November 18, 1959 (8 pages)

Page 2 T NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN Published every Wednesday, 132 MainSt., Nevada City, California, by Nevada County Citizen, Inc.’ Phone Grass Valley or Nevada City 126 Alfred E. Heller Max Norris.) 26". Don Fairclough ., 3°. Clarice Mc Whinney , . Margaret Abrahamson, ,. Single copy price, 10 cents. One year, $2.50; two years, $4.50; three years, $6.00. Postal regulations require that all subscriptions be paid. inadvance. AND CITIZEN ADVERTISER Publisher cle te ce pe 2 Circulation Manager oe © a oe Beier . . . society Editor Subscription prices: EDITORIAL Solo, Duet or Trio? Por years Western Nevada County has had several small voices singing its praises to the world. . Now there are evidences of efforts to blend these voices into achorus that would sing. the same song--only louder. The voices are the Chambers of Commerce of Grass Valley, Nevada City and Rough and Ready. The force that i§ working to bring them together after so many years of ardent independence is money. Or, more accuraltely the look of it. Officials of both the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers admit their organizations are having finan-cial difficulties. Spokesmen for both groups concede the two chambers have been less effective than they might have been if there had been more money at their disposal. Some members of each organization see a merger as the only immediate answer. Others are less anxious for suchaunion. Therivalry that has existed for so long between Grass Valley and Nevada City is not something that dies easily. Nevada City Chamber members opposed to a merger are afraid Grass Valley would be the ruling force in this federation because it would furnish nearly two-thirds of the membership. : : ‘Some in Grass Valley have been heard to ask, "Why should we spend our money to help Nevada City?! pointing out thattheir community would be supplying two-thirds of the money as well as two-thirds of the membership. Rough and Ready has said little or nothing about merger and probably won't. This community seems to feel its nameisits greatestasset and any move that would remove this name from public prominence is a bad one. Even those people in the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers who are most ardently in favor of a single Chamber serving all of Western Nevada County concede that Rough and Ready has a salient point. But those who see strength in union are perfectly willing toaccept a two-way part-nership if they can't induce Rough and Readyto make it a triangular affair. at Their arguments against? those who still want tocontinue the competition between __-GraSs Valley and Nevada City are these: / --Since Grass Valley’ and Nevada City are basically inter-dependent communities and constitute oné economic complex, any business, industrial or residential growth in one town will automatically be reflected in the economic expansion of the other, / / --The changes wrought by. time have removed any real ~ grounds for the competition that once might have existed. Although Grass Valley and Nevada City have similar backgrounds, duringthe past two decades they have developed along dissimilar lines. One of the two communities wouldbe favored by a certain group of people. the other would attract ar. entirely different type. "What we should do," said an officer inthe Grass Valley C of C, "is just try toget people to come to Western Nevada County. Some of them whenthey get here will want to live inGrass Valley. ‘Others will choose Nevada City. Still others will undoubtedly prefer Rough and Ready, North San Juan and places like that. ; "But our main job, as I see it, is togetthemhere so they can make the choice." The die of community devel-opment, these advocates of merger contend, is already cast. A member of the Grass Valley Chamber declared recently that community has no choice but to grow into . modern city that will strive to attract the kind of people who prefer modern Cities. "It's too latetotry and attract people here to see our points of historic interest, ” he said. "We've slept too long. Now they're all gone." Nevada City, because of its isolation is better preserved than Grass Valley and members of both the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers admit this is the town'sbig“gest asset. L, Those people who like a community like Nevada City, these men contend, would move to that town even if it was Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce publicity that attracted them to this area in the first place. The reverse pattern also holds. These are the arguments for disbanding the present Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of