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August 17, 1944 (4 pages)

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Was among a group of ofthe ten days course, the received instruction in duties air’ provost marshal both on jfeature of the school was a,tour of the base including the provist marshal’s office and headquarters of the MPTCA commanded by Lieut. Col. Ray. Lt. Thomas Brady— Angeles. Oliver Kennedy, T. M. 2\c— Oliver Kennedy, better known .o his many friends there as Jack, “arrived in. San Francisco from the South Pacific theatre of war on Saturday. He is torpedo man in jthe U. 8. navy. His brother is in ; Portland, Ore., having been region recently to his new station They are the sons of Mr. and. Mrs. Gus Kennedy of Cottage street. William C. Williams, 1st Sgt.— .. William .C. Williams, firat serGeant of the QM Bakery dompany and brother in law of Jake Stroh, sent home several souvenirs from this camp in New Guinea. In the lot on display in the Nugget Office window are Jap cigarettes, . Jap and India paper money and Souvenirs of Australia. He has ‘been in the Pacific war zone many months, » METHODIST CHURCH Sunday school at 10 a. m. Bring the children. Preaching service at’ . . 11.4. m. Organ prelude Mrs. Charles . Kitts. Vocal solo, Lioya M. Geist, ‘. Sermon “To Whom Shall We Go in is Hour of Need?” pastor. Closing Gb d Prayer. The public is corin “Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p. m. Preaching ‘serat 7:30 p. m. Ten minutes of song service. Sermon, pastor. A corMrs. Thomas Brady of You Bet spent some time at her home in this city Thureday and stated her son, Lt. Thomas Brady .s somewhere in the Atlantic theatre of war and has a E : New York APO address. He is with Lieut. : the 924. Engineers Aviation a. ment. He had spent a year in Engall parts of the ,United. land on August first of this year. received certificates of . It. Col. Gove Celio— the AAF Guard Officers RegiLt. Col. Gove Celio, son of Gove Celio of this city and’ Mrs. Celio of Santa Clara, is now on French soil. }Oakland are enjoying a He is now an executive officer under . ‘there with Browning’s mother, Mrs He re-. General Thatcher and it is believed. Annie Browning of Boulder street. he is not flying fighter planes now. He has seen much service in the past . ‘been visiting her sister in law, Mrs year in leading fighter squadrons over Burope for which he received the distinguished -flying cross and silver star of five oak leaf clusters. His wife and daughter reside-in Los turned from Modesto where she was called by the illness and death of her niece. sent from the San Francisco bay at the meeting the last of the month. Mrs. Tom Lawrence pact matron presided as. matron Mrs. Howard Penrose, : away on vacation with her family. will enjoy ‘a their families. on the picnic grounds in Pioneers Park this evening, After the dinner the members will return to their hall for their regular meeting. Mrs. Edna Hansen aes NEVADA Personal day evening when sevr2zral Those enjoying the evening wer and wife. = Mr. and Mrs. Fred Browning © Sanitarium where she is improvement. Her grandchildren returned to terests. Fred Tourtelotte of Willow Valley Was given a complete surprise Saturfriends called to honor his birthday. Games were enjoyed and refreshments ser-. ved. Tourtelotte ‘Teceived many gifts. Mr. an@ Mrs. Pain, Mr. and Mrs. O. Bettcher, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brisefill, Mrs. Ethel Heether, Mrs. Jas. Wilson, Miss -BerniceClemo and George Carter and honored friend vacation . from a severe illness. Her daughter, Mrs. E. Rosa of Weed who has Z. Zanoceo of Park avenue suffered . of Miss Flora Giannini of Dry Town. a stroke and is in the Nevada City. She is in a showing . Miss Gianinni is a cousin of husband and/(Celio.and has visited her uncle the Weed. late W. Celio on numerous occasMonday to look after his business in-. ions. CITY NUGGET oldest son had to return: here for this health. Mrs. Lysterup’s damghter Mrs. Frank Giovannetti and two children have also returned here. Giovannetti has just gone into the U. S. navy. Otto Gruenwald who has been in . \San Francisco over wo years has rejturned to ‘his ranch property in Indian Flat to make his home. He is glad to be back and hae a patent on an invention which he hopes to produce after the war. Mrs. Nellie Davis, who has been in Sacramento several months due to iliness and death of har husband returned to her home in Willow Valley f\Saturday. She is slowly recovering e . 