in 1968. He had devoted many man-hours to the United Fund. He and his wife Barbara have three children, Kevin 10, Pammy 8, and Davey 3. |
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Director of Security Robert E. Burke was a 22 year veteran of the LAPD, and had worked with many youth groups and committees, and received numerous awards for his unstinting activity in these activities. He and his wife Dorothy was married for 28 years. Son Dennis was a member of the Berkely CA PD, and daughter Bonnie resided in Canoga Park, CA. |
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Director of Guest Relations Dale Monroe was a Vegas resident for 15 years. He started at the Sands Hotel and rose to Director of Guest Relations there before joining the Frontier in 1968. Born in S. Dakota, he spent his early years in S. CA and attended Glendale Junior College. He and his wife Judy had two children, Andrea 7, and Todd 3. |
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Bar Manager Carl La Marca was born in Independence, LA. He spent many years in Dallas, Texas and attended the Hotel Seminar at the University of Houston. He supervised liquor in IL, LA, CA, TX, and MS. He and his wife June was married 27 years. |
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Ester Evans of the Security Department |
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Pioneer Room Cooks Danny Simmers, Bruce Gilbert, Don Simonds and Sol Simelman |
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Executive Offices Receptionist Debbie Drake |
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Warehousemen Fernando Campo (Warehouse Manager), Bill Maxwell, and Gene D'Amora |
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Casino Cage Harry Graff, Dorothy Hughes (Chief Cashier), Naomi Coleman and Robert Valentine. |
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Dealers/Boxmen (seated) Joseph Aleshi and Robert Chambers (standing) John Maurice, Scott Coley, Max Rossett and Benjamin Santoli |
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Talent Coordinator Frank Sennes, Jr., had been in the entertainment business basically all of his life. Sennes started parking cars at one of his father's clubs when he was 15. He graduated from Los Angeles High in 1959, and then attended Orange Coast College and UCLA. Sennes is responsible for the hiring of lounge acts, performance scheduling and auditioning new acts. He and his wife Janie had two sons, Frankie and Randy. Sennes' hobbies were golf, tennis, skiing and volley ball. |
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Assistant Director of Personnel Dick Anderson advised the department heads and supervisors on the maze of regulations governing the employees. A native Nevadan, he was born in Ely and moved to Vegas in 1959. He was married to Donna Grundman and had a daughter Stacy Lee. His hobbies were outdoor sports and martinis, straight up. |
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Executive Chef Jean Douat supervised the preparation of more than 4,000 guest and employee meals daily in four different kitchens. A native of Saint Jean de Luz, France, Douat's culinary sophistication was evident throughout the hotel whether it be a hamburger in the Coffee Shop or the haute cuisine of the Cabaret. |
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Convention Coordinator Beverly Langman hosted more than 168 conventions and other groups in 1969 with the average of six large gatherings per week. She was in the middle of the maelstrom of people, harmonizing the requirements of these assemblages with the numerous departments of the hotel. Originally from the Buckeye state, she and her husband came to Las Vegas for her brother's wedding and stayed. She had three sons and her favorite hobby is cooking. |
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Banquet Manager Cathy Sager was the Boatswain's Mate of the Convention Porters. She could always be found in the middle of the hectic logistic problems encountered in setting up and dismantling, arranging and re-arranging meeting and banquet formations. Originally from St. Louis and the Chase Hotel, she came to the resort from the Desert Inn. She hoped to retire to San Diego some day. |
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Sales Manager Steve Waldman was born in the Free City of Danzig and then moved to White Russia, then Kazakhstan, and on to Poland, West Berlin, Bolivia, New York and Los Angeles before settling in Las Vegas. His job was to sell the hotel to conventions, incentive groups and travel agencies, all of which he ably handled, and, if necessary, in six different languages. He and his wife Joan have three children. His hobby was fishing and telling fish stories. |
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Cabinet Maker Clyde "Harvey" Roth is one of a large staff of skilled workers who worked behind the scenes to maintain the facade and internal operations of the Frontier. |
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Craftsmen Fred Pennington and George Roper repaired and constructed new cabinets and additions in the Carpenter Shop. |
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Robin Neale, Laura McGowan and Brenda Gibson work in the data processing department which was the brain cenetr of the resort. |
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Since 1967 the Music Hall held more than 2,000 performances. The stage crew was standing Jack Yenchek, Stage Manager and his Assistant, Larry Lee. Seated are Lee Parson, Master Carpenter, George Brangue, Property Master and Herb Hull, Flyman. |
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