March 1, 1972 (12 pages)

Oe al . . 10 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, March 1, 1972 “Notes off the Cuff” _ By P. L. Smith From a recent issue of a large Southern California daily comes this dilly: ''At last it's come, a. complete assemblyline built home, A 12-foot steel beam rolls from_ station to station picking up pre-built components. No more do workers go to the houses to work. . the houses cofne to the mechanical devices taking the place of the former artisan. Next step will be to computerize the family moving in; press a button and the machine will designate who is to be the new owner. Wouldn't Jules Verne have field day with that?" KKK This gives one reason to pause and ponder. . .and shudder! "A worker in an eastern IRS office stumbled across some boxes containing 3,400 tax returns with checks worth $2 million. They had been shunted into a corner during last year's income tax rush and forgotten, Thirty-four hundred hapless taxpayers had to suffer unjustly as they were accused of tax delinquency." I mailed my return in early this year because I figure on getting a little money back. . Heaven forbid that the IRS should lose my precious document! RK Way back in 1924 a leading national magazine sent out 100 form: letters to persons selected at random across the country, explaining that the dollar bill enclosed was "in adjustment of the error you complained of in your account.’ There was no error, of course. Of the 100 persons contacted, 27 returned . the $1 stating that no error had been made. The same test was made this year, but only 13 ‘100 people returned the money! The editors of the magazine, Liberty, now admit that “we're only about half as honest as we were nearly a half' century ago.” 2K Ona beautiful morning on early May, 1937, I took a ferry ride across San Francisco Bay that I'll remember to my dying day. As we pulled away from the Oakland Mole, a newspaper vendor began hawking an "extra" of a Bay Area daily. Its scream. . ; Gene Align Wheels $9.95 — Rotate & Balance All Four Tires $4.00 Additional RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE CO., INCE. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 ing headlines told of the destruction of the famous German dirigible, "The Hindenburg” as it was being moored in Lakehurst, N. J. on May 6th. during the heighth of a severe electrical storm. American investigators so announced that the disaster had been caused by a lightning strike on the hydrogen-filled lighter-than-air-craft. Thirtysix passengers anducrew members perished in the raging fire which followed. Before our ferry reached the foot of Market street in San Francisco, to unload its commuters, everyone aboard was in a huddle. . . reading the account arid making the usual comments one makes when any disaster strikes, Everyone, that is, but an elderly gentleman who fainted at first sight of the story. It was later learned that he was related to a» member of the dirigible's crew; and was enroute New Jersey to return to Germany as an “honored guest” ‘of the commander. . . .one writer, at the time, said that the old gentleman had long been retired from the German navy. A week ago, Modd-Mead Publishing Co, distributed a book by Michae! MacDonald Mooney entitled, ''The Hindenburg." This book, according to early reviews, documents firm charges of sabotage of the dirigible by a leftist crewman who wanted to destroy the craft as a symbol of Nazism. Eric Spehla rigger also perished in the flames! Author Mooney states in his book that a specially designed phosphorous bombtimed to. explode after the passengers all had alighted was planted by Spehl. . . .but was prematurely set off by lightning. Mooney also charges, say his reviewers, that the investigators were "pressured not to charge sabotage at the time because we don't want an incident on our shores," . Vet's officer speaker for secretaries Nevada County Legal Secretaries Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, at the Gold Flat Fire House #2 on Banner Mountain Road, Social hour 6:30 p.m. with dinner following at 7. John Kootstra will be guest speaker and will cover various aspects of the laws and rules concerning affairs of veterans, their families and children. Election of officers for 197273 will be held, as well as the election of delegates to the State and National Cunventions. Our insurance chairman, Alta Smith, will have an insurance representative at the meeting to cover any questions of members regarding our insurance program, Barbara Bennette, Governor of the local association, will report on the Governor's conference held in Santa Barbara, February 25-27th, EZRouwu gg lh. 4h. =. ek. ETLon ay Mews By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 Our fire department answered a fire call last Sunday at 6 a.m. Two trucks and seven men were en the scene in 10 minutes. Makes you feel mighty safe! Problem was the fire was a legal brush burning. Somehow the report of this went astray. Seven volunteer working men had to clean up the two trucks and then try to pick up a little of the lovely Sunday morning sleeping time they had lost, It's easy to report a fire by dialing 265-4511 or O for your Operator. You can obtain a bright sticker for your telephone with the number 5-4511 by contacting your local fire department. To save your volunteer fireman possibly unnecessary loss of sleep is not so uncomplicated. Lately these procedures have changed regularly. Since there is no emergency about arranging for legal burning your fire .department recommends a little extra precaution. I always call the Division of Forestry (could be wrong