April 8, 1965 (24 pages)

ee URES ~ NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS BS HOHE FP Hee ee + EE et HE et OH EE et PEt PE Nevada Union Junior High School will present a musical of old California tomorrow night in the schoolauditorium. The musical “Los Californios™ will feature 13 songs and will describe the adventures of some mountain men when they arrive in Spanish California, The cast will include over 100 boys and girls and the school orchestra, Part of the cast shown herein their period costumes are (above) Bonnie Thomas, Wendy George and Mary Butler. (on right) John Burt and Gary Henslee, The show is scheduled for 8 p.m. and tickets will be available at the door, . Questions «© __ \ 2 Downieville The Site For Talks On Social Security. . _ A representative of the Social Seeurity Administration in Sacramento will be in Downieville on Thursday, April 15, to answer questions about social security. Burt Paulsen, Field Representative, will hold interviews in the Sierra County Court House in the Supervisors’ Roomfrom 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on that date, Sierra County residents should see him. if they are at least 62 and have not already inquired about social security benefits, He will help file a claim for retirement benefits, and reminds applicants to fumish proof of their age. Proof of age documents will be retained by the Social Security Administration in most cases, The'music department of! INTIINGS ese A Record Ride Wild Was The Wind At Johnny Mac’s Back HENNESS PASS Spring 1864 Nevada County advertised its all-weather wagon road as the fastest and surest route from the gold country tothe Washoe silver fields. The newspapers carried Bids Open On Paving At The Fairgrounds The board of directors of the 17th District Agricultural Association will open bids on paving of roads and walks at the Nevada District Fairgrounds at 8 p.m. April 20 in the manager's office. If bids come within the state estimate, the directors can approve the low bid and forward it to Sacramento for final approval by the engineering department of the Division of Fairs and Expositions, When final approval is given, state engineers will set a starting date for as soon as weather conditions are favorable for paving. After the starting date, the successful contractor will have 45 calendar days to complete the job. The job includes paving the road leading to Lions’ Lake picnic area, the fair parking lot, roads leading through the con. cession area and around the barns, and entrances to the agriculturehorticulture and arts and crafts building. Saving Bond Sales Are Up . In The County "Public holdings of U. S. Savings Bonds in this county were increased through individual purchases of $14,247 during February,” Volunteer Nevada County Savings Bond Chairman Willard J. Rose announced here today in his monthly sales report. “February Bond sales throughout Northern California totaled $11, 415,299 for the\month as compared.with $10, 988, 804 for February a year ago, “Plans for campaigns toincrease systematic purchases of Savings Bonds by employed persons-are now underway in all our major cities, "the chairman said. "Our campaigns willbe part ofa national drive to promote the Savings Bonds’ program's payroll savingsplan. Details ofthe drive will be announced nationally next month, " : stories of road improvements ana highway directors meetings. But ot much showed up in print about the winter storms and travelers battles with summit blizzards. The stage driver on one summit crossing was 17-year-old Johnny Mac, a veteran on the run from Nevada City to Carson Valley. Johnny had a tendency to break records on crossing time, He was always in a hurry the other travelers said, Somehow the wind was always at Johnny's back and the harder it blew the sharper was thegleaminhiseye. Johnny said his job was staying ahead of that wind, But the wild, high howler caught up with him one spring night and the two raced over the ridges and through the canyons with Johnny's life as prize. John left Jack's Ranch carrying only freight at dusk in a heavy fall of snow. He felt the wind pick up as his horses gained speed, It was a teasing wind, flirting with sub-freezing gusts that twisted in mid-flight and threw the snow intohis horses eyes. He could see nothing but flying ghosts of white so he let the horses pick their own way. He felt uneasy, --as though he were in the center of a circling fury instead of riding the free flowing head. Johnny shouted to the wind and he shouted to his horses and he felt the challenge, But the challenge hadn't yet been given. He was chest deep in a flooded stream before he knew what game that wind wanted to play. Theteam strayed from the road in a flooded valley and blindly stopped in the freezing water. John climbed over the horses heads and dropped into the water in front of the lead animals, By shouting and pulling he led-them out and onto a road he could find only by feel, : Johnny didn't climb back onto his seat, Hefeltthe ice begin to form on the waterin his boots and in his mind he imagined the ice creeping up and through his body, The 17-year-old couldn 't suppress a grin, Neither he nor that wind knew anything of death and it was laughter they hurled at each other, Johnny took his reins, positioned himself on the ground at about the center of his coach, and drove his horses at a speed that stretched his muscles and warmed the blood in his ice caked boots, John crossed the mountains and ran down the eastern slope. When he stopped at a miners camp it was for dry clothes, Johnny Mac climbed back onto his seat, let out his horses on the straight desert road and rode that wind to his scheduled stop in the Carson Valley, S961 ‘8 Tdy***1988nN Aiun0> epeaon’** pf

