November 4, 1959 (8 pages)

ober 28, 1959. N NOR RPS vada Coun ee weeks old Re Vol. rome of us up 10¢ A Copy @ have been fA FIREBY DAY bre have been oO tell us that ight one. but then we » tries for me is column is id "Somehow hat deadends bout as much ow plows to ill believe in there defihighway that new route 20 e 20-49 cutraffic s that strugarrow streets R Near Standbeliever out ATTACK PLANS MADE bt utterly opI am willing, and stripped pd'with heavy p through this for their own y of others--_ rtuous road. Ad go through he traffic on hroughut of originates or . Ynew highwa nd t'll salute} CAMPTONVILLE, Calif -The dread orange ogre, Fire, whipped through this section of Yuba and Sierra Counties over the weekend, ravaging 16,000 acres of brush and timberland in its wind-propelled race from. Goodyear's Bartothe Middle Fork of the Yuba River, The. fire, which was dis= coveredat 2 a.m, Saturday, ssion with 2 was finally brought under ing a freeway’ céuirol Monday nioruitiy. 5 For awhile it looked like ASSISTANCE ARRIVES ete oe eee . through this old mining community and burn it tothe ground for the third time in * its history, but a fortunate shift, in wind direction early ms) aturday afternoon enabled firemen to set backfires: and rush in additional men,and equipment andturn tide of battle. Alltold nearly 3,000 men » from -all over Northern California moved in to tackle —~ te Rin . Jim Averell, Left, Bill Lambert Study Mans of Fire's Progress g THROUGH. t--if only to} e'song in my} shall remain} mbarassment,’. Grass Valley) dney stumpf a ‘eal is he? I e'there write aimed name?" "s faith--but Some. ‘of these ‘firefighters came here directly from fire' lines in E1Dorado County and were pressed intoservice immediately although many had gone without sleep for over. two days. ' Joining state and federal _ ferest service men were Army _, and Air Force personnel from bases as far away as Fort Ord, fire departments from most area communities and many civilian volunteers, _ AllCamptonville residents were told early Saturday to prepare to evacuate the town and late Saturday some families adjacentto Highway 49 did abandontheir homes and flee to Nevada County when the flames closed in on that area, The fire, however, was stopped before it reached any of the abandoned houses. . Heller (whe! e like that?),) ice McWhin. n Max Norris if there ever ents of SidAir Force Convoy bf Louis Arm-. Arrives in Camptonville Stumpf's inhere comes my attention ink the "This .the paper is pesecloth. P whole world > who display tly admitting est-to-goodtke Columbus erdley or Dr. TIRED MEN SLEEP for the fire consisted roughly of Highway 49, the Pilocene Ridge and the Yuba River. As thenew month of November dawned, .smoke hung like a funeralshroud over the area and grey ash drifted down like dirty snow flakes to coat the streets, lawns and rooftops of this community. Entire hillranges disappeared from view in the smoke and the mid-afternoon sun was reduced to a palered ball in the gloom or obscured. completely, Saturday was Halloween andthe red cast that inundated the town was better suited forthis traditional day of ghosts and goblins than anything ever devised by Edgar Allen Poe at his most demented, Still, neither threat of fire nor the unearthly atmosphere could dampen the good humy ire on the agine an edquate that it put great men H I'm going to e next time I seen Bob for burst into his schoc!s stop Theery ot Eva ater one pe Ar les—-imwmaey: iit Sy oem Paine sulting to the Two Firefighters Nap In Pickup Truck Bed iding me. THE PAPER WITH Smoke and Flames Rise-All Around Camptonville But Miss Town . BUT RAVAGE 16,000 ACRES Wind-Whipped Fires Spare Camptonville or or high spirits ofthe local tesidents. The town's only tavern, the Waterwheel, used the fire as an excuse to throw a Halloween party, It was we 1] attended by resi~ dénts, reporters, fire fighters who had a few moments to spare, and sightseers, Even the failure of electric power did nothing to slow down the enjoyment of life as people merely dug out candles or kerosene lanverns and went on as if they had never known anything better, But if some people took time offto observe All Saint's Day, the fire didn't and by Saturday night was plainly visible from points as far away as Town Talk. The war against the fire was waged in much the same Way aS a waris waged against an army. As generals and aides pore over maps to outline strategy against an. armed opponent, so didstate and federal forest service officials study maps to appraise the situation and devise their attack on the flames. As armies are made up of infantry, support weapons, supply and transportation services and air support, so was the army that fought the fire. The infantry was the mass of men who went out to clear fire lanes and light back fires. Their support weapons were thetankers and other mobile equipment, Their air cover came from converted Navy patrol and torpedo bombers and Air Force medium bombers who dropped chemical bombs on the fire and helicopters who flitted around through the haze like humF A THE PICTURES FIRE BY NIGHT