today), So far their instructions have been good. They can tell you if burning conditions are good, if your permit is in order, and they . can notify their spotting towers. The extra precaution of notifying your own local fire department might prove a neighborly act. Just in case there is a breakdown of communication somewhere along the line. * * * * Everyone is invited to attend the Nevada County Historical Society meeting at the Grange Hall next Thursday, March 2 at 8 p.m. The Mother Lode Bottle Club will provide the evening's program, Jim Abrams, President of the club, says they will have some exhibits from the nation's first long distance telephone line. This line flashed the approach of the lawmen who came to inspect hydraulicking operations along the ridge from French Corral 0 the Milton Reservoirs, Club members have some exhibits dating back to 1875. Everyone i. invited to bring their old bottles. Chet Mell, Historical Society President, will preside. Rouge’: and Ready members will host the evening. Refreshments will be provided by Mrs. Conne Bacr and the Rough and Ready committee. At the Far West Regional Workshop last weekend Mr. James S, Holiday, Director of California Historical Societies made the comment that "there are millions of miles of bare walls in California's Public Buildings which would be more interesting to the visitor if covered with history of their respective areas". We will try. to find a few interesting things to display but better still would be for you to bring something interesting to show the others in the group. * * * * Jess Fippin, long time resident of Rough and Ready, returned for a brief visit last Sunday. Jess makes his home in Sacramento now but he was born and raised in Rough and Ready. Allan McCrea is his nephew. Jess still enjoys the lure of gold. He and another nephew, Cliff Bennetts, are presently interested in the art of dredge mining. They visited the new McCrea building site on the hill above town where Frank Fippin lived until his death not so many years ago. Later ed enjoyed dinner at the Mexican Villa. * * * I really got acquainted with our new neighbor Mrs, Edward (Alice) Licht last Thursday. We enjoyed luncheon with other ladies of the area and the demonstration of the art of Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging) done by Mrs, Maxine Mellinger at the Christian Women's Club program at Alta Sierra. We even enjoyed the much needed spring rain tho' it was a little inconvenient, * * * * The Newcomers Luncheon on Wednesday was equally interesting. Mrs, Lenore Coughtin talked about and displayed her amazing collection of dolls, Music was provided by the Newcomers Lyric Ensemble. The Rough and Ready ladies there enjoying themselves, rain and all, were Mmes. Conne Baer, Helen Beatie, Margaret Brown, and Barbara Miller. * * : * “ae A recalcitrant horse (I looked that one up and it means unruly) really stirred things up on our highway last Sunday. Later developments showed his spree really only lasted a few minutes and covered less than a block. Since all five cars which converged on him at our driveway missed, no harm was done. He took refuge in the William Frank drive. I followed him up the drive __to_see_he didn't backtrack and Hepsi Frank locked him in a corral. He had cause for his adventure. Everyone at the Vaars Ranch went riding and left him home alone. The fence simply proved inadequate to curb his loneliness, . * * * * Our ranch (?) has another addition. We're going to call him "Stu". Short for stupid. He loved his bottle so much that it took him three days to learn that mother really supplied the nourishment, That makes four now and I have had to bottle feed two of them, Some years you just can't win. * s * * * Mr. Glenn Weeks will spend the weekend with his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs, Percy (Martha) Weeks, here in Rough and Ready. Glenn has been working in San Francisco. Only a couple of days from home. Much as he is looking forward to his promotion to Sales Manager for the company's new office in Boston, it really is a long way from home. i * * Four year old Vivian Forcell is progressing nicely but slowly at the Sacramento General Hospital. Little Miss Forcell was burned very badly about six weeks ago. She is the daughter of Warren and Geraldine Forcell of Prospector Road and the only one of the Forcell children still at home. The Forcells moved to Rough and-Ready from Eureka about two years ago. Vivian has burns on the back of both legs, on her bottom, and on both arms, Many successive skin grafts will be necessary to repair the damage. In the meantime she must spend her days resting part time on her chest and part time on her shoulders with the other half of her body suspended upward. After the grafts are completed she will be able to dots of things but at present almost her only activity is coloring books. There is a little jar-et'The Country Store if you would like to participate in a remembrance to cheer her. * * * *x Mr. and Mrs. Eugene (Dorothy) Mathis are friends of the Forcells. They have lived in the area some time and in Rough and Ready for almost two years, It took little Vivian's terrible accident to bring us together. * * * * Terry Stevens and Gene Walter are having a ball, They have just set up the keel on their new ocean going fishing boat. She is a 45-foot, steel, Monk design, and will be powered with a marine engine, Both Gene and Terry are busy men and so are anticipating at least three years of fun (work) before she is finished. The Walters have been using a 20-foot fiberglass model and are really thrilled with their new toy.

