January 27, 1947 (6 pages)

! EA and [ NO.5 . TURDAY Pi GART _ ACALL ~ % TwidadS . . va ords will 4 sment, a © ion. evccapecsneoes ie to the selling concern. As it stands. { member the old cry that greeted the . de bacilli. It is far cheaper to thie, than to face a death deailONLY © PER MONTH) i me A ch ee Val. 21; No. 9 THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L. ————— —— bi The parking meters are here. In 2 tew days they will be’ in operation. If, after a good ‘trial, we, the ltiz~ ens of Nevada City do not like them, they can be yanked out and sent back now the city treasury receives a few dollars from: drivers who park their cars too long in one spot. The revenue. to the city ‘is small and the nuisanice to the few overparkers is considerable. tie streets of the city belongsto a the people, and since pa must’ be done by those who business in. Nevada City, ‘so. fas this writer is concerned, we thi emali rental should be charged. corded a few of the eiteasan those who bring their cars town whew. Lats shop. watt and eee. No use making gloomy forebodings until the. contraptt have been given a trial. Let us first automobile ; “Get a horse’; and ‘there is something quite remindful of hitching posts; in the new meter elandards erected along the sidewalks, As a matter of fact motor care individually do not take nearly the steet room that the ordinary horses and wagone did in the days of yore. Another consideration, too often overldoked, we think, is the fact that the city council needs money for city improvements, More money ie needed: to improve the airport and Pioneers Park. We need a caretaker wt the park the year around. A good many blovks of city streets need im: provement. The city council can do mone cf these things without the Money. Parking meters will help fill the city treasury and make some of these improvements possible. There is usually a lot of clamor for improvements. Why is nothing done? The answer of course is that the city council must do with what Money it has. City taxes are about ws high as they can be fairly, and the council to do the things it wants !o do and the people would like to have them do, must have more city income with which to pay for theni, One improvement that may in-i crease taxes in a year or two is the Nbond issue the city must vote for a new sewage disposal plant. Prac_ ttieally ail the towns in the Sierra foothiN area are in the same boat with Nevada City and Grass Valley. Since the days of the gold rush sewage has been dumped into the streams. Now the State Board of Health, heading at long last the criss of the people who live on these streams below us, is enforcing the aw that-miikes sewage plants imwerative: Cities, tike individual citiwens, ' cannot commit nuisances indefinitely. We foothill folke will have to learn to be good neighibore of the people who live — us on the streams. Ineidentatly, with the summer and winter sports bringing thousands of misitars to thiis section, and in fact to all the Sierras, it is imperative that Bine Possible be done to safethe city’s water supply from ™ pe SS VALLEY: Thomas O’Dea ge Giiffiths accused of asaes Sere Seat f Paper the’ high school youths desire for a j resenting . Neighbors of Wooderatt, -. Grass Valley end Nevade City, thar beeen tae seqactl 1 Aibee ens ce , but warned that the It. stage “NEVADA SLi Conta VALLEY, CALIF: ORNIA _ Sea pene GRASS VALLEY . aia iain __the ort MONDAY, DAY, JANUARY. 2; Twin Citi Cities Paper Committee night meeting of the Nevada council seeks alg 4 ganized recreation for this city. by giving a dance. Another dévelopment at the meeting was a clear statement of what youth center, made by Katherine arson. Miss Largon regsponding-to a question ‘by Rev. Joseph W. Moore, sboke .as: follows: “What the kids really want is somewhere they can go on week nights. There's plenty doing on week ends. but if.we could have a place where we could meet week nights, with an’ adult who liked kids, in charge, and where maybe someone could help us with our homework (applause), why, that would be fine. What the kids would like most is a place where they. could have a jukebox to dance. to, pool tables, a den for the. boys to smoke in (other-wise there’s always going to be a disciplinary problem, ‘trying to keep them from smoking), and, if it’s possible, bowling alleys.” Gordon Lageson, president of the elementary school student body, etated that ‘these implements to youth recreation were a trifle advaneed for the younger group, but that ‘‘kids like clubs’ and facilities for athletic, hobby and handicraft organization would be much appreciated by his organization. Mrs. Barbara Peterson, original spark plug of the recreation council, resigned, by letter