June 23, 1950 (6 pages)

y aa the something about warm sunshine,100 Years of History July I-4 NUGGET Help Celebrate. Our Centennial ’ * Subscription, Year $2.50; Single Copy 5c Nevada City. (Nevada County) California, June 23, 1950 Twenty-Third Year, No. 25 “sar Lookin / rou g of Official arrival of summer this week was the signal for us to crank up the jeep for another family excursion through the wonderland of woods and streams. Weather couldn’t be better for full enjoyment of life in out-of-doors. And there is fresh air, a stimulating swim in cold water, a tasty picnic lunch, and.a foot-free hike in the pines to give one a fresh grip on life, a new energy to attack the problems of living. We find with genuine pleasure that some Nugget readers like our excursions-in-print, that they find our simple paragraphs. good enough to clip and send on to friends and relatives for a partial description of the country: in which we live. I must apologize to those trusting folk for prose that is inadequate, for observation that is much too cursory, for an understanding that is too meagre. But if I can write with enthusiasm about the little things we see when we go Lookin’ Around perhaps the feeling will do you as much good as it does me and my family. Before we go on with our trip, let me digress for another moment to suggest that the greatest enjoyment to be derived from trips to points of interest is in the companionship of a family group. Some of our greatest naturalists—John~ Muir: was one— were men who rambled _ the mountains and woods alone and at ease. But I suspect they were unusual mén who found easy companionship with wild animals and adapted themselves instinctively to nature. Most of us do not have that genius. The enjoyment of good things may be infinitely multiplied if shared with loved ones. In fact, Ill let you, my reader, in on a little secret: I enjoy my little excursions much more in knowing that I can go back to my typewriter and let you feel at least part of my enthusiasm. Now the trip. Of course, we wenf to North Can Juan.last Sunday. The rated population (125) of our little neighbor to the north was already tripled when we arrived before noon. Floats parked in yards were getting their final touches, bright-shirted riders were giving their mounts a final’ brushing down. There was that air of noisy expectancy and sweaty confusion which makes the. small-town festival dear to the heart of every American. I mean’ no disrespect when I suggest that the parade was pure corn. But corn is also a dear element in our makeup . . we love it. We loved Ed Kohler’s corny remarks over the speaker system, we \were properly amused when a drunk almost ripped the doors off the public privy, we were taken back to. boyhood by the horsy smell, the dust kicked up by romping boys, the proud hospitality of local citizens on their big show day. Partly to get better ohana: but mostly because of pure curiosity, Dow Alexander and I climbed to the top of the ancient firebell tower: We had a fine view. And on examination we found that the old cast-iron bell which is still in use as a firealarm was cast in 1846. San Juan folks have a priceless antique hanging in full public. view. _Leaving North San Juan’s Cherry Festival (symbolized by two crates of imported Bings) we drove on north along that wonderful 13-mile stretch of federal . project highway. It’s a fine scenic route and smooth going until you reach the short under-construction piece where Depot Hill drops to the North Yuba. At the North Yuba bridge, we turned left on the Indian Valley road, a one(Continued on page six) { FOURTH OF JULY (CELEBRATION IS TAKING SHAPE An old fashioned Nevada City Fourth of July Centennial Celebration packed with patriotic observances and hilarious entertainment features is on tap for the thousands of. visitors, who will make their annual trek to Nevada county July 1 through 4. Many of the events scheduled are re-enactments of features uncorked at celebrations here nearly a century ago. Among the traditional events on the tentative schedule released by ‘General Chairman Ray Spickelmier yesterday are the dawn dynamite salute from the top of Sugar Loaf, the pie eating contests and shoe scrambles, parades, baseball games, patriotic observances and orations, a water fight between the two volunteer fire companies, and the usual rounds of convivial activities in down town taverns. ; Parade Chairman Carl Tobiassen yesterday announced the following parade entries have been received and several more will be entered during the coming week: Grass Valley Girl Scouts, Grass Valley* Elks, Nevada County Farm Bureau, Grass Valley and Nevada City Native Sons and Daughters, Nevada City High School Parent-Teachers association, Nevada City Elementary School Parent-Teachers association, Nevada City Soroptimists, Grass Valley Rotary Club, Nevada County Historical Society, Nevada City Elks, Nevada County Horsemen’s association, Nevada City Fire Department, Nevada City Rotary Club. Elza Kilroy, veteran of loca: parades since 1922, will be grand marshal of the procession. Tentative schedule of events: Saturday, July 1 Afternoon: Reunion of old timers at National hotel. 