Oe al . . 10 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, March 1, 1972 “Notes off the Cuff” _ By P. L. Smith From a recent issue of a large Southern California daily comes this dilly: ''At last it's come, a. complete assemblyline built home, A 12-foot steel beam rolls from_ station to station picking up pre-built components. No more do workers go to the houses to work. .. the houses cofne to the mechanical devices taking the place of the former artisan. Next step will be to computerize the family moving in; press a button and the machine will designate who is to be the new owner. Wouldn't Jules Verne have field day with that?" KKK This gives one reason to pause and ponder. . .and shudder! "A worker in an eastern IRS office stumbled across some boxes containing 3,400 tax returns with checks worth $2 million. They had been shunted into a corner during last year's income tax rush and forgotten, Thirty-four hundred hapless taxpayers had to suffer unjustly as they were accused of tax delinquency." I mailed my return in early this year because I figure on getting a little money back. .. Heaven forbid that the IRS should lose my precious document! RK Way back in 1924 a leading national magazine sent out 100 form: letters to persons selected at random across the country, explaining that the dollar bill enclosed was "in adjustment of the error you complained of in your account.’ There was no error, of course. Of the 100 persons contacted, 27 returned . the $1 stating that no error had been made. The same test was made this year, but only 13 ‘100 people returned the money! The editors of the magazine, Liberty, now admit that “we're only about half as honest as we were nearly a half' century ago.” 2K Ona beautiful morning on early May, 1937, I took a ferry ride across San Francisco Bay that I'll remember to my dying day. As we pulled away from the Oakland Mole, a newspaper vendor began hawking an "extra" of a Bay Area daily. Its scream. . ; Gene Align Wheels $9.95 — Rotate & Balance All Four Tires $4.00 Additional RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE CO., INCE. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 ing headlines told of the destruction of the famous German dirigible, "The Hindenburg” as it was being moored in Lakehurst, N. J. on May 6th.. during the heighth of a severe electrical storm. American investigators so announced that the disaster had been caused by a lightning strike on the hydrogen-filled lighter-than-air-craft. Thirtysix passengers anducrew members perished in the raging fire which followed. Before our ferry reached the foot of Market street in San Francisco, to unload its commuters, everyone aboard was in a huddle. . . reading the account arid making the usual comments one makes when any disaster strikes, Everyone, that is, but an elderly gentleman who fainted at first sight of the story. It was later learned that he was related to a» member of the dirigible's crew; and was enroute New Jersey to return to Germany as an “honored guest” ‘of the commander. . . .one writer, at the time, said that the old gentleman had long been retired from the German navy. A week ago, Modd-Mead Publishing Co, distributed a book by Michae! MacDonald Mooney entitled, ''The Hindenburg." This book, according to early reviews, documents firm charges of sabotage of the dirigible by a leftist crewman who wanted to destroy the craft as a symbol of Nazism. Eric Spehla rigger also perished in the flames! Author Mooney states in his book that a specially designed phosphorous bombtimed to. explode after the passengers all had alighted was planted by Spehl. . . .but was prematurely set off by lightning. Mooney also charges, say his reviewers, that the investigators were "pressured not to

charge sabotage at the time because we don't want an incident on our shores," . Vet's officer speaker for secretaries Nevada County Legal Secretaries Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, at the Gold Flat Fire House #2 on Banner Mountain Road, Social hour 6:30 p.m. with dinner following at 7. John Kootstra will be guest speaker and will cover various aspects of the laws and rules concerning affairs of veterans, their families and children. Election of officers for 197273 will be held, as well as the election of delegates to the State and National Cunventions. Our insurance chairman, Alta Smith, will have an insurance representative at the meeting to cover any questions of members regarding our insurance program, Barbara Bennette, Governor of the local association, will report on the Governor's conference held in Santa Barbara, February 25-27th, EZRouwu gg lh. 4h. =. ek. ETLon ay Mews By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 Our fire department answered a fire call last Sunday at 6 a.m. Two trucks and seven men were en the scene in 10 minutes. Makes you feel mighty safe! Problem was the fire was a legal brush burning. Somehow the report of this went astray. Seven volunteer working men had to clean up the two trucks and then try to pick up a little of the lovely Sunday morning sleeping time they had lost, It's easy to report a fire by dialing 265-4511 or O for your Operator. You can obtain a bright sticker for your telephone with the number 5-4511 by contacting your local fire department. To save your volunteer fireman possibly unnecessary loss of sleep is not so uncomplicated. Lately these procedures have changed regularly. Since there is no emergency about arranging for legal burning your fire .department recommends a little extra precaution. I always call the Division of Forestry (could be wrong today), So