April 13, 1948 (6 pages)

THINKING OUT LOUD . By H. M. L;, SR. . —— J Spring is here and the Fourth — a ee ~-#patient, are giving their whiskers “7 Man, wlonger a ‘Of July is on the way. One would hardly know about Spring, but that the Fourth is approaching, this year to be celebrated in Nevada City, there can be no doubt. For, young men, as usual imthe air. Their’-varied forms, that is, the whiskers, are somewhat amusingeven-when they camoutlage well known faces. : ‘ee Time was, only 75 years ago, when almost all men in California wore whiskers. Of course there were a few dandies that resolutely stropped their razors and sheared them off each morning or night as the case might ‘be, though mostly in the morning. We re“member quite well our two grandfathers that grew lordly beards. One had what was called a “sandy red’ beard, the other a big brown beard. The beard did not always follow the color of the hair on the head, sometimes it offered a contrast. re ee wee ° In that time, along about Civil War days the majority (a ‘considerable majority) of human males, wore beards. A bare faced until he’ proved himself otherwise, was considered. effeminate or suffering from some inherent weakness which prevented his whiskers from growing. ee ee We suspect that nature intended man to wear a ‘beard. Males of other species often do have beards, sometimes both horns and beards. The turkey ‘tom has’ a goatee of coarse hair that sprouts from. wherehis—Adam’s apple should be. The gorilla and the orangoutang males sport beards w= that become more abundant with age. The male lion not only.has a-beard but a mane, and of course there is the common goat. es Now when men began to discard the beard, was this a step toward enlightenment, the higher civilization? Probably. -Because when a man is engaged in shaving, he thinks. The old days of rolling out of bed, running a comb through the flowing whiskers, are gone. The man is engaged in improving his appearance. He does x not wish to be mistaken for what he isn’t. The beard concealed his features, which most men individually consider handsome. In cases where the features were weak, of course, the beards were a Jonger time coming off. Even now a weak chin covered with whiskers does not prove so much a bait to “confidence” men as does a weak chin unveiled. * * * But in the days of ’49, we have a reason to believe that razors were comparatively scaree. All the old daguerreotypes and painted portraits tell the story. The seekers were generally busy men. Even when it occured to them to shave, which it might have done when their wives and families arrived by ship in San Francisco, the thought of the time wasted probably deterred them. By dig-: ging during the. fifteen minutes the shave would occupy, the Argonauts would figure they could buy the lumber for a porch on the waiting home. Besides the razor, if any, was probably packed away somewhere, and the thought of finding it and tackling that flowing mass of chaparal], him guess-his family” would” have to recognize him by his voice rather than his face. * * * ; But when we think a little further back in history, we notice that Washington, Jefferson, the Adams, Hamilton, and all America’s great men were smoothly shaven. What must we conclude from this? Well, in the first place, “they belonged, as we now. say, to the ‘upper crust’. They were the leaders, and as politicians must not conceal their physiogomy from their followers. They were in the main, descendants of English gentry. They followed the eonvention of the shaven face. ae eat But as time went on, fewer and fewer of the American men felt the urge to be in fashion. The razor was neglected, became dull, ‘and on rare occasions, when it was brought into use, proved such an instrument of torture, that a , “éomb replaced it. When whiskers came in again men who played poker, had no need of the “poker face.’ The whiskers did the trick. The beard was a boon to all gamblers. o In this modern day shaving has been made easy. The safety razor, insuring no cuts and slashes, the various ungents and ointments, have made dewhiskering a morning pleasure. Shaving is no battle leaving a blood stained field. And, perhaps after men religiously shaved their faces every morning for a_ thousand years, it may become unnecessary. Nature, outraged by man’s persistent rebuffs of her creative and decorative effort, will at length withdraw the means of growing beards. In other words beards will cease to sprout. When that day comes the men will all be as smooth faced as their wives, er their sisters, or their cousins, ir their aunts. BATTERY CHARGES NEVADA CITY: Robert Patterson, 30, a°* sawmill worker, pleaded guilty Friday .to battery charges before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve. He was fined $25. The complaining wit“ess was Ralph Busby, owner of the Yuba Inn, in Washington on the South Yuba River, 17 miles east of Nevada City. gold, made: Vol. :2]}——No.-15 ‘NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Tuesday, April 13, 1948 NORTH SAN JUAN SHOOTING CASE PROCEEDS NEVADA CITY: Robert Bridges, accused of disturbing the peace in North San Juan last week, appeared Saturday before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve and pleaded not guilty. His trial was set for April “27th along with that for Stephen Fairchild, accused of’ the same offense. The two men will be tried by the same jury. The arrest of Bridges and Fairchild followed a shooting affray in which Bridges shot twice at a car behind which Fairchild stood. Bridges states he received a. terrific beating at the hands of Fairchild, after his gun had been son,. brother-in-law of Fairchild. Following -his arrest, Bridgesspent two days in the Nevada County Hospital recovering. CHAMBER MEETS TO DISCUSS 4TH NEVADA CITY: The Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight in its room at the City Hall, at 8 P.M. Principal topic of discussion will be the Fourth of July program. The celebration, in plan form, is already taking tangible shape, although many important details are to be discussed at the meeting. Paul Bergemann is president of the Chamber, with Harry F. Sofge as Secretary. Man Cited For Lack Of Caution In Bus Collision GRASS VALLEY: Robert H. Potts of Grass Valley was cited by the California Highawy Patrol] Thursday for lack of caution in driving into a car which, under the impetus of his car, pushed into a school bus, discharging children Wednesday at the intersction of the Lake Olympia Road and the Nevada City-Grass Valley Highway. The impact resulted in a baék injury for Elsie Arbaugh, 13, who was leaving the bus, Elviede--E.