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March 9, 1960 (8 pages)

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Page 2 Wednesday, March 3 . 1960 Alfred E. Heller. Don Fairclough.... Clarice Mc Whinney.. Margaret Abrahamson.... Printed by Single copy price, advance. NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN AND CITIZEN-ADVERTISER Published every Wednesday, 132 Main St., Nevada City California, by Nevada County Citizen, Inc. Phone Grass Valley or Nevada City 126 Circulation Manager Berliner & McGinnis, Nevada City Second class postage paid at Nevada, City Post Office 10 cents. Subscription prices: One year, $2.50: two years, $4.50; three years, $6.00 Postal regulations require that all subscriptions be paid in Publisher Editor-Manager Art Editor . Society Editor * NEVADA COUNTY CITIZEN EDITORIAL Citizen Gave Best Olympic Coverage We were glad to see that certain newspapers finally came through with some belated praise for the VIIIth Winter Olympics. But for the record--if we may thump our own tub for a moment--it should be noted that the Citizen in an editorial on Jan. 27, afull3 weeks beforethe Olympics, alerted its readers to the great opportunity being offered by the Olympics tothose who could find the means to attend. ; In addition, the Citizen: *devoted almost its entire edition of February 17, the day before the Olympic opening, topictures and stories of Squaw Valley and the Games ; *gave exclusive front-page coverage the week before tothe two local boys who helped carry the Olympic torch *carried exclusively Stanley Hall's account of the history of Snowshoe Thompson, beginning after New Year's and culminating during the Olympics *ran many Olympic stories of interest to local readers by Tyler Micoleau, the Citizen staff and others *filled its pages with pictures and drawings of the Olympic scene. (A key Olympic press official, Whéii Stiowirthe Citizen Olympic edition of Feb. 17, with the aerial photo of Squaw Valley covering half of the front page, exclaimed, "This is the most beautiful weekly newspaper ‘in California! ") All inall, we are proud of our coverage ofthe Olympics, and we intend to cover other events in our mountain area withinaccess of the citizens of western Ne: vada County. . * Purthermore, we are proud that we took “the trouble before the opening of the Games to urge all who were interested to make the trip to Squaw Valley. Certain newspapers "discovered" the Olympics and made similar urgings only a few days before the games were completed. This was commendable enough--but no substitute for full and complete reporting. Golden Anniversary In this area where centennials are more the usual event rather than the exception, tomorrow the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce will note its Golden Anniver‘sary. Fifty years of operation makes the Grass Valley Chamber the oldest in California. From the stack of mail we have seen enter the chamber office in Pioneer Village each morning, we also believe it to have the busiest one-worker staff in California. The function of the chamber of commerce inany community is to act as promotional office forthe city in its various facets--business, industrial development, Cultural events, historical information, etc. Ina city such as Grass Valley this job is now becoming a big task. The city is in an expanding economy. It is growing, its business districts are growing. Industry is interested in the poswibilities of this area. ; Cultural growth is in the offing--and historical background alone could keep a normal chamber staff busy with research and preparation of material to benefit the community by documenting its past. We spoke ofthis area's wealth of centennial celebrations. It occurs tous that we are fortunate to be celebrating the chamber's 50th Amniversary. The Grass Valley Chamber of CITIZEN OF THE WEEK Orin Brown, local 4-H unteeredtobecomea leader. leader is our Citizen of the Brown andhis wife, Helen, Week asrepresentative of all are the parents of one son, area 4-H leaders. Jim, who is 16 and attends Orincametothe areaeight) NUHS, being a junior this years ago from Los Angeles, year. Helen isan ardent supand moved to the Peardale porter of 4-H work and assists area. Upon arriving he beOrin by teaching cooking and came seriously involved with sewing she also actsas his asthe local4-H groups, andbesistant whenever she can. cause his interest isso intense Besides beinga club leader, on behalf of teenagers in what he is also a council chairhecalls the in-betweenman. Brown believes that years, he immediately volpersonal achievement is the ORIN BROWN greatest goal that the mem4H Leader Of Peardale northern communities, and that in the south not much emphasis was placed on whether the youngsters participated in club work. He says that he derives a great deal of pleasure in his work. To quote him, "You