April 8, 1943 (4 pages)

i The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”-—_Daniél Webster Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA : U gget This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. eee Vol. 17, No. 28. The County Seat Paper_ ees BE THANKFUL FOLKS WE HAD NO SUCH WINTER AS IN 1889-90 (By E. C. UREN) For several years now we have been getting by in this region with but little snow to bother us. Of course the kids are always glad to see it snow. because of the sport it brings not only in skiing but as a source of ammunition with which to do battle or knock the chapeau off the dome of some un“wary elder. But as we get older a good many of us welcome it with remarks unfit to print, especially if it comes in big doses. Perhaps we can’t forget that for four solid months during the winter of 1889-90 we never set footh on terra firma, and it ‘got monotonous. Snow fall along the Pacific Coast is heavier by far than ‘any place in the states for the reason that it never gets very cold here. It is not uncommon for it to snow four to six inches an hour when the. temperature is around 36 degrees and the flakes are large. In the north and east a fine, powdery snow will continue for weeks but will not accumulate more than two or three feet. When a real snow storm is in full blast and accompanied by wind, as it sometimes is along the Summit, it defies either man or machines to keep traffic open. I recall C. E. McGlashan telling me his experience in gathering data for his History of the Donner Party at his office one evening in Truckee. He stated that he left Truckee for the west on a train following ten minutes behind the plow during a heavy snow and wind storm. The wind blew the cuts full of snow so quickly that his train was stalled before it ‘reached Cold Stream, five miles west. . The younger generation has no conception of how tough a winter can be in these Sierra Nevadas, but those of us who) were hereabouts in 1889-90 have a very good reason not to forget that memorable winter. Snow started falling December 6th, and for two months thereafter there was a continuous succession of storms which did more than half a million dollars damage in Nevada County. It was the greatest storm in the history of this area since it was settled, although it is contended by survivors of the Donner Party, most of whom perished at the head of Donner Lake in the winter of 1846-7, that the fall of snow that winter was much greater. Certainly it was as far as the east slope is concerned for McGlashan statés that stumps of tamarack trees. which were cut for fuel by that fateful party measured 32 feet above the ground and even in . 890 the snow on the east slope did not exceed 12 feet. The stoppage of hydraulic mining had depopulated to a’ great extent such places as North Bloomfield, North San Juan, . Dutch Flat and other towns along the gravel channels and as a consequence many business buildings and dwellings were vacant and fell easy victims to the enormous weight of snow which fell upon them. Snow shovelers, under stress of the emergency, were getting as high as $1.25 an hour and the standard wage was 50 cents an hour. By the latter part of January snow on Commercial and Broad Streets stood 10 to 15 feet deep due to shoveling and was above the awnings. School were closed and ‘deliveries of any kind were impossible. A number of awnings in the business section collapsed as well as various roofs and buildings throughout the city. The roof of the Thompkins’ brick building on Broad Street collapsed and took with it the Chinese laundry next door. The Chinks had to be dug out but were in better shape than the shirts and shimmies that were scattered about. The Providence Chlorination Works caved in, so did the Wyoming mill and the buildings at the Summit Mine. On January 3rd seven people were killed by an avalanche in Sierra City and practically all of the buildings at the various tunnels on the steep slopes of the Sierra Buttes mine were carreid away by slides at, various intervals, The situation was so bad at Sierra City that stoves were placed in the No. 9 tunnel and people sought safety by living underground for days. Up at Graniteville the snow was 24 feet deep and people ‘had to burn lights during the day and enter their homes by a snow starway. At Gold Lake on January 20th the snow was 35 feet deep, while there was 14 feet on the level at Sierra City. The railroads were having their troubles too. On January 14th the Narrow Gauge left here with three locomotives and 20 snow shovelers; they didn’t return until the 24th. In the meantime provisions were getting scarce and pack trains were sent out to Colfax to bring in supplies. Newspapers ran out of paper and the Transcript was printed on wrapping paper. On January 21st the stage was . 