March 8, 1967 (24 pages)

A I AMA A aS ' t t f t t ¢ ¢ ) aoe , ee SS SEL Pamela "GO-GO" Flynn — Our Servicemen VICENZA, ITALY Atmy Private First Class Michael E. Atkinson; 20,.son of'Mr, and. Mrs; Edward ‘A. ‘Atkinson,’ 610 Nevada City Highway, Grass Valley, Calif. , took part in a mock combat situation, "Exercise “King Neptune, " in the foothills of the Italian Alps near Vicenza Feb. 20-25. Pvt. Atkinson, a demolition: specialist in the 62nd Engineer Company, and his unit are part of the Southern European Task Force (SETAF),, an ItalianAmerican artillery command that provides atomic missile support to NATO forces in northern Italy. The training exercise tested the command's transportation . and supply capabilities in a combat situation, FT; RUCKER, ALA, (AHTNC) ~ Private James T. Ussery, 19, son‘of Mr, and Mrs, Herman D. Ussery, 429 Sacramento St., Nevada City, Calif,, completed a five-week aircraft maintenance course at the Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker, Ala., Feb, 28, He was trained in airfield ~ Operations and in servicing and repairing fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, He may stay at the school and receive specialized instruction or be assigned to an Army airfield stateside or overseas, Alameda, Calif., Seaman: Apprentice William R, Evilsizer, USCG, son of’ Mr, and Mrs. Billie R,: Evilsizer of Sierra City, has graduated from eight weeks of basic training, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS I've read a few columns that purportedly list our nation’s leading litterateurs, and I.can tell you right now I’m completely astounded by the gross ‘inaccuracies of these reports! THEY ARE AS MISTAKEN AS AN AMOROUS SNAKE ROMANCING A PIECEOF HEMP! They just couldn't be more mislead by erroneous observation, YES, INDEEDY, Crighton, Drury, West, Renault, Susann, and De Hartog are peachy keeny proficient when it comes to juggling that old tired alphabet, and we all drool at the thought of a first edition Nizer, Frank, or Skinner, BUT they all lag a downtown San Francisco city block when we're considering that national bestread bit! SO,. HERE'S THE STRAIGHT SKINNY, SCOTTY, and I have the old reliable Stevenson statistics to prove it! AMERICA'S FAVORITE WRI’ TERS ARE MR, SEARS, HIS FRIEND ROEBUCK, AND A GUY NAMED MONTY WARD! WHAT OTHER PENMEN ARE ~AS WELLREAD, as widely quoted, as avidly studied? Why I know a few subnormal citizens who can't count a dozen and come up with twelve, but, these same slow-wits-can casually flip through a volume from Sears or Ward, rapturously squint their eyes, and quote ten passages ver batim* without an adjective out of whack! NOW I ASK YOU‘WHAT OTHER AUTHOR COMMANDS THAT KIND OF ATTENTION FOR A PRINTED MESSAGE? SO, THE NEXT TIME some self-styled literary virtuoso overwhelms you with memo‘rized quotes from Hemingway, . Shakespearre, or Freud, just smile enigmatically and ansJon Doherty, advertising director; George Kane, publisher and Otis Gaylord, editor, discuss plans for the Nevada County Nugget, Doherty and Gaylord assumed their executive duties March 3, Gaylord returned tohishome in Nevada City recently from Colorado where he was engaged in advertising and editorial work, Doherty was most recently advertising manager of the Grass V. ley Union for the pee years, John Clark, editor of four months is no longer associated with the paper. "Both Mr. and Mr, Gaylord come highly.qualified to the NUGGET: and I know they will be an asset to the community and to the newspaper, ” Kane said. by Kimary ‘wer: “Lavish Schiffli embroidered flowers swirl over the front of this gay little lounger of soft acetate and nylon fleece. _High slits at the sides give a daring look to the simple lines. Rickrack trims classic jewel neckline, With back zipper and one seam pocket." Then top it all with a long, slow, superior gaze and the final clincher: “MACHINE WASH, WARM. COLORS 515 royal blue or 523 dark red. Shipping weight one pound ten ounces!" PUT THAT BETWEEN THE OLD BOOKENDS, BUSTER! De Hartog and Crighton? MERE NEWCOMERS . oes ¢ @ & NEWSING AROUND: THE FELINE ON THE FRONT PAGE of last Tuesday's G. V. Union under the caption of: "He Must Have Lost in Finals", looked’ more to me like a flat cat on his way out of the tax office! «sees WILLARD ROSE once attended a lecture on the harmful effects of cigarettes, and was quite surprised to see the lecturing M.D. puffing one cigarette after another. Finally he