1:30 p.m. Children’s parade. 8:45 p.m. Variety show in front of Elks building. 9 p.m. Coronation ball, music by Jerry Austin and his orchestra on front of Elks building. Sunday, July 2 Afternoon: Continuous marionette show in lot next to Alpha Hardware. 12:30 p.m. Baseball game_ between Chico Dons and .Nevada CityAthletics at Pioneer park. * 2:30 p.m. Old time dancing on turf at Pioneerspark. Goldancers, Nuggeteers and Rough and Ready dancing club. 8 p.m. Gold Miners chorus in front of Elks building. 9:30 p.m. Old time dancing at Nevada City high school gymnasium. Monday, July 3 . 10 a.m. Trial runs foy.~Dynamite Box Derby, Broad street. 2 p.m. Teenage baseball game at Pioneer park. 4 p.m. Water races with prizes at Pioneer park. 7 p.m. Band concert, variety show, and dance, in front of Elks building. Music by Jerry Austin and orchestra. Tuesday, July 4 Daybreak: Thirteen traditional shots from top of Sugar Loaf. 9 a.m. Final race for Dynamite box derby, Broad street. 10 a.m. Parade, Broad street. 5 p.m. Water fight between Nevada City and Grass Valley fire departments. 8 p.m. Water pageant at Pioneer park. Following the water pageant a teenage dance is scheduled at the Elks club. Speaker of the day, wrestling matches, and boxies are scheduled Tuesday afternoon the time of events to be announced. FARNEY TO MODESTO Thoman N. Farney, recently resigned principal of Gold Flat elementary school, has accepted a similar positidn and secretary of the board of trustees of the Ransom elementary school, Modesto. The Farneys will visit relatives in Denver, Colo., while he attends a four-week work shop at the University of Denver. Farney received his master’s degree in education from Stanford University Sunday in Palo Alto, CHERRY CARNIVAL IS RATED BEST IN YEARS Rated the best Cherry Carnival in many years the little town of North, San Juan literally bulged at the seams ‘as between 3,000 and 4,000 persons jammed within the community’s city limits for the celebration. Donna, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones, ‘North San Juan, was crowned queen of the festival_inceremonies short= ly after midnight Saturday at the Coronation ball in Twamley hall. The Cottage Lunch of French Corral won the float division of the parade, with the Earl Lane ranch of Rough and Ready capturing the prize for best mounted unit. ; Other winners were Mrs. Mae Wilson, French Corral; spike driving contest; Mrs. Paul Clark, Grass Valley, and Geren Townsend, Camptonville, egg race; and Neil Robinson, Indian Springs, sack race. Johnny Green, a full blooded Tuscorora Indian, paraded in full regalia at the celebration. Leading ‘the parade were Lois Butz, the. Grass Valley Marine Corps League, 49er post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy Scout Troop 33 and North San Juan 4-H club. Participating in the parade on Sunday were the queen float, North San Juan Farm Center, North San Juan Parent-Teachers Association, Cottage Lunch, Columbia Parlor of the Native Daughiers of the Golden West, Wyoming Fribe 49 of Redmen, Willow Springs Cafe and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Young, Sonny Young, Cécil Rhodes, Andy and Doris Eveler and the Ridge Cafe, Nick and Pete’s Cafe, Sunny Lane six-horse van, Bud Swartz’s Auto Service, Nevada County Horsemen’s association, sheriff's posse. The festival, sponsored by. the North San Juan, Camptonville, and Vicinity Chamber of Commerce, was. emceed. by Ed J. Kohler, president of teh organization. Members of the committee in charge included A. W. Atchinson, Fred Conner,. Mrs. A. W. Atchinson and Mrs. Ed J. Kohler. TEACHERS MUST TAKE SUMMER TRAINING EVERY FOUR YEARS All elementary and high school teachers of the Nevada City unified school district must attend a summer session of school at least every four years, according to a resolution adopted Monday by the board of trustees. Teachers will become ineligible for pay raises should they fail to comply with the resolution. The books of the schoois’ student body and cafeteria funds will be audited after June 30. The board also authorized the elementary school to join a county audio-visual film library which will cost about $300 annually: Miss Mayme Fradelizio, secretary at the high school, was authorized a $180 raise to $2,500. Leonard Foote, high school custodian, wasgranted a raise to $2,700. THREE ASK $41,267 FOR CRASH DAMAGES Damages totaling $41,267 were asked from Walter R. Bower, of . Grass Valley, by Mae M. Carr, . Dorothy Kinter and Edward Ge Waggoner as result of an automobile collision Dec. 20, 1949 on the Nevada City-Grass Valley . highway near Town Talk. Mrs. Carr asks $17,500 personal . damages, $127 for loss of three weeks of work, and $1,000 property damage to her car. Mrs.) Kinter asks $17,500 damages for . personal injuries and $140 for loss . of four weeks of work. Mrs. Rosemary Waggoner, guardian asks $5,000 personal damages. LOST IN POOL Verle “Puss” Gray announced yesterday that the girl who lost her falsies in the swimming