January 9, 1947 (4 pages)

OW BTSES &TR a Vol. 21, No. 3 THINKING OUT By H. M. b. . Genator Barkiley’s plea for a ‘‘dying man” found a response in the ‘new Republican Congress. Bilbo wig it off for two months with pay, before his case comes up for final decision He left Washington full of fighting talk and went’ to Florida. It ig reported he has an uncurable By and lange thia was probably _ the wisest coutse for the Republican “majority. It would be a pity to slow’ np the Républican program: of much needed legislation for “The Man,” probably the most intellectually impoverished representative of poor white trash that ever came to Congress, He had none of -the robust * wickedness of Huey Long and as a, “villian attained only a stature a litthe higher than one of his native altogators. Imagine if you can Bilbo's collecting funds for a southern Baptist church and sinking them in his own iniqiities, President Truman’ 6 address on the state of the Union was his usually folksy Dest, but carried no deep conviction. It was a good business-like epeech before a Republican controlted congréss which means to be busimess-like. What he had to say about management and labor generally conforms to Republican ideag on the subject, and is:a far cry from his proposal, at one time in the midst of a strike, to draft labor and force it to work in peace time. There was nothing brilliant’ about the speech because there is nothing brilliant about Truman or his advisors. In California Govenor Warren rewerts again to health insurance as one of the goals this.state:showldattain. Tis proposal was in general terms. Whether the bill, annareontly to be intro? --? will overcome “me ot the objections to the first one or not, is to be determined. Sincé that first attempt failed the medical profession has begun to do something; ebout health insurance itself. If it can make its plan-work effectively we are against any more taxes nipped from wages. We prefer to think that every wage earner. knows best what to do with his own earnings. State health insurance is another step toward paternalism, an assumption that a state commission, or a_state oligarchy is wiser than the ‘people ‘themselves. We still believe in ‘spite “of hell and high water, that the bese * Boverned people is the least governed. Regarding roads, which is presently to become the subject of a special session of the legislature, we are for big improvements, even if it means more taxes. However, we hope it will be linked up with a comprehensive plan for public ainports throughout the state, for there is every reason to think that in a very short time, a large part of California’s Population will take to the air, thereby relieving the highways. of geome of their traffic. There is the same, or even a more intimate relation, between highways and airports, that there is between highways and sea ports. An air part can be almost anywhere, and there are only occasional sea ports along our coast. JUDGE SNELL DECREES YEAR IN JAIL. FOR TRUCKEE NEGRO NEVADA CITY: In his first for-mal court: session Judge James Snell yesterday sentenced John. Epperson, who pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon a fortnight ago, to one year in the county jail. ion, a Negro railroad worker, attacked another Negro in their room in Truckee with a pocket knife, inflicting several severe wounds. Thefceremony marked the joint instalMaack followed an argument over # game of cards. ee ‘alifornia Hydraulic GRASS VALEY Fo Meet January Meeting of the California Hydramilic Mining Assotiation will take place Sunday in the Freeman Hotel in _ Auburn, ‘There will be the usual one o'clock Preceding the meeting to fbich all members. are intited. At ® Seurton opening ot 3.9. m. pans} discussed. — NEVADA CITY The County Seat Paper reau at Sacramento. _ Predicting clear, Fletcher. called attention to. the Wednesday. Explanation of the strange weather for December and Janmary, which hag been warm and dry in-stead of cold and wet, is basically. n. “inversion. of -temerature.” . Ordinarily, the temperature decreases ‘as the altitude increases. However, Fletther stated, with the bank of cold fog that has been lying over the Sacramento Valley, and the ss gen in this area, the fog bla acted as a reflector and changed the wave. length of the sun’s rays, increasing the temperature in thig area. ack of ‘rainfall, according to Fletcher, may possibly be based on a ‘swing to a cycle of dry years, though this is not a factor susceptible to long range prediction. : And instance of the inversion of