August 18, 1971 (12 pages)

The Nevada County Nugget: August 18, 1971-3 oin’s at Malakoff Diggins. ‘Notes off the Cuff” By Dick Rohde e i. ¢ an me i r By P. L. Smith eS “HEAVIEST SNOW SINCE wouldn't trade a single minute three pounds of top grade coffee 1890 BLANKETS NEVADA of the last several years for for 80¢? Some brands, not so COUNTY", .doesn'tthatsound 42 hour in any metropolis in the omar were selling for as little ; * foo utterly deliciously cool for World! as 15¢ per pound, Remember words? That was the headline eee 1941? 3 on the Nugget for January 20, Remember when you could get 1950, Just thought you'd like to remember that there actually ' can be weather otlter than broilene ase THE PHONE BOOTH During that storm it was reported that". .the city and county were locked in a bliz—aemessiuss senate tne cnr — gard that recalled the storms of the prairie states. Roads were blocked and police urged people to stay inside _their homes, rather than to venture into the storm.” * Calendar confusion: The 1971 Admission Day (Sept. 9) celebration will be the last California birthday to be celebrated on. the exact date of the state’s 5 entry into the Union. A bill now STATE EXHIBIT Specialist Jack Dyson is helped by Park in the state legislature calls for Supervisor Eric Leffingwell in the unloading of "supplies" for the recently restored McKillican & Mobley general store per eats ig Hey pcr naa in the Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, These materials Centeuber were purchased by the state when an old hardware store Ever since I learned how to recently quit business in the Los Angeles area, Much of the 11 the word right — "'statismerchandise dated back to the turn of the century and will be tes have been my bag, I just displayed on the shelves of the store, The newer items will ran across an in-depth study of be used as needed in the park maintenance program. homemakers across the fifty OVERHEARD: "Yep, if they hadn't put out the fire in the ae Midi sarees epee’ bathroom so fast, it would have spread to the house!” found that (based on an index OVERJOYED: Came home from our two-day trip to Pioof 100) 89% look at newspaper neer, California, one of the small former-mining towns on 88 445 before shopping; 63% make north of Jackson, to find our two daughters and their two each price comparisons from the ads; had dropped in on us when we weren't home! Kinda gladI was ¢@% make a definite shopping away, You see, having done all of our years of traveling and ict based on newspaper ads; camping via travel trailer, I might have looked pretty dumb and 87% prefer newspaper ads fumbling around erecting a tent! They managed quite well with{ any other media. Just anout the old man around, other way of saying that tit OVERHEATED: We're heading for Needles, California for pays to arvertise". . .in newsa few days to get away from this heat! Did you notice when the papers, that is! wae temperature rose to 108 in Grass Valley the other day, those ree in Needles were basking in a temperate 105 degrees? Yes, we'll Study in frustration, . . .on be mighty glad to get back to good old North Bloomfield and the 4 Grass Valley street the other Malakoff until winter sets in, Then, it's down to the desert day—a bakery route man lifting to enjoy six more months of summer! one of those big trays of goodies OVERBOARD: Three persons were rescued at Bullards Bar off the truck rack. . .only to Thursday due to "Janny-on-the-spot’ luck, Jan Bilberry and have umpteen dozen fancy donuts Nancy Silogy were making their first pass around Bullards sjide not too gently onto the in Joe Jeffers’ ski boat when they were flagged down by the pavement! Breakfast, anyone? three man, wife, child who had just had the misfortune of *** losing boat, motor, and all, Luckily, no serious injury. Henry David Thoreau wrote OVERATE: Wednesday evening found nearly all the North "City life, . . .Millions of people Bloomfield/Malakoff Diggins residents attending a pot luck peing lonesome together." My dinner"on top of thie hill", Hosting the group was Joe Jeffers sentiments exactly. At various and Nancy and Richard Silogy, Joe's daughter and son-in-law, times in my life I've lived in They were ably assisted by several friends they'd brought with pig cities, . .but never again! them from Gardena, California, Localites included the Eric Since I "discovered" life as it Leffingwells; their daughter, Teresa Staser and granddaughter js lived up here in the Sierras, Charmaine; Rita and Golden Sherwood; Dick and Helen Rohde tye been so content, The peoalong, Jan, from Citrus Heights, California, had son Eric and visited, the sights I've seen. daughter Sharon with her, while Chris, our youngest, waS accan't be matched anywhere, I é To make it easier for you to find phone numcompanied by daughters Cindy and Jennifer. They're from Oak . Get Started Early bers for cme offices, now there’s Grove, Sorry that Archie and Noni Landsburg were sable fo attend due to her visiting sister, Lil Inman, not feeling up wa that Sy queke See epeiniia etal: pind /™ Under “G” for “Government Offices” par, After dinner, Joe brought out his slides and movies, most —~ ‘of which had been shot in the Malakoff area