3 hours getting to North Bloomfield, 14 miles. The Southern Pacific was blocked for two weeks. Their most westerly plow was stored at Alta and the onslaught of the storm was so sudden that they were unable to reach it. They built a sheet iron plow on the front of a locomotive at Sacramento and sent out four engines. By backing up for a couple of miles and getting a flying start they were finally able to reach Alta. But by this time the cuts were filled and the push plow was of no use, so they brought a motley crew from Sacramento who arrived on the scene in light clothing and low shoes; over these they tied gunny sacks. The crisp mountain air and the fact that they had to keep moving to keep warm had an amazing effect on their appet(Continued on Page Three) N.C.RED CROSS — WORKERS MAKE 65.000 DRESSINGS ‘Mrs. Alvin Walther, in charge of the Red Cross unit of Nevada City,. which is producing surgical dress-! ings. announced today, that, since) ‘December 8, 1942, the women \who have volunteered their services, have made 65,000 of such dressings. S. S. BOARD STAFF HELPS SWELL U.S. ARMED FORCES The staff of the Nevada County Selective Service Board yesterday did its part toward swelling the armed forces. Leaving for induction, among 119 young men from this county Wednesday morning, were James Allen Morrison, son of Merle Morrison, clerk of the board, Donald Fred Salisbury, brother of the clerk’s chief assistant, Miss Dorothy Salisbury, . and Elbridge Skeahan, husband of the board’s office staff. One member of the board, Frank) G. Finnegan, attorney, resigned last and is now in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. DANCE NETS $305 INGRASS VALLEY FORREDCROSS . that the dance and . merce announces . entertainment given in. Veterans . Memorial building for the benefit . lof the Grass Valley Red Cross War} . Fund netted $305.55. Vernon Stoll, president of the} chamber, states that a considerable number of chistlers got in without paying. On the backs of the hands of those who went out during the intermissions a red cross was stamped to} admit them when they geturned. A number of young women, handy with a lipstick, helped their escorts into the dance. Art Remple, general chairman of the affair, went out on the floor and succeeded in collecting admissions from a few who crashed the gate. DEATH CALLS MARIE PEARD Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon in the chapel of Holmes Funeral Home in this city for the late Miss Marie Audrene Peard, who passed away Sunday. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Peard of Silva avenue. ‘Miss Peard suffered injuries last November in an automobile accident in Sacramento from. which she never recovered. She was born in Nevada (City and graduated from the local schools and from Mt. St. (iMary’s Academy in Grass Valley. For 19 years she was secretary to the president of the ‘Northern Sacramento Railroad in Sacramento. She was born in 1902. (Miss Peard was noted for her generosity and kindness to all those whith whom she came in contact. Surviving her are, besides’ her mother and father, the folowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mildred Barry, San Leandro; Mrs. Ruth Covey, Grass Valley; Mrs. Alice Bitzer, Sacramento; Albert, Alfred and Gerald Peard of Nevada City. Rev. Walter Gage, former recior of the Trinity Episcopal Church, officiated at the services yesterday and interment was in the Pine Grove Cemetery. The pall bearers were Barl Covey, William, Meyers, Charles Newland, Oustin. Boreham, Chester Clemo and Colin Boreham. BS NATIVE. SONS CHOOSE DELEGATES Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, has chosen the folvention to be held in San Francisco, May 18 and 18: John’ R. Thomas, Earl Covey and Robert Kohler of the United States Army. Alternates nam-. ' ed were Tony Casci and A. B. Brady. Ed NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA lowing delegates to attend the con-fThe Gold Center THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943 FORTY NEVADA COUNTY MEN T0 JOIN U.S. ARMY Forty Nevada county young men were passed by the Sacramento induction board for United States Army sevice yesterday and returned to their homes throughout the county night ‘to wind up their business affairs preparatory to departing at the conclusion of seven days leave. The 40 were approximately one half of the 80 or.more who left Nevada City yésterday morning in sev eral large trucks for the .examination . center. In addition to the number accepted for the Army, it is believed that additional members of the group were passed for United States Navy or Marine Corps service and could enter immediately if they desired. The names of those accepted for the Navy or Marines have not yet been received. They are not listed in the Army induction roster. Those passed for the Army yesterday were: 2 Malcolm O. Mau, William E. Thoni as Sproul, James R. Cranford, William L. Eva, Ernest L. Shroyer, Dean ‘Mrs. Miriam Skeahan, a member of: M. Berryman, Lorin E. Moscardini, . mento and there is a ready market . Ernest P. Partington, Lewis C. Dav-. for all he