January 6, 1960 (8 pages)

ox Page 2 NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN Alfred E. Heller . = R. Dean Thémpsonigmawccee. . as 4 Clarice Mc Whinney. Margaret Abrahamson. NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN AND CITIZEN ADVERTISER Published every Wednesday, 132 MainSt., Nevada City, California, byNevada County Citizen, Inc. Phone Grass Valley or Nevada City 126 Don Fairclough .. . . Circulation Manager Printing by Berliner & McGinnis, Nevada City Single copy price, 10 cents. Subscription prices: One year, $2.50: twoyears, $4.50; three years, $6.00. Postal regulations require that all subscriptions be paid Publisher . Editor-Manager . . Art Editor . .9ociety Editor in advance. EDITORIAL' Insect Pest ls Wiped Out The Year Of The Big Silence Here we are, rocketing into the '60's. Itis leap year. It is the year when some 30-year-olds, born in 1929, can bridge the gap between the ignorance of youth and the vast wisdom of middle age by ‘claiming they have lived in five decades of the twentieth century. It is Nevada's centennial year, and the year before the year when we "celebrate" the centennial of the first battles of the Civil War. Andmost important of all, it is the year in which we studiously ignore the mounting problems that will face our country in the new decade domestically and abroad---for it is election year. Anyone who speaks to the issues this year is an ‘eight-ball," as they say in the army---a misfit, an incompetent, a trouble-maker. The Republicans have threatened to Campaign under the slogan, "Peace and Prosperity with Freedom and Justice." Any schoolchild could tell us more about the issues before us by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The Vice President who seems to be destined for the Republican candidacy, has confined his public utterances of late to words of praise forthe President and for Governor Rockefeller, whom he has muzzled effectively. The only strong voice coming from the Republican camp is the President's---containing the usual string of vacant platitudes. And whatever happenedto. "Progress"? Last time around the Republicans promised us "Peace, Prosperity, and Progress." Presumably this year they feel that we have either made no progress and there is no use bringing up the subject, or made so much progress that there is no further progress to be made. Either way, they should tell us. It is not fair to drop a burning issue like "Progress" and not explain why. On their part, the Democrats seem to be basing their appeal for the leadership of the most powerful nation in the history of this planet on an old broken-record refrain: "Nixon can't win. "To be sure, there is an enlightening variation of this refrain: . 'Nixon is a bum." But on issues the Democrats are, as usual, either divided or silent. It is the silence that bothers us. The one steady voice emanating from the Democratic sanctum is that of the Democratic Advisory Council. But the Southerners do not support it. As for the candidates--they all speak out in ringing tones but studioulsy avoid the issue---all, thatis, except Senator Hubert Humphrey; and for speaking to the problems of the nation he is branded as "too talkative" and considered an unlikely nominee. Well, it is still early in the year. We can still hope that by convention time. a few more of the politicians will address themselves to the fate of the nation--as well as to cranberries and the TV payola. Letters To The Editor EDITOR: Please find enclosed our check for current subscription to The Citizen. Depot Hill likes it. Donna Milhous is doing a good job with the news of our city neighbor, North San Juan. Virgil Boyt, superintendent for Nevada City Gold Mining Company at Depot Hill, if! his writing arm was properly twisted, also might doa good job for Depot Hill, Oak. . Valley andCamptonville? You know that Gold is not attentive to mere county boundaries. Cordially yours, Joseph G. Brown Hall scale, a tiny but destructive stonefruit and nut insect pest, can be considered wiped out of California and the nation unless inspections turn up live insects during the next year. Robert W. Harper, chief of the bureau. of entomology, Department of Agriculture, reported no Hall scale has been found in the State since 1956. Pest control officials have worked since 1941 to rid the State ofthe pest which, if not checked, could becomea serious threat to California'’s $150 million annual deciduous fruit crop. ° A "citizen of the year" tothe 150 members of the Newcomers' Club, Mrs. John ‘(Ferne) Andreazzi of ButlerRoadinGrass Valley couldn't believe The Citizen wanted her picture. "Why me," asked the president of the club that makes moving into this area a pleasure instead of a chore. During the conversation she answered her own question. "The Newcomers only project.is to get acquainted," she said. pleas for activity so that it will not become embroiled in controversial affairs or activities that demand time from new residents who need the time to become "acquainted" neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Andreazzi were newcomers from the Oakland area when she joined the group a few years back. Their daughter, Alice, Mrs. George Douglass By visits to the area, the Andreazzi family found Grass Valley to their liking. Mrs. Andreazzi found the Newcomers Club idea to her liking. Divided into two groups, under the headings of Garden and Social, the club has several