June 16, 1941 (4 pages)

a mele stipe ery SET OT™ « ee a. hes od . oOo. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per qe ee PE RUD oe Cae ae Di cow a ay, oe ER. py Ne i aN: pu pateesie Ss Biers ay ada City Nugg Fp ale Ab PN es0 4k bas REE a Dinara chs >. Soyapr Ded reser a / a ' Garetns This paper gives you complete } — coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your month friends, your neighbors, read y COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nugget. spe = ceili A a rT SS -ET TATE Vol. 15, No. 48. The County = Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIF ORNIA, The Gold Center _ MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1941. Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. ' We have ‘been criticised -for referring to communists as ‘red rats.’”’ There is a more dignified word for tthem, said the critic. True, there is. But they who use ' the word so often to voice their own disapproval of upstanding Americans who refuse to conform to the gag rules of the organizations which they have taken over, will perhaps understand that word sooner than another. These rodents have ‘taken shelter in our democracy from the tortures, imprisonment and sudden death, which the communazes of Europe. visit upon the subversive! These burrowers and gnawers, these germladen and flea-bitten sappers of the national integrity, make a citadel of the Constitution of the Uni-’ ted States! How shall they be halted except by driving them into -the~ daylight, except by holding them up ito public execration-and contempt? : But we do feel that the tide is turning against these wretched in. grates. The fact ‘that it:might have been turned sooner, if: the President had so desired, or even. if the (power-drunk labor leaders had been literate enough to read the handwriting on the wall, is all water that has gone over the wheel, When two of the national CIO leaders turn on their red—-¢cohort's, drum them out of the labor camp, brand them with the _ red “C”’ of communism, we know that ‘those labor leaders are scared by the storm that they themselves invoked when they called all subversives to march under the CIO banner. The CIO is now readly to fburn the bridge it crossed over on. Red Esau is condemned to wander in the wilderness again. — This upheaval in ‘the ranks of labof itself, we ‘believe marks the turning point, at least, in our defense preparations, and, it may be, ‘in the building of the labor structure: A ‘new order” for labor, in which ‘‘common honesty’ will again becom a motivating force, is perhaps rising over the horizon. In this new order which really is the old fundamental order of civilization, labor unions shall perhaps become legal entities, responsible for damage done to innocent third parties, governed by the same laws that govern ‘corporations and individuals, constrained to keep their eontracts even as the rest of us must keep our contracts. In this new order for labor organizations, the membership will, perhaps, resume control of their anions by ‘those democratic processes which govern ‘their country. Usurpation of authority, abuse of power, and dominance of seditious and destructive philosophies, cannot be checked except by the constant vigilance of an alert and intelligent membership. This is, of wourse, 'true in the larger fied of national and local politics. It may be 'that we read too much into this purge which the CIO jeaders are attempting to make. When we noted Red Harry Bridges and the unspeakable’ waterfront thug, Curran, at the head of the CIO purge list our enthusiasm welled high. The old world is righting itself again, we thought? . (Under the pressure of public opinion expressed by thousands of newspapers and, to some extent by the sterilized radio, patriotism is winning against the class ‘bitterness which the Presi-dent for eight years, has so industriously fostered. It is too early to “ell whether the Frankenstein created by the New Deal will destroy it, or whether in the stern necessities of war, the New Deal will destroy its Frankenstein. But surely there is hope that tthe thinking people of this nation will instinctively return to the ‘principles that made.’ this nation the most humane and progressive, richest and the most powerful on the planet. For this is a nation in which those who labor with skilled hands own more automobiles, eat better and more . Rainbow Girl Advisors sor are pictured ‘above. At the left is a ing Miss Henwood the gavel. The new Advisor of the Nevada