over the years, MM you'll find okaes ter miperiant perl im county, state and federal offices. Because All who attended enjoyed the evening to the pari ; : OVERANXIOUS: Hope to have some electrifying" news from ye io ~aekent oe uae bureaus, departments and agencies, we the Diggins one day soon! . . . thought it would be helpful to put the num‘ . . Joyce Day on left, and Bev Painter, Grass Valley telephone operators are shown above handling calls to the Directory Assistance desk in the Grass Valley Traffic office. Calls to this desk, whether referred to as Directory Assistance, Information or just "411", has increased over 100% in the last 2 years. This far exceeds the demand for other service. The primary purpose of Directory Assistance is to furnish telephone numbers not listed in the current telephone directory. The following suggestions are made as a help to all, the operators that must handle the calls, @ those that are trying to get a number that is not in the directory and the rate payers that must pay the bill: 1 Check your telephone directory. 2Keep a frequently called number list. 3 If you need assistance dial 411. 4 Add any new numbers to your frequently called number list. Additional copies of the local telephone directory as well as Personal Directories are available free at our Business Office at 149 South Auburn” Street, or just call 273-2211. we SNS ex er, hot weather, and too-steep grades was just too much for the overheated, underpowered towing vehicle! So, it just conked out half way up the road into our campground (Really, under OVERTAXED: The combination of small motor, heavy trailbers that are most frequently called all together in one at So now your fingers do the walking through government rmal situations, not THAT steep), Mr, and Mrs, Wilson . can do Fansis, with Brian, 5, and Diana, 9, all from San Diego, offices in the Yellow Pages too. > California, were "stranded", until Reese Underhill, Malakoff ; a maintenance man, was alerted to wet ‘abtaay ea Paehsy YUBA RIVER Pacific Telephone =), as do all park personnel, knew imm ely how andle this ae oes “emergency. He towed them the balance of the distance into LUMBER oe . a ; a fine campsite, where they enjoyed three days of Malakoff hosGRASS Ot . Aaouge O Y, LL, m q:. pitality, I didn't have thé heart to even mention the day to DOWNIEVILLE YARD © O: Hutchins be. them----Friday. the thirteenth! It's just possible that they 289-335! Your Telephone Manager in ‘ would have answered as many did on TV the other night, "It's " Mesadatioel . D Oe wleleneue just another day to me", And really, WASN‘T IT? — City (i . t ts

The Nevada County Nugget: August 18, 1971-3 oin’s at Malakoff Diggins. ‘Notes off the Cuff” By Dick Rohde e i. ¢ an me i r By P. L. Smith eS “HEAVIEST SNOW SINCE wouldn't trade a single minute three pounds of top grade coffee 1890 BLANKETS NEVADA of the last several years for for 80¢? Some brands, not so COUNTY", ..doesn'tthatsound 42 hour in any metropolis in the omar were selling for as little ; * foo utterly deliciously cool for World! as 15¢ per pound, Remember words? That was the headline eee 1941? 3 on the Nugget for January 20, Remember when you could get 1950, Just thought you'd like to remember that there actually ' can be weather otlter than broilene ase THE PHONE BOOTH During that storm it was reported that".. .the city and county were locked in a bliz—aemessiuss senate tne cnr — gard that recalled the storms of the prairie states. Roads were blocked and police urged people to stay inside _their homes, rather than to venture into the storm.” * Calendar confusion: The 1971 Admission Day (Sept. 9) celebration will be the last California birthday to be celebrated on. the exact date of the state’s 5 entry into the Union. A bill now STATE EXHIBIT Specialist Jack Dyson is helped by Park in the state legislature calls for Supervisor Eric Leffingwell in the unloading of "supplies" for the recently restored McKillican & Mobley general store per eats ig Hey pcr naa in the Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, These materials Centeuber were purchased by the state when an old hardware store Ever since I learned how to recently quit business in the Los Angeles area, Much of the 11 the word right — "'statismerchandise dated back to the turn of the century and will be tes have been my bag, I just displayed on the shelves of the store, The newer items will ran across an in-depth study of be used as needed in the park maintenance program. homemakers across the fifty OVERHEARD: "Yep, if they hadn't put out the fire in the ae Midi sarees epee’ bathroom so fast, it would have spread to the house!” found that (based on an index OVERJOYED: Came home from our two-day trip to Pioof 100) 89% look at newspaper neer, California, one of the small former-mining towns on 88 445 before shopping; 63% make north of Jackson, to find our two daughters and their two each price comparisons from the ads; had dropped in on us when we weren't home! Kinda gladI was ¢@% make a definite shopping away, You see, having done all of our years of traveling and ict based on newspaper ads; camping via travel trailer, I might have looked pretty dumb and 87% prefer newspaper ads