December 29, 1971 (12 pages)

4 v] MI 4 6] L) ee, Vital Statistics . Hatched MITCHELL.— At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Mitchell, Grass Valley, Nov. 22, 1971, McCOWN — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a girl, to Mr. and Mrs, Robert McCown, Nevada City, Nov. 22, 1971,STOGNER — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial. Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Stogner, Nevada City, Nov. 23, 1971, YOUNG — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Eospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Matthew Young, Auburn, Nov. 24, 1971. PHELPS — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Phelps Jr., Nevada City, Nov. 24, 1971, SANDERS — At the Sierra Nevada-~ Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a girl, to Mr, and Mrs, Bradley Sanders, Auburn, Nov. 27, 1971. SMITH — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Martin Smith, Grass Valley, Nov. 30, 1971. , LANKFORD — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a girl, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lankford, Smartville, Dec. 10, ¥971, DARDEN — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Carl Darden, Alleghany, Dec. 11, 1971. Matched HAGER-SOTELO — William Douglas Hager, 51, Grass Valley, and June Druscilla Sotelo, 47, Los Angeles, obtained a marriage license Dec. 20, 1971, in the county clerk's offce in Nevada City. HARWOOD-JENSEN — Terrence John Harwood, 23, Rough and Ready, and Deborah Wallis Jensen, 19, Nevada City, obtained a marriage license Dec, 20, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. BUNDREN-F IT ZGERALD — Marvin Earl Bundren, 18, Truckee, and Laurie Anne Fitzgerald, 17, Truckee, obtained a marriage license Dec. 20, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. KNIGHT -HARBERT -Ottie Vernon Knight, 63,. Cedar Ridge, and Anna Marie Har. bert, 58, Grass Valley, obtained a marriage license Dec, 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City.BOLIN-WOLFE -Dale Albert Bolin, 35, Yuba City, and Artie Belle Wolfe, 36, Penn Valley. obtained a marriage license Tec. 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. MCINT YRE-MARSH--Dayid Allen McIntyre, 23, and Katherine Jo Marsh, 21, both of Richmond, obtained a marriage license Dec. 22, 1971, in the county. clerk's office in Nevada City. PINGREE-COMERATE -Russell James Pingree, 21, and Lynda Marie Comerate, 17, both of Nevada City, obtained a marriage license Dec. 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. BUTTERFIELD BENUZZI -Robert Allen Butterfield, 24, -and Margaret Ann Senuzzi, 16,both of Nevada City, obtained a marriage license Dec. 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. Detached BRATCRER--John Alvin Bratcher filed for nullity of marriage to Nina Smith Bratcher Dec. 21, 1971. The couple was married July 16, 1970, in Nevada. CARTER--William Henry Carter filed for dissolution of marriage to Elizabeth Marlene Carter Dec, 22, 1971. The couple was married Sept. 5, 1967, in North Carolina, MCNEIL -Linda May McNeil filed for dissolution of .marriage to Steve Andre McNeil Dec. 21, 1971. The couple was married Jan. 30, 1965, in Nevada, SHARPE--Elsie and James W. Sharpe obtained an interlccutory decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971. SWEETSER -Patricia R. and Jack M. Sweetser obtained a final decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971, BELDING--Birdie Louise and Ernest J. Belding obtained a final decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971. MCEWEN --. Kathryn Ann and Robert George McEwen obtained an interlocutory decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971. BOBNICK -Glenda R. Charles F. Bobnick obtained an interlocutory decree of dissolution of marriage Nec, 22, 1971. Good Drinks — Good Food Everybody’s Favorite The OLD Brewery On the PLAZA in Nevada City American and Chinese Menus George and Jean Goodhue. . Your Hosts “1 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, December 29, 1971 By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 One of the resolutions that I am going to make for 1972 is to do a better job remembering birthdays. This includes mentioning all of them that I know about. here. so that vou too can remember them if you wish, Young Kevin Pharis will finish up 1971 with a birthday on December 31. The wife of our district supervisor, Mrs.