temperature is shown in the comparison of temperature at Blue Canyon, at 1500 feet, and at Sacramento. Last Saturday, morning when the temperature at Sacramento was only 32 degrees, the temperature at Blue Canyon was 60. degrees. In recent days the bank of fog over the valley hes been hanging at about 1600 feet, es Meteorologist ‘Pretchor is well ‘known to Nevada City; having made trips to this area to secure a volun-teer weather man to report rainfall and temperature here. He broadcasts a’ weather forecast every day except Saturday and Sunday over Station KINBK, Sacramento at 12:10 p. m. SANITARIUM ENDS 36 YEAR — SERVICE INFVADA CITY: Miss Elizabeth Watson, who with Miss Laura Mary Peterson, hag owned and operated the Nevada City Sanitarium for 36 years, announced yesterday that the institution would be closed at once. ‘Misses Watson and Miss Peterson opened the sanitarium on Coyote Street in 1910. During that period she estimates that 3000: babies have” been born there,.and thousands of w=patients have come and gone. The two women are held in high affection an esteem in both Grass~Valley and Nevada City. Their many quiet charities and kindnesses to people without means who sought hospital facilities. are -well known. In 1920, Miss Watson built addi‘tional rooms to her hospital and installed a modern surgical room. Until late years hers was the only hospital, except the county hospital, m thig city. Foes ELEMENTARY BASKETBALLERS TO PLAY MARYSVILLE NEVADA CITY: The elementary echool basketball team will play the Marysville elementary school team at Marysville tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. The growp may remain at (Marysville to see the high school game tater in the day. The grammar -school basketballers will be wearing their new red and white uniforms. ODD FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS GRASS. VALILEY:. An isenrduviee lation ‘of officens of Union Encampment and the subordinate lodge of Odd Fellows in the LOOF Hall last Thursday evening. Eldredge—in Grass. Valley, Jan. 3, to Mr.-amd Mrs. Charles Eldredge of. Hornbroow, a daughter. . ~Tobert—In Grass Valley, January 3, to Mr, Grass Valley, a daughter. yc gene Grass. Valley, Jan. : . bruises sulffered when Sybile an Mrs. L. D. Tobert.of ee 2 aoe January 2, 1947, Le y Edgar “Fh . Weather Busunny weather for the 1 rest of the peer warm, dry spell Nevada Coun; ty enjoyed from December 2 to 22 and the second clear period at the beginning of this month, which still was. in evemencs . TWO IMPORTANT. MEETINGS ON BPHC CALENDAR GRASS -VALLEY: Mrs. Marie E, trict,, Business and Professiona} ‘Women’s Clubs has announced two important: meetings of interest. lo the members of the organization in ‘Grass: Valley and Nevada City. The first meeting will take place at Fresno on Saturday and sinteyit January 11th and 12th. The meeting ‘will be a State Board. of Directors (Meeting, of which Mrs. Williford i a member. The headquarters will be at the Hotel Californian with a dinner meeting at 7 p. m. with John E. (McDowell, Labor Relations Counselor, as the principal speaker. The second important meeting will take place at Marysville on. Saturday night, January 18th as part of a two day winter conference. Mrs, Williford has obtained an outstanding speaker for the banquet meeting Hotel ‘Marysville. ‘The “speaker ‘will? \be Xenia Zytomirska, M. A., Attache and Cultural Representative of the Polish Emibassy on the west coast who will speak on “Poland Today.” Mrs. Zytomirska is a membet of the Polish Writers Association, Editor of the “English Reader’ and ‘an instructor in English in theState Schools and College in Warsaw. She has also published two volumnes of verse an a novel, The speaker had a varied and exciting. war period. As a member of the Polish underground she was present at the siege of Warsaiw in 1939 and witnessed the triumphant Polish and Russian march into Berlin in 1945. The objective of her work in speaking before various clubs is to tablish strong cultural ties between Polish and American peoples in the fields. of literature and music and with the help of U: S, service organizations to work continuously for world peace. Mrs. Williford expects a large delegation from Nevada City and Grass Valley to attend the meeting. DRAGOLICH HIT BY AUTO, FAULTY BRAKES CAUSE GRASS VALLEY: George Dragolich, business agent of “a Culinary Workers Union Monday was recovering from vontusions and deep M. (Cummins, driving a car, collided with him on the Marysville Highway west of this city. Dragolich stated that he