December 26, 1973 (8 pages)

CAL. Si. LisgRary SACTO. NEVADA COUNTY. Seri ng the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, ted Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney F. San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville. CAL. 95814 Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Cee lat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North eardale, Summit City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Gold Bar, Cowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill; Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wed., Dec. 26,1973 Dancers elect officers The friendly good cheer of the holiday season prevailed at the Rough and Ready Squares’ Christmas dance. — Jack and Thelma Murtha were guest callersfor 10 squares of dancers. Other callers were Ober and Monique Johnson and Charles and Joyce Bear. Visiting clubs represented were Par Fours, Jeans and Queens, Goldancers, Buttons and Bows, Square Knots, Buzzing Cousins and Tom and Country Squares. Santa Claus made an appearance and handed out gifts to retiring club officers and special guests. Paul and Ruth Blocher, Clarence and Bea Treadway and Len and Evelyn Valdez were in charge of refreshments. The new officers were ’announced: Terry and Christine Lewis, president; Will and Ruth Howard, vice president;. Paul and Ruth Blocher, treasurer; Jerry and Barbara Dishong, 1973 reviewed secretary and Ober and Monique’ Johnson, social secretary. i George Says: The Management, Sales and Service staffs extend sincere thanks for your appreciated patronage during 1973; and wish you ahd yours health, ‘ happiness and prosperity in the New Year. MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! The old year in retrospect How often have you asked yourself, ‘‘Now just when did that happen, I certainly should .,. remember the date!?’’ Wealldo it from time to time, so what follows is a brief resume of some of the more interesting events of. its first six . 1973.during months. The last half of the year will be covered in the Jan. 2 issue of the Nugget. JANUARY: The Nevada City Post Office moved from its longtime home on Commercial Street to the brand-new brick structure on Coyote Street. Utilities were going underground in Grass Valley in preparation for the ‘‘new-face”’ planned for Mill Street. The trial of Francis Dale Calhoon, 72, accused of seconddegree murder in the death of — his wife, Marian, in 1971, got . underway. Nevada City and Nevada County Chambers of Commerce were mulling over a plan to jointly occupy the South Yuba Canal Building when director for the Nevada County ’ Community Workshop and was replaced by Barbara Sailor as “acting director.” By mid-month the heavy rainfall had brought season’s total to 36.88 inches, compared . to 17.53 the same time in 1972.in Grass Valley; the totals for Nevada City were recorded as 38.04 compared to 18.08 the previous year. Nevada County’s ‘Mr. Music’’, Harold J. George, Sr. died suddenly. He was.the noted director of the famous Grass Valley Cornish Choir for many *years. Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, died of a heart attack at age 64, and Nevada Countyans joined in the national mourning. Francis Dale Calhoon was found guilty of murdering his wife, Marian, when the jury returned its verdict on Jan. 26. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird announced the end of the military draft on Jan. 27, on the heels of the declaration of the end of the Vietnam War. FEBRUARY: Miss Elizabeth George, first and only executive its . reconstruction was completed. . ’ Bob Grek retired as executive . THE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Barbara Sailor, oversees one of the many functions at the Nevada County Community Workshop. Here knobs are manufactured for a cabinet firm in Sacramento that has a contract with the local workwhop. director of Sierra Economic Development District. was dismissed from her post. Restoration of the South Yuba Canal Building was completed and officially accepted by the Nevada. City Council, as the proposed future home of the Chambers of Commerce of Nevada City and Nevada County. —_ Daniel Breen, clarinet section member of the NUHS band and a senior at that school, was selected from 800 applicants to participate in the State Honor’ Band in Anaheim. Harold Berliner resigned as Nevada County district attorney and was appointed to the post of public defender by the County Board of Sueprvisors. Ronald MacMillen left his post as public defender to serve as district attorney in a related action by the board. MARCH: It took the Nevada City Volunteer Fire Department, and friends, almost 13 months to raise the $14,000 needed to purchase a new ‘“‘Rescue’”’ vehicle, which was delivered early in the month. ; Mr. and Mrs. George (Agnes) Rider celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. The Chambers of Commerce e of Nevada City and County moved into the reconstructed South Yuba Canal Building. Fred Conway was hired as a part-time executive for the county chamber. A retaining wall at Smokey’s Gulf Station on Boulder Street slid into Deer Creek ‘“‘with the force of an earthquake” and set off a burglar alarm on the premisés. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thompson celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary at a family dinner in Grass Valley. APRIL: Medical services which had spanned more than a ».(Con’t. on Page 7)

