April 19, 1972 (12 pages)

i 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, April 19, 1972 BILL YOUNGMAN: Yes, I am. I like the Giants. BETTY ROMINE: It really _ doesn't make any difference, I don't follow baseball. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406. Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5.00. 1SST7 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION 4 : Sounding Board © ARE YOU PLEASED THE BASEBALL SEASON HAS FINALLY STARTED? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TEAM? EARL COVEY: I'm glad it is. I like the Giants. MARK WINEBARGER: Sure, my team is the Dodgers. Ee GET THE POINT! USE CLASSIFIED [ ADSZou g hk BT eu" ss By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 Secession Days are here again! It was April 7, one hundred and twenty-two years ago that Col. E.F. Brundage led our little community into open rebellion. At a town meeting in the saloon it declared itself free from U.S. taxation and willing and able to govern itself. For the past five years the chamber has raised the flag of the Great Republic on April 7. We have celebrated in the past with a Chuck Wagon breakfast, a spaghetti dinner, a letter-seceeding again to President Johnson and even a proclamation from our county supervisors, This year has definitely been a bit dull, When we get ready to rejoin the union for July 4 (celebration plans are all set for Sunday June 29) we will have to add something special. Former supervisor William Thomas has been appointed Secession Day chairman for this year. Community organizations are working on plans for participation. Things will soon be buzzing. Conditions don't change much it seems. Here 122 years later we are still blessed with lack of sufficient law and order and taxation beyond belief from both Sacramento and Washington. In those days the taxation came mostly from Washington. California did not get its statehood until the fall of that eventful year. It did however levy some taxes, as a territory, and these eminated from Monterey. Rough and Ready resented this tremendously (as some of us still do). Their special resentment was that the Reverend J.S. Dunleavy had worked at Monterey with the original framers of the state constitution but here he was willing and able to represent Rough and Ready and had not been asked about the new miners tax. Taxation without representation they called it. I mailed my income tax early (Saturday morning that is). Haven't got the spunk of those old pioneers or I would have seceeded again. They soon found out however that governing was not easy. This fact helped to make their decision to return to the fold for the July 4 Celebration. eee KK KOK KK KK KR KK KKK KOK * The Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the Secession Day celebration for six years now, At their board meeting last Thursday evening Harold Brown (no relation to either Allan Brown or Orin Brown who are no relation to each other) agreed to arrange for a stage for the plays this year. The dance hall girls had difficulty dancing, kind of up hill, on that rough asphalt last time. The board also set the wheels in motion to obtain a loud speaker. The plays were fun to watch but hearing them would also add to the enjoyment. A chamber committee under the leadership of Mrs. Constance Baer is also working on a plan to clean and beautify the old Rough and Ready Cemetery. The cemetery board agreed to the work and Mr. Ernest Mason will provide them with a copy of the map of the cemetery. Mark Tinsley will chair the 4-H participation. * OK KK KK OK KK OK KK KK OK KOK KOK The fire department auxiliary met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Lee of Rough and Ready Road. There was only a small group present. They were Mmes. Marie Broadus, Jane Davison, Noreen Harwood, Irene Lanzandorfer, Twyla Lemargie, Alice Licht, Patricia Litchfield, Althea Moniz, Lolomae Tinsley, and Mary Lee and her house guest Mrs. Inanda Dill. They had such a lovely time visiting that they want everyone to mark their calendar for Wednesday May 10 at 11:30 a.m. to do it again. The party will be at Mrs. Lee's again and will be a salad potluck. This get-together is for every woman in the community and Mary hopes for an overflow crowd. Their Secession Day plans are to follow last year's. Their big job this year will be some improvements on their food booth. ke K KKK KK KK KK KK KK OK KOK OK April seems to be the moving month for the Allan McCreas, On April 2, 1969 they announced plans to return to Rough and Ready after a 10-year absence. They had been making their home in Grass Valley because of Cheri who suffers from a complicated heart correction. When she started school they found it necessary to live close to school. Now that Cheri has graduated they are home again. Sometime this month, hopefully very soon, they will move into their new home on the hill overlooking’ the town. With Lucille I think it isn't so much the new home she is looking forward to as it is not living in two homes at once, The new owners of the Country Store and the Arco Station will be arriving soon. They are Charles and Mary Tanger from Hawthorne California where Tanger has been in the garage and service station business for 15 years. The Tangers have two older children who have flown the