November 24, 1950 (6 pages)

4 damage to théfr roads, CITY'S FIFTH WETTEST -NOVEMBER IN CENTURY BRINGS 15.57 RAIN: With seven days yet to go in this month, November with 15.57 inches ‘of precipitation is the -fifth wettest November in Nevada City’s recorded history. Nine days of almost continuous . rainfall before. the sun finally ‘rake through Tuesday morning brought all but .05 inch of the rain. That amount fell the first day of the month. Although damage’ was wide-Spread throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, in parts of the Sierras, and in western Nevada, no damage was reported in Nevada City. Deer creek and its tributaries were running high but higher banks were ample to contain the torrents. Tahoe national forest headquarters in an early survey of bridges .and campgrounds estimated loss at. $100,000. Highway 20 was cut.for a few hours late Saturday when a slide blocked traffic south of,the junction with highway 40: a Traffic, over highway 40 was cut Saturday afternoon when the South Yuba river overflowed at several places where the highway erosses it. Traffic was restored Wednesday morning. The highway is still cut east of Truckee and Reno traffic is being detoured by Carson City. Highway 49 was cut east of Downieville and at last reports has not been reopéned. W. W. Delameter, who lives at the Edwards Crossing of South Yuba river, reported the river was highest Monday evening but when the rain stopped it rapidly receded. Delameter reported logs three and four feet in. diameter and several years accumulation of driftwood made: the storm sound like a: battlefield: 4s. the big jogs crashed against the rocks in the stream. Greatest damage to the: county road system was the loss of a bridge at the Dutch Flat crossing ofthe Bear river in the You Bet area. Residents of the Ridge road reported the road completed in October went to pieces during the rain and now is in worse condition than before construction work was started. Fred Bush, weather reporter at Pioneer park, said the previous Novembers that exceed the current month are 1864, 17.05; 1875, 16.56; 1885, 21.55, and 1926, 15.99. Average rainfall for November is 5.56, according to Bush. Week’s report: Max. Min. Friday, Nov. 17 .. 50 47 Saturday, Nov. 18 . 54 49 Sunday, Nov. 19 . 56 51 Monday, Nov. 20 . 58 52 Tuesday, Nov. 21 .. 60 55 Wednesday, Nov. 22 74 32 Thursday, Nov. 23 . 60 33 Precipitation: Nov. 17, 1.00; Nov. 18, 4.60; Nov. 19, 2.90; Nov. 20, 2.00; Nov. 21, 2.05; season, 22,80, ~~ IDAHO MARYLAND NAMES NEW DIRECTORS Charles Allen, general manager of the Grass Valley properties of Idaho Maryland Mines corporation, and Herbert A. Salinger, San Francisco attorney, named to the board of directors of the corporation at a meeting of the board Monday in the San Francisco offices of the corporation. They succeed Neil O’Donnell, recently removed general manager, and J. D. Hoffman. Edwin Letts Oliver, president} of the corporation, declared after the board meeting that ‘Since change in management at the end of October, mine overhead has been considerably reduced and fortunately the average ore grade has increased so that operating results are expected to improve. ILLEGAL YULE TREE CUTTING CHARGED “ Victor. Eugene Mace, 41, San Leandro, faces: a charge of illegally cutting Christmas trees on government land for the second time in two years, Arrested last week by Forest Ranger F. R. Sodolski for cutting red fir near Webber’ lake, Mace has been released from the Sierra county. jail after posting $1,000. He entered a plea of. not guilty before Justice of the Peace Alden N. Johnson in Sierraville justice court. ‘if Mace was fined $4,500 by a federal court in 1948 after pleading guilty to a similar charge. WEE Twenty-Third Year, No. 48 Nevada City (Nevada County) California, Friday, November 24, 1950 NEVADA COUNTY LEADS STATE IN RATIO FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP With an enrollment of 93. percent of the individual farms in its borders, Nevada county. carried' home a huge loving cup for the highest ratio of farm bureau members to the number of farms in the county from the 32nd’ annual convention of the California Farm Bureau. Federation held in ‘Berkeley last weekend: _C. J. Rolph, Jr., Nevada county delegate to: the convention; received the cup and brought it back to Nevada county with him. Honorable mention in this department went to Trinity, 89 percent; Yuba; 85 percent; and Modoc, 64 percent. Garden Grove, Orange county, won a loving cup for the largest membership in the state—653. Tustin, also in Orange county, was second with 581, and Selma, in Fresno county, was third with 521 members. San Joaquin county won first place in attendance at. the. Berkeley. meeting with '148 present. John: Frassetti, Santa Clara county, won first place for signing largést number of new members during 1950. His record was 86 signers. County: farm:bureaus receiving Special certificates from. the national Farm Bureau Federation for reaching twice in succession their quota of memberships included: Amador, Butte; Del Norte, Glenn, ‘Placer, Sacramento,’ San Benito, San Diego,’ San