August 3, 1966 (20 pages)

TRADE WINDS By Jessica Bain Mrs, Del Bennetts, the "Wyn" half of Glad-Wyn's Gift Shop on Mill Street in Grass Valley has just returned from a vacation with her husband, They toured the Feather River area and visited Bennett's grandfather's ranch in Sierra Valley which is still known as "the Old Fisher Ranch," Bennetts’ mother was born there in the great blizzard of 1890. The former partnership of Tremewan and Ron Ramos in Banner -Sierra has been dissolved and Ramos is taking a position in Alaska, Tremewan will continue to operate the cabinet _ making business, Kenny and Lemoyne Dark, owners of C,B.S, on the Downieville Highway outside of Nevada City have used a part of Gladys Perkins, the "Glad" half of the gift shop partnership, has lived in this area for 20 years. The Glad-Wyn partnership was formed more than five years ago, e@ee2es8s Stop in and look at the Iron Mountain Stoneware made in Mountain City, Tennessee, at Osborn -W oods, on Commercial Streetin Nevada City. The unusual dinnerware set looks exactly like iron. Jessica Kissig, new owner of Louise's in the Holiday Village Shopping Center in Spring Hill is shown here giving the "red carpet" treatment to customer, Mrs, Sally Becker of Grass ValHe a eees8es Dick Tremewan this week announced the opening of the Banner Cabinet Shopin the building at the junction of Cole fax Highway and Brunswick Road, The cabinet shop, which was formerly part of Banner-Sierra at the same site, will continue in operation providing custom made furniture, kitchen cabinets and carpet installation, Mrs. Del Bennetts and Gladys Perkins the past to decorate their grounds, They have set up a Pelton Wheel, that was cast in Miners Foundry in Nevada City back in the pioneer days. An old ore scar also has been set up outside the store, Dark has made his store more attractive by adding a five foot fireplace and a 4 by 6 foot ceramic tile table to show off his stock of wallpaper and matching fabrics, Over 16 years ago, the Darks came from San Francisco and made their home here in Nevada City. Dark was a builder and four hears ago ventured into retail sales, : e@ees8ss¢ Town Talk Nevada County Nugget..August 3, 1966.. Alpha Anniversary..Gravy Train..Another Park Ranger Alpha Hardware Co., which has its headquarters in Nevada City and stores in both cities of the county, marked the 20th anniversary of the present management with a dinner for the staff Monday night in the National Hotel in Nevada City. The present management headed by Downey Clinch, Roy Tremoureux and William C, Briggs took over the store as Alpha Hardware Company on August 1, 1946. Previous to that date the store had been Alpha Stores Ldt. and owned and operated by Fred Cassidy. Before Cassidy had the business it was Legg and Shaw and the original hardware operation in Nevada City dates back 8 years, The store has continued toplay an important roll in the economic life of the Twin Cities area. ee*ee8se The gaping tax inequities of the Southern Pacific Land Company in Nevada County which were outlined for the county board of supervisors by the Nevada County Taxpayers Association last week has a lot of people wondering what other big land and timber holding companies or individuals might be riding on the same gravy train, eeese Heard over the loudspeaker at the Jaycees State Board Meeting at the local fairgrounds Sunday morning; “Would the person who took the jacket from the car of the deputy sheriff last night please return it to the information booth immediately? No questions will be asked, " Also heard at the convention Milton K, Mikan, one of the oll owners of M& S Chevrolet Fee Oldsmobile at 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley is looking forward to his new car showing in September, and so are wel Mikan resides in Alta Sierra with his wife and three children, He certainly picked the right place to live because he spends a great deal of time on the Alta Sierra golf course, eseeeses "Fishing" by Jeff Talmage Mrs. Hamilton's Second Grade-— Hennessy School Sunday was this explanation of why RonaldReagan was delayed in making his appearance at the keynote luncheon Saturday at the fairgrounds, “There was a highchop on the water,” commented this wag, “and Reagan had trouble walking on the water, ” The only thing that kept this heavily pro-Reagan crowd from’ throwing this disbeliever off the fairgrounds was the fact that he was the one dispensing bloody marys to the red-eyed delegates, eseeses The new