August 23, 1972 (12 pages)

The last meeting of the Nevada City trustees was described as almost a "jollification" by Mayor Waggoner, as he and the other members of the board had the pleasure of knowing that the city was, at last, out ofdebt. For years the city was burdened by indebtedness due to the acquisition of the Idaho Ditch and water rights in Little Neer Creek plus costs of repairs of the Gait Bridge across Deer Creek. Final payment was made with great rejoicing. ok KOK KK Truckee greeted Buster Keaton, noted film comedian, and his troupe of actors from Los Angeles as they arrived to film a two-reeler and other movies near Lake Tahoe. Keaton's lovely leading lady, Phyllis Haver, accompanied the troupe on location. * eK * K * To Master Harry Stephens, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford Stephens of Nevada City, went the honor of making the first contribution to the Memorial Park which the Native Daughters planned to erect as a fitting tribute to area war dead. The park was to be situated at the corner of Broad and Union Streets. Master Harry had earned four bits doing errands for his neighbors and cheerfully gave that sum in memorial to the 300 young men of this vicinity who gave their lives in the service of their country. kK KOK KK Fire, which started in the battery room of the Donner Garage in Truckee, threatened the entire city and caused damage estimated later at "more than $170,000! Lost to the flames, in addition to the garage, were 23 automobiles the Sierra Tavern and two private residences. There were no injuries reported. * KKK KK Forty-seven miners were waiting the inevitable, trapped a mile below the surface in the great Argonaut Gold Mine of Jackson, Amador County. Fire was raging on all levels above the entombed men and extensive rescue operations were in progress..hope was rapidly dwindling. The mine finally caved in; in portions of its shored structure, asthe fire advanced along the multitude of tunnels and burned the timbers to ashes. (Note: On Sept. 19, 1922 the mine gave up its dead. A note was found on one body indicating that gasses had no doubt ended the men's agony probably within five hours after the fire broke out.) One of America's foremost thespians..on both stage and screen of his day..was Guy Bates Post. He was visiting his mother in Nevada City, Mrs. Mary Post; his sister, Mrs. Robert O. Starrett, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester M, Dull, also of this city. Mr. Post's latest motion picture was "The Masquerader" which had been scripted by Richard Walton Tully.. whose family was among Nevada City Pioneers. Guy Post was a stockholder in the Newtown Mine; and an ardent, vocal booster for Nevada County and its attractions. * KOK KK *K Henry Ford announced that due to a national coal shortage and other labor problems, more than 105,000 Ford Motor Company employees would surely be out of jobs by the middle of the following month..a frightening prospect on the labormanagement scene of that day. * kK KOK OK Flames swept four blocks in the heart of Tonopah, Nevada reducing its notorious "tenderloin" district to ashes. Among landmarks razed by flames was the famous Casino Caberet, a high-stake house that attracted thousands in palmier days. Arson was suspected in the fire that rendered some 250 homeless and did property damage estimated at "over $150,000! Star-spangled way to send a son to college Take stock in America Buy U.S. Savings Bands & Freedom Shares The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1972 3 This week fifty years ago Road name stirs supervisors Pot Licker Road in the Eullion Fire Protection District ran inte 4 pot of trouble at Tuesday's maeting of county supervisors. Dean Lawrence objected tothe choice of name for the private road.~ She contended it is embarassing and offensive because it is associated with drugs and liquor. She and some other supervisors feared other names selected for private roads could prove embarassing. However, Mrs. Lawrence's motion that names selected for private roads be reviewed by supervisors died for lack of a second. But it did spark some lively dialogue. Residents of the road selected the name in answer to a canvass from the Bullion Fire Department, which is attempting to name and sign all streets and roads in its protection district. The street naming is for rapid identification in case of emergency. Supervisors were uncertain of existing protocol in naming private roads. Ralph Woolam of the planning department later shed some light on how private roads are named in answer to a query from The Union. Naming of county roads is subject to a public hearing before the planning commission and final approval from the board of. supervisors. Private roads fall under a different