December 15, 1971 (12 pages)

Cedar Ridge News By Santa Fe Ryan_ The Prominadin’ Pups of Cedar Ridge and larger Nevada county whirled and twirled last Saturday night; and all eyes turned to Bob Jackson as he called the do-ci-does. The occasion was the Pups' gala Christmas party at Hennessy School in Grass Valley. The gal's brightly colored square dance dresses made a pretty picture, and complimented the boys' western shirts. Doug hastings, "daddy" of the successful dance club, organized the group three years ago. He is well-known for his work with youngsters; and also "calls" for the Grass Valley Grange, the Square Knots and bail such groups. These eager young dancers will “hit the road" soon after the first of the year, with the new traveling square they have formed, attending dances in other cities because "they like to dance -so much." This year Doug took several. members to the Annual Square Dance convention held in Reno, The Promenadin’ Pups also have a beginner's €roup which meets on Mondays; and a workshop on Wednesdays at Lyman Gilmore School. Nominal weekly dues support their activities, and they welcome interested persons between the ages of 12-19 to join them, * Ok OK * Cedar Ridge now has a fullservice "mini-market", . you'll see a new sign at Joe's Country Store just in time for your holiday parties, A full line of adult beverages may now be obtained there. Mr, and Mrs, Ray Seghezzi purchased the Country Store from Joe Getty four years ago, -Ray, a native of Nevada City, has purchased his license from John Shoemaker, formerly of Black Bart's. Now they can fill all. of your holiday needs as the shelves are "plumb full" of enticing goodies, The Seghezzi's keep long hours, 9-7 six days weekly, and 9-6 on Sundays. Normally they will be open on holidays, but plan to close on Christmas this year, .Their daughter, Renee, who is a student at Union Hill School, is an active member of the Promenading Pups. * OK OK * Joannie Smith, daughter of Mrs, Lynn Smith of Highland Photography on Lower Colfax Road, will be home from Canada ‘for the holidays. A June graduate of Nevada Union High School, Joannie has been attending Prairie Bible Institute at Three Hill, Alberta, An active 4-H member, she is supporting herself in college, having raised Landrace-Duroc cross pigs for-the last eight years, Lynn says her daughter is really eager to get home and: greet her friends. This is Joannie's first time away from home. * * KOK Elizabeth Shaner and Margaret Murphy, assistants to Postmaster Monion are really keeping busy now with the holiday rush, They stress the importance of using Zip Codes on all mail, Mail. minus these codes go into a special bin which is processed last — making the possibility of delays great. They have a directory of all zip codes for the convenience of patrons, The rapid growth of Cedar Ridge is keeping them hopping now. Most of the new post office boxes are already filled. * ko Ok Lefty Hamacher had a lovely surprise on her birthday, Thursday evening, December 9, when her son Gary called to wish her a very Eappy Birthday from Anchorage, Alaska, Lefty and her husband, Carl, spent 22 years in Anchorage, where he was a general contractor before retiring to Cedar Ridge a year ago, Gary and his wife hoped the senior Hamachers would ioin them for the Christmas holidays, however, plans had been made for a trip to Sotthern California to visit their daughter and her husband Richard Core. They expect a romping good time with theif three grandchildren, Tom and Laura Jones of Anchorage, Alaska will be home for the holidays to visit his mother Dorothy Jones on Colfax Highway. Dorothy is especially eager for their arrival in Cedar Ridge, as she~hasn't seen her granddaughter, Tami, who was born in May, in Anchor= age this year. Asst, Chief Jerry Dayton reports there was a special election at the regular meeting of the-Ophir Hills Fire Dept, Tuesday night December 7, 1971. Phillip Sabatino has been elected Secretary-Treasurer, rec placing Jerry Sommers, who has moved away from the area, Chief Charles Kistle now has 23° volunteers to man the five fire-fighting units, housed at the fire stations. Fire house #2 is on Brunswick Drive, the group meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at Firehouse #1 at Union Hill, The hour is 7:30, Jerry Dayton said they are always eager to see new faces, just come toa meeting. Another birthday was celebrated on Thursday, December 9, by "RBig'' Dave Dayton, son of’ Mrs. and Mrs. Jerry Dayton, who have the Cedar Ridge Beauty Shop. Lee and Shirley Dayton of 169 Walker Drive, Grass Valley, the paternal grandparents were on hand to watch "Big" Dave blow out the three candles on his cake. His sister, 1 1/2 year old Dana stayed up to join the festivities. Pat Costa, our teacher's aide at Union Hill School, and her family are enjoying a visit with grandmother Viola Johannsen, who is from Gate, Beaver county, Oklahoma, At Union Hill School, principal Burle Shelton and all his teachers look out over their "“whipped-cream covered" playground and busily prepare for Christmas, Each room plans a special activity for the holidays. The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday. December 15, 1971 9 Chicago ParkPeardale News Mountain snow gauges installed Remotely operated nuclear snow gauges the kind tested by the U. S, Forest Service in California last winter, are being installed this month at three mountain sites in the West, the agency reports. A network