February 3, 1949 (8 pages)

4 LEGISLATION School Legislation” Volume 22—No. NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Thursday, February eA 1949 P. T. A. TO HEAR TALK ON SCHOOL NEVADA CITY: Robert Rees, of Fresno, Field Representative of California Teachers. Associaon, will speak on “Present when Nevada Parent-Teacher Friday afterin the auditor‘ity Elementary AsSocviation meets noon, 2:40 P. M,, ium. Frances Mason, program chairman, will also present a ceremony founders of _of the past presidents. Bill TobiasSine when we Ks ‘community. sen, music instructor, will direct the boys’ quartet in several numbers. Mrs. Kent Walker, president, will preside at th business meetan honorary Life Memwill be made to the association chosen because of her outstanding service’ to the youth of the Mrs. Fred. Relaford, chairman of nominating committee, will present a panel of officers for election. Following the meeting a social tea will be held which will especially honor the past presidents of the association. Mothers of the First Grades will be hostesses with the following room mothers in charge: Mrs. Clifford Pooler, Mrs. Edward Gerrick, Mrs. Georg Boles,. Mrs. William Tamblyn, Mrs. Ernest Roberts and Mrs. Delbert Hooker. CHERRY ACRES HOME BURNS TO GROUND GRASS VALLEY: The family of Erich Stricklin was roused early L duenatgoet morning by burnbership award a member of ing of their home in Cherry Acres on the Grass Valley Auburn Highway. Stricklin, a navy veteran, rushed to his baby’s crib and he and his wife quickly vacated the house with the other three children. The Division of Forestry fire crews. were summoned from Nevada City but did not arrive in time to save the house of six rooms from burning to the ground. The family escaped with only the clothes they were wearing. Jack Odgers, state forestry employe, reported the fire was parently started by "fatty ™-wiring in the attic over WILLIAM WILSON HEADS SIERRA. FOOTHILL LEAGUE. j GRASS VALLEY: ‘At .a.meet. ! ing of the Sierra Foothill League here Monday night, January 31st, William Wilsen. was pnanimously elected president of the organization. Wilsén is principal of Grass Valley High School, Re-elected sécretary was “Arthur Hooper, athletic coach.” Mudepartment heads conducted a separate meeting. At this, it was decided the annual music festival of the league would be held here on May 21st. Harold George, Jr., is in charge of this event, in which 1200 high school students .from member sic schools are ene to take part,, HOME DEPT. NOW HAS. 44 NEVAD: City Nome’ ‘Depantment “meeting Wednesday last w enrolled two new members} Marié Moses and Bertha Roberts. The clubwnow has a membership of 44. he members enjo ved a lunch eo démonstrating © the GSuncheon topic, which was foods and diets for people of 35 and over The next meeting will be held in Seaman’s Lodge, Pioneers Park, February 28rd, FORESTRY DEPT. PUTS OUT FIRE SATURDAY AT MORRIS HOME NEVADA CITY: The division of forestry reports that Saturday night at 671@*rits* fM@icrew ‘was: called to the residennsig. E. ©. Morris on Banner tinguish a fire in akement of the new ten -neim welling. The firewood aisle int ae basement was burnin Five mimites latent viata have seen the house ablaze, according. to the fire ¢rew foreman. rhe fire’ was confined to the? tkpemett, however, and sRRMESe amounted to about $200. a GI pad? aa yes af Rites Weis: Wadsiesday: : For Wade R. Vincent NEVADA CITY: Funeral services were heid in Holmes Funeral Home at 2 oclock Wednesday afternoon for Wade WVingent,) who died in a local hospital Friday night. The Masons were in charge of the obsequies. Interment was in the Forest View Cemetery. The deceased was a nephew of Mrs. L. Hoover of Park Avenue. H ployed as a carpenter at the gL ble College. He was Washington 60 years ago, He leaves a son; Wade’ Robert Vincent, Jr,, of. €learwater, -Qalifornia, short} and tribute in honor of, the associations and¢ apn . *' the kitchen. + The Nevada . * to exhad recently beer em-'f TOM KECHELEY . HEADS NEVADA CO. SPORTSMEN NEVADA CITY: At the recent meeting of the Nevada County Sportsmen’s Club in Seaman's Lodge, Thomas Kecheley, Sr., was. elected * president. Raymond Crenshaw was elected vice-president, and Harry F. was re-elected secretary. The directors are: ford Bridges, Stennett, and A Sofge board of Carl Larsen, CrofCarl Foote, Jack Roy. Shoemaker. number of interesting movies. were shown at the meeting, including ones: of fishing, hunting and a scenie trip through South America. At a meeting ure, office men’s groups newly-chosen in the near: fuvarious sportsbe invited to -s of the will trol of predatory animals. Among those included wili be Nevada City Spartsmen’s Club; Grass Valley Rod and Gun Club, Grass Valley Sportsmen’s Club, and other sporting organizations. j NEW CHESS CLUB MEETS NEVADA CITY: The _ newlyformed Chess Club met last Friday evening at the home of H. M. Leete, Jr., on A Street. Present were Stanley H. Halls, Thomas Legg, Bugene®. Semanski, Michel—_Lipman,;—-Pr-—-George—C, Boles, and Leete. Twenty-one games were played. The gathering broke up at I A. M. Meetings of the new club will be held at the homes of members at irregular intervals in the future. New .members are welcomed: Anyone desiring to join is. requested at N. C. 325The club his issued a challenge to the Grass Valley chess group to a tournament. W. Much, admired by