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January 4, 1951
 
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SHERIFF M. H, SCHOOLER I Ye eds enjoyed a refreshiny week's vacation .in the sunny south land ofer the Christmas holidays ---and are flad to be able to state that it really was sunny. Smog was negligible nad the weather was warm and DRY . . . enroute h,ome we Rassed through the flood area and the state capital, but with the exception of one detour, were un- able to note any signs of the re- cent floods in the valley. 'rhis may be another year com- parable to 1991, according to Frank Miller. who was telling yes- terday of his recollections of that winter season in Prattville. At that time, he sad, a fairly gen- erous and unexpected snowfall cov- ered the area on October 10. This was followed by weeks of almost incessant rain until January 15, after which the weather cleared up and remained fair for the bal- ance of the year. Well. we can hope, can't we, with only 10 days to go? PHONE COMPANY PLANS LARGE 00PENDITURES DURING COM!00.G YEAR The Citizens Utilities Company of California filed on December 21. 1950. an application with the California Public Utilities Commis- sion supplementing the application filed on October 16, 1950. re- questing increases in its telephone exchange rates and charges. This application covers all the telephone exchanges operated by the com- pany. Thomas H. Underwood, General Manager of the company said that the company has expended over $900,000 on plants improvements in the past three years. He fur- thor stated that the company plans to spend about $7,@): dming 1951 to improve telephone service. These improvements cannot be ef- fected under present rates and charges in the face of greatly in- creased costs of construction, op- eration and taxes Underwood fur- ther pointed out that Citizens is experiencing a sharp decline in rev- enues which will continue unless rates are immediately increased. "Under present rates we will prob- ably lose money in our Susan- ville division and the system-wide rate of return will be less than percent for 1951 which makes it impossible to obtain the funds necessary to expend and improve the telephone service at our ex- changes," he said. The Citizens Utilities Company operates telephone exchanges at ELk Grove, Rio Vista and Fern- dale, as welll as their Susanvitle division which includes Alturas, Burney, Susanvtlte arffid :intermed- iate points in Northeastern Cali- £ornia .RALPH HARMER TELLS ROTARY. CLUB ABOUT ,BUILDING PROBLEt'00tS With Jess Maginnis as program chairman, Supt. of Schools Ralph Harmer was presented as speaker of the day at the Rotary Club luncheon yesterday and gave some interesting facts and figures on costs, requirements and regulations attendant upon public buildings in this state. This area, he said, is rated as a dangerous earthquake area, and all construction here must conform strictly to the Field (earthquake) Act. All construc- tion is also subject to rigid in- spection in order to assure the observance of building codes and specifications, and rural areas fre- quently suffer from the inacces- sibility to skilled lalmr, he said. Julian Atkins of Quincy was a visitor at the meeting, which was sparsely attended due to the ab- sence of many members. ,91 CO. O00RCE ORDBII00 TO DEFEND SCHOOLER FEDER/U, COURT Action was taken at the regular meeting of the Plumas County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to provide defense for Sheriff M. H. Schooler and various deputies, against the suit brought by John Walker in the sum of $404,315. Walker, the husband of the con- victed slayer Catherine Walker, al- leged that he had been arrested and Jailed without due process of law at the time of his wife's arrest and conviction. Others named in the suit includ- ed Deputy Sheriffs W. C. A'ber- nathy, Tramy Shuffleton, D. 13. Simpson,  George Kesselmaxt, and Travelers' indemnity Co., and 15 John Does. The office of the district at- torney was instructed by the Board to be prepared to provide ade- quate defense in federal court at Sacramento. t MARY DAVIS MARRIED TO ALEX TADDEI AT RENO SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs. Alex Taddei are making their home in Greenville ikHlowing their marriage in Reno on Saturday, December 23. T h e Roy. Brewster Adams officiated at the ceremony. The bride, the former Mary Davis is the daughter of Howard Musrave. Barbara Soltys of Tay- lorsville was her maid of honor. Ted Kunzler served the bride- groom as best man. Also in the wedding party were Mr..and Mrs. Howard Musgrave, Marion Taddei, Jimmy Storkton. f Pictured here are the four Plumas County officers chosen by the electorate last year, and who will take office ,on Monday of next week, January 8th. They are: Sheriff Mel Sehooler, who is serving his second term in that office; County Clerk Lois AIc×ander, who has been acting under appointment by the Board of Supervigors; Bill Macmillan, echo was