-Higer, driving the car which had halted behind the } bus, and, Luther Ring, a passenger with her were treated at the Miners Hospital in Nevada ied . for minor injuries. wrested. from. him-by~Ralph-~—Wil--+} Fe NO AGREEMENT NLD, GV, NLC. GRASS VALLEY: The board of directors of the Nevada Irrigation (District have withdrawn from uincative agreement with municipatities of Grass Valley and. Nevada City, réegardng a 10year contract. This action was taken following a resolution adopted by. the Nevada County Farm’ Bureau, representing the land owners. The municipalities had tentatively agreed to substitute a 10year contract for the present contract under which the cities buy their Water at 16 cents a miners inch. This contract has three years to rtin. Under the proposed new contract the municipalities would buy water at 25 cents-.a miners inch. But the two cities objected to the retroactive elause which would make the new rates operative from January list, 1948. Nevada City, which owns part of its own supply also objected to a standby charge of $200. The Farm Bureau _ resolution asked that all offers be withdrawn until the domestic water situation could be studied and the landowners could then advise the board of their conclusions. RECENT ARRIVALS AT NATIONAL HOTEL NEVADA CITY: Recent arrivals at the National Hotel include the following: R. G. Bell--and ‘B. Strickler, U. S. Forest Service, Plainsville, Califonia; Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Newcomb, Spartan City, San Jose; Mr. and Mrs. A. Dubliner, Clunie Hotel, Sacramento, Califonia. Thelma and E. Barginton, Salt Lake City, Utah; Andy Jones and Pike Benson of the Gaston Mine; Jack Coley of Oakland: Mr. Zenner, Clunie Hotel, Sacramento; J. Lane and J. Swinney of San Diego; James R. Harding of Burbank; R. McRae, Reedsport, Oregon. — BE, i. “Deering, Burnt Ranch; Mr .and Mrs. Frank Hall, Connell Motor Truck Co. Stockton; R. A. miller, San Francisco; . Robert Cook, Klamath Falls, Oregon; A. . J. Ruply and E. W. Hascke, Plac-. Walton, San Carlos. F. P. Crone. Nevada County Long Ago20 YEARS AGO The Nevada City Lions Club went over to Grass Valley to do the preliminary work for organizing a club in that place. Sheriff George R. Carter was in charge of the evening’s arrangements. Honored guests to lend moral sup+ port were International Vice-President Ray L. Riley,,State Controller, and Deputy Governor Byrl 3abcock. Fred M, Miller was chosen as temporary chairman and Charles Law as secretary of the new club which had nearly forty -dollars, raised by collection during the evening, to start a treasury. Mrs. Charles Elliott of Nevada City, Lou Chesbro of Auburn Dick Bigelow and Dave Gorden provided the entertainment and led the singing._ ce ie A birthday party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Elefseth of Smartsville in honor of their daughter, Eileen. Playmate guests included Adele Miles, Julia Fipen, Bsther Morrison, Ethel Bach, Nellie Fippen, Edith McNair, Vernon Bach, Denny McNair, Bernice Fippen, Ruth Murphy, Geanie Fippen and Ross Morrison. * * * The old Smartsville Hotel, newly re-decorated, was oened under the new ownership and management of Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy. Mr. Murphy’s fame as a chef was widely known throughout Nevada and Yuba counties. 50 YEARS AGO The butchers and grocers ot Nevada City played a_ benefit baseball] game at Cashin field to enlarge the funds of the G. A. R. and the N. S. G. W. Players on the butcher’s team were Charles Grissell, J. F. Colley; Frank Morgan, Al Snell, Frank Grissell, Ben Daniels, George Bair, G. J. Schmidt, W. Penrose and Thomas Clemo. The grocers team included Phil Scadden, J. J. Jackson, Char‘. kes'O’Connor, Thomas Sharp, John Dellridge, S. Costello, Frank Vaughn, R. Eddy ,F, Taylor and Thomas Richards. Che Hartman was the umpire. * * * William Freeman brought suit erville. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Turner, San Francisco; R.C. Hanford, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. J. Miteéhell, Folsom, California; Mrs. R. Bedford, Los Gates, California; Mr. Laughlin, Los Angeles; Durd R. Day and wife, St Helena; Mr. ' and Mrs. Poldeman and mothe., Placer gold is often associated . Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. 8. with other heavy minerals. Teal, Burbank. — THE Ne. Diary of a 49’er FROM THE BOOK EDITED BY C. L. CANFIELD —J the shotgun and pistol. We and you will get there.” move along’; (NOTE.—Reelfoot Williams, leader of the gang of to organize a gang of murderers atory at Downieville, Sierra County, as fellow, smattering of law, people, who did not demand toe was not held against him that he to participate in a lively poker one of the out of the chaparral and ordered deliver his valuables. but, “Good Lord, Williams! hands, tones: didn’t know ated himself» with highwaymen notorious desperado of the early days, and, so far work on the roads and trails. of his encounter, shortly after his trial, court he had been arraigned. When Sierra County 1850, one Chap Schaffer secured the appointment, an all-round good as good fellows were estimated and occupied the bench to the were dissipated at the faro banks. Schaffer’s court of Reelfoot Williams, adjacent mining camps and, mounting his mule, started on his journey. When halfway up the Slug Canon trail a man stepped The judge obeyed without hesitation, recognizing the highwayman, I havent gota cent, the boys cleaned me out in a little game last night.” Williams lowered his pistol with a “Hello, judge, is that you? I you or. I wouldn’t have held you up. I knew I had no his mind that they were the highwaymen. He jumped back and grabbed his rifle and I followed suit with both stood in the door and when they rode up they saw we were heeled and had the advantage of being inside. They halted, hesitated a minute, the leader fell back and said something to one of the men, and then asked if they were on the Blue Tent trail. Pard answered, “Yes, keep right ‘along The spokesman, a good-lookng fellow with long, light hair and mustache, wanted o know if we took them for a lot of d and Pard replied: “‘Never mind what we take you for, and they went. After they were out of n_robbers, eredited with being the in the diary, was a as known, the: first and thieves for systematic predHe first: became locally known a gambler and suspected robber, who is mentioned his chief source of income being derived from holding up miners on the trails and relieving them of their coin and gold’ dust. He was arrested in 1851 for highway robbery, and escaped conviction after a hard-fought legal battle. In this connection, a story is told with the judge before whose was organized in days. He had a satisfaction of the much learning or profundity. It would at any time adjourn court in those game, or that his salary and fees in in The day -after the acquittal the judge had business him to throw up his hands’ and as elevating his in perturbed so far exclaimed chance against those Downieville sports. But say, judge, do me a favor, will you? Hurry on, there’s another fellow coming up the trail and I’ve got to get out of this d country somehow.” The judge, much relieved in mind if not in pocket, stood not on the order of his going and digging his spurs into the mule, started off at a lively gait. The other fellow was duly halted and Williams secured seven hundred dollars. It was after this exploit that he associRattlesnake Dick and three others and started in Superior Court against Sheriff Getchell for the return of three head of cattle which were mixed . up im a herd taken over ‘by the . Sheriff in a suit concerning pasturage between James O’Brien and Ben and epree Bynon of Birchville. 