July 24, 1974 (8 pages)

~ 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., July 24,1974 [Notes Off The Cuff]. _ Smith By PL One partic received this month is deserving ular piece of mail truly ition lists ane Is. add because it made us feel like we. were celebrating ‘‘Christmas in July,”” but because it goes to show that the Nugget has some Her letter reads, sin part: ‘I am renewing my subscription to the Nugget and wish to subscribe for some of my friends. I am a native daughter of California, born in Colton on February 14, 1892. My mother4.-H News in-law, Florence May Beekman Installation of Peardale Pines 4-H Clubofficers and achievement night was held. recently at a potluck dinner meeting. Debbie Burtner was installed as president and her corps of officers are Rhonda Stofle, vice president; Jo-Ellen Bell, _secretary; Bill Bell, treasurer; Cheryl Butler, reporter; James Bell, sergeant-at-arms, and Diana Smith and Mike Gray are new recreation leaders. Year pins were given to each member for their achievements during the past year. Receiving first year pins were Kathy Emmons, Diane Gray, Mike Gray and Debbie Prisk; second year pins: William and NevoraBell; third year-pins: Jo Bell, Brad Anderson and Debbie Burtner; fourth year: James Bell; fifth year: Cheryl Butler, Diana Smith, and Rhonda Stofle; and Julie’ Anderson was awarded her six year pin. Anyone interested in ‘joining Peardale Pines may call Marilyn Prisk, 273-6990 or Blanche Burtner, 273-3130. Meetings are held at the Union Hill School at 7:30 p.m._on the third Thursday of each month. . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. . Second class péstage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. _ Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Years. $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Stockton was also a_ native, having been born at the Mountain House on top of Goodyear Grade“ ~ near Downieville, May 1, 1858. One of these subscriptions will be going to the home of my greatgranddaughter; Rebecca Fox of Sacramento.” The others in her request are residents of such interesting and widely scattered places as Thermal, California; Peoria and West'Sedona, Arizona; and Mrs. Ethel Stockton’s home town, Fullerton. Her check for a year’s subscription for herself and the nine friends and relatives was enclosed.for which we extend our hearty thanks. Three years ago this month marked my arrival on this editorial scene and I’ve loved each and every minute of it, really. Well, maybe there were times when.but why go into all that jazz on a beautiful day like this! I’ll betcha I’ve met more nice people over the front counter at 301 Broad Street: than you ever imagined existed hereabouts. We really do have a lot of the ‘“‘cream’’ of the citizen crop in these parts; and, a great percentage of them stop off at "our office on one bit of business or another every week, year in and -year out. And, happily, “seldom is heard a discouraging word,’’ Who’d ever want to live anywhere else, for -heaven’s sake?! Prison riots are terrible things and the one at Folsom Prison way back in 1927 was one of the worst in California in a long timeé.:13 persons were killed and a large number injured in various painful ways. The ‘hero’ ofthat bloody affair was a young Lieutenant named William J. Ryan.who eyer so calmly walked into the prison and disarmed an inmate named Tony Brown and put a stop to the whole horrible mess. Ryan rose thru the ranks of command at Folsom to the post of assistant warden in 1944 and . held the position until his retirement in 1954. He. also figured prominently in putting down another riot in 1937 and received considerable publicity then, as he had.in 1927. William J. Ryan died on July 4th at the age of 89.but just two days short of his 90th birthday. The venerable: gentleman had long been very active in church and commiunity*affairs-and held a number of ~ fraternal associations and. affiliations over the years. He will be sorely missed by a wide circle of friends in the Folsom com-’ munity and beyond. : Rough a Mr. and Mrs. John (Grace) Jansen of Prospector Road in Rough and Ready did their bit for the Newcomers. of Nevada county last ‘Saturday night. The. club’s annual picnic, to which the ladies invite their husbands and families, was held at. Memorial Park. The company was good. About 70 people, mostly . retired, from the Bay Area and Smogville (Los Angeles) originally attended. The food was plentiful and delicious. The entertainment, as supplied by John and his accordion, was happy. It got to swinging so good at one time that