had got-‘ten out of his car to view an over-turned car on the highway, he saw the approaching car, thought the driver was turning and the next thing he knew he was being. carried in ambulanice to a doctor’s office. The Highway Patrol Office stated that Mrs. Cummins had been ¢ited because of operating her car with faulty ‘brakes. She had been unable to stop. Dragolich figured in a recent as-sault and kidnaping ease in which he was assertedly beaten up and kidnaped by Thomas O’Dea, local scapegrace, and one George Griffiths. Gilbert-Gross—In ‘Nevada City, ; Sareea Gthet 23, Grass Sauanaannaaatemaeee NEVADA . CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA . METEOROLOGIST FLETCHER EXPLAINS FREAK WEATHER IN snPXQDA ET The tae wt tthe lk today in a special interview for the Nugget Fletcher, Meteorologist in charge of the U. Williford, President Northern Dis: . SE _ NEWSPAPER. ~ MONDAY ‘AND THURSDAY DR.D. LHIRSCH ELECTED HEAD Grass VALILEY: Dr. Daniel ri Tirsch, a long time enthusiastic mem‘ber and last year’s vice presdent, was yesterday elected president of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce ‘by the Board of Directors. ‘Louis Hartman ‘was elected vice president. and Brooks Hartman treasurer for 1947, Ray Kronemeyer twas again appointed executive-secre-tary. i Installation of the new officers will take place at the January 21st meeting of the chamber in ‘the evening. The guest speaker for the an-. nual evening dinner meeting will be Bar] Reynolds, assistant manager of the United States Chamber of Com ᠀氀洀攀爀攀攀Ⰰ Western Division who has chosen as this subject, Activities. The Board of Directors for the coming term are Brooks Hartman, Larry.Meyers, Wesley Donnenwirth, Organization i Jack Furneaux, Vernon StoM, Don Richards, Dr. O. F. Lang, Gilbert Tennis, William Stinson, Parl Caddy, Lawrence Englefield, Del Powélh i Ingalls and. Dr. Daniel L. SNELL HOSKINS — ARE WELCOMED TO NEW OFFICES NEVADA CITY: Flowers, fiashlight photographs, and a lange and admiring delegation from Town Talk made a gafla occasion of the at swearing in at noon sake of Jam-. es 8. Snell. as Judge of the Superior ‘Court. The ceremony in which County-Clerk R. N. MeCormack ad-ministered the oath, took place in the judge’s sumptuously furnished chamber. Among the Town Talk residents present to see the new judge sworn in were Mrs. James $. Snell, John Townsend, William Wasley, Hayden Beechtel, photographer, Miss Mary Meservey, Mrs. Harold Deeter, Mrs. G. N. Kitts, Joseph Tredennick, Charles Kitts and LeRoy Kitts. A num-ber of county’ officials, including Supervisor Cary S. Arbogast and Deputy County Clerk Ralph. Deeble were also present. Judge Snell was photographed as MeCormack administered the oath and with Mrs. Snell. ‘Newly-elected Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins received the keys of office from out-going Sheriff Carl J. To-diassen at noon Monday. Gifts were presented by courthouse officials and stafifs to Tobiassen and Undersheriff William Woods, as well as deputies Carl Larsen and. George De Soto. New deputies in the sheriff's office are Arthur Pepper, Percy Watters, with Harold Hodson inTruckee. DRIVER ESCAPES WITH LIFE AS TRUCK PLUNGES OVER BANK GRASS VAULEY: J. W. Lash, truck driver, who. resides at Hotel Golden in -this city, narrowly escaped death when he leaped from his cab in the nick of time to escape going down a 300 foot declivity with his truckload of lumber. He was coming out of the South Yuba River Canyon on Highway 49 when suddenly the wheel turned in his hand; he stated, and truck auproached the bank. He leaped, an truck and its valuable load of 500 feet of lumiber went over. ———. ANOTHER LUMBER TRUCK GOES OVER THE BANK — GRASS VAILULEY : A lumber loaded truck and trailer west ‘bound, piled ‘up the ‘@itch near Dew Drop Inn on Highway 49 shortly after noon yesterday. The spilled hum/ber blocked *half of the. ‘highway width. Investigation ‘by . plete rol . indicated that hurt there was blood in the cab. The . wil patrol stated that he had NEVADA CITY: A on “Youth Recreation” will be held in the recreatign hall of the Methodist Charch y nighf, according to Rev. J. W. Moore, movement to provide more adequate recreation. for Nevada City youth was started by a committee of the Methodists Women’s Christian Service Society. A steering committee made up of Mrs. Louise H. Goode, Mr. John: M. Lewis, Mr. Ed Frantz and Mre. Ward Sheldon, has been working on a rePort of possible ways of beginning a youth recreation program here. Lewis thas had extensive training in this field, including the dir-— ectorship of Tulare’s ‘Recreation Center, which he founded and developed. He has worked out a report that wij be used as a springboard for the Friday night. disoussion.” The report includes possible goals for future attainment as wll as more immediate aims. His report follows. here: GENERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANNING A YOUTH PROGRAM Seleet a location that can be utilized as a youth oe esa: a space not veed for. . yth ng. elge,. 