December 3, 1969 (12 pages)

ie nan De eS PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY gacToO. CAL. 95814 a Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French.Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue’ Tent, La Bafr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, _ Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold’ Flat, Suggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, “NUMBER 46. VOLUME 49 ° 10 Cents A Copy Published d Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, Newtown, Indian Fiat, iotiesh ati Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, 1969 -MAXINE CIRINO, part owner. of a Nevada City taxi service:. "Yes, I believe a little unhealthy. I feel ‘badly any of our boys have this attitude -we have a son in the service." 4 \ ARON A AOR BETES th A mS aE RTRs EOS i ee LYLE WIDDOWS, a visitor from Orange county: "I am sure it's an isolated incident as far as that war-is concerned. Not that it hasn't happened before and will again -I'm sure." Pr SERS OR RII ce ha Re eae Do you think what is referred to as the "Vietnam Massacre" reflects an unhealthy emotional attitude of the bulk of our armed forces. or an isolated incident? FRANK FRANCIS, Nevada City attorney: ''You can't answer yes or no, If the alleged massacre happened there must be a portion of the military at fault. tis said to have happened inthe presence of 100 soldiers, and we didn't learn about it until a year and a half later, after "two investigations." An article inNew Yorker entitled "Casualties of War" described atrocities on the part of some of our men, leaving the idea that they (our men) were the casualties.” MRS, LYLE WIDDOWS, a visitor from Orange ‘county ;"Absolutely not, we were within ¢ our rights -how could they know the villagers were not harboring Viet Cong?" . : The Soundin g Board 100 years of Nevada County Grave of General found in Pine Grove Cemetery Amidst the tangled grass and weeds of the growth. of many years in the more or less forgotten plots of the pioneers of Nevada county in Pine Grove ceme‘tery in Nevada City lies the untended grave of a general of the United States. A weatherbeaten granite slab states simply: 'In memory of Brig. Gen J. Collins, died Sept. 18, 1864." . General Collins held that rank as commander of the fourth brigade of the fourth division .of the California militia at the “time of’ his deaph,. Be was:also serving. as treasurer evada county at the time, To quote the Nevada Daily Transcript of Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1864: i "General Collins died of a stroke of apoplexy and his death is thought, by competent medical authority, to have been instantaneous and probably without a pang. Monday the general was in more than usual good spirits, He conversed with his friends cheerfully during the day, and at the armory in the evening related with zest the incidents of his campaign in Mexico. The evening was spent with great apparent pleasure to himself and to the great edification and enjoyment of his friends who listened to his modest and amiable discourse. Mrs, Collins noticed his absence at an early morning hour. At about the same time a near neighbor found him lying in the corner of the lot occupied by the general and dead. He lay in an easy posture as if taking a pleasant rest; the countenance was that of a peaceful slumberer. Death met him, but the old soldier was not frightened at the coming of the King of Terrors." Gen. Collins, 62 years old at the time of his death, was born Feb. 8, 1802, in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, At an early age he went to Ohio, where he grew to manhood, In 1825 he emigrated to Springfield, 011,, where he married the following year. He and his wife had no children except by adoption. He fought his first campaign at the battle of Bad Axe, in the Black Hawk war, as a colonel under Gen Henry. He later served for six years as a member of the council of the territory of Wisconsin, .Although the Transcript did not so state, it hardly seems possible that General Collins could live so many years in Springfield as a contemporary of Abraham Lincoln, and to have served in the Black Hawk was without being a friend of the Great Emancipator. Lincoln was not a favorite of the Transcript and the great wave of millions of the 19th century Americans who were friends of the martyr president did not become manifest until after his assassination, When the Mexican war broke out Collins raised a regiment of Dlinois volunteers and served as its colonel under Gen. Winfield Scott in that doughty chieftain's campaign from the beachhead at Vera Cruz to the Halls of Montezuma. Upon his return to Dlinois at war's end the state legislature voted him a splendid sword as a token of its appreciation of his gallant conduct in the war. The sword was purchased by the California militia from his widow and The Nugget's last word on the whereabouts of the sword was that it was taken to Marysville in the fall of 1864, The Nugget has instituted a search for the whereabouts of the missing sword, The warrior left his home in Dlinois on the last day of February, 1849, to seek his fortune in’the gold fields of California and came to Nevada county, where he remained the final 15 years of his life. Collins was elected to the state assembly by the Whig party in 1860 an was re-elected the following session. It was said of collins that he never tasted "ardent" spirits of any kind, an anomaly of that day Tor a politician and a soldier. Salute to flag urged in school An appeal to have students in every class salute the American Flag at the beginning of each school day was made to Nevada Union High School trustees Monday, Charles (Chuck) Sheely cited a section of the administrative code which reads: "There shall be a daily pledge of allegiance to the Flag of the United States in each public school, conducted in accordance with regulations which shall be adopted . by each governing board," However, Sheely, a prominent Americanism official in veterans' organizations both locally and nationally, said the flag is not being saluted in every class now. He contended this section has been "shall Isay overlooked" by some teachers, "There are some who do and some who don’t; I think it should be made universal," Sheely said, Supt. Gerald Gelatt said he believed the intent of the section was not to require the pledge in every class every morning. Principal Edward Frantz added that “every teacher is instructed to carry out the pledge or asuitable patriotic exercise." However, he added that the administration’ dces not inspect each of the’ 46 classrooms to _make sure this is done. Gelatt said he will check the rules on flag salute and will report back Dec. 15.

