May 31, 1949 (8 pages)

5a eRe A SRG on * tal NEVADA CITY HAS 22 PER CENT INCREASE IN POPULATION SINCE 1940 ACCORDING TO STATE REPORT Nevada City has a population of 3,000 according to figures compiled by the state controller and released this week. The figure is based on report furnished the controller by the city clerk. The estimated population represents an increase of 22 per federal census of 2,445. : vada City is a sixth tias. municipality. There are 304 incorpowated cities in ‘the ‘state of California, as of Jan. 10, 1949. Nevada City ranks 169th in population. In 1940 there were 285 incorporated cities. Over the ‘state as a whole city population has increaseg 42 per cent, a figure that'is distorted somewhat by the increase in number of municipalities. Delayed necessary construction, increased availability of supplies, inflationary costs of materials and labor, and the demand for additional] ‘servicés and functions by communities supply the answer to most unusual ang sharp increases in the cost of government, according to ‘the controller’s report. In the past nine years receipts have increased 146 per cent and payments have increased 132 per cent. More new bonds were isstied in 1948 ‘than for any previous year sinee the controller started annual reports in 1911. Nevada City showed mo ‘bonded indebtedness in 1949.'The county had a bonded indebtedness’ of $330,378.25, of which ‘$289,000 ‘was for school bonds, Grass Valley thad outstanding bonds of $4,000. Valuations for the fiscal year ‘ending June 30, 1948, in Nevada ‘City, showed real estate was asMessed at $250,725; improvements, ‘$067,950; persona) property, $313,240; total, $1,631, 915. Property exemptions were $102,350 bringing toproperty locally assessed to 31,529,565. State board of equalization assessments were $114,080, bringing total value of property subject to the loca] tax rate of $1.40 to $1,643,645. General. taxes assessed by Nevada City for the fiscal year was $23,011.08, of which $449.40. was delinquent. Ninety-eight cities in the state turned to city sales taxes while 100 adopted parking meters as additional sources of revenues. Nevada City collected $5,894.78 through parking meters during the fiscal year. ‘ Municipal receipts for Nevada City were $82,928.25. Payments by the city totaled $81,566.09. Nevada City receipts for the fiscal year 1947-48: were: General property tax .. $22,912.08 Licenses, permits ... 4,717.75 Fines, penalties .... 5,612.25 EPTIVHORGR coche ene Sara 493.99 Rent of property .... 207.00 Sale of property .... 325.00 Subventions, grants ... 16,326.93 Bh eapenron erteatby Pe tion uy Alanine NOE 100.00 Miscellaneous ....-2.0e 6,500.47 Public service enterprises. 23,215.48 Total recétitea 6.06.26. $80,716.75 Debt obligations .... 2,211.50 Grand total receipts ... $82,928.25 PAYMENTS General government .. $ 5,170.00 Protection: ii 23,306.14 Conservation of health . 630.81 Sanitation: 3,721.91 Mireote ce 19,992.35 FEGUGRUMON A or oe: 3,356.13 RMecreation.--.vsecier 12,581.81 Miscellaneous 245.00 Public services enterprises 10,350.44 siiscrermuerene $79,354.59 Total payments Debt obligations .... 2,211.50 Grand total payments .. $81,566.09 Cost* of . ,general government for the fiscal Year of 1947-48 is broken down as follows: , legislative, $584.50; accounting, $650; law offices, $300; other executive offices, $125; elections, $128.50;° judicial, $375; buildings, $1,801.29; outlays, $1,205.71. Protection to person and property: police, $13,162.97; fire department, $2,942.35; other, $2,035.65; outlays, 35,165.17. Sanitation: sewers and sewage disposal, $1,901.91; street cleaning, $1,820. Streets: administration, $1,260; maintenance, — $15,140.37; lighting, $2,980.74; outlays, $611.24. Recreation: parks, $2,561.17; :outlays, .