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December 6, 1943 (4 pages)

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MF Page F a {BOY te eer eee a i . Warne OUR IN GLOBAL WAR Corp. Carl Tobiassen— Corp. Carl Tobiassen, son Of Sheriff and Mrs. Tobiassen, is ill in a navy hospital in San Diego. He has deen athletic director and rifle instructor at Camp Mathews, near San Diego for a year. His ear drums were afffected by rifle dischanges and have abscessed. e Capt. Kjeld ‘Netz— Capt. Kjeld Netz, ‘oldest son of . Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Netz of Factory street, is now enjoying a few days in New York. He is a captain in the U. S. Merchant Marine. He has just completed a seven month’s_ cruise which took him to India. Netz was in fights with the enemy submarines and did not take off.-his clothes for thirty days so intense the engagements. Kjeld Netz was born in Norway before his parents came to the United States. He has spent thirty years on the seas. working up from ‘Mess boy to captain of his ship. He Spent six months of last winter at the home of his parents in Nevada City. Louie Netz— : Louie Netz, second son of Mr. and neers = . Williams of Grove street, Mrs. L. Nets, } has been syeuding come . time in training in a camp in Florida where his brother, Alfred is sta-) tioned. Louie was in on the invasion of Italy by U. S. forces two months ago. p Alfred Netz— ?Alfred Netz, youngest son of Mr. ahd Mrs. L. Netz, is instructor for the naval combat demolition unit in Camp Pierce, Fla. His wife resides . mear the camp. The young couple are expected to arrive in this city for aj} New Years visit with his parents. Eddie Meditvera— Eddie McGivern son of’ Mrs. Marie is recovering from a hernia and emergency appendix operation at the local hospital. He went to Sacramento to enlist and was treated for hernia operation when he was taken suddenly ill with his appenidix. Lieut. Bennett, USNR— In a telephone message from New York late last week, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bennett of this city learned that their son, Lieut. Richard Bennett, has been assigned by the: Navy to teach in the Harvard. Naval School that trains officers ini the services of supply. Lieut: Bennett has had more than a year of sea duty. First Lieutenant John Sbaffi— ‘Mr. and Mrs. J. Sbaffi received a letter from their son, First Lieutenant John Sbaffi who is in Italy. He stated he was well but could not te)l them where he was nor what he was doing. John wrote some very intertetera ginny into “super-delux’’ performance! Htidleieinidioieioiioiioios is ' . . GIVE YOURSELF A. “NEW” REFRIGERATOR FOR ONLY $5.85 REFIG-O-MASTER, sensational accessory “‘converts”’ all refrigerators ett RA? Mat Mgt is \? cS ke} sietetotote! gS AR? KEKE EES iH) QS aS 2 MS RA Roel te x SEEMED 2 es AA? Sey) 2 Se WS <a eS Yestestestestestest eafertertetterk ? ras \ A aXe ’ a SAVES YOUR REFIGERATOR—Adds years to life. Cuts operating expenses as much as 25-50%. Prevents costly breakdowns and repairs i ALPHA STORES, Ltd. NEVADA CITY — PHONE 5 sagen ofesafeafente refs Sestesestestestestest eteterlerterle shee aye +>, 2 eS st, Nefolok GRASS VALLEY — PHONE 88 Hdeeeeenies +, and the needs of the country. hope better! thing we call progress bogs down. , Next Year Will Be Different NEXT year will be different. Not only the weather, and markets, » Because next year we're going to do those jobs differently—and we We, whose job is producing goods and services, have been making resolutions like this for years. And we've been !: eeping them! For in our kind of business, you either keep on finding better ways of doing things, or—you go backward! And if enough people do that, the That’s why farmers keep on trying new seed, and fertilizers, and machines, and strains of stock. That’s the reason industry carries on research—another name for a constant search for new knowledge and better ways to do things. Because most of us . this for years, America has-had the highest standard world. And it’s the reason, too, that American production is doing so much today to bring victory _ i After the war, America is going to need more than ever men with the courage and enterprise to invest time, money, and hard work in _ the search for better things. And if America’s producers understand each other, and each other’s. problems, we'll be able to do these all-. important jobs better. General Electric Co., Schenectady, N, Y. a ‘Hear the General Electric radio programs: “The G-E All-girl Orchestra" Sunday10 p.m. EWT, NBC—"The World Today" news, every weekday 6:45 p.m. EWT, CBS. BUY WAR BONDS . ; 61 ; : ERAL@ELECTRIC Our jobs will be different, too. ve been doing ator living i in the . Week end. Mrs. Edith Barnes of Oakland re. ! 4+Grave Bovey of Grass Valley. Funer. Greenwood Cemetery. . Lt. Joseph A. St. Hilaire, 18. Army, June St. Hilaire, Cincinna. ji, Ohio, and Joy St. aged 59 years. Funeral services De. handed down a ‘formal decision in Company, Lid. vs. esting Weitere. while in North Africa . telling of visiting with Italian fam. ilies and the courtesy extended him. . Top Sgt. Joe Sbaffi— Top Sgt. Joe Sbaffi son of Mr. and . 