Nevada City, Calif. Wednesday, November 4, ity Citizen 1939 Fire Marches Unchecked Toward Middle Fork of YubaRiver sic keeping track of . the progress of the flames. The supply arm extended all the way back toGrass . Valley andNevada City where restaurants and even . the Girl Scout Council were put to work making and pack. ing lunches for the men on! the battle lines. Transporta-. tion came in every form including chartered buses and. taxis. In this respect it re-. setinbied the Batile of the Marne. All of these operations were co-ordinated by tele+ phone andradio-~as are battle operations in a modern war. While one battle was waging in this area, weary firemen were conducting mopping up operations in El Dorado County on two fires that swept through about 20,000 acres there on Friday and Sat . munity was still very much in urday and another army of men was tackling outbursts in Placer County. Smoke from the combined fires darkened skies as,fat away as Sacramento And black clouds on the horizon could be seen from the hills around San Francisco, Although Camptonville was spared, the tiny neigh+ boring: community of Pike was not so fortunate. About half of the handful of structures in Pike were burned Alsoburned were a few scattered miners'shacks that dot this sparsely -populated area, But the biggest losses were in timberlands destroyed or damaged by the conflagration which raged through a 30-square mile region whipped by winds that sometimes reached gale proportions and The final line of advance . Notice To Thousands of you The Public . have been receivibg complimentary copies .of the Neva aa County Citizen. This has been our way of introducing "The Paper with the Pi¢tures" to you. We know, from the flood of friendly comments we have received, that the public response to the Citizen has been very favorable. Because we must soon stop sending you complimentary copies, we hope you will indicate to us your desire to continue reading the Citizen by subscribing at the first-year introductory rate of $2.50. You willfinda subscription form on page 2 of this edition. 'And to the many hundreds who have already subscribed, we give our heartfelt thanks. It is our intention to maintain--and improve--the quality of our product throughout the year, in order to serve you and the community. i sat ai i —_ . . a . te { changed directions as frequently as a woman changes her mind. time before accurate damage figures canbe compiled. The dense clouds of black smoke that still rest in the valleys are one of the factors that make damage estimates difficult to formulate. Camptonville had good reason to fear the fire--it has burned twice before in fires that eicner originatedin ~ the forests or spread to them, Some sources claim both fires started inthe town and spread to the surrounding woods, Others say forest fires expanded to ignite the town in one or both instances. But if Camptonville had reason to fear the fire, resi-, dents showed little more than a healthy respect for it, When the fate of the comdoubt and any shift in the wind would have spelled doom, Mrs. Arthur Pierce was hard at work inthe Waterwheel. Asked if she planned to evacuate, she replied, "I'm going tostay here andserveas long as there are cutomers, " Meanwhile, onthe edge of town nearest the spreading flames, a family was busy packing whatbelongings it couldintothe car while the three youngest daughters stood at the side of the house watching the fire--their teddy bears and dolls clutch ~ ed tightly in their arms, The fire story was not without its touch of irony. The U.S, .Forest Service . had scheduled a "beatnik" party for teen-agers Friday . night in Nevada City to celebrate "the end of fireseason". High winds brought a last minute cancellation of the party. Subscribers Please Note 7h Subscribers in Grass ,Valley and Nevada City who do not receive their Citizen. by 6 p.m., please call G.V. 1479 or N.C, 126. Cootiettes Conclave Golden Canaries Cootiette Club #252 met Monday, October 26th, with Chief Grayback Ella Meyer presiding, to hear reports of club activities, . . Grand-Must-Her-In-Louse Marie Daniels gave a report on the Grand: Council Meeting she attended in Burbank on Ogtober 17, where Grand Grayback Lillian Klipp of Van Nuys presided, to hear ‘ ' “a It will be some! HAZE HIDES SUN Old Sol is Faint Ball in the Gloom OUT OF MOTHBALLS Come Community's Kerosene Lanterns t reports from the Grand Officers of California. The 3-G's Cootiette Club #188 was hostess for the event. The next Council Meeting willbe at Fresno in February. Wanda Eby, Lady Louse, reported the candy the club is selling to raise money for the hospital fundhas been distributed to members and the project is doing well. She saidthat people are responding wonderfully when it is explained that the proceeds go into the club hospital fund; as the Cootiettes do assist in any hospital where and when they are needed. Following the business session, refreshments of hot sweet rolls and coffee were served. A special thanks was sent to Sam Strange pec chat siete lictee ee rei Sie SE A Se aa Ana taptitigs tee ie REET SALT SMP ee

