October 20, 1950 (6 pages)

fe 1769. HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TRACED BY KNOLES AS METHODIST . CHURCH OBSERVES FIRST CENTURY One hundred years of Methodism in Nevada county. was observed here Wednesday night with a banquet and centennial service in the halls of the local Methodist church founded here in October of 1850. t The speaker was Dr. Tully C. Knoles, chancellor of the College of the Pacific in Stockton, who traced the history of religious education in California since the Spanish Mission period started in Rev. George Pearson, pastor of the local church, briefly traced the history of the church organization here since the first “love feast” in 1850 was authorized by Rev. Isaac Owen, Sacramento, who was presiding elder of a vast parish covering most of northern California. “The Methodist.Church here oc. cupies & site selected in 1852. The first. church building was at the present site of Pioneer cemetery. ‘The present church building: has only slightly changed since it was built in 1864 after three previous buildings had burned. Dr. Knoles said the principal differences between the church of today and the gold rush era was the present religious service, and education to youth. He described the early churches as only auditoriums where. adults heard’ sermons, with very. little offered to interest children. The official described the reuniting of the northern and the southern branches of the church in 1939 after a split in Civil war days, as one of the important occurences in the past century of the. organization. Although the site of the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church in Nevada City is un: known, °H. P. Davis, local historjan, says it could very well have taken place in a ride shake edifice without floor or windows, built on the southéast corner of Main and Washington, where the early day religious services were held for heterogenous assemblies. Rev. C. A. Leaman, fresh from the east, was sent to Nevada City by Rev. Owens, late in the summer of 1850 to take charge of Methodist activities. Rev. Leaman met Rev. R. R. Dunlap, a minister of the Missouri Methodist Episcopal church South, while here, and they joined forces in Metho‘ dist work for many years here. Rev. Owens was. able to get to Nevada City about Oct. 1 and the organization of the local unit was completed. Rev. Owens delivered the morning service to a large Sunday audience and Rev. Boring, of the M: E. Church South, assisted him in administering the Lord’s ‘Supper. About twenty responded, organized the local church that Sunday, the actual date of which is lost in antiquity. Of the original organizers recollected, the original list having been lost, included: Dudley, believed to have been lost at sea on a trip to the east; E. Booth; L. G. Detlow; William Wood; Bear; Dr. George Holmes; Bell; Tarnaham; Dr. Hamlin; Cyrus Philbrick; D. S. Tallman; Saul Morrisson; Nelson Chadwick; Jones; and two ‘brothers named Wolf. O. D. Stone was ciass leader. J. C. Crandall was the recording ' steward. Exhorters were Broadhurst, Simeon Roushey and one of the Wolf brothers. ' Presumably the .members met in the shake building of all the churches and in members’ homes. Wood suggested ‘the congregation construct its own.church and a subscription was started and in a short time $1,000 was subscribed. The first site at the present pioneer cemetery was chosen for its confluence to Nevada City and Coyoteville and its distance from the den of iniquity that was the business district with its saloons and gambling houses. The building was 28 feet by 34 feet with 16 foot posts, six windows, a door, paneled corners, cornice all around: and painted white. James Winson and Charles Brudick were contractors, and a Mr. Cole built the pulpit and seats. Total cost was about $1,400. Rev. M. C. Briggs, Rev. S. D. . Simonds and Rev. W. G Deal officiated at dedication the summer. of 1851. Sunday school was organized and was stimulated by a library Rev. Simonds secured. The location was not satisfactory and the site of the present church was purchased for $250, and in the summer of 1852 the structure was moved. In 1853 the building was enlarged and a porch with fluted columns was constructed. A steeple was also _ added, The building was destroyed in the 1856 fire, and its successor suffered the same fate in 1863. A third building was completed and dedicated Sept. 10, 1864, and despite two fires and much remodeling stands today. The building was raised in 1873 and a lower story constructed. A fire in 1894 partially destroyed the church, and it was remodeled and enlarged — the steeple was lost in the process. A recreation hall, originally intended for use as a gym, was added at the rear. __Pastors._appointed__by._conferences to the Nevada City Methodist church include: 1851—Adam Bland. 