can raise. . idson, Jr., Jimmie ‘Green Robert E. Hocking, Stanley, Arthur F. Merrill, David K. Gates, Jr., Elbridge W. Skeahan, George Marinkovich, Carlton M. Hooker, . John Santaga, Benjamin E. Hazelton, . Dahl Larsen, Gordon A. Douglas, Harold J. Douglas, Thomas F. Salisbury, August Esola. George J. Feroah, Lloyd W. Finch, James C. Coulton, John J. Sydney O. Moore, Rolph F. Painter, Merrifield. glase, Richard J. SON OF NEVADA CITY WOMANIS INNOR. AFRICA Mrs. Earl Holbrooke of Nevada City has received several letters from her son, Leonard Earl Holbrooke, since his arrival in South Africa. The last was dated March 13. He was in England for a time with his company ‘but they were glad to get out of the fog and dampness. They are also enjoying the oranges and fresh fruits of Algiers. He said the weather was a good deal like California but he thought it would be “plenty hot” later on. The soldies were camped in pup tents and when he wrote he had an afternoon off from: guard duty and was doing his wash and writing letters. -He wrote often from England and sént his family a picture of his company taken in front of an old castle. When the group arrived in South Afriea they were given their Christmas gifts and Leonard was lucky in receiving two huge fruit cakes. Mail is arriving in South Africa in mueh better time than it did in Enzland and the boys are all enjoying papers from home. He often speaks of Charles LeRoy of Grass Valley who is in a nearby company. Grass Valley War Fund Almost at Goal J. E. Keegan, chairman of Red ‘Cross War Fund drive in the Grass Valley district, announced yesterday that only ,$400 remains to be contributed -to reach the goal of $10,400 assigned. ‘Many farmers south and west of “Grass Valley last night attended a big card -party in Banner Grange Hall. Mrs. Leo MeGrath is in charge of card party to be given tomorrow evening in the parish house of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The Knights of Columbus on Saturday evening are giving an entertainment in the store room on Mill street, formerly occupied by the Golden Poppy. Proceeds from these activities will go to the Red Cross War Fund. Lacy Jones, Jr., who thas” spent some time at Dutch Harbor Alaska and has-been in Seattle for a few days is spending some time it-Nevada City visiting his mother. Mrs, Gladys Jones. : last; GRASS VALLEY . USO HAS $1,446 Cowling, hj . The Grass Valley Chamber of Com-. James C. Anderson, Robert C. Pol-. & . . Harry Poole, treasurer of the Grass . Valley Unit of the United Service OrTheatre, Grass Valley, between the FLOWER HOBBY GROWS INTO BIG BUSINESS U. S. N. Johnson, owner of the Bret Harte Dairy in Nevada City, who /has* been specializing in dahlia and. gladiola culture for eight years as a hobby states he has so much money invested in them he can‘t afford to abandon them. Johnson has developed his gardens to a point where he has between six and seven thousand bulbs of many :choice varieties. In a field near his home he has planted 6,000 gladila bulbs and will plant an equal number of dahlia tubers shortly. He selects his stock from _ prize winning bulbs all over the west and grows them:here three years to make sure they will come true to name. Johnson has exhibited his choice blossoms at state and county fairs and had intended to continue these displays but due to the war has abandoned the plan. He has found florists and nurserymen keenly interested in his immense dahlia and gladiola blossoms whenever he has exhibited them. His flowers come at a later season than around SacraIn addition to growing the choice} Pershing . Lee, . bulbs and tubers Johnson will plant . Barker for December to enter officers training . Everett R. King, Jens J. Henricksen. between 20 and 25 acres to truck or. School $5.50. . vegetable garden. A large garden last William I. Richards, Ray W. O’Brien, . year was quite a success. ganizations, at a metting of , that) body, reported that the unit now has . $1,446.74 on hand. Mrs. E. A. Townsend, chairman of the Home Hospitality Committee, reported that last Saturday night 30 soldiers were placed in Grass Valley homes for an overnight stay. Mrs. Vinita Jones, chairman of the Hostess Committee, stated that 100 soldiers registered at the temporary USO headquarters in the Veterans Memorial Building Saturday night. Mrs. Leah Pengelly, chairman of the USO Club Furnishing Committee, asked that all householders who can do so provide furnishings for the new USO headquarter, now being rebuilt to replace the one destroyed by ‘fire last month, at the corner of Neal and Mill streets. The unit voted to hold a May Day ball for the soldiers of Camp Beale in the Veterans Memorial building. Recruiting “Cruiser” Will Visit Nevada County Tomorrow The United States Navy. and Coast Guard mobile “cruiser’’ will visit Grass Valley and Nevada City Friday in the interest of recruiting WAVES and SPARS. The “cruiser’’ will be moored in Nevada 'City on ‘Broad street, from 