December 27, 1972 (8 pages)

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday December 27 "Notes off By P. L. Smith The Nuggett ‘‘exchanges’’ papers with a well-edited weekly over in Plumas County, the Portola Reporter, and learns some pretty interesting things from its pages..work of Jack and Sherry Thompson. In a recent issue they had a frontpager that made my dentures rattle. I quote briefly therefrom: “December 8 temperatures hit the lowest in 35 years, with the mercury to a minus 30 degrees at the depot..Sierra Valley registered even colder readings. It was reported to be minus 34 at Flemming Grocery in Beckwourth and minus 40 at the Water Resources Building near there.’’ And we thought we were cold here in Western Nevada County! That same issve of the Reporter contained an obituary that is worth repeating, in part, because it reads like a real oldtime “‘thriller’’. “John Gunderson died three days before the one hundred third anniversary of his birth. Mr. Gunderson was born December 13, 1869 in Deadwood, South Dakota. His father was killed with Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, and he was raised by his grandfather, a Sailing ship captain. He learned navigation and had been around the world three times before he was 15 years of age. When his grandfather died, he came to San Francisco about 1900 and worked as a steelworker. He later became a contractor as well as a steelworker. He became engaged to a Scandinavian girl, and had purchased and furnished a home for her, but she was killed in the San Francisco earthquake. He never married. He moved to Plumas county and worked in the woods until he retired at the age of 80.” A couple of days before Christmas I happened to pass a Christmas Tree lot over in Grass Valley and witnessed a touching little ‘scene. A young couple NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Yeors .. $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION the Cuff’’ drive up in a very tiny little foreign car, parked, got out and carefully selected a beautiful fir tree. The young man carried the . tree back to the car..stood there ‘ for a moment; walked all around the car, took the tree back to the lot and changed it for a much § smaller size. There was just no way in the world he could stow a six foot tree in his car, plus his passenger, and have room to get behind the wheel himself! He and his gal were in high spirits, however..they stood there on the sidewalk and laughed, and laughed and laughed. I’ll bet they enjoyed the smaller tree just as much as they would have the larger one..even if they could’ve gotten it into the car. The ‘‘one way”’ deal on that block behind the National Hotel has caused some involved traffic situations lately, and leads one to believe lots of people simply can’t read plain English. The other evening I had occasion to be downtown until rather late, and when I started to drive into Pine street to head for Zion Street.. met up with a gentleman(?) attempting to turn into Spring the wrong way. I flicked my lights off and on, and finally resorted to rolling my window down and yelling at him to look at the ‘‘one way sign”’ on the corner post. But he rolled right up until he touched my front bumper and made a couple of rather inelegant gestures in my direction, before he finally backed out and cruised on down Spring street. The one I felt really sorry for, tho’, was that Greyhound Bus driver who mistakenly drove into that block one day when it was snowing heavily. He realized his error instantly and reacted too quickly..hooking the fender of a car parked right at the corner. The car was occupied and when last seen, the bus driver and the other fellow were talking it all over quite calmly. Many benefits open to vets’ : dependents Thousands of wives and children of veterans and servicemen fail to take advantage of benefits and programs provided by Congress despite Veterans Administration efforts to inform each _ potential beneficiary. Educational benefits for wives, widows and children of veterans whose permanent, total disabilities or deaths were service-connected was cited by J.E. Mullen, director of the San Francisco VA Regional Office as one example of the many benefits available. Also eligible for educational benefits are wives and children of servicemen missing in action (MIA) or prisoners of. war (POW) for more than 90 days. VA guaranteed home loans are available to wives of POWs and MIAs also and to unremarried widows of veterans and servicemen whose deaths were _ service-connected. BT ev = By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 We are through singing about Good King Wenceslas for another year. His life tho’, as recorded in the sone can setay with us through ti2 year as a marvelous New Year resolution, There really was a St. Wenceslas. He was the Duke of Bohemia, He was mi rdered by his own brother in the year 939, Assasinated was the term used in those days. The "marvelous resolution" is found in his life nothis death. He was renounced for his Piety. He founded many churches in Prague. His kindness and generosity caused mzch consternation among his contemporaries, The example he set was so good it actually pointed up their selfishness, The anniversary of his death is still a festival or was before Comm nism cane to that area. His good exam, 'e was in his kindness to the poor peasant of his land. He often provided food and fuel on a cruel cold night," flesh and wine and pine logs, as the song tells. John Mason Neal wrote the words for this stirring number and Sir Joha Stainer did the harmonizing for the trad-tional carol. Life in those days was told not printed. When his page couldn't go further in the cold and snow Wenceslas said to him "Mark my footsteps my good page Tread thou in them boldly: Thou shall find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood less coldly." Tis said that "Heat was in the very sod which the saint had printed." Also told 'Ye who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find blessing. Our family listened to Christmas music Saturday, Sunday and Monday almost continuously.