January 6, 1960 (8 pages)

* AGE ay, DN Told righter side are inBP employment and rchasing ower on fthe consumer. ] tend to make {or rather than a sharp ef prices. oi\\\) aa yee! ae “id yy, The Party EAR’S EVE s Favors ocktailsFUN Freddie’s road St. vada City JAN 1 1960 DLEY'S AGON inywhere PHONE = GET YELRY Gold Country LVERWARE HER GIFTS >palr VALLEY 155 TAMALES Bag of 8 89° BEEF 49°. . 300 tin c SPEARS>> GAR 89: LEENEX APKINS D15 x 15 25S e Nevada County ‘Vol. 2 No. 1 Published Weekly 10¢ A Copy RECALL OF HIG WILSON . STILL OUT By the same 3 to 2 vote, the Nevada Union High School District Board of Trustees Monday night reaffirmed its decision of last month not torenew the contract of Superintendent William Wilson. The crowd of nearly 150 persons that attended the meeting to protest the board action of last month left the gymnasium meeting site immediately following the board action. A large portion of the crowd met in in another room of the high school and laid plans fora recall of the board, or at least of those three that voted against rehiring Wilson. Twenty petitions calling for the rehiring of Wilson at the end of this school year were presented tothe board. A total of more than 920 signatures was claimed on the sheets. Another 140 phone calls was Claimed. H SCHOOL BOARD PROPOSED PICTURES "2 Organization of the Nevada Union ‘High School District Recall Committee was announced yesterday byG.W.Bell, publicity chairman. Chairman of the committee is Leon Sanford. A meeting at the high school has been set for 8 pem. Monday, with an invitation extendedtoallinterested persons. At the meeting a coordinator of committees will be named. Committees will include publicity, organization, legal matters, nominations of candidates, and finances. rs Racers line up for start of speed event in one of the early Sierra races held in Plumas County. Repeated attempts from the audience to get board members to give publicly the reasons they had for firing’ Wilson at the end ofthis year's school term were to no avail. Board President Albert Casey and members Jack Brickell and Robert Paine each gave their reasons to Wilson personally since the December meeting, and each refused to go further into the affair. Casey stated, "There aren't any charges against Mr. Wilson." He explained each of the three members who voted againstrehiring Wilson did so because of the way they feel toward the administrator and the job he is doing. A"list of sevenreasons" was "answered" by the citizen group that attended meeting. The list was a recapitulation of reasons which were given to Wilson by Casey for his negative vote. Wilson was controversial because of his activities in forming the union district, the junior highschool, and in bond andtaxelections. SéOme merchants were dissatisfied with purchasing procedure. Board members opinions on the quality of administration were divided. Wilson couldbea negative factor in future bond elections. Rural complaints about the ( continued on page 4 ) ri » + @ & ts SNOWSHOE AND THE BIRTH OF SKIING AS A SPORT BY THOMPSON STANLEY H. HALLS The Birth Of Skiing. NOTE: This is the first installment of an illustrated feature which will appear in the C itizen through Olympic Games week. When the ski champions of the world gather at Squaw Valley in February to _>-. Flames Flaunt Fire Chief When Tom Berry became fire chief of Grass Valley, everyone agreedhehad a big job ahead trying to live up tothe unusual record of only $4, 944 fire loss in 1959. Everyone now agrees the first week shouldn't be held against him. Fire loss stands at an estimated $7, 500 so far in 1960. But to make matters worse, the big loss to date in 1960 was the home of Berry's mother, Mrs. May Bennett at 307 Bennett street. Mrs. Bennett'shome was a total lossSunday night. Very little furnishings were saved. Cause of the blaze was thought to be a wood stove chimney. The fire was well out of control in the upper Think it was coldthis week? Consider the plight of this Wells Fargo express wagon team of the late 1880's, pictured waiting in a snowstorm for the arrival of the narrow gauge railroad in Grass Valley. (One of a series which will appear every week inThe Citizen, "The Paper With The Pictures.") In compiling this feature, The Citizen is indebted to Doyle Thomas for generously allowing the use of his collection of nearly 7000 photographs. The above phate as welt as many others to follow, is fromthe Thomas collection. Aloverof county history, Thomas stated the collection will someday be donated to the Historical Society in order to form a graphic history of Nevada County. The variety of the collection is unique and photographs to follow willbe cf great interest not only tonewcomers, but to those older