category. Residents agree on their top choice and then pay out of their collective personal pocketsfor the signing of the name of their choice. This action is not subject to a public hearing. When resident have agreed on a name for a private road the planning department ultimately can assign numbers along that road, he said. When historical names were given to county roads in the Rough and Ready area, a public hearing was held. Some private roads may have gotten into the hearing along with county roads, Woolam said. The intriguing name of Pot Licker led a Union reporter to do further research into its meaning. Research revealed there are three spellings for the phrase, all with different shades of meanings. Pot-liquor isthe savory juices . remaining in the cookery of vegetables and meat and grandma used to hoard it. Pot-likker is the same form of sauce used in southern cookery and the spelling is colloquial. Pot-Licker, the name of the street, is a slang term for dogs who are notorious pot lickers. Mothers also sometimes accuse small children of being pot (or bowl) lickers. Those who keep brushed up on their Shakespeare know that the English author referred to a pot licker as one who kowtows to another for favors. (It may not be in the encyclopedia, but in thf East during Prohibition, Pot-licker was another name for bootleg booze.) Auxiliary to have food booth Members of the Penn Valley Fire Department Auxiliary will present a food booth at the fair specializing in pheasant sandwiches and homemade pies, Lois Gordon, Blanche Hersman, Sharon Davis, Lena Matheron and Artie Bolin volunteered their services as chairmen of the day. Harriet Hoover and Vera Sisil are chairmen of the food booth at the Sunday dog show. The booth will be open from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. the four fair days and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Time to get them ready. re For new classes, new teachers, new experiences.Everything from fingerpaint fgg%% to calculus. School means a lot of shopping. GY And that’s when Master Charge helps out. It’s good all over, they'll need. Master Be Or eee — = a for everything ; $ Charge watches your budget, too. Dy You get a complete record of your purchases. You get £ ak as Morten Lope BANK MEMBER F.0.I.C. GRASS VALLEY ¢ NEVADA CITY PLACERVILLE « SONORA ¢ FOLSOM ROSEVILLE ¢ TWAIN HARTE ¢ ALTAVILLE POR Back-to}

The last meeting of the Nevada City trustees was described as almost a "jollification" by Mayor Waggoner, as he and the other members of the board had the pleasure of knowing that the city was, at last, out ofdebt. For years the city was burdened by indebtedness due to the acquisition of the Idaho Ditch and water rights in Little Neer Creek plus costs of repairs of the Gait Bridge across Deer Creek. Final payment was made with great rejoicing. ok KOK KK Truckee greeted Buster Keaton, noted film comedian, and his troupe of actors from Los Angeles as they arrived to film a two-reeler and other movies near Lake Tahoe. Keaton's lovely leading lady, Phyllis Haver, accompanied the troupe on location. * eK * K * To Master Harry Stephens, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford Stephens of Nevada City, went the honor of making the first contribution to the Memorial Park which the Native Daughters planned to erect as a fitting tribute to area war dead. The park was to be situated at the corner of Broad and Union Streets. Master Harry had earned four bits doing errands for his neighbors and cheerfully gave that sum in memorial to the 300 young men of this vicinity who gave their lives in the service of their country. kK KOK KK Fire, which started in the battery room of the Donner Garage in Truckee, threatened the entire city and caused damage estimated later at "more than $170,000! Lost to the flames, in addition to the garage, were 23 automobiles the Sierra Tavern and two private residences. There were no injuries reported. * KKK KK Forty-seven miners were waiting the inevitable, trapped a mile below the surface in the great Argonaut Gold Mine of Jackson, Amador County. Fire was raging on all levels above the entombed men and extensive rescue operations were in progress...hope was rapidly dwindling. The mine finally caved in; in portions of its shored structure, asthe fire advanced along the multitude of tunnels and burned the timbers to ashes. (Note: On Sept. 19, 1922 the mine gave up its dead. A note was found on one body indicating that gasses had no doubt ended the men's agony probably within five hours after the fire broke out.) One of America's foremost thespians...on both stage and screen of his day....was Guy Bates Post. He was visiting his mother in Nevada City, Mrs. Mary Post; his sister, Mrs. Robert