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6 The Nevada County Nugget . Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1968 .
Baha’i Faith Plans
~ Jan. 21 Observance
Sunday, Jan. 21, is World
Religion Day. It is sponsored
locally by the Baha'i Community
of Grass Valley and Nevada
City. A public meeting in observance of the day will be
held at 2:00 p.m. at the Grass
Valley Veterans Hall.
A film, "And His Name Shall
Be One," will be shown. Following this Miss Elise Lynelle will
address the meeting on "Many
Paths One God" which is
the theme of this year's observance, admission is free.
Miss Schreiber has traveled extensively and has done pioneer
work in Latin America and
Africa. :
World Religion Day is sponsored annually by the Baha'i
‘““MANY PATHS
ONE GOD”’
THEME FOR
World Religion
Day
— SPEAKER —
Elise Lynelle
Following Film Entitled
AND HIS NAME
SHALL BE ONE
Everyone Welcome
SUNDAY, 2 P.M,
JANUARY 21, 1968
VETERANS MEMORIAL
HALL
Grass Valley
BAHA'. COMMUNITY
of Grass Valley and
Nevada City
— REFRESHMENTS —
FREE TO ALL
Mail Address:
Rt. 1 Box 13
Placer Farm Supply
Company
A Farmer-Owned Co-op
General Public Welcome
Baling Wire and Twine
Fencing: Barbed Wire, Posts, etc.
Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners
Horsemen's Bar
Insecticides: Sprays and Dusts
Nails and Staples
Wood Preservatives
Pipe and Fittings.
_. Roofing: Aluminum, Steel and
Asphalt Stock Tanks
Seeds: Pasture and Range Land
Sprayers and Dusters
Veterinary Supplies
Weed and Brush Killers
“If we don’t have it —
We can get it!’’
FARM BUREAU BUILDING
Newcastle 95958
Community of the United States
and is observed in over 500
American communities, Its purpose is to spread the knowledge
of the oneness of all revealed
religions and to gain recognition
of religion as the motivating
force for world peace,
Abe Tobis, chairman of the
Grass Valley and Nevada City
Baha'i groups stated that religions today are being challenged
on all sides, "In all levels of
society there is an increasing
sense of discontent and concern
about the moral trends of our
age. People everywhere are
yearning for something better,"
he stated.
"Along with this,"' Tobis continued, there is a growing interest in religion, particularly
among young people. One confirmation of this is the increasing number that are enrolling in comparative religion or
other religious courses in the
nation's colleges. More and
more colleges are offering such
courses,"
"Youth today are looking to
religion to provide answers ‘to
injustice and war, Every nation,
every city bears marks of injustice, and we live in constant
danger-of annihilation by war.
Religion must provide guidance
for the youth to meet modern
challenges or youth will continue
to seek solutions through other
means,"
"Baha'u'llah, Prophet-Found.er of the Baha'i Faith, nearly
one hundred years ago taught
that religion should unite all
of mankind, cause wars to vanish, give rise to spirituality,
and bring life and light to each
heart. He also stated that any
religion which is, not the cause
of love and unity is no religion."
Mr. Tobis concluded,
The Baha'i Faith is a world
religion which originated in Iran
Phone:
885-8283
NEW OFFICERS OF THE Nevada County Board of Realtors were installed this week. From left
are Maynard (Bud) Collier, president; Tom Kiernan, junior vice president of area III of the
California Real Estate Association, who installed the officers; Letha Twitchell, who handled the
party arrangements for outgoing president Florence Lucas; Al Enmark, new vice president; and
-Richard Stearns, secretary. .
CHP Sets
Exam for
Patrolmen
Young men who have been
considering a career in law enforcement will soon have an opportunity to take the qualifying
examination for the California
Highway Patrol, it was announced today by Lt, Alan Axton’
CHP Commander in Grass Val-.
ley.