1853—J. R. Tansey. 1855—W. Morro. 1857—-D. A. Dryden. 1859—J. A. Bruner. 1860—W. G. Deal. 1862—J. B. Hill. 1864—D. A. Dryden. 1867—C. H. Northup. 1869—J. W. Stump. 1872—P. L. Haynes. 1873—G. Clifford. 1874—P. Y. Cool. 1875—C. E. Rich. « 1876—W. S. Urmy. 1878—J. Coyle. 1879—J. L. Mann. 1881—E. Jacka. 1883—W. B. -Priddy. 1885—William Angwin. 1890—J. Chrisholm. 1892—J: T. Murrish. 1895—W. C. Gray. 1898—J. W. Phelps. 1900—William Angwin. 1903—J. H. Wythe. ° 1904—James William. 1905—F. A. Lamb. 1909—J. M. Barnhart. 1910—C. B. Sylvester. 1912—W. C. Robins. 1915—C. H. Easterbrook. 1917—O. H. Langdon. 1919—J. W. Winkley. 1920—A. J. Hanson. 1923—R. West. 1925—H. H. Buckner. 1939—David Ralston. 1945—J. Moore. 1947—-M. ‘O. Dunlap. 1947—-R. L. Lincoln. 1948—Dahlgren Casey. 1949—George C.Pearson. “GINGER BREAD BOY” PLAY BY GOLD FLAT SCHOOL ON OCT. 27 “The Ginger Bread Boy,” a musical playlet will be presented by the fifth and Sixth grades of the, Gold Flat school Friday, Oct. 27 in the main building of the Oakland school. Between acts square dances and singing games will be staged by other classes of the school. ' A small admission charge will be made. Receipts will be used to purchase phonograph records for musical appreciation studies. “The Ginger Bread Boy” will be presented under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Paine. The public is invited. HOSPITAL BED FOR USE BY NEVADA COUNTYANS A standard hospital bed has been made available to residents of Nevada county by Banner Mt. Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, according to Gordon Tryon, adjutant. The bed was purchased with proceeds from subscription sales of Fortnight magazine, sponsored by the local post last spring, Tryon said. Anyone wishing to use the bed may do so free of charge by contacting Mosco Smart or Tryon. RIDGE CHAMBER MEETS The Chamber of Commerce of North San Juan, Camptonville, anid Vicinity met last night at the old schoolhouse in French Corral. Ed J. Kohler, president of the organization, presided. TAX SALE Mine property, covering 280 acres just east of Washington, was sold at tax sale’ Monday afternoon to Frank J. and Eleanor, Boniface, Berkeley, for $420. Parts have started arriving for the new $6,000 recording machine to be installed in the recorder’s office, according to Nevada CounTwenty-Third Year, No. 43 “= Nevada City. ( Nevada cones California, Friday, October 20, 1950 POST OFFICE CAN ACQUIRE FIRST CLASS STATUS Nevada City’s post office, for the first time in its almost one hundred years of existence, has the opportunity of earning the first class rating th year. All that-is necessary to put Nevada City into the coveted class is continued patronage of the local office_for the balance_of the year at the same rate of increase that prevailed during the third quarter of 1950. The local post office reached the $26,301.97 mark for the first nine months of 1950, according to William J. Wasley, postmaster. The third quarter receipts this year broke:all previous records for that. quarter, Wasley said. Receipts for the first nine calend $25,530.32 -and the entire year amounted to $38,973.79, insuffi‘cient to give Nevada City first class rating. The figures for the first nine months of this year are slightly less than a thousand dollars over last year’s similar period &nd was reached in the face of a ten percent decline in receipts. during the first six months of 1950. LLOYD GEIST RESIGNS AS PRINCIPAL OF NC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Lloyd M. Geist, principal of Nevada City elementary school for the past six years, presented his resgination: Monday at a special meeting of the board of trustees of the unified school district. Geist has been offered the post of superintendent in Mendota elementary school system at a substantial increase of his present salary. He asked the resignation be effective immediately or as soon as possible. The board accepted the resignation to become effective between Nov. 1 and: Jan. 1, at such ‘time a replacement can be found. The vacancy will be open to applicants from teachers within the Nevada City