'Mrs. Alvin Welch and children of the bay region are with her. Relatives and friends here are -. Sorry to learn of the critical illness Sacramento hospital. Gove Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nerva of San THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. . » EEE Corporal hati Petia: Now In Hawaiian Islands One of California’s most recent soldiers to reach an overseas destination the Hawaiian Cpl. Ann D. Ferguson, Nevada City. The Women’s Army Corps company to which they are assigned not only has the distinction of being the first ever to be sent into the Pacific, jbut is the first Air Transport Command company of WACS*‘to be sent into any overseas theater. Cpl. Ferguson is the wife of Gora civil engineer Sunday evening to a friends at her home, Echo ; on the Red Dog roaq. her son entertained the gu a moving picture 97 Hawai lulu and Waikiki Beach merchant marine home tion. and Mrs. Pat] Ryason a and Mrs. A. B. Kenneth Jordan and Mr. and Mrs. don S. Ferguson, ason and daughters, now working with a private concern in Los Angeles. When war took him away ‘from home, she felt a desire to serve in whatever capacity she was needed, so enlisted in the Army She received basic iraining at the 5th WAC Training Monticello, was sent to Motor Transport school at Ft. Des Moines. Her first duty assignment was with the Air TransPort Command company of the 7th Ferrying Group, Great Falls, Montana, where she was dispatcher in August 8, 1944, to Mr H. (Harry) Davey, a da: in March 1943. da Anne, 6 pounds ana approved the site of San Fra Golden Gate. Park are prese the designations of the city’ Stanyan, Shrader; Ashbury ang ¢, ton streets. Mrs. Gus Kennedy has just re-. Francisco are spending their vacathe motor pool. tions here among friends. Mrs. Nerva Wag the former Maude Pianezzi of region. Local people will remember his son, Donald Miller who attended the local schools and is now in the U. S. armed forces. : Mrjand Mrs. Jeff Moores and children of Mill Valley who are on a vacation spent a few days here recently as guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Larsen. Evangeline Chapter, O. E, 8. .eonferred degrees on a candidate at a regular meeting Tuesday evening. Refreshments were served to forty members and visitors, and a social time completed the evening. Birthdays of all members of the fall perfod will be honored at the’ first meeting in September. The Sojourn-. ers will. be honored at a program worthy while matron, is Champion Circle 0? rienic Woodcraft, dinner . with ‘2 -p.am. All embers and. Sunshine Circle will meet Wedand meetin. 4 . States engineers came up from Sacramento for a week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Deeter in Glenwood. Miss Doris Bennetts of Hagginwood,. vada Cou » : nty, 6, 1. Sacramento were week end guests of y, August 6, 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ww. cit j . Mr. and Mrs. Harold Deeter of Glenegies: a son,. City assessor wood. :
Mrs. Fred Lysterup and children ri have returned to Grove street after a several months Earl Beckwith ‘Mrs. Don Bennetts and daughter, stay in the bay region where her husband is employed in war work. Her: this city. Her brother, Ray Piannezzi Mr.’ and Mrs. Gus Kennedy have-is ill in a San Francisco hospital. He as a guest Charles Miller of thé~bay thas been in ‘South America and the west of the Mississippi ha, tablished on the Berkele the university of California. ‘A sidelight to preparation for departure for overseas of ATC W'AC company is the fact that a HAWAIIAN SCENE, Mrs. L. N. Benson DUMber €8ts for a, Guests were James Launiys Nd son, Stonemaker