November 11, 1949 (8 pages)

, -agurer3 ~ Mrs. Elliott Eastern Star Worthy Matron Mrs. Genevieve Elliott will be. Worthy Matron of the Evangeline . Chapter, Order of the Eastern . Star, following her election at a} meeting last week at the Ma-. sonic hall. Other elective officers are: Charles Elliott, worthy patron; ‘Edith Forstner, association ma“-tron; Joseph Forstner, associate patron; Alfriede Lawrence, treaKatie Eddy, secretary: “Florence Harter, conductress; Jane Sbaffi. associate conduc+ tress. Appointive officers will be announced later Degree work at the meeting followed a. pot-luck supper at 6:30. The annual report of the treasurer and secretary was giv. ‘en as well as a report’on grand chapter held recently in Long Beach.—Maxine Ivey. HART — At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 4, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. William Hart, a son. GILL—At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct, 11, 1949, to Mr’ and Mrs. James Gill, a son. MAPLE — At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 19, 1949, to Mr. -and Mrs. Frank Maple, a son. HOCKMAN—At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 21, 1949, to Mr. and Mts. Roger Hockman, a -son. APPLE — At Miners hospital, _Nevada City, Oct. 23, 1949, to Mr. -and Mrs. Stanley Apple, a’ son. HOSKIN-—-At Miners hospital, “Nevada City, Oct. 26, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hoskin, Grass Valley, a daughter. WOOD — At Miners hospital, "Nevada City, Oct. 27,,; 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wood, Grass Walley, a daughter. HEIDRICH—At Miners hospi‘tal, Nevada City, Oct. 31, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. James Heidrich, “a son, ¢ BONNER—At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 31, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bonner,.a son. SIGOURNEY—In Vallejo, Oct. 26, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Teddy Sigourney, formerly of Nevada City, a daughter, Constance Irene weighing 8 pounds, % ounce. WETHERINGTON—At Sacramento, Oct. 30, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack C., Wetherington, formerly of Grass Valley, a daughter, Sherrie Lee. LAST OF MURDER, INC. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Jack (the dandy) Parisi, believed to be the last-of the Murder, Inc. triggermen, covers. up to keep from being photographed on arrival in New York from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 2, in the custody of dectives. He was trapped in Hazelton, Pa., recently after a 10-year search and has been extradited to New York.Garden'News November is the month when the final cleanup in the garden is done. Cut off perennials. Tag chrysanthemums and dahlias before flowers are gone so they can be identified later. Conifers rarely need pruning and should be allowed to grow naturally but if a branch here and there detracts from the form they can be snipped to maintain this natural form. Tie limbs of spreading evergreens that might be damaged by weight of snow. Spade vegetable and annual beds but do not rake smooth. One of the don’ts in a good gardener’s manual is don’t burn your leaves. Put leaves on a compost pile to rot and go back into the garden as humus. Use them also as a mulch around shrubs, especially new shrubs as protection during the winter. Now is a good time to make a list of all the shrubs and trees for fall color. They have been parading in all their beauty. Go to the nurseries now when you can see them in their fall dress and thus get just what you want. Lily of the valley is a lovely {small plant doing well in our SAHL — At Miners hospital,. climate and can be planted now. Nevada City, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sahl, Grass Valley,. Nov, 1, 1949, a son. It should grow undisturbed for at least five years, likes a soil of humus, leaf mold peat or rotted McNEER—At Miners hospital, . logs and like a cool location, It is Nevada City, to Mr. and Mrs. very good planted between caAllen McNeer, North San Juan, . mellias and rhododendrons as Nov. 2, 1949, a daughter. . they all like the same soil and FOX—At Miners hospital, Ne-. location, vada City, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett W. Fox, Nevada City, Nov. 2, 1949, a son. KENNEDY — -At Marysville, Nov. 2, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Staniey Kennedy, Marysville, a son. Mrs. Kennedy is former Lor-raine Curry, Grass Valley. FORREST — At Community hospital, Grass Valley, Oct. 27, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. William -Forrest, Grass Valley, a son. MARTIN—At Community hos“pital, Grass Valley, Oct. 29, 1949, .to Mr. and Mrs, Russell Martin, “Grass Valley, a daughter. MARK — At Community hospital, Grass Valley, Nov. 1, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Bo-You Mark, “Grass Valley, a daughter. KISTLE—At Community hospital, Grass Valley, Nov. 2, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kistle, “Grass Valley, a daughter. Marriage Licenses Bishop Greenwell Urges Support of Constitution Grass Valley ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints topic, “America and Our Responsibilities” before a gathering of the North San Juan, Parent Teachers association held in the North San Juan schoolhouse. P. J. Conway opened the meeting leading the assembly in community singing Mrs. Crafton offered Schubert’s “Serenade” and Gade’s “Jalousie” on