will never know just how much satisfaction] have over being abletohelp these youngsters get through the rough years of being a teenager". : berscan achieve. He says he is always." inDutch" over: this, buthe feelsthat the age group that is involved in his clubiscrucial, and that personal achievement helps the youngsters have faith in their own abilities. Browntoldusthat the youngsters in southern California are a great deal more sophisticated thaninthe A Way Of Life For All People (In honor of conservation week, we reproduce here afew passages from, of all things, The Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter. Lest you think you are in fora solemn preachment about the soundness of the border, let us assure you that the newsletter is concerned about "Conserving and Using Our Open Spaces." Really concerned. (And why shoulda bank, a keystone of commerce, care about keeping open and wilderness spaces free of commercial enterprise? The second to last paragraph below gives much of the explanation: if man does not manage "earth's remaining capital" wisely, the bank itself, over the long haul, will have less capital to manage. (We suggest itis time for all business and all citizens to start thinking in terms ofthe long haul while there is still time to conserve and preserve our great heritage of natural resources.) During recent years there has been a slight stirring toward good sense, but we are still full of inner contradictions. We set aside wild areas and then “improve” them out of all wildness. We spend in a profligate way to advance our comfort and convenience far more than people in other countries could ever afford, but we destroy in the process the very basis of comfort and life. Pownt of no return The wonders of the natural world, once destroyed, can never be replaced. It is our job as conservationminded people looking to the future to maintain some sort of balance between nature and the appurtenances of our industrial age. Conservation is the planned management and wise use of nature’s resources. It aims, in co-operation with science and nature, to increase their quality, quantity and availability through the years. Conservation is not merely a subject for a school curriculum or for attention of game wardens and departments of the government: it is a way of life for all people. Of course, the wise use of our limited resources means restraint of the few persons who through ignorance, folly, or greed try to satisfy their desires at the expense of all the others. The protection of the basis of physical life should not require enforcement, but when enforcement is necessary we should have no compunction about applying it. Absurd it may be, but every new generation seems to come face to face with the problem of open spaces and parks as if it were something new; but we know of town planning with an eye to beauty and space in the Old World from very early times. Today, many communities are growing up without direction, one “development” jostling another without regard for anything beyond using the land for houses and apartments. What, specifically, should-be sought? Ideally, every family should have access to a park big enough for allday excursions; a wooded area; a protected place where wild flowers grow; a clear stream and a pool. , These are to be our contact with nature, and are quite Commerce has the time towrite the second half of its centennial story. Its opportunity is unlimited, for Grass Valley is on the verge of tremendous growth. apart from school and other athletic grounds, tot lots and swimming places. Some device of law should be found whereby these areas shall be kept for the people for all time. As things are now, by-laws of a few years ago can be removed from the books to allow use of park land for electric substations, filteration plants, parking lots or other accessories of our mechanization. Our plans need to be realistic and practical, yet we must make them with vision, knowledge and imagination if we are not to barter future health and happiness for an easy solution of some present problem. Why bother? + Why should we go to the expense and trouble of preserving open spaces and providing parks? Because life depends upon it. In earth’s long history one species after another of animal and plant has disappeared, and one culture after another has passed to oblivion, because of its inability to adjust to environmental change. “Today it is necessary for mankind to regulate his
