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_NEVADA CITY NUGGET_ FRIDAY, JUNE, 2); 1937.
. se mr —
1 “True Tales
H. W. Hartung, Jeweler
——
Rditor's Note: This is the first of
a serics of avticles viving the history
-of business firms of Nevada City
which have been large factoss in the
present day prestige and prosperity
which the citv entovs. ft is the pur-.
pose of this series to tell the story
of the oldey business houses and
firms, first. Later on those who have
come to this city more recently, engaged in business, and helped to
build Nevada City and expand its
services and facilities for comfortable and convenient living, w'tl be
invited to contribute their story to
this symposium.
i
i now
lin this building was first started by
? .
jeweler, had its
a frame building
A. Hartung,
inception in
uated on Broad street. The building .
was where the Bennetts building is
standing. The jewelry business
iMr. F. C. Luetje, who was a skilled
watchmaker. This was in the year
1866, when Nevada (without the
‘city’. was just a ‘“‘litile fellow.”’:
In 1872, Mr. C. J. Brand, a firstclass manufacturing jeweler became
associated with Mr. Luetje and they
conducted two departments independent of each other in the same:
store. Mr. Brand took care of the
manufacture and sale of jewelry and
}for a souvenir.
. goods. Mr.
! company. was famous for making gold .
. Brand once made a. gold horseshoe . :
{inset with gold quartz and petrified .
EIGHTY GIRLS
AN) BOYS TAKE
seve etc: SWIM LESSONS
had a den of horsne and kent re . Verle Gray. swim pool manager?
; reports that eighty youngsters are
Their ‘business was very success. dainly taking swimming.dessons at
ful and increased so much that it the municipal swimming pool. The
was necessary to have more space, On. boys and girls*are about equally diva warm June day in 1875, they mov-. ided. Swimming instruction will coned into the building at 306 Broad, tinue throughout the week and those
street, the present building of the . passing tihe tests will be given a Red
A. Hartung store. After moving into; Ctoss swimming button: ‘The awards
this new building, the BrandLuei-. will probably be made at-the pageant
je company increased their stock of; to be given about the middle of
goods a great deal. . July.
In the winter of 1875, Mr. A. Har-. Swimming
sponsible for the repairing of watch-}
es, clocks avd carried a stock (of
Brand and this jewetry .
jewelry and his fine
this material.
“uggzet
manship with
work.
Mr. .
instructions for adutt
tung was broken in as an apprentice . women will be started on July 6 and}
Luetje. Mr.
in that capacity
an horological school .
by Mr.
for five years
later attended
Hartung served { will be held on Tuesdays and Thursand . days. ;
The eighty young people now takThe business now owned by Mr. silverware and Mr. Luetje,was re-/in
Nevada Theatre
) FRIDAY
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28 daredevil adventures of William Boyd with many a laugh and thrill.
SATURDAY
Roscoe
:
® Lynne Overman in a spine-tingling, hair raising mystery story combined
with campus quinn eo and a snooping reporter’s antics
SUNDAY
—_ Harlow and
8 love romance e, when
one of filmland’s premier — struts her stuff ,
———
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NAPKINS.
ct
SCOURING BALLS
2 for
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR
MINCE MEAT
“16 ounce jar
TRUPAK BIRD SEED
2 packages
TOMATO JUICE-CELERY
_ MINCED CLAMS
Lal Jackson
des ree peer.
Europe, It
that the clock,
es when they go in the store, nowadays, was purchased from a firm .
in the east. The clock has a Swiss .
movement and an American Case.
The large pendulum in the clock has .
. ticked faithfully for forty five years .
; and is respected by all who look at .
and Mrs. Robert Gates of this city,
. it.
. Mr.
. partner with F.
partnership continued
until about 1897, when H. W.
tung, who had. also earned the
. trade, finishing in Philadelphia and .
, Chicago, bought out the one half in. terest of Mr.
A. Hartung was adattted as ai
C. Luetje, and this
H.W.
continued
dissolved by
Hartung took over
store: and. A. Hartung
. in the Nevada City store. This Grass
Valley store was purchased from Carl
. Zant. Mr. A. Hartung and son,
lett, H. W. Hartung and H. W.
. formed a co-partnership under
'name of E. .W. Hartung
Owing to the death df E. W.
this partnership
Bn ee WW
purchase,
Hartung.
until 1916, when
the
. pany.
. Hartung,
. solved later
i took over, by
4» stock and good will of the
. There“are a few people, perhaps, who
‘ean remember an explosion
lithis time in Nevada City. It was a
. dynamite explosion-and blew out al-,
. most all the narrow store winaaws.
. tn town. Because of this, the present .
. plate glass window was installed.
: Herman W.
. ed the jewelers’ trade under ;his
cha was accepted:as a full party his father. in 1897.
was known as the
ner
tle company
in this store.
The Brand family continued the
business until 1925. The male mem. bers of the family having passed on,
the mother and daughter decided to
close out the business and conducted a sale of the fixtures. Mr. A.
Hartung purchased their fixtures and
put in a stock of jewelry and
ware and has continued the business
successfully up to the present time,
assisted ably by Miss Maude Keen-}
store since 1922
One can readily
pride that not only the
such a business feels in its long and
honorable history, but also that of
Nevada City’s old time families who
still use and esteem silverware,
watches and clocks purchased from
understand
owner
Brand and Hartung families in years
agone. Honest craftsmanship and
honest values endure in honor
through the years.
“GRADS” ARE MEMBERS
OF N. C. SUMISSR BAND
The weekly concert by the Nevada
City summer band was given Wednesday evening from the National
Hotel balcony and enjoyed ‘very
much by the listeners.