9 to 12 4. m. Friday, and will appear in Grass Valley from 1:30 till 5 p. m. Officers aboard the land ship will talk in the Nevada City and Grass Valley high schools. Another address wil be given in the Del Oro change of pictures, in the evening. ARRAIGNMENT POSTPONED William Allen Sukovitzen and Floyd Giles charged with robbing the Grass Valley Public Market on the evening of March 22nd appeared in the superior court Tuesday for afaignment. It being shown that they had hired no attorney, Judge George L. Jones named James Snell, attorney of Grass Valley, to defend them and postponed their arraignment until April 12th. % CHMA TO MEET The California Hydraulic Mining Association will meet in the National Hotel here on April 11th at 2 p. m. The usual ‘unc will be served at LD, a for ho wish to attend. Officers ectors for the coming year w nominated. : {Miss June Laird has gone to Redwood City to reside with. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jurkovich. He is employed in war work and his wife joined him in January. ‘ sons to the car’s front seat ——— RED CROSS FUND OVER SUBSCRIBED BY $900 R. J. Bennetts, chairman of the Red Cross War Fund drive in the Nevada City district, states that, thanks to many willing workers and enthusiasm of citizens throughout the district, more than $6,000 has been given by the community, even though. partially depopulated and adversely affected by the war. This amount is $900 more than the city’s quota. The following donations have been made since the last list published in the Nugget: GOLD FLAT Clarence Watters $1.00, Mrs. D. G. Dunn $1.00, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Granholm $1.00, Beryl Granholm $1.00, Evelyn Courser $1.00, S. W. Tull $1.00, Mr. Rogers. $1.50, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Dowell $2.50, Mr. Fred Thomas $.50, Don Boreham .25, Jerry Jenson .25, Mrs. Olaf Jenson $1.00. BANNER ROAD Mrs. Carlo Bartolomei .25, Mrs. Chas. Myers $1.00, Mrs. Joe Day $1.00, Mrs. C. A. Lotts $1.00, Mrs. John Deschwanden $1.00, Fred Srantman $2.00, Gladys Rockefeller $1.00. NEVADA CITY Lloyd Penrose $5.00, Marion M. You Bet Elementary WILLOW VALLEY Engel A. Munsen $1.00, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. F. Tourtelotte $1.00, Bill Julian .50, Mrs. Earl Yarow $1.00, Mrs. W. W. Davis $1.00, Mrs. Fisk $1.00. NEVADA CITY John Mauchino $1.00, Mrs. Mary Campbell $1.00, George Stevens $100, Mrs. Wm. Fenton $1.50, Misses Theresa and Katherine O’Connor (Birchville) $2.00, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bennett $2.50, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kemper $2.50, Mrs. Elmer Fischer $2.00, Sale Scrap Metal $10.00, Standard Oil Co. $24.00. : EMIGRANT GAP ‘ Frank Sateno (Lake Spaulding) $4.00, Edward Sharpe $3.00. NORTH SAN JUAN Red and White Store $1.00, Gladys Chittenden $1.00, Carrie EB. Holland $1.00, Mrs. K. J. Fogarty $1.00, Bernice Swank $1.00, H. B. Woodcock $1.00, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wood $5.00, Frank Ward $1.00, Stanley Bice $1.00, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Chatfield $1.00, Mrs. Ruby Martin $1.00, Mrs. Anna Bradibury $1.00, Mrs. Annie Slankard $1.00, Mrs. Nellie Solaro $1.00, Chris Bartsch .50, Mrs. Young .25, B. Cassidy .50; Hichard Bartsch .50, A*Friend .25, John Conti $1.00, Stanley Bice $1.00, Mr. B. Campbell .75. Lester Kyler $2.50, Wm. Davies $2.00, Mrs. W. Davies $2.00, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wyman $2.00, Mr. and. Mrs. F. E. White $2.00, Mary Ellen Hurley /50, Mrs. Benj. Miller $2.00, Mrs. Clarence Martz $1100, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Torpie $2.00, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Keller $2.00, Carrie Davies $1.00, Mrs. Brady $1.00, Mrs.Alice Graham $2.50, Mrs. Grover Wilson $1.00. : SUGAR LOAF Mrs. R. B. Champie $3.00, Wm. S. Brownfield $1.00, J. S. Porter $1.00, Mrs. John Figurski .50, Mrs. Annie Godfrey $1.00, Mrs. R. W. Robinson $1.00, Nevara A. Bell, Friend $1.00, Friend $1.00, P. N. Phariss $2.00, L. F. Goss $1.00, Mrs. John Bluxome $1.00, Mrs, Carl Payne .80, Rebecca . Moore $1.00, Rudolph Younker $1.00, Mrs. Thos. Gau $1.00, Mrs. S. A. Webb $1.00. Me BLUE TENT __ (C. I. Drake $1.00, John Lind $1.00, Mae Arbogast $1.50); Denton Kirkham $1.00, Raemah P.A gast $2.00, Homer Sherwood $1.00, Mrs. E. K. Davies $2.50, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Arbogast $5.00, Harry Davies” $2.50, Chas. Brenneman $1.00, Carl. Carrigus $2.00, Arthur Davies $2.50, Mr. and Mrs. J. Delaney $2.00, Paul Brindejon” $1.00, Mrs. Maggie Kirkham $1.,00, Louis’ Brindejon $2.00, Mr, Kirchner $4.00, Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth Arbogast $5.00. } ¥ TOO MANY IN FRONT Tv Lee Roy Stewart pleaded guil beforé Justice of the Peace Cha Morehouse to driving with five fined $2.50. Ernest Uren paid a tin of $2.50 for failing to have a drive license on ‘his person. Both chi were made by the California Hig