City. Rainbow Girls and her predecesMiss Joyce Henwood, recently installed Advisor to succeed Madeline Bettles, who is shown at the right hande school. The fire guard school will be day. guard school will be conducted un-, der the supervision of Guerdon Ellis, . Tahoe National Forest Supervisor, and Ernest L. Baxter, assistant sup“ervisor. Tahoe Forest rangers and staff members will act as the training school, held an{ nually to teach es fire guards, look. Guerdon Ellis. outs and suppres‘sion crews the proper methods of i controlling and fighting fires. . The courses of instruction will be -as follows: Keeping of diaries, map reading, The conference of rangers and fire’ _ Tahoe Ranger Conference Opens Today; Fire Guard Training School Wednesday A conference of rangers of the Tahoe National Forest opened today at the Millér Ranch near Camptonville. through tomorrow, followed by the start of the The conference will continue annual guard training held Wednesday, Thursday and Ffifire strategy, lookout training, dispatcher training, tools, patrolmen, training, fire prevention, law enforcement, pack stock, use of all tools— line building and working as a crew, Work Expected To Start July 1 OnN.C. Airport _ Financial obstacles in the path of the Nevada City Airport improvement were cleared when the city council at its meeting last Thursday . night appropriated $2,000 for the project. . . Guerdon Ellis, president of the local chamber of commerce and sup-; ervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, . said an agreement between the forest service, which has agreed to supervise the work and to provide the machinery for the job, and the city will probably be drawn up within the, next week or ten days. . Ellis said it is hoped work on the airport will start by July ist, even though equipment for the _ project may be difficult to get. Routine road maintenance work and the loaning of equipment fo defense purposes has resulted in a shortage of machinery for such a project. It is’ proposed to eliminate. a “hump” in the middle of the airport and improve the run-ways, ‘thereby making the local airfield.meet governmental requirements. Dwight Steeles To Make Future — Home In Oakland ~ Attorney and Mrs. Dwight Steele left Nevada City during the Wack! t Two Held For Investigation Into Stealing Federal Securities Here SECRET SERVICE AGENT ENTERS INTO PROBE OF BURGLARY Two Nevada City young men are being held in the county jail here for investigation while authorities continue their probe into the stealing of $250 worth of government securities from a local apartment. The two held in the county jail here ose Chad Baker, 21, and Ernest Kistle, 19. Civilian Defense Counsel For This City Is Selected An ordinance creating a Nevada City Civilian Defense’ Counsel was . adopted by the city council ait -its special meeting last Thursday night. The purpose of the defense council will be to coordinate activities within the city government and to stimulate public interet in defense activities, public safety, health and ‘welfare and to plan for major disaster program. The council is composed of Mayor Benjamin Hall, chairman, City Councilman, Irvine ‘Seaman; Robert Nye, J. R. Ivey and Frank Davies; City small crew fires and mop up, camp, end to make their future ‘home in; Clerk George Calanan: Chief of Poboss training, radio training, fireman Oakland, where Steele will be con-/ jjce Max Solaro, Fire Chief Luther reports, crew boss and section boss’ nected wih a law firm. training, fire danger. rating, small fire problems. and why small fires become large. The instructors will include the following members of the Tahoe National Forest staff, Supervisor Ellis, Assistant Supervisor Baxter, Beardsley, Lewis, Hodgson, Snider, Meggers, Land, Chat‘field, Everhart, E. Stone, Joy, Wheeler, Dickey, Rafferty, Delaney, Williams, N. Stone, O’Neal, Bucknell, Toccalini, Simmons and H. Davis. to the proper physical, mental and m Besides circulating the petition among. parents, the kindergarten proponent. have left petitions at various places in the business district for the convenience of parents whom the will be unable to contact and who desire the establishment of the school. Such a petition is available at The Nugget office. The petition reads: “We, the undersigned, are resi-, dents of the Nevada City Unified School District and have children. between ithe ages of four and one: . half years and six years and desire { that facilities be placed within the; Nevada City Unified School District, to enable the children to attend kind-. ergarten. There being no facilities! for kindergarten at the present time and iit being our earnest opinion that. such a grade in the school is beneficial to the proper physical, mental and moral development of the children, we urgently request that the member of the Board of Education for the ‘Nevada City Unified School District. establish a kindergarten in connection with the Nevada City Elemtary School.”’ Spends Weekend Here— Leonard (Pop) Johnson, former. local resident, now employed at Mare Island, spent the weekend in Nevada City. He was accompanied by his fiance, Miss Kathryn Soule, San Francisco private secretary. The Johnson-Soule marriage is scheduled to take place during the next weekend in Reno. than all the rest of the world’s food, own more and better homes, workers combined, Drive Starts For _ Kindergarten Nevada City proponents of a kindergarten for children between the ages of four and one-half years and six years today began the circulating of a petition requesting the Nevada City Unified School district establish such a school. Mrs, Charles Everhart is the leader in the movement to establish a kindergarten. She points out ithat such a grade in the school is ‘beneficial LE Pohtey. oral development of the children.’’ THURSDAY SET AS SWIM POOL OPENING DATE Nevada City youngsters who have ‘been anxiously awaiting the opening of the swimming pool will have to wait until Thursday before they can take theif first plunge of ‘the year. The lifeguard problem was solved by the city council last Thursday night with the appointment of Ronald Garwood but because of the necessity of making quite a few repairs at the pool and because of the unsettled weather there appeared no likelihood of the pool. opening before and! The departure of the popular cou-! ‘ple causes extreme regret in this’ . city, where they have both been act'ive in social and civic life. . Steele was a director of the local! chamber of commerce and took an! active interest in every event spon‘sored by that body. He also served as a scoutmasier and was president of the Nevada City Ski Club. SOLDIER ASKS OLD NEV. CITY PALS TO WRITE. King City, Calif., June 12, 1941 Nevada City Nugget, Dear Editor: I have lived in Nevada City during the years 1934-26, and have went to Nevada City High School. I have been in the army for four years. I have’ soldiered up at Benecia Arsenal until March, from there I went to Ft. Lewis, Wash. At the present time I am on war maneuvers at King City. We are out in the wilderness and I got to thinking of the old gang. I am yearning for them to write to pass away the time, Bill Sharpe, Bertha Kelly and Eva. Ray Dent and Bill Dent. Please. put this letter in the paper and send me a copy. Hoping to hear from several soon. _ Yours truy. Pfc. Edward M. Hodges, 80th Ord. Co. Ret. 80th Ord Co. Det. A, IP. O. No: 404. King City, California. T George Leiter Granted Special Letters In Chas. Leiter Estate Superior Judge George L, Jones Thursday. The appointment. of Garwood by} the council followed lengthy eopsid~. eration. Other applicants for the-position were Donald Bosworth, William, Wilfred Joyal, Floyd, ‘Ruth and Elmo Williams. Garwood stated in his application he .has had previous experience in cleaning the pool and had passed life-saving tests. He will be assisted in 'the management of the pool and in the handling of the concession by his mother, Mrs. Clyde Garwood, who has had previous experience in that line of work. Garwood will receive $100 per month in addition to the money derived from ‘the concessions. Hampton Lashbaugh and _ Verle Gray of this city were Downieville . visitors today. has made an order granting George L. Leiter, brother of Charles Leiter, who died a week ago, special letters of administration of the latter’s estate, The petition sets forth ithe deceased left personal property not exceeding $2,000 and real estate not exceeding $1,000. The special letters of administration was asked because of used cars the deceased had in his “possession at the time ofhis death. It was set forth the used cars would depreciate in value if they were not disposed of immediately. RETURN FROM CONFERENCE Rev. and Mrs. David Ralston of the local Methodist ‘Church have returned from the Methodist conference held during the last week, Donald Murphy spent the weekend in Sacramento. ° Marsh; Superintendent of Herbert S. Hallett, Guerdon Sam Hooper, H. M. Leete, Garrison and Tom Arden. GARDEN CLUB TO HEAR VISITOR