July 29, 1948 (8 pages)

& ja "S fe) fF Y st ir o aw ng 2s. Just Wonderin’ : € I Wonder in what time and place First shone the light of Liberty, Marking a pathway through the gloom Of ancient fear and mystery; A feeble light it must have been, But quenched oft times it shone again, And it will shine until it lights A flame in all the hearts of men. ] Wonder when the first vague dreams of Liberty came into the hearts of our bewildered ancestors. Probably it was during the dread ages when grotesque ’ beasts of alarming size and strength dominated the earth and sent the little creatures, men included, scurrying to holes in the ground and caves in the rocks. To be free from these great and terrible monsters, free to walk the earth without the ever present fear of being trampled under tersible feet—yes, one may well gmagine that dreams of Liberty were born in those aeons of the past and that those dreams have lingered «sin the human heart and grown stronger through the iV years. The southern states of our nation are contending for what they are pleased to call “‘state rights.” I hope they are not trying to defend static rights, but some of their arguments remind one of the old line, “come . , one, come all, this ock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I.”’ Static rights can never be maintained in a . , world of change, which is gradually escaping fom thraldoms of the past and from ancient forms of superstition and intolerance. No state can retain a status quo which is not subject to growth in the realm of human understanding and kindlier relationships among men. Liberty is not static. Since that remote time when she first stood upright Liberty has been a living, moving force. The strange delusions and aberrations of the human mind have at times halted her progress, but the flame of her.glowing torch has never been ex* tinguished and through the ages, it has lighted a_pathway which leads onward and upward. ° The world has come a long way since the days of saurians and pterodactyls; and the light of Liberty still grows brighter. with. the passing years. Lifted high, its revealing beams dispel the miasma of dread and fear, ignorance and superstition. In those obscure corners where ancient evils linger, where old errors are entrenched and where worn out forms still prevail, -g the light of Liberty will shine with ever increasing effulgence and those who would linger in the darkness, will find themselves and their works made known to all the world. There is no escape from the flaming torch of Liberty; its penetrating beams light the way before. We can all help to lift the torch of Liberty higher (Please turn to Page 6) HOLLYWOOD ANTIQUE COLLECTOR VISITS NEVADA CITY NEVADA CITY: Charles Reed, well-known . Hollywood antique collector and buyer for antiquarians, museums and the prop departments of movie studios, paid a visit to Nevada City on Tuesday of this week. Reed makes about three crosscountry jaunts each year, hitting antique is any item manufactured prior to, 1830; however, even though an article may not be an antique, it may be of untold value to a collector. ‘When you are ready to sell your attic wares, if you do not know your stuff, or deal with a reliable appraiser, you will probably be outsmarted by a professional sharpshooter. who. knows every trick in the game to make you sell as junk what he knows how to convert into gold.” “There are no given maxims to HOME DEPARTMENT PICNIC NEVADA -CITY.: The annual picnic of the Nevada City Home Department was held last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Virginia Hilliar, three miles from this city onthe Downieville Highway. Many members availed themselves of the Hilliard swimming pool. debris. There are many thousands of items that may be valuable, but the best advice is not to depend on your own judgement.” % Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, July 29, 1948—3 MASONIC AUTHOR VISITS NEVADA CITY: Mr. and Mrs. Leon O. Whitsell of Burlingame spent. Thursday, July 22nd, in . Grass Valley and Nevada City. Whitsell, formerly a member of. the Public Utilities Commission, is compiling a five-volume history