August 22, 1946 (6 pages)

pr Sit hE = = ee ic a ; SPREE Sara ELS ——_— Don’t Cost Anything’’ 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.””—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget . COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ Thi coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your s paper gives you complete town, read The Nugget. Vol. 20, No. 67 The County Sint Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center PT _THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1946, THINKING OUT LOUDBy H. M. L. Jr. ee REFLECTIONS IN DEER CREEK People are stll talking about the Pig lion Ray Arbogast shot last week. These deer eating critters are fortunately scare in these parts nowadays. Heard about the asking rice on a local business building, average: size, in good condition, on a side street, but nothing fancy about it. $16,500! The weeds growing around all over town don’t do us any good in the eyes of visitors. Hear ‘tell North San Juan developed a lot wf weeds before it slid downhill and fbecame a ghost town. Ghest towns are picturesque, but I like Nevada City as a live fire community. The question everyone’s asking these days—when is Lloyd Penrose’s gift shop to open? Speaking of opening, Western Auto Stores’ is opening mighty soon. ‘Bert See, the owner, has been working hard doing a lot of the labor himself. Bud Braunlich is about to open'an addition to this Town Talk grocery store, so it can no longer be known as_ the ‘world’s emallest. general store. A ‘mew photography shop will soon open on the Nevada (Highway. It’ll be shop. (City-Grass Valley ealled the G-B -Another new store opened: in the past few days is (Michael Berta’s Liquor Stlore( bought out Moore's) Sure are a lot of businesses changing hands. It either is or it not a healthy sign. Take your choice. It sure is healthy'for the newspaper iobusiness. : “Can't wait to see how the big Air . ! mas National F st entail by Show on Lalbor Day turns out. A lot re ae ee of good people are working plenty hard on it. I’ bet that day will be the first time a lot of people here and roundabout have ever been up there. See where Governor Warren predicts enormous population increases for the state. Thought:.The cities and towns that make themselves miost attractive to newcomers will get the biggest growth. Nevada City —thiere’s our cue! Got all worked up the other day and wrote a big column about how (Nevada Ciity needs a city manager. fT was-the only guy hot and bothered about the idea, because when I asked a numiber of civic leaders what they thought about it. they all said, Hohum, they guessed they must have tmissed it, what was it all about? 1‘ have to file it under the ‘Ideas or ‘You’re Only Young Once’ Departments. When the municipal drinking fountain down in front of the Nevada City Ice Delivery is finailyy fixed, I think we all oufht to go down there and have speeches and a ceremony and wind ‘tthe thing up by busting a bottle of champgne over it. I want first drink out of the fountain after it’s doused with crampagné, too. I understand the gadget was installed when this community ‘was etill called Caldwell’s Upper Store. Tt went on the bum a short while Jater, andthe entire majesty of the ity of Nevada has been waging a relentless battle to get it going again. sirree! I wish they’d omit the “Auto (News’’? department in the Surday Chronicle. It’s SO depressing. The automobile scribes make out like it’s going to be so long before you get that new vehicle, that when you do lit’ll probably be atomic powered and ttravel in nothing but the strato*pphere. CONSTANT SOURCE OF AMAZEMENT DEPARTMENT: It is HA'RDIER to. find a parking place on Broad Street at 9 p. m. than at 11 a ™. What are we, strictly a “nightblooming community? el Ee See where the Hydraulic AssociaAion is holding regular meetings and ‘beating the drum for a higher price flor gold. File it under HOPEFULHOPEFUL. A. F. Brady, for the last awo years foreman of the Nevada County Grand Jury, died last night in a Grass Valley hospital from what is believed to have been aparalytic stroke. Brady was born and lived most of his life at 433 Neal Street in Grass Valley a home established by father and mother Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Brady in the early 1860s. For many years he was manager of Motygomery Ward and Company’s hardware business in Napa and Monterey, and for several years owned and operated a hardware business Valley. The deceased was born in Grass Valley in August 1868. Despite his advanced years he took a lively inin Grass . terest in civic affairs of his city and county. He was an active member of Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Constance Smith of Oakland and ‘granddaughter Miss Patricia Louise Smith, sister, Mrs. Alice Spencer with whom he lived and:two brothers, William ‘Brady of Long Beach and J. F. Brady of Chicago. Funeral arrangements ing with Hooper uary. are and Weaver pendMortTAHOE OFFICIALS I say we'll make it yet, Yes-. PAY 900PLUMAS