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Captain (Medical Corps Reserve) Nicholas Edward Bailey (1912-1996) came to Loomis on January 1st, 1955 with his family to make their home. Nicholas was born in a sod house in Arnold, Nebraska, 10 miles from a town. His father, James Henry Bailey, had a 200 acre farm and his mother Wilda had been a teacher at a local one-room schoolhouse. James Bailey became the rural mail carrier making the rounds three times a week with horse and buggy. Young Nicholas went to the Arnold, Nebraska school for a time, then to Broken Bow School. He graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1930. He came to California and attended junior college at Long Beach. Then he enlisted as a medical corpsman at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco. Here he worked in the psychopathic ward at night and went to the University of California in the day time. he received his degree in 1937. Nicholas went back to Nebraska to the University of Nebraska Medical College at Omaha where he received his M.D. in 1941.

He was serving his internship at Orange County Hospital in Santa Ana at the time of Pearl Harbor. On June 15, 1942 he went on active duty with the Army Air Corps as a First Lieutenant. In a short time he went to the school of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field in Texas. After a year's work with the aviation groups he was qualified as a full flight surgeon. He was ordered overseas to the 13th Air Force stationed in the South Pacific, being assigned to the Second Emergency Rescue Squadron. In 21 months he accumulated 500 hours of combat flying time for which he received the Silver Star. (See extract copy) He also received the Air Medal (original award) with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters [1st OLC][2nd OLC & 3rd OLC] and the Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal (7 battle stars), Philppine Liberation Medal & World War II Victory Medal. (See his Certificate of Military Service)

Nicholas came back to California to Camp Stoneman at Pittsburg in November 1945. Back in Nebraska, he married Sara "Sallie" Robberson on 18 December 1945. Sally was from Broken Bow and was a registered nurse. Sally's father, Grover Robberson was a Methodist minister. She practiced her profession when needed at Dr. Bailey's office, which is located on Horseshoe Bar Road near the freeway. The young couple lived in Ainsworth, Nebraska where he practiced for two years then they moved to Lincoln, California.

The Bailey's have a fine family of seven children: Nicholas, James, Frank, Douglas, Diana, Penny, and Barbara. His son Nicholas has completed his law studies and will open a law office here in Loomis this month. Dr. Bailey's oldest daughter, Diana, has entered medical school at the University of Southern California and plans to enter family practice when she graduates. His son Douglas also is planning to enter medical school to follow his father's profession.

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