i The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”-—_Daniél Webster Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA : U gget This paper gives your complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. eee Vol. 17, No. 28. The County Seat Paper_ ees BE THANKFUL FOLKS WE HAD NO SUCH WINTER AS IN 1889-90 (By E. C. UREN) For several years now we have been getting by in this region with but little snow to bother us. Of course the kids are always glad to see it snow. because of the sport it brings not only in skiing but as a source of ammunition with which to do battle or knock the chapeau off the dome of some un“wary elder. But as we get older a good many of us welcome it with remarks unfit to print, especially if it comes in big doses. Perhaps we can’t forget that for four solid months during the winter of 1889-90 we never set footh on terra firma, and it ‘got monotonous. Snow fall along the Pacific Coast is heavier by far than ‘any place in the states for the reason that it never gets very cold here. It is not uncommon for it to snow four to six inches an hour when the. temperature is around 36 degrees and the flakes are large. In the north and east a fine, powdery snow will continue for weeks but will not accumulate more than two or three feet. When a real snow storm is in full blast and accompanied by wind, as it sometimes is along the Summit, it defies either man or machines to keep traffic open. I recall C. E. McGlashan telling me his experience in gathering data for his History of the Donner Party at his office one evening in Truckee. He stated that he left Truckee for the west on a train following ten minutes behind the plow during a heavy snow and wind storm. The wind blew the cuts full of snow so quickly that his train was stalled before it ‘reached Cold Stream, five miles west. . The younger generation has no conception of how tough a winter can be in these Sierra Nevadas, but those of us who) were hereabouts in 1889-90 have a very good reason not to forget that memorable winter. Snow started falling December 6th, and for two months thereafter there was a continuous succession of storms which did more than half a million dollars damage in Nevada County. It was the greatest storm in the history of this area since it was settled, although it is contended by survivors of the Donner Party, most of whom perished at the head of Donner Lake in the winter of 1846-7, that the fall of snow that winter was much greater. Certainly it was as far as the east slope is concerned for McGlashan statés that stumps of tamarack trees. which were cut for fuel by that fateful party measured 32 feet above the ground and even in . 890 the snow on the east slope did not exceed 12 feet. The stoppage of hydraulic mining had depopulated to a’ great extent such places as North Bloomfield, North San Juan, . Dutch Flat and other towns along the gravel channels and as a consequence many business buildings and dwellings were vacant and fell easy victims to the enormous weight of snow which fell upon them. Snow shovelers, under stress of the emergency, were getting as high as $1.25 an hour and the standard wage was 50 cents an hour. By the latter part of January snow on Commercial and Broad Streets stood 10 to 15 feet deep due to shoveling and was above the awnings. School were closed and ‘deliveries of any kind were impossible. A number of awnings in the business section collapsed as well as various roofs and buildings throughout the city. The roof of the Thompkins’ brick building on Broad Street collapsed and took with it the Chinese laundry next door. The Chinks had to be dug out but were in better shape than the shirts and shimmies that were scattered about. The Providence Chlorination Works caved in, so did the Wyoming mill and the buildings at the Summit Mine. On January 3rd seven people were killed by an avalanche in Sierra City and practically all of the buildings at the various tunnels on the steep slopes of the Sierra Buttes mine were carreid away by slides at, various intervals, The situation was so bad at Sierra City that stoves were placed in the No. 9 tunnel and people sought safety by living underground for days. Up at Graniteville the snow was 24 feet deep and people ‘had to burn lights during the day and enter their homes by a snow starway. At Gold Lake on January 20th the snow was 35 feet deep, while there was 14 feet on the level at Sierra City. The railroads were having their troubles too. On January 14th the Narrow Gauge left here with three locomotives and 20 snow shovelers; they didn’t return until the 24th. In the meantime provisions were getting scarce and pack trains were sent out to Colfax to bring in supplies. Newspapers ran out of paper and the Transcript was printed on wrapping paper. On January 21st the stage was . 