addressed the doctor: "Doctor, you don'‘t’seem to be an advocate. of what you ‘preach !" Replied the good medic: "What do you’ want me.to do? Die Healthy?” Which naturally parrots: the ancient parental admonition DON'TDO ASI DO-DOAS I SAY!..STANDARD.OIL'S ARBOR DAY CE, REMONIES were especially interesting to me since I had never before realized the good work §,O, does in our community. It's encouraging to to know that large companies recognize anunwritten obligation to the area in which they operate, BUT THE PLANT WAS SO SHINING CLEAN I SUSPECT LARRY DAVIS HAD HIS WIFE EDDIE-DO SOME HOUSECLEANING BEFORE THE GUESTS ARRIVED!..RALPH PONTE accepted a difficult assignment in Alaska with the understanding that the hours would be long “Sun-up to sun-down", only to discover ‘that Alaskan summers have no_ sun~DOWN!.. THE GOLDEN GALA COMMITTEE is already revving up the engines for this year's ballunder the chairmanship of June McKenzie. New committee members have been added to the list including PEG MERRILL and LAVONNE AMARAL., And here's a hint to the exchequer of the family depository Start setting aside those G.G.B, sheckels a little sooner this year. The formal will be set for an earlier date! eeseLNFANT INHABITATOR #2 gave us a brief insight into the interpretive processes of the girl-baby mind as she stared into the bathroom mirror and chanted, Ala Snow White: “Mary, Mary, ona wall, who is fairest of the mall?" AND SPEAKING OF MALLS, whatever happened to the plans for one in G, V. ? Scouts Campout Troop 24 of the Nevada City Boy Scouts sponsored by the Elks Club will go on a campout this Friday. The boys will camp at the Rada Camp near Lincoln, the Council Campgrounds, work ontheir skills for the upcoming camparee andreturn on Sunday, HOROSCOPALLY: THOSE OF YOU BORN MARCH 1 THROUGH ' MARCH’10, have a great appreciation of the good things of life. You want happiness and pleasure but also to share it with others. Your sense of justice is so closely linked With generosity you are sometimes unfair to yourselves, You have good executive ability, your mind is orderly, accurate, and logical, BUT ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE you are fearful of change and you shy from new ideas and enterprises. You dislike taking action and therefore miss many fine opportunities. Frustrated, you may become lazy, self-indulgent and intemperate, dodging responsibilities and neglecting practical affairs. TO SUCCEED you must cultivate a realistic approach to events, conditions and personal associations, You must use discrimination in the choice of an objective and persevereto your goal!..ROTS OF RUCK! ? ee#e8 68 8 QUOTES; Ray Walton, Ypsilanti (are.you still, with me?) Michigan, Police: Chief, clo-~ sed his file on a recent report of flying. saucers with the remark: "I'm not going to. worry about these things until I can see the little men waving. “ YOO HOO! OFFICER! _ YOO HOO!! se¢*e8 28 8 POSIES PROFFERED: To JUNE ‘MCKENZIE, The on-tap talent fot’ délectable decorations, a competent committee member with common sense, and a qualified chairman for awesome affairs. se@8 8 6 THIS LITTLE ITEM WAS HAPPILY SWIPED FROM READERS DIGEST: I used to think I was poor, Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told. me it was self defeating to think of myself as needy, thatI was culturally deprived, Then they told me deprived was a bad image; that I was underprivileged. Then they told mé underprivileged was over-used, that I was disadvantaged. [ still don't have a dime, but I do have a GREAT vocabulary. (Jules Feiffer) eo@es 8s @ @ THETEA LEAVES TELL: Many acrown of wisdom is but the golden chamberpot of success, worn with Pompous dignity. ees SEE YOU AT "OUR TOWN"?? Alpha Winners The two mostrecent winners in the 1967 Alpha Bonus Sweepstakes are Bertha Hargrave who won a $26. 00 merchandise credit and Beaulah Clark who won $2,50, The Bonus Sweepstakes goes into high gear this month when the first new month ly drawing isheld, This special drawing is the "Bonus" part of the 1967 drawings, Once a month. a number will be drawn that will entitle the winner to a major merchandise award, The March prize will be a “house full of paint", enough paint to Paint an entire house, Other monthly bonuses will include a patio full of lawn furniture, camping and fishing equipment, an expensive outdoor barbecue and many, many. more prizes. This year the number of weekly numbers drawn has been increased to eight,

