September 18, 1974 (8 pages)

t _2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Sept. 18,1974 ; : * Did you ever read a wisp ofa you? ‘ “short-short” sort-of thing about a man and a dog that may yet drive me up walls. The author’s pet his head with my gloved hand”. like this.“Each time that I tried to return to my buggy to continue my search for a place to bed down, the dog cried so piteously that I’d go back and pet him once more. I resolutely turned my back on him and drove off across ‘the _plains.with that. animal’s mournful howls hounding every were completely out of sight of the place.” __ says something to the effect that “for many years afterwards the would return and I memory howling as tho’ heartbroken.long after I. had forgotten the location of ‘ the —————————" . 301 Broad Street’ _ Nevada City, Ca. i eee Telephone 265-2559 _ PUBLISHED EVERY _. WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. _ Second class postage 1 California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general ‘circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. oh Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: ~ One Year . $3.00 . Two Yeors . $5.00 Off The Cu «BRL ago I read. a. ~ while and want to get back in theSmith farm or even what my Cy : advertisement from The Morning Union of April particular story back to mind most clearly is my own personal recollection of a little red puppy.a half-breed Cocker, 1 ‘that almost gave a home to one “It was more than 20 years ago. ; ‘A friend and I were on our way, Francisco and Santa Barbara. We stopped in one of those little watering places somewhere Deciding to stretch our legs a bit we went on a stroll.about the small village and on a side street came upon a pet shop that was. holding a ‘going out. of business” sale. It was-a case of “‘the puppy inthe. window” for me.a single. curly-furred, reddish-brown half-breed Cocker in a large and _very dirty cardboard carfor attention. — My ‘friend declined to show any interest in either the store or the dog; but I-went in and asked how much the proprietor wanted for the little fella. ‘‘He’s the last “one left, lady.you can have him for $5 ’cause I gotta be out of here tomorrow sure.” ‘ I paid the man his price, took the puppy in my arms and ‘walked out to where my friend was standing. “What on earth are we going to do with a dog on this trip,’ said she in rather angry tones. “You know we can’t take him:to the hotels we plan to stop in, and how are we going to feed him on this jaunt.:.have you lost your mind completely np y, Phyllis?” Well, the upshot of the matter was that we cancelled that night’s reservation at-one hotel and went to another, less desirable place, which permitted pets! But bright and early the next morning, we puppy over to the very sympathetic lady in charge. She promised to, find him a “‘verygood home.:’ ‘Memories can be ‘such torSquare dancing workshops to begin Sept 24 . Square Knots Dance Club is year with ‘‘brushup workshops” for people who have been out of dancing a swing. As usual the workshops start at 7:30 p.m. at Nevada Union High School’s multipurpose room with Doug Hastings . calling the moves. On Sept. 24 begin. f An old-fashioned hoedown will be held Oct, 28 with Jim Diffy calling the squares to order at 8:30 p.m. and the regular ” Rough a We often reter to the good old days. This: 3, 1982 seems to prove, they were good days. “National Hotel Coffee Sh y Dinner $1.00.” According to the ad it would be served from 11:30 a.m. to. 8:30 p.m. The menu read “Green Onions-Ripe Olives-o-Crab Cocktail-oTomato Bisque Sot Mayonnaise” (real class)-0-(five choices of entree) “Fried Spring Chicken, Apple FritterSweet Potatoes-Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Brown Gravy and Fresh Asparz sd Potatoes’’. If you could still hold the menu you had four choices of dessert “Apple Pie and CheeseLemon Cream Pie-Fresh Rhubarb Pie-Ice Cream and Cookies. You had three choices of beverage ‘‘Tea-Coffee-Milk”. The Plaza Grocery advertised three pounds of beans 14 cents and pint Wesson Oil 24 cents. Maybe they really were the good old days in spite of the : . Of course, my salary was only $16. ~grang per week. When it went to $20. I started a savings account. L love hash browned potatoes. Cooking them for one is not something you do routinely. Maybe you would like to share the shortcuts I have developed. When I begin to have that yen I carefully scrub and boil a few potatoes in salted water. They can be stored for several days. I don’t peel them. Just grate about half a potato complete with skin, for-each-person, on a well greased hot griddle. Fry crisp on one side turn and fry as desired on the other side. My husband used to like them to start a long tiring day. They are an excellent addition to a late breakfast or even for dinner. The fat, isn’t good for. you but potatoes actually are. One medium sized potato has as much vitamin C as a medium sized tomato. It has lots of iron and small amounts of several other vitamins and minerals. It’s what you put on the potato that hurts you. Try baked potato or even those boiled in their jackets with onion powder (not onion salt), pepper, and lo-cal milk to moisten. ~~ Also advertised in that 1982 paper