Mrs. W. K. Cates of Sacramento, district chairman of flower shows and exhibits in California Garden Clubs Inc., will be the speaker at the meeting of the Nevada City Garden elub when it meets tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. W. Hoge on Pine street. * Since many of the members are planning to exhibit flowers or arrangements at county and state fairs this fall, an instructive talk on this subject will be most welcome. Each member is urged to bring a guest. Tea will be served at the close Streets Ellis, Fred of the meeting. A short tour of Ne-, vada City gardens is planned for the Sacramento visitor. Legal Technicalities Delaying Hydro-Electric. Plant Construction Cleared C. W. Haffy of ‘Colfax, new president of the California Hydraulic }Mining Association, presided over the meeting of the organization in Au‘burn Saturday afternoon for’ the first time. Frank Bonner reported at the meeting all legal technicalities delaying the erection of the $1,000,000 hydro-electric plant at .the. Upper Narrows Debris Dam near Smartville have been cleared and work is to start immediately on the project. It was brought to the attention of the association Placer County proposes to tax mineral rights on property where there is separate ownership for the mineral and_ surface rights. A. H. Turner and R. W. Waterman were named on a committee to! the proposa and report; from his home in San-Juan about six investigate back at the next meeting of the organization. State Selective Service Director Confers With Merle Morrison Here Brigadier: General Joseph Donovan state director of selective service, conferred with Merle Morrison, clerk of the Nevada County Selective Service Board, here Saturday. Donovan discussed with Morrison the plans for the new selective service registration on July 1st, when all those who reached the age of 21 since 'the first registration last October 16th, must register. Morrison informed: General Donovan all was in readiness in Nevada County for the July 1st registration. Charles Rich was in Nevada . day afternoon to Of $250 In CHARLES RICH Secret Service Investigator City yesterday in connection with the investigation. The burglary came to light when an attempt was made to cash the bonds through private. parties. The securities were U. . S. Postal Savings Bonds: The local police department, . headed by Chief of Police Max . Solaro and the office of Sher: iff Carl J. Tobiassen began an \Immediate investigation and inotified Secret Service Agent No charge has been placed against Baker or Kistlie, pend_ . Ing rurther investigation of the case. KLEE, FISCUS AND RUITTER RESIGN POSTS The resignations of Vice Principal Ceci Klee of the local. Elementary School and of Clarence ‘Fiscug and Ivey Adele Ruitter of the High School faculty are in the hands. of the Nevada City Board of Education. Klee announced he has accepted a position as principal of a school in San Mateo and both Miss Ruitter and Fiscus have accepted posts in the Sacramento school system. Previously Miss Ruitter had secured a year’s leave of absence to attend Mills College but resigned when the Sacramento position was offered. The leaving of Klee, Miss Ruit‘ter and Fiscus makes four Nevada ‘City teachers who have resigned to. accept positions elsewhere Two weeks ‘ago Miss Mildred Severtson resigned , to become home economics instructor at the Santa Cruz High School. San Juan Carnival: Attracts Large Crowd North San Juan’s 27th annuat Cherry Carnival came tto a suceessful conclusion with a dance last night ‘at Twamley Hall. One of the largest crowds in the history of the carnival attended the ‘two day celebration, Free cherries were distributed to ‘all visitors to the community. Many . former residents made the occasion a home-coming event. North San Juan Man Dies In Hospital Here George Fletcher, 65, a resident of North San Juan, died in the Nevada County hospital today. The funeral services will. be made by the Holmes Funeral Home of this. city. Fletcher was ‘taken to the hospital . { months ago, NEW SKI CLUB PRESDDENT Walter St. John was named Satursucceed Dwight Steele as president of the Nevada City Ski Club. The election was held at the picnic of the ski club members. at White Cloud. Superior Judge George L. Jones has granted Lois LeDuc a final decree of divorce from Louis LeDuc, Jr., and awarded custody of the three minor children to Mrs. LeDuce. Earl Johnson and son have left for Susanville to make their home, Johnson is employed as an accountan the Mountain Transit Compan: Susanville.