O. Starrett, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester M, Dull, also of this city. Mr. Post's latest motion picture was "The Masquerader" which had been scripted by Richard Walton Tully.... whose family was among Nevada City Pioneers. Guy Post was a stockholder in the Newtown Mine; and an ardent, vocal booster for Nevada County and its attractions. * KOK KK *K Henry Ford announced that due to a national coal shortage and other labor problems, more than 105,000 Ford Motor Company employees would surely be out of jobs by the middle of the following month...a frightening prospect on the labormanagement scene of that day. * kK KOK OK Flames swept four blocks in the heart of Tonopah, Nevada reducing its notorious "tenderloin" district to ashes. Among landmarks razed by flames was the famous Casino Caberet, a high-stake house that attracted thousands in palmier days. Arson was suspected in the fire that rendered some 250 homeless and did property damage estimated at "over $150,000! Star-spangled way to send a son to college Take stock in America Buy U.S. Savings Bands & Freedom Shares The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1972 3 This week fifty years ago Road name stirs supervisors Pot Licker Road in the Eullion Fire Protection District ran inte 4 pot of trouble at Tuesday's maeting of county supervisors. Dean Lawrence objected tothe choice of name for the private road.~ She contended it is embarassing and offensive because it is associated with drugs and liquor. She and some other supervisors feared other names selected for private roads could prove embarassing. However, Mrs. Lawrence's motion that names selected for private roads be reviewed by supervisors died for lack of a second. But it did spark some lively dialogue. Residents of the road selected the name in answer to a canvass from the Bullion Fire Department, which is attempting to name and sign all streets and roads in its protection district. The street naming is for rapid identification in case of emergency. Supervisors were uncertain of existing protocol in naming private roads.

Ralph Woolam of the planning department later shed some light on how private roads are named in answer to a query from The Union. Naming of county roads is subject to a public hearing before the planning commission and final approval from the board of. supervisors. Private roads fall under a different category. Residents agree on their top choice and then pay out of their collective personal pocketsfor the signing of the name of their choice. This action is not subject to a public hearing. When resident have agreed on a name for a private road the planning department ultimately can assign numbers along that road, he said. When historical names were given to county roads in the Rough and Ready area, a public hearing was held. Some private roads may have gotten into the hearing along with county roads, Woolam said. The intriguing name of Pot Licker led a Union reporter to do further research into its meaning. Research revealed there are three spellings for the phrase, all with different shades of meanings. Pot-liquor isthe savory juices . remaining in the cookery of vegetables and meat and grandma used to hoard it. Pot-likker is the same form of sauce used in southern cookery and the spelling is colloquial. Pot-Licker, the name of the street, is a slang term for dogs who are notorious pot lickers. Mothers also sometimes accuse small children of being pot (or bowl) lickers. Those who keep brushed up on their Shakespeare know that the English author referred to a pot licker as one who kowtows to another for favors. (It may not be in the encyclopedia, but in thf East during Prohibition, Pot-licker was another name for bootleg booze.) Auxiliary to have food booth Members of the Penn Valley Fire Department Auxiliary will present a food booth at the fair specializing in pheasant sandwiches and homemade pies, Lois Gordon, Blanche Hersman, Sharon Davis, Lena Matheron and Artie Bolin volunteered their services as chairmen of the day. Harriet Hoover and Vera Sisil are chairmen of the food booth at the Sunday dog show. The booth will be open from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. the four fair days and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Time to get them ready. re For new classes, new teachers, new experiences.Everything from fingerpaint fgg%% to calculus. School means a lot of shopping. GY And that’s when Master Charge helps out. It’s good all over, they'll need. Master Be Or eee — = a for everything ; $ Charge watches your budget, too. Dy You get a complete record of your purchases. You get £ ak as Morten Lope BANK MEMBER F.0.I.C. GRASS VALLEY ¢ NEVADA CITY PLACERVILLE « SONORA ¢ FOLSOM ROSEVILLE ¢ TWAIN HARTE ¢ ALTAVILLE POR Back-to}