December 23, 1946 (16 pages)

. MONDAY, . DECEMBER 23, 1946 NEVADA CITY.GRASS VALLEY NUGGET _ have i) _PAGE THREE Santy sez: if your digestion’s good An’ you've plenty firewood, CAMERON LARSEN WRITES ON XMAS FIRE PREVENTION Dear Editor of the Nugget: tion. Fire, properly used, is a necessity of modern life. Fire, howevwer, improperly used’or unduly tempted may wreck our homes or buildings and endanger lives. Every day is a fire prevention day or fire protection day to firemen. With the approach of winter and the holidays we offer the following suggestions for the protection of lives and property from fire: 1—Carefully ingpect all apparatus: Stoves, furnaces, radiators, gas and oil lines, electric heaters, and chimneys and make sure they Fire Prevention Week has recent-. ly ‘been observed throughout the na-! heating . St. Lucy Honored Throughout Sweden St. Lucy’s Day on December 3, inaugurates the Christanas season in Sweden. On that day the prettiest girl in the household is to impersonate. Lucy; Christmas morning she will through the house awakening the household and giving each person a cup of coffee chosen veryearly o go or some sort of sweetened beverage. Her costume is traditionally a white dress with a red sash, and she wears a wire crown entwined with billberry twigs —— similiar to the American cranberry — studded with nine candles. Liturgically St, Lucy was martyred about 300 A. D. The story goes that Lucy gave her dowry to the Christians—-whose courage she admired—instead of turning it over to her fiance. The enraged young man informed against her and she wag condemned to be burned at the tigren fell in love wiih Rowena and : they lived happily ever after. Wassail Bowl For Auld Lang Syne 1 i The Wassail bowl] goes around in. Anyway, in time the bowl itself “i f ‘ ay Scotland—and elsewhere—at New Became an onmament of graceful deYear's time, Is zn—decorated with branches of The origin of the custom is really greenery whigh formed: a canopy lost in antiquity; Saxon ancestors . over the bowl. The mixture within probably quaiffed their ale from the . was warm and inelnded ale, sugar, polished skulls of defeated enemies, ; “pices, sweetened wine was added by and the Rowena legend must be. ‘hosts who could afford it, apples elassified as presumably fiction. , floated on top of the decoction some Rowena is reported to have ot] times called lIsanib': wool or the old fered her father’s guest. — Prince; man’s beard. The poorer classes car= Vortigren——d bowl of wine with the . ried a bowl] decorated with ribbons salutation “Lord King, wass-haei’’,: around the meighborhood begging literally ‘‘to your health,” Drain-, that it be filled, so that they too. ing the bowl with one draught, Vormight enjoy the wassail. An’ you sleep well nights An’ enjoy a citizen’s rights, What more Merry Christmas can you havel . . We agree. s és, Sena? G & P Shell Service Main and Bennett Street Carroll Green — Lewis.Partington Phone 824 Grass Valley are in proper condition. 2—Keep all inflammable material away from any source of heat. 3—Any doubtful electrical conmections or appliances should be tested by a competent person to guard against danger. Do not Have an electric switch or ght socket within reach of a bathtub. : 4—In preparing for any publie gathering make. sure that there are adequate exits provided in the bullding. used. 5—Do not use any ‘epemminedaa material for decorations in any room or building or in any clothing or eostumes worn at any function. 6—With the arrival of the winter holiday season when people congregate in large numbers in relatively stake; unharmed by the flames she did not die until thrust through with a sword. ~ Lucy ig commemorated somewhat diversely in Switzerland where she ts the legendary wife of . Father Christmas.’ Wearing a round .cap over her tong braids, a laced. bodice and silk apron, she ‘marches eee around the village with Father, Christmas and distributes gifts to. the girls while he looks after the Se ee rer green at Easter they will be covered with frost, If windy Christmas day, trees will bear much fruit. ‘ A wet Christmas means an empty granary and. barrel. ‘gmall halls or buildings it ie espec-. -\ Steen Christmas makes a fat ially important that those in charge} *'aveyard. of social functiong insure the safety.) ‘4 Warm Christmas means a cold of those who attend such affairs, . Paster. May the caroler’s song bring you every joy, and see that all. precautions possbiie A green Chrisimas is followed by may the coming year be bright with happiness and against danger of fire are observed, . white Easter. that overcrowding of public places is DE MOLAYS TO DANCE success. -§ fis avoided-and that proper auxilGRASS VALLEY: a . d BAR jary exits are provided. Ne ice seg : ake ei grag DINI 3 an We particularly urge that care be . x ee : . on Moe 8 ate peaks ; ; j;annual Christmas danee on Christexercised in connection with the use. A es f ae a P. L H of lighting and decorations of trees. Paine > rhe Pa eS aust Otaete eet CLOSED DEC. 25t an 26t during the Christmas season. Care. is is ee oe ee at a fully tested electric lights and nogete m. and continued until 2 p.m. . inflammable decorations only should Millions of Soilane wane givea tie be