September 27, 1972 (12 pages)

The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, Sept 27, 1972° 5 Vol. 21—No. 117 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Tuesday, March 2, 1948 Nevada County Long AgoFLOY MARGARET REYNOLDS 20 YEARS AGO A house warming for their handsome new country home .on Lady Jane ranch was given by Mr. and Mrs. H. Robinson. An old touring chassis rebuilt with a special body and covered with a new coat of red paint was presented to the Nevada City fire department by Ed Martine to be used as a special hose truck. Manuger Tamblyn of the Nevuda Theater was being commended for the presentation of the noted photo play, “Ben Hur.” John Carlson, formeriy relief agent for the Sacramento division of the Southern Pacific, was appointed station agent for the Nevada county railroad at Nevada City. The firm of W. R. Jetford and Son who took over the funeral home of W. D. Harris and Sons n Grass Valley were making preparations to open @ complete, modern mortuary in Nevada City. The Peardon Hotel, only hotel in Smartsville, was heing reopened after many years by its new owner, J. J. Murphy. Dr. John R. Ivey. Nevada City dentist, while on a trip to Camptonville and Downieville to care for the needs of his patients in those places, met an old patient walking along the highway who complained of an aching tooth. After a roadside examination, Dr. Ivey extracted the troublesome molar then and there, and doctor and patient each went happily on his own way. The Misses Iris Murchie and Elizabeth Janes were joint hostesses at a Valentine party given at the Edward Murchie home in Nevada City. ' Music, games and cards were enjoyed by the sixteen guests. Prizes went to Mrs. Carl Ivey of Chico and Mr. Walter Carlson. 50 YEARS AGO Nevada county took first prize at the Golden Jubilee Mining Fair in San Francisco for the best mining exhibit. An article from the Transcript read: “The procession was a polyglot concern. It was composed of all nationalities —all sexes and all ages. It was pleasing to the eye and the ear heard the sweet sounds from © many bands. It was the largest, the longest, the greatest procession that has ever been seen In this state. So much quartz, so much gold in its native state has never been secn in this city. before From all sections of the state it has come ePVeL\ prominent mining county has produced its store—but Nevada county, like the name of Abou Ben Adhem, leads all the rest. Among ill the elaborate displays at the fair, the Champion mine carries off the honors. Then there is the miniature representation of the North Bloomfield mine. A more reallstie scene haus seldom if ever been exhibited, I observed with pardonable pride that Nevada county's exhibit attracted the greatest attention.” Defeated in his attempt to incorporate and make a law-abiding tewn of Truckee by the ballot, Cy F. McGlashan began a one-man war on the gumblers in that place In the first trial of its kind in Truckee Ira Ferguson was found guilty by a twelve man jury in Justice A. C Cook's court of dealing in a ‘percentage poker game. The jury included Dave Smith, J. P. Hilton, J. W. Johnson. Joseph Marzen, Geo. Richardson, Thos. Whitney, Ed Morrill, ¢. F. Sonne, H. K. Gage, D. W. Leach. A. MePheters and James Black. 75 YEARS AGO Appearing on a prozram presented by the Literary club of Nevada City were the following: Miss Mary Fininger in a piano solo; Miss Flora Cornell in a manuscript reading; Miss Mollie Hinds in a vocal solo; Mrs. Nellie Chapman in the reading of an original poem, “The Boston Fire;” Professor Muller in a piano presentation of his original music, “The Boston Fire;” a choral presentation by Mrs. A. V. Deal, Miss Mattie Deal, Judge Caswell and J. E. Brown and a debate concerning direct taxation with 1% Coldwell, T. C. Plunkett and D. J. Crowley in the affirmative and J. W. Clark, Judge Niles Searls and J. M. Walling in the negative. President Pattison decided against direct taxation on the strength of the arguments. COUPLE SUED OVER CAMPTONVILLE NEWS CAMPTONVILLE: Chas. H. Green of Grass Valley was in town Saturday on a brief business visit. Mrs. W. C. Reed was taken to a .Marysville hospital Friday by the Holmes Ambulance of Nevada City. Mr. and Mrs. Car} A. Hermanson returned home Wednesday after spending the past three months at Los Angeles, Hollywood and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stoops were business visitors at Grass Valley Friday. Mrs. Constance Pfiffer came up from Nevada City Friday to spend the weekend at her home here. Judge Acton M. Cleveland made an official] business trip to Marysville Thursday. c. A. Harding of the 4-H club was in town on business Saturday. A number of local residents motored to North San Juan Saturday evening to attend the dance. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon F. Lyons, proprietors of the Hotel Francis, accompanied by their daughter, Barbara, left Suturday for San Francisco’ on a vacation trip. Blaine H. Farmer is in charge of the hotel during their absence. Martin L. Nordahl arrived Saturday from Sun Jose to resume his duties as teacher in the .ocal schools after spending the winter vacation at the Garden City. At the Causa del Cielos, the summer residence of Mr. und Mrs Frank O. Long of Burlingame, amid the tall, pines, Thomas L. Dugan of Pittsburg and Eleanor Kynette of Antioch were murried Sunday afternoon, February 29th, Judge Acton M. Cleveland performing the ceremony. The couple, residents of the bay area, were the weekend guests of Harry G. Sigman, at the Long home. They were attended by Miss Dana J. Jamieson of Antioch, and Harry G. Sigman, of this place. They eft for Antioch following the ceremony where they will reside. The groom is employed by the Columbia Steel Company, and the bride holds a responsible position at the same place. The spring term of the Camptonville Union Grammar schook and the local branch of the Marysville. Union high school + started Monday following the winter vacation Due to the unusual good weather the term) started about two Weeks ahead of the usual opening time A good attendance was had on the opening day. W. oC. Williams is the. principal and also in’ charge of the branch high school, with Martin L. Nordahl in charge of the elementary department, anc Ada K. Williams is in charge of the primary grades, The district operutes two buses, the Oak Valley and Moonshine bus being driven by Ned Kissig and the Mill Creek bus operated by Mrs. Mabel Hanhson. The school cafeteria, instituted last tall, serving «# hot noon meul to the pupils continces In operation, TOBIASSEN WILL RUNFOR SUPERVISO NEVADA CITY: Carl J. Tobiassen, former sheriff, has announced his candidacy for the office of county supervisor, in the Nevada City district. Present incumbent is Cary Arbogast, who has not yet stated whether he will run for reelection. Cert ° Christian Science Church Holds services every Sunday in their church at 114 Boulder street at 11 o’clock. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Wednesday evening testimonial meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 8 o'clock. Our reading room is in_ the church foyer. It is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, holidays excepted, from 2 to 4 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend our services and visit the reading room. “Man” is the subject of the Christian Science lJesson-sermon for Sunday, March 7, with the WALLACE’S THIRD PARTY BUSY HERE NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Organizing Committee of the Independent Progressive Party today announced that over four hundred signatures of registered voters of this county will be filed with R. E. Deeble, the County Clerk. on Saturday, February 21, 1948. Alfred Kronfeld of Grass Valley has been designated by the State Organizing Committee of IPP as the person in charge of tiling petitions circulated in this county. He will be accompanied by a committee of campaign workers including: Cleveland W. Moore and James Stock of Grass Valley, and Bernard De Veto and Albert Guresio of Nevada City. The exact number of signatures collected and filed in this county will be released immediutely after the petitions are presented to the County Clerk, State totals will be released on February 24, 1948, by the State Office of the Independent Progressive Party, 86 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Petitions are being filed throughout the week from February 17th through February 24th. On the lust of these dates, filings ure scheduled in .counties with the larger quotas including Alameda, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. BALLET IN SACRAMENTO SATURDAY, SUNDAY SACRAMENTO: Three of the most popular productions in ballet repertoire will be presented Saturday und Sunday evening, March 6 and 7, by the Bullet Theater which will come to the Sacramento high schoo] auditorium under uuspices of the Sacramento Music Series. They are Swan Lake, Jurdin aux Lilas and Les Patineurs. Swan Lake a ballet in one act, is desinged by Anton Dolin to music by Tchauikowsky and scenery by Lee Simonson. Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch will star in the production, with other leading roles taken by Fernando Alonso and Drundall Diehl. Max Goberman will conduct the full concert orchestra. Jardin aux Lilas (The Lilac Garden) will star. Nora Kuye, Hugh Laing ang Aptony Tudor. The ballet was choreographed by Turod with music by Ernest Chausson. Scenery and costumes were by the well-known stage designer, Raymond Sovey. Ben Steinberg will conduct. Les Patinenrs (The Skaters) will star John Kriza, who occupys the position of the world’s top male dancer and will be remembered here for his performance in Fancy Free. With Kriza will be Cynthia Riseley, Barbara Fallis, and a large supporting cast. Les Patineurs was designed by Frederick Ashton with decor and costumes by Cecil Beaton and costmes by Karinska. Music is by Meyei beer. Hansen Gets Word Of Support From Placer Centennial NEVADA CITY: George C. Hansen, president of the Sierra Nevada Chamber of Commerce, has received a letter from Placer County