a mele stipe ery SET OT™ « ee a. hes od . oOo. The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per qe ee PE RUD oe Cae ae Di cow a ay, oe ER. py Ne i aN: pu pateesie Ss Biers ay ada City Nugg Fp ale Ab PN es0 4k bas REE a Dinara chs >. Soyapr Ded reser a / a ' Garetns This paper gives you complete } — coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your month friends, your neighbors, read y COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nugget. spe = ceili A a rT SS -ET TATE Vol. 15, No. 48. The County = Paper NEVADA CIT Y, CALIF ORNIA, The Gold Center _ MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1941. Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. ' We have ‘been criticised -for referring to communists as ‘red rats.’”’ There is a more dignified word for tthem, said the critic. True, there is. But they who use ' the word so often to voice their own disapproval of upstanding Americans who refuse to conform to the gag rules of the organizations which they have taken over, will perhaps understand that word sooner than another. These rodents have ‘taken shelter in our democracy from the tortures, imprisonment and sudden death, which the communazes of Europe. visit upon the subversive! These burrowers and gnawers, these germladen and flea-bitten sappers of the national integrity, make a citadel of the Constitution of the Uni-’ ted States! How shall they be halted except by driving them into -the~ daylight, except by holding them up ito public execration-and contempt? : But we do feel that the tide is turning against these wretched in. grates. The fact ‘that it:might have been turned sooner, if: the President had so desired, or even. if the (power-drunk labor leaders had been literate enough to read the handwriting on the wall, is all water that has gone over the wheel, When two of the national CIO leaders turn on their red—-¢cohort's, drum them out of the labor camp, brand them with the _ red “C”’ of communism, we know that ‘those labor leaders are scared by the storm that they themselves invoked when they called all subversives to march under the CIO banner. The CIO is now readly to fburn the bridge it crossed over on. Red Esau is condemned to wander in the wilderness again. — This upheaval in ‘the ranks of labof itself, we ‘believe marks the turning point, at least, in our defense preparations, and, it may be, ‘in the building of the labor structure: A ‘new order” for labor, in which ‘‘common honesty’ will again becom a motivating force, is perhaps rising over the horizon. In this new order which really is the old fundamental order of civilization, labor unions shall perhaps become legal entities, responsible for damage done to innocent third parties, governed by the same laws that govern ‘corporations and individuals, constrained to keep their eontracts even as the rest of us must keep our contracts. In this new order for labor organizations, the membership will, perhaps, resume control of their anions by ‘those democratic processes which govern ‘their country. Usurpation of authority, abuse of power, and dominance of seditious and destructive philosophies, cannot be checked except by the constant vigilance of an alert and intelligent membership. This is, of wourse, 'true in the larger fied of national and local politics. It may be 'that we read too much into this purge which the CIO jeaders are attempting to make. When we noted Red Harry Bridges and the unspeakable’ waterfront thug, Curran, at the head of the CIO purge list our enthusiasm welled high. The old world is righting itself again, we thought? . (Under the pressure of public opinion expressed by thousands of newspapers and, to some extent by the sterilized radio, patriotism is winning against the class ‘bitterness which the Presi-dent for eight years, has so industriously fostered. It is too early to “ell whether the Frankenstein created by the New Deal will destroy it, or whether in the stern necessities of war, the New Deal will destroy its Frankenstein. But surely there is hope that tthe thinking people of this nation will instinctively return to the ‘principles that made.’ this nation the most humane and progressive, richest and the most powerful on the planet. For this is a nation in which those who labor with skilled hands own more automobiles, eat better and more . Rainbow Girl Advisors sor are pictured ‘above. At the left is a ing Miss Henwood the gavel. The new Advisor of the Nevada City. Rainbow Girls and her