March 13, 1974 (8 pages)

This week fifty years ago. Curtis Wilbur, chief justice of California State Supreme Court, was offered the post of Secretary of the Navy.made vacant by the resignation therefrom by Edwin Denby. Justice Wilbur wired his acceptance to President Coolidge and would await Senate confirmation before going to Washington, D.C., he advised the press. tttpb ttt : _ Grocers in the Twin Cities area were featuring fresh ranch eggs, large size, at 20 cents per dozen; large heads of Imperial Valley lettuce at three for 25 cents; fresh asparagus, two pounds for _ 25 cents; suge” «{ ten pounds for 96 cents; and top grade coffee, ready-ground, at an average of three pounds for a dollar! é, ttt John Best sold his Grass Valley shoe store to R. C. Pengelli. Best had conducted his business there for over 42 years. Prior to his ownership, the building had been occupied by other shoe merchants for nearly 20 years. re +++ : Two salesmen arrived in Grass Valley from Calpine in Sierra County, and reported a hard and hazardous trip.thru rain, hail, and heavy snow.which had all but stranded them in several -places along the route. They said that sections of Yuba Pass were ‘nearly impassable due to fresh snowfall and some rock and mud _ Slides. Both men were severely fatigued by the journey. cE : htt + Frederick John Gibson. son of Frank Gibson; of 604 Neal Street in Grass Valley, was serving with the United States Marines on patrol of waters between Hong Kong and Canton, China. His regular duty station was at Cavite in the Philippine Islands. htt t+ Development of a new mining project was in progress on the Moynough Ranch at Newtown. Roy J. King and a group of outside associates were involved. The location adjoined the Dull Mine and included several hundred acres of prime land. ttt t+t++ The population of Gold Strike, the new settlement out at Newtown, was greatly increased by some new arrivals. A miner named Ostrander showed up with a family including 22 children of varying ages, it was reliably reported. Eighteen of his children were boys, all of whom were proficient carpenters or engaged in learning that valuable trade. There had been rumors that the school at Newtown was ‘o be closed due to a lack of pupils.but when Mr. Ostrander aad his “tribe” appeared on the scene the whole picture seemingly underwent a drastic change. Motorcycle safety is stressed by group The state Office of Traffic Safety is focusing on safety for motorcycles this month and next. 548 motorcyclists were fatally injured during 1972 and another By this project it is hoped to301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. pn GGSE Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. ‘Second class postage paid at Nevada City, ‘California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation. by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Statewide statistics show that . 20,324 injured. Registration of such vehicles was up by 4.8 per cent. The traffic safety office has. asked board of supervisor cooperation to develop and implement an effective camduring March and April. reduce the number of fatalities and injuries. . The voluntary use of helmets and safety clothing is of prime ‘importance in reducing death and serious injuries involving motorcycle accidents, it was It is hoped the police chiefswill coordinate with local school officials to develop and imthe office of traffic safety hopes to promote are: Rough and Ready News . By Fav. One of the ‘old wives tales’ about spring is coming true. On Feb. 2 the groundhog saw his shadow so he returned to his burrow and we are having our six more weeks of winter. March came in like a lion. Let’s hope this ‘tale’ also follows the pattern and it goes out like a lamb. &R— The Rough'and Ready Country Store was an ideally convenient spot for the Stanley party which the ladies of the Fire Department Auxiliary held there Tuesday. It was a very successful party. The monies earned are to aid the Fire Department in building a small building to house a downtown firetruck. Mrs. Kenneth (Sheila) Bartley, 1974 President of the _Auxiliary, says the Bakeless Sale is planned for May. The group: hopes this sale will provide furs to finish a meeting place in the firehouse. Since the grange has closed its facilities to organizations of the community we are all hard put to find a place to meet. The Fire Auxiliary held its regular March meeting last Monday. Secession Day plans were the principle topic. — meeting is scheduled for Monday, il 8 State Assemblywoman Ms. March Fong will be in our area Friday. Much fun has been poked at Ms. Fong for her frivilous ban the ‘pay potty’ bill. She says this bill points up her belief in people issues. Deride as we will Ms. Fong has come a long way since her-birth in the back room of a laundry in the little central valley town of Oakdale. She worked her way through school