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

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ye After Rallying from Heart Attack Scol™ e of Omaha, Nebraska, died at the Jones Memorial Hospital at 6 o’clock last evening and thereby plunged s¢ores of friends, neighbors and associates in’ grief and mourning. One of the city’s best known «Mining men and a fog dispers inventor and developer, he died t] night before he was scheduled leave the ‘hospital for his lor ectablished home at 128 Hi; street. Due To Go Home Archibald had suffered a > ere heart attack Thursday night avid was moved to the hospital in the early hours of Friday morning. For. two days his condition was rather serious and then he took an improvement turn and earlier yesterday arrangements were being made for his return home. (His passing, at 6 p. m. came unexpectedly. A resident of Grass Valley since 1919, A. R. Archibald or “A. 1a as he was popularly known, had spent most of his 33 years in the community to mining enterprises and promotions. He was identified with such well known properties as the Norambagua in Forest Springs; the Osceola in the Deadman Flat-Rough and Ready district; the New England in the Gold Flat district; the Greenhorn Consolidated in the Greenhorn jistrict and had served as consultant and engineer for other propertles. Mr. Archibald was also interested in a gravel mining operation in the Trinity River country. : Early in World W, r II, he loanod his talents and technical knowledge to a new fog dispersal formula and equipment, especially designed to free fogbound airports. The armed forces showed jeep interest in the idea and arranged for multiple tests along the coast. Archibald who succeeded to all the inventor’s rights and satents was in a fair way of realization on the idea, when the war same to an end and the need for military use of the invention cooled. Mining Graduate A native of Omaha, Nebraska, . May 2, 1884, Mr. Archibald was in nis 68th year at the time of his death. He received his early education in Omaha _ and completed pu or &) 623 Allan R, Archibald, the “genial; ,°_” pat yes eee his schooling at the Colorado School of Mines, where he graduated as a mining engineer. He and the former Miss Grace Wheeler, who survives him, were married in Omaha in 1917, two years before they proceeded to Grass Valley. In addition to his wife, he is mourned by two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Smith, Grass Valley; Mrs. Jean Campanella, Sacramento; a brother, Joseph Archibald, Grass Valley; three grandchildren and nieces and nephews in Canada. ’ Fraternal Connections A popular figure in the Grass Valley business section, sparkling onversationalist and story tel: the local man was active in lo fraternal and outdoors circles. i was a member of the Mason-~ fraternity at Omaha; a life member of Grass Valley Lodge No. 538, B. P. O. E.; a charter member of the Grass Valley Rotary Club and an active member of the Grass Valley Rifle, Rod and Gun: Club. He did considerable hunting . and fishing in past years. Funeral services will be held at the Hooper-Weaver Mortuary on South ~Church street’ at 2 p. m. . Wednesday, October 15. David Maltman will: read the services. Interment will follow in the Masonic Cemetery. Rotary Club president Fred Conway has asked that the mem-j bers of the local service club at. tend services for the late Allan . Archibald, past president of thei Grass Valley Rotary Club, tomor! row afterncon. Conway deplored the passing of the longtime Rotarian stating, “his emulation of true service club spirit and sparkling, spontaneous wit leaves an irreplaceable gap.” ~.