Commerce and forming anew super-organizationrepresenting all of Western Nevada County.They seemtohave merit. We think they are certainly worthy of serious consideration. Letters To The Editor Nevada County Citizen Dear Sir: Enclosed is a check to cover one years subscription. I believe in Postive Thinking, so cannot say that I have to seeit to believe that your fine little paper will survive the ravages of time. AllI can say isI LIKE IT. Lots of luck in your new venture, Sincerely yours, Mrs. John Chormicle NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN Fool’s Gold. c= Al Washburn, At 80 He Prefers Racket to Rocking Chair THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK In one court two men in their twenties waited for their opponents to serve, In the opposite court at the ' Grass Valley municipal ‘courts, one of the other pair of, players, a woman in her thirties, called to her partner, "ComeonAl, we've got them 4-2 and this is game point.” The partner tossed the ball high in the air and stretched 0 balance onthe point of his toes as he broughi his teinis racket around in an arc that caught the ball at a point just beyond the peak of the racket's swing. Thetennis ball described a low arc as it flashed over the net to catch the corner of a court and bounce away be~yond reach of either of the men in their twenties. This ended the game and made the match score 5-2 in favor of the woman in her thirties and the server, » Nothing unusual in this scene; it's repeated every day on hundreds of tennis courts throughout the country. Nothing unusual, that is, except the server'sage. He is 80-years-old, The man is Alfreds, Washbum, a retired miner who lives at 314 Bennett Street with his small mongrel dog, Butch, and spends most of his waking hours in good weather at the tennis courts waiting for someone tocome along who feels like playing a match or two, * Everyday Player "I play seven matches a week if 1 can find people to play with," says Washbum, a thin, wiry man who views the world through small, steel-rimmed spectacles, "But most of the tennis players in town have to work weekdays, sol seldom get the chance to play that often. " Like the late King Gustav of Sweaen, who played this strenuous "young man's game" until he was nearly 90, Washburn became acquainted with the sport of Bill Tilden, Don Budge and Pancho Gonzales at an age when most men are giving it up in preference for something less taxing--like television viewing. "I was 45 when I played _my first game," he says, adding, “And it's funny how I started, "I was down here one day watching workmen building the old courts down there (he pointed toward the Grass Valley Swimming Pool) andI got curious about what sort ofa game you could play on sorpething that looked like “that. "Well, when the courts were finished I came back and saw some men playing on them andI decided I'd try "It so happened that my sister hada racket in the house thatI could use, or I'd never havetried it. You’can besureI wouldn't have spent the money to buy a racket just to see what tennis was like." The result was truly a love match, Only the nets and ‘baselines have spent more time, on the Grass Valley tennis courts than Washbum since that fateful day 35 years ago. Although Otis Gaylord, the wheelhorse in the Grass Valley Tennis Club, says Washbum has gone out of his way to help teach the game to Nevada County children, Washbum modestly declares "He's exaggerating a little bit." He does-admit, though, that "Way back, I spotted a little girl here named Gayle Trench that I encouraged and helped." This "little girl” went on to become the twotime women's champion of the: state of Nevada and the mother of a son who is now one of the nation's sop-seeded junior-players. Ardent tennis fans may recognize the name of Dennis Ralston. Washburn lends further credence to Gaylord's statement by admitting that he’s doing his best to aid the career of Judy Robinson, 17year-old Neyada Union High School student and member of the school's girl's tennis team. As he was interviewed at the courts last week, Washburn continually turned aside to kid Judy. He’s Tireless After Washbum and his female partner downed their pair of young male opponents, Washbum was ready for another match, Both of. his opponents pleaded fatigue and his partner excused herself on the grounds that "1° have to get home." The octogenarian then tumedtoJudy. “I'm tired," she said, turning him down. "She's lazy," he said jokingly, “You put it in your paper that she's just lazy. "I try to get you out here on other days, “ he said, turning back to Judy, "and you always have some other ex~cuse for not playing." "I have to go to school on those other