July 4, 1973 (12 pages)

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., July 4, 1973y “Notes off By P. L. why some people have to stir up a fuss. over snakes, lizards and the like, live and let live I always say and have always thought it would/be fun and sort of friendly to have a pet alligator or.a cuddly cobra around the house. It would certainly liven up conversations, to say the least! Will I ever forget the time I took a dignified lady friend down to the famous San Diego Zoo to see the sights, hear the sounds and make the acquaintance of its denizens, they have an an absolutely marvelous collection, something for everybody. When we got around to the snake pits, I stood entranced watching that sliding, slithering ballet and didn’t want to leave. Turned to say something to my friend and shite for the life of me see after. hours for something, opened the door and almost stepped on a fat, sassy, six or seven-inch long lizard, who almost turned cartwheels on the waxed floor in its panic to escape me. I tried every means I could devise to coax the little crittet from behind the office safe but it wasn’t the least bit socially inclined, and no doubt is somewhere in the building yet for all I know. — This isto assure Senor Lizard that my intentions are strictly honorable. There’s a large yard where I live; a veritable lizard paradise I'll. wager. So, if it decides that I pose no mortal danger to its life and several limbs, maybe I can get it to go home with me some evening. But I’d sure like to know how he got inside in the first place??? Who dunit? A couple of days ago a tourist lady dropped into the office to ask the usual round of questions about the area. She reached into a large lined burlap shoulder bag for pa cet and pencil and the Cuff’ Smith .a couple of tiny ‘‘heads’’ popped out and made yipping noises at me. The heads belonged to a tiny teacup poodle, pure silver in color; and an equally small spider monkey! name was “Tikki’’ and the monkey answered to “Luv Me.” The little dog was five years old and the monkey ‘about three, we think.’’ Their home is in Colorado and they've been traveling around through the western states for a month, with about a month to go before returning to the outskirts of Denver. The lady said that no difficulties had been experienced at either motels or hotels except at one very posh place near Los Gatos, where the poodie was entirely welcome, but the monkey was a ‘‘no-no’’, so she had to look elsewhere for a place to stay in that one instance. Then she dropped her ‘‘bomb’’. ‘‘My husband is traveling through the south-western states with our teenage son, his miniature horse from South America and two Irish Wolf Hounds, but they have a large camper and station wagon -and no problems!” Wow! That, I would say, is ‘togetherness’ with-a vengence. Way back in the early 30s, my parents and two younger sisters took a trip up to Portland accompanied, in a small sedan, by their pet cat and, believe it or not, my youngest sister’s white rat! And they all got home again, hale and hearty and reasonably happy. I don’t know, to this day, how they managed that jaunt, but they did. Set. Haskell part of award winning unit AGANA, Guam — USS. Air . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second closs postage 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 Yeors . $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION i Force Staff Sergeant John T. Haskell has been recognized for helping the Eighth Air Force earn the coveted Collier Trophy for Operation Linebacker II, the successful air campaign last December against key military targets in North Vietnam. Sergeant Haskell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Woods of Grass AFB, Guam, as an_ aircraft maintenance technician with the 43rd Organizational Maintenance Squadron. The 43rd is a part of the Eighth which shares the trophy with USAF’s Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy. Task Force 77. The.27 aerospace leaders and authorities serving on the Collier Selection Committee of the National Aeronautic Association unanimously selected Operation Linebacker as the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics of 1972. During the 11-day operation, U.S. aircrews penetrated the most concentrat ‘d and sophisticated air de. ‘es ever assembled. The poodle’s. § ‘Valley, is assigned at Andersen” Row gh. 4am BT eww ss By Fay M. Dunbar With our little flock (you can’t call six a herd) of cows so close to the highway we worry about rustlers. Sounds crazy this day and age but with one good beef worth four or five hundred dollars it’s being done. Now it’s done by truck. Crime really is rampant. But can you imagine this one? They are also rustling trees. It’s not so surprising when you learn that the log from one black walnut tree is worth about $15,000. The wood is used primarily as a veneer . on woods of less quality and beauty. It’s prized by furniture manufacturers the world over. The thieves locate the trees in daylight hours and spot the log they want. One gang is known to have used an airplane. Then at night they move in with chain saws. Auto mufflers are used to silence the saws. They have to move quickly and so don’t bother with the branches which are used for furniture legs and braces. The roots of these valuable trees are used for gunstocks. They winch the tree on to a truck and rush it to a sawmill whose