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Serving Nevada City
and Grass Valley ‘Nevada City Nugget
Gateway to a
Recreation Paradise
17 Nevada City (Nevada County) California, Friday, April 28, 1950
Subscription, Year $2.50; Single Copy 5c
Twenty-Third Year. — No.
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Probably every infantryman
who saw ‘service overseas in the
Tast war came home with a fixed
determination to someday own a
jeep. The powerful little fourwheel-drive vehicles did such a
trustworthy job -in transporting
am army under difficult conditions that the jeep became generally known as the bus that can
do anything.
A year ago, about the time I
acquired a CJ3A, I joined a
widely ballyhooed jeep trek over
the historic De Anza trail in Riverside and Imperial counties. The
trek was sponsored’ by the Hemet chamber of commerce to call
attention to the need for a highway traversing some _ ragged
mountains down into Borrego
valley. The publicity invited anybody with a four-wheel-drive to
join the caravan, pointing out
that the route was plenty rugged.
More than 200 jeeps, complete
with drivers and bedrolls, showed
up for the event. All day Saturday the jeeps streamed through
the hills, down precipitous slopes,
along the rocky bed of a stream,
through heavy sand and brush.
With the exception of a drunk
who buried his radiator in a barranca, all the adventurers showed
up for the barbecue on the desert
in the evening. It was a trip
packed with fun for those who
like to get off the beaten path.
The other day Dow Alexander,
the rug cleaning man with the
broad shoulders, was telling me
what marvels he had accomplished with the aid of his little jeep.
So of course I told him about the
Hemet-Borrego trek. Together
we got steamed up about the possibilities of promoting a Donner
Trail Jeep Trek in this part of
the country. .
In a couple of days six men
met and discussed the potential
publicity value of a trek in Nevada county. Howard Smith of
the forestry service gave us some
good pointers about the terrain
along parts of the old emigrant
trails and especially the interesting spots on the historic Donner
route.
Recognizing that there is a
growing resentment against jeepsters among fishermen who can
not get used to seeing automobiles in the most isolated backcountry, we have discussed a caravan which will preserve public
good will and still provide the
fun and publicity we want. We
have laid the ground work for a
late-summer trek.
We were amazed to learn that .
there are over 800 jeeps’ in Nevada and Sierra counties. If we
got publicity in all the foothill
and valley towns we might have .
many hundred jeeps on _ our
hands for a2 weekend. But if the
jeep drivers are introduced to the
scenic beauty of our forests and
mountains and have the thrill of
seeing some of the landmarks of
historic century-old trails, they
would spread the word to hundreds of other potential vacationists and tourists.
If Dow continues with his coordination of scouting the routes,
planning the itinerary, and arranging publicity and facilities,
the Donner Trail Jeep’ Trek may
become reality.
Believe it or not, this column
isn’ta commercial for WillysOverland. It’s written by a jeep
enthusiast who can’t resist the
temptation to brag about his
mule-on-wheels . . . and a newspaperman who recognizes huge
potential value to his community
of any publicity stunt which will
bring wholesome satisfaction to a
lot of potential friends.
REMODELLING
Milton’s Cosfectionery was not
open for business yesterday while
remodeling of one window was
underway for installation. of a
sidewalk dispenser of ‘frosties”
and ice cream and other products. s
OVER 200 PUPILS
PARTICIPATE IN
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Over 200-pupils participated in
the annual spring concert of the
Nevada City unified school district held Wednesday evening at
; the Nevada City high school auditorium. !
The program which was well
Luschen and Willard Goerz.
The program:
played by the elementary school
band under the direction of
Goerz.
Koreen Buster presented as a
violin solo Thomas’ ‘Simple
Aveu,” accompanied by Luschen.
. The elementary school symph‘onette played “Blue Skies”~ by
Stallfort and ‘(Dancing Dolls” by
Seredy. Luschen directed the
group which included Emily Kelly, Gail Blodgett, Janet Williams
and_ Doreen Hatwig on the violins; David Haley, cello; Wade
Penrose, clarinet, and Bob Fischer, piano.