Centennial Committee pledging its support and congratulating the chamber in aiding the organization of a centennial program in Nevada. county. The letter extended an invitation to the chamber to send a2 delegution to a mecting of the Pacer Centennial) committee and Donner Trails Association to be held at Cisco Mines, March 3rd. Officers of the chumber are Hunsen, president; Arthur Innis, vice president; and Mrs. Al Irby, secretary. ; Betty Jacobs Engaged To Law Student NEVADA CITY: The bethrothal of Miss Betty Jacobs and Mel Dvorson of San Francisco has been announced by Mrs. May Jacobs of this city. The young couple revealed their engagement while here on a visit over the weekend. Miss Jacobs graduated from the Nevada City high school in 1943 and from the University of California last year. She met her future husband in college. She is employed as private secretary to the program director of a San Francisco radio station. Her fiance, after serving more than four years in the army air force, is a student in Hastings Law College. -Plumas and FUN FOR YOU V.FW. SHOW FRI AND SAT. NEVADA CITY: A _ benefit show for disabled veterans, gjven under the sponsorship of Banner Mountain Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be presented in the Nevada City high school auditorium Thursday and Friday evenings this week. Fun for You is the title of the program. Celebrities of radio and screen will be impersonated by students of the school. Singing and dancing numbers, quiz shows, story scenes and patriotic numbers will give ae vaudeville entertainment of interest, it is expected. High school girls wearing special costumes will be presented as Roxy Rockettes and Earl Carroll Girls. The selections they will sing vary from Walking With My Honey, Did You Ever Get That Feeling in the Moonlight? Always Chasing Rainbows, Stars and Stripes Forever. BIG WEEKEND FOR SKIING NBVADA CITY: Successive two-inch falls of powder snow last Weekend brought excellent skiing conditions over the holiday period to the '49er Ski Tow area, located one mile west of the Yuba Pass of highway 49. Ranger Delaney of the Downieville district, Tahoe National Forest, reported that enthusiastic skiiers from Reno, Sacramento and the Bay Region, as well as th: Lassen areus, took advantage of the long weekend for their favorite sport. ‘ It is expected that with the promise of continued inviting conditions, the Yuba Pass area will be host to an increasing number of skiiers throughout the remainder of the skiing seuson. NO HATCHERY HERE, SAYS OTT NEVADA CITY: Emil J. N Ott. Jr, executive secretary of the California Fish and Game Commission and a native of Nevada City, dampened the hopes of the Nevada County Sportsmen's As sociation Monday night when he told them there is-little likelihood of a fish hatchery being established in this county He stated it is now well established that voung trout do best in water ranging from 58 to 60 degrees in temperature. Nevada county has no streams that are warm enough. He said that Deer creek is one-of the finest rainbow trout streams in the state, and that with the removal of pollution, it should offer excellent fishing. Regarding duck hunting, Ott declared that limitations are set by the federal director of wild life. He said the commission has made several attempts to have the bag limits increased. He stated the limitation is based on the eastern population of ducks, which is much less than in the coastal states of the west. He told of the “hombing” of a flock at Willows, Colusa county, in which there were approximately three million ducks. NABBED ON OLD XMAS TREE CHARGE ALLEGHANY: Dan R. Leighton and James A. Leighton, brothers, both of Oakland and Raymond G. Hanson of Alameda plead guilty in justice court in Alleghany on February 25 to a charge of illegally cutting Christmas trees on government land. Justice of the Peace F. A. Austin fined each defendant $150. Subjects were arrested on December 19, i947, by William French and Nelson Stone, Tahoe forest officers, and were releascd on $350 bail. They were re-arrested last week for failure to appear in court on Christ tree charge and for issuing a check without sufficient funds. The check charge is to be dismissed. Requiem Mass For Mrs. Elizabeth McKay . N.1.D. T0 DEDICATE SCOTT’S FLAT DAM GRASS VALLEY: The Nevada Irrigation District directors have set April . 