~Maciel Filer, has one January 2 as does my own number one husband. Mmes. LaNetta Hyatt and Leslie Justice of Spenceville Road each have one on January 3, and Mmes, Mary Moneta and Olyve Simmons celebrate their Natal Day on January 6, the day of the Baptism of our Savior. These last four ladies are members of Rough and Ready Grange and so seem to me a part of our community tho' some of vou mav not know them. My own family calendar includes five more Natal Dates in this period so you know how busy that resolution is going to keep me. * * * * The most wonderful birthday of all has come and gone, It always! brings so much love and forgiveness to the hearts of all mankind that it should be celebrated all year instead of just one day. The transposition from the old Julian Calendar to our present Gregorian Calendar changed the day originally set aside to celebrate it from what is now December 21, the beginning of our winter soltices, to the four day later date. I usually try to get my tree up by Dec. 21, but I never quite manage to get the proper frame of mind until the last minute. That too shall be one of my 1972 resolutions—start celebrating His birthday on the proper day and try for all year as well. 7 * * * * . Gifts for His birthday were Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh, Myrrh surprised me, It is a kind of perfume. Its presentation was prophetic for in those times it was used in embalming ointments. Frankincense, which I think of as the perfume of the Three Gifts, does burn sweetly but it was used mainly for medicinal purposes in those days. It is a resin from the Norwegian Fir. Myrrh is "a highly frangrant herb". Gold the most valuable of the Three Gifts is the reason I am off on Christmas lore again. One of my readers was confused about the discovery of Gold, I highly recommend the Gold Discovery chapter in Caugheys, History of California for details. On January 24, 1848 James Wilson Marshall found large amounts of gold in the tailrace at Sutter's mill at what is now Coloma. On a trip to Deer Creek later that same year, Marshall found gold here according to Thompson and West's History of Nevada County written here in 1880 about those times. He left this area however feeling that there was not sufficient quantity of the yellow metal to make it worthwhile. * * * * ; How many children did you hear last week say "there goes Santa Claus" when they saw the jolly round man with the red. nose, white beard, and red suit. For this jolly character we can thank illustrator. Thomas Nast, and the delightful poem "The Night Before Christmas". The original Santa Claus was a Monk. Many European Santa Clauses were originally figures of punishment for failures. Often they were thin and usually dour, Then in 1822 that great American Clement Moore wrote his world famous poem and in 1862 Nast did the forceful interpretation: that made Santa Claus what’ he is today. You can see I did my homework for last week's item about Christmas, I found it all fascinating. > * * * * Last Thursday night Dec. 23, which started out not too bad but ended up in a downpour, the three judges made their selections for Rough and Ready's three best Christmas lighting effects. They had no entry blanks to work from so tried to see everything in our area from Bitney Springs road to the foot of the Rough and Ready Ravine in Penn Valley, It took 2 1/2 hours of steady driving. We nearly got stuck in the mud back on the Don Moore home. It was an exhilirating experience. I was not a judge just chauffeur. Judges were Mmes, Violet Hawson and Irene Lanzendorfer and Harold Brown, We viewed 44 lighting effects. Some not so elaborate in fact, several were just outdoor Christmas trees but they were beautiful with lights glowing in the rain. Still to pick the three best must have been almost impossible. The judges gave special consideration to an interesting all. red arrangement at the Melvin Caffey residence on Rough and Ready Road, Also on Rough and Ready Road they found the William Avery's beautifully lighted up, the Sumner Browns, the William Hardin's Cathedral like windows beautiful on the hill, the Hendersons, the Joseph Lees, the Phil Parrys, the Bert Spaites were better than ever, and near the end of the road new neighbors the K, J. ‘foothmans had welcome lights glowing. Just om tne road you could see the Allan Browns and further out the Everett Burkards, On Prospector Road past the Allan Browns the Al Moniz greeted us with lights. Past the bend in the Rough and Ready road on Miners Way there were several really nice arrangements. Near the end was one at the home of the William Marquis family. Also off Miners Way the Ken