May 31, 1949 (8 pages)

a AUGUST 25-28: 54 “Volume 22—No. 27.32 NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIF ORNIA Friday, June 3, 1949~ TRUSTEES OKAY COUNTY UNION HIGH SCHOOL Nevada county school survey committee passed a_ resolution Wednesday night recommending legislation be passeq by the present legislature enabling formation of a Western Nevada county union high school. The meeting was held at Union Hill elementary school. Attending the meeting was S. S. Mayo, regional survey director of the state department of education. the committee the meeting were Mrs. Lowell Elster, Clear Creek school trustee; Robert Hanley, Oakland; John Martin, Grass Valley; Howard Penrose, Nevada City, and Melvin Gelhaus, Chicago Park. The committee will confer with Alfred Lentz, administrative advisor of the state department of education, in Sacramento. this afternoon, to draft the necessary bill. Hanley motioned the following resolution which was ‘passed: 1. That all present elementary school districts, including the present Nevada City school district, retain their identity as elementary School districts. 2. That the present two high schools, Nevada City and Grass Valley, be combined to operate as one high school until such time as land and buildings may be secured for an entirely new. (West-. ern Nevada county) high school, thereby releasing more space for Overcrowded elementary schools. 3. Members of the committee ‘pointed out: at» the meeting rural schools woulq be compelled to join Members of gathering at an existing high school district if assembly bill 972, now before ‘the legislature, becomes law. Additional elementary and secondary school facilities are needed in Nevada county, according tg the consensus of the gathering. At a special election held more than two years ago, a_ proposal to unify the entire western area of the county was defeateg 2-1. BACCALAUREATE WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at high schoo] auditorium. Fifty-five seniors of the 1949 graduating class of Nevada City high school will attend the _ services. The Rev. Dahlgren: Casey, pastor otf the Nevada City Methodist church, will give the invocation. Franc Luschen will present a cello solo of Gounod’s ‘Ave Maria.”’ Baccalaureate address will be delivered by the Rev. Max Christerisen, rector of the Trinity Episcopal church. Luschen will give as a closing ’ gelection Von Biene’s ‘‘Melody.’’ Rey. Casey giving the benediction will close the program. ‘Commencement exercises will be held Thursday evening in the high school auditorium. KEITH MACDONALD IS NEW LIONS CLUB HEAD Keith Macdonald, Tahoe national forest service, was elected president of the Nevada City Lions club Wednesday evening to serve during the 1949-50 term. He will succeed Dr. C. N. Kerrin. Other officers elected were Cliff Jacobson, first vice-president; Lew Moran, second vice-president; William Gibson, _ secretary; Allen Clapp, treasurer; lion tamer; George Campbell, tail twister; Walt Russell and Milt Anderson, directors. They will be installed Wednesday evening at a ladies’ night dinner at Deer Creek inn. Allegheny Man Smells Gas, Lights Match And Out Blew the Walls Roy Rhuski suffered shock and severe burns about the hands, face forest. highway funds. Bear Valley Grade To Be Realigned . Bear Valley grade, infamous stretch of road on state highway 20 near where it junctions with U. S. highway 40, will be eliminated this summer, according to an announcement late yesterday afternoon by Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of Tahoe national Ellis said bids are being advertised by the U. S. public roads administration and will be opened in San Francisco June 21 for 3.7 miles of new highway on section A, Harmony ridge forest highway. Construction will be financed from U. S. forest service The new road will have a maximum seven per ‘cent grade and a minimum curvature of 400 feet. TELEPHONES UP 25 PER CENT IN NEVADA CITY Telephone outlets Nevada City total 1,328, according to E. R. Ingalls, manager of the local telephone exchange, conjunction with the delivery of new telephone directories now being made here. in in This represents an increase of 25 per cent over the 1,063 