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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

January 6, 1950 (8 pages)

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a .door—Dagwood style. “time the wife accompanies ‘the Social ald. __ Mr, Margaret Trivelpiece,. Reporter, Telephone 106 Clb Vows “What Fire Ladies Do When Fire Laddies ~Are Called to Duty The fire bell which summoned the local volunteer fire department to assist in a major Grass. Valley blaze and called a halt to the department’s 87th annual Fireman’s Ball shortly after 1 a.m. New Year’s morning is all in the life of a fire laddy’s lady, according to Mrs. Ted Sigourney, wife of the fire chief and presi-. 9 dent of the ladies’ -auxiliary o the fire department. The fireman’s wife’s response to the first clang of the’ fire bell is just as automatic as the fireman’s, Mrs. Sigourney added, and her principal duty is to clear a path,.hold his coat and open the Many a fireman, but if she stays home and he does not return within a half of an hour she knows it is a serious fire and methodically makes -preparations for his return. These preparations include insuring hot bath water, laying out clean clothes and a pot of hot coffee. Like a doctor’s wife, the fireman’s wife knows he is constantly “on call” and learns to take his abrupt disappearance from a social event in her stride. The New Year’s Eve party at Seaman’s Lodge, which was attended by nearly 200 firemen, _their ladies and guests, was .un“@er: the ‘direction of’ Fire “Chief . Sigourney with Ray Wilde as general chairman. Dinner preceded an evening of dancing. Following the alarm a few couples remained at Seaman’s Lodge to keep the coffee hot for the fire fighters but due to the length of the call the “‘canteen” was moved to the city hall where Mrs. Max Solaro and several other auxiliary members’. served coffee to the returning crew in the early morning hours. 4 Mrs. Grove Wilson Hostess . To the Neighborly Club Annual Christmas party of the Neighborly Club of Harmony Ridge was held last week at the home of Mrs. Grover Wilson. The hostess served a delicious luncheon. The centerpiece of her beautifully appointed table was a sparkling, miniature. snowman on a frosted mirror lake surrounded by Christmas greens. Mrs. Wilson’s daughters, Mrs. Valerie Smith and Mrs. nette Ribal had motored from Stockton to assist in serving. Feature of the afternoon was the distribution of exchange gifts . ’ with Mrs. Leonard Foote, club president, doubling as Santa. The. gaily wrapped packages had been placed beneath a beautiful Christmas tree. Members gathered around the fireplace in the living room and held an informal program of jingles and poems appropriate to the season. Donna and Carla Morgan, the young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan, were special guests who added to the festivity of the happy afternoon. HO, HUM! LIPMANS WIN Clayre and Michel Lipman, Nevada City’s talented writing team, received word of the winning’ of third prize in the fifth annual Ellery Queen detective story contest. The name of the winning ‘aie is “The Walking Corpse’, and is to be published in an early issue of the Ellery Queen mystery magazine. Mrs. Lipman, in addition to being a talented author, is equally adept with culinary utensils and your editor and Don bulged following a New Year’s dinner that would put the ambrosia of the gods to shame. Jean. : Laurel Parlor Prepares For Installation of Officers Laurel Parlor.~No:.6, Native Daughters of the Golden West, at a regular meeting Wednesday evéning, completed plans for the installation of officers Wednesday, Jan: 18. Mrs. Adele. Browning of Columbia Parlor No. 70, Deputy Grand President, will be installing officer. Incoming officers are. Dolores Harris, President; Byrl Granholm, Past President; “Elva Sigourney, First Vice President; Mary Shipley, Second Vice President; Fannie’ Eden, Third Vice President: Effie Goering, Marshal; Thelma _ Butz, Treasurer; June . Kelly, Organist; Nellie Clark, Recording Secretary; Hyacinth Martz, Financial Secretary; Marcelle. Deschwanden, Inside Sentinel; Annie Hallett, Outside Sentinel; Mary Meservey, Minerva’ Wright, Edna McGuire, trustees. Chairman Annie Hooper and her committee have charge of New Year's Party { arrangements for installation. A social hour was held after parlor adjougned. Dutch whist was played and lovely prizes were won by Byrl Granholm, Dolores Harris and Gladys Rockerfeller. ¢ A number of Laurel members are planning