August 17, 1966 (20 pages)

MRS. MABEL WILSON, &. .Nevads County Nugget. August 17, 1966 (left) is shown in her home at 379 Mill Street, Grass Valley, where she teaches piano in braille. Shown with her is Pattie Bamber of Bennett Street, Grass Valley, who is one of her pupils. Mrs. Wilson. Blind Wonder Ability Will Conquer Handicap Pattie has been instrumental in bringing several students to Sightless Lady Shows Us How By Lura Arnold Ihavenever been so impressed as when I walked intothe immaculately ke pt home of Mrs, Mabel Wilson at-379Mill Street in Grass Valley last week. I was still further impressed when I chatted with Mrs, Wilson and learued that aside from first being a mother and homemaker, she had, and still has, many hobbies, Among her various hobbies are writing, knitting, crocheting, canning and preserving, cooking for one person up to a crowd of guests, and piano lessons, These activities may not be unusual for the average woman, but Mabel Wilson isnot an (CLUB CALENDAR} August 17 Nevada City Women's Civic Club Friends of the Libraries Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce rt Goldancers Nevada City Lions Grass Valley Elks August 18 DeMolay Nevada City Senior Citizens Grass Valley Lions Nevada City Rotary Odd Fellows Lodge No, 12 August 19 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Banner Mountain Auxiliary average woman. She has accomplished all of this, and much more, without her vision, . Mrs, Wilson was a very small girl-when-she-tost-her-sight, however, her parents believed in rearing her to be self sufficient as they did her fourteen brothers and sisters, showing no partiality because of her sight. Being the eldest, she learned many housekeeping chores including cooking and caring for those younger than herself, Born in Arkansas, Mrs, Wilson moved with her parents to Oklahoma when quite young, It was there she martied and became the mother of two sons: Marvin, who is a flight engineer forthe 3MCompany in St, Paul, Grass Valley Senior Citizens August 22 NID Water Users Planning Commission TOPS Timberline T oast masters Grass Valley Rotary ‘August 23 Nevada City Native Sons Neva Rebekah Lodge No, 119 Grass Valley Rebekahs Teentwirlers American Legion Post 130 August 24 Nevada County Board of Education Newcomers Club Nevada City Lions Grass Valley Elks Minnesota, and the father of three daughters; and Bob, who is with the Louis Sign Company in Memphis, Tennessee and the father of three daughters and one son, Years later when she became a widow, she took employment as a medical secretary; a public relations representative for an organization of blind people, and taught piano lessons,: Mrs, Wilson came to Grass Valley six years ago and immediately surrounded herself with many friends, She enjoys life to the fullest by doing for others -meeting new people through her tape club, The tape club is made up of blind people who make recordings of their activities, hobbies and experiences, These are exchanged with others and in that way many good friends are made and helpful ideas obtained. She also makes plane trips back to St, Paul and Memphis to keep in touch with her sons and their growing families, Frequent visits are made to Oklahoma to visit her parents, who will soon celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary, To date, Mrs, Wilson has nine piano pupils, however, by the time school starts, she will have more than twenty. Her heart is in her teaching and in the young people she loves so much, Yes, I was very much impressed to chat with one so (handicapped and yet so capable and happy with her surroundings --doing for others, Esther Rebekah Lodge Is Invited To Dine With Navajos During the meeting held Saturday evening of the Esther Rebekah Lodge, No, 9, in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, Grass Valley, it was announced that the District Deputy President, Lenore Vind, will holdthe District Meeting October 13 in Truckee, The Grand Warden of the Rebekah Assembly will be present. An invitation was read from the Navajo Rebekah Lodge, No. 93, of Foresthill, for officers and members to attend a dis~trict meeting at 8:00 p. m. September 1in the Covenant Oddfellows Hallon Main Street, Foresthill. Marie Cannon, President of the Rebekah Assembly and District Deputy President, Mildred Demaria, will be guests, Reservations for the 6:30 p.m, dinner must be made not later than August 25, For making reservations, write Navajo Rebekah Lodge No, 93, P.O. Box 332, Foresthill, The Odd Fellows picnic will be held August 28 in Pioneer Park, Nevada City, A breakfast starting at7:00 to 10:30 a.m. will be served with the Nevada City Odd Fellows in charge, A potluck will be held at noon, Grass Valley Lodge No. 12 will be in charge of games, There will be plenty of watermelon and soft drinks, All Odd Fellows andRebekahs with their families are invited, It was voted and passed to send donations to the Eye Bank and the Nevada County Children's Lukemia Fund, The Lukemia Fund is under the sponsorship of the Nevada City Fire Department, Areport was given on the rummage sale held recently as having been successful, Proceeds will be used for various lodge projects. Plans were finalized for the public party to be held the evening of August 20, The public is invited and all members of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges are urged to be present, There will betwo dinners at the Alta Sierra Country Club as a door prize. There will be no sociainight on August 25 at the