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Vol. 21, No. 48.
The County Seat Paper N EVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA The Twin Cities Paper _ FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1947
a
OF GOLD
pass VALLEY: Ray Dorer, beqhiskerod: president of the Auburn
association, Was guest speaker
the Chamber ‘of Commerce lupchng Wednesday at the 1el. Dorer described Aufor the annual’ Gold
echeduled for June
ro, he said, plans to* spend
gently $24,000 dollars on their anqelebration. Last year they
geared about $8,000 on the celebra“tion, despite heavy expenses.
‘ Dorer,’ sporting a long and hand; brown whisblack silk
shirt, flowing red tie. He offered the
Chamber of Commerce
rth of curly
“hat ever cooperation might be deman William H. Stinson
= uth of July program. Stinson,
S eras were Ray
Day celebration chairreported on
mammoth
was
as usual, attired as a Wild Westerny Kronemeyer, Mrs. VirLevy, Mrs. Genevieve Short.
s9 of plans for the
pr. Daniel Hirsch was also western
git a black shirt, sharp goatee and
proad-brimmed plack sombrero.
Stinson announced that Laura
Griffin Rowe had composed a musfeal piece apecifically for the Frontjer Day celebration. Art Remple setated that the first dance woul
‘Geturday night 4
“Memorial Building. Ladfes will be
d be held
at. the Veterans
admitted free and gentlemen will be
samitted providing they hold forty-_ giner agsociation membership c
ards.
‘Advantages of the '4¥ cards, Stingon related, include free admiesion
roe
fo dances, free meals and a 50%
JER CHIEF TELLS
RUSH PLANSactivities and entertainments.
Harry Clayton, Nevada City Whiskerino Club chief, stated that memberships in the 49er ‘Association
would be honored at all Nevada City
Whiskerino activities, and it was
stated that all Nevada City Whiskeina card holders would be accorded
ino card holders would be accorded
ethe 4934 Association. Raimors to the
contrary, Clayton “announced, were
untrue.
Mitch Painter, president of the
Gold Trail Riders, announced that
his organization would participate in
the Fourth festivities, and that the
group would also be represented in
the Auburn Gold Rush _ revival show.
Of great interest to Chamber of .
Cofamerce members was Dorer’s description ~ of Auvburn’s gold-panning
eontests, one of the most popular
gold-panning events. In this stunt,
$80 worth of gravel gold is distributed in Several yards of gravel.
The privilege of Danning the resultant mixture is solid for 20c per pan.
Easterners who: find colors in. their
pans have. reported great satisfaction. Dorer said that the forty-niner
group broke even on this concession.
Gilbert Tennis and William Wilgon spoke briefly on youth recreation. Leadership personnel, they
stated, rather than financial aid was
the primary problem. to -be solved.
William Durbrow stated that plenty of water for water fights would
be available. Mrs. Verona Hill, new
field secretary of the Farm Bureau,
was introduced-= Helen Prigley and
Mrs. Effie Myers offered the co-op, eration, of the B. PP. Ww. c. with the
chamiber’s’ Fourth plans. puouet
“gnetion in the cost of. many planned
PBEALE
MAY
OES
YSV The possibility of
gavérting Camp Beale into a “brand
dew, read-made: commanity offering
“ employment and adequate housing to
gome 1500 citizens’’ and . containing
* qme 40 businesses and iidustries is
‘discussed in detail in a Ddrochure
. prepared by Warren Shingle and Pat
; Shannon’ as “a private surve.”’
ae in making their survey available,
»Shannon and Shingle
emphasized
_ their survey is in no way official nor
the work of any group. They said
‘they compiled the facts and made
the proposal “as private citizens in“tested in converting the camp into
4 Useful adjunct to the welfare of
=
The two men said the figures
twere the best they were able to gath~ er, but said they eould not guaran‘them to be absolutely accuate in
At About $15,000,000
chure ig for the punchase
The idea expressed in the roof the
ramp, its facilities and equipment,
. Ma price of approximately $15.BECOME A
THROUGH
That sum,
“will cover -C
the brechure ,, states,
osts of” acquisiticn and
reconstruction > provide reserves ‘for
administration and interest as well
as surety bonds ana other miscellaneous items.””
The survey States: “The combined net incomes from the various eaterprises will——retire the debt in an
approximate five years.”