to attend installa‘tion ceremonies of Columbia parlor No. ‘70, French ,,Corral, . this . afternoon. . : INSTALLATION suave Joint installation of officers of Neva Rebekah lodge and Oustomah Council, Odd Fellows, will be held Saturday, Jan. 21 in the Odd Fellows hall. Agnes -McCleon and Peter Cole are chairmen of committees in charge of refreshments. Installation had originally been scheduled for tomorrow night. SOROPTIMIST ROUND TABLE Nevada City Soroptimist club held round table meeting at National hotel Wednesday with the president, Miss Vivian Berggren, in charge. ALTAR GUILD TO MEETTirinity Episcopal Altar Guild will meet tomorrow_morning at 8:30 o’clock. Uncle Sam Says You are now at the haif-way mark of this 20th Century. The. past 49 years have witnessed momentous strides in science, medicine, engineering, in short, all phases of human endeavor. These have provided unlimited opportunities for my nephews and nieces, with openings galore for the practice of their skills and inventiveness. In addition, your government offers a simple, safe and sure method which insures future security for home and family through the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds. By enrolling now for the Payroll Savings Plan where you work, or if self-emPloyed, the Bond-A-Month Plan where you bank, you will receive $4 for every $3 in ten short years. Make the 1960’s your goal for that future security. U. S. Treasury Department “213 Commercial Street KEYSTONE MARKET ‘— Phone 67 — NEVADA CITY Exstern Stag Enjoys. B . Members. of Evangeline chapter, Order of Eastern Star, met Tuesday evening. Following the regular business meeting a New Year’s party was enjoyed. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ruth Berggren, Helen Berger, Walter and Catherine Carlson, Alice Davies and George and Ma. bel Ford. The last human sacrifices in the Hawaiian islands_occurred in 1807. Unele Sam Says Planted wisely, the money you have this year of 1950 can be the seed that grows into dreams come true, a harvest of farm or ranch expansion, education for the children or that long vacation trip you’ve wanted. Invest every possible penny in U. S. Savings Bonds, then every $3 you plant today will yield $4 in 1960. ‘Bonds are just as important a part of a well-managed farm as is land, livestock or machinery. With U. 8. Savings Bonds, your financial reserves are in the safest possible form and readily available. Your bank offers a simple Bens-A-Henth Plan for your convenience, U.S. Treasury Beccnes # Pocahontas; Peggy Mlinarich,
:Prophetess; Olaf B. Bjornstal, Powhatan; and Loretta Baldwin, . Holiday Gathering at -. The ‘Walter Butz Home Ponemah Officers to Be Installed January 13 Newly elected officers of pil nemah Council No 6, Degree of ‘Pocahontas, will be installed next Friday, Jan. 13. Mrs. Walter Butz will be in charge of refreshments. Officers elected at a meeting held last week? at the Odd Fellows hall are Anna Belle Brake, Wenonah. m After the business meeting and election the council joined the Redmen of Wyoming Tribe and their families for a Christmas party. Refreshments were served by. Peggy Mlinarich, Goldie Wanamake, Maude Mullins. and Erma Ryason. The Walter Butz home on Nevada street: was_the scene of a family gathering during the holiday season. Guests enjoying the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. H. J Hendricks of Courtland; Mr. and Mrs. James: Campbell and son, Mike, of Courtland; Frank Artz and Charles O’Connor, both of Sacramento; Mr. and Mrs. J ack . Sn@ll and daughter, and Bill, Snell. of Coronado; Merle Butz . and Mrs. Annie Cross of Camp. tonville; Louise Butz and fam-' ily of Reno, Nev.; Walter Butz . ! ang family of Colfax; and Donald Butz of Courtland. HOLIDAY GUESTS Holiday house guests at Arnold Jackson home included Mrs. Jackson’s father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Spilsbury of Fresno and Mrs Jackson’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Larsen of Lomita Park. iness meeting tonight at Gold) at home, Nugget Inn. All members are re-. topics for every-day table talk. ‘from which its gets its water. The Nevada City Nugget, F riday, January 6, 1950 — 5 Hints for Wives “a f —-the English housewife’s guide, first published about 1850.) Never complain that your husband: pores too much over the newspaper, to the exclusion of that pleasing converse wjth you formerly enjoyed with him. Do not hide the paper, bat when the boy leaves it at take it in pleasantly, down ‘before