owner doesn’t ask questions. The price of land being what it is today it won’t be long until they will be stealing our good earth. R&R Speaking of costs! Business is finding that, with all things included, it costs $10 to $15 these days to get out an ordinary business letter. Postage is high but it’s the high cost of labor and overhead that is causing most of the problem. The author of ‘‘Up the Organization Ladder” has turned to hand writing his letters on memo pads or answering an incoming letter immediately with a sentence or two on the letter itself. One business man went so far as to get rid of his private secretary and found he became far more efficient. People are soon going to be outmoded. R&R Well that’s enough worries for one day. At the moment here at home, between our groups of company, we are enjoying ourselves with relaxing and eating fresh pineapple. Our family from Hawaii brought us some direct and even gave us instructions, including the proper Hawaiian words, for cutting. I have forgotten the words but-learning to cut one properly helped mightily. Don’t try to core it. Cut it into halves then quarters then the core is easy to remove and becomes 4 handy swizzle sticks for Mai Tais. Then too you can peel the bristley thing without wasting so much of the juicy interior. My grand niece, who is just a small part Indian, is beginning to look like a Hawaiian. They have only lived there about five years. It’s the Indian I’m sure even though she only has a tiny bit of Indian blood. My nephew says he can’t" tell her from the other Hawaiian children she plays with. R&ER— Mrs. Lisetta Scheave, with plenty of help, had six weddings at the little Wedding Chapel last Friday. Who ever said that June was the month? R&R Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Lee spends her weekends at home with her family. During the week she must be at the hospital for therapy. She is still using crutches but is beginning to look like our Mary again. Mrs. Lee is president of the’ fire department auxiliary. She tells me that Mrs. Jane Davison won the large crazy patch quilt. and Mrs. Ruth Caldwell won the sunbonnet and one the auxiliary raffled on Secession Day. It’s nice someone at home won them. The auxiliary was thrilled by the response. There was a lot of work involved but Mrs. Pat 273-2934 Litchfield says not nearly as much work as the food booth, the ladies usually man for the big day, had become. Their money on the quilts is all profit. They made $217. Don’t know yet what they plan to spend it on but many of our firemen still don’t have their (forgot the proper name but you will know what I mean when I call them) protective suits. R&R Don’t forget the motorcade which is traveling to Coloma Saturday July 7. Mr. Roman Rozynski has a full day planned including a demonstration of the old sawmill in action and a trip through an old winery. Chairman Sibyl Leutneker says bring your own picnic lunch. The motorcade will start from the National Hotel at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. You may join them at the end of the freeway near LaBarr Meadows Road at 8:45 a.m., or you may travel alone. Be at Coloma at 10 a.m. The rangers have a full day planned. The Historical Society invites you all to join them. Call Sibyl or Roman or . myself if you need a ride. R&R The Newcomers Club met June 27 at the Empire Mine Gardens. Mr. Elmer Stevens gave an interesting talk on Nevada County pioneers and early day mining of the area. Mr. McQueen discussed Dr. Nafzigger whom the Historical Society is to honor posthumously at their August 18 awards dinner. R&R Well ‘Ronny’ is in Yosemite this week. Too bad my vacation there is scheduled for next week. My aunt is here now spending this week with us and she and I will go to Yosemite next Monday. I love the big Oak Flat Road entrance to the park. Always try to make it in the early morning. Sunrise in the park is so beautiful. You also see lots more of our small furry friends and feathered ones, too. R&R July birthdays, on my very incomplete list, begin with July 7. That’s when Mrs. Lisetta Scheave celebrates her big day. Brenda Prochaska will celebrate on July 9 and Sam Harwood’s lucky day is July 13. Skip Bolton was born on July 16. Mrs. Joyce Bolton is recuperating nicely even with a house full of summer company. I don’t have any more birthdays listed for July. So, sorry all you lovely people that I am missing. Let me know! R&R Hope you all saw the ‘Gold Days in the Foothills” window displays this past week in Grass Valley. We have been wearing the old time costumes in Rough and Ready for some time and I thought it brightened Grass Valley up considerably to see them-on the streets there. The Historical Society did the judging. They did a splendid job. The displays were all excellent and the task was a difficult one. The judges felt they should be anonymous so no one knows just how much effort Doris Foley, Louise Dudley, Lea Pengelly, Florence Kelly and Lyle White really put into the job.R&R Chamber of Commerce President Mrs. Constance Baer says ‘“‘Secession Days was a real success. Financially, the reports are not all in yet but they too look good. The chuckwagon breakfast had to turn people away when time and food both ran out. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves which is the most important thing.” I surely agree with her! Keep freedom in your future. with US. SAVINGS BONDS

