January 26, 1972 (12 pages)

i “Notes off the Cuff” . — By P. L. Smith Ran into a yarn that proves ations. that not all the "Ugly" AmeriHerewith the letter: cans travel abroad. . .some of them merely cross a state "Dear Editor: Can you top line or two and create confusion this? In November I rented and trouble as they go. a five-room house toa couple : Ann F, Johnson, proprietor of from California who paid half Ann's Weeping Willow in Nevada the rent for a month. Snowy City, is a. native of Salmon, and cold weather set in, and Idaho — home of the weekly the man was laid off work. Recorder-Herald, a lively and He had no money for the rent, well-produced "home town so I let them stay in the paper." house. We have taken the liberty. of reproducing the following Let"They had three dogs and a ter To The Editor from a rehorse. The dogs were givena cent issue of the newspaper warm home. . . .but what for several reasons. The writer about the horse? of the letter was Ann's ‘school ‘teacher a number of years ago, "One evening before Christand Ann recalls her association mas he brought the horse with Mrs. Schultz with much down to our house witha gash pleasure. The incident involved cut in his hind leg. It looked is handled in humorous vein like a glass cut, but the man for all it certainly wasn't pretended he didn't know how "funny" in any respect — provit could ever have happened. ing the ability of some people to rise above unpleasant situ"A vet was called and he took some glass out of the wound. Last week the couple left for California, so Clarence and I went over to see about the house. Navy reserve has openings Naval Reserve Surface Division 12-10 in Auburnhas immediate openings for young men 17 to 22, according to Chief Robert Lamb. The reserve program offers two years of active duty with the regular Navy, which includes guaranteed schooling in one of the Navy's quality career fields. ’Men enlisting in the program will be sworn into the Navy in Auburn, attend basic training and school and then be assigned to the fleet. They then would be "The back bedroom showed evidence of the horse's room, with droppings and hay scattered over thefloor; and two panes of glass broken out of the windows which were hoarded up. This proved the mystery of the -horse's wounded leg; and the hay had been taken from our stacks. "So, if anyone knows of a horse without a home, please contact me. I might have a returned to the local area for ee gey Schultz assignment to the reserve. High Salmon, Idaho" school seniors signing up now may receive ‘a delay in reporting until after graduation. Those interested may contact Chief Lamb at 885-9012, I think that the moral of this tale is very clear. . .or should be. But in case there is any doubt. just leave yer goldanged nags in ‘yer home ‘when OFFICE SUPPLIES$ "=". for the During my recent week off, > Ann Johnson, Wanda Eby and NEW YE ARI $ I hied ourselves to Reno for a ‘es ‘ . 4 3 r 4 e Columnar Pads © few hours relaxation. Whilst I was roaming around town seee Ideal Bookkeeping Books & Sheets is ing the sights, Ann and Wanda were approched by Marvin McElhaney, public relations man for Harrah's Club, who invited us to be the guests of the Casino for dinner and the fabulous Bobby Darin show one evening. What started out as a fairly routine visit ended on a truly . memorable note. . . .and the royal treatment accorded us that evening will not soon be © forgotten. e Adding Machine _ Typewriter Ribbons Adding Machine Paper Rolls e Labels and Tags American and Chinese 120 W. Main 273-4288 8 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, January 26, 1972 Everybody's Favorite ™ OLD Brewery Democrats have edge Nevada County has 13,629 registered voters as of this month with the Dertiéerats outnumber' ae. the Republicans by less than The number of registered Democrats is 6,799; Republicans 6,363; American Independent party, -42; Peace and Freeddm Party, 13; 117 miscellaneous parties and 295 declined to state their party preference. The number of registered voters in each of the five supervisorial districts does not differ by very many. District I has 2,676 voters, District I has 2,871 voters, District II has 2,703 voters, District IV has 2,709 and District V has 2,607 voters. District I and I have more Republicans than Democrats and the other three districts go along with the county's slight majority From the files of The Nugget 1938 JANUARY: The mortgage of $80,000 on the Mountaineer Mines was purchased by Dr. Carl P. Jones who already had the entire Champion Providence group under his. control. The population of Nevada county as of the first of the new year was given as 17,000. Total population of California on the same date was estimated at 6,576,000, FEBRUARY: The month was ushered in with a rainstorm which doused the county with 11.61 inches bringing the season's