June 29, 1948 (8 pages)

= all eat . 1 ba a —£ an ~ . on a £ Shy hs A > 4 i a SPECIAL ‘Celebration o Be Greatest. NORTH SAN JUAN PARADE AND NORTH. SAN JUAN: _. CARNIVAL REVIEWED: A SUCCESS At a meeting last Thursday night, at the Francis Hotel in Camptonville, members of the North San Juan, Camptonville, and Vicinity Chamber of Commerce expressed themselves as delighted with the success of the gala Cherry Carnival of June 18 and 19. The parade, according to genfl postmaster Kern ' Fogarty of North San Juan, was the best ever seen in the annals of the Ridge. Financially, the celebration a : @ was a whopping success. The Chamber of Commerce is now equipped with a nest egg with which to improve and publicize the Ridge and thus increase its prosperity. Plans for a celebration in the ‘near ‘future are Bennet in-the embryo stage. % 1 "THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L., SR. —~J ‘For-one reason or another the Streets aré cleaner than they. used to be. H. 'F. Sofge, new city.councilman, we suspect, is responsible for it. Broad street is swept up ‘every day and washed once a week. We noted a man sweeping up Spring yesterday, and of course Commercial, “Pine, Main and Union alley get their face washed once in a while, eh We don’t know much =.this cleanliness is. costing the taxpayers, but probably nothing worth mentioning. If it is costing something, it is certainly worth it. With the gold country becoming the cynosure of all eyes in the U. S. it is pleasant to note that since Marshall discovered gold in the Coloma mill race, these diggings have cleaned up alittle. e+ & Moreover the city council is getting figures on regular trash boxes into which those who saunter up and down Broad Street, can put their leavings instead of tossing them onto the sidewalk. The small boy who decides he has done a day’s work on his all-day sucker, can deposit it in one of these boxes instead of throwing it into the: street. Not that he will for quite a while. Children are conservative, as anyone may observe, but the opportunity will be there and his elders of course will take full advantage of a place to put things which they no longer use. such as cigarette butts, paper containers, and what not. Children in time will follow the example of their elders. h & But this is really only a beginning. We are assured that every dog has its day, and that the days of most of our dogs are numbered. The city council has not said what they will do with the excess dog population, but surely after washing down the streets and sweeping them daily they do intend to put.strictures on canines that }¢ are a source of much filth. e & h We bélieve there is an ordinance respecting dogs in this town, prescribing license fees for male and female, etc, ‘but lately it has been observed in the breach. Some “be kind to animals’’ society, has a law on the statute books which prescribed the kind of pound the dog which goes into temporary seclusion must have. Running water. wire net enclosure, a tight roof, all and for we know, beauty rest mattresses on which to sleep. Just at present the dog license ordinance is not béing enforced, the new fangled pound prescribed by the state legislature would cost too much, and what with improvements going into the park, the city council thinks it can’t build a proper dog coop. ‘fe h h This idea of allowing dogs to breed ad lih with no responsibility for the results, ‘is a bit thiek. So far as prompt shooting of the thieves and. beirg unkind to animals is: concerned, “cap, it-is—just_pyilain. cruelty to keep a dog on garbage’ The parade was briefly reviewed at the Thursday meeting. Much eredit was given to Benjamin Slankard, who conceived the theme of ‘‘March. of Time’”’. Sheriff Richard Hoskins led the parade, followed by his_ posse, mounted, and theRedmen of Nevada City. Neil Ennis, with long rifle, traps, and hounds, depicted the era before the gold rush. The Walker family rode on an emigrant-type covered wagon. The Gates family, with the women