citizens whocan againrelive memories of the golden past of this Sierra Foothill area. floor when discovered by Mrs. Bennett. Obviously lost by the time the alarm was turned in, the Grass Valley firemen fought an uphill but successful battle to save two homes adjacent to the Bennett home. Both of these homes were reportedly smoking from the heat when firemen arrived. In addition, flaming shingles fragments were carried over the nearby area by the intense heat of the fire. compete for honors in the VIIIth Winter Olympic Games, they willbe bringing the sport back to its birthplace the slopes of the California Sierras. The first organized ski races in the world were held at La Porte, Plumas County, California, not farremoved from the Olympic Games site, in the year 1867. These races were staged under the auspices of the Alturas Snowshoe Club which was founded that same year by a Skowhegan, Maine Yankee'by the name of Isaac Steward the man who has been sometimes credited with the title of the the father of American skiing. Even prior . to this, although the exact date cannot be authenticated, there/is reason to believe that tournaments or competitive ski events were held in and around the mining camps of Onion Valley, near La Porte, as early perhaps as 1854. Among these robust pioneers to be singularly honored by the coming games will be JohnA. (Snowshoe) Thompson, whose skiing feats in the windswept Sierras -in the '50's and '60's earned for him a unique position among the west's legendary heroes. The prowess of this Norwegian immigrant on a pair of 25-pound home-made skis, in providing the only regular and dependable winter communication between California and Nevada mining camps, for a dozen years or more in the mid-1800's, so awed the miners of the territory that he was perhaps the greatest single influence in encouraging scores of them to stake up skiing for the sheer joy ofthe sport. The impetus that he gaveto skiing through his personal accomplishments has carried his name down the years until now, stimulated by the nearing Olympic Games, the California Legislature, has declared it fitting that the Squaw Valley site of the V1llth Winter Games should properly be named the “Snowshoe Thompson Park. “ Now this odd bit of historical fact that skiing as a sport was cradled in California may well be contested, for it has generally (continued on page 4 )

* AGE ay, DN Told righter side are inBP employment and rchasing ower on fthe consumer. ] tend to make {or rather than a sharp ef prices. oi\\\) aa yee! ae “id yy, The Party EAR’S EVE s Favors ocktailsFUN Freddie’s road St. vada City JAN 1 1960 DLEY'S AGON inywhere PHONE = GET YELRY Gold Country LVERWARE HER GIFTS >palr VALLEY 155 TAMALES Bag of 8 89° BEEF 49°. . 300 tin c SPEARS>> GAR 89: LEENEX APKINS D15 x 15 25S e Nevada County ‘Vol. 2 No. 1 Published Weekly 10¢ A Copy RECALL OF HIG WILSON . STILL OUT By the same 3 to 2 vote, the Nevada Union High School District Board of Trustees Monday night reaffirmed its decision of last month not torenew the contract of Superintendent William Wilson. The crowd of nearly 150 persons that attended the meeting to protest the board action of last month left the gymnasium meeting site immediately following the board action. A large portion of the crowd met in in another room of the high school and laid plans fora recall of the board, or at least of those three that voted against rehiring Wilson. Twenty petitions calling for the rehiring of Wilson at the end of this school year were presented tothe board. A total of more than 920 signatures was claimed on the sheets. Another 140 phone calls was Claimed. H SCHOOL BOARD PROPOSED PICTURES "2 Organization of the Nevada Union ‘High School District Recall Committee was announced yesterday byG.W.Bell, publicity chairman. Chairman of the committee is Leon Sanford. A meeting at the high school has been set for 8 pem. Monday, with an invitation extendedtoallinterested persons. At the meeting a coordinator of committees will be named. Committees will include publicity, organization, legal matters, nominations of candidates, and finances. rs Racers line up for start of speed event in one of the early Sierra races held in Plumas County. Repeated attempts from the audience to get board members to give publicly the reasons they had for firing’ Wilson at the end ofthis year's school term were to no avail. Board President Albert Casey and members Jack Brickell and Robert Paine each gave their reasons to Wilson personally since the December meeting, and each refused to go further into the affair. Casey stated, "There aren't any charges against Mr. Wilson." He explained each of the three members who voted againstrehiring Wilson did so because of the way they feel toward the administrator and the job he is doing. A"list of sevenreasons" was "answered" by the citizen group that attended meeting. The list was a recapitulation of reasons which were given to Wilson by Casey for his negative vote. Wilson was controversial because of his activities in forming the union district, the junior highschool, and in bond andtaxelections. SéOme merchants were dissatisfied with purchasing procedure. Board members opinions on the quality of administration were divided. Wilson couldbea negative factor in future bond elections. Rural complaints about the ( continued on page 4 ) ri » + @ & ts SNOWSHOE AND THE

