January 30, 1974 (8 pages)

Perera se ee ee ee dd eee ilselecd-ocae gls-ceglnsd inet orig sig cece anie ' ‘ Lceelip minn patna ene AE cigs et Ai GA ch ee pee gee oes eta ena saree ee awe Gr Grr ea ee r Pe fe te at eee OF TN MR BES ASS (ARAMA R REAR ERE ED EBKE x ae . 4 é % a i aie Je at, FF F ee 2 ee +4 kc SEG +4 cae oe ek ae ; PERIODICALS SECTION ge 5-16-7 GAL. ST. LIBRARY , ’ SACTO. CAL. 95814 NEVADA COUNTY Seri ng the communities of Nevada City, G Vall ed i ma. Sa y, Grass Valley, ste Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, F h Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North Sar eg eG Wanchai Cin Mle Si erat a Hips a esr Gk i ¢ . » Lal 5 2G 5 ', Go , Soggsville, Go ar, Lowe ill, i ill, N i ia Hi i Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, dushony House, Lickifins hls Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sabosopol, Queber: Hi, ae = pet tue bf € Oe BFE Sale €% 95 ‘VOLUME 49° 10 Cents A Copy Published Wedn Motor vehicle license fees are distributed Nevada -county will receive over $2,000 from _the state in state-collected “‘in-lieu’’ motor vehicle license fees and over $100 from the semi-annual apportionment of off-highway The January apportionment of ‘in-lieu’’ motor vehicle license fees will send $2,152.72 to Nevada’ county while Grass Valley will receive $490.31 of the funds and Nevada City will receive $218.15. The county will receive $103.09 from the semi-annual apportionment of off-highway license fees with Grass Valley receiving $23.48 of the funds and Nevada City $10.46. State controller Hugh Flournoy announced a total distribution of $2,972,986 as the January apportionment of ‘‘inlieu” motor vehicle license fees and a total apportionment of $142,372 from off-highway . license fees. George i You Need ’Em! We Got ’Em! _ Huge Selection of New and Used 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles In a wide price range to suit every pocketbook t: IMEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! ¥ Black robes west esdays, Nevada SPSS City Wed., Jan. 30,1974 From the old:sod to the new PartI_ By PHYLLIS L. SMITH It has been written of Sister Mary Baptist that, despite her vows of humility and selfabnegation, she must have glowed inwardly with deep Sisters instructing growing classes in the schools she had a part in creating in the wild, wild here Mary Baptist, bo m Katherine Russell in Newry, County Down, Ireland in 1829, _ was only 25 when she volunteered to leave the tranquility of her long-established Convent in Ireland and venture into the unknown vastness of early California. She thereafter devoted 44 years of her life to the development of the Golden West. . The vows taken by this devoted Sister and others of her order, The Sisters of Mercy, included that of life-long devotion to the care of the poor, illiterate and the sick. This life commitment was looked upon . as a privilege, not a penance. ~ Mother Francis Bridgeman, Superior of Our Lady Of Mercy Convent in St. Joseph’s, Kinsale, Ireland, had been approached with the suggestion that she create a foundation of her Order in San Francisco. . .but fearing for the-safety of her ‘children’ as she called the Sisters she adamantly refused every time the subject arose. “I’m not sending my. children to the New World to be scalped’’, she said; even to the beseeching letters and emissaries sent by San Francisco’s Archbishop Alemany Father Hugh Gallagher, who went to Ireland to plead the archbishop’s cause personally! Mother Bridgeman might have held fast to her refusal had it not been for a chance meeting with a lace merchant who visited her convent. His enthusiasm for all he had seen and experienced in California finally convinced her that the proposed mission held certain possibilities that should be in_ vestigated and she finally * ; and a bit later to THE CHINESE NEW YEARS CELEBRATION is in progress so children at Hennessy School were educated on this Chinese custom. Student instructor Janet (Yun) Van Meter shows the technique of using chop sticks. agreed to “Jet her children go.’’ . What the merchant failed to include in his exciting tales of the West ‘were a number of pertinent facts of life as it was then being lived by the motley population of California. He assured her that San Francisco was a city of flourishing businesses and fine residences; that law and order prevailed and’ that the New World had much to offer its new citizens from whatever walk of life or cultural area they might come. But, in that telling of tales he either left out or glossed over accounts of the lusty waterfront scenes, the saloon brawls that frequently had fatal results, and that crime and violence were certainly the rule rather than the exception. So Mother Superior, blissfully ignorant of the true state of affairs, called the sisters together and announced that she and their Bishop would be pleased to have volunteers for the new mission. She did, however, tell ihe Sisters that it wouldn’t be an easy task and that they should consider the matter very carefully before accepting the challenge. Twenty-nine Sisters agreed to be considered and were carefully screened. Finally five Sisters determined to have the qualities necessary for the hazardous undertaking were selected. And, on September 18, 1854, the nuns left Ireland. . . with Sister. Mary Baptist Russell as their. Superior. (Continued next week) eS

