Volume 006-2 - April 1952 (2 pages)

The Honorable George Louis Jones uae oras tooea oer te a oF e George Louis Jones. He has served his fellow citizens well. His first public office was on the Grass Valley School Board when James S. Hennessy, an outstanding administrator was appointed. He also assisted in organizing and following organizations: e evada City Chapter of American Red Cross and the Tuberculosis Association. He was chairman of the County Council of Defense during its activity in World War I. He was chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, is a thirty-three year Scouter of the Boy Scouts, and presented awards to 4-H groups while associated with the Nevada County Bank. He has willingly talked before lodges and organizations whenever asked help out with programs, and these talks often centered around the problems of youth and reasons for delinquency, a topic close to his heart. 5 ‘ Judge Jones has been a distinguishec. representative of the California Bar, and a pillar of strength of the California Bench. He was born in Truckee, May 11, 1873, and moved to Grass Valley at the age of one and a half years. He attended the public schools, graduating from the Grass Valley High School in 1889, and the University of California in 1895. During his last year at the university, he took his first year at Hastings Law College, and graduated in 1897. He then returned to Grass Valley to practice. In December, 1900, he formed a partnership with the late Lloyd P. Larue, which continued a short time before going on the bench. He became City Attorney in January, 1901, and elected District Attorney of Nevada County in 1902. He lived in the family home in Grass Valley, but after his marriage in 1905 to Miss Helen Cr of Sacramento, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Mott, took up residence in Nevada City, the county seat. Shortly after their marriage they bought the home in which they live today on Nevada Street. It had been ery in the fifties as a young men’s lub. The hill on which it was located Aristocracy Hill, for the aristocratic young Englishmen who stayed there. Later it belonged to Captain Kidd, and still later to Judge Caswell, Nevada County’s first judge. Mr. Jones was elected Judge of the Ss ior Court of Nevada County in 1908, and served until 1925 when he went into the Nevada County Bank as president and manager. This local organization became absorbed by the peep pe gpg peer ecco the Bank of America, making the first president of the Nevada City Branch. After leaving the bank, he formed a partnership with Frank G. Finnegan, and they were together un he returned to the Judgeship in 1938, serving until 1947 when he retired. As a fearless interpreter of the law, his greatest role of citizenship was portrayed. Judge Jones has rigidly enforced all the laws prohibiting gamling. Two daughters, Helen Frances and Nancy Mott were born to Judge and Mrs. ones: Helen is now Mrs. Thomas Burton Houston and is a librarian in the Letterman Hospital in San Francisco, and Nancy was a Red Cross Field Worker in Europe during World War II, and is now stationed in the Navy Hospital at Mare Island. Judge Jones is a fifty year member of four organizations; Madison Lodge, No. 23, Free and Accepted Masons; Grass Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows; Quartz Parlor, No. 58, Grass Valley Native Sons of the Golden West; and the University of California Alumni Association. He was Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge for the year 1926-1927, a Past Noble Grand in the Grass Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows, and a Past President of the Native Sons, and ex-trustee of the Grand Parlor, N. S. G. W. He is a member of Grass Valley Chapter 18, Royal Arch Masons, Nevada Commandary No. 6, Knight Templars, and the Nevada County Historical Society. He is an honorary member of the Nevada City Rotary Club. He frequently attended the annual reunions of former Nevada “Countians” in Sacramento and Oakland. The story of Judge Jones could go on and on. It is a story of good deeds, efficient administration to a _ public trust, loyal friendship and above all an outstanding citizenship, the achievement of which is an inspiration to his fellow-men. Notice of Dues: 1952 dues may be sent to Mrs. Geneva Rogers, Rough and Ready, Calif. Publications: Nevada County Historical Manuscripts for publication may be sent to Mrs. Doris E. Foley, Court House, Nevada City, Calif. Nevada County Historical Society April. 1952 Volume 6, No. 2 The Jones Family of Grass Family In the year of 1874, a young doctor moved to Grass Valley from Truckee. He was Dr. W. C. Jones, and with him were his wife, two small sons, Will and George, and daughters, Minnie and Frances. They lived in the house at the corner of Main and High Streets for a short time, and Dr. Jones began his medical practice in a building on Main opposite Mill Street. This was the beginning of seventy years of medical history in Grass Valley, carried on from father to sons. It is a history Grass Valley points to with pride. Shortly after establishing themselves