Joaquin, Solano and Tuolumne; MATHIS AND SKAAR INTERVIEWED ON AIR George Mathis, prominent artist of Nevada City, and Sven Skaar, connoisseur of the arts, also of Nevada City, were interviewed on Radio Station KLX, Oakland, Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock for a half hour. Skaar and Mathis are author and artist of a series. of travel booklets entitled Trip Teasers, of which three have: been produced so far. The radio interview was about Trip Teaser No. 3, which deals with the Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. Fairyland is a merchant sponsored playground for children which features many children’s fairyland characters and buildings. Trip Teaser No. 1, which was released July 1 by the two Nevada City men, is already out of print in the first edition. No. 1 covers Highway 49 from Nevada City to Downieville. Trip Teaser No. 2 covers the river road from Sacramento to San Francisco. In production, No. 4 will cover the Lake Tahoe wonderland. GUY ROBINSON SWORN IN AS SUPERVISOR ’ Guy N. Robinson, rancher of Indian Springs, will sit for the i ose time as a member of the oard of supervisors tomorrow as the group meets to canvass the general election. Robinson was appointed Friday by Governor Earl Warren to fill the vacancy caused by the death Sept. 10 of Chairman Warren E. Odell. Robinson was elected supervisor of the fourth district at the Nov. 7 general election. He was opposed by Ed J. Kohler, North San Juan. Robinson was sworn in Wednesday morning by County Clerk Ralph E. Deeble, following receipt. of the commission from the governor and approval of. bond by Superior Court Judge James Snell. : 4-H MEETING : Nevada City 4-H club held a regular meeting Saturday at the Seaman’s lodge with 12. members present. After the meeting dancing, singing and games were enjoyed. Guests were Mrs. Laura Granholm, Mr. and Mrs. Herb ‘. Granholm and Fred Bush. Refreshments were served. Girls of the club will meet tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 4 for sewing. 150 SCHOOL CLASSES RESUME MONDAY Schools of Nevada City will be resumed. Monday after being closed this week for .teachers’ institute in Grass Valley the early part of the week and: Thanksgiving vacation yesterday and today, according to an announcement by Edward A. Frantz, high school principal. HIGH SCHOOL PTA OPPOSES DRAFT OF Opposition to the drafting of youths 17 to 21 years old before they have completed high school. was recorded last week at a meeting of the Nevada City High School ParentTeachers Association. Included in the action was the provision that any boy taking reserve training in college: be exempted from universal military training. Also’ recommended. was a choice by any youth drafted. to: select the branch of service in which he wished to serve. The action was:.taken at a turkey dinner meeting prepared by the senior mothers and served in the high school gymnasium. The turkeys were baked by Mrs. Kent Walker, Mrs. Douglas Atkins. and Mrs. H. J. Ray. Mrs. Louise Rankin was chairman of the dinner committee which included Mrs. Leonard lLageson, Mrs. John Thiessen, Mrs. Dorothy. Glenn, Mrs. Carl Foote and Mrs. Luella) Anderson. Rev. Frank Buck, rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal. church of Grass Valley, spoke on ‘Home and Family Life.” He told the group that children should be taught religion at home and that teaching true traits of character should be done by example. Musical selections were presented by Miss Coreen Buster, Miss Sandra Pease and Franc Luschen. William Tobiassen served as a singing waiter. WASHINGTON EMPTIED IN DAM BREAK SCARE Apparently a practical joker “with a’ macabrish sense of humor went on the rampage Monday night along with the Yuba and other rivers of California. Two or three telephone calls by an individual who represented himself as speaking for the P.G.&E. superintendent alarmed the community by stating the Speulding dam was expected to go out and advised flight to a higher level. Most of the town evacuated to Nevada City, except Mrs. Carl Neasham, proprietor of the store. Mrs. Neasham decided to ,await definite word but intended to remain awake all night prepared for a quick getaway. Despite her vigilance she admitted she fell asleep. Larry Farrell, district manager of the P.G.&E., said there was no danger, but. if there had been, the company would have notified the authorities first and immediately afterward, the residents. PENN VALLEY MAN IS KILLED BY TRACTOR William Jean Stickels, 23, was instantly’ killed: Saturday morning on the Willow Brook Farm, Penn Valley, when a small tractor turned over on him. According to’ his wife, Nancy, who was in the ranch homé about feet from the _ accident, Stickels was attempting to pull their automobile from the mud. The tractor .reared over backward pinning’ Stickels underneath. Stickels was a native of Bakersfield, and a veteran of army service in World War II. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Nancy and Tommy; parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Stickels, Wawona, and sister, Mrs. Isabelle Von Passel, Arlington, MOTOR CORPORATION SUED FOR $225,000 BY Damage suit for $225,000 was filed: in Nevada county superior court Monday against the KaiserFraser Sales Corporation, Willow Run, Mich.; Henry J. Kaiser Motors, and "Jack Greenagie, Grass Valley,. by Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Tumulla, Gold Flat. ’ In their complaint the Tumullas. charge that after spending a period of two years. building this territory as Kaiser-Fraser dealers they were put out of business by the manufacturer through refusal to deliver cars for sale. The Tumullas allege that despite a still valid contract, the manufacturer permitted Greenagle to operate in the Grass Valley area and furnished him with new automobiles, including the new “Henry. J.” The complaint asks, the court to issue an order prohibiting the Kaiser companies from furnishing Greenagle with automobiles for re-sale in this area and enjoining Greenagle from selling any more in this area, and also to order an accounting of profits realized by Greenagle from sales of Kaiser-Fraser cars in this district. Michel M. Lipman and John L. Larue,.Nevada City, are representing the plaintiffs. Tumulla was cleared. Wednesday afternono of charges arising out of a $7,294.87 check given hy him to Greenagle, in connection with business transactions between them. Greenagle had Tumulla arrested last July, after payment of check was stopped. Tumulla was freed on $7,500 bail pending trial. After a jury was chosen in the Yuba county superior court, a conference was held with the trial judge, as a result of which the Yuba county deputy district attorney moved to dismiss the charges on the ground that justice would be best subserved. After questioning Tumulla and his attorneys, the judge agreed, and thereupon dismissed the case, released the jury and exonerated bail. THREE NEVADA. CITY MEN JOIN AIR FORCE Three Nevada City men are recent -enlistees in the U. S: Air Force, according to an announcement this week by M/Sgt. Allen E. Butler, recruiter for this area. Reenlisting after being out. of theAir Force for a period of more than four years was William George Hilpert, P. O. Box 599, Nevada: City, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Hilpert, same address. Hilpert served in the Asiatic theatre of operations during World War II, and has been awarded Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal, Philippine Liberation medal with a _ battle star, and the World War II Victory medal. Enlisting for the first time was Richard John Deschwanden, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Deschwanden, Route 1, Box 77, Nevada City, and Ronald Haywood Shaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood F. Shaw, 519 Nimrod street, Nevada City. Shaw is a former student at the University of California Berkeley campus. NORTH FORK RAMPAGES IN DOWNIEVILLE AREA The North Fork of the Yuba river went on the rampage over the weekend during the height of the storm that brought a huge toll to California in destroyed highways, farmlands and homes. The South Fork of the North Fork was reported to be 20 feet above normal when it crested on Monday evening. Downieville, seat. of Sierra county, was threatened when the North Fork reached a crest of 11 feet above normal. Highway 49 was underwater at Indian Valley Monday and was cut several places east of Downieville. NEVADA CITY GRIDDERS HEROES AT PALO ALTO Thirty-five members of Nevada City high school’s varsity and junior varsity football teams, and their coaches, Thomas Nelson and Bob Bonner were among the 40,000 heroes who. braved the elemerits and during a deluge of rain watched. the Cadets of West Point struggle ‘to a 7-0 win over Stanford University Saturday in Palo Alto. Twenty of the ‘players ushers at the game. CAMP BEALE TO GET LENGTHY INSPECTION FOR AIR ACADEMY Camp Beale, part of which is located in Nevada county, will receive the longest inspection of any of four California sites for the proposed air force academy on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 12 and 13, by the site selection board headed by General Carl Spaatz. The air force has narrowed to 29 the number of sites under. consideration for the academy: A total of 354 had been suggested. The proposed new academy is to be patterned after the military academy at West Point, N. Y., and the naval academy at Annapolis, Md. Congress has yet to authorize the academy: The site selection board. started Monday on. an inspection tour that will take them to all 29 sites in the country. California sites in addition to Camp Beale, are Santa Rosa, Napa and March Field. Congressional hearings on the establishment of the academy is expected to be held early in the session which opens Jan. 3. The air force announcement added that. a Chicago architectural firm, Root and Birurgee, is to begin a detailed survey of the three to six sites that will be chosen by that time for further study. Members of the site selection board include Lt. Gen. H. R. Harmon, Brig. Gen. Harold L. Clark, Lt. Col. Arthur E. Boudreau, Gen. Spaatz and Dr. Bruce Hopper, consultant. were . SIERRA UNIT.OF FUR ORGANZATION MEETS Mr. and Mrs. Don Daniels and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swendson of Nevada City were among mem. FIRST CASE OF POLIO IN . 