April 15, 1965 (24 pages)

f . sei Cala a at Bie wis Whites ces TESS ad tee gern caeg ewe Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass V. ri Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, ill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quak ‘arr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P: Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. » Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, A Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chea { \ Se 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City ‘Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom4fill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly cas, Bichetile, Moora’ Fles, Orleans Flat, April 15, 1965 aatenil Volume 39 Number 15 Nevada Union High School BOND VOTE TUESDAY A high school bond issue for school plant expansion and election of trustees to 14 western Nevada County school boards will face the voters Tuesday. The bond proposition is for the issuance of $1.5 million in bonds to construct new classroom facilities at the Ridge Road high school plant of the Nevada Union High School District. Voters inthe western end of the county encompassed by the Ready Springs Union District will also have to decide on a $45,000 bond issue and state apportionment of Religious Services Planned A variety of religious events will start tonight and tomorrow and culminate in Easter services Sunday in the Twin Cities area, ° The traditional Good Friday service is again being sponsored by the Nevada County Ministerial Association in Nevada City and Grass Valley. In Nevada City, the service based on the seven last words uttered by Christ from the cross will be conducted from noon until 3 p.m. inthe Community Baptist Church just east of the new courthouse annex. TheRev. B. J. Morford, pastor of the Community Baptist Church, will open the service and preside during the afternoon watch, Other participating ministers who will speak on the seven last words are: the Rev. Nick Vander Veur, theRev. C. B. Conwell, the Rev. C. W. Denison, Rev. Morford and Edward Browning. Thechoir from the Community Baptist Church will sing, Mrs. Ruby Noble and Shiela Simms will play for the service and Manuel Oliver and Victor Berry will usher, InGrass Valley a similar service willbe held in the First Methodist Church from 12:15 to 2:45 p.m. The Rev. William B. Johnson, pastor of the First Methodist, will preside at the service. Other ministers w ho will speak on the seven last days of words of Christ _are: theRev. Harley W eldin, the Rev, Richard Betts, the Rev. Mel Harrel, the Rev. Thomas Meyers, the Rev. Darrell Hoyle and Rev. Johnson, Special music will be provided for the afternoon meditation by Ed Farley, Mrs. Wilbur Wells, (Continued on Page 3) $197,000 for expansion of the school plant in Penn Valley. While the campaigns, for the most part, forthe bond issues and the elementary, high school, and junior college and county school board seats have been kept at a fairly low key on the surface, there has been considerable campaigning in the background and the district-wide election will probably produce some surprises for both sides, The 11 elementary and union districts within the boundaries ofthe Nevada Union High School Be: — District are having elections, The following are candidates for seats in the election Tuesday: Cherokee--Jack Clark andS. E, Stuart; Chicago Park --Sibyl Leutenecker, Barbara Elmore and J. F. Moberg; Clear Creek-ElizabethBlack, CyrilSwan, Jr., and Norman Reed; Grass Valley-Robert Ross, James Hawkeswood, Harrell Ammon, Robert Long, Ray Wishmeyer and Jack Montre; Nevada City--H. L. Childers, Tyler Micoleau, Carl Early, Ralph Freidrich, Victor Huber and Marvin Caldwell; North San Juan--Mrs. Marie Young and C. L. Spuruill; Pleasant Ridge-Anabel Stuckman, Willard Schoellerman, Doris Hannan, James Kolb, Rufus Lovett, Thomas Turner, Ralph E. Wollam, Roy. Peterson and Patricia Jose; Pleasant Valley--Leslie Hinckle andBerniceBlake; Ready Springs--Roy T. Phillips, Donald E, Johnson and John H. McLachlin; Union Hill -Clifford Shook, David Merrill, and Audrey Dunbar; Washington --Bermadette Crowley and Stella Tracy. In the Nevada Union High Stn NEVADA CITY RESCUEcrew members and passers-by helped to aid Dean Shebly, 66, of Nevada City who was found unconscious late yesterday morning on Broad Street near the National Annex. Mrs, Cameron Larson of Nevada City found Shebly in the street-and called the rescue crew, Shelby was transported to Nevada County Hospital and regained consciousness later in the day. Maggie Meggs Calls It Quits MargaretteBrown Meggs, Grass Valley's colorful "fighting grandma," andthe first woman ever to be elected to a seat on the Grass Valley Council, submitted her resignation to the Council Tuesday night. Mrs, Meggs, ina letter of resignation dated April 11, stated that she isnow in Los Angeles working with the California Arts Commission towards obtaining a financial grant for the City of Grass Valley. No other reason for the resignation was given, The council accepted the resignation at their Tuesday evening meeting. Mayor John Hodge directed the City Clerk to send a note of appreciation to Mrs, Meggs for her services to the city. ‘The procedure by which the vacant council seat will be filled was leftin doubt, and will await the ruling