ober 28, 1959. N NOR RPS vada Coun ee weeks old Re Vol. rome of us up 10¢ A Copy @ have been fA FIREBY DAY bre have been oO tell us that ight one. but then we » tries for me is column is id "Somehow hat deadends bout as much ow plows to ill believe in there defihighway that new route 20 e 20-49 cutraffic s that strugarrow streets R Near Standbeliever out ATTACK PLANS MADE bt utterly opI am willing, and stripped pd'with heavy p through this for their own y of others--_ rtuous road. Ad go through he traffic on hroughut of originates or . Ynew highwa nd t'll salute} CAMPTONVILLE, Calif -The dread orange ogre, Fire, whipped through this section of Yuba and Sierra Counties over the weekend, ravaging 16,000 acres of brush and timberland in its wind-propelled race from. Goodyear's Bartothe Middle Fork of the Yuba River, The. fire, which was dis= coveredat 2 a.m, Saturday, ssion with 2 was finally brought under ing a freeway’ céuirol Monday nioruitiy. 5 For awhile it looked like ASSISTANCE ARRIVES ete oe eee . through this old mining community and burn it tothe ground for the third time in * its history, but a fortunate shift, in wind direction early ms) aturday afternoon enabled firemen to set backfires: and rush in additional men,and equipment andturn tide of battle. Alltold nearly 3,000 men » from -all over Northern California moved in to tackle —~ te Rin . Jim Averell, Left, Bill Lambert Study Mans of Fire's Progress g THROUGH. t--if only to} e'song in my} shall remain} mbarassment,’. Grass Valley) dney stumpf a ‘eal is he? I e'there write aimed name?" "s faith--but Some. ‘of these ‘firefighters came here directly from fire' lines in E1Dorado County and were pressed intoservice immediately although many had gone without sleep for over. two days. ' Joining state and federal _ ferest service men were Army _, and Air Force personnel from bases as far away as Fort Ord, fire departments from most area communities and many civilian volunteers, _ AllCamptonville residents were told early Saturday to prepare to evacuate the town and late Saturday some families adjacentto Highway 49 did abandontheir homes and flee to Nevada County when the flames closed in on that area, The fire, however, was stopped before it reached any of the abandoned houses. . Heller (whe! e like that?),) ice McWhin. n Max Norris if there ever ents of SidAir Force Convoy bf Louis Arm-. Arrives in Camptonville Stumpf's inhere comes my attention ink the "This .the paper is pesecloth. P whole world > who display tly admitting est-to-goodtke Columbus erdley or Dr. TIRED MEN SLEEP for the fire consisted roughly of Highway 49, the Pilocene Ridge and the Yuba River. As thenew month of November dawned, .smoke hung like a funeralshroud over the area and grey ash drifted down like dirty snow flakes to coat the streets, lawns and rooftops of this community. Entire hillranges disappeared from view in the smoke and the mid-afternoon sun was reduced to a palered ball in the gloom or obscured. completely, Saturday was Halloween andthe red cast that inundated the town was better suited forthis traditional day of ghosts and goblins than anything ever devised by Edgar Allen Poe at his most demented, Still, neither threat of fire nor the unearthly atmosphere could dampen the good humy ire on the agine an edquate that it put great men H I'm going to e next time I seen Bob for burst into his schoc!s stop Theery ot Eva ater one pe Ar les—-imwmaey: iit Sy oem Paine sulting to the Two Firefighters Nap In Pickup Truck Bed iding me. THE PAPER WITH Smoke and Flames Rise-All Around Camptonville But Miss Town . BUT RAVAGE 16,000 ACRES Wind-Whipped Fires Spare Camptonville or or high spirits ofthe local tesidents. The town's only tavern, the Waterwheel, used the fire as an excuse to throw a Halloween party, It was we 1] attended by resi~ dénts, reporters, fire fighters who had a few moments to spare, and sightseers, Even the failure of electric power did nothing to slow down the enjoyment of life as people merely dug out candles or kerosene lanverns and went on as if they had never known anything better, But if some people took time offto observe All Saint's Day, the fire didn't and by Saturday night was plainly visible from points as far away as Town Talk. The war against the fire was waged in much the same Way aS a waris waged against an army. As generals and aides pore over maps to outline strategy against an. armed opponent, so didstate and federal forest service officials study maps to appraise the situation and devise their attack on the flames. As armies are made up of infantry, support weapons, supply and transportation services and air support, so was

