July 15, 1948 (11 pages)

pach 5 ats 5 a &—Nevada CityGrass Valley Nugget, July 15, 1948 * * GOLD DIGGER’S FRAIL * * (Continued from Page 5) after, . would come to Nevada City and live in contentment with my beloved wife and six children. EDUCATION Though all true San Franciscans hate to admit it, there was a slight earthquake before the Great Fire in their city. . know this is so ‘because a chimney fell down outside my window along about five in the morning. Even in those days that was enough to awaken me. It was a large chimney an it woke everyone else in the house too. My bed—a steel wire cot—shook sharply end for end and the typewriter skated giddily on the table. My room mate, Cal Haffey, was of a nature far more sensitive than mine. He arose and looked out the window across the street at-a sorority house whose top windows were full of beautiful and terrified young ladies all in their nighties. A genial *‘yoo-hoo” from him sent them, scurrying for cover. This, remember, was in the year nineteen hundred and six. A faint ‘‘oski’’ sounded down the street, to be taken up by others, louder, nearer, as fraternity houses and student boarding places joined the chorus. One lad rushed out clad only in a short gym shirt and started down the street. In a minute he was trying to hide behind a two inch scantling in the frame of an unfinished garage. { was sleepy, but practical minded. “Take time off from piping the gals to put my typewriter on the floor,” . directed, and turned over for another nap as soon as the bed was quiet and the shock ‘was over. About seven, . woke up again. Every man in the house was crowding for a place at our window, which faced across the bay toward San Francisco. Clouds of black smoke, with pillars of flame, were rising over the city. And for all time, old San Francisco became “The City That Was.” , (To be continued) FIVE LOCAL BOYS JOIN U. S. NAVY NEVADA CITY: Chief F. A. BIRTH NETTELL—In Nevada City, Jevada County, July 6, 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nettell of Grass Strang, Jr., in charge of the Navy Valley, a daughter. Recruiting Headquarterg in Yuba % — City reports that five Nevada BIRTH City boys have joined the Navy NETTELL—In Nevada City. for three years. : Nevada County, July 8, 1948, to The five are: James E. Rogers,. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nettell of Lewis D. Musick, John A. Coz-. Grasg Valley, a daughter. % There are 16 horseshoe courts zalio, Robert Jack Williams, and TAILINGS. By Jim Towne ree } SEWING. A child who was born 129 years ago today, ana dressed infant garments all hand sewn, was to change the method of dressmaking and tailoring. The babe was Elias Howe, American inventor, born in Spencer, Mass. He worked in his father’s mills. Later he wet to Lowell, where he entered a cottonmachinery manufactory. After working two years on his idea, he completed his invention of the sewing machine in 1845. The machine met with opposition so he sold his rights in England for 250 pouds sterling. Returning to the United States, he declared that his patent had been infringed. Litigation followed and Howe flually won his case, eh BEAUTY. Visitors to Nevada City and the county in general, over the holidays, saw much of beauty. The forests and flora of the county. The cultivated gardens and man-made lakes. But of all these there was not one to compare with the beauty of the Fourts: of July Queen and her court. Our loveliest flowers are our beautiful young girls who grow into handsome women. Instead of wilting and drying as the flowers do, they become charming and gracious grandmothers. : e & WHISTLE. That of a happy person ig cheering and eatching. That of our song birds, musical echoings of things past. Childhood memories and folk lore. That of a train shrill and sharp, at times terrifying. It will be sweet music to: our ears to hear a _ train whistling in our midst again, though we may have to wait five years for the familiar sound, Think of what it will mean! e h COMPLIMENT. Archie, turtle, snoozing under a blotter, poked his head out of his shell and with only one eye open remarked: “So it’s time for Tailings? Well, tell the ladies born in this sign that they are among the most charming, talented and accomplished women in the world. And Cancer women are also the best of home-makers. e hh Silence in