in crinolines and sunbonnets, rode on a Granholm buckboard. A monitor trom French Corral was a silent monument to a onceroaring industry. Junior entrants vigorously pushed a wheelbarrow, bearing the legend, ‘‘We struck it rich in North San Juan’’. A beautiful float was that bearing Queen Patricia Kessler and her court, escorted by John Green and Guy Robinson. The Gold Trail Riders and the Sheriff’s Posse-ette, made a fine appearance on spirited mounts. The social development of the gold country was depicted by a school room with pupils of several . ; nationalities at their desk: a Parent Teachers Association float. Other fascindfing floats iincluded: Lew ‘Wood, North San Juan, groceries and liquor store, Red and White Store, 49er Bar, The San Juan gambler, 1848, Huckelberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. San Juan Hose Cart No. 2, San Juan Farm Center Chuck Wagon, Native Daughters Parlor No. 70, Marjne Corps, Grass Valley, One Horse Float “Wagon by Fred Butts, Indian War Dance by the Nevada City Redmen,, and many other floats of great interest. Results of the queen contest were as follows: Patricia Kessler, winner, $65.00, Runner-up, Winnell Leal, North Columbia, $35.00, other contestants $15.00, each, Kathleen McQuinn, North San Juan, Dorris Turner, Oak Valley, Wilma Clemens, Alleghany, Jennie Ennis, North San Juan, Vera McAlister, Downieville. . ‘The high school band rendered excellent music for three nights of dancing in Twamley Hall. % PLASTER SPOILS COURT DIGNITY NEVADA CITY, MARCH 27, 1861—The dignity of the District Court was somewhat ruffled yesterday by a patch of plaster about about four feet square detaching itself from the ceiling and coming down like an avalanche on the heads of lawyers and jurymen, demolishing the stove pipe and causing a general stampede. If not attended to, that court house will kill somebody. yet. can-rations, And, no matter how hard the pootch works to upset the garbage can, he never knows when he finally opens it, whether there’ will be any food or not. What with the high cost of living and all, as likely as not, he will find nothing edible. h ‘We hope the citv council will wrestle with this problem until they get it licked. This town can never be quite clean so long as we have so-large a-populatisn of filthy dogs in the streets. dressed in-coonskin . . THE PROGRAM SATURDAY 2-6 P. M. — Kids’ Games (Union Hotel) 6-7 — Greased Pig; Pole Climbing (Forest Service Lot) 7 — Concert and Queen Crowning—Prizes: $50, $25, two $12.50 prizes (National Hotel) 8 — Imperial School of the Dance 9 — Folk Dances: Town Talk Singers ( National Hotel) 10 — Floor Show, School of the Theater 11 — Street Dance SUNDAY Morning Memorial Servides 1-2 P. M. — Veterans Service (Pio 1s oe) + 2 — Baseball Game (Pioneers: (aiid + 5-6 — Kids Dive For Pennies (City Pool) ee 7:30 — Imperial School of the Dance 8:15 — Aquacade (City Pool) . 8:15 — Bathing Beauty Show (City Pool) 10 — Folk Dances; Town Talk Singers (Seaman’s s Lodge) 11 — Hoe Down Dance (Seaman’s Lodge) MONDAY Harold George’s Band Plays Prior To The Parade lO a. m-Parade 12 — Patriotic Address by Judge James Snell (Deer Creek Inn) 1-1:30 — Band Concert, Harold George’s Band (Deer Creek Inn) 2:15 — Coaster Box Race. Prizes: $10, $5, $2.50. Each non-prize-winning contestant gets %, % > s 4:15 — Boxing Match in front of Elks Home (All afternoon display of monitor aidstamp mill” ‘ at the Plaza) eiegoieieoy ee rfeserferfertery SIH inleinininioleleieieieioieiiee ie eae stesteseststeoeateteotstotesfesteoe detector steteorfetesfeateobafeteoh 5 tickets to Broadway Theater % 3:15-4:15 — Fire Department Water Fight < te she tes hete A 9 ee DN a a a a a ae ee ae te le ae a Goro Diecer’s Frau Charles Scott Haley OLD GRASS VALLEY A hot June afternoon in 1905. The little train, puffing prodigiously, had left the Colfax depot, wound round under the big Southern Pacific trestle, and came out on what was then one of the highest viaducts in the world, spanning Bear River. About