2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., July 4, 1973y “Notes off By P. L. why some people have to stir up a fuss. over snakes, lizards and the like, live and let live I always say and have always thought it would/be fun and sort of friendly to have a pet alligator or.a cuddly cobra around the house. It would certainly liven up conversations, to say the least! Will I ever forget the time I took a dignified lady friend down to the famous San Diego Zoo to see the sights, hear the sounds and make the acquaintance of its denizens, they have an an absolutely marvelous collection, something for everybody. When we got around to the snake pits, I stood entranced watching that sliding, slithering ballet and didn’t want to leave. Turned to say something to my friend and shite for the life of me see after. hours for something, opened the door and almost stepped on a fat, sassy, six or seven-inch long lizard, who almost turned cartwheels on the waxed floor in its panic to escape me. I tried every means I could devise to coax the little crittet from behind the office safe but it wasn’t the least bit socially inclined, and no doubt is somewhere in the building yet for all I know. — This isto assure Senor Lizard that my intentions are strictly honorable. There’s a large yard where I live; a veritable lizard paradise I'll. wager. So, if it decides that I pose no mortal danger to its life and several limbs, maybe I can get it to go home with me some evening. But I’d sure like to know how he got inside in the first place??? Who dunit? A couple of days ago a tourist lady dropped into the office to ask the usual round of questions about the area. She reached into a large lined burlap shoulder bag for pa cet and pencil and the Cuff’ Smith .a couple of tiny ‘‘heads’’ popped out and made yipping noises at me. The heads belonged to a tiny teacup poodle, pure silver in color; and an equally small spider monkey! name was “Tikki’’ and the monkey answered to “Luv Me.” The little dog was five years old and the monkey ‘about three, we think.’’ Their home is in Colorado and they've been traveling around through the western states for a month, with about a month to go before returning to the outskirts of Denver. The lady said that no difficulties had been experienced at either motels or hotels except at one very posh place near Los Gatos, where the poodie was entirely welcome, but the monkey was a ‘‘no-no’’, so she had to look elsewhere for a place to stay in that one instance. Then she dropped her ‘‘bomb’’. ‘‘My husband is traveling through the south-western states with our teenage son, his miniature horse from South America and two Irish Wolf Hounds, but they have a large camper and station wagon -and no problems!” Wow! That, I would say, is ‘togetherness’ with-a vengence. Way back in the early 30s, my parents and two younger sisters took a trip up to Portland accompanied, in a small sedan, by their pet cat and, believe it or not, my youngest sister’s white rat! And they all got home again, hale and hearty and reasonably happy. I don’t know, to this day, how they managed that jaunt, but they did. Set. Haskell part of award winning unit AGANA, Guam — USS. Air . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second closs postage 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 Yeors .. $5.00 Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION i Force Staff Sergeant John T. Haskell has been recognized for helping the Eighth Air Force earn the coveted Collier Trophy for Operation Linebacker II, the successful air campaign last December against key military targets in North Vietnam. Sergeant Haskell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Woods of Grass AFB, Guam, as an_ aircraft maintenance technician with the 43rd Organizational Maintenance Squadron. The 43rd is a part of the Eighth which shares the trophy with USAF’s Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy. Task Force 77. The.27 aerospace leaders and authorities serving on the Collier Selection Committee of the National Aeronautic Association unanimously selected Operation Linebacker as the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics of 1972. During the 11-day operation, U.S. aircrews penetrated the most concentrat ‘d and sophisticated air de. ‘es ever

assembled. The poodle’s. § ‘Valley, is assigned at Andersen” Row gh. 4am BT eww ss By Fay M. Dunbar With our little flock (you can’t call six a herd) of cows so close to the highway we worry about rustlers. Sounds crazy this day and age but with one good beef worth four or five hundred dollars it’s being done. Now it’s done by truck. Crime really is rampant. But can you imagine this one? They are also rustling trees. It’s not so surprising when you learn that the log from one black walnut tree is worth about $15,000. The wood is used primarily as a veneer . on woods of less quality and beauty. It’s prized by furniture manufacturers the world over. The thieves locate the trees in daylight hours and spot the log they want. One gang is known to have used an airplane. Then at night they move in with chain saws. Auto mufflers are used to silence the saws. They have to move quickly and so don’t bother with the branches which are used for furniture legs and braces. The roots of these valuable trees are used for gunstocks. They winch the tree on to a truck and rush it to a sawmill whose owner