from the presidency and from. the council because of ill health. Mrs. Mary Havey was unanimously elected to take her place and Mars. Peterson's resignation was accepted. with regret. Mre. Charles Veale was elected treasurer. Mrs. Helen Scribner is secretary. Representatives of various groups reported on the possibility of aid from their organizations. Mra. Veale reported that the Business and Professional Women’s Club had promised $60. The Nevada City Garden Club rae allocate $2 150 per month for the recreation program. Mrs. Sheldon stated that the Parent Teachers Association would hold a food sale and give the proceeds to the youth program. Mrs. Carl J. Tobiassen, reppromised $5 per: “month. Fred Bush, local tarmer, who becomes caretaker of the park on May. lst, stated that he and police’ chief Max Solaro planned improvement work in the spring. They hoped to wrovide more recreation equipment there for youngsters. Solaro’s mecryog game whiere, unless something with which to launch a program of ‘ored for aid, had suggested that the council start the ball rolling ive M “Mrs. Ward/Sheldon Heads Dance For Recreati ““. High Students View ~— ‘GIVIC-GROUPS OFFER FINANCIAL AID TO . COUNCIL FOR YOUTH RECREATION WORK NEVADA CITY: ‘Mrs. Horace Ward Sheldon was named.chairman of a fund-raising dance committee at the Friday. FOUR YOUNG City Recreation Council. ‘The Several civic groups, contacti ity would lose interest in the project. Albrecht explained what estaiblishing a “Y” would require. The YMCA in Oroville, he stated, had a budget of $5000. per year. fds Hewaton-andRev. Moore both. spoke.on the necessity for avoiding a duplication in fund-seeking., Heweton i8 associated with the Chamber of Commervte park program. Whether or not youth -recreation work could or would conflict with the city’s and the chamber’s park improvement plans was discussed at Jength, The general conclusion. was. tihat the ids activities should be correlated. The meeting concluded with a technical , discussion of ‘whether or wot any legalistic steps were necessary to set a prognam in action. Rev. Moore read a report from the Nevada County Ministerial Association, heartily endorsing the recrea-tion council’s aims. The report’ suggested that a committee formed: in Grass Valley to co-operate in a.Twin City recreation program. FRED E. MILLER, ENGINEER, DIES GRASS VALLEY: Fred M. Miller, well known engineer, for many years employed by the State Highway. commission died Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at his”home, 262 South Auburn Street, where le wag born 70 years ago. ~ (Miller graduated trom the University of Cal?fornia in 1899 as an enago. He was Nevada County surveyor from two terms early ‘in this century. He was veteran of the Spanish American War. . He leaves his wilfe, Mrs. Gertrude Adare Miller, a daughter and son, and two grandchildren. i Funeral arrangements are m @harge of Hooper jand Weaver Mortuery. j GIRL SCOUT CEREMONY guests at a meeting Ginl Scout Biuttercup Troop No. 2 when :12 new go-round project ts well knowij, and westiture ce : The meeting ‘ts took . Se os for wooden. noreeg com ‘place in the ed ‘mohbar . tinues Rev. Moore introduced Ru y AbThe girls. récht, YMCA executive who e. of the ‘advantages to ‘tle twin cite, = or. gineer nd followed that profession until his retirement /several years]: GRASS VALLEY: Mothers were. members were admitted at an in-. tion Council CAR THIEFS NEVADA CITY: Four boys were atrested yesterday morning near Washington Junction, 13 miles east of Nevada City, by sheriff's deputy Lrving Barry, on charges of car stealing. ‘The sheriff reported that the boys, Jeége Bondine 17, Truman Taylor 16, Alfted Ervine, 17and. Paul Taylor 14, had stolen a car at Richmond . Weahesday and were assertedily heading for Arkansas, when their gas gave out near the junction. They entered the town of Washington on the South . Yuba amd made off with the -car of Raymond-Sharp, sawmill worker. Returning four miles to the highway the engine, a new one, froze, at about that time.the boys were arrested. The ‘boys will be returned to Richmond on the charge of stealing a car there, and held for ater action in this county for the theft of Sharp’s car: GASKINS HEADS QUARTZ PARLOR NATIVE SONS ‘GRASS VABLEY: John Gaskins, this evening will be seated with appropriate ceremony ag: president of Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. District Deputy Eugene Watson of Rocklin, Placer County will have charge of the ritual, lbe Jack Hansen, first vice president; Charles Brown, third vice president; Kinsman, marshal, Thomas Hosins, inside sentinel; Theodore Kohler, worthy past president; Ralph Vincent, tinancial secretary; George Hammiil, recording