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Wed. Feb. 21, 1973 The Nevada County Nugget 5
SELBY FLAT, GRIZZLY HILL, GOLD FL
. SOGGSVILLE, GOLD BAR, LOWELL HILL . BOURBON
HILL, SCOTCH HILL.
QUAKER HILL, WILLOW VALLEY, NE WTOWN.
A HILL. BRANDY FLAT, SEBASTOPOL,
INDIAN FLAT, BRIDGEPORT, BIRCHVILLE, MOORE'S
FLAT. ORLEANS FLAT, REMINGTON HILL, ANTHONY HOUSE
, DELIRIUM TREMENS,
Volume 27, No. 13
Nevada City, Nevada County, California, Thursday, March 26,
1953
Price Five Cents
MEVADA COUNTY ROLE Df CIVIL DEFENSE TAKING SHAPE SOROPTIMISTS SEND
‘ within the next few weeks, Sheriff Wayne Brown, County Director, said this week following
the visit of two high regional of
to receive refugees from the
more populated areas.”
Brown now has a staff of 12
Supervisors, each covering one
of the vital fields—radio, first
aid, supply, etc. They in turn
will have two alternates.
Ultimately between 800 and
1,000 Nevada Countyans will
ficials to Nevada City.
Here for a conference were
Everett C, Setzer, Acting Regional Director, ‘Region 4, and Theohave a part in the program.
dore A. Wilson, the Assistant coSetzer
said
that
wtihin
a
ordinator.
=
month he will come with other
They described Nevada CounCivil Defense officials to Nevada
ty’s role in the event of an Ctiy for a series of conferences
emergency as that of a “Support and mock tests. “Then Civil DeArea.” Setzer said that “Nevada fense iff Nevada County will
MONEY TO AID BELGIUM, MINERS OPEN TRACK
SEASON WITH WIN
floods “or even severe snow HOLLAND, ENGLAND
storms
A former police chief of South
Pasadena, he has been at the
scene of some of the greatest dis
asters in recent years, including
A week ago yesterday the Sor.
optimist
club
voted to send
of
Nevada
money
to
City!
four.
countries to help in flood relief. .
the Texas City tanker explosion Belgium, Holland, England and,
Ireland will receive much-need-.
and the Bakersfield carthquake.
“The job of a County Sheriff ed help from the local service
in & Crisis is @ grave one, carryclub.
ing great responsibility,” he said.
Members of the club attended .
“I have known Brown for’a numthe President's Council held in.
ber of years and I have great Colfax Sunday.
Lilly Halladay .
confidence’ in his ability to meet spoke to them on the subject, .
County would be expected to really be under way,” he added.
an emergency with swiftness and “Second Horizon,” pointing out
maintain itself and, if necessary,
Setzer emphasized that Civil intelligence.”
ways for small clubs to help
women in their later years.
SCHIFFNER, HARTMAN VALLEY CIVKC LEADERS FIVE CHURCHES JOIN
TO BE HONORED BY
WILL MEET TOMORROW IN CELEBRATING
Delegates from 49 SacramenELKS AT PARTY
GOOD FRIDAY
There will be a meeting today,
Thursday, at the Sierra Hotel.
March
brated
given.
birthdays will be celeand attendance awards
to Valley cities of the League of
Two outgoing Exalted Rulers California Cities will have a big
There will be a special Union
will be honored at a ball Saturmeeting in Grass Valley tomorGood Friday service at the Comday night at the Grass Valley row (Friday) night. The Young munity Baptist Church, Nevada
MEADOWS IN THICK
Elks club.
Ladies. Institute of St. Patrick's City, beginning at 12:30 and OF ATOM BLAST
For Lou Hartman of GV and Catholic church will cook the
lasting until 2:30 pm.
from 9 p. m. until 2 a. m.
MASTER NOW IN RENO
Who is the unhappiest person
and
ramento division, who will pre
Seven NC Youths Steal!
768 Pints of Beer
Eighty-five year-old Shearer
They admitted to police they
and Slim are almost inseparable
had climbed through a transom
companions. They rode in from on the main floor and took the
Bisbee, Arizona, about two years beer out a side door. They drove
ago.
out in the country and drank it
The oldtime prospector was
This means the kids were swigjust dismissed from the County ging beer at the rate of almost 35
Hospital about a week ago after bottles apiece per weck ,a pretty
He is now visitrespectable pace in any group.
ing his daughter in Reno.
