Historical Clippings Book - Nevada County Citizens (HC-07) (296 pages)

. rare Services Today Ww for 92 Year Old Native of County Funeral services were held at Our Lady of the Lourdes Catholic Church in Colusa this morning for a woman, who was born at Moores Flat, Nevada county, 92 years ago. Mrs. Elizabeth enue Bagley's birthdate in Nevada county Was June 12, 1868, but she had been a resident of Colusa county 'for 80 years. She moved there at ithe age of 12, She is survived’ by . two sons.and a foster daughter. ‘Brand Funeral Rites Tomorrow Funeral services for Miss Minnie Be and, 80, former Nevada City music teacher who died Sunday aight at the home of her brother_in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Gayord, at Sacramento, will be held at 2 p.,m. tomorrow at the Holmes Funeral Home. Miss Brand, with A. Hartung, operated the C, J, Brand Jewelry Company here after the death of her father and brother. She was a life member of Laurel Parlor,,of the Native Daughters of the Golden West to which she belonged for more than 50 years. For 20 years she was president of the Nevada City Benevolent Society, She took great interest in the Nevada County Historical Society. : She was a past president of the ‘Nevada City Civic Improvement’ Club. During the 16 years she lived in Sacramento. after leaving Nevada City she had been active in the Tuesday Club and in the Camelia Garden Club, by which she was ipresented a life memibership in the California Garden Clubs. Inc. . Services will be conducted by the Rev. Max L. Christensen, rec-' ltor of ‘Trinity Episcopal Church. . Burial will be in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery. Leading mining engineer Clayton A. Bennett dies clayton A, (Dick) Bennell 83, regarded as a leading g m engineer throughout the world, died Sunday morning in his family home in Nevada City. Mr, Bennett, known to everyone as "Dick" was born in Alleghany, Sierra county. He put himself through mining school by working in mining camps. He was graduated from the University of Nevada School of Mines in 1910, Mr, Bennett and his brother Ellsworth, who preceded him in death, were avid sports participants, particularly in rugby football, The mining engineer was captain of a rugby team which was invited to Australia to compete, While he was captain of this team at the University of Nevada, he was proud that it defeated one from the University of California. After graduation Mr, Bennett managed mines in Nevada, Canane, California and Nicaragua, e was a partner with Fred Searles Jr., Alfred Duggleby and W, A, Simpkins in 1923 when they operated the Plumbago Mine near Alleghany, Mr, Bennett was the manager of the original 16 to 1 mine in the Alleghany area and served until the mine closed in the mid1960s, It was the last operating major commercial mine in the area, He was a member of its poard of directors at the time of his death, He was affiliated withthe Am. erican Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Mining Congress, and the Press-Union League of San Francisco, His social affiliations were the Goldfield Masonic Lodge, Kerak Temple Shrine of Reno, and a charter member of the Downieville chapter of E Clampus Vitus, Survivors include his widow Irene; a daughter, Elizabeth Bennett of Berkeley; ason, Richard Clayton Bennett of Reno, Nev.; grandchildren, Joan and John Bennett, The Rev, Father William Daly of St, Canice Catholic Church will officiate at graveside services for family members only at 11 a,m. Tuesday in Forest View Cemetery in Nevada City. Hooper-Weaver Mortuary Chapel is in charge of arrangements, The family suggests that any rememberances be directed to churches of the giver's choice or the Dr, Vernon Padgett Memorial Fund at Nevada General Hospital, Dr. Fre iC. Gest, Chief Suegcon al Shriner's Passes surgeon and one of severaln ative surgeon and one of several active ‘tained a high mark of prominence, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in San Francisco early Monday. He was a native of Nevada City] and is ‘survived by a twin brother, Dr. Crawford Bost, San Francisco. Following kis education at the ‘local schools he entered the University of California for his higher education, graduating from the UC Medical School in 1926. After his internship at UC .he served as resident at Children’s Hospital in Boston and began a career which gained him the post ‘of chief of surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children at San Francisen. He had bets. in gqod health and only recently returned from a meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery in Chicago. . As a former president of the aca-. demy he received otitstanding re‘canition for the paper he presented onehis 15 years ef work with crippled children at the Shriner's Hospital on 19th Avenue, San Francisco. He was widely known for his devotion to crippled childred and served on numerous community agencies dealing with. { their care. He is survived by his wife, Jean Bost; a son Frederick W. Bost, Il, a student at Yale; two daughters, Mrs. Gail Rey and Mrs. Alice}: Cindy Bettina, both of Belvedere; . ! his twin brother, Crawford Bost} and an aunt, Mrs. Carroll Crawford. on ae Many Turn Out for Last Rites to D. J. Binkleman Funeral services, with many friends, lodge associates and acquaintances — in attendance, for vid (Bink) Bi 87, native of Grass Valley and operator of i. the pre prohibition Binkleman Brewery, were held Saturday at the Hooper-Weaver Mortuary. Officers of Grass Valley BPO Elks, No, 538, were in charge. Exalted Ruler Fred Conway was in charge of the Elks officers. Grace Raymond, was orwere Fred Conway, Roy Trathen, Tyler and Jack McHugh, C. Roy smith and Toni Casci. > A ganist during the ritual. Pallbearers . .