sub-groups to give variety to the membership. Anyone joining the Newcomers is enThe group avoids all other community of Town Talk, had moved here previously. Mrs. John Andreazzi A Newcomer’s THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK Citizen titled for their one dollarmembership fee to attend any or all meetings. There are two general meetings of the group--Springand Fall. An annual Christmas Party is another general meeting. In addition, the Garden and Social sections hold monthly meetings. Eligibility now is limited to those residents who have been in the community lessthan3 years, Mrs. Andreazzi said. Some time limit had to be established in order tokeep the club's size within bounds. Ofthe membership, about 100 are active members, she said, attending most of the meetings. : The club's president spoke with warmth about the groups plans and-prospects. The invitation she extended to new resdents to join the club was a product of that warmth. "Tf it had not been for the Newcomers Club, I think I would still have been stranded out here (at the end of Butler Road), " she said. With snow still covering grass in the shade of her home this alternative sounded cold, indeed. But fromthe constant "busy" signal of her phone during the past few weeks, it is obvious Mrs. Andreazzi is more than just a Citizen of THIS Week. The flag-bedecked Union Hotel in Nevada City, awaiting a 4th of July celebration well before the turn of the century. Outdoor dance platform was located beFrom the Doyle Thomas Collection. hind screen. Ott's Assay Office is just out of picture at far left. ("The Past in Pictures" will appear in The Citizen every week from now on.) —~_— BY DEAN THOMPSON At the recent dinner party. of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital at the Gold Center Club: One of the guests approached Forrest Hills, brother-in-law of the club's owner, ‘Willard Smith,’ and said, "I know you, don't I?" é Turned out he knew Clifford Hills, brother of Forrest. But the two Hills Brothers (pun they are used to by now) -have quite a family resemblance, hence the mistake. Forrest Hills, visiting the Smiths duringthe holiday week, explained he and his brother are distantly related to the coffee Hills Brothers---get a kick out of the kidding they receive. But confusion of names only begins with coffee pun. : ; Clifford Hills lives in Forésthill, Placer County, south of Auburn.-Forrest Hills is a Sacramento real estate man. Recently while visiting his brother in Foresthills, Forrest Hills prepared to place a long distance phone call. The operator took the information about the call's destination. : Then she asked, "Your name and number, please?" "Forrest Hills, 1234," he replied. "No, sir, I want your name.” "Forrest Hills." "Sir, I know this is Foresthill. What is your name?" "My name is Forrest Hills. I'm Cliff Hills' brother." "Ho!" ++tt t+ Take it from Nevada City Star Router Sam Bidwell. "We've got three seasons here---snow, mud and dust. And that was the longest season of dust I've ever seen." ++tee+ Hal Almquist at the Victorian Room of the National Hotel hasn't stopped fixing up his atmospheric dining room. He's now putting the finishing touches , on a "wine-tasting" room to the rear of the dining room. "Soon our customers will be able to taste the wine before deciding what to order, " he told us recently. Hal believes the folks who visit. this area are more interested in the atmosphere than in the sparkling new modern places. He has carried his theme out by creating an atmosphere of the old gold days here, buthas the place sparkling clean, too. Rumors he was to take-over the National Bar, next to the Victorian Room, are not true, Had been a possibility, but other avenues of expansion appear more attractive---if and when Hal gets the Victorian Room exactly as he wants it (including carpeting throughout.) ++ t++4++4+ Nevada City and Grass Valley had a 50 per cent increase in scheduled bus traffic the day before Christmas. The evening arrival came in two sections, passengers being too numerous for one bus. +++t+44+ Leonard Prisk, a recent "Citizen", cannot lay claim to being the only member of the Hooper-Weaver firm to receive a Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service award. Shirley Brattin, one of the owners, also was named Outstanding Young Man by the group a few years back. But there aren't many in town that can claim they were born "right across the street" from the Lola Montez house--Prisk can. CITIZEN ADS sell fast Wednesday; January 6, 1960 SIERRA BYWAYS Wednesday, Jan J FOU Marg Califorr Help your spread it wi or to serve f crunchy, fre reminiscent delicious wa as tea refreg for fancy co each slice w ( 34 cup sh cup lig firmly 1, cup gra 3 eggs 1 teaspoa 2 teaspo rind Cream sh flavoring a fluffy. Resif creamed mix Turn into gr degrees abo Orange B seeds but do ‘or chop up electric mixe Two Ne At New The two kitchens w} will be among the fez of the U.S. Exhibita World Agriculture Fair opened last week at Delhi, India, are expel to draw heavy crowds, § Mrs. Frances Head, H Advisor,, University of ifornia, Agricultural Ex sion Service. One is designed to s typical U.S. home ki with modern home ap ances, Here an Exten home demonstration 4 and three 4-H Club girl show how meals are pref in Americanhomes, Bed information on food pr vation has been reque My If A party.¢ Went vacc Caught a 5 Safaried t Shot a de All of This Don’t ke Get The C