days, " she replied with what seemed to be superior logic. "Oh, you've always got excuses," Washbum answered, "You're just lazy." For publication, Washbum admitted Miss Robinson was not really lacking in ambition. He also opined that she is "a pretty good player" and willgo on to be a better one--if she listens to him. Born in Virginia City, Nevada, back in the days when it was really a wide-open town ("My mother saw two gun fights on the streets there."), Washbum came to Grass Valley with his miner father when he was 18. Following in his father's footsteps, he too spent his working life underground, having been employed by such local mines asthe Golden Center, Allison Ranch, Empire, Maryland and Alta Hill. He finally laid down his pick when he was 68 and turned all of his attentions to that other hand-held implement--the tennis racket. Why Waste Time? Perfectly at ease onthe tennis courts, Washbum was Not quite socomfortable when being interviewed. "Why do you want to waste your time with me?" he asked. "Nobody, except the people who playtennis, knows whol am--or cares, The people downtown never heard of me and don't care to,.” "That's not so," said Miss ~ Robinson, "“Whenl tell people about you Al, they always say, ‘Oh, you mean that old man who plays tennis all the time'." Washburn pretendedhe did not believeher, but there was no conviction in his protest. While it is most ususual for -Men in their eighties to be . playing tennis atall, the few who donearly always restrict themselvesto doubles, Washbum prefers singles, "But it's a lot faster and a lot more work, ‘isn't it?" he was asked, ."Yes, but it’s a lot more fun, too," he said as he tumed and headed back to the courtsto play a singles match against a woman at least 50 years his junior. Wednesday,-~November 18, 1959 BY MAK NORRIS The world is asadder place these days --even though many people may not be aware of it as yet. This sadness came about with the recent death of Elliot White Springs. Col. Springs was the irreverent presi‘dent of Springs Mills Incorporated, manufacturer of Spring Maid sheets, In an era when most corporations feel their advertisements are failing todotheir appointed job unless they insult the intelligence of the prospective buyer with outlandish slogans or claims, Col. Springs fostered an entire series of ads that contained a minimum of claims, no slogans and little mention of the product they were boosting. But humor they did contain. My own favorites were "Bundling or Bungling?”", the classic "A Buck Well Spent ona Spring Maid Sheet" andthe recent parody . of that enduring ballad "Abdullah Bulbul Amir." Other followers of this greatest of all advertising campaigns doubltess will recall favorites of their own not listed here. Although they broke all the established rules of advertising the Spring Maid series became sopopular that at one time a movie fan magazine ran one gratis in an attempt toconvince the fun-loving colonel he should forsake high tone publications like Esquire, Holiday, etc., in favor of periodicals like their own. The Colonel's strategy paid off. When he took over at Spring Mills, the company was floundering, and in debt. From the moment the Springs' ads. startéd appearing in print, Spring Mills' fortunes took an upturn. The public laughed at the colonel's ads as they walked to the store .to buy the sheets he made. Unfortunately, not many ofthe nation's advertisers got the point. They regard their products as something’ sacred; something far above levity. Where the colonel joked and entertained, they con-" tinue to pontificate and bore. Yes, Col. _Elliot White Springs, America's thirdranking ace of World War I, will be missed and sowill his ads if his successors at Spring Mills don't have the sense or the sense of humor to continue them. The Good Doctor Dr. Oscar Lang of Grass Valley, last week& Citizen of the Week, is aman who takes as many pains with his own health as he does with that of his patients. Now 79, the good doctor looks at least -10 years younger and engagés in various athletic activities that would tire a certain chair-bound editor some 46 years his junior. Dr. Lang didn't say he attributed his marvelous physical conditiontothis, but he passes along the word that in all his life he has never taken a drink of anything alcoholic or smoked. A Dark Tale Last week's feature by Dohna Milhous on monder art and emotionally disturbed six-year-olds, callstomindan anecdote Len Prisk Jr., president of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, told at the recent Welcome Teachers dinner cosponsored by the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of: Commerce. Len, whois a mortician by trade, said his profession “dictates that the clothes he wears andthe cars hesdrives be either black or some equally somber hue. Well, when one of his offspring took crayon in hand and began drawing pictures of daddy, mommy and the family's brown and white dog in big, black strokes, Len hastened the child off to a child psychologist to see if his job wasn't giving her a slightly warped outlook on lite. When he got his daughter to the psychologist, related Len, the man schooled in the mysterious ways of the human mind, asked the little girl the obvious question: “Why do you draw all your pictures with a black crayon?" r The little girl was* pronounced cured when she came back with an equally obious reply: “Because all the crayons in the box except the black one are broken." Here it is the and Thanksgivin« we know what ha of Thanksgiving we supposed to What would Tha ~~ out them? Certé tobe sadunless t the oldbird.a goes into the o ideas on what t ever-lovin' berri welcome. Was up brigh day and watched was still dark trucks started mills and the s an early start. twice as noisy .-and believe of people in this all night, for the office all n last week's colu work done "if it t enough it did. Saw a lady goi a tiny car vicious cigaretteina ‘mindedme ofas after a sardine. Took a ride to tell you, those heavy upthere. Nevada City, bed ing up there I wo a worriéd per: worried mind. IT (Camptonville, P certainly be com .eandnotonlyt able, openedthe to the boys who Nicest thing of was Ed Uren ce day.and eve .with congratulati ours.from all "May you have Have a word of who hunt.M acres on Town Ts She loves birds ants and quail seems that some found itis good sing and have kil Just a word to the been contacted. hunting elsewhet STRICTLY ENT] good many deb over the past nursery set is column. Novemb orial getting read Mr. and Mrs. Al ley welcomedas ember 10th the of Rough and R¢ Albert Kent III, 4 Pocza of Rougha Stephen William The llth of Mrs. Otha Blak parents of a daug Jimmy Garner a junior model, Ji ember was even Cause the Dona Valley welcomed John Blair Eddy o a daughter, She Mrs. Homer Pug debuted a daugh Jones Mem awakening scen and Mrs. Robert Valley, and for Mrs. James Gui On the 10th of N Have been ORCHID LINE is there is always s being an extra s week it was th unknown, whore trian has th brought his littl halt sowe could -.and it was p Night has fa has when I sit od

Page 2 T NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN Published every Wednesday, 132 MainSt., Nevada City, California, by Nevada County Citizen, Inc.’ Phone Grass Valley or Nevada City 126 Alfred E. Heller Max Norris..) 26". Don Fairclough ., 3°. Clarice Mc Whinney , . Margaret Abrahamson, ,. Single copy price, 10 cents. One year, $2.50; two years, $4.50; three years, $6.00. Postal regulations require that all subscriptions be paid. inadvance. AND CITIZEN ADVERTISER Publisher cle te ce pe 2 Circulation Manager oe © a oe Beier . . . society Editor Subscription prices: EDITORIAL Solo, Duet or Trio? Por years Western Nevada County has had several small voices singing its praises to the world. . Now there are evidences of efforts to blend these voices into achorus that would sing. the same song--only louder. The voices are the Chambers of Commerce of Grass Valley, Nevada City and Rough and Ready. The force that i§ working to bring them together after so many years of ardent independence is money. Or, more accuraltely the look of it. Officials of both the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers admit their organizations are having finan-cial difficulties. Spokesmen for both groups concede the two chambers have been less effective than they might have been if there had been more money at their disposal. Some members of each organization see a merger as the only immediate answer. Others are less anxious for suchaunion. Therivalry that has existed for so long between Grass Valley and Nevada City is not something that dies easily. Nevada City Chamber members opposed to a merger are afraid Grass Valley would be the ruling force in this federation because it would furnish nearly two-thirds of the membership. : : ‘Some in Grass Valley have been heard to ask, "Why should we spend our money to help Nevada City?! pointing out thattheir community would be supplying two-thirds of the money as well as two-thirds of the membership. Rough and Ready has said little or nothing about merger and probably won't. This community seems to feel its nameisits greatestasset and any move that would remove this name from public prominence is a bad one. Even those people in the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers who are most ardently in favor of a single Chamber serving all of Western