$10,020.64. Sales of water by the municipality totaled $23,043.55. Other receipts by the water department were 3171.93. Payments by the city water department: administration, $3,157; maintenance, $3,276.50; water purchased, $3,582.09; miscellaneous, $287.78. Hight hundred thirty consumers used 45,000,000 gallons of water during the 1947-48 fiscal year at a flat rate of $2 per month minimum, The city water system, valued at (continued on page 3) 65 TAKE TOUR a over the official 1940 PERFECTLY SUITABLE LONDON, ENGLAND — Pretty Model Pamela Joel wears a shirred nylon one-piece suit trimmed with an attractive frill. It was one of many swim suits displayed at a recent peoianide fashion show in London, : OF THE RIDGE AREA SUNDAY Nevada County Historical s0-" ciety’s excursion on an all-day trip through the ridge country of northern Nevada county yesterday was taken by 65 persons, under the direction of Robert Paine. Stops were made at Shady creek, North San Juan, Sweetland, French Corral, Peterson’s Corner and Bridgeport. Luncheon was enjoyed at French Corral. The ND GW. ‘served coffee. A play ‘In Grandma’s Day,’’ was performed by the society. } Columbia Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, French Corral, and the San Juan Ridge Water Users association cooperated with the society on the tour. Speakers on the tour included H. P. Davis, Mrs. Helen Sawyer, Kern Fogarty, Fred Conner, Wil liam Moulton, Mrs. Amelia Cunningham, Mrs. Aggie Kneebone and Elmer Stevens. TO GRADUATE IN JAPAN Announcement of the graduation from Yokohama American high school] on June 15 of Jean Eloise and Joan Margery Hall, daughters of Major and Mrs. Wallace B. Hall, was receiveq here by Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Cassidy. GRADUATION TEARS CONWAY, ARK. — There’s a stroller hidden under the gown, but little Cheryl Lynn Cramer isn’t at all impressed with the occasion after receiving her Baby of Arts degree at Arkansas State Teachers College. The degree is awarded to sons and daughters of the college’s graduating seniors. Cheryl’s daddy received his B. A. deree at regular commencement exercises, Volume 22—No. 26 NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA 1949 Tuesday, May 31, ATHLETIC CLUB BENEFIT SHOW SET FOR JUNE 3 Director Frank Stewart said this morning’ finishing teuches are being put on the baseball benefit show Friday, June 3, at 8 p.m., at the Nevada City high school] auditorium. The receipts will go toward the purchase of new uniforms for the Merchants team of the Foothil] league. The show is being sponsored by the Nevada City Athletic club. Following the one and one-half hour show \dancing to’ the. music of the high school band, directed by Willard Goerz, will continue until] midnight. The band ang orchestra will furnish music and entertainment during the show. The show will lection of songs, music and skits. Performers in addition to the high school orchestra, include Diane Rankin, Diana Davis, Laura Hayhurst, Al Schweigert, Bob Peterson, Dick Prine, high school quartet, high school choral group directed by William Tobiassen, the four mailbags,.and Lucy and Chet Murchell. Stewart is being assisted by Merrill ‘‘Buzz’’ Colvin, president of the club and J. Howard Penrose, a director. Admission will be $1, which will admit all members of an immediate family. HUDSON TRIAL WILL REOPEN IN SUPERIOR COURT THIS MORNING Superior court will reconvene this morning at 10:30 o’clock for the trial of George A. Hudson, Marysville, charged with grand theft of a 1,000-pound steer bejlonging to Guy N. Robinson, Ingian Springs. Residents of the Indian Springs area testified Friday seeing a car occupied by two persons alleged to be the Hudson brothers. the night the butchered calf was found in the Camp Beale area. None of the testifiers was close enough to the car to positively identify the occupants. Hudson and his brother, Frank, were arrested later the same night, April 8, in Marysville by the ¥uba county sheriff. Frank Hudson pleaded guilty and is now in San Quentin penitentiary. SALINAS PRODUCE MAN FILES $26,973 SUIT AGAINST PETERSON Suit was filed in Nevada county superior court by Sam Martin, Salinas, Monterey county, asking $26,973 damages alleged to have been inflicted May 30, 1948, in Peterson’s Corner, North San Juan, by Fred H. Butz, an employee of G. H. and Maude Petergon, owners of the business place. Martin charges Butz beat him on the head, face and back of neck with a blackjack at the orders of the Petersons. He asks $20,000 physical damages, $6,800 for loss of income for eight months from his produce business and the balance as doctor bills. LOCAL GIRL HONORED IN MEXICAN COLLEGE Miss Gael K. Shaw, studying for a master’s degree in Spanish literature at Mexico City College, has been invited by the dean to take a course available only to honor graduates. Dr, Millares Carlos, Spanish paleographer, and Dr. Amancio Bolano e Islas, University of Madrid, has also asked Miss Shaw to work with them on translation and editing of the notes of