the piano. Card Party Will Be Held on Thursday Nevada City Farm Center and Home Department will hold a card party at Seaman’s Lodge The public will be welcome and may purchase tickets at the door SIMPSON-WATSON—In Reno, Nev., Oct. 30,~1949, Larry S Simpson, 21, and Betty Watson, 18, both of Grass Valley. STAIR-McCULLY — In Reno, Nev., Oct. 30, 1949, Richard L. Stair, 21, Grass Valley, and Birdie McCully, 18, Nevada City: ‘BARMAN-PALMER—In Reno Nev., Nov, 5, 1949, Richard Barman, 21, and Marian Palmer, 18, both of Grass. Valley. READER LANGDON — In Reno,* Nev., Nov. 5,°1949, Francis J. Reader, 35, Nevada City, and Yolanda Langdon, 29, Grass Valley. HICKEY-MILES — In Reno, Nev., Nov. 5, 1949, Jack M. Hick-ey, 25, Seattle,.Wash., and Doris J. Miles, 18, Nevada City. Divorces BARKER — In Nevada City, Nov. 7, 1949, Vera Ellen Barker ‘against Thomas J. Barker. Interlocutory decree granted. WRAY—In Nevada City, Nov. 7, 1949, Kenneth W. Wray against for 50 cents. Proceeds will be used for card tables and chairs. Home products will be given for prizes. —Maxine Ivey. SUPERIOR COURT FILINGS In Nevada county’ superior court, Nov. 2, 1949, complaint. by W. Manha against Grass, Valley Meat Co., charging use of 11 head of whiteface cattle belonging to plaintiff, asking $2,600 damages. Plaintiff charges 11 head of cattle were delivered to defendant by H. R. Kain on April 22, 1948, and that said cattle were not the property of deliverer. W. M. Kearney, Reno, is attorney for plaintiff. BUILDING PERMITS Max and Violet C. Dunlap, Nevada City, $3,500 frame dwelling, lower Grass Valley road. William H. Bruckins, home, North San Juan. Nevora A. Edwards, Ridge, $850 frame home. $1,500 Cedar Victoria L. Wray, interlocutory decree granted,Mrs. J. Geleski, $800 garage, North San Juan, Ralph Greenwell, bishop of the was a recent speaker on the tonight (Thursday) :-at 8 o’clock. 7 clementary School PTA Names Nominating Committee at Meeting . Election of a nominating committee to recommend next year’s officers was the main business at ine Nevada .City Elementary . School Parent Teachers associawou meeting held at the.elemen. tary school Friday afternoon. Named to the committee are Lioyd Geist, principal; Mrs. L. -<t. vans, Mrs. Lloyd Hiscox, Mrs. ‘Robert Graham and Mrs, John Larue. Mrs. Ralph Dow, Sacramento, . chairman of school education for the California Congress of Par-. ents» and Teachers and principal . speaker of the day explained the organization’s «legislative policy . and the reasons the . California Congress Supported propositions 1 and 2 in the Tuesday election. Robert Rees, Fresno, field rep. cesentative of the California. Teachers association, showed the Zroup actual photos: depicting the. overcrowded and uncomfortable , conditions of many. schools in the state an demphasized the urgent need for many new school buildings throughout the state. He being conducted in a former . chicken house, Mrs. Arnold Jackson presided and reports were heard from the chairmen of standing committees. . Hostesses for the day were the mothers of the third grade chilCyril Kerrin, Mrs. John Larue, Mrs. Ed Frantz and Mrs, Cameron Larsen. Friends Here Learn of Betrothal of Ruby Anne Oldham, Roger Gilman Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Clifford Oldham, Yuba City, are announcing "the engagement of. their daughter, Ruby Anna, to Roger Edward Gilman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Arthur Gilman, Elk Creek and Yuba City. The bride-elect is the daughter of a prominent Sutter county fruit grower. She was graduated from Yuba City union high school with the class of 1948 and is now attending Yuba college. Gilman was also educated in the Yuba City schools and at the Christian Brothers school, Sacramento. Presently—an agricultural student of Yuba college, he is also in business with his father in their fruit and livestock ranch. ing interests. The young people are popular members of the younger set of Sutter county and have .many relatives and friends in Nevada dren under the direction of Mrs. . City and Grass ‘Valley, Many ~ pre-nuptial festivities are being planned in their honor. No wedding date has been set, but the event will take place sometime in 1950. Mrs. Hummelt Named Secretary of Auxiliary Mrs. Bernard W, Hummelt was elected secretary of the Women’s Auxiliary of the -Placer-NevadaSierra County Medical society at an organization meeting in Auburn recently. Other officers chosen were Mrs, C. E. Lewis, Auburn, president; Mrs. R. H. Eveleth, Roseville, vice president; and Mrs, O.: F. Lang, Grass Valley, treasurer. The group was organized at a luncheon meeting at the Auburn hotel and was attended by Mrs. Raymond Weyland, San _ Jose, president of the state association, and other state officers. Mrs. William Newman, membership and organization chairman of the association, spoke on the aims and purposes of the organization. Scholarships made possible by the Sacramento. Auxiliary were discussed. Mrs. Hummelt pointed out the association welcomes all wives of members of the American Medical association, The group gathered Wednesday with doctors at DeWitt hospial near Auburn. Psychiatrist Speaks To University Women Dr Joseph Harris, Sacramento, chief psychiatrist of the state department of mental hygiene, was the speaker at a meeting of the American Association of University Women. Dr. Harris is-s.active in the program for improvement of mental health in California, which was the topic for his lecture. