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(E TIME OF YOUR LIFE” PROMISED BY LOCAL
ELAS IN 51ST ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S FEED,
SHOW AND DANCE HERE SUNDAY NIGHT
The fifty-first annual New Year’s Eve party of the Nevada
City Elks Lodge No. 518, will feature a sin-tillating revue, tuned
to the times, entitled “The Time of Your Life,” according to Ed A.
Frantz, Exalted Ruler of the lodge.
The revue is being produced by Frank Stewart and Chet
. Murschel and music is being furnished
by Jerry Austin and his band, who for
Twenty-Third Year,
this event will carry the name of the
“Elks Playboys.”
The two .producers have promised
laughs and songs by a cast which will
include Bob Peterson, Lucy Murschel,
Dorothy Jines, Berniece Gibson, Howard Jones, Mosco Smart, Bill Kohler,
and Betty Rae Waddelow.
George Mathis, Nevada City’s well
known artist, has produced special effects to add to the scenic attractions of
No. 53
SUTTER KIN MAY
SUE NATION FOR
COMPENSATION
IS
BASIS
OF
SUIT
shes
[PIONEER EMPIRE}
“the show.
The producers plan to include old
favorites on the musical program of
Two, Viennese
descendants
Wi
of
Captain John. Sutter, pioneer of
California, whose namesake son
the show and will include Nevertheless,
lies buried in the Pioneer cemeOrange Colored Sky, Down the Lane,
tery of Nevada City, are planning
Ed A. Frantz
Strummin’ on the Ol’ Banjo, and Dixie
to sue the government for ap.
Exalted
Ruler
Land Band.
proximately three million dollars.
Frantz announced the event is in charge of~ Harry Braghetta
Sutter founded Sutters Fort,
and Beryl Robinson, and the evening will start with a banquet which
. ,
became the first white setat 7:30 p.m. The show is slated for 10 o’clock, followed by dancing. tlement on the site of presentVerne Gullickson will dispense noise-makers to Elks and their fay Sacramento, and incident to
guests at the. entrance to the hall.
its development was an associate
The' committee in charge of the event is inaugurating a more of James Wilson Marshall, who
liberal policy toward guests. Previously guests were restricted to prospected for gold in Nevada
out-of-town persons. This year members may bring guests from county in 1848 and discovered
anywhere.
gold at Coloma.
:
Frantz, also released information about the California Elks
Association. major project of a charitable and benevolent nature
adopted this year—a program of aid to children suffering from
cerebral palsy and of aid to other’physically handicapped children.
Frantz said an association committee has been studying the problem of a worthy project for twenty years and had éven created a
sinking fund with which a project could be started. The cerebral
palsy project was adopted at the September convention of California Elks in Sacramento.
. Dr. Edward J. MeCormick, Toledo, Ohio, physician and Elk
who has been. active in cerebral palsy field; said the program needs
call for training of physiotherapists to aid in rehabilitation of patients, erection of modest treatment centers for the care of this
disease and the staffing of the centers with capable workers.
Dr. McCormick said “Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by
injury to the part of the brain that controls the motions of the
individual. The damage may occur’ before, during or after birth
and the great majority of cases are not caused by birth injury as
many people are inclined to believe. Some of these children cannot walk or talk or use their hands well enough to feed themselves
or to dress themselves.”
¢
&
No Traffic Fatalities
Over Holidays Here
Y
May everything
‘wonderful come your way
all through 1951!
%
GRANDSON TELLS OF
BATTLE WITH GOOKS
Sutter’s empire vanished in the
A first hand picture of the odds
faced by American fighting men
in Korea is contained in a letter
received here by Mr. and Mrs.
rapid series of developments following the discovery of gold in
the tail-race of the Coloma mill.
Dr. Andrew de Salza, Santa
T. T. Kirkham, Blue Tent, from
Barbara,
who announced the con
their. grandson, Frank Kirkham,
a tank commander who took part
in the 217-mile retreat during the
last two weeks.
Kirkham’s letter said in part:
MATHIS MARIONETTE
and her nephew; Otto OléxySHOWN IN OAKLAND
templated ‘suit, identified himself
as a friend and agent. of the descendants, Mrs. Emma Seuchter,
Schoenobach. He said she is a
granddaughter of Sutter’s sister,
Mrs, Sarah Sutter Kittinger.
De Salza said the government
in 1914 offered to settle the descendants’ claim for $300,000,000.
The. family was not interested at
that time, he'said, because it had
large holdings in the grand duchy
of Baden in Germany. This was
“Frosty the Snowman,” a giant
“It was not that they had betmarionette, the creation of Jean ter equipment. than we had, but
Mathis,
and
animated
by
her
they had about 10 or 15 times as
husband, George, is delighting many men and more coming all
youngsters of the bay area:in a the time.
display at Children’s Fairyland,
“It is hell when 70 or 80 Gooks
Lakeside park; Oakland.
rush your tank just about bareFrosty, three feet high, alterhanded and all you can do is try
nately kicks his feet, raises his to get them before some wise
right hand and tips his hat while, guy throws a sachel charge’ on
lost during World War II, he addkeeping time by, tapping with a you, That is how they got one of
ed, and the descendants are ready broom in his left hand.
my tanks.