predecesMiss Joyce Henwood, recently installed Advisor to succeed Madeline Bettles, who is shown at the right hande school. The fire guard school will be day. guard school will be conducted un-, der the supervision of Guerdon Ellis, . Tahoe National Forest Supervisor, and Ernest L. Baxter, assistant sup“ervisor. Tahoe Forest rangers and staff members will act as the training school, held an{ nually to teach es fire guards, look. Guerdon Ellis. outs and suppres‘sion crews the proper methods of i controlling and fighting fires. . The courses of instruction will be -as follows: Keeping of diaries, map reading, The conference of rangers and fire’ _ Tahoe Ranger Conference Opens Today; Fire Guard Training School Wednesday A conference of rangers of the Tahoe National Forest opened today at the Millér Ranch near Camptonville. through tomorrow, followed by the start of the The conference will continue annual guard training held Wednesday, Thursday and Ffifire strategy, lookout training, dispatcher training, tools, patrolmen, training, fire prevention, law enforcement, pack stock, use of all tools— line building and working as a crew, Work Expected To Start July 1 OnN.C. Airport _ Financial obstacles in the path of the Nevada City Airport improvement were cleared when the city council at its meeting last Thursday . night appropriated $2,000 for the project. . . Guerdon Ellis, president of the local chamber of commerce and sup-; ervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, . said an agreement between the forest service, which has agreed to supervise the work and to provide the machinery for the job, and the city will probably be drawn up within the, next week or ten days. . Ellis said it is hoped work on the airport will start by July ist, even though equipment for the _ project may be difficult to get. Routine road maintenance work and the loaning of equipment fo defense purposes has resulted in a shortage of machinery for such a project. It is’ proposed to eliminate. a “hump” in the middle of the airport and improve the run-ways, ‘thereby making the local airfield.meet governmental requirements. Dwight Steeles To Make Future — Home In Oakland ~ Attorney and Mrs. Dwight Steele left Nevada City during the Wack! t Two Held For Investigation Into Stealing Federal Securities Here SECRET SERVICE AGENT ENTERS INTO PROBE OF BURGLARY Two Nevada City young men are being held in the county jail here for investigation while authorities continue their probe into the stealing of $250 worth of government securities from a local apartment. The two held in the county jail here ose Chad Baker, 21, and Ernest Kistle, 19. Civilian Defense Counsel For This City Is Selected An ordinance creating a Nevada City Civilian Defense’ Counsel was . adopted by the city council ait -its special meeting last Thursday night. The purpose of the defense council will be to coordinate activities within the city government and to stimulate public interet in defense activities, public safety, health and ‘welfare and to plan for major disaster program. The council is composed of Mayor Benjamin Hall, chairman, City Councilman, Irvine ‘Seaman; Robert Nye, J. R. Ivey and Frank Davies; City small crew fires and mop up, camp, end to make their future ‘home in; Clerk George Calanan: Chief of Poboss training, radio training, fireman Oakland, where Steele will be con-/ jjce Max Solaro, Fire Chief Luther reports, crew boss and section boss’ nected wih a law firm. training, fire danger. rating, small fire problems. and why small fires become large. The instructors will include the following members of the Tahoe National Forest staff, Supervisor Ellis, Assistant Supervisor Baxter, Beardsley, Lewis, Hodgson, Snider, Meggers, Land, Chat‘field, Everhart, E. Stone, Joy, Wheeler, Dickey, Rafferty, Delaney, Williams, N. Stone, O’Neal, Bucknell, Toccalini, Simmons and H. Davis. to the proper physical, mental and m Besides circulating the petition among. parents, the kindergarten proponent. have left petitions at various places in the business district for the convenience of parents whom the will be unable to contact and who desire the establishment of the school. Such a petition is available at The Nugget office. The petition reads: “We, the undersigned, are resi-, dents of the Nevada City Unified School District and have children. between ithe ages of four and one: . half years and six years and desire { that facilities be placed within the; Nevada City Unified School District, to enable the children to attend kind-. ergarten. There being no facilities! for kindergarten at the present time and iit being our earnest opinion that. such a grade in the school is beneficial to the proper physical, mental and moral development of the children, we urgently request that the member of the Board of Education for the ‘Nevada City Unified School District. establish a kindergarten in connection with the Nevada City Elemtary School.”’ Spends Weekend Here— Leonard (Pop) Johnson, former. local resident, now employed at Mare Island, spent the weekend in Nevada

