September 8, 1971 (12 pages)

Z the Nevada County Nugget, Sept. 8, 1971 By Pat The Jack Mills’ have a small sign on their access road marking a "skunk crossing". It was meant as a joke but darned if . there hasn't been a flock of the little stripers hanging around here this summer, In the Mills’ backyard is another sign, '"Rabbit Transit." That one is for real too. (Wouldn't "Rabbit Transit" make a great name for a trucking firm that transports rabbits?) Frank Brown is home following .a six day session in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Recent guests for Margaret Ullrich were Rey, andMrs, Jack Wise and children from Pennsylvania and Margaret's sister, Magdalene Wise of Sacramento, David and ArdisComstock and son, Mark are now living in the family home, the Eagle's Lair in Peardalé, They were making their home in Walnut Creek and weekending here while Dave was employed’ as a book designer for U. C. Press, The Chicago Park Garden Club won second place for their garden plot at the fair, Rose Hotchkiss won 58 ribbons with entries in Floriculture, Horticulture and Agriculture, She placed third sweepstakes in floriculture specimen, The Chicago Park Garden Club met in the Fred Brandt garden in Bear River Pines, Lou Thompson, president of the Mother Lode Garden Club, gave an informative talk on raising camellias. Club members will tour the Nevada County Workshop September 15, They will meet at Margaret Williams’ home at 10 a.m, Cones, pods, dried rose hips, etc, will be presented to the workshop, A Weimar benefit will be held September 22 at 1 p.m. at the Peardale Firehouse. Fun and games, Betty Moody and Fay Dyer will co-chairman the event, C,. P,GardenClub membershave done much to brighten the lives of geriatric patients at Weimar cia ah " i ' ‘ PUBLISHED EVERY ‘WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca, 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406. Subscription Rates: one year, $3,00; two years, $5, 00, 19267) PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the _ » CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERPUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Chicago Park-Peardale News Jones Medical Center. The work is carriedon without — dipping .into club funds, Money used is collected through special benefits, The October meeting will be -held at the home of Betty Ramey. Members are asked to remember the plant and food sale, The Gene Depellos of Chicago Park had the Mitch Clarks and daughter, Mitchell from La Puente as guests the weekend of August 28-29. Other guests the same weekend were theJerry Jareds and sons, Mike and Mark, The Clarks took a trip to Reno before returning to their southern California home. The Jareds left the following Tuesday. Before leaving they were able to find antique bottles to add to their collection, The two families thoroughly northern California and especially our Northern Mine Country. (Columnist's Note: The Mother Lode ends somewhere down around Auburn -Nevada County, Sierra County and eastern Placer County are all Northern Mine Country.) Nevada City vice-mayor, Bob Paine announced his candidacy for supervisor of District One, the post presently held by Ralph Buchanan, Can't say that the proposed redistricting that would remove most of Colfax Highway inNe~~ vada County from District One and lump us in with Truckee is causing us to dance in the highway. No offense, Truckee, but we know the problems Colfax has had while being represented by a supervisor who lives way to heck and gone, a toll call away. Florence (Craig Lynch of Talking Pines is in Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. She is on a kidney machine, Mrs, Darrell Holt will be starting her junior year innursing at Sacramento State, She will be splitting her time between classroom and a hospital this year, Peardale Chicago Park Fire Chief Carl Bauch reports that a fire located below the Paul Leuteneker ranch off Mt, Olive Road resulted in death for anarsonist Monday morning, The culprit . was a squirrel who had appar: ently climbed the guidewire ona _ power pole, His tail struck ahot wire causing him to catch fire and fall into the dry grass, Near. by residents reported that the arc triggered an explosion, Further complications developed when the resulting power sag prevented some local firemen : from being notified of the fire, Nine regular firemen, three P: SP trucks and three units from . California Division of Forestry Tesponded, About ten additional . area resjdents helped. The fire was confined to a little over an acre, School is in session, Drive with care while children are passing to and from Chicago Park School and bus stops, Older residents of this area cannot forget a regret, . \ Ready enjoyed By Fay M. Dunbar _—273-2934 September 17, 1971 is the 184th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States, This "epochal document" was in the works from May 14 to September 15 of 1787 with 38 men representing 12 states working out rules and compromises that made it the reasonable and workable document that the past two centuries have proven it to be, Rhode Island was the 13 state in the Confederacy but sent no delegate to the convention, It may have been represented by William Jackson who served as convention secretary but he apparently had no official standing, George Washington was chairman of the convention and Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was the leading member of "--a Committee of Style" ‘which gave the Constitution its final literary form, Some other familiar names that participated in its forming were Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, It "was transmitted on September 28, 1787 to the several states for ratification."' Constitution Week, September 17 through September 23, was established by Presidential Proclamation in 1956, It is Public Law 84-915 and was set aside as "A time for study and observance of the acts which resulted in the formation of the Constitution,” Many truths have been written about our Constitution with better words than mine. To quote my Colliers Encyclopedia, it is "one written document setting up a framework of permanent words which partly controls the organization, the machinery, and in part even the direction of further growth," "The written constitution is above party; it is the center of the national tradition, the symbol of unity." "It forces a fair measure of stability into government, and yet has shown remarkable capacity for expanding," Some recent applications of these outstandingly fine principles have proven "no country can ever be 'a government of laws and not of men’,"' But our Constitution was set up to be flexible .and it has proven equal to the situation, Now all that we need is for good mento come to the aid of their fine Constitition, As John Wesley once said "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Nevada City is doing something, They are enlisting the aid of patriotic people by staging a Parade on Sunday, September 12 at 2 p.m, Our community will add its mute to the effort by participating, * * * Miss Terry Standlee, grand-daughter of the James Standlees Senior, of the Rough and Ready Mobile Village, is returning to Sacramento State this fall to complete her education, Older; brother Craig also attended Sacramento State, The James Standlees Jr, live in Grass Valley now, but were formerly residents of Rough and Ready, Mrs, Standlee Jr. is recuperating froma recent illness and Mrs, Standlee Sr, has been caring for the newest member of the family since Terry's return to college, * * * ok The Nevada .County Historical Society met at the historic old Oddfellows Hall in Rough and Ready for the first meeting of their 1971-72 season, Back to School was the theme for the evening. Big red apples were presented to President Arlie Hansen who conducted the meeting, to Mrs, Alice Turney Williams, Disney ProductionsC areer Artist and artist in her own right, who presented the evening's program, and to Miss Cathy Baer, who assisted Mrs, Williams, Miss Baer received an original celuloid painting of Donald Duck for her charming help in expediting the beautiful material Mrs, Williams had arranged for the group.to see, Refreshments were prepared and served by the Mmes, Cone Baer, Alice Best, Margaret Brown, and Alice Perry. Mrs, Lisetta Scheave and Charles Deardorf who have hosted the historical groups Rough and Ready visit for many years, handled the welcoming of guests, Mrs, Fay Dunbar was this year's program chairman, Decorations were by Mmes Baer and Dunbar with the beautiful antique books loaned by Helene's Antiques and the Little Red School House prepared by the Country Store .to add to their effort, Elza Kilroy invited everyone to attend the ceremonies attendant to marking the Lone Grave on Sunday, October 10 at the gravesite on Highway 20 east of Nevada City. This is a project of the Native Sons and is an honor paid to all Lone Graves of the county, Charles Deardorf pointed out that there are two graves back of the Grange Parking Lot and all identification has been lost, Next program meeting will be October 5 at the Veterans Hall in Nevada City. Mario Gentilli will be the program chairman, Watch your papers for announcement of the program, All county residents are welcome for these meetings, The societies’ current project is preparing all brochures printed since the societies beginning in 1948 into book form, A State Historical Symposium is scheduled for Oroville on October 1 and 2, Reservations are required, ‘ * * Mr, and Mrs, George (Cora) Dyte, 92and87 years of age respectively, flew back to Maryland to visit their son living there. The Kytes also have two sons and a daughter in California, Their granddaughter and neighbors will take care of grandma's garden while the young couple _ are away. * * * * Nine year old Claude Lawson was the "Claude" mentioned in the presentation of the Gold Poke to Mr, Perry on August 29th, Claude lives at the mobile village and was recommended for these presentation chores by his aunt, Mrs, Eugene (Jane) Walter, Thanks Jane, he did a beau© * * * : * _ Miss Cathy Baer has graduated, I had her in th should have bin 5th grade this year, . eu oe ee bie lank ita cea o badd do grow~up ee aps ida! he boot former Constance Frazier and a couple of ort years a studen one of my 4-H clo \ be possible bat thes babies start to séhoal this year, area has ei aati pincak Speaking of growing up. Miss Carolyn Short, little girl horsewoman of our area, recently became Mrs, Carolyn: Bonde, young lady horsewoman of our area, She reached another milestone of maturity at fair time and it was my pleasure to register her as a new voter, .* Mrs, Glenn D, (Berniece) Mackay is recuperating from recent surgery at the home of her por ng in Seattle, Washington. She is looking forward to getting back to her new home in Rough _ eady. 2 dint Mrs, Martina Paull seems to be back on the road to recovery, recurring attacks of the flu for the past several weeks now. She still says she feels good, Last Thursday brought her news that it might be home which she hated so to leave when she had to go to a nursing home, has her new line of Christmas cards which cheers her, She has been suffering sounds really awful but possible to save the old Good therapy, She also

