August 16, 1961 (20 pages)

tage U2, Pe SERVING THOSE WHO BUILD NEVADA COUNTY WITH QUALITY LUMBER AND TOWN TALK Dial 265-4521 / J* . i % a 4 et yt > > A sited 5 fe ws ue “ “eee eet a tte he A @ wo BUILDING MATERIALS LUMBER COMPANY INC. 2 Nugget Editor Dean Thompson handed me my assignment. Nevada County progress edition coming up. Forget, says Dean, the glorious past give our readers a look at Nevada County on the move. See whats doing over Donner Summit, in Truckee, and in the eastern recreational area near Hobart Mills and Boca, So away we go in the Falcon up tree lined highway 20 and onto highway 40. Full crew aboard. Bird watching Ruth, with binoculars, everon the lookout for the pilated woodpecker, Bob Wyckoff with his 4 x 5 Speed Graphic ,son Jimmy Wyckoff, age 10, and dog Paddy, age111/2. In wonderful Nevada County, in the good old summer time, on a Saturday afternoon in July. First stop first picture Soda SpringsN o freeway construction problem is insurmountable in these days of dynamite and huge earth moving equipment, Hour after hour all day and all night solid Nevada County granite is being blasted and moved for the last connecting link of the 4 lane Donner Summit freeway . 8000-12000 yards of boulders pictured above are moved every 24 hours, “Faa treewayelll cross the ‘sumiatt about two miles north of Donner Pass at an élevation of 7,225 feet. This is about 50 feet higher than the summit of the present pretzel like road but engineers say the : 1 slope will be so gradual it will hardly be noticeable to the motorists. But for you who want to throw your money away 30 minutes sooner on the Reno gambling tables will have to wait until October1964. for completion. The project is one of the most expensive and difficult in the history of California's excellentroad system. Nevada County is rugged country. Next picture making spot Truckee Nevada County's third largest city a gateway city in all directions, To Squaw Valley toTahoe, to the high Sierras, Sawmills and payrolls, One of California's best run hospitals the Tahoe Forest. Good schools, A well informed citizenry _kept that way through Walter Barrett's weekly The. Sierra Sun It ShinesFor All, Town constable, counselor, ° chaplin TomDolley, Truckee is on the move, Donner State Park Museum is under construction. Richard Higgins, Truckee's new and enthusiastic postmaster proudly talked about about the newest and most modern building in Nevada County the $39,000 postoffice. OVER DONNER SUMMIT AT A COST OF $3,000,000 A MILE The waiting list for post office boxes is always a barometer of a town's business growth. In Truckee 150 families are waiting for their personal mail box soon to be fulfilled by this fine structure, Business is 25% greater than only 5 years ago, accordirig to Postmaster Dick Higgins and increasing monthly, He estimates that the area served by the local office Donner Lakei . budget priced Ne . easy to install ANELING USE IT EVERYWHERE, The soft, warm beauty of fine wood paneling, its maintenance-free features and its wide variety of wood species, make it the ideal background for decorating effects in the living room. STOP IN AND SEE OUR LARGE BIAMAAY OF FINE WOOD PANELING BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER COMPANY e Grass Valley Phone 273-6105 /\: Truckee, Big Chief, Hobart Mills is populated by at least 2500 people, Eastern Nevada County is on the move, On the drawing boards a long overdue County Building to serve the policing and administrative needs of these 2500 Nevada Countyans, Then on to continued Nevada County progress in the Hobart Mills Boca area. Last fall I had the honor as Master of 1Ceremonies at the dedication of the Adler i Shaale recreational camp site area com. menerating the Donner Party to indroduce i] Assemblyman Paul Lunardi, Congressman Bizz Johnson and Senator Ron Cameron. DELEGATE your insurance worriesto theJ, A, BROWN AGENCY, 104 E, Main Street, and that moment on, the BROWN AGENCY will work to see that nothing your happiness or feeling of security. We've done just that for other folks and they've told their friends—as we realize every time a new client Grass Valley, Gas. Phone 273-3305 COPYRIGHTED