ued po not overload the elec. army ‘by the quartermaster developed f i é nin trical -wiring. isrring proof socks. . Panic kills and injures more per. : sons than fire. In case of an emerThe average annual rainfall ot BROAD STREET NEVADA CITY gency take your time, think and act!San Francisco is 22 inches. quickly. The firemen will take care a the : of any fire but they can’t bring back the lives lost in a crushing, sense2 ! less mob. ee” Sincerely yours, ‘ CAMERON A. LARSEN, ae os Ee Chief, Nevada City Fire Department, : PREDICT WEATHER ON : : < F CHRISTMAS DAY This paper says: May this “Bee” the Merriest’ { It is said that the coming year's Christmas yet, and «-“Honey” of a New Year. weather may be forecast by cock: ing an eye at the sky during Christa 1 . _ mas week. Here are a few of the bep liefs; conflicting in many details: : Aes i e . If the sun shines through the apiu nter ount it ee O ple tree on Christmas day, there will ~ é bd bea good crop the following year. . If ice will bear a man_ before 2 i COMMERCIAL STREET NEVADA CITY Christmas it will not bear a mouse afterwards. ne . . : ; Thunder and lightning Christmas We specialize in furnace equipment — furnace installation — week means much snow the balance Restaurant and Bar Sheet Metal. Work. of the winter. mae counts more Gamage hak We install efficient, fuel saving furnaces. We have no connecfifrost before than after Christmas. dies ith ii f 1 1G ‘ At Christmas if meadows are nw any ruet ou firm. In 1947 —if your job is sheet metal— talk it over with us. My 18 years experience provides you the assurance of the ability to do your job correctly and economically. nae ~ FRANK CHERNOH, Owner May so bis shia oh cacti to thank: you for halelng us & bave 0 very successful year—and to wish eee a i Ae is Sie é +4 or magi fash ane at, The joy chet you give to ethers 2 ‘ tal 6 te i a oe bw pou : > ¢ 234 BROAD STREET PHONE 290J

. MONDAY, . DECEMBER 23, 1946 NEVADA CITY.GRASS VALLEY NUGGET _ have i) _PAGE THREE Santy sez: if your digestion’s good An’ you've plenty firewood, CAMERON LARSEN WRITES ON XMAS FIRE PREVENTION Dear Editor of the Nugget: tion. Fire, properly used, is a necessity of modern life. Fire, howevwer, improperly used’or unduly tempted may wreck our homes or buildings and endanger lives. Every day is a fire prevention day or fire protection day to firemen. With the approach of winter and the holidays we offer the following suggestions for the protection of lives and property from fire: 1—Carefully ingpect all apparatus: Stoves, furnaces, radiators, gas and oil lines, electric heaters, and chimneys and make sure they Fire Prevention Week has recent-. ly ‘been observed throughout the na-! heating . St. Lucy Honored Throughout Sweden St. Lucy’s Day on December 3, inaugurates the Christanas season in Sweden. On that day the prettiest girl in the household is to impersonate. Lucy; Christmas morning she will through the house awakening the household and giving each person a cup of coffee chosen veryearly o go or some sort of sweetened beverage. Her costume is traditionally a white dress with a red sash, and she wears a wire crown entwined with billberry twigs —— similiar to the American cranberry — studded with nine candles. Liturgically St, Lucy was martyred about 300 A. D. The story goes that Lucy gave her dowry to the Christians—-whose courage she admired—instead of turning it over to her fiance. The enraged young man informed against her and she wag condemned to be burned at the tigren fell in love wiih Rowena and : they lived happily ever after. Wassail Bowl For Auld Lang Syne 1 i The Wassail bowl] goes around in. Anyway, in time the bowl itself “i f ‘ ay Scotland—and elsewhere—at New Became an onmament of graceful deYear's time, Is zn—decorated with branches of The origin of the custom is really greenery whigh formed: a canopy lost in antiquity; Saxon ancestors . over the bowl. The mixture within probably quaiffed their ale from the . was warm and inelnded ale, sugar, polished skulls of defeated enemies, ; “pices, sweetened wine was added by and the Rowena legend must be. ‘hosts who could afford it, apples elassified as presumably fiction. , floated on top of the decoction some Rowena is reported to have ot] times called lIsanib': wool or the old fered her father’s guest. — Prince; man’s beard. The poorer classes car= Vortigren——d bowl of wine with the . ried a bowl] decorated with ribbons salutation “Lord King, wass-haei’’,: around the meighborhood begging literally ‘‘to your health,” Drain-, that it be filled, so that they too. ing the bowl with one draught, Vormight enjoy the wassail. An’ you sleep well nights An’ enjoy a citizen’s rights, What more Merry Christmas can you havel . . We agree.. s és, Sena? G & P Shell Service Main and Bennett Street Carroll Green — Lewis.Partington Phone 824 Grass Valley are in proper condition. 2—Keep all inflammable material away from any source of heat. 3—Any doubtful electrical conmections or appliances should be tested by a competent person to guard against danger. Do not Have an electric switch or ght socket within reach of a bathtub. : 4—In preparing for any publie gathering make. sure that there are adequate exits provided in the bullding. used.

