February 7, 1973 (12 pages)

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed. Feb. a _ “Notes off the Cuff” By P. L. Smith \ camer are too many people welfare who just don’ want . to work — they wouldn’t‘be on welfare if they'd go out and get a job.”’ exact words — or have been caught thinking them at some time or other no doubt. Well — no matter what we’ve said, or thought, let’s take a good look at some of the hard facts, man. oe: This desk recently received a communication from the office of Earl Brian, California Secretary .of Health and Welfare, showing that the Department of Social Welfare, within the Health and Welfare Agency, processed aid grants for 2,010,080 California residents last Septeriber. . . a month selected as-a ‘random example Here’s the break-down on that > millian Piss i111liiOll iipUure r fo a 1arket é pe 42 < 2 = . at adds up to more't e and -one-haif milion persons wno couldnt possibly be expected to support themselves leaving only 447,677 persons (on the welfare rolls for that specific. month) who ‘are primarily “sole” heads of needy families. The balance, a bit over 70,000, are listed as ‘“‘unemployed”’ or working less than 100 hours per month. Whenever labor conditions improve, the welfare rolls show a proportionate drop in load cartied. The inference, if any, in this Statistical material seems clearly that of suggesting that the next time one is tempted to accuse a welfare recipient of not wanting to work. . ; one should investigate that person’s status, ‘health condition and: abilities ’ carefully. first — then, if one still thinks he or she is right, ask this _ medical [ NEVADA COUNTT NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 PUBLISHED EVERY "WEDNESDAY BY _ NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated . a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3; 1960. Decreé No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One. Year . $3.00 Two Yeors. $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION : geeéstion: “Am I in a position to offer . this person employment in my . business, or can I refer him to an / opening elsewhere?” : We've ali either said those/ “There, but for the Grace "en Oh, what a friend we have in. . . the editor of the Lake Park, Iowa, News: Sez he, “If you think you have troubles pity the poor editor. . .if he addends a meeting he’s being nosy, if he doesn’t he isn’t interested. If he writes an in-depth story, it’s too long, if he condenses one, it’s incomplete. If he takes sides on an issue he is prejudiced, if he doesn’t he is a coward. If he asks for.advice, he’s incompetent, if he doesn’t he is a know-it-all. If he makes a mistake he hears about it for weeks, if he doesn’t he never hears about it. If he expresses an opinion, he wants r he doesn't he Medical class offered Evening classes in terminology, anatomy, physiology and allied subjects are scheduled for Placer High School in Auburn on Wednesday evenings for ten weeks beginning February 21. The course is designed for and paramedical workers in acute and extended care hospitals or medical offices, including insurance and business office employees. There will be new material for those who completed the course ‘in Medical Terminology last fall, but the study should also be of considerable interest and benefit to the beginning student. Home study will not be required and medical films and guest speakers will be presented as available. The instructor, Helen Underwood, has held similar courses in the past, both in Grass Valley and Auburn. She is a Registered Nurse, a graduate “of the U. C. Medical Center in San Francisco, and is also a Medical Record Librarian. The fee.for the course is $30 which includes a testbook on anatomy, a separate workbook and additional printed material. A certificate will be issued upon ' completion of the study. Payment should be made by February 15 in order to insure adequate time for book delivery, and should be sent to Helen Underwood, 215 Partridge Drive, Grass Valley 95945. For further information call 2736890. : ou. g kh. . 4 m= el EReady BT @ vw By Fay M. Dunbar Helene Hurlbut of Helene’s Antiques has just returned from her annual mid-winter vacation. She and Gertrude Hesbon of Colusa spent a couple of weeks in Mexico. Helene said it seemed most of their time was spent in the air. They flew first to Mazatlan on the Gulf of California. Then after a few days of fun on the beach and a good view of the surrounding countryside, they flew on to Mexico City. She enjoyed Mexico City, but says the smog there is terrible. It’s a bowl surrounded by mountains, much as Los Angeles is, but they make ab~Solutely no attempt to alleviate the smog condition. From Mexico City the ladies took two Sightseeing Bus trips. They were about 300 miles each and were in opposite directions from the eon? > ~Vuaiil 20. * equator. San Miguel de Allende was their destination north from Mexico City. It too is in mountain country. Maybe even a little higher than Oaxaca. It’s something of a resort area settled about the same time as Oaxaca. It’s in mining country but is noted most for its health baths. Helene enjoyed the 110 deg. baths but Says this is not the time of year ofr that sort of thing. It’s such a warm country that even their nicest hotels and motels aren't equipped for the cold. From 110 deg. baths out