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Legends of Showdown · The Shareholders Era, 1957–1973
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Tillie Giles

Showdown's kitchen for three decades

Legend of Showdown
Born
First skied at Showdown
First worked here
1962, in the Kings Hill kitchen
Years at Showdown
1962–1998
Positions
  • The lodge kitchen — the chili and the pizza

What they did

4 entries
  1. Began cooking at Kings Hill, when there was no running water and the rest rooms were outhouses
  2. Already running the kitchen when Johnny Kowalski and Phil Kiser took over the food service
  3. April 1975After her husband Clyde, who looked after the chairlift and the Poma, died, Showdown gave a Sunday's lift money to her as a benefit
  4. Retired at 81, after 36 years in the kitchen; latterly she did the baking and the soups

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