December 10, 1937 (8 pages)

(% . Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. The first big community card party in several months will be held tomorrow (Friday) evening in the auditorium: of the new elementary school for the benefit of the addition being built to the home of the Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, Seaman’s lodge in Pioneers park. A great many prizes, ‘both for scores and door awards, have jbeen contributed generously 'by Nevada ‘City merchants, and an unusually large gathering is anticipated. Seating arrangements have been ‘made for accommodating more than 400 people. This, for ‘many people, will be their first opportunity ‘of seeing the brand new school building which has replaced the ancient building, a part of which was built in 1868. The auditorium is beautifully lighted and the heating system insures comfort for everyone. The cause is one that has received the generous support of Nevada City people for more than a generation. For: years, however, the Scouts were battered about ifrom pillar to ‘post, ocewpying quarters al‘ttogether unsuitable for ‘a group of lively youngsters. Now they have the assurance of a home for the next ten years in Seaman’s lodge. The pro-. ceeds of the community card party will be used to complete that home. Money is urgently needed for installing a good pine floor on the present subflooring, and for finishing the inside partitions and ceiling. It is hoped ‘by the several organizations which ‘are sponsoring the card party that enough money will be raised for that purpose. Who will be first to ride to the calaboose -in the city’s new Black Maria? The vehicle replaces the iron screened Ford pick-up that Chief Garfield Robson formerly rented to the city for pound and vagrancy purposes, The old pick-up gave the unfortunalte ‘‘vag’’ all the privacy that a gold fish enjoys. The new police car with closed sides and back, from this point of view, is more humans, Jags and nuisances though ‘publicly committed may now be atoned for privately. Except at the point of embarking and at destination ithe disgrace attendant on public conveyance to the city jail has been eliminated. Step by step Nevada City approaches metropolitan efficiency. Charles Michelson, the man who was so. successful in ‘smearing Hoover” that the New Deal made him director of publicity for. the Democratis National committee, in his latest circular to the Press has some amusing comment to make upon General Hugh Johnson, late, of the NRA, now busy as a columnist in putting ‘fants in the pants’ of the New Deal, ”’ writes Michelson, ‘‘the is the centraliza“Just now, General’s concern, tion’ of government in Washington, ithe peril of States’ rights, and the imminence of dictatorship. We shave only to refer back to General Johnson’s meteoric rise as administrator of the NRA to realize his authority to hold forth on this subject. Then it will ‘be recalled, the ruled as czar; state lines swerved him no more than the Aurora Borealis. “He cracked down on all lines of business. Perhaps that is an overstatement, for, though I recall the disciplining of some individuals, my memory is so faulty that I cannot -bring to mind any cracking down ¥ on such units of the economic system as tthe Steel Trust, or Henry Ford, or, in fact, any of the great corporations. It is true that he made faces at some of these, and when the General makes a face, mothers put bandages over their children’s eyes and everybody shudders. His frown brings back a comment of ‘the late Arthur Brisbane in describing an executive whose frown was terrible. He said: “t have just discovered how you came to have that kind of a face. Your ancestors in the’ antedilluvian period used to stick that face around the corner of the cave ‘to scare mammoths away.”’ “The inference from all of the General’s writings is that had he had charge of the agricultural problem instead of Secretary Wallace, crops would never have failed and prices would never have diminished. If he, instead of Harry Hopkins, had been entrusted with relief, the unemployed would now be all economic royalists; had he, instead of Secretary Morgenthau, had direction of the the ‘fiscal affairs of the government, unbalanced budgets would by this time be only an archaic expression. This leads to the very natural deevada City N COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIF ORNIA ugget ee eee The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton From the Californian, March 15, 1848: Vol. 11. No. 98. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold ne See — = —s FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1937. What promises to be the largest community card party of 1937 will ‘be held this evening in the auditorium of*the new Nevada City elementary school, Cottage and Main streets, at 8 o’clock. The party is given under the auspices of the Woman’s Civic club, the Rotary club, the P T. A., the Native Sons and the Nevada City Scout Council. Mrs. James Penrose, chairman of the committee of arrangements declares’ that support for the event has been unusually enthusiastic, The committee oh prizes, Mrs. L. B. Gregory and Mrs. E. T. Bonner, ‘yesterday afternoon placed on display'in the Nevada City Nugget window a wonderful collection of prizes generously donated by business firms of Nevada City for awards to expert card players and for door _ prizes. The games to be played will include auction and contract bridge, whist and mah