telephones Charles Hilpert, . ¢ listed in September, 1948, when the previous phone book was released. The new_ green-covered book contains more than 42,000 alphabetical listings, an increase of 3,900: over the present issue. About 49,000 copies will be delivered in the eleven counties covered by this directory. Ingalls requested that the old directory be destroyed when the new one arrives. He also said that any customer not receiving a copy by the end of the week to call the business office and one will be furnished immediately. Nevada City Couple Buy Indian Valley Station Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Gates, Nevada City, have purchased the Indian Valley service station, on the Downieville highway, and took possession Wednesday. Sierra Man Lands: Six-Pound Trout Max Stark, Downieville, landed a six-pound brown trout from the Yuba River at Shangri-La, just west of Downieville on opening day. Stark needed 25 minutes to NEVADA COUNTY WARNED ABOUT SPOTTED FEVER Residents and vacationists in Nevada county are warned by the California department of public health to learn the symptoms of Rocky mountain spotted fever: fever, chills, headache, sensitivity to light, and pains in the jaw and muscles. The department cautions those who enter the forests of Nevada, Lassen, Modoc, Placer, Plumas, Sierra and Siskiyou -counties. Dr. Walter Padgett, county health officer, stated yesterday: there -has never “been a ‘reported: case of spotted fever in Nevada county, and does not know on what basis. beyond precautionary reason, ‘the state department has issued its warning. One fatality in Plumas county two years ago is the nearest incidence of the disease. Rocky mountain spotted fever is caused by rickettsia rickettsii, the vector being the common tick. Vaccine for immunization against spotted fever exists, and is recommended for persons who are employed in the forests or are otherwise constantly exposed to the insects. Aureomycin and chloromycetin, new drugs on the market, have indicated. excellent relief powers, but treatment by the new preparations must be started immediately. Dr.L.Anigstein, working with a highly virulent strain of rickettsiae found a very high survival rate, when treated with aureomycin. All forest personnel of Tahoe national forest have been immunland the fish. ized, a program that has been 8° p.rn., torium, show morning gert. group. hurst. cal the high Stewart. in admit all ate Frank Stewart, Murchel. Receipts of the show will be used to purchase the new uniforms being useq by the merchants team of the Foothill league. The is being sponsored ‘by ‘the Nevada City Athletic club. Dancing “Again, Solo specialty, Solo, Diana Rankin, “Certain 18 ACTS SET FOR BENEFIT SHOW TONIGHT Eighteen acts will sparkle the baseball benefit shows; tonight at in the high. school audiunder by Stewart: Accordion’ selections, A] SchweiNevada City high school choral Music Lesson, Nevada City high school orchestra. Specialty act, ” “Lucy Put Your Shoes On,”’ vosolo, Diane Davis. Acrobatics, Dixie Lee Mauch. Specialty Bill Gibson, Murchel. act, Trio, Bob, Gene and George . minerals and mining. Peterson, The 4-H club division wil] fea“Who’s on First?” Murchel and. ture beef and dairy cattle, swine, Stewart. sheep, goats, agricultural, horticulLionettes, Audrey Kerrin, Rose tural, home _ economics, poultry, French, Dee Montonari, Virginia . rabbit, feature booth exhibits and Clapp, Bernice Gibson. showmanship. “Married Life,’’ Lucy Murchel Champion ang reserve champion and Stewart. ribbons, and 70 premiums wil] be High sehoo] quartet. awarded in Aberdeen-Angus class “Alphabet Song,’’ Dee Monto-. of beef cattle with a like number nari, Bill Gibosn. of awards available in the Here“Casey at the Bat,” acted school. Party,’’ William Tobiassen the choral group. Howard Jones is charge Deeter will take care of make-up. Tom Campbell lights. Goerz will panist for the soloists, Admission will be $1, which will members of family. . of the will : to the music Nevada City high school band under the baton of Willard ~Goerz, will follow the show and continue to midnight. The program, as announced this Charles Hilpert. vocal solo, Laura HayMoscoe