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4 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, Sept 27, 1972
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By Fay M. Dunbar
This week fifty years ago
The resolutions committee for the Democratic Convention
decided not to endorse Henry Ford for the presidency "at this
time". Rejection of the proposal was made onthe grounds
the "the endorsement wovld be premature and too far in advance of the 1924 elections."
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Fire originating from a spark from a forge in Clancy's
.Blacksmith Shop on Broad Street in Nevada City gutted an
entire block; and caused property losses totaling approximately $35,000. The properties and some principals hardest hit
included Alpha Hardware & Supply Company; G. Bettega and
the Old Hopkins Building; G.D. Buckley, 85-year old retired : P i
attorney; Hing Tong; LM. Wolves Citertaking Parlors; HighRumor has it that Rough and Ready is to have ae es
way Garage; Dr. J.H. Suss; P.A. Bost; Chris and Edgar Chrisabout new residents is that these are ena hota fe and John and Kathy Gregor. The other
fensen and the Union Hotel; and a Ford automobile registered pare ge her a pial eo, ULey sari neighbors. They will be near Harmony
to one Denny Rodriguez. Estimated insurance on all of the to ee ae pe Aaah . Seah Fishing Hideaway. So you can see I can't divulge names at
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above was "about $3,000." "For a time, the entire downtown ct j i
section of the City was in grave danger of total destruction," the present. I thought you ought to be warned just in case you pat Pes eel aera mnie:
according. to the report of the fire in the Morning Union..’ them in the grocery store or something like that. T grew up i > vom ne orous to we On
but the timely arrival of firemen and equipment from borderbrities were the rule rather than the exception. They still seem yh eg th U; ited
ing communities prevented a much greater loss." back fence joined a meadow where Doug Fairbanks once worked, It later became the United
+ KOK wn Artists Studio. At one time, that I remember, for several weeks we watched "flying carpets
Joseph Kneebone of Grass Valley, area agent, was adver. ™aneuver around outside our back window gees : oe pects
tising the new 1923 models of Ct "Utility Coupes" : ’ ;
$877 "delivered here."" These cars iiieteserlead tee tiie nba tecbenstoinaeage nape’ ee ss ee Te = aed te eek mieten
i "Il h i : " Johnson Bill Avery wedding. This time I went right to the horses s : k.
aiaiithnce ee ase ie he ee Pee ee eee Johnsons have just moved into their new home and don't have a telephone yet but the Rich Averys
"One third of the population of the United States will be Promised me October 14 ts the correct date. ‘The other information was correct, St. Patrick's
flying in dirigibles in the near future" according to prediction Church at 11 a.m. * * ek Ok *
made by Leo S i i : ; : ;
Kart arabs pedis ee Ga ee After much testing and some moving from hospital to hospital, Dr. Bert Spaite seems better
would range in tvpe up to vie minetie patie wd . toi again. The doctors have found the source of the infection which was hindering his recovery and
20 motors." a i a has are very encouraging. He cannot have visitors yet. One of his first get-well requests was for
: rr ier erage some good Bitney Springs water. Wouldn't Fred and Alice Bitney be pleased to know how much
ir vi : is to us.
: The Grass Valley Library reported for September 1922 ISAS OUEETE SOE ENS ey Sete Ot ges pig y .
as follows: i :
There were 6,849 books available for use on the shelves Mrs, Martina Paull, my infallable informant on Rough and Ready's old days, informs me
in September; of those, 1,265 were loaned for home use. There that our new Grange members, Gordon and Jenny Briggs are part of that history. Jenny gradWere 1,206 visitors to the reading rooms men, 445; women, _ uated from the old Rough and Ready School in 1930, Margaret Wilson was her teacher. From here
201; boys, 333; and girls, 137, Thirteen new books were purshe went to the old Columbus Righ School, Martina informs me it was located where Hennessy is
chased during the month and 38 were donated by friends of the today. From there she went on to Business College at Mt. St. Mary's. She really is a product
Library as gifts or memorials. of Nevada County. Jenny lost her parents early and was raised by her Uncle Clemente Penna.
eee e She grew up in the old Penna house at the end of what is now Penna Way. It is the Robert Purvis
Henry Harris, a member of the 1922 Senior class graduated home now. Clemente Penna made wine there, good wine! We used to have one of the lovely old
from Nevada City High School, was appointed to the reporting labels. I believe it was patented. It was what Martina calls "bonded." Naturally little ole wine
Staff of the University of California (Berkeley) daily paper§ maker Clemente had his secret recipe.