jongg The following is a list of the prizes and their donors. Alpha Stores, 18-inch glass relish dish on chromium tray, and chromium sandwich dish; Kopps Bakery, large fruit cake; A Hartung, beautiful pair of opera glasses; Nevada City Drug Store, complete set of Cutex nail polish in fancy casé; Colleys Confectionery, big box delicious candy; Mrs. P. Armstrong, beautiful cake plate with server; Camp Fire Girls; box of groceries; Dickerman’s Drug Store, exquisite bud vase with mirror; Plaza Garage, 5 gallons of gas; Style Shop, pair of silk hose; Rose Fashion Shop, dollar merchandise order; Service Garage, 5 gallons of gas; Penrose Grocery, groceries; Nevada City Nugget, safety razor in case, both gold plated and art flower vase; S. Lee Leiter, large box Hoelther’s chocolates; Plaza GrocThron gs Coming To Card Party Tonight to the community card party which SCOUTS TO SELL XMAS TREES SAT. Christmas trees gathered by the Boy Scouts near Graniteville, will go on sale Saturday in*the vacant place adjacent to the Alpha Stores Ltd. This announcement was made yesterday by Horace A. (Curnow, president of the Nevada City Scout Council. The boys have only 200 Christmas trees for sale and those who desire a tree should be early on the scene to purchase one. The Scout Council wish to express their appreciation to G. J. Rector, E. M. Rector and Emmet Marsh for the privitege of cutting trees on their land holdings, and also to the Nevada County Lumber Company for the use of their truck in transporting trees to Nevada City. SCOUT COMMISSIONER FOR NEVADA CITY NAMED Joseph W. Stephenson, graduate of the University of Chicago, now on the staff of the Lava Cap mining corporation, has been appointed Nevada City Boy Scout Commissioner by Harris Ricksecker, Tahoe Area scout executive. His duties will be to correlate the activities of Nevada City’s two scout throughout the city calling attention ery, beautiful blue pottery vase; R. E. Harris Drug Store, art box of De-! Luxe stationary; Bowman’s Beauty! Shop, finger wave and shampoo; Standard Oil Company, grease job; Nevada County Lumber Company, half gallon Murphy’s paint. All these wonderful prizes will be on display today in the Nugget show window. Patrols of Boy Scouts yesterday afternoon distributed handbills advertising the card party to every residence in Nevada City. WHITE XMAS TO SEND VENERABLE SHUTINS GIFTS The White Christmas sponsors will adopt a new theme this year. ' Aside from these who are financially in need of cheer, Christmas packages will be sent to venerable shut-ins. It is the desire of the committee to represent the citizens in general and distrbiute to deserving residents a greeting for the season from the school children and the various organizations which have been so generous in their contributions. The hope is expressed that those receiving gifts from the tree will accept them in the true Christmas spirit as from the sympathetic hearts of the ladies in charge and not as a symbol of charity. The art class of the high school is preparing greeting cards and the packets will have the true appearance of the holiday season and be delivered in the spirit of the occasion, Citizens having items suitable for such gifts may leave them. at the tree suitably wrapped with the contents plainly marked on ‘the outside. CIVIC CLUB The Nevada City Woman’s Civic Club will hold its regular meeting Monday night, December 18 at eight o’clock. This meeting will be held at the Brand Studio. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed. } duction ‘that the only ‘way to avoid dictatorships would be to make General Hugh. Johnson the dictator. Then he would have a reasonably adequate field for his varied and man. will be held this evening in the auditorium of the new elementary schosct. The card party is for the benefit of the addition to Seaman’s lodge, now used a sa home for the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. WILLIAM CAREY HEADS COOLEY BUTLER MINES Within the last few days William Carey has been named as_superintendent of the Cooley Butler mining interests in Nevada county which are composed of Golden Scotia and Deer Creek mines. He succeeeds Leland S. Wincapaw, who will assume lighter duties at the mine, it is stated because of recent illness. Wallace Butler, son of Cooley Butler, stated Mr. Wincapaw’s principal duties will be to look after titles to the Butler properties. Mr. Wincapaw who has had an attack of influenza, left Sutter Hospital in Sacramento Wednesday. _ Carey was mine foreman at the Golden Center and has had experience in mining in other, western states. He will supervise the final change of operations from the Golden Center shaft in the heart of Grass Valley to the Scotia shaft at Grass Valley’s western city limits. The Scotia shaft has been sunk to the Golden Center working levels in the last few months. Leland S. Wincapaw, prominent mining man who came-to this district about ten. years ago, has carried on operations at the Golden Center mine for several years and brought the property through to a splendid producer’ with credit to himself and his company. DAVID MCCRANEY HEADS OLDER BOYS CONFERENCE At the close of the Older Boys conference ‘held in Nevada City last week David McCraney, son gf Mr. and Mrs. O, McCraney of this city, was elected president to serve the coming year. David McCraney ‘is a juior in the (Nevada City high school and is capable of carrying on this Dlendid youth movement. ~The conference