ox Page 2 NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN Alfred E. Heller . = R. Dean Thémpsonigmawccee. . as 4 Clarice Mc Whinney.. Margaret Abrahamson.. NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN AND CITIZEN ADVERTISER Published every Wednesday, 132 MainSt., Nevada City, California, byNevada County Citizen, Inc. Phone Grass Valley or Nevada City 126 Don Fairclough .... . . Circulation Manager Printing by Berliner & McGinnis, Nevada City Single copy price, 10 cents. Subscription prices: One year, $2.50: twoyears, $4.50; three years, $6.00. Postal regulations require that all subscriptions be paid Publisher . Editor-Manager . .. Art Editor . .9ociety Editor in advance. EDITORIAL' Insect Pest ls Wiped Out The Year Of The Big Silence Here we are, rocketing into the '60's. Itis leap year. It is the year when some 30-year-olds, born in 1929, can bridge the gap between the ignorance of youth and the vast wisdom of middle age by ‘claiming they have lived in five decades of the twentieth century. It is Nevada's centennial year, and the year before the year when we "celebrate" the centennial of the first battles of the Civil War. Andmost important of all, it is the year in which we studiously ignore the mounting problems that will face our country in the new decade domestically and abroad---for it is election year. Anyone who speaks to the issues this year is an ‘eight-ball," as they say in the army---a misfit, an incompetent, a trouble-maker. The Republicans have threatened to Campaign under the slogan, "Peace and Prosperity with Freedom and Justice." Any schoolchild could tell us more about the issues before us by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The Vice President who seems to be destined for the Republican candidacy, has confined his public utterances of late to words of praise forthe President and for Governor Rockefeller, whom he has muzzled effectively. The only strong voice coming from the Republican camp is the President's---containing the usual string of vacant platitudes. And whatever happenedto. "Progress"? Last time around the Republicans promised us "Peace, Prosperity, and Progress." Presumably this year they feel that we have either made no progress and there is no use bringing up the subject, or made so much progress that there is no further progress to be made. Either way, they should tell us. It is not fair to drop a burning issue like "Progress" and not explain why. On their part, the Democrats seem to be basing their appeal for the leadership of the most powerful nation in the history of this planet on an old broken-record refrain: "Nixon can't win. "To be sure, there is an enlightening variation of this refrain: . 'Nixon is a bum." But on issues the Democrats are, as usual, either divided or silent. It is the silence that bothers us. The one steady voice emanating from the Democratic sanctum is that of the Democratic Advisory Council. But the Southerners do not support it. As for the candidates--they all speak out in ringing tones but studioulsy avoid the issue---all, thatis, except Senator Hubert Humphrey; and for speaking to the problems of the nation he is branded as "too talkative" and considered an unlikely nominee. Well, it is still early in the year. We can still hope that by convention time. a few more of the politicians will address themselves to the fate of the nation--as well as to cranberries and the TV payola. Letters To The Editor EDITOR: Please find enclosed our check for current subscription to The Citizen. Depot Hill likes it. Donna Milhous is doing a good job with the news of our city neighbor, North San Juan. Virgil Boyt, superintendent for Nevada City Gold Mining Company at Depot Hill, if! his writing arm was properly twisted, also might doa good job for Depot Hill, Oak. . Valley andCamptonville? You know that Gold is not attentive to mere county boundaries. Cordially yours, Joseph G. Brown Hall scale, a tiny but destructive stonefruit and nut insect pest, can be considered wiped out of California and the nation unless inspections turn up live insects during the next year. Robert W. Harper, chief of the bureau. of entomology, Department of Agriculture, reported no Hall scale has been found in the State since 1956. Pest control officials have worked since 1941 to rid the State ofthe pest which, if not checked, could becomea serious threat to California'’s $150 million annual deciduous fruit crop. ° A "citizen of the year" tothe 150 members of the Newcomers' Club, Mrs. John ‘(Ferne) Andreazzi of ButlerRoadinGrass Valley couldn't believe The Citizen wanted her picture. "Why me," asked the president of the club that makes moving into this area a pleasure instead of a chore. During the conversation she answered her own question. "The Newcomers only project.is to get acquainted," she said. pleas for activity so that it will not become embroiled in controversial affairs or activities that demand time from new residents who need the time to become "acquainted" neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Andreazzi were newcomers from the Oakland area when she joined the group a few years back. Their daughter, Alice, Mrs. George Douglass By visits to the area, the Andreazzi family found Grass Valley to their liking. Mrs. Andreazzi found the Newcomers Club idea to her liking. Divided into two groups, under the headings of Garden and Social, the club has several sub-groups