BIRTH OF SKIING AS A SPORT BY THOMPSON STANLEY H. HALLS The Birth Of Skiing. NOTE: This is the first installment of an illustrated feature which will appear in the C itizen through Olympic Games week. When the ski champions of the world gather at Squaw Valley in February to _>-. Flames Flaunt Fire Chief When Tom Berry became fire chief of Grass Valley, everyone agreedhehad a big job ahead trying to live up tothe unusual record of only $4, 944 fire loss in 1959. Everyone now agrees the first week shouldn't be held against him. Fire loss stands at an estimated $7, 500 so far in 1960. But to make matters worse, the big loss to date in 1960 was the home of Berry's mother, Mrs. May Bennett at 307 Bennett street. Mrs. Bennett'shome was a total lossSunday night. Very little furnishings were saved. Cause of the blaze was thought to be a wood stove chimney. The fire was well out of control in the upper Think it was coldthis week? Consider the plight of this Wells Fargo express wagon team of the late 1880's, pictured waiting in a snowstorm for the arrival of the narrow gauge railroad in Grass Valley. (One of a series which will appear every week inThe Citizen, "The Paper With The Pictures.") In compiling this feature, The Citizen is indebted to Doyle Thomas for generously allowing the use of his collection of nearly 7000 photographs. The above phate as welt as many others to follow, is fromthe Thomas collection. Aloverof county history, Thomas stated the collection will someday be donated to the Historical Society in order to form a graphic history of Nevada County. The variety of the collection is unique and photographs to follow willbe cf great interest not only tonewcomers, but to those older citizens whocan againrelive memories of the golden past of this Sierra Foothill area. floor when discovered by Mrs. Bennett. Obviously lost by the time the alarm was turned in, the Grass Valley firemen fought an uphill but successful battle to save two homes adjacent to the Bennett home. Both of these homes were reportedly smoking from the heat when firemen arrived. In addition, flaming shingles fragments were carried over the nearby area by the intense heat of the fire. compete for honors in the VIIIth Winter Olympic Games, they willbe bringing the sport back to its birthplace the slopes of the California Sierras. The first organized ski races in the world were held at La Porte, Plumas County, California, not farremoved from the Olympic Games site, in the year 1867. These races were staged under the auspices of the Alturas Snowshoe Club which was founded that same year by a Skowhegan, Maine Yankee'by the name of Isaac Steward the man who has been sometimes credited with the title of the the father of American skiing. Even prior . to this, although the exact date cannot be authenticated, there/is reason to believe that tournaments or competitive ski events were held in and around the mining camps of Onion Valley, near La Porte, as early perhaps as 1854. Among these robust pioneers to be singularly honored by the coming games will be JohnA. (Snowshoe) Thompson, whose skiing feats in the windswept Sierras -in the '50's and '60's earned for him a unique position among the west's legendary heroes. The prowess of this Norwegian immigrant on a pair of 25-pound home-made skis, in providing the only regular and dependable winter communication between California and Nevada mining camps, for a dozen years or more in the mid-1800's, so awed the miners of the territory that he was perhaps the greatest single influence in encouraging scores of them to stake up skiing for the sheer joy ofthe sport. The impetus that he gaveto skiing through his personal accomplishments has carried his name down the years until now, stimulated by the nearing Olympic Games, the California Legislature, has declared it fitting that the Squaw Valley site of the V1llth Winter Games should properly be named the “Snowshoe Thompson Park. “ Now this odd bit of historical fact that skiing as a sport was cradled in California may well be contested, for it has generally (continued on page 4 )