FIRE FIGHTERS Gordon Vance, chief fire patcher for the Tahpge National Forest, reported yesterday that all members of the staff who had been assisting in administrative work in the dispaying off some 900 fire fighters had returned to headlquarters here. Vance stated that a total of $28,000 had, been paid out through the administrative assistants sent. from Nevada City to the small army of forest laborers who had finally extinguished the fires of Spamish, Ferris and Smith Creeks in Plumas County. He said that this sum represented only the wages paid and did not include food and transportation for the fire fighters. Regarding the causes of the fires, Vance said the Smith Creek fire was either due to a careless smoker or to a delayed lightning fire. That it started near a ‘trail rather inclined to the theory that a smoker started it. The fire at Ferris Creek was started by a delayed lightning fire, that smoldered a while then Durst into flame. The Spanish Creek fire which was the worst in so far as damage and acreage was concerned was due to the explosion of a gas tank on a portable power saw, such as is used in felling timber. Vance remarked that it is evident as shown by ‘the huge payroll in the three fires mentioned, the taxpayer can be mulched of terrific sums by one careless smoker. William Mullis Heads VFW Committee William Mullis, junior vice commander of Banner Mountain Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has been appointed chairman of the post's committee to aid veterans in filling out papers for terminal leave pay. Other members of the committee are Quartermaster Jack Hiansen, Adjutant Robert Paine and Albert E. Wharff.An office is to be established in the city hall to which veterans seeking aid in making out their terminal leave palpers may be referred. Thirteen new members were initiated with Past Commander Howard Bennetts of Grass Valley taking charge of the ceremony. HOME FROM EAST Mrs. John Thomas has returned to her home on South Church Street in Grass‘ Valley after a several month’s visit to Royal Oak, Michigan. She later visited friends in Dayton, Ohio and returned from Detroit “by air. ‘Started this column thinking I didn’t have a dang thing to say, and see I’ve written more than the prescrbied column. WHAT A BEATING YOU FAITHFUL READERS TAKE! . employed in falling timber. A. F. BRADY, CIVIC LEADER, PASSES V Mb eae ol Hurt By Falling Lim Cy Rollins, 637 West Broad Street -with a chain saw near . Challenge, Yuba County, was seriously injured yesterday morning when struck by the limb .of tree broken off by a tree just felled. He suffered a concussion of the brain and is now at home under medical care. DOUBLE SHIFT FOR PRIMARY CLASS PROPOSED Lloyd Geist, principal of the Elementary School announced yesterday that due to the large class of first year pupils in prospect, it was probable that a.double shift would be neceseary. Both Grass Valley schools open September 3. Enrollment figureg for six year olds are unprecedentedly large, numbering 75 to 80. It is proposed to open the morning shift at 8:30 o'clock and the afternoon shift at 12:30 o’clock. New teachers for the school year in the Elementary School are John Lewis who will take the eighth grade and physical education, Mrs. Mary Wallis to fill a vacancy in the sixth grade, and Mrs. Jean Smollett to teach in the primary grades. The board of education has awarded a contract for removing earth anid leveling the plaraoune of the Elementary School to Warren Transportation Company of ward. The earth ig being Hayused. to widen the fill across Buckeye Ravine, on Washington Street. Mrs. May Curnow Quick Succumbs In CovinaMrs. May Quick, known to many people of this community, died at her home in Covina, California, on ‘August 19th, it was learned here ‘Monday by her brother, H. A. Curnow. Mrs: May Quick is the oldest daughter of Phillip and Mary Curnow who resided at Columbia Hill for many years. She was born in England in 1876 and came to this country with her parents at the age of 14.She grew to womanhood at Columbia Hill and was married to John E. Quick. They resided at Covina until the death of her husband in 1940. Mrs Quick continued to make her ‘home at Covina with her family until her death. iMrs. Quick wag the mother of nine children, six of whom ‘survive her. She is alos survived by her brother, H. A. Curnow of Nevada City, and two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Dudley of Sacramento and Mrs. Evo Herboth of Marysville, FOREST SERVICE MANSAVES . FISHERMAN Dan Camtell of Reno narrowly escaped being drowned in the Boca reservoir near Truckee last Sunday and he probably owes his life to the promipt action of fofegst service patrolman John W. Torvinen. ° The boat in which Camtell and 2 companion Walter McAllister were fishing was capsized by rough water. McAllister swam to shore and summoned aid which was promptly and expertly rendered by Torvinen. Torvinen swam out to Camtell who suffering from shock, unable to swim, was still clinging to the overturned boat, and