people were trying to dance on the grass. There were seven of the Newcomers music group present and with the help of John and Leonard McQueen they led the picnickers in community singing to close a very pleasant evening. The Jansens live back in the Rough and Ready hinterland where wild life is quite common. Each evening about 11 p.m. they have a nocturnal visitor. Grace has named him Charlie. Charlie is an opossum and Grace says he is a real clown. If you recognized the name Grace Jansen it’s because you’ve seen it on those beautiful oil paintings of flowers. Grace is quite talented and has won no small measure of fame here and in the Bay Area. Company has been my constant companion these past few weeks and I love it. I am not a social butterfly. I just love people. Since the fourth of July my brother and his wife visited; my sister and her husband came two weeks ago; and a cousin, Clarence Copelan and his wife, Marty, stopped by for a quickie visit on their vacation trip to Canada. He has just retired and this was their first .celebration. Clarence finished his long career among the young people . Of our state as a juvenile judge in Riverside ~ county. They are still a little afraid of retirement but after seeing what a happy life I have, without a salary, they have decided it : can’t be too bad. ‘ In spite of my brother’s recent and remarkable heart surgery his trip up here did him no harm. In fact it left him with more ’. courage to try other difficult things. I’m‘sure the doctor knew this when he allowed him to make the trip. Until we can get the world to slow down a bit we better all know all there is to find out about our hearts. The remarkable thing about my sister’s visit was the three grandsons they brought with them, my grandnephews Michael, five, Robert, seven, and Steven, eight-years old: For Granny ~ and I it was fun but a most trying affair. They do sleep nights but it takes you half of their sleeping time to unwind enough to get to sleep yourself. So you start the next day way behind them. They actually were really good boys. Theirparents, who are very young themselves, don’t believe in worrying about bruising their little egos, They do frequently bruise their little Believe it or not those boys had table manners and many other niceties of behavior much admired by my generation. They are of course young healthy and boys, and what one couldn’t think of the other two usually managed. I carefully explained to them that the. red gate valve at the corner of the house was only . used in emergencies like if the pressure pump failed and we had toresort to gravity flow water. That was my big mistake. What three young eager minds could resist that challenge. They must have been disappointed when nothing spectacular happened. I finally realized a couple of days later that the pump wasn’t working. The youngest boy has a lively questioning mind. One-day he wanted_to know why the ground around the house was flat and went up so much back of the barn. I fell into the trap as -“‘Well, Michael, that is what is known as a ~ hill.”” With hardly a moments hesitation the question came back ‘‘Aunt Fay what is a hill?” Young Robert always had to understand every little detail. Most of them were way nd Ready News . By Far Dunbar beyond me to explain to him. _ Steven is the organizer. I could out think him — at every turn. That is if I could stay awake long enough. It was fun. They are city boys and we were afraid to let them in the pasture where the cows are, but how they loved the little lambs. After the lambs got over being afraid of jumping and shouting they just seemed to understand and love them back. Once I saw ‘Little Sister’ jump and kick up her heels when Robert went shouting about. I bet in a week all five of them would have been playing games together. The boys took turns with ‘Little Brother’s ’ bottle feeding. I repeat I am no social butterfly. On Friday instead of having the proper Fizz Breakfast I served a Mai Tai Brunch. With everyone’s help and advice I am trying to learn to make Mai Tais like the one I had at the Orchid Isle Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii. We are making progress but it’s going to take a lot more tasting. You may sample the results on Aug. 4. The Democrats are having a Luau open to the public at Pioneer Park. The ladies came here to make leis for the event. Mrs. Frank (Margery) Freestone of Rough and Ready Road has just returned from a six week visit with her family. Margery’s family, except her husband and son, all live in England. Scarborough which is in the northeastern part