Odd Fellows Hall due to the opening of the Nevada County Fair. Birthday congratulations were extended to Francis Kitts, Lois Whittington and Louella Kerr, Noble Grand Zale Johnson presided over the business meeting. The next meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. August 27 with Vice Grand Edna Rudd presiding, The officersneed not wear formals, Delicious refreshments were served on tables beautifully decorated with fresh garden flowers by Mr, and Mrs, Frank Finch and Mr, and Mrs, Ed Williford. BEEPS Enjoy A Moonlight Cruise The barge "U.S, Schvitt" owned by Eddie and Madge Purssell on Englebright Dam, was the meeting place fora joyous evening last Wednesday when the Business and Profes‘sional Women of Nevada City held their bi-weekly meeting. President Barbara Peterson, presided over a short meeting, after which they enjoyeda moonlight ride on the lake, and then into a small cove where all partook of the box lunches they brought with them and other refreshments furnished by hoste ess, Madge Purssell. Thenext meeting will be held August 24 at the home of Mary Todd, The Carriage Set! Cheryl Ann isthenew daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Howard Revels, of Glen Meadow Drive, Grass Valley. Shewas born August 10 ‘in the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Little Cheryl Ann has one sister and two brothers, Mr, and Mrs, Marvin Willis, San Mateo, are the proud parents of a baby girl born August 11 in the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Golden Canarzies Discuss Hospital Work New projects were discussed and finalized for the hospital work planned by the Golden Canaries No, 252, Cootiettes Club, during their meeting last Monday night in the Veterans Memorial Hali, Nevada City, Neva Treloar, Chief Grayback, = over the business meetBo August 22 will be the next meeting. Members are urged to attend and make this a 100% roll call, and to bring their scissors, A baby boy was born August 13 to Mr, and Mrs, Daniel Jeffrey, of Grass Valley, at the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Garden Club Hears About . Care Of Iris Twenty-three members and four guests enjoyed the luncheon meeting of the Nevada City Garden Club held Thursday in the home of Isabel T ourtellotte on Willow Valley Road, Nevada City. j The guests present were Mmes Patricia Steiner, Sacramento; Helen Green, Long Beach; Betty Jensen’, Auburn, and Wanda Lagerson, Nevada City. Mrs, Dave Jensen gave a most enjoyable and informative talk on “The Care and Hybridizing of Iris," She distributed among those present Iris seed from her own hybridizing efforts, . The club have plans for a busy year ahead, They have agreed to send a contribution to the newly formed Nevada County Childrens*® Lukemia Fund,

MRS. MABEL WILSON, &. .Nevads County Nugget.. August 17, 1966 (left) is shown in her home at 379 Mill Street, Grass Valley, where she teaches piano in braille. Shown with her is Pattie Bamber of Bennett Street, Grass Valley, who is one of her pupils. Mrs. Wilson. Blind Wonder Ability Will Conquer Handicap Pattie has been instrumental in bringing several students to Sightless Lady Shows Us How By Lura Arnold Ihavenever been so impressed as when I walked intothe immaculately ke pt home of Mrs, Mabel Wilson at-379Mill Street in Grass Valley last week. I was still further impressed when I chatted with Mrs, Wilson and learued that aside from first being a mother and homemaker, she had, and still has, many hobbies, Among her various hobbies are writing, knitting, crocheting, canning and preserving, cooking for one person up to a crowd of guests, and piano lessons, These activities may not be unusual for the average woman, but Mabel Wilson isnot an (CLUB CALENDAR} August 17 Nevada City Women's Civic Club Friends of the Libraries Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce rt Goldancers Nevada City Lions Grass Valley Elks August 18 DeMolay Nevada City Senior Citizens Grass Valley Lions Nevada City Rotary Odd Fellows Lodge No, 12 August 19 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Banner Mountain Auxiliary average woman. She has accomplished all of this, and much more, without her vision, . Mrs, Wilson was a very small girl-when-she-tost-her-sight, however, her parents believed in rearing her to be self sufficient as they did her fourteen brothers and sisters, showing no partiality because of her sight. Being the eldest, she learned many housekeeping chores including cooking and caring for those younger than herself, Born in Arkansas, Mrs, Wilson moved with her parents to Oklahoma when quite young, It was there she martied and became the mother of two sons: Marvin, who is a flight engineer forthe 3MCompany in St, Paul, Grass Valley Senior Citizens August 22 NID Water Users Planning Commission TOPS Timberline T oast masters Grass Valley Rotary ‘August 23 Nevada City Native Sons Neva Rebekah Lodge No, 119 Grass Valley Rebekahs Teentwirlers American Legion Post 130 August 24 Nevada County Board of Education Newcomers Club Nevada City Lions Grass Valley Elks Minnesota, and the father of three daughters; and Bob, who is with the Louis Sign Company in Memphis, Tennessee and the father of three daughters and one son, Years later when she became a widow, she took employment as a medical secretary; a public relations representative for an organization of blind people, and taught piano lessons,: Mrs, Wilson came to Grass Valley six years ago and immediately surrounded herself with many friends, She