December 26, 1963 (22 pages)

ttatetetete AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY ¢-0?=0f=et-0t~0 # Donation Day Is A Success OVER 100 BOXES... Larry Retallack (upper left) loads boxes of food for needy families as FFA students aid the Grass Valley Ladies Relief Society on Donation Day. President Mrs, Charles Strom (left) talks with Jerry Davis, Ag teacher at Nevada Union High School, Pat McGill carries a box of Donation Day food from Bell Hill School into the packaging area. (Lower right) Boxes of toys and games await boxing. that night but he reassured them, "She'sharmless, Just don't touch her trunk, There's something in it.. pictures, I think she said.’ Ella Mead sat day after day by herself, not speaking a word, until the doctor had an idea, "She's with him all the time. " The nurse.was anxious, "Mightn't she harm him. Her eyes.." Dr, Rodgers turned to leave. "It's not insanity, it’s a broken heart. The woman_never harmed anyone but herself in her life." Again it was Christmas Eve. Beautiful Marysville was a-glitter with Christmas lights and merry crowds loaded. down with last minute purchases, called happy greetings to each other, while school children stood on the street corners and sang carols. The very air breathed cheer, warm hearts and good will, for tomorrow was Christmas and Christmas comes but once a year. Even the County Hospital bore a festive air with its tree in every ward and a gift apiece for the old, forgotten people, who this one evening put aside their grievances and.spoke lovingly of the long ago. ; Dr. Rodgers was in the outer office, giving last minute directions to the nurse at the desk, face was tired and sad. AND THE PLACES THAT KNEW THEM SHALL KNOW THEM NO MORE when the door back of him opened and someone came in. At the amazed expression on the nurse's face he turned. Iron grey hair piled high on her head, her life-scarred face a mask of powder, paint and mascara, Ella Mead trailed a spotted, wrinkled, red velvet dress as she walkedupto the desk. Her voice was soft and lovely as she spoke. "I want to thank you for such a nice visit but it's Christmas time now and I must go home. I've something here for Johnnie. " She drew from her cigarette pocket a yellowed lace handkerchief, twobroken dusty cigarettes and a roll of greenbacks, While she was pushing them across the desk her face changed. Awareness, fright and agony filled the big black eyes. She swayed and w ould have fallen had not the doctor caught her and carried her out of the room. When Dr, Rodgers returned, his “Mrs. Mead is with Gus and Johnnie, " he said and as though he spoke to hirhself, “what a wonderful woman she could have been.” The excited nurse said, “Look!” Spread out on the desk with the broken cigarettes and lace handkerchief were ten one hundred dollar bills. ‘WATCHES Rs P< = CLocKs JEWELRY Repairing E. M. DALPEZ Dial 265-4501 JEWELER, ~ 231% BROAD ST., NEVADA CITY WELDING IN SHOP * ELECTRIC or % ACETYLENE “HILLS aa MOTORS RL Pwome 279-870: FREE ESTIMATES SVAN & STORAGE THE BEST MOVE @ you EVER MADE . Bie! Maes FOE C48 BAee § , RASS VALLEY 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE PHONE 273—8781 0% a8ed * **S96T “9g xoquieseq" **3988nN 2UL’*°0S 888d

ttatetetete AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY ¢-0?=0f=et-0t~0 # Donation Day Is A Success OVER 100 BOXES..... Larry Retallack (upper left) loads boxes of food for needy families as FFA students aid the Grass Valley Ladies Relief Society on Donation Day. President Mrs, Charles Strom (left) talks with Jerry Davis, Ag teacher at Nevada Union High School, Pat McGill carries a box of Donation Day food from Bell Hill School into the packaging area. (Lower right) Boxes of toys and games await boxing. that night but he reassured them, "She'sharmless, Just don't touch her trunk, There's something in it... pictures, I think she said.’ Ella Mead sat day after day by herself, not speaking a word, until the doctor had an idea, "She's with him all the time. " The nurse.was anxious, "Mightn't she harm him. Her eyes..." Dr, Rodgers turned to leave. "It's not insanity, it’s a broken heart. The woman_never harmed anyone but herself in her life." Again it was Christmas Eve. Beautiful Marysville was a-glitter with Christmas lights and merry crowds loaded. down with last minute purchases, called happy greetings to each other, while school children stood on the street corners and sang carols. The very air breathed cheer, warm hearts and good will, for tomorrow was Christmas and Christmas comes but once a year. Even the County Hospital bore a festive air with its tree in every ward and a gift apiece for the old, forgotten people, who this one evening put aside their grievances and.spoke lovingly of the long ago. ; Dr. Rodgers was in the outer office, giving last minute directions to the nurse at the desk, face was tired and sad. AND THE PLACES THAT KNEW THEM SHALL KNOW THEM NO MORE when the door back of him opened and someone came in. At the amazed expression on the nurse's

face he turned. Iron grey hair piled high on her head, her life-scarred face a mask of powder, paint and mascara, Ella Mead trailed a spotted, wrinkled, red velvet dress as she walkedupto the desk. Her voice was soft and lovely as she spoke. "I want to thank you for such a nice visit but it's Christmas time now and I must go home. I've something here for Johnnie. " She drew from her cigarette pocket a yellowed lace handkerchief, twobroken dusty cigarettes and a roll of greenbacks, While she was pushing them across the desk her face changed. Awareness, fright and agony filled the big black eyes. She swayed and w ould have fallen had not the doctor caught her and carried her out of the room. When Dr, Rodgers returned, his “Mrs. Mead is with Gus and Johnnie, " he said and as though he spoke to hirhself, “what a wonderful woman she could have been.” The excited nurse said, “Look!” Spread out on the desk with the broken cigarettes and lace handkerchief were ten one hundred dollar bills. ‘WATCHES Rs P< = CLocKs JEWELRY Repairing E. M. DALPEZ Dial 265-4501 JEWELER, ~ 231% BROAD ST., NEVADA CITY WELDING IN SHOP * ELECTRIC or % ACETYLENE “HILLS aa MOTORS RL Pwome 279-870: FREE ESTIMATES SVAN & STORAGE THE BEST MOVE @ you EVER MADE . Bie! Maes FOE C48 BAee § , RASS VALLEY 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE PHONE 273—8781 0% a8ed * **S96T “9g xoquieseq" **3988nN 2UL’*°0S 888d