April 28, 1971 (8 pages)

816.62, Mrs. Lawrence moved that the y board approve the amount for bills due but that approval of . the $7,816.62 for projected ex-. penses be withheld until April ¥ i $0 that. avers representa“ual ite n-. Fred C , chamber presialiens attended the on “morning: session. Conway asked Me interest in the chamber, and : ‘should be allowed to speak either for or against was the thinking of Supervisor Bob Long. The chamber has been traveling troubled waters for some months, A contract for the group to serve the promotional needs of: the county was re-drafted «+. Some months ago ‘after Dean Lawrence challenged the legality of an existing one. Some ‘supervisors have objected to taxpayers money being directed to the chamber‘s promotional efforts. Mrs, Lawrence and Ralph Buchanan have been the most outspoken critics, There have been indications that funds will be severely curtailed or withdrawn at the next budget session. The board is obligated to deposit $10,738.67 to the chamber account, which is the final payment due the promotional group for the fiscal year ending June 30. However, conditions of the re-drafted contract require the board to approve expenditures before they are made, The chamber Tuesday presented itemized expenditures of Firemen plan May poledance Pennsylvania Engine Co, No. 2 and Nevada Hose’ Co. No. 1 of the Nevada City Fire Department will feature a Firemans May Pole Dance at their annual May Day Dance slated for May 1 in Armory Hall. Firemen will perform their dance at 9 p.m. Red Farmer's band will furnish music for dancing until 2 a.m. Melo Pello, chief, said public support of the volunteer department which has served the community for 111 years will be appreciated, Get Started Early WITH THAT PAINTING YUBA RIVER . LUMBER CO. GRASS VALLEY-NEVADA CITY 265-4521 DOWNIEVILLE YARD 289-335! that one item be deleted from the expenses presented, saying it inadvertently had been listed, Supervisors acted upon the. chamber expenses late in the afternoon, "They (chamber representatives) were here today but we were too busy to hear them," Willie Curran noted, Bob Long suggested that the notification to the chamber pertaining to clarification of the expenses under question should advise the representatives what time to appear, and that they be heard at the appointed hour. racker Barrel" campaignto help. finance the restoration of the McKillican and Mobley General Store in Malakoff Digand cooperative with Nevada's gin's Historic State Park. A cracker barrel stood in thecorner of the McKillican and Mobley Store when the former. dean of women at the University of Nevada was a little girl and her father owned the store. Miss Mobley once told her friends that her father's store was the center of life of the community, and a meeting place for the town fathers. .it was her dream to see it restored. When she retired in 1968 her alumni and faculty friends decided to help make Miss Mobley’s dream come true rather than giving her a traditional testimonial dinner and a gold watch, These people in Nevada have been working toward this goal for some time and this week have mailed a brochure to alumni asking them to contribute to the "cracker barrel" ‘a = ad ‘store of the old ‘the university west,”’ © The State Division of Parks and Recreation was enthusiastic proposal concerning restoration plans. A meeting was held on campus and representatives of the. California agency, the Nevada County Chamber of Commerce, American Association of University ‘Women Alumni, students, academic deans, and even the president: of the university joined hands in what has now become @ bi-state project. It was "Elaine Mobley Day" when the Malakoff Citizens Advisory Committee held its annual homecoming celebration in the park in 1969, Personal greetings came from Governors Laxalt and Reagan. Members of both houses of the state legislature were in North Bloomfield: to honor Miss Mobley. The university alumni were told that the citizens' commitrequire more and more clean en> a by ature gas and ica the men who ran them. im homecoming celebration sia for June 13. The brochure telling the story to the alumni invites them to the celebration, and ‘to see the " scenery within the Malakoff Diggin's State Park, .a. twohour drive from Reno." Rt says, "Why not pack a lunch and meet us there?" The brochure carries photo2 graphs of Miss Moble and her father's store. It also shows a map of Nevada county pinpointing North Bloomfield and the route to the park from Reno, Interposed on the map is a derringer,; borrowed from the county chamber which selected the derringer as an emblem: because of its resemblance to the shape of the county. Alumni of the university and others are invited to send contributions. to the board of re-gents of the University, and are told that receipts for tax purposes will be mailed back.