five in the afternoon, we stopped at Chicago Park, where was the only green area I had seen on the entire trip since leaving Berkeley. It looked good to me, and for a monent, . wondered whether . had arrived in Grass Valley. I had left Berkeley. that morning, after returning from summer surveying camp at Santa Cruz, in response to a telegram from Brick Walker, telling me that he had rustled a job for me. . knew it was authoritative, because at that time Brick’s father was underground superintendent for the North Star and Central shafts. Also, I needed the job, because when . arrived in Grass Valley, I had just ten cents in my pocket. Arriving at the old depot in Grass Valley, Brick was there to meet me. He took me down to the old Fillmore Hotel, at the corner of Auburn and Main Streets—a filling station now occupies the site. There (Please turn to page 4) CELEBRATION HELD HERE 87 YEARS AGO NEVADA CTY, JULY 4, 1861: In our little city of Nevada it is intended that the sun of this glorious day shall not hide his face because we have proved ourselves unworthy of our ancestors . ¥ of 1776. With us it will be a great day and one to be remembered. The cannon will salute the dawn with its thunder. For in the Banner of the Union there . will be a gun. and a hundred guns . will be fired at intervals through the day. Order of the procession will be: 1 Grand Marshal and Aides. 2 Nevada Brass Band. 3 Orator of the day with comevery star mittee of arrangements,. in carriages. 4 Nevada, Grass Valley and Timbucto Fire Departments. 5 Knights Templars, on horseback. § Masoni¢. Order. 7 Odd Fellows. § Sons>of Terperance. 6s 9 Grass Valley Brass’ Band. 10 Union Club of Nevada. 11 Citizens in -carriages, horseback and on foot. on The procession will form at ten o’clock under the direction of Isaac Williamson, Grand Marshall, A. H. Hagedon and Jerome B. Moore, Marshal’s Aides. The line of march will be through the _ principal streets Of the city, halting at the corner of Broad and Pine streets where the following exercises will take place: 1 Music by the band. 2 Prayer by the chaplain of the day. 3 National Airs by the Glee Chib.” 4 Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas P. Hawley, Esq. 5 Music by the band. 6 Oration by Rev. B. Brierly. After the above exercises a free dinner will be given on lower Main Street. Lucille Fisk ORE Legion Auxiliary GRASS VALLEY: erican Legion Auxiliary held Wednesday night in erans Memorial building in the choice of Lucille president. Other officers chosen were Veryl Painter, first vice president;. Jesse Painter, second vice president; June Brown, secretary; Eleanor Mulch, treasurer; Mill dred Nankervis, chaplain; Virginia Kerr, historian; June Hesla, sergeant at arms; Vivian Keeler. marshal; and Irene Eldridge, muThe Amelection the Vetresulted Fisk as OVER 60 FLOATS, GALAXY OF SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT NEVADA ‘CITY:.A concérted effort by all the civic-minded men and women of Nevada City, ably led y a group of committees of the Chamber of Commerce,, and headed by J. Paul Bergemann, chamber president, ‘has ee a three-day: bonanza program for July3rd, 4th and ‘ mg. ah that promises to bring back to our town all the old color and glory associated for decades with “6cal patriotic celebrations. First event in the heavily studded pattern of fum and pageantry is to be at 2 P.M. Saturday, when —_ Holmes and his committee organizes games tests for kids in front of the Union Hotel. These will last until 6 P. M. when a greased pig catching contest and a greased pole-climbing contest will take. place under the direction of the Lions’ Club im the Forest: Service lot on Broad Street. At 7 P. M., newly-elected Mayor Arthur Innis will crown the Queen of the Fourth at the National Hotel. Franc Luschen will direct the orchestral accompaniment or this climactic event. The queen contest is based om he sale of tickets, the proceeds from which are usedii o finance the Fourth. Reportedly in the lead. are