others members was a Florentine in red and white belonging Lipman. to a general meeting to discuss con. to contact Stanley Halls} chess set” APPEALS FOR AID TO OPEN ROAD TO MAMMOTH SPRINGS GRASS VALLEY: Larry Lawson. who operates the Mammoth i Springs Mine in: Fiacer County, . has appéaled to the Nevada-Cour= . ty Board of Supervisors to assist him in opening the road into his property. which traverses a of Meadowlake township in >. county. . >. He stated that he was . to buy a caterpillar tractor road clearance purposes, the fact that he is ona count y road.» He said he used the “‘cat’’ last week to drag a.sled carrying Mrs. George Crandall out to You Bet Road, to proceed to her sick mother -in Dodge City, Kansas. Mrs. Crandall ‘is the wife his foreman. George, Endter, plane, flew. the message to her. The Mammoth Springs Mine is . located three miles; beyond Lowell Hill.-The—lastmile-above the camp is open but the stretch to . Lowell is blocked with snow. Lawl son said he would greatly appreciate the loan of a 60-ton caterpiHar. -The--supervisors— -promised to give the matter their immediate attention. MRS. H. P. DAVIS DAUGHTER FLIES FROM AMSTERDAM NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Elsa Van Hall, of Amsterdam, Holland, flew to San Francisco recently to be with her mother invalided in this° city, Mrs. Hal P. Davis. Mrs. Van Hall is the wife of a Dutch steamship company oOfficial. Bhe has flown out to see her mother and expects to return withlin a day or two. { if forced for ja % Election Nears For Tahoe Hospital Dist. NEVADA CITY: The board of supervisors did not complete arrangements for calling an election in the proposed Tahoe Forest Hospital district, but was expected to finish the business of proposed’ boundaries and exclusions of property today. Those asking exclusions of property are the Towle Estate Company, the} . Southern Pacific Company . Fibreboard Company, the latter With: large holdings ‘formerly belonging to the Hobart Mills Comp‘any. part , this . despite . the . of : in} and . Union Hill . SIX INCHES OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT NEVADA CITY Six snow fell -here last night. The sterm threatened all day, with . an oceasional flake floating down . from a black and menacing sky. Then, at 7 P. M., an _ initial flurry was followed by a minor blizzard that:continued until early . this morning. By. 9 P. M. last night 2 inches had already fallen. Strong winds whirled the flakes iin every: direction ‘and sang through the pine trees. On Broad Street this morning, the clink of snow shovels was again heard, as‘ merchants shoveled. from sidewalks into the street. A‘thieck residue of ice from the last storm. still coats the shady GS tu, streets. Bis -nessmen hoped that snow removal measures would be taken promptly enough to prevent the new layer of snow from turning to ice. inches of ( it compliments were—heard methods of the in combating Many on the energetic street department the dangerous results of the last snew. The department shoveled the snow into trucks and carried it away, sprinkled sand and gravel en ice to give tires traction and yesterday, just before the new deposit, were engaged in drilling the ice off Broad Street with a ere chisel. —% -—-—____—_—_ FUNERAL OF JOHN BOURQUIN IN MONT. RASS VALLEY: Mrs. Mary Bourquin and son, John Ill, and daughter, Janet, left last week for Montana to attend the services for John Henry Bourquin, her husband, who was killed in an auto ‘collision 13 miles west of Pocatello, _ Idaho, Thursday, January 27. Bourquin’s body was moved from Pocatello’ to Dfllon,’* Montana. He was returning from.the . funeral of his father when he ‘accident happened ; The Bourquin family reside at where they. settled ago. He was a war years old,” proprietor business in the Del building. three years véteran, 38 of a jewelry Oro Theater Pictured above is “ite St. Louis Sinfonietta, directed by Paul Schreiber, which is scheduled to play in Grass Valley on February tlth, at the Veterans Memorial. Building, under the auspices of the Twin Cities Concert Association. The small symphony orchestra is said to combine the delicacy of a string ensemble with the solo range of a fullfledged sympho ny orchestra. NEW 4-H CLUB GOING STRONG : NEVADA CITY: The 4-H Club of Nevada City held its first reglar meeting Saturday noon at Seaman’s Lodge,. Pioneers Park. Three new members were welcomed: Barbara Girard, Suzy Setzer and Pemmey Mitchell. Junior 4-H leader Jack Townsend at+ tended the meeting to offer helpful instruction in 4-H Club procedure. In a lively project discussion it was most interesting to observe the: enthusiasm expressed by the girls over their individual livestock projects which included the raising of calves, lambs, hogs, poultry: and rabbits. Future livestock men may expect considereble competition from’ these budding young female enthusiasts in the livestock ‘field. The girls taking the project will meet every $a inFebruary from 1 to 3 P. M. for sewing instruction under the able leadership of Mrs. Orpha Pond at the home of the club president, Wilma Davis, at Indian Flat. Their first project will be40 Make a. head -sc: out ‘ feed or flour. sack which may be embroidered or stencil painted. clothing turday at u The club is “working “on a program_—of entertainment.