secretary; Robert Kohler, treasurer; Neil Wiiting, Robert Payne and Chester Edwards, trustees. jRonor held if the auditorium. oe Si sided. entations. In charge of the . were Scoutmaster Gordon Assistants Howard Tryon and ve old Berliner. Ty Taylor me Other officers seated with him will . &* Glenn Allen, second vice president; . Miles D. Covghtin made the, presSpeedy Election . For Vacant Senate Seat ULLRICH PRESIDES AT GALA DINNER; . SNELL SPEAKS—CROWD‘ENTHUSIASTIC GRASS VALLEY: Nevada County ‘Republicans, hono: ing, Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J. Knight-at a: Lincoln d . Saturay night at the Bret Harte Inn, enthusiastic: y app ed when Knight advocated a free world market for gold speedy election for the senate seat vacated by: Jerrol Sea Knight, in the address of the evening, spoke of. ze terest in the welfare. of mining and mining communities. stressed the im of this area having iootues the state senate and said that he would convey to Gove Warren the desire of voters in this area to have an al ecti Seawell's senate seat at. the earliest os ii The liewtenant governor, former Superior Court. Judge in’ Log An-. . geles, spent. the day . visiting Gress Valley, ‘Nevada City and environs, escorted by C. Raymond Clinch oft Grass Valley. a Presiding at the ‘Linvo¥n Dinner : was Paul Ullrich, Chicago Park farmer and chairman of the: Nevada: q County Republican Cenitrail. Committee. Speaker who introduced Knight} : was Judge of the Superior Court . ev James Snell. {Present were candidates for. ‘ne senate Assemblyman Allen G. Thor$ ae man, publisher of the Colfax Record ; sor and the Placer Herald and William near CiscoWwW. Esterly,. Grass ‘Valley mining. ‘there’ were two: wewer’ en. neither of whom were Sark: Heavy attendance , ae sopat, civic, ft lgaders and the e nithusiaistic atmoSapo i em 4 the 1 sphere of. the meeting. Inade the Litt= coln Dinner one of cessful Nevada County ents in recent years. ti most” suc. . political ev-. adjoining thie city, : _. verne Grabam, a step ‘br . ter Patterson and hils John W. Oeil, well known newspaperman for many years manager! of the Union office in Nevada City, . : died yesterday afternoon im a local hospital. Faneral arrangements have . . ibeen set for Wednesay by the Hol-. wi spin Phebe! Hain tbat the hour has : still to be fixed. . OWeill wit hee 70 ened oats in. Columbia Hill, Nevada County, the

! EA and [ NO.5 . TURDAY Pi GART _ ACALL ~ % TwidadS . . va ords will 4 sment, a © ion. evccapecsneoes ie to the selling concern. As it stands. { member the old cry that greeted the . de bacilli. It is far cheaper to thie, than to face a death deailONLY © PER MONTH) i me A ch ee Val. 21; No. 9 THINKING OUT LOUD By H. M. L. ————— —— bi The parking meters are here. In 2 tew days they will be’ in operation. If, after a good ‘trial, we, the ltiz~ ens of Nevada City do not like them, they can be yanked out and sent back now the city treasury receives a few dollars from: drivers who park their cars too long in one spot. The revenue. to the city ‘is small and the nuisanice to the few overparkers is considerable. tie streets of the city belongsto a the people, and since pa must’ be done by those who business in. Nevada City, ‘so. fas this writer is concerned, we thi emali rental should be charged. corded a few of the eiteasan those who bring their cars town whew. Lats shop. watt and eee. No use making gloomy forebodings until the. contraptt have been given a trial. Let us first automobile ; “Get a horse’; and ‘there is something quite remindful of hitching posts; in the new meter elandards erected along the sidewalks, As a matter of fact motor care individually do not take nearly the steet room that the ordinary horses and wagone did in the days of yore. Another consideration, too often overldoked, we think, is the fact that the city council needs money for city improvements, More money ie needed: to improve the airport and Pioneers Park. We need a caretaker wt the park the year around. A good many blovks of city streets need im: provement. The city council can do mone cf these things without the Money. Parking meters will help fill the city treasury and make some of these improvements possible. There is usually a lot of clamor for improvements. Why is nothing done? The answer of course is that the city council must do with what Money it has. City taxes are about ws high as they can be fairly, and the council to do the things it wants !o do and the people would like to have them do, must have more city income with which to pay for theni, One improvement that may in-i crease taxes in a year or two is the Nbond issue the city must vote for a new sewage disposal plant. Prac_ ttieally ail the towns in the Sierra foothiN