Malakoff State Historical Park in Nevada County had another ranger added to the staff this week with the arrival of Robert N, Irving, Irving, who will be second in command as assistant park supervisor to supervisor Eric Leffingwell, comestothe new park from the Millerton Lake State Recreation Area near Fresno, Irving's wife, 14 year old daughter and 17 year old son will be moving up to the old town of North Bloomfield soon to join the new park ranger, Another son is serving in the Army in Korea, Residents of the eastern end of the county, many of whom have long felt they were the step children of the western part, are taking a serious look at the proposal to create a county chamber of commerce, The Truckee-Donner area, in the heart of the summer recreation region with Donner Lake and Boca Reservoir, and the gateway tothe winter ski resorts ata & ae ey Por hashada highly active chamber of commerce for a number of years, Several of the residents of the area which has managed to effectively promote its own good points without too much aid from anywhere else, is seriously asking why it should help promote the rest of the county, eeesees Again on the eastern scene, renewed and energetic efforts are being made to push the proposal to create an incorporated city out of the Truckee-Donner area, The move has had a spotty history and an almost ludicrous number of extensions of time before the board of supervisors to get the required number of signatures to call an incorporation election, Proponents of the move cite the state and federal funds that would become available to the area as a city to help it solve its road and sewage problems that now go elsewhere because the area is incorporated, Backers of the city idea are faced in the Donner area with the seemingly insurmountable fact that many of the property owners live outside the county and want to have nothing to do with joining a city, Despite the fact that haphazard growth is rapidly threatening to cuin the very things they came to the lake to see, absentee owners seem to adamant in their opposition to the incorporation move and some of the eastern end backers are now talking of lowering their sights and pushing for incorporation ofthe Truckee area and letting Donner fend for itself,

TRADE WINDS By Jessica Bain Mrs, Del Bennetts, the "Wyn" half of Glad-Wyn's Gift Shop on Mill Street in Grass Valley has just returned from a vacation with her husband, They toured the Feather River area and visited Bennett's grandfather's ranch in Sierra Valley which is still known as "the Old Fisher Ranch," Bennetts’ mother was born there in the great blizzard of 1890. The former partnership of Tremewan and Ron Ramos in Banner -Sierra has been dissolved and Ramos is taking a position in Alaska, Tremewan will continue to operate the cabinet _ making business, Kenny and Lemoyne Dark, owners of C,B.S, on the Downieville Highway outside of Nevada City have used a part of Gladys Perkins, the "Glad" half of the gift shop partnership, has lived in this area for 20 years. The Glad-Wyn partnership was formed more than five years ago, e@ee2es8s Stop in and look at the Iron Mountain Stoneware made in Mountain City, Tennessee, at Osborn -W oods, on Commercial Streetin Nevada City. The unusual dinnerware set looks exactly like iron. Jessica Kissig, new owner of Louise's in the Holiday Village Shopping Center in Spring Hill is shown here giving the "red carpet" treatment to customer, Mrs, Sally Becker of Grass ValHe a eees8es Dick Tremewan this week announced the opening of the Banner Cabinet Shopin the building at the junction of Cole fax Highway and Brunswick Road, The cabinet shop, which was formerly part of Banner-Sierra at the same site, will continue in operation providing custom made furniture, kitchen cabinets and carpet installation, Mrs. Del Bennetts and Gladys Perkins the past to decorate their grounds, They have set up a Pelton Wheel, that was cast in Miners Foundry in Nevada City back in the pioneer days. An old ore scar also has been set up outside the store, Dark has made his store more attractive by adding a five foot fireplace and a 4 by 6 foot ceramic tile table to show off his stock of wallpaper and matching fabrics, Over 16 years ago, the Darks came from San Francisco and made their home here in Nevada City. Dark was a builder and four hears ago ventured into retail sales, : e@ees8ss¢ Town Talk Nevada County Nugget...August 3, 1966... Alpha Anniversary...Gravy Train...Another Park Ranger Alpha Hardware