ie nan De eS PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY gacToO. CAL. 95814 a Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French.Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue’ Tent, La Bafr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, _ Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold’ Flat, Suggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, “NUMBER 46. VOLUME 49 ° 10 Cents A Copy Published d Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, Newtown, Indian Fiat, iotiesh ati Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, 1969 -MAXINE CIRINO, part owner. of a Nevada City taxi service:. "Yes, I believe a little unhealthy. I feel ‘badly any of our boys have this attitude -we have a son in the service." 4 \ ARON A AOR BETES th A mS aE RTRs EOS i ee LYLE WIDDOWS, a visitor from Orange county: "I am sure it's an isolated incident as far as that war-is concerned. Not that it hasn't happened before and will again -I'm sure." Pr SERS OR RII ce ha Re eae Do you think what is referred to as the "Vietnam Massacre" reflects an unhealthy emotional attitude of the bulk of our armed forces. or an isolated incident? FRANK FRANCIS, Nevada City attorney: ''You can't answer yes or no, If the alleged massacre happened there must be a portion of the military at fault. tis said to have happened inthe presence of 100 soldiers, and we didn't learn about it until a year and a half later, after "two investigations." An article inNew Yorker entitled "Casualties of War" described atrocities on the part of some of our men, leaving the idea that they (our men) were the casualties.” MRS, LYLE WIDDOWS, a visitor from Orange ‘county ;"Absolutely not, we were within ¢ our rights -how could they know the villagers were not harboring Viet Cong?" . : The Soundin g Board 100 years of Nevada County Grave of General found in Pine Grove Cemetery Amidst the tangled grass and weeds of the growth. of many years in the more or less forgotten plots of the pioneers of Nevada county in Pine Grove ceme‘tery in Nevada City lies the untended grave of a general of the United States. A weatherbeaten granite slab states simply: 'In memory of Brig. Gen J. Collins, died Sept. 18, 1864." . General Collins held that rank as commander of the fourth brigade of the fourth division .of the California militia at the “time of’ his deaph,. Be was:also serving. as treasurer evada county at the time, To quote the Nevada Daily Transcript of Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1864: i "General Collins died of a stroke of apoplexy and his death is thought, by competent medical authority, to have been instantaneous and probably without a pang. Monday the general was in more than usual good spirits, He conversed with his friends cheerfully during the day, and at the armory in the evening related with zest the incidents of his campaign in Mexico. The evening was spent with great apparent pleasure to himself and to the great edification and enjoyment of his friends who listened to his modest and amiable discourse. Mrs, Collins noticed his absence at an early morning hour. At about the same time a near neighbor found him lying in the corner of the lot occupied by the general and dead. He lay in an easy posture as if taking a pleasant rest; the countenance was that of a peaceful slumberer. Death

met him, but the old soldier was not frightened at the coming of the King of Terrors." Gen. Collins, 62 years old at the time of his death, was born Feb. 8, 1802, in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, At an early age he went to Ohio, where he grew to manhood, In 1825 he emigrated to Springfield, 011,, where he married the following year. He and his wife had no children except by adoption. He fought his first campaign at the battle of Bad Axe, in the Black Hawk war, as a colonel under Gen Henry. He later served for six years as a member of the council of the territory of Wisconsin, .Although the Transcript did not so state, it hardly seems possible that General Collins could live so many years in Springfield as a contemporary of Abraham Lincoln, and to have served in the Black Hawk was without being a friend of the Great Emancipator. Lincoln was not a favorite of the Transcript and the great wave of millions of the 19th century Americans who were friends of the martyr president did not become manifest until after his assassination, When the Mexican war broke out Collins raised a regiment of Dlinois volunteers and served as its colonel under Gen. Winfield Scott in that doughty chieftain's campaign from the beachhead at Vera Cruz to the Halls of Montezuma. Upon his return to Dlinois at war's end the state legislature voted him a splendid sword as a token of its appreciation of his gallant conduct in the war. The sword was purchased by the California militia from his widow and The Nugget's last word on the whereabouts of the sword was that it was taken to Marysville in the fall of 1864, The Nugget has instituted a search for the whereabouts of the missing sword, The warrior left his home in Dlinois on the last day of February, 1849, to seek his fortune in’the gold fields of California and came to Nevada county, where he remained the final 15 years of his life. Collins was elected to the state assembly by the Whig party in 1860 an was re-elected the following session. It was said of collins that he never tasted "ardent" spirits of any kind, an anomaly of that day Tor a politician and a soldier. Salute to flag urged in school An appeal to have students in every class salute the American Flag at the beginning of each school day was made to Nevada Union High School trustees Monday, Charles (Chuck) Sheely cited a section of the administrative code which reads: "There shall be a daily pledge of allegiance to the Flag of the United States in each public school, conducted in accordance with regulations which shall be adopted . by each governing board," However, Sheely, a prominent Americanism official in veterans' organizations both locally and nationally, said the flag is not being saluted in every class now. He contended this section has been "shall Isay overlooked" by some teachers, "There are some who do and some who don’t; I think it should be made universal," Sheely said, Supt. Gerald Gelatt said he believed the intent of the section was not to require the pledge in every class every morning. Principal Edward Frantz added that “every teacher is instructed to carry out the pledge or asuitable patriotic exercise." However, he added that the administration’ dces not inspect each of the’ 46 classrooms to _make sure this is done. Gelatt said he will check the rules on flag salute and will report back Dec. 15.