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

KATE M. CURTIS, LONG ACTIVE IN Sorrow spread over the entire community yesterday with tite quick spreading news of the sudden ceath of Miss Katherine M. Curtis, ivell knowir resident o alton street. In contrast to the activities of her busy life, death came quietly and unsuspectingly Friday Morning at 6 o’clock as she slept,Katherine M. Curtis, known affecActive Episcopalian ' She was a:devout Episcopalian and one of the outstanding members of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in ‘this city. .A/ devoted attendant at ‘Services her activities:included Guild and Sunday school classes with equal interest. A sister and lifelong companion, Miss Annie Curtis, with whom the deceased made her home at. 418 Dalton street, is left to mourn her passing, : The Hooper and Weaver Mortu-. ary, Inc., took charge of the body! yesterday, which continues at ne Curtis home on Dalton street, from which place services will be held ont ‘Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. . Rev. Carl Tamblyn of Marysville! will conduct the services and interment will be in the Elm Ridge cemtionately to Grass Valleyans as ‘Kate’ Curtis, was a native of this city, born April 15, 1873. She was) ithe daughter of pioneer’ parentage— ‘the late Mr, and Mrs. Richard Curtis whose prominence in earlier days is well known locally. Gill-Miller Employe The deceased spent her entire lifetime in this city, attending public schools and receiving an education which fitted her in later years for the position of bookkeeper. In this eapacity she will be well remember@d as a long-time and highly valued bookkeeper accountant for the firm if Gill-Miller and company, moricians and furniture dealers, which firm passed out of Grass Valley’s business life several years ago.’ With termination of the Gill-Miller firm the deceased entered a life of commercial retirement. However, her activities in other channels bloomed with renewed activity as she applied herself vigorously to church work—a devotion marking her entire life-time, and activities of benevolence and humanitarian nature. tenia he Her world-passed by hér doorstep, always lingering for the warmth of her ready smile, her friendly greeting and refreshing wit. To know her was to know a good and true friend, and the roster of these friends is today without number. Sincere Christian Woman ‘Her only frailties were physical; her slight body possessed a superhuman molding of character which embodied the traditions of good family, of limitless courage and endurance and an abundance of the qualities which. typify the true spirit of Christianity. jae PAG “Kate” Curtis was more than a resident of “Grass Valley—she was \ personage, ‘acclaimed: joyously by hildren, admired and. respected by the citizenry: with: whom: she spent her lifetime. ‘Whatever the task— church work, community endeavor, Req Cross, aiding the distressed — all were performed with a tireless enthusiasm, epitomizing the sincerity of purpose of her life. etery, : Sargent Chapmen gets 20-year Masonic ring 29 Sorsent Chapman, was” presented Wednesday with hisFifty Year Masonic Ring by ‘Nevada Lodge No. 1: ,: She Freeand Accepted Masons. Chapman was born in Nevada City on June 11, 1899 and was the second of five children bora to Chester Warren Chapman, past worshipful master of the Nevada City lodge, and past matron of the Evangeline Chapter, Margaret Helen Chapman. Both of Chapman’s grandfathers were members. of the masonic lodge and he ' bacomes the third generation of California masons in his family, Chapman’s paternal grandfather Allen Chapman was. born in New York and at the age of 13 traveled alone to Nevada City where he eventually married. Both he and his wife practiced dentistry and she was the first woman dentist in the _ State. She received her license in ° Sacramento and it was marked number one. The Chapmans’ son, Dr. C. W.’ Chapman, also entered dentistry and married Margaret Helen Organ. Both were born in Nevada City and they raised a family of four boys and one girl in a house on Sacramento Street. The children were Allen, also a Member of the Nevada City He then went to the University of California at Berkeley and received a Bachelor of Science . mechanical , . engineering and a commission . degree in a8 a second lieutenant in the . Army Air Corps. He graduated. During the first ‘three years . after his graduation Chapman . worked with the U.S.° Forest . ‘Service, the State Divisionof Highways. and. was. also . employed as.a miner in the . ‘North Star Mine. > ” tar at During. the summer-of 1923, while’ at Berkeley, _Chapman: petitioned the Nevada City Blue: Lodge for ‘membership ‘andSargent and-his older. brother . Allen ‘were both raised to the degree of master mason by their father C.W. Chapman, the past worshipful master, on Sept. 8, Sargent became an entered apprentice on June 30,'1923 and passed to the degree of fellowcraft on August 16, 1923. ° Chapman likes to joke about his masonic coach and where his coaching took place, His assigned coach’ was the, Sheriff of Nevada. county and he took Sargent into'the jail so they could be away from all eavesdroppers. ‘So it was that Sargent learned the secrets of inasonry in the “drunk tank” atlodge, Muller, Helen, the sheriff's office, ai Sargent, peu Wace In 1929 he took a position as an The family attended ¢ronautical engineer with the Washington School and Nevada City High School and Chapman graduated in the class of 1918, Civil Service in Dayton, Ohio and then ‘entered careers with the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. . Navy. He married Rose Marie . Nellis in 1931 and the Chapmans . raised two children, a son ' Chester and a daughter Judith He lived in Dayton for nine . years and then joined the Navy . where he served in the field of aeronautical engineering. His work. kept the family moving throughout the country but most. ‘of his time was spent. at® Inglewood where he established His. Home S's samen, * -_ He retired from the Navy. in~1959 at the rank of Commander ° and then he entered the FederalAviation Agency wherehe: . worked. until 1966 when. le. retired. ! 9 J’, 2 oF, His interests are golf, bowling -and spectator. sports. His sonis an alumnus of the University of California: at Los. Angeles 'so Chapman: is interested in the.-UCLA basketball and football teams., He is also a Dodgers ° baseball fan. Dee.

