August 17, 1966 (20 pages)

eee 20a c60Seus OO \ Bob bine FOOL’S GOLD I have been in a deep depression since June. My candidate for Governor, George Christopher, got clobbered and my campaign for you readers to buy me a toupee failed miserably. This is just not my year, If too much hasn ‘t happened, perhaps you remember that the Democratic forces got their campaign all fouled up, let Ronald Reagan get by untarnished concentrated on George C. mixed up a witches* brew, Christopher On The Rocks (watered milk over ice) and George went down for the count with this ill-fated (for the Democrats) Mickey Fin, As for my toupee like George C, I got scalped. I wound up with a half book of green stamps, 12 cents in cash (from Lou Kennedy), andthe snipped off tails of three poodle dogs with the suggestion that I tapethem on my noggin for a piece, This is how it went as I share my June mail with you.. RONALD REAGAN PACIFIC PALISADES June 6, 1966 Mr. Robert Paine 900 Zion Street Nevada City, California Dear Mr. Paine: Tomorrow the members of our Republican Party will choose their nominee for Governor in the 1966 general election. Regardless of the outcome of the primary, I would like to reiterate my pledge of full cooperation and support to every nominee of our party. Every poll indicates that victory in the fall election can be assured for our Republican Party if we remain united. Should the voters decide that I am to lead the Republican ticket in the fall campaign, I most certainly hope I may count upon your counsel and support, as you will have mine if your candidate is chosen. Sincerely, a ie ie V\ pote [. a dal Ronald Reagan Remember, Ronnie, you won't be working from a prepared script.---B.P, GEORGE CHRISTOPHER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA June 10, 1966 Mr. Robert Paine 900 Zion Nevada City,. California Dear Bob: Now that the Primary Election is completed, I want to thank you for the important role you played in the Campaign. While we did not win, the race did give our Republican Party a choice of candidates, and I am personally happy to know that so many good friends joined in our cause. Tula joins me in extending profound thanks. Vg : ve Sincefely, we a ph Ps Pik ea s / George chr isgopher OKAY, EVERYBODY UNDER THE TABLE! A week ago one of our local service orparizations issued the following fervent plea to its members: “At a recent meeting of (our club) one of the members informed the group of what he thought of throwing crackers, sugar, bread, etc., during the meeting. Although no one else voiced an opinion, it’s a general feeling among members that this sort of thing should be stopped. I am sure this organization won't turn into an ‘Old man’s club’ if it is stopped, It may be true that the person the cracker is aimed at doesn ‘t object but many times the person it hits does object, " I must confess that I'm thoroughly intrigued bythe word “etc,” included among the flying objects, It opens all sorts of speculative avenues for the ima. gination tables, chairs, bodies, flying saucers?? (AHAAA! THAT °S WHERE THOSE THINGS ORIGINATE!) In defense of this organization (now that I've snitted on them) I will tell you that I've been lucky enoughto attend a couple of their meetings and enjoyed myself tremendously! I found them to be cooperative, generous, attentive, and particularly civic minded, As I say, I had a ball -I'ma UFO fan, myself! ‘ ees ee I HAD PLANNED ON DELIVERING AN EXTENDED REPORT of USFS -CDF farewell party for Ed and Connie Corpe, but the best laid plan of Kim and pen must oft go astray, I took copious notes of the whole affair (between chomps and gulps) forgetting in my enthusiasm that my writing becomes indecipherable the moment it vacates the ballpoint, However, I'm going to give my allin trying to translate some of the better penmanship. Now, let's see, here's one by Kimary hateto laugh alone! One of the N.C, gals got tired of hearing her hubby rave about the wonderful topless costumes of North Beach, so she decided to give him a jolt, She sent the kiddies out for the evening, prepared an exotic dinner replete with candle light, and then served the entire dinner you guessed it COMPLETELY TOPLESS! This is a shocker, alright, but GET THIS! She tearfully swears he didn ‘t even NOTICE, and that’s what I call fodder for freedom or dregs for divorce!.. And here's what a contiguous comic can do for a close friend: Elizabeth Black, of G.V., sent son, Clarence, nursery bound to pick up a load of trees for immediate planting, .Clarence completed the mission and then, loaded to the hubs, paused at a supermarket for a bean or two, As he stepped into the market the trees were slipped out of the pickup, and he returned to find one sad sapling as a remaining momento of the recent purchase, Treeless andtruculant he arrived home to be greeted by a huge sign dominating the 'neighbors yard: FOR SALE TREES! As further insult, in smaller letters appeared the added afterthought, REJECTS CHEAP! And there, in a neat row, was the missing greenery, They had spotted the pickup at the market and decided to have a spot of sport. I keep thinking of how hilarious it would have been if they had deplanted the wrong pickup: "Honestly, officer, it was alla joke!"