January 1, 1975 (8 pages)

f i ‘ = a ej 4 ; . {oe 4 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Jan. 1,1975 PAA TT eR ve . Filing deadline for . . school candidates papers for the March 8 nomination papers to date are: consolidated school election is 5 --Union Hill District, one and Gary Louis Colouette have :: 5 ‘p.m. January 3. vacancy, Charles Mildred, taken out papers. = Papers to run in the election, incumbent. in which 23 vacancies on County Board of Education “western Nevada county school has two vacancies in Area boards will be filled, can be covering Grass Valley, Union = obtained from the county clerk’s Hill and Ready Springs; and one vacancies, $.E. (Gene Stuart), # office in the courthouse. George Bryant, vacancy in Area 3 covering incumbent, Patricia A. Coburn’ county Pleasant Ridge, Pleasant Valley and Sid Herbert. = superintendent of schools, urges and San Juan Ridge. incumbents and others In Area 2 Charlene Welker, Seboot es Chicago Park School = District: To date no person has taken out papers. : os twos ote -San Juan Ridge, tee Scotia sexes ~ Pleasant Ridge Union, two four year terms and one for two = “interested to meet the deadline. incumbent, has taken) out years, Jim Dunbar. = * Successful candidates will papers. a = Grass Valley Elementary = ‘ “serve four years, unless they Area 3 has no prospective pictrict. two vacancies Jon= “succeed members of a school candidates. fe ‘ BS R P = governing board who have Sierra College District, one Peek, incumbent, Beulah naahs H Ll ld red B “resigned. Such is the case on vacancy to be filled by western wi Heals Gp ; Elementary = Franson fF elir es boards in Pleasant Valley, Nevada county voters, Victor pjstrict, two vacancies, Roy D % Chicago Park and Washington Huber, incumbent. Brooks " incombent. : with each having one vacancy — Nevada Union High School ie a! : ; for the shorter terms. has one vacancy eachin Areas3, — Ready Springs Union, tw & vacancies, Ivan If a candidate runs unopposed 4 and 5. In Area 3 Kenneth B. Patrick H. Williams and Jan four days in May, according to her co-workers. She will be the guest of honor at a retirement dinner Friday night at Dilley’s. Friends are When Hildred Branson retires as a teller for the Bank of America New Year’s Eve it will mark the end of = for one position the governing ‘elected official. rson to the vacancy. ‘candidates come forth the overning board of such a incumbent, Richard Schneider, trict can appoint.a qualified Vera. L. Briggs and James P. = board of that school district may O’Connell, incumbent, and Fay Hiller. declare the candidate a duly Van Doren have taken out In case no, pape rs. In Area 4C. Jackson Rayburn, Phillipson have taken out Bicentennial notes Pleasant Valley, on vacancy, Thomas Drummon Clear Creek, one vacanc, Charles Hafelfinger. — Washington, To date n person has taken out papers. Wanted: A Cavalcade! By Doris Foley Of all_the applications for projects received by the Nevada County . Bicentennial Commission, there has not been one to depict a . County extranvaganza. It is hoped that © some community group will celebrate the 1976 Bicentennial year with an_ elaborate cavalcade reminiscent of the one sponsored by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce in 1947 at Hennessy Field. This event was staged for the 49er Frontier Celebration on July 3rd and 4th:of that year. The festival chairman was Earl Covey, and Elmer Stevents wrote the GOLD DAYS script, a memorial of the colorful days of California’s gold rush. Ted Mathieson, Grass Valley High School Dramatics teachers, Bill's Better Buys Brake Adjustment . 1.88 WIDE OVAL TIRES 13” RAISED WHITE LETTERS AVAILABLE NOW. RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE €O., INC. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 produced and directed the pageant. Under the capable hands of three men the performance ved an outstanding success. It was divided into five dramatic episodes, the first being The Boston Party arriving in the ravine named for them, and where McKnight discovered ®gold-in rock on Gold Mountain and touched off the great quartz mining industry. Episode Two depicted Lola Montez, portrayed by Margaret Kronemeyer, _entertaining notible personages in~her Mill Street home, and showing little Lotta Crabtree a few dance steps:-Episode Three relived again the panic-caused by the closing of the Eureka . Mine and Alonzo Delano’s (Old Block) restoration of confidence in Grass Valley. Episode Four dealt with the Independent “State of Rough and Ready, which after five months hoisted the Stars and Stripes to celebrate the Fourth of July. The last episode was the advent of the Cornish miner, bringing with him his traditions, sense of humor and song. Richard Jose; silver tener joined the miners in chorus. Voices had been recorded and amplified over Hennessy Field and were distinctly heard. Local people who participated and are still residing in Nevada County are Earl Covey, Elmer Stevens, Margaret Kronemeyer; as Lola Montez;. William Esterley as Senator Stewart; Jack Hansen, Clyde Rosewall, William Esterley Jr., and Tom Bryan as Cornish miners; Betty Jo Majors (Long) as the pioneer woman; Harold Berliner, voice portrayal; Doris Foley, costumes; Dance routines under the direction of Dorothy Dyke, were Thelma and Bob Gates, Lee Bostwick, Grace Raymond, Maxine Sleeper, Becky and ‘Ralph Alderman. At.the time Elmer Stevens wrote the script it was his desire that as olr-centennial years arrived, the ideas portrayed in the pageant could be enlarged, so that all of us may live again “the days of old, the days of gold, the-days of Forty-Nine.” His experience~at_writing and assisting in the production would-be invaluable to any group wishing to stage such an extravagenza. His phone number is 265-4102. seven years service at the But Mrs. Branson was a part of downtown Nevada City for 22 years before she became associated with the bank. She operated her own grocery store on Broad Street for 10 years and worked for Purity Stores Ltd. (in the location now occupied by the Bonanza) for 10 years. her seven years with the bank she had a perfect attendance except for invited to the no host affair and should make reservations by calling the bank at 265-4556. Mrs. Branson was born in Iowa and moved to Los Angeles in 1942. She has lived in Nevada City 45 years. She is a past president of the Nevada City Soroptimist Club and active in Neva Rebekah Lodge, and Ceanotha Council Degree of Pocahontas of Grass Valley. Lang-Murtagh wed A honeymoon in Tahiti followed the recent marriage of Marianne Murtagh and Dwight Lang. The bride’s second cousin, Robert F. Houlihan, S.J. came from St. Louis, Missouri to officiate at the ceremony and nuptial mass which took place at Holy Angels Church in Colma. Father Donald Royer from Nevada City assisted inthe ceremony. A reception dinner followed at the California Golf Club in South San Francisco.The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murtagh of Daly City. Her husband is the son of Dr. & Mrs. Dwight Lang of Grass Valley. For her wedding Marianne wore a victorian gown of tucked cotton voille, trimmed with Valencia lace and lavender ribbon. A fresh flower headpiece topped her finger tip veil. Vicky . Noyes, her maid of honor, wore Tuesday blaze destroys garage Peardale and Gold Flat fire departments responded to a garage fire at the Rick Haugen home on Edgewood Drive at 6:18 on Christmas eve that was totally engulfed in flames. The garage, separated from the Haugen home, burned to the ground. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. Gold Flat firemen also responded to a chimney fire Tuesday at the Donald Burtner residence on Lower Colfax Road. Smoke damage was reported to the house. a print dress of various fall hues. Dwight asked Gary Brooks of Denver to serve as his Best Man. . Guests were seated by Doug Kong and Terry Nolan. Honored guests were the bride’s grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. John Houlihan of Laguna Hills. The bride is a graduate of Mercy High School, San Francisco. The groom is .a graduate of Nevada Union 1968, and both are alumni of U.C. Davis. The groom, a mechanical engineer, works for “ Westinghouse in Sunnyvale. The bride has just received her Master of Science degree in” Food Science from U.C. Davis. The young couple.are currently living -in San Francisco.

