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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

July 19, 1961 (12 pages)

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Rainbow Girls Honor Beverly Lambert “The Yellow Rose of Texas" was the theme as Nevada City Assembly #74 Order of Rainbow for Girls held a formal reception honoring Beverly Lambert, Grand Representative to the State of Texas, the evening of July 8. Seventeen California Grand Officers from assemblies in Sacramento, the Bay Area, and as far as Salinas were in attendance. There were also two past Grand OfBEVERLY LAMBERT ficers,a Grand Deputy, three Worthy Advisors, and three Mother Advisors from other assemblies. Inall there were about seventy guests from out of town. Sue McMasters, .Worthy Advisor of Nevada City, and Mrs, Myrtle Weiss, Mother Advisor, presided. Mrs, Jane Sommers was hostess for the evening. JoAnne Jenkins and Sue Radley served ‘as Marshalls, Nancy McMasters as Chaplain, Kathy Sher man asRecorder, and Claire Hansen as Musician. Mrs. Amold Jackson was in charge of the guest book, Terry Jackson and Marcia Harper passed out programs. Beverly is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lambert of 537 Coyote Street. Camptonville News By IRENE STOOPS Congratulations to :The Fred Mackinsons on the birth of a son, Lonnie Earl, on July 1st. ; to the Russel Grahams on the birth of a daughter, Melanie Lee, on July 8rd. and to the Robert Lanyons on the birth of a daughter, Catrina Marie, on the 4th. of July. On June 29th. a group of the Camptonville Forest Service ladies met with the ladies of other districts in the Tahoe Forest, for a luncheon at the Gold Center Club. Sontuntes:, = Connie Pfiffer returned to her home on the 2nd. after having spent three weeks visiting her daughter Cynthia in Hayward. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wakeman spent the 4th. of July holidays in Oregon visiting family and friends. We are sorry to hear that Edward Peden is in the hospital, in traction, as a result of a back injury received onthe job at Celestial Valley Mill. Camptonville Women's Club held its regular meeting on thursday night July 6th. at the home of Ruth Van Order” The Mystery Package brought by Tivie Brown went to PatKing. Delicious refreshments of home-made ice cream, cookies and punch were served by the hostess. The next meeting will be held on August 3rd. at the honfé-ef Erma Cassano, Mateel La Hue who is attending summer session at San Jose State came home for a visit the week end of July 7th. Miss Joan Skoverski of Auburn spent the July 4th. holiday here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Skoverski. Our guest over the 4th. were:Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fischer and three children of Orangevale andMr. and Mrs, Johnny Jaynes and three children of Grass Valley. Viola Milner's sister, Mrs. De Oliviera of Richmond, drove up onthe 2nd. and the two ladies went to a family reunion at the home of their mother, Mrs. Lydia Betz, in Phoenix, Oregon. On the trip they also visited Crater » Lake, returning here on July 6th. Mr, and Mrs. King Stevens left July 10th. for Spokane, Washington to see Dorene’s uncle whorecently had a heart attack. They plan on being gone for two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Colin King and daughter, Illana, left for Berkeley on the 11th where they took a plane for Mexico to visit Pat's parents who are spending some time in that country. When the Kingsreturn they will move to Galt where Colin has secureda teaching position in the High School, Dolls. Draw Tourists Mrs. Lenore Coughlin. of 420 Main Street, Nevada City, whose collection of dolls numbers well over five hundred, has been hostess to ,Many visiting groups in the last several months. On February 15th, Mrs. Coughlin gave an interesting talk and displayed about 50 of her dolls to a gathering of Women's Civic Improvement ladies at the home of Mrs. Nettie Gildersleeve, ; On May 21st over72 members of the Sacramento Historical Society stopped on their walking tour of Nevada City. On May 25th 84 members of the Senior Citizens group of Reno, Sparks, Colfax and Auburn who were guests of our local Senior Citizens group stopped by to see the dolls on their tour of the town. On May 28th about 25 members of the Newcomers Club of Grass Valley and Nevada City made a special trip to her home to see and hear about her collection, Mrs. Coughlin's doll collection has become one of the attractions on the various tours being held each year in Nevada City. Grass Valley JayCees Request Money For “Maid” Contest NEVADA CITY..The Nevada City