to give variety to the membership. Anyone joining the Newcomers is enThe group avoids all other community of Town Talk, had moved here previously. Mrs. John Andreazzi A Newcomer’s THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK Citizen titled for their one dollarmembership fee to attend any or all meetings. There are two general meetings of the group--Springand Fall. An annual Christmas Party is another general meeting. In addition, the Garden and Social sections hold monthly meetings. Eligibility now is limited to those residents who have been in the community lessthan3 years, Mrs. Andreazzi said. Some time limit had to be established in order tokeep the club's size within bounds. Ofthe membership, about 100 are active members, she said, attending most of the meetings. : The club's president spoke with warmth

about the groups plans and-prospects. The invitation she extended to new resdents to join the club was a product of that warmth. "Tf it had not been for the Newcomers Club, I think I would still have been stranded out here (at the end of Butler Road), " she said. With snow still covering grass in the shade of her home this alternative sounded cold, indeed. But fromthe constant "busy" signal of her phone during the past few weeks, it is obvious Mrs. Andreazzi is more than just a Citizen of THIS Week. The flag-bedecked Union Hotel in Nevada City, awaiting a 4th of July celebration well before the turn of the century. Outdoor dance platform was located beFrom the Doyle Thomas Collection. hind screen. Ott's Assay Office is just out of picture at far left. ("The Past in Pictures" will appear in The Citizen every week from now on.) —~_— BY DEAN THOMPSON At the recent dinner party. of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital at the Gold Center Club: One of the guests approached Forrest Hills, brother-in-law of the club's owner, ‘Willard Smith,’ and said, "I know you, don't I?" é Turned out he knew Clifford Hills, brother of Forrest. But the two Hills Brothers (pun they are used to by now) -have quite a family resemblance, hence the mistake. Forrest Hills, visiting the Smiths duringthe holiday week, explained he and his brother are distantly related to the coffee Hills Brothers---get a kick out of the kidding they receive. But confusion of names only begins with coffee pun. : ; Clifford Hills lives in Forésthill, Placer County, south of Auburn.-Forrest Hills is a Sacramento real estate man. Recently while visiting his brother in Foresthills, Forrest Hills prepared to place a long distance phone call. The operator took the information about the call's destination. : Then she asked, "Your name and number, please?" "Forrest Hills, 1234," he replied. "No, sir, I want your name.” "Forrest Hills." "Sir, I know this is Foresthill. What is your name?" "My name is Forrest Hills. I'm Cliff Hills' brother." "Ho!" ++tt t+ Take it from Nevada City Star Router Sam Bidwell. "We've got three seasons here---snow, mud and dust. And that was the longest season of dust I've ever seen." ++tee+ Hal Almquist at the Victorian Room of the National Hotel hasn't stopped fixing up his atmospheric dining room. He's now putting the finishing touches , on a "wine-tasting" room to the rear of the dining room. "Soon our customers will be able to taste the wine before deciding what to order, " he told us recently. Hal believes the folks who visit. this area are more interested in the atmosphere than in the sparkling new modern places. He has carried his theme out by creating an atmosphere of the old gold days here, buthas the place sparkling clean, too. Rumors he was to take-over the National Bar, next to the Victorian Room, are not true, Had been a possibility, but other avenues of expansion appear more attractive---if and when Hal gets the Victorian Room exactly as he wants it (including carpeting throughout.) ++ t++4++4+ Nevada City and Grass Valley had a 50 per cent increase in scheduled bus traffic the day before Christmas. The evening arrival came in two sections, passengers being too numerous for one bus. +++t+44+ Leonard Prisk, a recent "Citizen", cannot lay claim to being the only member of the Hooper-Weaver firm to receive a Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service award. Shirley Brattin, one of the owners, also was named Outstanding Young Man by the group a few years back. But there aren't many in town that can claim they were born "right across the street" from the Lola Montez house--Prisk can. CITIZEN ADS sell fast Wednesday; January 6, 1960 SIERRA BYWAYS Wednesday, Jan J FOU Marg Califorr Help your spread it wi or to serve f crunchy, fre reminiscent delicious wa as tea refreg for fancy co each slice w ( 34 cup sh cup lig firmly 1, cup gra 3 eggs 1 teaspoa 2 teaspo rind Cream sh flavoring a fluffy. Resif creamed mix Turn into gr degrees abo Orange B seeds but do ‘or chop up electric mixe Two Ne At New The two kitchens w} will be among the fez of the U.S. Exhibita World Agriculture Fair opened last week at Delhi, India, are expel to draw heavy crowds, § Mrs. Frances Head, H Advisor,, University of ifornia, Agricultural Ex sion Service. One is designed to s typical U.S. home ki with modern home ap ances, Here an Exten home demonstration 4 and three 4-H Club girl show how meals are pref in Americanhomes, Bed information on food pr vation has been reque My If A party..¢ Went vacc Caught a 5 Safaried t Shot a de All of This Don’t ke Get The C