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Robert Ingram, 417 Chapel street, Grass Valley, at 8 p.m.,. on Wednesday. — Jenell Stinchfield. Meeting of B.P.W.C. Held on Wednesday The Business and Professional Women’s club of Nevada City met Wednesday at the Cardinal hall. Mrs. E. L. Kyle, first vice president, presided in the absence of Mrs. Adelaide Reilly, president.— ° NOBEL PRIZE TO ORIENT FOR FIRST TIME NEW YORK, N. Y.— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left), president of Columbia University, congratulates Dr. Hideki Yukawa, visiting professor at Columbia from Kyoto University in Japan, after the Japaneses physicist won the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physics, Nov. 3. At right ~ is‘Columbia vice-president George B. Pegram, who was a pioneer in atomic research at Columbia during first oriental two win a Nobel Prize. World War II. Yukawa is the ce Gran vice i MeEES 10) The Editor The views and opinions appearing in this column, Letters to The Editor, are not necessarily those of The Nugget. Nov. 8, 1949. The Nugget, Nevada City: Just a few words of appreciation for your. splendid cooperation in the recent. highly. success‘ful Boy Scout annual appeal campaign in Nevada City. The accomplishment was particularly outstanding in that it represents the first time for many years that Nevada City has reached its scouting finance objective. We realize that this could not have been. accomplished without the publicity so generously contributed by The Nugget. Sincerely yours, GUERDON ELLIS, CRIPPLED CHILDREN EXAMINED AT CLINIC Crippled children’s services, of the California department of public health, conducted its annual clinic of Nevada county children with Dr. Delevan Fuiks, Sacramento, as examining physician, assisted by Mrs. Ione Coyle. Mrs. Jocelyn Seims, medical social worker, was present to discuss social problems with the . parents. Audrey Foote. Forty-eight cases were examined Friday in Nevada City and 58 in Grass Valley. Among these were all polio cases receiving attention at the polio therapy center. Other. cases were cerebral palsy, growth disturbances following injuries and diseases, malposture and various types of abnormal foot conditions. Reports of clinic examinations are sent to the family physician. In cases where financial help is ;needed, care is provided under the crippled children’s acts of the state and fedaral_ governments. Local nurses Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger, Nevada City; Miss Vivian Berggren, county school, nurse; and Mrs: Dallas Fellerson, Grass Valley. Mrs. Kief D. Melberg, Mrs. W. Poulson, Mrs. Audrey Kerrin and Mrs, Alvin Trivelpiece were local P. T. A. members who assisted with the-clinic.—Audrey Foote. EXPLOSION DESTROYS HOME AT DITCH CAMP An explosion Tuesday night destroyed the three-room home of John Speed, a ditchtendere for the Nevada irrigation district Ditch camp property about 11 p.m. The camp is on the Red Dog road. The explosion was touched off when a small kitchen fire got out of control and reached eight -. sticks of dynamite stored in the house. Speed was not at home at the time of the explosion. “The house, valued at $1,500, was a total loss. Some furniture was covered by insurance but the house was unprotected. The state division of forestry responded to the call.—Maxine Ivey. Ridge Garden Club ‘Plans for Christmas . ° The Ridge Garden club held its regular meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. J. W. Weselsky. Plans were completed for preparing a Christmas basket for a needy family of our community. The basket will contain.a complete Christmas dinner, Mrs. J. J. McClish announced the members’ plans to decorate their homes for the Christmas season. i The club will hold its next meeting the first Tuesday in December with plans calling for a Christmas party.—Jo Waechter. 7 RELATIVES OF MRS. HADDY ORPHANED IN MAINE AUTO ACCIDENT “Tragedy struck and seven little children were left orphans. That was the _ heart-rending news Mrs. Hazel Haddy received with the word of a headon collision in one of the heaviest fogs of the Maine coast. Mrs. Marjorie Grendall, niece of Mrs. Haddy, boarded the famassisting wereily car with her husband, Everard, his mother. and father and . brother, for ‘a Sunday trip to Bos‘ton, Mass., to visit their 13-year old daughter, Connie, who is recovering from polio in a Boston . hospital. — . In a heavy fog a Connecticut ‘ear with four youths traveling ‘northward, crashed headon : into the Grindall car, resulting in the death of one of the youths, Mr. !and Mrs. Grindall and Grindall’s mother. ‘ Almost immediately Maine adopted the seven children and contributions were pouring in to help the seven orphans of in the first day. The money is being put into a trust ifund to help the children to do the things they would have done had their father and mother lived. Everard Grindall, father of the central the tragic accident. $1,700 came . DRAMATIC HALL AND JENNY LIND THEATER POPULAR WITH MINERS In the summer of 1850 Hamlet Davis, operator of a general mercorner of Broad and. Pine and , maintained a. “reading room” for miners where they could peruse eastern periodicals. He enlar ed and converted the upper story of the building . into “Dramatic Hall” for Nevada’s first place of public entertainment. A company headed by the fa‘mous Br. Robinson produced the