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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

December 22, 1965 (20 pages)

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SS A CHRISTMAS STO RY HOUR for vacationing kiddies was held at the Grass Valley public library Saturday. Margaret Chamberlain, wellknown for: her work in drama and children's theater, conducted the program, in which the children took an active part. Mrs. Chamberlain displays a story book as the children in the foreground strain to get a look St its Highway Litter Picked Up By Local Lions And Boy Scouts Nevada City Lions Club mem-~ bers and Boy Scouts from the city found out last week what highway litter really means, The Lions, in what they hope will become a semi-annual event, combed the roadsides leading to and from Nevada City Dec, 11 and carted away six overflowing pickup truck loads of junk. "It*s surprising how filthy the roadsides are,” John Knutson, chairman of the event said this week, "If people would only take a second to keep their junk in the car and dump it at home, if one person wouldhelp, it would make the city more beautiful. " The Lions and Scouts covered Highway 20 from the city to Five Mile House; Ridge Road to the high school; Banner Mountain Road; Highway 20-49 from Bruns~wick Road through the city; , Highway 49 to Indian Flat and the Bloomfield Road from the Hoge Mine to 49, Knutson said people passing the cleanup crews stopped to express amazement at the amount of litter the group had amassed, On Bloomfield Road, the large open end mailbox has become a target of passing beer drinkers whotry tothrow their empty cans into the box like trying to catch the ring on the merry-go-round, Few are successful apparently, Knutson said he picked up 40 beer cans from around the mail box and the woman who owns the property said she had removed at least that many just afew days earlier. FRANCHISE Unique Operation Ladies Sportswear ONE OR TWO PERSON OPERATION CAN NET TO $7,000.00 FIRST YEAR $5,500.00 purchases opening inventory, stock, and fixtures. agreement covers Grass _ Valley and Nevada City For additional information call Marysville 743-8131 Collect In this’ picture, Fair Board Reviews Agreement ‘With Jaycees For State Meet The Board of Directors ot the 17th District Agricultural Association met Dec. 14 in the Administration Building on theNevada County District Fair@ grounds, A committee of Junior Chamber of Commerce members met with the board and discussed their state meeting that will be held at the Fairgrounds July 29-31, 1966. The board approved the agreement that had been worked out by Secretary-Manager, Malcolm E. Hammill and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and praised the Jaycees for the great job they had done with the 1964 Local Unit Wins Scrap Book Prize Again This Year For the second year in succession, Nevada County Soil Conservation District has taken first place award in the state-wide scrap book contest for all Soil Conservation Districts, The award this year was announced at the recent 20th annual convention of California Soil and Water Conservation Districts held at the El Dorado Hotel in Sacramento, A blue ribbon reading "First Place” anda Certificate of Award were presented to Leonard M, Luglan, Chairman of the local board,
The scrap book is divided into various sections showing participation in the annual Goodyear Contest, which Nevada County SCD won in 1964 for being the outstanding district in the State of California; their part in observing Soil Stewardship Week last May, activities of the Land Judging Contest held in this area; observance of Conservation Week with special display in public schools on the theme of "Wildlife"; copies of the District's monthly Newsletters; a record of attendance of directors at various conventions; special events and many other items, Franchise state, meeting and the personal interest everyone had taken in the flowers, buildings and the grounds on the Nevada County District Fair. Plans and specifications were reviewed by the board and the manager for paving 60,000 sq. feet of the parking area at the Lion's Lake Picnic grounds, and also the enclosing of the ends and backs of the grandstand with 26 gauge factory painted metal. This will stop all wind and cold air from coming up underneath the seats and will be appreciated by the hundreds of fans who use the grandstand for football, auto races, and the arena events during the fair. Both sets of plans and specifications for these projects were approved by the board and bids will be called for right after January 1st, 1966 with the hope that both these projects can be completed before the busy summer season commences, Hammill reported onthe annual Western Fairs Convention he attended last month in Fresno, He also told of the re-organization of the Western Fairs State Rodeo committee with Stuart B. Waite, manager of the Yolo County Fair, as president and Hammill as vice president, and Don Brandt of Gridley as secretary, This committee is active in all Western Approved Rodeo's, taking care of problems of its many rodeo’s all over the state. ‘ The Premium Book for the 1966 Fair will be discussed at the next meeting as bids must be called for the printing of the books and the bids opened at the February Meeting. Eugene Foster, recently appointed director from the Truckee area attended his first regular board meeting. REMODEL Furnish Everything: _ Ideas Designing Financing Materiais Construction BUILDERS & CONSUMERS LUMBER COMPANY G. V.-N. C.. Highway At Glenbrook — Phone 273-6105 Men’s Cotton Casuals Sizes 29 to 38 Made to sell for $5.00 3 for 510% Boy's Cotton Casuals Size 12 to 18 reg. $4.50 $750 {a few at $1.00) Famous Name Slacks reg. $19.95 $4 450 (plus altering) Famous Name White Shirts reg. $4.50 $50 OVaKsS 305 BROAD ST., NEVADA CITY GQ96T ‘ZZ Jequieseq***3033nN AyuN0D epeAsn*** OY