December 13, 1961 (16 pages)

eee See gees oe tT! sigs epmosapca So NEVADA CIT Y-—Christmas Tree Town will become a caroling town next week in Nevada City when a different caroling group will serenadein the downtown area every day of the week before Christmas, _ Thecaroling was arranged “ on short notice this year after merchants of the city indicated a desire to expand the authentic feeling of Christmas they feel has been achieved through display of Christmas trees at secondstory level throughout the business district,Nevada City Chamber of CHRIST Commerce President Dean Thompson today announced atentative schedule of carolers for next week, featuring several of the largest and best groups available in Nevada County. y evening will find the Lyric Ensemble of the Newcomers singing Christmas music under the balcony of the 107 ~year-old National “Hotel, Final arrangements with the Ensemble are being made today, with the group still listed only as tentative, Tuesday evening will find the Nevada Union Junior High School Chorus in Nevada City for a caroling session. With final approval expected tonight, the Grass Valley Cornish Choir will a under the National otel balcony Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m, This appearance of the authentic Cornish carolers will be the first in Nevada City in recent years, Thursday evening, a group of Theta Rho singers will tour the city, singing: from the bed of a truck. Another tentative appearance is scheduled Friday evening when a quartet from the Washington Ridge Conservation Camp is expected totour the city on foot during the evening hours. All evening caroling will be done during the hours of 7Tto 9 p,m., although each group will establish its own schedule during those hours according to the weather and am. The cha mber president also announced three other special Christmas events. The caroling will begin tomorrow when the Nevada City Rotary Club hosts the Nevada Union High School chorus at a noon luncheon, Immediately following the luncheon, the students will gather outside the Victorian room (at about 1:15 p.m.) to serenade residents and shoppers. The high schoolers will ‘return Sunday night as they tour both Grass Valley and Nevada City in a mobilecarolingtrip. They will sing in Grass Valley beginning at about 8 p.m., arrivingin Nevada City about 10 Pe Saturday will also be a full day. Thompson revealed. The Seven Hills Intermediate School Band will play in front of the old New York Hotel on Broad Street under the direction of Bill McSems from 1 p.m, to 2 p.m. 1 At 2:15 p.m. Captain Sacto will arrive at the Nevada City Alpha store for an hour visit with local children. His departure fora similar visit to the Grass Valley Alpha store (3:30 p. m.) will coincide with the arrival of Santa Claus in Nevada City for his daily two-hour visit. Of all the caroling groups scheduled by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce for the next week, the Grass Valley Cornish singers are the most renowned. They have already made three appearances this Christmas season, in Colfax, North Sacramento and Napa. Friday the Cornish Carolets ° will sing at the Salvation Army Templein SacramenAS TREE TOWN BECOMES CAROLING CENTER NEXT WEE aust NEP Ore to at Alhambra and Broadway. Sunday they will be at the Congregational Church in Grass Valley at 7 p.m, The annual Christmas Eve caroling on the steps of the Union Building in Grass Valley will be held this year on Saturday, Dec, 23, at 7:30 p.m., it has been announced bythe group. This departure from the Christmas Eve date is dueto Christmas falling on a Monday. It will enable the Cornish Carol group members to celebrate Christmas Eve at home with their families for the first time since they became members of the carolin ; Sunday, , will find the ee ee in their traditional stmas service singing at the Grass Valley Methodist Church at the ll a.m. service. The caroling season will not end for the Cornish men until the annual trek to San Francisco, Jan. 7 the group will sing at ll a,m, at the Trinity Church in San Francisco, 16th and Market Streets. They will then move across the bay for a 4p.m, and7 p.m, appear~ ance at the Shattuck Avenue Church, 63rd and Shattuck Avenues, Berkeley. group. ec, NEVADA COUNTY NU G Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, ‘Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 36 No. 50 10 Cents A Copy “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" ' Published