pool Wednesday may. recover them at the pool. Gray found the apparatus in the water while closing up, the. pool Wednesday evening. of Edward Waggoner, . ! Bowl. KE-STON LOWEST SEWAGE PLANT BIDDER AT $99,775 Ke-Ston Construction company . of South Gate, which expects to complete work on the Grass Valley sewage disposal plant by July 15 had the low! bid of $99,775in a field of seven bids opened ‘at city hall. Tuesday night by the city council. Ted Schwartz and Joe Chevreaux, Grass Valley was second low at $121,827.75, and the O. R. ‘Dohms Construction company of Sacramento was third with a bid of. $124,598. The three low bids were turned over to T. J: Hanley and E. L. Graham of the staff of Headman, ‘Ferguson and Carolla, Phoenix, Ariz., who will send the bids to the main office for checking. The bids will be returned as soon as possible to be submitted to the council for decision and award of contract. The bids are enced back within a week and Mayor Thomas H. Taylor will reconvene the council on call for the final action of awarding the contract. In one other action taken last Tuesday the council appointed H. J. Ray, retired rearadmiral of the U. S. navy, to fill the. vacancy created by the resignation of Leo Cullen. Cullen resigned June 8 to take a position with a northern Cali‘fornia hardware firm that will require him to travel considerably. One vacancy remains but cannot be filled until after July 14. H. F. Sofge, police commissioner at the time of his resignation on June 15, gave ill health as his reason for resigning. POPULAR PROGRAM ON AIR TO FEATURE LOCAL CENTENNIAL Nevada City will receive widespread publicity on the wellknown. “Romance of the Highways” radio. program over Station KCBS, San Francisco, a 11:30 a.m., Sunday, July 2. In a letter to H. F. Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City Chamber.of Commerce, Glen Magnuson, general traffic manager of Pacific Greyhound Lines, said “The Romance of the Highways program featuring Commander Scott, famous world. traveler, is broadcast every Sunday from Seattle to El Paso. It is in its 14th year of continuous broadcast and is heard by hundreds of thousands of listeners.” The July 2 broadcast will give some of the background and history of Nevada City as the centennial celebration opens here. TWO CANDIDATES VIE FOR QUEEN CONTEST Two organizations have entered candidates for the queen contest of the Fourth of July Centennial Celebration. First candidate to enter the race is*Miss Pat Sturtevant, 17, daughter of Mrs. Adele Sturtevant._She is the entry of the Nevada City Business and Professional Women’s Club and possesses all the proper modifications to qualify for the title. The second candidate, Samie Howard, 19, is sponsored by the High Graders, an organization of members devoted to the various . arts. Al Trivelpiece, specimen boss . of the High Graders, states Miss Howard has all the qualifications . also for queen, and in the proper . proportions. The High Pia ccAden are sponsor. _ing a bowling tournament for $25, cash prize with entry fees paying for votes for the shapely copperblonde. The tournament closes at midnight ‘Thursday at the Gold George Hansen, chairman of the queen committee, announced . that all votes and monies for the . queen contest must be turned in to him Friday, June 30. The queen will-be-crowned at . ‘the coronation ball Saturday, the first day of the four-day Fourth of July Centennial Celebration. PICTURE OF N. COLUMBIA BAND IS°GIVEN MUSEUM Dan’ McKellips, a retired Sou‘thern Pacific engineer, making his home in Oakland, ‘has sent the Nevada County Historical Museum a set of pictures copied !from old prints.« Being an ardent enthusiast for the towns of North Columbia and North Bloomfield, the pictures include scenes from both. North Columbia once had a band: and in it appears a little boy who often got himself into the center of things—George Calanan. These pictures may be found in the multiplex on the second floor of the museum. The Nevada County Historical Society would like to obtain pictures of the Narrow Gauge engines, numbers 3, 4 and 6. They would appreciate the loan of such prints and these may be left with the museum, custodians. They will be returned to the owners after copies are made. . Ninety-three persons visited the museum last weekend. From out of state were Linnie Mills, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Cleo Heavener, Springville, Utah; Mrs. CoB; Quinn, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mr. and Mrs. George Putnik, Tooele, Utah; E. L. Head, Santa Rita, N. M.; Gene Kipp and family, Nampa, Idaho; Mrs. A. C. Douglass and Virtown J. Douglass, Seattle, Wash. The museum, located at 214 Main street, Nevada City, will be open tomorrow and Sunday from 10 a.m. to. 4 p.m. Miss Gertrude Goyne and Mrs. R. E. Harris are custodians. FIRE FIGHTER TRAINEES BATTLE ACTUAL FLAMES: IN TAHOE FOREST CLASS’ Fire fighter trainees of Tahoe national forest’s fire suppression crews fought actual fires set specially for various conditions Tuesday in forest fire fighting maneuvers near Hobart