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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

December 4, 1944 (4 pages)

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NEVADA CITY NUGGET IN PACIFIC COMPANY. an5 that it’s trucking subsidiary Pac-. ‘the freight franchise of Nevada ‘Trucking Agency and. Nevada ‘Company as of Decemc sramento, . he and Colfax ada City and the intermedWITH OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN GLOBAL WAR Edward J. Hurley— WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITALY, Private Edward J. Hurley, whose wife ,Mary, lives ow Route 1, Ouwstomah Road, Nevada City, has been cited by his armored infantry battalion of the 1st Armored Division and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual participation in combat against the enemy with Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army in Italy. Standards for the badge are high. The decoration is awarded to the in‘}fantry soldier who has proved his fighting ability in combat. The handsome badge consists of a silver rifle set against a background of infantry ‘blue, enclosed in a silvér wreath. Will €. Kennedy— . Two letters written November 14 and 21 were received by Mr. (Mrs. Ira Kennedy from their son, . William C. Kennedy«now in England. Parts of*the letter are as follows: Dear Mom and Dad, Teceived your letter today and its good to hear from home. I went to an Eng‘lish hospital. Do not know how long I will be in ft. I am not feeling so badly as yet but they will kill’ me off with hot tea and milk, served about eight times a day. The nurses are very nice and also the sisters treat me kindly in England. The weather is fine for a few days. (He gave no explanation of his illness to his parents.) Well, just a -few lines ine to say I got out of the hospital yesterday, but don’t feel too good yet. I may go ‘back if I don’t feel better in a week or two. By the way. I got and, your gifts today, and also/a big letter. I put the gifts in my field bag . for Christmas. It looks like rainday and I-am not working too hard. night. This week I went to a show. ter and gift.Bill Laird— 1 . The last dogs he saw were on an is/iding up his share among the other W'young grandchildren are left $100 ‘ei mated at $4.600. Bill Laird, U. S. marine on board . . Paul Jurkovich a letter last week jatating he had been in on the bombardment-of Leyte with the Seventh U. 8. Fleet. It was his mother’s first letter_ in eight weeks and in this letter he stated hgshad received mail the first in six weeks, but it was due to war operations. He sent his mother Jap money, letter head, bulletins, wrapper of electric light globe. Bill said while it was nice to be on board ship it would be good to be able io . pét a dog or even kick up the earth. jJand in the South Pacific and no one ‘Was permitted to pet the mangy looking creatures. . Roy Granholm— Roy Ghanhoim son of Mr. -and . Mrs. Ed Ghanholm of Gold Flat, sent and gone back ‘on the firing lines. 0 Nee Foes ore nnd atts 5 trenuoue time in knee deep mud continuous rain bis group were nest area. They were quartered . hetel im a small city for a rest att recreation. He had receivetters and. four pactnsen. A Usrey— ll Dsrey who és with the JU. S. in the Philippine war zone, sutfered eritical burns on his arms and. ly according to a letter written Be eee oF Ne soon. ‘Was moved to a hospital shiv. name of his ship was not given military reasons the chaplain % ff strtl iy Hat . Will Is Filed . The will of the late Martin Vanberg, mining man, wags filed Friday by his daughter Miss Elanor C. Vanberg, named as executrix_in the instrument. Bequeathed to four sons is $1000 each, and to the daughter $1,000 and. the house and furniture, where the family lived on Grove Street, Nevada City. » The four sons, to whom legacies are left are Roy F. H. Warren, Martin .H. and Robert D. Vanberg. The latter is in’ the U. S. Army and pro-« visions is made in the will for divheirs in event he fails to return. Two each. Listed among the properties lett by the decedent is $1,064 in U. S. warrants and the Arctic Mine in the South Yuba Rover canyon above . Washington, 17 miles east of this Hct: The value of the mine is estiI sat. up from seven until four last . Will keep a lookout for brothers le<-. of a ‘battleship, sent his mother, Mrs. . ) __ MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 194 —t PERSONALS Frank Perri who moved in from . Ukiah . his home upon the Tahoe highway for the winter, three weeks ago, was down town for the first time Saturday. to his back and has been confined
to his room most of the time. Gomer Hopkins of Nimrod street, who has been quite ill with an attack of flu the past week was aible to be down town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pearce and daughter of San Francisco enjoyed a week end visit here with his’ sister . and brother in law, Mr. and Mrs. J. Jackson. 8 . Eddie Powell and mother left Wednesday for Los Angeles to spend some time there on business. ; Bill ‘Hatch, seaman second class, has written his grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Young that he had received many: letters and a number ot Christmas packages. It was his first mail in a few weeks evidently his group had eben in action in the Pacifie war zone, daring that time. Mrs: Nance tame who has been ill in a locAl hospital for three weeks, was well enough to return to her home the latter part of last week. ‘Banner Mt. Post, VFW Auxiliary held* a most enjoyable meeting Thursday evening and ballotted.on a -!eandidate. Refreshments were enjoyed at. the close of the meeting. Mrs. Charles Meyers of San Francisco enjoyed the past week in Nevada City and was a guest ‘at the National Hotel: She is an artist of note and has visited this city and other pioneer towns along the Mother Lode making sketches of early day buldings. She sketched the rear of the Ghidotti buildings on Sacramento Street and it is now on exhibit in San Francisco. BANK ASSURES SERVICE MEN some ee ". OBS WAIT THEM . Virtually all staff members of th Bank of America now in the arme forces want to return to the bang when their military service is com pleted, according to their response to questionnaires from the bank, . A pamphdet is now being ma to the men, answering many point ‘brought up bye their responses, newing the bank’s pledge that reig ‘statement awaits them on their turn and informing them their seq iority hag been preserved as sery ce with the bank dates back to origina employment, including time spent the armed forces. Some of the men showed concen over what would happen to wome tellers who had been their wail replacements. The pamphlet revea! that many of these women intend % go back to homemaking, but stag also that as increased activity is @ pected, requiring a larger staff before the war places will be ayai able for those returning as well ¢ those now on the staff who wish } make banking their permeneaia cupation. ¥ As to salary, the men are assur} of generous treatment, with consi eration given to salary received 4 leaving, length of service and ex ience in the armed forces, prey ing salary seales at time of retul and responsibilities of the positigl to which the men are assigned. . Mount St.Mary’s Academy . dents and faculty at their own -bé rally here, purchased $1850 wor of war ‘bonds. ‘A feature of the ral was a showing of battlefront movg Hy Lieut. Elmer Rickard, and se geants Earl Wallace and— Lawrel Kent of Camp. Beale. a single food transfer. The handy cover keeps food warm or serves ed a separate pie, "SAVE — WITH THIS WITH an ordinary beking dish you lose precious foal every . time you transfer it to a serving dish. You lose again from serv. ing dish to storage dish. And you lose more when it's warmed _ _over and served up again. You probably lose at least a full help4 ing. But see how you: save with this Pyrex Double Duty casserole! You bake, serve, and: stor¢ all in the same dish!:Yo even reheat leftovers in it and use it again for serving: without _ "FLAVDR-SAVER” PIE, PRATE Poot lar i hae _ to ice Rap ya : design with dlearglass: handles «40 sae 45 . Notice convenient glass hate © i dies! Bakes perfect layer cakes: ~ erdoubles for meat, and other baking. Washes easily. A pair makes a lovely 35° Hardware, Household Eeene ee Vener ALPHA STORES, Ltd Supplice, Sporting Goods . Phone & Nevada €@ ‘NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY “THE PIONERR LUMBER YARD” BUILDING MATERIAIS (244 Boulder Street Telephone 500