area are in the same boat with Nevada City and Grass Valley. Since the days of the gold rush sewage has been dumped into the streams. Now the State Board of Health, heading at long last the criss of the people who live on these streams below us, is enforcing the aw that-miikes sewage plants imwerative: Cities, tike individual citiwens, ' cannot commit nuisances indefinitely. We foothill folke will have to learn to be good neighibore of the people who live — us on the streams. Ineidentatly, with the summer and winter sports bringing thousands of misitars to thiis section, and in fact to all the Sierras, it is imperative that Bine Possible be done to safethe city’s water supply from ™ pe SS VALLEY: Thomas O’Dea ge Giiffiths accused of asaes Sere Seat f Paper the’ high school youths desire for a j resenting . Neighbors of Wooderatt, -. Grass Valley end Nevade City, thar beeen tae seqactl 1 Aibee ens ce , but warned that the It. stage “NEVADA SLi Conta VALLEY, CALIF: ORNIA _ Sea pene GRASS VALLEY . aia iain __the ort MONDAY, DAY, JANUARY. 2; Twin Citi Cities Paper Committee night meeting of the Nevada council seeks alg 4 ganized recreation for this city. by giving a dance. Another dévelopment at the meeting was a clear statement of what youth center, made by Katherine arson. Miss Largon regsponding-to a question ‘by Rev. Joseph W. Moore, sboke .as: follows: “What the kids really want is somewhere they can go on week nights. There's plenty doing on week ends. but if.we could have a place where we could meet week nights, with an’ adult who liked kids, in charge, and where maybe someone could help us with our homework (applause), why, that would be fine. What the kids would like most is a place where they. could have a jukebox to dance. to, pool tables, a den for the. boys to smoke in (other-wise there’s always going to be a disciplinary problem, ‘trying to keep them from smoking), and, if it’s possible, bowling alleys.” Gordon Lageson, president of the elementary school student body, etated that ‘these implements to youth recreation were a trifle advaneed for the younger group, but that ‘‘kids like clubs’ and facilities for athletic, hobby and handicraft organization would be much appreciated by his organization. Mrs. Barbara Peterson, original spark plug of the recreation council, resigned, by letter from the presidency and from. the council because of ill health. Mrs. Mary Havey was unanimously elected to take her place and Mars. Peterson's resignation was accepted. with regret. Mre. Charles Veale was elected treasurer. Mrs. Helen Scribner is secretary. Representatives of various groups reported on the possibility of aid from their organizations. Mra. Veale reported that the Business and Professional Women’s Club had promised $60. The Nevada City Garden Club rae allocate $2 150 per month for the recreation program. Mrs. Sheldon

stated that the Parent Teachers Association would hold a food sale and give the proceeds to the youth program. Mrs. Carl J. Tobiassen, reppromised $5 per: “month. Fred Bush, local tarmer, who becomes caretaker of the park on May. lst, stated that he and police’ chief Max Solaro planned improvement work in the spring. They hoped to wrovide more recreation equipment there for youngsters. Solaro’s mecryog game whiere, unless something with which to launch a program of ‘ored for aid, had suggested that the council start the ball rolling ive M “Mrs. Ward/Sheldon Heads Dance For Recreati ““. High Students View ~— ‘GIVIC-GROUPS OFFER FINANCIAL AID TO . COUNCIL FOR YOUTH RECREATION WORK NEVADA CITY: ‘Mrs. Horace Ward Sheldon was named.chairman of a fund-raising dance committee at the Friday. FOUR YOUNG City Recreation Council. ‘The Several civic groups, contacti ity would lose interest in the project. Albrecht explained what estaiblishing a “Y” would require. The YMCA in Oroville, he stated, had a budget of $5000. per year. fds Hewaton-andRev. Moore both. spoke.on the necessity for avoiding a duplication in fund-seeking., Heweton i8 associated with the Chamber of Commervte park program. Whether or not youth -recreation work could or would conflict with the city’s and the chamber’s park improvement plans was discussed at Jength, The general conclusion. was. tihat the ids activities should be correlated. The meeting concluded with a technical , discussion of ‘whether or wot any legalistic steps were necessary to set a prognam in action. Rev. Moore read a report from the Nevada County Ministerial Association, heartily endorsing the recrea-tion council’s aims. The report’ suggested that a committee formed: in Grass Valley to co-operate in a.Twin City recreation program. FRED E. MILLER, ENGINEER, DIES GRASS VALLEY: Fred M. Miller, well known