0 second choice might ’ hatl “or regularly to accomodate a scheduled . wogtenl "Have organized youtit re with adult ‘advisors (preteralbly se-} it lected ‘by the youngsters themselves) . 1 make plans and take steps to furnish . 4 or equip the selected location. After . : to success that all members of one time or another be appointed or elected to’ serve on committees. A well coordinated organization. can put on dances, shows, contests, les, carnivals, sell ‘home ‘baked goods, handicraft and in many other development of their center. For identification, if the club idea be picked and identification cards, the group decides upon will add to the cohesiveness. Representatives of the Nevada City youth group whether they be exclusively. teen agers or not should be sent along with an adult advisor or two to the state youth club conventions. They are wonderful afffairs completely devoted .to the improvement of the youth clubs. All activties should be turned into the news-papers without fail and when a radio Station is a reality in this vicinity, time should be secured. The group should take an active. interest in the city as a whole as it is a mutual inyoungsters that. will make the program a balanced one. Only with enthusiastic intelligent leadership and}. ae er ure succeéd. There are hundreds of highly successful youth groups, throughout the groups that will be glad to , send their experienced representatives to assist in organizing a lasting youth ‘club here in Nevada City. It ig pos-. — sible that the idea of a club or youth approach in this community. If not. outlets ag wholesame ment. entered into in a city wide recreation, program. ‘The organization for : tion of youth elites ies et the Nevada City . ‘former district governor . which extends from . Woodland to the auditorium that would be available. 'T a youth group has been organized. _ ‘and officers elected, it is imperative Nevada raf. is selected, a clever club name should . . badges, bracelets, pins or whatever}. terest between the parents and the) ' state and many concerned advisory . , group may not be the most popular. _ there are other possible methods of . . giving the youth of the community. entertain. Athletics: of all types are of: me : . terest to both boys and girls and are this direction, however, would: entail ‘NEVADA CITY: This ioumiae is to have a Lions Club; as a. result — of the enthusiastic organ izatéonal dinner meeting held Tuesday night at the Deer Creek. Inn. Charter nighty at which the clr> ‘or~-"ln becomes part of the Intern-tion®: 1 Ae tion of Lions €iriss, will be held atthe ‘National Hotel, Wedneetey, January 16th. Officers elected at the organisa tional meeting «were Harry. a president, LeRoy: Kitts,. “viee “prea dent, Harley Leete, Jr., temporary secretary, Edwin Stephens, treasurer, Daniel Henry, Lion-tamer, w. Wesley Perey, tail-twister. Directors are John Brown, Stanley Wright, Gme-— tav Dimmen and Gilbert Schuldt. — Other charter members of ‘the new club are: Omat J, Melton, Richer@ Kennedy, Leland Gon, Michael Berta, J. L. Strickland, lige netig liams, Charles Gordon, Thomag R. Bowles, Keith MagDonald, Herold Deeter and William French. The Tuesday might meeting at the Deer Creek Inn wag opened inform-— ally by L. R: (Bob) Jefford, Inter= national Counsellor who’ acquainted — the new members with the general — purposes of Lions. Clubs. Jefitord. ig” top Lion exetutive for District 4A, northern border of ‘California. Jeftord ‘introduced Robert © Se gram, president of the Gra'ss Valley. Lions Club, who offered to the . chapter the: lo eae counsel ef Harry Clayton, srehaene of City Lions Club is a member of the Arbuckle. Liong ¢ He is a et eo associated with: no : ways sponsor the improvement and! .°.< GRASS VALLEY? Suen, “Dorie ° ey of Nevada City was chosen dent of the Nevada Count: Society Monday at the ann ing in the GrassValley Mibr: succeeds Elmer Stevens of the G1 re ‘Valley high. ‘school taeulty. ee Stevens was elected vice pr and Mrs. Belle — 8 treasurer. ; Mrs, Foley will be installea in fice at a aie? r pos