can~ estants Annabelle Roberts sponsored by. the Americam “ederation of Labor and ‘Diane Crase sponsored by the Flks. The Imperial School of the Dance will give a recital at 8 P. M., directed by Viola LaVerne Aronsan. At 9 P. M., there will be folk dances by the Nuggeteers; under the direction of Grace Raymond. Also at the National Hotel will be rendered a. selection of songs by the Town Talk singers. At 10 P. M. Mrs. Genevieve Short, director of the Starlet School of the Theater will produce a floorshow in front of the ‘National Hotel. A public street dance, with music by Don Daniels: and his orchestra, will take place on Broad Street be~ . ween Pine Street and Union Alley, following the fore-~ roiling programs. SUNDAY Sunday morning will be devoted to church mem= wrial services. In the afternoon at 2:30 P. M., in Pioieers Park, the Nevada City Merchants Nine will battle. he Brown Bombers. From 5 to 6 P. M. there will be a. wimming and diving exhibition at the city Pool in. ?ioneers Park. At 7:00, there will be a dancing show at the pook n Pioneers Park, again by the Imperial School of the Jance. At 8:15 P. M. will occur the Grand Aquacade,. ‘specially produced for the Fourth of July: celebration, »y Verle Gray, well-known swimming instructor. There: vill be a performance in conjunction with the aquacade© »f cleverly designed numbers by the dancing troupe of: he Starlet School of the Theater. Mrs. Short will :ditect, sician. The new officers will be installed tomorrow night. Alice Henwood, past district president, will be in charge of the installation. % 34-STAR FLAG UNFURLED HERE NEVADA CITY, JULY 1, 1861 —There can not be a handsomer flag in the state than that which floats over the new house of Nevada Hose Company No. 1 and wiheh the patriotic and. gallant firemen of that company gave to the breeze last Saturday. It is eighteen feet long and twelve wide, the exact legitimate proportions. The colors in the union and strikes are dazzling, vivid, being attached to some variety of drapery much finer and more brilliant than bunting. The arrangement .of the thirty four stars in the union is novel but patriotically and metophonically significant. The constellation is in the form of a pyramid resting on a broad base indicative of firmness and durability and expressive of defiance against: all efforts to overthrow it. The ‘construction of the entire flag is the work of Mrs. William’ Jeffrey of Boulder Street and does her infinite credit. It waves from a J nd Mrs. Dorothy Kitts of the Town Talk Singers, willi slay the accompaniment. A Fashion Show will present 3lamorous new swim suits from Ralston’s Dress Shop, Nevada City. At 10:00 P. M., there will be gates Nuggeteer “olk Dances, to be Sisllcnsadl at 11:00 P: M. with a. pub ic old-fashioned hoe-down dance at Seaman’s Lodge n Pioneers Park. Don Daniels orchestra: will play. _ MONDAY Harold George's band will give a spirited concert, ending the pre-parade period old-time snap and gayiety, and the numerous floats and echelons of marchers and horsemen form, amid an atmosphere of curious expectancy at.the top of Broad Street. The concert starts at 9:30 A. M., and the grand parade starts at 10 A. M., led by Sheriff Dick Hoskins, monuted on a beautiful white horse. Herbert S. Foreman if parade chairman. The parade will be composed of three major sections: The first is the Nevada City group; the second, Grass Valley; and the third, couty organizations and mounted outfits. In the first section, following the Brand Marshall, ‘will ‘be ‘Har-; old George’s band, the ‘Véterans’ staff ninety feet high. of Foreign Wars,° the National]. Guard, and the giant CaliforniaCentennial Commission float, fol~ _ lowed by all floats. In the second section will pars ade. various well-known Grasm Valley organizations, followed by the Grass Valley division of floats. (For a more complete list of the organizations ‘and the ap proximately 6@ floats to partici. pate, see end of this story). The parade, as na Fiche nerd 5 the Nevada City at