total to 32 inches, The new $117,000 Nevada City Elementary School was dedicated by members of the local units‘of NSGW and NDGW and other civic organizations. MARCH: Heavy storms throughout February and March brought the month-end total of rain to 70.90 inches for the season. APRIL: The inauguration of a chapter of the famous E Clampus of Democrats. Vitus in Nevada City saw 96 "Poor Blind Candidates" initiated before a crowd of more than 100 members from many points in Northern California and Nevada. Resou rce Some 300 miners and businessmen of Grass Valley surged through the streets of that community on the night of April 7; clearing: out the CIO — Communists who had been stirring up trouble in the mines of the area for many weeks. The culprits were not "manhandled" according to reports at the time, but were ordered to leave Nevada County. Later incidents reportedly involved severe beatings administered by miners to the "outsiders." people hear about SEDD California's Resource Conservation District Director's attending their convention recently . held in San Diego heard Miss Elizabeth L. George, Executive Director of SEDD speak on the subject of Economic Development Districts. Miss George delivered an address to the convention. She told the delegates that the needs of the rural areas were real andof major proportions. It became apparent to the audience that the capabilities of Economic Development Districts and Conservation Districts could and should join in an effective team to serve local rural needs. Miss George explained how the Economic Development District is already serving the needs of people in Sierra, Nevada, Placer-and-E1 MAY: Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Tucker, and their two young daughters, departed by train from Colfax enroute O' Okeip Namaqualand mining district in South Africa, There, Mr. Tucker was to join the staff of the copper company. Mr. and Mrs. George Legg hosted a reunion of members of the Nevada City High School class of 1888 ata gala party in their Nevada Street home. The class numbered 20 members at graduation time, and the reunion was attended by Joe Stenger of Nevada City; Mrs. Anette Dorsey (nee Nettie Breed) of Berkeley; and Attorney and Mrs. Barnum Power (nee Minnie Lester) of San Francisco, Others of the class had either moved away or had died. JUNE: A mountain lion which measured eight feet from tip to tip and weighed 85 pounds was killed by aposse within half a mile of the city limits of North Bloomfield. JULY: Mr. and Mrs, Sam Trevethick of Main Street, Nevada City, celebrated 50 years of married life at a pleasant party. He was 79 and she 72. They were married in Nevada City on July 1, 1888. Both were native of Nevada County. Dorado counties, And a great «AUGUST: One and three-quarters tons of black powder were setoff on an island gravel deposit near Brown's Hill (You Bet placer section) and the resulting explosion injured two spectators, and damaged .several cars parked nearby. It also created a lot of excitement among residents of the area, deal more needs to be accomplished to stabilize the jobs and resources of the Mother Lode counties. Directors from the local Resource Districts met with Miss George to further discuss the possibilities of the Conservation Districts joining hands with SEDD to promote joint resource development within the four counties of the Sierra Economic Development District. ‘Classified Ads, the fittle fellows with the big pulling power SEPTEMBER: Merritt Rector was appointed manager and vicepresident of the Bank of America in Grass Valley. Rector was a member of the pioneer family which organized the Nevada County Bank in 1901, later acquired by the Bank of America in 1927, OCTOBER: Some 30 deer were weighed in at Smart Bros, store in North San Juan during the deer season which had just ended. Walter Smart reported that the largest weighed 246 pounds, and had an 18 inch spread in its two points; the smallest was also a two-pointer with an eight inch spread and weighed 145 pounds, Lawrence Mazzanti and his dogs "treed'"_a brown bear weighing more than 300 pounds. Larry killed the animal with a .22 rifle near the Central Shaft of the Lava Cap Mine. DECEMBER: The historic town of North San Juan was preparing to celebrate the installation of electric service for the first time since it was founded in 1857. Clyde Gwin was chairman of the committee in charge, and "something spectacular may be expected when the lights go on" was the promise made to residents On the PLAZA in Nevada City. epee 2 Good Drinks Mr, and Mrs, E, M, Emrick of the Emrick-Breckenridge George ranch on the McCourtney Road are spending their vacation in . and Jean Hollywood, — Geog Eat Oe te : Hookup of the new power lines extension between Alleghaney and the Spanish mines group is expected to be comMenus . pleted the first part of this week. Vv