earning a Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of California, a Master of Education Degree at Mills College, and a Doctor of Education Degree at Stanford University. Her legislative activities are not confined to the frivilous. They are not even confined to those issues usually associated with women’s in~ . terests. Issues pertaining to the family and to education rate high with her. She abhors waste in any form. She even saves string and paper bags. She is particularly abhorrent of the waste of womenpower in our world today. Women today raise their families, says Ms. Fong, and are ready to enter the work force at an average age of 35 years. Thus with the prevailing attitude there is 30 years wasted. She has two bills in the Legislature now aimed at relieving this waste. There are 27,000,000 women in the national workforce. Six million of them are widows and usually supporting children while three million are married to men who earn less than $3,000 a year. Ms. Fong is of Chinese decent. She was left a widow at 40 years of age. Her children were raised and she had to earn a living for herself. She has made it the hard way and urges all women to participate in community affairs and government. She will be honored-at a tea in Auburn in the afternoon Friday and will appear for dinner at the Grass Valley Veterans Building on that evening. Ms. Fong is a Democrat. Dinner will be sponsored by the Democratic Women’s Club of Nevada County and the Nevada County Dunbar _ Democratic Central Committee. It will feature Cornish pasties. The public is invited. —R&R—. We don’t need the odd or even type gas rationing in Rough and Ready. One of our service stations only manages gasoline enough for one day a week. The other one is open several days but only for a few hours each time. Their allottment just doesn’t i. around. —R&R— Monday the Grange Credit Union will hold its annual dinner meeting. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m, Bring your favorite dish to share. The Jerome Kochs’ will show slides of their trip to Japan. The meeting will be held at 205 Nevada Street —R&R— The Grange ladies will hold their March meeting Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Grange Hall. Hostesses for the noon dessert luncheon are Ola Lee Hale and Edith Williams. Bring your sandwich. The ladies have their Spring Rummage — Sale scheduled for April 5 and 6. They will complete plans for the Easter Sunrise Breakfast. Mary Burns, chairman of the sewing group, will discuss the annual sewing contest. Mary Ellen Wallace, chairman of the needlework group, will explain their rules. —R&R— _ Our Rough and Ready 4-Hers are trying to earn money to pay the way for representatives to attend the annual conference in W. D.C. The will be around with raffle tickets. It’s an admirable project. —R&R— Don’t forget the Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce meeting next Thursday. Secession Days will be the important topic. —R&R— Last year on March 11 we celebrated our 46th wedding anniversary. This year my glass held only salt water. —R&R— I hope you all read Hey, United States, let’s look at the record. It was inspiring. Dig it-out and read it pridefully. Allow me one quote. “I have no apologies to make for my country or my generation. Never before in history or in any other land has a people accomplished so much, given so much, and asked so little.”” Puts my complaining to shame doesn’t it? —R&R— Mrs. Frank (Margery) Freestone of Rough and Ready Road recently retired from her job with the Nevada County Planning Department. She is enjoying it. Among her plans are a trip home to merry old England in the late spring. —R&R— Another nteresting item picked up recently is about rabbits versus beef and lamb. Agricultural Engineering says a rabbit will produce one pound of meat for 1.8 pounds of feed. It takes seven pounds of feed for one pound of beef and nine pounds for one pound of lamb. My luck. I have 12 of the ‘“‘nine pounds variety” CAMPTONVILLE, March. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence: E. Robert L. Pense, who was inHanson left Monday for jured in the local saw mill a Wena » Washington , for a week ago, has recovered and is visit with his brother and able to be about again. Postmaster Leland K. Pauly PP. L. Thompkins, of San attended: a postmasters’ conLeandro, was in town Friday. . ference at Marysville last week. Judge Acton M, Cleveland was confined to his home a couple of Sheriff Gary Miller a st last week with the Saul , FO was in town weekend storm Mier: ngletae $30 yA princely six inches of -precipitation, Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Dorris bringing the total season’s , rainfall to date up to 69.60 inDecree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Member of __. The complaint was filed with the county clerk on Friday. property in this area. EE OER RELI ee Or Bei ime