the army that fought the fire. The infantry was the mass of men who went out to clear fire lanes and light back fires. Their support weapons were thetankers and other mobile equipment, Their air cover came from converted Navy patrol and torpedo bombers and Air Force medium bombers who dropped chemical bombs on the fire and helicopters who flitted around through the haze like humF A THE PICTURES FIRE BY NIGHT Nevada City, Calif. Wednesday, November 4, ity Citizen 1939 Fire Marches Unchecked Toward Middle Fork of YubaRiver sic keeping track of . the progress of the flames. The supply arm extended all the way back toGrass . Valley andNevada City where restaurants and even . the Girl Scout Council were put to work making and pack. ing lunches for the men on! the battle lines. Transporta-. tion came in every form including chartered buses and. taxis. In this respect it re-. setinbied the Batile of the Marne. All of these operations were co-ordinated by tele+ phone andradio-~as are battle operations in a modern war. While one battle was waging in this area, weary firemen were conducting mopping up operations in El Dorado County on two fires that swept through about 20,000 acres there on Friday and Sat . munity was still very much in urday and another army of men was tackling outbursts in Placer County. Smoke from the combined fires darkened skies as,fat away as Sacramento And black clouds on the horizon could be seen from the hills around San Francisco, Although Camptonville was spared, the tiny neigh+ boring: community of Pike was not so fortunate. About half of the handful of structures in Pike were burned Alsoburned were a few scattered miners'shacks that dot this sparsely -populated area, But the biggest losses were in timberlands destroyed or damaged by the conflagration which raged through a 30-square mile region whipped by winds that sometimes reached gale proportions and The final line of advance . Notice To Thousands of you The Public . have been receivibg complimentary copies .of the Neva aa County Citizen. This has been our way of introducing "The Paper with the Pi¢tures" to you. We know, from the flood of friendly comments we have received, that the public response to the Citizen has been very favorable. Because we must soon stop sending you complimentary copies, we hope you will indicate to us your desire to continue reading the Citizen by subscribing at the first-year introductory rate of $2.50. You willfinda subscription form on page 2 of this edition. 'And to the many hundreds who have already subscribed, we give our heartfelt thanks. It is our intention to maintain--and improve--the quality of our product throughout the year, in order to serve you and the community. i sat ai i —_ . . a . te { changed directions as frequently as a woman changes her mind. time before accurate damage figures canbe compiled. The dense clouds of black smoke that still rest in the valleys are one of the factors that make damage estimates difficult to formulate. Camptonville had good reason to fear the fire--it has burned twice before in fires that eicner originatedin ~ the forests or spread to them, Some sources claim both fires started inthe town and spread to the surrounding woods, Others say forest fires expanded to ignite the town in one or both instances. But if Camptonville had reason to fear the fire, resi-, dents showed little more than a healthy respect for it, When the fate of the comdoubt and any shift in the wind would have spelled doom, Mrs. Arthur Pierce was hard at work inthe Waterwheel. Asked if she planned to evacuate, she replied, "I'm going tostay here andserveas long as there are cutomers, " Meanwhile, onthe edge of town nearest the spreading flames, a family was busy packing whatbelongings it couldintothe car while the three youngest daughters stood at the side of the house watching the fire--their teddy bears and dolls clutch ~ ed tightly in their arms, The fire story was not without its touch of irony. The U.S, .Forest Service . had scheduled a "beatnik" party for teen-agers Friday . night in Nevada City to celebrate "the end of fireseason". High winds brought a last minute cancellation of the party. Subscribers Please Note 7h Subscribers in Grass ,Valley and Nevada City who do not receive their Citizen. by 6 p.m., please call G.V. 1479 or N.C, 126. Cootiettes Conclave Golden Canaries Cootiette Club #252 met Monday, October 26th, with Chief Grayback Ella Meyer presiding, to hear reports of club activities, . . Grand-Must-Her-In-Louse Marie Daniels gave a report on the Grand: Council Meeting she attended in Burbank on Ogtober 17, where Grand Grayback Lillian Klipp of Van Nuys presided, to hear ‘ ' “a It will be some! HAZE HIDES SUN Old Sol is Faint Ball in the Gloom OUT OF MOTHBALLS Come Community's Kerosene Lanterns t reports from the Grand Officers of California. The 3-G's Cootiette Club #188 was hostess for the event. The next Council Meeting willbe at Fresno in February. Wanda Eby, Lady Louse, reported the candy the club is selling to raise money for the hospital fundhas been distributed to members and the project is doing well. She saidthat people are responding wonderfully when it is explained that the proceeds go into the club hospital fund; as the Cootiettes do assist in any hospital where and when they are needed. Following the business session, refreshments of hot sweet rolls and coffee were served. A special thanks was sent to Sam Strange pec chat siete lictee ee rei Sie SE A Se aa Ana taptitigs tee ie REET SALT SMP ee