August 21, 1974 (8 pages)

ak, 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Aug. 21,1974 ee . ‘By PLL. Smith Had an all too brief visit ohe dividuals and ethnic _ groups day recently with a German . free-lance ‘‘journalist— ‘ photographer”, who breezed thru Nevada City enroute Downieville. His name was Hans Edgar Schultsmann and he was from Berlin. About 30 years of age, he had been graduated from the equivalent of one of our more progressive Junior Colleges at the age of 19 and had then gone to South Africa for five years on a roving reporassignment for a popular ne. After that, he went to the Far East and collaborated with a young writer on a series of articles pointing up the need for better methods of birth control. Now, he and that same Belgian author-playwright are interested in doing their own and nia! He was in a big mad rush to get to Downieville and start to work on ‘The Hanging of Juanita” (where haven’t we seen or heard that one before? ).80 we said goodbye, “eome see us again sometime” and watched him drive up Broad tugal, Street towards Highway 49 in the late afternoon sun. The latest edition of Bicentennial* Times, published in Washington, D.C., has a leading about the way in which ‘South Bend, Indiana, is going about, the business of “plugging” the big events of 1976. street when Beautification Foundation complete painting all 4,800 fire plugs to resemble Revolutionary War soldiers.” The plan originated with Ruth von Karowsky to honor inthe South Bend proud 301. Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. at) Saeee . . Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY . WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City,’ California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of. general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 . $5.00 far more than a thousand of the fire plugs have been painted in the more than 40 designs copyrighted by Mrs. vonKarowsky. More than 400 citizens, rariging in age from nine years to 79, volunteered their services as painters in the “Plugs For South Be F program. These copyrighted designs for, fire von i are available with her sion by writing to the at 407 West Navarre Street, South bend, IN 46616. Another interesting Bicentennial note is this from Elm-wood Park in New Jersey.where the students at Memorial High School are engaging in a gigantic “pen pal” project to spread the word about America’s early history to students all over the world. They've already had enthusiastic responses from such places as Greece, India, PorJapan, Jordan, Spain, Australia, Jamaica, South Africa and Venezuela, among others. This sort of thing could be contagious you know. Antique collecting has taken varied forms in the United States for many years and now there’s a new ‘‘dimension”’ come to life, on the Monterey Peninsula, in ‘the stunning collection of miniature automobiliana of Bruce and Al Marwick; who have a notably attractive residence at Pebble Beach. They are the justifiably owners of a miniature “Concours d’Elegance’’ including all kinds of cars and trucks manufactured from 1900 to 1940. In their collection of some 500 toys are also to be found some contemporary models of high-grade tin plate © and _ quality synthetic manufacture; and even airplanes have their place in this unique ‘“‘museum”’. Charles Lindbergh’s ‘‘Spirit of St. Louis” and. Amelia _Earhart’s “Friendship” are to be found in toy models on y. there. Bruce and Al have the only such . major collection on the West other similar collections in the ~ United States. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.; Leon Perelman Museum in Philadelphia and the Hallmark Crown Center in Kansas: City. FFA NEEDS FOOD Nevada Union Future Farmers of America need fruits and county to display in their exhibit booth at the Nevada County Fair -. from Aug. 22 through 25. Anyone product at the fairgrounds after 5 p.m. Wednesday or for pick up, call 273-5525, 273-9794, 273-5856, Rough an By Fa ye Dunbar wishing todonate, may leave the_or 273-4279 between 5 and 8 p.m. «phe gun is a shining to welcome the day so i were from old English ballads He was a friend of the Fred Knobs of Empire gtreet in Grass Valley. Mrs. Knobs has the original of his speech, in-his own handwriting, words way back in 1917 by Helen Taylor for a song given at Pioneer Park in Nevada City in 1935. titled ‘Come to the Fair’. They are just as fitting today. Tho’ such of her words as “‘all the stalls on the green are as fine as can be” still smack of As our 4Her’s say “to make the best better’. So come to the fair and see ‘‘tokens” of —R&R—— The Transportation Commigsion will have a . booth ‘to tell of some of the plans they are working toward. It may seem a bit far fetched but two of their objectives, as outlined by the law establishing them, are not only to help avert another energy crisis but also to promote a ‘better ecology. The powers that be are concerned about the one man, one car way of American life today. = —R&ER—~ The Rough “You will also see the Rough and Ready Grange booths as you tour the feature exhibits _ and garden displays. These ‘stalls’ are