-to include old time and: modern dances, skits, movies and picnics. : A cheer of thanks, led by cheer leader Rita Taylor, was given to the leaders and assistant leaders, Mesdames’ Rita Davis, Evelyn Frank, Virginia Hilliard, Marion Willerts and Orpha Pond, for their support of and co-operation . in the new 4-H Club and to the Nevada City Home Department for’ its sponsorship. Leaders and assistants served a hot lunch to members and visitors and afterwards’ enjoyed dancing and singing with Mrs. Frank at the piano. The new 4-H’ers are looking forward to .their next regular meeting when Mrs. Frank will inStruct them in old time dances. The meeting will be held at Seaman’s Lodge, Pioneer Park, on Friday at 7:30 P. M., February 18. Boys and girls who are;interested in 4-H membership are welcome to visit the meetings. Their parents are ae" invited. MARCH OF ‘DIMES PARTY GROSSED $465 NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Ethel Buck, March, of Dimes card party event held in Veterans ‘Memorial Building, Grass Valley, Wednesday evening, January 27th, grossed a total.of $465. She expressed thanks to the many generous givers. and also to the Nevada County Bus Line which made available free transportation for Nevada Cityans to the pty in satelwe Valley. NATIVE SONS TO INSTALL OFFICERS TUES. NEVADA CIT y': Hydraulic Parlor, Native Sons, will install officers at their meeting Tuesday, February 8th. Robert Kohler will preside at the installation. Following the meeting, delicious supper of Boston baked beans and Boston brown bread. FROZEN HYDRANTS HINDER FIREMEN AT HOTEL GOLDEN BLAZE GRASS. VALLEY:.;.A — minor a ‘Operation Haylift’ Saves Snowbound Livestock Ely; } “and. tion: ev, This was part of sheep. ranehes ht vod Sgr Colorado andA.big C-82 “Flying Boxcar” of. iene drops a bale of or of Ue 0. BA lift,” in which Air blag sparen vimentin ebraska to help. F auesess than ~ : save ot gered hare at commenng at had™dared. hu: 2 bay to sanded vesoek 9 ‘}for* the Sierra Foothill at 5 A. M. Sunday, January 30th. Hastily-dressed residents streamchairman, has announced that the, blaze emptied Hotel Golden here . yesterday when, at 2:05 vulsive grip of happiness a of the jury. Free now after eightee neys. She was clad in a s with cheerful pink and blue she left, she declared: “T have no plans for the future. } don’t’ know where"lI shall go, but I shall not, stay here. Too many. unpledsant memories here. I feel like small puppy dog. T want to crawl under something and not be seen, But I can’t tell you how happy I am.’’ She thanked the sheriff, the deputies, the judge and the district attorney for the kindnesses rendered While in, their custody. When Howard Wasley, foreman of the jury, handed the Slip of paper containing the verdict to thé bailiff, and the bailiff handed it to the judge, who read it silently and then passed it.on to the clerk with the order, ‘‘record the. verdict, Mr. Clerk,’ Lois.’ slim hands clasped the edge of a table. until her ~knuckles--were white. Then the clerk read the verdict. Lois burst into sobs. Her attorneys patted her back and finally each one held one of her hands. There was hardly a dry eye in the court room. Lynne Kelly, commenting on the case later, said: -‘‘During the first trial I could feel the hostility of the audience, like a cold wind at my back, but this time the air was neutral to friendly, I think something should be said for -the—judge—in—this—case:. He hewed to the line. The testimony to which the state supreme court objected ‘was ruled out. I ete Nevada County. justice has been\ vindicated in this verdict.” He pointed out that ever since Lois was returned for the new trial ordered by the state supreme court she has been. trembling, with only short intervals of stable nerves. He said: ‘‘The death sentence hung over her head as the result of the first trial, played havoe with her nerves.”’ The. jury. retired for. deliberation at 11:45 A. M., went to lunch shortly after 12 M. and was ready with its verdict at 1:45 P. M. but did not render it for 20 -minutes, while the judge-and colirt officials assembled. Court officials and the sheriff's office attribute the “‘not guilty”’ to the stress: placed on amnesia throughout the proceedings. Lois testified to other attacks of amnesia besides the one which began when she was allegedly assaulted by McLain, and .only wakened from it following her marriage to Hardy in Las Vegas. Dr. Harold Karo’s testimony gave amnesia & serious aspect as a real factor in the case. The judge’s ‘instructions had much to do With amnesia, its effect on its ‘victims and their non-responsibility under the law.for acts committed while suffering from it. A state supreme court review of the case found the. evidence too weak for conviction and ordered a new ‘trial. The defense case focussed in-: tense light on an implausibility of Lois’ celebrated conféssion tay Mrs. Gladys Dolley in the Truckee jail. According to this version, Lois held McLain’s head between herhands while Hardy, now.serving life in San Quentin, fired three bullets into it. In the cold grey light of the second trial, no one seemed to be willing to believe that the 80pound former. student nurse, or anyone’else for that matter, would have had the courage to-serve as a modern William Tell in the face Before a € ‘}of a .82 caliber pistol wielded by the reckless, and unpracticed Hardy. In “his address to the jury, Attorney Albert EL, Johnson declar-, ed: “This innocent