Madge Nelson presented Beethoven’s “For Elise” as a piano
solo.
Luschen. directed the high
school string ensemble in the
playing of Haydn’s “Selection”
and Woodhouse’s “Springtide”
and “Peasant Dance.” The ensemble includes Sandra Pease,
Koreen Buster, Carolyn Keith,
Barbara Girouard, Alice Hansen,
Leora Rollins, JoAnn Waechter,
Doris Ward, violins; David Haley, cello; Rae Buster, piano.
Emily Kelly presented “Over
the Rainbow,” by Arlen as a vocal solo. Dorotha Smart .accompanied.
The elementary school chorus,
directed by Tobiassen, sang Foster’s ‘‘De Camptown Races,” and
“Ring, Ring the Banjo”; Scholin’s
“Londonderry Air’; and FraserSimson’s “Christopher Robin.”
Sandra Pease presented Chopin’s “Nocturne”’ as a violin solo,
accompanied by Luschen.
Goerz led the high school orchestra_ through excérpts from
Wagner’s operas, and Tschaikowsky’s “Andante Cantabile.”
Kent Walker sang Jerome
Kern’s “Ol’ Man River,” accompanied by Dorotha Smart.
“Kentucky Babe” was sung by
the girls’ triple trio which _included Pat. Sturtevant, Ruth Estes, Gloria Larson, Lillie Sassomon, Irma Kendricks, Pat Burgin, Joan Oje, Elizabeth Wilson
and Joann Scott.
The high school chorus, directed by Tobiassen sang his arrangement of “Through a Long and
Sleepless Night”; ‘Toyland’ by
. Herbert; “In a Persian Market,”
. Ketebey; “God So Loved the
. World,’*St&iner; and “The World
. Is Waiting for the Sunrise,” by
. Lucas.
”
FAIR BIDS CANCELLED
AND CALLED T00 HIGH
Division of architecture of the
California department of public
works notified the 17th district
agricultural association this past
week that all bids for the proposed poultry and home economics building at the Nevada county
fair grounds had been cancelled.
‘The division claimed the submitted bids were in excess of the
estimated project cost for construction.
The Grass Valley firm 6f Dorville-Gallino and Kohler were
low bidders for the construction
project with a bid of $56,449.
The division did not state what
its estimated cost of the project
was.
SOFGE DENIES VOTE
REFUSAL AT COUNCIL
Councilman H. F. Sofge denies
he refused to vote at last weeks’
city council meeting when the
question of voting for a new
mayor arose. ;
Sofge declared his vote: was an
emphatic no for Thomas -H. Taylor. City Clerk George H. Calanan stated Sofge’s no vote was
entered on the minutes of the
meeting.
SACRAMENTO POSSE
WILL BE GUESTS OF
NEVADA COUNTY UNIT
Nevada County Sheriff’s Posse
will be host to the Sacramento
County Sheriff's Posse today, to-,
morrow and Sunday, according to
E. Ik “Bud” Kyle, captain.
The delegation, headed by Don
Cox, sheriff of Sacramento county, is expected to include about
30 possemen and their wives. Arrival is scheduled for this after: . noon.
attended, was under the direc.
tion of William Tobiassen, Franc . } Hoskins and the local posse are
_. arranging a buffet stew . tonight.
Kyle and Sheriff Richard W.
Tomorrow morning a trail ride
“Winona Waltz,” and “Para-. to the top of Banner mountain is
mount March,” by McCaughy, . scheduled for an open fire breakfast.
Tomorrow night the two posses
will banquet at the Gold Nugget
Inn.
Kyle said a trail ride Sunday
will conclude the affair.
CUTBACK IN POSTAL
SERVICE STARTED
Trial runs in cutback postal delivery. service were made here
Wednesday and_ yesterday in
compliance with a directive from
the postmaster general as a result of reduced appropriations to
the postal department.
Postmaster William Wasley declared the new schedules will undoubtedly slow up mail service
and only possible remedy appears to be a flood of protesting
letters to congressmen.