school system. Geist was employed at the elementary school as vice-principal in 1941 and in 1944 was named principal. As superintendent of the Mendota school he will supervise three elementary units and 47 teachers. He said the new job is a step forward . Dr. B. W. Hummelt, board board chairman and _ Trustees Freda Becraft, J. Paul Bergemann and John L. Larue were present at the special meeting. RICHARD JAMES NAMED FIRE TRUCK DRIVER Richard James, member of the Nevada City fire department, was named fire truck driver, at an adjourned meeting of the city council Tuesday evening. James, who is employed by Robert Graham, local logger, succeeds Max Solaro, who resigned last August to accept a job with Grizzly Creek Sawmill. Appointment of James was recommended by board of fire delegates who at a meeting earlier, this.month interviewed ten applicants for the job and submitted the list to the city council in order of preference. The fire truck driver . will maintain city equipment and fire alarm system eight hours a day and will be on call 24 hours, six days a week. In another action, the council approved a project of laying 900 feet of sewer line to serve families in the western part of the city. A project to improve the fireplace at Seaman’s lodge at Pioneer park also was approved. NID DIRECTORS MEET Regular weekly meeting of the ‘board of directors of the Nevada Irrigation District will .be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the NID ofty Recorder John Nettell. fices, Grass Valley. months of 1949 totaled INVITED—Governor Earl Warren has been invited to attend the officials day—Sunday, Oct. 28—of the Grass Valley Quartz Centennial, scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next week. firmation of his acceptance is expecied today. If Governor Warren -is able to attend the celebration, conIn addition to the governor, Congressman Clair Engle, Red Bluff: State Senator Harold Johnson, Roseville: and Loomis, have been been invited. Assemblyman Francis Lindsay, GROUND BROKEN YESTERDAY FOR $90,000 ARMORY Construction started yesterday on Nevada City’s $89,499 National ' Guard armory, expected to be completed. within five months. The building will house Company E, 184th Infantry Regiment, and is expected to supply a $50,. , 8] 000 annual payroll here. “The 140 by 80. foot structure will include a hall, area, kitchen and rest rooms. “. The building is similar to armories recently approved by the . adjutant general’s office for Mt. Shasta, Concord, Woodland and Madera. The building will be class A construction with reinforced concrete walls. Open floor space will be 60 by 120 feet, sufficient for basketball, dances, and community gettogethers. The building is being erected by Jenkins & Jensen, Sacramen"to contractors. C. A. Murray, of . Sacramento, associate construction superintendent of the state division of architecture, will, be in charge of inspection and structural detail. Upon completion of construction three full time men stationed at the armory plus a company receiving drill pay, are expected to add more'than $50,000 annually to the local payroll. The structure’ is located’ at Cashin Field, one mile south of the city on highways 20 and 49. RUNAWAY TANKER CRASHES PARKED CAR An umattended gas _ tanker, parked adjacent to the Richfield service station in Hills Flat be.gan-rolling and crashed into the parked car of Edna Mae Legate, Nevada City, damaging the right fender. The tanker, owned by Beryl Robinson, Nevada City, was reduced in speed by an unidentified bystander who leaped aboard the truck and applied the brakes. SLIGHTLY INJURED William .E. Moulton, 46, Oakland, and Herman Pederson, Nevada City, were slightly injured Saturday morning when their car and loaded. trailer skidded on gravel on highway 49 north ot here. They were on a final week end deer hunting trip. PAGEANT PLAYER KIN OF ROLE HE PORTRAYS William Tobiassen, who plays the part of Richard Jose, famed Cornish tenor in the Grass ValJey Quartz Centennial pageant, Saturday. next week, at Veterans large assembly , class rooms, office, storage: Memoria! Auditorium, is a dis1 + P . {tant relative of the famed singer. i ing a rehearsai of the pageant en{titled “The Birth of a Golden Empire,” fourta nger who rose to world fame. Richard Jose’s most celebrated ‘number was’ “Silver Threads Among the Gold,’ the numper . Tobiassen wii! sing in the pa. geant. The pageant is produced and directed by John Conway. The script was