into 6000 ft. elevation and no heat was quite a shock. She Says she had to got tobedtoget warm. . _ Helene and Gertrude have been making the Antique Show circuit together this year. Helene admits it’s hard work but for the benefits to business and the fun they have it is worth all the work. They took in the Red Bluff show earlier then went on to the Redding show and last but not least the Reno show. Helene thinks the Reno show is busiest and best with a large assortment * of very interested shoppers. Dealers at these shows not only have another market for their wares, in the area of the show, but they also sell to one another. This expands their stock for the home market. Seems to be something they all like. Helene plans to do the Yuba City show on March 2, 3, and 4. Our own area show in Nevada City-is seneduled for the weekend of May 20. R&R Mrs. Mary Lee came home form the hospital just a week ago last Saturday. On Tuesday daughter, Tyera, who is a senior at NUHS, fell and brok her leg. The accident happened right at home so she got immediate and proper care. It was a bad break and besides a tremendous cast, Tyera must use crutches. In spite of all this she returned to school Monday with all previous assignments completed. She is hoping to manage cast, crutches, and lessons. Brave young lady! R&R As you know by now the Fire Auxiliary meeting was moved up to February 5. Mary assures me it wil] be on the second Monday of March, April and May. The move was necessary because of the holiday, but your next meeting will be Monday, March 12.R&R I have found another author of material about the Northern Mines, Mr. Charles D. Ferguson. He made some comments in a booklet written in 1888, about storekeeper, Mr. Bovyer (Thompson and West spelling) that I thought interesting. Mr. Ferguson was:still living in 1993 273-2934 and was 94 years old. He wrote of his own personal experinces. He named Mr. Boyer _(Fergusons spelling), who had a Trading Post -~ near the present site of Rough and Ready in the _ spring of 1849, as an Indian Agent. Quote‘‘He was supposed to be some kind of an Indain agent although I was never able to learn what he did for the Indians or anyone else but himself. This remark is not intended in disparagement of Mr. Boyer but only that I can’t see what the government or the Indians wanted of an agent ’ there.”” Later, Mr. Ferguson makes another comment that I thought interesting and that includes Mr. Bovyer. Quote ‘‘~ a harder and more dismal place I never saw.’ He was referring to Rough and Ready in the every early © igo0s. Here he witnessed the hanging of a convicted murderer, Indian Dick. His comment ‘‘At mougn and Ready an Indian was hanged for the ung Man wh ty indian. — in a few davs Irron a Cii~ tht } rh nea t ifnt Nim im, and sui mselves that he was guilty, hanging Was next in order. — He was well known in the town as a bad fellow and it proved that he had enticed the young man out under the pretense that he had seen the horses. What he killed him for was not very clear but most likely for some trifle the boy had that the redskin fancied. The trial began in the evening and lasted till morning. Boyer, the Indian agent, was appointed interpreter. Verdict ‘guilty’.” Mr. Ferguson wrote many interesting things in his booklet and I will bring others of them to you as I find pertinent bits. The idea of Mr. Bovyer being an official agent of the government has never come to my attention in any other material. If he was used in a trial by Judge and jury as such there must be substance to Mr. Ferguson’s remarks. All Indians were not like Indian Dick. One in particular from the Rough and Ready area later became a Superior Court Judge. R&R Sorry about February birthday’s being late I even had to send some belated cards myself. Lucille McCrea, Irene Pharis, and Winifred Schuster celebrated their natal day on February 1. Eugene Walter became a year older on Feb. 3. Visantha Gage, granddaughter of Conne Baer, was 3 years old on. Feb. 4. Visantha means spring in Celonese. Her mother and father were in Ceylon with the Peace Corps is why Visantha acquired her unusual name. Margaret Brown witl celebrate on Feb. 9. Kenny Mader and I like February 13. Irene Lanzendorfer celebrates her big day Fe. 15 Frank O’Neal came into this big world on Feb. 19. Ronald Small becomes a year older on Feb. 23 and younger sister Theresa Small will celebrate her added year Feb. 24. R&R We read so much about Abraham Lincoln that I wonder about adding to your already Surfeited information of old Abe. I’ll take a chance and quote Abe himself about his lineage. In 1860 for the use of John L. Scripps in preparing a campaign biography he wrote that his “father, Thomas and grandfather, Abraham, were born in Rockingham County, Va. whither their ancestors had come from Berks Co., Pa.” Lincoln himself was born in LaRue County, Kentucky. His “mother, Nancy Hanks was also born in Virginia and relatives of hers now reside in Coles, in Macon and in Adams counties, Illinois and also in Iowa.” Since these few brief lines which prove what a sweet self effacing man he really was it has been proven that the Lincoln line from which he descended included prosperous Quaker farmers in PennSylvania, a governor of Massachusetts, and other exceptional men, while his mother was an extraordinarily vivid and capable woman.

