February 19, 1975 (8 pages)

. xevapa counry NET GLE Sert ag the communities of Nevada City. Grass Vullev, ed Dog. Town Valk. 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. LaBare Meadows, Cedar Ridge. Union Hill. Peardate Summit City Wealloupa, Gouge Eve, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolt, ¢ hristmas Hill. Liberty Will, 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, BR illow Valley, Newtown Indian Flat. Bridgeport. Birchrille. Moore's Flat. Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ‘ Wednesday. Feb. 19,1975 10 Cents A Copy VOLUME 50 . She’s a real Honey! Nelda honored for community service Friday night belonged to Mrs. Nelda Honey who was honored by the Grass Valley P.T.A. for her work with youth in the community. The annual Honorary Service Award sponsored by the PTA was given to Mrs. Honey for a variety of community service _work. She also received a Pin Life Membership and money went into a scholarship fund in her name. A large crowd gathered at the Grass Valley Elks Lodge Friday at a dinnerdance meeting for the presentation Mrs. Honey owns and operates Nelda’s Dance Studio in Grass Valley and has been involved in-countless activities, donating her time and talents to benefit the community. The Honey’s (husband Francis) were _ involved in the Grass Valley Little League for 10-years. They donated their time to operate the concession booth, the trailer concession at Memorial Park and started the concession at Condon Park. : She also has donated her time as a parade judge, gymnastics judge and has taken her dancing students to perform at nursery and elementary schools This past year she put together a talent variety show . of young local entertainers that performed at the Nevada County Fair and at the California State Fair on Nevada County Day. : Each year Nelda’s Dance Studio has held a variety show in the community and the proceeds have been given to a local charity. Each year Mrs. Honey has donated hours-of time to organize the program at the Fireman’s Ball. Once again this Saturday she has a show lined up for the 100th annual Fireman’s Ball. She also has helped the Grass Valley Jaycees with the Grass Valley Junior Miss Pageant, a function she has worked with for 10-years. Nevada Union High School has also seen a lot of Nelda Honey. She has been involved with the girls drill team, donating time to routines, practices and helping with the sewing for uniforms. With the help of a few, including Nelda, the drill team has performed many times during football games, basketball games and other community events. She also has been a working member of the Nevada Union Booster’s Club. She also has prepared a gymnastics team to perform at community events. Mrs. Honey gave lesscns to the girls at the North Star project and to the youths receiving special education at Lyman Gilmore School. The Honey’s have worked countless hours to raise funds for the Greens Baseball Team which played semi-pro baseball in the area until several years ago. Linda Murphy acted as the master of ceremonies at Fricey’s meeting. The family, sons Gary Mitcheil, Rickie Honey; and daughters Terry Locks, Lennie Holbrook and Dolli Honey, and husband er ae on. IT WAS NELDA HONEY night Friday as the Grass Valley PTA honored Nelda for her work in the community. Virginia Stillwall, president of the PTA (left), pins a life membership award on Nelda. Gold mine dollars return to county Some of the gold wrested from the depths of the Empire when mining was the way of life here will be returned to the people of Nevada county because that is the wish of the grandson of a. one-time owner of the Empire Mine. : Arthur William Bourn Vincent, the grandson of the late William Bourn Jr., has assigned 20 per cent of his interest in certain assets to Sierra Nevada Memorial Miners Hospitals Incorporated. Conservative estimates are that the gift should. produce an annual income of between $7,000 and $8,000.for years to come. Directors of the local nonprofit hospitals corporation this month accepted Vincent’s generosity for the people of the community. Because Nevada county had given of its wealth to his family Vincent has returned a portion of the Empire “gold” to the people of the countyfrom whence it came. _ Downey Clinch, whose grandfather, the late C. E. Clinch, and Vincent’s grandfather were friends and business associates, explained Vincent’s gesture. Bourn and the elder Clinch were partners in the Clinch and Company General Merchandise located on the Mill Street site now occupied by the J. C. Penny Store. The Empire Mine is a magic name in annals of mining history. The Bourn mansion, surrounded by formal gardens, was built near the mine workings. During Bourn’s lifetime it was a showplace and center of community activities. Through the years it has remained a showplace. Soon it is to become the center of activities again when plans to develop a historical state park materialize next month. Romance as well as magic are part of the Empire legend. Vincent’s. grandfather barely had inherited the largest and richest operation in Grass out” at the 1,200 foot level. All visible ore was exhausted. Engineers pronounced prospects “grim”. But William Bourn Jr. explored dee,er and . reaped a bo! . When Boufn’s daughter married Vin¢ent’s father, a member of an ‘ald Irish family, her father gave them Muckross, one of the two largest estates then bordering the lakes of Killarney, as a wedding present. The Vincents lived there until 1932 when Muckross was given to the Irish nation by Bourn and Vincent; since which time it has been known as the BournVincent National Park. Their son, Arthur William Bourn and its famous Muckross Abbey on the shores of the lower. lake at Killarney. Vincent previously has returned some of the Empire “gold” to this county through gifts to the hospital association, Clinch said. But to continue the story of the Empire. In 1929 ‘the greatest merger in western mining history took place when _ the Empire Star Mines Company Ltd. was formed by the union of the Empire, Pennsylvania: and North Star groups. This placed some 3,700 mineral acres and approximately 4,000 surface of the western gold mines.-the giant among al Cw) 21-0 fi