next year will be held in Roseville. It was decided that conferences in the future will ,be mixed, boys and girls meeting in one Center, ) fold ee } day sessions insteod of two days. attend with Miss Scott, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. TOWNSEND CLUB UNEMPLOYMENT TAX TO BE TOPIC OF G. V. MEETING} The State Chamber of Commerce and the Unemployment Reserves Commission will meet with Nevada City and Grass Valley employers next Tuesday noon, December 14, at luncheon in the Bret Harte Inn. It is especially desired that employers of four or more persons be present. It is the expectation of the speakers for the Unemployment Reserves Commission to show employers how to save around 1.7 per cent of the costs incident to unemployment insurance payments. Among the speakers will be Samuel Leask, member of the Unemployment Reserves Commission, Roy Stockton, chief of the California Employment Service,. Edward J. Bates, member of the Board of U. S. Social Security, Chas. F. Knight, director of the industrial department of the State Chamber and Fred Tatton, State Chamber manager. The meeting is a joint meeting of Nevada, Placer and Eldorado county business men. Those who desire to should make _ reservations secretary of the IS CHEERED BY ENGLEBRIGHT troops, the troop committees of the eee Rotary club and the Native. Sons Roe erens Club No. o of Nevada with troops, and to lighten, as much oe meeting last evenrns boa Odd as possible the burden of the two. © °WS nay for Teorsenigetion, ¥escoutmasters. Yesterday afternoon. Ce!ved an interesting letter from for instance he took charge of the Congressman Harry Englebright. distribution of 2andbills by scouts. Pelesations were present from Auburn, Roseville, Grass Valley, North San Juan and: French Corral. enthusiasm was expressed. The letter from Congressman Englebright follows: Much Washington, D. C. December 7, 1937. Dr. and Mrs. David Reeder, Nevada City, California. Dear Friends— Your letter of recent date at hand and I was indeed pleased to hear from you. Let me wish every success for your Townsend meeting of December 9. Various members of the House, including myself, are supporting the general welfare Measure and using every effort to obtain a hearing before the Ways and Means Committee on the bill, and you may rest assured of my continued best efforts. As you perhaps know, at this session of Congress, only legislation as set out by the President in his call for the special session will be given consideration, ‘but it is hoped that an early hearing can be given to the welfare bill at the regular session of Congress which will convene on January 3rd. With the very kindest of personal regards to you and with all good wishes to the members of the Townsend clubs,: I remain Sincerely yours, HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT, MC 2nd District of California. MRS. WINCAPAW’S MOTHER ANSWERS SUMMONS Mrs. Ellen ©. Royce, native New York and mother of Mrs. L. of Wincapaw and Miss Madeline Joyce. passed away at the Wincapaw home Friday after several weeks of illness. Mrs. Royce came to Grass Valley in 1928 and made a circle of friends who will be sor:y to learn af the passing of this vivacious and interesting wceman. Death prevented a planned visit to her old home in Greenwich, Conn., and the Atlantic seaboard. GOLD FLAT CLUB The Gold Flat club will hold a Christmas tree and program at the home of Mrs. Gladys Rockefeller on Gold. Flat, Thursday, December 16. Gifts to be presented to each member from the tree will not cost more than twenty five cents each. Mrs. Mamie Wanamake of Nevada City is critically ill in Landis Clinic in Grass Valley. Her many friends hope for her ap early recovery. _ } hear them this year and. with that George Willard, I. The Nevada City high school chorus students will again go Christ. mas carrolling this year. Last year they made their first appearance on a cold December night, merrily carunder the direction of Mrs. Marion Libbey. Carrying their wreaths and Christmas candles they visited various parts of the city where their young voices rang out in the clear air Those who heard them were touched and thrilled by their sweet songs. It was all a happy occasion and some of the listeners showered gifts of cookies and candies upon the young singers. This year the chorus is much larger being composed of seventy five boys and girls and as their itinerary is announced in advance many people will plan to listen to them and some will follow them about throughout their entire itinerary. On December 22 they will sing at Town Talk at 7:15 o’clock: in the evening and thence on to the Grass! Valley Community Christmas tree at Main and Mill streets at 7:30 o’clock. Then they will sing near the Elks building in Grass Valley at 7:45 o’clock. From there they will go to near the Grass Valley high] school and sing the final group. of carols for Grass Valley at eight o'clock. The usual Christmas songs will be sung with three added A _ Capella numbers. “The Sleep of the Child Jesus”; “O Filii et Filiae’’ and “A French Carol’ will be accompanied by a cello, double bass and flute played by Rosemary Richards, Bonnie Flindt and Vella Flindt. On December 23 the Choral group will have a dinner and dance in the Community House in Pioneer Park in Nevada City, a custom started Xmas Carols To Ring Out in Nevada City ‘ rolling their glad Christmas songs GABLES OWNER TO ANSWER FOR WATCH THE R. J. Bean, Gables, TheWednesday and