5—Do not use any ‘epemminedaa material for decorations in any room or building or in any clothing or eostumes worn at any function. 6—With the arrival of the winter holiday season when people congregate in large numbers in relatively stake; unharmed by the flames she did not die until thrust through with a sword. ~ Lucy ig commemorated somewhat diversely in Switzerland where she ts the legendary wife of . Father Christmas.’ Wearing a round .cap over her tong braids, a laced. bodice and silk apron, she ‘marches eee around the village with Father, Christmas and distributes gifts to. the girls while he looks after the Se ee rer green at Easter they will be covered with frost, If windy Christmas day, trees will bear much fruit. ‘ A wet Christmas means an empty granary and. barrel. ‘gmall halls or buildings it ie espec-. -\ Steen Christmas makes a fat ially important that those in charge} *'aveyard. of social functiong insure the safety.) ‘4 Warm Christmas means a cold of those who attend such affairs, . Paster. May the caroler’s song bring you every joy, and see that all. precautions possbiie A green Chrisimas is followed by may the coming year be bright with happiness and against danger of fire are observed, . white Easter. that overcrowding of public places is DE MOLAYS TO DANCE success. -§ fis avoided-and that proper auxilGRASS VALLEY: a . d BAR jary exits are provided. Ne ice seg : ake ei grag DINI 3 an We particularly urge that care be . x ee : . on Moe 8 ate peaks ; ; j;annual Christmas danee on Christexercised in connection with the use. A es f ae a P. L H of lighting and decorations of trees. Paine > rhe Pa eS aust Otaete eet CLOSED DEC. 25t an 26t during the Christmas season. Care. is is ee oe ee at a fully tested electric lights and nogete m. and continued until 2 p.m. . inflammable decorations only should Millions of Soilane wane givea tie be ued po not overload the elec. army ‘by the quartermaster developed f i é nin trical -wiring. isrring proof socks. . Panic kills and injures more per. : sons than fire. In case of an emerThe average annual rainfall ot BROAD STREET NEVADA CITY gency take your time, think and act!San Francisco is 22 inches. quickly. The firemen will take care a the : of any fire but they can’t bring back the lives lost in a crushing, sense2 ! less mob. ee” Sincerely yours, ‘ CAMERON A. LARSEN, ae os Ee Chief, Nevada City Fire Department, : PREDICT WEATHER ON : : < F CHRISTMAS DAY This paper says: May this “Bee” the Merriest’ { It is said that the coming year's Christmas yet, and «-“Honey” of a New Year. weather may be forecast by cock: ing an eye at the sky during Christa 1 . _ mas week. Here are a few of the bep liefs; conflicting in many details: : Aes i e . If the sun shines through the apiu nter ount it ee O ple tree on Christmas day, there will ~ é bd bea good crop the following year. . If ice will bear a man_ before 2 i COMMERCIAL STREET NEVADA CITY Christmas it will not bear a mouse afterwards. ne . . : ; Thunder and lightning Christmas We specialize in furnace equipment — furnace installation — week means much snow the balance Restaurant and Bar Sheet Metal. Work. of the winter. mae counts more Gamage hak We install efficient, fuel saving furnaces. We have no connecfifrost before than after Christmas. dies ith ii f 1 1G ‘ At Christmas if meadows are nw any ruet ou firm. In 1947 —if your job is sheet metal— talk it over with us. My 18 years experience provides you the assurance of the ability to do your job correctly and economically. nae ~ FRANK CHERNOH, Owner May so bis shia oh cacti to thank: you for halelng us & bave 0 very successful year—and to wish eee a i Ae is Sie é +4 or magi fash ane at, The joy chet you give to ethers 2 ‘ tal 6 te i a oe bw pou : > ¢ 234 BROAD STREET PHONE 290J