Bartleys had a very effective picture. On down this road, new even to me, was another delightful home but no lights. After we got started on the road, which incidentally was quite good, we couldn't turn around and the mud looked mighty soft so we just kept going. Mike Moore tells me it was the home of the John Evens, Back to Hwy. 20. From Mystery Lane we viewed the effective lighting at the home of our new neighbors, the H, H. Fountains, as well as lighting at the Beuschers, the DeVries, the Sorensons, and the Roy Wrights. On Bonanza Way the Charles Deardorfs and the William McVeys celebrated the season with lighting. It was interesting to come on to little groups of lights such as the ones on Hwy. 20 from Ponderosa to Randolph Lane. Here we found Mrs, Elsie Dixon and her daughter Helga Schaefer who have been winners before, the Art Phelps, the Ralph Hocketts, theGeorge Smalls who were one of the three winners this time, the Bierbaums and Pendergrafts on Sazarac Lane and the WilHam Waxners, also on Hwy. 20. There were three celebrants at the Mobile Homes Fark, the John Bogans who won last year, the Jack Cummings, and Mrs. Violet Hawson, Outside the Mobile Homes Park in the town we saw a beautiful picture at the McCreas. The art work was done by Lucille herself. A huge painting of the Little Town of Bethelehem provided background for Joseph with Mary on the wee donkey who carried such a treasure, It was beautiful. We have a lighted Manger Scene in our field with just the central figures. The Jack Bixlers have Christmas lights outlining their home as do the Jim Wests and Mrs, Lanzendorfer. The Coles and Helene Hurlbut have outdoor Christmas trees. The Wedding Chapel has a beautiful Manger Scene, a heavenly blue star, some carolers, and miriads of lights. Santa complete with reindeer still climbs the Beatie Hill led by Rudolph and his nose so bright. This year's awards were given for the three best lighting effects. There are no categories no first to third places and no repeat winners for the same scenes, .Winners named were the George Smalls on Randolph Lane, the William Sorensons on Mystery Lane and Mrs, Lisetta Scheave. at dhe Wegding. Chapel on Hwy. 26. Living evergreen trees will be awarded the lucky three,’ °°" + = = ball

4 v] MI 4 6] L) ee, Vital Statistics . Hatched MITCHELL.— At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Mitchell, Grass Valley, Nov. 22, 1971, McCOWN — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a girl, to Mr. and Mrs, Robert McCown, Nevada City, Nov. 22, 1971,STOGNER — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial. Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Stogner, Nevada City, Nov. 23, 1971, YOUNG — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Eospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Matthew Young, Auburn, Nov. 24, 1971. PHELPS — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Phelps Jr., Nevada City, Nov. 24, 1971, SANDERS — At the Sierra Nevada-~ Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a girl, to Mr, and Mrs, Bradley Sanders, Auburn, Nov. 27, 1971. SMITH — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Martin Smith, Grass Valley, Nov. 30, 1971. , LANKFORD — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a girl, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lankford, Smartville, Dec. 10, ¥971, DARDEN — At the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Nevada county, Calif., a boy, to Mr. and Mrs, Carl Darden, Alleghany, Dec. 11, 1971. Matched HAGER-SOTELO — William Douglas Hager, 51, Grass Valley, and June Druscilla Sotelo, 47, Los Angeles, obtained a marriage license Dec. 20, 1971, in the county clerk's offce in Nevada City. HARWOOD-JENSEN — Terrence John Harwood, 23, Rough and Ready, and Deborah Wallis Jensen, 19, Nevada City, obtained a marriage license Dec, 20, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. BUNDREN-F IT ZGERALD — Marvin Earl Bundren, 18, Truckee, and Laurie Anne Fitzgerald, 17, Truckee, obtained a marriage license Dec. 20, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. KNIGHT -HARBERT -Ottie Vernon Knight, 63,. Cedar Ridge, and Anna Marie Har. bert, 58, Grass Valley, obtained a marriage license Dec, 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City.BOLIN-WOLFE -Dale Albert Bolin, 35, Yuba City, and Artie Belle Wolfe, 36, Penn Valley. obtained a marriage license Tec. 