first entertainment at the hall. Dr. Robinson was popular in San Francisco and the mines for his ready: wit and improvising ability. Edwin Booth is known to have trod the boards of Dramatic Hall and many famous theater personalities made their appearance in Nevada City during the early days. The building was destroyed -in a fire in 1852 that levelled the town. Success of Dramatic Hall and popularity ‘of dramatic performances led to the construction of the Jenny Lind theater. j This playhouse was the most elaborate in the northern mines and was built on the bank of Deer creek at the foot of Broad street. Opened Nov: 20, 1851, with the Chapman family, the theater’s career was dramatically and suddenly terminated in March, 1852, when a great flood washed away Main and Broad street bridges, and carried down Deer creek the Jenny Lind, a large boarding house and half of the Monumental hotel. At the very moment of the flood a hearing to*determine the priority of several liens on the ‘Jenny Lind was in progress at the courthouse. Informed of the threatened destruction of the building, the court adjourned and the entire group rushed to the see the effect of the disaster. “ “There,” remarked one of the attorneys for the creditors, “is a lien which will take precedence over all of us,” as the building swayed and leaned precariously before crashing into the stream. The Cedar theater, which is tentatively scheduled to open thie month isa remodeling of—the Nevada. theater which first was opened Dec. 1, 1856. The building was’ destroyed several times in Nevada City’s many fires and each time was reconstructed. The children, was a past master of Waterville Lodge of Masons and a member of the Winslow fire department. WATER CHLORINATION ° DISCUSSED ‘AT NID. DIRECTORS MEETING A system of water testing should be introduced, and a special district need not be formed in order to secure a chlorination system was agreed upon at a meeting last week of the board of directors of the Nevada irrigation district. M. A. Benedict, Alta Hill, reported oh chlorination for outlying areas. He said that the NID is under obligation to its users to test the water regularly and better poor conditions. He also said taxpayers should accept part of the’ expense of chlorination. Ross McBurney, representing the residents of Cedar Ridge, requested a larger water main for that district. Owen O’Leary, rancher, asked the taxes on his 14 acres of land, ‘amounting to’ $150, be lowered as he thought this too high. He also requested repairs on a leaky pipe line on his property. Manager Forrest Varney reported satisfactory revenue collections from water sales and assessments, and that currently 20,000 acre feet of water is in storage. JESTERS CONVENTION Nevada City was the scene-of a Jesters convention Saturday afternoon, the group coming here by bus from San Francisco. The group was met outside of ‘Nevada City by Nevada County Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins posse ‘and several of the members were taken from the bus and given vigilante treatment of early days, ‘The posse accompanied the bus into town where the visitors were greeted by townspeople and the high school band under the direction of Willard Goerz, who welcomed them with musical selections. ; The day was climaxed with a 49er party using the theme “13.” Cocktail hour was at 5:13 and a banquet and entertainment at 7:13. : It was estimated the Jesters spent approximately $5,000 while ron the 24-hour stay here.—Betty Malcolm and Jenell -Stinchfield. ( present building was rebuilt folbeget the last great fire of 1863. FIRST STAGE ROBBERY GOLD NEVER FOUND Despite several attempts no stage robbery was successful until 1858 in this vicinity. On the morning of May 2, two stages left here for Sacramento. The first had 10 passengers including Bank .Messenger I. 'N. Dawley with $20,000. The second stage carried passengers, express and a Wells’ Fargo: agent with a treasure chest of gold bullion and dust. A mile from town on the Gicase Valley road four masked and heavily armed men stopped the stage and demanded the Wells Fargo chest. Dawley, whose bag containing the $20,000 was in the baggage rack, told the bandits the sécond: stage had the chest. Satisfied the bandits allowed ‘the stage to proceed and took cover for the second. The bandits successfully stole the chest from the second stage. Wells Fargo & Company immediately posted a reward, but the gold and the bandits were never found. OTT ASSAY OFFICE IS OLDEST BUSINESS HERE The Ott assay office at 130 Main stréet is the oldest continuous business in Nevada City and was established in 1853 by James ‘. J. Ott, father of Emil J. N. Ott, HELD IN NEVADA CITY present owner and operator. It was here in 1859, that the astonishingly high returns from samples brought from the Wash-,. oe country to the editor of the Nevada Journal; set off the grea’ Comstock-Washbe rush. In Ott’s-window is a replica of a 712-pound gold bar that represented one month’s hydraulicking at the famed Malakoff diggings north of Nevada City, VFW SPONSORS PLAY BY PASADENA PLAYERS Banner Mountain. Post 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will present “Candlelight,” a _ threeact comedy by the Pasadena Playhouse Players Wednesday at Veterans Memorial building. The play is scheduled to start at°g:15 o’clock. & The play is being produced and presented by the Pasadena Players.—JQ Waechter. chandise store on the northeast . es

