December 28, 1944 (8 pages)

8, 1944 Sy a party for Bt Saturday were offer. win a prize l. ArrangeDon' Steg.oc Hi “THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1944 : NEVADA CITY NUGGET ___ : es ee enanes ~ Gadgets e By EDW. C. UREN As we get along in years these eighteen degree mornings ‘when the frost is on the pumpkin—if you have any—and old Sol is so slow getting on the job, it makes you’ wish you had wings and could follow up the spring time with the martins and the swallows as they head) toward the sunny south. But being $hy of feathers and gas, all we can is to hang around, watch the thermometer, and gripe about the weather. Ever since we can remember we were somewhat .loath to go to bed at night and. hated to get up in the morning. A good deal of energy was wasted_ _ during school days in planning some kind of a gadget that we could work with a string running, from the bedside that would strike a match and set the kitchen stove ta. percolating. But there were always too many sharp turns through doorways, the stove was too far away, or something else wrong ‘that cooked or hope shall brighten the days to come And memory gill the past x kk & k& & & &! Free men can hope and plan and achieve—and we Americans are free! As the old year wanes, hope springs up afresh, and the determination to do better in 1945 than ever before rises , buoyantly. That your fondest hopes may be fulfilled during the coming year is the earnest wish of : our plans. . : We were softened up in our late ' teens as a bushwhacher on a survey YL BER gang up in the north woods of the ROBINSON'S Cariboo country and even now we sometimes awaken with a start imjagining we have heard the cook’s clarion call echoing through ~ the trees: “Roll out, Roll out you sons . of b——-s, and hear the little birds singing their praises to God d ‘your hides, breakfase is ready.” To those whose pet hate is the early morning tocsin a new era has dawned, as Life has set forth in a recent issue, in electfical gadgets installed in the office and home of Ray Richticld _ StationPHONE 502 Sacramento St., Nevada City ment with his wife, all he has to do is to speak his piece, retire quickly to his sanctum and switch on the red light, until she tearing her hair. In this way all fam: ily quarrels are nipped in the bud. Ellinwood of Burbank, . eta is down where the art of -living luxuriantly is brought to its highest perfection. Ray has solved the problem by means of various electrical contraptions that makes our efforts look silly. He not only takes the cake as the country’s most progressive. cultivator of torns on the. posterior but his electrical setup is downright ingenious. Even at that he must be a rather peculiar duck, because he. got tired looking at his secretary’s face and, instead of having her sit on his lap while dictating as is customary, he now often doesn’t see her ‘for days at a time. When he is too tired to talk to her over the interphone he sends her a note through a hole in the wall over a belt conveyor that operates with the flick-of a switch. You have to hand it to him though for his genius in making himself the sole boss in ‘his own household, for he always has his wife under perfect control. Over-the office door are red and green signal lights, and only when the green light is on is his better half permitted to project her countenance inside the door. If the signal is red, it means either that Ray is in an ugly mood or is busy; and any inerusion might invite contact with a dictionary, oven an kw Whenever he gets into an argu: gets through MACBEAN GOES ‘SOUTH ON FLOOD CONTROL Donald G:.McBean, forest engineer and fire control officer of the Tahoe national forest is. being promoted and transferred to the flood control division of the forest»service on the first of January, annouced forest: supervisor Guerdon Ellis. yesterday. Ellis stated the flood control division is located at Pasadena. A special project ‘thas been set up which is making a study of flood control measures that can be applied’ to the mountainous areas of the Log Angeles river. drainage. The river drainage divides itself into tages parts. The lower channel improvemenis which are being handled by the army engineers, the foothollarta_by the county flood control district and: the soi COuservation service, and the mountainous area by the forest service. : The forest service flood control work, said Supervisor Ellis, will consist of fire control measures, a road system for fire protection and channel improvements. Hydrological studies will be carried on to assist in the planning of the various phases of the control work. Channel improvements will consist of. barriers to stabilize and retain hillside and channel debris and prevent it from moving into reservoirg provided in the upper reaches of the valley as At lunch time, at the press of a 4}-d)-4)-4)-4) ds ‘Let Freedom Ring’ PEG 2 As another New. Year dawns we are thankful for the American heritage of freedom—thankful, too, for the: friends who have helped us gain the manifold blessings of this freedom. With this in mind ‘we wish you all a very Happy New Year. Art’ 201 MILL STREET “GRASS VALLEY . PHONE 984 Radio Hospital es containing a tray and light lunch button, a section of the wall revolvwhich has been previously ordered. Here, some effort is required because he has to leave his chair and go through the motions of feeding himself. : At home he pushes a button and his bed slides out from concealment, together with a whole panel of push: uttons. When he awakens all he-has o do is to punch a button to swing? he drapes aside. Another one strats he grille. Still another warms his hoes, which are in a closed comHR : a 5 i partment——for Ray has cold feet and 4 + te of <2] doesn’t like the chill of cold leather on his tootsies. There is even .an automatic rig that start$ the sprinklers in the garden at. a regular time and ghuts} them off. automatically. You ean‘tt even get near the house without some seeing eye or do-dad spots you and sounds the alarm. . 