yesterday had his preliminary hearing before Judge Walter Mobley, on the charge of stealing a wrist watch, reported of $75 value, from the*wrist of a man sleeping in Golden Gate lodging house, Grass Valley. The offense if proved is a~ grand theft, a felony. When Sheriff Carl T. Tobiassen and his deputies made : preparations to finger print Bean he was much surprised and wrathful. In the end, however, he was fingerprinted. It is the practice of the Sheriff’s office to fingerprint all those who are brought to the court house under arrest. R. J. (Bob) Bean was held to answer in the Superior Court yesterday on a grand theft charge, following his preliminary hearing before Judge Walter Mobley, justice of the peace. The complaining witness, Fred Schumate, constable of Plumas county, recounted his experience of going to sleep in a chair in the Golden Gate rooming house in Grass Valley, and awakening to find Bean had ‘hold of his arms, He testified that he had very little sleep for the two nights préceding, and awakened out of sound slumber, he inquired: ‘‘What’s the score?” According to his statement Bean made no-reply but hit him with something over the forehead, knocking him to the floor. He came up fighting, and stated that he hit Bean two or three times, when the latter disappeared down the hall. He learned later from the landproprietor of was arraigned last year and so greatly enjoyed by the young people that it will always . be held. On that night they will sing first at the corner of Prospect ana Clay streets on Prospect Hill at 7 o'clock, thence to the Plaza where their voices will ring out at 7:15 o’clock. From the Plaza they will go to the Christmas tree at the Bank of America corner on Broad and Commercial streets and then up Broad street to the gore dividing East and West Broad at 7:30 o’clock. é Finally they will go to the high school and sing their last carols at 8:30 o’clock. It is really a beautiful exemplification of the Christmas spirit, these happy young people singing about the city, wearing gay red caps and carrying eandles and Christmas wreaths. It is to be hoped that every one in Nevada City will purpose-in view Mrs, Libbey has kindly made out the itinerary well in advance as published in ‘this article. The itinerary will be again published in the Nugget of December 20. On one night of the Christmas season they will sing carols at the county hospiet! and thus bring cheer to the sick and aged there. rf The young people who are practicing faithfully for the caroling and looking forward to singing in the Christmas season are: Boys—Donald Bosworth, Ralph Brown, Ray Brown, Dennis Coughlin, Tony Cartoscelli, Earl Chatfield, Craig Davis, Ainsley Fouyer, Ellard Gates, Clifford Hoff, Robert Hudnall, James Jackson Stanley Keate, Roy Keeney, Reg Kennedy, Karl Kopp, Leroy Leonard, Bill . Lewis, Herschal Lotz, Harris Mathews, Walter Miller, tin, John Muscardini, gaard, George Perry,«Jack Reeder, Bill Rickard, Max Ruth, Allen Spraklin, Ben Tamblyn, Don Thomas, Eleon Tobiassen, Bill Wagner, Williams, Ray Worthley, Franklin White, Robert Vanburg. sige Girls—Corrine Anderson, Betty Andrews, Evelyn Bailey, Jane Bennett, Peggy Bettles, Eva Veedleman, Alberta Bolton, June Curtis, Katherine Davis, Lucille Dunlap, Maud Foox, Olive Fox, Alice Graham, Joyce Hénwood, Dorothy Hoff, Charlotte Harding, Bertha Kelley, Jean Kelley, Mary Libbey, Evelyn Lotz, Jean Martz, Sylvia Moody, Margaret Odegaard, Beverley Paxon, Lelia Shaughnessy, Rose Ponticelli, Madge Pianezzi, Edna Richerson, Elsie James OdeBill Moulthen Kirk Mar-. ! lady Rose. Ellis, that Bean had gone out the back door. Then he missed . his wrist ‘watch, valued at $37.50, and later on a $5 bill that he carried in his bill fold in his hip pocket. Shumate testified that he then called Sheriff Tobiassen, and the two of them went to The Gables where they found Bean in bed. Bean denied that he -had taken the wrist watch and offered to give him his own, provided Shumate would forget about it. Bean invited them to search the house and his car in an effort to find the watch, but the search turned up nothing. W. E. Wright, attorney’ for Bean, asked for the dismissal of the charges on. the ground there was no evidence connecting ‘Bean with the watch theft. Wright declared anyone in the house might have stolen the wrist watch while Shumate’ slept for two ours in the front room of the lodging house. When J e Mobley held Bean to = answe Attorney Wright asked for a red n in bail set at $2,000 bond or $1,000 cash, ‘but this request was denied. ELKS T0 HOLD ‘LADIES’ NIGHT The Elks will celebrate another “ladies night’’ tomorrow night in the lodge rooms. Dancing will begin at 9 o’clock. During the evening a buffet supper will be served, including turkey sandwiches, cake and coffee. Good music and happy time is promised to all who attend. WPA FINISHES STREET WORK The last street work of the WPA and city was completed yesterday ~ when crews laid cement on east side of one block of Winter street east of the court. house. Coyote street . sidewalks have been finished, this will be last work until spring weather arrives. Edna Uhrig; Miriam Sharp, .Margie Skoglie. Last year lumni of the high. school who will join the chorus for the caroling are Tom Rickard, Mat Burgen, __ Phil Joyal, Tod Bonner, John Kron, — Tony Perez and others. : These young people will be taken over to Grass Valley on . in the Tobiassen ‘bus Schreiber, Evelyn Sibley, Betty Smith, Viola Loga, Joyce Storvesen,

(% . Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. The first big community card party in several months will be held tomorrow (Friday) evening in the auditorium: of the new elementary school for the benefit of the addition being built to the home of the Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, Seaman’s lodge in Pioneers park. A great many prizes, ‘both for scores and door awards, have jbeen contributed generously 'by Nevada ‘City merchants, and an unusually large gathering is anticipated. Seating arrangements have been ‘made for accommodating more than 400 people. This, for ‘many people, will be their first opportunity ‘of seeing the brand new school building which has replaced the ancient building, a part of which was built in 1868. The auditorium is beautifully lighted and the heating system insures comfort for everyone. The cause is one that has received the generous support of Nevada City people for more than a generation. For: years, however, the Scouts were battered about ifrom pillar to ‘post, ocewpying quarters al‘ttogether unsuitable for ‘a group of lively youngsters. Now they have the assurance of a home for the next ten years in Seaman’s lodge. The pro-. ceeds of the community card party will be used to complete that home. Money is urgently needed for installing a good pine floor on the present subflooring, and for finishing the inside partitions and ceiling. It is hoped ‘by the several organizations which ‘are sponsoring the card party that enough money will be raised for that purpose. Who will be first to ride to the calaboose -in the city’s new Black Maria? The vehicle replaces the iron screened Ford pick-up that Chief Garfield Robson formerly rented to the city for pound and vagrancy purposes, The old pick-up gave the unfortunalte ‘‘vag’’ all the privacy that a gold fish enjoys. The new police car with closed sides and back, from this point of view, is more humans, Jags and nuisances though ‘publicly committed may now be atoned for privately. Except at the point of embarking and at destination ithe disgrace attendant on public conveyance to the city jail has been eliminated. Step by step Nevada City approaches metropolitan efficiency. Charles Michelson, the man who was so. successful in ‘smearing Hoover” that the New Deal made him director of publicity for. the Democratis National committee, in his latest circular to the Press has some amusing comment to make upon General Hugh Johnson, late, of the NRA, now busy as a columnist in putting ‘fants in the pants’ of the New Deal, ”’ writes Michelson, ‘‘the is the centraliza“Just now, General’s concern, tion’ of government in Washington, ithe peril of States’ rights, and the imminence of dictatorship. We shave only to refer back to General Johnson’s meteoric rise as administrator of the NRA to realize his authority to hold forth on this subject. Then it will ‘be recalled, the ruled as czar; state lines swerved him no more than the Aurora Borealis. “He cracked down on all lines of business. Perhaps that is an overstatement, for, though I recall the disciplining of some individuals, my memory is so faulty that I cannot -bring to mind any cracking down ¥ on such units of the economic system as tthe Steel Trust, or Henry Ford, or, in fact, any of the great corporations. It is true that he made faces at some of these, and when the General makes a face, mothers put bandages over their children’s eyes and everybody shudders. His frown brings back a comment of ‘the late Arthur Brisbane in describing an executive whose frown was terrible. He said: “t have just discovered how you came to have that kind of a face. Your ancestors in the’ antedilluvian period used to stick that face around the corner of the cave ‘to scare mammoths away.”’ “The inference from all of the General’s writings is that had he had charge of the agricultural problem instead of Secretary Wallace, crops would never have failed and prices would never have diminished. If he, instead of Harry Hopkins, had been entrusted with relief, the unemployed would now be all economic royalists; had he, instead of Secretary Morgenthau, had direction of the the ‘fiscal affairs of the government, unbalanced budgets would by this time be only an archaic expression. This leads to the very natural deevada City N COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIF ORNIA ugget ee eee The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton From the Californian, March 15, 1848: Vol. 11. No. 98. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold ne See — = —s FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1937. What promises to be the largest community card party of 1937 will ‘be held this evening in the auditorium of*the new Nevada City elementary school, Cottage and Main streets, at 8 o’clock. The party is given under the auspices of the Woman’s Civic club, the Rotary club, the P T. A., the Native Sons and the Nevada City Scout Council. Mrs. James Penrose, chairman of the committee of arrangements declares’ that support for the event has been unusually enthusiastic, The committee oh prizes, Mrs. L. B. Gregory and Mrs. E. T. Bonner, ‘yesterday afternoon placed on display'in the Nevada City Nugget window a wonderful collection of prizes generously donated by business firms of Nevada City for awards to expert card players and for door _ prizes. The games to be played will include auction and contract bridge, whist and mah jongg The