Weekly’ .Nevada City, December 13, 1961 250 Protest At . SubdivisionHearing NEVADA CITY---A crowd of about 250 filled the Nevada City elementary school auditorium Monday night at the second subdivision ordinance hearing before the county planning commission. Comments from the audi‘ ence about the proposed ordinance were sometimes hostile and even threatening, sometimes constructive intone, Two or three people spoke in support of the planning commission. At the start of the meeting commission chairman Cecil Edmunds read a letter he had written to the board letter from Supervisor Neil Hennessy. The Edmunds letter read, in part: "We concur with your request for the creation of committees representative of ranchers, real estate men and subdividersto work with the Commission to obtain constructive ideas on the proposed Subdivision Ordinance and other planning matters. However, we do not believe the appointment of committees from other groups to be within the province of the Planning Commission, but rather should come from the groups themselves. "Therefore, we are inviting groups representative of ranchers, real estate brokers and subdividers desirous of submitting suggestions regarding the proposed ordinance, to appoint not more than four members to meet witha rotating three-member committee from the Planning Commission and the Planning Director as you suggested, We are asking that such groups contact the Nevada County Planning Commission Office immediately to arrange for meeting times, sothat the results of these meetings can be Weather GRASS VALLEY Max, Min, Rainfall Dec. 6 55 “81 .00 1 63°. 29 .00 G 65 31 00 a. 52. ¢4 .00 10 45: 25 .00 17° 89. 49 . 14 (1" snow) if a 00 Rainfall to date 10.75 Rainfall last year 12.67 NEVADA CITY Max, Min, Rainfall Dec.6 50 26 .00 7 56 .-23 00 8° 47 24 .00 9 49 20 00 10 40 20 . 00 11. S86 dé 07 12:. 38. 15 00 Rainfallto date 11,00 Rainfall last year 12,92 presented to the full Commission by theregular meetings. of January 8, 1962. "In addition, we are always willing to hear from other interested persons and groups, either in person at the planning office during office hours, or through written suggestion, All suggestions received, in whatever form, will be given equal consideration." Several members of the audience questioned the Jan, 8 deadline. Chairman Edmunds assured them "we have not closed the door but we don't want people dragging their feet." He reiterated that "we are going to have an ordinance, " but he “stated that speaking for himself, he believed "we realize there are certain changes desirable, " Edmunds said he hopes that asa result of the public hearings, the written comments received by the planning commission, and the upcoming meetings between interested groups and the (continued on page 4) Candlelight Service Monday AUBURN ---The annual candlelight service of the Christ Unity Church of Auburn will be held Monday at 8 p.m. Rev. John J. Hinkle will hold the impressive Christmas service of Christ and thel2 apostles. The public is invited to attend at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 239 Center Street, Auburn, a CANDY FROM SANTA----These happy Nevada City kids show their candy from Santa. Kneeling: Bobby Kneene and Wendy Stroh, left to right Emma Young, Kenneth Young, SANTA CLAUS, Steven Stacy and Mark Schiffner. State Workshop On Shelters Scheduled Tomorrow In Sacto SACRAMENTO --The California Disaster Office announced that shelter workMf if shop will be held at their State headquarters, tomorrow at 1:30 P.M. oa), . er 3 ba a = = The workshop is designed to helpindividuals and contractors who plan to build shelters. FUN IN THE SNOW----Little Darlene 4 and her sister Linda 8 children of Mr. and last Sunday on a visit to Nevada City. NEW BOWLING CENTER OPENS. «Mrs. Frank Toccalini of Sacramento got more than they counted on last Sunday on Donation Day Friday GRASS VALLEY ---Friday is Donation Day in Grass Valley. Mrs, Ed Fellerson, president of the Ladies Relief Society is worried about the weather, but urges all students to bring their food donations and all organizations and citizens who annually donate to plan for it Friday even if it should rain or snow. Weather permitting, there will be the usual parade, beginning at the Veterans Memorial Building at 10 a.m, with the color guard followed by the Nevada Union High School cheer leaders and band. Schools will join the parade enroute down Auburn Street to Main to Mill to Neal and back to Auburn Street and the Memorial Building. Included will be Hennessy School, Washington School, Bell Hill School, Union Hill School, St.’ Marys School, and the Nevada Union Junior High School band and students, Interested residents are invited to attend, and to donate along the parade route as firemen pass a doation can, Program TOWN TALK ---Nevada Union High School will have a foreign exchange student next school year, it was indicated atthe end of a joint student body council meeting with representatives of numerous county organizations this morning. The student body pledged the $650 necessary to finance such a program, Members representing local organizations formed the Nevada Union District Chapter of the American sors the foreign student exchange on a national level. Elected president of the local chapter was Rev, Leo W. Hamilton, Grass Valley Methodist Church pastor, The chapter will hold its first meeting Jan. 4 at 8 p.m. in the library of the Nevada Union High School, In order to facilitate Field Service, which spon-— Foreign Student Planned At High School chapter action to enable the ‘local school to meet national deadlines in the securing of an exchange student, various committees were appointed by ti* chapter, Included were the following chairmen: housing, Margaret Stevens; finance, Earl Covey; school liason Maxine Sleeper; Americans Abroad, Elmer Stevens; and project-committee, Mrs. Noy. C, Tremoureux, his mornings meeting was attended by Miss CamilleFreel, counselor at Marysville High School, and Mr. and Mrs, Zall, regional representatives of the AFS, also from the MarysvilleYuba City area. : The three representatives and two foreign exchange students answered questions and explained about the proTram. Safety Drive GRASS VALLEY ---TheNevada Irrigation District is working with the state to impliment its safety program for the district. <egerrr ate” *HR8EETS Tees In the near future, the student body of Nevada Union High School will con-. duct a candy sale to partial. ly finance the program. Other fund raising activities will be conducted by the students, WHITE CHRISTMAS (TREE)---Snow settles on the Christmas . tree over Curnow-Halls Agency on Broad Street in Nevada City. SEE PAGE 4 .

eee See gees oe tT! sigs epmosapca So NEVADA CIT Y-—Christmas Tree Town will become a caroling town next week in Nevada City when a different caroling group will serenadein the downtown area every day of the week before Christmas, _ Thecaroling was arranged “ on short notice this year after merchants of the city indicated a desire to expand the authentic feeling of Christmas they feel has been achieved through display of Christmas trees at secondstory level throughout the business district,Nevada City Chamber of CHRIST Commerce President Dean Thompson today announced atentative schedule of carolers for next week, featuring several of the largest and best groups available in Nevada County. y evening will find the Lyric Ensemble of the Newcomers singing Christmas music under the balcony of the 107 ~year-old National “Hotel, Final arrangements with the Ensemble are being made today, with the group still listed only as tentative, Tuesday evening will find the Nevada Union Junior High School Chorus in Nevada City for a caroling session. With final approval expected tonight, the Grass Valley Cornish Choir will a under the National otel balcony Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m, This appearance of the authentic Cornish carolers will be the first in Nevada City in recent years, Thursday evening, a group of Theta Rho singers will tour the city, singing: from the bed of a truck. Another tentative appearance is scheduled Friday evening when a quartet from the Washington Ridge Conservation Camp is expected totour the city on foot during the evening hours. All evening caroling will be done during the hours of 7Tto 9 p,m., although each group will establish its own schedule during those hours according to the weather and am. The cha mber president also announced three other special Christmas events. The caroling will begin tomorrow when the Nevada City Rotary Club hosts the Nevada Union High School chorus at a noon luncheon, Immediately following the luncheon, the students will gather outside the Victorian room (at about 1:15 p.m.) to serenade residents and shoppers. The high schoolers will ‘return Sunday night as they tour both Grass Valley and Nevada City in a mobilecarolingtrip. They