1n fact Ray, has so many lazyman’s do-hickeys around the place that he spends a good part of his time tinkering with the maze of wires and circuits to keep things in proper working order. The electronic age comes at a time when to some of us it will have} no particular effect, ‘but to the coming generation devices like these exemplify what appears to be the present labor leaders attitude, which is to do the least work for the most money. Whether it bodes good or}. well as revetments. and other bank 2 -. The Style Shop MRS. LIBBEY SHIELDS Phone 147 313 Broad Street, Nevada City evil, only time will tell. Year, 1945, to be an especially DRIVE-IN MARKET New BROAD STREET, ; —FROM— The HOT MILL Year NEVADA, CITY the coming year. We extend to all members of our church and of the : community holiday greetings and “our heartfelt wish for all good things that bring happiness, during 0 . it’s their money.” aay eRe A preliminary report on this study was prepared in 1940 and congress authorized plang to carry on construction but this was postponed because of the war. The present study is being made to have a comprehensive plan developed. so that actual construction can start in ‘the immediate post war period. The Los Angeles river drainage was selected for this study because of the immense values involved, Ellis. ‘Know Your Endorser When You Accept Checks Chief of Police Allen today asked that we remind our merchants that it is in the rush of tie holiday season when the check thief and the forger enjoy their easiest “pickings’’. (Chief T. J. Allen referred to the edueational campaig nconducted by the Nevada City police department and the U. S. Secret Service and said: “Now is the time for merchants. to talk these matters over with their employees. Caution them to be more careful in accepting éither government or commercial checks, especially from strangers. Have them initial any check they accept, and jot down some memo as to what was used for identification. This fixes responsibility and services to remind one of the transaction. Make up your mind to save yourself from loss by knowing your endorser and requiring identification. Merchants should ask themselves this question: ‘If this check is returned as a forgery,. do I know where I can locate the forger and recover my money?’ Unless the answer to that‘one is ‘“‘yes’’: well, reported \ XMAS TREE FOR THREE SCHOOLS HOOLS Three wctinaal in the western dnd ue of the county united in Christmas — festivities in Grange hall on the eve ning of December 22nd. The schools were Lime’ Kiln, Wolf and Clear . (Creek. Over 300, including students parents and friends, made the affair one of the largest in recent years. Silent living impersonators enact" ed the parts of dead ancestors in the family worship of anci hina, — No. NOTICETO N THE SUPERIOR. © THE STATE, OF CALIF AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA Estate” of In the Matter of the MARTIN ‘VANBERG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by. the undersigned Eleanor C.: Vanberg, as Extcutrix of the Last Will. and Testament of Martin Vanberg, deceased, to the. Greditors of all per-sons having claims: against the said — dec to file them with the necessary Youchere within : months r the first public Pi this notice in the office of th k of the. Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Nevada, or to exhibit them, with. the necessary vouchers (6) months after 3 tion of this notice to t trix at law offices of. 127 Mill Street, Grass /Valley, C: fornia, the same being (her place . business in all matte connec with the estate of said Marte Vanberg. : Dated December 18th, 1944. ELEANOR C Extcutrix of the Testament of Mart ceased. LYNNE KELLY, Attorney_tor Executrix. 2 First publication December 21, 1944. * Dec. 21, 28, Jan 4, 11, 15. GAS COUPONS RUNNING LOW? Banking by pe ag Mail will save Be) N @ _ you gas, tires . a ae and time Iv’ eary to Bank by Mail with Bank of America! This pular . service, spe asec! valuable in wartime, is used by Calikeantion its by mailto either a savingsor checking — account. You can al8o make withdrawals by mail. In fact, many — ae S of your banking transactions can be handled thisservice, When you do business with Bank of Ametica you have the : scvanmges of Siendly peondl deenaue she Sen Sines ia es Hg, own neigh descomplere Banking by Mall cities, Call at any beanich for obenplete infoemation + OF, if ‘more convenient, write or a ia ae ' Dank of America < NATIONAL SAVINGS ASS 4 ON MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION © — eo ERAL RES When all is said and done the eternal] ,quest of human béings is for happi-. ness. Our wish for you-in 1945 is for more happiness—more than you hav ever known before, whether tat be piness be in gainful upati . attainment of some long de Thank you for having rem smbere “us so genecounly during the pat ye