OW BTSES &TR a Vol. 21, No. 3 THINKING OUT By H. M. b. . Genator Barkiley’s plea for a ‘‘dying man” found a response in the ‘new Republican Congress. Bilbo wig it off for two months with pay, before his case comes up for final decision He left Washington full of fighting talk and went’ to Florida. It ig reported he has an uncurable By and lange thia was probably _ the wisest coutse for the Republican “majority. It would be a pity to slow’ np the Républican program: of much needed legislation for “The Man,” probably the most intellectually impoverished representative of poor white trash that ever came to Congress, He had none of -the robust * wickedness of Huey Long and as a, “villian attained only a stature a litthe higher than one of his native altogators. Imagine if you can Bilbo's collecting funds for a southern Baptist church and sinking them in his own iniqiities, President Truman’ 6 address on the state of the Union was his usually folksy Dest, but carried no deep conviction. It was a good business-like epeech before a Republican controlted congréss which means to be busimess-like. What he had to say about management and labor generally conforms to Republican ideag on the subject, and is:a far cry from his proposal, at one time in the midst of a strike, to draft labor and force it to work in peace time. There was nothing brilliant’ about the speech because there is nothing brilliant about Truman or his advisors. In California Govenor Warren rewerts again to health insurance as one of the goals this.state:showldattain. Tis proposal was in general terms. Whether the bill, annareontly to be intro? --? will overcome “me ot the objections to the first one or not, is to be determined. Sincé that first attempt failed the medical profession has begun to do something; ebout health insurance itself. If it can make its plan-work effectively we are against any more taxes nipped from wages. We prefer to think that every wage earner. knows best what to do with his own earnings. State health insurance is another step toward paternalism, an assumption that a state commission, or a_state oligarchy is wiser than the ‘people ‘themselves. We still believe in ‘spite “of hell and high water, that the bese * Boverned people is the least governed. Regarding roads, which is presently to become the subject of a special session of the legislature, we are for big improvements, even if it means more taxes. However, we hope it will be linked up with a comprehensive plan for public ainports throughout the state, for there is every reason to think that in a very short time, a large part of California’s Population will take to the air, thereby relieving the highways. of geome of their traffic. There is the same, or even a more intimate relation, between highways and airports, that there is between highways and sea ports. An air part can be almost anywhere, and there are only occasional sea ports along our coast. JUDGE SNELL DECREES YEAR IN JAIL. FOR TRUCKEE NEGRO NEVADA CITY: In his first for-mal court: session Judge James Snell yesterday sentenced John. Epperson, who pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon a fortnight ago, to one year in the county jail. ion, a Negro railroad worker, attacked another Negro in their room in Truckee with a pocket knife, inflicting several severe wounds. Thefceremony marked the joint instalMaack followed an argument over # game of cards. ee ‘alifornia Hydraulic GRASS VALEY Fo Meet January Meeting of the California Hydramilic Mining Assotiation will take place Sunday in the Freeman Hotel in _ Auburn, ‘There will be the usual one o'clock Preceding the meeting to fbich all members. are intited. At ® Seurton opening ot 3.9. m. pans} discussed. — NEVADA CITY The County Seat Paper reau at Sacramento. _ Predicting clear, Fletcher. called attention to. the Wednesday. Explanation of the strange weather for December and Janmary, which hag been warm and dry in-stead of cold and wet, is basically. n. “inversion. of -temerature.” . Ordinarily, the temperature decreases ‘as the altitude increases. However, Fletther stated, with the bank of cold fog that has been lying over the Sacramento Valley, and the ss gen in this area, the fog bla acted as a reflector and changed the wave. length of the sun’s rays, increasing the temperature in thig area. ack of ‘rainfall, according to Fletcher, may possibly be based on a ‘swing to a cycle of dry years, though this is not a factor susceptible to long range prediction. : And instance of the inversion of temperature is shown