of City Attorney William Cassettari, who was not present at the meeting. Peterson Dumped Last week the Nugget reported From Planning Commission Post Roy Peterson, chairman of the Nevada County Planning Commission, was dumped from the Commission Tuesday when the county supervisors failed to reappoint him. Second District Supervisor Bret (Continued on Page 22) that a moving van had taken Mrs, Meggs' furniture from her Walsh Street home, and that she was nowhere to be found, Thecouncil members approved a water rate contract with the Nevada Irrigation District, accepted a low bid for building bleachers at Condon Park, and heard the first reading of a proposed curfew ordinance, (Continued on Page 24) School District, William Austin, Parker Stortz, John J. Manuel. and Barbara Sailor are running in Area 5. Charles Allert and Douglas Ribble are running in Area 1 and R, Peter Ingram is running unopposed in Area 2. For the Nevada County School Board, Jean Roese is running in Area 1, Alfred Dayton, Dr. C. Jackson Rayburn and W. W. Esterly are running in Area 2. Dr, Robert Ross is running for the Sierra Junior College Board from Nevada County. T he polls will be open from 7 a.m, to7 p.m. Roese Wins Vote Of Confidence After Hot Fight Nevada City Manager Henry Roese came out of an executive session Monday night and mustered a narrow 3-2 vote of confidence. Some heated opinions were apparently voiced in the executive meeting, for there were some heated exchanges after the council reconvened, The heat was generated over Roese'‘'s requests to retain Stan Howard who has been helping with book keeping and billing on city freeway work and to retain R. W. Ingram of the engineering firm of McGuire & Sons for engineering advice. Roese told the council he had initiated these steps and wanted council approval, Howard would get $450 per month and would continue on for another three months and Ingram would be paid $12.50 per hour as his services were, required, It was Roese's plan to use Howard to aid in preparation ofthe budget and handling of special tax funds and to use Ingram to eliminate the current city policy of engineering by rule of thumb, The council went into executive session at about 10:30 p, m. at the end of the regular meeting, but returned to the chambers a few minutes later, Councilman Ben Barry contended the matters requiring discussion should be done in open session, On the motion to approve Roese's requests, Mayor Arch McPherson, Councilman Dan O'Neill and Councilwoman Carole Friedrich voted for the move and Councilman Barry andBerylRobinson cast dissenting votes. (Continued on Page 22} *JITBD 66 CQUueuLudRS AAVAGET 8484S *5T1¥9 UOTZOOS BL BOTPoTWAy

f . sei Cala a at Bie wis Whites ces TESS ad tee gern caeg ewe Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass V. ri Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, ill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quak ‘arr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P: Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. » Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, A Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chea { \ Se 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City ‘Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom4fill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly cas, Bichetile, Moora’ Fles, Orleans Flat, April 15, 1965 aatenil Volume 39 Number 15 Nevada Union High School BOND VOTE TUESDAY A high school bond issue for school plant expansion and election of trustees to 14 western Nevada County school boards will face the voters Tuesday. The bond proposition is for the issuance of $1.5 million in bonds to construct new classroom facilities at the Ridge Road high school plant of the Nevada Union High School District. Voters inthe western end of the county encompassed by the Ready Springs Union District will also have to decide on a $45,000 bond issue and state apportionment of Religious Services Planned A variety of religious events will start tonight and tomorrow and culminate in Easter services Sunday in the Twin Cities area, ° The traditional Good Friday service is again being sponsored by the Nevada County Ministerial Association in Nevada City and Grass Valley. In Nevada City, the service based on the seven last words uttered by Christ from the cross will be conducted from noon until 3 p.m. inthe Community Baptist Church just east of the new courthouse annex. TheRev. B. J. Morford, pastor of the Community Baptist Church, will open the service and preside during the afternoon watch, Other participating ministers who will speak on the seven last words are: the Rev. Nick Vander Veur, theRev. C. B. Conwell, the Rev. C. W. Denison, Rev. Morford and Edward Browning. Thechoir from the Community Baptist Church will sing, Mrs. Ruby Noble and Shiela Simms will play for the service and Manuel Oliver and Victor Berry will usher, InGrass Valley a similar service willbe held in the First Methodist Church from 12:15 to 2:45 p.m. The Rev. William B. Johnson, pastor of the First Methodist, will preside at the service. Other ministers w ho will speak on the seven last days of words of Christ _are: theRev. Harley W eldin, the Rev, Richard Betts, the Rev. Mel Harrel, the Rev. Thomas Meyers, the Rev. Darrell Hoyle and Rev. Johnson, Special music will be