love betrays more woe Than words, though ne’er so witty; in tus CENTURY PLANT TO BLOOM IN N. SAN JUAN NORTH SAN JUAN: A century plant (American aloe) is about to bloom in-this community. The plant, which grows on the prop+ erty of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chittenden, known as the old Bishop place opposite the school house, actually blooms about every twenty-five years. Mrs. Chittenden is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Cunningham. Century plants, when they bloom, shoot ‘up thirty or forty feet high. This particular plant bloomed last in 1923. (Ed. Note: Watch The Nugget for a icture of the century plant blooming. % Ethel Preston Wed To George Carlisle GRASS VALLEY: Ethel W. Preston, Grass Valley businesswoman, and George E. Carlisle, Florin fruit grower and shipper, were married in Carson City, Nevada, June 138th, by Rev., gpa Be Harvey. The couple spent several days at the summer home of Mr. Carlisle on the Summit, then went to Sacramento where they attended the annual Carlisle family picnic in William Land Park. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kramer were hosts honoring the newly married pair. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle will divide ‘their time between their ranch and mountain homes. After the fruit shipping season they plan a tour of the United States. If economic conditions improve they hope to extend the trip to England and European countries. ou BIG MUSHROOM GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Sidney Smith, residing on the Colfax Highway, reports she found a mushroom in her front garden that measured 13 and % inches in diameter. A beggar that is dumb, you know, David Kistle. PY te WANT ADS BRING ‘RESULTS in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. May challenge double pity. Raleigh. Fined $50 For Burning Sawmill Waste Without Permit CAMPTONVILLE: Harold Corbett of the Corbett Sawmill Company pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace, Acton Cleveland, on June 28, 1948, to the charge of burning sawmill waste without a permit. Corbett was fined $50 with $40 suspended, and placed on*probation pending further citations. Ranger H. B. Turner of the Camptonville district; Tahoe National Forest, points out the hazard created by the luxuriant growth of grass throughout the district, which recent winds have cured and dried to the point of idents are urged to exercise care while travelling through and using the Forest by using ash trays and procuring Campfire or Burning Permits before starting fires. —_—H Hazel Walker Wed To Al Meliza In Virginia City Rites GRASS VALLEY: Hezel Walker and Alfred Meliza were married Friday afternoon, July 9th, in the courthouse in Virginia City, Nevada, by Justice of John Pollard. Attending the couple were Shirley Thickland of Grasg Valley and Mrs. Roy Deeter of Glenbrook. Mr. and Mrs. Meliza spent their honeymoon in Southern California. DIVORCE GRAFF—In Nevada City, Nevada County, July 7, 1948, Louis J. Graff against Camelia Louis Graff; complaint filed; cruelty. THE NATIONAL MEAT MARKET 222 Broad Street SALUTES “20 YEARS OF PROGRESS” in Nevada City and Grass Valley . W, E, WRIGHT NAMED easy ignition. Motorists and res-} the Peace}: ATTORNEY FOR CITY NEVADA CITY: \ The Nevada City Council Thursday evening elected William E. Wright to be city attorney, to succeed FRank G. Finnegan, who resigned last week because, he stated, the city council had disregarded his advice regarding law enforcement. Wright returns to a post he formerly had for Many years. Lobsters are known to be cannibalistic. SWIMMING LESSONS STARTED MONDAY NEVADA CITY: Robert Tamblyn, chairman of the Nevada City Red Cross Chapter, cently that swimming instruction at the municipal pool will begin Monday, July 19th. There will be two weeks of instruction under direction of Granville Thomas, certified by the Red Cross. : The temple of music in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is built of Colusa sandstone in the style of the Italian Renaissance. -~@a stated re. FIRST AID KITS INSECT REPELLANTS BATHING CAPS AT HARRIS DRUGS WE'VE EVERYTHING YOU NEED DARK GLASSES a) We have a splendid @ : selection of REMEDIES AND SUN TAN LOTIONS Harris Drug Store Charles P. 225 Broad St., Nevada City Elliott, Prop. Phone 100 PS pe a UNE ges Sas BPE RATE SA aaah cS i