woman was. attacked by a criminal who got ed out of the frame structure while firemen battled to thaw frozen hydrant valves. The hotel is on the corner of Auburn .and Richardson, 3 : The fire gutted one room and the ceiling above it and filled the entire building with choking smoke and fumes. Timothy Beckett and William Mautino woke guests by crawling. on their hands and knees through the Halls ecrying warnings. The fire department ascribed smoking in bed as the probable cause. : ‘TEACHERS ATTEND CLF. MEET IN AUBURN GRASS VALLEY: Three teachers from this city and three from Nevada City attended ‘the California Interscholastic Féderation meet’ Saturday in Auburn, Théy are Grass Valley High hog] principal William Wilson, Arthur Hooper, physical ¢ducation department héad and track coac Roger Snipe, Accompanying them, from Nevada City High School, were: principal. Edward Frantz, and athletic coaches George Abbott -and pagenda was arrangement of asdate music. festival to be held id in Grass ‘while she was Robert. Bonner. Included on} the . . his just desserts, and was under the domination of a murderer who had been a criminal since he was 11 years old, and who is now serving a life sentence for his part in the tragedy.” He declared that the prosecution had built its case on suspicion and conjecture. Johnson scorned Mrs. Dolley’s testimony and pointed out what he said were discrepancies between her.evi~ dence in the first trial and in the second, which comtained ;some 7}new details. The now-famous “Truckee jail”’ conféssion began’ when Mrs. Dolley .entered Lois’ cell a few. days after the murder. According to Mrs. Dolley; Lois -was reading thé Bible. She read a verse or two, aloud, .and then Mrs. Dolley asked . about a ¢ertain stick around the end of which was wrapped a dirty fi handkerchief. “Leis replied that’ many ™ “more} important ‘things, had happened . . ‘since the incident of the stick,. and that she would tell her the}. . whole story and that. perhaps. . telling the story} “glares he would secneenber pba: the Sale ig. tees 1H Wilson read the verdict of the jury: petite defendant seized the hands of her defense attorneys, Lynne Kelly and Albert L. Johnson in a conLois Hardy Freer DIMINUTIVE DEFENDANT WEEPS WITH JOY AT QUICK VERDICT NEVADA CITY: Lois Hardy sobbed: with joy P. M. court clerk Russeb “not guilty.” The fter hearing the. judgment n months of incarcerkteaes. first in. the county jail, then under sentence of death in Tehachapi prison for women, 23-year-old Lois hurriedly packed her bag and left the jail with her attormart black suit decorated flounces. gave Joe the-signakl-E hands to ' Mclain’s: face his head so that he see. Joe fired shot not seem to kill MicLain. Then he fired another one. Blood came to his mouth*[email protected] made me sick, so Joe—that s where the stick comes in—found a stick and wrapped his handkerchief around one end and. put.it-in ‘his. mouth.’’ When I put my and turned could» not but it did & & Judge’ James Snell communi. cated two hours of instruction te the jury. His admonitions con— sisted of 102 points. Howard Was-. ley, foreman of the jury, delivered the verdict. Late Tuesday afternoon the’ at~ torneys. completed their arguments-'to the jury. First, District® Attorney. Vernon Stoll was heard, followed by Lynne Kelly and Albert L. Johnson, Lynne Kelly reported last night that Lois would spend the night “in a safe place, where she could get a good night’s sleep undisturbed,’’. and that arrangements. were being made so that she could start life anew., Jurymen reported that on the first. ballot the vote: was 11 im favor of acquittal against 1 mot in favor. The second and task ballot was unanimous. SINFONIETTA VALLEY: The Louis Sinfonietta,. pocket sine symphony orchestra, is sché@vtedk by the Twin \Cities. Coneert Association for Webruary llth, at Veterans ‘Memoyial Building. The Sinfonietta is a smal? com cert orchestra founded for the purpose of bringing symphonic music to audiences everywhere, It is a chamber orchestra with. the’ extendéd tonal latitude, color variety and sonority of the sym-. phony orchestra. The group is directed by Paul Schreiber, who brings to. . this field. years. of. experience.as @& professional violinist, having worked with the conductors of the nation’s greatest orchestras. an@ with the most distinguished composers of our time. Noted pianist Sasha Gorodnitzki will play March 19th. with the concert in the Grass Valley: high school auditorium. His con~ cert will take the place of the Solveig Lunde concert, which never occurred since the artist, due to a series of mishaps” and: nfisunderstandings, did not appear. On April 21st, the final concert of the series stars John Carter, tenor. Members of the concert as-= sociation are entitled to atten® performance of the .organization in neighboring localities, These. include the following. Auburn concerts: Placer Jans ior College: February 3, Susan Reed, ballad singer; February 15, Mata’ and Hari, comedy dance. team; March 14, Vivian della. Chiesa, mezzo-soprang _ Marysville concerts: Yuba County Junior College: February 16, Bary ensemble, instrumental. Roseville, concerts: High § chook: gymnasium: February — 7, ohn, Tyers,: tenor. " GRASS (St “NEVADA CITY: Palak ‘Tops. local plane operator,.who was: sued some time: since. for. $58,000. Geteames claimed. by Moore, for what were permanent Saju ed when Tipps. ca Oregon with Mas