The Honorable George Louis Jones uae oras tooea oer te a oF e George Louis Jones. He has served his fellow citizens well. His first public office was on the Grass Valley School Board when James S. Hennessy, an outstanding administrator was appointed. He also assisted in organizing and following organizations: e evada City Chapter of American Red Cross and the Tuberculosis Association. He was chairman of the County Council of Defense during its activity in World War I. He was chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, is a thirty-three year Scouter of the Boy Scouts, and presented awards to 4-H groups while associated with the Nevada County Bank. He has willingly talked before lodges and organizations whenever asked help out with programs, and these talks often centered around the problems of youth and reasons for delinquency, a topic close to his heart. 5 ‘ Judge Jones has been a distinguishec. representative of the California Bar, and a pillar of strength of the California Bench. He was born in Truckee, May 11, 1873, and moved to Grass Valley at the age of one and a half years. He attended the public schools, graduating from the Grass Valley High School in 1889, and the University of California in 1895. During his last year at the university, he took his first year at Hastings Law College, and graduated in 1897. He then returned to Grass Valley to practice. In December, 1900, he formed a partnership with the late Lloyd P. Larue, which continued a short time before going on the bench. He became City Attorney in January, 1901, and elected District Attorney of Nevada County in 1902. He lived in the family home in Grass Valley, but after his marriage in 1905 to Miss Helen Cr of Sacramento, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Mott, took up residence in Nevada City, the county seat. Shortly after their marriage they bought the home in which they live today on Nevada Street. It had been ery in the fifties as a young men’s lub. The hill on which it was located Aristocracy Hill, for the aristocratic young Englishmen who stayed there. Later it belonged to Captain Kidd, and still later to Judge Caswell, Nevada County’s first judge. Mr. Jones was elected Judge of the Ss ior Court of Nevada County in 1908, and served until 1925 when he went into the Nevada County Bank as president and manager. This local organization became absorbed by the peep pe gpg peer ecco the Bank of America, making the first president of the Nevada City Branch. After leaving the bank, he

formed a partnership with Frank G. Finnegan, and they were together un he returned to the Judgeship in 1938, serving until 1947 when he retired. As a fearless interpreter of the law, his greatest role of citizenship was portrayed. Judge Jones has rigidly enforced all the laws prohibiting gamling. Two daughters, Helen Frances and Nancy Mott were born to Judge and Mrs. ones: Helen is now Mrs. Thomas Burton Houston and is a librarian in the Letterman Hospital in San Francisco, and Nancy was a Red Cross Field Worker in Europe during World War II, and is now stationed in the Navy Hospital at Mare Island. Judge Jones is a fifty year member of four organizations; Madison Lodge, No. 23, Free and Accepted Masons; Grass Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows; Quartz Parlor, No. 58, Grass Valley Native Sons of the Golden West; and the University of California Alumni Association. He was Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge for the year 1926-1927, a Past Noble Grand in the Grass Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows, and a Past President of the Native Sons, and ex-trustee of the Grand Parlor, N. S. G. W. He is a member of Grass Valley Chapter 18, Royal Arch Masons, Nevada Commandary No. 6, Knight Templars, and the Nevada County Historical Society. He is an honorary member of the Nevada City Rotary Club. He frequently attended the annual reunions of former Nevada “Countians” in Sacramento and Oakland. The story of Judge Jones could go on and on. It is a story of good deeds, efficient administration to a _ public trust, loyal friendship and above all an outstanding citizenship, the achievement of which is an inspiration to his fellow-men. Notice of Dues: 1952 dues may be sent to Mrs. Geneva Rogers, Rough and Ready, Calif. Publications: Nevada County Historical Manuscripts for publication may be sent to Mrs. Doris E. Foley, Court House, Nevada City, Calif. Nevada County Historical Society April. 1952 Volume 6, No. 2 The Jones Family of Grass Family In the year of 1874, a young doctor moved to Grass Valley from Truckee. He was Dr. W. C. Jones, and with him were his wife, two small sons, Will and George, and daughters, Minnie and Frances. They lived in the house at the corner of Main and High Streets for a short time, and Dr. Jones began his medical practice in a building on Main opposite Mill Street. This was the beginning of seventy years of medical history in Grass Valley, carried on from father to sons. It is a history Grass Valley points to with pride. Shortly after establishing themselves