, -agurer3 ~ Mrs. Elliott Eastern Star Worthy Matron Mrs. Genevieve Elliott will be. Worthy Matron of the Evangeline . Chapter, Order of the Eastern . Star, following her election at a} meeting last week at the Ma-. sonic hall. Other elective officers are: Charles Elliott, worthy patron; ‘Edith Forstner, association ma“-tron; Joseph Forstner, associate patron; Alfriede Lawrence, treaKatie Eddy, secretary: “Florence Harter, conductress; Jane Sbaffi.. associate conduc+ tress. Appointive officers will be announced later Degree work at the meeting followed a. pot-luck supper at 6:30. The annual report of the treasurer and secretary was giv. ‘en as well as a report’on grand chapter held recently in Long Beach.—Maxine Ivey. HART — At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 4, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. William Hart, a son. GILL—At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct, 11, 1949, to Mr’ and Mrs. James Gill, a son. MAPLE — At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 19, 1949, to Mr. -and Mrs. Frank Maple, a son. HOCKMAN—At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 21, 1949, to Mr. and Mts. Roger Hockman, a -son. APPLE — At Miners hospital, _Nevada City, Oct. 23, 1949, to Mr. -and Mrs. Stanley Apple, a’ son. HOSKIN-—-At Miners hospital, “Nevada City, Oct. 26, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hoskin, Grass Valley, a daughter. WOOD — At Miners hospital, "Nevada City, Oct. 27,,; 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wood, Grass Walley, a daughter. HEIDRICH—At Miners hospi‘tal, Nevada City, Oct. 31, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. James Heidrich, “a son, ¢ BONNER—At Miners hospital, Nevada City, Oct. 31, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bonner,.a son. SIGOURNEY—In Vallejo, Oct. 26, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Teddy Sigourney, formerly of Nevada City, a daughter, Constance Irene weighing 8 pounds, % ounce. WETHERINGTON—At Sacramento, Oct. 30, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack C., Wetherington, formerly of Grass Valley, a daughter, Sherrie Lee. LAST OF MURDER, INC. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Jack (the dandy) Parisi, believed to be the last-of the Murder, Inc. triggermen, covers. up to keep from being photographed on arrival in New York from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 2, in the custody of dectives. He was trapped in Hazelton, Pa., recently after a 10-year search and has been extradited to New York.Garden'News November is the month when the final cleanup in the garden is done. Cut off perennials. Tag chrysanthemums and dahlias before flowers are gone so they can be identified later. Conifers rarely need pruning and should be allowed to grow naturally but if a branch here and there detracts from the form they can be snipped to maintain this natural form. Tie limbs of spreading evergreens that might be damaged by weight of snow. Spade vegetable and annual beds but do not rake smooth. One of the don’ts in a good gardener’s manual is don’t burn your leaves. Put leaves on a compost pile to rot and go back into the garden as humus. Use them also as a mulch around shrubs, especially new shrubs as protection during the winter. Now is a good time to make a list of all the shrubs and trees for fall color. They have been parading in all their beauty. Go to the nurseries now when you can see them in their fall dress and thus get just what you want. Lily of the valley is a lovely {small plant doing well in our SAHL — At Miners hospital,. climate and can be planted now. Nevada City, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sahl, Grass Valley,. Nov, 1, 1949, a son. It should grow undisturbed for at least five years, likes a soil of humus, leaf mold peat or rotted McNEER—At Miners hospital, . logs and like a cool location, It is Nevada City, to Mr. and Mrs. very good planted between caAllen McNeer, North San Juan, . mellias and rhododendrons as Nov. 2, 1949, a daughter. . they all like the same soil and FOX—At Miners hospital, Ne-. location, vada City, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett W. Fox, Nevada City, Nov. 2, 1949, a son. KENNEDY — -At Marysville, Nov. 2, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Staniey Kennedy, Marysville, a son. Mrs. Kennedy is former Lor-raine Curry, Grass Valley. FORREST — At Community hospital, Grass Valley, Oct. 27, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. William -Forrest, Grass Valley, a son. MARTIN—At Community hos“pital, Grass Valley, Oct. 29, 1949, .to Mr. and Mrs, Russell Martin, “Grass Valley, a daughter. MARK — At Community hospital, Grass Valley, Nov. 1, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Bo-You Mark, “Grass Valley, a daughter. KISTLE—At Community hospital, Grass Valley, Nov. 2, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kistle, “Grass Valley, a daughter. Marriage Licenses Bishop Greenwell Urges Support of Constitution Grass Valley ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints topic, “America and Our Responsibilities” before a gathering of the North San Juan, Parent Teachers association held in the North San Juan schoolhouse. P. J. Conway opened the meeting leading the assembly in community singing Mrs. Crafton offered Schubert’s “Serenade” and Gade’s “Jalousie” on the piano. Card Party