4 LEGISLATION School Legislation” Volume 22—No. NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Thursday, February eA 1949 P. T. A. TO HEAR TALK ON SCHOOL NEVADA CITY: Robert Rees, of Fresno, Field Representative of California Teachers. Associaon, will speak on “Present when Nevada Parent-Teacher Friday afterin the auditor‘ity Elementary AsSocviation meets noon, 2:40 P. M,, ium. Frances Mason, program chairman, will also present a ceremony founders of _of the past presidents. Bill TobiasSine when we Ks ‘community. sen, music instructor, will direct the boys’ quartet in several numbers. Mrs. Kent Walker, president, will preside at th business meetan honorary Life Memwill be made to the association chosen because of her outstanding service’ to the youth of the Mrs. Fred. Relaford, chairman of nominating committee, will present a panel of officers for election. Following the meeting a social tea will be held which will especially honor the past presidents of the association. Mothers of the First Grades will be hostesses with the following room mothers in charge: Mrs. Clifford Pooler, Mrs. Edward Gerrick, Mrs. Georg Boles,. Mrs. William Tamblyn, Mrs. Ernest Roberts and Mrs. Delbert Hooker. CHERRY ACRES HOME BURNS TO GROUND GRASS VALLEY: The family of Erich Stricklin was roused early L duenatgoet morning by burnbership award a member of ing of their home in Cherry Acres on the Grass Valley Auburn Highway. Stricklin, a navy veteran, rushed to his baby’s crib and he and his wife quickly vacated the house with the other three children. The Division of Forestry fire crews. were summoned from Nevada City but did not arrive in time to save the house of six rooms from burning to the ground. The family escaped with only the clothes they were wearing. Jack Odgers, state forestry employe, reported the fire was parently started by "fatty ™-wiring in the attic over WILLIAM WILSON HEADS SIERRA. FOOTHILL LEAGUE. j GRASS VALLEY: ‘At .a.meet. ! ing of the Sierra Foothill League here Monday night, January 31st, William Wilsen. was pnanimously elected president of the organization. Wilsén is principal of Grass Valley High School, Re-elected sécretary was “Arthur Hooper, athletic coach.” Mudepartment heads conducted a separate meeting. At this, it was decided the annual music festival of the league would be held here on May 21st. Harold George, Jr., is in charge of this event, in which 1200 high school students .from member sic schools are ene to take part,, HOME DEPT. NOW HAS. 44 NEVAD: City Nome’ ‘Depantment “meeting Wednesday last w enrolled two new members} Marié Moses and Bertha Roberts. The clubwnow has a membership of 44. he members enjo ved a lunch eo démonstrating © the GSuncheon topic, which was foods and diets for people of 35 and over The next meeting will be held in Seaman’s Lodge, Pioneers Park, February 28rd, FORESTRY DEPT. PUTS OUT FIRE SATURDAY AT MORRIS HOME NEVADA CITY: The division of forestry reports that Saturday night at 671@*rits* fM@icrew ‘was: called to the residennsig. E. ©. Morris on Banner tinguish a fire in akement of the new ten -neim welling. The firewood aisle int ae basement was burnin Five mimites latent viata have seen the house ablaze, according. to the fire ¢rew foreman. rhe fire’ was confined to the? tkpemett, however, and sRRMESe amounted to about $200.. a GI pad? aa yes af Rites Weis: Wadsiesday: : For Wade R. Vincent NEVADA CITY: Funeral services were heid in Holmes Funeral Home at 2 oclock Wednesday afternoon for Wade WVingent,) who died in a local hospital Friday night. The Masons were in charge of the obsequies. Interment was in the Forest View Cemetery. The deceased was a nephew of Mrs. L. Hoover of Park Avenue. H ployed as a carpenter at the gL ble College. He was Washington 60 years ago, He leaves a son; Wade’ Robert Vincent, Jr,, of. €learwater, -Qalifornia, short} and tribute in honor of, the associations and¢ apn . *' the kitchen. + The Nevada . * to exhad recently beer em-'f TOM KECHELEY . HEADS NEVADA CO. SPORTSMEN NEVADA CITY: At the recent meeting of the Nevada County Sportsmen’s Club in Seaman's Lodge, Thomas Kecheley, Sr., was. elected * president. Raymond Crenshaw was elected vice-president, and Harry F. was re-elected secretary. The directors are: ford Bridges, Stennett, and A Sofge board of Carl Larsen, CrofCarl Foote, Jack Roy. Shoemaker. number of interesting movies. were shown at the meeting, including ones: of fishing, hunting and a scenie trip through South America. At a meeting ure, office men’s groups newly-chosen in the near: fuvarious sportsbe invited to -s of the will trol of predatory animals. Among those included wili be Nevada City Spartsmen’s Club; Grass Valley Rod and Gun Club, Grass Valley Sportsmen’s Club, and other sporting organizations. j NEW CHESS CLUB MEETS NEVADA CITY: The _ newlyformed Chess Club met last Friday evening at the home of H. M. Leete, Jr., on A Street. Present were Stanley H. Halls, Thomas Legg, Bugene®. Semanski, Michel—_Lipman,;—-Pr-—-George—C, Boles, and Leete. Twenty-one games were played. The gathering broke up at I A. M. Meetings of the new club will be held at the homes of members at irregular intervals in the future. New .members are welcomed: Anyone desiring to join is. requested at N. C. 325The club his issued a challenge to the Grass Valley chess group to a tournament. W. Much, admired