"The Californian." Harris was enrolled as a journalism major
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at the University. : es
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A concert to benefit Grass Valley's Memorial Park. held ago. The Nolans make their home in Oakland and were here for the weekend visiting relatives
in Elks Hall, featured the following: Singers Mrs. Louis Dorand friends. Lillian Cole Nolan lived many of her younger years with Martina at the family
sey, Mrs. Robert Starrett, Miss Bernice Glaseyn ont Ming home here in Rough and Ready. Lillian also attended the Rough and Ready School.
Arthur B. Foote; pianists Mrs. Grace Raymond, Miss Minnie ee oe
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Brand and Miss Vida Bradley; violinist Miss Marjorie Sessions; Mrs, Bixler's sister, Mrs, Ruth Gmeiner of Santa Rosa, spent last week with Jack and Esdancers Marjorie Sessions Bee her student, Winifred Morgan. ther. The group enjoyed several trips during her visit. One especially enjoyable one was to Reno.
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Grass Valley won over San Franicisco, Oakland and Santa i i
Cruz for the honor of entertaining the Northern California Conee te Cr oe Acer ne Ge CE ie Pema Oo meee ae
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Churches for the first time should get the federal grant monies available inthis area for community projects. I may be wrong
All previous such conferences had been traditionally held in but I am unalterably opposed to borrowing more grant or tax money, it's the same whichever
some coastal city. you prefer to call it, than is necessary. However, Nevada County, I think, is too small to be able
to cope with water and sewage problems, for her too rapidly increasing population, alone. This
ood, A000 is the cheapest other way. No matter how fine and brave and anti-bureaucratic our leadership
RR, may want to be it simply is not practical to go it alone. Yet in this day of togetherness, our
supervisors are trying to do just that. They have turned up OUR noses at the SRACP method of
cooperation. In this day of accepted need for better cooperation on common problems can we
UJ S afford to be out of step. It takes a lot of wide spread representation to know the entire CongressaWVe ional Districts most essential problems. There can be very little doubt anywhere in the area
4 that Nevada County badly needs big money for essential projects, One thing I know, first hand, one
Savin S worthwhile community project in this area has already been told "It's no use applying. We cannot grant money to Nevada County. They aren't participating in the required 'best use’ planning
BUSINESS
for the area." You should contact your supervisor. He might be glad to have the benefit of your
BILLBOARD
decisions about SRAPC, Sacramento Regional Area Planning Commission.
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The Grange Ladies are to meet next Tuesday, October 3 at the home of Mrs, Alice Licht
on Rough and Ready Road for a quilting bee. The quilt is being readied for the Gift Fair on
November 18, Hf you can quilt or want to learn come at 9:30 a.m. The work had to be canceled
on Sept. 26 due to the necessary .power outage scheduled for that day. On Wednesday, Oct. 4
. the ladies will work at the Grange Hall setting up for their rummage sale, The sale is scheduled
THE GIPSON’S
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for Thursday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 6 at the Grange hall from 9 to 4 p.m. On Saturday, Oct.
7 the Grange will hold its annual Harvest Dinner. The ladies have canceled their Dime a Dip
WATCHES
t ; JEWELRY . dinner for Friday, Sept. 29 in favor of a Tupperware party to be scheduled sometime in the near
SSE epairinc SSS, Dae ee : future.
E. M. D ALPEZ wen (1 RATTLE oud eaue: done The week is not all Grange activities. The beginning class of the Rough and Ready Square
Dancers meet there on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. with Dave Conley calling the tips.
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The Baer family-Conne, Stanley, Charles, and Kathy had lots of fun at the flea market at
Park At The Door Len Gilbert Coloma last Sunday. They were joined by their sister, Susan Gage and her family, husband,
Of The F j iendly Store . . Mike and baby daughter, Visantha, Mrs. Dorothy Gage of Sacramento, Mike's mother, also joined
Cedar Ridge ¢ FARMERS INSURANCEGROUP . the fun. During the day Cecil and Mary Burns of the Rough and Ready Grange joined them for a
Ladies Sh HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY ] chort visit.
es shop 111 W. Main —— P.O. Box 1034 Charles Baer is following his brother's example. He is raising hogs. His first family was
Colfax Hiway — 273-4664 Grass Valley, Ca. Ph. 265-6166 } porn last Monday, Jezebel, a red Duroc, had 7 all white piglets. Papa was white,