pach 5 ats 5 a &—Nevada CityGrass Valley Nugget, July 15, 1948 * * GOLD DIGGER’S FRAIL * * (Continued from Page 5) after, . would come to Nevada City and live in contentment with my beloved wife and six children. EDUCATION Though all true San Franciscans hate to admit it, there was a slight earthquake before the Great Fire in their city. . know this is so ‘because a chimney fell down outside my window along about five in the morning. Even in those days that was enough to awaken me. It was a large chimney an it woke everyone else in the house too. My bed—a steel wire cot—shook sharply end for end and the typewriter skated giddily on the table. My room mate, Cal Haffey, was of a nature far more sensitive than mine. He arose and looked out the window across the street at-a sorority house whose top windows were full of beautiful and terrified young ladies all in their nighties. A genial *‘yoo-hoo” from him sent them, scurrying for cover. This, remember, was in the year nineteen hundred and six. A faint ‘‘oski’’ sounded down the street, to be taken up by others, louder, nearer, as fraternity houses and student boarding places joined the chorus. One lad rushed out clad only in a short gym shirt and started down the street. In a minute he was trying to hide behind a two inch scantling in the frame of an unfinished garage. { was sleepy, but practical minded. “Take time off from piping the gals to put my typewriter on the floor,” . directed, and turned over for another nap as soon as the bed was quiet and the shock ‘was over. About seven, . woke up again. Every man in the house was crowding for a place at our window, which faced across the bay toward San Francisco. Clouds of black smoke, with pillars of flame, were rising over the city. And for all time, old San Francisco became “The City That Was.” , (To be continued) FIVE LOCAL BOYS JOIN U. S. NAVY NEVADA CITY: Chief F. A. BIRTH NETTELL—In Nevada City, Jevada County, July 6, 1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nettell of Grass Strang, Jr., in charge of the Navy Valley, a daughter. Recruiting Headquarterg in Yuba % — City reports that five Nevada BIRTH City boys have joined the Navy NETTELL—In Nevada City. for three years. : Nevada County, July 8, 1948, to The five are: James E. Rogers,. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nettell of Lewis D. Musick, John A. Coz-. Grasg Valley, a daughter. % There are 16 horseshoe courts zalio, Robert Jack Williams, and TAILINGS. By Jim Towne ree } SEWING. A child who was born 129 years ago today, ana dressed infant garments all hand sewn, was to change the method of dressmaking and tailoring. The babe was Elias Howe, American inventor, born in Spencer, Mass. He worked in his father’s mills. Later he wet to Lowell, where he entered a cottonmachinery manufactory. After working two years on his idea, he completed his invention of the sewing machine in 1845. The machine met with opposition so he sold his rights in England for 250 pouds sterling. Returning to the United States, he declared that his patent had been infringed. Litigation followed and Howe flually won his case, eh BEAUTY. Visitors to Nevada City and the county in general, over the holidays, saw much of beauty. The forests and flora of the county. The cultivated gardens and man-made lakes. But of all these there was not one to compare with the beauty of the Fourts: of July Queen and her court. Our loveliest flowers are our beautiful young girls who grow into handsome women. Instead of wilting and drying as the flowers do, they become charming and gracious grandmothers. : e & WHISTLE. That of a happy person ig cheering and eatching. That of our song birds, musical echoings of things past. Childhood memories and folk lore. That of a train shrill and sharp, at times terrifying. It will be sweet music to: our ears to hear a _ train whistling in our midst again, though we may have to wait five years for the familiar sound, Think of what it will mean! e h COMPLIMENT. Archie, turtle, snoozing under a blotter, poked his head out of his shell and with only one eye open remarked: “So it’s time for Tailings? Well, tell the ladies born in this sign that they are among the most charming, talented and accomplished women in the world. And Cancer women are also the best of home-makers. e hh Silence in love betrays