by others members was a Florentine in red and white belonging Lipman. to a general meeting to discuss con. to contact Stanley Halls} chess set” APPEALS FOR AID TO OPEN ROAD TO MAMMOTH SPRINGS GRASS VALLEY: Larry Lawson. who operates the Mammoth i Springs Mine in: Fiacer County, . has appéaled to the Nevada-Cour= . ty Board of Supervisors to assist him in opening the road into his property. which traverses a of Meadowlake township in >. county. . >. He stated that he was . to buy a caterpillar tractor road clearance purposes, the fact that he is ona count y road.» He said he used the “‘cat’’ last week to drag a.sled carrying Mrs. George Crandall out to You Bet Road, to proceed to her sick mother -in Dodge City, Kansas. Mrs. Crandall ‘is the wife his foreman. George, Endter, plane, flew. the message to her. The Mammoth Springs Mine is . located three miles; beyond Lowell Hill.-The—lastmile-above the camp is open but the stretch to . Lowell is blocked with snow. Lawl son said he would greatly appreciate the loan of a 60-ton caterpiHar. -The--supervisors— -promised to give the matter their immediate attention. MRS. H. P. DAVIS DAUGHTER FLIES FROM AMSTERDAM NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Elsa Van Hall, of Amsterdam, Holland, flew to San Francisco recently to be with her mother invalided in this° city, Mrs. Hal P. Davis. Mrs. Van Hall is the wife of a Dutch steamship company oOfficial. Bhe has flown out to see her mother and expects to return withlin a day or two. { if forced for ja % Election Nears For Tahoe Hospital Dist. NEVADA CITY: The board of supervisors did not complete arrangements for calling an election in the proposed Tahoe Forest Hospital district, but was expected to finish the business of proposed’ boundaries and exclusions of property today. Those asking exclusions of property are the Towle Estate Company, the} . Southern Pacific Company . Fibreboard Company, the latter With: large holdings ‘formerly belonging to the Hobart Mills Comp‘any. part , this . despite . the . of : in} and . Union Hill . SIX INCHES OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT NEVADA CITY Six snow fell -here last night. The sterm threatened all day, with . an oceasional flake floating down . from a black and menacing sky. Then, at 7 P. M., an _ initial flurry was followed by a minor blizzard that:continued until early . this morning. By. 9 P. M. last night 2 inches had already fallen. Strong winds whirled the flakes iin every: direction ‘and sang through the pine trees. On Broad Street this morning, the clink of snow shovels was again heard, as‘ merchants shoveled. from sidewalks into the street. A‘thieck residue of ice from the last storm. still coats the shady GS tu, streets. Bis -nessmen hoped that snow removal measures would be taken promptly enough to prevent the new layer of snow from turning to ice. inches of ( it compliments were—heard methods of the in combating Many on the energetic street department the dangerous results of the last snew. The department shoveled the snow into trucks and carried it away, sprinkled sand and gravel en ice to give tires traction and yesterday, just before the new deposit, were engaged in drilling the ice off Broad Street with a ere chisel. —% -—-—____—_—_ FUNERAL OF JOHN BOURQUIN IN MONT. RASS VALLEY: Mrs. Mary Bourquin and son, John Ill, and daughter, Janet, left last week for Montana to attend the services for John Henry Bourquin, her husband, who was killed in an auto ‘collision 13 miles west of Pocatello, _ Idaho, Thursday, January 27. Bourquin’s body was moved from Pocatello’ to Dfllon,’* Montana. He was returning from.the . funeral of his father when he ‘accident happened ; The Bourquin family reside at where they. settled ago. He was a war years old,” proprietor business in the Del building. three years véteran, 38 of a jewelry Oro Theater Pictured above is “ite St. Louis Sinfonietta, directed by Paul Schreiber, which is scheduled to play in Grass Valley on February tlth, at the Veterans Memorial. Building, under the auspices of the Twin Cities Concert Association. The small symphony orchestra is said to combine the delicacy of a string ensemble with the solo range of a fullfledged sympho ny orchestra. NEW 4-H CLUB GOING STRONG : NEVADA CITY: The 4-H Club of Nevada City held its first reglar meeting Saturday noon at Seaman’s Lodge,. Pioneers Park. Three new members were welcomed: Barbara Girard, Suzy Setzer and Pemmey Mitchell. Junior 4-H leader Jack Townsend at+ tended the meeting to offer helpful instruction in 4-H Club procedure. In a lively project discussion it was most interesting to observe the: enthusiasm expressed by the girls over their individual livestock projects which included the raising of calves, lambs, hogs, poultry: and rabbits. Future livestock men may expect considereble competition from’ these budding young female enthusiasts in the livestock ‘field. The girls taking the project will meet every $a inFebruary from 1 to 3 P. M. for sewing instruction under the

