April 15, 1970 (12 pages)

Serving the ‘communities of Nevada City, Grass: Valley, Red Do Graniteville, North San Juan, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Union Hill, Peardale; Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye Hill, Gold’ Flat, ritrebsy tal “ Corti: Crd PERIODICALS SECTION 5/16770 CAL. SACTO, North Bloomfield, Humbug, croeoeminms oes NUMBER 65 VOLUME 49 Relief Hill, e, S Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, at, “Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Baqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbi Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, An LIBRARY 95814 ST. CAL s g, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Washington, Blue Tent, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, a, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol thony House, Delirium Tremens, 10 Cents A Copy Publish ed Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, APRIL.15, 1970 Omega, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly » Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, VISITORS CAME to Sierra College Sunday to:take advantage of the hospitality of ''Open House” and The Nugget in this issue takes the grand tour. Sierra College was established in 1914 " in Auburn, It moved to the Rocklin site in 1954 and has been expanding. This is the mall area outside the campus center. Superintendent of schools ONE OF the popular spots at Sierra College Sunday was ““the planetarium where. shows were conducted every half hour, Sierra offers the . finest of facilities in this field. The Nugget is continuing a series of stories dealing with the history of elective county offices and names :of Nevada countyans who have held them. "100 Years of Nevada County" published by the Nugget in 1951 is the source material. Duties of the officers and the roster of -Mames associated: with ‘them have changed sinée the publication date. , » _ The county superintendent of ‘schools, Walter A. Carlson, and his office staff occupy four rooms on the second floor of the court house, Carlson has charge of the fi. nancial affairs of the office, “assists school boards in plan-Ning their budgets, audits and approves all school expendi“tures, conducts school district elections, sees. that all teachers are properly certified, and makes periodic reports on school affairs to the state department of education, He is ably assisted by Mrs, Marie Waters, his office deputy. R. Lee Ross is General Supervisor for rural schools. He is also attendance and child: guidance officer of the rural schools and county school librarian, Mrs. Doris E. Foley isaudiovisual. director and art and music consultant. She has expanded the audio-visual library and has brought a great deal of art and music into the rural schools, Miss Vivian R. Berggren, county rural school nurse, makes routine visits to all 16 rural schools, She aids in planning and conducting the crippled childrens' clinics, dental clinics, arranges immunizations for the rural and pre-school rural children and makes the necessary recommendations for examinations. Mrs. Bernice Penrose is secretary to the rural school supervisors and handles all the various kinds of work connected with the three supervisors’ runs county school system work: She is also responsible for publishing the County Superintendent's Bulletin which is issued on a quarterly basis, Carlson tells of the first schools in the county, In 1849, the adventurers to the west did not bring their families with them. They did not care to expose their families, to the hardships of crossing the plains or the dangers of the trip by water, so that by 1851, there were only 200 children in Nevada county, served by four private schools located in Nevada City which had two, Grass Valley and Rough and Ready. In 1879 there were nearly 4,000 pupils in the school in Nevada. county, nearly 1,000 more than in 1949, Mrs, Sampson opened the first private school in Nevada City in June, 1851, with 20 pupils attending, chiefly young. children. The earliest arrivals here were intent only in finding. ~ (Continued on page 11)

Serving the ‘communities of Nevada City, Grass: Valley, Red Do Graniteville, North San Juan, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Union Hill, Peardale; Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye Hill, Gold’ Flat, ritrebsy tal “ Corti: Crd PERIODICALS SECTION 5/16770 CAL. SACTO, North Bloomfield, Humbug, croeoeminms oes NUMBER 65 VOLUME 49 Relief Hill, e, S Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, at, “Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Baqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbi Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, An LIBRARY 95814 ST. CAL s g, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Washington, Blue Tent, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, a, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol thony House, Delirium Tremens, 10 Cents A Copy Publish ed Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, APRIL.15, 1970 Omega, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly » Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, VISITORS CAME to Sierra College Sunday to:take advantage of the hospitality of ''Open House” and The Nugget in this issue takes the grand tour. Sierra College was established in 1914 " in Auburn, It moved to the Rocklin site in 1954 and has been expanding. This is the mall area outside the campus center. Superintendent of schools ONE OF the popular spots at Sierra College Sunday was ““the planetarium where. shows were conducted every half hour, Sierra offers the . finest of facilities in this field. The Nugget is continuing a series of stories dealing with the history of elective county offices and names :of Nevada countyans who have held them. "100 Years of Nevada County" published by the Nugget in 1951 is the source material. Duties of the officers and the roster of -Mames associated: with ‘them have changed sinée the publication date. , » _ The county superintendent of ‘schools, Walter A. Carlson, and his office staff occupy four rooms on the second floor of the court house, Carlson has charge of the fi. nancial affairs of the office, “assists school boards in plan-Ning their budgets, audits and

approves all school expendi“tures, conducts school district elections, sees. that all teachers are properly certified, and makes periodic reports on school affairs to the state department of education, He is ably assisted by Mrs, Marie Waters, his office deputy. R. Lee Ross is General Supervisor for rural schools. He is also attendance and child: guidance officer of the rural schools and county school librarian, Mrs. Doris E. Foley isaudiovisual. director and art and music consultant. She has expanded the audio-visual library and has brought a great deal of art and music into the rural schools, Miss Vivian R. Berggren, county rural school nurse, makes routine visits to all 16 rural schools, She aids in planning and conducting the crippled childrens' clinics, dental clinics, arranges immunizations for the rural and pre-school rural children and makes the necessary recommendations for examinations. Mrs. Bernice Penrose is secretary to the rural school supervisors and handles all the various kinds of work connected with the three supervisors’ runs county school system work: She is also responsible for publishing the County Superintendent's Bulletin which is issued on a quarterly basis, Carlson tells of the first schools in the county, In 1849, the adventurers to the west did not bring their families with them. They did not care to expose their families, to the hardships of crossing the plains or the dangers of the trip by water, so that by 1851, there were only 200 children in Nevada county, served by four private schools located in Nevada City which had two, Grass Valley and Rough and Ready. In 1879 there were nearly 4,000 pupils in the school in Nevada. county, nearly 1,000 more than in 1949, Mrs, Sampson opened the first private school in Nevada City in June, 1851, with 20 pupils attending, chiefly young. children. The earliest arrivals here were intent only in finding. ~ (Continued on page 11)