Following are some highlights of
the plan:
Proposed Industries: Meat packing plant and ranch operation. Ap-.
proximately “60,000 head of cattle
could be grazed ana cared for on
Beale acreage. A sla weghiterhouse and
storage Plant would employ 100
men; ranchinge. 500 men and a tannery, 300 men. _ :
A furniture manufacturing plant,
would: employ 200 men. '
A laundry and dry cleaning plant
would empioy 2S
A bakery, wholesale and reteil
Novelty.— manufacturing 15. pergons and mushroom growing,, five
AY, MAY 11
GRASS VAILEY: The California
Hydraulic Association will hold its
@amual election at the Bret Harte
a “eared May iith, at 2 p. m.
pos. ballots for the election of offii_ 8s and dirertors will be filed with
Secretary William . Esterly before
op
lat Central
NEVADA CITY: William Fren¢a,
Tahoe Natiomal Forest investigator,
AT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT SUNDAY
Pictured -aboye are Cl
George C. Hansen, Charlés
the Cloudbusters
taining Visalia and Kern
amber of Commerce President
Ehrhorn of Visalia,
Pilots Association, and Harry
Commander of the Cloudbusters. A large flight of planes conCounty air enthusiasts visited Nevada City airport last week end, and were
the Chamber of .Commere® ~~
we
i,
LKOUT AT NEW BRUNSWICK MINE
HANSEN GREETS CLOUDBUSTERS STRIKE PROTESTS FIRING OF
MINER ON HIGHGRADE CHARGE
GRASS VALLEY: The afternoon (5-12) shift atthe
New Brunswick Mine, 5 miles east of Grass Valley.
out at 5 o’clock yesterday in protest of the firing of “Red”
Anderson, accused of highgrading
At 8 p. m. last night miners,,
°
by company authorities.
200, met at the numbering
Women’s Improvement Club building at 217 South Church
Street. Anderson spoke a
story. William Lankesly,
and Mil Workers CIO affiliate
Miners present at the meeting
a show of hands, not te return-to work unless
reinstated. They also
decided
road near the Idaho-Maryland
the miners coming off shift at that time to join their movement. a
.
PTA will hold a food sale Saturday,
May 10, in front of the Alpha Hardware’Co. store on Broad Street, at!
10 a. m.
FOOD SALE
NEVADA CITY: The Gold Fiat
to meet at 11:15 p. m:
Purpose of the sale: To raisc.
funds for playground equipment.
meric exes, pies,
Included: in the sale will be sai .
rolls, cookies, snlLads and cup cakes.
D . PLACER GRAND JURY
CONDEMNS CERTAIN
SCHOOL BOOKS
President of
Fisher, Flight
made welcome by
Nugget Phot
FIND HAVEN
AT AIRPORT
NEVADA CITY: Late Tuesday
evening the Nevada _ City: Airport
in a_late model Piper Super Cruiser’
‘as they had lost the beam while traveling on instrument, destination
Reno. Totally lost and unfamiliar
with the country the pilot sighted the
airport and came in to receive directions and refuel for the remainder
of the trip.
GROUP FORMED
: GRASS VALLEY: The first unit
of the Nevada County Taxpayers Association ~was organized last evening
in the Veterans {Memorial Buildings.
John d. Bennett, was made temporary chairman, and 65 taxpayers of
Griss Valley and environs’ became
Nominated and elected ‘to the advisor board ‘of the Grass Valley unit
of the association were James Moore,
chairman, Ted Kobler Sr., Luke
Williams, James J. Rowe, Mrs. Leah
Pengelly, Mrs. Arletta Douglas, Ricaard and Frank Bennallack, John D.
Bennett, John Smitham and Mrs.
Janet Leary.
was elected. president of the Lions’
Club last nistht to sueceed Harry
Clayton.
Clayton presided over the meeting, at which the following officers
were elected to assist French in leading the Lions for the next year: Dr.
Cyril N. Kerrin, vice-president; ee
win Stephens. secretary-tregeurer,
and W (Bud)
Percy, tail-twister.
The club will hold a big barbecue
House on Mey 25th. Lions
of Donner Zone,,4neluding Grass
Valley; "Truckee. . Colfax, Auburn
and LLincoin, ewill attend. -.
It is proposed to organize similar
units in. Nevada. ‘City and Truckee,
after which officers of the association will be chosen. Among the new
members is Neil Whiting, Grass Valley city councilman.
ee
Local Bakers Fill
Breach Caused By Strike
GRASS VALLEY: Faced with 3
complete stoprage of bread. deliverjes from Sacramento yesterday, due
to the strike there, local . bakers
iworker overtime to supply the demand of Grass Valley, and Nevada
in Nevada City put in
.
proved a welcome sight to two fliers
INDIANS 63INEXTRA FRAME MARYSVILLE: it took eight innings to-do it but. Grass Valley Minets finally ‘“‘dood” it against Marysville Indians in Marysville yesterday scoring three runs in the extra
frame to break a 3-3 tie and go on
to win, 6-3.
Wendell Moe tied the game up
the first time in the fourth inning,
poling out a homer with none on
for the first extra base hit of the
game. The score stood 1-1.
Grass Valleyybroke up the ball
same however in the top half of the
eighth when Halverstadt connected
with one of Higgins’ deliveries for
a four bageger. Succeeding rTunés
came as an anti-climax as Brown of .
Grass Valley shut out the Indians in .
their fipal time at bat.
Friday afternoon the Indians travel to Nevada City.