J. B. M. Ford’s “Old Spanish Reading,”’ a collection of medieval Spanish texts. Miss Shaw has also been asked to write an original. work on medieval Spanish manuscripts for publication by Professor Raimunde Lida, an Argentine linguistic professor at the school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugene Shaw of Sugar Loaf Road, and a niece of Mr. and Mrs, Lou Wilson. be a grand se-, AMERICANS LEAVE AS SHANGHAI GOES RED SHANGHAI, CHINA—Going aboard an LCI at the mouth of Whangpoo River are last Americans to leave Shanghai. cns were evacuated on the last two trips of the LCI. Twenty-six AmeriCOUNTY RANKS 13TH LOW TAX RATE AVERAGE Of all the 58 counties in the state Nevada ranks 13th lowest in average tax rate levied on tangible property, according to figures tTeleased by the state board of equalization ' Nevada county’s average tax rate on tangible property is $4.0% for the fiscal year 1948-49. Tax levies for the same period amounted to $934,287.90 against an assessed valuation of $23,178,700. An increase in average rates over the state occurred in spite of a 10.9 per cent rise in assessed value of tangible property. Excluded from levies used in official determination of the average tax rate are ad valerem. special #@ssessments by irrigation districts. Nevada county ‘had an average tax rate increase of only approximately four per cent. Counties with lower rates than Nevada in order from lowest are Alpine, $2.79; Mono, $2.85; Amador, $3.40; Kings, $8.43; Plumas, $3.58; EI Dorado, $3.59; San _ Benito, $3.62; Calaveras, $3.74; Colusa, $3.85; Fresno, $3.94; Inyo, $3.96; Tehama, $3.96. At the other end of the scale San Ma&teo county was _ highest with $7.64, followed by Imperial, $7.36. Other high counties were Alameda, Contra Costa, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Tulare and Yolo. Neighboring counties included Butte, $5.54; Placer, $4.16; Sierra, $5.18; Yuba, $5.30. State average was $5.39 FORMER NEVADA CITY BOYS PASS STATE BAR Franklin Hurlburt Tuttle, San Francisco, and Richard E. Tuttle Menlo Park, have passed the state bar examination given last month, according to an announcement Sturday by the committee of bar examiners if the state bar of California. They have’ been mended for admission to the bar at sessions of the supreme court of California in San Francisco June 14, The two are sons of the late Nevada County. Superior Judge Raglan Tuttle who served on the local.bench from 1926 to 1989. He resigned to serve on the appellate bench in. Sacramento, where he died in 1942. Franklin Tuttle was graduated from Nevada City high school with the class of 1935. He is also a graduate of Stanford university and Hastings law _ school, San Francisco. He is married and has two children and is employed by an insurance company in San Francisco. He served in the U.S. marine corps prior to Pearl Harbor. Hitch-Hiker Reported Acting Strangely On. Road Near Grass Valley Sheriff’s officers were called to Bitney’s corner, west of Grass Valley, on the road to Marysville Saturday afternoon when residents of that area reported a hitch-hiker was acting strangely and appeared to be either drunk or insane. Sheriff’s deputies failed to find amy trace of the man along highway 20 and presumed he hitched a ride out of the area, recom-., MEMORIAL DAY PARADE, GROVE SERVICES HELD Memorial day was observed yesday with a parade on Broad street and services at Memorial Grove,, Pioneer park. The observance of the day was held under the auspices of Banner Mountain Post No. 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kenneth Adams, commanding. The parade moved down Broad street at 10 a.m., with MHarleth Brock, captain, Company E, 184th infantry, California National Guard, as marshall. Color guard of the local post followed by members of the Auxiliary of the VFW, and the VFW, were next. A color guarg from American Legion post, Grass Valley, led the post’s snappy marching and playing drum and bugle corps. Legion posts from Grass Valley anda Foresthill and the Marine Corps League, followed by Girl Scouts completed the first division of the parade. Band of the Nevada Cityhigh schoo] headed the second division. Members of the Nevada County Sheriff’s Posse-ettes and Posse completed the parade. Members of the Auxiliaries of the Legion and VFW placed flags on the graves of veterans in both cemeteries. Services at the Memorial Grove, Pioneer park, followed the parade. Adams delivered a short address honoring the memory of the men who died in war. Selections by the high school band were followed by playing of “Taps’’ by the drum and bugle corps. HOME FROM THE ARMY Sgt. Thomas W. Laughlin returned home Saturday from Shepparg Field, Texas, following his honorable’ discharge from a threeyear enlistment in the U. S. air force. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Laughlin, Gold Flat. GOING STRONG AT 104 LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Joseph Manning, who celebrated his 104th birthday (5 /24), cuts a rug with receptionist Mabel Greene at Veteran’s Administration Hospital here. Veteran of the Civil War, Manning claims he was present in theater when Lincoln was shot, 3 RAINBOWS. WIN PRIZES FOR. Using an ordinary rod, and piae— ing a helgramite on. his. hook, nine-year-old Dale. Hornberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hormberger, 524 Nevada street, Newadta City, snagged a 12-inch). rainbow trout goog enough to win the first prize yesterday in the. first annual. juvenile fish derby here. The thir®. grade youngster was up at 5 aum,. after his. fish. Dale was presented * the © fitst prize of a complete fishing oawtfi yesterday at 6 p.m. by Max See laro, chief of police, in city ham Donald Lee, 11, fifth grade, sem of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lee, 322 Jordan street, won second prize. Donald caught. his: fish at 6 am, yesterday, using worms for bait. Third prize was. awarded te Robert Cullen, 11, son of Mr. amg Mrs. Leg Cullen, 315 Broad street. Robert, in the sixth grade, caught ‘his fish at 9:30 a.m., using salmoam. ‘eggs for bait. All three boys are enrolled im Nevada City elementary school. . Fishing in Deer creek was -not: too good yesterday, or the boys. did not have much luck. The creelkt, was busy with boys in the marm— ing but. the afternoon fishing. lagged. SUMMER ROUNDUP FOR: CHILDREN ENTERING, SCHOOL STARTS TODAY The summer round-up, a meti~ cal examination sponsored annually by the Parent-Teachers associa-. tion for the benefit of all childrem: due to enter school] in the fall forthe first time, will be held in the. Nevada City elementary schoalk: May 31, June 2,.ang June 6 be-. tween the hours of 8:30 and 10:35 a.m. Licensed physicians will be: @t&r\ hand to check for heart impair ment, defective hearing and visiom, lung ailment and throat infection: in addition tg a number of other physical handicaps whieh might be an obstacle in the way of &. child’s. being a well, adjusted stu-. dent. In the event a_ physieca?: handicap is discovered the. ex~amining doctors, who donate: theirtime and knowledge, will! reeem-. mend that the child be cared for by the family physician. : Mrs. Arnold Jackson, president of the Nevada City Elementary School Parent-Teachers association, asks that a parent or guardiam accompany each child. in ord@er that a medical history of chil@-. hood diseases, dates of immunizations and vaccinations may he obtained. The imformation Be-w comes part of the child’s permanent school record and is referre@ to periodically during the child’s years as a student. Mrs. Jackson also requests that the parent or guardian bring with: her the child’s: birth certificate so the child can be registered as &. pupil for the fall term. Registration as the time of medical examination. relieves the rush and _ confusion, during the opening days of the fal: semester and also enables the of< ficials of the school] to more quick~ ly estimate the number of new pu-. pils entering school: Parent Teachers association. members who will assist the schoo? nurse Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger, ang. the attending physicians are: tos day, Mrs. William Perry, Mrs. Les~. lie Alger and Mrs. John Bursen;June 2, Mrs. George Becraft, Mrs. E. G. Bickle and Mrs. J. C. Ritler;June 6, Mrs. Ernest Roberts; Mrs,. Kent Walker and Mrs. Keif Met-~ berg. Elementary Patrol’ Enjoys Coast Game Nevada City elementary schook eighth grade traffic patrol boys were honored recently by their teachers, Bob Bonner, Mrs Alice Thibault, and Principal Liley@ Geist, when they were given a free. trip to Sacramento to see @ Coast league game between the Sait Francisco Seals and the Saeramento Solons. ; During the game _ they were. treated to hot dogs, pop, ice cream, ang peanuts to round out a penne: evening of baseball.