816.62, Mrs. Lawrence moved that the y board approve the amount for bills due but that approval of . the $7,816.62 for projected ex-. penses be withheld until April ¥ i $0 that. avers representa“ual ite n-. Fred C , chamber presialiens attended the on “morning: session. Conway asked Me interest in the chamber, and : ‘should be allowed to speak either for or against was the thinking of Supervisor Bob Long. The chamber has been traveling troubled waters for some months, A contract for the group to serve the promotional needs of: the county was re-drafted «+. Some months ago ‘after Dean Lawrence challenged the legality of an existing one. Some ‘supervisors have objected to taxpayers money being directed to the chamber‘s promotional efforts. Mrs, Lawrence and Ralph Buchanan have been the most outspoken critics, There have been indications that funds will be severely curtailed or withdrawn at the next budget session. The board is obligated to deposit $10,738.67 to the chamber account, which is the final payment due the promotional group for the fiscal year ending June 30. However, conditions of the re-drafted contract require the board to approve expenditures before they are made, The chamber Tuesday presented itemized expenditures of Firemen plan May poledance Pennsylvania Engine Co, No. 2 and Nevada Hose’ Co. No. 1 of the Nevada City Fire Department will feature a Firemans May Pole Dance at their annual May Day Dance slated for May 1 in Armory Hall. Firemen will perform their dance at 9 p.m. Red Farmer's band will furnish music for dancing until 2 a.m. Melo Pello, chief, said public support of the volunteer department which has served the community for 111 years will be appreciated, Get Started Early WITH THAT PAINTING YUBA RIVER . LUMBER CO. GRASS VALLEY-NEVADA CITY 265-4521 DOWNIEVILLE YARD 289-335! that one item be deleted from the expenses presented, saying it inadvertently had been listed, Supervisors acted upon the. chamber expenses late in the afternoon, "They (chamber representatives) were here today but we were too busy to hear them," Willie Curran noted, Bob Long suggested that the notification to the chamber pertaining to clarification of the expenses under question should advise the representatives what time to appear, and that they be heard at the appointed hour.

racker Barrel" campaignto help. finance the restoration of the McKillican and Mobley General Store in Malakoff Digand cooperative with Nevada's gin's Historic State Park. A cracker barrel stood in thecorner of the McKillican and Mobley Store when the former. dean of women at the University of Nevada was a little girl and her father owned the store. Miss Mobley once told her friends that her father's store was the center of life of the community, and a meeting place for the town fathers.. .it was her dream to see it restored. When she retired in 1968 her alumni and faculty friends decided to help make Miss Mobley’s dream come true rather than giving her a traditional testimonial dinner and a gold watch, These people in Nevada have been working toward this goal for some time and this week have mailed a brochure to alumni asking them to contribute to the "cracker barrel" ‘a = ad ‘store of the old ‘the university west,”’ © The State Division of Parks and Recreation was enthusiastic proposal concerning restoration plans. A meeting was held on campus and representatives of the. California agency, the Nevada County Chamber of Commerce, American Association of University ‘Women Alumni, students, academic deans, and even the president: of the university joined hands in what has now become @ bi-state project. It was "Elaine Mobley Day" when the Malakoff Citizens Advisory Committee held its annual homecoming celebration in the park in 1969, Personal greetings came from Governors Laxalt and Reagan. Members of both houses of the state legislature were in North Bloomfield: to honor Miss Mobley. The university alumni were told that the citizens' commitrequire more and more clean en> a by ature gas and ica the men who ran them. im homecoming celebration sia for June 13. The brochure telling the story to the alumni invites them to the celebration, and ‘to see the " scenery within the Malakoff Diggin's State Park, .a. twohour drive from Reno." Rt says, "Why not pack a lunch and meet us there?" The brochure carries photo2 graphs of Miss Moble and her father's store. It also shows a map of Nevada county pinpointing North Bloomfield and the route to the park from Reno, Interposed on the map is a derringer,; borrowed from the county chamber which selected the derringer as an emblem: because of its resemblance to the shape of the county. Alumni of the university and others are invited to send contributions. to the board of re-gents of the University, and are told that receipts for tax purposes will be mailed back.