This week fifty years ago. Curtis Wilbur, chief justice of California State Supreme Court, was offered the post of Secretary of the Navy..made vacant by the resignation therefrom by Edwin Denby. Justice Wilbur wired his acceptance to President Coolidge and would await Senate confirmation before going to Washington, D.C., he advised the press. tttpb ttt : _ Grocers in the Twin Cities area were featuring fresh ranch eggs, large size, at 20 cents per dozen; large heads of Imperial Valley lettuce at three for 25 cents; fresh asparagus, two pounds for _ 25 cents; suge” «{ ten pounds for 96 cents; and top grade coffee, ready-ground, at an average of three pounds for a dollar! é, ttt John Best sold his Grass Valley shoe store to R. C. Pengelli. Best had conducted his business there for over 42 years. Prior to his ownership, the building had been occupied by other shoe merchants for nearly 20 years. re +++ : Two salesmen arrived in Grass Valley from Calpine in Sierra County, and reported a hard and hazardous trip..thru rain, hail, and heavy snow..which had all but stranded them in several -places along the route. They said that sections of Yuba Pass were ‘nearly impassable due to fresh snowfall and some rock and mud _ Slides. Both men were severely fatigued by the journey. cE : htt + Frederick John Gibson. son of Frank Gibson; of 604 Neal Street in Grass Valley, was serving with the United States Marines on patrol of waters between Hong Kong and Canton, China. His regular duty station was at Cavite in the Philippine Islands. htt t+ Development of a new mining project was in progress on the Moynough Ranch at Newtown. Roy J. King and a group of outside associates were involved. The location adjoined the Dull Mine and included several hundred acres of prime land. ttt t+t++ The population of Gold Strike, the new settlement out at Newtown, was greatly increased by some new arrivals. A miner named Ostrander showed up with a family including 22 children of varying ages, it was reliably reported. Eighteen of his children were boys, all of whom were proficient carpenters or engaged in learning that valuable trade. There had been rumors that the school at Newtown was ‘o be closed due to a lack of pupils..but when Mr. Ostrander aad his “tribe” appeared on the scene the whole picture seemingly underwent a drastic change. Motorcycle safety is stressed by group The state Office of Traffic Safety is focusing on safety for motorcycles this month and next. 548 motorcyclists were fatally injured during 1972 and another By this project it is hoped to301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. pn GGSE Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. ‘Second class postage paid at Nevada City, ‘California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation. by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Statewide statistics show that . 20,324 injured. Registration of such vehicles was up by 4.8 per cent. The traffic safety office has. asked board of supervisor cooperation to develop and implement an effective camduring March and April. reduce the number of fatalities and injuries. . The voluntary use of helmets and safety clothing is of prime ‘importance in reducing death and serious injuries involving motorcycle accidents, it was It is hoped the police chiefswill coordinate with local school officials to develop and imthe office of traffic safety hopes to promote are: Rough and Ready News . By Fav. One of the ‘old wives tales’ about spring is coming true. On Feb. 2 the groundhog saw his shadow so he returned to his burrow and we are having our six more weeks of winter. March came in like a lion. Let’s hope this ‘tale’ also follows the pattern and it goes out like a lamb. &R— The Rough'and Ready Country Store was an ideally convenient spot for the Stanley party which the ladies of the Fire Department Auxiliary held there Tuesday. It was a very successful party. The monies earned are to aid the Fire Department in building a small building to house a downtown firetruck. Mrs. Kenneth (Sheila) Bartley, 1974 President of the _Auxiliary, says the Bakeless Sale is planned for May. The group: hopes this sale will provide furs to finish a meeting place in the firehouse. Since the grange has closed its facilities to organizations of the community we are all hard put to find a place to meet. The Fire Auxiliary held its regular March meeting last Monday. Secession Day plans were the principle topic. — meeting is scheduled for Monday, il 8 State Assemblywoman Ms. March Fong will be in our area Friday. Much fun has been poked at Ms. Fong for her frivilous ban the ‘pay potty’ bill. She says this bill points up her belief in people issues. Deride as we will Ms. Fong has come a long way since her-birth in the back room of a laundry in the little central valley