75 YEARS AGO Miss Major Pauline Cushman, the renowned spy of the Union . Army during the Civil War was . appearing in person at the Nevada . City theatre to tell. of her hair. breadth escapes and her eventual eapture, imprisonment and release by men of the Union Army. * * * At Quaker Hill Colin Smith was murdered by his tong time friend George Kilgore during a drinking Porce and in an argument over Kilgore’s vulgar speech to which Smith objected. , In Bloomfield, A. Lind was shot in the back by Francis Blair as he was leaving a saloon. eo * 2 The trial of Bateman Gaines for the murder of William -Stanton, committed at Mooney Flat, commenced in the District Court. District Attorney Deal was prosecuting the case, Jas, McReardon was defense attorney. HISTORIANS HEAR H.P.DAVIS NEVADA CITY: Hal P. Davis, the celebrated historian. addressed the Historical Society at the National Hotel on “Famous Firsts in Nevada City”. Using a brief sketch: of the ancient: river channels as a springboard, the noted lecturer launched into a fascinating discussion of early mining methods. His talk divulged many bits of memorabilia of the early days. One anectdote told how~a& Case regarding a mechanic's lien on the Jenny Lind Theater was being heard in court as the _ swollen waters of Deer Creek threatened the flimsy auditorium. A lawyer in court leaned out the window as the disputed structure was about to topple into the creek. “There goes the ‘lien’ with the prior.claim,” he shouted as the structure tipped, carried away in the flood. Election to the board of directors. was held, with President Doris Foley presiding. Those running were unopposed. They are: Gene .Ingalls, Genevieve Kent, George: Hallock, Donald Paine, William Durbrow, W. M. Kellenberger, Amelia A. Cunningham, H. P. Davis, and Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger. Mexican hotel-keepers are said to keep tame “boa constrictors as rat-catchers. This is also common practice in the Philippines. Bull snakes are similiarly employed (Please turn to page two) by many farmers in the U. S. A. last night]: leaned and was. CENTENNIALGROUP NAMED BY SNCHAMBER GRASS VALLEY: The seven man committee appointed by the Sierra Nevada Chamber of Commerce to take charge of Centennial plans, met last evening in the Grass Valley Chamber -of Commerce rooms, to consider suggestions regarding plans for this area. The committee, which is approved. by the county board of supervisors, will act as a screening unit. AS a committee it will not direct the local Centennial activities, but all applications for state funds must be approved by the’ group’and then be approved by the state commission at its headquarters in San Francisco. The committee consists of Wesley Donnenwirth, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce; Al Irby, Nevada City Chamber of Commerce; Downey Clinch, Sierra Nevada Chamber of. Commerce; Guerdon Ellis, Tahoe National Forest Supervisor; George Hallock, president California Hydraulic Mining Association; Herbert Nile, Nevada County Real Estate Board; Ear] Covey, State Centennial Committee; and Elmer Stevens, chairman, former president, Nevada Historical Association. Lobster Supreme NEVADA CITY: ‘Lobsters are back and Clark is cooking ‘em” is the slogan of this week for the Elks. That jolly organization” is planning another of its famous, gala dinners, slated for Saturday night at 8 P.M. Curtis Clark, the old maestro of the fish dinner, is preparing his Lobster Supreme, and the Elks brethren expect several hundred takers when the members and. guests are tallied. Lobsters galore have been ordered, and Clark’s work will be buttressed by the aid of a busy volunteer committee. There'll be a stage show by Frank Stewart (Nevada City’s Billy Rose), and hours of dancing to a five-piece band. WILLIAMS HEADS JR. CHAMBER'S GET-OUT-VOTE COMM. GRASS VALLEY: Elton Williams has been named chairman of the committee for the Junior Chamber of Commerce to get out the vote. All those who vote in the June ist primary must be registered by April 22. Williams states that his committee will make a canvass of this area. New residents, young women changing from Miss to Mrs. and all persons who have come of age since the last election, he said, should be registered. B. AND P. W. C. FOR CORAL NORTON AS SERVICE OFFICER Editor, The Nugget: Enclosed is a copy of a resolution that the Business and Professional Womens’ Club sent to the County Board of Supervisors, and we will appreciate it very much if you will give this space in your paper. Thank you, VADA E. MEEKER, Corresponding Secy’. Grass Valley BPWC. RESOLUTION the members of the Grass Business and Professional Club are vitally concerned with the Veteran and his problem in Nevada County. We are therefore most interested in the position of County Service Officer recently made vacant by the acceptance of the resignation of the former County Service Officer, and Whereas Mrs. Coral Marton has served admirably as the assistant County Service Officer, and Whereas said assistant County Service Officer has several times been in charge of the office pending appointment of the County Service Officer, and : Whereas said assistant County Service Officer, has been highly commended by various local Service Groups and representatives of State and Federal Veterans agencies for her outstanding work in behalf of the local Veterans, and Whereas said assistant County Service Officer is the wife of 2a permanently disabled’ veteran, she lost a brother in action and a second brother is a disabled veteran. Her son will complete his sixth year in the United States Navy within the next two months. She raised two orphan boys who are both disabled _veterans of World War II and during World War II she opened her home to We Valley Womens’ Zion Street. Young Dr. Mullis is a airport and Sugar Loaf. blue trim. There are. six rooms DR. WALTER MULLIS OPENS NEW DENTISTRY OFFICE NEVADA CITY: Dr. Walter E. Mullis, wellknown local dentist who has been practicing with Dr, Walter Hawkins, opened his own offices yesterday in a new building constructed as a dental suite at 435 graduate of the University, . of California College of Dentistry. ; The building is a pleasant basalt block structure facing Northwest to a pleasant view of the city, the Ted Lindsay was genéral contractor for the building. Interior walls are pastel blue plaster. Equipment and furnishings are new. Furniture is of tubular chrome and