of England is wonderful according to Margery. Except for the perfectly awful crunch of inflation her visit was perfect. She says she could not have afforded it if she had not been staying with family. Their home is near Scarborough Castle. I wish you could hear Margery say castle. It sounds like Kasle with a verrrry broad’ a. It makes it sound interesting and elegant. She loved the quaint villages and pubs. Still just the same as she remembered them from some 15 years ago when Frank was stationed there for 4 years. , Mrs. Freestone was seeing her brother’s children for the first time though they are 9 and 11 years old. She dispaired at the influx of ‘colonists’ into her own England but otherwise was completely enchanted. She particularly enjoyed the beauty of the coves near her home and the brisk clean air. I pth looking forward to seeing the pictures of her ip. Many Grangers, especially Banner Grange members, will. remember Jerry Couey. She called-the other day to tell me that she has a couple of artifacts to add to the ~Historical Society Farming Museum planned for the county park in Penn Valley. The Coueys have only recently. returned to our area after an absence of several years. Jerry had developed acute retinal hemorraging as you will remember. It has not improved. She finds getting located in her new home difficult. She says no one can help because unless she puts thing away herself she won’t be able to find them again. She did sound a bit like friends should telephone. Rough and Ready Grange will be hosting the Placer Nevada Grange Pomona in September. They are encouraging anyone who has not taken the 5th Degree Work to do so at this meeting. __ The State and National Grange Conventions will be held in Sacramento later this fall. For those with the 5th Degree Work this will provide an ideal opportunity to take the State 6th and the National 7th Degree Work. t Rough and Ready Grange is, always wonderful with their support for our District Fair. ‘Thanks to Jack Bixler, Fair Director. and Grange member. ; Now is the time. Mrs. Marguerite (Abbott) Clary is chairman for the feature booth and Mrs. Ola Lee Hale is in charge of the garden display booth. Look forward to two interesting exhibits come Aug. 22. : ee. ot am OS ah tte oe fH Ge CO ee ae COU ll ee Be ee == -] Pp

~ 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., July 24,1974 [Notes Off The Cuff]. _ Smith By PL One partic received this month is deserving ular piece of mail truly ition lists ane Is. add because it made us feel like we. were celebrating ‘‘Christmas in July,”” but because it goes to show that the Nugget has some Her letter reads, sin part: ‘I am renewing my subscription to the Nugget and wish to subscribe for some of my friends. I am a native daughter of California, born in Colton on February 14, 1892. My mother4.-H News in-law, Florence May Beekman Installation of Peardale Pines 4-H Clubofficers and achievement night was held. recently at a potluck dinner meeting. Debbie Burtner was installed as president and her corps of officers are Rhonda Stofle, vice president; Jo-Ellen Bell, _secretary; Bill Bell, treasurer; Cheryl Butler, reporter; James Bell, sergeant-at-arms, and Diana Smith and Mike Gray are new recreation leaders. Year pins were given to each member for their achievements during the past year. Receiving first year pins were Kathy Emmons, Diane Gray, Mike Gray and Debbie Prisk; second year pins: William and NevoraBell; third year-pins: Jo Bell, Brad Anderson and Debbie Burtner; fourth year: James Bell; fifth year: Cheryl Butler, Diana Smith, and Rhonda Stofle; and Julie’ Anderson was awarded her six year pin. Anyone interested in ‘joining Peardale Pines may call Marilyn Prisk, 273-6990 or Blanche Burtner, 273-3130. Meetings are held at the Union Hill School at 7:30 p.m._on the third Thursday of each month. . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. . Second class péstage paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. _ Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Years.. $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Stockton was also a_ native, having been born at the Mountain House on top of Goodyear Grade“ ~ near Downieville, May 1, 1858. One of these subscriptions will be going to the home of my greatgranddaughter; Rebecca Fox of Sacramento.” The others in her request are residents of such interesting and widely scattered places as Thermal, California; Peoria and West'Sedona, Arizona; and Mrs. Ethel Stockton’s home town, Fullerton. Her check for a year’s subscription for herself and the nine