1th as the date for the official dedication of Scotts Flat Dam. The board has also borrowed $250,000 from the Juran and Moody Company of St. Paul, Minn. The loan is being made to discharge the current indebtedness and provide a fund for working capital. The loan must be repaid in five years. By April 11th, it is expected that all major construction at the dam will be completed. Harold Wood, district engineer, reported that the dam had already impounded 3,600 acre feet of water. George Endter, operator of the Grass Valley Flyng Service, made an application for the use of the water impounded back of the dam, as a seaplane base. The board took the application under consideration. PLEADS GUILTY ON DELINQUENCY COUNT, TOLD TO LEAVE TOWN GRASS VALLEY: Melvin Snowden, 39, charged with contributing to the delinquency of two minor children, pleaded guilty yesterday when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Charles A. Morehouse. The complaint signed by Probation Officer Thomas Barrett, alleged that Snowden, married and the father of four children, was! living in the same apartment in! Boston Ravine with anothcr wom. an than his wife, and two children aged 7 and 9 is living with the other two chilIn his story to the probation officer Snowden said the woman was a housekeeper hired to take eare of: his children. He was given a limited time to take his children and leave Grass Vidley. dren in Los Angeles. . THIRD SIERRA COUNTY PRISONER IN COUNTY JAIL NEVADA CIEY: Raymond Hanson is the third guest prisoner lodged in the Nevada county jail by the sherift’s office of Sierra county. Hanson wus associated with Dan and James Leighton in cutting Christmas trees on private land. Hanson and Dan Leighton gave a fictitious check, it is allhegd, in lieu of cash bail. Rose Lehr Wed To Jack McLean In Lodi Rites GRASS VALLEY: Miss Rose Lehr of Grass Valley and Lodi, San Joaquin county, and Jacl McLean of Valley and Camptonville, Yuba county, were married Sunday, February 22nd, in the American Lutheran chureh of Lodi by the pastor, Rev. E. J Raledor, The bride’s father, Ferdinand Lehr, gave hey in marrige Mi tron of honor, and best man were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hxges of Grass Valley, isster and brotherin-law of the bride The brides maids were Martha Lehr of San Francisco, sister of the bride, and Mrs. Gladys Lehr, sister-in-law of Ladi. John Lehr of Lodi brother-in-law, and William Fish er of G s Valley, were ushers Adelia and Agnes Lehr of San Francisco, sisters of the bride lighted candles for the ceremony The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. McLean of Camptonville, who've made thei! home here for two yeurs. The newly married couple will make their home on Mainhart Drive, Grass Valley. BON ALLURE I$ REOPENED GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Arietta Douglas, owner of the Bon Allure, a women's dress shop, Thursday reopened her store just 24 days after it was destroyed by fire. The new store reflects the most modern colors and interior designs. Many new features have been introduced in the shop, including a complete plate glass front. Grass Dentist’s Car Overturns, Serious Injuries Result GRASS VALLEY: Dr. H. E. Carter, dentist, rounding a curve Saturday near midnight ran off on the shoulder, on West Main street a short distance outside the city limits, and suffered severe lacerations, contusions and possible skull fractures when his car turned over in a field alongside the road. His wife reportedly . NLD, PLANS DROUTH AID GRASS VALLEY: The Nevada Irrigation District directors have approved a recommendation that water users be encouraged to apply for water diversion from any streams available prior to the normal irrigation season without recourse to present storage supplies. The irrigation season normally opens April 15th. It is proposed that wherever streams are flowing the water be diverted into canals and made available foy farm use to replenish ground storage in orchards and pastures. Ditech tenders have been instructed to receive applications and arrange for deliveries. where desired so long as the natural run-off permits. This permits an advancement of the irrigation system by six weeks. VOTE ON DONNER SUMMIT TODAY NEVADA CITY: Electors in the Donner Summit area are today voting on the question of whether there shall be established a public utility district covering the region. The voting is taking place in Donner Summit Lodge. There are 80 voters registered in the Nevada county part of the proposed district. Officeévs in the polling booth are Francis Coullard, inspector; Elmo B. Moriano, judge; Eva Donadio and Elen McCarty, clerks, COLFAX MAN JEADS MASONIC OFFICERS SET NEVADA CITY: Harry Callandar of Colfax, Placer county, was reelected president of the Thirteenth District Masonic Officers Association at a dinner held here Saturday night. Frank Bennalack of Grass Valley was returned to the secretaryship. The district, includes Clay Lodge, Dutch Plat, Madison Lodge, Grass Valley, Ilinois Town Lodge, Colfax, and Nevada Lodge, Nevada City. EXAMINATIONS FOR N.S.J, POSTMASTER NEVADA CITY: The United States civil service commission has announced a examination to fill the position of fourth clase postmaster in North San Juan. Applications must be in by March dith. The salary is $1382 a year. The examination is open to ul adults who live in the territory served by North San Juan's postoffice. ASSESSOR IN GRASS VALLEY GRASS VALLEY: County Assessor Phil G. Scadden and part of his staff will begin their 1938 assessment work here today in their offices in the city hall, in firemen’s headquarters. The assessor plans to stay from March 2nd through March 13th, with office hours from 9 a. m.:to 4:30 p. m. except Saturday when the office will close at noon. This '$)