of the snow gauges could take much of the guesswork out of flood forecasting, and water runoff and avalanche hazard prediction for cooperating agencies, accordingto James L. Smith, research forester at the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley. Smith heads snow research at the Central Sierra Snow Laboratory at Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada, Smith said the gauges will provide specific local inforination on the snowpack for the agencies testing the equipment, and help his research staff learn more about the way snow accumulates and melts throughout the West. To date, most of the detailed information on this subject has come from studies in the Sierra Nevada and in Colorado, The new gauges will be located at: Red Mountain near Silberton, Colorado, where University of Colorado scientists, under‘contract to the Bureau of Reclamation, will use the gauge to develop methods for avalanche prediction, and to determine the effect of cloud seeding on snowfall and subsequent streamflow. Mt. Baldy at Sun Valley, Idaho, where several cooperators are using the gauge for avalanche and streamflow. prediction. Mt. Hood in Oregon, where the Soil Conservation Service will .use the gauge in regular snow surveys and tests its applicability for snow surveys throughout the West. A nuclear profiling snow gauge will be installed at each of the three locations, These will be connected via commercial telephone line to a base station at the Reactor Test Site of the Atomic Energy Commission in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Data will be collected there by computer and relayed immediately to the participants for analysis. The Forest Service in California has been testing various models of the nuclear profiling snow gauge since 1964. Last year the first remotely operated gauge was tested, Data on snow conditions was telemetered between the’ Central Sierra test site and the Forest Service office in Berkeley. "It more than proved its ability to give us precise data about snow and runoff conditions," Smith said. For example, in January 1971, California had the coldest snowpack in several years. A small rainstorm went through the pack and froze into an ice layer about 20 inches down. Subsequent rainfall saturated the snow above the ice, and water began to accumu-late.By Pat Jack Pitchford, officer in charge of patient services at Weimar Medical Center, told Chicago Park Garden Clubbers last week that as long as he has an organization like theirs behind him, he won't mind being a geriatric. Pitchford addressed club members at their annual luncheon in the center's cafeteria December 8, Lloyd Hamilton, the hospital's administrator, explained the status of the hospital under the present financial crisis and answered many questions. The garden club contributes a monthly sum to the geriatric wards at Weimar. They also furnish lap robes and provide special gifts for each elderly patient at Christmas. Cookies are donated at Christmas and Easter. Because of forced layoffs, the time per patient remaining employes can spend has been cut to a minimum. The club has organized a volunteer assistance program in which members spend a few hours feeding patients, writing letters and doing things employes are unable to do. Thelma Henry is co-ordinator of this program, The club donated from its treasury last month toward the Christmas gifts. Normally special events are held monthly to finance the Weimar project fund. Another project of the Chicago Park Gardeners is World Gardening, Save all your cancelled: postage stamps, U.S, and foreign except the most common ones, Mail them to Roberta Scheffel, Rt, 2, Box 1951, Grass Valley, She is chairman of this program that furnishes tools and seeds so that hungry people in. other countries--those having access to a plot of ground, that is=>-may raise their own food. Joseph Thoman, principal, announces that Christmas vacation begins on December 17 for Chicago Tark School, Classes ie Bill’s Better Buys Brake Adjustment 1.88 WIDE OVAL TIRES 13”’ RAISED WHITE LETTERS AVAILABLE NOW. RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE CO., INC. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 ~ . Jones resume January 3rd. The school Christmas program will be held tonight. The boys' basketballteam will . play Gilmore's #2 team at Empire High School gym on January 7th. Starting time probably will be 4 p.m. The Chicago Park girls' team is doing well in competition so far. A fallen limb blacked out power to the area surrounding Peardale Fire House on the evening of December 7. Instead of remembering Pear] Harbor, local folks sat in the flickering candle or lantern light and remembered the early 60's when the power was off for five or six days. Last week, because of the outage, fire department directors had to cancel their regular board meeting. Alsocan_ celed was the first aid class scheduled for the firehouse that night. P.G.&E. crews struggled in the bitter cold and darkness to restore power in about three hours, Kenric Rolph flew to Denver December 4 to attend a conference of people involved in raising and selling carnations. Connie, his wife, went along for the ride--her very first ride in an airplane. Among the sights they saw was Cinderella City, the largest shopping center under one roof. They returned to their . Chicago Park: home. the following Wednesday. SCM TYPEWRITERS eh at Victor ADDING MACHINES ; *89>° UP Electric PENCIL i wo aw —— —— — 8 a Ft aise! ¢

