February 6, 1964 (20 pages)

e h) 4 sj 4 SES NTRS SES TS COUNTY'S SILENT ENEMY Serving the communities of Nevada City, field, Humbug, Relief H ill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little Yo Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quak AOE IIST IT, STI NAA rk, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French C Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Chr er Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, ‘orral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomistmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Grizzly so ail Selby Flat, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, eee TS A cawsgyy O98TS "FT1EL WoT GOES ST BOTPOTAST Volume 39, ‘Number o. 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City February 6, 1964 GONE FOR EXPANSION..-St. last week are gone now. Workers shown standing on rear portions of th to make way for an expansion program Oo retailer. A warehouse, office structure an portions of the expansion program. , Set re These buildings which faced on Commercial of Hansen Bros. Grass Valley are e structures which were torn down f Alpha, Nevada City's largest d parking facilities are major Alpha Exp Alpha Hardware, a commercial mainstay of Nevada County since the 1870s, hasbegun a major ex~ pansion and improvement of its downtown Nevada City center at Commercial and Union Streets, president Downey Clinch announced today. Several buildings recently ac~quired by Alpha are now being demolished by Hansen Bros, of Grass Valley on the west side of the present parking lot to make O'Neill, Larue File Fill Vacancy. Council May On Monday Nevada City's council is ex~ pected to name a resident to fill the council seat of the late Jack Brickell at a meeting of the city fathers Monday night. City Attorney William Wether~ allis expected to tell the council that it must make an appointment to fill the vacant seat within 30 days following the death of Brickell. Unless the council sets a date for an adjourned or special meet~ ing later in the month, the seat will of. necessity be filled Monday. Brickell s seat was one of three which are scheduled to be filled Welfare Program Becomes Law, Group Condemns It A welfare program which the Nevada County Welfare Advisory Committee calls “a monstrous piece of legislation” w ent into effect Feb, 1, and Welfare Department director Margery Worth told Nevada Gounty supervisors that four applications have been filed under the program. The committee was appointed by the supervisors to study ABS9. Their recommendation is that the supervisors and the county take “At this point, we are taking applications," Mrs. W orth said. She saidthat she does not favor a training program such as is permissible under the law because of the few people who would be eligible for training under such a program. A work program, also called for under the law, is a different thing, and Mrs. Worth noted that several counties have work programs for general relief claimants. "If we are going to have any sizeable number, a work program would be a good thing to have, s she said. Upon questioning by the super~ visors. Mrs. Worth noted that the new program allows for “presumptive eligibility” where the department believes that a claimant is in need of aid. “We could open the case im~ mediately and inv estigate later, : (Continued on Page 2) by an April 14 election, so the appointee will serve only until the first meeting of May when the winners in the city election will take office. To date, two residents of the city, John Larue, attorney, and Dan O'Neill, high school teacher, have taken out nomination papers indicating their intention to run for the council. However, a number of other and Craig Davies. (Continued on Page 17) potential candidates are understood to be thinking of running for the seats, including both remaining incumbents, Ben Barry Latest rumor about potential candidates for the council indiansion On Commercial St. way for additional parking and a new 40X80 foot prefab steel warehouse and a two story 20X40 foot office building. The buildings being demolished include the former Inter-County Title Building. Alpha expects to move into the new units by May. The present Garden Center w ill remain in place until midsummer, when it will be moved tothe ground floor of the existing main building, adjacent to the downstairs hardware sales area. Upstairs. office space will be rearranged to provide more main floor sales area. Eventually, the present garden shop, and the adjacent buildings which Alpha also owns will be torn down, leaving uninterrupted parking from Union and Commer~ cial up to the new warehouse-~ about 50: spaces. This large parking area will be augmented, Clifch expects, by parking made available to the city inside the freeway right -ofway north of the Assay Office and in other locations. Clinch added the hope that the confidence being expressed by Alpha in the downtown Nevada City shopping center would be matched by other businesses and by the city, particularly with respect to much-needed parking. He went out of his way to emphasize the importance Alpha at~taches to the “historic flavor” of the surrounding area. He pledged that the exterior of Alpha’s new buildings would be designed to match the historic character of the downtown neighborhood, as much as practicable. The end of the new warehouse building on Commercial St. might for example be adorned by old brick and planter boxes, he said, although plans are not yet drawn up for such an arrangement. Basic plans call for this wall to be composed of steel panels. He spoke also of extending an over-hanging portico across the buildings facing the back lot, and building a balcony with typical grillwork around the back of the main building. (Continued on Page 2 The color of the steel wareno action to implement the law. THE B RICKELL STORY SEE PAGE 13 iy ad ages ee