-When we couldn't find good music on TV we switched to radio, Every once in a while we would read up on one of the interesting carols. That's how we found out about the good King. ** KKK KK ROKK Conne Baer, Wm. Bursill, and myself toured Rough and Ready last Saturday night to judge Christmas lighting effects for the Chamber. We selected as most beautiful the H H Fountains on Ladybug Lane, The Allan McCreas on Stagecoach Way, ard the Wm. Waxners on Hwy, 20 near Ponderosa Way. We also gave an Honorable Mention to the Ken Bartleys on Rex Reservoir Road. You can see their lights for miles but the best viewing spot is on the grade below Rough and Ready Road. Seemed to me the best place to view the Fountains was Mystery Lane, The McCreas can be seen from most anywhere in the town. Most of the previous winners still have their beautiful lighting displays but the Chamber agreed, while the program is new, not to have any two time winners for the same scene, There is a beautiful group of lighting on Sazarac Lane and Ponderosa Way and on Hwy. 20 at that point. There is another group worth seeing back near the end of Rough and ¥ Ready Road on Miners Way and you can also see the Harwoods display from Miners Way. The ! Harwoods are across the valley on Hilare Acres Road if you wish to drive back, We viewed 36 lighting displays. They were all lovely. * KKK KK KK KK I found this years National Theme for Grange Women to be most inspiring. The 1973 theme is Happiness is. Some of these Happinesses were serving, sharing, learning, caring, laughing and oh so many others. They will easily fill a year with worthwhile work, First Womens meeting of the new year will be Tuesday January 16. Our new Chairman is Mrs, Thelma Lehman. * KK KK KK K KK We'll be Home for Christmas was the theme of both Bruce Harwood now stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and Mike Siegfried now in Boot Camp at San Diego Naval Training Station. Mike made it in time but Bruce won't.get home until Dec. 29, It was mighty good news for both boys who are neighbors and close friends here at home. * KK KKK KE KK Four generations of Lofgrens spent Christmas together at the home of Mrs, Rich (Helen) on Thursday to spend the Holidays in Rough and Ready. The four generations are Mrs, Lofgren, ., Helen Avery, Helen's daughters Kathy and Loretto and Kathy's four daughters Regina, Rosemary, Amy, and Agnes and Loretto's son Joseph. What a nice way to spend Christmas. * eK KKK KK KK Kitten anyone? He has adopted the Forbes Cuthberts across the Hwy. from us, He is a little older than a kitten but is small. He is black and beautiful with a white vest and collar and white feet. He just adopted the Cuthberts. Mr. Cuthbert says he is obviously someones pet but they feel they cannot keep him. %* Ok KK KOK OK KOK * The Willis Perrys have had holiday company, too. Daughter June and her husband Andy Mueller have been home for several days. Alice Perry has lots of company during the quiet of ordinary days, The Perrys live at the endof their road. Peace reigns supreme as soon as everyone has gone to work. Alice sees pheasants, quail, skunk, gray squirrel, deer, and many more of our local animal friends. She is a good gardener and animals do love a garden and what it provides. RK KKK KK OK K The Fred McCumbers had old friends stop by a while back. They were the George McMurrays of Deleware County, New York. Mr. McCumber had not seen his boyhood friend since 1902 when at the age of 16 Fred left home. Hey now Fred you have just given your age away. These two friends remember each other especially because of a gift Mr. McCumber made to Mr. McMurray when he left there. It was a double barrel muzzle loader rifle. What a rarity these days. The McMurray's son is stationed at Beale Air Force Base now and they came west to visit him. They liked our community so much, after their visit tothe McCumhers, that they plan on selling their farm in Delaware County and moving out here for good. * OK KK KK KOK KK Fire chief Al Moniz says if any of you want a tour of the Firehouse and its equipment at any time give him (or me) a call andhe personally will be glad to show you around, Any of our Firemen will provide the same service Mr. Moniz says. They really want us to know and appreciate their efforts, 26K OK OK Ok Ok Ok OK Ok Ok Mrs, Lisetta Scheave had her entire family here for a brief visit the weekend before Christmas. She had her sonand his family from Auburn, two married daughters and their families from the flatlands, lots of grandchildren including their husbands and wives, and her brother from Seattle who was visiting here. She said it was a very happy reunion. oe OK OK OK Kk ok OK ok ok Ok Mrs, Martina Paull and her roommate Mrs, Ruth Norman spent Chri D i Larry Martins of Grass Valley. ” mas Day ie the OK OK RK OK Ok Ok ok O* c Mr. Charles Sursa, former owner of the Rough and Ready Market, is a patient at Holiday Hills Convalescent Hospital.