CAL. Si. LisgRary SACTO. NEVADA COUNTY. Seri ng the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, ted Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney F. San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville. CAL. 95814 Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Cee lat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North eardale, Summit City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Gold Bar, Cowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill; Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wed., Dec. 26,1973 Dancers elect officers The friendly good cheer of the holiday season prevailed at the Rough and Ready Squares’ Christmas dance. — Jack and Thelma Murtha were guest callersfor 10 squares of dancers. Other callers were Ober and Monique Johnson and Charles and Joyce Bear. Visiting clubs represented were Par Fours, Jeans and Queens, Goldancers, Buttons and Bows, Square Knots, Buzzing Cousins and Tom and Country Squares. Santa Claus made an appearance and handed out gifts to retiring club officers and special guests. Paul and Ruth Blocher, Clarence and Bea Treadway and Len and Evelyn Valdez were in charge of refreshments. The new officers were ’announced: Terry and Christine Lewis, president; Will and Ruth Howard, vice president;. Paul and Ruth Blocher, treasurer; Jerry and Barbara Dishong, 1973 reviewed secretary and Ober and Monique’ Johnson, social secretary. i George Says: The Management, Sales and Service staffs extend sincere thanks for your appreciated patronage during 1973; and wish you ahd yours health, ‘ happiness and prosperity in the New Year. MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! The old year in retrospect How often have you asked yourself, ‘‘Now just when did that happen, I certainly should .,. remember the date!?’’ Wealldo it from time to time, so what follows is a brief resume of some of the more interesting events of. its first six . 1973..during months. The last half of the year will be covered in the Jan. 2 issue of the Nugget. JANUARY: The Nevada City Post Office moved from its longtime home on Commercial Street to the brand-new brick structure on Coyote Street. Utilities were going underground in Grass Valley in preparation for the ‘‘new-face”’ planned for Mill Street. The trial of Francis Dale Calhoon, 72, accused of seconddegree murder in the death of — his wife, Marian, in 1971, got . underway. Nevada City and Nevada County Chambers of Commerce were mulling over a plan to jointly occupy the South Yuba Canal Building when director for the Nevada County ’ Community Workshop and was replaced by Barbara Sailor as “acting director.”

By mid-month the heavy rainfall had brought season’s total to 36.88 inches, compared . to 17.53 the same time in 1972..in Grass Valley; the totals for Nevada City were recorded as 38.04 compared to 18.08 the previous year. Nevada County’s ‘Mr. Music’’, Harold J. George, Sr. died suddenly. He was.the noted director of the famous Grass Valley Cornish Choir for many *years. Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, died of a heart attack at age 64, and Nevada Countyans joined in the national mourning. Francis Dale Calhoon was found guilty of murdering his wife, Marian, when the jury returned its verdict on Jan. 26. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird announced the end of the military draft on Jan. 27, on the heels of the declaration of the end of the Vietnam War. FEBRUARY: Miss Elizabeth George, first and only executive its . reconstruction was completed. . ’ Bob Grek retired as executive . THE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Barbara Sailor, oversees one of the many functions at the Nevada County Community Workshop. Here knobs are manufactured for a cabinet firm in Sacramento that has a contract with the local workwhop. director of Sierra Economic Development District. was dismissed from her post. Restoration of the South Yuba Canal Building was completed and officially accepted by the Nevada. City Council, as the proposed future home of the Chambers of Commerce of Nevada City and Nevada County. —_ Daniel Breen, clarinet section member of the NUHS band and a senior at that school, was selected from 800 applicants to participate in the State Honor’ Band in Anaheim. Harold Berliner resigned as Nevada County district attorney and was appointed to the post of public defender by the County Board of Sueprvisors. Ronald MacMillen left his post as public defender to serve as district attorney in a related action by the board. MARCH: It took the Nevada City Volunteer Fire Department, and friends, almost 13 months to raise the $14,000 needed to purchase a new ‘“‘Rescue’”’ vehicle, which was delivered early in the month. ; Mr. and Mrs. George (Agnes) Rider celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. The Chambers of Commerce e of Nevada City and County moved into the reconstructed South Yuba Canal Building. Fred Conway was hired as a part-time executive for the county chamber. A retaining wall at Smokey’s Gulf Station on Boulder Street slid into Deer Creek ‘“‘with the force of an earthquake” and set off a burglar alarm on the premisés. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thompson celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary at a family dinner in Grass Valley. APRIL: Medical services which had spanned more than a ».(Con’t. on Page 7)