The band has enlarged quite a bit
sinee the first concert and the, ‘present members with the aid of their
former collegues have improved the
band a great deal. The concert consisted solely of marches. The members of the band thus far are: Ruth
Curnow, Ray Wilde, Richard Marriott, Karl Kopp, Elton Tobiassen,
Catherine Stephens, Tom Rickard,
Bill Dent, cornets; Bill Bennett, Dick
Bennett and Bill Sharp, trombones;
Paul Phariss, Ben Sweeney and Fred
Garrison, drums; Charles Jeffery,
and Mervin Doolittle, basses; Robert
Grant, John Museardini and Bill
Rickard, altoes; Vella Flindt, flute;
Kranklin Tuttle, ‘Margaret Stevens,
Frank Roberts and Joan Grant, saxaphones; Mary Warnecke, Mamie
‘. Frddelizio, Amy Lou McCraney, Evelyn Bailey, Barbara. Phariss, Phil
Angove, Virginia Carney, and Katheryne Saban, clarinets; and Bob
Carr, Bob Small" aed Betsy Bennett,
baritones.
was about this time .
which everyone notic:
successfully .
ee . caring for her. She is about two years
. old and was the smallest baby ever
. born in the Nevada, Cit] sanitarium.
‘Iuuetje and the Har.
tung Brothers formed a co-partner.
ship under the firm, name of A. and . ride Coney eee
This partnership . New “York;
it was’ :
mutual consent. H. w., land, France, Belgium,
the Grass Valley . atoleten vimenren
continued . star se xa?
Bver-.
Brand .
and Com-.
. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Murchie of this city
t
was dis-,
Hartung .
the entire .
firm. .
about .
j and Mrs. H. E. Bolton of this city a
Brand, who had learn.
This!
silver.
. York City,
ilo. On the return trip they took the
an, who has been an employe® in the . . St.
A. Hartung and the members of the .
school grounds.
ing lessons are a live, moving cavorting lot and keep Mr. Gray busy every .
minute.
Dorian?
of Mr. Darlene + Gates, daughter
; slowly improving in her illness. pies
. has a severe attack of pneumonia.
Two nurses under Dr. Foster are
'Her tiny twin brother passed away
shortly after birth.
Mrs. Charles W. O'Neill passed
enroute to
where she will sail June
30 for Europe. She will visit EngHolland and
return trip she will
in Chatanooga, Tenn., and
New Orleans, La. Mrs. O'Neill
be remembered as "Dorah Dooley,
who was music supervisor for two
years in high and elementary schools
in Nevada Ctiy.
Miss
will
Tris Murehie, daughter of
is in Los Angeles attending . the convention of Sigma Phi Gamma. She
is president of the organization in
Roseville.
Miss
Vallev
Eunice Cobeldick of Grass
has been visiting with Mr.
'few days. She is a graduate of Sacramento Junior college and will attend Chico state college next year.
Mrs. C. E. Parsons has as hotse
guests her sister. Mrs. Carl B. Spinney, Mt. Clair, N. J.,; Captain and
'Mrs. E. F. MeCartin and daughter.
Ann, of Coronado, and Mrs. McCartin’s father,-W. D. Parrish, Chatham,
C. J. Brand and Son Jewelry Store. . Mass. Mr. Parrish is a high ranking
It is interesting to note that at one ; artist.
time there were five people working}
Schiffner
weeks
Mr. and Mrs. Otto E.
have returned from a three
trip east. It was primarily a business
triv for Mr. Schiffner but they were
able to include many pleasures and
points of interest. Mr. Schiffner visited his two half brothers in Chicazo whom he had not seen for many
Interesting stops were made
Orleans, Washington, New
New Haven and Buffayears.
in New
Great Northern route, stopping at
Paul and Chicago.
Don Strandberg, son of Mr. and
the . Mrs. P. O. Strandberg, came up Sunof . day evening to spend a few days in
. Nevada City on business.
The many friends of Mrs. Florence .
Evans will be pleased to learn she is
recovering from a recent severe sick
spell.
;
AMT bs OW Richards. merchant in
Nevada City, has returned from a
trip east. He returned Tuesday and
enjoyed the journey very much. His
tour included New York, Washington, D. C. and many other places of
national interest. He saw Congressman Englebright also on his trip.
Mr. Richards was accompanied by
his brother,
Verne Martin of Berkeley came up
from Berkeley last evening and is
the guest of Harley M. Leete, Jr., at
his home on \Prospect Hill.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE
FORMALLY ACCEPTED
The new grammar usar pokeat building
and the additions to the Nevada City
high school have been formally accepted by the Nevada City board of
education. Ronald (Meyer, contractor for both the buildings submitted
the buildings for acceptance some
time ago. After a thorough survey
po, inspection the board accepted
em atthe meeting held last Friday night, District Attorney Vernon
stoll has filed the notice of completion. :
Richard Parsons of the Felix Gillet has been -awarded the contract
landscaping the Washington
Work on landscaping the high schogl grounds will begin just after the first of July.
for
No Trespassthe Nugget
“Private
ing” signs 7
Mr. and Mrs.Jack Saibinwiee of Pack . 1 iting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stanley ee
Avenue have had as week end guests. this city. She formerly owned and
their son, James Ducesohi and wite . operated the Bowman Beauty Parlor
and son of San Luis Obispo. and has many friends who will he
Mrs. B. Bowman of Alturas is vis. pleased to greet her.
CON won
PRICES ADVANCE JOLY 1
You may select your Silver Service now and pay later—
conveniently.
$i.
Service-for-Six price will
_ advance from $29.75 to
b2.00
other sets in proportion.
ta he
Designs illustrated, reading
from top to bottom:
Coronation,
Berkeley Square
King Cedric
Lady Hamilton
———
All patterns are opel stock so
pieces may be added at any
time.
;
Dependable Jewelers .
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