May 5, 1950 (8 pages)

6 — The Nevada City Nugget, Friday, May 5, 1950 SCOUT LEADER IS PRESENTED AT BREE DAM CAMP Del Raby, who will serve the Nevada and Sierra counties district as field scout executive, was presented to over 175 scouts and scouters from the district who participated in the 1950 Boy Scout Camporette Saturday and Sunday at Bree’s Dam near La Barr Meadows. Participating in the camporette were troops 24 of Nevada City and 15 of Gold Flat. The camporette was a camping demonstration, with the troops preparing for the annual council camporee of Tahoe area, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21, at Rock Creek Dam, near Auburn. i The demonstration displayed camping knowledge and skills’ on a patrol basis, with each patrol operating against’ a fixed standard of proficiency. Raby assisted Phil Crenshaw, Grass Valley, camping and activities chairman of the Grass Valley district, in conducting the camporette. Troop 24 under Scoutmaster Ernest Chaney was accompanied by Ted Ness and Howard Smith. Dow Alexander is scoutmaster of Gold Flat Troop 15. Other troops and leaders present included Grass Valley Troop 4, Sam Partridge, . scoutmaster, and Frank Prigley and Ike Harris, assistants; Grass Valley Troop 22, Scoutmaster Bob Kerr, and Assistant Warren Smith; Grass Valley Troop 32 led by Sam Medlyn and assisted by Dorel Jensen; “ Grass Valley Troop 35 and -Carrol Rogers, scoutmaster. Troop 33 of North San Juan was represented under the leadership of Troop 32, ' Explorer Post 4, Grass Valley, under Advisor Al Neep, offered their setvice to the camp as aides, Activities, included demonstrations of scouting skills, with each patrol competing for first, secend and third places. Troop 15 won tent pitching and a blindfolded compass relay. Sunday morning an all Protestant scout service was conducted. on the camp grounds by Rev. W. W. Turner, Grass Valley Congregational church, and E. J. Beckman, chairman of the Christian businessmen’s committee of Ne-}vada county. Scouts of €atholic faith attended mass in Grass: Valley under supervision of Chaney. _ Harry Hyatt, soil conservation service, conducted a training trip for several of the older scouts and explorers interested. in the conservation merit badge. : Saturday evening featured a campfire program during which the scouts presented. skits, took part in contests, heard campfire stories and sang. Raymond Ewan, scout executive, introduced Raby to the group during the Saturday night campfire program. SCOUTERS PRESENT TRAINING REPORTS Scouters of the Sierra. Nevada district of the ‘Tahoe area council of Boy Scouts gave reports of Scout training and activities at a meeting of the district committée here Thursday evening vof.-.last WHOLE TOWN! TOBACCO « thea lal vies a Se eee A FINE THING! you KNEW I WAS STONY-BROKE AND YET YOu ORDERED A ‘SUPER ATOM SMASH-} ER” SUNDAE IN FRONT OF THE HUH.AND ME, THE Guy KNOWN ASA BIG SPENDER ! FOR SOME ‘THINGS, MISS LORNA.WILL 4 YOU GO ALONG? _/ Marner A eS . week. Howard Smith, district camping chairman; Lloyd Geist, leadership training chairman; G. L. Lawlor, advancement chairman; Frank McGinnis, organization and extension; Guerdon Ellis, finance chairman; and Rev. Max.I. Christensen, church relationships gave reports of their committees’ activities. Clarence Martz reported on the progress of reorganization of the Native Sons of the Golden West sponsored Troop 6. I. C. Bell, chairman of: the dynamite box derby to be held during the Fourth of July Centennial celebration, spoke briefly on the event. . ‘Dr. Jerome Frey presided at the meeting, ; : Others attending were Douglas Buckbee ‘and Charles Hamman: of Troop 33, North: San Juan; and Raymond’ J, Ewan, Auburn, Tahde council scout executive. Orange county was created in 1889 from 500,480 acres taken from southeastern Los Angeles COUR. 5 om aa em HIS FAVORITE DISH! coat of sparkling DuPont this week! Feed your home a healthy diet of repairs and watch it repay YOU in increased year ‘round comfort and beauty. Fix up damaged windows, walls, steps, ceilings—then top off your jobs with an eye-appealing ‘ atthe difference. Come on down and talk with us WE HAVE CONVENIENT MONTHLY BUDGET TERMS! BUILDERS-AND CONSUMERS LUMBER COMPANY Grass Valley-Nevada City Highway ac Paint. You'll be amazed Phone G. V. 1050 I MUST GO TO TOWN YILL BE IM SO HAPPY! HUNK IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO WANT MY