George Hansen. serve as.accomcompetition by exhibitors a County Fair, scheduled for cultural association. The flower show show a 50 per cent increase in Strawberries is the only sectiom the direction of] exhibitions and interest. R. R. of the 4-H horticulture department assisted by Chet. franceschi, Sacramento architect, 4-H club home-economics mem=for the fair grounds at Watt Park, Grass Valley, expects to have completeqd and ready to the association directors latter part of this month. Freeman also said the association has hopes’ of having the fair grounds site fenced by the time the fair opens this year, ‘but there will be no possibility of having permanent buildings started. Present plans indicate they will be started this winter. General admission to the fair this year will remain at 50 cents for ‘adults, 10 cents for children,’ with the same rates prevailing for the horse show. of the There will be two major divisions to the fair, a senior exhibition and a: 4-H division. Departments in the senior group will include beef cattle, dairy cattle, horse show, community exhibits, one family farm, agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, home economics, lumbering, and Smart, ford class. Grand champion in all classes of dairy cattle will be presented in addition to four champions and 20 premiums in each of Brown Swiss, Guernsey ang Milking Shorthorn classes. In addition al] dairy cows meeting specified minimum butterfat production will receive an additional premium. Five prizes in each of nine sections of the horse show will be competed for by stock and trail horses, and _ ponies. Ranging from a first prize of $275 to a 10th prize of $75 feature by Hansen and is directing curtain. Roy handle the an immediKans., Berkeley and were Okla., to done for three years. their son, Wednesday. FORMER METHODIST PASTOR HERE, WIFE KILLED IN KANSAS Word was received here yesterday the Rev. 78, and his wife were killed in an automobile collision near Augusta, Langdon was formerly pastor of the Nevada City Methodist church from 1917 to 1919. The couple made their home in Oliver since their en route to Henrietta, attend the Francis. exhibits will be limited to communities and organizations which display agricultural and horticultural booths. Five prizes will go to the one family farm feature. Three ribbons will. be awarded in 39 sections of’ the agrcultural department. Three sweepstakes will be presented in each of plant vegetables and root vegetables. Three ribbons and prizes will go to winners of 46 sections of the horticultural department. Three Sweepstakes will also be presented in the plate and standard package displays of deciduous fruits. division. The floriculture department has been expanded to 88 sections with H. Langdon, retirement wedding of nq head when a gas stove exRloded in his Community hall apartment, blowing out two sides of the apartment. Rhuski said the stove had been defective for some timd. Upon entering the apartment. he gmelled gas, opened a door and second prize winner; winjliow, ang .lit .a.match,. ev PICTURED ABOVE left to right, are Donald Lee, the 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin kee,’ 322 ‘Jordan, WINNERS OF FISH DERBY and’ éha see \ i + day under the sponsorhi Dale Hornberger, 9, son of Merchants. . Me.-and. Mrs. Stanley Hornberger, "524° Nevada, prize winner; Robert Cullén,’'11;' son: “of Mi . -Mre. Leo Culten, 315 Bread, third prize winner, of : first annual Nevada City fish derby held Monp of the Nevada City In the rear left Max Solare, chief of he contest; and ’F ae Phote by Pert rancis Kuntz, . et x + * three ribbons and prizes to be awarded in each section. The exhibits in this department must have been grown ‘by the exhibitor within the district represented. A special class of this department this year will be a feature exhibit, 18x24 inches maximum, representing the gold discovery theme, using cut flowers, growing plants and accessories if desired. Canned and preserved foods prepared by the . exhibitors will compete in 77 sections. There are . three premiums in each section and three sweepstakes. Entries in the lumber and lumber products department are limited to