Will Be Held on Thursday Nevada City Farm Center and Home Department will hold a card party at Seaman’s Lodge The public will be welcome and may purchase tickets at the door SIMPSON-WATSON—In Reno, Nev., Oct. 30,~1949, Larry S Simpson, 21, and Betty Watson, 18, both of Grass Valley. STAIR-McCULLY — In Reno, Nev., Oct. 30, 1949, Richard L. Stair, 21, Grass Valley, and Birdie McCully, 18, Nevada City: ‘BARMAN-PALMER—In Reno Nev., Nov, 5, 1949, Richard Barman, 21, and Marian Palmer, 18, both of Grass. Valley. READER LANGDON — In Reno,* Nev., Nov. 5,°1949, Francis J. Reader, 35, Nevada City, and Yolanda Langdon, 29, Grass Valley. HICKEY-MILES — In Reno, Nev., Nov. 5, 1949, Jack M. Hick-ey, 25, Seattle,.Wash., and Doris J. Miles, 18, Nevada City. Divorces BARKER — In Nevada City, Nov. 7, 1949, Vera Ellen Barker ‘against Thomas J. Barker. Interlocutory decree granted. WRAY—In Nevada City, Nov. 7, 1949, Kenneth W. Wray against for 50 cents. Proceeds will be used for card tables and chairs. Home products will be given for prizes. —Maxine Ivey. SUPERIOR COURT FILINGS In Nevada county’ superior court, Nov. 2, 1949, complaint. by W. Manha against Grass, Valley Meat Co., charging use of 11 head of whiteface cattle belonging to plaintiff, asking $2,600 damages. Plaintiff charges 11 head of cattle were delivered to defendant by H. R. Kain on April 22, 1948, and that said cattle were not the property of deliverer. W. M. Kearney, Reno, is attorney for plaintiff. BUILDING PERMITS Max and Violet C. Dunlap, Nevada City, $3,500 frame dwelling, lower Grass Valley road. William H. Bruckins, home, North San Juan. Nevora A. Edwards, Ridge, $850 frame home. $1,500 Cedar Victoria L. Wray, interlocutory decree granted,Mrs. J. Geleski, $800 garage, North San Juan, Ralph Greenwell, bishop of the was a recent speaker on the tonight (Thursday) :-at 8 o’clock. 7 clementary School PTA Names Nominating Committee at Meeting . Election of a nominating committee to recommend next year’s officers was the main business at ine Nevada .City Elementary . School Parent Teachers associawou meeting held at the.elemen. tary school Friday afternoon. Named to the committee are Lioyd Geist, principal; Mrs. L. -<t. vans, Mrs. Lloyd Hiscox, Mrs. ‘Robert Graham and Mrs, John Larue. Mrs. Ralph Dow, Sacramento, . chairman of school education for the California Congress of Par-. ents» and Teachers and principal . speaker of the day explained the organization’s «legislative policy . and the reasons the . California Congress Supported propositions 1 and 2 in the Tuesday election. Robert Rees, Fresno, field rep. cesentative of the California. Teachers association, showed the Zroup actual photos: depicting the. overcrowded and uncomfortable , conditions of many. schools in the state an demphasized the urgent need for many new school buildings throughout the state. He being conducted in a former . chicken house, Mrs. Arnold Jackson presided and reports were heard from the chairmen of standing committees. . Hostesses for the day were the mothers of the third grade chilCyril Kerrin, Mrs. John Larue, Mrs. Ed Frantz and Mrs, Cameron Larsen. Friends Here Learn of Betrothal of Ruby Anne Oldham, Roger Gilman Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Clifford Oldham, Yuba City, are announcing "the engagement of. their daughter, Ruby Anna, to Roger Edward Gilman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Arthur Gilman, Elk Creek and Yuba City. The bride-elect is the daughter of a prominent Sutter county fruit grower. She was graduated from Yuba City union high school with the class of 1948 and is now attending Yuba college. Gilman was also educated in the Yuba City schools and at the Christian Brothers school, Sacramento. Presently—an agricultural student of Yuba college, he is also in business with his father in their fruit and livestock ranch. ing interests. The young people are popular members of the younger set of Sutter county and have .many relatives and friends in Nevada dren under the direction of Mrs. . City and Grass ‘Valley, Many ~ pre-nuptial festivities are being planned in their honor. No wedding date has been set, but the event will take place sometime in 1950. Mrs. Hummelt Named Secretary of Auxiliary Mrs. Bernard W, Hummelt was elected secretary of the Women’s Auxiliary of the -Placer-NevadaSierra County Medical society at an organization meeting in Auburn recently. Other officers chosen were Mrs, C. E. Lewis, Auburn, president; Mrs. R. H. Eveleth, Roseville, vice president; and Mrs, O.: F. Lang, Grass Valley, treasurer. The group was organized at a luncheon meeting at the Auburn hotel and was attended by Mrs. Raymond Weyland, San _ Jose, president of the state association, and other state officers. Mrs. William Newman, membership and organization chairman of the association, spoke on the aims and purposes of the organization. Scholarships made possible by the Sacramento. Auxiliary were discussed. Mrs. Hummelt pointed out the association welcomes all wives of members of the American Medical association, The group gathered Wednesday with doctors at DeWitt hospial near Auburn. Psychiatrist Speaks To University Women Dr Joseph Harris, Sacramento, chief psychiatrist of the state department of mental hygiene, was the speaker at a meeting of the American Association of University Women. Dr. Harris is-s.active in the program for improvement of mental health in California, which was the topic for his lecture. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Robert Ingram, 417 Chapel street, Grass Valley, at 8 p.m.,. on Wednesday. — Jenell Stinchfield. Meeting of B.P.W.C. Held on Wednesday The Business and Professional Women’s club of Nevada City