written by Aji Trivelpiece. PATROLMAN GARWO0D HAS CLOSE CALL FROM INSECT BITE OR STING Patrolman Clyde Garwood is . Pecovering at Miners hospital after a close call with death from the bite or sting of an insect on 'his neck Tuesday morning. Garwood and Chief of Police J. J. Jackson were investigating a suspected house breaking. at the Mary Fenton home on Park avenue, when he was bitten. Garwood said he. wasn’t sure whether it was a spider or a wasp. He had swung -at a flying insect but the bite felt more like a pinch. When the two policemen returned. to city hall Garwood began to feel ill. Chief Jackson called Dr. Norbert Frey who administered first aid. Garwood was in serious condition Tuesday and was placed in an oxygen tent at the hospital. GOLD FLAT ELECTION DAY SET FOR DEC. 15 Friday, Dec. 15, has been set as the date for a special election in the Oakland elementary school district to decide whether or not the district will join with the Grass ‘Valley high school district, according to an announcement by Walter A. Carlson, county superintendent of schools. Polling place will be at the Gold Flat school house, with the polls open from 2 to 7 p.m. Elections officials named for the special balloting are Joe Tredennick, inspector; and . Mrs. Florence Clemo and Mrs. Marie oe Townsend, judges. othe Tobiassen said last night dur. said he was:a third or . cousin of the celebrated . ‘Jr., Chicago Park, FARM BUREAU NAME OFFICERS TOMORROW NITEA three cornered race for the presidency of the Nevada County Farm Bureau Federation will be settled tomorrow night in Grass Valley at the annual meeting and . election of the county organiza=" tion. Competing for top seat in the federation will be €. O. Armstrong, the incumbent; Donald Gates, of Rough and Ready, present membership chairman; and Barker Cates of Kentucky Ftat. Wright Coleman of North San Juan, and Joel Bierwagen, Grass Valley, will be competing for the vice presidency and C. J. Rolph is unopposed. for the post of state delegate. Fhere may be additional candidates in all races, however, as members have the privilege of making nominations from the floor in addition to the slate presented by the nominating committee. Speaker will be Louis Rozzoni, Berkeley, vice president of: the California State Farm Bureau Federation, executive vice president of the Farmers Supply Company and chairman of the livestock commodity department of the federation. : The meeting and dinner will be held at Grass. Valley high school. Robert Roesner,; secretary of the county federation, is in charge of arrangements. TELEPHONE COMPANY SCORES PUC REFUSAL TO INCREASE RATES Commenting on yesterday’s announcement by the public utili-~ ties commission dismissing Paci~ fic Telephone’s application for increased rates, Mark Sullivan, president of the company said: “The refusal of the public utilities commission to hear our application for increased rates at this time leaves’the ‘company in an impossible position to meet the public demand for more telephone service. We want to meet. that demand. To do so we must get additional investment money from investors. We cannot raise additional investment money which is. absolutely necessarywithout the moderate increases in, rates we had applied for. The commission, we believe, has a mutual responsibility in this matter and we shall immediately file with the commission to petition for rehearing in order that our ability to serve the public be not, impaired.” lh GRASS VALLEY MAN IS NAMED COURT CLERK Erik Anderson, 24, Grass Valley, has been appointed deputy county clerk to fill vacancy left by resignation of J. T. Trauner, who was appointed veterans ser-. vice officer by board of super-. visors Sept. 1. Anderson’s appointment was announced by County Clerk‘R. E. Deeble. The newly appointed employee began work Monday. A graduate of Grass Valley schools, Anderson is a navy vet-. eran of World War II and was, employed at Folsom state prison, until April of this year. He and his wife, Carol, live at: 214 South School street, Grass; Valley. ABSENTEE BALLOTS AVAILABLE NOW Absentee ballots are now avail-~ able at the county clerk’s office, Ralph E. Deeble, county clerk, announced, and will be available until Thursday, Nov. 2. Although absentee ballots do not need to be notarized, they must be applied for either personally or in the elector’s own ‘handwriting by mail, Deeble declared. Deeble reported 73 ballots were . requested Wednesday, Gay the ballots were avallabi. 4