3 hours getting to North Bloomfield, 14 miles. The Southern Pacific was blocked for two weeks. Their most westerly plow was stored at Alta and the onslaught of the storm was so sudden that they were unable to reach it. They built a sheet iron plow on the front of a locomotive at Sacramento and sent out four engines. By backing up for a couple of miles and getting a flying start they were finally able to reach Alta. But by this time the cuts were filled and the push plow was of no use, so they brought a motley crew from Sacramento who arrived on the scene in light clothing and low shoes; over these they tied gunny sacks. The crisp mountain air and the fact that they had to keep moving to keep warm had an amazing effect on their appet(Continued on Page Three) N.C.RED CROSS — WORKERS MAKE 65.000 DRESSINGS ‘Mrs. Alvin Walther, in charge of the Red Cross unit of Nevada City,. which is producing surgical dress-! ings. announced today, that, since) ‘December 8, 1942, the women \who have volunteered their services, have made 65,000 of such dressings. S. S. BOARD STAFF HELPS SWELL U.S. ARMED FORCES The staff of the Nevada County Selective Service Board yesterday did its part toward swelling the armed forces. Leaving for induction, among 119 young men from this county Wednesday morning, were James Allen Morrison, son of Merle Morrison, clerk of the board, Donald Fred Salisbury, brother of the clerk’s chief assistant, Miss Dorothy Salisbury, . and Elbridge Skeahan, husband of the board’s office staff. One member of the board, Frank) G. Finnegan, attorney, resigned last and is now in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. DANCE NETS $305 INGRASS VALLEY FORREDCROSS . that the dance and . merce announces . entertainment given in. Veterans . Memorial building for the benefit . lof the Grass Valley Red Cross War} . Fund netted $305.55. Vernon Stoll, president of the} chamber, states that a considerable number of chistlers got in without paying. On the backs of the hands of those who went out during the intermissions a red cross was stamped to} admit them when they geturned. A number of young women, handy with a lipstick, helped their escorts into the dance. Art Remple, general chairman of the affair, went out on the floor and succeeded in collecting admissions from a few who crashed the gate. DEATH CALLS MARIE PEARD Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon in the chapel of Holmes Funeral Home in this city for the late Miss Marie Audrene Peard, who passed away Sunday. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Peard of Silva avenue. ‘Miss Peard suffered injuries last November in an automobile accident in Sacramento from. which she never recovered. She was born in Nevada (City and graduated from the local schools and from Mt. St. (iMary’s Academy in Grass Valley. For 19 years she was secretary to the president of the ‘Northern Sacramento Railroad in Sacramento. She was born in 1902. (Miss Peard was noted for her generosity and kindness to all those whith whom she came in contact. Surviving her are, besides’ her mother and father, the folowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mildred Barry, San Leandro; Mrs. Ruth Covey, Grass Valley; Mrs. Alice Bitzer, Sacramento; Albert, Alfred and Gerald Peard of Nevada City. Rev. Walter Gage, former recior of the Trinity Episcopal Church, officiated at the services yesterday and interment was in the Pine Grove Cemetery. The pall bearers were Barl Covey, William, Meyers, Charles Newland, Oustin. Boreham, Chester Clemo and Colin Boreham. BS NATIVE. SONS CHOOSE DELEGATES Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, has chosen the folvention to be held in San Francisco, May 18 and 18: John’ R. Thomas, Earl Covey and Robert Kohler of the United States Army. Alternates nam-. ' ed were Tony Casci and A. B. Brady. Ed NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA lowing delegates to attend the con-fThe Gold Center THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943 FORTY NEVADA COUNTY MEN T0 JOIN U.S. ARMY Forty Nevada county young men were passed by the Sacramento induction board for United States Army sevice yesterday and returned to their homes throughout the county night ‘to wind up their business affairs preparatory to departing at the conclusion of seven days leave. The 40 were approximately one half of the 80 or.more who left Nevada City yésterday morning in sev eral large trucks for the .examination . center. In addition to the number accepted for the Army, it is believed that additional members of the group were passed for United States Navy or Marine Corps service and could enter immediately if they desired. The names of those accepted for the Navy or Marines have not yet been received. They are not listed in the Army induction roster. Those passed for the Army yesterday were: 2 Malcolm O. Mau, William E. Thoni as Sproul, James R. Cranford, William L. Eva, Ernest L. Shroyer, Dean ‘Mrs. Miriam Skeahan, a member of: M. Berryman, Lorin E. Moscardini, . mento and there is a ready market . Ernest P. Partington, Lewis C. Dav-. for all he