15 MONTHS STRIKES IN NEVADA COUNTY The first case of polio reported in Nevada county in 15 months struck in Grass Valley on the heels of closing the polio center. Mrs. Gudie Rubke, wife of Rev. Walter Rubke, pastor of the St. _. Paul’s "Lutheran church, Chicago Park and the Grace Lutheran church, Grass Valley, was moved to Children’s hospital, San Francisco, Tuesday to undergo therapy for poliomyelitis. Mrs. Rubke has _ been seriously ill. at Jones Memorial hospital for several days. The polio center, which operated for 14 months in the Veterans Memorial building, in Grass Valley, will reopen for one day only, Saturday, Dec. 16, when Miss Barbara Newman, physiotherapist who operated the center, wil take a final check on cases she has been handling. In January, Dr. Dollivan Fuiks, Sacramento, will be in Nevada county to check the cases, and his recommendations at that time will govern the action of the Nevada county ehapter of the National’ Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, according. to Chairman Ray Hodge. During the 14 months the center operated, it provided 2,333 treatments including home visits. Immediately after the opening of the center nine children polio victims were visited by. Miss Newman. Teachers volunteer to keep them abreast their school work. : Of the ‘patients treated, who ‘ranged in age from two to. 46, 62 ‘were polio cases. The remain‘der had suffered other crippling injuries, diseases. and involvements. VARNEY NAMED PWA LIAISON OFFICER Forrest Varney, who was fired as manager of the Nevada Irrigation District last. Sept. 8 by. the NID. board of directors, has been appointed acting liaison officer between station officials in the Public Works Administration at China Lake, and the engineering department at Pasadena. China Lake is the U. S. navy ordnance testing station for rocket and guided missiles, located in north Mojave desert. Varney is contact man for various parties and agencies engaged in preparation and. devel‘opment of plans and _ specifications, with some of the funds being: provided by the atomic energy commission. China Lake is eight miles east of Inyokern, and covers 1,000 acres of desert and mountains, is an entire city of over 10,000 built by the navy with markets, theatres, library, postoffice, stores, recreation, schools and housing for single men and families. Mel Farley, formerly of Hennessy elementary school, Grass Valley, is high school principal. Varney in a letter to friends here wrote. “We wish the community the bers attending a Sunday meeting best of success in the future and of Sierra Unit, Northern Branch! trust that something which we of the National Chinchilla Breedhave done might be of lasting ers Association, held at the HBH Chinchilla ranch, Grass Valley. The HBH ranch is operated by Mr. and Mrs. James Harris. Gano H. Coleman, Half Moon Bay, weekend guest of the Harris, family, was the speaker. He owns the Half Moon Bay Chinchilla ranch and is an authority on chinchilla ranching. A pot-luck dinner was enjoyed by approximately forty members and visitors. Next meeting is scheduled for Yuba City. MRS. THELMA HEADLEY SUES FOR COLLECTION Mss. Thelma P. Headley filed suit Monday for $3,638 in Nevada county superior court against M. M. Headley charging failure to filfull terms of-a contract regarding property settlement in the sale of Headley’s garage here in 1948. ; According to the complaint, Mrs. Headley states the terms of the contract provide that in case of default the defendant would pay her $150 a month until she received a total of $5,500 plus six percent. interest. Mrs. Headley alleges that no payments: have been made since January, 1948, and that there is now due and payable $3,278 plus payments on a real estate loan totaling $360. John L. Larue, Nevada City: is ‘counsel for the plaintiff. benefit. The future can be of great good, but it must be understood that to make a greater community it will mean much sacrifice and a lot of work on ‘the part of the people of Nevada and Placer ‘counties. There will be nothing easy about further advancement, but it will be well worth the effort which it will demand. “The one thing which I envision for the future is that Harmony Ridge will be another ‘Pollock Pines’ of highway 50. With water on the ridge and into the valleys to the north and into Scotts Flat reservoir on the south that: area can be. made to be one of the most attractive summer and possibly winter residential areas of the state. Imagine a pipeline down the highway. from White Cloud camp. With pressure down the entire ridge.” SIX MEN TO BE CALLED FOR INDUCTION DEC. 22 Six men will be called for induction into the armed services on Friday, Dec. 22, from SierraNevada county selective service board, according to an announcement by Mrs. Dorothy Stephens, board clerk. Eleven men have: been called for induction into thé armed services from’ the two counties for next Thursday, Mrs. Stephens reported. The December call will be the fourth ‘since reactivation of the . {Selective service act.