in the comparison of temperature at Blue Canyon, at 1500 feet, and at Sacramento. Last Saturday, morning when the temperature at Sacramento was only 32 degrees, the temperature at Blue Canyon was 60. degrees. In recent days the bank of fog over the valley hes been hanging at about 1600 feet, es Meteorologist ‘Pretchor is well ‘known to Nevada City; having made trips to this area to secure a volun-teer weather man to report rainfall and temperature here. He broadcasts a’ weather forecast every day except Saturday and Sunday over Station KINBK, Sacramento at 12:10 p. m. SANITARIUM ENDS 36 YEAR — SERVICE INFVADA CITY: Miss Elizabeth Watson, who with Miss Laura Mary Peterson, hag owned and operated the Nevada City Sanitarium for 36 years, announced yesterday that the institution would be closed at once. ‘Misses Watson and Miss Peterson opened the sanitarium on Coyote Street in 1910. During that period she estimates that 3000: babies have” been born there,.and thousands of w=patients have come and gone. The two women are held in high affection an esteem in both Grass~Valley and Nevada City. Their many quiet charities and kindnesses to people without means who sought hospital facilities. are -well known. In 1920, Miss Watson built addi‘tional rooms to her hospital and installed a modern surgical room. Until late years hers was the only hospital, except the county hospital, m thig city. Foes ELEMENTARY BASKETBALLERS TO PLAY MARYSVILLE NEVADA CITY: The elementary echool basketball team will play the Marysville elementary school team at Marysville tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. The growp may remain at (Marysville to see the high school game tater in the day. The grammar -school basketballers will be wearing their new red and white uniforms. ODD FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS GRASS. VALILEY:. An isenrduviee lation ‘of officens of Union Encampment and the subordinate lodge of Odd Fellows in the LOOF Hall last Thursday evening. Eldredge—in Grass. Valley, Jan. 3, to Mr.-amd Mrs. Charles Eldredge of. Hornbroow, a daughter. . ~Tobert—In Grass Valley, January 3, to Mr, Grass Valley, a daughter. yc gene Grass. Valley, Jan. : . bruises sulffered when Sybile an Mrs. L. D. Tobert.of ee 2 aoe January 2, 1947, Le y Edgar “Fh . Weather Busunny weather for the 1 rest of the peer warm, dry spell Nevada Coun; ty enjoyed from December 2 to 22 and the second clear period at the beginning of this month, which still was. in evemencs . TWO IMPORTANT. MEETINGS ON BPHC CALENDAR GRASS -VALLEY: Mrs. Marie E, trict,, Business and Professiona} ‘Women’s Clubs has announced two important: meetings of interest. lo the members of the organization in ‘Grass: Valley and Nevada City. The first meeting will take place at Fresno on Saturday and sinteyit January 11th and 12th. The meeting ‘will be a State Board. of Directors (Meeting, of which Mrs. Williford i a member. The headquarters will be at the Hotel Californian with a dinner meeting at 7 p. m. with John E. (McDowell, Labor Relations Counselor, as the principal speaker. The second important meeting will take place at Marysville on. Saturday night, January 18th as part of a two day winter conference. Mrs, Williford has obtained an outstanding speaker for the banquet meeting Hotel ‘Marysville. ‘The “speaker ‘will? \be Xenia Zytomirska, M. A., Attache and Cultural Representative of the Polish Emibassy on the west coast who will speak on “Poland Today.” Mrs. Zytomirska is a membet of the Polish Writers Association, Editor of the “English Reader’ and ‘an instructor in English in theState Schools and College in Warsaw. She has also published two volumnes of verse an a novel, The speaker had a varied and exciting. war period. As a member of the Polish underground she was present at the siege of Warsaiw in 1939 and witnessed the triumphant Polish and Russian march into Berlin in 1945. The objective of her work in speaking before various clubs is to tablish strong cultural ties between Polish and American peoples in the fields. of literature and music and with the help of U: S, service organizations to work continuously for world peace. Mrs. Williford expects a large delegation from Nevada City and Grass Valley to attend the meeting. DRAGOLICH HIT BY AUTO, FAULTY BRAKES CAUSE GRASS VALLEY: George Dragolich, business agent of “a Culinary Workers Union Monday was recovering from vontusions and deep M. (Cummins, driving a car, collided with him on the Marysville Highway west of this city. Dragolich stated that he had got-‘ten out of his car to view an over-turned car on the highway, he saw the approaching car, thought the driver was turning and the next thing he knew he was being. carried in ambulanice to a doctor’s office. The Highway Patrol Office stated that Mrs. Cummins had been ¢ited because of operating her car with