fe 1769. HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TRACED BY KNOLES AS METHODIST . CHURCH OBSERVES FIRST CENTURY One hundred years of Methodism in Nevada county. was observed here Wednesday night with a banquet and centennial service in the halls of the local Methodist church founded here in October of 1850. t The speaker was Dr. Tully C. Knoles, chancellor of the College of the Pacific in Stockton, who traced the history of religious education in California since the Spanish Mission period started in Rev. George Pearson, pastor of the local church, briefly traced the history of the church organization here since the first “love feast” in 1850 was authorized by Rev. Isaac Owen, Sacramento, who was presiding elder of a vast parish covering most of northern California. “The Methodist.Church here oc. cupies & site selected in 1852. The first. church building was at the present site of Pioneer cemetery. ‘The present church building: has only slightly changed since it was built in 1864 after three previous buildings had burned. Dr. Knoles said the principal differences between the church of today and the gold rush era was the present religious service, and education to youth. He described the early churches as only auditoriums where. adults heard’ sermons, with very. little offered to interest children. The official described the reuniting of the northern and the southern branches of the church in 1939 after a split in Civil war days, as one of the important occurences in the past century of the. organization. Although the site of the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church in Nevada City is un: known, °H. P. Davis, local historjan, says it could very well have taken place in a ride shake edifice without floor or windows, built on the southéast corner of Main and Washington, where the early day religious services were held for heterogenous assemblies. Rev. C. A. Leaman, fresh from the east, was sent to Nevada City by Rev. Owens, late in the summer of 1850 to take charge of Methodist activities. Rev. Leaman met Rev. R. R. Dunlap, a minister of the Missouri Methodist Episcopal church South, while here, and they joined forces in Metho‘ dist work for many years here. Rev. Owens was. able to get to Nevada City about Oct. 1 and the organization of the local unit was completed. Rev. Owens delivered the morning service to a large Sunday audience and Rev. Boring, of the M: E. Church South, assisted him in administering the Lord’s ‘Supper. About twenty responded, organized the local church that Sunday, the actual date of which is lost in antiquity. Of the original organizers recollected, the original list having been lost, included: Dudley, believed to have been lost at sea on a trip to the east; E. Booth; L. G. Detlow; William Wood; Bear; Dr. George Holmes; Bell; Tarnaham; Dr. Hamlin; Cyrus Philbrick; D. S. Tallman; Saul Morrisson; Nelson Chadwick; Jones; and two ‘brothers named Wolf. O. D. Stone was ciass leader. J. C. Crandall was the recording ' steward. Exhorters were Broadhurst, Simeon Roushey and one of the Wolf brothers. ' Presumably the .members met in the shake building of all the churches and in members’ homes. Wood suggested ‘the congregation construct its own.church and a subscription was started and in a short time $1,000 was subscribed. The first site at the present pioneer cemetery was chosen for its confluence to Nevada City and Coyoteville and its distance from the den of iniquity that was the business district with its saloons and gambling houses. The building was 28 feet by 34 feet with 16 foot posts, six windows, a door, paneled corners, cornice all around: and painted white. James Winson and Charles Brudick were contractors, and a Mr. Cole built the pulpit and seats. Total cost was about $1,400. Rev. M. C. Briggs, Rev. S. D. . Simonds and Rev. W. G Deal officiated at dedication the summer. of 1851. Sunday school was organized and was stimulated by a library Rev. Simonds secured. The location was not satisfactory and the site of the present church was purchased for $250, and in the summer of 1852 the structure was moved. In 1853 the building was enlarged and a porch with fluted columns was constructed. A steeple was also _ added, The building was destroyed in the 1856 fire, and its successor suffered the same fate in 1863. A third building was completed and dedicated Sept. 10, 1864, and despite two fires and much remodeling stands today. The building was raised in 1873 and a lower story constructed. A fire in 1894 partially destroyed the church, and it was remodeled and enlarged — the steeple was lost in the process. A recreation hall, originally intended for use as a gym, was added at the rear. __Pastors._appointed__by._conferences to the Nevada City Methodist church include: 1851—Adam Bland. 