more woe Than words, though ne’er so witty; in tus CENTURY PLANT TO BLOOM IN N. SAN JUAN NORTH SAN JUAN: A century plant (American aloe) is about to bloom in-this community. The plant, which grows on the prop+ erty of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chittenden, known as the old Bishop place opposite the school house, actually blooms about every twenty-five years. Mrs. Chittenden is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Cunningham. Century plants, when they bloom, shoot ‘up thirty or forty feet high. This particular plant bloomed last in 1923. (Ed. Note: Watch The Nugget for a icture of the century plant blooming. %

Ethel Preston Wed To George Carlisle GRASS VALLEY: Ethel W. Preston, Grass Valley businesswoman, and George E. Carlisle, Florin fruit grower and shipper, were married in Carson City, Nevada, June 138th, by Rev., gpa Be Harvey. The couple spent several days at the summer home of Mr. Carlisle on the Summit, then went to Sacramento where they attended the annual Carlisle family picnic in William Land Park. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kramer were hosts honoring the newly married pair. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle will divide ‘their time between their ranch and mountain homes. After the fruit shipping season they plan a tour of the United States. If economic conditions improve they hope to extend the trip to England and European countries. ou BIG MUSHROOM GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Sidney Smith, residing on the Colfax Highway, reports she found a mushroom in her front garden that measured 13 and % inches in diameter. A beggar that is dumb, you know, David Kistle. PY te WANT ADS BRING ‘RESULTS in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. May challenge double pity. Raleigh. Fined $50 For Burning Sawmill Waste Without Permit CAMPTONVILLE: Harold Corbett of the Corbett Sawmill Company pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace, Acton Cleveland, on June 28, 1948, to the charge of burning sawmill waste without a permit. Corbett was fined $50 with $40 suspended, and placed on*probation pending further citations. Ranger H. B. Turner of the Camptonville district; Tahoe National Forest, points out the hazard created by the luxuriant growth of grass throughout the district, which recent winds have cured and dried to the point of idents are urged to exercise care while travelling through and using the Forest by using ash trays and procuring Campfire or Burning Permits before starting fires. —_—H Hazel Walker Wed To Al Meliza In Virginia City Rites GRASS VALLEY: Hezel Walker and Alfred Meliza were married Friday afternoon, July 9th, in the courthouse in Virginia City, Nevada, by Justice of John Pollard. Attending the couple were Shirley Thickland of Grasg Valley and Mrs. Roy Deeter of Glenbrook. Mr. and Mrs. Meliza spent their honeymoon in Southern California. DIVORCE GRAFF—In Nevada City, Nevada County, July 7, 1948, Louis J. Graff against Camelia Louis Graff; complaint filed; cruelty. THE NATIONAL MEAT MARKET 222 Broad Street SALUTES “20 YEARS OF PROGRESS” in Nevada City and Grass Valley . W, E, WRIGHT NAMED easy ignition. Motorists and res-} the Peace}: ATTORNEY FOR CITY NEVADA CITY: \ The Nevada City Council Thursday evening elected William E. Wright to be city attorney, to succeed FRank G. Finnegan, who resigned last week because, he stated, the city council had disregarded his advice regarding law enforcement. Wright returns to a post he formerly had for Many years. Lobsters are known to be cannibalistic. SWIMMING LESSONS STARTED MONDAY NEVADA CITY: Robert Tamblyn, chairman of the Nevada City Red Cross Chapter, cently that swimming instruction at the municipal pool will begin Monday, July 19th. There will be two weeks of instruction under direction of Granville Thomas, certified by the Red Cross. : The temple of music in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is built of Colusa sandstone in the style of the Italian Renaissance. -~@a stated re. FIRST AID KITS INSECT REPELLANTS BATHING CAPS AT HARRIS DRUGS WE'VE EVERYTHING YOU NEED DARK GLASSES a) We have a splendid @ : selection of REMEDIES AND SUN TAN LOTIONS Harris Drug Store Charles P. 225 Broad St., Nevada City Elliott, Prop. Phone 100 PS pe a UNE ges Sas BPE RATE SA aaah cS i