following is a list of the prizes and their donors. Alpha Stores, 18-inch glass relish dish on chromium tray, and chromium sandwich dish; Kopps Bakery, large fruit cake; A Hartung, beautiful pair of opera glasses; Nevada City Drug Store, complete set of Cutex nail polish in fancy casé; Colleys Confectionery, big box delicious candy; Mrs. P. Armstrong, beautiful cake plate with server; Camp Fire Girls; box of groceries; Dickerman’s Drug Store, exquisite bud vase with mirror; Plaza Garage, 5 gallons of gas; Style Shop, pair of silk hose; Rose Fashion Shop, dollar merchandise order; Service Garage, 5 gallons of gas; Penrose Grocery, groceries; Nevada City Nugget, safety razor in case, both gold plated and art flower vase; S. Lee Leiter, large box Hoelther’s chocolates; Plaza GrocThron gs Coming To Card Party Tonight to the community card party which SCOUTS TO SELL XMAS TREES SAT. Christmas trees gathered by the Boy Scouts near Graniteville, will go on sale Saturday in*the vacant place adjacent to the Alpha Stores Ltd. This announcement was made yesterday by Horace A. (Curnow, president of the Nevada City Scout Council. The boys have only 200 Christmas trees for sale and those who desire a tree should be early on the scene to purchase one. The Scout Council wish to express their appreciation to G. J. Rector, E. M. Rector and Emmet Marsh for the privitege of cutting trees on their land holdings, and also to the Nevada County Lumber Company for the use of their truck in transporting trees to Nevada City. SCOUT COMMISSIONER FOR NEVADA CITY NAMED Joseph W. Stephenson, graduate of the University of Chicago, now on the staff of the Lava Cap mining corporation, has been appointed Nevada City Boy Scout Commissioner by Harris Ricksecker, Tahoe Area scout executive. His duties will be to correlate the activities of Nevada City’s two scout throughout the city calling attention ery, beautiful blue pottery vase; R. E. Harris Drug Store, art box of De-! Luxe stationary; Bowman’s Beauty! Shop, finger wave and shampoo; Standard Oil Company, grease job; Nevada County Lumber Company, half gallon Murphy’s paint. All these wonderful prizes will be on display today in the Nugget show window. Patrols of Boy Scouts yesterday afternoon distributed handbills advertising the card party to every residence in Nevada City. WHITE XMAS TO SEND VENERABLE SHUTINS GIFTS The White Christmas sponsors will adopt a new theme this year. ' Aside from these who are financially in need of cheer, Christmas packages will be sent to venerable shut-ins. It is the desire of the committee to represent the citizens in general and distrbiute to deserving residents a greeting for the season from the school children and the various organizations which have been so generous in their contributions. The hope is expressed that those receiving gifts from the tree will accept them in the true Christmas spirit as from the sympathetic hearts of the ladies in charge and not as a symbol of charity. The art class of the high school is preparing greeting cards and the packets will have the true appearance of the holiday season and be delivered in the spirit of the occasion, Citizens having items suitable for such gifts may leave them. at the tree suitably wrapped with the contents plainly marked on ‘the outside. CIVIC CLUB The Nevada City Woman’s Civic Club will hold its regular meeting Monday night, December 18 at eight o’clock. This meeting will be held at the Brand Studio. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed. } duction ‘that the only ‘way to avoid dictatorships would be to make General Hugh. Johnson the dictator. Then he would have a reasonably adequate field for his varied and man. will be held this evening in the auditorium of the new elementary schosct. The card party is for the benefit of the addition to Seaman’s lodge, now used a sa home for the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. WILLIAM CAREY HEADS COOLEY BUTLER MINES Within the last few days William Carey has been named as_superintendent of the Cooley Butler mining interests in Nevada county which are composed of Golden Scotia and Deer Creek mines. He succeeeds Leland S. Wincapaw, who will assume lighter duties at the mine, it is stated because of recent illness. Wallace Butler, son of Cooley Butler, stated Mr. Wincapaw’s principal duties will be to look after titles to the Butler properties. Mr. Wincapaw who has had an attack of influenza, left Sutter Hospital in Sacramento Wednesday. _ Carey was mine foreman at the Golden Center and has had experience in mining in other, western states. He will supervise the final change of operations from the Golden Center shaft in the heart of Grass Valley to the Scotia shaft at Grass Valley’s western city limits. The Scotia shaft has been sunk to the Golden Center working levels in the last few months. Leland S. Wincapaw, prominent mining man who came-to this district about ten. years ago, has carried on operations at the Golden Center mine for several years and brought the property through to a splendid producer’ with credit to himself and his company. DAVID MCCRANEY HEADS OLDER BOYS CONFERENCE At the close of the Older Boys conference ‘held in Nevada City last week David McCraney, son gf Mr. and Mrs. O, McCraney of this city, was elected president to serve the coming year. David McCraney ‘is a juior in the (Nevada City high school and is capable of carrying on this Dlendid youth movement. ~The conference next year will be held in Roseville. It was decided that conferences in the future will ,be mixed, boys and girls meeting in one Center, ) fold ee } day sessions insteod of two days. attend with Miss Scott,

Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. TOWNSEND CLUB UNEMPLOYMENT TAX TO BE TOPIC OF G. V. MEETING} The State Chamber of Commerce and the Unemployment Reserves Commission will meet with Nevada City and Grass Valley employers next Tuesday noon, December 14, at luncheon in the Bret Harte Inn. It is especially desired that employers of four or more persons be present. It is the expectation of the speakers for the Unemployment Reserves Commission to show employers how to save around 1.7 per cent of the costs incident to unemployment insurance payments. Among the speakers will be Samuel Leask, member of the Unemployment Reserves Commission, Roy Stockton, chief of the California Employment Service,. Edward J. Bates, member of the Board of U. S. Social Security, Chas. F. Knight, director of the industrial department of the State Chamber and Fred Tatton, State Chamber manager. The meeting is a joint meeting of Nevada, Placer and Eldorado county business men. Those who desire to should make _ reservations secretary of the IS CHEERED BY ENGLEBRIGHT troops, the troop committees of the eee Rotary club and the Native. Sons Roe erens Club No. o of Nevada with troops, and to lighten, as much oe meeting last evenrns boa Odd as possible the burden of the two. © °WS nay for Teorsenigetion, ¥escoutmasters. Yesterday afternoon. Ce!ved an interesting letter from for instance he took charge of the Congressman Harry Englebright. distribution of 2andbills by scouts. Pelesations were present from Auburn, Roseville, Grass Valley, North San Juan and: French Corral. enthusiasm was expressed. The letter from Congressman Englebright follows: Much Washington, D. C. December 7, 1937. Dr. and Mrs. David Reeder, Nevada City, California. Dear Friends— Your letter of recent date at hand and I was indeed pleased to hear from you. Let me wish every success for your Townsend meeting of December 9. Various members of the House, including myself, are supporting the general welfare Measure and using every effort to obtain a hearing before the Ways and Means Committee on the bill, and you may rest assured of my continued best efforts. As you perhaps know, at this session of Congress, only legislation as set out by the President in his call for the special session will be given consideration, ‘but it is hoped that an early hearing can be given to the welfare bill at the regular session of Congress which will convene on January 3rd. With the very kindest of personal regards to you and with all good wishes to the members of the Townsend clubs,: I remain Sincerely yours, HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT, MC 2nd District of California. MRS. WINCAPAW’S MOTHER ANSWERS SUMMONS Mrs. Ellen ©. Royce, native New York and mother of Mrs. L. of Wincapaw and Miss Madeline Joyce. passed away at the Wincapaw home Friday after several weeks of illness. Mrs. Royce came to Grass Valley in 1928 and made a circle of friends who will be sor:y to learn af the passing of this vivacious and interesting wceman. Death prevented a planned visit to her old home in Greenwich, Conn., and the Atlantic seaboard. GOLD FLAT CLUB The Gold Flat club will hold a Christmas tree and program at the home of Mrs. Gladys Rockefeller on Gold. Flat, Thursday, December 16. Gifts to be presented to each member from the tree will not cost more than twenty five cents each. Mrs. Mamie Wanamake of Nevada City is critically ill in Landis Clinic in Grass Valley. Her many friends hope for her ap early recovery. _ } hear them this year and. with that George Willard, I. The Nevada City high school chorus students will again go Christ. mas carrolling this year. Last year they made their first appearance on a cold December night, merrily carunder the direction of Mrs. Marion Libbey. Carrying their wreaths and Christmas candles they visited various parts of the city where their young voices rang out in the clear air Those who heard them were touched and thrilled by their sweet songs. It was all a happy occasion and some of the listeners showered gifts of cookies and candies upon the young singers. This year the chorus is much larger being composed of seventy five boys and girls and as their itinerary is announced in advance many people will plan to listen to them and some will follow them about throughout their entire itinerary. On December 22 they will sing at Town Talk at 7:15 o’clock: in the evening and thence on to the Grass! Valley Community Christmas tree at Main and Mill streets at 7:30 o’clock. Then they will sing near the Elks building in Grass Valley at 7:45 o’clock. From there they will go to near the Grass Valley high] school and sing the final group. of carols for Grass Valley at eight o'clock. The usual Christmas songs will be sung with three added A _ Capella numbers. “The Sleep of the Child Jesus”; “O Filii et Filiae’’ and “A French Carol’ will be accompanied by a cello, double bass and flute played by Rosemary Richards, Bonnie Flindt and Vella Flindt. On December 23 the Choral group will have a dinner and dance in the Community House in Pioneer Park in Nevada City, a custom started Xmas Carols To Ring Out in Nevada City ‘ rolling their glad Christmas songs GABLES OWNER TO ANSWER FOR WATCH THE R. J. Bean, Gables, TheWednesday and yesterday had