Wasley said under the directive Nevada City will lose one
city carrier and one sorting clerk.
The curtailment will mean that
the city will have one delivery a
day instead of twice daily as has
been enjoyed.
Wasley said it will. mean that
some patrons will receive mail
four hours later than at present.
When asked about a post card
that was delivered in Grass Valley 27 years after it was postmarked from Nevada City, Wasley said any -such-delay could not
be the fault of the local post
office which has only been in its
present location since 1944. The
card was the work of a prankster
was Wasley’s only solution.
BUS LINE OPENS SPECIAL
WEEKEND CONNECTIONS
To stimulate summer-and week
end travel to Nevada City and
Nevada county, the Nevada
County Bus Line will run special
Friday and Sunday night service
to connect with Pacific Greyhound buses at Colfax.
Kent Walker, manager. of the
line, said that starting Sunday,
there will be a bus departure
from Nevada City at 7:45 p.m.,
and from Grass Valley at 8:15
p.m. to connect with Greyhound
at Colfax. The returning bus will
leave Colfax at 9:05 p.m: with
passengers off both east and west
bound Greyhound buses. The
schedule will be maintained on
Fridays and Sundays throughout
the summer, Walker said.
KERELY TAKEN TO
PENITENTIARY
Roland J. Kerely, 33, was taken to San Quentin prison Monday by Deputy Sheriff Johnny
Blackburn, following his_ sentence to San Quentin Friday by
Superior Judge James Snell. .
Kerely pleaded guilty to an escape charge stemming from a
40-hour stretch of freedom from
the county jail Feb. 22. Deputy
Blackburn was on duty in the
sheriff’s office while Kerely, as
a trustee, was cleaning up the
office. Ostensibly Kerely went
outside to empty trash but didn’t
come back. He was picked up in
Alleghany two days later.
The Weather
Fred Bush, observer
Max. Min
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ADEE 2 © occcccevies gates 82 45
aN vis . Ee. 15 (Are Aa Reese 71 36
DG 24 se 69 34
7 oc . Gay. . ee peers Racer ee 73 37
Aor 26 75 38
April OF rere 76 41 .
Fire Wednesday night destroyed a combination cabin and tent
on Ridge road.
JUVENILE SPEED
DEMONS RACE
AT CELEBRATION
Twenty or more juvenile speed
demons will hurtle: down Broad
street speedway Monday, July 3,
in a coaster classic to be known
as the Dynamite Box Derby.
The event will be a feature of
the Fourth of July celebration.
Details of the event were completed yesterday. by I. C. Bell,
derby committee chairman, and
Albert. Wood, industrial arts instructor at the Nevada City high
school, who will serve as technieal advisor to the junior speedsters.
The event is open to all boys
between the ages of 11 and 16
inclusive. The race will be held
in two heats for those aged 11 to
13 and 14 to 16.
Each racer will be sponsored
“by a local merchant, organization
or busienss and the cars will display the names of their sponsors.
The sponsors will partially defray the expense of building the
vehicles. .
Bell urged all prospective entrants to take immediate steps
toward construction of their cars
in order that they also can take
part in the Hi Jinks Derby sponsored by the Grass Valley Junior
Chamber of Commerce Saturday,
June 3. The Grass Valley prize
list includes bicycles, radios and
other items.
Particular emphasis will be
placed on safety in both the construction of the car and its steering and braking mechanism but
also in the race course and handling of race details.
The event is designed to interest the youngsters in mechanics
and construction principles with
the miles per hour factor of minor consideration. All participants must have the full: permission of their parents to participate.
LIQUOR HEARING DATE
CHANGED TO MAY 2
State board of equalization
hearing regarding Ashton’s _liquor store in Grass Valley, which
was scheduled for Monday has
been changed to 10 am. Tuesday, according to Frank Thompson, liquor control officer.
The hearing-is to be held in the
justice court of the Nevada county courthouse.
The hearing is the result of a
complaint charging Mrs. Esther
Ashton with sale of alcoholic beverages to a minor after Grass
Valley police arrested four teenage boys in possession of beer.