next and one young son who will enter the 8th grade at Ready Springs. They are looking forward with enthusiasm to participation in our community activities, especially Secession Day. RK EK KK KK KK KK KKK KK KK Mr.’ and Mrs, L. W. Warford of Burkard Lane have been having a problem with their pond. Warford brought down a pan of the problem several weeks ago for me to see, I thought it was beautiful but I must confess a little frightening. It was a miniature red and green cover about an inch or so thick — and I mean thick — with about an inch of roots below the water line, equally thick. He said it started last year and now they can't even see the water. Their son-in-law finally got it identified at Berkeley. They had forgotten the complicated name but the fact that it is. not dangerous, not even to fish, is the important thing. Berkeley thought the birds must have brought it to the Warford pond. They said the only cure was manual removal and ducks. Maybe the John Schusters should loan some of those beautiful ducks they have which for them seem to multiply like the proverbial rabbit. kK KK KR KKK KOK KK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK The park meeting called by Supervisor Larry Filer for April 12 was w Larry and County Counsel Leo Todd were bard put to answer inte questions, sot salty did clear up the misconception that we were there to vote on what was to be done. Since the park was given to the county only the supervisors can act upon decisions concerning it. It was also concluded that the poor taxpayers in this county simply could not afford the maintenance on the very beautiful park Boise Cascade had pictured. Just a pool and the necessary accompaniments, it was estimated, would cost $15,000 per year to maintain. This would mean from 17 to 31 cents on the hundred, of current taxable evaluation depending upon how wide the base was spread. Larry tried to put across the point that within five years growth may be such that by then maybe we can afford it. Fe also tried to sell the point that if we want Grass Valley and Nevada City and all our other neighboring areas in Western Nevada county to go for dividing the cost we will probably have to offer them something, His thought seemed to be to try for a grant for a Western Nevada County Recreation Area. Even trying would probably satisfy everyone. If it were successful all the parks in Western Nevada county could be improved Seems to me we need them. This group seemed to think the county should pay for everything. I wonder who the county is!! Someone wondered who paid for the grants. Seems it's already settled someone will get one of these grants. It might as well be us. : 2

i 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, April 19, 1972 BILL YOUNGMAN: Yes, I am. I like the Giants. BETTY ROMINE: It really _ doesn't make any difference, I don't follow baseball. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406. Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5.00. 1SST7 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION 4 : Sounding Board © ARE YOU PLEASED THE BASEBALL SEASON HAS FINALLY STARTED? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TEAM? EARL COVEY: I'm glad it is. I like the Giants. MARK WINEBARGER: Sure, my team is the Dodgers. Ee GET THE POINT! USE CLASSIFIED [ ADSZou g hk BT eu" ss By Fay M. Dunbar 273-2934 Secession Days are here again! It was April 7, one hundred and twenty-two years ago that Col. E.F. Brundage led our little community into open rebellion. At a town meeting in the saloon it declared itself free from U.S. taxation and willing and able to govern itself. For the past five years the chamber has raised the flag of the Great Republic on April 7. We have celebrated in the past with a Chuck Wagon breakfast, a spaghetti dinner, a letter-seceeding again to President Johnson and even a proclamation from our county supervisors, This year has definitely been a bit dull, When we get ready to rejoin the union for July 4 (celebration plans are all set for Sunday June 29) we will have to add something special. Former supervisor William Thomas has been appointed Secession Day chairman for this year. Community organizations are working on plans for participation. Things will soon be buzzing. Conditions don't change much it seems. Here 122 years later we are still blessed with lack of sufficient law and order and taxation beyond belief from both Sacramento and Washington. In those days the taxation came mostly from Washington. California did not get its statehood until the fall of that eventful year. It did however levy some taxes, as a territory, and these eminated from Monterey. Rough and Ready resented this tremendously (as some of us still do). Their special resentment was that the Reverend J.S. Dunleavy had worked at Monterey with the original framers of the state constitution but here he was willing and able to represent Rough and Ready and had not been asked about the new miners tax. Taxation without representation they called it. I mailed my income tax early (Saturday morning that is). Haven't got the spunk of those