able leadership of Mrs. Orpha Pond at the home of the club president, Wilma Davis, at Indian Flat. Their first project will be40 Make a. head -sc: out ‘ feed or flour. sack which may be embroidered or stencil painted. clothing turday at u The club is “working “on a program_—of entertainment.-to include old time and: modern dances, skits, movies and picnics. : A cheer of thanks, led by cheer leader Rita Taylor, was given to the leaders and assistant leaders, Mesdames’ Rita Davis, Evelyn Frank, Virginia Hilliard, Marion Willerts and Orpha Pond, for their support of and co-operation . in the new 4-H Club and to the Nevada City Home Department for’ its sponsorship. Leaders and assistants served a hot lunch to members and visitors and afterwards’ enjoyed dancing and singing with Mrs. Frank at the piano. The new 4-H’ers are looking forward to .their next regular meeting when Mrs. Frank will inStruct them in old time dances. The meeting will be held at Seaman’s Lodge, Pioneer Park, on Friday at 7:30 P. M., February 18. Boys and girls who are;interested in 4-H membership are welcome to visit the meetings. Their parents are ae" invited. MARCH OF ‘DIMES PARTY GROSSED $465 NEVADA CITY: Mrs. Ethel Buck, March, of Dimes card party event held in Veterans ‘Memorial Building, Grass Valley, Wednesday evening, January 27th, grossed a total.of $465. She expressed thanks to the many generous givers. and also to the Nevada County Bus Line which made available free transportation for Nevada Cityans to the pty in satelwe Valley. NATIVE SONS TO INSTALL OFFICERS TUES. NEVADA CIT y': Hydraulic Parlor, Native Sons, will install officers at their meeting Tuesday, February 8th. Robert Kohler will preside at the installation. Following the meeting, delicious supper of Boston baked beans and Boston brown bread. FROZEN HYDRANTS HINDER FIREMEN AT HOTEL GOLDEN BLAZE GRASS.. VALLEY:.;.A — minor a ‘Operation Haylift’ Saves Snowbound Livestock Ely; } “and. tion: ev, This was part of sheep. ranehes ht vod Sgr Colorado andA.big C-82 “Flying Boxcar” of. iene drops a bale of or of Ue 0. BA lift,” in which Air blag sparen vimentin ebraska to help. F auesess than ~ : save ot gered hare at commenng at had™dared. hu: 2 bay to sanded vesoek 9 ‘}for* the Sierra Foothill at 5 A. M. Sunday, January 30th. Hastily-dressed residents streamchairman, has announced that the, blaze emptied Hotel Golden here . yesterday when, at 2:05 vulsive grip of happiness a of the jury. Free now after eightee neys. She was clad in a s with cheerful pink and blue she left, she declared: “T have no plans for the future. } don’t’ know where"lI shall go, but I shall not, stay here. Too many. unpledsant memories here. I feel like small puppy dog. T want to crawl under something and not be seen, But I can’t tell you how happy I am.’’ She thanked the sheriff, the deputies, the judge and the district attorney for the kindnesses rendered While in, their custody. When Howard Wasley, foreman of the jury, handed the Slip of paper containing the verdict to thé bailiff, and the bailiff handed it to the judge, who read it silently and then passed it.on to the clerk with the order, ‘‘record the. verdict, Mr. Clerk,’ Lois.’ slim hands clasped the edge of a table. until her ~knuckles--were white. Then the clerk read the verdict. Lois burst into sobs. Her attorneys patted her back and finally each one held one of her hands. There was hardly a dry eye in the court room. Lynne Kelly, commenting on the case later, said: -‘‘During the first trial I could feel the hostility of the audience, like a cold wind at my back, but this time the air was neutral to friendly, I think something should be said for -the—judge—in—this—case:. He hewed to the line. The testimony to which the state supreme court objected ‘was ruled out. I ete Nevada County. justice has been\ vindicated in this verdict.” He pointed out that ever since Lois was returned for the new trial ordered by the state supreme court she has been. trembling, with only short intervals of stable nerves. He said: ‘‘The death sentence hung over her head as the result of the first trial, played havoe with her nerves.”’ The. jury. retired for. deliberation at 11:45 A. M., went to lunch shortly after 12 M. and was ready with its verdict at 1:45 P. M. but did not render it for 20 -minutes, while the judge-and colirt officials assembled. Court officials and the sheriff's office attribute the “‘not guilty”’ to the stress: placed on amnesia throughout the proceedings. Lois testified to other attacks of amnesia besides the one which began when she was allegedly assaulted by McLain, and .only wakened from it following her marriage to Hardy in Las Vegas. Dr. Harold Karo’s testimony gave amnesia & serious aspect as a real factor in the case. The judge’s ‘instructions had much to do With amnesia, its effect on its ‘victims and their non-responsibility under the law.for acts committed while suffering from it. A state supreme court review of the case found the. evidence too weak for conviction and ordered a new ‘trial. The defense case focussed in-: tense light on an implausibility of Lois’ celebrated conféssion tay Mrs. Gladys Dolley in the Truckee jail. According to this version, Lois held McLain’s head between herhands while Hardy, now.serving life in San Quentin, fired three bullets into it. In the cold grey light of the second trial, no one seemed to be willing to believe that the 80pound former. student nurse, or anyone’else for that matter, would have had the courage to-serve as a modern William Tell in the face Before a € ‘}of a .82 caliber pistol wielded by the reckless, and unpracticed Hardy. In “his address to the jury, Attorney Albert EL, Johnson declar-, ed: “This innocent woman was. attacked by a criminal