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed. Feb. a _ “Notes off the Cuff” By P. L. Smith \ camer are too many people welfare who just don’ want . to work — they wouldn’t‘be on welfare if they'd go out and get a job.”’ exact words — or have been caught thinking them at some time or other no doubt. Well — no matter what we’ve said, or thought, let’s take a good look at some of the hard facts, man. oe: This desk recently received a communication from the office of Earl Brian, California Secretary .of Health and Welfare, showing that the Department of Social Welfare, within the Health and Welfare Agency, processed aid grants for 2,010,080 California residents last Septeriber. . . a month selected as-a ‘random example Here’s the break-down on that > millian Piss i111liiOll iipUure r fo a 1arket é pe 42 < 2 = . at adds up to more't e and -one-haif milion persons wno couldnt possibly be expected to support themselves leaving only 447,677 persons (on the welfare rolls for that specific. month) who ‘are primarily “sole” heads of needy families. The balance, a bit over 70,000, are listed as ‘“‘unemployed”’ or working less than 100 hours per month. Whenever labor conditions improve, the welfare rolls show a proportionate drop in load cartied. The inference, if any, in this Statistical material seems clearly that of suggesting that the next time one is tempted to accuse a welfare recipient of not wanting to work. . ; one should investigate that person’s status, ‘health condition and: abilities ’ carefully. first — then, if one still thinks he or she is right, ask this _ medical [ NEVADA COUNTT NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 PUBLISHED EVERY "WEDNESDAY BY _ NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated . a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3; 1960. Decreé No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One. Year .. $3.00 Two Yeors.. $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION : geeéstion: “Am I in a position to offer . this person employment in my . business, or can I refer him to an / opening elsewhere?” : We've ali either said those/ “There, but for the Grace "en Oh, what a friend we have in. . . the editor of the Lake Park, Iowa, News: Sez he, “If you think you have troubles pity the poor editor. . .if he addends a meeting he’s being nosy, if he doesn’t he isn’t interested. If he writes an in-depth story, it’s too long, if he condenses one, it’s incomplete. If he takes sides on an issue he is prejudiced, if he doesn’t he is a coward. If he asks for.advice, he’s incompetent, if he doesn’t he is a know-it-all. If he makes a mistake he hears about it for weeks, if he doesn’t he never hears about it. If he expresses an opinion, he wants r he doesn't he Medical class offered Evening classes in terminology, anatomy, physiology and allied subjects are scheduled for Placer High School in Auburn on Wednesday evenings for ten weeks beginning February 21. The course is designed for and paramedical workers in acute and extended care hospitals or medical offices, including insurance and business office employees. There will be new material for those who completed the course ‘in Medical Terminology last fall, but the study should also be of considerable interest and benefit to the beginning student. Home study will not be required and medical films and guest speakers will be presented as available. The instructor, Helen Underwood, has held similar courses in the past, both in Grass Valley and Auburn. She is a Registered Nurse, a graduate “of the U. C. Medical Center in San Francisco, and is also a Medical Record Librarian. The fee.for the course is $30 which includes a testbook on anatomy, a separate workbook and additional printed material. A certificate will be issued upon ' completion of the study. Payment should be made by February 15 in order to insure adequate time for book delivery, and should be sent to Helen Underwood, 215 Partridge Drive, Grass Valley 95945. For further information call 2736890. : ou. g kh. . 4 m= el EReady BT @ vw

By Fay M. Dunbar Helene Hurlbut of Helene’s Antiques has just returned from her annual mid-winter vacation. She and Gertrude Hesbon of Colusa spent a couple of weeks in Mexico. Helene said it seemed most of their time was spent in the air. They flew first to Mazatlan on the Gulf of California. Then after a few days of fun on the beach and a good view of the surrounding countryside, they flew on to Mexico City. She enjoyed Mexico City, but says the smog there is terrible. It’s a bowl surrounded by mountains, much as Los Angeles is, but they make ab~Solutely no attempt to alleviate the smog condition. From Mexico City the ladies took two Sightseeing Bus trips. They were about 300 miles each and were in opposite directions from the eon? > ~Vuaiil 20. * equator. San Miguel de Allende was their destination north from Mexico City. It too is in mountain country. Maybe even a little higher than Oaxaca. It’s something of a resort area settled about the same time as Oaxaca. It’s in mining country but is noted most for its health baths. Helene enjoyed the 110 deg. baths but Says this is not the time of year ofr that sort of thing. It’s such a warm country that even their nicest hotels and motels aren't equipped for the cold. From 110 deg. baths out into 6000 