Younker, Migs Se BORN DAVEY— At Washington, D ugh ter, 15 Oung, See Names of the committee’ vk Digg TVed 8 The first school of DUDLic hey 8 deen ¥ campy the women volunteered 100% contribution to the Red Cross Philippines where he held good posiSalvation Army was the guest speaker ing ‘ guardian last evening at the dinner meet i ing of the Grass Valley Business and T, will preside at the ; * <3 “i ne ptenic Professional Women’s Club. She was soa ; Mr. and Mrs. Frank O’Brien are introduced by. Mise Esther Hartung } are invited. Bible study and making plans to purchase-the home hour Wednesday at 7:30 p./ of Mrs. Virginia Ramm Cressell on pie ' . North Pinestreet. in charge of the Program. ing description of her life and’ activities in the Taw. fiian Islands. Mrs with "# : ; : the United Johanna Burton rendered Hawaiian musica] numbers in keeping with the program. their home on. County, August 14, Grace Coffer vs. Coffer, complaint filed. cruelty. @ gold property in old Mexico. ceived word Mrs. Grace Nilon of San Francisco, fell in the home of a re‘dative while visiting in San Jose and suffered broken bones. Mrs. C. C. Smoot, the former Edna Tully who was born in Nevada City is the gusst of Mr. and Mra. George Legg. She returned with the Leggs following the wedding of her niece, ‘Miss Sue Smitheram to Fred Diggles in Sacramento a few days ago. The mother of the bride is the former Lulu Tully. Mr. and Mrs. Byard Tully, and daughter, Judy, are also spending a few days as Suests of the Leggs. es Miss Fidelia Legg is exected home for a vacation Saturday with her. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Legg. . Miss Lege is a teacher of aeronau. tics in the Vallejo high school. TALKS ON HAWAII Adjutant Helena Sainsdu: 7 of the Mrs. Sainsbury gave an interestBORN * HOOPHR—In Grass Valley, Netions in gold mining. For the past six years he was ‘superintendent of Friends in Nevada City have reway of doing just an extra bit to help the war along. Hawaii is just as interesting and exciting as pre war travel folders have pictured it—and being stationed there as a soldier doesn’t diminish its’ attractions in the opinion of the California women. Two New NID Posts Created The Nevada Irrigation District ‘board of directors has created two offices on its staff, both to be filled by present employes. The new Dositions are cashier and auditor, to be filled by Miss Elizabeth Johnson and further studies are made. severa]. C@lifornia is meeting at 10. o’clock A. M. gach Monday and morning during the ginning August 14, to sit as a Board of Equalization to hear protests, if any there be, against assessed valuations of real estate as fixed by the by Miss Ruth Michaels, respectfully. : The board discussed the household water rates situation and indicated that victory gardens were (proving quite a drain on the water supply. Such users are charged a flat rate of $1.50 per month inside the district and $1.75 a month outside. Estimated water for such users, has largely been exceeded, but the directors decided to take no action until NOTICE The City Council of Nevada City, every week beDIVORCE COFFER—In Nevada City, Nevada 1944, Leona Robert Charles Grounds’ + ~~ @4 ounce S4e_ ™/~ ob Bank. This was their farewell gesture before leaving home soil, and their REWaDA THEATRE DIRECTION T. AND D. JR, ENTERPRISES, INC. MAUREEN O’HARA FRIDAY SATURDAY ADDRESS UNKNOWN 7 ieee PAUL LUCAS — And— MAIDY CHRISTIANS TUNISIAN VICTORY A Documentary Film 00 @ Ooo -SUNDAY MONDAY > BUFFALO JOEL McCREA % PRESTO JARS—Both Quarts and Pints. » SELLY GLASSES—Both Tall and Squatty Shapes. . JAR RUBBERS, 2-PIECE LIDS, PAROWAX ~ JIFFY SEALS FRUIT FUNNELS, JAR WRENCHES — In Sets of 3 CANNING RACKS : GOOD ASSORTMENT OF CANNING KNIVES, : PITTING SPOONS, ETC. ALPHA STORES, Lid. Was ho Paul Ryy aij, Hy . He j, Leroy 4 > and Mrs \\ Vo the it. 1 the ratic rwhil or ¥ he 0 to ki make the } no gevel 000; unite unam many the ¢ fighti in an We day 2 ers, 1 othis 20,00 obser shrin] war fi one ¢ the p compé strike ventas sacrifi While ful ha and tl refuse front, ‘we thinki