of the Masonic order in California and Nevada. There are some 12 lodges-formed in Nevada FRED NETTELL RETURNS GRASS VALLEY: Mr. and: Mrs. Fred Nettell returned home — after a vacation trip which in-cluded Mr. .Nettell’s attendance at the Elks National Convention: in Phildelphia as a delegate. Fol~ lowing the convention the couple visited in Washington, D. C., New York, and returned by way of Montreal, Banff, British Columbia, Seattle and Portland. of California before the grand FLOORING NEEDS HANDY HOME-OWNERS u i. For a beautiful home this Spring, start at the floor level. Builders and Consumers Lumber Co. has everything — sandpaper, brushes, lacquer, shellac, clear varnish, wax. ———O-—— BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER CO Telephone Grass Valley 1050 GLENBROOK follow when you start sorting and unearthing your attic and cellar small towns and large cities. Reed states that, legally, an BUILD NEVADA COUNTY that were attached to jurisdiction ! lodge ‘was established in Nevada. ‘ SAVE UP TO 50% While Using EASY BUDGET Terms BED DIVANS AND MATCHING CHAIRS — $219.50 ROSE MOHAIR FREIZE ~~~ $169.50 $239.50 WINE COLOR VELOUR ~~~ sae Salou! $189.30 $198.50 BLUE MOHAIR nn $169.50 $198.50 2-PIECE MAPLE ~~ ie $169.50 WESTERN HOLLY . GAS RANGES $198.50 Reduced to .... $169.50 $217.50 Reduced to .... $189.50 $184.50 Reduced to ..... $149.50 f BUY NOW SAVE NOW ws Floor Covering Buys! $91.00 9x10.2 $74.50 $71.60 9x8.1 Wine color tone on tone, $7.45 oS MOHAWK TAMPA $44.50 MOHAWK TAMPA per sq. yard LAMP TABLES % COFFEE TABLES END TABLES — RECORD CABINETS 25 AND 30 PER CENT OFF $59.95 8.1x12 $49.50 1 Part Roll MOHAWK CARPET 9 FOOT WILTON CARPET Lounge Chair & Ottoman ; $119.50 MORE OF IT. FOR MORE) wll KEYSTONE MARKET 213 Commercial Street TELEPHONE 67 Nevada City DINETTE SETS. 5-PIECE DINETTE : Bleached Mahogany a GRASS VALLEY . WERE 2-2 $119.50 $149.50 MAPLE SET $98.50 RN . T URE $149.50 BLONDE SET $98.50 “Where Your Furniture Dollar Goes Farther” $179.50 5-PIECE SET $149.50 South Auburn St. Grass Valley Public Market Building BEDROOM BARGAINS

& ja "S fe) fF Y st ir o aw ng 2s. Just Wonderin’ : € I Wonder in what time and place First shone the light of Liberty, Marking a pathway through the gloom Of ancient fear and mystery; A feeble light it must have been, But quenched oft times it shone again, And it will shine until it lights A flame in all the hearts of men. ] Wonder when the first vague dreams of Liberty came into the hearts of our bewildered ancestors. Probably it was during the dread ages when grotesque ’ beasts of alarming size and strength dominated the earth and sent the little creatures, men included, scurrying to holes in the ground and caves in the rocks. To be free from these great and terrible monsters, free to walk the earth without the ever present fear of being trampled under tersible feet—yes, one may well gmagine that dreams of Liberty were born in those aeons of the past and that those dreams have lingered «sin the human heart and grown stronger through the iV years. The southern states of our nation are contending for what they are pleased to call “‘state rights.” I hope they are not trying to defend static rights, but some of their arguments remind one of the old line, “come . , one, come all, this ock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I.”’ Static rights can never be maintained in a . , world of change, which is gradually escaping fom thraldoms of the past and from ancient forms of superstition and intolerance. No state can retain a status quo which is not subject to growth in the realm of human understanding and kindlier relationships among men. Liberty is not static. Since that remote time when she first stood upright Liberty has been a living, moving force. The strange delusions and aberrations of the human mind have at times halted her progress, but the flame of her.glowing torch has never been ex* tinguished and through the ages, it has lighted a_pathway which leads onward and upward. ° The world has come a long way since the days of saurians and pterodactyls; and the light of Liberty still grows brighter. with. the passing years. Lifted