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. MCINT YRE-MARSH--Dayid Allen McIntyre, 23, and Katherine Jo Marsh, 21, both of Richmond, obtained a marriage license Dec. 22, 1971, in the county. clerk's office in Nevada City. PINGREE-COMERATE -Russell James Pingree, 21, and Lynda Marie Comerate, 17, both of Nevada City, obtained a marriage license Dec. 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. BUTTERFIELD BENUZZI -Robert Allen Butterfield, 24, -and Margaret Ann Senuzzi, 16,both of Nevada City, obtained a marriage license Dec. 22, 1971, in the county clerk's office in Nevada City. Detached BRATCRER--John Alvin Bratcher filed for nullity of marriage to Nina Smith Bratcher Dec. 21, 1971. The couple was married July 16, 1970, in Nevada. CARTER--William Henry Carter filed for dissolution of marriage to Elizabeth Marlene Carter Dec, 22, 1971. The couple was married Sept. 5, 1967, in North Carolina, MCNEIL -Linda May McNeil filed for dissolution of .marriage to Steve Andre McNeil Dec. 21, 1971. The couple was married Jan. 30, 1965, in Nevada, SHARPE--Elsie and James W. Sharpe obtained an interlccutory decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971. SWEETSER -Patricia R. and

Jack M. Sweetser obtained a final decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971, BELDING--Birdie Louise and Ernest J. Belding obtained a final decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971. MCEWEN --. Kathryn Ann and Robert George McEwen obtained an interlocutory decree of dissolution of marriage Dec. 22, 1971. BOBNICK -Glenda R. Charles F. Bobnick obtained an interlocutory decree of dissolution of marriage Nec, 22, 1971. Good Drinks — Good Food Everybody’s Favorite The OLD Brewery On the PLAZA in Nevada City American and Chinese Menus George and Jean Goodhue.. . Your Hosts “1 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, December 29, 1971 By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 One of the resolutions that I am going to make for 1972 is to do a better job remembering birthdays. This includes mentioning all of them that I know about. here. so that vou too can remember them if you wish, Young Kevin Pharis will finish up 1971 with a birthday on December 31. The wife of our district supervisor, Mrs.~Maciel Filer, has one January 2 as does my own number one husband. Mmes. LaNetta Hyatt and Leslie Justice of Spenceville Road each have one on January 3, and Mmes, Mary Moneta and Olyve Simmons celebrate their Natal Day on January 6, the day of the Baptism of our Savior. These last four ladies are members of Rough and Ready Grange and so seem to me a part of our community tho' some of vou mav not know them. My own family calendar includes five more Natal Dates in this period so you know how busy that resolution is going to keep me. * * * * The most wonderful birthday of all has come and gone, It always! brings so much love and forgiveness to the hearts of all mankind that it should be celebrated all year instead of just one day. The transposition from the old Julian Calendar to our present Gregorian Calendar changed the day originally set aside to celebrate it from what is now December 21, the beginning of our winter soltices, to the four day later date. I usually try to get my tree up by Dec. 21, but I never quite manage to get the proper frame of mind until the last minute. That too shall be one of my 1972 resolutions—start celebrating His birthday on the proper day and try for all year as well. 7 * * * * . Gifts for His birthday were Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh, Myrrh surprised me, It is a kind of perfume. Its presentation was prophetic for in those times it was used in embalming ointments. Frankincense, which I think of as the perfume of the Three Gifts, does burn sweetly but it was used mainly for medicinal purposes in those days. It is a resin from the Norwegian Fir. Myrrh is "a highly frangrant herb". Gold the most valuable of the Three Gifts is the reason I am off on Christmas lore again. One of my readers was confused about the discovery of Gold, I highly recommend the Gold Discovery chapter in Caugheys, History of California for details. On January 24, 1848 James Wilson Marshall found large amounts of gold in the tailrace at Sutter's mill at what is now Coloma. On a trip to Deer Creek later that same year, Marshall found gold here according to Thompson and West's History of Nevada County written here in 1880 about those times. He left this area however feeling that there was not sufficient quantity of the yellow metal to make it worthwhile. * * * * ; How many children did you hear last week say "there goes Santa