The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, Sept 27, 1972° 5 Vol. 21—No. 117 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Tuesday, March 2, 1948 Nevada County Long AgoFLOY MARGARET REYNOLDS 20 YEARS AGO A house warming for their handsome new country home .on Lady Jane ranch was given by Mr. and Mrs. H. Robinson. An old touring chassis rebuilt with a special body and covered with a new coat of red paint was presented to the Nevada City fire department by Ed Martine to be used as a special hose truck. Manuger Tamblyn of the Nevuda Theater was being commended for the presentation of the noted photo play, “Ben Hur.” John Carlson, formeriy relief agent for the Sacramento division of the Southern Pacific, was appointed station agent for the Nevada county railroad at Nevada City. The firm of W. R. Jetford and Son who took over the funeral home of W. D. Harris and Sons n Grass Valley were making preparations to open @ complete, modern mortuary in Nevada City. The Peardon Hotel, only hotel in Smartsville, was heing reopened after many years by its new owner, J. J. Murphy. Dr. John R. Ivey. Nevada City dentist, while on a trip to Camptonville and Downieville to care for the needs of his patients in those places, met an old patient walking along the highway who complained of an aching tooth. After a roadside examination, Dr. Ivey extracted the troublesome molar then and there, and doctor and patient each went happily on his own way. The Misses Iris Murchie and Elizabeth Janes were joint hostesses at a Valentine party given at the Edward Murchie home in Nevada City. ' Music, games and cards were enjoyed by the sixteen guests. Prizes went to Mrs. Carl Ivey of Chico and Mr. Walter Carlson. 50 YEARS AGO Nevada county took first prize at the Golden Jubilee Mining Fair in San Francisco for the best mining exhibit. An article from the Transcript read: “The procession was a polyglot concern. It was composed of all nationalities —all sexes and all ages. It was pleasing to the eye and the ear heard the sweet sounds from © many bands. It was the largest, the longest, the greatest procession that has ever been seen In this state. So much quartz, so much gold in its native state has never been secn in this city. before From all sections of the state it has come ePVeL\ prominent mining county has produced its store—but Nevada county, like the name of Abou Ben Adhem, leads all the rest. Among ill the elaborate displays at the fair, the Champion mine carries off the honors. Then there is the miniature representation of the North Bloomfield mine. A more reallstie scene haus seldom if ever been exhibited, I observed with pardonable pride that Nevada county's exhibit attracted the greatest attention.” Defeated in his attempt to incorporate and make a law-abiding tewn of Truckee by the ballot, Cy F. McGlashan began a one-man war on the gumblers in that place In the first trial of its kind in Truckee Ira Ferguson was found guilty by a twelve man jury in Justice A. C Cook's court of dealing in a ‘percentage poker game. The jury included Dave Smith, J. P. Hilton, J. W. Johnson. Joseph Marzen, Geo. Richardson, Thos. Whitney, Ed Morrill, ¢. F. Sonne, H. K. Gage, D. W. Leach. A. MePheters and James Black. 75 YEARS AGO Appearing on a prozram presented by the Literary club of Nevada City were the following: Miss Mary Fininger in a piano solo; Miss Flora Cornell in a manuscript reading; Miss Mollie Hinds in a vocal solo; Mrs. Nellie Chapman in the reading of an original poem, “The Boston Fire;” Professor Muller in a piano presentation of his original music, “The Boston Fire;” a choral presentation by Mrs. A. V. Deal, Miss Mattie Deal, Judge Caswell and J. E. Brown and a debate concerning direct taxation with 1% Coldwell, T. C. Plunkett and D. J. Crowley in the affirmative and J. W. Clark, Judge Niles Searls and J. M. Walling in the negative. President Pattison decided against direct taxation on the strength of the arguments. COUPLE SUED OVER CAMPTONVILLE NEWS CAMPTONVILLE: Chas. H. Green of Grass Valley was in town Saturday on a brief business visit. Mrs. W. C. Reed was taken to a .Marysville hospital Friday by the Holmes Ambulance of Nevada City. Mr. and Mrs. Car} A. Hermanson returned home Wednesday after spending the past three months at Los Angeles, Hollywood and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stoops were business visitors at Grass Valley Friday. Mrs. Constance Pfiffer came up from Nevada City Friday to spend the weekend at her home here. Judge Acton M. Cleveland made an official] business trip to Marysville Thursday. c. A. Harding of the 4-H club was in town on business Saturday. A number of local residents motored to North San Juan Saturday evening to attend the dance. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon F. Lyons, proprietors of the Hotel Francis, accompanied by their daughter, Barbara, left Suturday for San Francisco’ on a vacation trip. Blaine H. Farmer is in charge of the hotel during their absence. Martin L. Nordahl arrived Saturday from Sun Jose to resume his duties as teacher in the .ocal schools after spending the winter vacation at the Garden City. At the Causa del Cielos, the summer residence of Mr. und Mrs Frank O. Long of Burlingame, amid the tall, pines, Thomas L. Dugan of Pittsburg and Eleanor Kynette of Antioch were murried Sunday afternoon, February 29th, Judge Acton M. Cleveland performing the ceremony. The couple, residents of the bay area, were the weekend guests of Harry G. Sigman, at the Long home. They were attended by Miss Dana J. Jamieson of Antioch, and Harry G. Sigman, of this place. They eft for Antioch following the ceremony where they will reside. The groom is employed by the Columbia Steel Company, and the bride holds a responsible position at the same place. The spring term of the Camptonville Union Grammar schook and the local branch of the Marysville. Union high school + started Monday following the winter vacation Due to the unusual good weather the term) started about two Weeks ahead of the usual opening time A good attendance was had on the opening day. W. oC. Williams is the. principal and also in’ charge of the branch high school, with Martin L. Nordahl in charge of the elementary department, anc Ada K. Williams is in charge of the primary grades, The district operutes two buses, the Oak Valley and Moonshine bus being driven by Ned Kissig and the Mill Creek bus operated by Mrs. Mabel Hanhson. The school cafeteria, instituted last tall, serving «# hot noon meul to the pupils continces In operation, TOBIASSEN WILL RUNFOR SUPERVISO NEVADA CITY: Carl J. Tobiassen, former sheriff, has announced his candidacy for the office of county supervisor, in the Nevada City district. Present incumbent is Cary Arbogast, who has not yet stated whether he will run for reelection. Cert ° Christian Science Church Holds services every Sunday in their church at 114 Boulder street at 11 o’clock. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Wednesday evening testimonial meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 8 o'clock. Our reading room is in_ the church foyer. It is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, holidays excepted, from 2 to 4 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend our services and visit the reading room. “Man” is the subject of the Christian Science lJesson-sermon for Sunday, March 7, with the WALLACE’S THIRD PARTY BUSY HERE NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Organizing Committee of the Independent Progressive Party today announced that over four hundred signatures of registered voters of this county will be filed with R. E. Deeble, the County Clerk. on Saturday, February 21, 1948. Alfred Kronfeld of Grass Valley has been designated by the State Organizing Committee of IPP as the person in charge of tiling petitions circulated in this county. He will be accompanied by a committee of campaign workers including: Cleveland W. Moore and James Stock of Grass Valley, and Bernard De Veto and Albert Guresio of Nevada City. The exact number of signatures collected and filed in this county will be released immediutely after the petitions are presented to the County Clerk, State totals will be released on February 24, 1948, by the State Office of the Independent Progressive Party, 86 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Petitions are being filed throughout the week from February 17th through February 24th. On the lust of these dates, filings ure scheduled in .counties with the larger quotas including Alameda, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. BALLET IN SACRAMENTO SATURDAY, SUNDAY SACRAMENTO: Three of the most popular productions in ballet repertoire will be presented Saturday und Sunday evening, March 6 and 7, by the Bullet Theater which will come to the Sacramento high schoo] auditorium under uuspices of the Sacramento Music Series. They are Swan Lake, Jurdin aux Lilas and Les Patineurs. Swan Lake a ballet in one act, is desinged by Anton Dolin to music by Tchauikowsky and scenery by Lee Simonson. Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch will star in the production, with other leading roles taken by Fernando Alonso and Drundall Diehl. Max Goberman will conduct the full concert orchestra. Jardin aux Lilas (The Lilac Garden) will star. Nora Kuye, Hugh Laing ang Aptony Tudor. The ballet was choreographed by Turod with music by Ernest Chausson. Scenery and costumes were by the well-known stage designer, Raymond Sovey. Ben Steinberg will conduct. Les Patinenrs (The Skaters) will star John Kriza, who occupys the position of the world’s top male dancer and will be remembered here for his performance in Fancy Free. With Kriza will be Cynthia Riseley, Barbara Fallis, and a large supporting cast. Les Patineurs was designed by Frederick Ashton with decor and costumes by Cecil Beaton and costmes by Karinska. Music is by Meyei beer. Hansen Gets Word Of Support From Placer Centennial NEVADA CITY: George C. Hansen, president of the Sierra Nevada Chamber of Commerce, has received a letter from Placer County Centennial Committee pledging its support and congratulating the chamber in aiding the organization of a centennial program in Nevada. county. The letter extended an invitation to the chamber to send a2 delegution to a mecting of the Pacer Centennial) committee and Donner Trails Association to be held at Cisco Mines, March 3rd. Officers of the chumber are Hunsen, president; Arthur Innis, vice president; and Mrs. Al Irby, secretary. ;