faulty ‘brakes. She had been unable to stop. Dragolich figured in a recent as-sault and kidnaping ease in which he was assertedly beaten up and kidnaped by Thomas O’Dea, local scapegrace, and one George Griffiths. Gilbert-Gross—In ‘Nevada City, ; Sareea Gthet 23, Grass Sauanaannaaatemaeee NEVADA . CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA . METEOROLOGIST FLETCHER EXPLAINS FREAK WEATHER IN snPXQDA ET The tae wt tthe lk today in a special interview for the Nugget Fletcher, Meteorologist in charge of the U. Williford, President Northern Dis: . SE _ NEWSPAPER. ~ MONDAY ‘AND THURSDAY DR.D. LHIRSCH ELECTED HEAD Grass VALILEY: Dr. Daniel ri Tirsch, a long time enthusiastic mem‘ber and last year’s vice presdent, was yesterday elected president of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce ‘by the Board of Directors. ‘Louis Hartman ‘was elected vice president. and Brooks Hartman treasurer for 1947, Ray Kronemeyer twas again appointed executive-secre-tary. i Installation of the new officers will take place at the January 21st meeting of the chamber in ‘the evening. The guest speaker for the an-. nual evening dinner meeting will be Bar] Reynolds, assistant manager of the United States Chamber of Com ᠀氀洀攀爀攀攀Ⰰ Western Division who has chosen as this subject, Activities. The Board of Directors for the coming term are Brooks Hartman, Larry.Meyers, Wesley Donnenwirth, Organization i Jack Furneaux, Vernon StoM, Don Richards, Dr. O. F. Lang, Gilbert Tennis, William Stinson, Parl Caddy, Lawrence Englefield, Del Powélh i Ingalls and. Dr. Daniel L. SNELL HOSKINS — ARE WELCOMED TO NEW OFFICES NEVADA CITY: Flowers, fiashlight photographs, and a lange and admiring delegation from Town Talk made a gafla occasion of the at swearing in at noon sake of Jam-. es 8. Snell. as Judge of the Superior ‘Court. The ceremony in which County-Clerk R. N. MeCormack ad-ministered the oath, took place in the judge’s sumptuously furnished chamber. Among the Town Talk residents present to see the new judge sworn in were Mrs. James $. Snell, John Townsend, William Wasley, Hayden Beechtel, photographer, Miss Mary Meservey, Mrs. Harold Deeter, Mrs. G. N. Kitts, Joseph Tredennick, Charles Kitts and LeRoy Kitts. A num-ber of county’ officials, including Supervisor Cary S. Arbogast and Deputy County Clerk Ralph. Deeble were also present. Judge Snell was photographed as MeCormack administered the oath and with Mrs. Snell. ‘Newly-elected Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins received the keys of office from out-going Sheriff Carl J. To-diassen at noon Monday. Gifts were presented by courthouse officials and stafifs to Tobiassen and Undersheriff William Woods, as well as deputies Carl Larsen and. George De Soto. New deputies in the sheriff's office are Arthur Pepper, Percy Watters, with Harold Hodson inTruckee. DRIVER ESCAPES WITH LIFE AS TRUCK PLUNGES OVER BANK GRASS VAULEY: J. W. Lash, truck driver, who. resides at Hotel Golden in -this city, narrowly escaped death when he leaped from his cab in the nick of time to escape going down a 300 foot declivity with his truckload of lumber. He was coming out of the South Yuba River Canyon on Highway 49 when suddenly the wheel turned in his hand; he stated, and truck auproached the bank. He leaped, an truck and its valuable load of 500 feet of lumiber went over. ———. ANOTHER LUMBER TRUCK GOES OVER THE BANK — GRASS VAILULEY : A lumber loaded truck and trailer west ‘bound, piled ‘up the ‘@itch near Dew Drop Inn on Highway 49 shortly after noon yesterday. The spilled hum/ber blocked *half of the. ‘highway width. Investigation ‘by . plete rol . indicated that hurt there was blood in the cab. The . wil patrol stated that he had NEVADA CITY: A on “Youth Recreation” will be held in the recreatign hall of the Methodist Charch y nighf, according to Rev. J. W. Moore, movement to provide more adequate recreation. for Nevada City youth was started by a committee of the Methodists Women’s Christian Service Society. A steering committee made up of Mrs. Louise H. Goode, Mr. John: M. Lewis, Mr. Ed Frantz and Mre. Ward Sheldon, has been working on a rePort of possible ways of beginning a youth recreation program here. Lewis thas had extensive training in this field, including the dir-— ectorship of Tulare’s ‘Recreation Center, which he founded and developed. He has worked out a report that wij be used as a springboard for the Friday night. disoussion.” The report includes possible goals for future attainment as wll as more immediate aims. His report follows. here: GENERAL SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANNING A YOUTH PROGRAM Seleet a location that can be utilized as a youth oe esa: a space not veed for. . yth ng. elge,. 