enjoys life to the fullest by doing for others -meeting new people through her tape club, The tape club is made up of blind people who make recordings of their activities, hobbies and experiences, These are exchanged with others and in that way many good friends are made and helpful ideas obtained. She also makes plane trips back to St, Paul and Memphis to keep in touch with her sons and their growing families, Frequent visits are made to Oklahoma to visit her parents, who will soon celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary, To date, Mrs, Wilson has nine piano pupils, however, by the time school starts, she will have more than twenty. Her heart is in her teaching and in the young people she loves so much, Yes, I was very much impressed to chat with one so (handicapped and yet so capable and happy with her surroundings --doing for others, Esther Rebekah Lodge Is Invited To Dine With Navajos During the meeting held Saturday evening of the Esther Rebekah Lodge, No, 9, in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, Grass Valley, it was announced that the District Deputy President, Lenore Vind, will holdthe District Meeting October 13 in Truckee, The Grand Warden of the Rebekah Assembly will be present. An invitation was read from the Navajo Rebekah Lodge, No. 93, of Foresthill, for officers and members to attend a dis~trict meeting at 8:00 p. m. September 1in the Covenant Oddfellows Hallon Main Street, Foresthill. Marie Cannon,

President of the Rebekah Assembly and District Deputy President, Mildred Demaria, will be guests, Reservations for the 6:30 p.m, dinner must be made not later than August 25, For making reservations, write Navajo Rebekah Lodge No, 93, P.O. Box 332, Foresthill, The Odd Fellows picnic will be held August 28 in Pioneer Park, Nevada City, A breakfast starting at7:00 to 10:30 a.m. will be served with the Nevada City Odd Fellows in charge, A potluck will be held at noon, Grass Valley Lodge No. 12 will be in charge of games, There will be plenty of watermelon and soft drinks, All Odd Fellows andRebekahs with their families are invited, It was voted and passed to send donations to the Eye Bank and the Nevada County Children's Lukemia Fund, The Lukemia Fund is under the sponsorship of the Nevada City Fire Department, Areport was given on the rummage sale held recently as having been successful, Proceeds will be used for various lodge projects. Plans were finalized for the public party to be held the evening of August 20, The public is invited and all members of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges are urged to be present, There will betwo dinners at the Alta Sierra Country Club as a door prize. There will be no sociainight on August 25 at the Odd Fellows Hall due to the opening of the Nevada County Fair. Birthday congratulations were extended to Francis Kitts, Lois Whittington and Louella Kerr, Noble Grand Zale Johnson presided over the business meeting. The next meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. August 27 with Vice Grand Edna Rudd presiding, The officersneed not wear formals, Delicious refreshments were served on tables beautifully decorated with fresh garden flowers by Mr, and Mrs, Frank Finch and Mr, and Mrs, Ed Williford. BEEPS Enjoy A Moonlight Cruise The barge "U.S, Schvitt" owned by Eddie and Madge Purssell on Englebright Dam, was the meeting place fora joyous evening last Wednesday when the Business and Profes‘sional Women of Nevada City held their bi-weekly meeting. President Barbara Peterson, presided over a short meeting, after which they enjoyeda moonlight ride on the lake, and then into a small cove where all partook of the box lunches they brought with them and other refreshments furnished by hoste ess, Madge Purssell. Thenext meeting will be held August 24 at the home of Mary Todd, The Carriage Set! Cheryl Ann isthenew daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Howard Revels, of Glen Meadow Drive, Grass Valley. Shewas born August 10 ‘in the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Little Cheryl Ann has one sister and two brothers, Mr, and Mrs, Marvin Willis, San Mateo, are the proud parents of a baby girl born August 11 in the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Golden Canarzies Discuss Hospital Work New projects were discussed and finalized for the hospital work planned by the Golden Canaries No, 252, Cootiettes Club, during their meeting last Monday night in the Veterans Memorial Hali, Nevada City, Neva Treloar, Chief Grayback, = over the business meetBo August 22 will be the next meeting. Members are urged to attend and make this a 100% roll call, and to bring their scissors, A baby boy was born August 13 to Mr, and Mrs, Daniel Jeffrey, of Grass Valley, at the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Garden Club Hears About . Care Of Iris Twenty-three members and four guests enjoyed the luncheon meeting of the Nevada City Garden Club held Thursday in the home of Isabel T ourtellotte on Willow Valley Road, Nevada City. j The guests present were Mmes Patricia Steiner, Sacramento; Helen Green, Long Beach; Betty Jensen’, Auburn, and Wanda Lagerson, Nevada City. Mrs, Dave Jensen gave a most enjoyable and informative talk on “The Care and Hybridizing of Iris," She distributed among those present Iris seed from her own hybridizing efforts, . The club have plans for a busy year ahead, They have agreed to send a contribution to the newly formed Nevada County Childrens*® Lukemia Fund,