December 9, 1959 (8 pages)

yurth row: Pll, David dy, Jim [op row: Smith and4 e Sale f the Bulment will hold id bake d goods and Friday, 107 S. Church tom htering BEEF =AL fications REEZER S FROM 20 ICUTT’S EATS lty 501 evada City t Nevada City x Vol. 1 No. 9 Nevada Coun Published Weekly 10¢ A Copy THE PICTURES ty Citi Nevada City, Wednesday December 9, 1959 ES SUPERINTENDENT Grass Valley Bares Plans For New Park A ten year program to develop an 80 acre Grass Valley park was revealed at a Thursday night meeting of the Grass Valley Lions Club. The 80 acre site is city owned, willed by the late Violet P. Condon several years ago for recreationaluse. Development of the area will begin this year. Only financing of the proposed park is vague .Aten year program was pressed from city officials as an "unofficial" estimate. Ina talk to the club, Harry Hyatt told of activities leading up to development of a master plan for the park. The plan is suchthat sections within the park can be developed as money becomes available. Hyatt, manager of the Nevada County Soil Conservation District, was earlier instructed by the city to gather information and develop the plén. He did so on a voluntary basis, a $1000 fundinthe city budget still intact to begin work on the project. , Initial project will be the construction of a little league diamond near the entrance to Condon Memorial Park, tentative name used in council discussion. The Grass Valley Rotary Club has offeredtodothis job, Hyattsaid. He urged other service clubs totake on work within the park as club projects. Work on the Little League field will await a closer look at terrain problems after underbrush is cleared fromthe proposedarea. Hyatt said it maybe possible to plan for two small diamonds in that area eventually. Clearing of this underbrush is expected to begin this week or next. City funds this year willbe usedtoextend sewer and water facilitie's into the park. An immediate job that should be taken care of, Hyatt warned, is withintimbered areas where certain trees are dangerous and others should be pruned. He feels some Civic group will volunteer to dothis task. Tentative schedule calls for three and one-halfofthe 80 acres to be completed in the first two-step phase. In addition to the Little League baseball field, it is likely that a picnic area will be cleared and make ready for use. City appointment of a Park Commission recently was the first official and public notice that development of the Condon Memorial Park was near. Commissioners named were Hyatt, Leon Sanford, Dr. E. J. Best, Paul Bernardis, Richard McGuire, and Harold Cox. Mayor Arnold Thorsen will nametwo more to the group. The park site is within city limits on the western edge of Grass Valley, between Butler Road and the old Gilmore Field near Highway 20 to Marysville. Natural park boundary to ‘the south will be an NID ditch, along which is plannedanaturewalk. Although the park property extends beyond the ditch, that area will likely be kept in its primitive state as a “wilderness area", according to Hyatt. Beauty of the park is assured, Hyatt emphasized, “for it has some ofthe finest timber left in the flats." Manzanita and sweet birch abound. Most of the area, however, is overgrown with brush about ten feet tall. Proposed entrance to the grounds will either be from Minnie Street or an extension of Chapel Street. Three roads are proposed into the heart of the park, with automobile parking facilities planned at various points along each of the roads. Hyatt said an effort to blaze trails along these road routes will be made in the near future. This will enable more detailed investigation of the park. Thick underbrush limits the master plan to a tentative basis at the present time. Suggestions that have been made for inclusion in the planned park, most of which are tentatively inthe master plan, include an "overnight Continued on Page 4 Classes For Adults Set In Feb. An adult education program scheduled to begin the first week in February is in the formative stage, with suggestions for possible classes presentedto the school board Monday night. Superintendent William Wilson of Nevada Union High School District handed to ‘board membersa list of 21 "possible classes”. Suggestions for the classes were given the district by a consultant of the State Department of Education, L. E, . Koehler. . Teachersin the district also participated in building the list. Wilson. suggested a survey locally to determine interest in the fields might precede opening of classes. Minimum class size was set at 20 in his recommendation to the board. Drivertraining, only class now offered by the district, hasa minimum class of five. Two classes are now operating. A $5 feeischarged for the driver training class. Wilson said there seemed to be enough interest in driver training to make use of another car. A $1 fee was suggested for other classes. The district hopes these fees with state aid will pay adult education costs. Working on a limited budget, board members seemed reluctant to dig into regular educational funds to support the adult program. President Albert Casey laid the matter over until the January board