brought him to shore. First aid treatment for shock and minor injuries was renidered by Torvinen. MOTHER ADVISORS HONORED Aurora Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star entertained Grass Valley Bethel of Job’s Daughters and the local De Molay chapter in an evening of music and dancing Monday. Harold Hansen sapg Smiling Through, At Eventide and Without a Song. After refreshments members ' Nevada City and NLRB HEARING HELD ON IDAHO MARYLAND MINE The National Labor Relations Board Tuesday held a hearing in the Veterans Memorial Building for the purpose of determining whether or not the board has, jurisdiction over the Idaho Maryland Mines Corporation and its employes and if it has, why an election should notbe held to determine the collective bargaining agent for the employes. Robert E. Tillman, attorney for the NURB is trial examiner. Represented at the hearing were the Idaho ‘Marylind Mines Corporation, the Mine, Mill and Smelter workers Union CIO,'and the Mine Workers Protective League, which: now is the bargaining agent with a two year contract. with the Idaho Maryland, dating from July 1. The trial examiner will make no decision. He will gather the evidence and present it to the NLRB in Washington which will make the decision. Edgar T. Zook, of San Francisco, general counsel and vice president of the Idaho Maryland testified that the company is not engaged in terstate commerce and that the NURB no ‘jurisdiction the mine or its employes. infore has over Zook said that ets product.uis sold in California and that it buys its supplies from California® firms. He based his argument on 1938 decision of U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that the Idaho Maryland was not engaged in interstate conimerce. He declared that the conditions upon which the decision: was Yased eight years ago have not been changed. He moved ‘that the petition be dismissed. Tillman stated he could not act on the motion but that it would be forwarded to Washington, Ed. J. Jones, secretary of the Mine Workers Protective League, testified to contracts secured by the league as bragaining agent in 1944 and 1946. William Gately, organizer of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, CIO recited his belief that a majority of the Idaho Maryland amployeg. were members of. his organization and gave a~brief-—account of the refusal of the company to call an election last May. DURBROW ON STATE CHAMBER TAX COMMITTEE William Dunrbrow, Grass Valley, manager of the Nevada Irrigation District, was reappointed vice chairman of the tax committee of the Sacramento Valley Council, California State Chamber of Commerce. Durfbrow’s appointment was announced by George G. Pollock, Sacramento the State chamber’s regional vice president who also appointed the following Nevada county residents to important committees: Highway commiteee: H. F. Sofge, Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. Industrial committee: Wesley B. Donnenwirth, George W. > Hallock, Grass Valley. Tax committee: Grass Valley. Hugh D. Brown, (Natural resources committee: W. M. Barrett, Truckee; Guerdon_ Ellis, supervisor Tahoe national forest, Nevada City. Travel and recreation committee: Ray J. Krofiemeyer, Grass Valley chamber of commerce; Loyle Freeman, Grass Valley; Ralph D. Benham, Gordon Hooley, Elmo B. Moriano, Soda Springs; Max:D. Williamson, Tahoe national forest, George H. Stilos, Norden; H. F. Sofge, Nevada City. The state chamber’s Sacramento Valley council comprises Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, ‘Yolo, Yuba counties. f and guests danced to recorded music, Faith Jones headed the OFS ar~angements committee. > (DRIVER BLINDED BY SUN, CRASHES Odd Fellows And Rebakahs To Picnic The atinual reunion picnic of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of District No. 4 will be held next Sunday ath the P. S. E. A. pienic grounds in Bear Valley. Breakfast will be provided by the committee ‘and will ‘be served from 7 to 9. All attending should bring their lunches, dishes and silverware. The picnic is open to-all local and visiting Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and their families. A program of sports has been arranged for entertainment during the day. DYNAMITE BLAST BLOWS RANCH CABIN TO BITS there-» Sheriff's deputies aided by tigators inves} the State Division of} Forestry are hunting this week for clues to the person or persons who, Sunday night, dynamited a two room cabin of the ranch of Michael Emerick, adjoining the Schwartz Ranch in Pleasant Valley, about” 8 niiles northwest. of Grass Valley. The blast awakened neighbors for miles around at 11:20 p. m. Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen reports that there where the cabin.stood there is now for a hole in the ground with a few foundation stones remaining. The building was reduced to kindling wood and scattered over a wide area. A 5 foot piece of burned fuse was found, A tractor in an adjacent tool shed was blown over on its side. The sheriff states that: much more dynamite was exploded than needed to destroy the building. T. W. Honeycutt, Division of Forestry investigator, states that the explosion started a fire which burned over four acres of brush and grass before a pumper crew’.truck arrived and speedily stopped it. The sheriff is seeking Emerick for questioning. CITY TAX RATE UPPED 10 CENTS George Calanan, City Clerk and Tax Assessor, has announced that the new tax rate will contain an increase of 10 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The new rate is $1.40. Breakdown of the rate is as follows: 20 cents for fire protection, 25 cents for library, 25 cents for street bond redemption, 70 cents for the general fund. Main reason for the increase in rate is the projected extension of Nursery Street to the Willow ValJey road. H. P. Davis is promoting the project, which will add a number of taxpaying lots to the city’s assessment dist. Placer College Issues Information Circular The new circular of information and announcement of courses for Placer College, during the coming year has been released and is being mailed to all prospective students. The catalogue was edited by Harold Weaver, Dean of Placer College and--contains a greatly expanded curriculum over that offered last year. The calendar reveals a_ longer school year than in the past, with school opening on September 16 and closing on June 11, 1947. The first semester ends January 24 and the second semester begins January 27. Among the advantages of Placer College listed in the catalogue are the following: Special veterans service. In this connection a special veterans adviser has been designated to assist the veteran in getting the maximum value from his military experience. 4 CAR INTO TREE A serious accident occurred on the Tahoe Ukiah Highway yesterday morning, when Forest Boice, 28, who was driving with his wife and two young daughters to Michigan. was blinded by the sun, drove off the road and crashed into the trunk of a tree. Boyce escaped with minor injuries, but his wife, Doris, suffered @ ‘broken nose, ‘broken jaw, and concussion. She is at the’ Miner’s Hospital attended by Drs. W. W. Reed, Nor. bert Frey and O. F. Lang. Her condition is reported to be critical, but slightly improved this morning, . Their daughters, Norma Jean, aged . three weeks, and Phyllis, 5, escaped . with scratches and bruises. The 'Boice family had resided at Glen. brook and were on their way to make . their home. in. Michigan. . SCHOOL GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT GOES FORWARD By Edward C. Uren _ Lots of hustle and bustle is tak. ing place this. week at the elementary school grounds and on Washington Street. At the school grounds Warren Transportation Company of Hayward, have taken a contract to move some 2000 yards of excavation. They have a P & H shovel at work with a 5 /8th yard bucket and are keeping three trucks busy on the hauling end to the tune of 65 yards an hour. The company is moving the earth and rocks at $1750 for the job. The city is taking advantage of the short haul and the convenience of the project to widen the fill on Washington Street an additional 16 feet on the north side; a project that has been under consideration for &® long time and which will lessen to a great extent the hazard of the sharp turn at the Calanan place. The street . along this fill is less than 20 feet in width and the additional width will ease the turn at Coyote Street. The city crew has extended the culvert up Buckeye ravine an additional 30 feet to take care of the excess width but as considerable shrinkage and settling of the newly made fill is bound to take place this winter, no permanent walk or paving will be attempted next year. Across School street, between the ‘Bennetts and the Scheemer homes contractors are busy building forma for side walls and a reinforced concrete wall 10 feet in height back from the present rock wall on Pine Street which will be leveled off te form an additional playgrond 72 by 100 feet and will require 208 yards of concrete and some 600 yards of fill. It looks as though the kids are going to have plenty of room to move around in this coming year and they will need it-because the increase in population during ‘the past year or so is beginning to tax the capacity of our schools, The contract for the cement work is let to Grady Campbell at $2425, the district furnishing the steel and concrete. until some timeBachelor Dinner For James Sharpe A bachelor dinmer was tendered James W. Sharpe by ‘a group of friends Tuesday evening, August 21 in the Gold Nugget Inn. Sharpe. will wed Miss Elise Schrieber, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Schreiber of this city, August 2\5. Broiled steak featured the banquet. The group giving the party for Sharpe were Robert L. Tamblyn, Michael Condon, Gordon Orr, Ed Stevens, Robert Hockman, Fred C. Garrison, ‘Arnold Jackson, Bud Foote, Dennis E. Coughlan, Robert L. Chil_ ders, Stanley Jones, Swede Engstrom, Buster Williams, Clifford Carter, Albert Murray, Bawerg Bue chanan.