= all eat . 1 ba a —£ an ~ . on a £ Shy hs A > 4 i a SPECIAL ‘Celebration o Be Greatest. NORTH SAN JUAN PARADE AND NORTH. SAN JUAN: _. CARNIVAL REVIEWED: A SUCCESS At a meeting last Thursday night, at the Francis Hotel in Camptonville, members of the North San Juan, Camptonville, and Vicinity Chamber of Commerce expressed themselves as delighted with the success of the gala Cherry Carnival of June 18 and 19. The parade, according to genfl postmaster Kern ' Fogarty of North San Juan, was the best ever seen in the annals of the Ridge. Financially, the celebration a : @ was a whopping success. The Chamber of Commerce is now equipped with a nest egg with which to improve and publicize the Ridge and thus increase its prosperity. Plans for a celebration in the ‘near ‘future are Bennet in-the embryo stage. % 1 "THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L., SR. —~J ‘For-one reason or another the Streets aré cleaner than they. used to be. H. 'F. Sofge, new city.councilman, we suspect, is responsible for it. Broad street is swept up ‘every day and washed once a week. We noted a man sweeping up Spring yesterday, and of course Commercial, “Pine, Main and Union alley get their face washed once in a while, eh We don’t know much =.this cleanliness is. costing the taxpayers, but probably nothing worth mentioning. If it is costing something, it is certainly worth it. With the gold country becoming the cynosure of all eyes in the U. S. it is pleasant to note that since Marshall discovered gold in the Coloma mill race, these diggings have cleaned up alittle. e+ & Moreover the city council is getting figures on regular trash boxes into which those who saunter up and down Broad Street, can put their leavings instead of tossing them onto the sidewalk. The small boy who decides he has done a day’s work on his all-day sucker, can deposit it in one of these boxes instead of throwing it into the: street. Not that he will for quite a while. Children are conservative, as anyone may observe, but the opportunity will be there and his elders of course will take full advantage of a place to put things which they no longer use. such as cigarette butts, paper containers, and what not. Children in time will follow the example of their elders. h & But this is really only a beginning. We are assured that every dog has its day, and that the days of most of our dogs are numbered. The city council has not said what they will do with the excess dog population, but surely after washing down the streets and sweeping them daily they do intend to put.strictures on canines that }¢ are a source of much filth. e & h We bélieve there is an ordinance respecting dogs in this town, prescribing license fees for male and female, etc, ‘but lately it has been observed in the breach. Some “be kind to animals’’ society, has a law on the statute books which prescribed the kind of pound the dog which goes into temporary seclusion must have. Running water. wire net enclosure, a tight roof, all and for we know, beauty rest mattresses on which to sleep. Just at present the dog license ordinance is not béing enforced, the new fangled pound prescribed by the state legislature would cost too much, and what with improvements going into the park, the city council thinks it can’t build a proper dog coop. ‘fe h h This idea of allowing dogs to breed ad lih with no responsibility for the results, ‘is a bit thiek. So far as prompt shooting of the thieves and. beirg unkind to animals is: concerned, “cap, it-is—just_pyilain.. cruelty to keep a dog on garbage’ The parade was briefly reviewed at the Thursday meeting. Much eredit was given to Benjamin Slankard, who conceived the theme of ‘‘March. of Time’”’. Sheriff Richard Hoskins led the parade, followed by his_ posse, mounted, and theRedmen of Nevada City. Neil Ennis, with long rifle, traps, and hounds, depicted the era before the gold rush. The Walker family rode on an emigrant-type covered wagon. The Gates family, with the women in crinolines