Nevada, Plumas, Butte, Yuba, Sierra, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne Mariposa, Madera, and Fresno counties. There are three awards in each of rock gold, milling ore, gold, and placer golq. displays. Four premiums in each of 17 sections of beef cattle competition will be awarded in the 4-H clubs division. Nine prizes are open/in each of 10 sections of 4-H clubs dairy cattle division. Fifteen prizes are open in 4-H Duroc Jersey swine competition. Fat and feeder pigs have four sections with “}nine prizes each, and a champion fat hog of all breeds. To be judged strictly on a range sheep basis and limiteg to Nevada county, nine ribbons will be won in’ four sections, is Six sections, with four ribbons 2,084 AWARDS OPEN AT SEVENTH ANNUAL NEVADA COUNTY FAIR ON Two thousand eighty-four awards, 54 championshig awards, one grand champion in dairy cattle, and betweem $10,000 and $15,000 in prize money will be open for Sunday, Aug. 28, according to an announcement today by Loyle Freeman, manager* of the 17th District Agri° . ° Freeman said this year’s fair will have many improvements. is expected to who is drawing up a master plan it for display the labor bill owing him by Cy Py Dancer and Eva Dancer, _ Grass Valley.hiuse for the Dancers in the orama tract, north of Grass and for which omly $215: of 580.65 bill has been paid, Johnson, attorney. 4 high Friday, May 27 .:.:.. 87 Saturday, May 28 .. 7 Sunday, May 29 ... 73% Monday, May 380 .. Wee ee Tuesday, May 81 .. 66. CHAMPIONS t the seventh annual Nevada Thursday, Aug. 25 through champion will go to 4-H club wimners in the goat division. 4-H club members will compete in 174,gections of the agricultare department. There’ are three ribbons to'each section. bers will compete for: three ribbous: in each of 26 sections. of canned and preserved foods division, Clothing and textile division ig @i~ vided into 17 divisions: with sir premiums in each. _Poultry displays call for up te five ribbons in 27 sections. Rabbits have the same number of ribbonm for eight sections. 4-H clubs as units. wilt compete for five awards in a club exhibition booth. Showmanship in the display of animals by 4-H club members wif win. eight prizes in four classes. Premium books giving completem details of the fair. and exhibitions. are available at the offices of the: the 17th District Agricultural Ag= sociation, 115 West Main street, Grass Valley. Officers besides Thomas Mulcahy, president: ang Edith Scott, secretary-treasurer. Members of the board of direct~ ors are Joel Bierwagen, C. Ed@munds, Thomas Casey, Malcolm. Hammill, Walter B. Sanford, Vernon Stoll, Leland S. Smith ama Mulcahy. : $39,700 WORTH ISSUED PERMITS P. G. Scadden Nevada tou oil assessor issued building permits totaling $39,700 this week to ‘bring the value of permits issued since; April 1 to $136,300. Largest permit issued since the county ordinance went into eff—ek in March was to Joe Nila, Oakiasa contractor, who has started con— struction on a $20,000 steel commercia] building in Hills Plat, Grass Valley, that will house the new Oldsmobile agency. Ed Nygard, Grass Valley, was: issued a permit to build a frame. 27x64 building on the Nevada City~ Grass Valley highway to house the California highway patrol officem. It will be valued at $11,000: Thomas F. Doherty, contraetor; Kings Beach, was issued a license to. build a 16x10 garage and 26x12 sacristy for the Catholic church, Kings Beach. Estimated cost ig $1,200. Grass Valley Sportsmen’s cluh was granted a permit to build @ $6,000 frame club house on Snow Mountain ditch near Scotts Plat dam. H. J. Crawford, Grass Valley is contractor. ; ig E. A. Bailey, Nevada City, was given a permit to construct a $50® addition to his home on Bannerroad. Walter W. Lyon, Grass Valiley,, was permitted to start constrec-. tion of a $1,000 frame home in the. Orchard general subdivision, Grase Valley. 2 1+ Freeman are Grass Valley Mar Asks $2,580.65 For~ Labor Bill on House . . C. M. Peterson filed guit tm superior court this week to colleet$2,365.65 alleged to be anunpaid: Peterson charges he. built, 5 Pan-. Nevada City, is him 1 The WeatherFred Bush, observer: Thursday, June 2 .. 70° each, plus a champion and grand’ 05; May 31, 08 Total 48.32,

