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Avery R Stanton

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Avery R Stanton (R. Stanton Avery was an inventor, most known for creating self-adhesive labels. In 1935 he founded what is now the Avery Dennison Corporation. Avery served as chairman of the board of trustees on California Institute of Technology, the Huntington Library and the LA County Museum of Art.)

Molter William ("Willie" Molter was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. He began as a jockey across the Texas border in Mexico, eventually in the bush tracks of Western Canada and at the modern Polo Park Racetrack in Winnipeg. He won the 1935 Manitoba Stakes (now the Canadian Derby). He then began training horses, ending up in California. He was the US Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by wins four straight years, 1946-1949, and led all American trainers in earnings in 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1959.)

Pile William (William Pile was a politician and minister from Missouri, and a Union Army general during the Civil War. Pile was a Republican in the House of Representatives, 1867-69, and served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Dept. Afterward, he was initially appointed Ambassador to Venezuela and Brazil by President Grant in 1869, but was instead appointed Territorial Governor of New Mexico and for 1869-71. Pile was again appointed Ambassador to Venezuela by President Grant in 1871, which he served as until 1874. He moved to Monrovia in 1886, and purchased a 50-acre property and grew wine grapes. He was one half Native American from his mother, most likely Choctaw.)

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