Mills. More than 75 forest service officials and suppression crewmen participated in the annual fire control meeting which lasted Monday through yesterday. The trainees fought one-man ane crew-size fires set in various types of typical forest vegetation. After the trainees had the fires under a declared control, officials criticized or credited tactics of the participants. Keith Macdonald, fire control officer of the forest, was in charge of the overall direction of the training camp. Field operations and instruction were under the direction of E. E. Boehm, fire control officer of Truckee district, and William Curran, assistant fire control officer of Truckee district. Participants in the training program were quartered in a mock fire camp on the site of an abandoned: CCC camp near Hobart Mills. The camp was set up under typical large fire conditions, with facilities for meals, first aid, sanitation, sleeping and supplies. C. E. Everhart, administrative assistant, acted as master of ceremonies at a visitors’ night program Tuesday which began with fried chicken served from the camp kitchen. Marvin Shock, forest engineer, and Leslie Land, road foreman, were presented 20-year service awards from the department of agriculture. . dren’s_ parade to be held SaturThe four-day training camp instruction included administration, radio operation, fire line con. struction, principles of management, use of fire control note_ books, large fire organization and analyses of large fire overhead positions. CHILDREN’S PARADE Doll buggies and coaster wagons were being converted into covered._wagons._and-_floats this “week as Nevada county children began preparations, for the, chil. day, July 1, in conjunction with the Fourth fo July Centennial Celebration. . Application blanks for the pa‘rade, being presented by the Nevada City Elementary ParenfTeachers association, are available at either The Nugeet or the Union office. GV. FURNITURE CENTER IS TOTAL LOSS IN FLAMES Fire insurance adjusters are expected to determine the full extent. of damage today to a fire that late Tuésday night destroyed the Jensen and Thomas build=":* ing in Grass Valley housing. the Furniture Center. Preliminary estimates place the loss to the Furniture Center at $30,000 and damage to. the building at $20,000. The blaze was discovered late Tuesday about 11:30 o’clock by a passer-by and had gained such headway by the time the firemen arrived that little could be done beyond preventing spread of the flames. Fire smouldered until 5 o’clock the next morning. All available men and equipment were used to combat the fierce blaze as the flames. ripped through ‘highly inflammable linoleum and mattress stores. Origin of the fire is undetermined at present although Elton Williams, fire chief, believes it started in the rear of the main store. The firemen broke the large plate glass front windows and the resulting draft increased the intensity of the flames. There were na casulaties among the firemen, except a minor injury suffered by Victor. Tamietti when a nozzle whacked him in the nose. The building was constructed about 15 years ago by Nels Jensen and W. P. Thomas who operated a furniture store in the . building until five years ago at which time C. C. Rogers leased the building for the Furniture Center. William Rogers, son of C. C. Rogers, had been managing the store. Rogers said office records escaped the blaze. SENATOR TO ATTEND SPORTSMEN MEETING State Senator Harold T. Johnson, Roseville, will attend a meeting of the Nevada County Sportsmen’s Association at the local city hall Monday evening, he informed Secretary H. F. Sofge this week. Invited to discuss fish and game problems of the county, the senator said he will bring reports of the wildlife conservation board for the information of local sportsmen. $ Jack Fraser, Pinseritie state biologist, has also been invited to attend the Monday night meeting. Carl T. Larsen, president, said there will. be the usual monthly business meeting, followed by refreshments. DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO Another Nevada City native died in San Francisco according to word réceived here of the passing of Mrs. Mamie Lewis, 81, on Tuesday. She was a charter member of Champion Circle No. 325, Neighbors of Woodcraft. Surviving are her husband, Walter, one daughter and four grandchildren, all of San Francisco. DAMAGES DENIED A $10,634.69 damage action by Chester A. and Alice Hendon of Grass Valley against the Purity Stores, Ltd., was denied Wednesday by a superior court jury of seven men and five women. The plaintiffs asked damages charging injuries were suffered in a fall Dec. 21, 1948, while shopping . at the Grass Valley Purity store. FINED $25 Thomas W. Laughlin, 21, Nevada City, fin€éd $25 by Police Judge Miles D. Coughlin Wed. nesday on charge of reckless driving after his motorcycle crashed into a parked car in’ front of Schreiber’s cafe Sunday night. The Weather . Fred Bush, observer Max. Min. dune. 16> fea 76 . 46 Ail oy) Wee fy gepgeepNmere OTS per 72 42 pone 18 75 +42 Jie FR ee 80 47 JNO oe 87, 49 SUNG. D8: ee 90 44. June 22 84 47