high, its revealing beams dispel the miasma of dread and fear, ignorance and superstition. In those obscure corners where ancient evils linger, where old errors are entrenched and where worn out forms still prevail, -g the light of Liberty will shine with ever increasing effulgence and those who would linger in the darkness, will find themselves and their works made known to all the world. There is no escape from the flaming torch of Liberty; its penetrating beams light the way before. We can all help to lift the torch of Liberty higher (Please turn to Page 6) HOLLYWOOD ANTIQUE COLLECTOR VISITS NEVADA CITY NEVADA CITY: Charles Reed, well-known . Hollywood antique collector and buyer for antiquarians, museums and the prop departments of movie studios, paid a visit to Nevada City on Tuesday of this week. Reed makes about three crosscountry jaunts each year, hitting antique is any item manufactured prior to, 1830; however, even though an article may not be an antique, it may be of untold value to a collector. ‘When you are ready to sell your attic wares, if you do not know your stuff, or deal with a reliable appraiser, you will probably be outsmarted by a professional sharpshooter. who. knows every trick in the game to make you sell as junk what he knows how to convert into gold.” “There are no given maxims to HOME DEPARTMENT PICNIC NEVADA -CITY.: The annual picnic of the Nevada City Home Department was held last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Virginia Hilliar, three miles from this city onthe Downieville Highway. Many members availed themselves of the Hilliard swimming pool. debris. There are many thousands of items that may be valuable, but the best advice is not to depend on your own judgement.” %

Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, July 29, 1948—3 MASONIC AUTHOR VISITS NEVADA CITY: Mr. and Mrs. Leon O. Whitsell of Burlingame spent. Thursday, July 22nd, in . Grass Valley and Nevada City. Whitsell, formerly a member of. the Public Utilities Commission, is compiling a five-volume history of the Masonic order in California and Nevada. There are some 12 lodges-formed in Nevada FRED NETTELL RETURNS GRASS VALLEY: Mr. and: Mrs. Fred Nettell returned home — after a vacation trip which in-cluded Mr. .Nettell’s attendance at the Elks National Convention: in Phildelphia as a delegate. Fol~ lowing the convention the couple visited in Washington, D. C., New York, and returned by way of Montreal, Banff, British Columbia, Seattle and Portland. of California before the grand FLOORING NEEDS HANDY HOME-OWNERS u i. For a beautiful home this Spring, start at the floor level. Builders and Consumers Lumber Co. has everything — sandpaper, brushes, lacquer, shellac, clear varnish, wax. ———O-—— BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER CO Telephone Grass Valley 1050 GLENBROOK follow when you start sorting and unearthing your attic and cellar small towns and large cities. Reed states that, legally, an BUILD NEVADA COUNTY that were attached to jurisdiction ! lodge ‘was established in Nevada. ‘ SAVE UP TO 50% While Using EASY BUDGET Terms BED DIVANS AND MATCHING CHAIRS — $219.50 ROSE MOHAIR FREIZE ~~~ $169.50 $239.50 WINE COLOR VELOUR ~~~ sae Salou! $189.30 $198.50 BLUE MOHAIR nn $169.50 $198.50 2-PIECE MAPLE ~~ ie $169.50 WESTERN HOLLY . GAS RANGES $198.50 Reduced to ....... $169.50 $217.50 Reduced to ........ $189.50 $184.50 Reduced to ......... $149.50 f BUY NOW SAVE NOW ws Floor Covering Buys! $91.00 9x10.2 $74.50 $71.60 9x8.1 Wine color tone on tone, $7.45 oS MOHAWK TAMPA $44.50 MOHAWK TAMPA per sq. yard LAMP TABLES % COFFEE TABLES END TABLES — RECORD CABINETS 25 AND 30 PER CENT OFF $59.95 8.1x12 $49.50 1 Part Roll MOHAWK CARPET 9 FOOT WILTON CARPET Lounge Chair & Ottoman ; $119.50 MORE OF IT. FOR MORE) wll KEYSTONE MARKET 213 Commercial Street TELEPHONE 67 Nevada City DINETTE SETS. 5-PIECE DINETTE : Bleached Mahogany a GRASS VALLEY . WERE 2-2 $119.50 $149.50 MAPLE SET $98.50 RN . T URE $149.50 BLONDE SET $98.50 “Where Your Furniture Dollar Goes Farther” $179.50 5-PIECE SET $149.50 South Auburn St. Grass Valley Public Market Building BEDROOM BARGAINS