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During the 1960s, Vail, Colorado was a fledgling ski town and the community often created its own entertainment. Spearheaded by John and Cissy Dobson, Lillian Miller, and Ted Poliac, the Vail Players melodrama theatre group operated between1966 and 1971, with its season running from June until October. Performances were often sold out and proceeds supported community projects such as the medical clinic and Vail Interfaith Chapel. On 31 December...
18682) Helen Gladys (Rambo) Hyde
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She was born in Whitewater, Colorado to William H. Rambo and Charlotte (Baer) Rambo. Her father was a farmer and her mother was a homemaker. Her family often sang songs together until the death of Helen’s brother when she was twelve. US Census records show that they lived in Kannah Creek in 1920, when Helen was eight years old, and on California Mesa in Delta County in 1930.
She married Fred L. Yates in Moab, Utah on February 24, 1935. The 1940...
18685) Alexander R. "Alex" Bauer
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He was born to George Bauer and Katherine “Katie” (Hosseiler) Bauer in Morganthau, Russia. His family belonged to a community of Germans living there. Fearing revolution, his family immigrated to the United States in 1913, when Alex was four years old.
His father found work as a blacksmith in Kansas and then with the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Idaho in 1917. His mother was a homemaker. Alex and his siblings could not speak English when they...
18686) Leta Ruth (Funk) Benson
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She was born in Russell, Kansas to Bertha Luella (Brown) Funk and Carl Funk. Her father was a farmer and her mother a homemaker. US Census records show that the family had moved to a farm in West Cheyenne Wells, Colorado by 1920, when Ruth was ten years old.
She graduated from the University of Colorado Normal School in Boulder, where she was involved in the Girl Reserve, Glee Club, Denver Chorus, Trio, Chimes of Normandy, Pinafore, Ermine, and...
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He was born on Parachute Creek, in Garfield County, Colorado, to Arcadeous Benson and Bertha (Gardner) Benson. His father was born in Kentucky and his mother in Wisconsin. They had both moved to the Western Slope by at least April 28, 1895, when Colorado marriage records list their marriage. They were farmers.
When Charles was ten years old, his father acquired a homestead “on the mountain” (possibly on Battlement Mesa). Charles grew up in...