far their instructions have been good. They can tell you if burning conditions are good, if your permit is in order, and they . can notify their spotting towers. The extra precaution of notifying your own local fire department might prove a neighborly act. Just in case there is a breakdown of communication somewhere along the line. * * * * Everyone is invited to attend the Nevada County Historical Society meeting at the Grange Hall next Thursday, March 2 at 8 p.m. The Mother Lode Bottle Club will provide the evening's program, Jim Abrams, President of the club, says they will have some exhibits from the nation's first long distance telephone line. This line flashed the approach of the lawmen who came to inspect hydraulicking operations along the ridge from French Corral 0 the Milton Reservoirs, Club members have some exhibits dating back to 1875. Everyone i. invited to bring their old bottles. Chet Mell, Historical Society President, will preside. Rouge’: and Ready members will host the evening. Refreshments will be provided by Mrs. Conne Bacr and the Rough and Ready committee. At the Far West Regional Workshop last weekend Mr. James S, Holiday, Director of California Historical Societies made the comment that "there are millions of miles of bare walls in California's Public Buildings which would be more interesting to the visitor if covered with history of their respective areas". We will try. to find a few interesting things to display but better still would be for you to bring something interesting to show the others in the group. * * * * Jess Fippin, long time resident of Rough and Ready, returned for a brief visit last Sunday. Jess makes his home in Sacramento now but he was born and raised in Rough and Ready. Allan McCrea is his nephew. Jess still enjoys the lure of gold. He and another nephew, Cliff Bennetts, are presently interested in the art of dredge mining. They visited the new McCrea building site on the hill above town where Frank Fippin lived until his death not so many years ago. Later ed enjoyed dinner at the Mexican Villa. * * * I really got acquainted with our new neighbor Mrs, Edward (Alice) Licht last Thursday. We enjoyed luncheon with other ladies of the area and the demonstration of the art of Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging) done by Mrs, Maxine Mellinger at the Christian Women's Club program at Alta Sierra. We even enjoyed the much needed spring rain tho' it was a little inconvenient, * * * * The Newcomers Luncheon on Wednesday was equally interesting. Mrs, Lenore Coughtin talked about and displayed her amazing collection of dolls, Music was provided by the Newcomers Lyric Ensemble. The Rough and Ready ladies there enjoying themselves, rain and all, were Mmes. Conne Baer, Helen Beatie, Margaret Brown, and Barbara Miller. * * : * “ae A recalcitrant horse (I looked that one up and it means unruly) really stirred things up on our highway last Sunday. Later developments showed his spree really only lasted a few minutes and covered less than a block. Since all five cars which converged on him at our driveway missed, no harm was done. He took refuge in the William Frank drive. I followed him up the drive __to_see_he didn't backtrack and Hepsi Frank locked him in a corral. He had cause for his adventure. Everyone at the Vaars Ranch went riding and left him home alone. The fence simply proved inadequate to curb his loneliness, . * * * * Our ranch (?) has another addition. We're going to call him "Stu". Short for stupid. He loved his bottle so much that it took him three days to learn that mother really supplied the nourishment, That makes four now and I have had to bottle feed two of them, Some years you just can't win. * s * * * Mr. Glenn Weeks will spend the weekend with his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs, Percy (Martha) Weeks, here in Rough and Ready. Glenn has been working in San Francisco. Only a couple of days from home. Much as he is looking forward to his promotion to Sales Manager for the company's new office in Boston, it really is a long way from home. i * * Four year old Vivian Forcell is progressing nicely but slowly at the Sacramento General Hospital. Little Miss Forcell was burned very badly about six weeks ago. She is the daughter of Warren and Geraldine Forcell of Prospector Road and the only one of the Forcell children still at home. The Forcells moved to Rough and-Ready from Eureka about two years ago. Vivian has burns on the back of both legs, on her bottom, and on both arms, Many successive skin grafts will be necessary to repair the damage. In the meantime she must spend her days resting part time on her chest and part time on her shoulders with the other half of her body suspended upward. After the grafts are completed she will be able to dots of things but at present almost her only activity is coloring books. There is a little jar-et'The Country Store if you would like to participate in a remembrance to cheer her. * * * *x Mr. and Mrs. Eugene (Dorothy) Mathis are friends of the Forcells. They have lived in the area some time and in Rough and Ready for almost two years, It took little Vivian's terrible accident to bring us together. * * * * Terry Stevens and Gene Walter are having a ball, They have just set up the keel on their new ocean going fishing boat. She is a 45-foot, steel, Monk design, and will be powered with a marine engine, Both Gene and Terry are busy men and so are anticipating at least three years of fun (work) before she is finished. The Walters have been using a 20-foot fiberglass model and are really thrilled with their new toy.