'Mrs. Sbaffi, is now in Australia. Joe . -was in the postal division of the U. . S. government in Hawaii and found /it was too much indoor work. He , transferred to the engineers division Land attended school for a few weeks. . He is in the field engineers. . i day from Medford. Oregon, whore she was called on account of the sudden death of her 65 year old father Saturday. He was killed when, his truck loaded with lumber skidded on the highway coming out of the ‘Crater Lake area to Medford, dying. almost instantly. Mrs. Maxfield is one of nine children, seven of whom are living. The group except (Mrs. (Maxfield are all in the SsefVice of their country. Her twin brother in the Uo Ss. medical corps was “unable to attend the funeral. (Mr. and Mrs. John Lloyd and family have leased the~ Vogelsang place in Blue Tent and wiill reside there this winter. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilde motored to Sierra City recently to visit Mrs. Wilde’s mother and brother. They were accompanied by their nephew, ‘Charles Jenkins of Grass Valley, who ‘Was home for a short furlough from Lowry Field, Colorado. He enjoyed a visit with his grandmother and uncele. Mrs. Calvin White and two sons and mother, Mrs. Dahizell, lef: Thursday for their home in Tonopah, Nevada. They have resided on Boulder street for ten months. Mrs. White’s husbind is in Hawaii and she had hoped to join him. The household furnishings of Dr. and Mrs. A. Bursell were moved by a moving van Thursday evening to Redding. Mrs. Bursell returned two days before 'from a four months stay with a sister who was ill. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brian of Mountain View have purchased the house and lot adjoining the Methodist church on the west,’ffom the Ted Janiss family of Los Angeles. Mrs. has a seventeen year old son who resides with them. Beryl Robinson brought home a ;nice limit of wild ducks and pheasants Friday from the ‘Sacramenio 3rian Mrs. J. S. Maxfield returned .Sun-. : PIONEER NATIVE. SON PASSES * (Charles Ostar Morrill, 77 years of age, of Hollyavood, California, passed away at the Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale, November 27, after an illness of one year. He had been in-ihe sanitarium one week before his passing. Morrill was a pioneer native of the state, having been born in” Yuba County, near Marysville, February 25, 1866, being the third son of F. E. Morrill and wife, Anna, who were among the gold rush pioneers of the state. He spent his early life in Yuba and Nevada Counties; being both farmer and freighter, but moved to Ventura County in 1892 where he joined his father in the general merchandise business! in Montalvo, under the name of F. EB. Morrill and Son, where they conducted the business
for over twenty years. During this time he also engaged im bean and walnut culture in which he was interested until his passing.}His home has been, in Hollywood r: thirty years. Morrill was married in 1896 to Margaret Patterson of Maltalvo, who survives him. The union was blessed with four children, namely Frank of Los Angeles, Mrs. Florence Waldbillig of Long Beach and Mrs. Evalyne Smith of Hollywood. Besides his immediate family, he leaves seven grand children, one great grand child, one sister and two brothers, his sister Los Angeles and the brothers George and Ed'win of the same city. He was a member ‘Nevada City fifty five years ago. : Services were held Tuesday morning, November 30, at the. Little (Church of the Fowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. MAGAZINES FOR SOLDIERS MAY BE There is a big ‘box in the: Nug Office to receive magazines to sent directly to Camp: Beale. So if you have any, any kind, drop them in the box. and they will be delivered directly to the soldiers. There fs a great need for reading matter for Ss 38 Valley area. There were several in. the-party and all had good luck in hunting. Frank Peri who owns ‘property on the Tahoe.Ukiah highway was a’ business-visitor in this-city over the past turned home Friday after a jseveral day visit with her sister and brother in law, Mr. and Mrs.Theodore Nelson. VITAL STATISTICS “BORN RAITZ—In Nevada City, Nevada County, December 4, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ratiz, a daughter. DEATH PHILLIPS—iIyv’ Grass Valley, Nevada County, December 4, 1943, Mrs. Tamazine Phillips, sister of Mrs. Estelle Bovey and Mrs. Birdie Hermule, both of San Francisco, and Mrs. al services December-7,. 1943; Fellows Cemtery. : CALHOUN—In Nevada City, Nevada County, December 4, 1943, John Dave Calhoun, husband of Mrs. Mina Calhoun, father of David Calhoun. U. S. Army and Leslie and Gilbert Calhoun, both of Sacramento, a native of Boulder, Montana, aged 53 years. Funeral services December 7, 1943, in Grass Valley; interment in in Odd DEATH ' ST, HILAIRE — In Nevada City, Nevada County, December 4, 1943, (retired); husband of Mrs. Myrtle St. Hilaire, father of Joseph St.Hilaire ‘Jr. U. Hilaire, Texas, a native of Cincinnati, aged 61 years. Funeral service in Nevada City December 6, 1943. Interment Presidio . . Cemetery, San Francisco. PROCTOR—In Nevada City, Nevada County, December °3, 1943, Israel Ober Proctor, husband of Mrs. ‘Charlotte Proctor, father of Mrs. William D. Case of San Francisco, and Lieutenant Robert Proctor, war prisoner in the Philippines, a native White Sulphur Springs, Montana. cember 6, 19438; interment in the Catholic