town of Oakdale. She worked her way through school earning a Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of California, a Master of Education Degree at Mills College, and a Doctor of Education Degree at Stanford University. Her legislative activities are not confined to the frivilous. They are not even confined to those issues usually associated with women’s in~ . terests. Issues pertaining to the family and to education rate high with her. She abhors waste in any form. She even saves string and paper bags. She is particularly abhorrent of the waste of womenpower in our world today. Women today raise their families, says Ms. Fong, and are ready to enter the work force at an average age of 35 years. Thus with the prevailing attitude there is 30 years wasted. She has two bills in the Legislature now aimed at relieving this waste. There are 27,000,000 women in the national workforce. Six million of them are widows and usually supporting children while three million are married to men who earn less than $3,000 a year. Ms. Fong is of Chinese decent. She was left a widow at 40 years of age. Her children were raised and she had to earn a living for herself. She has made it the hard way and urges all women to participate in community affairs and government. She will be honored-at a tea in Auburn in the afternoon Friday and will appear for dinner at the Grass Valley Veterans Building on that evening. Ms. Fong is a Democrat. Dinner will be sponsored by the Democratic Women’s Club of Nevada County and the Nevada County Dunbar _ Democratic Central Committee. It will feature Cornish pasties. The public is invited. —R&R—. We don’t need the odd or even type gas rationing in Rough and Ready. One of our service stations only manages gasoline enough for one day a week. The other one is open several days but only for a few hours each time. Their allottment just doesn’t i. around. —R&R— Monday the Grange Credit Union will hold its annual dinner meeting. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m, Bring your favorite dish to share. The Jerome Kochs’ will show slides of their trip to Japan. The meeting will be held at 205 Nevada Street —R&R— The Grange ladies will hold their March meeting Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Grange Hall. Hostesses for the noon dessert luncheon are Ola Lee Hale and Edith Williams. Bring your sandwich. The ladies have their Spring Rummage — Sale scheduled for April 5 and 6. They will complete plans for the Easter Sunrise Breakfast. Mary Burns, chairman of the sewing group, will discuss the annual sewing contest. Mary Ellen Wallace, chairman of the needlework group, will explain their rules. —R&R— _ Our Rough and Ready 4-Hers are trying to earn money to pay the way for representatives to attend the annual conference in W. D.C. The will be around with raffle tickets. It’s an admirable project. —R&R— Don’t forget the Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce meeting next Thursday. Secession Days will be the important topic. —R&R— Last year on March 11 we celebrated our 46th wedding anniversary. This year my glass held only salt water. —R&R— I hope you all read Hey, United States, let’s look at the record. It was inspiring. Dig it-out and read it pridefully. Allow me one quote. “I have no apologies to make for my country or my generation. Never before in history or in any other land has a people accomplished so much, given so much, and asked so little.”” Puts my complaining to shame doesn’t it? —R&R— Mrs. Frank (Margery) Freestone of Rough and Ready Road recently retired from her job with the Nevada County Planning Department. She is enjoying it. Among her plans are a trip home to merry old England in the late spring. —R&R— Another nteresting item picked up recently is about rabbits versus beef and lamb. Agricultural Engineering says a rabbit will produce one pound of meat for 1.8 pounds of feed. It takes seven pounds of feed for one pound of beef and nine pounds for one pound of lamb. My luck. I have 12 of the ‘“‘nine pounds variety” CAMPTONVILLE, March. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence: E. Robert L. Pense, who was inHanson left Monday for jured in the local saw mill a Wena » Washington , for a week ago, has recovered and is visit with his brother and able to be about again. Postmaster Leland K. Pauly PP. L. Thompkins, of San attended: a postmasters’ conLeandro, was in town Friday. . ference at Marysville last week. Judge Acton M, Cleveland was confined to his home a couple of Sheriff Gary Miller a st last week with the Saul , FO was in town weekend storm Mier: ngletae $30 yA princely six inches of -precipitation, Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Dorris bringing the total season’s , rainfall to date up to 69.60 inDecree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Member of __. The complaint was filed with the county clerk on Friday. property in this area. EE OER RELI ee Or Bei ime