provided for the afternoon meditation by Ed Farley, Mrs. Wilbur Wells, (Continued on Page 3) $197,000 for expansion of the school plant in Penn Valley. While the campaigns, for the most part, forthe bond issues and the elementary, high school, and junior college and county school board seats have been kept at a fairly low key on the surface, there has been considerable campaigning in the background and the district-wide election will probably produce some surprises for both sides, The 11 elementary and union districts within the boundaries ofthe Nevada Union High School Be: — District are having elections, The following are candidates for seats in the election Tuesday: Cherokee--Jack Clark andS. E, Stuart; Chicago Park --Sibyl Leutenecker, Barbara Elmore and J. F. Moberg; Clear Creek-ElizabethBlack, CyrilSwan, Jr., and Norman Reed; Grass Valley-Robert Ross, James Hawkeswood, Harrell Ammon, Robert Long, Ray Wishmeyer and Jack Montre; Nevada City--H. L. Childers, Tyler Micoleau, Carl Early, Ralph Freidrich, Victor Huber and Marvin Caldwell; North San Juan--Mrs. Marie Young and C. L. Spuruill; Pleasant Ridge-Anabel Stuckman, Willard Schoellerman, Doris Hannan, James Kolb, Rufus Lovett, Thomas Turner, Ralph E. Wollam, Roy. Peterson and Patricia Jose; Pleasant Valley--Leslie

Hinckle andBerniceBlake; Ready Springs--Roy T. Phillips, Donald E, Johnson and John H. McLachlin; Union Hill -Clifford Shook, David Merrill, and Audrey Dunbar; Washington --Bermadette Crowley and Stella Tracy. In the Nevada Union High Stn NEVADA CITY RESCUEcrew members and passers-by helped to aid Dean Shebly, 66, of Nevada City who was found unconscious late yesterday morning on Broad Street near the National Annex. Mrs, Cameron Larson of Nevada City found Shebly in the street-and called the rescue crew, Shelby was transported to Nevada County Hospital and regained consciousness later in the day. Maggie Meggs Calls It Quits MargaretteBrown Meggs, Grass Valley's colorful "fighting grandma," andthe first woman ever to be elected to a seat on the Grass Valley Council, submitted her resignation to the Council Tuesday night. Mrs, Meggs, ina letter of resignation dated April 11, stated that she isnow in Los Angeles working with the California Arts Commission towards obtaining a financial grant for the City of Grass Valley. No other reason for the resignation was given, The council accepted the resignation at their Tuesday evening meeting. Mayor John Hodge directed the City Clerk to send a note of appreciation to Mrs, Meggs for her services to the city. ‘The procedure by which the vacant council seat will be filled was leftin doubt, and will await the ruling of City Attorney William Cassettari, who was not present at the meeting. Peterson Dumped Last week the Nugget reported From Planning Commission Post Roy Peterson, chairman of the Nevada County Planning Commission, was dumped from the Commission Tuesday when the county supervisors failed to reappoint him. Second District Supervisor Bret (Continued on Page 22) that a moving van had taken Mrs, Meggs' furniture from her Walsh Street home, and that she was nowhere to be found, Thecouncil members approved a water rate contract with the Nevada Irrigation District, accepted a low bid for building bleachers at Condon Park, and heard the first reading of a proposed curfew ordinance, (Continued on Page 24) School District, William Austin, Parker Stortz, John J. Manuel. and Barbara Sailor are running in Area 5. Charles Allert and Douglas Ribble are running in Area 1 and R, Peter Ingram is running unopposed in Area 2. For the Nevada County School Board, Jean Roese is running in Area 1, Alfred Dayton, Dr. C. Jackson Rayburn and W. W. Esterly are running in Area 2. Dr, Robert Ross is running for the Sierra Junior College Board from Nevada County. T he polls will be open from 7 a.m, to7 p.m. Roese Wins Vote Of Confidence After Hot Fight Nevada City Manager Henry Roese came out of an executive session Monday night and mustered a narrow 3-2 vote of confidence. Some heated opinions were apparently voiced in the executive meeting, for there were some heated exchanges after the council reconvened, The heat was generated over Roese'‘'s requests to retain Stan Howard who has been helping with book keeping and billing on city freeway work and to retain R. W. Ingram of the engineering firm of McGuire & Sons for engineering advice. Roese told the council he had initiated these steps and wanted council approval, Howard would get $450 per month and would continue on for another three months and Ingram would be paid $12.50 per hour as his services were, required, It was Roese's plan to use Howard to aid in preparation ofthe budget and handling of special tax funds and to use Ingram to eliminate the current city policy of engineering by rule of thumb, The council went into executive session at about 10:30 p, m. at the end of the regular meeting, but returned to the chambers a few minutes later, Councilman Ben Barry contended the matters requiring discussion should be done in open session, On the motion to approve Roese's requests, Mayor Arch McPherson, Councilman Dan O'Neill and Councilwoman Carole Friedrich voted for the move and Councilman Barry andBerylRobinson cast dissenting votes. (Continued on Page 22} *JITBD 66 CQUueuLudRS AAVAGET 8484S *5T1¥9 UOTZOOS BL BOTPoTWAy