Cemtery, Nevada City. Decision In Empire Star Suit Rendered Judge George L. Jones Thursday the case of the Empire Star Mines the Department 959-890-218 of Employment, State of California, the boys. They~all have some free time every day but not time enough to leave camp for'recreation so reading is one Of their best diversions. Si-Sofge, secretary of the Ghamber of ‘Commerce and-Elwood Stone of the forest service have agreed te see that the magazines are delivered to Camp Beale so if you havé any magazines drop them into the box at the Nuggt Office. in favor of the plaintiff. The mining company sued the department for the return of unemployment insurance taxes paid under protest upon tributors orcontractors who produced ore for a share in the gold content. The company had filed suits for the past three years each time these taxes were paid and the aggregate amount of the _ several suits for recovery was $1,950.92. Attorneys for the company were Lynne Kelly Grass Valley and Robert Searls of San Francisco. As yet no steps have been taken by the Department of Employment toward appealin'g the decision. Morrill of Montalvo, Clyde Morrill! being Mrs. Ella Miller of’ of the Ventura; Knights of Pytlfias, having’ entered! the lodge as harter member in Se power ___Nevada City Nugget — Monday, December 6, 1943 MARINES GET CHANCE AT DEEP SEA FISHING By SGT. WILLIS C. O’ROURKE Marine . \Corps Combat Correspondent : SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PAICIFIC, Dec. 6.—Pity the poor deep sea game fishermen! With only a few American coastal states permitting the angler to wade off shore, and thén only -with a Coast Guard O K, his lot is hard. Imagine then, if you can, ‘a Pacific island in the heart of sea bass run to 90 pounds and dolphine play. leap frog over your line. Strangely enough, only a few of the men on duty here have fished in salt waters the majority having come from inland cities. These novices, however, are now the most eager of Izaak Waltons.’ Among the experienced the Marines boast of Sgt. Milton K. Cash, of Lyford, Texas, who has been fishing in gulf waters near his home sinée childhood. He is one of the few who can stand the competition offered by the matives living here, particularly at reef fishing. The natives, equipped with fourfoot iron spears and diving goggles, are adept at finding the hunks of swimming rainbows-—fish of four to six pounds—that lurk in the deep recesses of the coral rock. For trolling outside the reef navy launches are used for fishing parties at regular intervals. Forty to 60 pound test lines are used for the sea ‘bass, yellow tail, grouper and bonita. and a heavier ‘line rand shark that abound. is available for the swordfish On one excursion Sgt. Cash and his hehe came upen a school of manta . rays lying atop the water. Two Colt LEFT AT NUGGET OF F i EL tt the] world’s finest fishin€ grounds, where . Bank of America Employees Get Bonus Employees of the Bank of America had been notified* today by L. IM. Giannini, ‘president, that the ‘bank’s board of directors had voted again a special profit-sharing bonus to all salaried officers and employes, bringing to nearly 90 per cent of one month’s salary ‘the total of bonuses voted the staff during the 12 months, For employees with 12 full eontan of service, the special bonus is com-_ puted on the basis of 40 per cent of the November basic salary up. to and including $500 of such salary, and 35 per cent of any portion above $500. These with a shorter period of service will receive a proportionate credit. based on the number of full months employed. Profit sharing bonuses previously voted to emiployees monthly during the year were on the basis of four ‘per cent of all monthly salaries up to and including $500 and two per ‘ent on amounts over $500. A 4 OCTOGENERIAN PASSES ‘John Coad, 80 years of age, who was ‘born and had lived his life in Grass Valley, died yesterday ing at 7:20 o’clock in the (County Hospital. (Coad for many years was teamster and delivery man for the William H. George grocery of Grass Valley. ‘When that firm ceased business he became an employe of the Nevada (County Narrow Gauge Railroad Commany. He leaves a wife, Mrs. J. Coad and two daughters, Mrs. Florence Dunn of Grass Valley and Mrs. Margaret Saunders of Sacramento. Funeral -arrangements are in charge of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary, Grass Valley. H 45 pistols were emptied into one of the bat-shaped creatures without visible damage. Fir-Tex is an insulating board—keeps furnace heat in, outside cold froi coming in, insulates against summer heat. Fir-Tex soon pays for itself. The cost cf he ing a house is small but the cost of heating ali outdoors is incalculable. There is a FirVex terior finish, for ex" base. Investigate 1. . NEVADA COUNTY PHONE 500 insulating, board for inpee coat lag. for a plaster ‘LUMBER COMPANY i] : ‘ : The Pioneer Lumber Yard 244 BOULDER STREET NEVADA CITY ’ ‘Lots of the food aie says: ‘Food is ammunition — it’s fighting for us!” you’ re a= these are lots of thein! Don’t ae ry we folks at home are still getting 75% 15% Gy of all food produced in this country!’” * This advertisement caaielteiad to the war effort by— © Borden Co. ~ H Poiaen S Capital Dairy Co. peace orn-— evada. . See a ere aR Pee