plastic. Floors are of inlaid yellow linoleum with and _ bath: two operating rooms, office, laboratory, and utility room. CHARGES DISMISSED IN CHILD CASE NEVADA CITY: Justice of the Peace George W. Gildersleeve, after listening to witnesses ‘in the preliminary hearing of charges’ of contributing to the delinquency of minors, dismissed the charges*against Foster Baker and Mrs. Betty Mulligan. Marcum’ Baker, the complaining witness, testified to various acts of alleged cruelty, including whipping the two sons of Mrs. Mulligan, aged 4 and 5 years, with an electric ironing cord, -and keeping the youngest boy in a tub full of cold water, in order to cure him of Wetting his bed. Mrs. Baker corroborated her husband’s testimony. But the defense put on witnesses who de-. elared that the two. little-boys had never been mistreated. Neither Foster Baker nor Mrs. Mulligan took the stand in their own behalf. Foster Baker and Mrs. Mulligan. it developed during the testimony, live together in. 40714 North Pine Street, and Mr. and Mrs. Marcum Bakey live in the apartment above them. Probation Officer Thomas Barrett testified that when he visited the home of Foster Baker and Mrs. Mulligan, he found the two’ youngsters, apparently well fed, well clothed and happy, and showing no signs of abuse. GUILTY ON LIQUOR TO MINORS CHARGE GRASS VALLEY: William Jelenick, bartender for the California Inn, charged with selling liquor to minors, and Mrs. Lorene Stagno, 18, charged with buyingg alcoholic beverages, were found guilty Friday April 19, in a trial without jury, before Justice of the Peace Charles A. Morehouse. Jelenick will come-up for senjtemce April 13th, and Mrs. Stagno on April 14th. The California Inn, holder of am om-sale liquor license, has been served with a notice to appear beef Equalization to show cause why their license should not be suspended or revoked. The complaimt was signed by Wonston Brown, an: agent for the “State Board of Equalization. -received from Washington, SherPAYS $150 ON SLOT MACHINE RAP NEVADA CITY: Mr. and Mrs. Phil Busby, owners of the-Yuba Inn, 17 miles east of this city at Washington, yesterday appeared before Justice of the Peace Gildersleeve and pleaded guilty to possession of two slot machines. Busby was fined $150 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended, and placed on six months probation. Mrs. Busby was not fined, was placgd on_ six months bation. Thursddy night, on a but protip iff Richard W. Hoskins raided the Yuba Inn, picked up one slot machine and the next morning retrieved a second machine. The Busbys were arrested, charged with possession of the two machines, which are now in the custody of the sheriff. Lions Entertain Scouts At Dinner GRASS VALLEY: Sixty mem. bers of the Grass Valley Lions Club entertained 40 Boy Scouts Thursday evening at dinner in the Bret Harte Inn. Program chairman was J. B. Stennett who with the aid of Sam Partridge, scout master,. arranged an exhibit of Scout exhibits and activities of Troop 4 which the club = sponsors. Partridge said that the troop has grown from a membership of 12 to 44, of which 40 were present. A short movie showing the troop camping, at work and doing certain service activities, was displayed in color. Whereas she has proven her capability and has earned the right to advancement because of her past performance. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV EDTHAT THE Business fore a referee for the State Board . CARLSON PRESENTS SPELLING CONTEST PRIZES TO WINNERS NEVADA CITY: Walter A. Carlson, county superintendent of schools, on Friday presented in person the $50 bond given by the Sacramento Bee to Simi Lyss, winner of the county spelling contest. Following the presentation in the Chicago Park School, Carlson went. to the Mount St. Mary’s Academy and made a= similar presentation to Bernardine Sudolski. Simi is 12 years of age and’ in the seventh grade in the Chicago Park School, and Bernardine is 13 years old and in the seventh grade of Mount St. Mary's Acade emy. ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL — ISTODAY NEVADA CITY: Voters of Nevada City will cast their ballots for three city councilmen today, April 13, Tuesday, at the polling place in the City Hall. There are seven aspirants for the three posts. Candidates are Charles W., Veale and Thomas H. Taylor, in= ‘“cumbents, Ed R. Hewston, con= tractor, James Hash, restaurant owner, Vern Gulartie, drug store owner, Merle M. Headley, garage owner and H. F. Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. HISTORIANS: TOREOPEN NEVADA CITY: The Nevada Historical Society thfough’ its president, Mrs. Doris Foley, and its museum chairman, Elmer Stevens, is preparing fo reopen the museum on Main Streef. 4 The institution is in the old firehouse and is undergoing a thorough renovation. Latest addition to the historical display ig a large —_picture—ef—a--_.10'=hors@ team guided by a jerk line, driven by the late Joseph Kneebone, Sr. The picture was taken in Rough and Ready in 1880. It is the gift of Matt Argall of Grass Valley: H. P. Davis gave the museum, a large lithograph of Nevada City as it was in 1856. The picture was obtained from Columbia, North Carolina. A wardrobe of beautiful dresses that once belonged to Mrs. Margaret Casey, mother of Tom,. and Professional Womens’ Club of Grass Valley in session at a regular meeting on April 7th, 1948, unanimously moved that the Honorable [email protected] Supervisors of Nevada Gounty be petitioned to appoint Mrs. Coral Morton to the position of County Service Officer that the best interest of the Veterans and the County as a whole be served. more than 400 service men, and President. Gertrude and William Casey, pioneer family of Penn Valley, has also been presented to the museum. They will be displayed on appropriate forms, OTIS HARDT HEADS GOLD QUARTZ PEACE OFFICERS NEVADA CITY: Otis Hardt, undersheriff, was chosen to head the Gold Quartz Peace Officers Association Thursday evening during the meting in the Sheriff’s office here. He succeeds Frank Knuckey, Grass Valley Chief of Police. Other officers elected were Robert Steuber, vice president: George Hammill, secretary-treas= urer; Perey Watters and Laws rence Williams, directors, P. T. A. HEARS TALK ON KOREA NEV-ADA \CITY: Mrs. P. A. Lewis entertained the Nevada. City High School Parent Teachers Association Friday Afternoon, April 9th with a talk on Korea, The speaker was born in the Orient and told many of hér personal experiences. Her father was a Methodist missionary and her mother. one of the first American schoo? teachers to enter the Orient. Two long tables were covered with exhibits to illustrate Mrs. Lewis? address. Among them were an exquisite drapery, a colorful lay= étte for a boy baby, pictures, and examples of Korean craftmanship, Mrs. Lewis said that custom— arily the native Koreans wear white and since girl children” Play a minor role in family li the boys are os ehe Seg