Results of the hearing will be
sent to San Francisco where the
board of equalization will consider suspension _of Ashton’s license.
LIPMANS STORY IN
LIBERTY IS OUT
Opening the current issue of
Liberty mdgazine the reader is
attracted by a full page illustratation of a boy sitting in a great
chair.The painting, ‘by Hy Rubin, illustrates a _ story, ‘The
Governor’s Chair,” by. Clayre and
Michel Lipman, local authors.
Mrs. Lipman states the story
was born two years ago when
her son, Gene Szemanski, returned from Sacramento, * excited
“over a class tour of the capitol.
The boy announced each of the
children of Robert Bonner’s class
had been permitted to sit in the
governor’s chair.
MASONS PREPARE FOR
CENTENNIAL PROGRAM
Nevada Lodge No. 13, F. & A.
M., are preparing for a centennial celebration of the founding .
of the local lodge.
Tentative plans call for a 100th
anniversary meeting to “be held
in’ the Masonic temple Saturday,
June 10, followed by a banquet
at 7 o’clock.
Sunday a public concert will
be scheduled at Pioneer park and
plans call for the appearance of
the Ben Ali Shrine band*-and
chanters as visiting artists.
Joseph .Stenger is worshipful
master of the lodge.
!
NORTH SAN JUAN SETS .
CHERRY CARNIVAL
DATES FOR JUNE 17-18
The North San Juan cherry
carnival will be held Saturday .
and Sunday, June 17 and 18, ac-!
cording to an announcement by
Ed J. Kohler, president of the
North , San’ Juan, Camptonville .
and Vicinity Chamber of Com.
merce. .
The carnival,
held annually, with the exception
which has been}
of war years, started when North . *
San Juan was the center of the
Kydraulic mining industry and
was a large sized community.
Included on the program, Kohler; said, will be a parade of historic vehicles, a whisker growing
contest, a queen contest, and of
course, an all night dance.
STUDENTS TO ATTEND
BAY CITY LUNCHEON
Miss Pat Dames and Miss Jo
Waechter were chosen to attend
the annual Press club conference
andJunior Gang luncheon and
meetings in San Francisco tomorrow.
. This conference is for senior
students of journalism classes .
who’ submit the most and best .
news articles and feature stories !
to their papers during the year.
Miss Maxine Ivey is prepared to
go as alternate. Mrs. Margaret
Stevens, journalism instructor at
the local high school, will accompany the girls.
Three Pulitzer prize winners
and thé winner of the Eddie McQuede memorial award are included among the celebrities who
will participate in. the morning
seminars, as will Herbert Caen
and Joe Rosenthal, Chronicle
photographer, who. won a Pulitzer prize for his Iwo Jima flag
raising picture.
Dr. Wallace Sterling, president
of Stanford university, and Agnes
Underwood, city editor of the Los
Angeles Herald-Express, are to
be co-speakers at the luncheon.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
WILL BE COMEDY
“The Family Upstairs,” a comedy by Harry Delf, has been se.
lected for presentation ‘by’ the
senior class of Nevada City high .
school Friday, May 26, under the
direction of Miss Evelyn Corr.
Members of the cast are:
Joe Heller,
the father .. Robert Thompson
Emma _ Heller,
the mother
Louise Heller,
the elder sister
Willie Heller,
the brother
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Sandra Pease
.. Maxine Ivey
Louis Waldon .
Annabelle,
baby sister .. Lillie Sassamon
Charles Grant ... Darrell Moody
Mrs. Grant,
his mother .... Diana Rankin
Herbert, %
his brother ...... Roy Draper
Miss Calahan .. Kathy Cockerell
KINYON TO BE FETED
BY HISTORICAL UNIT
Edmond Kinyon, editor emeritus of the Grass. Valley Union,
will be honored at a dinner meeting the Nevada County Historical
society Monday evening at 7 p.m.
at Wesley hall, Grass Valley.
Elmer Stevens, program chairman, announced that Dr. Rockwell Hunt, dean of California historians, will be the principal
speaker.
