December 5, 1973 (8 pages)

Wed., Dec. 5, 1973. The Nevada County Nugget 3 This week fifty years ago . $750,000 . suit filed, Open rebellion had a great portion of Mexico seething. President Obregon and General Elias Calles, the former’s personal candidate for the presidency, were the primary targets. The military in the states of Vera Cruz, San Luis Ptosi, Chihuahua, Michoacan and Tamaulipas were said to have repudiated the then government (Federal) ousting all office holders and substituting A $750,000 land fraud suit has been filed in Auburn against Great Pacific Investment Corporation and seven real estate brokers involving property near Blue Canyon. : Eight couples from Los Angeles and San Francisco' areas charge that Great Pacific has not received a California Real Estate Commissioner’s report on the land transaction. The couples also charge that the defendants have failed to live up to statements they made to help their own men. Bernard Lutz, for more than 60 years a resident of Nevada City, celebrated his 90th birthday anniversary in company with a large group of friends. A short time earlier in that same year, he and his wife observed their 60th wedding anniversary. There were only a few other residents in the area who had been in the community longer than the Lutz duo. Friends in Grass Valley learned of the Death, in Fallon, Nevada, of Dr. Virginia P. Smith, who was one of the very first women to practice medicine in the State of California. She was formerly Virginia Vinyard, member of a pioneer family of Penn Valley and Smartville. As a young woman in Grass Valley she was an associate of Mrs. Dorcas Spencer and others of a militant group The West Extension claims promoters, working on the James Ranch southwest of Grass Valley, were among the first of the new concerns to bring in a nice strike. Specimen quartz was found in the new shaft at only 40-feet and the vein made a good surface showing according to engineers on the project. Canyon, Placer county, in 1970. The parcel was then divided into 40-acre parcels and smaller ' portions of about 10 acres each were sold to the plaintiffs for A heavy rain was falling generally over Nevada county and $1,500 an acre in 1971. snow was ‘;measureable” as far down the mountain slopes of the As part of the transaction, the complaint states the salesmen advised the buyers land prices in the area were on the increase, Sierra as North Bloomfield. Total rainfall for the season was 6.79 inches. a The Golden Center Mine, in the geographical center of Grass Valley, changed hands in one of the largest and most important the project was essentially like Lake Tahoe property but. at mining transactions in more than 20 years, according to publicity mcuh less cost. The new purchasers were told they could use releases of that time. J. Wesley Howard, secretary, and Rodney McCormick, president, announced the sale to the M. K. Harr ‘interests of Philadelphia, Pa., for a reported $450,000. their facilities and manpower to help sell the property. Berliner pointed out that ., the buyers were toldif they were * amptonville News unable to sell the smaller par. cels within 18 months the corporation would buy them back. The purchasers have been refused the right to rescind the the local Masonic Temple. The following officers were elected: Paul Robert Thygesen, worshipful master; Arthur A. Gallez, senior warden; William E. Groves, junior warden; Leland K. Pauly, treasurer; Acton M. Cleveland, secretary; Ellis E. Royat, trustee. A closed installation of of‘ficers will be held at the next stated meeting of the Lodge on Thursday, Dec. 20. Vernon Babcock is confined at Sierra-Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley and is recuperating nicely following surgery. Robert Thygesen of Marysville was in town Thursday evening attending a lodge meeting. : Alex R. Hume of Burbank is spending a few days at his summer home here. Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Davis, Jr. and sons Paul and James, of Castro Valley, spent the weekend at their summer home here. Paul McKee, Arthur A. Gallez, and William A. Hooft of Grass Valley were in town Thursday attending a _ lodge sale and are threatened with foreclosure, Berliner said. Named as defendants in ad dition to Pagliaroni and the corporation are. Bertino and Sylvester, a surveying firm; Robert I. Vance, anofficer of the investment group; William Ferrari, Sydney Laks, Bill L. Fisher, Charles A. Harpick and Ulrey. Mrs. Mildred Hedrick went to Marysville Saturday on business. Raymond G. Lindstrum of Walnut Creek was in town over Laurence E. Senn. the weekend on business visit. Classified Ads, the little fellows with the . : : Was ; there ever a better member the number of days in each month without it? I would like to know who the author was and when he wrote it? A.C., Salem, Oregon. The jingle appeared in American school books «t least a century and a half ago. It is said to have been inspird by the official adoption of the Gregorian calendar by England and America in 1752. Slightly at variance with the Julian calendar, the jingle aided the memory. But who did it? We don’\ know. ie HomeUints: Chewing gum or tar-will come off clothing easily if you run an ice cube over them for a couple of minutes. Creases in acetate and rayon woven fabrics will disappear if you guna steam iron on the wrong side of the material. OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS: New England: Week begins partly clear and warmer, then heavy rain with 5-7” snow in mountains; end of week partly cloudy and seasonably cold. Greater New York-New Jersey: First part of week cold with 3-5” snow; rain and freezing rain latter part. Middle Atlantic Coastal: Early week cold with 2-4” intermittent snowfall; end of week rainy and slightly warmer. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Rain to start, then clearing and not so cold; clear and mild latter part, then increasing cloudiness. Florida: Week begins mostly sunny and warm in central and ‘South with showers in north, then clearing; sunny latter part with light rain in central region. Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Partly cloudy at first, then rain, occasionally mixed with snow, and mild; end of week clearing in east and light. rain in west. Greater Ohio Valley: First part of week very cold with 2-4” snow; cloudy and warming latter part with rain on weekend. ° Deep South: Cloudy and cold to start, then rain; rain continues latter part, then clear and warm on weekend. Chicago ‘and Southern Great Lakes: Week begins with slight warming and rain occasionally mixed with snow, then partly cloudy and warm; rain latter part. Craig Williams conducted his ~ first meeting of the Nevada City 4-H Club since his election. All members were present. The community pride project for 1974 is helping with the landscaping mild with light snow on weekend. Central Great Plains: Light rain or freezing rain to start, then gradual clearing and not as cold; generally clear with temperatures above normal latter part. Texas-Oklahoma: Rainy and warm to start, then partial clearing; end of week mostly sunny and mild. Rocky Mountain. Region: First part of week cloudy in north, clear and mild in east and light snow in north; 4-6” snow in central latter part and cloudy and cold elsewhere. Southwest Desert: Generally clear and pleasantly warm all week. Pacific Northwest: Rain all week, possibly mixed with snow; heavy snow in mountains latter part. California: Partly sunny to start, then rain in north and heavy snow in mountains; end of week rainy in north and partly cloudy in south. (All Rights Reserved, Yankee, Ine., Dublin, N.H. 03444) of the the Foundry building in Nevada City. Plans for the Dec. 6 holiday dinner, to be held at Seaman’s Lodge, were discussed. Mrs. . Welch and her food project girls their families will be served. We've been supplying an excellent line of building needs and materials for 39: years — plus customer service . . . YOU're the ones we worry most about ~ YUBA RIVER new will be in charge of dinner. A turkey dinner for members and \ IF YOU ARE NEW TO YUBA RIVER. . YUBA RIVER’S A FRIENDLY PLACE!. American Victorian Museum at : Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: First part of week partly clear in west and cold with light snow in east; end of week Craig’ Williams big pulling power heads 4-H club SESS SSS e CAMPTONVILLE-Gravel Range Lodge No. 59, F&AM held its annual election of officers Thursday evening, Nov. 15, at meeting. Maggie Jordon of Hollywood was here for the Thanksgiving holiday visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ron .Boston Tea Party Dec. 16, 1773 . Everyone’s humming, Christmas is coming. ¢ known ‘jingle in common use? How ever could we re cisco, filed the suit for the plaintiffs. The suit states that the investment corporation purchased 160 acres of land for approximately $550 anacre at Blue among “‘the best we’ve ever tasted in a long time.”’ Dec. 16, 1944 . Average length of days for week, 9 hours, 6 minutes . Ohio River Bridge disaster Dec. 15, 1967. First use of laughing gas for tooth extraction Dec. 11, 1844 purchase the property back if the buyers could not sell it. Linderman, both ot San Fran hotel. ‘‘Reliable tasters” were said to have declared Nile’s fruit as Dec. 13, 1961. Last quarter of the Moon Dec. 16. Indiana admitted to Union Dec. 11, 1816. Battle of the Bulge began them resell the property or 9 «pil attorney and later public defender of Nevada county now returned to private practice, John F. Bankerand Jay S. Herbert Nile, a rancher from the Pet Hill District, drove into _ town in his automobile with the first shipment of his winter crop of . grapefruit and oranges. He sold several crates of each to a local This week, much rain except in high terrain. Get your Christmas tree this week . Grandma Moses died Ask the Old Farmer: “Thirty days hath September, April, June and November . .” Harold Berliner, former district of prohibitionists of 50 years earlier. She had aided in forming the society known as the Women’s Temperance Union, in Grass Valley in 1874. DEC. 10-16, 1973 LUMBER COMPANY 12391 NEVADA CITY HIWAY ~_ GRASS VALLEY-NEVADA CITY Se Call 265-4521 ese