. xevapa counry NET GLE Sert ag the communities of Nevada City. Grass Vullev, ed Dog. Town Valk. 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. LaBare Meadows, Cedar Ridge. Union Hill. Peardate Summit City Wealloupa, Gouge Eve, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolt, ¢ hristmas Hill. Liberty Will, 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, BR illow Valley, Newtown Indian Flat. Bridgeport. Birchrille. Moore's Flat. Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ‘ Wednesday. Feb. 19,1975 10 Cents A Copy VOLUME 50 . She’s a real Honey! Nelda honored for community service Friday night belonged to Mrs. Nelda Honey who was honored by the Grass Valley P.T.A. for her work with youth in the community. The annual Honorary Service Award sponsored by the PTA was given to Mrs. Honey for a variety of community service _work. She also received a Pin Life Membership and money went into a scholarship fund in her name. A large crowd gathered at the Grass Valley Elks Lodge Friday at a dinnerdance meeting for the presentation Mrs. Honey owns and operates Nelda’s Dance Studio in Grass Valley and has been involved in-countless activities, donating her time and talents to benefit the community. The Honey’s (husband Francis) were _ involved in the Grass Valley Little League for 10-years. They donated their time to operate the concession booth, the trailer concession at Memorial Park and started the concession at Condon Park. : She also has donated her time as a parade judge, gymnastics judge and has taken her dancing students to perform at nursery and elementary schools This past year she put together a talent variety show . of young local entertainers that performed at the Nevada County Fair and at the California State Fair on Nevada County Day. : Each year Nelda’s Dance Studio has held a variety show in the community and the proceeds have been given to a local charity. Each year Mrs. Honey has donated hours-of time to organize the program at the Fireman’s Ball. Once again this Saturday she has a show lined up for the 100th annual Fireman’s Ball. She also has helped the Grass Valley Jaycees with the Grass Valley Junior Miss Pageant, a function she has worked with for 10-years. Nevada Union High School has also seen a lot of Nelda Honey. She has been involved with the girls drill team, donating time to routines, practices and helping with the sewing for uniforms. With the help of a few, including Nelda, the drill team has performed many times during football games, basketball games and other community events. She also has been a working member of the Nevada Union Booster’s Club. She also has prepared a gymnastics team to perform at community events. Mrs. Honey gave lesscns to the girls at the North Star project and to the youths receiving special education at Lyman Gilmore School. The Honey’s have worked countless hours to raise funds for the Greens Baseball Team which played semi-pro baseball in the area until several years ago. Linda Murphy acted as the master of ceremonies at Fricey’s meeting. The family, sons Gary Mitcheil, Rickie Honey; and daughters Terry Locks, Lennie Holbrook and Dolli Honey, and husband er ae on. IT WAS NELDA HONEY night Friday as the Grass Valley PTA honored Nelda for her work in the community. Virginia Stillwall, president of the PTA (left), pins a life membership award on Nelda. Gold mine dollars return to county Some of the gold wrested from the depths of the Empire when mining was the way of life here will be returned to the people of Nevada county because that is the wish of the grandson of a. one-time owner of the Empire Mine. : Arthur William Bourn

Vincent, the grandson of the late William Bourn Jr., has assigned 20 per cent of his interest in certain assets to Sierra Nevada Memorial Miners Hospitals Incorporated. Conservative estimates are that the gift should. produce an annual income of between $7,000 and $8,000.for years to come. Directors of the local nonprofit hospitals corporation this month accepted Vincent’s generosity for the people of the community. Because Nevada county had given of its wealth to his family Vincent has returned a portion of the Empire “gold” to the people of the countyfrom whence it came. _ Downey Clinch, whose grandfather, the late C. E. Clinch, and Vincent’s grandfather were friends and business associates, explained Vincent’s gesture. Bourn and the elder Clinch were partners in the Clinch and Company General Merchandise located on the Mill Street site now occupied by the J. C. Penny Store. The Empire Mine is a magic name in annals of mining history. The Bourn mansion, surrounded by formal gardens, was built near the mine workings. During Bourn’s lifetime it was a showplace and center of community activities. Through the years it has remained a showplace. Soon it is to become the center of activities again when plans to develop a historical state park materialize next month. Romance as well as magic are part of the Empire legend. Vincent’s. grandfather barely had inherited the largest and richest operation in Grass out” at the 1,200 foot level. All visible ore was exhausted. Engineers pronounced prospects “grim”. But William Bourn Jr. explored dee,er and . reaped a bo! . When Boufn’s daughter married Vin¢ent’s father, a member of an ‘ald Irish family, her father gave them Muckross, one of the two largest estates then bordering the lakes of Killarney, as a wedding present. The Vincents lived there until 1932 when Muckross was given to the Irish nation by Bourn and Vincent; since which time it has been known as the BournVincent National Park. Their son, Arthur William Bourn and its famous Muckross Abbey on the shores of the lower. lake at Killarney. Vincent previously has returned some of the Empire “gold” to this county through gifts to the hospital association, Clinch said. But to continue the story of the Empire. In 1929 ‘the greatest merger in western mining history took place when _ the Empire Star Mines Company Ltd. was formed by the union of the Empire, Pennsylvania: and North Star groups. This placed some 3,700 mineral acres and approximately 4,000 surface of the western gold mines.-the giant among al Cw) 21-0 fi