The short score: / RH
Grass Valley 000 101 13 6 8
Marysville 000 120 00 35 3
Batteries: Marysville; Lane, Hisggins and Moe; Grass Valley, Booth,
Brown, and Daley. .
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4
FIRE DEPARTMENT
ENJOYS BIG BANQUET
GRASS VALLEY: The Grass Valley fire department gave its annual
ladies night dinner last Saturday
evening in the Elks banquet room.
Two hundred persons were at a
AUBURN: Certain supplemental
‘text books entitled “Building Ameriea’’ this week were under fire by the
Placer Copnty Grand Jury as being
detrimental to scheol childrens “S
hi fhe beeks,-adopted -by the st -of the shift,; and it was”
superintendent of schools, the state
‘curriculum commission ond the state
board of, -education, ¢contains pictures and material which, the jury
eaig, “is sé arranged and so worded as to impress the minds of children
that the American form of government’ is inferior to that of Russia.
turkey dinner. During the meal the
members of the fire auxiliary were
presented with membership badges,
the gift of the department in appreciation of the auxiliary’s_year long
services. The presentation was made
by Fire Chief Henry Strick.
Gpeeches were made by Strick,
Mayor Alison Simmons, Councilman
John f. Thomas, Chief of Police
Frank Knuckey, City Attorney Wil-)
liam Cassettari, Auxillary President.
GRASS V.
the Nevada County Soil Conservation District was approved Wednesday night at a m:
ors. in the Veterans Memorial Builfiing.
=
(Clarence Gassaway,
dent, and Directors Herbert Pingree,
K. J. Rolph, and Clarence Green,
George Galleto of Rough and Ready,
o
who wish their
from the seventh! grade on
The jury also recommended that
certain changes be made in the sat
ary paid to the. Placer County superior judge, as well as the salaries paid
to the district attorney, the county
auditor and the county ‘superintendent of schools:
The jury said that it believed that
the salaries of these public officials
should be made commensurate with
the salaries received by like officials.
t length and stated his side of the
President of the Mother
Lode Mine ~
Union, presided. es
decided unanimously byAnderson was’
on the.
Mine to attempt to persuade.
Neil O'Donnell, general manager
of the Idaho Maryland characterized ;
the walkout as a “wildeat strike.” *
The mine, he said, had a contract im’
force with the Mine Workers Protact=
tive League, and would not deal with)
the-CIO unit. : eee
O’Donnell went on to say that com;
pany policy dictated peremptory ast
*missal of any employee caught high®
grading. He stated that highgerade
ore wag definitely found among An-:
derson’s clothing hanging in the. <
mine dry room, 3
When Anderson reported for
work at 5 Dp. m., together with the
rest of the afternoon shift, he wat.
dismissed by the company -watchmanys
informed that highgrade ore nad:
been found in his shirt, When Late —
kersly, CIO Local president, took the:
matter up ‘with company authorities, ——
he was informed of the ruling OM —
grading. a a as
Lankesly. then called.a evaes: . G
Sai to walk off the job in protest at tb
firing of “Red” Anderson. The 8
o’clock meeting was also schedul a.
Art Remple’s public address service.
was*employed from: T t to,
announce the meeting. ss“At the evening meeting in the wom,
en’s club building, it was decided
that, in addition to meeting the
shift coming off work from the Ida~
ho Maryland at. 11:15, to also seek.
‘to persuade the shift going to work.
in the morning to join the sympathy:
strike. et a ee
Union leaders expressed at the
nection with yesterday’s occurrence;
nection with yesterda’s OCCUTFENce:
Their claim. was that the hishe z
had ‘been planted in Am
in other counties comparable in size
with Placer County.
Copies.of all the foregoing recommendations are being forwarded to
Governor Warren and Aseemblyman
Thurman.
: Am addition to
bing of the directThe addition increases the’ Size
of the district to 150,000 acres approximately. It includes practically
all the area in the. western end of
the county. The district now contains about 75 per cent of agricultural area of the county.
Presiding at. the meeting . was
district presirepresent farmers
land included,
Party Monday Night
Y: The annual public card party sponsored by the St.
Agnes Guild of Trinity Bipiscopal. ==
Church will take place next. Monday evening at 8 o’clock in the parish
hall. Mre. J. F. Siegfried is in gen-.
Ce ed
clothes because the mine €
had “a grudge” against ‘imi, Un
officials agreed the company
fire all CIO unionists one-t
this manner, Their action was t
they said, in order to militate to
securing a contract with
company .and thus : revent
rence of the sit-ation “as 4
preted it. dee
Anderson, in detailii
that there wae 00 ofe, &
any color on the rise
worked and that he nadoppontunity ‘to sezure
from any other part of
grade had been found 1nclothing; and that he might
tained it from anywhere in
will meet tomorrow evening 1
man’s Lodge in Pioneers Park
its annual election of officer