meeting so: that members may, study the suggestions. He also asked that information on state aid to adult education be available at the next meeting so the board may makeits decision at that time. The 20 newclass sugges~ tions include craft classes, home decorating and seasonal cooking, mathematics and English, a parent education course sponsored by the PTA. First aid, bookkeeping and typing (business machines), history of Russia, fine arts and music, photography, ceramics and lapidary. Wood shop, vocational agriculture, accounting (income tax and real estate), arc and gas welding, current events, German, architectural drawing, leather craft and physical education, Woods Progressing In Hospital Vernon Woods, owner of Woods Truck line, isreported progressing slowly this week after suffering a severe heart attack Thanksgiving day. He is expected to remain at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital for a few more weeks, Woods’ son, Vernon, Jr., isalso in the hospital--in Stayton, Oregon, where he was riding in a car that swerved to avoid three deer and hit an embankment. QUICK ACTION.by Nevada City firemen limited damage in a fire Saturday at the old narrow guage railroad depot. Minor loss was reportsd in the roof as a result of a chimney fire. Picture above shows a fireman climbing the ladder toward smoke around the chim ney. Below, the fire control-. led, the department is checking the roof. The original depot building burned to the groundinthe mid-20s. It was replaced by this building. Bucks Tangle In Barbed Wire Two three-point bucks _ Withthe help of Mike Mullocked horns during a fight on ony and Norman Elliot, the Brooks Road, Grass Valley, !!ve deer was roped and tied then both became entangled down, Then Mickey Mulliin barbed wire fencing along 84% Cut the barbed wire loose, the roadside Thursday. and the horns were freed. When found by L,A. Mul_ Ropes loosened, the deer ligan, Brooks Road resident, Sot off into. wooded protecone of the deer was dead, the "0, accordingtoMrs, A.M. ill itiother nearly insane with fear. a ere ae pared Cael Nevada County Sheriff's deputies arrived to supervise disposal of the other deer’s carcass, At last report, E,L. Kyle had it hanging in his meat company's freezer awaiting plans by the Grass Valley Lions Club, of which he is a member, for a buck stew. 3-2 Vote Of Board Is Final Nevada Union High School District Superintendent William Wilson Monday night received notice that he will not be rehired at the end of:this school year. By a3to2 vote, members of the school board gave Wilsona six month notice and ordered written notice re quired under state lawbe servedon him before the end of December. ; No reason for the dismissal was given at the meeting. Board President Albert Casey, whocast the deciding vote, offered to privately inform Wilson of the reason for board action if Wilson so desired. Casey said he did not think it proper for the board to publicly outline an administrator's "disqualifications." Other members of the board split on.a motion by Harold George Sr. that Wilson's contract be renewed for either one or three “years. The motion was seconded by Weston Brunker. Voting inopposition were Robert Paine and John Brickell. More then 50 visitors to the board meeting waited patiently through more than an hour's agenda until the contract renewal came up. Nearly a dozen of them spoke out in opposition to the board's action. George, inanobvious defense of Wilson, stated in making his motion "tT have the highest regard for Mr. Wilson and the work he has done here for 30 years. “When I weigh the good Wilson has done and the little minor differences I have with him, "George said the scale was tilted on the administrator's side. George saidthe district is now paying $9000 a year in the athletic department for extra physical education work that Wilson did without extra pay when he was in that department. "T will second it," Brunker joined. "Being a new member, this has been a i very difficult decision." After thinking the proposed firing over, -and after discussion in the community where he claimed a majority expressed : confidence in Wilson, Brunker said he decided in favor of Wilson. President Casey, at the suggestion of George, asked Wilson if he desired to have someone from the audience spaek on his behalf. Wilson said, "Ididn't ask these people to come, they have come voluntarily." Shortly thereafter, he turned to Mrs. Geraldine Groff, "who I've workedclosest with" and asked her if she would like tosayaword. Mrs. Groff, now on leave of absence was bookkeeper for the district. "We certainly have worked through a lot of problems since the formation of the idistrict, "Mrs. Groff said. "I can't say anything but good about him." At a suggestion from the audience, Casey read a letter presented to board ‘members prior to the meeting and signed by a number of teachers. The letter called Wilson an "able administrator" and said, "we are proud of his knowledge of school law and school finance," George fired a final shot in Wilson's defense, claiming this was the wrong time to make a change, referring to the Continued on Page 4 SHOP NOW & AVOID THE XMAS RUSH

