This article is dedicated to my friend and Sun City Anthem Board Secretary, Rana Goodman.
Why?
Coming here from Great Britain as a child after World War II and eventually settling in Sun City Anthem...
...from a product of the Las Vegas school system, to self-employment, to retirement (LOL), and currently as both the owner of Sun City Anthem forum, "Anthem Today" to the political editor of "The Vegas Voice", whose most notable accomplishment is the change in Nevada's Guardianship laws...and recently elected to the Sun City Anthem Board of Directors...
...she's seen it all !
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From Rana Goodman...to...Anthem Opinions
ReplyDeleteActually Dick, regarding the building of the original Temple Beth Sholom had nothing to do with “Girl Scouts”
That was, B’nai Brith Girls, usually referred to as BBG. That is a nationwide organization at temples in many states. Their counter part was for the boys, AZA.
Each year BBG sold raffle tickets to raise funds for our group’s activities.
My dad used to take me to the Sands Hotel where one of the pit bosses, Jake Friedman, worked.
He was a short, thin man, I’d guess in his 70’s who always seemed gruff but was really a kind man.
I would walk over to the casino pit with my tickets to sell and motion to him to come over to me.The conversation went like this, “Mr. Friedman, I’m trying to sell some raffle tickets for B’nai Brith Girls, can you buy one?”
"I told you kid, you are NOT allowed in the casino, how many do you have there?”
I would hold out my hand with about 50 tickets in it and he would say “Gimme those”.
He would walk over to a roulette table pick up a few $100 chips then return to me and say “here, now get the hell out of the casino.”
We went through that routine each and every year for about four years.
My dad was part of the group of men who raised a great deal of the money to build the Temple.
At the time the congregation used a church downtown. I think it was around Bridger Street and 11th street.
As the congregation grew they decided we needed our own place; so the men began working toward that goal.
Some of them were my dad, and Lloyd Katz, who owned two movie theaters down town, and a few more.
Rana, thanks the clarification.
ReplyDeleteOne this for sure, the "Gee" family (Rana's maiden name) is part of Las Vegas history, and that legacy has certainly been continued through her dad's "little girl, Rana.
I hope our readers will take a moment to send us a comment regarding Rana and her family's contribution to Las Vegas in so many ways over their lives.