will sing in Grass Valley beginning at about 8 p.m., arrivingin Nevada City about 10 Pe Saturday will also be a full day. Thompson revealed. The Seven Hills Intermediate School Band will play in front of the old New York Hotel on Broad Street under the direction of Bill McSems from 1 p.m, to 2 p.m. 1 At 2:15 p.m. Captain Sacto will arrive at the Nevada City Alpha store for an hour visit with local children. His departure fora similar visit to the Grass Valley Alpha store (3:30 p. m.) will coincide with the arrival of Santa Claus in Nevada City for his daily two-hour visit. Of all the caroling groups scheduled by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce for the next week, the Grass Valley Cornish singers are the most renowned. They have already made three appearances this Christmas season, in Colfax, North Sacramento and Napa. Friday the Cornish Carolets ° will sing at the Salvation Army Templein SacramenAS TREE TOWN BECOMES CAROLING CENTER NEXT WEE aust NEP Ore to at Alhambra and Broadway. Sunday they will be at the Congregational Church in Grass Valley at 7 p.m, The annual Christmas Eve caroling on the steps of the Union Building in Grass Valley will be held this year on Saturday, Dec, 23, at 7:30 p.m., it has been announced bythe group. This departure from the Christmas Eve date is dueto Christmas falling on a Monday. It will enable the Cornish Carol group members to celebrate Christmas Eve at home with their families for the first time since they became members of the carolin ; Sunday, , will find the ee ee in their traditional stmas service singing at the Grass Valley Methodist Church at the ll a.m. service. The caroling season will not end for the Cornish men until the annual trek to San Francisco, Jan. 7 the group will sing at ll a,m, at the Trinity Church in San Francisco, 16th and Market Streets. They will then move across the bay for a 4p.m, and7 p.m, appear~ ance at the Shattuck Avenue Church, 63rd and Shattuck Avenues, Berkeley. group. ec, NEVADA COUNTY NU G Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, ‘Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 36 No. 50 10 Cents A Copy “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" ' Published Weekly’ .Nevada City, December 13, 1961 250 Protest At . SubdivisionHearing NEVADA CITY---A crowd of about 250 filled the Nevada City elementary school auditorium Monday night at the second subdivision ordinance hearing before the county planning commission. Comments from the audi‘ ence about the proposed ordinance were sometimes hostile and even threatening, sometimes constructive intone, Two or three people spoke in support of the planning commission. At the start of the meeting commission chairman Cecil Edmunds read a letter he had written to the board letter from Supervisor Neil Hennessy. The Edmunds letter read, in part: "We concur with your request for the creation of committees representative of ranchers, real estate men and subdividersto work with the Commission to obtain constructive ideas on the proposed Subdivision Ordinance and other planning matters. However, we do not believe the appointment of committees from other groups to be within the province of the Planning Commission, but rather should come from the groups themselves. "Therefore, we are inviting groups representative of ranchers, real estate brokers and subdividers desirous of submitting suggestions regarding the proposed ordinance, to appoint not more than four members to meet witha rotating three-member committee from the Planning Commission and the Planning Director as you

suggested, We are asking that such groups contact the Nevada County Planning Commission Office immediately to arrange for meeting times, sothat the results of these meetings can be Weather GRASS VALLEY Max, Min, Rainfall Dec. 6 55 “81 .00 1 63°. 29 .00 G 65 31 00 a. 52. ¢4 .00 10 45: 25 .00 17° 89. 49 . 14 (1" snow) if a 00 Rainfall to date 10.75 Rainfall last year 12.67 NEVADA CITY Max, Min, Rainfall Dec.6 50 26 .00 7 56 .-23 00 8° 47 24 .00 9 49 20 00 10 40 20 . 00 11. S86 dé 07 12:. 38. 