Council last week put off a request for $150 from the Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce to help them finance their Maid of Nevada County contest. The council indicated they will ask the junior chamber to place the request before the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce for consideration prior to reconsideration by the council, Mrs, Jeremiah Platz left Grass Valley June 25 to join her husband in Fall River Colorado where he has been since the first of June. Mr, and Mrs, Platz, formerly of Camptonville, have livedin Grass Valley for three years, and have bought and remodeled two homes since coming here, But the continuing illness of Mr. Platz, that caused him to spend a large part of that time in the Nevada County Hospital, brought about their decision to move toFallRiver, where she will be near her aged mother, a patient in a Colorado rest home, They are missed by their many friends of Grass Valley and the surrounding areas, Reunions and family gatherings have kept a number of people coming and going, to and from Grass Valley this month ofJuly. Hereto visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Owens of 338 North School St.; his brother Jim; and to join the family in their annual campout at Donnieville Lake, were Mr. ~ and Mrs, Ray Owens and children of Mammoth, Arizona. Ray is acquainted in Grass Valley, and enjoyed visiting with old friends while here. Also taking part in the outing was Wes Owens, Ray's uncle from Bakersfield; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kinsey of La Barr Meadows, and anumber of other relatives and friends of the Owens family. A high-school reunion drew Alfred and Ferne Rix to Hollister, Idaho for a week beginning July first. A total of three hundred ‘used to be' students of the school, met to enjoy a dinner and dance on Saturday night, and a gigantic chicken fry (picnic) the following day, Mrs. Rix is a graduate of the school that closed in 1948, and whose largest graduating class boasted seventeen pupils. Immediately upon their arrival home July eight Mr, and Mrs. Hollister left for San Francisco to attend the ice follies in that city. Local classmates played host and hostess on July eight to ‘out of towners’ who were here to celebrate the thirtieth graduating anniversary of the class of ‘31, The group met early in the evening for a cocktail hour in the lovely garden of Mr. and Mrs. John Hodge. Later they gathered at the Gold Nugget Inn for the anniversary dinner. Norman Foote presided as Master of ceremonies for the occasion. Letters or telegrams were received from nearly all of the members who were unable to attend. Among these was a lettergram from Rev, Carl Tamblyn who has recently left his San Francisco parish to be the Rector of achurchin Seattle, Washington, Camellia City Doll Club Members of the Camellia City Doll Club have been very busy in the last few months. On April 28th and 29th, five members, Mrs, Gladys Crossand Mrs. Lydia Holub of Grass Valley; Mrs. Lenore Coughlin of Nevada City and Mrs. Patty Marchal and Mrs. Dorothy Herendeen of Sacramento made a trip to Laguna Beach for the Regional meeting which was held there. The hostess group had arranged for very interesting programs throughout and also furnished each member with favors of sea EXPERIENCED COUNSEL IN YOUR TIME OF NEED q ~ We offer you friendly, sympathetic help with ; attention to the details that mean so much. We strive to give everyone the finest. .no matter how much or how little they spend. CALL US DAY OR NIGHT WE ARE READY TO SERVE YOU /BERGEMANN FUNERAL CHAPEL J. Paul Bergemann ( Formerly Holmes Funeral Home ) _ 246 Sacramento St., Nevada City Dial 265-2421 24-Hour Ambulance Service Boasts Of Activity shell dolls and paper dolls. On May 4th a regular meeting of the club was held with reports to the members of the Regional convention being given. At this meeting our new Doll Book library was established with the club purchasing six books and Mrs. Gladys Cross of Grass Valley donating the Mode in Costume and Mrs, Gladys Martin of Sacramento donating still more about dolls, This library will furnish the members with books that they-do not have in their own collections. D raise funds for the Club members had donated a doll gift and these were put in large paper bags with each member purchasing a surprise bag. Buying a pig in a poke is great fun, Tiny May baskets full of flowers made by Edith Hancock of Grass Valley were favors for the day. Patty Marchal of Carmichael and Lillian Wetsel of Orangevale were Hostesses, On June 1, aregular meeting was held with Lenore Coughlin of Nevada City acting as President.