..Newspaper howler: "Most people know the position assumed by the present recumbent, But where will he stand when he takes his seat?” THE TEA LEAVES TELL: Health isa crown ona well man's head, but only.a sick man can see it, eoeeseese Nevada County Nugget.August 17, 1966. 3 NUGGET FEATURES & INTELLIGENCE Here amd, There e93eus OF Ce Nig that says TRRFNAZ SNOOSE FLOOR! Well, THERE'S a tasty tidbit for you! I think I°ll just skip that one and go on to this series of names which seem promising: BRANAGH, WADDELL, MONTAGNE, WEAVER, Directly following, heavily underscored, is the terse message: FUNNY CLEVER USE IT! Obviously Iwas expecting my tired mind to absorb the many witticisms for later transfer, but my brain evaporated along with the ink that inscribedthe command, . My next note, I think, says NUGGETS DEER RABBIT GOLD, and several huge question marks follow this one, Well, anyhow, here’s one I can explain! It yells GIFT CARD NOT! That was the moment when Ed was handed a farewell gift still in the original sack, He reached in and pulled out a large, brown envelope from which he slowly extracted several papers covered with various notations, I think the genial guest of honor was becoming puzzled when from the rear of the room came a frantic roar: "DON*°T OPEN THAT! IT*S SOME PRIVATE NOTES I LEFT IN BY MISTAKE!" Ido hope it wasnt poetry for the girl friend!G.V. and N.C, will miss Ed and Connie, Both are perservering public workers and as dependable as Bedrock, One of Ed's favorite expressions when confronted with a seemingly insurmountable task is: "Well, we"ll squirm around and see what we can come up with,” After a few "squirms”™ he invariably comes up with a solution for the presented problem, My last readable note says: ED CONNIE BACK SOON, And I hope THAT one is right, eeees NEWSING AROUND: Idon't dare give the name connected with this story but I'm going to pass it on to you, anyhow, I Dear Tula No matter what happened ['ll always be true to you in my fashion.--B.P. And now after the election disaster the headpiece catastropheA FRIEND sent a selection of three types of hair forthe new Paine Mod Look, The head for the hair is on the right, Fireplugs, onguard, now that I'm covered with the tails of Granny, Maggie and Buffie. CAROUSEL June 26 through August 26 .A group showing of the works of the members of the Nevada City Art Association will be held in The Gallery on Commercial Street. August 16 . --Robert Wood, manager of the Sacramento Valley Council of the California Chamber of Commerce, will be the guest speaker at the regular membership meeting of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce in The Office in Grass Valley. August 25 28 eeeT he 17th District Agricultural Association Fair will be held onthe Nevada County District Fair grounds in Grass Valley,

eee 20a c60Seus OO \ Bob bine FOOL’S GOLD I have been in a deep depression since June. My candidate for Governor, George Christopher, got clobbered and my campaign for you readers to buy me a toupee failed miserably. This is just not my year, If too much hasn ‘t happened, perhaps you remember that the Democratic forces got their campaign all fouled up, let Ronald Reagan get by untarnished concentrated on George C. mixed up a witches* brew, Christopher On The Rocks (watered milk over ice) and George went down for the count with this ill-fated (for the Democrats) Mickey Fin, As for my toupee like George C, I got scalped. I wound up with a half book of green stamps, 12 cents in cash (from Lou Kennedy), andthe snipped off tails of three poodle dogs with the suggestion that I tapethem on my noggin for a piece, This is how it went as I share my June mail with you... RONALD REAGAN PACIFIC PALISADES June 6, 1966 Mr. Robert Paine 900 Zion Street Nevada City, California Dear Mr. Paine: Tomorrow the members of our Republican Party will choose their nominee for Governor in the 1966 general election. Regardless of the outcome of the primary, I would like to reiterate my pledge of full cooperation and support to every nominee of our party. Every poll indicates that victory in the fall election can be assured for our Republican Party if we remain united. Should the voters decide that I am to lead the Republican ticket in the fall campaign, I most certainly hope I may count upon your counsel and support, as you will have mine if your candidate is chosen. Sincerely, a ie ie V\ pote [. a dal Ronald Reagan Remember, Ronnie, you won't be working from a prepared script.---B.P, GEORGE CHRISTOPHER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA June 10, 1966 Mr. Robert Paine 900 Zion Nevada City,. California Dear Bob: Now that the Primary Election is completed, I want to thank you for the important role you played in the Campaign. While we did not win, the race did give our Republican Party a choice of candidates, and I am personally happy to know that so many good friends joined in our cause. Tula joins me in extending profound thanks. Vg : ve Sincefely, we a ph Ps Pik ea s / George chr isgopher OKAY, EVERYBODY UNDER THE TABLE! A week ago one of our local service orparizations issued the following fervent plea to its members: “At a recent meeting of (our club) one of the members informed the group of what he thought of throwing crackers, sugar, bread, etc., during the meeting. Although no one else voiced an opinion, it’s a general feeling among members that this sort of thing should be stopped. I am sure this organization won't turn into an ‘Old