yurth row: Pll, David dy, Jim [op row: Smith and4 e Sale f the Bulment will hold id bake d goods and Friday, 107 S. Church tom htering BEEF =AL fications REEZER S FROM 20 ICUTT’S EATS lty 501 evada City t Nevada City x Vol. 1 No. 9 Nevada Coun Published Weekly 10¢ A Copy THE PICTURES ty Citi Nevada City, Wednesday December 9, 1959 ES SUPERINTENDENT Grass Valley Bares Plans For New Park A ten year program to develop an 80 acre Grass Valley park was revealed at a Thursday night meeting of the Grass Valley Lions Club. The 80 acre site is city owned, willed by the late Violet P. Condon several years ago for recreationaluse. Development of the area will begin this year. Only financing of the proposed park is vague .Aten year program was pressed from city officials as an "unofficial" estimate. Ina talk to the club, Harry Hyatt told of activities leading up to development of a master plan for the park. The plan is suchthat sections within the park can be developed as money becomes available. Hyatt, manager of the Nevada County Soil Conservation District, was earlier instructed by the city to gather information and develop the plén. He did so on a voluntary basis, a $1000 fundinthe city budget still intact to begin work on the project. , Initial project will be the construction of a little league diamond near the entrance to Condon Memorial Park, tentative name used in council discussion. The Grass Valley Rotary Club has offeredtodothis job, Hyattsaid. He urged other service clubs totake on work within the park as club projects. Work on the Little League field will await a closer look at terrain problems after underbrush is cleared fromthe proposedarea. Hyatt said it maybe possible to plan for two small diamonds in that area eventually. Clearing of this underbrush is expected to begin this week or next. City funds this year willbe usedtoextend sewer and water facilitie's into the park. An immediate job that should be taken care of, Hyatt warned, is withintimbered areas where certain trees are dangerous and others should be pruned. He feels some Civic group will volunteer to dothis task. Tentative schedule calls for three and one-halfofthe 80 acres to be completed in the first two-step phase. In addition to the Little League baseball field, it is likely that a picnic area will be cleared and make ready for use. City appointment of a Park Commission recently was the first official and public notice that development of the Condon Memorial Park was near. Commissioners named were Hyatt, Leon Sanford, Dr. E. J. Best, Paul Bernardis, Richard McGuire, and Harold Cox. Mayor Arnold Thorsen will nametwo more to the group. The park site is within city limits on the western edge of Grass Valley, between Butler Road and the old Gilmore Field near Highway 20 to Marysville. Natural park boundary to ‘the south will be an NID ditch, along which is plannedanaturewalk. Although the park property extends beyond the ditch, that area will likely be kept in its primitive state as a “wilderness area", according to Hyatt. Beauty of the park is assured, Hyatt emphasized, “for it has some ofthe finest timber left in the flats." Manzanita and sweet birch abound. Most of the area, however, is overgrown with brush about ten feet tall. Proposed entrance to the grounds will either be from Minnie Street or an extension of Chapel Street. Three roads are proposed into the heart of the park, with automobile parking facilities planned at various points along each of the roads. Hyatt said an effort to blaze trails along these road routes will be made in the near future. This will enable more detailed investigation of the park. Thick underbrush limits the master plan to a tentative basis at the present time. Suggestions that have been made for inclusion in the planned park, most of which are tentatively inthe master plan, include an "overnight Continued on Page 4 Classes For Adults Set In Feb. An adult education program scheduled to begin the first week in February is in the formative stage, with suggestions for possible classes presentedto the school board Monday night. Superintendent William Wilson of Nevada Union High School District handed to ‘board membersa list of 21 "possible classes”. Suggestions for the classes were given the district by a consultant of the State Department of Education, L. E, . Koehler. . Teachersin the district also participated in building the list. Wilson. suggested a survey locally to determine interest in the fields might precede opening of classes. Minimum class size was set at 20 in his recommendation to the board. Drivertraining, only class

