October 4, 1972 (12 pages)

With last week's rain we dissovered just how far behind we ' were in preparing for the winter nonths ahead. That was truly a good rain. We spent the remainder of the week and an especially full day on Sunday putting away the remains of the summer, the picnic table and benches and the lawn furniture, getting the yard cleaned up, etc. I don't imagine we were alone either, there were probably many families who were caught unaware, as we were. * * * Men from Nevada County Department of Public Works came Thursday. morning and took down the old snag from the field across the street from our house. The tree had been dead for several years and hung over a portion of West Easy Street and was really a danger. It isa relief to know that it's gone now. The men also cleared the willow tree and the brush from the corner which will make it easier to see the oncoming cars when coming down Siesta Drive. Further down Easy Street in front of the Percy Langlois Residence, the men took down another tree which made a blind spot in the road. ! * * * Renee Pregill, dughter of Ed and Carol Pregill of the Lasso Loop area, has indeed had her share of bad luck in the past few months. At the beginning of the summer, Renee fell from her horse and broke her wrist. That spoiled the summer swimming. Now in the past two weeks, Renee has sustained two breaks. While attending the after school recreation program, she fell while playing on the tumbling mats and broke her thumb. As if that wasn't enough, last week she again fell off of a new horse and broke her arm below the ball in the upper arm. This is a quite painful break and cannot be put into a cast. Renee must wear a shoulder sling. To NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 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. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Years. $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER © PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION by 2L8ian viswuwDLKG make matters worse, all of the breaks have been on the same arm. Renee is worried that because her arm is not in a cast that the kids at school will . think she is kidding about the breaks. So Hear This You Kids at Ready Springs -Renee Pregill does honestly have a broken thumb and arm too! * KOK Robyn Russell of Grass Valley and Ernest Vogt of Pleasant Valley Road recently announced their engagement. Robyn is the daughter of Mrs. L. R. Shillings of Carmichael and Jerald Russell of Grass Valley. Ernie's parents are Bill and Elaine Vogt of Pleasant Valley Road. The young couple plan to be married October 8, 1972 in the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Grass Valley. Robyn is employed by the Bank of America and works in the Brockington Manor Branch. Ernie has his own Backhoe Service. * * * Was delighted to receive a phone call from Barbara Nix on Wednesday of last week. She and Bob were in Grass Valley, where she called me from. She told me of the shower that she and daughter Teri Dahl planned for Robyn Russell. The shower was held at the Nix home in Cameron Park. The decorations were pink and white with bells, The cake was decorated with white wedding bells and was inscribed with the names of the future bride and groom. Games were played and prizes were won by Elaine Vogt and Lorraine Mathews. Mrs. Gilbert Machado, aunt of the bride to be, won the prize for the prettiest wrapped gift. A clothes basket, decorated in the pink and white theme, and filled with gifts, was presented to Robyn. Each guest also brought a favorite recipe to go into the recipe box which was also given to Robyn, Those attending were Elaine Vogt, mother of the groom to be and his sister, Nola Vogt, both from Pleasant Valley Road; Sue Shillings, mother of the bride to be, from Carmichael; Barbara Block, sister of the bride to be, from Sacramento; Fran Ervin from the Grass Valley area, Lorraine Mathews from Cameron Park, Robyn Russell, the guest of honor from Grass Valley and the hostesses, Barbara Nix and Teri Dahl. Smokey Says: . PLASTIC JUGS ¢ BOTTLES MAKE GOOD CONTAINERS Anything to make forest fire prevention easier! GAS LIGHTS were at their peak Thursday night in Nevada City. The town was well lighted and without lines and telephone poles has a refreshing look. Few days left Former Grass Valleyan get tax aid SACRAMENTO—Homeowners ige 62 or older have only a few jays left in which to file claims for Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance, according to State Controller Houston L Flourney, chaiman of the Franchise Tax Board. "Qualified individuals must aave their claims filed by Monjay, Oct. 16, or show cause to the Franchise Tax Board for an extension of filing time, " Flournoy said. In order to qualify, an individual must own and occupy hisown home, be 62 years of age or older, and have a total household income of less than $10,000. Flournoy noted that morethan 250,000 claims have already been processed and refunds issued in the amount of $37 million, "This is a dramatic increase over the previous year," said Flournoy, "when a total of 55,000 claims were filed resulting in $8 million in assistance." All claims already filed will be responded to as rapidly as possible and it will not be necessary for. anyone to file a second claim, the controller said. Claim forms are available from any office of the Franchise Tax Board or by writing to Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance, P.O. Box 1588, Sacramento, Calif. 