i “Notes off the Cuff” . — By P. L. Smith Ran into a yarn that proves ations. that not all the "Ugly" AmeriHerewith the letter: cans travel abroad. . .some of them merely cross a state "Dear Editor: Can you top line or two and create confusion this? In November I rented and trouble as they go. a five-room house toa couple : Ann F, Johnson, proprietor of from California who paid half Ann's Weeping Willow in Nevada the rent for a month. Snowy City, is a. native of Salmon, and cold weather set in, and Idaho — home of the weekly the man was laid off work. Recorder-Herald, a lively and He had no money for the rent, well-produced "home town so I let them stay in the paper." house. We have taken the liberty. of reproducing the following Let"They had three dogs and a ter To The Editor from a rehorse. The dogs were givena cent issue of the newspaper warm home. . . .but what for several reasons. The writer about the horse? of the letter was Ann's ‘school ‘teacher a number of years ago, "One evening before Christand Ann recalls her association mas he brought the horse with Mrs. Schultz with much down to our house witha gash pleasure. The incident involved cut in his hind leg. It looked is handled in humorous vein like a glass cut, but the man for all it certainly wasn't pretended he didn't know how "funny" in any respect — provit could ever have happened. ing the ability of some people to rise above unpleasant situ"A vet was called and he took some glass out of the wound. Last week the couple left for California, so Clarence and I went over to see about the house. Navy reserve has openings Naval Reserve Surface Division 12-10 in Auburnhas immediate openings for young men 17 to 22, according to Chief Robert Lamb. The reserve program offers two years of active duty with the regular Navy, which includes guaranteed schooling in one of the Navy's quality career fields. ’Men enlisting in the program will be sworn into the Navy in Auburn, attend basic training and school and then be assigned to the fleet. They then would be "The back bedroom showed evidence of the horse's room, with droppings and hay scattered over thefloor; and two panes of glass broken out of the windows which were hoarded up. This proved the mystery of the -horse's wounded leg; and the hay had been taken from our stacks. "So, if anyone knows of a horse without a home, please contact me. I might have a returned to the local area for ee gey Schultz assignment to the reserve. High Salmon, Idaho" school seniors signing up now may receive ‘a delay in reporting until after graduation. Those interested may contact Chief Lamb at 885-9012, I think that the moral of this tale is very clear. . .or should be. But in case there is any doubt. just leave yer goldanged nags in ‘yer home ‘when OFFICE SUPPLIES$ "=".. for the During my recent week off, > Ann Johnson, Wanda Eby and NEW YE ARI $ I hied ourselves to Reno for a ‘es ‘ . 4 3 r 4 e Columnar Pads © few hours relaxation. Whilst I was roaming around town seee Ideal Bookkeeping Books & Sheets is ing the sights, Ann and Wanda were approched by Marvin McElhaney, public relations man for Harrah's Club, who invited us to be the guests of the Casino for dinner and the fabulous Bobby Darin show one evening. What started out as a fairly routine visit ended on a truly . memorable note. . . .and the royal treatment accorded us that evening will not soon be © forgotten. e Adding Machine _ Typewriter Ribbons Adding Machine Paper Rolls e Labels and Tags American and Chinese 120 W. Main 273-4288 8 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, January 26, 1972 Everybody's Favorite ™ OLD Brewery Democrats have edge Nevada County has 13,629 registered voters as of this month with the Dertiéerats outnumber' ae. the Republicans by less than The number of registered Democrats is 6,799; Republicans 6,363; American Independent party, -42; Peace and Freeddm Party, 13; 117 miscellaneous parties and 295 declined to state their party preference. The number of registered voters in each of the five supervisorial districts does not differ by very many. District I has 2,676 voters, District I has