can raise. . idson, Jr., Jimmie ‘Green Robert E. Hocking, Stanley, Arthur F. Merrill, David K. Gates, Jr., Elbridge W. Skeahan, George Marinkovich, Carlton M. Hooker, . John Santaga, Benjamin E. Hazelton, . Dahl Larsen, Gordon A. Douglas, Harold J. Douglas, Thomas F. Salisbury, August Esola. George J. Feroah, Lloyd W. Finch, James C. Coulton, John J. Sydney O. Moore, Rolph F. Painter, Merrifield. glase, Richard J. SON OF NEVADA CITY WOMANIS INNOR. AFRICA Mrs. Earl Holbrooke of Nevada City has received several letters from her son, Leonard Earl Holbrooke, since his arrival in South Africa. The last was dated March 13. He was in England for a time with his company ‘but they were glad to get out of the fog and dampness. They are also enjoying the oranges and fresh fruits of Algiers. He said the weather was a good deal like California but he thought it would be “plenty hot”

later on. The soldies were camped in pup tents and when he wrote he had an afternoon off from: guard duty and was doing his wash and writing letters. -He wrote often from England and sént his family a picture of his company taken in front of an old castle. When the group arrived in South Afriea they were given their Christmas gifts and Leonard was lucky in receiving two huge fruit cakes. Mail is arriving in South Africa in mueh better time than it did in Enzland and the boys are all enjoying papers from home. He often speaks of Charles LeRoy of Grass Valley who is in a nearby company. Grass Valley War Fund Almost at Goal J. E. Keegan, chairman of Red ‘Cross War Fund drive in the Grass Valley district, announced yesterday that only ,$400 remains to be contributed -to reach the goal of $10,400 assigned. ‘Many farmers south and west of “Grass Valley last night attended a big card -party in Banner Grange Hall. Mrs. Leo MeGrath is in charge of card party to be given tomorrow evening in the parish house of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The Knights of Columbus on Saturday evening are giving an entertainment in the store room on Mill street, formerly occupied by the Golden Poppy. Proceeds from these activities will go to the Red Cross War Fund. Lacy Jones, Jr., who thas” spent some time at Dutch Harbor Alaska and has-been in Seattle for a few days is spending some time it-Nevada City visiting his mother. Mrs, Gladys Jones. : last; GRASS VALLEY . USO HAS $1,446 Cowling, hj . The Grass Valley Chamber of Com-. James C. Anderson, Robert C. Pol-. & . . Harry Poole, treasurer of the Grass . Valley Unit of the United Service OrTheatre, Grass Valley, between the FLOWER HOBBY GROWS INTO BIG BUSINESS U. S. N. Johnson, owner of the Bret Harte Dairy in Nevada City, who /has* been specializing in dahlia and. gladiola culture for eight years as a hobby states he has so much money invested in them he can‘t afford to abandon them. Johnson has developed his gardens to a point where he has between six and seven thousand bulbs of many :choice varieties. In a field near his home he has planted 6,000 gladila bulbs and will plant an equal number of dahlia tubers shortly. He selects his stock from _ prize winning bulbs all over the west and grows them:here three years to make sure they will come true to name. Johnson has exhibited his choice blossoms at state and county fairs and had intended to continue these displays but due to the war has abandoned the plan. He has found florists and nurserymen keenly interested in his immense dahlia and gladiola blossoms whenever he has exhibited them. His flowers come at a later season than around SacraIn addition to growing the choice} Pershing . Lee, . bulbs and tubers Johnson will plant . Barker for December to enter officers training . Everett R. King, Jens J. Henricksen. between 20 and 25 acres to truck or. School $5.50. . vegetable garden. A large garden last William I. Richards, Ray W. O’Brien, . year was quite a success. ganizations, at a metting of , that) body, reported that the unit now has . $1,446.74 on hand. Mrs. E. A. Townsend, chairman of the Home Hospitality Committee, reported that last Saturday night 30 soldiers were placed in Grass Valley homes for an overnight stay. Mrs. Vinita Jones, chairman of the Hostess Committee, stated that 100 soldiers registered at the temporary USO headquarters in the Veterans Memorial Building Saturday night. Mrs. Leah Pengelly, chairman of the USO Club Furnishing Committee, asked that all householders who can do so provide furnishings for the new USO headquarter, now being rebuilt to replace the one destroyed by ‘fire last month, at the corner of Neal and Mill streets. The unit voted to hold a May Day ball for the soldiers of Camp Beale in the Veterans Memorial building. Recruiting “Cruiser” Will Visit Nevada County Tomorrow The United States Navy. and Coast Guard mobile “cruiser’’ will visit Grass Valley and Nevada City Friday in the interest of recruiting WAVES and SPARS. The “cruiser’’ will be moored in Nevada 'City on ‘Broad street, from 