THINKING OUT LOUD . By H. M. L;, SR. . —— J Spring is here and the Fourth — a ee ~-#patient, are giving their whiskers “7 Man, wlonger a ‘Of July is on the way. One would hardly know about Spring, but that the Fourth is approaching, this year to be celebrated in Nevada City, there can be no doubt. For, young men, as usual imthe air. Their’-varied forms, that is, the whiskers, are somewhat amusingeven-when they camoutlage well known faces. : ‘ee Time was, only 75 years ago, when almost all men in California wore whiskers. Of course there were a few dandies that resolutely stropped their razors and sheared them off each morning or night as the case might ‘be, though mostly in the morning. We re“member quite well our two grandfathers that grew lordly beards. One had what was called a “sandy red’ beard, the other a big brown beard. The beard did not always follow the color of the hair on the head, sometimes it offered a contrast. re ee wee ° In that time, along about Civil War days the majority (a ‘considerable majority) of human males, wore beards. A bare faced until he’ proved himself otherwise, was considered. effeminate or suffering from some inherent weakness which prevented his whiskers from growing. ee ee We suspect that nature intended man to wear a ‘beard. Males of other species often do have beards, sometimes both horns and beards. The turkey ‘tom has’ a goatee of coarse hair that sprouts from. wherehis—Adam’s apple should be. The gorilla and the orangoutang males sport beards w= that become more abundant with age. The male lion not only.has a-beard but a mane, and of course there is the common goat. es Now when men began to discard the beard, was this a step toward enlightenment, the higher civilization? Probably. -Because when a man is engaged in shaving, he thinks. The old days of rolling out of bed, running a comb through the flowing whiskers, are gone. The man is engaged in improving his appearance. He does x not wish to be mistaken for what he isn’t. The beard concealed his features, which most men individually consider handsome. In cases where the features were weak, of course, the beards were a Jonger time coming off. Even now a weak chin covered with whiskers does not prove so much a bait to “confidence” men as does a weak chin unveiled. * * * But in the days of ’49, we have a reason to believe that razors were comparatively scaree. All the old daguerreotypes and painted portraits tell the story. The seekers were generally busy men. Even when it occured to them to shave, which it might have done when their wives and families arrived by ship in San Francisco, the thought of the time wasted probably deterred them. By dig-: ging during the. fifteen minutes the shave would occupy, the Argonauts would figure they could buy the lumber for a porch on the waiting home. Besides the razor, if any, was probably packed away somewhere, and the thought of finding it and tackling that flowing mass of chaparal], him guess-his family” would” have to recognize him by his voice rather than his face. * * * ; But when we think a little further back in history, we notice that Washington, Jefferson, the Adams, Hamilton, and all America’s great men were smoothly shaven. What must we conclude from this? Well, in the first place, “they belonged, as we now. say, to the ‘upper crust’. They were the leaders, and as politicians must not conceal their physiogomy from their followers. They were in the main, descendants of English gentry. They followed the eonvention of the shaven face. ae eat But as time went on, fewer and fewer of the American men felt the urge to be in fashion. The razor was neglected, became dull, ‘and on rare occasions, when it was brought into use, proved such an instrument of torture, that a , “éomb replaced it. When whiskers came in again men who played poker, had no need of the “poker face.’ The whiskers did the trick. The beard was a boon to all gamblers. o In this modern day shaving has been made easy. The safety razor, insuring no cuts and slashes, the various ungents and ointments, have made dewhiskering a morning pleasure. Shaving is no battle leaving a blood stained field. And, perhaps after men religiously shaved their faces every morning for a_ thousand years, it may become unnecessary. Nature, outraged by man’s persistent rebuffs of her creative and decorative effort, will at length withdraw the means of growing beards. In other words beards will cease to sprout. When that day comes the men will all be as smooth faced as their wives, er their sisters, or their cousins, ir their aunts. BATTERY CHARGES NEVADA CITY: Robert Patterson, 30, a°* sawmill worker, pleaded guilty Friday .to battery charges before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve. He was fined $25. The complaining wit“ess was Ralph Busby, owner of the Yuba Inn, in Washington on the South Yuba River, 17 miles east of Nevada City. gold, made: Vol. :2]}——No.-15 ‘NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Tuesday, April 13, 1948 NORTH SAN JUAN SHOOTING CASE PROCEEDS NEVADA CITY: Robert Bridges, accused of disturbing the peace in North San Juan last week, appeared Saturday before Justice of the Peace George Gildersleeve and pleaded not guilty. His trial was set for April “27th along with that for Stephen Fairchild, accused of’ the same offense. The two men will be tried by the same jury. The arrest of Bridges and Fairchild followed a shooting affray in which Bridges shot twice at a car behind which Fairchild stood. Bridges states he received a. terrific beating at the hands of Fairchild, after his gun had been son,. brother-in-law of Fairchild. Following -his arrest, Bridgesspent two days in the Nevada County Hospital recovering. CHAMBER MEETS TO DISCUSS 4TH NEVADA CITY: The Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight in its room at the City Hall, at 8 P.M. Principal topic of discussion will be the Fourth of July program. The celebration, in plan form, is already taking tangible shape, although many important details are to be discussed at the meeting. Paul Bergemann is president of the Chamber, with Harry F. Sofge as Secretary. Man Cited For Lack Of Caution In Bus Collision GRASS VALLEY: Robert H. Potts of Grass Valley was cited by the California Highawy Patrol] Thursday for lack of caution in driving into a car which, under the impetus of his car, pushed into a school bus, discharging children Wednesday at the intersction of the Lake Olympia Road and the Nevada City-Grass Valley Highway. The impact resulted in a baék injury for Elsie Arbaugh, 13, who was leaving the bus, Elviede--E.