met Wednesday at the Cardinal hall. Mrs. E. L. Kyle, first vice president, presided in the absence of Mrs. Adelaide Reilly, president.— ° NOBEL PRIZE TO ORIENT FOR FIRST TIME NEW YORK, N. Y.— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left), president of Columbia University, congratulates Dr. Hideki Yukawa, visiting professor at Columbia from Kyoto University in Japan, after the Japaneses physicist won the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physics, Nov. 3. At right ~ is‘Columbia vice-president George B. Pegram, who was a pioneer in atomic research at Columbia during first oriental two win a Nobel Prize. World War II. Yukawa is the ce Gran vice i MeEES 10) The Editor The views and opinions appearing in this column, Letters to The Editor, are not necessarily those of The Nugget. Nov. 8, 1949. The Nugget, Nevada City: Just a few words of appreciation for your. splendid cooperation in the recent. highly. success‘ful Boy Scout annual appeal campaign in Nevada City. The accomplishment was particularly outstanding in that it represents the first time for many years that Nevada City has reached its scouting finance objective. We realize that this could not have been. accomplished without the publicity so generously contributed by The Nugget. Sincerely yours, GUERDON ELLIS, CRIPPLED CHILDREN EXAMINED AT CLINIC Crippled children’s services, of the California department of public health, conducted its annual clinic of Nevada county children with Dr. Delevan Fuiks, Sacramento, as examining physician, assisted by Mrs. Ione Coyle. Mrs. Jocelyn Seims, medical social worker, was present to discuss social problems with the . parents. Audrey Foote. Forty-eight cases were examined Friday in Nevada City and 58 in Grass Valley. Among these were all polio cases receiving attention at the polio therapy center. Other. cases were cerebral palsy, growth disturbances following injuries and diseases, malposture and various types of abnormal foot conditions. Reports of clinic examinations are sent to the family physician. In cases where financial help is ;needed, care is provided under the crippled children’s acts of the state and fedaral_ governments. Local nurses Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger, Nevada City; Miss Vivian Berggren, county school, nurse; and Mrs: Dallas Fellerson, Grass Valley. Mrs. Kief D. Melberg, Mrs. W. Poulson, Mrs. Audrey Kerrin and Mrs, Alvin Trivelpiece were local P. T. A. members who assisted with the-clinic.—Audrey Foote. EXPLOSION DESTROYS HOME AT DITCH CAMP An explosion Tuesday night destroyed the three-room home of John Speed, a ditchtendere for the Nevada irrigation district Ditch camp property about 11 p.m. The camp is on the Red Dog road. The explosion was touched off when a small kitchen fire got out of control and reached eight -. sticks of dynamite stored in the house. Speed was not at home at the time of the explosion. “The house, valued at $1,500, was a total loss. Some furniture was covered by insurance but the house was unprotected. The state division of forestry responded to the call.—Maxine Ivey. Ridge Garden Club ‘Plans for Christmas . ° The Ridge Garden club held its regular meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. J. W. Weselsky. Plans were completed for preparing a Christmas basket for a needy family of our community. The basket will contain.a complete Christmas dinner, Mrs. J. J. McClish announced the members’ plans to decorate their homes for the Christmas season. i The club will hold its next meeting the first Tuesday in December with plans calling for a Christmas party.—Jo Waechter. 7 RELATIVES OF MRS. HADDY ORPHANED IN MAINE AUTO ACCIDENT “Tragedy struck and seven little children were left orphans. That was the _ heart-rending news Mrs. Hazel Haddy received with the word of a headon collision in one of the heaviest fogs of the Maine coast. Mrs. Marjorie Grendall, niece of Mrs. Haddy, boarded the famassisting wereily car with her husband, Everard, his mother. and father and . brother, for ‘a Sunday trip to Bos‘ton, Mass., to visit their 13-year old daughter, Connie, who is recovering from polio in a Boston . hospital. — . In a heavy fog a Connecticut ‘ear with four youths traveling ‘northward, crashed headon : into the Grindall car, resulting in the death of one of the youths, Mr. !and Mrs. Grindall and Grindall’s mother. ‘ Almost immediately Maine adopted the seven children and contributions were pouring in to help the seven orphans of in the first day. The money is being put into a trust ifund to help the children to do the things they would have done had their father and mother lived. Everard Grindall, father of the central the tragic accident. $1,700 came . DRAMATIC HALL AND JENNY LIND THEATER POPULAR WITH MINERS In the summer of 1850 Hamlet Davis, operator of a general mercorner of Broad and. Pine and , maintained a. “reading room” for miners where they could peruse eastern periodicals. He enlar ed and converted the upper story of the building . into “Dramatic Hall” for Nevada’s first place of public entertainment. A company headed by the fa‘mous Br. Robinson produced the first entertainment at the