elected to succeed re- tiring Judge of the Superior Cosrt J. O. Moncur; and Bert Janes, who was elected to suc- ceed District Attorney Frank H. McAuliffe, who did not seek re- election to that .office. BERTRAM D. JANES WILLIAM .M. MACMILLAN MRS. LOIS ALEXANDER GRAND REOPENING OF THE COTTONWOOD CLUB GIVEN RECORD ATTENTION record crowd turned out for the grand*reopening of the Cotton- wood Club last week, when its new manager. Chris Zunino, aided by "Blackie." entertained a,houseful of guests throughout the afternoon until closing time. "Morn" Sorsoli, who officiated at the smorgasbord provided for all comers, was also a major at- traction, and the music furnished by the Huyetts with Joe and his banjo, intrigued all those with terpsichoreal inclinations. The evemng also marked the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Aus- tin Cox, so revelry was started off with the rendition of "Happy Birthday," ni which all took part. FIRST BABY OF 1951 A daughter was born- to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hobbs of Crescent Mills yesterday, January 3, at the Bat- son Hospital in Greenville. Weight 7 li. 6zs. Not yet'named. Volume 20Number 42 LAST RITES HELD FOR CLARA JANE RRMSTONE TUESDAY bYrERNOON Funeral services were conduct- ed at Manes Funeral (pel Tues- day afternoon for Clara Jane Firmstone, who succumbed at the Plumes Industrial Hospital in Quincy after a brief confinement. M.iss Firmstone was born in Greenville and lived here for a number of years, later moving to Portola where, for a time, she erved that community as postmas- ter prior to movin to Caribou in 1926, where she resided for the uast 24 years. She had suffered with arthhritis for several years and had been severely handicapped by her crippled condition, but her udden illness and demise came aevertheless as a great shock to her many friends and relatives. Survivors include a brother. Wil- liam Samuel Frrstone of San Francisco and six sisters: Hattie B. Firmstone. Greenville: Mrs. M. B. Herring, Taylorsville: Mrs. Blanche M. Harris. Caribou: Mrs. Sarah E. Savercool, Sebastopol; .Mrs. Booth Nash, Merced, and Mrs. L. C. Mclntosh. Glendale. Rev. Chas. Miller of Quincy of- ficiated at the services, with in- terment following at the Green- ville Cemetery. - 4 GREETING 1951 HAPPY NE¢ YEAR "Our thoughts naturally turn at this seac,n of the year to our many members of the Northern California Fire Chiefs Association and to all newspaper editors and publishers and the public and to all fire department members with whom we work in the accomplish- ment of our daily tasks. The Northern California Fire Chiefs Association appreciate and value the cordial relationship which has existed between us and the Northern California Fire Chiefs Association desire to do all that the association can to preserve and strengt/en it. It is the associations ernest hope that you and yours will have a Happy New Year and that this coming year of 1951 will bring an &bundance of health and happiness and prosperity and fire safety in your home and make this year of 1951 a fire safety year. Yours, Northern California Fire Chiefs Association. QUAI..rrY CATS ON VIEW AT CITW OF OAKLAND THIS WBI[-EI00 Mrs. Doris DeIney, GreenVille cat fancier, has entered her pet in the fourth annual Northern Cal- ifornia Championship Cat Show billed at Oakland Auditorium Jan- uarv 6 and 7. The event is sponsored by the Golden Gate Cat Club and has been sanctioney the National Cat Fanciers .Association. Doors will be open to the public from I to 10 | m. on each day. l P. Over 300 cats will go on parade.' during the feline carnival slated to be one of the most colorful in Western show history. Advance entries assure the show of being-the largest ever staged on the PaeAfic Coast, according to Dorothy Denning, show mana- ger. Entries have been received from New York. Connecticut, Wyoming. Washington, Oregon and other sections of t2te United States. "i "MUGS" SEYMOUR VISITS DOCTOR I "Mugs" the 15-year-old canine companion of Tom Seymour, is re- ported somewhat improved this week after a visit to an Oroville veterinarian. He was diagnosed as having cardiac asthma after dis- playing symptoms of rheumatism and a bad cough for some days. but is getting along OK so long as he ,takes regular doses of a prescribed medicine. Mr. and Mrs. George Tanner ac- companied by Joy and Wayne Sor- soli came up Thursday to spend a few days. The Tanners visited Greenville, Plumas County, Calif., Thursday, January 4, 1951 " " RIC00ELD TANK TRUCK REWARD OFFERED A substantial reward will be paid by the Greenville Rotary Club for information leading to the return of the club's bell, which became lost, strayed or salen some weeks ago. No questions will be asked and no penalties levied, it was said. Any information may be given to Carl Furrer or Frenchy Prideaux. I H0000PHREY RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF I00OARD: 00RDINANCE ADOPTED In action taken at the regular session of the