and sunbonnets, rode on a Granholm buckboard. A monitor trom French Corral was a silent monument to a onceroaring industry. Junior entrants vigorously pushed a wheelbarrow, bearing the legend, ‘‘We struck it rich in North San Juan’’. A beautiful float was that bearing Queen Patricia Kessler and her court, escorted by John Green and Guy Robinson. The Gold Trail Riders and the Sheriff’s Posse-ette, made a fine appearance on spirited mounts. The social development of the gold country was depicted by a school room with pupils of several . ; nationalities at their desk: a Parent Teachers Association float. Other fascindfing floats iincluded: Lew ‘Wood, North San Juan, groceries and liquor store, Red and White Store, 49er Bar, The San Juan gambler, 1848, Huckelberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. San Juan Hose Cart No. 2, San Juan Farm Center Chuck Wagon, Native Daughters Parlor No. 70, Marjne Corps, Grass Valley, One Horse Float “Wagon by Fred Butts, Indian War Dance by the Nevada City Redmen,, and many other floats of great interest. Results of the queen contest were as follows: Patricia Kessler, winner, $65.00, Runner-up, Winnell Leal, North Columbia, $35.00, other contestants $15.00, each, Kathleen McQuinn, North San Juan, Dorris Turner, Oak Valley, Wilma Clemens, Alleghany, Jennie Ennis, North San Juan, Vera McAlister, Downieville. . ‘The high school band rendered excellent music for three nights of dancing in Twamley Hall. % PLASTER SPOILS COURT DIGNITY NEVADA CITY, MARCH 27, 1861—The dignity of the District Court was somewhat ruffled yesterday by a patch of plaster about about four feet square detaching itself from the ceiling and coming down like an avalanche on the heads of lawyers and jurymen, demolishing the stove pipe and causing a general stampede. If not attended to, that court house will kill somebody. yet. can-rations, And, no matter how hard the pootch works to upset the garbage can, he never knows when he finally opens it, whether there’ will be any food or not. What with the high cost of living and all, as likely as not, he will find nothing edible. h ‘We hope the citv council will wrestle with this problem until they get it licked. This town can never be quite clean so long as we have so-large a-populatisn of filthy dogs in the streets. dressed in-coonskin . . THE PROGRAM SATURDAY 2-6 P. M. — Kids’ Games (Union Hotel) 6-7 — Greased Pig; Pole Climbing (Forest Service Lot) 7 — Concert and Queen Crowning—Prizes: $50, $25, two $12.50 prizes (National Hotel) 8 — Imperial School of the Dance 9 — Folk Dances: Town Talk Singers ( National Hotel) 10 — Floor Show, School of the Theater 11 — Street Dance SUNDAY Morning Memorial Servides 1-2 P. M. — Veterans Service (Pio 1s oe) + 2 — Baseball Game (Pioneers: (aiid + 5-6 — Kids Dive For Pennies (City Pool) ee 7:30 — Imperial School of the Dance 8:15 — Aquacade (City Pool) . 8:15 — Bathing Beauty Show (City Pool) 10 — Folk Dances; Town Talk Singers (Seaman’s s Lodge) 11 — Hoe Down Dance (Seaman’s Lodge) MONDAY Harold George’s Band Plays Prior To The Parade lO a. m-Parade 12 — Patriotic Address by Judge James Snell (Deer Creek Inn) 1-1:30 — Band Concert, Harold George’s Band (Deer Creek Inn) 2:15 — Coaster Box Race. Prizes: $10, $5, $2.50. Each non-prize-winning contestant gets %, % > s 4:15 — Boxing Match in front of Elks Home (All afternoon display of monitor aidstamp mill” ‘ at the Plaza) eiegoieieoy ee rfeserferfertery