8, 1944 Sy a party for Bt Saturday were offer. win a prize l. ArrangeDon' Steg.oc Hi “THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1944 : NEVADA CITY NUGGET ___ : es ee enanes ~ Gadgets e By EDW. C. UREN As we get along in years these eighteen degree mornings ‘when the frost is on the pumpkin—if you have any—and old Sol is so slow getting on the job, it makes you’ wish you had wings and could follow up the spring time with the martins and the swallows as they head) toward the sunny south. But being $hy of feathers and gas, all we can is to hang around, watch the thermometer, and gripe about the weather. Ever since we can remember we were somewhat .loath to go to bed at night and. hated to get up in the morning. A good deal of energy was wasted_ _ during school days in planning some kind of a gadget that we could work with a string running, from the bedside that would strike a match and set the kitchen stove ta. percolating. But there were always too many sharp turns through doorways, the stove was too far away, or something else wrong ‘that cooked or hope shall brighten the days to come And memory gill the past x kk & k& & & &! Free men can hope and plan and achieve—and we Americans are free! As the old year wanes, hope springs up afresh, and the determination to do better in 1945 than ever before rises , buoyantly. That your fondest hopes may be fulfilled during the coming year is the earnest wish of : our plans. . : We were softened up in our late ' teens as a bushwhacher on a survey YL BER gang up in the north woods of the ROBINSON'S Cariboo country and even now we sometimes awaken with a start imjagining we have heard the cook’s clarion call echoing through ~ the trees: “Roll out, Roll out you sons . of b——-s, and hear the little birds singing their praises to God d ‘your hides, breakfase is ready.” To those whose pet hate is the early morning tocsin a new era has dawned, as Life has set forth in a recent issue, in electfical gadgets installed in the office and home of Ray Richticld _ StationPHONE 502 Sacramento St., Nevada City ment with his wife, all he has to do is to speak his piece, retire quickly to his sanctum and switch on the red light, until she tearing her hair. In this way all fam: ily quarrels are nipped in the bud. Ellinwood of Burbank, . eta is down where the art of -living luxuriantly is brought to its highest perfection. Ray has solved the problem by means of various electrical contraptions that makes our efforts look silly. He not only takes the cake as the country’s most progressive. cultivator of torns on the. posterior but his electrical setup is downright ingenious. Even at that he must be a rather peculiar duck, because he. got tired looking at his secretary’s face and, instead of having her sit on his lap while dictating as is customary, he now often doesn’t see her ‘for days at a time. When he is too tired to talk to her over the interphone he sends her a note through a hole in the wall over a belt conveyor that operates with the flick-of a switch. You have to hand it to him though for his genius in making himself the sole boss in ‘his own household, for he always has his wife under perfect control. Over-the office door are red and green signal lights, and only when the green light is on is his better half permitted to project her countenance inside the door. If the signal is red, it means either that Ray is in an ugly mood or is busy; and any inerusion might invite contact with a dictionary, oven an kw Whenever he gets into an argu: gets through MACBEAN GOES ‘SOUTH ON FLOOD CONTROL Donald G:.McBean, forest engineer and fire control officer of the Tahoe national forest is. being promoted and transferred to the flood control division of the forest»service on the first of January, annouced forest: supervisor Guerdon Ellis. yesterday. Ellis stated the flood control division is located at Pasadena. A special project ‘thas been set up which is making a study of flood control measures that can be applied’ to the mountainous areas of the Log Angeles river. drainage. The river drainage divides itself into tages parts. The lower channel improvemenis which are being handled by the army engineers, the foothollarta_by the county flood control district and: the soi COuservation service, and the mountainous area by the forest service. : The forest service flood control work, said Supervisor Ellis, will consist of fire control measures, a road system for fire protection and channel improvements. Hydrological studies will be carried on to assist in the planning of the various phases of the control work. Channel improvements will consist of. barriers to stabilize and retain hillside and channel debris and prevent it from moving into reservoirg provided in the upper reaches of the valley as At lunch time, at the press of a 4}-d)-4)-4)-4) ds ‘Let Freedom Ring’ PEG 2 As another New. Year dawns we are thankful for the American heritage of freedom—thankful, too, for the: friends who have helped us gain the manifold blessings of this freedom. With this in mind ‘we wish you all a very Happy New Year. Art’ 201 MILL STREET “GRASS VALLEY . PHONE 984 Radio Hospital es containing a tray and light lunch button, a section of the wall revolvwhich has been previously ordered. Here, some effort is required because he has to leave his chair and go through the motions of feeding himself. : At home he pushes a button and his bed slides out from concealment, together with a whole panel of push: uttons. When he awakens all he-has o do is to punch a button to swing? he drapes aside. Another one strats he grille. Still another warms his hoes, which are in a closed comHR

