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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

December 30, 1965 (20 pages)

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tv ee RS ae ee ee Oe ee VOe avgvVUb December 30, 1965..Nevada County Nugget. ‘ 09 Seven Rescued In Graniteville Snow County road department foreman Louis Dudley brought in a road grader through the snow to rescue two stranded vehicles and seven people near isolated Graniteville early Sunday morning. The travellers, mostly members of the Mehrkens family, returning froma Christmas holiday at their family homes in picturésque Graniteville, were stuck in the snow for several hours, until the 1:30 a.m, rescue, They kept warm withthe aid of an outdoors fire and the car heaters, The heavy Christmas eve snowfall created a heavy pack. The Season’s First Snow White Christmas Labor Much of. Nevada County had a white Christmas in 1965, and while the cold, white stuff made children happy, it made a work day out of a holiday for about 20 men involved in county road maintenance, Road department workers were out in force beginning at 3 a.m, Christmas Eve in Truckee, and they worked all Christmas day to clear away about three feet of snow from Truckee area roads, according to public works director Jack Meade. Fourteen men spent Christmas day clearing roads in the western part of the county, Meade said, In the town of Washington, two feet of snow fell, County road superintendent Glenn Rowe, who was supposed to have started on vacation, appeared for duty at the shop Christmas morming anyway. County road crews are used to working unusual hours to serve the public--and that apparently includes Christmas day, Ringing In Best Wishes! From fe Site Shap Corner Pine & Broad Nevada City Pd two vehicles, a 1965 Chevrolet pickup anda converted munitions carrier with four wheel drive, and their occupants, left Graniteville about noon Sunday for the Richard Mehrkens home in Cedar Ridge, Thetruck broke the track and pulled itself and the Chevy up difficult grades by winch, The breakdown occurred at about 7 p.m. at Cherry Hill, 8 miles from Graniteville, when the truck's front-wheel drive went out. The winch is connected to the front wheel drive. The party had left Graniteville at noon,
The call forhelp went out over a citizens band radio in one of the Mehrkens vehicles and was received by Mrs. Richard Mehrkens in Grass Valley, and she in turn called public works director Jack Meade for help, Dudley went from his home in North San Juan to French Corral to pick up the grader, then plowed his way up to Cherry Hill via North Bloomfield. The stuck cars made it to Grass Valley about 4 a,m, The occupants were Mrs, Earl Mehrkens of the Bay area, her sons Ronnie and Jerry, who were driving the twocars, her grandson Pat Minnahan, and Mr, and Mrs. Ormand Show, Los Altos, anda dog. Mrs, Earl Mehrk-ems~and-Mr. and Mrs, Richard Mehrkens of READY TO 2 Grass Valley and their family Invest were forced to stay in Graniteville for two weeks last year, after a similar but heavier Christmas snowfall, until Bob Graham and the county road crews worked their way in through a heavy pack. Paul Byrne, a permanent resident of Graniteville, said today the Christmas snow this year amountedto about 18 inches, There had been an earlier snowfall of two feet, some of which had melted, The Mehrkens family owns and operates the store in Graniteville inthe summer, but seens to enjoy spending Christrnas there as well, in spite of the hazards, Please send me Prospectus and descriptrve material on the Keystone Funds. Name imvesrment secunrries Regimered Representative Stocks ——~Mutual Investment Funds — Bonds Call. 265 -4107 M.T.R, Box 2 King Hiram Drive Neveda City Values to $475 Values to’ $3.95 LADIES HEELS Values to $16.95 FLATS Values to $8.95 FAMOUS NAME CHILDRENS SLIPPERS LADIES SHEARLING SLIPPERS NOW $2.99 NOW $1.88 Jacquelines, Connies, mostly narrow. widths. NOW $4.88 MENS SLIPPERS Values to $695 NOW $3.99 MENS FREEMAN SHOES Broken Sizes, to $1595 NOW $8.88 These prices good only at our Grass Valley store! Jacquelines Connies, mostly narrow widths. NOW $1.88 ALL SALES FINAL . No Exchanges. No Refunds. 2 Mill Street 2/3-4646