5a eRe A SRG on * tal NEVADA CITY HAS 22 PER CENT INCREASE IN POPULATION SINCE 1940 ACCORDING TO STATE REPORT Nevada City has a population of 3,000 according to figures compiled by the state controller and released this week. The figure is based on report furnished the controller by the city clerk. The estimated population represents an increase of 22 per federal census of 2,445. : vada City is a sixth tias. municipality. There are 304 incorpowated cities in ‘the ‘state of California, as of Jan. 10, 1949. Nevada City ranks 169th in population. In 1940 there were 285 incorporated cities. Over the ‘state as a whole city population has increaseg 42 per cent, a figure that'is distorted somewhat by the increase in number of municipalities. Delayed necessary construction, increased availability of supplies, inflationary costs of materials and labor, and the demand for additional] ‘servicés and functions by communities supply the answer to most unusual ang sharp increases in the cost of government, according to ‘the controller’s report. In the past nine years receipts have increased 146 per cent and payments have increased 132 per cent. More new bonds were isstied in 1948 ‘than for any previous year sinee the controller started annual reports in 1911. Nevada City showed mo ‘bonded indebtedness in 1949.'The county had a bonded indebtedness’ of $330,378.25, of which ‘$289,000 ‘was for school bonds, Grass Valley thad outstanding bonds of $4,000. Valuations for the fiscal year ‘ending June 30, 1948, in Nevada ‘City, showed real estate was asMessed at $250,725; improvements, ‘$067,950; persona) property, $313,240; total, $1,631, 915. Property exemptions were $102,350 bringing toproperty locally assessed to 31,529,565. State board of equalization assessments were $114,080, bringing total value of property subject to the loca] tax rate of $1.40 to $1,643,645. General. taxes assessed by Nevada City for the fiscal year was $23,011.08, of which $449.40. was delinquent. Ninety-eight cities in the state turned to city sales taxes while 100 adopted parking meters as additional sources of revenues. Nevada City collected $5,894.78 through parking meters during the fiscal year. ‘ Municipal receipts for Nevada City were $82,928.25. Payments by the city totaled $81,566.09. Nevada City receipts for the fiscal year 1947-48: were: General property tax .... $22,912.08 Licenses, permits ...... 4,717.75 Fines, penalties ........ 5,612.25 EPTIVHORGR coche ene Sara 493.99 Rent of property ....... 207.00 Sale of property ....... 325.00 Subventions, grants ..... 16,326.93 Bh eapenron erteatby Pe tion uy Alanine NOE 100.00 Miscellaneous .......-2.0e 6,500.47 Public service enterprises.. 23,215.48 Total recétitea 6.06.26. $80,716.75 Debt obligations ....... 2,211.50 Grand total receipts ..... $82,928.25 PAYMENTS General government .... $ 5,170.00 Protection: ii 23,306.14 Conservation of health .. 630.81 Sanitation: 3,721.91 Mireote ce 19,992.35 FEGUGRUMON A or oe: 3,356.13 RMecreation.--.vsecier 12,581.81 Miscellaneous 245.00 Public services enterprises 10,350.44 siiscrermuerene $79,354.59 Total payments Debt obligations ....... 2,211.50 Grand total payments ... $81,566.09 Cost* of . ,general government for the fiscal Year of 1947-48 is broken down as follows: , legislative, $584.50; accounting, $650; law offices, $300; other executive offices, $125; elections, $128.50;° judicial, $375; buildings, $1,801.29; outlays, $1,205.71. Protection to person and property: police, $13,162.97; fire department, $2,942.35; other, $2,035.65; outlays, 35,165.17. Sanitation: sewers and sewage disposal, $1,901.91; street cleaning, $1,820. Streets: administration, $1,260; maintenance, — $15,140.37; lighting, $2,980.74; outlays, $611.24. Recreation: parks, $2,561.17; :outlays, .