SIH inleinininioleleieieieioieiiee ie eae stesteseststeoeateteotstotesfesteoe detector steteorfetesfeateobafeteoh 5 tickets to Broadway Theater % 3:15-4:15 — Fire Department Water Fight < te she tes hete A 9 ee DN a a a a a ae ee ae te le ae a Goro Diecer’s Frau Charles Scott Haley OLD GRASS VALLEY A hot June afternoon in 1905. The little train, puffing prodigiously, had left the Colfax depot, wound round under the big Southern Pacific trestle, and came out on what was then one of the highest viaducts in the world, spanning Bear River. About five in the afternoon, we stopped at Chicago Park, where was the only green area I had seen on the entire trip since leaving Berkeley. It looked good to me, and for a monent, . wondered whether . had arrived in Grass Valley. I had left Berkeley. that morning, after returning from summer surveying camp at Santa Cruz, in response to a telegram from Brick Walker, telling me that he had rustled a job for me. . knew it was authoritative, because at that time Brick’s father was underground superintendent for the North Star and Central shafts. Also, I needed the job, because when . arrived in Grass Valley, I had just ten cents in my pocket. Arriving at the old depot in Grass Valley, Brick was there to meet me. He took me down to the old Fillmore Hotel, at the corner of Auburn and Main Streets—a filling station now occupies the site. There (Please turn to page 4) CELEBRATION HELD HERE 87 YEARS AGO NEVADA CTY, JULY 4, 1861: In our little city of Nevada it is intended that the sun of this glorious day shall not hide his face because we have proved ourselves unworthy of our ancestors . ¥ of 1776. With us it will be a great day and one to be remembered. The cannon will salute the dawn with its thunder. For in the Banner of the Union there . will be a gun. and a hundred guns . will be fired at intervals through the day. Order of the procession will be: 1 Grand Marshal and Aides. 2 Nevada Brass Band. 3 Orator of the day with comevery star mittee of arrangements,. in carriages. 4 Nevada, Grass Valley and Timbucto Fire Departments. 5 Knights Templars, on horseback. § Masoni¢. Order. 7 Odd Fellows. § Sons>of Terperance. 6s 9 Grass Valley Brass’ Band. 10 Union Club of Nevada. 11 Citizens in -carriages, horseback and on foot. on The procession will form at ten o’clock under the direction of Isaac Williamson, Grand Marshall, A. H. Hagedon and Jerome B. Moore, Marshal’s Aides. The line of march will be through the _ principal streets Of the city, halting at the corner of Broad and Pine streets where the following exercises will take place: 1 Music by the band. 2 Prayer by the chaplain of the day. 3 National Airs by the Glee Chib.” 4 Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas P. Hawley, Esq. 5 Music by the band. 6 Oration by Rev. B. Brierly. After the above exercises a free dinner will be given on lower Main Street. Lucille Fisk ORE Legion Auxiliary GRASS VALLEY: erican Legion Auxiliary held Wednesday night in erans Memorial building in the choice of Lucille president. Other officers chosen were Veryl Painter, first vice president;. Jesse Painter, second vice president; June Brown, secretary; Eleanor Mulch, treasurer; Mill dred Nankervis, chaplain; Virginia Kerr, historian; June Hesla, sergeant at arms; Vivian Keeler. marshal; and Irene Eldridge, muThe Amelection the Vetresulted Fisk as OVER 60 FLOATS, GALAXY OF SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT NEVADA ‘CITY:.A concérted effort by all the civic-minded men and women of Nevada City, ably led y a group of committees of the Chamber of Commerce,, and headed by J. Paul Bergemann, chamber president, ‘has ee a three-day: bonanza program for July3rd, 4th and ‘ mg. ah that promises to bring back to our town all the old color and glory associated for decades with “6cal patriotic celebrations. First event in the heavily studded pattern of fum and pageantry is to be at 2 P.M. Saturday, when —_ Holmes and his committee organizes games tests for kids in front of the Union Hotel. These will last until 6 P. M. when a greased pig catching contest and a greased pole-climbing contest will take. place under the direction of the Lions’ Club im the Forest: Service lot on Broad Street. At 7 P. M., newly-elected Mayor Arthur Innis will crown the Queen of the Fourth at the National Hotel. Franc Luschen will direct the orchestral accompaniment or this climactic event. The queen contest is based om he sale of tickets, the proceeds from which are usedii o finance the Fourth. Reportedly in the lead. are can~ estants