95807, A retirement dinner honoring State Division of Highways Maintenance Man III Hary W. Johns of: Yuba City will be held at the Vienna Inn in Linda tonight. The event will conclude a 43year state career for him. On his retirement the Johns’ family completes 106 years of service to the state of California with his sister, brother and a son working a total of 63 years, Johns has been working since the age of 13. He delivered blocks of ice weighing only slightly less than he did to homes in Grass Valley in his first teen year. When School was in session he worked for an assay office in that community when gold mines were operating at full capacity. "The job paid well," he recalls, The maintenance man began work with the highway division in 1929 and his first job was to paint the first white lines down highways in 11 counties in Highway District 3 headquartered in Marysville. "My equipment was a lawnmower type paint machine and I pushed it by hand over highways in Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, SieHk Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counies, After that he was assigned maintenance out of the Nevada City headquarters and plowed snow each winter on major Sierra highways for the next 19 years. "We used to put in 72 hours at a stretch when the storms were severe," he said, for seniors to retires from highways “and I remember one year we had seven feet of snow to cope with in Nevada City." Johns transferred to Marysville in 1950 and since that time has been working onspecial crews which provide such services as sign placement, highway striping and sigal maintenance among other things. .Completing almost a full circle in his long career, Johns is finishing his highway work painting yellow and white lines along state highways and freeways in the same 11 counties where he started out. This decade, however, he is not walking. Progress has brought anew convenience to this hard-working man. He can now drive a truck and push a striping machine ahead of it, It saves shoe leather. Johns has a record of 37 years work on highways under heavy traffic without an accident. He is a World War II combat veteran having crossed the English channel right after D-Day. He served with the 9th Infantry Division in Afraica, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany and holds six battle stars, good conduct medal and a European theater of war ribbon. He and his wife, Mary live at 940 McCall Avenue. They have a son, William who is a florist in Sacramento, and three grandchildren. His retirement plans include travel and camping. ) eae

With last week's rain we dissovered just how far behind we ' were in preparing for the winter nonths ahead. That was truly a good rain. We spent the remainder of the week and an especially full day on Sunday putting away the remains of the summer, the picnic table and benches and the lawn furniture, getting the yard cleaned up, etc. I don't imagine we were alone either, there were probably many families who were caught unaware, as we were. * * * Men from Nevada County Department of Public Works came Thursday. morning and took down the old snag from the field across the street from our house. The tree had been dead for several years and hung over a portion of West Easy Street and was really a danger. It isa relief to know that it's gone now. The men also cleared the willow tree and the brush from the corner which will make it easier to see the oncoming cars when coming down Siesta Drive. Further down Easy Street in front of the Percy Langlois Residence, the men took down another tree which made a blind spot in the road. ! * * * Renee Pregill, dughter of Ed and Carol Pregill of the Lasso Loop area, has indeed had her share of bad luck in the past few months. At the beginning of the summer, Renee fell from her horse and broke her wrist. That spoiled the summer swimming. Now in the past two weeks, Renee has sustained two breaks. While attending the after school recreation program, she fell while playing on the tumbling mats and broke her thumb. As if that wasn't enough, last week she again fell off of a new horse and broke her arm below the ball in the upper arm. This is a quite painful break and cannot be put into a cast. Renee must wear a shoulder sling. To NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 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. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Years.. $5.00 _ Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER © PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION by 2L8ian viswuwDLKG make matters worse, all of the breaks have been on the same arm. Renee is worried that because her arm is not in a cast that the kids at school will . think she is kidding about the breaks. So Hear This You Kids at Ready Springs -Renee Pregill does honestly have a broken thumb and arm too! * KOK Robyn Russell of Grass Valley and Ernest Vogt of Pleasant Valley Road recently announced their engagement. Robyn is the daughter of Mrs. L. R. Shillings of Carmichael and Jerald Russell of Grass Valley. Ernie's parents are Bill and Elaine Vogt of Pleasant Valley Road. The young couple plan to be married October 8, 1972 in the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Grass Valley. Robyn