February 11, 1970 (12 pages)

, » lie Health . Service,. his 4 The Nevada County Nugget, g HOLDING HIS attractive ceramic plaque in one hand, George Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Boles Sr. makes the first slice in the decorated cake to be served the medical staff at Weimar. Gold City’s George Boles Sr. honored as oldest active nurse George W. Boles Sr. of Grass Valley has retired from more careers than a number of men could have in a lifetime. Dr. Harry G, Parsons, medical director at Weimar Medical Center, recited the various careers Boles has had in his 82 years when he presented Boles with a ceramic plaque Wednesday honoring him as the oldest active registered nurse in California, The presentation was made by Dr. Parsons, but the vote to honor the male nurse, still listed on the staff of nurses at Weimar, was unanimous by the hospital's central committee. Boles was born in Des Moines, ° Towa on April 6, 1888 and entered the U, S. Navy in 1906. He was a pharmacist's mate for 30 years until he retired, ending his first career. A highlight of his Navy years was his 19 months tour of duty on the battleship Louisiana as part of President Theodore Roosevelt's "great white fleet." President Roosevelt's motto was "talk softly, but carry a big stick," The Navy ships, painted white over battleship grey, were =the big stick which circled the ‘ifhose former Navy men who * totred with the great white fleet from 1907 to 1909 meet annually. Boles said the youngest man who attended the last gathering is 79 and the average age is 82, Boles was recalled tothe Navy during World War I whenhe was in his 50s and served another three years. Although Boles had no formal training as a registered nurse, ing he had 30 years' experience as eareer, He was assigned to Alcatraz for a few years, including the years Al Capone was a resident of the island federal prison in San Francisco Bay. “To talk to those men (the prisoners at Alcatraz) you'd think they just came from church," Boles told those gathered at his plaque presentation ceremony, "But they'd kill you if you stood between them and freedom." He served at two other federal prisons before "retiring" from the Public Health Service. His next career was with the Veterans Administration, after World War IL. It was while working for VA that he and his wife visited Grass Valley and decided to make the Gold City theirhome. Rather than "sit in a rocking chair and last a month," Boles said, he decided to ask for a job as a male nurse at Weimar Medieal Center. "Rather than stay he was the’sole medical man on Samoa, responsible for the health of 3,500 natives. He wasa pharmacist's mate for the Navy but dispensed medicines, treated cuts, wounds and burns and performed all the duties (except surgery) of a doctor. Boles was quite an athlete in his younger years, He was on a winning rowing team for three’ years and played baseball durthe five years he was stationed in and around Washinga pharmacist's mate with the ton, D. C. Navy. Consequently, he took the He is not often called to duty California examination forregat Weimar any more, but rather istered nurses in 1936 and rethan sit in a rocking chair as a ceived a grade of A. retired man, he remains active, With his new RN after his He bowls twice a week and atname, he joined the U.S, Pubtends monthly luncheon meetXs ee cele Gtk 6 Sth 2 2 eine se Second, ings of Sons:In-Retirement. The Boles have four children, 12 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren with two more due soon, The ceramic plaque presented to Boles was designed and fashioned by Miss Evelyn Hunt, occupational therapist at Weimar. an outline and name of each of the 13 counties which form the Weimar _ district.surround the wording of the plaque, which names Boles as California's oldest active registered nurse, A wooden frame borders the ceramic plaque. Dr. Parsons made the presentation, and conducting the meeting was Mrs, Zelpha Miller RN, director of nursing services at Weimar. Lloyd Hamilton, administrator of the hospital, also sat at the head table of the hospital conference room. Assembled for the presentation were the head nurses and doctors on the medical ‘staff and the dispensing officer. The supervisors and others of the medical -staff'who were free from duty walked to the cafeteria for refreshments, Yuba River Co. bid winner on timber sales Panl Bourgeois, area manager for the Folsom District of' the Bureau of Land Management, announced that Yuba River Lumber Company, Inc., was successful bidder on two timber sales. The first tract of timber, containing approximately 1,311,000 board feet of lumber sold for $29,931.30. It is located in the Yankee Jims area of Placer county. A 10-acre area of brush will be cleared under the contract. An access road into the area also will be constructed as part of the timber sale contract. a % on bs LEO J, TODD Leo Todd will seek Superior — Court judgeship his candidacy for Superior Court judge from Nevada county. . The post will be on the June y ce) € 2 primary ballot with the person $ 1 milli on * elected to serve a six-year term. in projects for PT&T George Hutchins, Pacific Telephone manager for Grass Valley, said today that the company expects to spend just over $1 million in The Golen Empire for