$10,020.64. Sales of water by the municipality totaled $23,043.55. Other receipts by the water department were 3171.93. Payments by the city water department: administration, $3,157; maintenance, $3,276.50; water purchased, $3,582.09; miscellaneous, $287.78. Hight hundred thirty consumers used 45,000,000 gallons of water during the 1947-48 fiscal year at a flat rate of $2 per month minimum, The city water system, valued at (continued on page 3) 65 TAKE TOUR a over the official 1940 PERFECTLY SUITABLE LONDON, ENGLAND — Pretty Model Pamela Joel wears a shirred nylon one-piece suit trimmed with an attractive frill. It was one of many swim suits displayed at a recent peoianide fashion show in London, : OF THE RIDGE AREA SUNDAY Nevada County Historical s0-" ciety’s excursion on an all-day trip through the ridge country of northern Nevada county yesterday was taken by 65 persons, under the direction of Robert Paine. Stops were made at Shady creek, North San Juan, Sweetland, French Corral, Peterson’s Corner and Bridgeport. Luncheon was enjoyed at French Corral. The ND GW. ‘served coffee. A play ‘In Grandma’s Day,’’ was performed by the society. } Columbia Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, French Corral, and the San Juan Ridge Water Users association cooperated with the society on the tour. Speakers on the tour included H. P. Davis, Mrs. Helen Sawyer, Kern Fogarty, Fred Conner, Wil liam Moulton, Mrs. Amelia Cunningham, Mrs. Aggie Kneebone and Elmer Stevens. TO GRADUATE IN JAPAN Announcement of the graduation from Yokohama American high school] on June 15 of Jean Eloise and Joan Margery Hall, daughters of Major and Mrs. Wallace B. Hall, was receiveq here by Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Cassidy. GRADUATION TEARS CONWAY, ARK. — There’s a stroller hidden under the gown, but little Cheryl Lynn Cramer isn’t at all impressed with the occasion after receiving her Baby of Arts degree at Arkansas State Teachers College. The degree is awarded to sons and daughters of the college’s graduating seniors. Cheryl’s daddy received his B. A. deree at regular commencement exercises, Volume 22—No. 26 NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIFORNIA 1949 Tuesday, May 31, ATHLETIC CLUB BENEFIT SHOW SET FOR JUNE 3 Director Frank Stewart said this morning’ finishing teuches are being put on the baseball benefit show Friday, June 3, at 8 p.m., at the Nevada City high school] auditorium. The receipts will go toward the purchase of new uniforms for the Merchants team of the Foothil] league. The show is being sponsored by the Nevada City Athletic club. Following the one and one-half hour show \dancing to’ the. music of the high school band, directed by Willard Goerz, will continue until] midnight. The band ang orchestra will furnish music and entertainment during the show. The show will lection of songs, music and skits. Performers in addition to the high school orchestra, include Diane Rankin, Diana Davis, Laura Hayhurst, Al Schweigert, Bob Peterson, Dick Prine, high school quartet, high school choral group directed by William Tobiassen, the four mailbags,.and Lucy and Chet Murchell. Stewart is being assisted by Merrill ‘‘Buzz’’ Colvin, president of the club and J. Howard Penrose, a director. Admission will be $1, which will admit all members of an immediate family. HUDSON TRIAL WILL REOPEN IN SUPERIOR COURT THIS MORNING Superior court will reconvene this morning at 10:30 o’clock for the trial of George A. Hudson, Marysville, charged with grand theft of a 1,000-pound steer bejlonging to Guy N. Robinson, Ingian Springs. Residents of the Indian Springs area testified Friday seeing a car occupied by two persons alleged to be the Hudson brothers. the night the butchered calf was found in the Camp Beale area. None of the testifiers was close enough to the car to positively identify the occupants. Hudson and his brother, Frank, were arrested later the same night, April 8, in Marysville by the ¥uba county sheriff. Frank Hudson pleaded guilty and is now in San Quentin penitentiary. SALINAS PRODUCE MAN FILES $26,973 SUIT AGAINST PETERSON Suit was filed in Nevada county superior court by Sam Martin, Salinas, Monterey county, asking $26,973 damages alleged to have been inflicted May 30, 1948, in Peterson’s Corner, North San Juan, by Fred H. Butz, an employee of G. H. and Maude Petergon, owners of the business place. Martin charges Butz beat him on the head, face and back of neck with a blackjack at the orders of the Petersons. He asks $20,000 physical damages, $6,800 for loss of income for eight months from his produce business and the balance as doctor bills. LOCAL GIRL HONORED IN MEXICAN COLLEGE Miss Gael K. Shaw, studying for a master’s degree in Spanish literature at Mexico City College, has been invited by the dean to take a course available only to honor graduates. Dr, Millares Carlos, Spanish paleographer, and Dr. Amancio Bolano e Islas, University of Madrid, has also asked Miss Shaw to work with them on translation and editing of the notes of J. B. M. Ford’s “Old Spanish Reading,”’ a collection of medieval Spanish texts. Miss Shaw has also been asked to write an original. work on medieval Spanish manuscripts for publication by Professor Raimunde