y aa the something about warm sunshine,100 Years of History July I-4 NUGGET Help Celebrate. Our Centennial ’ * Subscription, Year $2.50; Single Copy 5c Nevada City. (Nevada County) California, June 23, 1950 Twenty-Third Year, No. 25 “sar Lookin / rou g of Official arrival of summer this week was the signal for us to crank up the jeep for another family excursion through the wonderland of woods and streams. Weather couldn’t be better for full enjoyment of life in out-of-doors. And there is fresh air, a stimulating swim in cold water, a tasty picnic lunch, and.a foot-free hike in the pines to give one a fresh grip on life, a new energy to attack the problems of living. We find with genuine pleasure that some Nugget readers like our excursions-in-print, that they find our simple paragraphs. good enough to clip and send on to friends and relatives for a partial description of the country: in which we live. I must apologize to those trusting folk for prose that is inadequate, for observation that is much too cursory, for an understanding that is too meagre. But if I can write with enthusiasm about the little things we see when we go Lookin’ Around perhaps the feeling will do you as much good as it does me and my family. Before we go on with our trip, let me digress for another moment to suggest that the greatest enjoyment to be derived from trips to points of interest is in the companionship of a family group. Some of our greatest naturalists—John~ Muir: was one— were men who rambled _ the mountains and woods alone and at ease. But I suspect they were unusual mén who found easy companionship with wild animals and adapted themselves instinctively to nature. Most of us do not have that genius. The enjoyment of good things may be infinitely multiplied if shared with loved ones. In fact, Ill let you, my reader, in on a little secret: I enjoy my little excursions much more in knowing that I can go back to my typewriter and let you feel at least part of my enthusiasm. Now the trip. Of course, we wenf to North Can Juan.last Sunday. The rated population (125) of our little neighbor to the north was already tripled when we arrived before noon. Floats parked in yards were getting their final touches, bright-shirted riders were giving their mounts a final’ brushing down. There was that air of noisy expectancy and sweaty confusion which makes the. small-town festival dear to the heart of every American. I mean’ no disrespect when I suggest that the parade was pure corn. But corn is also a dear element in our makeup . . we love it. We loved Ed Kohler’s corny remarks over the speaker system, we \were properly amused when a drunk almost ripped the doors off the public privy, we were taken back to. boyhood by the horsy smell, the dust kicked up by romping boys, the proud hospitality of local citizens on their big show day. Partly to get better ohana: but mostly because of pure curiosity, Dow Alexander and I climbed to the top of the ancient firebell tower: We had a fine view. And on examination we found that the old cast-iron bell which is still in use as a firealarm was cast in 1846. San Juan folks have a priceless antique hanging in full public. view. _Leaving North San Juan’s Cherry Festival (symbolized by two crates of imported Bings) we drove on north along that wonderful 13-mile stretch of federal . project highway. It’s a fine scenic route and smooth going until you reach the short under-construction piece where Depot Hill drops to the North Yuba. At the North Yuba bridge, we turned left on the Indian Valley road, a one(Continued on page six) { FOURTH OF JULY (CELEBRATION IS TAKING SHAPE An old fashioned Nevada City Fourth of July Centennial Celebration packed with patriotic observances and hilarious entertainment features is on tap for the thousands of. visitors, who will make their annual trek to Nevada county July 1 through 4. Many of the events scheduled are re-enactments of features uncorked at celebrations here nearly a century ago. Among the traditional events on the tentative schedule released by ‘General Chairman Ray Spickelmier yesterday are the dawn dynamite salute from the top of Sugar Loaf, the pie eating contests and shoe scrambles, parades, baseball games, patriotic observances and orations, a water fight between the two volunteer fire companies, and the usual rounds of convivial activities in down town taverns. ; Parade Chairman Carl Tobiassen yesterday announced the following parade entries have been received and several more will be entered during the coming week: Grass Valley Girl Scouts, Grass Valley* Elks, Nevada County Farm Bureau, Grass Valley and Nevada City Native Sons and Daughters, Nevada City High School Parent-Teachers association, Nevada City Elementary School Parent-Teachers association, Nevada City Soroptimists, Grass Valley Rotary Club, Nevada County Historical Society, Nevada City Elks, Nevada County Horsemen’s association, Nevada City Fire Department, Nevada City Rotary Club. Elza Kilroy, veteran of loca: parades since 1922, will be grand marshal of the procession. Tentative schedule of events: Saturday, July 1 Afternoon: Reunion of old timers at National hotel. 