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August 24, 1966 (20 pages)

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ae sens “The Original Wild Oats” Will : Ply For ER Teen Dance At The Fair On Thursday During the early planning of the Nevada County District Fair, Secretary -Manager Malcolm E, Hammill w as approached by a group of teen ~agers asking about having a dance on the slab the first night of the 1966 fair. After several discussions it was left up tothe group to select the band they would like to have and after several months, checking on bands they came up with the one that they thought was the most popular locally and in several northern counties, “The inal Wild Oats” and they will provide the music for the Teen dance Thursday night August 25, opening night of the Fair to’be held on the dance slab starting at 8:30 p.m. “The Wild Oats” a Grass Valley group has played at various colleges, high schools and night yee VIOLA KEISTER, (left) Claudia Mr, and Mrs, Stan Sanders, Dr, and Mrs, Leland Lewis, of Nevada City, and Sisters Superior Mary Paulette and Sister Mary Jonavella of Mount St, Mary's Academy of Grass Valley, were among those present last weekend in Georgetown to see the Gold Pan Players present "Patches, The Pride of Blue Canyon" or “An Orphan of The Gold Rush”, There will be six more performances, each Friday and Saturday evening through September clubs ranging from Lake Tahoe to San Francisco, "The Wild Oats” was awarded a recording session with “Golden State Records” after being chosen out of many auditioning northern California bands, Members of the band include Art Deluca, drummer and head vocalist, Art is a graduate of Sierra College and is now working at Nevada County Title Company. His brother John, is lead guitarist and attends Nevada Union High School, Ron Ray, bass guitarist, is a graduate of Sierra College and is now a psychology major at Chico State. His brother, Len, is the organist and is also a graduate of Sierra. Len is a pre-med ' major at Chico State, Rounding off the group is Dave Tucker, rhythm guitar, Dave attends The play, a melodrama was written over a century ago and is adapted, directed and produced by Margaret Douglas Chamberlin,a native of the area and an American Melodrama Specialist. The four act play is complete with heroine, hero and villianand has been well received by fun loving audiences for the past six performances, The Bloomer Girls are back in the Olio, more of them and all sizes, The wee ones have captured the hearts of the viewers, gon, via Seattle, Washington. Nevada Union High School, ; This isa clean cut, intelligent group of fine young musicians and fronrall the favorable comment being received by the “teens” daily at the fairgrounds this will be one of the highlights in entertainment of the entire fair. Mrs Boyd Atwell Entertains Guests Mr, and Mrs, John B, Atwell and family were guests recently atthe home of Mr, Atwell's mother, Mrs. J. Boyd Atwell. They were enroute totheir home in Menlo Park after a vacation trip that took them to Montana, Calgary, Canada, Lake Louise, Baniff and on to Portland, OreMurchie and Charles Orgibet are shown in their costumes for parts in "Patches" being presented by the Gold Pan Players through September 3 in Georgetown. Georgetowns Gold Pan Players Are Presenting “Patches” In Old Balsar House Many other specialities are planned for the Olio, to add to thenow “thrillers” and interesting acts, The production is held in the 108 year old Balsar House on the corner of Highway 193 and Main Street, Georgetown, Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. Reservations are available at Irene's, P.O. Box 308, Georgetown, There will-be some tickets available atthe door. A portion of the receipts will be used to help restore the Balsar House, By Fay M. Dunbar Etough And Ready NWews . . 273 2934 The Rough and Ready Fire Dept. is operational again. We hope it wont be needed, but if it is, Fire Chief Dale Haines, has the truck ready to go. Insurance is covered for 30 days. Now if we can just get some daytime help, so that we don't have to plan our fires for after the men get home from work, it will be nice. Of course, we will continue to need money to keep up the insurance. Thereistobe another meeting at7:30 p.m. on Tuesday August 30 at the Grange Hall. The investigating committee will make its report andwecan make plans for the future. For the safety of your home and family, be there, e@eeese The Willis Perrys of Rough and Ready Road have twonew neighbors, The John Tinsley and the Vernon Jones families are building new homes, Mr, and Mrs, John A. Tinsley and their twoteenage youngsters, a son and a daughter are living
here while they build their home, They are from Pleasant Hill where Tinsley is working. He expects to be transferred here by the first of the year, Mr, and Mrs, Vernon Jones and their son are still living in Concord where Jones, a retired Army Major, has an interior decorating business. They work on their home on the weekends, eesees TheRough andReady Chamber of Commerce has appointed Bill Thomas to act as Rough and Ready °s representative to the new County Chamber of Commerce, Thomas will report on our questions at the next Rough and Ready Chamber meeting which is planned for early in September, Thechamber had six members: and 16 guests present at the meeting called for this appointment,. Lén Gilbert of Grass Valley and Ken Casper of Wolf Creek Road are County Chamber representatives for this district, The group felt proper representation for Rough and Ready was slipping away from us, Five of the guests joined the Chamber and there will probably be more, e@eee9#es The ladies of the Rough and Ready Grange are always so busy making money to maintain their various service projects that they seldom have time to play. Last week they met for luncheon at The Office before their regular August meeting, The meeting was held in the garden of Marguerite Abbott’s home on Alta Vista Ave, Gladys Kelley Wins First Prize At Odd Fellows Mrs, Gladys Kelley of Grass Valley was the first prize win‘ner at the monthly public party held Saturday night in the Odd Fellows Hall of Grass Valley, The prize given was two dinners at the Alta Sierra Country Club, An unusually large crowd atténded this party which is sponsored by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No, 12, and is held each month in the hall at 110 1/2 Mil11 Street, Grass Valley, It was fun. We hope to do it again soon. The September 20 meeting will be at the home of La Netta Hyatt on Spenceville Road, The current big project is a new kitchen for the historic old hall which is used by so many organizationst hroughout the area, eeeee Rough and Ready is still spreading out.over the hills, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Balch and their two teenage sons from Travis Air Force Base are planning a new home here. They have purchased property at the top of a nearby hill at the end of Rough and Ready Road, eeesees The Earl Treadways of Rough and Ready Road have sold their home and some acreage to Mr. and Mrs, Bert A. Spaits of Oakland, Spaitsis a retired dentist. The Spaits are on vacation in Hawaii, but expect to move here early in September. We hope the Treadways will build their new home here very soon, eeeees T he Rough and Ready Dinner House is under new management, Mrs. Hazel Worden, who has been in the cafe business near Nevada City for the last five Years, is the new manager, The cafe has a regular breakfast, lunch and dinner menu and is open from 6:00 a. m. to 8:00 7 Pe m, Be sure and see the Rough and Ready Grange booths at the District Fair, Mrs, Olyve Simmons of Rough and Ready Road is chairman of the feature booth, It has been set up in a calf barn where everyone has been working on it this past month, Ed Beam and Russel Abbott have proven they are real builders, You sure learn to do some strange things, I am chairman of the garden display booth, Rosa Christensen has been decorating garbage can lids for it. Russell Abbott is out along the creeks and ditches now hunting some bracken fern for it. Its lots of work, I have two bits of news for you that will have to wait until next week. The fair booth won't, I'm on my way there now, L. G. Humphreys Retires After 30 Years.Of Service Leonard G, Humphreys, 351 Alexander St., Nevada City, has retired from state service after a 30-year career asa Maintenance Man II with the California Division of Highways, He was assigned to the Nevada City maintenance territory headquarters operating heavy equipment under Superintendent Jack Snider, Early in his career he devised a splashshield to protect motors on heavy graders from the corrosive effects of salt, sand and moisture, He and his wife, Edith, have a daughter, Mrs, Patricia Rua also of Nevada City, and two grandchildren,