man’s club’ if it is stopped, It may be true that the person the cracker is aimed at doesn ‘t object but many times the person it hits does object, " I must confess that I'm thoroughly intrigued bythe word “etc,” included among the flying objects, It opens all sorts of speculative avenues for the ima. gination tables, chairs, bodies, flying saucers?? (AHAAA! THAT °S WHERE THOSE THINGS ORIGINATE!) In defense of this organization (now that I've snitted on them) I will tell you that I've been lucky enoughto attend a couple of their meetings and enjoyed myself tremendously! I found them to be cooperative, generous, attentive, and particularly civic minded, As I say, I had a ball -I'ma UFO fan, myself! ‘ ees ee I HAD PLANNED ON DELIVERING AN EXTENDED REPORT of USFS -CDF farewell party for Ed and Connie Corpe, but the best laid plan of Kim and pen must oft go astray, I took copious notes of the whole affair (between chomps and gulps) forgetting in my enthusiasm that my writing becomes indecipherable the moment it vacates the ballpoint, However, I'm going to give my allin trying to translate some of the better penmanship. Now, let's see, here's one by Kimary hateto laugh alone! One of the N.C, gals got tired of hearing her hubby rave about the wonderful topless costumes of North Beach, so she decided to give him a jolt, She sent the kiddies out for the evening, prepared an exotic dinner replete with candle light, and then served

the entire dinner you guessed it COMPLETELY TOPLESS! This is a shocker, alright, but GET THIS! She tearfully swears he didn ‘t even NOTICE, and that’s what I call fodder for freedom or dregs for divorce!... And here's what a contiguous comic can do for a close friend: Elizabeth Black, of G.V., sent son, Clarence, nursery bound to pick up a load of trees for immediate planting, .Clarence completed the mission and then, loaded to the hubs, paused at a supermarket for a bean or two, As he stepped into the market the trees were slipped out of the pickup, and he returned to find one sad sapling as a remaining momento of the recent purchase, Treeless andtruculant he arrived home to be greeted by a huge sign dominating the 'neighbors yard: FOR SALE TREES! As further insult, in smaller letters appeared the added afterthought, REJECTS CHEAP! And there, in a neat row, was the missing greenery, They had spotted the pickup at the market and decided to have a spot of sport. I keep thinking of how hilarious it would have been if they had deplanted the wrong pickup: "Honestly, officer, it was alla joke!"...Newspaper howler: "Most people know the position assumed by the present recumbent, But where will he stand when he takes his seat?” THE TEA LEAVES TELL: Health isa crown ona well man's head, but only.a sick man can see it, eoeeseese Nevada County Nugget..August 17, 1966.. 3 NUGGET FEATURES & INTELLIGENCE Here amd, There e93eus OF Ce Nig that says TRRFNAZ SNOOSE FLOOR! Well, THERE'S a tasty tidbit for you! I think I°ll just skip that one and go on to this series of names which seem promising: BRANAGH, WADDELL, MONTAGNE, WEAVER, Directly following, heavily underscored, is the terse message: FUNNY CLEVER USE IT! Obviously Iwas expecting my tired mind to absorb the many witticisms for later transfer, but my brain evaporated along with the ink that inscribedthe command, . My next note, I think, says NUGGETS DEER RABBIT GOLD, and several huge question marks follow this one, Well, anyhow, here’s one I can explain! It yells GIFT CARD NOT! That was the moment when Ed was handed a farewell gift still in the original sack, He reached in and pulled out a large, brown envelope from which he slowly extracted several papers covered with various notations, I think the genial guest of honor was becoming puzzled when from the rear of the room came a frantic roar: "DON*°T OPEN THAT! IT*S SOME PRIVATE NOTES I LEFT IN BY MISTAKE!" Ido hope it wasnt poetry for the girl friend!G.V. and N.C, will miss Ed and Connie, Both are perservering public workers and as dependable as Bedrock, One of Ed's favorite expressions when confronted with a seemingly insurmountable task is: "Well, we"ll squirm around and see what we can come up with,” After a few "squirms”™ he invariably comes up with a solution for the presented problem, My last readable note says: ED CONNIE BACK SOON, And I hope THAT one is right, eeees NEWSING AROUND: Idon't dare give the name connected with this story but I'm going to pass it on to you, anyhow, I Dear Tula No matter what happened ['ll always be true to you in my fashion.--B.P. And now after the election disaster the headpiece catastropheA FRIEND sent a selection of three types of hair forthe new Paine Mod Look, The head for the hair is on the right, Fireplugs, onguard, now that I'm covered with the tails of Granny, Maggie and Buffie. CAROUSEL June 26 through August 26 ..A group showing of the works of the members of the Nevada City Art Association will be held in The Gallery on Commercial Street. August 16 . --Robert Wood, manager of the Sacramento Valley Council of the California Chamber of Commerce, will be the guest speaker at the regular membership meeting of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce in The Office in Grass Valley. August 25 28 eeeT he 17th District Agricultural Association Fair will be held onthe Nevada County District Fair grounds in Grass Valley,