-Higer, driving the car which had halted behind the } bus, and, Luther Ring, a passenger with her were treated at the Miners Hospital in Nevada ied . for minor injuries. wrested. from. him-by~Ralph-~—Wil--+} Fe NO AGREEMENT NLD, GV, NLC. GRASS VALLEY: The board of directors of the Nevada Irrigation (District have withdrawn from uincative agreement with municipatities of Grass Valley and. Nevada City, réegardng a 10year contract. This action was taken following a resolution adopted by. the Nevada County Farm’ Bureau, representing the land owners. The municipalities had tentatively agreed to substitute a 10year contract for the present contract under which the cities buy their Water at 16 cents a miners inch. This contract has three years to rtin. Under the proposed new contract the municipalities would buy water at 25 cents-.a miners inch. But the two cities objected to the retroactive elause which would make the new rates operative from January list, 1948. Nevada City, which owns part of its own supply also objected to a standby charge of $200. The Farm Bureau _ resolution asked that all offers be withdrawn until the domestic water situation could be studied and the landowners could then advise the board of their conclusions. RECENT ARRIVALS AT NATIONAL HOTEL NEVADA CITY: Recent arrivals at the National Hotel include the following: R. G. Bell--and ‘B. Strickler, U. S. Forest Service, Plainsville, Califonia; Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Newcomb, Spartan City, San Jose; Mr. and Mrs. A. Dubliner, Clunie Hotel, Sacramento, Califonia. Thelma and E. Barginton, Salt Lake City, Utah; Andy Jones and Pike Benson of the Gaston Mine; Jack Coley of Oakland: Mr. Zenner, Clunie Hotel, Sacramento; J. Lane and J. Swinney of San Diego; James R. Harding of Burbank; R. McRae, Reedsport, Oregon. — BE, i. “Deering, Burnt Ranch; Mr .and Mrs. Frank Hall, Connell Motor Truck Co. Stockton; R. A. miller, San Francisco; . Robert Cook, Klamath Falls, Oregon; A. . J. Ruply and E. W. Hascke, Plac-. Walton, San Carlos. F. P. Crone. Nevada County Long Ago20 YEARS AGO The Nevada City Lions Club went over to Grass Valley to do the preliminary work for organizing a club in that place. Sheriff George R. Carter was in charge of the evening’s arrangements. Honored guests to lend moral sup+ port were International Vice-President Ray L. Riley,,State Controller, and Deputy Governor Byrl 3abcock. Fred M, Miller was chosen as temporary chairman and Charles Law as secretary of the new club which had nearly forty -dollars, raised by collection during the evening, to start a treasury. Mrs. Charles Elliott of Nevada City, Lou Chesbro of Auburn Dick Bigelow and Dave Gorden provided the entertainment and led the singing._ ce ie A birthday party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Elefseth of Smartsville in honor of their daughter, Eileen. Playmate guests included Adele Miles, Julia Fipen, Bsther Morrison, Ethel Bach, Nellie Fippen, Edith McNair, Vernon Bach, Denny McNair, Bernice Fippen, Ruth Murphy, Geanie Fippen and Ross Morrison. * * * The old Smartsville Hotel, newly re-decorated, was oened under the new ownership and management of Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy. Mr. Murphy’s fame as a chef was widely known throughout Nevada and Yuba counties. 50 YEARS AGO The butchers and grocers ot Nevada City played a_ benefit baseball] game at Cashin field to enlarge the funds of the G. A. R. and the N. S. G. W. Players on the butcher’s team were Charles Grissell, J. F. Colley; Frank Morgan, Al Snell, Frank Grissell, Ben Daniels, George Bair, G. J. Schmidt, W. Penrose and Thomas Clemo. The grocers team included Phil Scadden, J. J. Jackson, Char‘. kes'O’Connor, Thomas Sharp, John Dellridge, S. Costello, Frank Vaughn, R. Eddy ,F, Taylor and Thomas Richards. Che Hartman was the umpire. * * * William Freeman brought suit erville. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Turner, San Francisco; R.C. Hanford, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. J. Miteéhell, Folsom, California; Mrs. R. Bedford, Los Gates, California; Mr. Laughlin, Los Angeles; Durd R. Day and wife, St Helena; Mr. ' and Mrs. Poldeman and mothe., Placer gold is often associated . Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. 8. with other heavy minerals. Teal, Burbank. — THE Ne. Diary of a 49’er FROM THE BOOK EDITED BY C. L. CANFIELD —J the shotgun and pistol. We and you will get there.” move along’; (NOTE.—Reelfoot Williams, leader of the gang of to organize a gang of murderers atory at Downieville, Sierra County, as fellow, smattering of law, people, who did not demand toe was not held against him that he to participate in a lively poker one of the out of the chaparral and ordered deliver his valuables. but, “Good Lord, Williams! hands, tones: didn’t know ated himself» with highwaymen notorious desperado of the early days, and, so far work on the roads and trails. of his encounter, shortly after his trial, court he had been arraigned. When Sierra County 1850, one Chap Schaffer secured the appointment, an all-round good as good fellows were estimated and occupied the bench to the were dissipated at the faro banks. Schaffer’s court of Reelfoot Williams, adjacent mining camps and, mounting his mule, started on his journey. When halfway up the Slug Canon trail a man stepped The judge obeyed without hesitation, recognizing the highwayman, I havent gota cent, the boys cleaned me out in a little game last night.” Williams lowered his pistol with a “Hello, judge, is that you? I you or. I wouldn’t have held you up. I knew I had no his mind that they were the highwaymen. He jumped back and grabbed his rifle and I followed suit with both stood in the door and when they rode up they saw we were heeled and had the advantage of being inside. They halted, hesitated a minute, the leader fell back and said something to one of the men, and then asked if they were on the Blue Tent trail. Pard answered, “Yes, keep right ‘along The spokesman, a good-lookng fellow with long, light hair and mustache, wanted o know if we took them for a lot of d and Pard replied: “‘Never mind what we take you for, and they went. After they were out of n_robbers, eredited with being the in the diary, was a as known, the: first and thieves for systematic predHe first: became locally known a gambler and suspected robber, who is mentioned his chief source of income being derived from holding up miners on the trails and relieving them of their coin and gold’ dust. He was arrested in 1851 for highway robbery, and escaped conviction after a hard-fought legal battle. In this connection, a story is told with the judge before whose was organized in days. He had a satisfaction of the much learning or profundity. It would at any time adjourn court in those game, or that his salary and fees in in The day -after the acquittal the judge had business him to throw up his hands’ and as elevating his in perturbed so far exclaimed chance against those Downieville sports. But say, judge, do me a favor, will you? Hurry on, there’s another fellow coming up the trail and I’ve got to get out of this d country somehow.” The judge, much relieved in mind if not in pocket, stood not on the order of his going and digging his spurs into the mule, started off at a lively gait. The other fellow was duly halted and Williams secured seven hundred dollars. It was after this exploit that he associRattlesnake Dick and three others and started in Superior Court against Sheriff Getchell for the return of three head of cattle which were mixed .