hall. Dr. Robinson was popular in San Francisco and the mines for his ready: wit and improvising ability. Edwin Booth is known to have trod the boards of Dramatic Hall and many famous theater personalities made their appearance in Nevada City during the early days. The building was destroyed -in a fire in 1852 that levelled the town. Success of Dramatic Hall and popularity ‘of dramatic performances led to the construction of the Jenny Lind theater. j This playhouse was the most elaborate in the northern mines and was built on the bank of Deer creek at the foot of Broad street. Opened Nov: 20, 1851, with the Chapman family, the theater’s career was dramatically and suddenly terminated in March, 1852, when a great flood washed away Main and Broad street bridges, and carried down Deer creek the Jenny Lind, a large boarding house and half of the Monumental hotel. At the very moment of the flood a hearing to*determine the priority of several liens on the ‘Jenny Lind was in progress at the courthouse. Informed of the threatened destruction of the building, the court adjourned and the entire group rushed to the see the effect of the disaster. “ “There,” remarked one of the attorneys for the creditors, “is a lien which will take precedence over all of us,” as the building swayed and leaned precariously before crashing into the stream. The Cedar theater, which is tentatively scheduled to open thie month isa remodeling of—the Nevada. theater which first was opened Dec. 1, 1856. The building was’ destroyed several times in Nevada City’s many fires and each time was reconstructed. The children, was a past master of Waterville Lodge of Masons and a member of the Winslow fire department. WATER CHLORINATION ° DISCUSSED ‘AT NID. DIRECTORS MEETING A system of water testing should be introduced, and a special district need not be formed in order to secure a chlorination system was agreed upon at a meeting last week of the board of directors of the Nevada irrigation district. M. A. Benedict, Alta Hill, reported oh chlorination for outlying areas. He said that the NID is under obligation to its users to test the water regularly and better poor conditions. He also said taxpayers should accept part of the’ expense of chlorination. Ross McBurney, representing the residents of Cedar Ridge, requested a larger water main for that district. Owen O’Leary, rancher, asked the taxes on his 14 acres of land, ‘amounting to’ $150, be lowered as he thought this too high. He also requested repairs on a leaky pipe line on his property. Manager Forrest Varney reported satisfactory revenue collections from water sales and assessments, and that currently 20,000 acre feet of water is in storage. JESTERS CONVENTION Nevada City was the scene-of a Jesters convention Saturday afternoon, the group coming here by bus from San Francisco. The group was met outside of ‘Nevada City by Nevada County Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins posse ‘and several of the members were taken from the bus and given vigilante treatment of early days, ‘The posse accompanied the bus into town where the visitors were greeted by townspeople and the high school band under the direction of Willard Goerz, who welcomed them with musical selections. ; The day was climaxed with a 49er party using the theme “13.” Cocktail hour was at 5:13 and a banquet and entertainment at 7:13. : It was estimated the Jesters spent approximately $5,000 while ron the 24-hour stay here.—Betty Malcolm and Jenell -Stinchfield. ( present building was rebuilt folbeget the last great fire of 1863. FIRST STAGE ROBBERY GOLD NEVER FOUND Despite several attempts no stage robbery was successful until 1858 in this vicinity. On the morning of May 2, two stages left here for Sacramento. The first had 10 passengers including Bank .Messenger I. 'N. Dawley with $20,000. The second stage carried passengers, express and a Wells’ Fargo: agent with a treasure chest of gold bullion and dust. A mile from town on the Gicase Valley road four masked and heavily armed men stopped the stage and demanded the Wells Fargo chest. Dawley, whose bag containing the $20,000 was in the baggage rack, told the bandits the sécond: stage had the chest. Satisfied the bandits allowed ‘the stage to proceed and took cover for the second. The bandits successfully stole the chest from the second stage. Wells Fargo & Company immediately posted a reward, but the gold and the bandits were never found. OTT ASSAY OFFICE IS OLDEST BUSINESS HERE The Ott assay office at 130 Main stréet is the oldest continuous business in Nevada City and was established in 1853 by James ‘. J. Ott, father of Emil J. N. Ott, HELD IN NEVADA CITY present owner and operator. It was here in 1859, that the astonishingly high returns from samples brought from the Wash-,. oe country to the editor of the Nevada Journal; set off the grea’ Comstock-Washbe rush.. In Ott’s-window is a replica of a 712-pound gold bar that represented one month’s hydraulicking at the famed Malakoff diggings north of Nevada City, VFW SPONSORS PLAY BY PASADENA PLAYERS Banner Mountain. Post 2655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will present “Candlelight,” a _ threeact comedy by the Pasadena Playhouse Players Wednesday at Veterans Memorial building. The play is scheduled to start at°g:15 o’clock. & The play is being produced and presented by the Pasadena Players.—JQ Waechter. chandise store on the northeast . es