a AUGUST 25-28: 54 “Volume 22—No. 27.32 NEVADA CITY (Nevada County) CALIF ORNIA Friday, June 3, 1949~ TRUSTEES OKAY COUNTY UNION HIGH SCHOOL Nevada county school survey committee passed a_ resolution Wednesday night recommending legislation be passeq by the present legislature enabling formation of a Western Nevada county union high school. The meeting was held at Union Hill elementary school. Attending the meeting was S. S. Mayo, regional survey director of the state department of education. the committee the meeting were Mrs. Lowell Elster, Clear Creek school trustee; Robert Hanley, Oakland; John Martin, Grass Valley; Howard Penrose, Nevada City, and Melvin Gelhaus, Chicago Park. The committee will confer with Alfred Lentz, administrative advisor of the state department of education, in Sacramento. this afternoon, to draft the necessary bill. Hanley motioned the following resolution which was ‘passed: 1. That all present elementary school districts, including the present Nevada City school district, retain their identity as elementary School districts. 2. That the present two high schools, Nevada City and Grass Valley, be combined to operate as one high school until such time as land and buildings may be secured for an entirely new. (West-. ern Nevada county) high school, thereby releasing more space for Overcrowded elementary schools. 3. Members of the committee ‘pointed out: at» the meeting rural schools woulq be compelled to join Members of gathering at an existing high school district if assembly bill 972, now before ‘the legislature, becomes law. Additional elementary and secondary school facilities are needed in Nevada county, according tg the consensus of the gathering. At a special election held more than two years ago, a_ proposal to unify the entire western area of the county was defeateg 2-1. BACCALAUREATE WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at high schoo] auditorium. Fifty-five seniors of the 1949 graduating class of Nevada City high school will attend the _ services. The Rev. Dahlgren: Casey, pastor otf the Nevada City Methodist church, will give the invocation. Franc Luschen will present a cello solo of Gounod’s ‘Ave Maria.”’ Baccalaureate address will be delivered by the Rev. Max Christerisen, rector of the Trinity Episcopal church. Luschen will give as a closing ’ gelection Von Biene’s ‘‘Melody.’’ Rey. Casey giving the benediction will close the program. ‘Commencement exercises will be held Thursday evening in the high school auditorium. KEITH MACDONALD IS NEW LIONS CLUB HEAD Keith Macdonald, Tahoe national forest service, was elected president of the Nevada City Lions club Wednesday evening to serve during the 1949-50 term. He will succeed Dr. C. N. Kerrin. Other officers elected were Cliff Jacobson, first vice-president; Lew Moran, second vice-president; William Gibson, _ secretary; Allen Clapp, treasurer; lion tamer; George Campbell, tail twister; Walt Russell and Milt Anderson, directors. They will be installed Wednesday evening at a ladies’ night dinner at Deer Creek inn. Allegheny Man Smells Gas, Lights Match And Out Blew the Walls Roy Rhuski suffered shock and severe burns about the hands, face forest. highway funds. Bear Valley Grade To Be Realigned . Bear Valley grade, infamous stretch of road on state highway 20 near where it junctions with U. S. highway 40, will be eliminated this summer, according to an announcement late yesterday afternoon by Guerdon Ellis, supervisor of Tahoe national Ellis said bids are being advertised by the U. S. public roads administration and will be opened in San Francisco June 21 for 3.7 miles of new highway on section A, Harmony ridge forest highway. Construction will be financed from U. S. forest service The new road will have a maximum seven per ‘cent grade and a minimum curvature of 400 feet. TELEPHONES UP 25 PER CENT IN NEVADA CITY Telephone outlets Nevada City total 1,328, according to E. R. Ingalls, manager of the local telephone exchange, conjunction with the delivery of new telephone directories now being made here. in in This represents an increase of 25 per cent over the 1,063 telephones Charles Hilpert, . ¢ listed