up im a herd taken over ‘by the . Sheriff in a suit concerning pasturage between James O’Brien and Ben and epree Bynon of Birchville. 75 YEARS AGO Miss Major Pauline Cushman, the renowned spy of the Union . Army during the Civil War was . appearing in person at the Nevada . City theatre to tell. of her hair. breadth escapes and her eventual eapture, imprisonment and release by men of the Union Army. * * * At Quaker Hill Colin Smith was murdered by his tong time friend George Kilgore during a drinking Porce and in an argument over Kilgore’s vulgar speech to which Smith objected. , In Bloomfield, A. Lind was shot in the back by Francis Blair as he was leaving a saloon. eo * 2 The trial of Bateman Gaines for the murder of William -Stanton, committed at Mooney Flat, commenced in the District Court. District Attorney Deal was prosecuting the case, Jas, McReardon was defense attorney. HISTORIANS HEAR H.P.DAVIS NEVADA CITY: Hal P. Davis, the celebrated historian. addressed the Historical Society at the National Hotel on “Famous Firsts in Nevada City”. Using a brief sketch: of the ancient: river channels as a springboard, the noted lecturer launched into a fascinating discussion of early mining methods. His talk divulged many bits of memorabilia of the early days. One anectdote told how~a& Case regarding a mechanic's lien on the Jenny Lind Theater was being heard in court as the _ swollen waters of Deer Creek threatened the flimsy auditorium. A lawyer in court leaned out the window as the disputed structure was about to topple into the creek. “There goes the ‘lien’ with the prior.claim,” he shouted as the structure tipped, carried away in the flood. Election to the board of directors. was held, with President Doris Foley presiding. Those running were unopposed. They are: Gene .Ingalls, Genevieve Kent, George: Hallock, Donald Paine, William Durbrow, W. M. Kellenberger, Amelia A. Cunningham, H. P. Davis, and Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger. Mexican hotel-keepers are said to keep tame “boa constrictors as rat-catchers. This is also common practice in the Philippines. Bull snakes are similiarly employed (Please turn to page two) by many farmers in the U. S. A. last night]: leaned and was. CENTENNIALGROUP NAMED BY SNCHAMBER GRASS VALLEY: The seven man committee appointed by the Sierra Nevada Chamber of Commerce to take charge of Centennial plans, met last evening in the Grass Valley Chamber -of Commerce rooms, to consider suggestions regarding plans for this area. The committee, which is approved. by the county board of supervisors, will act as a screening unit. AS a committee it will not direct the local Centennial activities, but all applications for state funds must be approved by the’ group’and then be approved by the state commission at its headquarters in San Francisco. The committee consists of Wesley Donnenwirth, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce; Al Irby, Nevada City Chamber of Commerce; Downey Clinch, Sierra Nevada Chamber of. Commerce; Guerdon Ellis, Tahoe National Forest Supervisor; George Hallock, president California Hydraulic Mining Association; Herbert Nile, Nevada County Real Estate Board; Ear] Covey, State Centennial Committee; and Elmer Stevens, chairman, former president, Nevada Historical Association. Lobster Supreme NEVADA CITY: ‘Lobsters are back and Clark is cooking ‘em” is the slogan of this week for the Elks. That jolly organization” is planning another of its famous, gala dinners, slated for Saturday night at 8 P.M. Curtis Clark, the old maestro of the fish dinner, is preparing his Lobster Supreme, and the Elks brethren expect several hundred takers when the members and. guests are tallied. Lobsters galore have been ordered, and Clark’s work will be buttressed by the aid of a busy volunteer committee. There'll be a stage show by Frank Stewart (Nevada City’s Billy Rose), and hours of dancing to a five-piece band. WILLIAMS HEADS JR. CHAMBER'S GET-OUT-VOTE COMM. GRASS VALLEY: Elton Williams has been named chairman of the committee for the Junior Chamber of Commerce to get out the vote. All those who vote in the June ist primary must be registered by April 22. Williams states that his committee will make a canvass of this area. New residents, young women changing from Miss to Mrs. and all persons who have come of age since the last election, he said, should be registered. B. AND P. W. C. FOR CORAL NORTON AS SERVICE OFFICER Editor, The Nugget: Enclosed is a copy of a resolution that the Business and Professional Womens’ Club sent to the County Board of Supervisors, and we will appreciate it very much if you will give this space in your paper. Thank you, VADA E. MEEKER, Corresponding Secy’. Grass Valley BPWC. RESOLUTION the members of the Grass Business and Professional Club are vitally concerned with the Veteran and his problem in Nevada County. We are therefore most interested in the position of County Service Officer recently made vacant by the acceptance of the resignation of the former County Service Officer, and Whereas Mrs. Coral Marton has served admirably as the assistant County Service Officer, and Whereas said assistant County Service Officer has several times been in charge of the office pending appointment of the County Service Officer, and : Whereas said assistant County Service Officer, has been highly commended by various local Service Groups and representatives of State and Federal Veterans agencies for her outstanding work in behalf of the local Veterans, and Whereas said assistant County Service Officer is the wife of 2a permanently disabled’ veteran, she lost a brother in action and a second brother is a disabled veteran. Her son will complete his sixth year in the United States Navy within the next two months. She raised two orphan boys who are both disabled _veterans of World War II and during World War II she opened her home to We Valley Womens’ Zion Street. Young Dr. Mullis is a airport and Sugar Loaf. blue trim. There are. six rooms DR. WALTER MULLIS OPENS NEW DENTISTRY OFFICE NEVADA CITY: Dr. Walter E. Mullis, wellknown local dentist who has been practicing with Dr, Walter Hawkins, opened his own offices yesterday in a new building constructed as a dental suite at 435 graduate of the University, . of California College of Dentistry. ; The building is a pleasant basalt block structure facing Northwest to a pleasant view of the city, the Ted Lindsay was genéral contractor for the building. Interior walls are pastel blue plaster. Equipment and furnishings are new. Furniture is of tubular chrome and plastic. Floors