It was decided at this meeting to send the Doll Scrap Book compiled by Gladys Cross of Grass Valley and Marguerite Ostrander of Al Tahoe to the National Convention being held in Maimi, Florida in August. This book contains all clippings and information on dolls per taining to the Doll Club as well as pictures available. Mr. and Mrs, Ostrander of Al Tahoe donated a lovely book case to house the library books, Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs, Gladys Cross and-Mrs, Esther Stocks of Grass Valley. Their door prize was won by Zaida Hermocillo of Orangevale. At this meeting it was decidedtohave a vacation for July and August to reconvene in September. ’ Hood River, By Lillian Worl Phone 273-2691 Elizabeth Kramm who is situated in the ‘Children's Welfare, Research Dept, in Washington D.C., sent greetings from there. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. and is currently engaged in writing a book that will be published by the government, Viola Bahler and Mr, and Mrs, Carl Adams of Los Angeles, visited here during the "Bonanza'days, and were guests in the homes of Muriel Prisk and Mr. and Mrs, Earl Adams. Besides taking in the local celebration, the group went to Marysville, Lake Tahoe and other points of interest in this part of California, before returning to Los Angeles, July 10, Irene Pope, and son Andrew, have gone back to Humelsire,Kentucky after spending a week with Mrs. Virgil McDonald and her sister Anne Mae Baldwin, both of 242'South Church St. Marvin (Slim) Crabb is back to his position as Assistant Manager of the Grass Valley Purity Store after spending someten days with his family, camping and fishing along the “Little Truckee'! The family broke into their outing to return to Grass Valley for the parade July 4th, , thenresumeditto finish out the ten days before coming home July 12. Mrs, Mar Wooley is back from Oregon, where she had gone by plane to spend the week beginning July 5, with her brother and his wife of Mrs. Wooley’s brother has been critically ill for many months, and she reports that he is to undergo surgery again in the near future. ‘Mr, and Mrs, Ray Ganoung have moved to Grass Valley from Marysville and are making their home at 505 Ivy St., where they have purchased the former Carlton resident. Ray is employed as a salesman for Central Motors at 580 on the Nevada City Highway. The Teen age dep't of the Grass Valley public library began vacation hours Monday July 17. It is open between 10 A.M. and 5 P.M. All children from kindergarten to high-school age are welcome to this dep't that has always been a popular gathering place for the youngsters of our community. Something ‘new', and of note in Grass Valley, is the "Teen Club” with "Headquarters" at 130 W. Main St. This club came into being a few months back, under the supervision of Ruth Grant Enderson, and the splendid cooperation of local business people. Interesthas lagged somewhat during the summer months due to the fact that many young people are away on vacations, but the group expects to get into full swing again and invites the participation of all youth between the ages of twelve andtwenty-one, The young folks presently seek the interest of parents and other responsible adults, plus a building suitable for their activities, in order that they may putinto operation their motto, "Busy minds, and busy hands, make better citizens of better lands, " ~ The regular meeting of the City Council‘was held on July 11, at'7:30 P.M, This was the first meeting of the Council since Mayor Jack Hodgehastaken office. Present were councilmen Hodge, Thorsen, Heather, Brust and Prisk. Anumber of matters of business were settled at this time; prominent among Grass Valley Notes them being the re-appoint~ment of Edith Chamlers as a member of the Library board asherterm had expired June 30; the next scheduled conclave will be July 25. Swimming classes are being conducted presently at the Memorial Park pool in Grass Valley. Theseclasses are held by the local chap.ter of the American Red “Cross, Classes for children are in the morning hours, with those for adults taking place in the evening. Among the "New business’ that has sprung upin our city in the past few months is "Eva's Hand Laundry” locatat 124 South Church