15 00 Rainfallto date 11,00 Rainfall last year 12,92 presented to the full Commission by theregular meetings. of January 8, 1962. "In addition, we are always willing to hear from other interested persons and groups, either in person at the planning office during office hours, or through written suggestion, All suggestions received, in whatever form, will be given equal consideration." Several members of the audience questioned the Jan, 8 deadline. Chairman Edmunds assured them "we have not closed the door but we don't want people dragging their feet." He reiterated that "we are going to have an ordinance, " but he “stated that speaking for himself, he believed "we realize there are certain changes desirable, " Edmunds said he hopes that asa result of the public hearings, the written comments received by the planning commission, and the upcoming meetings between interested groups and the (continued on page 4) Candlelight Service Monday AUBURN ---The annual candlelight service of the Christ Unity Church of Auburn will be held Monday at 8 p.m. Rev. John J. Hinkle will hold the impressive Christmas service of Christ and thel2 apostles. The public is invited to attend at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 239 Center Street, Auburn, a CANDY FROM SANTA----These happy Nevada City kids show their candy from Santa. Kneeling: Bobby Kneene and Wendy Stroh, left to right Emma Young, Kenneth Young, SANTA CLAUS, Steven Stacy and Mark Schiffner. State Workshop On Shelters Scheduled Tomorrow In Sacto SACRAMENTO --The California Disaster Office announced that shelter workMf if shop will be held at their State headquarters, tomorrow at 1:30 P.M. oa), . er 3 ba a = = The workshop is designed to helpindividuals and contractors who plan to build shelters. FUN IN THE SNOW----Little Darlene 4 and her sister Linda 8 children of Mr. and last Sunday on a visit to Nevada City. NEW BOWLING CENTER OPENS.. «Mrs. Frank Toccalini of Sacramento got more than they counted on last Sunday on Donation Day Friday GRASS VALLEY ---Friday is Donation Day in Grass Valley. Mrs, Ed Fellerson, president of the Ladies Relief Society is worried about the weather, but urges all students to bring their food donations and all organizations and citizens who annually donate to plan for it Friday even if it should rain or snow. Weather permitting, there will be the usual parade, beginning at the Veterans Memorial Building at 10 a.m, with the color guard followed by the Nevada Union High School cheer leaders and band. Schools will join the parade enroute down Auburn Street to Main to Mill to Neal and back to Auburn Street and the Memorial Building. Included will be Hennessy School, Washington School, Bell Hill School, Union Hill School, St.’ Marys School, and the Nevada Union Junior High School band and students, Interested residents are invited to attend, and to donate along the parade route as firemen pass a doation can, Program TOWN TALK ---Nevada Union High School will have a foreign exchange student next school year, it was indicated atthe end of a joint student body council meeting with representatives of numerous county organizations this morning. The student body pledged the $650 necessary to finance such a program, Members representing local organizations formed the Nevada Union District Chapter of the American sors the foreign student exchange on a national level. Elected president of the local chapter was Rev, Leo W. Hamilton, Grass Valley Methodist Church pastor, The chapter will hold its first meeting Jan. 4 at 8 p.m. in the library of the Nevada Union High School, In order to facilitate Field Service, which spon-— Foreign Student Planned At High School chapter action to enable the ‘local school to meet national deadlines in the securing of an exchange student, various committees were appointed by ti* chapter, Included were the following chairmen: housing, Margaret Stevens; finance, Earl Covey; school liason Maxine Sleeper; Americans Abroad, Elmer Stevens; and project-committee, Mrs. Noy. C, Tremoureux, his mornings meeting was attended by Miss CamilleFreel, counselor at Marysville High School, and Mr. and Mrs, Zall, regional representatives of the AFS, also from the MarysvilleYuba City area. : The three representatives and two foreign exchange students answered questions and explained about the proTram. Safety Drive GRASS VALLEY ---TheNevada Irrigation District is working with the state to impliment its safety program for the district. <egerrr ate” *HR8EETS Tees In the near future, the student body of Nevada Union High School will con-. duct a candy sale to partial. ly finance the program. Other fund raising activities will be conducted by the students, WHITE CHRISTMAS (TREE)---Snow settles on the Christmas . tree over Curnow-Halls Agency on Broad Street in Nevada City. SEE PAGE 4 .