1:30 p.m. Children’s parade. 8:45 p.m. Variety show in front of Elks building. 9 p.m. Coronation ball, music by Jerry Austin and his orchestra on front of Elks building. Sunday, July 2 Afternoon: Continuous marionette show in lot next to Alpha Hardware. 12:30 p.m. Baseball game_ between Chico Dons and .Nevada CityAthletics at Pioneer park. * 2:30 p.m. Old time dancing on turf at Pioneerspark. Goldancers, Nuggeteers and Rough and Ready dancing club. 8 p.m. Gold Miners chorus in front of Elks building. 9:30 p.m. Old time dancing at Nevada City high school gymnasium. Monday, July 3 . 10 a.m. Trial runs foy.~Dynamite Box Derby, Broad street. 2 p.m. Teenage baseball game at Pioneer park. 4 p.m. Water races with prizes at Pioneer park. 7 p.m. Band concert, variety show, and dance, in front of Elks building. Music by Jerry Austin and orchestra. Tuesday, July 4 Daybreak: Thirteen traditional shots from top of Sugar Loaf. 9 a.m. Final race for Dynamite box derby, Broad street. 10 a.m. Parade, Broad street. 5 p.m. Water fight between Nevada City and Grass Valley fire departments. 8 p.m. Water pageant at Pioneer park. Following the water pageant a teenage dance is scheduled at the Elks club. Speaker of the day, wrestling matches, and boxies are scheduled Tuesday afternoon the time of events to be announced. FARNEY TO MODESTO Thoman N. Farney, recently resigned principal of Gold Flat elementary school, has accepted a similar positidn and secretary of the board of trustees of the Ransom elementary school, Modesto. The Farneys will visit relatives in Denver, Colo., while he attends a four-week work shop at the University of Denver. Farney received his master’s degree in education from Stanford University Sunday in Palo Alto, CHERRY CARNIVAL IS RATED BEST IN YEARS Rated the best Cherry Carnival in many years the little town of North, San Juan literally bulged at the seams ‘as between 3,000 and 4,000 persons jammed within the community’s city limits for the celebration. Donna, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones, ‘North San Juan, was crowned queen of the festival_inceremonies short= ly after midnight Saturday at the Coronation ball in Twamley hall. The Cottage Lunch of French Corral won the float division of the parade, with the Earl Lane ranch of Rough and Ready capturing the prize for best mounted unit. ; Other winners were Mrs. Mae Wilson, French Corral; spike driving contest; Mrs. Paul Clark, Grass Valley, and Geren Townsend, Camptonville, egg race; and Neil Robinson, Indian Springs, sack race. Johnny Green, a full blooded Tuscorora Indian, paraded in full regalia at the celebration. Leading ‘the parade were Lois Butz, the. Grass Valley Marine Corps League, 49er post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy Scout Troop 33 and North San Juan 4-H club. Participating in the parade on Sunday were the queen float, North San Juan Farm Center, North San Juan Parent-Teachers Association, Cottage Lunch, Columbia Parlor of the Native Daughiers of the Golden West, Wyoming Fribe 49 of Redmen, Willow Springs Cafe and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Young, Sonny Young, Cécil Rhodes, Andy and Doris Eveler and the Ridge Cafe, Nick and Pete’s Cafe, Sunny Lane six-horse van, Bud Swartz’s Auto Service, Nevada County Horsemen’s association, sheriff's posse. The festival, sponsored by. the North San Juan, Camptonville, and Vicinity Chamber of Commerce, was. emceed. by Ed J. Kohler, president of teh organization. Members of the committee in charge included A. W. Atchinson, Fred Conner,. Mrs. A. W. Atchinson and Mrs. Ed J. Kohler. TEACHERS MUST TAKE SUMMER TRAINING EVERY FOUR YEARS All elementary and high school teachers of the Nevada City unified school district must attend a summer session of school at least every four years, according to a resolution adopted Monday by the board of trustees. Teachers will become ineligible for pay raises should they fail to comply with the resolution. The books of the schoois’ student body and cafeteria funds will be audited after June 30. The board also authorized the elementary school to join a county audio-visual film library which will cost about $300 annually: Miss Mayme Fradelizio, secretary at the high school, was authorized a $180 raise to $2,500. Leonard Foote, high school custodian, wasgranted a raise to $2,700. THREE ASK $41,267 FOR CRASH DAMAGES Damages totaling $41,267 were asked from Walter R. Bower, of . Grass Valley, by Mae M. Carr, . Dorothy Kinter and Edward Ge Waggoner as result of an automobile collision Dec. 20, 1949 on the Nevada City-Grass Valley . highway near Town Talk. Mrs. Carr asks $17,500 personal . damages, $127 for loss of three weeks of work, and $1,000 property damage to her car. Mrs.) Kinter asks $17,500 damages for . personal injuries and $140 for loss . of four weeks of work. Mrs. Rosemary Waggoner, guardian