now offered by the district, hasa minimum class of five. Two classes are now operating. A $5 feeischarged for the driver training class. Wilson said there seemed to be enough interest in driver training to make use of another car. A $1 fee was suggested for other classes. The district hopes these fees with state aid will pay adult education costs. Working on a limited budget, board members seemed reluctant to dig into regular educational funds to support the adult program. President Albert Casey laid the matter over until the January board meeting so: that members may, study the suggestions. He also asked that information on state aid to adult education be available at the next meeting so the board may makeits decision at that time. The 20 newclass sugges~ tions include craft classes, home decorating and seasonal cooking, mathematics and English, a parent education course sponsored by the PTA. First aid, bookkeeping and typing (business machines), history of Russia, fine arts and music, photography, ceramics and lapidary. Wood shop, vocational agriculture, accounting (income tax and real estate), arc and gas welding, current events, German, architectural drawing, leather craft and physical education, Woods Progressing In Hospital Vernon Woods, owner of Woods Truck line, isreported progressing slowly this week after suffering a severe heart attack Thanksgiving day. He is expected to remain at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital for a few more weeks, Woods’ son, Vernon, Jr., isalso in the hospital--in Stayton, Oregon, where he was riding in a car that swerved to avoid three deer and hit an embankment. QUICK ACTION..by Nevada City firemen limited damage in a fire Saturday at the old narrow guage railroad depot. Minor loss was reportsd in the roof as a result of a chimney fire. Picture above shows a fireman climbing the ladder toward smoke around the chim ney. Below, the fire control-. led, the department is checking the roof. The original depot building burned to the groundinthe mid-20s. It was replaced by this building. Bucks Tangle In Barbed Wire Two three-point bucks _ Withthe help of Mike Mullocked horns during a fight on ony and Norman Elliot, the Brooks Road, Grass Valley, !!ve deer was roped and tied then both became entangled down, Then Mickey Mulliin barbed wire fencing along 84% Cut the barbed wire loose, the roadside Thursday. and the horns were freed. When found by L,A. Mul_ Ropes loosened, the deer ligan, Brooks Road resident, Sot off into. wooded protecone of the deer was dead, the "0, accordingtoMrs, A.M. ill itiother nearly insane with fear. a ere ae pared Cael Nevada County Sheriff's deputies arrived to supervise disposal of the other deer’s carcass, At last report, E,L. Kyle had it hanging in his meat company's freezer awaiting plans by the Grass Valley Lions Club, of which he is a member, for a buck stew. 3-2 Vote Of Board Is Final Nevada Union High School District Superintendent William Wilson Monday night received notice that he will not be rehired at the end of:this school year. By a3to2 vote, members of the school board gave Wilsona six month notice and ordered written notice re quired under state lawbe servedon him before the end of December. ; No reason for the dismissal was given at the meeting. Board President Albert Casey, whocast the deciding vote, offered to privately inform Wilson of the reason for board action if Wilson so desired. Casey said he did not think it proper for the board to publicly outline an administrator's "disqualifications." Other members of the board split on.a motion by Harold George Sr. that Wilson's contract be renewed for either one or three “years. The motion was seconded by Weston Brunker. Voting inopposition were Robert Paine and John Brickell. More then 50 visitors to the board meeting waited patiently through more than an hour's agenda until the contract renewal came up. Nearly a dozen of them spoke out in opposition to the board's action. George, inanobvious defense of Wilson, stated in making his motion "tT have the highest regard for Mr. Wilson and the work he has done here for 30 years. “When I weigh the good Wilson has done and the little minor differences I have with him, "George said the scale was tilted on the administrator's side. George saidthe district is now paying $9000 a year in the athletic department for extra physical education work that Wilson did without extra pay when he was in that department. "T will second it," Brunker joined. "Being a new member, this has been a i very difficult decision." After thinking the proposed firing over, -and after discussion in the community where he claimed a majority expressed : confidence in Wilson, Brunker said he decided in favor of Wilson. President Casey, at the suggestion of George, asked Wilson if he desired to have someone from the audience spaek on his behalf. Wilson said, "Ididn't ask these people to come, they have come voluntarily." Shortly thereafter, he turned to Mrs. Geraldine Groff, "who I've workedclosest with" and asked her if she would like tosayaword. Mrs. Groff, now on leave of absence was bookkeeper for the district. "We certainly have worked through a lot of problems since the formation of the idistrict, "Mrs. Groff said. "I can't say anything but good about him." At a suggestion from the audience, Casey read a letter presented to board ‘members prior to the meeting and signed by a number of teachers. The letter called Wilson an "able administrator" and said, "we are proud of his knowledge of school law and school finance," George fired a final shot in Wilson's defense, claiming this was the wrong time to make a change, referring to the Continued on Page 4 SHOP NOW & AVOID THE XMAS RUSH