9 to 12 4. m. Friday, and will appear in Grass Valley from 1:30 till 5 p. m. Officers aboard the land ship will talk in the Nevada City and Grass Valley high schools. Another address wil be given in the Del Oro change of pictures, in the evening. ARRAIGNMENT POSTPONED William Allen Sukovitzen and Floyd Giles charged with robbing the Grass Valley Public Market on the evening of March 22nd appeared in the superior court Tuesday for afaignment. It being shown that they had hired no attorney, Judge George L. Jones named James Snell, attorney of Grass Valley, to defend them and postponed their arraignment until April 12th. % CHMA TO MEET The California Hydraulic Mining Association will meet in the National Hotel here on April 11th at 2 p. m. The usual ‘unc will be served at LD, a for ho wish to attend. Officers ectors for the coming year w nominated. : {Miss June Laird has gone to Redwood City to reside with. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jurkovich. He is employed in war work and his wife joined him in January. ‘ sons to the car’s front seat ——— RED CROSS FUND OVER SUBSCRIBED BY $900 R. J. Bennetts, chairman of the Red Cross War Fund drive in the Nevada City district, states that, thanks to many willing workers and enthusiasm of citizens throughout the district, more than $6,000 has been given by the community, even though. partially depopulated and adversely affected by the war. This amount is $900 more than the city’s quota. The following donations have been made since the last list published in the Nugget: GOLD FLAT Clarence Watters $1.00, Mrs. D. G. Dunn $1.00, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Granholm $1.00, Beryl Granholm $1.00, Evelyn Courser $1.00, S. W. Tull $1.00, Mr. Rogers. $1.50, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Dowell $2.50, Mr. Fred Thomas $.50, Don Boreham .25, Jerry Jenson .25, Mrs. Olaf Jenson $1.00. BANNER ROAD Mrs. Carlo Bartolomei .25, Mrs. Chas. Myers $1.00, Mrs. Joe Day $1.00, Mrs. C. A. Lotts $1.00, Mrs. John Deschwanden $1.00, Fred Srantman $2.00, Gladys Rockefeller $1.00. NEVADA CITY Lloyd Penrose $5.00, Marion M. You Bet Elementary WILLOW VALLEY Engel A. Munsen $1.00, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. F. Tourtelotte $1.00, Bill Julian .50, Mrs. Earl Yarow $1.00, Mrs. W. W. Davis $1.00, Mrs. Fisk $1.00. NEVADA CITY John Mauchino $1.00, Mrs. Mary Campbell $1.00, George Stevens $100, Mrs. Wm. Fenton $1.50, Misses Theresa and Katherine O’Connor (Birchville) $2.00, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bennett $2.50, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kemper $2.50, Mrs. Elmer Fischer $2.00, Sale Scrap Metal $10.00, Standard Oil Co. $24.00. : EMIGRANT GAP ‘ Frank Sateno (Lake Spaulding) $4.00, Edward Sharpe $3.00. NORTH SAN JUAN Red and White Store $1.00, Gladys Chittenden $1.00, Carrie EB. Holland $1.00, Mrs. K. J. Fogarty $1.00, Bernice Swank $1.00, H. B. Woodcock $1.00, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wood $5.00, Frank Ward $1.00, Stanley Bice $1.00, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Chatfield $1.00, Mrs. Ruby Martin $1.00, Mrs. Anna Bradibury $1.00, Mrs. Annie Slankard $1.00, Mrs. Nellie Solaro $1.00, Chris Bartsch .50, Mrs. Young .25, B. Cassidy .50; Hichard Bartsch .50, A*Friend .25, John Conti $1.00, Stanley Bice $1.00, Mr. B. Campbell .75. Lester Kyler $2.50, Wm. Davies $2.00, Mrs. W. Davies $2.00, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wyman $2.00, Mr. and. Mrs. F. E. White $2.00, Mary Ellen Hurley /50, Mrs. Benj. Miller $2.00, Mrs. Clarence Martz $1100, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Torpie $2.00, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Keller $2.00, Carrie Davies $1.00, Mrs. Brady $1.00, Mrs.Alice Graham $2.50, Mrs. Grover Wilson $1.00. : SUGAR LOAF Mrs. R. B. Champie $3.00, Wm. S. Brownfield $1.00, J. S. Porter $1.00, Mrs. John Figurski .50, Mrs. Annie Godfrey $1.00, Mrs. R. W. Robinson $1.00, Nevara A. Bell, Friend $1.00, Friend $1.00, P. N. Phariss $2.00, L. F. Goss $1.00, Mrs. John Bluxome $1.00, Mrs, Carl Payne .80, Rebecca . Moore $1.00, Rudolph Younker $1.00, Mrs. Thos. Gau $1.00, Mrs. S. A. Webb $1.00. Me BLUE TENT __ (C. I. Drake $1.00, John Lind $1.00, Mae Arbogast $1.50); Denton Kirkham $1.00, Raemah P.A gast $2.00, Homer Sherwood $1.00, Mrs. E. K. Davies $2.50, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Arbogast $5.00, Harry Davies” $2.50, Chas. Brenneman $1.00, Carl. Carrigus $2.00, Arthur Davies $2.50, Mr. and Mrs. J. Delaney $2.00, Paul Brindejon” $1.00, Mrs. Maggie Kirkham $1.,00, Louis’ Brindejon $2.00, Mr, Kirchner $4.00, Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth Arbogast $5.00. } ¥ TOO MANY IN FRONT Tv Lee Roy Stewart pleaded guil beforé Justice of the Peace Cha Morehouse to driving with five fined $2.50. Ernest Uren paid a tin of $2.50 for failing to have a drive license on ‘his person. Both chi were made by the California Hig