asks $5,000 personal damages. LOST IN POOL Verle “Puss” Gray announced yesterday that the girl who lost her falsies in the swimming pool Wednesday may. recover them at the pool. Gray found the apparatus in the water while closing up, the. pool Wednesday evening. of Edward Waggoner, . ! Bowl. KE-STON LOWEST SEWAGE PLANT BIDDER AT $99,775 Ke-Ston Construction company . of South Gate, which expects to complete work on the Grass Valley sewage disposal plant by July 15 had the low! bid of $99,775in a field of seven bids opened ‘at city hall. Tuesday night by the city council. Ted Schwartz and Joe Chevreaux, Grass Valley was second low at $121,827.75, and the O. R. ‘Dohms Construction company of Sacramento was third with a bid of. $124,598. The three low bids were turned over to T. J: Hanley and E. L. Graham of the staff of Headman, ‘Ferguson and Carolla, Phoenix, Ariz., who will send the bids to the main office for checking. The bids will be returned as soon as possible to be submitted to the council for decision and award of contract. The bids are enced back within a week and Mayor Thomas H. Taylor will reconvene the council on call for the final action of awarding the contract. In one other action taken last Tuesday the council appointed H. J. Ray, retired rearadmiral of the U. S. navy, to fill the. vacancy created by the resignation of Leo Cullen. Cullen resigned June 8 to take a position with a northern Cali‘fornia hardware firm that will require him to travel considerably. One vacancy remains but cannot be filled until after July 14. H. F. Sofge, police commissioner at the time of his resignation on June 15, gave ill health as his reason for resigning. POPULAR PROGRAM ON AIR TO FEATURE LOCAL CENTENNIAL Nevada City will receive widespread publicity on the wellknown. “Romance of the Highways” radio. program over Station KCBS, San Francisco, a 11:30 a.m., Sunday, July 2. In a letter to H. F. Sofge, secretary of the Nevada City Chamber.of Commerce, Glen Magnuson, general traffic manager of Pacific Greyhound Lines, said “The Romance of the Highways program featuring Commander Scott, famous world. traveler, is broadcast every Sunday from Seattle to El Paso. It is in its 14th year of continuous broadcast and is heard by hundreds of thousands of listeners.” The July 2 broadcast will give some of the background and history of Nevada City as the centennial celebration opens here. TWO CANDIDATES VIE FOR QUEEN CONTEST Two organizations have entered candidates for the queen contest of the Fourth of July Centennial Celebration. First candidate to enter the race is*Miss Pat Sturtevant, 17, daughter of Mrs. Adele Sturtevant._She is the entry of the Nevada City Business and Professional Women’s Club and possesses all the proper modifications to qualify for the title. The second candidate, Samie Howard, 19, is sponsored by the High Graders, an organization of members devoted to the various . arts. Al Trivelpiece, specimen boss . of the High Graders, states Miss Howard has all the qualifications . also for queen, and in the proper . proportions. The High Pia ccAden are sponsor. _ing a bowling tournament for $25, cash prize with entry fees paying for votes for the shapely copperblonde. The tournament closes at midnight ‘Thursday at the Gold George Hansen, chairman of the queen committee, announced . that all votes and monies for the . queen contest must be turned in to him Friday, June 30. The queen will-be-crowned at . ‘the coronation ball Saturday, the first day of the four-day Fourth of July Centennial Celebration. PICTURE OF N. COLUMBIA BAND IS°GIVEN MUSEUM Dan’ McKellips, a retired Sou‘thern Pacific engineer, making his home in Oakland, ‘has sent the Nevada County Historical Museum a set of pictures copied !from old prints.« Being an ardent enthusiast for the towns of North Columbia and North Bloomfield, the pictures include scenes from both. North Columbia once had a band: and in it appears a little boy who often got himself into the center of things—George Calanan. These pictures may be found in the multiplex on the second floor of the museum. The Nevada County Historical Society would like to obtain pictures of the Narrow Gauge engines, numbers 3, 4 and 6. They would appreciate the loan of such prints and these may be left with the museum, custodians. They will be returned to the owners after copies are made. . Ninety-three persons visited the museum last weekend. From out of state were Linnie Mills, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Cleo Heavener, Springville, Utah; Mrs. CoB; Quinn, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mr. and Mrs. George Putnik, Tooele, Utah; E. L. Head, Santa Rita, N. M.; Gene Kipp and family, Nampa, Idaho; Mrs. A. C. Douglass and Virtown J. Douglass, Seattle, Wash. The museum, located at 214 Main street, Nevada City, will be open tomorrow and Sunday from 10 a.m. to. 4 p.m. Miss Gertrude Goyne and Mrs. R. E. Harris are custodians. FIRE FIGHTER TRAINEES BATTLE ACTUAL FLAMES: IN TAHOE FOREST CLASS’ Fire fighter trainees of Tahoe national forest’s fire suppression crews fought actual fires set specially for various conditions Tuesday in forest fire fighting maneuvers near Hobart Mills. More than 75 forest