Mosco Smart discovered the
He will be-missed riding down theft when he took inventory of
Main street on faithful Slim.
the stock last Friday.
a slight illness.
The kids are now’
the problem of Floyd Pond. County Pro
BY ARTHUR B. FOOTE
bation officer.
Box 1026,
Grass Valley,
The Nugget,
Nevada City, Calif.
Tri-City Rotary
Dinner Here May 11
In the March 12 issue of the
Nugget
it
is sugested
that
the
in Class A track und field
competition; 63'3 to 40% in
Class B; and the junior Miners triumphed by a landslide
6542 to 294%.
Tom Ostrom captured three
first places in the Class A
events, including the 120 yard
high hurdles, the 120 vard low
hurdles and the pole vault ie
WALLS MAY TUMBLE
DOWN IF QUAKE HITS
SAY SCHOOLMASTERS
Up here in mountain country.
the City Cab company of Nevada City finds their duties far
more complex.
Their . drivers
double as a personal shopping
service, delivery service, pay
bills for customers who are ill
and can't leave home, and from
time to time will make a tour of
the saloons to see that Dad
mukes it home
The City Company is owned
by Roy Seeberg and Folsom
‘Miles.
They've operated the
pany for the past five
years. run one cab af nigh! and
two during the day. “We're
very proud of our record,” says
Passenger
accident.”
miles
without
an
One of the happiest assign*
David Ralston of the Ne
was one of the specially assigned
have
done
some
research
.and of the area,” says Seeberg.
an imaginary enemy theorctvada City Baptist Church.
There will be special musical ically weakened by the A-bomb
:
numbers by members of the varblast.
lous congregations.
Exercise Desert Rock V was a
Plans for the joint Grass Val-} sequel to battalion combat team
ley-Nevada City Easter Sunrise! exercises conducted by the Army
“I've practically had to become
a historian,” he adds. “Especially
when they bring the kids along.
You can usually fool an adult,
but
a
youngseter
will
ask
so
many questions that sooner or
later he'll trip you up.”
Seeberg says that mos! tourflippantly in these matters, point
ists want to see the ghost
out that on April 28, 1888, and
towns. “There may not be a
again on February 8, 1940. “sevbuilding standing: nothing but
eral)
moderately
large shocks
grass
and rock; but they'll
have been of sufficrent intensity
fifteen
minutes
just
to cause at least some serious:. ‘spend
Staring. asking questions.”
damage,” in Grass Valley and
{.
“Once T had a family of three
Nevada City
youngsters and hte parents.
0
The
Nevada
Union
High
. Spring, and is a key part of the
Army's training program.
' School's) problem concerns the } pulled up in front of the site of
Freency is a member of the . brick bearing walls at both build-! one of the ghost towns and talked
for 15 minutes pointing out. where
. Sixth Army operational staff for! ings. One building was inspectthe post office once was, the
‘Des
;
1
ssists . ¢@ !n 1950 by the State DepartAfter I pullRED CROSS DRIVE
peer Hock, where eae ment of Pubhe Works and dehotel, the saloons.
other troops from all over the!
Elza Kilroy, co-chairman with) country who come to the Mojave! ¢lared “unsafe for occupancy ed away T discovered the. place
we were looking for was a half
Rev. M. O. Dunlap of the 1953 Desert for this special combat! The Board of Trustees is now
mile down the read.”
Nevada City Red Cross drive, training.
. calling for an inspection of all
Roy says that he’s probably the
said contributions in this city
Freeney is, a mechanic with . buildings: by the State agency.
were coming in despite illness!the 412th Swgineer Construction
As if to back upF the trustees. most expensive baby, sitter in
.
A mother may\have to
having thinned the ranks of the; He is a veteran of duty in the. 8 Small quake was felt in this town
make a trip downtown, find hervolunteer workers
“Its going! Battalion at Camp Desert Rock. 8¢neral area last Saturday might self unable to secure a sitter:
While local school
slow right now,” he said
“But. Asiatic Pacific
during
World} about 9:30.
she calls Roy and hell ride the
we're hopeful.”
War II and of service in Hanau.; buildings still are reported as inkids around, but. them lollypops
. Germany in 1948 and 1949.
: tact, thats neo sign it couldn't
or take them to Pioneer Park for
have
been
a
more
matured
carth.
gee
a swing on the swings
“T've
quake
had quite a bit of experience in
Weds In Stockton
ths: line” he notes, “having lots
Miss raga cnr daughter of “WILD? DINNER TONIGHT .