f i ‘ = a ej 4 ; . {oe 4 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Jan. 1,1975 PAA TT eR ve . Filing deadline for . . school candidates papers for the March 8 nomination papers to date are: consolidated school election is 5 --Union Hill District, one and Gary Louis Colouette have :: 5 ‘p.m. January 3. vacancy, Charles Mildred, taken out papers. = Papers to run in the election, incumbent. in which 23 vacancies on County Board of Education “western Nevada county school has two vacancies in Area boards will be filled, can be covering Grass Valley, Union = obtained from the county clerk’s Hill and Ready Springs; and one vacancies, $.E. (Gene Stuart), # office in the courthouse. George Bryant, vacancy in Area 3 covering incumbent, Patricia A. Coburn’ county Pleasant Ridge, Pleasant Valley and Sid Herbert. = superintendent of schools, urges and San Juan Ridge. incumbents and others In Area 2 Charlene Welker, Seboot es Chicago Park School = District: To date no person has taken out papers. : os twos ote -San Juan Ridge, tee Scotia sexes ~ Pleasant Ridge Union, two four year terms and one for two = “interested to meet the deadline. incumbent, has taken) out years, Jim Dunbar. = * Successful candidates will papers. a = Grass Valley Elementary = ‘ “serve four years, unless they Area 3 has no prospective pictrict. two vacancies Jon= “succeed members of a school candidates. fe ‘ BS R P = governing board who have Sierra College District, one Peek, incumbent, Beulah naahs H Ll ld red B “resigned. Such is the case on vacancy to be filled by western wi Heals Gp ; Elementary = Franson fF elir es boards in Pleasant Valley, Nevada county voters, Victor pjstrict, two vacancies, Roy D % Chicago Park and Washington Huber, incumbent. Brooks " incombent. : with each having one vacancy — Nevada Union High School ie a! : ; for the shorter terms. has one vacancy eachin Areas3, — Ready Springs Union, tw & vacancies, Ivan If a candidate runs unopposed 4 and 5. In Area 3 Kenneth B. Patrick H. Williams and Jan four days in May, according to her co-workers. She will be the guest of honor at a retirement dinner Friday night at Dilley’s. Friends are When Hildred Branson retires as a teller for the Bank of America New Year’s Eve it will mark the end of = for one position the governing ‘elected official. rson to the vacancy. ‘candidates come forth the overning board of such a incumbent, Richard Schneider, trict can appoint.a qualified Vera. L. Briggs and James P. = board of that school district may O’Connell, incumbent, and Fay Hiller. declare the candidate a duly Van Doren have taken out In case no, pape rs. In Area 4C. Jackson Rayburn, Phillipson have taken out Bicentennial notes Pleasant Valley, on vacancy, Thomas Drummon Clear Creek, one vacanc, Charles Hafelfinger. — Washington, To date n person has taken out papers. Wanted: A Cavalcade! By Doris Foley Of all_the applications for projects received by the Nevada County . Bicentennial Commission, there has not been one to depict a . County extranvaganza. It is hoped that © some community group will celebrate the 1976 Bicentennial year with an_ elaborate cavalcade reminiscent of the one sponsored by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce in 1947 at Hennessy Field. This event was staged for the 49er Frontier Celebration on July 3rd and 4th:of that year. The festival chairman was Earl Covey, and Elmer Stevents wrote the GOLD DAYS script, a memorial of the colorful days of California’s gold rush. Ted Mathieson, Grass Valley High School Dramatics teachers, Bill's Better Buys Brake Adjustment . 1.88 WIDE OVAL TIRES 13” RAISED WHITE LETTERS AVAILABLE NOW. RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE €O., INC. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 produced and directed the pageant. Under the capable hands of three men the performance ved an outstanding success. It was divided into five dramatic episodes, the first being The Boston Party arriving in the ravine named for them, and where McKnight discovered ®gold-in rock on Gold Mountain and touched off the great quartz mining industry. Episode Two depicted Lola Montez, portrayed by Margaret Kronemeyer, _entertaining notible personages in~her Mill Street home, and showing little Lotta Crabtree a few dance steps:-Episode Three relived again the panic-caused by the closing of the Eureka . Mine and Alonzo Delano’s (Old Block) restoration of confidence in Grass Valley. Episode Four dealt with the Independent “State of Rough and Ready, which after five months hoisted the Stars and Stripes to