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday December 27 "Notes off By P. L. Smith The Nuggett ‘‘exchanges’’ papers with a well-edited weekly over in Plumas County, the Portola Reporter, and learns some pretty interesting things from its pages...work of Jack and Sherry Thompson. In a recent issue they had a frontpager that made my dentures rattle. I quote briefly therefrom: “December 8 temperatures hit the lowest in 35 years, with the mercury to a minus 30 degrees at the depot...Sierra Valley registered even colder readings. It was reported to be minus 34 at Flemming Grocery in Beckwourth and minus 40 at the Water Resources Building near there.’’ And we thought we were cold here in Western Nevada County! That same issve of the Reporter contained an obituary that is worth repeating, in part, because it reads like a real oldtime “‘thriller’’. “John Gunderson died three days before the one hundred third anniversary of his birth. Mr. Gunderson was born December 13, 1869 in Deadwood, South Dakota. His father was killed with Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, and he was raised by his grandfather, a Sailing ship captain. He learned navigation and had been around the world three times before he was 15 years of age. When his grandfather died, he came to San Francisco about 1900 and worked as a steelworker. He later became a contractor as well as a steelworker. He became engaged to a Scandinavian girl, and had purchased and furnished a home for her, but she was killed in the San Francisco earthquake. He never married. He moved to Plumas county and worked in the woods until he retired at the age of 80.” A couple of days before Christmas I happened to pass a Christmas Tree lot over in Grass Valley and witnessed a touching little ‘scene. A young couple NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .... $3.00 Two Yeors ... $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION the Cuff’’ drive up in a very tiny little foreign car, parked, got out and carefully selected a beautiful fir tree. The young man carried the . tree back to the car...stood there ‘ for a moment; walked all around the car, took the tree back to the lot and changed it for a much § smaller size. There was just no way in the world he could stow a six foot tree in his car, plus his passenger, and have room to get behind the wheel himself! He and his gal were in high spirits, however....they stood there on the sidewalk and laughed, and laughed and laughed. I’ll bet they enjoyed the smaller tree just as much as they would have the larger one...even if they could’ve gotten it into the car. The ‘‘one way”’ deal on that block behind the National Hotel has caused some involved traffic situations lately, and leads one to believe lots of people simply can’t read plain English. The other evening I had occasion to be downtown until rather late, and when I started to drive into Pine street to head for Zion Street... met up with a gentleman(?) attempting to turn into Spring the wrong way. I flicked my lights off and on, and finally resorted to rolling my window down and yelling at him to look at the ‘‘one way sign”’ on the corner post. But he rolled right up until he touched my front bumper and made a couple of rather inelegant gestures in my direction, before he finally

backed out and cruised on down Spring street. The one I felt really sorry for, tho’, was that Greyhound Bus driver who mistakenly drove into that block one day when it was snowing heavily. He realized his error instantly and reacted too quickly...hooking the fender of a car parked right at the corner. The car was occupied and when last seen, the bus driver and the other fellow were talking it all over quite calmly. Many benefits open to vets’ : dependents Thousands of wives and children of veterans and servicemen fail to take advantage of benefits and programs provided by Congress despite Veterans Administration efforts to inform each _ potential beneficiary. Educational benefits for wives, widows and children of veterans whose permanent, total disabilities or deaths were service-connected was cited by J.E. Mullen, director of the San Francisco VA Regional Office as one example of the many benefits available. Also eligible for educational benefits are wives and children of servicemen missing in action (MIA) or prisoners of. war (POW) for more than 90 days. VA guaranteed home loans are available to wives of POWs and MIAs also and to unremarried widows of veterans and servicemen whose deaths were _ service-connected. BT ev = By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 We are through singing about Good King Wenceslas for another year. His life tho’, as recorded in the sone can setay with us through ti2 year as a marvelous New Year resolution, There really was a St. Wenceslas. He was the Duke of Bohemia, He was mi rdered by his own brother in the year 939, Assasinated was the term used in those days. The "marvelous resolution" is found in his life nothis death. He was renounced for his Piety. He founded many churches in Prague. His kindness and generosity caused mzch consternation among his contemporaries, The example he set was so good it actually pointed up their selfishness, The anniversary of his death is still a festival or was before Comm nism cane to that area. His good exam, 'e was in his kindness to the poor peasant of his land. He often provided food and fuel on a cruel cold night," flesh and wine and pine logs, as the song tells. John Mason Neal wrote the words for this stirring number and Sir Joha Stainer did the harmonizing for the trad-tional carol. Life in those days was told not printed. When his page couldn't go further in the cold and snow Wenceslas said to him "Mark my footsteps my good page Tread thou in them boldly: Thou shall find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood less coldly." Tis said that "Heat was in the very sod which the saint had printed." Also told 'Ye who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find blessing. Our family listened to Christmas music Saturday, Sunday and Monday almost continuously.