City. He was accompanied by his fiance, Miss Kathryn Soule, San Francisco private secretary. The Johnson-Soule marriage is scheduled to take place during the next weekend in Reno. than all the rest of the world’s food, own more and better homes, workers combined, Drive Starts For _ Kindergarten Nevada City proponents of a kindergarten for children between the ages of four and one-half years and six years today began the circulating of a petition requesting the Nevada City Unified School district establish such a school. Mrs, Charles Everhart is the leader in the movement to establish a kindergarten. She points out ithat such a grade in the school is ‘beneficial LE Pohtey. oral development of the children.’’ THURSDAY SET AS SWIM POOL OPENING DATE Nevada City youngsters who have ‘been anxiously awaiting the opening of the swimming pool will have to wait until Thursday before they can take theif first plunge of ‘the year. The lifeguard problem was solved by the city council last Thursday night with the appointment of Ronald Garwood but because of the necessity of making quite a few repairs at the pool and because of the unsettled weather there appeared no likelihood of the pool. opening before and! The departure of the popular cou-! ‘ple causes extreme regret in this’ . city, where they have both been act'ive in social and civic life. . Steele was a director of the local! chamber of commerce and took an! active interest in every event spon‘sored by that body. He also served as a scoutmasier and was president of the Nevada City Ski Club. SOLDIER ASKS OLD NEV. CITY PALS TO WRITE. King City, Calif., June 12, 1941 Nevada City Nugget, Dear Editor: I have lived in Nevada City during the years 1934-26, and have went to Nevada City High School. I have been in the army for four years. I have’ soldiered up at Benecia Arsenal until March, from there I went to Ft. Lewis, Wash. At the present time I am on war maneuvers at King City. We are out in the wilderness and I got to thinking of the old gang. I am yearning for them to write to pass away the time, Bill Sharpe, Bertha Kelly and Eva. Ray Dent and Bill Dent. Please. put this letter in the paper and send me a copy. Hoping to hear from several soon. _ Yours truy. Pfc. Edward M. Hodges, 80th Ord. Co. Ret. 80th Ord Co. Det. A, IP. O. No: 404. King City, California. T George Leiter Granted Special Letters In Chas. Leiter Estate Superior Judge George L, Jones Thursday. The appointment. of Garwood by} the council followed lengthy eopsid~. eration. Other applicants for the-position were Donald Bosworth, William, Wilfred Joyal, Floyd, ‘Ruth and Elmo Williams. Garwood stated in his application he .has had previous experience in cleaning the pool and had passed life-saving tests. He will be assisted in 'the management of the pool and in the handling of the concession by his mother, Mrs. Clyde Garwood, who has had previous experience in that line of work. Garwood will receive $100 per month in addition to the money derived from ‘the concessions. Hampton Lashbaugh and _ Verle Gray of this city were Downieville . visitors today. has made an order granting George L. Leiter, brother of Charles Leiter, who died a week ago, special letters of administration of the latter’s estate, The petition sets forth ithe deceased left personal property not exceeding $2,000 and real estate not exceeding $1,000. The special letters of administration was asked because of used cars the deceased had in his “possession at the time ofhis death. It was set forth the used cars would depreciate in value if they were not disposed of immediately. RETURN FROM CONFERENCE Rev. and Mrs. David Ralston of the local Methodist ‘Church have returned from the Methodist conference held during the last week, Donald Murphy spent the weekend in Sacramento. ° Marsh; Superintendent of Herbert S. Hallett, Guerdon Sam Hooper, H. M. Leete, Garrison and Tom Arden. GARDEN CLUB TO HEAR VISITOR Mrs. W. K. Cates of