engineer, for many years employed by the State Highway. commission died Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at his”home, 262 South Auburn Street, where le wag born 70 years ago. ~ (Miller graduated trom the University of Cal?fornia in 1899 as an enago. He was Nevada County surveyor from two terms early ‘in this century. He was veteran of the Spanish American War. . He leaves his wilfe, Mrs. Gertrude Adare Miller, a daughter and son, and two grandchildren. i Funeral arrangements are m @harge of Hooper jand Weaver Mortuery. j GIRL SCOUT CEREMONY guests at a meeting Ginl Scout Biuttercup Troop No. 2 when :12 new go-round project ts well knowij, and westiture ce : The meeting ‘ts took . Se os for wooden. noreeg com ‘place in the ed ‘mohbar . tinues Rev. Moore introduced Ru y AbThe girls. récht, YMCA executive who e. of the ‘advantages to ‘tle twin cite, = or.. gineer nd followed that profession until his retirement /several years]: GRASS VALLEY: Mothers were. members were admitted at an in-. tion Council CAR THIEFS NEVADA CITY: Four boys were atrested yesterday morning near Washington Junction, 13 miles east of Nevada City, by sheriff's deputy Lrving Barry, on charges of car stealing. ‘The sheriff reported that the boys, Jeége Bondine 17, Truman Taylor 16, Alfted Ervine, 17and. Paul Taylor 14, had stolen a car at Richmond . Weahesday and were assertedily heading for Arkansas, when their gas gave out near the junction. They entered the town of Washington on the South . Yuba amd made off with the -car of Raymond-Sharp, sawmill worker. Returning four miles to the highway the engine, a new one, froze, at about that time.the boys were arrested. The ‘boys will be returned to Richmond on the charge of stealing a car there, and held for ater action in this county for the theft of Sharp’s car: GASKINS HEADS QUARTZ PARLOR NATIVE SONS ‘GRASS VABLEY: John Gaskins, this evening will be seated with appropriate ceremony ag: president of Quartz Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. District Deputy Eugene Watson of Rocklin, Placer County will have charge of the ritual, lbe Jack Hansen, first vice president; Charles Brown, third vice president; Kinsman, marshal, Thomas Hosins, inside sentinel; Theodore Kohler, worthy past president; Ralph Vincent, tinancial secretary; George Hammiil, recording secretary; Robert Kohler, treasurer; Neil Wiiting, Robert Payne and Chester Edwards, trustees. jRonor held if the auditorium. oe Si sided. entations. In charge of the . were Scoutmaster Gordon Assistants Howard Tryon and ve old Berliner. Ty Taylor me Other officers seated with him will . &* Glenn Allen, second vice president; . Miles D. Covghtin made the, presSpeedy Election . For Vacant Senate Seat ULLRICH PRESIDES AT GALA DINNER; . SNELL SPEAKS—CROWD‘ENTHUSIASTIC GRASS VALLEY: Nevada County ‘Republicans, hono: ing, Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J. Knight-at a: Lincoln d . Saturay night at the Bret Harte Inn, enthusiastic: y app ed when Knight advocated a free world market for gold speedy election for the senate seat vacated by: Jerrol Sea Knight, in the address of the evening, spoke of. ze terest in the welfare. of mining and mining communities. stressed the im of this area having iootues the state senate and said that he would convey to Gove Warren the desire of voters in this area to have an al ecti Seawell's senate seat at. the earliest os ii The liewtenant governor, former Superior Court. Judge in’ Log An-. . geles, spent. the day . visiting Gress Valley, ‘Nevada City and environs, escorted by C. Raymond Clinch oft Grass Valley. a Presiding at the ‘Linvo¥n Dinner : was Paul Ullrich, Chicago Park farmer and chairman of the: Nevada: q County Republican Cenitrail. Committee. Speaker who introduced Knight} : was Judge of the Superior Court . ev James Snell. {Present were candidates for. ‘ne senate Assemblyman Allen G. Thor$ ae man, publisher of the Colfax Record ; sor and the Placer Herald and William near CiscoWwW. Esterly,. Grass ‘Valley mining. ‘there’ were two: wewer’ en. neither of whom were Sark: Heavy attendance , ae sopat, civic, ft lgaders and the e nithusiaistic atmoSapo i em 4 the 1 sphere of. the meeting. Inade the Litt= coln Dinner one of cessful Nevada County ents in recent years.. ti most” suc. . political ev-. adjoining thie city, : _. verne Grabam, a step ‘br . ter Patterson and hils John W. Oeil, well known newspaperman for many years manager! of the Union office in Nevada City, . : died yesterday afternoon im a local hospital. Faneral arrangements have . . ibeen set for Wednesay by the Hol-. wi spin Phebe! Hain tbat the hour has : still to be fixed. . OWeill wit hee 70 ened oats in. Columbia Hill, Nevada County, the