Wed., Dec. 5, 1973. The Nevada County Nugget 3 This week fifty years ago . $750,000 . suit filed, Open rebellion had a great portion of Mexico seething. President Obregon and General Elias Calles, the former’s personal candidate for the presidency, were the primary targets. The military in the states of Vera Cruz, San Luis Ptosi, Chihuahua, Michoacan and Tamaulipas were said to have repudiated the then government (Federal) ousting all office holders and substituting A $750,000 land fraud suit has been filed in Auburn against Great Pacific Investment Corporation and seven real estate brokers involving property near Blue Canyon. : Eight couples from Los Angeles and San Francisco' areas charge that Great Pacific has not received a California Real Estate Commissioner’s report on the land transaction. The couples also charge that the defendants have failed to live up to statements they made to help their own men. Bernard Lutz, for more than 60 years a resident of Nevada City, celebrated his 90th birthday anniversary in company with a large group of friends. A short time earlier in that same year, he and his wife observed their 60th wedding anniversary. There were only a few other residents in the area who had been in the community longer than the Lutz duo. Friends in Grass Valley learned of the Death, in Fallon, Nevada, of Dr. Virginia P. Smith, who was one of the very first women to practice medicine in the State of California. She was formerly Virginia Vinyard, member of a pioneer family of Penn Valley and Smartville. As a young woman in Grass Valley she was an associate of Mrs. Dorcas Spencer and others of a militant group The West Extension claims promoters, working on the James Ranch southwest of Grass Valley, were among the first of the new concerns to bring in a nice strike. Specimen quartz was found in the new shaft at only 40-feet and the vein made a good surface showing according to engineers on the project. Canyon, Placer county, in 1970. The parcel was then divided into 40-acre parcels and smaller ' portions of about 10 acres each were sold to the plaintiffs for A heavy rain was falling generally over Nevada county and $1,500 an acre in 1971. snow was ‘;measureable” as far down the mountain slopes of the As part of the transaction, the complaint states the salesmen advised the buyers land prices in the area were on the increase, Sierra as North Bloomfield. Total rainfall for the season was 6.79 inches. a The Golden Center Mine, in the geographical center of Grass Valley, changed hands in one of the largest and most important the project was essentially like Lake Tahoe property but. at mining transactions in more than 20 years, according to publicity mcuh less cost. The new purchasers were told they could use releases of that time. J. Wesley Howard, secretary, and Rodney McCormick, president, announced the sale to the M. K. Harr ‘interests of Philadelphia, Pa., for a reported $450,000. their facilities and manpower to help sell the property. Berliner pointed out that ., the buyers were toldif they were * amptonville News unable to sell the smaller par. cels within 18 months the corporation would buy them back. The purchasers have been refused the right to rescind the the local Masonic Temple. The following officers were elected: Paul Robert Thygesen, worshipful master; Arthur A. Gallez, senior warden; William E. Groves, junior warden; Leland K. Pauly, treasurer; Acton M. Cleveland, secretary; Ellis E. Royat, trustee. A closed installation of of‘ficers will be held at the next stated meeting of the Lodge on Thursday, Dec. 20. Vernon Babcock is confined at Sierra-Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley and is recuperating nicely following surgery. Robert Thygesen of Marysville was in town Thursday evening attending a lodge meeting. : Alex R. Hume of Burbank is spending a few days at his summer home here. Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Davis, Jr. and sons Paul and James, of Castro Valley, spent the weekend at their summer home here. Paul McKee, Arthur A. Gallez, and William A. Hooft of Grass Valley were in town Thursday attending a _ lodge sale and are threatened with foreclosure, Berliner said. Named as defendants in ad dition to Pagliaroni and the corporation are. Bertino and Sylvester, a surveying firm; Robert I. Vance, anofficer of the investment group; William Ferrari, Sydney Laks, Bill L. Fisher, Charles A. Harpick and Ulrey. Mrs. Mildred Hedrick went to Marysville Saturday on business. Raymond G. Lindstrum of Walnut Creek was in town over Laurence E. Senn. the weekend on business visit. Classified Ads, the little fellows with the . : : Was ; there