4 damage to théfr roads, CITY'S FIFTH WETTEST -NOVEMBER IN CENTURY BRINGS 15.57 RAIN: With seven days yet to go in this month, November with 15.57 inches ‘of precipitation is the -fifth wettest November in Nevada City’s recorded history. Nine days of almost continuous . rainfall before. the sun finally ‘rake through Tuesday morning brought all but .05 inch of the rain. That amount fell the first day of the month. Although damage’ was wide-Spread throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, in parts of the Sierras, and in western Nevada, no damage was reported in Nevada City. Deer creek and its tributaries were running high but higher banks were ample to contain the torrents. Tahoe national forest headquarters in an early survey of bridges .and campgrounds estimated loss at. $100,000. Highway 20 was cut.for a few hours late Saturday when a slide blocked traffic south of,the junction with highway 40: a Traffic, over highway 40 was cut Saturday afternoon when the South Yuba river overflowed at several places where the highway erosses it. Traffic was restored Wednesday morning. The highway is still cut east of Truckee and Reno traffic is being detoured by Carson City. Highway 49 was cut east of Downieville and at last reports has not been reopéned. W. W. Delameter, who lives at the Edwards Crossing of South Yuba river, reported the river was highest Monday evening but when the rain stopped it rapidly receded. Delameter reported logs three and four feet in. diameter and several years accumulation of driftwood made: the storm sound like a: battlefield: 4s. the big jogs crashed against the rocks in the stream. Greatest damage to the: county road system was the loss of a bridge at the Dutch Flat crossing ofthe Bear river in the You Bet area. Residents of the Ridge road reported the road completed in October went to pieces during the rain and now is in worse condition than before construction work was started. Fred Bush, weather reporter at Pioneer park, said the previous Novembers that exceed the current month are 1864, 17.05; 1875, 16.56; 1885, 21.55, and 1926, 15.99. Average rainfall for November is 5.56, according to Bush. Week’s report: Max. Min. Friday, Nov. 17 ... 50 47 Saturday, Nov. 18 . 54 49 Sunday, Nov. 19 .. 56 51 Monday, Nov. 20 .. 58 52 Tuesday, Nov. 21 ... 60 55 Wednesday, Nov. 22 74 32 Thursday, Nov. 23 . 60 33 Precipitation: Nov. 17, 1.00; Nov. 18, 4.60; Nov. 19, 2.90; Nov. 20, 2.00; Nov. 21, 2.05; season, 22,80, ~~ IDAHO MARYLAND NAMES NEW DIRECTORS Charles Allen, general manager of the Grass Valley properties of Idaho Maryland Mines corporation, and Herbert A. Salinger, San Francisco attorney, named to the board of directors of the corporation at a meeting of the board Monday in the San Francisco offices of the corporation. They succeed Neil O’Donnell, recently removed general manager, and J. D. Hoffman. Edwin Letts Oliver, president} of the corporation, declared after the board meeting that ‘Since change in management at the end of October, mine overhead has been considerably reduced and fortunately the average ore grade has increased so that operating results are expected to improve. ILLEGAL YULE TREE CUTTING CHARGED “ Victor. Eugene Mace, 41, San Leandro, faces: a charge of illegally cutting Christmas trees on government land for the second time in two years, Arrested last week by Forest Ranger F. R. Sodolski for cutting red fir near Webber’ lake, Mace has been released from the Sierra county. jail after posting $1,000. He entered a plea of. not guilty before Justice of the Peace Alden N. Johnson in Sierraville justice court. ‘if Mace was fined $4,500 by a federal court in 1948 after pleading guilty to a similar charge. WEE Twenty-Third Year, No. 48 Nevada City (Nevada County) California, Friday, November 24, 1950 NEVADA COUNTY LEADS STATE IN RATIO FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP With an enrollment of 93. percent of the individual farms in its borders, Nevada county. carried' home a huge loving cup for the highest ratio of farm bureau members to the number of farms in the county from the 32nd’ annual convention of the California Farm Bureau. Federation held in ‘Berkeley last weekend: _C. J. Rolph, Jr., Nevada county delegate to: the convention; received the cup and brought it back to Nevada county with him. Honorable mention in this department went to Trinity, 89 percent; Yuba; 85 percent; and Modoc, 64 percent. Garden Grove, Orange county, won a loving cup for the largest membership in the state—653. Tustin, also in Orange county, was second with 581, and Selma, in Fresno county, was third with 521 members. San Joaquin county won first place in attendance at. the. Berkeley. meeting with '148 present. John: Frassetti, Santa Clara county, won first place for signing largést number of new members during 1950. His record was 86 signers. County: farm:bureaus receiving Special certificates from. the national Farm Bureau Federation for reaching twice in succession their quota of memberships included: Amador, Butte; Del Norte, Glenn, ‘Placer, Sacramento,’ San Benito, San Diego,’ San