only a smidgin of what you will find to see. They just happen to be ones that ba I find particularly interesting. —R&RFor those of you interested in American . Indian lore, August and September are the months of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico and of the American Indian Exposition at Anadarko, Okla. Their fairs are directed to the display and renewal of their traditional arts and folk lore. R&R — Last week’s park meeting in Penn Valley consisted mainly of two items of business. The first was the election of five park commissioners — who will direct the development of the park. If you would like to serve call Gene Hatton. The other discussion was of how to get information to everyone in the district. —~R&RLittle Miss Rachel Boom, just seven months old yesterday, is still in the hospital. Rachel is the daughter of Loretto and David Boom of —-R&ER— School days are nearly with us again. Sierra College will be holding walk-in registration Aug. 26-28 for night classes at NUHS from 6 to 9 p.m. If you don’t mean to be a full fledged student with at least 10 units of work then each course you take will cost you $5. They have a wide _selection of subjects, both practical and hobby Some classes will be held at NUHS and some mae 4 pier aya You can register by mail up Sierra is trying to develop a Saturday college for those who can’t manage week nights. On Aug. 10 of this year Herbert C. Hoover would have been 100 years old. He was the 31st President of the United States. He worked in the gold fields in his youth and even visited here after he-became president. — a iso oleceen dig re In a sketch of the Nevada County Bar done by A. A. Sargent, for Thompson and West for their History of Nevada County, Rough and Ready hy Sent much recognition. The Honorable W. Roberts, who was Rough Ready’s first official Justice of the Peace senate in 1863. We know of him from our play ‘“‘Saga of the h and Ready Pioneers” in which, with poetic license; we have caused him to be part of the crew that formed the Great Republic. Justice Roberts, in our story ‘Pete’ Roberts,penings I am about to relate. Perhaps he also actually made the decision in the case of Joe quor Justice John Little’s Court, at Rough and Ready. William Watt had located a set of mining claims in Boston Ravine and his right was disputed by a combination who claimed the whole ravine. i at af sequently bacame a wealthy and influential : citizen of Grass Valley, prominent for years in ‘all political contests, was elected to the State more but I thought you would enjoy Sargent’s t mention.

ak, 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Aug. 21,1974 ee . ‘By PLL. Smith Had an all too brief visit ohe dividuals and ethnic _ groups day recently with a German . free-lance ‘‘journalist— ‘ photographer”, who breezed thru Nevada City enroute Downieville. His name was Hans Edgar Schultsmann and he was from Berlin. About 30 years of age, he had been graduated from the equivalent of one of our more progressive Junior Colleges at the age of 19 and had then gone to South Africa for five years on a roving reporassignment for a popular ne. After that, he went to the Far East and collaborated with a young writer on a series of articles pointing up the need for better methods of birth control. Now, he and that same Belgian author-playwright are interested in doing their own and nia! He was in a big mad rush to get to Downieville and start to work on ‘The Hanging of Juanita” (where haven’t we seen or heard that one before? )..80 we said goodbye, “eome see us again sometime” and watched him drive up Broad tugal, Street towards Highway 49 in the late afternoon sun. The latest edition of Bicentennial* Times, published in Washington, D.C., has a leading about the way in which ‘South Bend, Indiana, is going about, the business of “plugging” the big events of 1976. street when Beautification Foundation complete painting all 4,800 fire plugs to resemble Revolutionary War soldiers.” The plan originated with Ruth von Karowsky to honor inthe South Bend proud 301. Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. at) Saeee . . Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY . WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City,’ California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of. general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 .. $5.00 far more than a thousand of the fire plugs have been painted in the more than 40 designs copyrighted by Mrs. vonKarowsky. More than 400 citizens, rariging in age from nine years to 79, volunteered their services as painters in the “Plugs For South Be F program. These copyrighted designs for, fire von i are available with her sion by writing to the at 407 West Navarre Street, South bend, IN 46616. Another interesting Bicentennial note is this from Elm-wood Park in New Jersey..where the students at Memorial High School are engaging in a gigantic “pen pal” project to spread the word about America’s early history to students all over the world. They've already had enthusiastic responses from such places as Greece, India, PorJapan, Jordan, Spain, Australia, Jamaica, South