ever a better member the number of days in each month without it? I would like to know who the author was and when he wrote it? A.C., Salem, Oregon. The jingle appeared in American school books «t least a century and a half ago. It is said to have been inspird by the official adoption of the Gregorian calendar by England and America in 1752. Slightly at variance with the Julian calendar, the jingle aided the memory. But who did it? We don’\ know. ie HomeUints: Chewing gum or tar-will come off clothing easily if you run an ice cube over them for a couple of minutes.. Creases in acetate and rayon woven fabrics will disappear if you guna steam iron on the wrong side of the material. OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS: New England: Week begins partly clear and warmer, then heavy rain with 5-7” snow in mountains; end of week partly cloudy and seasonably cold. Greater New York-New Jersey: First part of week cold with 3-5” snow; rain and freezing rain latter part. Middle Atlantic Coastal: Early week cold with 2-4” intermittent snowfall; end of week rainy and slightly warmer. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Rain to start, then clearing and not so cold; clear and mild latter part, then increasing cloudiness. Florida: Week begins mostly sunny and warm in central and ‘South with showers in north, then clearing; sunny latter part with light rain in central region. Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Partly cloudy at first, then rain, occasionally mixed with snow, and mild; end of week clearing in east and light. rain in west. Greater Ohio Valley: First part of week very cold with 2-4” snow; cloudy and warming latter part with rain on weekend. ° Deep South: Cloudy and cold to start, then rain; rain continues latter part, then clear and warm on weekend. Chicago ‘and Southern Great Lakes: Week begins with slight warming and rain occasionally mixed with snow, then partly cloudy and warm; rain latter part. Craig Williams conducted his ~ first meeting of the Nevada City 4-H Club since his election. All members were present. The community pride project for 1974 is helping with the landscaping mild with light snow on weekend. Central Great Plains: Light rain or freezing rain to start, then gradual clearing and not as cold; generally clear with temperatures above normal latter part. Texas-Oklahoma: Rainy and warm to start, then partial clearing; end of week mostly sunny and mild. Rocky Mountain. Region: First part of week cloudy in north, clear and mild in east and light snow in north; 4-6” snow in central latter part and cloudy and cold elsewhere. Southwest Desert: Generally clear and pleasantly warm all week. Pacific Northwest: Rain all week, possibly mixed with snow; heavy snow in mountains latter part. California: Partly sunny to start, then rain in north and heavy snow in mountains; end of week rainy in north and partly cloudy in south. (All Rights Reserved, Yankee, Ine., Dublin, N.H. 03444) of the the Foundry building in Nevada City. Plans for the Dec. 6 holiday dinner, to be held at Seaman’s Lodge, were discussed. Mrs. . Welch and her food project girls their families will be served. We've been supplying an excellent line of building needs and materials for 39: years — plus customer service . . . YOU're the ones we worry most about ~ YUBA RIVER new will be in charge of dinner. A turkey dinner for members and \ IF YOU ARE NEW TO YUBA RIVER.. . YUBA RIVER’S A FRIENDLY PLACE!. American Victorian Museum at : Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: First part of week partly clear in west and cold with light snow in east; end of week Craig’ Williams big pulling power heads 4-H club SESS SSS e CAMPTONVILLE-Gravel Range Lodge No. 59, F&AM held its annual election of officers Thursday evening, Nov. 15, at meeting. Maggie Jordon of Hollywood was here for the Thanksgiving holiday visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ron .Boston Tea Party Dec. 16, 1773 .. Everyone’s humming, Christmas is coming. ¢ known ‘jingle in common use? How ever could we re cisco, filed the suit for the plaintiffs. The suit states that the investment corporation purchased 160 acres of land for approximately $550 anacre at Blue among “‘the best we’ve ever tasted in a long time.”’ Dec. 16, 1944 .. Average length of days for week, 9 hours, 6 minutes .. Ohio River Bridge disaster Dec. 15, 1967.. First use of laughing gas for tooth extraction Dec. 11, 1844 purchase the property back if the buyers could not sell it. Linderman, both ot San Fran hotel. ‘‘Reliable tasters” were said to have declared Nile’s fruit as Dec. 13, 1961.. Last quarter of the Moon Dec. 16.. Indiana admitted to Union Dec. 11, 1816.. Battle of the Bulge began them resell the property or 9 «pil attorney and later public defender of Nevada county now returned to private practice, John F. Bankerand Jay S. Herbert Nile, a rancher from the Pet Hill District, drove into _ town in his automobile with the first shipment of his winter crop of . grapefruit and oranges. He sold several crates of each to a local This week, much rain except in high terrain. Get your Christmas tree this week .. Grandma Moses died Ask the Old Farmer: “Thirty days hath September, April, June and November . .” Harold Berliner, former district of prohibitionists of 50 years earlier. She had aided in forming the society known as the Women’s Temperance Union, in Grass Valley in 1874. DEC. 10-16, 1973 LUMBER COMPANY 12391 NEVADA CITY HIWAY ~_ GRASS VALLEY-NEVADA CITY Se Call 265-4521 ese