December 22, 1965 (20 pages)

A NEW CHRIS White Fir In Small Park Decorated By Lights Taken From Lost Sequoia In Honor Of 1965 Christmas Season Nevada City has a new living Christmas tree, not as high or as beloved as the old sequoia on Sacramento St., now torn down for the freeway, But it is a beautiful tree that is growing -and can grow in the affections of the town, The new community tree is the 60 -foot-tall white fir in the small park on Union St, Last week, it was decorated with lights-the same lights which last year adorned the century old _ Sequoia for the last time, Just who planted the "new" tree or when it was planted are questions for which no one seems to have definite answers, But Elza Kilroy, unofficial custodian of the lights for the "old" tree, thinks it may be about 40 to 45 years old, His estimate isa rough one, based on a memory that it was planted a few years after he was married, There is general agreement that the tree was planted by the Native Daughters, who owned the lot on which it grows, Mrs, Robert Hopkins, secretary of the local chapter of the Native Daughters, says the chapter made a park out of the lot after deciding not to build a lodge there, The park is now owned by the U. S. Forest Service which, according to Tahoe Forest supervisor Henry Branagh, bought it over 30 years ago, The park is main-tained by the Nevada City Women's Civic Club, It was probably Kilroy who first made the suggestion ea rly this year that the stately fir be used as the new Christmas tree, The lighting job was a chamber of commerce project, with a strong assist from the city crew and the fire department, Jim Abrahamson and Melo Pello actually strung up the lights, according to city manager Beryl Robinson, and Ted Sigourney picked them up from Kilroy, who had sadly stored them away after MAS TREE The engineers of "Progress" Seem to have their eyes on Nevada City's new Christmas tree, now that the century-old sequoia on Sacramento St,, the former community tree, has been cut down for the freeway, It seems that the new tree, andthecharming little park where it grows, may also be sliced down and bulldozed away, Why? To provide parking spaces, to replace those taken by the freew ay. This Possibility came out at the chamber of commerce parking study meeting Monday, Dr, Jackson Faustman, engineer and Parking expert, instructed the committee to check into the possibility of using the small park as a parking lot, NEVADA CITY'S NEW CHRISTMAS TREE is the white fir on the left, inthe small park on Union Street. The city had to change to anew living Christmas tree after the traditional holiday tree, a was lost to the freeway century -old Sequoia on Sacramento Street, early this year, Parking Study G96T *ZZ Jequisdeq°* °12388nN AIun05D BPeAON *°** Zeroes In On OOO GG GIO Gala) Christmas season last year, WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES McNamara Warns That China May Be Able To Launch Missiles China may have intercontinental missiles ready for firing to any city in Europe as well as the U.S. within ten years, warmed Secretary of Defense McNamara at the NATO ministers meeting in PARIS. McNamara said the Chinese will have a stockpile of medium-range nuclear missiles by 1968, and he urged the allies to begin now on plans to meet the Chinese threat, eee 8 86 In Florence, ITALY, the former mayor of Florence, Professor Giorgio la Pira announced that on Nov, 11 President Ho Chi Minh NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagland, Editor. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription rates: One year, 4; Two years, $6; Three years, $8. kkk kkkkkk 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION of North Vietnam told him and another Italian professor that for the good of the Vietnamese people Ho would "go anywhere and meet anyone" to negotiate for peace, Ho did not insist ona prior withdrawal of U.S, troons before negotiations could begin, Professor la Pira said. A radio broadcast from Hanoi, however, said that the story of the professor was part of the “peace hoax” planned by the U,S. eee es NORTH VIETNAM rejects all “British plans and proposals made under the pretense of peace, " radio Hanoi announced last week, British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart had proposed that the British and Russians call a new Geneva conference of the nations involvedin Vietnam, The Hanoi regime said that peace talks depend on U.S, acceptance of several conditions, including the withdrawal of foreign military personnel in accordance with the 1954 Geneva agreements on Vietnam, see @ 6 U.S. Ambassador Goldberg at the UNITED NATIONS called for the establishment of a U.N, Peace Service that would try to stop international disputes from becoming wars, eee e8e Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell landed safely in the Atlantic after an historic 14 day flight, during which their Gemini 7. craft made a rendezvous with Gemini 6, carrying Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford, eee ee President Charles de Gaulle of FRANCE won a new seven year term in a run-off election last Sunday, The new tree makes a beautiful beacon for those who are driving into town on Sacramento St, It can never replace the old sequoia, but it can be admired for what it is and what it can become, Merchants And Chamber Are Giving Tickets And Prizes Nevada City merchants and the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, are again providing prizes for those who do their Christmas shopping