Plumes County Board of Supervisors this week E. J. Humphrey was elected to serve a second term as chairman of that body. An emergency ordinance which provides for the setting up of a disaster council for the county wsa adopted by the Board after it had been drawn up by Superior Judge- elect William M. Macmillan. As chairman of the board Mr. Hum- phrey will also serve as chairman of the new council and is author- ized to appoint a Commander and to appoint officers in arious di- visions of the organization. $1O00 was appropriated by the Supervis- ors for an expense fund :for the newly created council. Interviewed yesterday, Chairman Humphrey stated that he had two capable men in mind as potential commanders of the new body, but is not ready to state that they are prepared to accept the appointment JACK CAMERON CLEARED ,W SUPERIOR COURT IN ACTION 'R00DAY The grand jury indictment against Jack Cameron of Green- vtlle was dismfssed in Stlperior Court on Tuesday by Judge J. O. Moncur, following a motion by District Attorney Frank McAu- iffe, alleging insufficient evidence following the admission of testi- mony by three minor girls last October. Cameron had been re- leased on bail pending trial, which was set for yesterday morning. The testimony accepted at the time of indictment vere of such a questinoable nature that if a con- viction were obtained it would not be upheld on appeal, McAuliffe is said to have declared in moving the case be dismissed. "We are prepared to prove in open court that charges contained in the testimony given before the grand ury by three minor girls was entirely baseless, and great wrong had been done our client through the irresponsibility, to say the lest, of these girls," stated Bill MacMillan yesterday. MacMli- lan and Janss vere attorneys for the defendant in the case. Mr. and €[rs. Cecil Bates, Eliza- beth Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nye and Sharon and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Haker were dinner guests of the Bill Bakers Thursday evening. GOES OVER CRESCENT GRADE WED. MORNING Aother victim of ice on the Crescent grade, a Richfield gaso- line tank truck and trailer slid off the highway and went over the Crescent grade just past the summit on the Greenville" side, at 7:15 o'clock yesterday morning. The driver, Johnny Blansett of Sacramento, jumped clear of the cab and was not injured. The tank and trailer, was estimated to have lot close to 4000 gallons of it 7500-gallon load of gas. C. L. Hall was first notified of the accident and called Deputy Sheriff Spellmeyer, who notified Burton Motors and then drove to the grade. J. R. North and his "eat" and the Burton tow truck spent most of the day getting the equipment up on the road. Some damage was sustained by the cab and tank. but watchers succeeded in preventing an outbreak of fire. Blansett said he observed the slick surface of the roadway upon approaching the downslope, but that the tr'ck went out of control pefore he was able to operate his sanding controls. Ater jumping from the cab he climbed back to the highway and there found he was unable to stand on the slick surface, he said. Others who went to Investiyate the accident corrob- orated this story. SIX VALLEYITES NAMED TO NEW GRAND JURY FOR COUNTY Herbert F. Wilcox of Greenville has been named foreman of the Plum, as County Grand Jury for the year 1951-52, and will have the support of five other men from Indian Valley, including John F. Hardgrave, Taylorsville; Arthur S0rsoli, Crescent Mills; Kenneth B: ::Murray, Randall Goldenson, and Bill R. Baxter, of Greenville. Others selected from the venire were: Albano Bresciani, Ameri- can Valley; Guido Ramelli, Beck- wouxth; Leo Oliver, Chester; Leroy Beik. George Ayoob. Stan Bailey, and Juanita Janes, Portola; John Ayoob, ,Ruth Dellinger, E. G. Leon- hardt, C. J. Brossard, George I. Chaffey, and William Beskeen, Quincy. Of the new jury, Leonhardt, Brossard, Cha'ffey, Brescianl, Bes- keen, Janes and Wilcox are 'hold- overs. All were sworn in Dec. 29. 41 JOHN MILTON POWELL SENT TO STATE ASYLUM John Powel] was yesterday com- mitted to the state asylum for the insane bY Superior Court Judge J. O. Moneur, following the for- me,s confinement to the county hospital for the past week. Powell was apprehended by Con- stable Frank Sobrero and Deputy sheriff Ed Spellmeyer on Decem- ber 27 when he displayed homicidal tenderizes toward one citizen and W obeerved conducting himself irtionally by others. TO avoid the threat of epidemics  United Nations is carrying, a mass inoculation campaign in Korea. Inoculations against small pox of the populations of Inchon and Seoul will have been completed his sister, Lily Mcavtorie who is ill in Quincy. They returned to Del by the end of October. U24. is also arrying vaccination cam Paso Heights Sunday to remain # against typhus, typhoid and cholera with native doctors under the until spring. , supervision of the Unified Command which supplies equipment.