Claus" when they saw the jolly round man with the red. nose, white beard, and red suit. For this jolly character we can thank illustrator. Thomas Nast, and the delightful poem "The Night Before Christmas". The original Santa Claus was a Monk. Many European Santa Clauses were originally figures of punishment for failures. Often they were thin and usually dour, Then in 1822 that great American Clement Moore wrote his world famous poem and in 1862 Nast did the forceful interpretation: that made Santa Claus what’ he is today. You can see I did my homework for last week's item about Christmas, I found it all fascinating. > * * * * Last Thursday night Dec. 23, which started out not too bad but ended up in a downpour, the three judges made their selections for Rough and Ready's three best Christmas lighting effects. They had no entry blanks to work from so tried to see everything in our area from Bitney Springs road to the foot of the Rough and Ready Ravine in Penn Valley, It took 2 1/2 hours of steady driving. We nearly got stuck in the mud back on the Don Moore home. It was an exhilirating experience. I was not a judge just chauffeur. Judges were Mmes, Violet Hawson and Irene Lanzendorfer and Harold Brown, We viewed 44 lighting effects. Some not so elaborate in fact, several were just outdoor Christmas trees but they were beautiful with lights glowing in the rain. Still to pick the three best must have been almost impossible. The judges gave special consideration to an interesting all. red arrangement at the Melvin Caffey residence on Rough and Ready Road, Also on Rough and Ready Road they found the William Avery's beautifully lighted up, the Sumner Browns, the William Hardin's Cathedral like windows beautiful on the hill, the Hendersons, the Joseph Lees, the Phil Parrys, the Bert Spaites were better than ever, and near the end of the road new neighbors the K, J. ‘foothmans had welcome lights glowing. Just om tne road you could see the Allan Browns and further out the Everett Burkards, On Prospector Road past the Allan Browns the Al Moniz greeted us with lights. Past the bend in the Rough and Ready road on Miners Way there were several really nice arrangements. Near the end was one at the home of the William Marquis family. Also off Miners Way the Ken Bartleys had a very effective picture. On down this road, new even to me, was another delightful home but no lights. After we got started on the road, which incidentally was quite good, we couldn't turn around and the mud looked mighty soft so we just kept going. Mike Moore tells me it was the home of the John Evens, Back to Hwy. 20. From Mystery Lane we viewed the effective lighting at the home of our new neighbors, the H, H. Fountains, as well as lighting at the Beuschers, the DeVries, the Sorensons, and the Roy Wrights. On Bonanza Way the Charles Deardorfs and the William McVeys celebrated the season with lighting. It was interesting to come on to little groups of lights such as the ones on Hwy. 20 from Ponderosa to Randolph Lane. Here we found Mrs, Elsie Dixon and her daughter Helga Schaefer who have been winners before, the Art Phelps, the Ralph Hocketts, theGeorge Smalls who were one of the three winners this time, the Bierbaums and Pendergrafts on Sazarac Lane and the WilHam Waxners, also on Hwy. 20. There were three celebrants at the Mobile Homes Fark, the John Bogans who won last year, the Jack Cummings, and Mrs. Violet Hawson, Outside the Mobile Homes Park in the town we saw a beautiful picture at the McCreas. The art work was done by Lucille herself. A huge painting of the Little Town of Bethelehem provided background for Joseph with Mary on the wee donkey who carried such a treasure, It was beautiful. We have a lighted Manger Scene in our field with just the central figures. The Jack Bixlers have Christmas lights outlining their home as do the Jim Wests and Mrs, Lanzendorfer. The Coles and Helene Hurlbut have outdoor Christmas trees. The Wedding Chapel has a beautiful Manger Scene, a heavenly blue star, some carolers, and miriads of lights. Santa complete with reindeer still climbs the Beatie Hill led by Rudolph and his nose so bright. This year's awards were given for the three best lighting effects. There are no categories no first to third places and no repeat winners for the same scenes, .Winners named were the George Smalls on Randolph Lane, the William Sorensons on Mystery Lane and Mrs, Lisetta Scheave. at dhe Wegding. Chapel on Hwy. 26. Living evergreen trees will be awarded the lucky three,’ °°" + = = ball