use of resources and to manage carth’s remaining capital more creatively if he is to survive. We can adapt ourselves understandingly if we go into our open places, to learn by personal experience in field and forest, on mountains and beside the streams, that mankind is dependent upon the living resources of the earth and must do his part to conserve them. oung citizens forum Topical Comment By Students Of The Nevada Union High School BY MARY LEE MILHAM I am not satisfied with the current system of television programming, and I feel that immediate improvement is.essential for the well being of many Americans. The achievement, the success of science, education, or entertainment lies in its effect upon the individual. Television as our most powerful medium of mass communication has a gigantic im‘pactuponourculture. As Philip Cortney, President of Cody Incorporated, stated in a speech before the Federal Communications Commision, "many so-called popular programs are degrading our tastes, corrupting our morals and making an outstanding contribution to juvenile delinquency." While I believe that this statement may be somewhat exaggerated, it touches upon the basic problems of television programming today. We annually spend, directly or otherwise, millions of dollars on television programming, on advertisement, onresearch, and On equipment. Yet are we receiving a comparable value in return? When we ’ spend huge sums of money to build a fine cathedral, dowe place an inferior bell in its tower, or dowe seek a mediocre leader to dominate the sanctuary? Ofcourse we Re cna BY DEAN THOMPSON If we felt the pulse correctly of the nearly 100 persons who Thursday attended the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting at which Trans Sierra Airways announced their local schedule, we “we should say the majority was surprised to hear the airline tell it is ready to begin scheduled flights next month. We suspect the group expected to hear of a tentative proposal with a distant future date of operation.. The realizationthat service is iminent seemed to stun the majority. It was a pleasant shock, however. Trans Sierra officials present seemed to know their business. They came right tothe point several times during the meeting andthe afternoon that followed. At the meeting they had not yet established a local agency--before they left town the agency was announced. Of interest: Traffic Manager Buck Rogers, 75, once drove a stage in Yosemite «. .Several years ago he tried to get successful air service to the Mother Lode, was "ahead of his time"...Chief Pilot Ted Hunt gained experience in the firm's DeHaviland Dove in the Near East flying through dust and sand storms, rain and icing conditions. .He praisedthe 12‘passenger Dove as ideal for Skyway 49 flights...Hunt has flying experience in planes ranging from the light private size through the executive planes, airline and military craft...V.P. and General Manager Charles Overton acknowledged the Loma Ricarunway is made to order, "but you have no administration building," he reminded. Justa thought: If Western Nevada County can support sixor more scheduled flights per week, where is the logic that assumes our area can support only 14. bus schedules per week. Has surface transportation slipped to that extent? ON THE PROWL. . .First two seats sold on the Trans Sierra Airways inaugural flight April l were purchasedby Mr. and Mrs. Bert Burns, Grass Valley realestate broker...Between 400 and 500 members ‘of the California Historical Society will be in town April 9 to see the sights of Grass Valley and Nevada City... Those Walking Tours of Nevada City are ready for use, being sold around Nevada City at 25 cents per copy. ..Prepared by Rev. R.W. Findley, five tours are mapped and described to aid tourists who visit and want to soak inthe charm of Nevada City...Pilot copies of the tours created quite a stir in the Beale AFB and Yuba City area...And speaking of publicating, Bantom Books has a new paperback on localracks..."The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond by Otis H. Gaylord of Nevada City...Set in the twenties, the story centers around the smooth but real tough mobster...Legs...A reading tour along the streets of prohibition. Wednesday, M ‘Po don't; we try tomake the music, the service and the leadership worthy of the building. Every television station is under con‘tract todefendthe "puplicinterest". Let it be remembered that public interest or good taste must first be created, then satisfied. Therefore, while the television is responsible for upholding the public interest, it has the power to create and dominate it. At the present time, television considers entertainment,. or what passes for entertainment, as its main duty and purpose. Glamorized violence, sadism, crime can all bear the label of entertainment. Ibelievethis label'is worn dishonestly. Granted, entertainment is good, but is this really entertainment? I believe quality is being sacrificed for quantity. If the taste of'the masses is low, isn't it the duty of those responsible for television programming to aitemptto elevate, to educate the public tastes? And isn't it for the benefit of the public interest that they do this? 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