pr Sit hE = = ee ic a ; SPREE Sara ELS ——_— Don’t Cost Anything’’ 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.””—Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugget . COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA _ Thi coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your s paper gives you complete town, read The Nugget. Vol. 20, No. 67 The County Sint Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center PT _THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1946, THINKING OUT LOUDBy H. M. L. Jr. ee REFLECTIONS IN DEER CREEK People are stll talking about the Pig lion Ray Arbogast shot last week. These deer eating critters are fortunately scare in these parts nowadays. Heard about the asking rice on a local business building, average: size, in good condition, on a side street, but nothing fancy about it. $16,500! The weeds growing around all over town don’t do us any good in the eyes of visitors. Hear ‘tell North San Juan developed a lot wf weeds before it slid downhill and fbecame a ghost town. Ghest towns are picturesque, but I like Nevada City as a live fire community. The question everyone’s asking these days—when is Lloyd Penrose’s gift shop to open? Speaking of opening, Western Auto Stores’ is opening mighty soon. ‘Bert See, the owner, has been working hard doing a lot of the labor himself. Bud Braunlich is about to open'an addition to this Town Talk grocery store, so it can no longer be known as_ the ‘world’s emallest. general store. A ‘mew photography shop will soon open on the Nevada (Highway. It’ll be shop. (City-Grass Valley ealled the G-B -Another new store opened: in the past few days is (Michael Berta’s Liquor Stlore( bought out Moore's) Sure are a lot of businesses changing hands. It either is or it not a healthy sign. Take your choice. It sure is healthy'for the newspaper iobusiness. : “Can't wait to see how the big Air . ! mas National F st entail by Show on Lalbor Day turns out. A lot re ae ee of good people are working plenty hard on it. I’ bet that day will be the first time a lot of people here and roundabout have ever been up there. See where Governor Warren predicts enormous population increases for the state. Thought:.The cities and towns that make themselves miost attractive to newcomers will get the biggest growth. Nevada City —thiere’s our cue! Got all worked up the other day and wrote a big column about how (Nevada Ciity needs a city manager. fT was-the only guy hot and bothered about the idea, because when I asked a numiber of civic leaders what they thought about it. they all said, Hohum, they guessed they must have tmissed it, what was it all about? 1‘ have to file it under the ‘Ideas or ‘You’re Only Young Once’ Departments. When the municipal drinking fountain down in front of the Nevada City Ice Delivery is finailyy fixed, I think we all oufht to go down there and have speeches and a ceremony and wind ‘tthe thing up by busting a bottle of champgne over it. I want first drink out of the fountain after it’s doused with crampagné, too. I understand the gadget was installed when this community ‘was etill called Caldwell’s Upper Store. Tt went on the bum a short while Jater, andthe entire majesty of the ity of Nevada has been waging a relentless battle to get it going again. sirree! I wish they’d omit the “Auto (News’’? department in the Surday Chronicle. It’s SO depressing. The automobile scribes make out like it’s going to be so long before you get that new vehicle, that when you do lit’ll probably be atomic powered and ttravel in nothing but the strato*pphere. CONSTANT SOURCE OF AMAZEMENT DEPARTMENT: It is HA'RDIER to. find a parking place on Broad Street at 9 p. m. than at 11 a ™. What are we, strictly a “nightblooming community? el Ee See where the Hydraulic AssociaAion is holding regular meetings and ‘beating the drum for a higher price flor gold. File it under HOPEFULHOPEFUL. A. F. Brady, for the last awo years foreman of the Nevada County Grand Jury, died last night in a Grass Valley hospital from what is believed to have been aparalytic stroke. Brady was born and lived most of his life at 433 Neal Street in Grass Valley a home established by father and mother Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Brady in the early 1860s. For many years he was manager of Motygomery Ward and Company’s hardware business in Napa and Monterey, and for several years owned and operated a hardware business Valley. The deceased was born in Grass Valley in August 1868. Despite his advanced years he took a lively inin Grass . terest in civic affairs of his city and county. He was an active member of Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Constance Smith of Oakland and ‘granddaughter Miss Patricia Louise Smith, sister, Mrs. Alice Spencer with whom he lived and:two brothers, William ‘Brady of Long Beach and J. F. Brady of Chicago. Funeral arrangements ing with Hooper uary. are and Weaver pendMortTAHOE OFFICIALS I say we'll make it yet, Yes-. PAY 900PLUMAS FIRE FIGHTERS