ft. elevation and no heat was quite a shock. She Says she had to got tobedtoget warm. . _ Helene and Gertrude have been making the Antique Show circuit together this year. Helene admits it’s hard work but for the benefits to business and the fun they have it is worth all the work. They took in the Red Bluff show earlier then went on to the Redding show and last but not least the Reno show. Helene thinks the Reno show is busiest and best with a large assortment * of very interested shoppers. Dealers at these shows not only have another market for their wares, in the area of the show, but they also sell to one another. This expands their stock for the home market. Seems to be something they all like. Helene plans to do the Yuba City show on March 2, 3, and 4. Our own area show in Nevada City-is seneduled for the weekend of May 20. R&R Mrs. Mary Lee came home form the hospital just a week ago last Saturday. On Tuesday daughter, Tyera, who is a senior at NUHS, fell and brok her leg. The accident happened right at home so she got immediate and proper care. It was a bad break and besides a tremendous cast, Tyera must use crutches. In spite of all this she returned to school Monday with all previous assignments completed. She is hoping to manage cast, crutches, and lessons. Brave young lady! R&R As you know by now the Fire Auxiliary meeting was moved up to February 5. Mary assures me it wil] be on the second Monday of March, April and May. The move was necessary because of the holiday, but your next meeting will be Monday, March 12.R&R I have found another author of material about the Northern Mines, Mr. Charles D. Ferguson. He made some comments in a booklet written in 1888, about storekeeper, Mr. Bovyer (Thompson and West spelling) that I thought interesting. Mr. Ferguson was:still living in 1993 273-2934 and was 94 years old. He wrote of his own personal experinces. He named Mr. Boyer _(Fergusons spelling), who had a Trading Post -~ near the present site of Rough and Ready in the _ spring of 1849, as an Indian Agent. Quote‘‘He was supposed to be some kind of an Indain agent although I was never able to learn what he did for the Indians or anyone else but himself. This remark is not intended in disparagement of Mr. Boyer but only that I can’t see what the government or the Indians wanted of an agent ’ there.”” Later, Mr. Ferguson makes another comment that I thought interesting and that includes Mr. Bovyer. Quote ‘‘~ a harder and more dismal place I never saw.’ He was referring to Rough and Ready in the every early © igo0s. Here he witnessed the hanging of a convicted murderer, Indian Dick. His comment ‘‘At mougn and Ready an Indian was hanged for the ung Man wh ty indian. — in a few davs Irron a Cii~ tht } rh nea t ifnt Nim im, and sui mselves that he was guilty, hanging Was next in order. — He was well known in the town as a bad fellow and it proved that he had enticed the young man out under the pretense that he had seen the horses. What he killed him for was not very clear but most likely for some trifle the boy had that the redskin fancied. The trial began in the evening and lasted till morning. Boyer, the Indian agent, was appointed interpreter. Verdict ‘guilty’.” Mr. Ferguson wrote many interesting things in his booklet and I will bring others of them to you as I find pertinent bits. The idea of Mr. Bovyer being an official agent of the government has never come to my attention in any other material. If he was used in a trial by Judge and jury as such there must be substance to Mr. Ferguson’s remarks. All Indians were not like Indian Dick. One in particular from the Rough and Ready area later became a Superior Court Judge. R&R Sorry about February birthday’s being late I even had to send some belated cards myself. Lucille McCrea, Irene Pharis, and Winifred Schuster celebrated their natal day on February 1. Eugene Walter became a year older on Feb. 3. Visantha Gage, granddaughter of Conne Baer, was 3 years old on. Feb. 4. Visantha means spring in Celonese. Her mother and father were in Ceylon with the Peace Corps is why Visantha acquired her unusual name. Margaret Brown witl celebrate on Feb. 9. Kenny Mader and I like February 13. Irene Lanzendorfer celebrates her big day Fe. 15 Frank O’Neal came into this big world on Feb. 19. Ronald Small becomes a year older on Feb. 23 and younger sister Theresa Small will celebrate her added year Feb. 24. R&R We read so much about Abraham Lincoln that I wonder about adding to your already Surfeited information of old Abe. I’ll take a chance and quote Abe himself about his lineage. In 1860 for the use of John L. Scripps in preparing a campaign biography he wrote that his “father, Thomas and grandfather, Abraham, were born in Rockingham County, Va. whither their ancestors had come from Berks Co., Pa.” Lincoln himself was born in LaRue County, Kentucky. His “mother, Nancy Hanks was also born in Virginia and relatives of hers now reside in Coles, in Macon and in Adams counties, Illinois and also in Iowa.” Since these few brief lines which prove what a sweet self effacing man he really was it has been proven that the Lincoln line from which he descended included prosperous Quaker farmers in PennSylvania, a governor of Massachusetts, and other exceptional men, while his mother was an extraordinarily vivid and capable woman.