Nevada County concede that Rough and Ready has a salient point. But those who see strength in union are perfectly willing toaccept a two-way part-nership if they can't induce Rough and Readyto make it a triangular affair. at Their arguments against? those who still want tocontinue the competition between __-GraSs Valley and Nevada City are these: / --Since Grass Valley’ and Nevada City are basically inter-dependent communities and constitute oné economic complex, any business, industrial or residential growth in one town will automatically be reflected in the economic expansion of the other, / / --The changes wrought by. time have removed any real ~ grounds for the competition that once might have existed. Although Grass Valley and Nevada City have similar backgrounds, duringthe past two decades they have developed along dissimilar lines. One of the two communities wouldbe favored by a certain group of people. the other would attract ar. entirely different type. "What we should do," said an officer inthe Grass Valley C of C, "is just try toget people to come to Western Nevada County. Some of them whenthey get here will want to live inGrass Valley. ‘Others will choose Nevada City. Still others will undoubtedly prefer Rough and Ready, North San Juan and places like that. ; "But our main job, as I see it, is togetthemhere so they can make the choice." The die of community devel-opment, these advocates of merger contend, is already cast. A member of the Grass Valley Chamber declared recently that community has no choice but to grow into . modern city that will strive to attract the kind of people who prefer modern Cities. "It's too latetotry and attract people here to see our points of historic interest, ” he said. "We've slept too long. Now they're all gone." Nevada City, because of its isolation is better preserved than Grass Valley and members of both the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers admit this is the town'sbig“gest asset. L, Those people who like a community like Nevada City, these men contend, would move to that town even if it was Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce publicity that attracted them to this area in the first place. The reverse pattern also holds. These are the arguments for disbanding the present Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of Commerce and forming anew super-organizationrepresenting all of Western Nevada County.They seemtohave merit. We think they are certainly worthy of serious consideration. Letters To The Editor Nevada County Citizen Dear Sir: Enclosed is a check to cover one years subscription. I believe in Postive Thinking, so cannot say that I have to seeit to believe that your fine little paper will survive the ravages of time. AllI can say isI LIKE IT. Lots of luck in your new venture, Sincerely yours, Mrs. John Chormicle NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN Fool’s Gold. c= Al Washburn, At 80 He Prefers Racket to Rocking Chair THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK In one court two men in their twenties waited for their opponents to serve, In the opposite court at the ' Grass Valley municipal ‘courts, one of the other pair of, players, a woman in her thirties, called to her partner, "ComeonAl, we've got them 4-2 and this is game point.” The partner tossed the ball high in the air and stretched 0 balance onthe point of his toes as he broughi his teinis racket around in an arc that caught the ball at a point just beyond the peak of the racket's swing. Thetennis ball described a low arc as it flashed over the net to catch the corner of a court and bounce away be~yond reach of either of the men in their twenties. This ended the game and made the match score 5-2 in favor of the woman in her thirties and the server, » Nothing unusual in this scene; it's repeated every day on hundreds of tennis courts throughout the country. Nothing unusual, that is, except the server'sage. He is 80-years-old, The man is Alfreds, Washbum, a retired miner who lives at 314 Bennett Street with his small mongrel dog, Butch, and spends most of his waking hours in good weather at the tennis courts waiting for someone tocome along who feels like playing a match or two, * Everyday Player "I play seven matches a week if 1 can find people to play with," says Washbum, a thin, wiry man who views the world through small, steel-rimmed spectacles, "But most of the tennis players in town have to work weekdays, sol seldom get the chance to play that often. " Like the late King Gustav of Sweaen, who played this strenuous "young man's game" until he was nearly 90, Washburn became acquainted with the sport of Bill Tilden, Don Budge and Pancho Gonzales