Gordon Vance, chief fire patcher for the Tahpge National Forest, reported yesterday that all members of the staff who had been assisting in administrative work in the dispaying off some 900 fire fighters had returned to headlquarters here. Vance stated that a total of $28,000 had, been paid out through the administrative assistants sent. from Nevada City to the small army of forest laborers who had finally extinguished the fires of Spamish, Ferris and Smith Creeks in Plumas County. He said that this sum represented only the wages paid and did not include food and transportation for the fire fighters. Regarding the causes of the fires, Vance said the Smith Creek fire was either due to a careless smoker or to a delayed lightning fire. That it started near a ‘trail rather inclined to the theory that a smoker started it. The fire at Ferris Creek was started by a delayed lightning fire, that smoldered a while then Durst into flame. The Spanish Creek fire which was the worst in so far as damage and acreage was concerned was due to the explosion of a gas tank on a portable power saw, such as is used in felling timber. Vance remarked that it is evident as shown by ‘the huge payroll in the three fires mentioned, the taxpayer can be mulched of terrific sums by one careless smoker. William Mullis Heads VFW Committee William Mullis, junior vice commander of Banner Mountain Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has been appointed chairman of the post's committee to aid veterans in filling out papers for terminal leave pay. Other members of the committee are Quartermaster Jack Hiansen, Adjutant Robert Paine and Albert E. Wharff.An office is to be established in the city hall to which veterans seeking aid in making out their terminal leave palpers may be referred. Thirteen new members were initiated with Past Commander Howard Bennetts of Grass Valley taking charge of the ceremony. HOME FROM EAST Mrs. John Thomas has returned to her home on South Church Street in Grass‘ Valley after a several month’s visit to Royal Oak, Michigan. She later visited friends in Dayton, Ohio and returned from Detroit “by air. ‘Started this column thinking I didn’t have a dang thing to say, and see I’ve written more than the prescrbied column. WHAT A BEATING YOU FAITHFUL READERS TAKE! . employed in falling timber. A. F. BRADY, CIVIC LEADER, PASSES V Mb eae ol Hurt By Falling Lim Cy Rollins, 637 West Broad Street -with a chain saw near . Challenge, Yuba County, was seriously injured yesterday morning when struck by the limb .of tree broken off by a tree just felled. He suffered a concussion of the brain and is now at home under medical care. DOUBLE SHIFT FOR PRIMARY CLASS PROPOSED Lloyd Geist, principal of the Elementary School announced yesterday that due to the large class of first year pupils in prospect, it was probable that a.double shift would be neceseary. Both Grass Valley schools open September 3. Enrollment figureg for six year olds are unprecedentedly large, numbering 75 to 80. It is proposed to open the morning shift at 8:30 o'clock and the afternoon shift at 12:30 o’clock. New teachers for the school year in the Elementary School are John Lewis who will take the eighth grade and physical education, Mrs. Mary Wallis to fill a vacancy in the sixth grade, and Mrs. Jean Smollett to teach in the primary grades. The board of education has awarded a contract for removing earth anid leveling the plaraoune of the Elementary School to Warren Transportation Company of ward. The earth ig being Hayused. to widen the fill across Buckeye Ravine, on Washington Street. Mrs. May Curnow Quick Succumbs In CovinaMrs. May Quick, known to many people of this community, died at her home in Covina, California, on ‘August 19th, it was learned here ‘Monday by her brother, H. A. Curnow. Mrs: May Quick is the oldest daughter of Phillip and Mary Curnow who resided at Columbia Hill for many years. She was born in England in 1876 and came to this country with her parents at the age of 14.She grew to womanhood at Columbia Hill and was married to John E. Quick. They resided at Covina until the death of her husband in 1940. Mrs Quick continued to make her ‘home at Covina with her family until her death. iMrs. Quick wag the mother of nine children, six of whom ‘survive her. She is alos survived by her brother, H. A. Curnow of Nevada City, and two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Dudley of Sacramento and Mrs. Evo Herboth of Marysville, FOREST SERVICE MANSAVES . FISHERMAN Dan Camtell of Reno narrowly escaped being drowned in the Boca reservoir near Truckee last Sunday and he probably owes his life to the promipt action of fofegst service patrolman John W. Torvinen. ° The boat in which Camtell and 2 companion Walter McAllister were