Betty Jacobs Engaged To Law Student NEVADA CITY: The bethrothal of Miss Betty Jacobs and Mel Dvorson of San Francisco has been announced by Mrs. May Jacobs of this city. The young couple revealed their engagement while here on a visit over the weekend. Miss Jacobs graduated from the Nevada City high school in 1943 and from the University of California last year. She met her future husband in college. She is employed as private secretary to the program director of a San Francisco radio station. Her fiance, after serving more than four years in the army air force, is a student in Hastings Law College. -Plumas and FUN FOR YOU V.FW. SHOW FRI AND SAT. NEVADA CITY: A _ benefit show for disabled veterans, gjven under the sponsorship of Banner Mountain Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be presented in the Nevada City high school auditorium Thursday and Friday evenings this week. Fun for You is the title of the program. Celebrities of radio and screen will be impersonated by students of the school. Singing and dancing numbers, quiz shows, story scenes and patriotic numbers will give ae vaudeville entertainment of interest, it is expected. High school girls wearing special costumes will be presented as Roxy Rockettes and Earl Carroll Girls. The selections they will sing vary from Walking With My Honey, Did You Ever Get That Feeling in the Moonlight? Always Chasing Rainbows, Stars and Stripes Forever. BIG WEEKEND FOR SKIING NBVADA CITY: Successive two-inch falls of powder snow last Weekend brought excellent skiing conditions over the holiday period to the '49er Ski Tow area, located one mile west of the Yuba Pass of highway 49. Ranger Delaney of the Downieville district, Tahoe National Forest, reported that enthusiastic skiiers from Reno, Sacramento and the Bay Region, as well as th: Lassen areus, took advantage of the long weekend for their favorite sport. ‘ It is expected that with the promise of continued inviting conditions, the Yuba Pass area will be host to an increasing number of skiiers throughout the remainder of the skiing seuson. NO HATCHERY HERE, SAYS OTT NEVADA CITY: Emil J. N Ott. Jr, executive secretary of the California Fish and Game Commission and a native of Nevada City, dampened the hopes of the Nevada County Sportsmen's As sociation Monday night when he told them there is-little likelihood of a fish hatchery being established in this county He stated it is now well established that voung trout do best in water ranging from 58 to 60 degrees in temperature. Nevada county has no streams that are warm enough. He said that Deer creek is one-of the finest rainbow trout streams in the state, and that with the removal of pollution, it should offer excellent fishing. Regarding duck hunting, Ott declared that limitations are set by the federal director of wild life. He said the commission has made several attempts to have the bag limits increased. He stated the limitation is based on the eastern population of ducks, which is much less than in the coastal states of the west. He told of the “hombing” of a flock at Willows, Colusa county, in which there were approximately three million ducks. NABBED ON OLD XMAS TREE CHARGE ALLEGHANY: Dan R. Leighton and James A. Leighton, brothers, both of Oakland and Raymond G. Hanson of Alameda plead guilty in justice court in Alleghany on February 25 to a charge of illegally cutting Christmas trees on government land. Justice of the Peace F. A. Austin fined each defendant $150. Subjects were arrested on December 19, i947, by William French and Nelson Stone, Tahoe forest officers, and were releascd on $350 bail. They were re-arrested last week for failure to appear in court on Christ tree charge and for issuing a check without sufficient funds. The check charge is to be dismissed. Requiem Mass For Mrs. Elizabeth McKay . N.1.D. T0 DEDICATE SCOTT’S FLAT DAM GRASS VALLEY: The Nevada Irrigation District directors have set April . 