COMPANIONSHIP! WILLIAM DAVIES DIES. IN NORTH SACRAMENTO Funeral services were held at Holmes Funeral. Home’ Monday afternoon for William Davies, 68, native of Virginia City, Nev., and for many years a resident of Forest. He died Friday morning inNorth Sacramento where he had resided the past seven years. The. Masonic lodge was in charge of funeral services. Interment was in Forest Lawn View cemetery. With his brother, Frank Davies, Davies, Jr., he operated a ‘stage and livery business at Alleghany and Forest, operating between Forest and Mountain House, and between Nevada City and Alleghany. Surviving are his wife, Mary Elizabeth, North Sacramento; a brother, Frank, Nevada City; and sisters, ‘Miss farthin Davies of Marysville, and Mrs. J. L. Taylor, Hollywood. FUNERAL. SERVICES Funeral services were held on {'Wednesday: at’ the Holmes Fu. neral Home for Mrs. Gladys Geneva Corbett, 34, who died last ‘Thursday: morning at the Nevada county hospital. Interment was in Pine Grove cemetery. Rev. George C. Pearson, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated. Mrs. Corbett, a native of Arkansas and resident of Nevada City for two years, died in the stillbirth of her eighth child. and the late Thomas E./} IZZAT 60! ALL RIGHT, THIS . TIME WE’RE THROUGH ! KINDLY RETURN My PICTURE, AS IT. JUST SO. HAPPENS A CERTAIN ‘LITTLE GAL HAS MABE OVER— TURES FOR IT.C/ JOWE!T KNOW ‘YOU CARRY IT AROUND WITH You! OH, VERY WELL, BUT * & YOU'LL HAVE TO PICK IT OuT!’L._CAN‘T REMEMBER. WHICH ONE . & yours! THATS OKAY.I HOPE-¥OU WON'T . MIND SITTING IN THE TRUCK ALONE AWHILE, THOUGH? IT WAS NICE OF YOU TO INVITE ME, HUNK: A CET SOME THINGS eae hk RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE age eee ge IVE ME A PRETTY GIRL . S SITTING IN THE CAR? ,~ MRS, NANCY JAMES CALLED BY DEATH Funeral services will be held at Holmes Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Nancy Eddy James,.70, 36-year resident of Nevada City, who died early Wednesday morning in the Nevada county hospital. Rev. George C. Pearson, pastor of Nevada City Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be in the family plot at Pine,Grove cemetery. Mrs. James, 70: years old, was the widow of Andrew James who preceded her in death in 1929. She .is survived by,.three sons, William N.James and Richard I. James of Nevada City, and Robert S. James of Sacramento. OPEN HOUSE AT COUNTY HOSPITAL SET MAY 12 Charles W. Veale, superintendent of Nevada county hospital, announced the staff is proud of the plant and invites the public to attend. open house Friday, May: 12, and inspect the plant. The open house was set in a proclamation by the board of supervisors Monday at the request of Veale. The day will be observed generally throughout the state as hospital day. Veale said visitors will be taken on a tour through the hos: pital. CORNISH WRESTLING EXHIBITIONS PLANNED FOR FOURTH OF JULY Cornish wrestling—a _ sociable name for mayhem—and leading sport of the gold rush days here will be revived in exhibition bouts during the Fourth of July celebration, according to Ray Spickelmier, chairman, and Al Trivelpiece, publicity director. Elton Tobiassen, who made 2 name for himself in college boxing while a student at the University of California Davis campus, will be chairman of the Cornish wrestling. . A report of one of the wrestling bouts held in You Bet in the fifties tells of one wrestler looking “at the earthen floor of the ring and discovering the gouged out eye of his opponent. Tobiassen promises the exhibition will have a minimum of bloodshed. 2 WE of cludes: everything. 246 Sacramento St. ARE FUNERAL DIRECTORS shaft in ~ Many,. people wonder what our service believe our duties are ex-actly what the words fully =e imply . to take charge } of all funeral details in time this may include flowers. of one low price which inHOLMES FUNERAL HOME J. PAUL BERGEMANN, Owner Telephone 203 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE TELA ote ludes. We sorrow._As you wish. Nevada City =; ZS a es Why Not Have the Best? . At the Lowest Prices at ONE MARKET : 213 Commercial Street -—Phone 67 — NEVADA’ CITY Alpha te: Annual Spring Sale Continues to offer bargains galore! Hardware’s Hundreds of our friends visited our Nevada City store in the last few days. THANKS for your response and patronage IF YOU HAVEN’T YET SEEN FOR YOURSELF THE VALUES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, COME TODAY! a= a