1853—J. R. Tansey. 1855—W. Morro. 1857—-D. A. Dryden. 1859—J. A. Bruner. 1860—W. G. Deal. 1862—J. B. Hill. 1864—D. A. Dryden. 1867—C. H. Northup. 1869—J. W. Stump. 1872—P. L. Haynes. 1873—G. Clifford. 1874—P. Y. Cool. 1875—C. E. Rich. « 1876—W. S. Urmy. 1878—J. Coyle. 1879—J. L. Mann. 1881—E. Jacka. 1883—W. B. -Priddy. 1885—William Angwin. 1890—J. Chrisholm. 1892—J: T. Murrish. 1895—W. C. Gray. 1898—J. W. Phelps. 1900—William Angwin. 1903—J. H. Wythe. ° 1904—James William. 1905—F. A. Lamb. 1909—J. M. Barnhart. 1910—C. B. Sylvester. 1912—W. C. Robins. 1915—C. H. Easterbrook. 1917—O. H. Langdon. 1919—J. W. Winkley. 1920—A. J. Hanson. 1923—R. West. 1925—H. H. Buckner. 1939—David Ralston. 1945—J. Moore. 1947—-M. ‘O. Dunlap. 1947—-R. L. Lincoln. 1948—Dahlgren Casey. 1949—George C.Pearson. “GINGER BREAD BOY” PLAY BY GOLD FLAT SCHOOL ON OCT. 27 “The Ginger Bread Boy,” a musical playlet will be presented by the fifth and Sixth grades of the, Gold Flat school Friday, Oct. 27 in the main building of the Oakland school. Between acts square dances and singing games will be staged by other classes of the school. ' A small admission charge will be made. Receipts will be used to purchase phonograph records for musical appreciation studies. “The Ginger Bread Boy” will be presented under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Paine. The public is invited. HOSPITAL BED FOR USE BY NEVADA COUNTYANS A standard hospital bed has been made available to residents of Nevada county by Banner Mt. Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, according to Gordon Tryon, adjutant. The bed was purchased with proceeds from subscription sales of Fortnight magazine, sponsored by the local post last spring, Tryon said. Anyone wishing to use the bed may do so free of charge by contacting Mosco Smart or Tryon. RIDGE CHAMBER MEETS The Chamber of Commerce of North San Juan, Camptonville, anid Vicinity met last night at the old schoolhouse in French Corral. Ed J. Kohler, president of the organization, presided. TAX SALE Mine property, covering 280 acres just east of Washington, was sold at tax sale’ Monday afternoon to Frank J. and Eleanor, Boniface, Berkeley, for $420. Parts have started arriving for the new $6,000 recording machine to be installed in the recorder’s office, according to Nevada CounTwenty-Third Year, No. 43 “= Nevada City. ( Nevada cones California, Friday, October 20, 1950 POST OFFICE CAN ACQUIRE FIRST CLASS STATUS Nevada City’s post office, for the first time in its almost one hundred years of existence, has the opportunity of earning the first class rating th year. All that-is necessary to put Nevada City into the coveted class is continued patronage of the local office_for the balance_of the year at the same rate of increase that prevailed during the third quarter of 1950. The local post office reached the $26,301.97 mark for the first nine months of 1950, according to William J. Wasley, postmaster. The third quarter receipts this year broke:all previous records for that. quarter, Wasley said. Receipts for the first nine calend $25,530.32 -and the entire year amounted to $38,973.79, insuffi‘cient to give Nevada City first class rating. The figures for the first nine months of this year are slightly less than a thousand dollars over last year’s similar period &nd was reached in the face of a ten percent decline in receipts. during the first six months of 1950. LLOYD GEIST RESIGNS AS PRINCIPAL OF NC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Lloyd M. Geist, principal of Nevada City elementary school for the past six years, presented his resgination: Monday at a special meeting of the board of trustees of the unified school district. Geist has been offered the post of superintendent in Mendota elementary school system at a substantial increase of his present salary. He asked the resignation be effective immediately or as soon as possible. The board accepted the resignation to become effective between Nov. 1 and: Jan. 1, at such ‘time a replacement can be found. The vacancy will be open to applicants from teachers within the Nevada City school system. Geist was employed at the elementary school as vice-principal