is employed by the Bank of America and works in the Brockington Manor Branch. Ernie has his own Backhoe Service. * * * Was delighted to receive a phone call from Barbara Nix on Wednesday of last week. She and Bob were in Grass Valley, where she called me from. She told me of the shower that she and daughter Teri Dahl planned for Robyn Russell. The shower was held at the Nix home in Cameron Park. The decorations were pink and white with bells, The cake was decorated with white wedding bells and was inscribed with the names of the future bride and groom. Games were played and prizes were won by Elaine Vogt and Lorraine Mathews. Mrs. Gilbert Machado, aunt of the bride to be, won the prize for the prettiest wrapped gift. A clothes basket, decorated in the pink and white theme, and filled with gifts, was presented to Robyn. Each guest also brought a favorite recipe to go into the recipe box which was also given to Robyn, Those attending were Elaine Vogt, mother of the

groom to be and his sister, Nola Vogt, both from Pleasant Valley Road; Sue Shillings, mother of the bride to be, from Carmichael; Barbara Block, sister of the bride to be, from Sacramento; Fran Ervin from the Grass Valley area, Lorraine Mathews from Cameron Park, Robyn Russell, the guest of honor from Grass Valley and the hostesses, Barbara Nix and Teri Dahl. Smokey Says: . PLASTIC JUGS ¢ BOTTLES MAKE GOOD CONTAINERS Anything to make forest fire prevention easier! GAS LIGHTS were at their peak Thursday night in Nevada City. The town was well lighted and without lines and telephone poles has a refreshing look. Few days left Former Grass Valleyan get tax aid SACRAMENTO—Homeowners ige 62 or older have only a few jays left in which to file claims for Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance, according to State Controller Houston L Flourney, chaiman of the Franchise Tax Board. "Qualified individuals must aave their claims filed by Monjay, Oct. 16, or show cause to the Franchise Tax Board for an extension of filing time, " Flournoy said. In order to qualify, an individual must own and occupy hisown home, be 62 years of age or older, and have a total household income of less than $10,000. Flournoy noted that morethan 250,000 claims have already been processed and refunds issued in the amount of $37 million, "This is a dramatic increase over the previous year," said Flournoy, "when a total of 55,000 claims were filed resulting in $8 million in assistance." All claims already filed will be responded to as rapidly as possible and it will not be necessary for. anyone to file a second claim, the controller said. Claim forms are available from any office of the Franchise Tax Board or by writing to Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance, P.O. Box 1588, Sacramento, Calif. 95807, A retirement dinner honoring State Division of Highways Maintenance Man III Hary W. Johns of: Yuba City will be held at the Vienna Inn in Linda tonight. The event will conclude a 43year state career for him. On his retirement the Johns’ family completes 106 years of service to the state of California with his sister, brother and a son working a total of 63 years, Johns has been working since the age of 13. He delivered blocks of ice weighing only slightly less than he did to homes in Grass Valley in his first teen year. When School was in session he worked for an assay office in that community when gold mines were operating at full capacity. "The job paid well," he recalls, The maintenance man began work with the highway division in 1929 and his first job was to paint the first white lines down highways in 11 counties in Highway District 3 headquartered in Marysville. "My equipment was a lawnmower type paint machine and I pushed it by hand over highways in Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, SieHk Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counies, After that he was assigned maintenance out of the Nevada City headquarters and plowed snow each winter on major Sierra highways for the next 19 years. "We used to put in 72 hours at a stretch when the storms were severe," he said, for seniors to retires from highways “and I remember one year we had seven feet of snow to cope with in Nevada City." Johns transferred to Marysville in 1950 and since that time has been working onspecial crews which provide such services as sign placement, highway striping and sigal maintenance among other things. .Completing almost a full circle in his long career, Johns is finishing his highway work painting yellow and white lines along state highways and freeways in the same 11 counties where he started out. This decade, however, he is not walking. Progress has brought anew convenience to this hard-working man. He can now drive a truck and push a striping machine ahead of it, It saves shoe leather. Johns has a record of 37 years work on highways under heavy traffic without an accident. He is a World War II combat veteran having crossed the English channel right after D-Day. He served with the 9th Infantry Division in Afraica, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany and holds six battle stars, good conduct medal and a European theater of war ribbon. He and his wife, Mary live at 940 McCall Avenue. They have a son, William who is a florist in Sacramento, and three grandchildren. His retirement plans include travel and camping. ) eae