Perera se ee ee ee dd eee ilselecd-ocae gls-ceglnsd inet orig sig cece anie ' ‘ Lceelip minn patna ene AE cigs et Ai GA ch ee pee gee oes eta ena saree ee awe Gr Grr ea ee r Pe fe te at eee OF TN MR BES ASS (ARAMA R REAR ERE ED EBKE x ae . 4 é % a i aie Je at, FF F ee 2 ee +4 kc SEG +4 cae oe ek ae ; PERIODICALS SECTION ge 5-16-7 GAL. ST. LIBRARY , ’ SACTO. CAL. 95814 NEVADA COUNTY Seri ng the communities of Nevada City, G Vall ed i ma. Sa y, Grass Valley, ste Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, F h Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North Sar eg eG Wanchai Cin Mle Si erat a Hips a esr Gk i ¢ . » Lal 5 2G 5 ', Go , Soggsville, Go ar, Lowe ill, i ill, N i ia Hi i Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, dushony House, Lickifins hls Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sabosopol, Queber: Hi, ae = pet tue bf € Oe BFE Sale €% 95 ‘VOLUME 49° 10 Cents A Copy Published Wedn Motor vehicle license fees are distributed Nevada -county will receive over $2,000 from _the state in state-collected “‘in-lieu’’ motor vehicle license fees and over $100 from the semi-annual apportionment of off-highway The January apportionment of ‘in-lieu’’ motor vehicle license fees will send $2,152.72 to Nevada’ county while Grass Valley will receive $490.31 of the funds and Nevada City will receive $218.15. The county will receive $103.09 from the semi-annual apportionment of off-highway license fees with Grass Valley receiving $23.48 of the funds and Nevada City $10.46. State controller Hugh Flournoy announced a total distribution of $2,972,986 as the January apportionment of ‘‘inlieu” motor vehicle license fees and a total apportionment of $142,372 from off-highway . license fees. George i You Need ’Em! We Got ’Em! _ Huge Selection of New and Used 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles In a wide price range to suit every pocketbook t: IMEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! ¥ Black robes west esdays, Nevada SPSS City Wed., Jan. 30,1974 From the old:sod to the new PartI_ By PHYLLIS L. SMITH It has been written of Sister Mary Baptist that, despite her vows of humility and selfabnegation, she must have glowed inwardly with deep Sisters instructing growing classes in the schools she had a part in creating in the wild, wild here Mary Baptist, bo m Katherine Russell in Newry, County Down, Ireland in 1829, _ was only 25 when she volunteered to leave the tranquility of her long-established Convent in Ireland and venture into the unknown vastness of early California. She thereafter devoted 44 years of her life to the development of the Golden

West. . The vows taken by this devoted Sister and others of her order, The Sisters of Mercy, included that of life-long devotion to the care of the poor, illiterate and the sick. This life commitment was looked upon . as a privilege, not a penance. ~ Mother Francis Bridgeman, Superior of Our Lady Of Mercy Convent in St. Joseph’s, Kinsale, Ireland, had been approached with the suggestion that she create a foundation of her Order in San Francisco. . .but fearing for the-safety of her ‘children’ as she called the Sisters she adamantly refused every time the subject arose. “I’m not sending my. children to the New World to be scalped’’, she said; even to the beseeching letters and emissaries sent by San Francisco’s Archbishop Alemany Father Hugh Gallagher, who went to Ireland to plead the archbishop’s cause personally! Mother Bridgeman might have held fast to her refusal had it not been for a chance meeting with a lace merchant who visited her convent. His enthusiasm for all he had seen and experienced in California finally convinced her that the proposed mission held certain possibilities that should be in_ vestigated and she finally * ; and a bit later to THE CHINESE NEW YEARS CELEBRATION is in progress so children at Hennessy School were educated on this Chinese custom. Student instructor Janet (Yun) Van Meter shows the technique of using chop sticks. agreed to “Jet her children go.’’ . What the merchant failed to include in his exciting tales of the West ‘were a number of pertinent facts of life as it was then being lived by the motley population of California. He assured her that San Francisco was a city of flourishing businesses and fine residences; that law and order prevailed and’ that the New World had much to offer its new citizens from whatever walk of life or cultural area they might come. But, in that telling of tales he either left out or glossed over accounts of the lusty waterfront scenes, the saloon brawls that frequently had fatal results, and that crime and violence were certainly the rule rather than the exception. So Mother Superior, blissfully ignorant of the true state of affairs, called the sisters together and announced that she and their Bishop would be pleased to have volunteers for the new mission. She did, however, tell ihe Sisters that it wouldn’t be an easy task and that they should consider the matter very carefully before accepting the challenge. Twenty-nine Sisters agreed to be considered and were carefully screened. Finally five Sisters determined to have the qualities necessary for the hazardous undertaking were selected. And, on September 18, 1854, the nuns left Ireland. . . with Sister. Mary Baptist Russell as their. Superior. (Continued next week) eS