Joaquin, Solano and Tuolumne; MATHIS AND SKAAR INTERVIEWED ON AIR George Mathis, prominent artist of Nevada City, and Sven Skaar, connoisseur of the arts, also of Nevada City, were interviewed on Radio Station KLX, Oakland, Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock for a half hour. Skaar and Mathis are author and artist of a series. of travel booklets entitled Trip Teasers, of which three have: been produced so far. The radio interview was about Trip Teaser No. 3, which deals with the Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. Fairyland is a merchant sponsored playground for children which features many children’s fairyland characters and buildings. Trip Teaser No. 1, which was released July 1 by the two Nevada City men, is already out of print in the first edition. No. 1 covers Highway 49 from Nevada City to Downieville. Trip Teaser No. 2 covers the river road from Sacramento to San Francisco. In production, No. 4 will cover the Lake Tahoe wonderland. GUY ROBINSON SWORN IN AS SUPERVISOR ’ Guy N. Robinson, rancher of Indian Springs, will sit for the i ose time as a member of the oard of supervisors tomorrow as the group meets to canvass the general election. Robinson was appointed Friday by Governor Earl Warren to fill the vacancy caused by the death Sept. 10 of Chairman Warren E. Odell. Robinson was elected supervisor of the fourth district at the Nov. 7 general election. He was opposed by Ed J. Kohler, North San Juan. Robinson was sworn in Wednesday morning by County Clerk Ralph E. Deeble, following receipt. of the commission from the governor and approval of. bond by Superior Court Judge James Snell. : 4-H MEETING : Nevada City 4-H club held a regular meeting Saturday at the Seaman’s lodge with 12. members present. After the meeting dancing, singing and games were enjoyed. Guests were Mrs. Laura Granholm, Mr. and Mrs. Herb ‘. Granholm and Fred Bush. Refreshments were served. Girls of the club will meet tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 4 for sewing. 150 SCHOOL CLASSES RESUME MONDAY Schools of Nevada City will be resumed. Monday after being closed this week for .teachers’ institute in Grass Valley the early part of the week and: Thanksgiving vacation yesterday and today, according to an announcement by Edward A. Frantz, high school principal. HIGH SCHOOL PTA OPPOSES DRAFT OF Opposition to the drafting of youths 17 to 21 years old before they have completed high school. was recorded last week at a meeting of the Nevada City High School ParentTeachers Association. Included in the action was the provision that any boy taking reserve training in college: be exempted from universal military training. Also’ recommended. was a choice by any youth drafted. to: select the branch of service in which he wished to serve. The action was:.taken at a turkey dinner meeting prepared by the senior mothers and served in the high school gymnasium. The turkeys were baked by Mrs. Kent Walker, Mrs. Douglas Atkins. and Mrs. H. J. Ray. Mrs. Louise Rankin was chairman of the dinner committee which included Mrs. Leonard lLageson, Mrs. John Thiessen, Mrs. Dorothy. Glenn, Mrs. Carl Foote and Mrs. Luella) Anderson. Rev. Frank Buck, rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal. church of Grass Valley, spoke on ‘Home and Family Life.” He told the group that children should be taught religion at home and that teaching true traits of character should be done by example. Musical selections were presented by Miss Coreen Buster, Miss Sandra Pease and Franc Luschen. William Tobiassen served as a singing waiter. WASHINGTON EMPTIED IN DAM BREAK SCARE Apparently a practical joker “with a’ macabrish sense of humor went on the rampage Monday night along with the Yuba and other rivers of California. Two or three telephone calls by an individual who represented himself as speaking for the P.G.&E. superintendent alarmed the community by stating the Speulding dam was expected to go out and advised flight to a higher level. Most of the town evacuated to Nevada City, except Mrs. Carl Neasham, proprietor of the store. Mrs. Neasham decided to ,await definite word but intended to remain awake all night prepared for a quick getaway. Despite her vigilance she admitted she fell asleep. Larry Farrell, district manager of the P.G.&E., said there was no danger, but. if there had been, the company would have notified the authorities first and immediately afterward, the residents. PENN VALLEY MAN IS KILLED BY TRACTOR William Jean Stickels, 23, was instantly’ killed: Saturday morning on the Willow Brook Farm, Penn Valley, when a small tractor turned over on him. According to’ his wife, Nancy, who was in the ranch homé about feet from the _ accident, Stickels was attempting to pull their automobile from the mud. The tractor .reared over backward pinning’ Stickels underneath. Stickels was a native of Bakersfield, and a veteran of army service in World War II. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Nancy and Tommy; parents, Mr. and