in September, 1948, when the previous phone book was released. The new_ green-covered book contains more than 42,000 alphabetical listings, an increase of 3,900: over the present issue. About 49,000 copies will be delivered in the eleven counties covered by this directory. Ingalls requested that the old directory be destroyed when the new one arrives. He also said that any customer not receiving a copy by the end of the week to call the business office and one will be furnished immediately. Nevada City Couple Buy Indian Valley Station Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Gates, Nevada City, have purchased the Indian Valley service station, on the Downieville highway, and took possession Wednesday. Sierra Man Lands: Six-Pound Trout Max Stark, Downieville, landed a six-pound brown trout from the Yuba River at Shangri-La, just west of Downieville on opening day. Stark needed 25 minutes to NEVADA COUNTY WARNED ABOUT SPOTTED FEVER Residents and vacationists in Nevada county are warned by the California department of public health to learn the symptoms of Rocky mountain spotted fever: fever, chills, headache, sensitivity to light, and pains in the jaw and muscles. The department cautions those who enter the forests of Nevada, Lassen, Modoc, Placer, Plumas, Sierra and Siskiyou -counties. Dr. Walter Padgett, county health officer, stated yesterday: there -has never “been a ‘reported: case of spotted fever in Nevada county, and does not know on what basis. beyond precautionary reason, ‘the state department has issued its warning. One fatality in Plumas county two years ago is the nearest incidence of the disease. Rocky mountain spotted fever is caused by rickettsia rickettsii, the vector being the common tick. Vaccine for immunization against spotted fever exists, and is recommended for persons who are employed in the forests or are otherwise constantly exposed to the insects. Aureomycin and chloromycetin, new drugs on the market, have indicated. excellent relief powers, but treatment by the new preparations must be started immediately. Dr..L..Anigstein, working with a highly virulent strain of rickettsiae found a very high survival rate, when treated with aureomycin. All forest personnel of Tahoe national forest have been immunland the fish. ized, a program that has been 8° p.rn., torium, show morning gert. group. hurst. cal the high Stewart. in admit all ate Frank Stewart, Murchel. Receipts of the show will be used to purchase the new uniforms being useq by the merchants team of the Foothill league. The is being sponsored ‘by ‘the Nevada City Athletic club. Dancing “Again, Solo specialty, Solo, Diana Rankin, “Certain 18 ACTS SET FOR BENEFIT SHOW TONIGHT Eighteen acts will sparkle the baseball benefit shows; tonight at in the high. school audiunder by Stewart: Accordion’ selections, A] SchweiNevada City high school choral Music Lesson, Nevada City high school orchestra. Specialty act, ” “Lucy Put Your Shoes On,”’ vosolo, Diane Davis. Acrobatics, Dixie Lee Mauch. Specialty Bill Gibson, Murchel. act, Trio, Bob, Gene and George . minerals and mining. Peterson, The 4-H club division wil] fea“Who’s on First?” Murchel and. ture beef and dairy cattle, swine, Stewart. sheep, goats, agricultural, horticulLionettes, Audrey Kerrin, Rose tural, home _ economics, poultry, French, Dee Montonari, Virginia . rabbit, feature booth exhibits and Clapp, Bernice Gibson. showmanship. “Married Life,’’ Lucy Murchel Champion ang reserve champion and Stewart. ribbons, and 70 premiums wil] be High sehoo] quartet. awarded in Aberdeen-Angus class “Alphabet Song,’’ Dee Monto-. of beef cattle with a like number nari, Bill Gibosn. of awards available in the Here“Casey at the Bat,” acted school. Party,’’ William Tobiassen the choral group. Howard Jones is charge Deeter will take care of make-up. Tom Campbell lights. Goerz will panist for the soloists, Admission will be $1, which will members of family. . of the will : to the music Nevada City high school band under the baton of Willard ~Goerz, will follow the show and continue to midnight. The program, as announced this Charles Hilpert. vocal solo, Laura HayMoscoe George Hansen. serve as.accomcompetition by exhibitors a County Fair, scheduled for

