April 11, 1973 (12 pages)

This week fifty years ago Wed. April 11, 1973 The Nevada County Nugget 9 Baptists to host chorus Re-apportionment was in the State’s legislative limelight. The proposal was to reorganize the senatorial districts to give one senator to every two counties which would take care of 29, and ‘then give the remaining 11 senators to San Francisco and Los Angeles, four each; and Alameda County would get the three remaining senators. This ‘stirred up a continuing controversy of considerable magnitude. During the month of March, the County treasury was enriched by $1,610 on account of fines levied for violations of the liquor laws. Petitions requesting that the “name of Henry Ford be placed on the Primary ballot of the Progressive Party in Nebraska in 1924, for the position of President of the United States; were filed in Omaha. Lotta Crabtree, famed actress ” of the Gold Rush days and later, was reported near death in her Boston home. Lotta, then 77, had no known relatives and her fortune,:said to be $10 million dollars, was reported to have been willed to several charities. The last steel girder of the New Bear River bridge on highway 49 between Grass Valley and Auburn, was placed and the only job remaining to complete the structure was pouring the cement flooring of the bridge. Classified Ad: Wanted at once, waitress. $40 per month and found. Phone or write to Mrs. I. E. Green, Alleghany, Calif. Classified Ad: For Sale or Rent3 room cabin, partly furnished. Corner. of Mill & Factory Streets. Price $150; Rent, $5 per month. See Netz at the quarry on Champoin Road. A snowstorm blocked the road between North Bloomfield and Granitville shortly after area residents had opened it for summer travel. Frank Mainhart went up to check on conditions, and found a crew of locals hard . at work clearing the roadway once more. Movie of the week at the Nevada Theatre was: ‘Peacock Alley’ starring the ‘‘sex symbol”’ of the times.Mae Murray. The plot was described P as being the ‘‘shinning story of true love, outlined in gold against the vermillion velvet background of Parisian and New York night life.”’ The prices for admission were 10 cents, 20 cents and 30 cents plus tax. Patrons were saying, then, that “Movies cost too much”. CHP offers freeway service California Highway Patrol cars operating on a _ newlyopened stretch of Interstate 40 in San Bernardino County will be equipped with gasoline transfer pumps to provide fuel for motorists who run out of gas. Patrol Commissioner Walter Pudinski said this ‘freeway emergency service is _ being made available because the new freeway alignment created a temporary 100-mile segment between Ludlow and Needles without service stations or similar roadside facilities.” Patrol vehicles operating out of the Barstow Area office and Ono's haere Tho 70"e "er overe ater n ate’ 0.0.0 8 eee eescees LR eM MD eB Bh he he be he he ne oo rer ee te teres of ° California, the Needles resident post will be outfitted with the special pumps by April 4. The pumps are designed to transfer gasoline directly from the Patrol vehicle tank. The service is a cooperative program test with Standard Oil which will reimburse the State for gasoline provided to disabled vehicles. Motorists will be advised of Standard Oij1’s participation by a card presented to them at the time they are assisted. Commissioner Pudinski said Patrol vehicles also carry emergency watesupplies. acetate a eteret aerate rete erate ee 8 070 0 00 070 0 0 0 0 00-00 07 Mystery chamber s The “mystery chamber’’ revealed by a sidewalk cave-in in Nevada City last week has been identified as the crumbling Identified as brewery THE BLOSSOM HILL Baptist Church chorus will present a musical experience in love, entitled ‘‘Come Together,” April 14 at the First Baptist Church of Nevada City. This will be a stop-over performance for the San Jose group on tour to Sparks, Nevada. Accompanying them for the 7:30 p.m. performance will be John Webster, director and Jimmy and Carol Ownes, ‘composers of the musical. GV Lions Father-Son = competition :: Prudhomme ‘The Snake” and night termed success The Grass Valley Lions Club’s first annual father and son night was termed a Success. Over 30 sons, grandsons, fathers and other guests were hosted by club members at The Office last Thursday evening. The special program was Jim McLennan, who told of his experiences as a drag-race driver and owner of the Fremont Drag Strip in the Bay Area. He presented a movie titled ‘Match Race”’ about the real life racing between Don Tom McEwen “The Mongoose”’ remains of a portion of the John Blasauff _. Brewery. Lyle White, a local historian, said that Blasauff operated a brewery where Leonard Holbrooke’s surplus store is located on Spring Street in the late 1850s. Holbrook and Frank Milne, who is associated with him in Len’s Surplus, speculated on whether the crumbling rocks and bricks could be the remains of a brewery, or possibly those of the oven area for a long-forgotten bakery. . In reference to the oven-like appearance of the debris White said breweries also had “cooking arrangements.”’ According to White, the Dreyfus Brewery once was situated on a nearby corner of South Pine and Spring Streets. He said there also was a brewery on Sacramento Street. ceeeeteceettetetetetateteteletetatetetatetetetetatetetetetetatatetete’ ba PP PI OO PO a oh he i ote te tte ete te tenn etetate tn ®.%.8.8 0.8.8 8.8 0 0 8 0 8. ereceetetetatetetetetetetetetetstetetetetreretetetateteteteteteretee® orale le ee ee ele elelele eee ee ese e's es e's se 06 85%. = featured in the “Hot Wheels” Re toys by Mattel. These drivers have con= sistently achieved speeds of i: Over 200 miles per hour from a “= Standing start on a quarter-mile rr WRITE-IN, CALL-IN, COME-IN. -Yuba River tries hard to hel wants to be proud of your work. drag strip in less than six seconds. Jim is the brother of Lion Gene McLennan who was program chairman for the evening. The meeting was conducted by Lion Président Bob Bennette. During the Lions board of directors meeting which followed, plans were made for the Lions Bockbier-fest for Sunday afternoon May 20 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. Project chairman Lion Kurt Buchholz Teported on arrangements with Nevada County Fair Manager Earll Shine for the Lions to serve food, soft drinks, domestic and bock beer as part of the overall activities planned for the day. These include the Sierra Yuba River’s TREASURE HUNT now going on. Find old sales tags, back td 1934 : $260 in PRIZES OPEN 7 A.M. VISIT OUR DOWNIEVILLE STORE SS p you do a first class building job — YUBA RIVER «+ THREE WAYS TO GET HELP! YUBA RIVE LUMBER COMPANY crass vay 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. xevaoa city SERVING BEAUTIFUL YUBA RIVER COUNTRY265-4521 College Art Show, under the direction of Marjorie Kopp, and the Flower Show sponsored by the Nevada County Flower Arrangers and the Chicago Park Garden Club: In addition, to provide the proper atmosphere for the Bockbier-fest the Lions will engage a German band, and it was learned that area Square Dancers are planning to join in the afternoon’s festivities. The Lions board of directors has decided the proceeds from the Bockbier-fest will go to help construct the new outdoor kitchen facility in the Lions Lake picnic area at the Fairgrounds. . These facilities are used by many local organizations.

This week fifty years ago Wed. April 11, 1973 The Nevada County Nugget 9 Baptists to host chorus Re-apportionment was in the State’s legislative limelight. The proposal was to reorganize the senatorial districts to give one senator to every two counties which would take care of 29, and ‘then give the remaining 11 senators to San Francisco and Los Angeles, four each; and Alameda County would get the three remaining senators. This ‘stirred up a continuing controversy of considerable magnitude. During the month of March, the County treasury was enriched by $1,610 on account of fines levied for violations of the liquor laws. Petitions requesting that the “name of Henry Ford be placed on the Primary ballot of the Progressive Party in Nebraska in 1924, for the position of President of the United States; were filed in Omaha. Lotta Crabtree, famed actress ” of the Gold Rush days and later, was reported near death in her Boston home. Lotta, then 77, had no known relatives and her fortune,:said to be $10 million dollars, was reported to have been willed to several charities. The last steel girder of the New Bear River bridge on highway 49 between Grass Valley and Auburn, was placed and the only job remaining to complete the structure was pouring the cement flooring of the bridge. Classified Ad: Wanted at once, waitress. $40 per month and found. Phone or write to Mrs. I. E. Green, Alleghany, Calif. Classified Ad: For Sale or Rent3 room cabin, partly furnished. Corner. of Mill & Factory Streets. Price $150; Rent, $5 per month. See Netz at the quarry on Champoin Road. A snowstorm blocked the road between North Bloomfield and Granitville shortly after area residents had opened it for summer travel. Frank Mainhart went up to check on conditions, and found a crew of locals hard . at work clearing the roadway once more. Movie of the week at the Nevada Theatre was: ‘Peacock Alley’ starring the ‘‘sex symbol”’ of the times..Mae Murray. The plot was described P as being the ‘‘shinning story of true love, outlined in gold against the vermillion velvet background of Parisian and New York night life.”’ The prices for admission were 10 cents, 20 cents and 30 cents plus tax. Patrons were saying, then, that “Movies cost too much”. CHP offers freeway service California Highway Patrol cars operating on a _ newlyopened stretch of Interstate 40 in San Bernardino County will be equipped with gasoline transfer pumps to provide fuel for motorists who run out of gas. Patrol Commissioner Walter Pudinski said this ‘freeway emergency service is _ being made available because the new freeway alignment created a temporary 100-mile segment between Ludlow and Needles without service stations or similar roadside facilities.” Patrol vehicles operating out of the Barstow Area office and Ono's haere Tho 70"e "er overe ater n ate’ 0.0.0 8 eee eescees LR eM MD eB Bh he he be he he ne oo rer ee te teres of ° California, the Needles resident post will be outfitted with the special pumps by April 4. The pumps are designed to transfer gasoline directly from the Patrol vehicle tank. The service is a cooperative program test with Standard Oil which will reimburse the State for gasoline provided to disabled vehicles. Motorists will be advised of Standard Oij1’s participation by a card presented to them at the time they are assisted. Commissioner Pudinski said Patrol vehicles also carry emergency watesupplies. acetate a eteret aerate rete erate ee 8 070 0 00 070 0 0 0 0 00-00 07 Mystery chamber

s The “mystery chamber’’ revealed by a sidewalk cave-in in Nevada City last week has been identified as the crumbling Identified as brewery THE BLOSSOM HILL Baptist Church chorus will present a musical experience in love, entitled ‘‘Come Together,” April 14 at the First Baptist Church of Nevada City. This will be a stop-over performance for the San Jose group on tour to Sparks, Nevada. Accompanying them for the 7:30 p.m. performance will be John Webster, director and Jimmy and Carol Ownes, ‘composers of the musical. GV Lions Father-Son = competition :: Prudhomme ‘The Snake” and night termed success The Grass Valley Lions Club’s first annual father and son night was termed a Success. Over 30 sons, grandsons, fathers and other guests were hosted by club members at The Office last Thursday evening. The special program was Jim McLennan, who told of his experiences as a drag-race driver and owner of the Fremont Drag Strip in the Bay Area. He presented a movie titled ‘Match Race”’ about the real life racing between Don Tom McEwen “The Mongoose”’ remains of a portion of the John Blasauff _. Brewery. Lyle White, a local historian, said that Blasauff operated a brewery where Leonard Holbrooke’s surplus store is located on Spring Street in the late 1850s. Holbrook and Frank Milne, who is associated with him in Len’s Surplus, speculated on whether the crumbling rocks and bricks could be the remains of a brewery, or possibly those of the oven area for a long-forgotten bakery. . In reference to the oven-like appearance of the debris White said breweries also had “cooking arrangements.”’ According to White, the Dreyfus Brewery once was situated on a nearby corner of South Pine and Spring Streets. He said there also was a brewery on Sacramento Street. ceeeeteceettetetetetateteteletetatetetatetetetetatetetetetetatatetete’ ba PP PI OO PO a oh he i ote te tte ete te tenn etetate tn ®.%.8.8 0.8.8 8.8 0 0 8 0 8. ereceetetetatetetetetetetetetetstetetetetreretetetateteteteteteretee® orale le ee ee ele elelele eee ee ese e's es e's se 06 85%. = featured in the “Hot Wheels” Re toys by Mattel. These drivers have con= sistently achieved speeds of i: Over 200 miles per hour from a “= Standing start on a quarter-mile rr WRITE-IN, CALL-IN, COME-IN.. -Yuba River tries hard to hel wants to be proud of your work. drag strip in less than six seconds. Jim is the brother of Lion Gene McLennan who was program chairman for the evening. The meeting was conducted by Lion Président Bob Bennette. During the Lions board of directors meeting which followed, plans were made for the Lions Bockbier-fest for Sunday afternoon May 20 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. Project chairman Lion Kurt Buchholz Teported on arrangements with Nevada County Fair Manager Earll Shine for the Lions to serve food, soft drinks, domestic and bock beer as part of the overall activities planned for the day. These include the Sierra Yuba River’s TREASURE HUNT now going on. Find old sales tags, back td 1934 : $260 in PRIZES OPEN 7 A.M. VISIT OUR DOWNIEVILLE STORE SS p you do a first class building job — YUBA RIVER «+ THREE WAYS TO GET HELP! YUBA RIVE LUMBER COMPANY crass vay 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. xevaoa city SERVING BEAUTIFUL YUBA RIVER COUNTRY265-4521 College Art Show, under the direction of Marjorie Kopp, and the Flower Show sponsored by the Nevada County Flower Arrangers and the Chicago Park Garden Club: In addition, to provide the proper atmosphere for the Bockbier-fest the Lions will engage a German band, and it was learned that area Square Dancers are planning to join in the afternoon’s festivities. The Lions board of directors has decided the proceeds from the Bockbier-fest will go to help construct the new outdoor kitchen facility in the Lions Lake picnic area at the Fairgrounds. . These facilities are used by many local organizations.