construction projects during 1970, He said that $797,000. of the total will go toward conduit and poles, $182,000 for telephones and PBX equipment and $75,000 for «central office switching equipment. Funds for the Nevada county projects are included in the record $740 million statewide 1970 construction budget announced recently by Pacific Telephone President Jerome Kull,’ Pacific Telephone's Northern Counties Area will receive an estimated $82.4 million for projects in 178 telephone exchanges in the 35county area. This area extends from the Oregon border to south of Madera, and from the Pacific Ocean (not including the San Francisco Bay Area) to the. Nevada border. Hutchins said the emphasis of the 1970. construction budget will be on projects necessary to keep pace with the growing demand. for communications services throughout the North-ern Counties Area. He noted that the number of telephones in the 35-county area jumped-from 767,589 in 1960 to more than 1,375,300 at present. By 1980 this figure is expected to climb to approximately 2,087,187. Describing the construction program as the most ambitious in the firm's 63-year history, Hutchins said that it is the equivalent of spending more than “$2 million a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Despite the magnitude of the 1970 construction budget, he added that “it is essential just to keep pace with the growth here in the Golden Empire and In a statement of his candidacy, Todd said: "A lot of people have asked and encouraged me to run, I am interested in having good law enforcement in Nevada county and my background in varied legal problems, including many dealings with human beings and. their problems over the years, has taught me to have compassion. "The Superior Court judge must be trained by experience and character to handle all matters coming into the court with ‘fairness, disregarding personalities, pettiness and vindictiveness," Todd currently is county counsel and has served with the county since 1954 as the first deputy district. attorney until 1962, then as the first public defender until being appointed county counsel: in 1965. A graduate of the old Nevada Union High School in 1942, Todd worked in the Richmond shipyards, then served overseas ' with the U. S. ‘Navy Air Corps. * After World War Il, he worked in the local lumber industry before completing his college education on the GI Bill at SacHegarty American Legion Post 130, former member of Boy Scout Executive Council, Grass mittee, Grass Valley Fire Department, former chairman loAssociation and a. member of Grass Valley Lions Club. The candidate resides on Lidster Avenue with his wife st He

, » lie Health . Service,. his 4 The Nevada County Nugget, g HOLDING HIS attractive ceramic plaque in one hand, George Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Boles Sr. makes the first slice in the decorated cake to be served the medical staff at Weimar. Gold City’s George Boles Sr. honored as oldest active nurse George W. Boles Sr. of Grass Valley has retired from more careers than a number of men could have in a lifetime. Dr. Harry G, Parsons, medical director at Weimar Medical Center, recited the various careers Boles has had in his 82 years when he presented Boles with a ceramic plaque Wednesday honoring him as the oldest active registered nurse in California, The presentation was made by Dr. Parsons, but the vote to honor the male nurse, still listed on the staff of nurses at Weimar, was unanimous by the hospital's central committee. Boles was born in Des Moines, ° Towa on April 6, 1888 and entered the U, S. Navy in 1906. He was a pharmacist's mate for 30 years until he retired, ending his first career. A highlight of his Navy years was his 19 months tour of duty on the battleship Louisiana as part of President Theodore Roosevelt's "great white fleet." President Roosevelt's motto was "talk softly, but carry a big stick," The Navy ships, painted white over battleship grey, were =the big stick which circled the ‘ifhose former Navy men who * totred with the great white fleet from 1907 to 1909 meet annually. Boles said the youngest man who attended the last gathering is 79 and the average age is 82, Boles was recalled tothe Navy during World War I whenhe was in his 50s and served another three years. Although Boles had no formal training as a registered nurse, ing he had 30 years' experience as eareer, He was assigned to Alcatraz for a few years, including the years Al Capone was a resident of the island federal prison in San Francisco Bay. “To talk to those men (the prisoners at Alcatraz) you'd think they just came from church," Boles told those gathered at his plaque presentation ceremony, "But they'd kill you if you stood between them and freedom." He served at two other federal prisons before "retiring" from the Public Health Service. His next career was with the Veterans Administration, after World War IL. It was while working for VA that he and his wife visited Grass Valley and decided to make the Gold City theirhome. Rather than "sit in a rocking chair and last a month," Boles said, he decided to ask for a job as a male nurse at Weimar Medieal Center. "Rather than stay he was the’sole medical man on Samoa, responsible for the health of 3,500 natives. He wasa pharmacist's