was “Kempy”’. at the Belmont . Theatre in New York City it was being presented ‘“‘by a group of local players under the direction of Mr. Sweeney of the high school faculty” at the Nevada Theatre. You may remember W.S. Williamson, Myers Mobley, Ann “Williams, Mrs. Katherine Tucker,Richard Parsons, and Mr. Barron who were members of the cast. The only names familiar to me were Kate. Shearer, sister of Hugh Shearer of Penn Valley, who portrayed the eldest daughter of the family and Mrs. Katherine Celio, who all of you must know. She did the vague and beloved ‘Ma’ * Bence. The Nevada Theatre is still advertising in that same newspaper, now called The Union. Saturday night it celebrated its 109th birthday with a party at the Elks Hall. There were about~ 200 people present to share the birthday cake. Dinner was spaghetti, by Frank Gallino and Marian Ghidotti. It was good. The John— Trauners and Rick Caffey of Rough and Ready were among the guests. Conne and Kathy Baer and I were the other Rough and Ready guests. ‘ As usual we also worked. Much closer to home was the announcement that our own Helen Arborgast (Beatie) would sing at Saturday morning church services. She was doing a duet with Marjorie Phariss. ~ Also announced in the same paper was. ’ ‘Forest Service to put in week on flying field’. ‘They were to loan heavy equipment and “spend $100. before July 1, in the improvement of the Gilmore flying field at Grass Valley, for service as a landing field for Forest Service planes of the Tahoe National Forest will permit one week of work on the field. This amount of money, which will be supplemented Dunbar : by money raised in Grass Valley, will serve—.” meant another family fed. The Gold Country didn’t suffer much but the nation was sure broke. " Helene Hurlbut has sold her latest an' are the Hintons from Greenville. Helene loves : wintering in the warm climes. In the past she . has been restricted to short vacations in Mexico and Palm Springs. This year she will be spending the winter in Palm Springs which is to be Don’t forget the Rough and Ready Grange meeting Friday. Placer Nevada Pomona Grange will meet in the Grange Hall Thursday.This meeting is rather special. Members will have the pleasure of seeing the 5th Degree Work presented. Those taking the 5th Degree now will be eligible to take the 6th Degree when the state e holds its conyention in Sacramento on October 13 to 18. The 108th session of the national grange will also be held in Sacramento this year. Dates are Nov. 11 to 18. This the first annual national grange session held in California since 1959. The 7th degree work will be presented on Nov. 16. Many California Grangers are preparing to be obligated in the 7th degree at this time. I hope you all read Ruby Nobles comments on the River Boat trip I covered’ last week. It’s amazing with what different eyes we see things of interest. I particularly agree with her about the-sail boats and their newly brilliant sails. I~ \ am not being’facitious when I say there were hundreds of _ It was a breathtaking sight. I also agree with her joy in seeing “Gary, Melody and little Brian’”’. When we came sailing back to the bus, late as usual, their beaming faces greeted us also. I hardly recognized Melody. She is beautifully thin. I am sure she didn’t recognize me. She hasn’t seen me for at least 50 pounds. . One last item of news from the 1932 Morning Union. It was written by one of Nevada County’s favorite columnists, Edmund Kinyon. His column at that time was titled ‘Observations and ’. This particular story was titled ‘New Highway Link East of Smartsville Seems to Call for Dedication by Two Counties’. Present Nevada county historian Doris Foley prefers Kinyon’s observations to any other source. . Every historian unintentionally colors his recounting of stories with his own personality. Mrs. Foley finds Kinyon to be reliably factual, Occasionally because of his colorful language I shall let him tell bits of the story.in his own He refers graphically to the lure of the “Yubas” and tells of the “‘reinactment of the old spectacle.” But how changed the quantative -factor’. Instead of the packed salartus can disgorging its stream of sheeny treasure across the counter of the store, tiny packets come forth ‘from the pockets of the miner to reveal the almost pitiful amount of gold which represents probably a week of back-breaking labor. The total is generally. a few dollars, but at times the ‘poke’ musters less than one dollar on the refurbished gold scales, and in one instance ‘recently the recompense of a dejected river miner for his trip to town was only 28 cents. Reinacted, is the spectacle of the early gold rush days, when talented lawyers, preachers, doctors, toiled in the wet coyote holes of the river bars, but with: this difference-the spirit of adventure and desire for quick wealth drove the one; necessity, lacking little of being dire and stark, drives the other.” But the prime purpose of this article was to acclaim the splendid boulevard which the state of California has built from the Nevada-Yuba county line, about Smartville, four miles up the . once formidable Pet Hill grade. And to glide © over that grade, 40 miles per hour, minus jolt bounce, is to wonder by whatmagic—. > /