fumbling around erecting a tent! They managed quite well with{ any other media. Just anout the old man around, other way of saying that tit OVERHEATED: We're heading for Needles, California for pays to arvertise". . .in newsa few days to get away from this heat! Did you notice when the papers, that is! wae temperature rose to 108 in Grass Valley the other day, those ree in Needles were basking in a temperate 105 degrees? Yes, we'll Study in frustration, . . .on be mighty glad to get back to good old North Bloomfield and the 4 Grass Valley street the other Malakoff until winter sets in, Then, it's down to the desert day—a bakery route man lifting to enjoy six more months of summer! one of those big trays of goodies OVERBOARD: Three persons were rescued at Bullards Bar off the truck rack. . .only to Thursday due to "Janny-on-the-spot’ luck, Jan Bilberry and have umpteen dozen fancy donuts Nancy Silogy were making their first pass around Bullards sjide not too gently onto the in Joe Jeffers’ ski boat when they were flagged down by the pavement! Breakfast, anyone? three man, wife, child who had just had the misfortune of *** losing boat, motor, and all, Luckily, no serious injury. Henry David Thoreau wrote OVERATE: Wednesday evening found nearly all the North "City life, . . .Millions of people Bloomfield/Malakoff Diggins residents attending a pot luck peing lonesome together." My dinner"on top of thie hill", Hosting the group was Joe Jeffers sentiments exactly. At various and Nancy and Richard Silogy, Joe's daughter and son-in-law, times in my life I've lived in They were ably assisted by several friends they'd brought with pig cities, . .but never again! them from Gardena, California, Localites included the Eric Since I "discovered" life as it Leffingwells; their daughter, Teresa Staser and granddaughter js lived up here in the Sierras, Charmaine; Rita and Golden Sherwood; Dick and Helen Rohde tye been so content, The peoalong, Jan, from Citrus Heights, California, had son Eric and visited, the sights I've seen.. daughter Sharon with her, while Chris, our youngest, waS accan't be matched anywhere, I é To make it easier for you to find phone numcompanied by daughters Cindy and Jennifer. They're from Oak . Get Started Early bers for cme offices, now there’s Grove, Sorry that Archie and Noni Landsburg were sable fo attend due to her visiting sister, Lil Inman, not feeling up wa that Sy queke See epeiniia etal: pind /™ Under “G” for “Government Offices”

par, After dinner, Joe brought out his slides and movies, most —~ ‘of which had been shot in the Malakoff area over the years, MM you'll find okaes ter miperiant perl im county, state and federal offices. Because All who attended enjoyed the evening to the pari ; : OVERANXIOUS: Hope to have some electrifying" news from ye io ~aekent oe uae bureaus, departments and agencies, we the Diggins one day soon! . . . thought it would be helpful to put the num‘ . . Joyce Day on left, and Bev Painter, Grass Valley telephone operators are shown above handling calls to the Directory Assistance desk in the Grass Valley Traffic office. Calls to this desk, whether referred to as Directory Assistance, Information or just "411", has increased over 100% in the last 2 years. This far exceeds the demand for other service. The primary purpose of Directory Assistance is to furnish telephone numbers not listed in the current telephone directory. The following suggestions are made as a help to all, the operators that must handle the calls, @ those that are trying to get a number that is not in the directory and the rate payers that must pay the bill: 1 Check your telephone directory. 2Keep a frequently called number list. 3 If you need assistance dial 411. 4 Add any new numbers to your frequently called number list. Additional copies of the local telephone directory as well as Personal Directories are available free at our Business Office at 149 South Auburn” Street, or just call 273-2211. we SNS ex er, hot weather, and too-steep grades was just too much for the overheated, underpowered towing vehicle! So, it just conked out half way up the road into our campground (Really, under OVERTAXED: The combination of small motor, heavy trailbers that are most frequently called all together in one at So now your fingers do the walking through government rmal situations, not THAT steep), Mr, and Mrs, Wilson . can do Fansis, with Brian, 5, and Diana, 9, all from San Diego, offices in the Yellow Pages too. > California, were "stranded", until Reese Underhill, Malakoff ; a maintenance man, was alerted to wet ‘abtaay ea Paehsy YUBA RIVER Pacific Telephone =), as do all park personnel, knew imm ely how andle this ae oes “emergency. He towed them the balance of the distance into LUMBER oe . a ; a fine campsite, where they enjoyed three days of Malakoff hosGRASS Ot . Aaouge O Y, LL, m q:. pitality, I didn't have thé heart to even mention the day to DOWNIEVILLE YARD © O: Hutchins be. them----Friday. the thirteenth! It's just possible that they 289-335! Your Telephone Manager in ‘ would have answered as many did on TV the other night, "It's " Mesadatioel . D Oe wleleneue just another day to me", And really, WASN‘T IT? — City (i . t ts