KATE M. CURTIS, LONG ACTIVE IN Sorrow spread over the entire community yesterday with tite quick spreading news of the sudden ceath of Miss Katherine M. Curtis, ivell knowir resident o alton street. In contrast to the activities of her busy life, death came quietly and unsuspectingly Friday Morning at 6 o’clock as she slept,Katherine M. Curtis, known affecActive Episcopalian ' She was a:devout Episcopalian and one of the outstanding members of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in ‘this city. .A/ devoted attendant at ‘Services her activities:included Guild and Sunday school classes with equal interest. A sister and lifelong companion, Miss Annie Curtis, with whom the deceased made her home at. 418 Dalton street, is left to mourn her passing, : The Hooper and Weaver Mortu-. ary, Inc., took charge of the body! yesterday, which continues at ne Curtis home on Dalton street, from which place services will be held ont ‘Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. . Rev. Carl Tamblyn of Marysville! will conduct the services and interment will be in the Elm Ridge cemtionately to Grass Valleyans as ‘Kate’ Curtis, was a native of this city, born April 15, 1873. She was) ithe daughter of pioneer’ parentage— ‘the late Mr, and Mrs. Richard Curtis whose prominence in earlier days is well known locally. Gill-Miller Employe The deceased spent her entire lifetime in this city, attending public schools and receiving an education which fitted her in later years for the position of bookkeeper. In this eapacity she will be well remember@d as a long-time and highly valued bookkeeper accountant for the firm if Gill-Miller and company, moricians and furniture dealers, which firm passed out of Grass Valley’s business life several years ago.’ With termination of the Gill-Miller firm the deceased entered a life of commercial retirement. However, her activities in other channels bloomed with renewed activity as she applied herself vigorously to church work—a devotion marking her entire life-time, and activities of benevolence and humanitarian nature. tenia he Her world-passed by hér doorstep, always lingering for the warmth of her ready smile, her friendly greeting and refreshing wit. To know her was to know a good and true friend, and the roster of these friends is today without number. Sincere Christian Woman ‘Her only frailties were physical; her slight body possessed a superhuman molding of character which embodied the traditions of good family, of limitless courage and endurance and an abundance of the qualities which. typify the true spirit of Christianity. jae PAG “Kate” Curtis was more than a resident of “Grass Valley—she was \ personage, ‘acclaimed: joyously by hildren, admired and. respected by the citizenry: with: whom: she spent her lifetime. ‘Whatever the task— church work, community endeavor, Req Cross, aiding the distressed — all were performed with a tireless enthusiasm, epitomizing the sincerity of purpose of her life. etery, : Sargent Chapmen gets 20-year Masonic ring 29 Sorsent Chapman, was” presented Wednesday with hisFifty Year Masonic Ring by ‘Nevada Lodge No. 1: ,: She Freeand Accepted Masons. Chapman was born in Nevada City on June 11, 1899 and was the second of five children bora to Chester Warren Chapman, past worshipful master of the Nevada City lodge, and past matron of the Evangeline Chapter, Margaret Helen Chapman. Both of Chapman’s grandfathers were members. of the masonic lodge and he ' bacomes the third generation of

California masons in his family, Chapman’s paternal grandfather Allen Chapman was. born in New York and at the age of 13 traveled alone to Nevada City where he eventually married. Both he and his wife practiced dentistry and she was the first woman dentist in the _ State. She received her license in ° Sacramento and it was marked number one. The Chapmans’ son, Dr. C. W.’ Chapman, also entered dentistry and married Margaret Helen Organ. Both were born in Nevada City and they raised a family of four boys and one girl in a house on Sacramento Street. The children were Allen, also a Member of the Nevada City He then went to the University of California at Berkeley and received a Bachelor of Science . mechanical , . engineering and a commission . degree in a8 a second lieutenant in the . Army Air Corps. He graduated. During the first ‘three years . after his graduation Chapman . worked with the U.S.° Forest . ‘Service, the State Divisionof Highways. and. was. also . employed as.a miner in the . ‘North Star Mine. > ” tar at During. the summer-of 1923, while’ at Berkeley, _Chapman: petitioned the Nevada City Blue: Lodge for ‘membership ‘andSargent and-his older. brother . Allen ‘were both raised to the degree of master mason by their father C.W. Chapman, the past worshipful master, on Sept. 8, Sargent became an entered apprentice on June 30,'1923 and passed to the degree of fellowcraft on August 16, 1923. ° Chapman likes to joke about his masonic coach and where his coaching took place, His assigned coach’ was the, Sheriff of Nevada. county and he took Sargent into'the jail so they could be away from all eavesdroppers. ‘So it was that Sargent learned the secrets of inasonry in the “drunk tank” atlodge, Muller, Helen, the sheriff's office, ai Sargent, peu Wace In 1929 he took a position as an The family attended ¢ronautical engineer with the Washington School and Nevada City High School and Chapman graduated in the class of 1918, Civil Service in Dayton, Ohio and then ‘entered careers with the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. . Navy. He married Rose Marie . Nellis in 1931 and the Chapmans . raised two children, a son ' Chester and a daughter Judith He lived in Dayton for nine . years and then joined the Navy . where he served in the field of aeronautical engineering. His work. kept the family moving throughout the country but most. ‘of his time was spent. at® Inglewood where he established His. Home S's samen, * -_ He retired from the Navy. in~1959 at the rank of Commander ° and then he entered the FederalAviation Agency wherehe: . worked. until 1966 when. le. retired. ! 9 J’, 2 oF, His interests are golf, bowling -and spectator. sports. His sonis an alumnus of the University of California: at Los. Angeles 'so Chapman: is interested in the.-UCLA basketball and football teams., He is also a Dodgers ° baseball fan. Dee.