friends and relatives was enclosed..for which we extend our hearty thanks. Three years ago this month marked my arrival on this editorial scene and I’ve loved each and every minute of it, really. Well, maybe there were times when..but why go into all that jazz on a beautiful day like this! I’ll betcha I’ve met more nice people over the front counter at 301 Broad Street: than you ever imagined existed hereabouts. We really do have a lot of the ‘“‘cream’’ of the citizen crop in these parts; and, a great percentage of them stop off at "our office on one bit of business or another every week, year in and -year out. And, happily, “seldom is heard a discouraging word,’’ Who’d ever want to live anywhere else, for -heaven’s sake?! Prison riots are terrible things and the one at Folsom Prison way back in 1927 was one of the worst in California in a long timeé.:13 persons were killed and a large number injured in various painful ways. The ‘hero’ ofthat bloody affair was a young Lieutenant named William J. Ryan..who eyer so calmly walked into the prison and disarmed an inmate named Tony Brown and put a stop to the whole horrible mess. Ryan rose thru the ranks of command at Folsom to the post of assistant warden in 1944 and . held the position until his retirement in 1954. He. also figured prominently in putting down another riot in 1937 and received considerable publicity then, as he had.in 1927. William J. Ryan died on July 4th at the age of 89..but just two days short of his 90th birthday. The venerable: gentleman had long been very active in church and commiunity*affairs-and held a number of ~ fraternal associations and. affiliations over the years. He will be sorely missed by a wide circle of friends in the Folsom com-’ munity and beyond. : Rough a Mr. and Mrs. John (Grace) Jansen of Prospector Road in Rough and Ready did their bit for the Newcomers. of Nevada county last ‘Saturday night. The. club’s annual picnic, to which the ladies invite their husbands and families, was held at. Memorial Park. The company was good. About 70 people, mostly . retired, from the Bay Area and Smogville (Los Angeles) originally attended. The food was plentiful and delicious. The entertainment, as supplied by John and his accordion, was happy. It got to swinging so good at one time that people

were trying to dance on the grass. There were seven of the Newcomers music group present and with the help of John and Leonard McQueen they led the picnickers in community singing to close a very pleasant evening. The Jansens live back in the Rough and Ready hinterland where wild life is quite common. Each evening about 11 p.m. they have a nocturnal visitor. Grace has named him Charlie. Charlie is an opossum and Grace says he is a real clown. If you recognized the name Grace Jansen it’s because you’ve seen it on those beautiful oil paintings of flowers. Grace is quite talented and has won no small measure of fame here and in the Bay Area. Company has been my constant companion these past few weeks and I love it. I am not a social butterfly. I just love people. Since the fourth of July my brother and his wife visited; my sister and her husband came two weeks ago; and a cousin, Clarence Copelan and his wife, Marty, stopped by for a quickie visit on their vacation trip to Canada. He has just retired and this was their first .celebration. Clarence finished his long career among the young people . Of our state as a juvenile judge in Riverside ~ county. They are still a little afraid of retirement but after seeing what a happy life I have, without a salary, they have decided it : can’t be too bad. ‘ In spite of my brother’s recent and remarkable heart surgery his trip up here did him no harm. In fact it left him with more ’. courage to try other difficult things. I’m‘sure the doctor knew this when he allowed him to make the trip. Until we can get the world to slow down a bit we better all know all there is to find out about our hearts. The remarkable thing about my sister’s visit was the three grandsons they brought with them, my grandnephews Michael, five, Robert, seven, and Steven, eight-years old: For Granny ~ and I it was fun but a most trying affair. They do sleep nights but it takes you half of their sleeping time to unwind enough to get to sleep yourself. So you start the next day way behind them. They actually were really good boys. Theirparents, who are very young themselves, don’t believe in worrying about bruising their little egos, They do frequently bruise their little Believe it or not those boys had table manners and many other niceties of behavior much