George C. Hargraveof kids of my own.”
Mr .and
.
Charl
R
f
Geodge C. Hargrave died at his}
At Christmas time their cabs
home at 302 Gethsemane street.
are kept out on calls deliverpiece of Nevada City, were mar-'
Nevada City, on’ Tuesday
There's
all
kinds
of
activity:
ing
presents. “Last year.” Seeried in a double ring ceremony .
A retired carpenter. he was
burg recalls, “a woman gave
in the East Side Presbyterian! coming up “at the Nevada City
born in Michigan in February 18,
me five envelopes each with a
Church. Stockton, Monday night. Elks club in the next few weeks. :
187)
hundred dollars in them. and
The bride is a graduate of Tonight (Thursday) Ron Wulf,
He
leaves
a
widow.
Mrs
BerI delivered those. too.”
Stockton High School and StockHarold Hawn and M. F. Pontius
that
Hargrave
.
Miles and Secberg get along
ton College.
She recently rewill present a surprise “Wild”!
Services
will
be
held
at
the
.
dinner
at
6:30
p
m
Exactly
fine wit hthe law
“We've -never
Signed from a secretarial posiBergemann Funeral chapel to-. had a traffic ticket or been
what
this
involves
the
announcetion with the Stockton Schvol.
1
morrow
(Friday)
at
2
p.
m.
with
ment
does
not
state
brought
before
the
City CounDepartment.
Pa
On Sunday, April 5th. there . the Rev. John MacDonald officil.” hes ays, pointing out they
Trivelpiece is the son of Al
Trivelpiece of Nevada City, Sacwill be the annual Nevada City ciating. Burial will follow ati have one of the best records in
the county.
i
ramento Bee correspondent, and Elks Easter Egg hunt with Bunny. Forest View Cemetery. ,
ILLNESS SLOWS
Bill Trivelpiece
Stockton and William trivel-! AT NEVADA CITY ELKS .
John Larue, president of the
Nevada City Rotary Club, told
price of gold should be raised. I the members at their luncheon
meeting today that their Nevada
have been a gold miner for forty
years, and when the price was City club had been selected as
raised from $20.67 to $35.00 an
ounce back in 1906 I thought it
was just what we needed.
But
we soon found that prices went
up and wages had to be raised
They romped to a 60-44 win
People around here who take
A group of seven Nevada City service will be announced later,; and the Atomic Energy Comjuveniles who stole 768 pint the Rev. MacDonald stated this; mission at the desert site last
is lonely as only a donkey can be
the Union Hotel were apprehendbecause his master has gone to ed this week by Nevada City
Reno for a two week's visit.
police.
:
Calif.
Coach Roger Snipe's track
men won all three classes
In San Francicso a cab driver
is supposed to take passengers
from one point to another in the
shortest possible time, extracting the lurgest possible tip
earthquakes lightly, and don't; ‘ments Roy or Folsom dmws
DESERT ROCK V-—Sergeant count them as a part of their comes in the summer months.
First Class Harold D. Meadows, daily thinking, had better do a “Then the tourists come and we
in town this week? It is Slim, bottles of beer over a three week week.
Frank Shearer's donkey, and he period from a storage room in
GOLD STATEMENT
cats Wednesday.
Speakers
wil
linclude
one
Army
men
who
participated have been told by the California
Howard Gardner, assistant direcvada City Methodist Church; (March 17) in the Atomic ManInstitute of Technology that “no
tor of the league, who will outthe Rev. O. V. Powers from euver at Camp Desert Rock, Nev.
settled community in California
arch
line
legislation
affecting
the Downieville; Ejnar Beck,
ts
exempt from earthquake risk.”
Member cities now before the of the Wiki Wood {n Sah Juan; ‘Me occupied 2 forward foxhole
during the atomic blast and imThe Seismological Laboratory
State legislature, and Wilbur Ralph Lyon, Church of God, NeSimmons, president of the Sacvada City and the Rev. John mediately after the blast charged of the University of Pasadena,
MacDonald, pastor of the Neforward in skirmishes to mop up ‘who are peuple not to be taken
side over the business side
SLIM VERY UNHAPPY:
The Nevada Union Miners
showed plenty. of hparkle in
taking the opening 1953 track
meet from the Roseville Wild
The theme will be “The Seven
Elks Club. Mayor Gilbert CraLast Words of Christ."