are of inlaid yellow linoleum with and _ bath: two operating rooms, office, laboratory, and utility room. CHARGES DISMISSED IN CHILD CASE NEVADA CITY: Justice of the Peace George W. Gildersleeve, after listening to witnesses ‘in the preliminary hearing of charges’ of contributing to the delinquency of minors, dismissed the charges*against Foster Baker and Mrs. Betty Mulligan. Marcum’ Baker, the complaining witness, testified to various acts of alleged cruelty, including whipping the two sons of Mrs. Mulligan, aged 4 and 5 years, with an electric ironing cord, -and keeping the youngest boy in a tub full of cold water, in order to cure him of Wetting his bed. Mrs. Baker corroborated her husband’s testimony. But the defense put on witnesses who de-. elared that the two. little-boys had never been mistreated. Neither Foster Baker nor Mrs. Mulligan took the stand in their own behalf. Foster Baker and Mrs. Mulligan. it developed during the testimony, live together in. 40714 North Pine Street, and Mr. and Mrs. Marcum Bakey live in the apartment above them. Probation Officer Thomas Barrett testified that when he visited the home of Foster Baker and Mrs. Mulligan, he found the two’ youngsters, apparently well fed, well clothed and happy, and showing no signs of abuse. GUILTY ON LIQUOR TO MINORS CHARGE GRASS VALLEY: William Jelenick, bartender for the California Inn, charged with selling liquor to minors, and Mrs. Lorene Stagno, 18, charged with buyingg alcoholic beverages, were found guilty Friday April 19, in a trial without jury, before Justice of the Peace Charles A. Morehouse. Jelenick will come-up for senjtemce April 13th, and Mrs. Stagno on April 14th. The California Inn, holder of am om-sale liquor license, has been served with a notice to appear beef Equalization to show cause why their license should not be suspended or revoked. The complaimt was signed by Wonston Brown, an: agent for the “State Board of Equalization. -received from Washington, SherPAYS $150 ON SLOT MACHINE RAP NEVADA CITY: Mr. and Mrs. Phil Busby, owners of the-Yuba Inn, 17 miles east of this city at Washington, yesterday appeared before Justice of the Peace Gildersleeve and pleaded guilty to possession of two slot machines. Busby was fined $150 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended, and placed on six months probation. Mrs. Busby was not fined, was placgd on_ six months bation. Thursddy night, on a but protip iff Richard W. Hoskins raided the Yuba Inn, picked up one slot machine and the next morning retrieved a second machine. The Busbys were arrested, charged with possession of the two machines, which are now in the custody of the sheriff. Lions Entertain Scouts At Dinner GRASS VALLEY: Sixty mem. bers of the Grass Valley Lions Club entertained 40 Boy Scouts Thursday evening at dinner in the Bret Harte Inn. Program chairman was J. B. Stennett who with the aid of Sam Partridge, scout master,. arranged an exhibit of Scout exhibits and activities of Troop 4 which the club = sponsors. Partridge said that the troop has grown from a membership of 12 to 44, of which 40 were present. A short movie showing the troop camping, at work and doing certain service activities, was displayed in color. Whereas she has proven her capability and has earned the right to advancement because of her past performance. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV EDTHAT THE Business fore a referee for the State Board . CARLSON PRESENTS SPELLING CONTEST PRIZES TO WINNERS NEVADA CITY: Walter A. Carlson, county superintendent of schools, on Friday presented in person the $50 bond given by the Sacramento Bee to Simi Lyss, winner of the county spelling contest. Following the presentation in the Chicago Park School, Carlson went. to the Mount St. Mary’s Academy and made a= similar presentation to Bernardine Sudolski. Simi is 12 years of age and’ in the seventh grade in the Chicago Park School, and Bernardine is 13 years old and in the seventh grade of Mount St. Mary's Acade emy. ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL — ISTODAY NEVADA CITY: Voters of Nevada City will cast their ballots for three city councilmen today, April 13, Tuesday, at the polling place in the City Hall. There are seven aspirants for the three posts. Candidates are Charles W., Veale and Thomas H. Taylor, in= ‘“cumbents, Ed R. Hewston, con= tractor, James Hash, restaurant owner, Vern Gulartie, drug store owner, Merle M. Headley, garage owner and H. F. Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. HISTORIANS: TOREOPEN NEVADA CITY: The Nevada Historical Society thfough’ its president, Mrs. Doris Foley, and its museum chairman, Elmer Stevens, is preparing fo reopen the museum on Main Streef. 4 The institution is in the old firehouse and is undergoing a thorough renovation. Latest addition to the historical display ig a large —_picture—ef—a--_.10'=hors@ team guided by a jerk line, driven by the late Joseph Kneebone, Sr. The picture was taken in Rough and Ready in 1880. It is the gift of Matt Argall of Grass Valley: H. P. Davis gave the museum, a large lithograph of Nevada City as it was in 1856. The picture was obtained from Columbia, North Carolina. A wardrobe of beautiful dresses that once belonged to Mrs. Margaret Casey, mother of Tom,. and Professional Womens’ Club of Grass Valley in session at a regular meeting on April 7th, 1948, unanimously moved that the Honorable [email protected] Supervisors of Nevada Gounty be petitioned to appoint Mrs. Coral Morton to the position of County Service Officer that the best interest of the Veterans and the County as a whole be served. more than 400 service men, and President. Gertrude and William Casey, pioneer family of Penn Valley, has also been presented to the museum. They will be displayed on appropriate forms, OTIS HARDT HEADS GOLD QUARTZ PEACE OFFICERS NEVADA CITY: Otis Hardt, undersheriff, was chosen to head the Gold Quartz Peace Officers Association Thursday evening during the meting in the Sheriff’s office here. He succeeds Frank Knuckey, Grass Valley Chief of Police. Other officers elected were Robert Steuber, vice president: George Hammill, secretary-treas= urer; Perey Watters and Laws rence Williams, directors, P. T. A. HEARS TALK ON KOREA NEV-ADA \CITY: Mrs. P. A. Lewis entertained the Nevada. City High School Parent Teachers Association Friday Afternoon, April 9th with a talk on Korea, The speaker was born in the Orient and told many of hér personal experiences. Her father was a Methodist missionary and her mother. one of the first American schoo? teachers to enter the Orient. Two long tables were covered with exhibits to illustrate Mrs. Lewis? address. Among them were an exquisite drapery, a colorful lay= étte for a boy baby, pictures, and examples of Korean craftmanship, Mrs. Lewis said that custom— arily the native Koreans wear white and since girl children” Play a minor role in family li the boys are os ehe Seg