tage U2, Pe SERVING THOSE WHO BUILD NEVADA COUNTY WITH QUALITY LUMBER AND TOWN TALK Dial 265-4521 / J* . i % a 4 et yt > > A sited 5 fe ws ue “ “eee eet a tte he A @ wo BUILDING MATERIALS LUMBER COMPANY INC. 2 Nugget Editor Dean Thompson handed me my assignment. Nevada County progress edition coming up. Forget, says Dean, the glorious past give our readers a look at Nevada County on the move. See whats doing over Donner Summit, in Truckee, and in the eastern recreational area near Hobart Mills and Boca, So away we go in the Falcon up tree lined highway 20 and onto highway 40. Full crew aboard. Bird watching Ruth, with binoculars, everon the lookout for the pilated woodpecker, Bob Wyckoff with his 4 x 5 Speed Graphic ,son Jimmy Wyckoff, age 10, and dog Paddy, age111/2. In wonderful Nevada County, in the good old summer time, on a Saturday afternoon in July. First stop first picture Soda SpringsN o freeway construction problem is insurmountable in these days of dynamite and huge earth moving equipment, Hour after hour all day and all night solid Nevada County granite is being blasted and moved for the last connecting link of the 4 lane Donner Summit freeway . 8000-12000 yards of boulders pictured above are moved every 24 hours, “Faa treewayelll cross the ‘sumiatt about two miles north of Donner Pass at an élevation of 7,225 feet. This is about 50 feet higher than the summit of the present pretzel like road but engineers say the : 1 slope will be so gradual it will hardly be noticeable to the motorists. But for you who want to throw your money away 30 minutes sooner on the Reno gambling tables will have to wait until October1964. for completion. The project is one of the most expensive and difficult in the history of California's excellentroad system. Nevada County is rugged country. Next picture making spot Truckee Nevada County's third largest city a gateway city in all directions, To Squaw Valley toTahoe, to the high Sierras, Sawmills and payrolls, One of California's best run hospitals the

Tahoe Forest. Good schools, A well informed citizenry _kept that way through Walter Barrett's weekly The. Sierra Sun It ShinesFor All, Town constable, counselor, ° chaplin TomDolley, Truckee is on the move, Donner State Park Museum is under construction. Richard Higgins, Truckee's new and enthusiastic postmaster proudly talked about about the newest and most modern building in Nevada County the $39,000 postoffice. OVER DONNER SUMMIT AT A COST OF $3,000,000 A MILE The waiting list for post office boxes is always a barometer of a town's business growth. In Truckee 150 families are waiting for their personal mail box soon to be fulfilled by this fine structure, Business is 25% greater than only 5 years ago, accordirig to Postmaster Dick Higgins and increasing monthly, He estimates that the area served by the local office Donner Lakei .. budget priced Ne .. easy to install ANELING USE IT EVERYWHERE, The soft, warm beauty of fine wood paneling, its maintenance-free features and its wide variety of wood species, make it the ideal background for decorating effects in the living room. STOP IN AND SEE OUR LARGE BIAMAAY OF FINE WOOD PANELING BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER COMPANY e Grass Valley Phone 273-6105 /\: Truckee, Big Chief, Hobart Mills is populated by at least 2500 people, Eastern Nevada County is on the move, On the drawing boards a long overdue County Building to serve the policing and administrative needs of these 2500 Nevada Countyans, Then on to continued Nevada County progress in the Hobart Mills Boca area. Last fall I had the honor as Master of 1Ceremonies at the dedication of the Adler i Shaale recreational camp site area com. menerating the Donner Party to indroduce i] Assemblyman Paul Lunardi, Congressman Bizz Johnson and Senator Ron Cameron. DELEGATE your insurance worriesto theJ, A, BROWN AGENCY, 104 E, Main Street, and that moment on, the BROWN AGENCY will work to see that nothing your happiness or feeling of security. We've done just that for other folks and they've told their friends—as we realize every time a new client Grass Valley, Gas. Phone 273-3305 COPYRIGHTED