6 — The Nevada City Nugget, Friday, May 5, 1950 SCOUT LEADER IS PRESENTED AT BREE DAM CAMP Del Raby, who will serve the Nevada and Sierra counties district as field scout executive, was presented to over 175 scouts and scouters from the district who participated in the 1950 Boy Scout Camporette Saturday and Sunday at Bree’s Dam near La Barr Meadows. Participating in the camporette were troops 24 of Nevada City and 15 of Gold Flat. The camporette was a camping demonstration, with the troops preparing for the annual council camporee of Tahoe area, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21, at Rock Creek Dam, near Auburn. i The demonstration displayed camping knowledge and skills’ on a patrol basis, with each patrol operating against’ a fixed standard of proficiency. Raby assisted Phil Crenshaw, Grass Valley, camping and activities chairman of the Grass Valley district, in conducting the camporette. Troop 24 under Scoutmaster Ernest Chaney was accompanied by Ted Ness and Howard Smith. Dow Alexander is scoutmaster of Gold Flat Troop 15. Other troops and leaders present included Grass Valley Troop 4, Sam Partridge, . scoutmaster, and Frank Prigley and Ike Harris, assistants; Grass Valley Troop 22, Scoutmaster Bob Kerr, and Assistant Warren Smith; Grass Valley Troop 32 led by Sam Medlyn and assisted by Dorel Jensen; “ Grass Valley Troop 35 and -Carrol Rogers, scoutmaster. Troop 33 of North San Juan was represented under the leadership of Troop 32, ' Explorer Post 4, Grass Valley, under Advisor Al Neep, offered their setvice to the camp as aides, Activities, included demonstrations of scouting skills, with each patrol competing for first, secend and third places. Troop 15 won tent pitching and a blindfolded compass relay. Sunday morning an all Protestant scout service was conducted. on the camp grounds by Rev. W. W. Turner, Grass Valley Congregational church, and E. J. Beckman, chairman of the Christian businessmen’s committee of Ne-}vada county. Scouts of €atholic faith attended mass in Grass: Valley under supervision of Chaney. _ Harry Hyatt, soil conservation service, conducted a training trip for several of the older scouts and explorers interested. in the conservation merit badge. : Saturday evening featured a campfire program during which the scouts presented. skits, took part in contests, heard campfire stories and sang. Raymond Ewan, scout executive, introduced Raby to the group during the Saturday night campfire program. SCOUTERS PRESENT TRAINING REPORTS Scouters of the Sierra. Nevada district of the ‘Tahoe area council of Boy Scouts gave reports of Scout training and activities at a meeting of the district committée here Thursday evening vof.-.last WHOLE TOWN! TOBACCO « thea lal vies a Se eee A FINE THING! you KNEW I WAS STONY-BROKE AND YET YOu ORDERED A ‘SUPER ATOM SMASH-} ER” SUNDAE IN FRONT OF THE HUH..AND ME, THE Guy KNOWN ASA BIG SPENDER ! FOR SOME ‘THINGS, MISS LORNA.WILL 4 YOU GO ALONG? _/ Marner A eS . week. Howard Smith, district camping chairman; Lloyd Geist, leadership training chairman; G. L. Lawlor, advancement chairman; Frank McGinnis, organization and extension; Guerdon Ellis, finance chairman; and Rev. Max.I. Christensen, church relationships gave reports of their committees’ activities. Clarence Martz reported on the progress of reorganization of the Native Sons of the Golden West sponsored Troop 6. I. C. Bell, chairman of: the dynamite box derby to be held during the Fourth of July Centennial celebration, spoke briefly on the event. . ‘Dr. Jerome Frey presided at the meeting, ; : Others attending were Douglas Buckbee ‘and Charles Hamman: of Troop 33, North: San Juan; and Raymond’ J, Ewan, Auburn, Tahde council scout executive. Orange county was created in 1889 from 500,480 acres taken from southeastern Los Angeles COUR. 5 om aa em HIS FAVORITE DISH! coat of sparkling DuPont this week! Feed your home a healthy diet of repairs and watch it repay YOU in increased year ‘round comfort and beauty. Fix up damaged windows, walls, steps, ceilings—then top off your jobs with an eye-appealing ‘ atthe difference. Come on down and talk with us WE HAVE CONVENIENT MONTHLY BUDGET TERMS! BUILDERS-AND CONSUMERS LUMBER COMPANY Grass Valley-Nevada City Highway ac Paint. You'll be amazed Phone G. V. 1050 I MUST GO TO TOWN YILL BE IM SO HAPPY! HUNK IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO WANT MY COMPANIONSHIP! WILLIAM DAVIES DIES. IN NORTH SACRAMENTO Funeral services were held at Holmes Funeral. Home’ Monday afternoon for William Davies, 68, native of Virginia City, Nev., and for many years a resident of Forest. He died Friday morning inNorth Sacramento where he had resided the past seven years. The. Masonic lodge was in charge of funeral services. Interment was in Forest Lawn View cemetery. With his brother, Frank Davies, Davies, Jr., he operated a ‘stage