mate for the Navy but dispensed medicines, treated cuts, wounds and burns and performed all the duties (except surgery) of a doctor. Boles was quite an athlete in his younger years, He was on a winning rowing team for three’ years and played baseball durthe five years he was stationed in and around Washinga pharmacist's mate with the ton, D. C. Navy. Consequently, he took the He is not often called to duty California examination forregat Weimar any more, but rather istered nurses in 1936 and rethan sit in a rocking chair as a ceived a grade of A. retired man, he remains active, With his new RN after his He bowls twice a week and atname, he joined the U.S, Pubtends monthly luncheon meetXs ee cele Gtk 6 Sth 2 2 eine se Second, ings of Sons:In-Retirement. The Boles have four children, 12 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren with two more due soon, The ceramic plaque presented to Boles was designed and fashioned by Miss Evelyn Hunt, occupational therapist at Weimar. an outline and name of each of the 13 counties which form the Weimar _ district..surround the wording of the plaque, which names Boles as California's oldest active registered nurse, A wooden frame borders the ceramic plaque. Dr. Parsons made the presentation, and conducting the meeting was Mrs, Zelpha Miller RN, director of nursing services at Weimar. Lloyd Hamilton, administrator of the hospital, also sat at the head table of the hospital conference room. Assembled for the presentation were the head nurses and doctors on the medical ‘staff and the dispensing officer. The supervisors and others of the medical -staff'who were free from duty walked to the cafeteria for refreshments, Yuba River Co.

bid winner on timber sales Panl Bourgeois, area manager for the Folsom District of' the Bureau of Land Management, announced that Yuba River Lumber Company, Inc., was successful bidder on two timber sales. The first tract of timber, containing approximately 1,311,000 board feet of lumber sold for $29,931.30. It is located in the Yankee Jims area of Placer county. A 10-acre area of brush will be cleared under the contract. An access road into the area also will be constructed as part of the timber sale contract. a % on bs LEO J, TODD Leo Todd will seek Superior — Court judgeship his candidacy for Superior Court judge from Nevada county. . The post will be on the June y ce) € 2 primary ballot with the person $ 1 milli on * elected to serve a six-year term. in projects for PT&T George Hutchins, Pacific Telephone manager for Grass Valley, said today that the company expects to spend just over $1 million in The Golen Empire for construction projects during 1970, He said that $797,000. of the total will go toward conduit and poles, $182,000 for telephones and PBX equipment and $75,000 for «central office switching equipment. Funds for the Nevada county projects are included in the record $740 million statewide 1970 construction budget announced recently by Pacific Telephone President Jerome Kull,’ Pacific Telephone's Northern Counties Area will receive an estimated $82.4 million for projects in 178 telephone exchanges in the 35county area. This area extends from the Oregon border to south of Madera, and from the Pacific Ocean (not including the San Francisco Bay Area) to the. Nevada border. Hutchins said the emphasis of the 1970. construction budget will be on projects necessary to keep pace with the growing demand. for communications services throughout the North-ern Counties Area. He noted that the number of telephones in the 35-county area jumped-from 767,589 in 1960 to more than 1,375,300 at present. By 1980 this figure is expected to climb to approximately 2,087,187. Describing the construction program as the most ambitious in the firm's 63-year history, Hutchins said that it is the equivalent of spending more than “$2 million a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Despite the magnitude of the 1970 construction budget, he added that “it is essential just to keep pace with the growth here in the Golden Empire and In a statement of his candidacy, Todd said: "A lot of people have asked and encouraged me to run, I am interested in having good law enforcement in Nevada county and my background in varied legal problems, including many dealings with human beings and. their problems over the years, has taught me to have compassion. "The Superior Court judge must be trained by experience and character to handle all matters coming into the court with ‘fairness, disregarding personalities, pettiness and vindictiveness," Todd currently is county counsel and has served with the county since 1954 as the first deputy district. attorney until 1962, then as the first public defender until being appointed county counsel: in 1965. A graduate of the old Nevada Union High School in 1942, Todd worked in the Richmond shipyards, then served overseas ' with the U. S. ‘Navy Air Corps. * After World War Il, he worked in the local lumber industry before completing his college education on the GI Bill at SacHegarty American Legion Post 130, former member of Boy Scout Executive Council, Grass mittee, Grass Valley Fire Department, former chairman loAssociation and a. member of Grass Valley Lions Club. The candidate resides on Lidster Avenue with his wife st He