ee URES ~ NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS BS HOHE FP Hee ee + EE et HE et OH EE et PEt PE Nevada Union Junior High School will present a musical of old California tomorrow night in the schoolauditorium. The musical “Los Californios™ will feature 13 songs and will describe the adventures of some mountain men when they arrive in Spanish California, The cast will include over 100 boys and girls and the school orchestra, Part of the cast shown herein their period costumes are (above) Bonnie Thomas, Wendy George and Mary Butler. (on right) John Burt and Gary Henslee, The show is scheduled for 8 p.m. and tickets will be available at the door, . Questions «© __ \ 2 Downieville The Site For Talks On Social Security. . _ A representative of the Social Seeurity Administration in Sacramento will be in Downieville on Thursday, April 15, to answer questions about social security. Burt Paulsen, Field Representative, will hold interviews in the Sierra County Court House in the Supervisors’ Roomfrom 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on that date, Sierra County residents should see him. if they are at least 62 and have not already inquired about social security benefits, He will help file a claim for retirement benefits, and reminds applicants to fumish proof of their age. Proof of age documents will be retained by the Social Security Administration in most cases, The'music department of! INTIINGS ese A Record Ride Wild Was The Wind At Johnny Mac’s Back HENNESS PASS Spring 1864 Nevada County advertised its all-weather wagon road as the fastest and surest route from the gold country tothe Washoe silver fields. The newspapers carried Bids Open On Paving At The Fairgrounds The board of directors of the 17th District Agricultural Association will open bids on paving of roads and walks at the Nevada District Fairgrounds at 8 p.m. April 20 in the manager's office. If bids come within the state estimate, the directors can approve the low bid and forward it to Sacramento for final approval by the engineering department of the Division of Fairs and Expositions, When final approval is given, state engineers will set a starting date for as soon as weather conditions are favorable for paving. After the starting date, the successful contractor will have 45 calendar days to complete the job. The job includes paving the road leading to Lions’ Lake picnic area, the fair parking lot, roads leading through the con. cession area and around the barns, and entrances to the agriculturehorticulture and arts and crafts building. Saving Bond Sales Are Up . In The County "Public holdings of U. S. Savings Bonds in this county were increased through individual purchases of $14,247 during February,” Volunteer Nevada County Savings Bond Chairman Willard J. Rose announced here today in his monthly sales report. “February Bond sales throughout Northern California totaled $11,

415,299 for the\month as compared.with $10, 988, 804 for February a year ago, “Plans for campaigns toincrease systematic purchases of Savings Bonds by employed persons-are now underway in all our major cities, "the chairman said. "Our campaigns willbe part ofa national drive to promote the Savings Bonds’ program's payroll savingsplan. Details ofthe drive will be announced nationally next month, " : stories of road improvements ana highway directors meetings. But ot much showed up in print about the winter storms and travelers battles with summit blizzards. The stage driver on one summit crossing was 17-year-old Johnny Mac, a veteran on the run from Nevada City to Carson Valley. Johnny had a tendency to break records on crossing time, He was always in a hurry the other travelers said, Somehow the wind was always at Johnny's back and the harder it blew the sharper was thegleaminhiseye. Johnny said his job was staying ahead of that wind, But the wild, high howler caught up with him one spring night and the two raced over the ridges and through the canyons with Johnny's life as prize. John left Jack's Ranch carrying only freight at dusk in a heavy fall of snow. He felt the wind pick up as his horses gained speed, It was a teasing wind, flirting with sub-freezing gusts that twisted in mid-flight and threw the snow intohis horses eyes. He could see nothing but flying ghosts of white so he let the horses pick their own way. He felt uneasy, --as though he were in the center of a circling fury instead of riding the free flowing head. Johnny shouted to the wind and he shouted to his horses and he felt the challenge, But the challenge hadn't yet been given. He was chest deep in a flooded stream before he knew what game that wind wanted to play. Theteam strayed from the road in a flooded valley and blindly stopped in the freezing water. John climbed over the horses heads and dropped into the water in front of the lead animals, By shouting and pulling he led-them out and onto a road he could find only by feel, : Johnny didn't climb back onto his seat, Hefeltthe ice begin to form on the waterin his boots and in his mind he imagined the ice creeping up and through his body, The 17-year-old couldn 't suppress a grin, Neither he nor that wind knew anything of death and it was laughter they hurled at each other, Johnny took his reins, positioned himself on the ground at about the center of his coach, and drove his horses at a speed that stretched his muscles and warmed the blood in his ice caked boots, John crossed the mountains and ran down the eastern slope. When he stopped at a miners camp it was for dry clothes, Johnny Mac climbed back onto his seat, let out his horses on the straight desert road and rode that wind to his scheduled stop in the Carson Valley, S961 ‘8 Tdy***1988nN Aiun0> epeaon’** pf