admired by my generation. They are of course young healthy and boys, and what one couldn’t think of the other two usually managed. I carefully explained to them that the. red gate valve at the corner of the house was only . used in emergencies like if the pressure pump failed and we had toresort to gravity flow water. That was my big mistake. What three young eager minds could resist that challenge. They must have been disappointed when nothing spectacular happened. I finally realized a couple of days later that the pump wasn’t working. The youngest boy has a lively questioning mind. One-day he wanted_to know why the ground around the house was flat and went up so much back of the barn. I fell into the trap as -“‘Well, Michael, that is what is known as a ~ hill.”” With hardly a moments hesitation the question came back ‘‘Aunt Fay what is a hill?” Young Robert always had to understand every little detail. Most of them were way nd Ready News . By Far Dunbar beyond me to explain to him. _ Steven is the organizer. I could out think him — at every turn. That is if I could stay awake long enough. It was fun. They are city boys and we were afraid to let them in the pasture where the cows are, but how they loved the little lambs. After the lambs got over being afraid of jumping and shouting they just seemed to understand and love them back. Once I saw ‘Little Sister’ jump and kick up her heels when Robert went shouting about. I bet in a week all five of them would have been playing games together. The boys took turns with ‘Little Brother’s ’ bottle feeding. I repeat I am no social butterfly. On Friday instead of having the proper Fizz Breakfast I served a Mai Tai Brunch. With everyone’s help and advice I am trying to learn to make Mai Tais like the one I had at the Orchid Isle Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii. We are making progress but it’s going to take a lot more tasting. You may sample the results on Aug. 4. The Democrats are having a Luau open to the public at Pioneer Park. The ladies came here to make leis for the event. Mrs. Frank (Margery) Freestone of Rough and Ready Road has just returned from a six week visit with her family. Margery’s family, except her husband and son, all live in England. Scarborough which is in the northeastern part of England is wonderful according to Margery. Except for the perfectly awful crunch of inflation her visit was perfect. She says she could not have afforded it if she had not been staying with family. Their home is near Scarborough Castle. I wish you could hear Margery say castle. It sounds like Kasle with a verrrry broad’ a. It makes it sound interesting and elegant. She loved the quaint villages and pubs. Still just the same as she remembered them from some 15 years ago when Frank was stationed there for 4 years. , Mrs. Freestone was seeing her brother’s children for the first time though they are 9 and 11 years old. She dispaired at the influx of ‘colonists’ into her own England but otherwise was completely enchanted. She particularly enjoyed the beauty of the coves near her home and the brisk clean air. I pth looking forward to seeing the pictures of her ip. Many Grangers, especially Banner Grange members, will. remember Jerry Couey. She called-the other day to tell me that she has a couple of artifacts to add to the ~Historical Society Farming Museum planned for the county park in Penn Valley. The Coueys have only recently. returned to our area after an absence of several years. Jerry had developed acute retinal hemorraging as you will remember. It has not improved. She finds getting located in her new home difficult. She says no one can help because unless she puts thing away herself she won’t be able to find them again. She did sound a bit like friends should telephone. Rough and Ready Grange will be hosting the Placer Nevada Grange Pomona in September. They are encouraging anyone who has not taken the 5th Degree Work to do so at this meeting. __ The State and National Grange Conventions will be held in Sacramento later this fall. For those with the 5th Degree Work this will provide an ideal opportunity to take the State 6th and the National 7th Degree Work. t Rough and Ready Grange is, always wonderful with their support for our District Fair. ‘Thanks to Jack Bixler, Fair Director. and Grange member. ; Now is the time. Mrs. Marguerite (Abbott) Clary is chairman for the feature booth and Mrs. Ola Lee Hale is in charge of the garden display booth. Look forward to two interesting exhibits come Aug. 22. : ee. ot am OS ah tte oe fH Ge CO ee ae COU ll ee Be ee == -] Pp