Cedar Ridge News By Santa Fe Ryan_ The Prominadin’ Pups of Cedar Ridge and larger Nevada county whirled and twirled last Saturday night; and all eyes turned to Bob Jackson as he called the do-ci-does. The occasion was the Pups' gala Christmas party at Hennessy School in Grass Valley. The gal's brightly colored square dance dresses made a pretty picture, and complimented the boys' western shirts. Doug hastings, "daddy" of the successful dance club, organized the group three years ago. He is well-known for his work with youngsters; and also "calls" for the Grass Valley Grange, the Square Knots and bail such groups. These eager young dancers will “hit the road" soon after the first of the year, with the new traveling square they have formed, attending dances in other cities because "they like to dance -so much." This year Doug took several. members to the Annual Square Dance convention held in Reno, The Promenadin’ Pups also have a beginner's €roup which meets on Mondays; and a workshop on Wednesdays at Lyman Gilmore School. Nominal weekly dues support their activities, and they welcome interested persons between the ages of 12-19 to join them, * Ok OK * Cedar Ridge now has a fullservice "mini-market", .. you'll see a new sign at Joe's Country Store just in time for your holiday parties, A full line of adult beverages may now be obtained there. Mr, and Mrs, Ray Seghezzi purchased the Country Store from Joe Getty four years ago, -Ray, a native of Nevada City, has purchased his license from John Shoemaker, formerly of Black Bart's. Now they can fill all. of your holiday needs as the shelves are "plumb full" of enticing goodies, The Seghezzi's keep long hours, 9-7 six days weekly, and 9-6 on Sundays. Normally they will be open on holidays, but plan to close on Christmas this year, .Their daughter, Renee, who is a student at Union Hill School, is an active member of the Promenading Pups. * OK OK * Joannie Smith, daughter of Mrs, Lynn Smith of Highland Photography on Lower Colfax Road, will be home from Canada ‘for the holidays. A June graduate of Nevada Union High School, Joannie has been attending Prairie Bible Institute at Three Hill, Alberta, An active 4-H member, she is supporting herself in college, having raised Landrace-Duroc cross pigs for-the last eight years, Lynn says her daughter is really eager to get home and: greet her friends. This is Joannie's first time away from home. * * KOK Elizabeth Shaner and Margaret Murphy, assistants to Postmaster Monion are really keeping busy now with the holiday rush, They stress the importance of using Zip Codes on all mail, Mail. minus these codes go into a special bin which is processed last — making the possibility of delays great. They have a directory of all zip codes for the convenience of patrons, The rapid growth of Cedar Ridge is keeping them hopping now. Most of the new post office boxes are already filled. * ko Ok Lefty Hamacher had a lovely surprise on her birthday, Thursday evening, December 9, when her son Gary called to wish her a very Eappy Birthday from Anchorage, Alaska, Lefty and her husband, Carl, spent 22 years in Anchorage, where he was a general contractor before retiring to Cedar Ridge a year ago, Gary and his wife hoped the senior Hamachers would ioin them for the Christmas holidays, however, plans had been made for a trip to Sotthern California to visit their daughter and her husband Richard Core. They expect a romping good time with theif three grandchildren, Tom and Laura Jones of Anchorage, Alaska will be home for the holidays to visit his mother Dorothy Jones on Colfax Highway. Dorothy is especially eager for their arrival in Cedar Ridge, as she~hasn't seen her granddaughter, Tami, who was born in May, in Anchor= age this year. Asst, Chief Jerry Dayton reports there was a special election at the regular meeting of the-Ophir Hills Fire Dept, Tuesday night December 7, 1971. Phillip Sabatino has been elected Secretary-Treasurer, rec placing Jerry Sommers, who has moved away from the area, Chief Charles Kistle now has 23° volunteers to man the five fire-fighting units, housed at the fire stations. Fire house #2 is on Brunswick Drive, the group meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at Firehouse #1 at Union Hill, The hour is 7:30, Jerry Dayton said they are always eager to see new faces, just come toa meeting. Another birthday was celebrated on Thursday, December 9, by "RBig'' Dave Dayton, son of’ Mrs. and Mrs. Jerry Dayton, who have the Cedar Ridge Beauty Shop. Lee and Shirley Dayton of 169 Walker Drive, Grass Valley, the paternal grandparents were on hand to watch "Big" Dave blow out the three candles on his cake. His sister, 1 1/2 year old Dana stayed up to join the festivities. Pat Costa, our teacher's aide at Union Hill School, and her family are enjoying a visit with grandmother Viola Johannsen, who is from Gate, Beaver county, Oklahoma, At Union Hill School, principal Burle Shelton and all his teachers look out over their "“whipped-cream covered" playground and busily prepare for Christmas, Each room plans a special activity for the holidays. The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday. December 15, 1971 9 Chicago ParkPeardale News Mountain snow gauges installed Remotely operated nuclear snow gauges the kind tested by the U. S, Forest Service in California last winter, are being installed this month at three mountain sites in the West, the