e h) 4 sj 4 SES NTRS SES TS COUNTY'S SILENT ENEMY Serving the communities of Nevada City, field, Humbug, Relief H ill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little Yo Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quak AOE IIST IT, STI NAA rk, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French C Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Chr er Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, ‘orral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomistmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Grizzly so ail Selby Flat, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, eee TS A cawsgyy O98TS "FT1EL WoT GOES ST BOTPOTAST Volume 39, ‘Number o. 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City February 6, 1964 GONE FOR EXPANSION....-St. last week are gone now. Workers shown standing on rear portions of th to make way for an expansion program Oo retailer. A warehouse, office structure an portions of the expansion program. , Set re These buildings which faced on Commercial of Hansen Bros. Grass Valley are e structures which were torn down f Alpha, Nevada City's largest d parking facilities are major Alpha Exp Alpha Hardware, a commercial mainstay of Nevada County since the 1870s, hasbegun a major ex~ pansion and improvement of its downtown Nevada City center at Commercial and Union Streets, president Downey Clinch announced today. Several buildings recently ac~quired by Alpha are now being demolished by Hansen Bros, of Grass Valley on the west side of the present parking lot to make O'Neill, Larue File Fill Vacancy. Council May On Monday Nevada City's council is ex~ pected to name a resident to fill the council seat of the late Jack Brickell at a meeting of the city fathers Monday night. City Attorney William Wether~ allis expected to tell the council that it must make an appointment to fill the vacant seat within 30 days following the death of Brickell. Unless the council sets a date for an adjourned or special meet~ ing later in the month, the seat will of. necessity be filled Monday. Brickell s seat was one of three which are scheduled to be filled Welfare Program Becomes Law, Group Condemns It A welfare program which the Nevada County Welfare Advisory Committee calls “a monstrous piece of legislation” w ent into effect Feb, 1, and Welfare Department director Margery Worth told Nevada Gounty supervisors that four applications have been filed under the program. The committee was appointed by the supervisors to study ABS9. Their recommendation is that the supervisors and the county take “At this point, we are taking applications," Mrs. W orth said. She saidthat she does not favor a training program such as is permissible under the law because of the few people who would be eligible for training under such a

program. A work program, also called for under the law, is a different thing, and Mrs. Worth noted that several counties have work programs for general relief claimants. "If we are going to have any sizeable number, a work program would be a good thing to have, s she said. Upon questioning by the super~ visors. Mrs. Worth noted that the new program allows for “presumptive eligibility” where the department believes that a claimant is in need of aid. “We could open the case im~ mediately and inv estigate later, : (Continued on Page 2) by an April 14 election, so the appointee will serve only until the first meeting of May when the winners in the city election will take office. To date, two residents of the city, John Larue, attorney, and Dan O'Neill, high school teacher, have taken out nomination papers indicating their intention to run for the council. However, a number of other and Craig Davies. (Continued on Page 17) potential candidates are understood to be thinking of running for the seats, including both remaining incumbents, Ben Barry Latest rumor about potential candidates for the council indiansion On Commercial St. way for additional parking and a new 40X80 foot prefab steel warehouse and a two story 20X40 foot office building. The buildings being demolished include the former Inter-County Title Building. Alpha expects to move into the new units by May. The present Garden Center w ill remain in place until midsummer, when it will be moved tothe ground floor of the existing main building, adjacent to the downstairs hardware sales area. Upstairs. office space will be rearranged to provide more main floor sales area. Eventually, the present garden shop, and the adjacent buildings which Alpha also owns will be torn down, leaving uninterrupted parking from Union and Commer~ cial up to the new warehouse-~ about 50: spaces. This large parking area will be augmented, Clifch expects, by parking made available to the city inside the freeway right -ofway north of the Assay Office and in other locations. Clinch added the hope that the confidence being expressed by Alpha in the downtown Nevada City shopping center would be matched by other businesses and by the city, particularly with respect to much-needed parking. He went out of his way to emphasize the importance Alpha at~taches to the “historic flavor” of the surrounding area. He pledged that the exterior of Alpha’s new buildings would be designed to match the historic character of the downtown neighborhood, as much as practicable. The end of the new warehouse building on Commercial St. might for example be adorned by old brick and planter boxes, he said, although plans are not yet drawn up for such an arrangement. Basic plans call for this wall to be composed of steel panels. He spoke also of extending an over-hanging portico across the buildings facing the back lot, and building a balcony with typical grillwork around the back of the main building. (Continued on Page 2 The color of the steel wareno action to implement the law. THE B RICKELL STORY SEE PAGE 13 iy ad ages ee