The entire crew
to press the claim.
Frosty will be on display in the jumped out okay but they were
No court action will be taken, Oakland park through Monday. swarmed over and that is about
De Salza declared, until further He is made of papier-mache and all I know about what happened
investigation.
to them.
terrycloth.
De Salza contends that after
“All in all I lost 12 men, seven
Mathis,
in
collaboration
with
Sutter died in 1880 the governmissing—most
likely dead, two
ment paid his sister, Mrs. Kit-: Sven Skaar, recently completed killed for sure and three woundan
illustrated
booklet
on
the
bay
tinger, $3,000 a month for an unarea Fairyland, which is No, 3 ed. They were the best and it
determined period.
of
a series entitled “Trip ‘Teaswas a big loss to me’
Sutter, he said, owned 49,000
Kirkham served with the army
ers.
oF
acres of land in the Sacramento
of occupation in Germany folNumber
1
deals
with
highway
.
valley, granted him by the govShortly
49 from Nevada City to Downie‘lowing World War II.
ernor of Mexico.
after
re-enlisting
he
was
sent. to
No recompense ever was made, ville: No. 2 covers the Sacramento Korea with the:Second division.
river
road
from
the
state
capital
De Salza claims, for the gold ta-'h
ken from the land. during the to Fisherman’s Wharf in San
gold rush of 1849, nor was his Francisco.
Assemblyman Francis C. Lindsay, Loomis, who represents this
area in the lower’ house of the
California legislature, was named
defendant in a civil action filed
Wednesday “in Placer county by
Placer County District Attorney
C. E. Tindall. The action seeks to
recover $5,090.87, Tindall states ©
Lindsay collected for. services
and expenses in connection with
the Upper American river project
during his term as an assemblyman the past two years.
In the suit, filed in the name
of Placer county, the district attorney also asks that Lindsay. be
compelled to pay 20 percent of
the amount collected as ‘damages for the use thereof.”
The complaint states the action
is brought under the provisions
of section 26525 of the state government code. Tindall states both
the posts of assemblyman and
employe of the upper American
river project constitute services
to two state agencies in violation
of the code.
In a second cause.of action
Tindall seeks to collect $515.75
from Lindsay for services to
Placer county on behalf of the
same project during October, November and December, 1948, be
fore Lindsay became an assemblyman. An additional 20 percent
penalty also is asked.
The complaint states this sum
represents money charged to and’
collected from both Placer and
El Dorado countie.
It is charged the amount rép
resents_claims, paid by the coun
Nevada City and the districtyand struck a bank. Pauson said
ties, computed for “identical time
reported no traffic fatalities over someone apparently attempted to
spent: and alleged expenses inthe Christmas weekend—a threesteal the vehicle.
curred.”
A driverless pickup truck endday holiday period that witnessed
The complaint states’ Lindsay
the bloodiest toll of traffic in the ed in Deer creek Wednesday aftwas not entitled to be paid by
nation, with 676 deaths reported. ernoon, when it rolled away from
Placer county because he had
Several minor accidents were its parking space in front of the
been compensated for the identireported to: authorities in this National hotel, sideswiped anothcal time spent and expenses iner parked pickup, struck a post
area.
curred in El] Dorado county.
Melvin McGuire, 23, Nevada in the Standard service station
The suit also sets forth that on
City, was arrested by Deputy on its way.
Oct. 4, 1948, the board of superNumber
4
is
tentatively
schedSheriff Arthur Pepper Sunday on
Everett T. Treffren, Blue Tent, ownership of the land recognized
visors employed Lindsay to asa California highway patrol wardriver of the truck, said he had after California became Ameri. ’ uled to cover: the Lake Tahoe
sist in filing applications for watarea.
rant charging him with hit and parked it while he went into the can, soil,
er, power and storage rights on
run and reckless driving.
National hotel. Treffren thought
Dr. Vernon W. Padgett, Nevada the waters to be impounded in
According to CHP, McGuire perhaps the emergency brake recounty health officer, is newly the Upper American River Prowas the driver of an automobile leased. The pickup. of W. R. Peelected vice president of Placerject, set the rate of compensation
which left the highway Saturday ters, parked in front of the Hot
Nevada-Sierra County Medical at $2.50 per hour, and his milenight and sheared off a power Mill, received a damaged rear
Association.
age at eight cents.
pole, wrecked a row of mail fender.
It says Lindsay was appointed
Also serving during the year
The names of seven Nevada
Pfc Earl F. Rose, son of Mrs.
boxes and crashed through fence
Workmen from Car] Ivey’s gacounty youths who were inductLouis Rose, Camptonville, was a will be Dr. G. D. Tipton, DeWitt executive secretary-manager of
into Glenbrook Gas storage yard. rage required five hours and two
ed into'the army last Friday just member of the 127th Engineers, state hospital, new president; and the: project on Dec. 8, 1948.