2,871 voters, District II has 2,703 voters, District IV has 2,709 and District V has 2,607 voters. District I and I have more Republicans than Democrats and the other three districts go along with the county's slight majority From the files of The Nugget 1938 JANUARY: The mortgage of $80,000 on the Mountaineer Mines was purchased by Dr. Carl P. Jones who already had the entire Champion Providence group under his. control. The population of Nevada county as of the first of the new year was given as 17,000. Total population of California on the same date was estimated at 6,576,000, FEBRUARY: The month was ushered in with a rainstorm which doused the county with 11.61 inches bringing the season's total to 32 inches, The new $117,000 Nevada City Elementary School was dedicated by members of the local units‘of NSGW and NDGW and other civic organizations. MARCH: Heavy storms throughout February and March brought the month-end total of rain to 70.90 inches for the season. APRIL: The inauguration of a chapter of the famous E Clampus of Democrats. Vitus in Nevada City saw 96 "Poor Blind Candidates" initiated before a crowd of more than 100 members from many points in Northern California and Nevada. Resou rce Some 300 miners and businessmen of Grass Valley surged through the streets of that community on the night of April 7; clearing: out the CIO — Communists who had been stirring up trouble in the mines of the area for many weeks. The culprits were not "manhandled" according to reports at the time, but were ordered to leave Nevada County. Later incidents reportedly involved severe beatings administered by miners to the "outsiders." people hear about SEDD California's Resource Conservation District Director's attending their convention recently . held in San Diego heard Miss Elizabeth L. George, Executive Director of SEDD speak on the subject of Economic Development Districts. Miss George delivered an address to the convention. She told the delegates that the needs of the rural areas were real andof major proportions. It became apparent to the audience that the capabilities of Economic Development Districts and Conservation Districts could and should join in an effective team to serve local rural needs. Miss George explained how the Economic Development District is already serving the needs of people in Sierra, Nevada, Placer-and-E1 MAY: Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Tucker, and their two young daughters, departed by train from Colfax enroute O' Okeip Namaqualand mining district in South Africa, There, Mr. Tucker was to join the staff of the copper company. Mr. and Mrs. George Legg hosted a reunion of members of the Nevada City High School class of 1888 ata gala party in their Nevada Street home. The class numbered 20 members at graduation time, and the reunion was attended by Joe Stenger of Nevada City; Mrs. Anette Dorsey (nee Nettie Breed) of Berkeley; and Attorney and Mrs. Barnum Power (nee Minnie Lester) of San Francisco, Others of the class had either moved away or had died. JUNE: A mountain lion which measured eight feet from tip to tip and weighed 85 pounds was killed by aposse within half a mile of the city limits of North Bloomfield. JULY: Mr. and Mrs, Sam Trevethick of Main Street, Nevada City, celebrated 50 years of married life at a pleasant party. He was 79 and she 72. They were married in Nevada City on July 1, 1888. Both were native of Nevada County. Dorado counties, And a great «AUGUST: One and three-quarters tons of black powder were setoff on an island gravel deposit near Brown's Hill (You Bet placer section) and the resulting explosion injured two spectators, and damaged .several cars parked nearby. It also created a lot of excitement among residents of the area, deal more needs to be accomplished to stabilize the jobs and resources of the Mother Lode counties. Directors from the local Resource Districts met with Miss George to further discuss the possibilities of the Conservation Districts joining hands with SEDD to promote joint resource development within the four counties of the Sierra Economic Development District. ‘Classified Ads, the fittle fellows with the big pulling power SEPTEMBER: Merritt Rector was appointed manager and vicepresident of the Bank of America in Grass Valley. Rector was a member of the pioneer family which organized the Nevada County Bank in 1901, later acquired by the Bank of America in 1927, OCTOBER: Some 30 deer were weighed in at Smart Bros, store in North San Juan during the deer season which had just ended. Walter Smart reported that the largest weighed 246 pounds, and had an 18 inch spread in its two points; the smallest was also a two-pointer with an eight inch spread and weighed 145 pounds, Lawrence Mazzanti and his dogs "treed'"_a brown bear weighing more than 300 pounds. Larry killed the animal with a .22 rifle near the Central Shaft of the Lava Cap Mine. DECEMBER: The historic town of North San Juan was preparing to celebrate the installation of electric service for the first time since it was founded in 1857. Clyde Gwin was chairman of the committee in charge, and "something spectacular may be expected when the lights go on" was the promise made to residents On the PLAZA in Nevada City. epee 2 Good Drinks Mr, and Mrs, E, M, Emrick of the Emrick-Breckenridge George ranch on the McCourtney Road are spending their vacation in . and Jean Hollywood, — Geog Eat Oe te : Hookup of the new power lines extension between Alleghaney and the Spanish mines group is expected to be comMenus . pleted the first part of this week. Vv