A I AMA A aS ' t t f t t ¢ ¢ ) aoe , ee SS SEL Pamela "GO-GO" Flynn — Our Servicemen VICENZA, ITALY Atmy Private First Class Michael E. Atkinson; 20,.son of'Mr, and. Mrs; Edward ‘A. ‘Atkinson,’ 610 Nevada City Highway, Grass Valley, Calif. , took part in a mock combat situation, "Exercise “King Neptune, " in the foothills of the Italian Alps near Vicenza Feb. 20-25. Pvt. Atkinson, a demolition: specialist in the 62nd Engineer Company, and his unit are part of the Southern European Task Force (SETAF),, an ItalianAmerican artillery command that provides atomic missile support to NATO forces in northern Italy. The training exercise tested the command's transportation . and supply capabilities in a combat situation, FT; RUCKER, ALA, (AHTNC) ~ Private James T. Ussery, 19, son‘of Mr, and Mrs, Herman D. Ussery, 429 Sacramento St., Nevada City, Calif,, completed a five-week aircraft maintenance course at the Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker, Ala., Feb, 28, He was trained in airfield ~ Operations and in servicing and repairing fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, He may stay at the school and receive specialized instruction or be assigned to an Army airfield stateside or overseas, Alameda, Calif., Seaman: Apprentice William R, Evilsizer, USCG, son of’ Mr, and Mrs. Billie R,: Evilsizer of Sierra City, has graduated from eight weeks of basic training, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS I've read a few columns that purportedly list our nation’s leading litterateurs, and I.can tell you right now I’m completely astounded by the gross ‘inaccuracies of these reports! THEY ARE AS MISTAKEN AS AN AMOROUS SNAKE ROMANCING A PIECEOF HEMP! They just couldn't be more mislead by erroneous observation, YES, INDEEDY, Crighton, Drury, West, Renault, Susann, and De Hartog are peachy keeny proficient when it comes to juggling that old tired alphabet, and we all drool at the thought of a first edition Nizer, Frank, or Skinner, BUT they all lag a downtown San Francisco city block when we're considering that national bestread bit! SO,. HERE'S THE STRAIGHT SKINNY, SCOTTY, and I have the old reliable Stevenson statistics to prove it! AMERICA'S FAVORITE WRI’ TERS ARE MR, SEARS, HIS FRIEND ROEBUCK, AND A GUY NAMED MONTY WARD! WHAT OTHER PENMEN ARE ~AS WELLREAD, as widely quoted, as avidly studied? Why I know a few subnormal citizens who can't count a dozen and come up with twelve, but, these same slow-wits-can casually flip through a volume from Sears or Ward, rapturously squint their eyes, and quote ten passages ver batim* without an adjective out of whack! NOW I ASK YOU‘WHAT OTHER AUTHOR COMMANDS THAT KIND OF ATTENTION FOR A PRINTED MESSAGE? SO, THE NEXT TIME some self-styled literary virtuoso overwhelms you with memo‘rized quotes from Hemingway, . Shakespearre, or Freud, just smile enigmatically and ansJon Doherty, advertising director; George Kane, publisher and Otis Gaylord, editor, discuss plans for the Nevada County Nugget, Doherty and Gaylord assumed their executive duties March 3, Gaylord returned tohishome in Nevada City recently from Colorado where he was engaged in advertising and editorial work, Doherty was most recently advertising manager of the Grass V. ley Union for the pee years, John Clark, editor of four months is no longer associated with the paper. "Both Mr. and Mr, Gaylord come highly.qualified to the NUGGET: and I know they will be an asset to the community and to the newspaper, ” Kane said. by Kimary ‘wer: “Lavish Schiffli embroidered flowers swirl over the front of this gay little lounger of soft acetate and nylon fleece. _High slits at the sides give a daring look to the simple lines. Rickrack trims classic jewel neckline, With back zipper and one seam pocket." Then top it all with a long, slow, superior gaze and the final clincher: “MACHINE WASH, WARM. COLORS 515 royal blue or 523 dark red. Shipping weight one pound ten ounces!" PUT THAT BETWEEN THE OLD BOOKENDS, BUSTER! De Hartog and Crighton? MERE NEWCOMERS . oes ¢ @ & NEWSING AROUND: THE FELINE ON THE FRONT PAGE of last Tuesday's G. V. Union under the caption of: "He Must Have Lost in Finals", looked’ more to me like a flat cat on his way out of the tax office! «sees WILLARD ROSE once attended a lecture on the harmful effects of cigarettes, and was quite surprised to see the lecturing M.D. puffing one cigarette after another. Finally he addressed the doctor: "Doctor, you don'‘t’seem to be an advocate. of what you ‘preach !" Replied the good medic: "What do you’ want me.to do? Die Healthy?” Which naturally parrots: the ancient parental