Z the Nevada County Nugget, Sept. 8, 1971 By Pat The Jack Mills’ have a small sign on their access road marking a "skunk crossing". It was meant as a joke but darned if . there hasn't been a flock of the little stripers hanging around here this summer, In the Mills’ backyard is another sign, '"Rabbit Transit." That one is for real too. (Wouldn't "Rabbit Transit" make a great name for a trucking firm that transports rabbits?) Frank Brown is home following .a six day session in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Recent guests for Margaret Ullrich were Rey, andMrs, Jack Wise and children from Pennsylvania and Margaret's sister, Magdalene Wise of Sacramento, David and ArdisComstock and son, Mark are now living in the family home, the Eagle's Lair in Peardalé, They were making their home in Walnut Creek and weekending here while Dave was employed’ as a book designer for U. C. Press, The Chicago Park Garden Club won second place for their garden plot at the fair, Rose Hotchkiss won 58 ribbons with entries in Floriculture, Horticulture and Agriculture, She placed third sweepstakes in floriculture specimen, The Chicago Park Garden Club met in the Fred Brandt garden in Bear River Pines, Lou Thompson, president of the Mother Lode Garden Club, gave an informative talk on raising camellias. Club members will tour the Nevada County Workshop September 15, They will meet at Margaret Williams’ home at 10 a.m, Cones, pods, dried rose hips, etc, will be presented to the workshop, A Weimar benefit will be held September 22 at 1 p.m. at the Peardale Firehouse. Fun and games, Betty Moody and Fay Dyer will co-chairman the event, C,. P,GardenClub membershave done much to brighten the lives of geriatric patients at Weimar cia ah " i ' ‘ PUBLISHED EVERY ‘WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca, 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406. Subscription Rates: one year, $3,00; two years, $5, 00, 19267) PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the _ » CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERPUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Chicago Park-Peardale News Jones Medical Center. The work is carriedon without — dipping .into club funds, Money used is collected through special benefits, The October meeting will be -held at the home of Betty Ramey. Members are asked to remember the plant and food sale, The Gene Depellos of Chicago Park had the Mitch Clarks and daughter, Mitchell from La Puente as guests the weekend of August 28-29. Other guests the same weekend were theJerry Jareds and sons, Mike and Mark, The Clarks took a trip to Reno before returning to their southern California home. The Jareds left the following Tuesday. Before leaving they were able to find antique bottles to add to their collection, The two families thoroughly northern California and especially our Northern Mine Country. (Columnist's Note: The Mother Lode ends somewhere down around Auburn -Nevada County, Sierra County and eastern Placer County are all Northern Mine Country.) Nevada City vice-mayor, Bob Paine announced his candidacy for supervisor of District One, the post presently held by Ralph Buchanan, Can't say that the proposed redistricting that would remove most of Colfax Highway inNe~~ vada County from District One and lump us in with Truckee is causing us to dance in the highway. No offense, Truckee, but we know the problems Colfax has had while being represented by a supervisor who lives way to heck and gone, a toll call away. Florence (Craig Lynch of

Talking Pines is in Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. She is on a kidney machine, Mrs, Darrell Holt will be starting her junior year innursing at Sacramento State, She will be splitting her time between classroom and a hospital this year, Peardale Chicago Park Fire Chief Carl Bauch reports that a fire located below the Paul Leuteneker ranch off Mt, Olive Road resulted in death for anarsonist Monday morning, The culprit . was a squirrel who had appar: ently climbed the guidewire ona _ power pole, His tail struck ahot wire causing him to catch fire and fall into the dry grass, Near. by residents reported that the arc triggered an explosion, Further complications developed when the resulting power sag prevented some local firemen : from being notified of the fire, Nine regular firemen, three P: SP trucks and three units from . California Division of Forestry Tesponded, About ten additional . area resjdents helped. The fire was confined to a little over an acre, School is in session, Drive with care while children are passing to and from Chicago Park School and bus stops, Older residents of this area cannot forget a regret, . \ Ready enjoyed By Fay M. Dunbar _—273-2934 September 17, 1971 is the 184th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States, This "epochal document" was in the works from May 14 to September 15 of 1787 with 38 men representing 12 states working out rules and compromises that made it the reasonable and workable document that the past two centuries have proven it to be, Rhode Island was the 13 state in the Confederacy but sent no delegate to the convention, It may have been represented by William Jackson who served as convention secretary but he apparently had no official standing, George Washington was chairman of the convention and Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was the leading member of "--a Committee of Style" ‘which gave the Constitution its final literary form, Some other familiar names that participated in its forming were Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, It "was transmitted on September 28, 1787 to the several states for ratification."' Constitution Week, September 17 through September 23, was established by Presidential Proclamation in 1956, It is Public Law 84-915 and was set aside as "A time for study and observance of the acts which resulted in the formation of the Constitution,” Many truths have been written about our Constitution with better words than mine. To quote my Colliers Encyclopedia, it is "one written document setting up a framework of permanent words which partly controls the organization, the machinery, and in part even the direction of further growth," "The written constitution is above party; it is the center of the national tradition, the symbol of unity." "It forces a fair measure of stability into government, and yet has shown remarkable capacity for expanding," Some recent applications of these outstandingly fine principles have proven "no country can ever be 'a government of laws and not of men’,"' But our Constitution was set up to be flexible .and it has proven equal to the situation, Now all that we need is for good mento come to the aid of their fine Constitition, As John Wesley once said "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Nevada City is doing something, They are enlisting the aid of patriotic people by staging a Parade on Sunday, September 12 at 2 p.m, Our community will add its mute to the effort by participating, * * * Miss Terry Standlee, grand-daughter of the James Standlees Senior, of the Rough and Ready Mobile Village, is returning to Sacramento State this fall to complete her education, Older; brother Craig also attended Sacramento State, The James Standlees Jr, live in Grass Valley now, but were formerly residents of Rough and Ready, Mrs, Standlee Jr. is recuperating froma recent illness and Mrs, Standlee Sr, has been caring for the newest member of the family since Terry's return to college, * * * ok The Nevada .County Historical Society met at the historic old Oddfellows Hall in Rough and Ready for the first meeting of their 1971-72 season, Back to School was the theme for the evening. Big red apples were presented to President Arlie Hansen who conducted the meeting, to Mrs, Alice Turney Williams, Disney ProductionsC areer Artist and artist in her own right, who presented the evening's program, and to Miss Cathy Baer, who assisted Mrs, Williams, Miss Baer received an original celuloid painting of Donald Duck for her charming help in expediting the beautiful material Mrs, Williams had arranged for the group.to see, Refreshments were prepared and served by the Mmes, Cone Baer, Alice Best, Margaret Brown, and Alice Perry. Mrs, Lisetta Scheave and Charles Deardorf who have hosted the historical groups Rough and Ready visit for many years, handled the welcoming of guests, Mrs, Fay Dunbar was this year's program chairman, Decorations were by Mmes Baer and Dunbar with the beautiful antique books loaned by Helene's Antiques and the Little Red School House prepared by the Country Store .to add to their effort, Elza Kilroy invited everyone to attend the ceremonies attendant to marking the Lone Grave on Sunday, October 10 at the gravesite on Highway 20 east of Nevada City. This is a project of the Native Sons and is an honor paid to all Lone Graves of the county, Charles Deardorf pointed out that there are two graves back of the Grange Parking Lot and all identification has been lost, Next program meeting will be October 5 at the Veterans Hall in Nevada City. Mario Gentilli will be the program chairman, Watch your papers for announcement of the program, All county residents are welcome for these meetings, The societies’ current project is preparing all brochures printed since the societies beginning in 1948 into book form, A State Historical Symposium is scheduled for Oroville on October 1 and 2, Reservations are required, ‘ * * Mr, and Mrs, George (Cora) Dyte, 92and87 years of age respectively, flew back to Maryland to visit their son living there. The Kytes also have two sons and a daughter in California, Their granddaughter and neighbors will take care of grandma's garden while the young couple _ are away. * * * * Nine year old Claude Lawson was the "Claude" mentioned in the presentation of the Gold Poke to Mr, Perry on August 29th, Claude lives at the mobile village and was recommended for these presentation chores by his aunt, Mrs, Eugene (Jane) Walter, Thanks Jane, he did a beau© * * * : * _ Miss Cathy Baer has graduated, I had her in th should have bin 5th grade this year, . eu oe ee bie lank ita cea o badd do grow~up ee aps ida! he boot former Constance Frazier and a couple of ort years a studen one of my 4-H clo \ be possible bat thes babies start to séhoal this year, area has ei aati pincak Speaking of growing up. Miss Carolyn Short, little girl horsewoman of our area, recently became Mrs, Carolyn: Bonde, young lady horsewoman of our area, She reached another milestone of maturity at fair time and it was my pleasure to register her as a new voter, .* Mrs, Glenn D, (Berniece) Mackay is recuperating from recent surgery at the home of her por ng in Seattle, Washington. She is looking forward to getting back to her new home in Rough _ eady. 2 dint Mrs, Martina Paull seems to be back on the road to recovery, recurring attacks of the flu for the past several weeks now. She still says she feels good, Last Thursday brought her news that it might be home which she hated so to leave when she had to go to a nursing home, has her new line of Christmas cards which cheers her, She has been suffering sounds really awful but possible to save the old Good therapy, She also