1th as the date for the official dedication of Scotts Flat Dam. The board has also borrowed $250,000 from the Juran and Moody Company of St. Paul, Minn. The loan is being made to discharge the current indebtedness and provide a fund for working capital. The loan must be repaid in five years. By April 11th, it is expected that all major construction at the dam will be completed. Harold Wood, district engineer, reported that the dam had already impounded 3,600 acre feet of water. George Endter, operator of the Grass Valley Flyng Service, made an application for the use of the water impounded back of the dam, as a seaplane base. The board took the application under consideration. PLEADS GUILTY ON DELINQUENCY COUNT, TOLD TO LEAVE TOWN GRASS VALLEY: Melvin Snowden, 39, charged with contributing to the delinquency of two minor children, pleaded guilty yesterday when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Charles A. Morehouse. The complaint signed by Probation Officer Thomas Barrett, alleged that Snowden, married and the father of four children, was! living in the same apartment in! Boston Ravine with anothcr wom. an than his wife, and two children aged 7 and 9 is living with the other two chilIn his story to the probation officer Snowden said the woman was a housekeeper hired to take eare of: his children. He was given a limited time to take his children and leave Grass Vidley. dren in Los Angeles. . THIRD SIERRA COUNTY PRISONER IN COUNTY JAIL NEVADA CIEY: Raymond Hanson is the third guest prisoner lodged in the Nevada county jail by the sherift’s office of Sierra county. Hanson wus associated with Dan and James Leighton in cutting Christmas trees on private land. Hanson and Dan Leighton gave a fictitious check, it is allhegd, in lieu of cash bail. Rose Lehr Wed To Jack McLean In Lodi Rites GRASS VALLEY: Miss Rose Lehr of Grass Valley and Lodi, San Joaquin county, and Jacl McLean of Valley and Camptonville, Yuba county, were married Sunday, February 22nd, in the American Lutheran chureh of Lodi by the pastor, Rev. E. J Raledor, The bride’s father, Ferdinand Lehr, gave hey in marrige Mi tron of honor, and best man were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hxges of Grass Valley, isster and brotherin-law of the bride The brides maids were Martha Lehr of San Francisco, sister of the bride, and Mrs. Gladys Lehr, sister-in-law of Ladi. John Lehr of Lodi brother-in-law, and William Fish er of G s Valley, were ushers Adelia and Agnes Lehr of San Francisco, sisters of the bride lighted candles for the ceremony The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. McLean of Camptonville, who've made thei! home here for two yeurs. The newly married couple will make their home on Mainhart Drive, Grass Valley. BON ALLURE I$ REOPENED GRASS VALLEY: Mrs. Arietta Douglas, owner of the Bon Allure, a women's dress shop, Thursday reopened her store just 24 days after it was destroyed by fire. The new store reflects the most modern colors and interior designs. Many new features have been introduced in the shop, including a complete plate glass front. Grass Dentist’s Car Overturns, Serious Injuries Result GRASS VALLEY: Dr. H. E. Carter, dentist, rounding a curve Saturday near midnight ran off on the shoulder, on West Main street a short distance outside the city limits, and suffered severe lacerations, contusions and possible skull fractures when his car turned over in a field alongside the road. His wife reportedly . NLD, PLANS DROUTH AID GRASS VALLEY: The Nevada Irrigation District directors have approved a recommendation that water users be encouraged to apply for water diversion from any streams available prior to the normal irrigation season without recourse to present storage supplies. The irrigation season normally opens April 15th. It is proposed that wherever streams are flowing the water be diverted into canals and made available foy farm use to replenish ground storage in orchards and pastures. Ditech tenders have been instructed to receive applications and arrange for deliveries. where desired so long as the natural run-off permits. This permits an advancement of the irrigation system by six weeks. VOTE ON DONNER SUMMIT TODAY NEVADA CITY: Electors in the Donner Summit area are today voting on the question of whether there shall be established a public utility district covering the region. The voting is taking place in Donner Summit Lodge. There are 80 voters registered in the Nevada county part of the proposed district. Officeévs in the polling booth are Francis Coullard, inspector; Elmo B. Moriano, judge; Eva Donadio and Elen McCarty, clerks, COLFAX MAN JEADS MASONIC OFFICERS SET NEVADA CITY: Harry Callandar of Colfax, Placer county, was reelected president of the Thirteenth District Masonic Officers Association at a dinner held here Saturday night. Frank Bennalack of Grass Valley was returned to the secretaryship. The district, includes Clay Lodge, Dutch Plat, Madison Lodge, Grass Valley, Ilinois Town Lodge, Colfax, and Nevada Lodge, Nevada City. EXAMINATIONS FOR N.S.J, POSTMASTER NEVADA CITY: The United States civil service commission has announced a examination to fill the position of fourth clase postmaster in North San Juan. Applications must be in by March dith. The salary is $1382 a year. The examination is open to ul adults who live in the territory served by North San Juan's postoffice. ASSESSOR IN GRASS VALLEY GRASS VALLEY: County Assessor Phil G. Scadden and part of his staff will begin their 1938 assessment work here today in their offices in the city hall, in firemen’s headquarters. The assessor plans to stay from March 2nd through March 13th, with office hours from 9 a. m.:to 4:30 p. m. except Saturday when the office will close at noon. This '$)