St. Mrs, Hahm reports that since its opening June 9 there has never been a Slack day, This small operation seems to be meeting a need in Grass Valley. And of recent vintage is the "Nevada Club Barbecue at 109 W. Main under the f management of Art and Dee Barnes, hesoldin 1945, He has returned after an absence of sixteen years, coming here from Bellflower, California . where he and his wife were also engaged in cafe busiF ness, Mr. Barnes is an j “Oldtimer’ who at onetime . was proprieter of the Hol& brook hotel and bar, which Jean Jaley's GRAND TOUR An exclusive postcard report from Nevada City's Mrs. C.S. Haley, who is touring Western Europe this summer, London, England, 7-6-61 Dear Friends, How to tell you about London on a postcard? Isimpossible to see it in one week. A magnificent city, so huge one can ride on a bus all day & never reach its end. Best way is on foot which we did until Tish could walk no more-down the strand, up Fleet St., newspaper headquarters, down Bond and Regent, fashionable shopping center, around Piccadilly. rr Leis Peeeereritet O80re owe re rere 8s “ae. te, : : The NV u a9 e t : Nev ad GS ry & 2 \\ \ or ry ia ‘Show Boat’ Show Boat opens at Music Circus on Monday, July 24th, For most Valley theatergoers that simple, declarative sentence is sufficient inducement to plan at least one evening next week in the tent in Sacramento, For those who may be undecided or doubtful, the following details: Starring in Show Boat will be Bill Shirley as Gaylord Ravenal, the riverboat gambler. Thisis a new role for him, in sharp contrast to the Prince Charming he's playing inthe current production and the countless other roles he has played. Such casting is an earmark of Shirley's . worth and versatility asa singing ~actor, In the lead opposite him, the role of Magnolia, the young, spirited daughter of the showboat captain, will beGloria Hamilton. Anewcomer to Music Circus she is no novice in the theater having appeared on Broadway---in Oklahoma: Lend an Ear, Countin' Time--and in’ stock in St. Louis, Dallas and Pittsburg---in Opens At Music Circus Brigadoon, Carousel, Oh? Captain, Guys and Dolls. She'd been seen on television---three times with Ed Sullivan---and has done the rounds of both nightclubs and supperclubs, too, As Shirley and Miss Hamilton work their way through the bittersweet love story of Gaylord and Magnolia, they sing some of the most famousJerome Kern music ever written: MakeBelieve, You Are Love, Why DoI Love You? In the principal roles in the show's subplots are Andrew Frierson and Ruth Olay. Frierson will play Joe, the dockworker, and to his lot falls the classic Ol' Man River. It'sa part and a song he's not unfamiliar with having done Show Boat five times already, most recentlyin April of this year at the New York City Center, where heisa leading operatic bass with the company. Thisis his Music Circus debut. : Miss Olay will be Julie, the tragic mulatto, to sing Can't Help Lovin" Dat Man and Bill, sic Circus, also for the first time, on the rising crest of a career as ome of the country'strue jazz singers. Appearances at several famous clubs across the country, plus two albums of records by Mercury, have made her a favorite among jazz buffs. Inthe large cast for Show Boat are these other outstanding players, some new to Music Cirous, others seasoned performers there: Bertha Powell as Queenié, Clessia Wade as the Snake Dancer, Paul Jayson as Frank Emmaline Henry as Ellie, and Donald Burr as Capt'n Andy, acting and directing again ashe has done so successfully before this season. For the benefit of anyone who may not know, Show Boat. was based on a novel byEdnaFerber. Oscar Hane merstein 11 wrote the book andthe lyrics. And the music is, of course, Jerome Kern's, It first opened almost 34 years ago and shows nosign of ever vanishing from the American stage. > . 1 AMA : ! ! L . COOKING PINEAPPLE SNOW . . 1 pkg. lemon jello : Dissolved in 1 3/4 cup hot pineapple juice. ! When nearly set, fold in two stiffly beaten egg whites. Refrigerate until served. i: . ( ! 1 ' ' Favorite recipes from the files of Nevada-County's first ladies et ee a te ee ee tt ee cm eee sents Senn ten amine te be oMrs .: Bea Nickerl Delicious served with either cookies or cake. She comesto Mu-. DRA aR a meee Sa