-When we couldn't find good music on TV we switched to radio, Every once in a while we would read up on one of the interesting carols. That's how we found out about the good King. ** KKK KK ROKK Conne Baer, Wm. Bursill, and myself toured Rough and Ready last Saturday night to judge Christmas lighting effects for the Chamber. We selected as most beautiful the H H Fountains on Ladybug Lane, The Allan McCreas on Stagecoach Way, ard the Wm. Waxners on Hwy, 20 near Ponderosa Way. We also gave an Honorable Mention to the Ken Bartleys on Rex Reservoir Road. You can see their lights for miles but the best viewing spot is on the grade below Rough and Ready Road. Seemed to me the best place to view the Fountains was Mystery Lane, The McCreas can be seen from most anywhere in the town. Most of the previous winners still have their beautiful lighting displays but the Chamber agreed, while the program is new, not to have any two time winners for the same scene, There is a beautiful group of lighting on Sazarac Lane and Ponderosa Way and on Hwy. 20 at that point. There is another group worth seeing back near the end of Rough and ¥ Ready Road on Miners Way and you can also see the Harwoods display from Miners Way. The ! Harwoods are across the valley on Hilare Acres Road if you wish to drive back, We viewed 36 lighting displays. They were all lovely. * KKK KK KK KK I found this years National Theme for Grange Women to be most inspiring. The 1973 theme is Happiness is. Some of these Happinesses were serving, sharing, learning, caring, laughing and oh so many others. They will easily fill a year with worthwhile work, First Womens meeting of the new year will be Tuesday January 16. Our new Chairman is Mrs, Thelma Lehman. * KK KK KK K KK We'll be Home for Christmas was the theme of both Bruce Harwood now stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and Mike Siegfried now in Boot Camp at San Diego Naval Training Station. Mike made it in time but Bruce won't.get home until Dec. 29, It was mighty good news for both boys who are neighbors and close friends here at home. * KK KKK KE KK Four generations of Lofgrens spent Christmas together at the home of Mrs, Rich (Helen) on Thursday to spend the Holidays in Rough and Ready. The four generations are Mrs, Lofgren, ., Helen Avery, Helen's daughters Kathy and Loretto and Kathy's four daughters Regina, Rosemary, Amy, and Agnes and Loretto's son Joseph. What a nice way to spend Christmas. * eK KKK KK KK Kitten anyone? He has adopted the Forbes Cuthberts across the Hwy. from us, He is a little older than a kitten but is small. He is black and beautiful with a white vest and collar and white feet. He just adopted the Cuthberts. Mr. Cuthbert says he is obviously someones pet but they feel they cannot keep him. %* Ok KK KOK OK KOK * The Willis Perrys have had holiday company, too. Daughter June and her husband Andy Mueller have been home for several days. Alice Perry has lots of company during the quiet of ordinary days, The Perrys live at the endof their road. Peace reigns supreme as soon as everyone has gone to work. Alice sees pheasants, quail, skunk, gray squirrel, deer, and many more of our local animal friends. She is a good gardener and animals do love a garden and what it provides. RK KKK KK OK K The Fred McCumbers had old friends stop by a while back. They were the George McMurrays of Deleware County, New York. Mr. McCumber had not seen his boyhood friend since 1902 when at the age of 16 Fred left home. Hey now Fred you have just given your age away. These two friends remember each other especially because of a gift Mr. McCumber made to Mr. McMurray when he left there. It was a double barrel muzzle loader rifle. What a rarity these days. The McMurray's son is stationed at Beale Air Force Base now and they came west to visit him. They liked our community so much, after their visit tothe McCumhers, that they plan on selling their farm in Delaware County and moving out here for good. * OK KK KK KOK KK Fire chief Al Moniz says if any of you want a tour of the Firehouse and its equipment at any time give him (or me) a call andhe personally will be glad to show you around, Any of our Firemen will provide the same service Mr. Moniz says. They really want us to know and appreciate their efforts, 26K OK OK Ok Ok Ok OK Ok Ok Mrs, Lisetta Scheave had her entire family here for a brief visit the weekend before Christmas. She had her sonand his family from Auburn, two married daughters and their families from the flatlands, lots of grandchildren including their husbands and wives, and her brother from Seattle who was visiting here. She said it was a very happy reunion. oe OK OK OK Kk ok OK ok ok Ok Mrs, Martina Paull and her roommate Mrs, Ruth Norman spent Chri D i Larry Martins of Grass Valley. ” mas Day ie the OK OK RK OK Ok Ok ok O* c Mr. Charles Sursa, former owner of the Rough and Ready Market, is a patient at Holiday Hills Convalescent Hospital.