Sacramento, district chairman of flower shows and exhibits in California Garden Clubs Inc., will be the speaker at the meeting of the Nevada City Garden elub when it meets tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. W. Hoge on Pine street. * Since many of the members are planning to exhibit flowers or arrangements at county and state fairs this fall, an instructive talk on this subject will be most welcome. Each member is urged to bring a guest. Tea will be served at the close Streets Ellis, Fred of the meeting. A short tour of Ne-, vada City gardens is planned for the Sacramento visitor. Legal Technicalities Delaying Hydro-Electric. Plant Construction Cleared C. W. Haffy of ‘Colfax, new president of the California Hydraulic }Mining Association, presided over the meeting of the organization in Au‘burn Saturday afternoon for’ the first time. Frank Bonner reported at the meeting all legal technicalities delaying the erection of the $1,000,000 hydro-electric plant at .the. Upper Narrows Debris Dam near Smartville have been cleared and work is to start immediately on the project. It was brought to the attention of the association Placer County proposes to tax mineral rights on property where there is separate ownership for the mineral and_ surface rights. A. H. Turner and R. W. Waterman were named on a committee to! the proposa and report; from his home in San-Juan about six investigate back at the next meeting of the organization. State Selective Service Director Confers With Merle Morrison Here Brigadier: General Joseph Donovan state director of selective service, conferred with Merle Morrison, clerk of the Nevada County Selective Service Board, here Saturday. Donovan discussed with Morrison the plans for the new selective service registration on July 1st, when all those who reached the age of 21 since 'the first registration last October 16th, must register. Morrison informed: General Donovan all was in readiness in Nevada County for the July 1st registration. Charles Rich was in Nevada . day afternoon to Of $250 In CHARLES RICH Secret Service Investigator City yesterday in connection with the investigation. The burglary came to light when an attempt was made to cash the bonds through private. parties. The securities were U. . S. Postal Savings Bonds: The local police department, . headed by Chief of Police Max . Solaro and the office of Sher: iff Carl J. Tobiassen began an \Immediate investigation and inotified Secret Service Agent No charge has been placed against Baker or Kistlie, pend_ . Ing rurther investigation of the case. KLEE, FISCUS AND RUITTER RESIGN POSTS The resignations of Vice Principal Ceci Klee of the local. Elementary School and of Clarence ‘Fiscug and Ivey Adele Ruitter of the High School faculty are in the hands. of the Nevada City Board of Education. Klee announced he has accepted a position as principal of a school in San Mateo and both Miss Ruitter and Fiscus have accepted posts in the Sacramento school system. Previously Miss Ruitter had secured a year’s leave of absence to attend Mills College but resigned when the Sacramento position was offered. The leaving of Klee, Miss Ruit‘ter and Fiscus makes four Nevada ‘City teachers who have resigned to. accept positions elsewhere Two weeks ‘ago Miss Mildred Severtson resigned , to become home economics instructor at the Santa Cruz High School. San Juan Carnival: Attracts Large Crowd North San Juan’s 27th annuat Cherry Carnival came tto a suceessful conclusion with a dance last night ‘at Twamley Hall. One of the largest crowds in the history of the carnival attended the ‘two day celebration, Free cherries were distributed to ‘all visitors to the community. Many . former residents made the occasion a home-coming event. North San Juan Man Dies In Hospital Here George Fletcher, 65, a resident of North San Juan, died in the Nevada County hospital today. The funeral services will. be made by the Holmes Funeral Home of this. city. Fletcher was ‘taken to the hospital . { months ago, NEW SKI CLUB PRESDDENT Walter St. John was named Satursucceed Dwight Steele as president of the Nevada City Ski Club. The election was held at the picnic of the ski club members. at White Cloud. Superior Judge George L. Jones has granted Lois LeDuc a final decree of divorce from Louis LeDuc, Jr., and awarded custody of the three minor children to Mrs. LeDuce. Earl Johnson and son have left for Susanville to make their home, Johnson is employed as an accountan the Mountain Transit Compan: Susanville.