t _2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Sept. 18,1974 ; : * Did you ever read a wisp ofa you? ‘ “short-short” sort-of thing about a man and a dog that may yet drive me up walls. The author’s pet his head with my gloved hand”. like this..“Each time that I tried to return to my buggy to continue my search for a place to bed down, the dog cried so piteously that I’d go back and pet him once more. I resolutely turned my back on him and drove off across ‘the _plains..with that. animal’s mournful howls hounding every were completely out of sight of the place.” __ says something to the effect that “for many years afterwards the would return and I memory howling as tho’ heartbroken..long after I. had forgotten the location of ‘ the —————————" . 301 Broad Street’ _ Nevada City, Ca. i eee Telephone 265-2559 _ PUBLISHED EVERY _. WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. _ Second class postage 1 California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general ‘circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. oh Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: ~ One Year .. $3.00 . Two Yeors .. $5.00 Off The Cu «BRL ago I read. a. ~ while and want to get back in theSmith farm or even what my Cy : advertisement from The Morning Union of April particular story back to mind most clearly is my own personal recollection of a little red puppy..a half-breed Cocker, 1 ‘that almost gave a home to one “It was more than 20 years ago. ; ‘A friend and I were on our way, Francisco and Santa Barbara. We stopped in one of those little watering places somewhere Deciding to stretch our legs a bit we went on a stroll.about the small village and on a side street came upon a pet shop that was. holding a ‘going out. of business” sale. It was-a case of “‘the puppy inthe. window” for me..a single. curly-furred, reddish-brown half-breed Cocker in a large and _very dirty cardboard carfor attention. — My ‘friend declined to show any interest in either the store or the dog; but I-went in and asked how much the proprietor wanted for the little fella. ‘‘He’s the last “one left, lady..you can have him for $5 ’cause I gotta be out of here tomorrow sure.” ‘ I paid the man his price, took the puppy in my arms and ‘walked out to where my friend was standing. “What on earth are we going to do with a dog on this trip,’ said she in rather angry tones. “You know we can’t take him:to the hotels we plan to stop in, and how are we going to feed him on this jaunt.:.have you lost your mind completely np y, Phyllis?” Well, the upshot of the matter was that we cancelled that night’s reservation at-one hotel and went to another, less desirable place, which permitted pets! But bright and early the next morning, we puppy over to the very sympathetic lady in charge. She promised to, find him a “‘verygood home.:’ ‘Memories can be ‘such torSquare dancing workshops to begin Sept 24 . Square Knots Dance Club is year with ‘‘brushup workshops” for people who have been out of dancing a swing. As usual the workshops start at 7:30 p.m. at Nevada Union High School’s multipurpose room with Doug Hastings . calling the moves. On Sept. 24 begin. f An old-fashioned hoedown will be held Oct, 28 with Jim Diffy calling the squares to order at 8:30 p.m. and the regular ” Rough a We often reter to the good old days. This: 3, 1982 seems to prove, they were good days. “National Hotel Coffee Sh y Dinner $1.00.” According to the ad it would be served from 11:30 a.m. to. 8:30 p.m. The menu read “Green Onions-Ripe Olives-o-Crab Cocktail-oTomato Bisque Sot Mayonnaise” (real class)-0-(five choices of entree) “Fried Spring Chicken, Apple FritterSweet Potatoes-Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Brown Gravy and Fresh Asparz sd Potatoes’’. If you could still hold the menu you had four choices of dessert “Apple Pie and CheeseLemon Cream Pie-Fresh Rhubarb Pie-Ice Cream and Cookies. You had three choices of beverage ‘‘Tea-Coffee-Milk”. The Plaza Grocery advertised three pounds of beans 14 cents and pint Wesson Oil 24 cents. Maybe they really were the good old days in spite of the : . Of course, my salary was only $16. ~grang per week. When it went to $20. I started a savings account. L love hash browned potatoes. Cooking them

for one is not something you do routinely. Maybe you would like to share the shortcuts I have developed. When I begin to have that yen I carefully scrub and boil a few potatoes in salted water. They can be stored for several days. I don’t peel them. Just grate about half a potato complete with skin, for-each-person, on a well greased hot griddle. Fry crisp on one side turn and fry as desired on the other side. My husband used to like them to start a long tiring day. They are an excellent addition to a late breakfast or even for dinner. The fat, isn’t good for. you but potatoes actually are. One medium sized potato has as much vitamin C as a medium sized tomato. It has lots of iron and small amounts of several other vitamins and minerals. It’s what you put on the potato that hurts you. Try baked potato or even those boiled in their jackets with onion powder (not onion salt), pepper, and lo-cal milk to moisten. ~~ Also advertised in that 1982 paper was “Kempy”’. at