Annabelle Roberts sponsored by. the Americam “ederation of Labor and ‘Diane Crase sponsored by the Flks. The Imperial School of the Dance will give a recital at 8 P. M., directed by Viola LaVerne Aronsan. At 9 P. M., there will be folk dances by the Nuggeteers; under the direction of Grace Raymond. Also at the National Hotel will be rendered a. selection of songs by the Town Talk singers. At 10 P. M. Mrs. Genevieve Short, director of the Starlet School of the Theater will produce a floorshow in front of the ‘National Hotel. A public street dance, with music by Don Daniels: and his orchestra, will take place on Broad Street be~ . ween Pine Street and Union Alley, following the fore-~ roiling programs. SUNDAY Sunday morning will be devoted to church mem= wrial services. In the afternoon at 2:30 P. M., in Pioieers Park, the Nevada City Merchants Nine will battle. he Brown Bombers. From 5 to 6 P. M. there will be a. wimming and diving exhibition at the city Pool in. ?ioneers Park. At 7:00, there will be a dancing show at the pook n Pioneers Park, again by the Imperial School of the Jance. At 8:15 P. M. will occur the Grand Aquacade,. ‘specially produced for the Fourth of July: celebration, »y Verle Gray, well-known swimming instructor. There: vill be a performance in conjunction with the aquacade© »f cleverly designed numbers by the dancing troupe of: he Starlet School of the Theater. Mrs. Short will :ditect, sician. The new officers will be installed tomorrow night. Alice Henwood, past district president, will be in charge of the installation. % 34-STAR FLAG UNFURLED HERE NEVADA CITY, JULY 1, 1861 —There can not be a handsomer flag in the state than that which floats over the new house of Nevada Hose Company No. 1 and wiheh the patriotic and. gallant firemen of that company gave to the breeze last Saturday. It is eighteen feet long and twelve wide, the exact legitimate proportions. The colors in the union and strikes are dazzling, vivid, being attached to some variety of drapery much finer and more brilliant than bunting. The arrangement .of the thirty four stars in the union is novel but patriotically and metophonically significant. The constellation is in the form of a pyramid resting on a broad base indicative of firmness and durability and expressive of defiance against: all efforts to overthrow it. The ‘construction of the entire flag is the work of Mrs. William’ Jeffrey of Boulder Street and does her infinite credit. It waves from a J nd Mrs. Dorothy Kitts of the Town Talk Singers, willi slay the accompaniment. A Fashion Show will present 3lamorous new swim suits from Ralston’s Dress Shop, Nevada City. At 10:00 P. M., there will be gates Nuggeteer “olk Dances, to be Sisllcnsadl at 11:00 P: M. with a. pub ic old-fashioned hoe-down dance at Seaman’s Lodge n Pioneers Park. Don Daniels orchestra: will play. _ MONDAY Harold George's band will give a spirited concert, ending the pre-parade period old-time snap and gayiety, and the numerous floats and echelons of marchers and horsemen form, amid an atmosphere of curious expectancy at.the top of Broad Street. The concert starts at 9:30 A. M., and the grand parade starts at 10 A. M., led by Sheriff Dick Hoskins, monuted on a beautiful white horse. Herbert S. Foreman if parade chairman. The parade will be composed of three major sections: The first is the Nevada City group; the second, Grass Valley; and the third, couty organizations and mounted outfits. In the first section, following the Brand Marshall, ‘will ‘be ‘Har-; old George’s band, the ‘Véterans’ staff ninety feet high. of Foreign Wars,° the National]. Guard, and the giant CaliforniaCentennial Commission float, fol~ _ lowed by all floats. In the second section will pars ade. various well-known Grasm Valley organizations, followed by the Grass Valley division of floats. (For a more complete list of the organizations ‘and the ap proximately 6@ floats to partici. pate, see end of this story). The parade, as na Fiche nerd 5 the Nevada City at