who got ed out of the frame structure while firemen battled to thaw frozen hydrant valves. The hotel is on the corner of Auburn .and Richardson, 3 : The fire gutted one room and the ceiling above it and filled the entire building with choking smoke and fumes. Timothy Beckett and William Mautino woke guests by crawling. on their hands and knees through the Halls ecrying warnings. The fire department ascribed smoking in bed as the probable cause. : ‘TEACHERS ATTEND CLF. MEET IN AUBURN GRASS VALLEY: Three teachers from this city and three from Nevada City attended ‘the California Interscholastic Féderation meet’ Saturday in Auburn, Théy are Grass Valley High hog] principal William Wilson, Arthur Hooper, physical ¢ducation department héad and track coac Roger Snipe, Accompanying them, from Nevada City High School, were: principal. Edward Frantz, and athletic coaches George Abbott -and pagenda was arrangement of asdate music. festival to be held id in Grass ‘while she was Robert. Bonner. Included on} the . . his just desserts, and was under the domination of a murderer who had been a criminal since he was 11 years old, and who is now serving a life sentence for his part in the tragedy.” He declared that the prosecution had built its case on suspicion and conjecture. Johnson scorned Mrs. Dolley’s testimony and pointed out what he said were discrepancies between her..evi~ dence in the first trial and in the second, which comtained ;some 7}new details. The now-famous “Truckee jail”’ conféssion began’ when Mrs. Dolley .entered Lois’ cell a few. days after the murder. According to Mrs. Dolley; Lois -was reading thé Bible. She read a verse or two, aloud, .and then Mrs. Dolley asked . about a ¢ertain stick around the end of which was wrapped a dirty fi handkerchief. “Leis replied that’ many ™ “more} important ‘things, had happened . . ‘since the incident of the stick,. and that she would tell her the}. . whole story and that. perhaps. . telling the story} “glares he would secneenber pba: the Sale ig. tees 1H Wilson read the verdict of the jury: petite defendant seized the hands of her defense attorneys, Lynne Kelly and Albert L. Johnson in a conLois Hardy Freer DIMINUTIVE DEFENDANT WEEPS WITH JOY AT QUICK VERDICT NEVADA CITY: Lois Hardy sobbed: with joy P. M. court clerk Russeb “not guilty.” The fter hearing the. judgment n months of incarcerkteaes. first in. the county jail, then under sentence of death in Tehachapi prison for women, 23-year-old Lois hurriedly packed her bag and left the jail with her attormart black suit decorated flounces. gave Joe the-signakl-E hands to ' Mclain’s: face his head so that he see. Joe fired shot not seem to kill MicLain. Then he fired another one. Blood came to his mouth*[email protected] made me sick, so Joe—that s where the stick comes in—found a stick and wrapped his handkerchief around one end and. put.it-in ‘his. mouth.’’ When I put my and turned could» not but it did & & Judge’ James Snell communi. cated two hours of instruction te the jury. His admonitions con— sisted of 102 points. Howard Was-. ley, foreman of the jury, delivered the verdict. Late Tuesday afternoon the’ at~ torneys. completed their arguments-'to the jury. First, District® Attorney. Vernon Stoll was heard, followed by Lynne Kelly and Albert L. Johnson, Lynne Kelly reported last night that Lois would spend the night “in a safe place, where she could get a good night’s sleep undisturbed,’’. and that arrangements. were being made so that she could start life anew., Jurymen reported that on the first. ballot the vote: was 11 im favor of acquittal against 1 mot in favor. The second and task ballot was unanimous. SINFONIETTA VALLEY: The Louis Sinfonietta,. pocket sine symphony orchestra, is sché@vtedk by the Twin \Cities. Coneert Association for Webruary llth, at Veterans ‘Memoyial Building. The Sinfonietta is a smal? com cert orchestra founded for the purpose of bringing symphonic music to audiences everywhere, It is a chamber orchestra with. the’ extendéd tonal latitude, color variety and sonority of the sym-. phony orchestra. The group is directed by Paul Schreiber, who brings to. . this field. years. of. experience.as @& professional violinist, having worked with the conductors of the nation’s greatest orchestras. an@ with the most distinguished composers of our time. Noted pianist Sasha Gorodnitzki will play March 19th. with the concert in the Grass Valley: high school auditorium. His con~ cert will take the place of the Solveig Lunde concert, which never occurred since the artist, due to a series of mishaps” and: nfisunderstandings, did not appear. On April 21st, the final concert of the series stars John Carter, tenor. Members of the concert as-= sociation are entitled to atten® performance of the .organization in neighboring localities, These. include the following. Auburn concerts: Placer Jans ior College: February 3, Susan Reed, ballad singer; February 15, Mata’ and Hari, comedy dance. team; March 14, Vivian della. Chiesa, mezzo-soprang _ Marysville concerts: Yuba County Junior College: February 16, Bary ensemble, instrumental. Roseville, concerts: High § chook: gymnasium: February — 7, ohn, Tyers,: tenor. " GRASS (St “NEVADA CITY: Palak ‘Tops. local plane operator,.who was: sued some time: since. for. $58,000. Geteames claimed. by Moore, for what were permanent Saju ed when Tipps. ca Oregon with Mas