: a 5 i partment——for Ray has cold feet and 4 + te of <2] doesn’t like the chill of cold leather on his tootsies. There is even .an automatic rig that start$ the sprinklers in the garden at. a regular time and ghuts} them off. automatically. You ean‘tt even get near the house without some seeing eye or do-dad spots you and sounds the alarm. . 1n fact Ray, has so many lazyman’s do-hickeys around the place that he spends a good part of his time tinkering with the maze of wires and circuits to keep things in proper working order. The electronic age comes at a time when to some of us it will have} no particular effect, ‘but to the coming generation devices like these exemplify what appears to be the present labor leaders attitude, which is to do the least work for the most money. Whether it bodes good or}. well as revetments. and other bank 2 -. The Style Shop MRS. LIBBEY SHIELDS Phone 147 313 Broad Street, Nevada City evil, only time will tell. Year, 1945, to be an especially DRIVE-IN MARKET New BROAD STREET, ; —FROM— The HOT MILL Year NEVADA, CITY the coming year. We extend to all members of our church and of the : community holiday greetings and “our heartfelt wish for all good things that bring happiness, during 0 . it’s their money.” aay eRe A preliminary report on this study was prepared in 1940 and congress authorized plang to carry on construction but this was postponed because of the war. The present study is being made to have a comprehensive plan developed. so that actual construction can start in ‘the immediate post war period. The Los Angeles river drainage was selected for this study because of the immense values involved, Ellis. ‘Know Your Endorser When You Accept Checks Chief of Police Allen today asked that we remind our merchants that it is in the rush of tie holiday season when the check thief and the forger enjoy their easiest “pickings’’. (Chief T. J. Allen referred to the edueational campaig nconducted by the Nevada City police department and the U. S. Secret Service and said: “Now is the time for merchants. to talk these matters over with their employees. Caution them to be more careful in accepting éither government or commercial checks, especially from strangers. Have them initial any check they accept, and jot down some memo as to what was used for identification. This fixes responsibility and services to remind one of the transaction. Make up your mind to save yourself from loss by knowing your endorser and requiring identification. Merchants should ask themselves this question: ‘If this check is returned as a forgery,. do I know where I can locate the forger and recover my money?’ Unless the answer to that‘one is ‘“‘yes’’: well, reported \ XMAS TREE FOR THREE SCHOOLS HOOLS Three wctinaal in the western dnd ue of the county united in Christmas — festivities in Grange hall on the eve ning of December 22nd. The schools were Lime’ Kiln, Wolf and Clear . (Creek. Over 300, including students parents and friends, made the affair one of the largest in recent years. Silent living impersonators enact" ed the parts of dead ancestors in the family worship of anci hina, — No. NOTICETO N THE SUPERIOR. © THE STATE, OF CALIF AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEVADA Estate” of In the Matter of the MARTIN ‘VANBERG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by. the undersigned Eleanor C.: Vanberg, as Extcutrix of the Last Will. and Testament of Martin Vanberg, deceased, to the. Greditors of all per-sons having claims: against the said — dec to file them with the necessary Youchere within : months r the first public Pi this notice in the office of th k of the. Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Nevada, or to exhibit them, with. the necessary vouchers (6) months after 3 tion of this notice to t trix at law offices of. 127 Mill Street, Grass /Valley, C: fornia, the same being (her place . business in all matte connec with the estate of said Marte Vanberg. : Dated December 18th, 1944. ELEANOR C Extcutrix of the Testament of Mart ceased. LYNNE KELLY, Attorney_tor Executrix. 2 First publication December 21, 1944. * Dec. 21, 28, Jan 4, 11, 15. GAS COUPONS RUNNING LOW? Banking by pe ag Mail will save Be) N @ _ you gas, tires . a ae and time Iv’ eary to Bank by Mail with Bank of America! This pular . service, spe asec! valuable in wartime, is used by Calikeantion its by mailto either a savingsor checking — account. You can al8o make withdrawals by mail. In fact, many — ae S of your banking transactions can be handled thisservice, When you do business with Bank of Ametica you have the : scvanmges of Siendly peondl deenaue she Sen Sines ia es Hg, own neigh descomplere Banking by Mall cities, Call at any beanich for obenplete infoemation + OF, if ‘more convenient, write or a ia ae ' Dank of America < NATIONAL SAVINGS ASS 4 ON MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION © — eo ERAL RES When all is said and done the eternal] ,quest of human béings is for happi-. ness. Our wish for you-in 1945 is for more happiness—more than you hav ever known before, whether tat be piness be in gainful upati . attainment of some long de Thank you for having rem smbere “us so genecounly during the pat ye