here. Tickets will be given to shoppers at the participating stores and a drawing will be held a few days prior to Christmas, The following gift certificates will be awarded for shopping in local stores: one $40 certificate, two $20 certificates and two $10 certificates, Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Dec. 16 40 19 17 42 17 18 41 18 19 45 19 20 45 19 21 48 18 Rainfall to date 13.76 Rainfall last year 20.99 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Dec. 16 46 23 17 49 23 18 49 25 19 53 28 20 54 29 eek 59 30 Rainfall to date 13.67 Rainfall last year 20,86 Spring St. Nevada City parking consultant Jackson Faustman expressed some preference Monday fora new city parking lot on Spring St., between Pine St, and up to and including the National Hotel parking lot, Development of this area would produce 116 parking spaces at a cost in excess of $1,000 per space, according to preliminary estimates, The new lot would include the.use of both sides of Spring St. for right-angle curb parking, Faustman told a breakfast meeting of the chamber of commerce parking study committee headed by banker Willard Rose that other possibilities for parking included a similar area west of Pine St, on Spring, the Native Sons lot on Commercial, and a combination of the small park on Union St. with adjoining Alpha Hardware property, No development cost figures were available for the Alpha lot, but parking unit costs for the others were higher than those for the parking lot east of Pine on Spring. Police chief Ted Lane asked whether Faustman would consider the possibility of using a number of scattered small lots instead of one large one, Faustman said that wasa possibility, with many pros and cons connected with it, On the question of financing the project, committee members seemed to feel a city bond issue would be the acceptable form of financing, In response to a question from city councilman Robert Paine, Faustman estimated that the city could use 200 new parking spaces, as a long-range goal, THE NEW TREE AT NIGHT is a beautiful Sight to those entering the city on Sacramento. It has received the ap’ proval of residents and passers-by, but it has yet to grow into a local tradition, like the old beloved sequoia. Wetherall Becomes Left-Handed Driver Nevada City attorney William Wetherall, plagued for some weeks by a painful shoulder, had an operation Dec, 10 in Marysville to remove the condition, and he has recovered sufficiently to be back at work, The former pain is reportedly gone, but the shoulder is still “tight, " causing the city attorney to be a lefthanded driver forthe time being.

A NEW CHRIS White Fir In Small Park Decorated By Lights Taken From Lost Sequoia In Honor Of 1965 Christmas Season Nevada City has a new living Christmas tree, not as high or as beloved as the old sequoia on Sacramento St., now torn down for the freeway, But it is a beautiful tree that is growing -and can grow in the affections of the town, The new community tree is the 60 -foot-tall white fir in the small park on Union St, Last week, it was decorated with lights-the same lights which last year adorned the century old _ Sequoia for the last time, Just who planted the "new" tree or when it was planted are questions for which no one seems to have definite answers, But Elza Kilroy, unofficial custodian of the lights for the "old" tree, thinks it may be about 40 to 45 years old, His estimate isa rough one, based on a memory that it was planted a few years after he was married, There is general agreement that the tree was planted by the Native Daughters, who owned the lot on which it grows, Mrs, Robert Hopkins, secretary of the local chapter of the Native Daughters, says the chapter made a park out of the lot after deciding not to build a lodge there, The park is now owned by the U. S. Forest Service which, according to Tahoe Forest supervisor Henry Branagh, bought it over 30 years ago, The park is main-tained by the Nevada City Women's Civic Club, It was probably Kilroy who first made the suggestion ea rly this year that the stately fir be used as the new Christmas tree, The lighting job was a chamber of commerce project, with a strong assist from the city crew and the fire department, Jim Abrahamson and Melo Pello actually strung up the lights, according to city manager Beryl Robinson, and Ted Sigourney picked them up from Kilroy, who had sadly stored them away after MAS TREE The engineers of "Progress" Seem to have their eyes on Nevada City's new Christmas tree, now that the century-old sequoia on Sacramento St,, the former community tree, has been cut down for the freeway, It seems that the new tree, andthecharming little park where it grows, may also be sliced down and bulldozed away, Why? To provide parking spaces, to replace those taken by the freew ay. This Possibility came out at the chamber of commerce parking study meeting Monday, Dr, Jackson Faustman, engineer and Parking expert, instructed the committee to check into the possibility of using the small park as a parking lot, NEVADA CITY'S NEW CHRISTMAS TREE is the white fir on the left, inthe small park on Union Street. The city had to change to anew living Christmas tree after the traditional holiday tree, a was lost to the freeway century -old Sequoia on Sacramento Street, early this year, Parking Study G96T *ZZ Jequisdeq°* °12388nN AIun05D BPeAON *°** Zeroes In On OOO GG GIO Gala) Christmas season last year, WORLD PRESS DISPATCHES McNamara Warns That China May Be Able To Launch Missiles China may have intercontinental missiles ready for firing to any city in Europe as well as the U.S. within ten years, warmed Secretary of Defense McNamara at the NATO ministers meeting in PARIS. McNamara said the Chinese will have a stockpile of medium-range nuclear missiles by 1968, and he urged the allies to begin now on plans to meet the Chinese threat, eee 8 86 In Florence, ITALY, the former mayor of Florence, Professor Giorgio la Pira announced that on Nov, 11 President Ho Chi Minh NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Published Every Thursday By NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, INC. 318 Broad Street, Nevada City, Calif. Alfred E. Heller, PublisherDonald L. Hoagland, Editor. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, Calif. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No. 12,406. Subscription rates: One year, 4; Two years, $6; Three years, $8. kkk kkkkkk 1964 MERIT CITATION FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARDED BY CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION of North Vietnam told him and another Italian professor that for the good of the Vietnamese people Ho would "go anywhere and meet anyone" to negotiate for peace, Ho did not insist ona prior withdrawal of U.S, troons before negotiations could begin, Professor la Pira said. A radio broadcast from Hanoi, however, said that the story of the professor was part of the “peace hoax” planned by the U,S. eee es NORTH VIETNAM rejects all “British plans and proposals made under the pretense of peace, " radio Hanoi announced last week,

British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart had proposed that the British and Russians call a new Geneva conference of the nations involvedin Vietnam, The Hanoi regime said that peace talks depend on U.S, acceptance of several conditions, including the withdrawal of foreign military personnel in accordance with the 1954 Geneva agreements on Vietnam, see @ 6 U.S. Ambassador Goldberg at the UNITED NATIONS called for the establishment of a U.N, Peace Service that would try to stop international disputes from becoming wars, eee e8e Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell landed safely in the Atlantic after an historic 14 day flight, during which their Gemini 7. craft made a rendezvous with Gemini 6, carrying Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford, eee ee President Charles de Gaulle of FRANCE won a new seven year term in a run-off election last Sunday, The new tree makes a beautiful beacon for those who are driving into town on Sacramento St, It can never replace the old sequoia, but it can be admired for what it is and what it can become, Merchants And Chamber Are Giving Tickets And Prizes Nevada City merchants and the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, are again providing prizes for those who do their Christmas shopping here. Tickets will be given to shoppers at the participating stores and a drawing will be held a few days prior to Christmas, The following gift certificates will be awarded for shopping in local stores: one $40 certificate, two $20 certificates and two $10 certificates, Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Dec. 16 40 19 17 42 17 18 41 18 19 45 19 20 45 19 21 48 18 Rainfall to date 13.76 Rainfall last year 20.99 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Dec. 16 46 23 17 49 23 18 49 25 19 53 28 20 54 29 eek 59 30 Rainfall to date 13.67 Rainfall last year 20,86 Spring St. Nevada City parking consultant Jackson Faustman expressed some preference Monday fora new city parking lot on Spring St., between Pine St, and up to and including the National Hotel parking lot, Development of this area would produce 116 parking spaces at a cost in excess of $1,000 per space, according to preliminary estimates, The new lot would include the..use of both sides of Spring St. for right-angle curb parking, Faustman told a breakfast meeting of the chamber of commerce parking study committee headed by banker Willard Rose that other possibilities for parking included a similar area west of Pine St, on Spring, the Native Sons lot on Commercial, and a combination of the small park on Union St. with adjoining Alpha Hardware property, No development cost figures were available for the Alpha lot, but parking unit costs for the others were higher than those for the parking lot east of Pine on Spring. Police chief Ted Lane asked whether Faustman would consider the possibility of using a number of scattered small lots instead of one large one, Faustman said that wasa possibility, with many pros and cons connected with it, On the question of financing the project, committee members seemed to feel a city bond issue would be the acceptable form of financing, In response to a question from city councilman Robert Paine, Faustman estimated that the city could use 200 new parking spaces, as a long-range goal, THE NEW TREE AT NIGHT is a beautiful Sight to those entering the city on Sacramento. It has received the ap’ proval of residents and passers-by, but it has yet to grow into a local tradition, like the old beloved sequoia. Wetherall Becomes Left-Handed Driver Nevada City attorney William Wetherall, plagued for some weeks by a painful shoulder, had an operation Dec, 10 in Marysville to remove the condition, and he has recovered sufficiently to be back at work, The former pain is reportedly gone, but the shoulder is still “tight, " causing the city attorney to be a lefthanded driver forthe time being.