celebrate the Fourth of July. The last episode was the advent of the Cornish miner, bringing with him his traditions, sense of humor and song. Richard Jose; silver tener joined the miners in chorus. Voices had been recorded and amplified over Hennessy Field and were distinctly heard. Local people who participated and are still residing in Nevada County are Earl Covey, Elmer Stevens, Margaret Kronemeyer; as Lola Montez;. William Esterley as Senator Stewart; Jack Hansen, Clyde Rosewall, William Esterley Jr., and Tom Bryan as Cornish miners; Betty Jo Majors (Long) as the pioneer woman; Harold Berliner, voice portrayal; Doris Foley, costumes; Dance routines under the direction of Dorothy Dyke, were Thelma and Bob Gates, Lee Bostwick, Grace Raymond, Maxine Sleeper, Becky and ‘Ralph Alderman. At.the time Elmer Stevens wrote the script it was his desire that as olr-centennial years arrived, the ideas portrayed in the pageant could be enlarged, so that all of us may live again “the days of old, the days of gold, the-days of Forty-Nine.” His experience~at_writing and assisting in the production would-be invaluable to any group wishing to stage such an extravagenza. His phone number is 265-4102. seven years service at the But Mrs. Branson was a part of downtown Nevada City for 22 years before she became associated with the bank. She operated her own grocery store on Broad Street for 10 years and worked for Purity Stores Ltd. (in the location now occupied by the Bonanza) for 10 years. her seven years with the bank she had a perfect attendance except for invited to the no host affair and should make reservations by calling the bank at 265-4556. Mrs. Branson was born in Iowa and moved to Los Angeles in 1942. She has lived in Nevada City 45 years. She is a past president of the Nevada City Soroptimist Club and active in Neva Rebekah Lodge, and Ceanotha Council Degree of Pocahontas of Grass Valley. Lang-Murtagh wed A honeymoon in Tahiti followed the recent marriage of Marianne Murtagh and Dwight Lang. The bride’s second cousin, Robert F. Houlihan, S.J. came from St. Louis, Missouri to officiate at the ceremony and nuptial mass which took place at Holy Angels Church in Colma. Father Donald Royer from Nevada City assisted inthe ceremony. A reception dinner followed at the California Golf Club in South San Francisco.The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murtagh of Daly City. Her husband is the son of Dr. & Mrs. Dwight Lang of Grass Valley. For her wedding Marianne wore a victorian gown of tucked cotton voille, trimmed with Valencia lace and lavender ribbon. A fresh flower headpiece topped her finger tip veil. Vicky . Noyes, her maid of honor, wore Tuesday blaze destroys garage Peardale and Gold Flat fire departments responded to a garage fire at the Rick Haugen home on Edgewood Drive at 6:18 on Christmas eve that was totally engulfed in flames. The garage, separated from the Haugen home, burned to the ground. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. Gold Flat firemen also responded to a chimney fire Tuesday at the Donald Burtner residence on Lower Colfax Road. Smoke damage was reported to the house. a print dress of various fall hues. Dwight asked Gary Brooks of Denver to serve as his Best Man. .. Guests were seated by Doug Kong and Terry Nolan. Honored guests were the bride’s grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. John Houlihan of Laguna Hills. The bride is a graduate of Mercy High School, San Francisco. The groom is .a graduate of Nevada Union 1968, and both are alumni of U.C. Davis. The groom, a mechanical engineer, works for “ Westinghouse in Sunnyvale. The bride has just received her Master of Science degree in” Food Science from U.C. Davis. The young couple.are currently living -in San Francisco.