Africa and Venezuela, among others. This sort of thing could be contagious you know. Antique collecting has taken varied forms in the United States for many years and now there’s a new ‘‘dimension”’ come to life, on the Monterey Peninsula, in ‘the stunning collection of miniature automobiliana of Bruce and Al Marwick; who have a notably attractive residence at Pebble Beach. They are the justifiably owners of a miniature “Concours d’Elegance’’ including all kinds of cars and trucks manufactured from 1900 to 1940. In their collection of some 500 toys are also to be found some contemporary models of high-grade tin plate © and _ quality synthetic manufacture; and even airplanes have their place in this unique ‘“‘museum”’. Charles Lindbergh’s ‘‘Spirit of St. Louis”

and. Amelia _Earhart’s “Friendship” are to be found in toy models on y. there. Bruce and Al have the only such . major collection on the West other similar collections in the ~ United States. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.; Leon Perelman Museum in Philadelphia and the Hallmark Crown Center in Kansas: City. FFA NEEDS FOOD Nevada Union Future Farmers of America need fruits and county to display in their exhibit booth at the Nevada County Fair -. from Aug. 22 through 25. Anyone product at the fairgrounds after 5 p.m. Wednesday or for pick up, call 273-5525, 273-9794, 273-5856, Rough an By Fa ye Dunbar wishing todonate, may leave the_or 273-4279 between 5 and 8 p.m. «phe gun is a shining to welcome the day so i were from old English ballads He was a friend of the Fred Knobs of Empire gtreet in Grass Valley. Mrs. Knobs has the original of his speech, in-his own handwriting, words way back in 1917 by Helen Taylor for a song given at Pioneer Park in Nevada City in 1935. titled ‘Come to the Fair’. They are just as fitting today. Tho’ such of her words as “‘all the stalls on the green are as fine as can be” still smack of As our 4Her’s say “to make the best better’. So come to the fair and see ‘‘tokens” of —R&R—— The Transportation Commigsion will have a . booth ‘to tell of some of the plans they are working toward. It may seem a bit far fetched but two of their objectives, as outlined by the law establishing them, are not only to help avert another energy crisis but also to promote a ‘better ecology. The powers that be are concerned about the one man, one car way of American life today. = —R&ER—~ The Rough “You will also see the Rough and Ready Grange booths as you tour the feature exhibits _ and garden displays. These ‘stalls’ are only a smidgin of what you will find to see. They just happen to be ones that ba I find particularly interesting. —R&RFor those of you interested in American . Indian lore, August and September are the months of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico and of the American Indian Exposition at Anadarko, Okla. Their fairs are directed to the display and renewal of their traditional arts and folk lore. R&R — Last week’s park meeting in Penn Valley consisted mainly of two items of business. The first was the election of five park commissioners — who will direct the development of the park. If you would like to serve call Gene Hatton. The other discussion was of how to get information to everyone in the district. —~R&RLittle Miss Rachel Boom, just seven months old yesterday, is still in the hospital. Rachel is the daughter of Loretto and David Boom of —-R&ER— School days are nearly with us again. Sierra College will be holding walk-in registration Aug. 26-28 for night classes at NUHS from 6 to 9 p.m. If you don’t mean to be a full fledged student with at least 10 units of work then each course you take will cost you $5. They have a wide _selection of subjects, both practical and hobby Some classes will be held at NUHS and some mae 4 pier aya You can register by mail up Sierra is trying to develop a Saturday college for those who can’t manage week nights. On Aug. 10 of this year Herbert C. Hoover would have been 100 years old. He was the 31st President of the United States. He worked in the gold fields in his youth and even visited here after he-became president. — a iso oleceen dig re In a sketch of the Nevada County Bar done by A. A. Sargent, for Thompson and West for their History of Nevada County, Rough and Ready hy Sent much recognition. The Honorable W. Roberts, who was Rough Ready’s first official Justice of the Peace senate in 1863. We know of him from our play ‘“‘Saga of the h and Ready Pioneers” in which, with poetic license; we have caused him to be part of the crew that formed the Great Republic. Justice Roberts, in our story ‘Pete’ Roberts,penings I am about to relate. Perhaps he also actually made the decision in the case of Joe quor Justice John Little’s Court, at Rough and Ready. William Watt had located a set of mining claims in Boston Ravine and his right was disputed by a combination who claimed the whole ravine. i at af sequently bacame a wealthy and influential : citizen of Grass Valley, prominent for years in ‘all political contests, was elected to the State more but I thought you would enjoy Sargent’s t mention.