Co., which has its headquarters in Nevada City and stores in both cities of the county, marked the 20th anniversary of the present management with a dinner for the staff Monday night in the National Hotel in Nevada City. The present management headed by Downey Clinch, Roy Tremoureux and William C, Briggs took over the store as Alpha Hardware Company on August 1, 1946. Previous to that date the store had been Alpha Stores Ldt. and owned and operated by Fred Cassidy. Before Cassidy had the business it was Legg and Shaw and the original hardware operation in Nevada City dates back 8 years, The store has continued toplay an important roll in the economic life of the Twin Cities area. ee*ee8se The gaping tax inequities of the Southern Pacific Land Company in Nevada County which were outlined for the county board of supervisors by the Nevada County Taxpayers Association last week has a lot of people wondering what other big land and timber holding companies or individuals might be riding on the same gravy train, eeese Heard over the loudspeaker at the Jaycees State Board Meeting at the local fairgrounds Sunday morning; “Would the person who took the jacket from the car of

the deputy sheriff last night please return it to the information booth immediately? No questions will be asked, " Also heard at the convention Milton K, Mikan, one of the oll owners of M& S Chevrolet Fee Oldsmobile at 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley is looking forward to his new car showing in September, and so are wel Mikan resides in Alta Sierra with his wife and three children, He certainly picked the right place to live because he spends a great deal of time on the Alta Sierra golf course, eseeeses "Fishing" by Jeff Talmage Mrs. Hamilton's Second Grade-— Hennessy School Sunday was this explanation of why RonaldReagan was delayed in making his appearance at the keynote luncheon Saturday at the fairgrounds, “There was a highchop on the water,” commented this wag, “and Reagan had trouble walking on the water, ” The only thing that kept this heavily pro-Reagan crowd from’ throwing this disbeliever off the fairgrounds was the fact that he was the one dispensing bloody marys to the red-eyed delegates, eseeses The new Malakoff State Historical Park in Nevada County had another ranger added to the staff this week with the arrival of Robert N, Irving, Irving, who will be second in command as assistant park supervisor to supervisor Eric Leffingwell, comestothe new park from the Millerton Lake State Recreation Area near Fresno, Irving's wife, 14 year old daughter and 17 year old son will be moving up to the old town of North Bloomfield soon to join the new park ranger, Another son is serving in the Army in Korea, Residents of the eastern end of the county, many of whom have long felt they were the step children of the western part, are taking a serious look at the proposal to create a county chamber of commerce, The Truckee-Donner area, in the heart of the summer recreation region with Donner Lake and Boca Reservoir, and the gateway tothe winter ski resorts ata & ae ey Por hashada highly active chamber of commerce for a number of years, Several of the residents of the area which has managed to effectively promote its own good points without too much aid from anywhere else, is seriously asking why it should help promote the rest of the county, eeesees Again on the eastern scene, renewed and energetic efforts are being made to push the proposal to create an incorporated city out of the Truckee-Donner area, The move has had a spotty history and an almost ludicrous number of extensions of time before the board of supervisors to get the required number of signatures to call an incorporation election, Proponents of the move cite the state and federal funds that would become available to the area as a city to help it solve its road and sewage problems that now go elsewhere because the area is incorporated, Backers of the city idea are faced in the Donner area with the seemingly insurmountable fact that many of the property owners live outside the county and want to have nothing to do with joining a city, Despite the fact that haphazard growth is rapidly threatening to cuin the very things they came to the lake to see, absentee owners seem to adamant in their opposition to the incorporation move and some of the eastern end backers are now talking of lowering their sights and pushing for incorporation ofthe Truckee area and letting Donner fend for itself,