his preliminary hearing before Judge Walter Mobley, on the charge of stealing a wrist watch, reported of $75 value, from the*wrist of a man sleeping in Golden Gate lodging house, Grass Valley. The offense if proved is a~ grand theft, a felony. When Sheriff Carl T. Tobiassen and his deputies made : preparations to finger print Bean he was much surprised and wrathful. In the end, however, he was fingerprinted. It is the practice of the Sheriff’s office to fingerprint all those who are brought to the court house under arrest. R. J. (Bob) Bean was held to answer in the Superior Court yesterday on a grand theft charge, following his preliminary hearing before Judge Walter Mobley, justice of the peace. The complaining witness, Fred Schumate, constable of Plumas county, recounted his experience of going to sleep in a chair in the Golden Gate rooming house in Grass Valley, and awakening to find Bean had ‘hold of his arms, He testified that he had very little sleep for the two nights préceding, and awakened out of sound slumber, he inquired: ‘‘What’s the score?” According to his statement Bean made no-reply but hit him with something over the forehead, knocking him to the floor. He came up fighting, and stated that he hit Bean two or three times, when the latter disappeared down the hall. He learned later from the landproprietor of was arraigned last year and so greatly enjoyed by the young people that it will always . be held. On that night they will sing first at the corner of Prospect ana Clay streets on Prospect Hill at 7 o'clock, thence to the Plaza where their voices will ring out at 7:15 o’clock. From the Plaza they will go to the Christmas tree at the Bank of America corner on Broad and Commercial streets and then up Broad street to the gore dividing East and West Broad at 7:30 o’clock. é Finally they will go to the high school and sing their last carols at 8:30 o’clock. It is really a beautiful exemplification of the Christmas spirit, these happy young people singing about the city, wearing gay red caps and carrying eandles and Christmas wreaths. It is to be hoped that every one in Nevada City will purpose-in view Mrs, Libbey has kindly made out the itinerary well in advance as published in ‘this article. The itinerary will be again published in the Nugget of December 20. On one night of the Christmas season they will sing carols at the county hospiet! and thus bring cheer to the sick and aged there. rf The young people who are practicing faithfully for the caroling and looking forward to singing in the Christmas season are: Boys—Donald Bosworth, Ralph Brown, Ray Brown, Dennis Coughlin, Tony Cartoscelli, Earl Chatfield, Craig Davis, Ainsley Fouyer, Ellard Gates, Clifford Hoff, Robert Hudnall, James Jackson Stanley Keate, Roy Keeney, Reg Kennedy, Karl Kopp, Leroy Leonard, Bill . Lewis, Herschal Lotz, Harris Mathews, Walter Miller, tin, John Muscardini, gaard, George Perry,«Jack Reeder, Bill Rickard, Max Ruth, Allen Spraklin, Ben Tamblyn, Don Thomas, Eleon Tobiassen, Bill Wagner, Williams, Ray Worthley, Franklin White, Robert Vanburg. sige Girls—Corrine Anderson, Betty Andrews, Evelyn Bailey, Jane Bennett, Peggy Bettles, Eva Veedleman, Alberta Bolton, June Curtis, Katherine Davis, Lucille Dunlap, Maud Foox, Olive Fox, Alice Graham, Joyce Hénwood, Dorothy Hoff, Charlotte Harding, Bertha Kelley, Jean Kelley, Mary Libbey, Evelyn Lotz, Jean Martz, Sylvia Moody, Margaret Odegaard, Beverley Paxon, Lelia Shaughnessy, Rose Ponticelli, Madge Pianezzi, Edna Richerson, Elsie James OdeBill Moulthen Kirk Mar-. ! lady Rose. Ellis, that Bean had gone out the back door. Then he missed . his wrist ‘watch, valued at $37.50, and later on a $5 bill that he carried in his bill fold in his hip pocket. Shumate testified that he then called Sheriff Tobiassen, and the two of them went to The Gables where they found Bean in bed. Bean denied that he -had taken the wrist watch and offered to give him his own, provided Shumate would forget about it. Bean invited them to search the house and his car in an effort to find the watch, but the search turned up nothing. W. E. Wright, attorney’ for Bean, asked for the dismissal of the charges on. the ground there was no evidence connecting ‘Bean with the watch theft. Wright declared anyone in the house might have stolen the wrist watch while Shumate’ slept for two ours in the front room of the lodging house. When J e Mobley held Bean to = answe Attorney Wright asked for a red n in bail set at $2,000 bond or $1,000 cash, ‘but this request was denied. ELKS T0 HOLD ‘LADIES’ NIGHT The Elks will celebrate another “ladies night’’ tomorrow night in the lodge rooms. Dancing will begin at 9 o’clock. During the evening a buffet supper will be served, including turkey sandwiches, cake and coffee. Good music and happy time is promised to all who attend. WPA FINISHES STREET WORK The last street work of the WPA and city was completed yesterday ~ when crews laid cement on east side of one block of Winter street east of the court. house. Coyote street . sidewalks have been finished, this will be last work until spring weather arrives. Edna Uhrig; Miriam Sharp, .Margie Skoglie. Last year lumni of the high. school who will join the chorus for the caroling are Tom Rickard, Mat Burgen, __ Phil Joyal, Tod Bonner, John Kron, — Tony Perez and others. : These young people will be taken over to Grass Valley on . in the Tobiassen ‘bus Schreiber, Evelyn Sibley, Betty Smith, Viola Loga, Joyce Storvesen,