and livery business at Alleghany and Forest, operating between Forest and Mountain House, and between Nevada City and Alleghany. Surviving are his wife, Mary Elizabeth, North Sacramento; a brother, Frank, Nevada City; and sisters, ‘Miss farthin Davies of Marysville, and Mrs. J. L. Taylor, Hollywood. FUNERAL. SERVICES Funeral services were held on {'Wednesday: at’ the Holmes Fu. neral Home for Mrs. Gladys Geneva Corbett, 34, who died last ‘Thursday: morning at the Nevada county hospital. Interment was in Pine Grove cemetery. Rev. George C. Pearson, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated. Mrs. Corbett, a native of Arkansas and resident of Nevada City for two years, died in the stillbirth of her eighth child. and the late Thomas E./} IZZAT 60! ALL RIGHT, THIS . TIME WE’RE THROUGH ! KINDLY RETURN My PICTURE, AS IT. JUST SO. HAPPENS A CERTAIN ‘LITTLE GAL HAS MABE OVER— TURES FOR IT..C/ JOWE!T KNOW ‘YOU CARRY IT AROUND WITH You! OH, VERY WELL, BUT * & YOU'LL HAVE TO PICK IT OuT!’L._CAN‘T REMEMBER. WHICH ONE . & yours! THATS OKAY..I HOPE-¥OU WON'T . MIND SITTING IN THE TRUCK ALONE AWHILE, THOUGH? IT WAS NICE OF YOU TO INVITE ME, HUNK: A CET SOME THINGS eae hk RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE age eee ge IVE ME A PRETTY GIRL . S SITTING IN THE CAR? ,~ MRS, NANCY JAMES CALLED BY DEATH Funeral services will be held at Holmes Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Nancy Eddy James,.70, 36-year resident of Nevada City, who died early Wednesday morning in the Nevada county hospital. Rev. George C. Pearson, pastor of Nevada City Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be in the family plot at Pine,Grove cemetery. Mrs. James, 70: years old, was the widow of Andrew James who preceded her in death in 1929. She .is survived by,.three sons, William N.James and Richard I. James of Nevada City, and Robert S. James of Sacramento. OPEN HOUSE AT COUNTY HOSPITAL SET MAY 12 Charles W. Veale, superintendent of Nevada county hospital, announced the staff is proud of the plant and invites the public to attend. open house Friday, May: 12, and inspect the plant. The open house was set in a proclamation by the board of supervisors Monday at the request of Veale. The day will be observed generally throughout the state as hospital day. Veale said visitors will be taken on a tour through the hos: pital. CORNISH WRESTLING EXHIBITIONS PLANNED FOR FOURTH OF JULY Cornish wrestling—a _ sociable name for mayhem—and leading sport of the gold rush days here will be revived in exhibition bouts during the Fourth of July celebration, according to Ray Spickelmier, chairman, and Al Trivelpiece, publicity director. Elton Tobiassen, who made 2 name for himself in college boxing while a student at the University of California Davis campus, will be chairman of the Cornish wrestling. . A report of one of the wrestling bouts held in You Bet in the fifties tells of one wrestler looking “at the earthen floor of the ring and discovering the gouged out eye of his opponent. Tobiassen promises the exhibition will have a minimum of bloodshed. 2 WE of cludes: everything. 246 Sacramento St. ARE FUNERAL DIRECTORS shaft in ~ Many,. people wonder what our service believe our duties are ex-actly what the words fully =e imply .. to take charge } of all funeral details in time this may include flowers. of one low price which inHOLMES FUNERAL HOME J. PAUL BERGEMANN, Owner Telephone 203 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE TELA ote ludes. We sorrow._As you wish. Nevada City =; ZS a es Why Not Have the Best? . At the Lowest Prices at ONE MARKET : 213 Commercial Street -—Phone 67 — NEVADA’ CITY Alpha te: Annual Spring Sale Continues to offer bargains galore! Hardware’s Hundreds of our friends visited our Nevada City store in the last few days. THANKS for your response and patronage IF YOU HAVEN’T YET SEEN FOR YOURSELF THE VALUES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, COME TODAY! a= a