Lida, an Argentine linguistic professor at the school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugene Shaw of Sugar Loaf Road, and a niece of Mr. and Mrs, Lou Wilson. be a grand se-, AMERICANS LEAVE AS SHANGHAI GOES RED SHANGHAI, CHINA—Going aboard an LCI at the mouth of Whangpoo River are last Americans to leave Shanghai. cns were evacuated on the last two trips of the LCI. Twenty-six AmeriCOUNTY RANKS 13TH LOW TAX RATE AVERAGE Of all the 58 counties in the state Nevada ranks 13th lowest in average tax rate levied on tangible property, according to figures tTeleased by the state board of equalization ' Nevada county’s average tax rate on tangible property is $4.0% for the fiscal year 1948-49. Tax levies for the same period amounted to $934,287.90 against an assessed valuation of $23,178,700. An increase in average rates over the state occurred in spite of a 10.9 per cent rise in assessed value of tangible property. Excluded from levies used in official determination of the average tax rate are ad valerem. special #@ssessments by irrigation districts. Nevada county ‘had an average tax rate increase of only approximately four per cent. Counties with lower rates than Nevada in order from lowest are Alpine, $2.79; Mono, $2.85; Amador, $3.40; Kings, $8.43; Plumas, $3.58; EI Dorado, $3.59; San _ Benito, $3.62; Calaveras, $3.74; Colusa, $3.85; Fresno, $3.94; Inyo, $3.96; Tehama, $3.96. At the other end of the scale San Ma&teo county was _ highest with $7.64, followed by Imperial, $7.36. Other high counties were Alameda, Contra Costa, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Tulare and Yolo. Neighboring counties included Butte, $5.54; Placer, $4.16; Sierra, $5.18; Yuba, $5.30. State average was $5.39 FORMER NEVADA CITY BOYS PASS STATE BAR Franklin Hurlburt Tuttle, San Francisco, and Richard E. Tuttle Menlo Park, have passed the state bar examination given last month, according to an announcement Sturday by the committee of bar examiners if the state bar of California. They have’ been mended for admission to the bar at sessions of the supreme court of California in San Francisco June 14, The two are sons of the late Nevada County. Superior Judge Raglan Tuttle who served on the local.bench from 1926 to 1989. He resigned to serve on the appellate bench in. Sacramento, where he died in 1942. Franklin Tuttle was graduated from Nevada City high school with the class of 1935. He is also a graduate of Stanford university and Hastings law _ school, San Francisco. He is married and has two children and is employed by an insurance company in San Francisco. He served in the U.S. marine corps prior to Pearl Harbor. Hitch-Hiker Reported Acting Strangely On. Road Near Grass Valley Sheriff’s officers were called to Bitney’s corner, west of Grass Valley, on the road to Marysville Saturday afternoon when residents of that area reported a hitch-hiker was acting strangely and appeared to be either drunk or insane. Sheriff’s deputies failed to find amy trace of the man along highway 20 and presumed he hitched a ride out of the area, recom-., MEMORIAL DAY PARADE, GROVE SERVICES HELD Memorial day was observed yesday with a parade on Broad street and services at Memorial Grove,, Pioneer park. The observance of the day was held under the auspices of Banner Mountain Post No. 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kenneth Adams, commanding. The parade moved down Broad street at 10 a.m., with MHarleth Brock, captain, Company E, 184th infantry, California National Guard, as marshall. Color guard of the local post followed by members of the Auxiliary of the VFW, and the VFW, were next. A color guarg from American Legion post, Grass Valley, led the post’s snappy marching and playing drum and bugle corps. Legion posts from Grass Valley anda Foresthill and the Marine Corps League, followed by Girl Scouts completed the first division of the parade. Band of the Nevada Cityhigh schoo] headed the second division. Members of the Nevada County Sheriff’s Posse-ettes and Posse completed the parade. Members of the Auxiliaries of the Legion and VFW placed flags on the graves of veterans in both cemeteries. Services at the Memorial Grove, Pioneer park, followed the parade. Adams delivered a short address honoring the memory of the men who died in war. Selections by the high school band were followed by playing of “Taps’’ by the drum and bugle corps. HOME FROM THE ARMY Sgt. Thomas W. Laughlin returned home Saturday from Shepparg Field, Texas, following his honorable’ discharge from a threeyear enlistment in the U. S. air force. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Laughlin, Gold Flat. GOING STRONG AT 104 LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Joseph Manning, who celebrated his 104th birthday (5 /24), cuts a rug with receptionist Mabel Greene at Veteran’s Administration Hospital here. Veteran of the Civil War, Manning claims he was present in theater when Lincoln was shot, 3 RAINBOWS. WIN PRIZES FOR. Using an ordinary rod, and piae— ing a helgramite on. his. hook, nine-year-old Dale. Hornberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hormberger, 524 Nevada street, Newadta City, snagged a 12-inch). rainbow trout goog enough to win the first prize yesterday in the. first annual. juvenile fish derby here. The thir®. grade youngster was up at 5 aum,. after his. fish. Dale was presented * the © fitst prize of a complete fishing oawtfi yesterday at 6 p.m. by Max See laro, chief of police, in city ham Donald Lee, 11, fifth grade, sem of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lee, 322 Jordan street, won second prize. Donald caught. his: fish at 6 am, yesterday, using worms for bait. Third prize was. awarded te Robert Cullen, 11, son of Mr. amg Mrs. Leg Cullen, 315 Broad street. Robert, in the sixth grade, caught ‘his fish at 9:30 a.m., using salmoam. ‘eggs for bait. All three boys are enrolled im Nevada City elementary school. . Fishing in Deer creek was -not: too good yesterday, or the boys. did not have much luck. The creelkt, was busy with boys in the marm— ing but. the afternoon fishing. lagged. SUMMER ROUNDUP FOR: CHILDREN ENTERING, SCHOOL STARTS TODAY The summer round-up, a meti~ cal examination sponsored annually by the Parent-Teachers associa-. tion for the benefit of all childrem: due to enter school] in the fall forthe first time, will be held in the. Nevada City elementary schoalk: May 31, June 2,.ang June 6 be-. tween the hours of 8:30 and 10:35 a.m. Licensed physicians will be: @t&r\ hand to check for heart impair ment, defective hearing and visiom, lung ailment and throat infection: in addition tg a number of other physical handicaps whieh might be an obstacle in the way of &. child’s. being a well, adjusted stu-. dent. In the event a_ physieca?: handicap is discovered the. ex~amining doctors, who donate: theirtime and knowledge, will! reeem-. mend that the child be cared for by the family physician. : Mrs. Arnold Jackson, president of the Nevada City Elementary School Parent-Teachers association, asks that a parent or guardiam accompany each child. in ord@er that a medical history of chil@-. hood diseases, dates of immunizations and vaccinations may he obtained. The imformation Be-w comes part of the child’s permanent school record and is referre@ to periodically during the child’s years as a student. Mrs. Jackson also requests that the parent or guardian bring with: her the child’s: birth certificate so the child can be registered as &. pupil for the fall term. Registration as the time of medical examination. relieves the rush and _ confusion, during the opening days of the fal: semester and also enables the of< ficials of the school] to more quick~ ly estimate the number of new pu-. pils entering school: Parent Teachers association. members who will assist the schoo? nurse Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger, ang. the attending physicians are: tos day, Mrs. William Perry, Mrs. Les~. lie Alger and Mrs. John Bursen;June 2, Mrs. George Becraft, Mrs. E. G. Bickle and Mrs. J. C. Ritler;June 6, Mrs. Ernest Roberts; Mrs,. Kent Walker and Mrs. Keif Met-~ berg. Elementary Patrol’ Enjoys Coast Game Nevada City elementary schook eighth grade traffic patrol boys were honored recently by their teachers, Bob Bonner, Mrs Alice Thibault, and Principal Liley@ Geist, when they were given a free. trip to Sacramento to see @ Coast league game between the Sait Francisco Seals and the Saeramento Solons. ; During the game _ they were. treated to hot dogs, pop, ice cream, ang peanuts to round out a penne: evening of baseball.