admonition DON'TDO ASI DO-DOAS I SAY!...STANDARD.OIL'S ARBOR DAY CE, REMONIES were especially interesting to me since I had never before realized the good work §,O, does in our community. It's encouraging to to know that large companies recognize anunwritten obligation to the area in which they operate, BUT THE PLANT WAS SO SHINING CLEAN I SUSPECT LARRY DAVIS HAD HIS WIFE EDDIE-DO SOME HOUSECLEANING BEFORE THE GUESTS ARRIVED!...RALPH PONTE accepted a difficult assignment in Alaska with the understanding that the hours would be long “Sun-up to sun-down", only to discover ‘that Alaskan summers have no_ sun~DOWN!... THE GOLDEN GALA COMMITTEE is already revving up the engines for this year's ballunder the chairmanship of June McKenzie. New committee members have been added to the list including PEG MERRILL and LAVONNE AMARAL., And here's a hint to the exchequer of the family depository Start setting aside those G.G.B, sheckels a little sooner this year. The formal will be set for an earlier date! eeseLNFANT INHABITATOR #2 gave us a brief insight into the interpretive processes of the girl-baby mind as she stared into the bathroom mirror and chanted, Ala Snow White: “Mary, Mary, ona wall, who is fairest of the mall?" AND SPEAKING OF MALLS, whatever happened to the plans for one in G, V. ? Scouts Campout Troop 24 of the Nevada City Boy Scouts sponsored by the Elks Club will go on a campout this Friday. The boys will camp at the Rada Camp near Lincoln, the Council Campgrounds, work ontheir skills for the upcoming camparee andreturn on Sunday, HOROSCOPALLY: THOSE OF YOU BORN MARCH 1 THROUGH ' MARCH’10, have a great appreciation of the good things of life. You want happiness and pleasure but also to share it with others. Your sense of justice is so closely linked With generosity you are sometimes unfair to yourselves, You have good executive ability, your mind is orderly, accurate, and logical, BUT ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE you are fearful of change and you shy from new ideas and enterprises. You dislike taking action and therefore miss many fine opportunities. Frustrated, you may become lazy, self-indulgent and intemperate, dodging responsibilities and neglecting practical affairs. TO SUCCEED you must cultivate a realistic approach to events, conditions and personal associations, You must use discrimination in the choice of an objective and persevereto your goal!...ROTS OF RUCK! ? ee#e8 68 8 QUOTES; Ray Walton, Ypsilanti (are.you still, with me?) Michigan, Police: Chief, clo-~ sed his file on a recent report of flying. saucers with the remark: "I'm not going to. worry about these things until I can see the little men waving. “ YOO HOO! OFFICER! _ YOO HOO!! se¢*e8 28 8 POSIES PROFFERED: To JUNE ‘MCKENZIE, The on-tap talent fot’ délectable decorations, a competent committee member with common sense, and a qualified chairman for awesome affairs. se@8 8 6 THIS LITTLE ITEM WAS HAPPILY SWIPED FROM READERS DIGEST: I used to think I was poor, Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told. me it was self defeating to think of myself as needy, thatI was culturally deprived, Then they told me deprived was a bad image; that I was underprivileged. Then they told mé underprivileged was over-used, that I was disadvantaged. [ still don't have a dime, but I do have a GREAT vocabulary. (Jules Feiffer) eo@es 8s @ @ THETEA LEAVES TELL: Many acrown of wisdom is but the golden chamberpot of success, worn with Pompous dignity. ees SEE YOU AT "OUR TOWN"?? Alpha Winners The two mostrecent winners in the 1967 Alpha Bonus Sweepstakes are Bertha Hargrave who won a $26. 00 merchandise credit and Beaulah Clark who won $2,50, The Bonus Sweepstakes goes into high gear this month when the first new month ly drawing isheld, This special drawing is the "Bonus" part of the 1967 drawings, Once a month. a number will be drawn that will entitle the winner to a major merchandise award, The March prize will be a “house full of paint", enough paint to Paint an entire house, Other monthly bonuses will include a patio full of lawn furniture, camping and fishing equipment, an expensive outdoor barbecue and many, many. more prizes. This year the number of weekly numbers drawn has been increased to eight,