Roast beef dinner will be the
piece de resistance of the evening. v
JUDGE JONES NAMED
ANNIE. CURTIS HEIR
Judge George L. Jones has
been named principal heir in the
estate of Annie Curtis, Grass
Valley, who died April 12.
Petition of probate of will filed
in superior court by Attorney
Frank G. Finnegan, executor;
lists the amount of the estate in
excess of $5,000.
The will called for two $1,000
bonds to go to Edwin Harold
Jones, Salinas, and one $500 bond
to Miss Alma Popp, Grass Val‘nearly five months
ley.
EVANGELISTIC
CRUSADE WILL
START SUNDAY
. The Nevada county union evdangelistic campaign will open on.
unday evening at 7:45 o’clock
at the Veterans Memorial: Auditorium, Grass Valley, following
of intense:
planning and _ preparation.
. Rev. G. Robert Stacey, a native:
t London, England, now a California resident and Americar
citizen, and director and radio:
speaker for the Radio Missionary
movement, will be the featured!
evangelist.
f Rev. Stacey will be seen by
. local attendants of the services:
as young, intensely earnest and
very eloquent as a gospel speaker. His type of preaching is especially suited to such cooperative .efforts as is the Toca! camMost Protestant churches of
Nevada City, Grass Valley and
surrounding areas, are participating in the meetings.
Coming with Rev. Stacey from
southern California will be Rev.
and Mrs. Norman Nelson. Rev.
Nelson, contracted as song-leader
for the meetings, comes originally from Denver, Colo., and is
recognized as an outstanding lyrpaign.
ic tenor. He has been offered a
scholarship to study for the Metropolitant opera company as well
as opportunities to sing in Hollywood and on network ‘broadcasts.
In recent years Rev. Nelson ,has:
toured throughout America pre-—
senting his sermons in song. This.
unique way of presenting the
gospel has been well received.
Meetings will be held each:
night except Mondays for a period of three weeks, -Sunday ta;
and including Suntlay; May 21.
Preparations for the campaigre
locally have been under the general chairmanship of Ejnar Beck.
Assisting him have been Rev.
. Williard W. Turner, chairman of
personal work; Rev. E. E. Lebeck;,
prayer chairman; Rev. John A.
MacDonald, publicity chairman;
Capt. Lester Holmes,
chairman; Alvin-€.Molen, music
chairman; and Albert Keeney,
finance chairman.
SENIOR SPEAKERS
PREPARING TALKS
Miss Maxine Ivey and Miss Jenell Stinchfield, whose announcement as senior speakers at commencement exercises of Nevada
City high school in June was released early this month, are busy
preparing their talks.
The two girls were selected”
by the faculty from a field of six
nominated by the 1950 -class-of
the school. :
The unsuccessful candidates
were Miss Elizabeth Wilson, Miss
Joan Oje, Howard Snyder asd.
Ross Dahl.
Both girls are active leaders in:
school affairs. Miss Ivey has been
an officer in her class, in the
school chorus, Searchlight editor,
and is editor of the Quill, and has.
. a leading role in the senior play,
“The Family Upstairs,” to be pre-sented May 26. In her junior year
she was a local winner in an
essay contest.
Miss Stinchfield is new to Ne~
vada City this year, transferringfrom McClatchy high school in,
Sacramento last September. Sheheld office of class secretary, and:
sports manager of the G. A. A.,
and was a member of the Art.
club: while attending the: Sacra-mento school. Since she has been:
at Nevada City: high schooi she.
has been a member of the chorus,
G. A. A., Searchlight staff, Quill. art staff, band frolic cast, iis;
president ofthe senior class.
AT COUNTY HOSPITAL
‘Funeral services are pending:
at the Holmes Funeral Home forMrs. Gladys Geneva Corbett, 34,
who died yesterday ‘morning at:
Nevada county hospital, following still born birth of her eighth
child. é
She was a native. of Arkansas:
and resided here for two years.
Surviving are her husband,
Walter W., and children, Billie, ~
Bobby, Dick, Ronnie, Carol, Jean,,
June and Trudy. : !
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