service officials and suppression crewmen participated in the annual fire control meeting which lasted Monday through yesterday. The trainees fought one-man ane crew-size fires set in various types of typical forest vegetation. After the trainees had the fires under a declared control, officials criticized or credited tactics of the participants. Keith Macdonald, fire control officer of the forest, was in charge of the overall direction of the training camp. Field operations and instruction were under the direction of E. E. Boehm, fire control officer of Truckee district, and William Curran, assistant fire control officer of Truckee district. Participants in the training program were quartered in a mock fire camp on the site of an abandoned: CCC camp near Hobart Mills. The camp was set up under typical large fire conditions, with facilities for meals, first aid, sanitation, sleeping and supplies. C. E. Everhart, administrative assistant, acted as master of ceremonies at a visitors’ night program Tuesday which began with fried chicken served from the camp kitchen. Marvin Shock, forest engineer, and Leslie Land, road foreman, were presented 20-year service awards from the department of agriculture. . dren’s_ parade to be held SaturThe four-day training camp instruction included administration, radio operation, fire line con. struction, principles of management, use of fire control note_ books, large fire organization and analyses of large fire overhead positions. CHILDREN’S PARADE Doll buggies and coaster wagons were being converted into covered._wagons._and-_floats this “week as Nevada county children began preparations, for the, chil. day, July 1, in conjunction with the Fourth fo July Centennial Celebration. . Application blanks for the pa‘rade, being presented by the Nevada City Elementary ParenfTeachers association, are available at either The Nugeet or the Union office. GV. FURNITURE CENTER IS TOTAL LOSS IN FLAMES Fire insurance adjusters are expected to determine the full extent. of damage today to a fire that late Tuésday night destroyed the Jensen and Thomas build=":* ing in Grass Valley housing. the Furniture Center. Preliminary estimates place the loss to the Furniture Center at $30,000 and damage to. the building at $20,000. The blaze was discovered late Tuesday about 11:30 o’clock by a passer-by and had gained such headway by the time the firemen arrived that little could be done beyond preventing spread of the flames. Fire smouldered until 5 o’clock the next morning. All available men and equipment were used to combat the fierce blaze as the flames. ripped through ‘highly inflammable linoleum and mattress stores. Origin of the fire is undetermined at present although Elton Williams, fire chief, believes it started in the rear of the main store. The firemen broke the large plate glass front windows and the resulting draft increased the intensity of the flames. There were na casulaties among the firemen, except a minor injury suffered by Victor. Tamietti when a nozzle whacked him in the nose. The building was constructed about 15 years ago by Nels Jensen and W. P. Thomas who operated a furniture store in the . building until five years ago at which time C. C. Rogers leased the building for the Furniture Center. William Rogers, son of C. C. Rogers, had been managing the store. Rogers said office records escaped the blaze. SENATOR TO ATTEND SPORTSMEN MEETING State Senator Harold T. Johnson, Roseville, will attend a meeting of the Nevada County Sportsmen’s Association at the local city hall Monday evening, he informed Secretary H. F. Sofge this week. Invited to discuss fish and game problems of the county, the senator said he will bring reports of the wildlife conservation board for the information of local sportsmen. $ Jack Fraser, Pinseritie state biologist, has also been invited to attend the Monday night meeting. Carl T. Larsen, president, said there will. be the usual monthly business meeting, followed by refreshments. DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO Another Nevada City native died in San Francisco according to word réceived here of the passing of Mrs. Mamie Lewis, 81, on Tuesday. She was a charter member of Champion Circle No. 325, Neighbors of Woodcraft. Surviving are her husband, Walter, one daughter and four grandchildren, all of San Francisco. DAMAGES DENIED A $10,634.69 damage action by Chester A. and Alice Hendon of Grass Valley against the Purity Stores, Ltd., was denied Wednesday by a superior court jury of seven men and five women. The plaintiffs asked damages charging injuries were suffered in a fall Dec. 21, 1948, while shopping . at the Grass Valley Purity store. FINED $25 Thomas W. Laughlin, 21, Nevada City, fin€éd $25 by Police Judge Miles D. Coughlin Wed. nesday on charge of reckless driving after his motorcycle crashed into a parked car in’ front of Schreiber’s cafe Sunday night. The Weather . Fred Bush, observer Max. Min. dune. 16> fea 76 . 46 Ail oy) Wee fy gepgeepNmere OTS per 72 42 pone 18 75 +42 Jie FR ee 80 47 JNO oe 87, 49 SUNG. D8: ee 90 44. June 22 84 47