at an age when most men are giving it up in preference for something less taxing--like television viewing. "I was 45 when I played _my first game," he says, adding, “And it's funny how I started, "I was down here one day watching workmen building the old courts down there (he pointed toward the Grass Valley Swimming Pool) andI got curious about what sort ofa game you could play on sorpething that looked like “that. "Well, when the courts were finished I came back and saw some men playing on them andI decided I'd try "It so happened that my sister hada racket in the house thatI could use, or I'd never havetried it. You’can besureI wouldn't have spent the money to buy a racket just to see what tennis was like." The result was truly a love match, Only the nets and ‘baselines have spent more time, on the Grass Valley tennis courts than Washbum since that fateful day 35 years ago. Although Otis Gaylord, the wheelhorse in the Grass Valley Tennis Club, says Washbum has gone out of his way to help teach the game to Nevada County children, Washbum modestly declares "He's exaggerating a little bit." He does-admit, though, that "Way back, I spotted a little girl here named Gayle Trench that I encouraged and

helped." This "little girl” went on to become the twotime women's champion of the: state of Nevada and the mother of a son who is now one of the nation's sop-seeded junior-players. Ardent tennis fans may recognize the name of Dennis Ralston. Washburn lends further credence to Gaylord's statement by admitting that he’s doing his best to aid the career of Judy Robinson, 17year-old Neyada Union High School student and member of the school's girl's tennis team. As he was interviewed at the courts last week, Washburn continually turned aside to kid Judy. He’s Tireless After Washbum and his female partner downed their pair of young male opponents, Washbum was ready for another match, Both of. his opponents pleaded fatigue and his partner excused herself on the grounds that "1° have to get home." The octogenarian then tumedtoJudy. “I'm tired," she said, turning him down. "She's lazy," he said jokingly, “You put it in your paper that she's just lazy. "I try to get you out here on other days, “ he said, turning back to Judy, "and you always have some other ex~cuse for not playing." "I have to go to school on those other days, " she replied with what seemed to be superior logic. "Oh, you've always got excuses," Washbum answered, "You're just lazy." For publication, Washbum admitted Miss Robinson was not really lacking in ambition. He also opined that she is "a pretty good player" and willgo on to be a better one--if she listens to him. Born in Virginia City, Nevada, back in the days when it was really a wide-open town ("My mother saw two gun fights on the streets there."), Washbum came to Grass Valley with his miner father when he was 18. Following in his father's footsteps, he too spent his working life underground, having been employed by such local mines asthe Golden Center, Allison Ranch, Empire, Maryland and Alta Hill. He finally laid down his pick when he was 68 and turned all of his attentions to that other hand-held implement--the tennis racket. Why Waste Time? Perfectly at ease onthe tennis courts, Washbum was Not quite socomfortable when being interviewed. "Why do you want to waste your time with me?" he asked. "Nobody, except the people who playtennis, knows whol am--or cares, The people downtown never heard of me and don't care to,.” "That's not so," said Miss ~ Robinson, "“Whenl tell people about you Al, they always say, ‘Oh, you mean that old man who plays tennis all the time'." Washburn pretendedhe did not believeher, but there was no conviction in his protest. While it is most ususual for -Men in their eighties to be . playing tennis atall, the few who donearly always restrict themselvesto doubles, Washbum prefers singles, "But it's a lot faster and a lot more work, ‘isn't it?" he was asked, ."Yes, but it’s a lot more fun, too," he said as he tumed and headed back to the courtsto play a singles match against a woman at least 50 years his junior. Wednesday,-~November 18, 1959 BY MAK NORRIS The world is asadder place these days --even though many people may not be aware of it as yet. This sadness came about with the recent death of Elliot White Springs. Col. Springs was the irreverent presi‘dent of Springs Mills Incorporated, manufacturer of Spring Maid sheets, In an era when most corporations feel their advertisements are failing todotheir appointed job unless they insult the intelligence of the prospective buyer with outlandish slogans or claims, Col. Springs fostered an entire series of ads that contained a minimum of claims, no