There will be seven speakers, son of Mrs. Lola B. Freeney, little trembling themselves. Nehave cabs chartered almost evry
mer made the plans for this affair.
including the Rev. M. O. Dunlap Route 1, Grass Valley, Calif. vada Union High School officials day taking them on guided tours
Robert Schiffner of NC, the big civic leaders a fine dinner at the
party will be their last social
function as Exalted Rulers.
Frank Stewart is taking over
a one hour floor show, which will
include in the cast Bernice Gibson, Betty Mahaffey, Dee Mautino, Joe Gordon, Jean Gullickson, Bob Peterson, Chet and
Lucie Murschel.
Buffet supper will be served
* PHONE 69°
BUSINESS OF THE WEEK
Defense covers not only attack
by an enemy but earthquakes,
host for the annual Tri-City
dinner.
He named El Clarke as chairman for artangements.
Tenta
tive date is May llth.
Grass
Valley, Truckee and Nevada City is @ senior engineering student at Beryl Robinson in charge
EASTER VACATION
until the profit had just about
berg says. “I've ridden these
California State Polytechnic ColThe Elks also draw attention,
comprise the group.
the same buying power as before.
Easter Vacation for the local streets until I know them by
lege in San Luis Obispo where to the new date for the “Spring!
schools
begin
this
Saturday
and
.
The fact is that raising the price
heart.
But I never tire of driv‘the couple will live until June.
Tonic” dinner, show and dance,
of gold does not change the value
He is a graduate of Bret Harte —Saturday, April 18th.
Frank! end a week from next Monday . ing on them. It's a fine town for
ie a cab driver.”
or buying power of gold but it
High School in Angels Camp, Stewart is directing the original . April 6th.
Pete Takes It Easy
decreases the value of the dollar. After Auto Smashup
Summing up his business, See
Calaveras County.
stage production backed by Jerry :
EVERYBODY GOES TO APPRECIATION DAY °
This results in a loss to all credHis head swathed in bandages,
After
his
graduation
the Austin and” his Grass Valley.
itors and bondholders. When you Pete Moscatelli of Schreiber's couple will move to Schenectady, Tulips.,
Despite cloudy skies, another crowd of about $00 persons jamthink it over, to raise the price ‘Cafe is taking it easy these days New York, where the bridegroom
i med North Pine street. Nevada City. for the second “Appreciation
of gold is the same as increasing following his automobile accident will enter the testing department
; way.”
‘
the legal length of a yard. That last Friday night.
COPS AND ROBBERS
of the General Electric Corpor\
Tw. F. Akers walked away with $5: Jeanne Walden $10: and Virwould raise the price per yard
His wife, Tillie, is expected ation as a junior engineer.
Next week the NUGGET ‘ginia Baker $14. Two other folks lost out when their names were
but would not increase the value homé today from the Miners Hoswill begin a historical series
called but they were not present.
of 3 feet of cloth. — .;
pital where she underwent surgDANIELS SPEAKER
f on highwaymen who plunderNext week at 3 p. m. af North Pine there will be another
ARTHUR B. FOOTE
ery on her forehead for deep
_William D. Daniels. Assistant! ed this area during the Gold j “Appreciation Day.”
Nevada City merchants, meanwhile. concuts and bruises.
Director of Training, California
Standing at the bar, watching Western States Life Insurance
ticipatin in Appreciation Day are Freddie work, Pete said he and Company, Sacramento, will be
Nevada
City
merchants
par
Giving bargains that are hard to his wife felt they were lucky the principal speaker at the Secmatch, Beat low prices. Join their injuries weren't more serond Annual Eagle Scout Dinner
on April 11.
ious.
the crowds on Tuesday.
rush days. The exploits of Jim
tinued to offer rock-bottom: values to make the day a success for
everybody.
Webster, Tom Bell, Joaquin.
Murietta, will be dusted off,
complete
with — shootings,
hangings and robberies.
Their special bargains are listed on page 4 of this issue.
}
For a lot of fun. a
ch
+ oe ba Be
you haven’! seen
' since Hector was a pup. join with hundreds of others in celebrating
. “Appreciation Day.”
Third Nevada City Appreciation Day This Tuesday Afternoon At 3 P.M.
4
se
Nevada County's role in Civil
Defense will be put into action