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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

May 24, 1967 (26 pages)

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Teen Fair Plans Set For June 3-4 Typical items to be found inthe John Woolmas School booth at the Teen Fait. Local Area Scene For Rock Hounds ROCK CLUS FIELD TRIP SEMINAR For the second year, 2 Gem and Mineral Society Federation Field Trip Seminar will be beid in the northern part of the State May 27 and 22 im Geass ValleyNevada City, with the hosts to be ada County Gem & Mineral Society. They will rendezvous at the Nevada County Fair Grounds in Grass Valley. There will be a field wip on Sanardzy morning to the Empire Mime in Grass Valley, and a showing of Mr. Ghidomi'’s gold collection at the Bank of America in Nevada City. Luncheon will be 209 p.m. 2 meeting will convene im the Nevada ive of the Sureaz of Land Herman Shar, California Federated Mineral Future of ow Public Lands. ~ At 6:39 p.m. dimmer will be bekd at in Grass . New Liberal _ Arts: Policy The Liberal Arts Commission receivedacontribution of $190. 00 for the Opera House from Laurel Parlor #56, Native Daughters of the Golden West, This money was for individual snemberships, but since they go over $190, 90 the organiz~Ztion requested that their name be placed on a seat. This has not been the policy of the Liberal Arts Commission in the past, but the general membership meeting immediately voted to make itso in the future. This should be good pews for all organizations. If you can sign up allyour members, you too may request a seat in your name. The policy concerning all donations was clarified to mean that anyone sending in a minimum of $2.00 would receive a membership, even though the donation (depending upon how it was noted) must be held in trast. inthe March 21st issue of the Forum urging the drive to “Save the Theatre. Comment ran ~.. wouldn't it imcrease your enjoyment to know you had dome a little something to heip one of these surprising how much money comes to this venture from outside the County. Another plea that money tothe Theatre Fund was 2letter sent in April to all N.U.H.S. graduates who have moved away. The respomse was very good. Some $3,000 to $4,900 has been received since that time. Donations came from New York, New Jersey, Texas, siamds at over $31, 000. Leukemia Still Top Cancer Aim Among the many kinds of cancer now being attacked on a large scale by scientific research, leukemia is still the toughest with which to deal. However, Many scientists believe that when the mystery of leukemiais solved, most of the cancer problem may be solved right along with it. According to the American Cancer Society no cure of preventative has yet been found. Some drugs and combinations of drugs have been used with Varying degrees of success. They sometimes arrest the disease for atime, but not permanently. As of September 1, 1966,
sixty-four of the American Cancer Society‘s active research grams. totaling morethan $2, 000,000 were directly or indirectly concermed with solving the leukemia problem, It is estimated that 4, 800 American children under the age of 15 will die of cancer, half of them succumbing to leukemia, which destroys bloodforming tissae. Viruses have been implicated im some forms of animal lexkemia, but to date they have is buman leukemia. Local volunteers are stillin the midst of their annual edzCrusade. EReady WwWew ss By Fey 4. Bunber 173 1934 Mrs, Etta Ettleman, former postmistress at Bough and Ready, entered Sierra Memorial Hospital last Sunday for tests and observation, Mr, Ettleman just got home from there about three weeks ago, Etta has had more than her share of illness in recent years; we hope this trip will prove to be routine, On May 19th a small private wedding at the Little Rough and Ready Chapel proved more exciting than usual. The bride was Miss Karen Rayburn of Sutter, California. Miss Rayburn was accompanied by her parents, The groom, Mr. Leland Nelson, had been away inthe service ofhis country for three years. When the groom's mother and father received the wedding announcement in Kerrick, Minnesota, they hurriedly gathered the “family, six younger brothers and sisters, and arrived just in time for the wedding, They were seated inthe Chapel without the knowledge of the bride and groom, : As the young couple left the Chapel after the ceremony, the groom, in the proverbial state of shock, had eyes only for his new bride, His father stepped into the aisle in front of them, and the happy reunion that followed had everyone in tears including the new bride, Over the week-end, members of the Lake Merritt and Grass Valley Kiwanis Clubs were guests of the Bert Spaites. Lake Merritt was the home club of Dr. Spaite before he retired to our community. Five Rough and Ready couples were among the Grass Valley group present, and fifteen couples came from Lake Merritt. Some of the early arrivals enjoyed golf on Saturday afternoon. After an altitude adjustment hour at the Spaite’s, Steak Dinnerbroit your own over the coals stylewas served in a nei i garden, A tour of the mines was arranged for Sunday at 1-00 p.m. Starting at the Empire Mine. Dr. Spaite described the Kiwanis Club as a community service group, not “just for fun” as it seemed Saturday night. The latest project of the local group isthe beautiful Church Roster which you can see on the Auburn Highway as you enter Grass Yalley. Among the guests in the Lake Merritt group was Marshall MacDonald who was most active in the restoration of the old Mother Lode town of Columbia. This restoration is a very worthwhile comtribution to history and a service to the community and the nation. Mrs, Mary Browning of Las Vegas, Nevada, and sams Cody and Steven, spent last week here visiting Mrs. Jessie Shields of the Antique Shop. Cody and Steven enjoyed their visit with Grandmother in Rough and Ready. Jessie says the boys wanted to take the creek, back of the Antique Shop, home with them. Their father is Robert Lee Browning, Electronics Technician at Mercury Missile Base. ~ Mrs, Shields will be returning to her home in Antioch assoon as the Antique Show in Nevada City is over. She hopes same day to soter® to this area and with Helene'‘s help perhaps open a shop of er Own. In the old days when people passed through the Rough and Ready Toll Gate they probably received their change in gold dust, Qn July 2nd, at Rough and Ready‘s Secession Days Celebration, whea visitors pay their Toll Charge they will receive a Wooden Nickel imprinted with the name Rough and Ready and dated 1850. Sacramento State College Children’s Theatre will present 2 marionette production of Lewis Carroll's imaginative children's classic, “Alice in Wonderland," It will be performed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 21 and May 28, and at 11 a.m, and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 27. For tickets, write or phone the Smadent Association Box Office, Sacramento State College, Sacramento, California, phone 454-6278, —— ~ “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder, a Pulitzer prize winning play, will be presented at 8 p.m, on May 19-20 at St, Cecelia’s Hall, Mr, St. Mary's, Grass Valley, Proceeds will go into the fund for the Community Theatre of Nevada County. Shown, ltor, are De. A. H. McPherson, choirmaster; Evelyn Paye, organist: Barbara Lane, Dee Montagne, Alice M, Nelson and Dean Ross.