old pioneers or I would have seceeded again. They soon found out however that governing was not easy. This fact helped to make their decision to return to the fold for the July 4 Celebration. eee KK KOK KK KK KR KK KKK KOK * The Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the Secession Day celebration for six years now, At their board meeting last Thursday evening Harold Brown (no relation to either Allan Brown or Orin Brown who are no relation to each other) agreed to arrange for a stage for the plays this year. The dance hall girls had difficulty dancing, kind of up hill, on that rough asphalt last time. The board also set the wheels in motion to obtain a loud speaker. The plays were fun to watch but hearing them would also add to the enjoyment. A chamber committee under the leadership of Mrs. Constance Baer is also working on a plan to clean and beautify the old Rough and Ready Cemetery. The cemetery board agreed to the work and Mr. Ernest Mason will provide them with a copy of the map of the cemetery. Mark Tinsley will chair the 4-H participation. * OK KK KK OK KK OK KK KK OK KOK KOK The fire department auxiliary met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Lee of Rough and Ready Road. There was only a small group present. They were Mmes. Marie Broadus, Jane Davison, Noreen Harwood, Irene Lanzandorfer, Twyla Lemargie, Alice Licht, Patricia Litchfield, Althea Moniz, Lolomae Tinsley, and Mary Lee and her house guest Mrs. Inanda Dill. They had such a lovely time visiting that they want everyone to mark their calendar for Wednesday May 10 at 11:30 a.m. to do it again. The party will be at Mrs. Lee's again and will be a salad potluck. This get-together is for every woman in the community and Mary hopes for an overflow crowd. Their Secession Day plans are to follow last year's. Their big job this year will be some improvements on their food booth. ke K KKK KK KK KK KK KK OK KOK OK April seems to be the moving month for the Allan McCreas, On April 2, 1969 they announced plans to return to Rough and Ready after a 10-year absence. They had been making their home in Grass Valley because of Cheri who suffers from a complicated heart correction. When she started school they found it necessary to live close to school. Now that Cheri has graduated they are home again. Sometime this month, hopefully very soon, they will move into their new home on the hill overlooking’ the town. With Lucille I think it isn't so much the new home she is looking forward to as it is not living in two homes at once, The new owners of the Country Store and the Arco Station will be arriving soon. They are Charles and Mary Tanger from Hawthorne California where Tanger has been in the garage and service station business for 15 years. The Tangers have two older children who have flown the next and one young son who will enter the 8th grade at Ready Springs. They are looking forward with enthusiasm to participation in our community activities, especially Secession Day. RK EK KK KK KK KK KKK KK KK Mr.’ and Mrs, L. W. Warford of Burkard Lane have been having a problem with their pond. Warford brought down a pan of the problem several weeks ago for me to see, I thought it was beautiful but I must confess a little frightening. It was a miniature red and green cover about an inch or so thick — and I mean thick — with about an inch of roots below the water line, equally thick. He said it started last year and now they can't even see the water. Their son-in-law finally got it identified at Berkeley. They had forgotten the complicated name but the fact that it is. not dangerous, not even to fish, is the important thing. Berkeley thought the birds must have brought it to the Warford pond. They said the only cure was manual removal and ducks. Maybe the John Schusters should loan some of those beautiful ducks they have which for them seem to multiply like the proverbial rabbit. kK KK KR KKK KOK KK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK The park meeting called by Supervisor Larry Filer for April 12 was w Larry and County Counsel Leo Todd were bard put to answer inte questions, sot salty did clear up the misconception that we were there to vote on what was to be done. Since the park was given to the county only the supervisors can act upon decisions concerning it. It was also concluded that the poor taxpayers in this county simply could not afford the maintenance on the very beautiful park Boise Cascade had pictured. Just a pool and the necessary accompaniments, it was estimated, would cost $15,000 per year to maintain. This would mean from 17 to 31 cents on the hundred, of current taxable evaluation depending upon how wide the base was spread. Larry tried to put across the point that within five years growth may be such that by then maybe we can afford it. Fe also tried to sell the point that if we want Grass Valley and Nevada City and all our other neighboring areas in Western Nevada county to go for dividing the cost we will probably have to offer them something, His thought seemed to be to try for a grant for a Western Nevada County Recreation Area. Even trying would probably satisfy everyone. If it were successful all the parks in Western Nevada county could be improved Seems to me we need them. This group seemed to think the county should pay for everything. I wonder who the county is!! Someone wondered who paid for the grants. Seems it's already settled someone will get one of these grants. It might as well be us. : 2