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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

February 3, 1947 (4 pages)

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FUNDS FOR FAIR GRASS VALIEY: Tne 17th Dts‘. trict Agrieu¥iural Aesociation of Ne+ vada County has received a check Tor $65,000 as ite sharé of the July > 1st apportionment of tne state pati. mutual funds allocated “to county jand district faire. The Nevada County Fair directors jare awaiting the completion of a master plan drawn ‘by the State Division of Architecture for the Watt Pack tract of 70 acres which is to he converted to uses of the district Reorganization of the 17th District ' Agricultural. Association taike place February 23rd. U. S. N. Johnson of Nevada City ig president of the board. Loyle Freeman, fair manager, leaves this week for the (California Polytechnic College where he will attend the anwual Western® . . Fairs College, instituted for the pur‘pose of training fair managers. b “of South’ African mee . bridge the gap between his predeseccors, Dr. Char: tes. L. Camp, professor of paleontol‘ogy at the University of California, . gaid today. (Dr. Camp, one of the nation’s leading. paleontogists disclosed ‘details of the object ectives’ of the acientifie expedition now ‘being organizéd at the . University of California under ‘his ‘supervision . to take the Soluth Africa this. summer. The exfield in} will ¢ . Mr. and Mrs. John O'Sullivan ‘9 ee te Aa CE ANAT ARS ATS IN EIR AS AON ENE HAR I RO A LAS ERO 2A RAI A EAN RMT CH. A ANNE i ded P coal bites np EES F from pel. C He said ithe primary purpose of the expedition is to search more thorméns of “map-apes” found recently in “three locations near Johannesburg. From what is now known, Camp stated some of the specimens may he anywhere from. half a million to three ‘million years ola. “Thése specimens are Very provocative’, Camp stated. “From fragments so far recovered there remain . many questions as to how to pi2c> them in the scale of evolution of man and there may still be some doubt that they are man’s ancestors.” Specimens so far recovered were blasted out of limestone caves in mining operations, The scientist< of the expedition will drill into the hard. ¢ rodk to try to récover whole specimens of the man-ape. BIRTH CORNELL—In Grass Valley, Nevada County, January 27, 1947, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cornell, a daughter. ‘ NOVACK—In linet Valley, . Nevaa County, January 25, 1947, to Mr. ANGOVE—In Grass Valley, Nevada County, January 27, 1947, to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Angove, a daughter. MARTIN: In Grass Valley, Nevada County, January 26, 1947, to Mr. and (Mrs. Arthur Martin, a son. HITCHCOCK — In Grass Valley, Nevada County, January 27, 1947,°to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hitchcock, a daughter. Cotitity, January 28, 1947, to Mr. and Mr,. Robert Lewis, a daughter. TRYON—In Grags Valley, Nevada County, January 28; 1947, to Mr. . and Mrs, Howard Tryon, a son. O'SULLIVAN — in Nevada City, Nevada County, January 24, 1947, to : of Grass Vailley, a eon, es, V ' 7 Ae A TRAE A aI n a i < oughly for fossil remains of speci% and Mrs. Albert Novack, a daughter. j LEWiIs—in Grass Valley, Nevada $_ VALLEY NUGGET. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD MAY MIGRATE SOMEDAY BERKELEY: The California redwooed which has migrated from continent to continent like the dinosaur and other prehistoric animals, may someday again “take to the road.” But it won’t happen for several hundred lifetimes, at least, and possibly not for millions of years, says Dr. Ralph W. Chaney, professor of paleontology on the Berkeley campus of the Uneversity of California, in a publication for the Save the Redwoods League. Chaney, who is the world’s leading:. . authority on the redwoods, says fossil records show that about 50 milflon years ago the rediwood lived in Adaska, Asia and BPurope. Due to atic changes the redwood migratod south and is now confined only to Caliornia. Dr. Chandy says that a Chinese NOTICE 10 )0G OWNERS FS 9982 Déby licenses have arrived and are now obtainable at the City Hall, Nevada 2. Dog license fees for 1947 are: $2.00 male and female. SAM HOOPER License Collector. _MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 19 acteiittle: Dr. a ea Hu, peneditty discovered in China three living sequoia like trees which are closely related to California redwoods. This tree,
Meta sequoia once existed in América and fossil remains of it have been The Oregon Caves national oF ment in Oregon, was established President Taft’s 1909. proclamation WE DON’T HAVE EVERYTHING AT ALPHA, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO BOAST We Have the JUICERS ALPHA SEE OUR NEW REMINGTON FOURSOME ELECTRIC SHAVERS MOST} SEE US FOR PYREX cee . PARE IRONS TOOLS ‘Hardware Co. _ NEVADA CITY TELEPHONE 5 _ 8-PIECE SET . SIERRA SRA COUNTY GRASS VALLEY TELEPHONE 88 e . ] . ¥ 170 MEE Mhe directors Placer-Nevaida E meet Sunday aff at 2 o'clock in. t! Highway 40; ne of orga) the coming seas Among the :m' the meeting wil tion of officers date for the op sélection of the open the seabo! diamonds and ti mittee to draw Other matter cussed will be ficial baseball f jured player fun for that fund. ‘Also a, matt be the selectior Jj. B: Pamniini, ville Athletic season played The selection — the board of 4 reports Paulin: ‘either Ioomis An applicati Nevada City ¢ “Jeague for m uit and repre have been inv gion. It is also Cola ‘nine’. of apply for me ‘President C Folsom will p jnig directors . Geo, Haward Giles of Colic bom; Bill Va Charles Perry king of Place aide “aang J. ". . YEA NEV. for 1947 v iety Mond Doris Fole quet was man and . Elme presi with a trib aa speech * American ens for ‘hi George B moving spe Preciation < ented a bog Dermott W Which was e Meluded a Poetic tribu teh work of Wada City $ cael conver ‘Main poi fety’s prog: bows: March 3. Graes Vall Mirs. Robe: April. 7-