Mrs. C. S. Stickels, Wawona, and sister, Mrs. Isabelle Von Passel, Arlington, MOTOR CORPORATION SUED FOR $225,000 BY Damage suit for $225,000 was filed: in Nevada county superior court Monday against the KaiserFraser Sales Corporation, Willow Run, Mich.; Henry J. Kaiser Motors, and "Jack Greenagie, Grass Valley,. by Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Tumulla, Gold Flat. ’ In their complaint the Tumullas. charge that after spending a period of two years. building this territory as Kaiser-Fraser dealers they were put out of business by the manufacturer through refusal to deliver cars for sale. The Tumullas allege that despite a still valid contract, the manufacturer permitted Greenagle to operate in the Grass Valley area and furnished him with new automobiles, including the new “Henry. J.” The complaint asks, the court to issue an order prohibiting the Kaiser companies from furnishing Greenagle with automobiles for re-sale in this area and enjoining Greenagle from selling any more in this area, and also to order an accounting of profits realized by Greenagle from sales of Kaiser-Fraser cars in this district. Michel M. Lipman and John L. Larue,.Nevada City, are representing the plaintiffs. Tumulla was cleared. Wednesday afternono of charges arising out of a $7,294.87 check given hy him to Greenagle, in connection with business transactions between them. Greenagle had Tumulla arrested last July, after payment of check was stopped. Tumulla was freed on $7,500 bail pending trial. After a jury was chosen in the Yuba county superior court, a conference was held with the trial judge, as a result of which the Yuba county deputy district attorney moved to dismiss the charges on the ground that justice would be best subserved. After questioning Tumulla and his attorneys, the judge agreed, and thereupon dismissed the case, released the jury and exonerated bail. THREE NEVADA. CITY MEN JOIN AIR FORCE Three Nevada City men are recent -enlistees in the U. S: Air Force, according to an announcement this week by M/Sgt. Allen E. Butler, recruiter for this area. Reenlisting after being out. of theAir Force for a period of more than four years was William George Hilpert, P. O. Box 599, Nevada: City, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Hilpert, same address. Hilpert served in the Asiatic theatre of operations during World War II, and has been awarded Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal, Philippine Liberation medal with a _ battle star, and the World War II Victory medal. Enlisting for the first time was Richard John Deschwanden, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Deschwanden, Route 1, Box 77, Nevada City, and Ronald Haywood Shaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood F. Shaw, 519 Nimrod street, Nevada City. Shaw is a former student at the University of California Berkeley campus. NORTH FORK RAMPAGES IN DOWNIEVILLE AREA The North Fork of the Yuba river went on the rampage over the weekend during the height of the storm that brought a huge toll to California in destroyed highways, farmlands and homes. The South Fork of the North Fork was reported to be 20 feet above normal when it crested on Monday evening. Downieville, seat. of Sierra county, was threatened when the North Fork reached a crest of 11 feet above normal. Highway 49 was underwater at Indian Valley Monday and was cut several places east of Downieville. NEVADA CITY GRIDDERS HEROES AT PALO ALTO Thirty-five members of Nevada City high school’s varsity and junior varsity football teams, and their coaches, Thomas Nelson and Bob Bonner were among the 40,000 heroes who. braved the elemerits and during a deluge of rain watched. the Cadets of West Point struggle ‘to a 7-0 win over Stanford University Saturday in Palo Alto. Twenty of the ‘players ushers at the game. CAMP BEALE TO GET LENGTHY INSPECTION FOR AIR ACADEMY Camp Beale, part of which is located in Nevada county, will receive the longest inspection of any of four California sites for the proposed air force academy on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 12 and 13, by the site selection board headed by General Carl Spaatz. The air force has narrowed to 29 the number of sites under. consideration for the academy: A total of 354 had been suggested. The proposed new academy is to be patterned after the military academy at West Point, N. Y., and the naval academy at Annapolis, Md. Congress has yet to authorize the academy: The site selection board. started Monday on. an inspection tour that will take them to all 29 sites in the country. California sites in addition to Camp Beale, are Santa Rosa, Napa and March Field. Congressional hearings on the establishment of the academy is expected to be held early in the session which opens Jan. 3. The air force announcement added that. a Chicago architectural firm, Root and Birurgee, is to begin a detailed survey of the three to six sites that will be chosen by that time for further study. Members of the site selection board include Lt. Gen. H. R. Harmon, Brig. Gen. Harold L. Clark, Lt. Col. Arthur E. Boudreau, Gen. Spaatz and Dr. Bruce Hopper, consultant. were . SIERRA UNIT.OF FUR ORGANZATION MEETS Mr. and Mrs. Don Daniels and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swendson of Nevada City were among mem. FIRST CASE OF POLIO IN . 