fishing was capsized by rough water. McAllister swam to shore and summoned aid which was promptly and expertly rendered by Torvinen. Torvinen swam out to Camtell who suffering from shock, unable to swim, was still clinging to the overturned boat, and brought him to shore. First aid treatment for shock and minor injuries was renidered by Torvinen. MOTHER ADVISORS HONORED Aurora Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star entertained Grass Valley Bethel of Job’s Daughters and the local De Molay chapter in an evening of music and dancing Monday. Harold Hansen sapg Smiling Through, At Eventide and Without a Song. After refreshments members ' Nevada City and NLRB HEARING HELD ON IDAHO MARYLAND MINE The National Labor Relations Board Tuesday held a hearing in the Veterans Memorial Building for the purpose of determining whether or not the board has, jurisdiction over the Idaho Maryland Mines Corporation and its employes and if it has, why an election should notbe held to determine the collective bargaining agent for the employes. Robert E. Tillman, attorney for the NURB is trial examiner. Represented at the hearing were the Idaho ‘Marylind Mines Corporation, the Mine, Mill and Smelter workers Union CIO,'and the Mine Workers Protective League, which: now is the bargaining agent with a two year contract. with the Idaho Maryland, dating from July 1. The trial examiner will make no decision. He will gather the evidence and present it to the NLRB in Washington which will make the decision. Edgar T. Zook, of San Francisco, general counsel and vice president of the Idaho Maryland testified that the company is not engaged in terstate commerce and that the NURB no ‘jurisdiction the mine or its employes. infore has over Zook said that ets product.uis sold in California and that it buys its supplies from California® firms. He based his argument on 1938 decision of U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that the Idaho Maryland was not engaged in interstate conimerce. He declared that the conditions upon which the decision: was Yased eight years ago have not been changed. He moved ‘that the petition be dismissed. Tillman stated he could not act on the motion but that it would be forwarded to Washington, Ed. J. Jones, secretary of the Mine Workers Protective League, testified to contracts secured by the league as bragaining agent in 1944 and 1946. William Gately, organizer of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, CIO recited his belief that a majority of the Idaho Maryland amployeg. were members of. his organization and gave a~brief-—account of the refusal of the company to call an election last May. DURBROW ON STATE CHAMBER TAX COMMITTEE William Dunrbrow, Grass Valley, manager of the Nevada Irrigation District, was reappointed vice chairman of the tax committee of the Sacramento Valley Council, California State Chamber of Commerce. Durfbrow’s appointment was announced by George G. Pollock, Sacramento the State chamber’s regional vice president who also appointed the following Nevada county residents to important committees: Highway commiteee: H. F. Sofge, Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. Industrial committee: Wesley B. Donnenwirth, George W. > Hallock, Grass Valley. Tax committee: Grass Valley. Hugh D. Brown, (Natural resources committee: W. M. Barrett, Truckee; Guerdon_ Ellis, supervisor Tahoe national forest, Nevada City. Travel and recreation committee: Ray J. Krofiemeyer, Grass Valley chamber of commerce; Loyle Freeman, Grass Valley; Ralph D. Benham, Gordon Hooley, Elmo B. Moriano, Soda Springs; Max:D. Williamson, Tahoe national forest, George H. Stilos, Norden; H. F. Sofge, Nevada City. The state chamber’s Sacramento Valley council comprises Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, ‘Yolo, Yuba counties. f and guests danced to recorded music, Faith Jones headed the OFS ar~angements committee. > (DRIVER BLINDED BY SUN, CRASHES Odd Fellows And Rebakahs To Picnic The atinual reunion picnic of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of District No. 4 will be held next Sunday ath the P. S. E. A. pienic grounds in Bear Valley. Breakfast will be provided by the committee ‘and will ‘be served from 7 to 9. All attending should bring their lunches, dishes and silverware. The picnic is open to-all local and visiting Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and their families. A program of sports has been arranged for entertainment during the day. DYNAMITE BLAST BLOWS RANCH CABIN TO BITS there-» Sheriff's deputies aided by tigators inves} the State Division of} Forestry are hunting this week for clues to the person or persons who, Sunday night, dynamited a two room cabin of the ranch of Michael Emerick, adjoining the Schwartz Ranch in Pleasant Valley, about” 8 niiles northwest. of Grass Valley. The blast awakened neighbors for miles around at 11:20 p. m. Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen reports that there where the cabin.stood there is now for a hole in the ground with a few foundation stones remaining. The building was reduced to kindling wood and scattered over a wide area. A 5 foot piece of burned fuse was found, A tractor in an adjacent tool shed was blown over on its side. The sheriff states that: much more dynamite was exploded than needed to destroy the building. T. W. Honeycutt, Division of Forestry investigator, states that the explosion started a fire which burned over four acres of brush and grass before a pumper crew’.truck arrived and speedily stopped it. The sheriff is seeking Emerick for questioning. CITY TAX RATE UPPED 10 CENTS George Calanan, City Clerk and Tax Assessor, has announced that the new tax rate will contain an increase of 10 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The new rate is $1.40. Breakdown of the rate is as follows: 20 cents for fire protection, 25 cents for library, 25 cents for street bond redemption, 70 cents for the general fund. Main reason for the increase in rate is the projected extension of Nursery Street to the Willow ValJey road. H. P. Davis is promoting the project, which will add a number of taxpaying lots to the city’s assessment dist. Placer College Issues Information Circular The new circular of information and announcement of courses for Placer College, during the coming year has been released and is being mailed to all prospective students. The catalogue was edited by Harold Weaver, Dean of Placer College and--contains a greatly expanded curriculum over that offered last year. The calendar reveals a_ longer school year than in the past, with school opening on September 16 and closing on June 11, 1947. The first semester ends January 24 and the second semester begins January 27. Among the advantages of Placer College listed in the catalogue are the following: Special veterans service. In this connection a special veterans adviser has been designated to assist the veteran in getting the maximum value from his military experience. 4 CAR INTO TREE A serious accident occurred on the Tahoe Ukiah Highway yesterday morning, when Forest Boice, 28, who was driving with his wife and two young daughters to Michigan. was blinded by the sun, drove off the road and crashed into the trunk of a tree. Boyce escaped with minor injuries, but his wife, Doris, suffered @ ‘broken nose, ‘broken jaw, and concussion. She is at the’ Miner’s Hospital attended by Drs. W. W. Reed, Nor. bert Frey and O. F. Lang. Her condition is reported to be critical, but slightly improved this morning, . Their daughters, Norma Jean, aged . three weeks, and Phyllis, 5, escaped . with scratches and bruises. The 'Boice family had resided at Glen. brook and were on their way to make . their home. in. Michigan. . SCHOOL GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT GOES FORWARD By Edward C. Uren _ Lots of hustle and bustle is tak. ing place this. week at the elementary school grounds and on Washington Street. At the school grounds Warren Transportation Company of Hayward, have taken a contract to move some 2000 yards of excavation. They have a P & H shovel at work with a 5 /8th yard bucket and are keeping three trucks busy on the hauling end to the tune of 65 yards an hour. The company is moving the earth and rocks at $1750 for the job. The city is taking advantage of the short haul and the convenience of the project to widen the fill on Washington Street an additional 16 feet on the north side; a project that has been under consideration for &® long time and which will lessen to a great extent the hazard of the sharp turn at the Calanan place. The street . along this fill is less than 20 feet in width and the additional width will ease the turn at Coyote Street. The city crew has extended the culvert up Buckeye ravine an additional 30 feet to take care of the excess width but as considerable shrinkage and settling of the newly made fill is bound to take place this winter, no permanent walk or paving will be attempted next year. Across School street, between the ‘Bennetts and the Scheemer homes contractors are busy building forma for side walls and a reinforced concrete wall 10 feet in height back from the present rock wall on Pine Street which will be leveled off te form an additional playgrond 72 by 100 feet and will require 208 yards of concrete and some 600 yards of fill. It looks as though the kids are going to have plenty of room to move around in this coming year and they will need it-because the increase in population during ‘the past year or so is beginning to tax the capacity of our schools, The contract for the cement work is let to Grady Campbell at $2425, the district furnishing the steel and concrete. until some timeBachelor Dinner For James Sharpe A bachelor dinmer was tendered James W. Sharpe by ‘a group of friends Tuesday evening, August 21 in the Gold Nugget Inn. Sharpe. will wed Miss Elise Schrieber, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Schreiber of this city, August 2\5. Broiled steak featured the banquet. The group giving the party for Sharpe were Robert L. Tamblyn, Michael Condon, Gordon Orr, Ed Stevens, Robert Hockman, Fred C. Garrison, ‘Arnold Jackson, Bud Foote, Dennis E. Coughlan, Robert L. Chil_ ders, Stanley Jones, Swede Engstrom, Buster Williams, Clifford Carter, Albert Murray, Bawerg Bue chanan.