cultural association. The flower show show a 50 per cent increase in Strawberries is the only sectiom the direction of] exhibitions and interest. R. R. of the 4-H horticulture department assisted by Chet. franceschi, Sacramento architect, 4-H club home-economics mem=for the fair grounds at Watt Park, Grass Valley, expects to have completeqd and ready to the association directors latter part of this month. Freeman also said the association has hopes’ of having the fair grounds site fenced by the time the fair opens this year, ‘but there will be no possibility of having permanent buildings started. Present plans indicate they will be started this winter. General admission to the fair this year will remain at 50 cents for ‘adults, 10 cents for children,’ with the same rates prevailing for the horse show. of the There will be two major divisions to the fair, a senior exhibition and a: 4-H division. Departments in the senior group will include beef cattle, dairy cattle, horse show, community exhibits, one family farm, agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, home economics, lumbering, and Smart, ford class. Grand champion in all classes of dairy cattle will be presented in addition to four champions and 20 premiums in each of Brown Swiss, Guernsey ang Milking Shorthorn classes. In addition al] dairy cows meeting specified minimum butterfat production will receive an additional premium. Five prizes in each of nine sections of the horse show will be competed for by stock and trail horses, and _ ponies. Ranging from a first prize of $275 to a 10th prize of $75 feature by Hansen and is directing curtain. Roy handle the an immediKans., Berkeley and were Okla., to done for three years. their son, Wednesday. FORMER METHODIST PASTOR HERE, WIFE KILLED IN KANSAS Word was received here yesterday the Rev. 78, and his wife were killed in an automobile collision near Augusta, Langdon was formerly pastor of the Nevada City Methodist church from 1917 to 1919. The couple made their home in Oliver since their en route to Henrietta, attend the Francis. exhibits will be limited to communities and organizations which display agricultural and horticultural booths. Five prizes will go to the one family farm feature. Three ribbons will. be awarded in 39 sections of’ the agrcultural department. Three sweepstakes will be presented in each of plant vegetables and root vegetables. Three ribbons and prizes will go to winners of 46 sections of the horticultural department. Three Sweepstakes will also be presented in the plate and standard package displays of deciduous fruits. division. The floriculture department has been expanded to 88 sections with H. Langdon, retirement wedding of nq head when a gas stove exRloded in his Community hall apartment, blowing out two sides of the apartment. Rhuski said the stove had been defective for some timd. Upon entering the apartment. he gmelled gas, opened a door and second prize winner; winjliow, ang .lit .a.match,. ev PICTURED ABOVE left to right, are Donald Lee, the 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin kee,’ 322 ‘Jordan, WINNERS OF FISH DERBY and’ éha see \ i + day under the sponsorhi Dale Hornberger, 9, son of Merchants. . Me.-and. Mrs. Stanley Hornberger, "524° Nevada, prize winner; Robert Cullén,’'11;' son: “of Mi . -Mre. Leo Culten, 315 Bread, third prize winner, of : first annual Nevada City fish derby held Monp of the Nevada City In the rear left Max Solare, chief of he contest; and ’F ae Phote by Pert rancis Kuntz, . et x + * three ribbons and prizes to be awarded in each section. The exhibits in this department must have been grown ‘by the exhibitor within the district represented. A special class of this department this year will be a feature exhibit, 18x24 inches maximum, representing the gold discovery theme, using cut flowers, growing plants and accessories if desired. Canned and preserved foods prepared by the . exhibitors will compete in 77 sections. There are . three premiums in each section and three sweepstakes. Entries in the lumber and lumber products department are limited to Nevada, Plumas, Butte, Yuba, Sierra, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne Mariposa, Madera, and Fresno counties. There are three awards in each of rock gold, milling ore, gold, and placer golq. displays. Four premiums in each of 17 sections of beef cattle competition will be awarded in the 4-H clubs division. Nine prizes are open/in each of 10 sections of 4-H clubs dairy cattle division. Fifteen prizes are open in 4-H Duroc Jersey swine competition. Fat and feeder pigs have four sections with “}nine prizes each, and a champion fat hog of all breeds. To be judged strictly on a range sheep basis and limiteg to Nevada county, nine ribbons will be won in’ four sections, is Six sections, with four ribbons 2,084 AWARDS OPEN AT SEVENTH ANNUAL NEVADA COUNTY FAIR ON Two thousand eighty-four awards, 54 championshig awards, one grand champion in dairy cattle, and betweem $10,000 and $15,000 in prize money will be open for Sunday, Aug. 28, according to an announcement today by Loyle Freeman, manager* of the 17th District Agri° . ° Freeman said this year’s fair will have many improvements. is expected to who is drawing up a master plan it for display the labor bill owing him by Cy Py Dancer and Eva Dancer, _ Grass Valley.hiuse for the Dancers in the orama tract, north of Grass and for which omly $215: of 580.65 bill has been paid, Johnson, attorney. 4 high Friday, May 27 .:.:... 87 Saturday, May 28 ... 7 Sunday, May 29 ..... 73% Monday, May 380 ... Wee ee Tuesday, May 81 .... 66. CHAMPIONS t the seventh annual Nevada Thursday, Aug. 25 through champion will go to 4-H club wimners in the goat division. 4-H club members will compete in 174,gections of the agricultare department. There’ are three ribbons to'each section. bers will compete for: three ribbous: in each of 26 sections. of canned and preserved foods division, Clothing and textile division ig @i~ vided into 17 divisions: with sir premiums in each. _Poultry displays call for up te five ribbons in 27 sections. Rabbits have the same number of ribbonm for eight sections. 4-H clubs as units. wilt compete for five awards in a club exhibition booth. Showmanship in the display of animals by 4-H club members wif win. eight prizes in four classes. Premium books giving completem details of the fair. and exhibitions. are available at the offices of the: the 17th District Agricultural Ag= sociation, 115 West Main street, Grass Valley. Officers besides Thomas Mulcahy, president: ang Edith Scott, secretary-treasurer. Members of the board of direct~ ors are Joel Bierwagen, C. Ed@munds, Thomas Casey, Malcolm. Hammill, Walter B. Sanford, Vernon Stoll, Leland S. Smith ama Mulcahy. : $39,700 WORTH ISSUED PERMITS P. G. Scadden Nevada tou oil assessor issued building permits totaling $39,700 this week to ‘bring the value of permits issued since; April 1 to $136,300. Largest permit issued since the county ordinance went into eff—ek in March was to Joe Nila, Oakiasa contractor, who has started con— struction on a $20,000 steel commercia] building in Hills Plat, Grass Valley, that will house the new Oldsmobile agency. Ed Nygard, Grass Valley, was: issued a permit to build a frame. 27x64 building on the Nevada City~ Grass Valley highway to house the California highway patrol officem. It will be valued at $11,000: Thomas F. Doherty, contraetor; Kings Beach, was issued a license to. build a 16x10 garage and 26x12 sacristy for the Catholic church, Kings Beach. Estimated cost ig $1,200. Grass Valley Sportsmen’s cluh was granted a permit to build @ $6,000 frame club house on Snow Mountain ditch near Scotts Plat dam. H. J. Crawford, Grass Valley is contractor. ; ig E. A. Bailey, Nevada City, was given a permit to construct a $50® addition to his home on Bannerroad. Walter W. Lyon, Grass Valiley,, was permitted to start constrec-. tion of a $1,000 frame home in the. Orchard general subdivision, Grase Valley. 2 1+ Freeman are Grass Valley Mar Asks $2,580.65 For~ Labor Bill on House . . C. M. Peterson filed guit tm superior court this week to colleet$2,365.65 alleged to be anunpaid: Peterson charges he. built, 5 Pan-. Nevada City, is him 1 The WeatherFred Bush, observer: Thursday, June 2 .... 70° each, plus a champion and grand’ 05; May 31, 08 Total 48.32,