Children
Lester Wellington Stocker
Clarence Clifton Stocker
Harold Jackson Stocker
Sibling(s):
Mary
Virgina Clifton
Lillie Dale
Clifton
Evelyn Doster
Clifton
George Alexander
Clifton
William
Richards Clifton
Emma Annie Clifton |
Notes:
Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931. Do you know who
was the first to be issued a gambling license? It was Mayme
V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming
License No. 1, on March 20, 1931, in the amount of $1,410 for
a three month license for Stocker's Nothern Club located near
the Hotel Nevada on Fremont street. The Northern Club later
became the Exchange Club, then the Boulder Club, then the Rainbow
Club. Wilbur Clark of Desert Inn fame leased the property from
Stocker in 1954, renaming it the Monte Carlo Club. By the mid-1960s,
the property was decidedly unsafe. It leaned with the wind.
When it was demolished in 1966, it was found that the adobe
in the back wall was plastered over a big coil bedspring for
support. The property now holds the Coin Castle. Some time
after the license was issued, Morgan who was in poor health
committed suicide. Stocker died in 1972 at age 97.
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