agency reports. A network of the snow gauges could take much of the guesswork out of flood forecasting, and water runoff and avalanche hazard prediction for cooperating agencies, accordingto James L. Smith, research forester at the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley. Smith heads snow research at the Central Sierra Snow Laboratory at Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada, Smith said the gauges will provide specific local inforination on the snowpack for the agencies testing the equipment, and help his research staff learn more about the way snow accumulates and melts throughout the West. To date, most of the detailed information on this subject has come from studies in the Sierra Nevada and in Colorado, The new gauges will be located at: Red Mountain near Silberton, Colorado, where University of Colorado scientists, under‘contract to the Bureau of Reclamation, will use the gauge to develop methods for avalanche prediction, and to determine the effect of cloud seeding on snowfall and subsequent streamflow. Mt. Baldy at Sun Valley, Idaho, where several cooperators are using the gauge for avalanche and streamflow. prediction. Mt. Hood in Oregon, where the Soil Conservation Service will .use the gauge in regular snow surveys and tests its applicability for snow surveys throughout the West. A nuclear profiling snow gauge will be installed at each of the three locations, These will be connected via commercial telephone line to a base station at the Reactor Test Site of the Atomic Energy Commission in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Data will be collected there by computer and relayed immediately to the participants for analysis. The Forest Service in California has been testing various models of the nuclear profiling snow gauge since 1964. Last year the first remotely operated gauge was tested, Data on snow conditions was telemetered between the’ Central Sierra test site and the Forest Service office in Berkeley. "It more than proved its ability to give us precise data about snow and runoff conditions," Smith said. For example, in January 1971, California had the coldest snowpack in several years. A small rainstorm went through the pack and froze into an ice layer about 20 inches down. Subsequent rainfall saturated the snow above the ice, and water began to accumu-late.By Pat Jack Pitchford, officer in charge of patient services at Weimar Medical Center, told Chicago Park Garden Clubbers last week that as long as he has an organization like theirs behind him, he won't mind being a geriatric. Pitchford addressed club members at their annual luncheon in the center's cafeteria December 8, Lloyd Hamilton, the hospital's administrator, explained the status of the hospital under the present financial crisis and answered many questions. The garden club contributes a monthly sum to the geriatric wards at Weimar. They also furnish lap robes and provide special gifts for each elderly patient at Christmas. Cookies are donated at Christmas and Easter. Because of forced layoffs, the time per patient remaining employes can spend has been cut to a minimum. The club has organized a volunteer assistance program in which members spend a few hours feeding patients, writing letters and doing things employes are unable to do. Thelma Henry is co-ordinator of this program, The club donated from its treasury last month toward the Christmas gifts. Normally special events are held monthly to finance the Weimar project fund. Another project of the Chicago Park Gardeners is World Gardening, Save all your cancelled: postage stamps, U.S, and foreign except the most common ones, Mail them to Roberta Scheffel, Rt, 2, Box 1951, Grass Valley, She is chairman of this program that furnishes tools and seeds so that hungry people in. other countries--those having access to a plot of ground, that is=>-may raise their own food. Joseph Thoman, principal, announces that Christmas vacation begins on December 17 for Chicago Tark School, Classes ie Bill’s Better Buys Brake Adjustment 1.88 WIDE OVAL TIRES 13”’ RAISED WHITE LETTERS AVAILABLE NOW. RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE CO., INC. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 ~ . Jones resume January 3rd. The school Christmas program will be held tonight. The boys' basketballteam will . play Gilmore's #2 team at Empire High School gym on January 7th. Starting time probably will be 4 p.m. The Chicago Park girls' team is doing well in competition so far. A fallen limb blacked out power to the area surrounding Peardale Fire House on the evening of December 7. Instead of remembering Pear] Harbor, local folks sat in the flickering candle or lantern light and remembered the early 60's when the power was off for five or six days. Last week, because of the outage, fire department directors had to cancel their regular board meeting. Alsocan_ celed was the first aid class scheduled for the firehouse that night. P.G.&E. crews struggled in the bitter cold and darkness to restore power in about three hours, Kenric Rolph flew to Denver December 4 to attend a conference of people involved in raising and selling carnations. Connie, his wife, went along for the ride--her very first ride in an airplane. Among the sights they saw was Cinderella City, the largest shopping center under one roof. They returned to their . Chicago Park: home. the following Wednesday. SCM TYPEWRITERS eh at Victor ADDING MACHINES ; *89>° UP Electric PENCIL i wo aw —— —— — 8 a Ft aise! ¢