in 1941 and in 1944 was named principal. As superintendent of the Mendota school he will supervise three elementary units and 47 teachers. He said the new job is a step forward . Dr. B. W. Hummelt, board board chairman and _ Trustees Freda Becraft, J. Paul Bergemann and John L. Larue were present at the special meeting. RICHARD JAMES NAMED FIRE TRUCK DRIVER Richard James, member of the Nevada City fire department, was named fire truck driver, at an adjourned meeting of the city council Tuesday evening. James, who is employed by Robert Graham, local logger, succeeds Max Solaro, who resigned last August to accept a job with Grizzly Creek Sawmill. Appointment of James was recommended by board of fire delegates who at a meeting earlier, this.month interviewed ten applicants for the job and submitted the list to the city council in order of preference. The fire truck driver . will maintain city equipment and fire alarm system eight hours a day and will be on call 24 hours, six days a week. In another action, the council approved a project of laying 900 feet of sewer line to serve families in the western part of the city. A project to improve the fireplace at Seaman’s lodge at Pioneer park also was approved. NID DIRECTORS MEET Regular weekly meeting of the ‘board of directors of the Nevada Irrigation District will .be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the NID ofty Recorder John Nettell. fices, Grass Valley. months of 1949 totaled INVITED—Governor Earl Warren has been invited to attend the officials day—Sunday, Oct. 28—of the Grass Valley Quartz Centennial, scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next week. firmation of his acceptance is expecied today. If Governor Warren -is able to attend the celebration, conIn addition to the governor, Congressman Clair Engle, Red Bluff: State Senator Harold Johnson, Roseville: and Loomis, have been been invited. Assemblyman Francis Lindsay, GROUND BROKEN YESTERDAY FOR $90,000 ARMORY Construction started yesterday on Nevada City’s $89,499 National ' Guard armory, expected to be completed. within five months. The building will house Company E, 184th Infantry Regiment, and is expected to supply a $50,. , 8] 000 annual payroll here. “The 140 by 80. foot structure will include a hall, area, kitchen and rest rooms. “. The building is similar to armories recently approved by the . adjutant general’s office for Mt. Shasta, Concord, Woodland and Madera. The building will be class A construction with reinforced concrete walls. Open floor space will be 60 by 120 feet, sufficient for basketball, dances, and community gettogethers. The building is being erected by Jenkins & Jensen, Sacramen"to contractors. C. A. Murray, of . Sacramento, associate construction superintendent of the state division of architecture, will, be in charge of inspection and structural detail. Upon completion of construction three full time men stationed at the armory plus a company receiving drill pay, are expected to add more'than $50,000 annually to the local payroll. The structure’ is located’ at Cashin Field, one mile south of the city on highways 20 and 49. RUNAWAY TANKER CRASHES PARKED CAR An umattended gas _ tanker, parked adjacent to the Richfield service station in Hills Flat be.gan-rolling and crashed into the parked car of Edna Mae Legate, Nevada City, damaging the right fender. The tanker, owned by Beryl Robinson, Nevada City, was reduced in speed by an unidentified bystander who leaped aboard the truck and applied the brakes. SLIGHTLY INJURED William .E. Moulton, 46, Oakland, and Herman Pederson, Nevada City, were slightly injured Saturday morning when their car and loaded. trailer skidded on gravel on highway 49 north ot here. They were on a final week end deer hunting trip. PAGEANT PLAYER KIN OF ROLE HE PORTRAYS William Tobiassen, who plays the part of Richard Jose, famed Cornish tenor in the Grass ValJey Quartz Centennial pageant, Saturday. next week, at Veterans large assembly , class rooms, office, storage: Memoria! Auditorium, is a dis1 + P . {tant relative of the famed singer. i ing a rehearsai of the pageant en{titled “The Birth of a Golden Empire,” fourta nger who rose to world fame. Richard Jose’s most celebrated ‘number was’ “Silver Threads Among the Gold,’ the numper . Tobiassen wii! sing in the pa. geant. The pageant is produced and directed by John Conway. The script was written by