15 MONTHS STRIKES IN NEVADA COUNTY The first case of polio reported in Nevada county in 15 months struck in Grass Valley on the heels of closing the polio center. Mrs. Gudie Rubke, wife of Rev. Walter Rubke, pastor of the St. _. Paul’s "Lutheran church, Chicago Park and the Grace Lutheran church, Grass Valley, was moved to Children’s hospital, San Francisco, Tuesday to undergo therapy for poliomyelitis. Mrs. Rubke has _ been seriously ill. at Jones Memorial hospital for several days. The polio center, which operated for 14 months in the Veterans Memorial building, in Grass Valley, will reopen for one day only, Saturday, Dec. 16, when Miss Barbara Newman, physiotherapist who operated the center, wil take a final check on cases she has been handling. In January, Dr. Dollivan Fuiks, Sacramento, will be in Nevada county to check the cases, and his recommendations at that time will govern the action of the Nevada county ehapter of the National’ Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, according. to Chairman Ray Hodge. During the 14 months the center operated, it provided 2,333 treatments including home visits. Immediately after the opening of the center nine children polio victims were visited by. Miss Newman. Teachers volunteer to keep them abreast their school work. : Of the ‘patients treated, who ‘ranged in age from two to. 46, 62 ‘were polio cases. The remain‘der had suffered other crippling injuries, diseases. and involvements. VARNEY NAMED PWA LIAISON OFFICER Forrest Varney, who was fired as manager of the Nevada Irrigation District last. Sept. 8 by. the NID. board of directors, has been appointed acting liaison officer between station officials in the Public Works Administration at China Lake, and the engineering department at Pasadena. China Lake is the U. S. navy ordnance testing station for rocket and guided missiles, located in north Mojave desert. Varney is contact man for various parties and agencies engaged in preparation and. devel‘opment of plans and _ specifications, with some of the funds being: provided by the atomic energy commission. China Lake is eight miles east of Inyokern, and covers 1,000 acres of desert and mountains, is an entire city of over 10,000 built by the navy with markets, theatres, library, postoffice, stores, recreation, schools and housing for single men and families. Mel Farley, formerly of Hennessy elementary school, Grass Valley, is high school principal. Varney in a letter to friends here wrote. “We wish the community the bers attending a Sunday meeting best of success in the future and of Sierra Unit, Northern Branch! trust that something which we of the National Chinchilla Breedhave done might be of lasting ers Association, held at the HBH Chinchilla ranch, Grass Valley. The HBH ranch is operated by Mr. and Mrs. James Harris. Gano H. Coleman, Half Moon Bay, weekend guest of the Harris, family, was the speaker. He owns the Half Moon Bay Chinchilla ranch and is an authority on chinchilla ranching. A pot-luck dinner was enjoyed by approximately forty members and visitors. Next meeting is scheduled for Yuba City. MRS. THELMA HEADLEY SUES FOR COLLECTION Mss. Thelma P. Headley filed suit Monday for $3,638 in Nevada county superior court against M. M. Headley charging failure to filfull terms of-a contract regarding property settlement in the sale of Headley’s garage here in 1948. ; According to the complaint, Mrs. Headley states the terms of the contract provide that in case of default the defendant would pay her $150 a month until she received a total of $5,500 plus six percent. interest. Mrs. Headley alleges that no payments: have been made since January, 1948, and that there is now due and payable $3,278 plus payments on a real estate loan totaling $360. John L. Larue, Nevada City: is ‘counsel for the plaintiff. benefit. The future can be of great good, but it must be understood that to make a greater community it will mean much sacrifice and a lot of work on ‘the part of the people of Nevada and Placer ‘counties. There will be nothing easy about further advancement, but it will be well worth the effort which it will demand. “The one thing which I envision for the future is that Harmony Ridge will be another ‘Pollock Pines’ of highway 50. With water on the ridge and into the valleys to the north and into Scotts Flat reservoir on the south that: area can be. made to be one of the most attractive summer and possibly winter residential areas of the state. Imagine a pipeline down the highway. from White Cloud camp. With pressure down the entire ridge.” SIX MEN TO BE CALLED FOR INDUCTION DEC. 22 Six men will be called for induction into the armed services on Friday, Dec. 22, from SierraNevada county selective service board, according to an announcement by Mrs. Dorothy Stephens, board clerk. Eleven men have: been called for induction into thé armed services from’ the two counties for next Thursday, Mrs. Stephens reported. The December call will be the fourth ‘since reactivation of the . {Selective service act.