Pepper -said McGuire drove tow trucks to remove the truck
With the complaint are filed
in time to spend Christmas in a part of the force that liberated Dr. Thomas Rossitto, Auburn,
away before officers arrived. He from the creek. The truck was
supporting documents covering
the service, were released for Pyongyang, North Korea, before secretary.
was released after being served heavily damaged.
Dr. William Miller, Auburn, is all amounts of the individual
publication this week by Mrs. it was de-liberdted by the Chiwith the citation.
A three-car collision at the inDorothy Stevens, clerk of the lonese Reds.
to attend the state convention as claims in question, both in El
Two cars were damaged early tersection of York and Commercal selective service board.
Rose is a machine gunner in delegate, with Dr. Harry March, Dorado and Placer counties.
Tuesday when a.car driven by cial Wednesday afternoon snarled
Lindsay qualified as assembly-,
They are John Charles Vaugh-. company A of the engineer unit Grass Valley, named as alternate.
William A. Peard, 38, Nevada traffic, resulted in property daman, Nevada City; Carl Richard
man from the sixth. California.
assigned to the 187th Airborne
City, crashed into parked car of age, but no personal injury.
district on Jan.3, 1949.-He was
Forrest, Herbert Odell Hutchison, Regimental Combat Team.
ROBERT S. OGDEN, 70
Norman Harries on West. Broad.
The three-car crash involved Douglas Wayne Greeley, Grass
On Oct. 20, Pfc Rose made ‘a
Robert Shannon Ogden, 70, nare-elected, to the office at the
Peard told city police he was on vehicles driven by Mrs. June SeeValley; Fred Arthur Clark, North parachute jump behind enemy tive of You Bet, and resident ‘of June, 1950, primaries, and is to
away to work in Grass Valley berg, Blue Tent Road; Mrs. June San Juan; John Thomas Rublin,
lines in the Sukchon area to cut Nevada City, died yesterday at start his second term next month,
when the accident occurred.
Harlan, Route 1; and a parked John Allochis, Truckee.
off North Korean Forces in the Nevada county hospital. Funeral
Sunday. morning a car operated car belonigng to Francis J. Corin,
Mrs. Stevens said the next in. Pyongyang sector. Rose also parservices will be held at 2 p.m.,
by Ed C. Gary, Colfax’ highway, Grass Valley. Corin was cited for duction call is for 20 men to: re‘ticipated in the Kumpo Peninsula tomorrow at Bergemann Funeral
took out eight feet of railing on illegal parking.
port Tuesday, Jan. 9.
campaign.
Chapel.
eastern approach of South Pine
street bridge. Police said Gary
Nevada City high school ard
apparently had a. front wheel
elementary school will resume
Jock.
‘}classes Wednesday morning, acA car registered to. John Harcording to Ed Frantz and Bruce
old :*Pauson, Stockton, was damForeman, principals of the two
aged when the car ran down Neschools.
vada street, crashed into a tree
Gold Flat school will resume
classes Tuesday morning, accord-'
ing to Henry Nines, principal.
DR. PADGETT OFFICER
OF MEDICAL GROUP
SEVEN INDUCTED FROM CAMPTONVILLE YOUTH
DISTRICT LAST FRIDAY ENTERED PYONGYANG
a
LOCAL SCHOOLS RESUME
CLASSES WEDNESDAY
COUNTY HOSPITAL
THANKS YULE DONORS
Nevada county hospital staff,
through Superintendent Charles
W. Veale, expresses appreciation
for entertainment and gifts furnished by various groups during
the Christmas season.
Among them are Trinity Episcopal church choir, women’ of
North San Juan, Laurel Parlor of
Native Daughters of the Golden
West, Ponemah Council of De
gree of Pocahontas, Homé
»
*
NEVADA COUNTY FAIR
BUILDING UNDERWAY
A $120,000 exhibit building for
the Nevada county fair is sched
=~
church, choir of Bethel church of
une Valley, Sweet Adeline club,
s Valley Methodist church
r, and the boxes of home
cane candies, cookies and fruit
for @ach bedside table supplied ;
by the Farm Bureau groups.—
orities.
*
The Weather
Fred Bush, observer _
The above original sketch by George Mathis, Nevada
struction wasPie Lawrence Carter of Nevada City. The
City artist, depicts the partially completed home of Bob
Paines moved into the home yesterday. Plans for the
and Ruth Paine, who are among our comhmunity’s most
home were started June 25, two days before the Korean~
popular couples. The home, located at the city limits on
war started, and with Bob’s contact with the spiraling
Zion street, is of redwood frame construction, with an
prices. of the ‘past six months, he a staunch Republican,
interior of gumwood veneer. This is the first unit of a — has given considerable thovge soward:bey sincud controls —
me home that will ‘eventually consist of five rooms. Coneee
ee
. .
Boyd said work could be pats :
ed by June 30 provided there —
are no delays due to defense pri.
De
partments of Forest Springs, Nevada City, Peardale, Penn Valley,
Grass Valley Cornish Choir, the
women of Nevada City Methodist
uled to go out for bid, according
to announcement this week State Architect Anson Boyd in
Sacramento.
Friday, Dec. 22 ...
Saturday, Dec. 23.
Sunday, Dec. 24
Monday, Dec, 25