Aji Trivelpiece. PATROLMAN GARWO0D HAS CLOSE CALL FROM INSECT BITE OR STING Patrolman Clyde Garwood is . Pecovering at Miners hospital after a close call with death from the bite or sting of an insect on 'his neck Tuesday morning. Garwood and Chief of Police J. J. Jackson were investigating a suspected house breaking. at the Mary Fenton home on Park avenue, when he was bitten. Garwood said he. wasn’t sure whether it was a spider or a wasp. He had swung -at a flying insect but the bite felt more like a pinch. When the two policemen returned. to city hall Garwood began to feel ill. Chief Jackson called Dr. Norbert Frey who administered first aid. Garwood was in serious condition Tuesday and was placed in an oxygen tent at the hospital. GOLD FLAT ELECTION DAY SET FOR DEC. 15 Friday, Dec. 15, has been set as the date for a special election in the Oakland elementary school district to decide whether or not the district will join with the Grass ‘Valley high school district, according to an announcement by Walter A. Carlson, county superintendent of schools. Polling place will be at the Gold Flat school house, with the polls open from 2 to 7 p.m. Elections officials named for the special balloting are Joe Tredennick, inspector; and . Mrs. Florence Clemo and Mrs. Marie oe Townsend, judges. othe Tobiassen said last night dur. said he was:a third or . cousin of the celebrated . ‘Jr., Chicago Park, FARM BUREAU NAME OFFICERS TOMORROW NITEA three cornered race for the presidency of the Nevada County Farm Bureau Federation will be settled tomorrow night in Grass Valley at the annual meeting and . election of the county organiza=" tion. Competing for top seat in the federation will be €. O. Armstrong, the incumbent; Donald Gates, of Rough and Ready, present membership chairman; and Barker Cates of Kentucky Ftat. Wright Coleman of North San Juan, and Joel Bierwagen, Grass Valley, will be competing for the vice presidency and C. J. Rolph is unopposed. for the post of state delegate. Fhere may be additional candidates in all races, however, as members have the privilege of making nominations from the floor in addition to the slate presented by the nominating committee. Speaker will be Louis Rozzoni, Berkeley, vice president of: the California State Farm Bureau Federation, executive vice president of the Farmers Supply Company and chairman of the livestock commodity department of the federation. : The meeting and dinner will be held at Grass. Valley high school. Robert Roesner,; secretary of the county federation, is in charge of arrangements. TELEPHONE COMPANY SCORES PUC REFUSAL TO INCREASE RATES Commenting on yesterday’s announcement by the public utili-~ ties commission dismissing Paci~ fic Telephone’s application for increased rates, Mark Sullivan, president of the company said: “The refusal of the public utilities commission to hear our application for increased rates at this time leaves’the ‘company in an impossible position to meet the public demand for more telephone service. We want to meet. that demand. To do so we must get additional investment money from investors. We cannot raise additional investment money which is. absolutely necessarywithout the moderate increases in, rates we had applied for. The commission, we believe, has a mutual responsibility in this matter and we shall immediately file with the commission to petition for rehearing in order that our ability to serve the public be not, impaired.” lh GRASS VALLEY MAN IS NAMED COURT CLERK Erik Anderson, 24, Grass Valley, has been appointed deputy county clerk to fill vacancy left by resignation of J. T. Trauner, who was appointed veterans ser-. vice officer by board of super-. visors Sept. 1. Anderson’s appointment was announced by County Clerk‘R. E. Deeble. The newly appointed employee began work Monday. A graduate of Grass Valley schools, Anderson is a navy vet-. eran of World War II and was, employed at Folsom state prison, until April of this year. He and his wife, Carol, live at: 214 South School street, Grass; Valley. ABSENTEE BALLOTS AVAILABLE NOW Absentee ballots are now avail-~ able at the county clerk’s office, Ralph E. Deeble, county clerk, announced, and will be available until Thursday, Nov. 2. Although absentee ballots do not need to be notarized, they must be applied for either personally or in the elector’s own ‘handwriting by mail, Deeble declared. Deeble reported 73 ballots were . requested Wednesday, Gay the ballots were avallabi. 4