doesn’t ask questions. The price of land being what it is today it won’t be long until they will be stealing our good earth. R&R Speaking of costs! Business is finding that, with all things included, it costs $10 to $15 these days to get out an ordinary business letter. Postage is high but it’s the high cost of labor and overhead that is causing most of the problem. The author of ‘‘Up the Organization Ladder” has turned to hand writing his letters on memo pads or answering an incoming letter immediately with a sentence or two on the letter itself. One business man went so far as to get rid of his private secretary and found he became far more efficient. People are soon going to be outmoded. R&R Well that’s enough worries for one day. At the moment here at home, between our groups of company, we are enjoying ourselves with relaxing and eating fresh pineapple. Our family from Hawaii brought us some direct and even gave us instructions, including the proper Hawaiian words, for cutting. I have forgotten the words but-learning to cut one properly helped mightily. Don’t try to core it. Cut it into halves then quarters then the core is easy to remove and becomes 4 handy swizzle sticks for Mai Tais. Then too you can peel the bristley thing without wasting so much of the juicy interior. My grand niece, who is just a small part Indian, is beginning to look like a Hawaiian. They have only lived there about five years. It’s the Indian I’m sure even though she only has a tiny bit of Indian blood. My nephew says he can’t" tell her from the other Hawaiian children she plays with. R&ER— Mrs. Lisetta Scheave, with plenty of help, had six weddings at the little Wedding Chapel last Friday. Who ever said that June was the month? R&R Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Lee spends her weekends at home with her family. During the week she must be at the hospital for therapy. She is still using crutches but is beginning to look like our Mary again. Mrs. Lee is president of the’ fire department auxiliary. She tells me that Mrs. Jane Davison won the large crazy patch quilt. and Mrs. Ruth Caldwell won the sunbonnet and one the auxiliary raffled on Secession Day. It’s nice someone at home won them. The auxiliary was thrilled by the response. There was a lot of work involved but Mrs. Pat 273-2934 Litchfield says not nearly as much work as the food booth, the ladies usually man for the big day, had become. Their money on the quilts is all profit. They made $217. Don’t know yet what they plan to spend it on but many of our firemen still don’t have their (forgot the proper name but you will know what I mean when I call them) protective suits. R&R Don’t forget the motorcade which is traveling to Coloma Saturday July 7. Mr. Roman Rozynski has a full day planned including a demonstration of the old sawmill in action and a trip through an old winery. Chairman Sibyl Leutneker says bring your own picnic lunch. The motorcade will start from the National Hotel at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. You may join them at the end of the freeway near LaBarr Meadows Road at 8:45 a.m., or you may travel alone. Be at Coloma at 10 a.m. The rangers have a full day planned. The Historical Society invites you all to join them. Call Sibyl or Roman or . myself if you need a ride. R&R The Newcomers Club met June 27 at the Empire Mine Gardens. Mr. Elmer Stevens gave an interesting talk on Nevada County pioneers and early day mining of the area. Mr. McQueen discussed Dr. Nafzigger whom the Historical Society is to honor posthumously at their August 18 awards dinner. R&R Well ‘Ronny’ is in Yosemite this week. Too bad my vacation there is scheduled for next week. My aunt is here now spending this week with us and she and I will go to Yosemite next Monday. I love the big Oak Flat Road entrance to the park. Always try to make it in the early morning. Sunrise in the park is so beautiful. You also see lots more of our small furry friends and feathered ones, too. R&R July birthdays, on my very incomplete list, begin with July 7. That’s when Mrs. Lisetta Scheave celebrates her big day. Brenda Prochaska will celebrate on July 9 and Sam Harwood’s lucky day is July 13. Skip Bolton was born on July 16. Mrs. Joyce Bolton is recuperating nicely even with a house full of summer company. I don’t have any more birthdays listed for July. So, sorry all you lovely people that I am missing. Let me know! R&R Hope you all saw the ‘Gold Days in the Foothills” window displays this past week in Grass Valley. We have been wearing the old time costumes in Rough and Ready for some time and I thought it brightened Grass Valley up considerably to see them-on the streets there. The Historical Society did the judging. They did a splendid job. The displays were all excellent and the task was a difficult one. The judges felt they should be anonymous so no one knows just how much effort Doris Foley, Louise Dudley, Lea Pengelly, Florence Kelly and Lyle White really put into the job.R&R Chamber of Commerce President Mrs. Constance Baer says ‘“‘Secession Days was a real success. Financially, the reports are not all in yet but they too look good. The chuckwagon breakfast had to turn people away when time and food both ran out. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves which is the most important thing.” I surely agree with her! Keep freedom in your future. with US. SAVINGS BONDS