0 second choice might ’ hatl “or regularly to accomodate a scheduled . wogtenl "Have organized youtit re with adult ‘advisors (preteralbly se-} it lected ‘by the youngsters themselves) . 1 make plans and take steps to furnish . 4 or equip the selected location. After . : to success that all members of one time or another be appointed or elected to’ serve on committees. A well coordinated organization. can put on dances, shows, contests, les, carnivals, sell ‘home ‘baked goods, handicraft and in many other development of their center. For identification, if the club idea be picked and identification cards, the group decides upon will add to the cohesiveness. Representatives of the Nevada City youth group whether they be exclusively. teen agers or not should be sent along with an adult advisor or two to the state youth club conventions. They are wonderful afffairs completely devoted .to the improvement of the youth clubs. All activties should be turned into the news-papers without fail and when a radio Station is a reality in this vicinity, time should be secured. The group should take an active. interest in the city as a whole as it is a mutual inyoungsters that. will make the program a balanced one. Only with enthusiastic intelligent leadership and}. ae er ure succeéd. There are hundreds of highly successful youth groups, throughout the groups that will be glad to , send their experienced representatives to assist in organizing a lasting youth ‘club here in Nevada City. It ig pos-. — sible that the idea of a club or youth approach in this community. If not. outlets ag wholesame ment. entered into in a city wide recreation, program. ‘The organization for : tion of youth elites ies et the Nevada City . ‘former district governor . which extends from . Woodland to the auditorium that would be available. 'T a youth group has been organized. _ ‘and officers elected, it is imperative Nevada raf. is selected, a clever club name should . . badges, bracelets, pins or whatever}. terest between the parents and the) ' state and many concerned advisory . , group may not be the most popular. _ there are other possible methods of . . giving the youth of the community. entertain. Athletics: of all types are of: me : . terest to both boys and girls and are this direction, however, would: entail ‘NEVADA CITY: This ioumiae is to have a Lions Club; as a. result — of the enthusiastic organ izatéonal dinner meeting held Tuesday night at the Deer Creek. Inn. Charter nighty at which the clr> ‘or~-"ln becomes part of the Intern-tion®: 1 Ae tion of Lions €iriss, will be held atthe ‘National Hotel, Wedneetey, January 16th. Officers elected at the organisa tional meeting «were Harry. a president, LeRoy: Kitts,. “viee “prea dent, Harley Leete, Jr., temporary secretary, Edwin Stephens, treasurer, Daniel Henry, Lion-tamer, w. Wesley Perey, tail-twister. Directors are John Brown, Stanley Wright, Gme-— tav Dimmen and Gilbert Schuldt. — Other charter members of ‘the new club are: Omat J, Melton, Richer@ Kennedy, Leland Gon, Michael Berta, J. L. Strickland, lige netig liams, Charles Gordon, Thomag R. Bowles, Keith MagDonald, Herold Deeter and William French. The Tuesday might meeting at the Deer Creek Inn wag opened inform-— ally by L. R: (Bob) Jefford, Inter= national Counsellor who’ acquainted — the new members with the general — purposes of Lions. Clubs. Jefitord. ig” top Lion exetutive for District 4A, northern border of ‘California. Jeftord ‘introduced Robert © Se gram, president of the Gra'ss Valley. Lions Club, who offered to the . chapter the: lo eae counsel ef Harry Clayton, srehaene of City Lions Club is a member of the Arbuckle. Liong ¢ He is a et eo associated with: no : ways sponsor the improvement and! .°.< GRASS VALLEY? Suen, “Dorie ° ey of Nevada City was chosen dent of the Nevada Count: Society Monday at the ann ing in the GrassValley Mibr: succeeds Elmer Stevens of the G1 re ‘Valley high. ‘school taeulty. ee Stevens was elected vice pr and Mrs. Belle — 8 treasurer. ; Mrs, Foley will be installea in fice at a aie? r pos