him.: Think what man would be without\a news. paper, and how. much good newspapers have done by exposing bad husbands and bad wives, by giving their errors to the eye of thepublic. When your husband is absent, instead of gossiping or looking into shop windows, sit down quietly, and look over that paper; run your eye over ‘its home and -foreign news; glance rapidly at the accidents and casThe old mule train seems to have clippety-clopped right up to the pool where this pretty miss is enjoying. an outing in California’ 8 winter sunshine. She is wearing a beach ensemble designed in a new embossed cotton fabric by Stephanie Koret. The cotton outfit includes matching shorts and halter, plus a versatile beach coat. ing-articles; and at tea time when your husband again takes up the paper, make. some brief remarks on what you have read, and depend upon it he will put it down again. If he has not read the information, he will hear it all from. your lips, and when ‘you i have read, he will -ask questions lin his turn, and gradually, you =. will get into as cozy a chat as INSTALLATION TONIGHT: you ever enjoyed; and you will (soon discover that, rightly used, Nevada City Fire Ladies will) ‘the. newspaper is the wife’s real ‘holq installation dinner and bus-/ friend, for it keeps the husband and supplies capital questéd to attend and meet in. Next week — Hints for husfront of city hall at 6:30 where . pands. transportation will be provided. . Nathanial Hawthorne enjoyed . ADMIRAL HERE no success as a writer until he . Vice Admiral and Mrs. William was 45 years old. . Glassford of Phoenix, Ariz., were Bese guests at the home. of Col. Boulder, Colo., owns a glacier, !and-Mrs.H J Ray over the New Year’s holiday. No wonder “TOP They’re greater in power—higher in compression—a standout in styling—dreams to drive—and now there’s a Buick beauty for 1950 to fit practically any budget O, we just couldn’t hold whole big Buick line for 1950. They’re too good-looking—too much fun to drive—too jam-packed with stepped-up, higher-compression, ready-to-ramble power—to be kept under cover. So maybe you’ve already seen some 1950 Buicks on the highway. Maybe you’ve noticed the extra “git up and travel” they have—glimpsed the wide, curving windshields (one piece in most models ) —noted, approvingly, that the typical Buick taper is now found in a all Buick fenders. Maybe you've even heard some things.. _ LOTS OF LUGGAGE SPACE, plus a high-fashion rear-end treatment, graces “ “the Buick tourback Sedan models for 1950. This is the ROADMASTER, and * above is the SUPER version of this much-wanted 4-door,. 6-passenger Sedan. theyre calling them CHOIC. Your Key to Greater Value et POWER NEWS WITH A BEAL PUNCH! Here’s just one part of Buick’s three-way power story for, 1950 —the brand-new F-263 valve-in-head straight-eight. Packing a wallop that makes the SUPER a standout performer of the season, here is still higher compression and still greater power , in no greater over2 all size. You'll get back the up in power. and garage. Above all, maybe That there are more than a dozen-and-ahalf models to choose from. That there are three power plants in the Buick line —all of higher compression, all stepped exciting news on price.. That Dynaflow Drive, for instance— standard on ROADMASTER models, optional on all others—now-costs 20% less than on 1949 models. Celler this new engine on all SUPER models, in 124 hp with Synchro-Mesh trans,@ mission, 128hp with Y Dynaflow Drive.* Standard on ROADMASTE optional at extra cost on SOOPER and SPECIAL models. That all models ate big and roomy inside —some rear seats are better than a foot wider than before! —yet in every instance, shorter over-all, so easier to handle, park That in the full line~SPEciAx; SUPER and ROADMASTER series—there is a.Buick to fit practically avery budget above the vary qui lowest! Pisiuied above is the 1950 SuPER 4-door Sedan, one of the new Buick body types for 1950. At your Buick dealer’s are more actual models, the whole story on others. you’ve heard of Hadn’t you better see him—right now— and see if you, too, don’t find Buick “top choice for 1950”? "s GE : * 7 bi “4 Bultk F When better automobiles are built BUICK will build them Phone your BUICK dealer for a demonstration—Bight Now! PAUL VILES COMPANY 120 North ia Street Phone 303 Tune in HENRY J. TAYLOR, ABC ne every Meote evenings ~ : Gras. Valley ‘(Taken from “Enquire Within’: 4 ualties;. carefully scan the. lead, ? ; * ~ res 2 j b ® 4 ~ Cd @ ce Po % ” + oy »