. rare Services Today Ww for 92 Year Old Native of County Funeral services were held at Our Lady of the Lourdes Catholic Church in Colusa this morning for a woman, who was born at Moores Flat, Nevada county, 92 years ago. Mrs. Elizabeth enue Bagley's birthdate in Nevada county Was June 12, 1868, but she had been a resident of Colusa county 'for 80 years. She moved there at ithe age of 12, She is survived’ by . two sons.and a foster daughter. ‘Brand Funeral Rites Tomorrow Funeral services for Miss Minnie Be and, 80, former Nevada City music teacher who died Sunday aight at the home of her brother_in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Gayord, at Sacramento, will be held at 2 p.,m. tomorrow at the Holmes Funeral Home. Miss Brand, with A. Hartung, operated the C, J, Brand Jewelry Company here after the death of her father and brother. She was a life member of Laurel Parlor,,of the Native Daughters of the Golden West to which she belonged for more than 50 years. For 20 years she was president of the Nevada City Benevolent Society, She took great interest in the Nevada County Historical Society. : She was a past president of the ‘Nevada City Civic Improvement’ Club. During the 16 years she lived in Sacramento. after leaving Nevada City she had been active in the Tuesday Club and in the Camelia Garden Club, by which she was ipresented a life memibership in the California Garden Clubs. Inc. . Services will be conducted by the Rev. Max L. Christensen, rec-' ltor of ‘Trinity Episcopal Church. . Burial will be in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery. Leading mining engineer Clayton A. Bennett dies clayton A, (Dick) Bennell 83, regarded as a leading g m engineer throughout the world, died Sunday morning in his family home in Nevada City. Mr, Bennett, known to everyone as "Dick" was born in Alleghany, Sierra county. He put himself through mining school by working in mining camps. He was graduated from the University of Nevada School of Mines in 1910, Mr, Bennett and his brother Ellsworth, who preceded him in death, were avid sports participants, particularly in rugby football, The mining engineer was captain of a rugby team which was invited to Australia to compete, While he was captain of this team at the University of Nevada, he was proud that it defeated one from the University of California. After graduation Mr, Bennett managed mines in Nevada, Canane, California and Nicaragua, e was a partner with Fred Searles Jr., Alfred Duggleby and W, A, Simpkins in 1923 when they operated the Plumbago Mine near Alleghany, Mr, Bennett was the manager of the original 16 to 1 mine in the Alleghany area and served until the mine closed in the mid1960s, It was the last operating major commercial mine in the area, He was a member of its poard of directors at the time of his death, He was affiliated withthe Am. erican Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Mining Congress, and the Press-Union

League of San Francisco, His social affiliations were the Goldfield Masonic Lodge, Kerak Temple Shrine of Reno, and a charter member of the Downieville chapter of E Clampus Vitus, Survivors include his widow Irene; a daughter, Elizabeth Bennett of Berkeley; ason, Richard Clayton Bennett of Reno, Nev.; grandchildren, Joan and John Bennett, The Rev, Father William Daly of St, Canice Catholic Church will officiate at graveside services for family members only at 11 a,m. Tuesday in Forest View Cemetery in Nevada City. Hooper-Weaver Mortuary Chapel is in charge of arrangements, The family suggests that any rememberances be directed to churches of the giver's choice or the Dr, Vernon Padgett Memorial Fund at Nevada General Hospital, Dr. Fre iC. Gest, Chief Suegcon al Shriner's Passes surgeon and one of severaln ative surgeon and one of several active ‘tained a high mark of prominence, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in San Francisco early Monday. He was a native of Nevada City] and is ‘survived by a twin brother, Dr. Crawford Bost, San Francisco. Following kis education at the ‘local schools he entered the University of California for his higher education, graduating from the UC Medical School in 1926. After his internship at UC .he served as resident at Children’s Hospital in Boston and began a career which gained him the post ‘of chief of surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children at San Francisen. He had bets. in gqod health and only recently returned from a meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery in Chicago. . As a former president of the aca-. demy he received otitstanding re‘canition for the paper he presented onehis 15 years ef work with crippled children at the Shriner's Hospital on 19th Avenue, San Francisco. He was widely known for his devotion to crippled childred and served on numerous community agencies dealing with. { their care. He is survived by his wife, Jean Bost; a son Frederick W. Bost, Il, a student at Yale; two daughters, Mrs. Gail Rey and Mrs. Alice}: Cindy Bettina, both of Belvedere; . ! his twin brother, Crawford Bost} and an aunt, Mrs. Carroll Crawford. on ae Many Turn Out for Last Rites to D. J. Binkleman Funeral services, with many friends, lodge associates and acquaintances — in attendance, for vid (Bink) Bi 87, native of Grass Valley and operator of i. the pre prohibition Binkleman Brewery, were held Saturday at the Hooper-Weaver Mortuary. Officers of Grass Valley BPO Elks, No, 538, were in charge. Exalted Ruler Fred Conway was in charge of the Elks officers. Grace Raymond, was orwere Fred Conway, Roy Trathen, Tyler and Jack McHugh, C. Roy smith and Toni Casci. > A ganist during the ritual. Pallbearers . .