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Historical Clippings Book (HC-03) (210 pages)
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SSeS LE WI §
Eda Ott Hicks,
Sutter's Cousin,
Dies at Age 100
Private funeral services were
held in San Mateo on Tuesday
for Mrs. Eda Ott Hicks, daughter of James J. Ott and cousin
of John A. Sutter.
Mrs. Hicks had celebrated her
100th birthday last May. She
was born in Nevada City, the
daughter of the man who established Ott’s Assay Office and
assayed the silver that started
the Comstock rush.
She was educated in France,
Germany and Switzerland be.
fore returning to Nevada City
and marrying Carl Hicks, a proprietor of a general merchandise store. The two Hicks became associated with the Union
Hotel on Commercial Street and
the Le Compton mine in Willow
rd
Many years ago Mrs. Hicks
moved to San Mateo to be near .
her family. She leaves a daughter, Ann H. Ennis of San Mateo; a son, Carl E. Hicks of
San Francisco; four grand children, six great grand children
and numerous nieces and nephews
Cemetery Tree Cut ‘Regretted’
Supervisors agreed yesterday
that logging the trees at the
Washington District Cemetery
was a “‘sad situation,” but there
was nothing that they could do
about it.
Various supervisors said they
. had received complaints over
the cutting of the trees. About
an equal number said that the
removal of the trees was necesSary.
About the only general conclusions that resulted were that
(1) one large tree went out of
_ bounds and through an orna. mental fence and (2) it was
generally regretted that the
pearance of the cemetery chang‘ed.
However, the board was told
that the decisions rest with the . :
. board of directors or trustees of .
, the Washington Cemetery District. These are appointed by
the board. They have taxing
trees were moved and the ap.
power, budget making power
and power to do with the cemetery as they desire. 4
It appeared that the Washington Cemetery tree cutting diyided the little commjnity on the
south bank of the South Yuba
River into two camps. vi)
Supervisors were concerned
that “it didn’t happen again”
any place, <
Grass Valley Man Is A Survivor. ::
aes Shiyy
Of The American Indian Wars Veg
Ninety years have faded into
history since 264 men led by
General George Custer of the
Seventh Cavalry took up their
{ stand at Little Big Hom in
. Southern Montana.
On this 90th anniversary of
Custer 's Last Stand, the Veterans
Administration notes there are
Boston, VA,; Griffith C. Wile
liams, 89, Coon Rapids, Minn,
but six veterans of America’s
. Indian Wars still living.
The six known survivors of the
. Indian Wars are: Reginald A.
_ Bradley, 98, Grass Valley,
Harry E. Brockman, 92, Taney~
ville, Mo,; Fredrak W. Fraske,
94, Chicago, Ill.; Charles C,
_ Jones, 93, Cedar Rapids, Lowa;
William Sutphin, 93, South
THE WILLIAM BULL MEEK-=William Morris Stewart Chapter of E
Clampus Vitus of Nevada City dedicated a plaque at a new campgroundin Malakoff State Historical Park Saturday as part of a two
. day Clamper gath ering. Shown here (left to tight) are Grand
' Noble Humbug Barney Forsythe of Pittsburg; Ex-Noble Humbug
Robert Wyckoff of Nevada City; Clyde Newlin, superintendent
of district three for the State Division of Beaches and Parks and
Charlie Gaus, native of North Bloomfield and early hydraulic
miner, Shown kneeling is Wes Simard, leader of the Placerville
Clamper Band,
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