the Belmont . Theatre in New York City it was being presented ‘“‘by a group of local players under the direction of Mr. Sweeney of the high school faculty” at the Nevada Theatre. You may remember W.S. Williamson, Myers Mobley, Ann “Williams, Mrs. Katherine Tucker,Richard Parsons, and Mr. Barron who were members of the cast. The only names familiar to me were Kate. Shearer, sister of Hugh Shearer of Penn Valley, who portrayed the eldest daughter of the family and Mrs. Katherine Celio, who all of you must know. She did the vague and beloved ‘Ma’ * Bence. The Nevada Theatre is still advertising in that same newspaper, now called The Union. Saturday night it celebrated its 109th birthday with a party at the Elks Hall. There were about~ 200 people present to share the birthday cake. Dinner was spaghetti, by Frank Gallino and Marian Ghidotti. It was good. The John— Trauners and Rick Caffey of Rough and Ready were among the guests. Conne and Kathy Baer and I were the other Rough and Ready guests. ‘ As usual we also worked. Much closer to home was the announcement that our own Helen Arborgast (Beatie) would sing at Saturday morning church services. She was doing a duet with Marjorie Phariss. ~ Also announced in the same paper was. ’ ‘Forest Service to put in week on flying field’. ‘They were to loan heavy equipment and “spend $100. before July 1, in the improvement of the Gilmore flying field at Grass Valley, for service as a landing field for Forest Service planes of the Tahoe National Forest will permit one week of work on the field. This amount of money, which will be supplemented Dunbar : by money raised in Grass Valley, will serve—.” meant another family fed. The Gold Country didn’t suffer much but the nation was sure broke. " Helene Hurlbut has sold her latest an' are the Hintons from Greenville. Helene loves : wintering in the warm climes. In the past she . has been restricted to short vacations in Mexico and Palm Springs. This year she will be spending the winter in Palm Springs which is to be Don’t forget the Rough and Ready Grange meeting Friday. Placer Nevada Pomona Grange will meet in the Grange Hall Thursday.This meeting is rather special. Members will have the pleasure of seeing the 5th Degree Work presented. Those taking the 5th Degree now will be eligible to take the 6th Degree when the state e holds its conyention in Sacramento on October 13 to 18. The 108th session of the national grange will also be held in Sacramento this year. Dates are Nov. 11 to 18. This the first annual national grange session held in California since 1959. The 7th degree work will be presented on Nov. 16. Many California Grangers are preparing to be obligated in the 7th degree at this time. I hope you all read Ruby Nobles comments on the River Boat trip I covered’ last week. It’s amazing with what different eyes we see things of interest. I particularly agree with her about the-sail boats and their newly brilliant sails. I~ \ am not being’facitious when I say there were hundreds of _ It was a breathtaking sight. I also agree with her joy in seeing “Gary, Melody and little Brian’”’. When we came sailing back to the bus, late as usual, their beaming faces greeted us also. I hardly recognized Melody. She is beautifully thin. I am sure she didn’t recognize me. She hasn’t seen me for at least 50 pounds. . One last item of news from the 1932 Morning Union. It was written by one of Nevada County’s favorite columnists, Edmund Kinyon. His column at that time was titled ‘Observations and ’. This particular story was titled ‘New Highway Link East of Smartsville Seems to Call for Dedication by Two Counties’. Present Nevada county historian Doris Foley prefers Kinyon’s observations to any other source. . Every historian unintentionally colors his recounting of stories with his own personality. Mrs. Foley finds Kinyon to be reliably factual, Occasionally because of his colorful language I shall let him tell bits of the story.in his own He refers graphically to the lure of the “Yubas” and tells of the “‘reinactment of the old spectacle.” But how changed the quantative -factor’. Instead of the packed salartus can disgorging its stream of sheeny treasure across the counter of the store, tiny packets come forth ‘from the pockets of the miner to reveal the almost pitiful amount of gold which represents probably a week of back-breaking labor. The total is generally. a few dollars, but at times the ‘poke’ musters less than one dollar on the refurbished gold scales, and in one instance ‘recently the recompense of a dejected river miner for his trip to town was only 28 cents. Reinacted, is the spectacle of the early gold rush days, when talented lawyers, preachers, doctors, toiled in the wet coyote holes of the river bars, but with: this difference-the spirit of adventure and desire for quick wealth drove the one; necessity, lacking little of being dire and stark, drives the other.” But the prime purpose of this article was to acclaim the splendid boulevard which the state of California has built from the Nevada-Yuba county line, about Smartville, four miles up the . once formidable Pet Hill grade. And to glide © over that grade, 40 miles per hour, minus jolt bounce, is to wonder by whatmagic—. > /