slogans and little mention of the product they were boosting. But humor they did contain. My own favorites were "Bundling or Bungling?”", the classic "A Buck Well Spent ona Spring Maid Sheet" andthe recent parody . of that enduring ballad "Abdullah Bulbul Amir." Other followers of this greatest of all advertising campaigns doubltess will recall favorites of their own not listed here. Although they broke all the established rules of advertising the Spring Maid series became sopopular that at one time a movie fan magazine ran one gratis in an attempt toconvince the fun-loving colonel he should forsake high tone publications like Esquire, Holiday, etc., in favor of periodicals like their own. The Colonel's strategy paid off. When he took over at Spring Mills, the company was floundering, and in debt. From the moment the Springs' ads. startéd appearing in print, Spring Mills' fortunes took an upturn. The public laughed at the colonel's ads as they walked to the store .to buy the sheets he made. Unfortunately, not many ofthe nation's advertisers got the point. They regard their products as something’ sacred; something far above levity. Where the colonel joked and entertained, they con-" tinue to pontificate and bore. Yes, Col. _Elliot White Springs, America's thirdranking ace of World War I, will be missed and sowill his ads if his successors at Spring Mills don't have the sense or the sense of humor to continue them. The Good Doctor Dr. Oscar Lang of Grass Valley, last week& Citizen of the Week, is aman who takes as many pains with his own health as he does with that of his patients. Now 79, the good doctor looks at least -10 years younger and engagés in various athletic activities that would tire a certain chair-bound editor some 46 years his junior. Dr. Lang didn't say he attributed his marvelous physical conditiontothis, but he passes along the word that in all his life he has never taken a drink of anything alcoholic or smoked. A Dark Tale Last week's feature by Dohna Milhous on monder art and emotionally disturbed six-year-olds, callstomindan anecdote Len Prisk Jr., president of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, told at the recent Welcome Teachers dinner cosponsored by the Grass Valley and Nevada City Chambers of: Commerce. Len, whois a mortician by trade, said his profession “dictates that the clothes he wears andthe cars hesdrives be either black or some equally somber hue. Well, when one of his offspring took crayon in hand and began drawing pictures of daddy, mommy and the family's brown and white dog in big, black strokes, Len hastened the child off to a child psychologist to see if his job wasn't giving her a slightly warped outlook on lite. When he got his daughter to the psychologist, related Len, the man schooled in the mysterious ways of the human mind, asked the little girl the obvious question: “Why do you draw all your pictures with a black crayon?" r The little girl was* pronounced cured when she came back with an equally obious reply: “Because all the crayons in the box except the black one are broken." Here it is the and Thanksgivin« we know what ha of Thanksgiving we supposed to What would Tha ~~ out them? Certé tobe sadunless t the oldbird..a goes into the o ideas on what t ever-lovin' berri welcome. Was up brigh day and watched was still dark trucks started mills and the s an early start. twice as noisy .-and believe of people in this all night, for the office all n last week's colu work done "if it t enough it did. Saw a lady goi a tiny car vicious cigaretteina ‘mindedme ofas after a sardine. Took a ride to tell you, those heavy upthere. Nevada City, bed ing up there I wo a worriéd per: worried mind. IT (Camptonville, P certainly be com .eandnotonlyt able, openedthe to the boys who Nicest thing of was Ed Uren ce day..and eve .with congratulati ours..from all "May you have Have a word of who hunt..M acres on Town Ts She loves birds ants and quail seems that some found itis good sing and have kil Just a word to the been contacted. hunting elsewhet STRICTLY ENT] good many deb over the past nursery set is column. Novemb orial getting read Mr. and Mrs. Al ley welcomedas ember 10th the of Rough and R¢ Albert Kent III, 4 Pocza of Rougha Stephen William The llth of Mrs. Otha Blak parents of a daug Jimmy Garner a junior model, Ji ember was even Cause the Dona Valley welcomed John Blair Eddy o a daughter, She Mrs. Homer Pug debuted a daugh Jones Mem awakening scen and Mrs. Robert Valley, and for Mrs. James Gui On the 10th of N Have been ORCHID LINE is there is always s being an extra s week it was th unknown, whore trian has th brought his littl halt sowe could -.and it was p Night has fa has when I sit od