"The written examination for
State traffic officer will be given on March 2, but applications
must be filed with the State
Personnel Board by February
9," he declared,
"We are seeking men between
21 and 31 who want 'a career
with a purpose.‘ Any of our
officers will be glad to talk with
such fellows about the job of a
highway patrolman, and we invite them to come into our office
any time we are open. We also
have. information about the examination, including application
forms, for their convenience,"
In addition to the age factor,
applicants must be in good
health, have a high school diplo~
ma or its equivalent, be at least
five feet nine inches tall, but
not more than six feet six inches,
and meet other requirements,
The pay for traffic officers
starts at $676 a month and increases in three annual steps
to $783 a month, the Captain
explained. Fringe benefits are
generous and opportunities for
advancement are always open
for the qualified,
(Persia) in 1844 and is now established in 311 countries and
territories, Its Founder, Baha'u'llah, is considered by Baha'is
as the Bearer of God's Word
for this age, For His teachings
He was exiled, tortured and imprisoned for most of His life.
The later part of His life was
spent in the Holy Land asa
prisoner of the Turkish Empire,
He taught that there is one
God, that all religions have a
common foundation and that
mankind is one. He called man-kind to unite in one common
cause to establish peace, justice
and unity in the world. :
a
Columnist Draws .
Fire From Chappie
Writer Neil Morgan, the celebrated interpreter of Western
Americana, is on Assemblyman
Eugene A, Chappie's (R-Cool)
most wanted list. oy
What raises Chappie's ire is
a recent column ‘by Morgan,
syndicated by the Copley News
Service, headed: "Bridgeport,
the Back Side of California",
(It appeared in Sacramento Union
on Sunday, Jan. 7.)
After reading the piece, Chappie says, "I feel like calling it:
Baloney, the Back Side of Neil
Morgan."
In the column, Morgan chronicles his impressions and dispenses some historical data on
Bridgeport, the county seat of
Mono County, ‘one of 11 Chappie
represents,
The column. indicates Morgan
stopped off in Bridgeport one
recent cold January night, for
coffee or spirits, and got the
impression from a small town's
darkness: and quiet that it may
have been deserted and dead.
"To say the least," Chappie
Says, "Morgan's impressions
are grossly warped, and some
of his facts inaccurate, His brain
may have been frost-bitten, however. It does get cold there,"
"I'm amazed," ‘Chappie continues, "such a reputable writer
could produce such a snowblind
slander of awonderful community.
"Even on a cold winter night,
Bridgeport is far from being
the frozen wasteland, and desolate, depressing and deserted
village Morgan's tried to picture,"
In particular, Chappie deplores Morgan's use’ of such
phrases as "strange no-man's
land" or. "back side of California" to describe Bridgeport or
Mono County.
"Moreover, to give the impression,". says Chappie, "that
in Bridgeport ‘winter, offers little for man or beast," life seems
marginal’, and a few dilapidated
buildings mean 'no one has the
heart to rebuild' is a gross
distortion of reality,"
"After reading the column, I'm
not sure Morgan knew where he
was. Maybe he got lost in Bodie,
That is nearby, indeed deserted
and somewhat ghosty." (By the
way, Chappie informs the writer,
Bodie’ is .a state park, not a
state moument),
"I also question Morgan's geo_
graphy," Chappie said. "To say
that Bridgeport is enveloped by
wind sweeping down from distant snowbound passes takes
some imagination. In fact, Morgan might tell me where Walker
Pass is. I don't know."
"The column indicates," says
Chappie, "that. Bridgeport" has
one modern bar and restaurant,
and one gas station with 'deserted’ pumps. I presume he means
the station was closed,"
"Being a growing and prospering recreational center on
U. S. 395," Chappie points out,
"Bridgeport has several gas stations, motels, a hotel, supermarket, eating places and businesses,"
It is a town which depends
on tourist dollars and naturally
hibernates economically during
some winter months, and closes
down early,
"But it's far from dead or
dying,"Chappie retorts. !"In the
last 10 years Bridgeport has
grown greatly, Though it dates
from 1861, it probably has a
higher proportion of new buildings than most communities."
"So Morgan comes: into the
town on a cold winter night, and
finds one business open, the
community generally dark, and
concludes it's a ‘no-man's land'
and there is nothing going on."
For "Mr. Morgan's information," says Chappie, "most of
Bridgeport's citizens choose to
live in their clean and growing
community because things which
blight life in bigger placescrime, riots, drug use, hippie
antics are NOT going on."
"Morgan also calls Bridgeport ‘ugly’ " said Chappie, "Anyone's capable of assassinating
the character of a community
in one column probably couldn't
judge something beautiful if he
Saw it. Baloney! that's the back
side of Neil Morgan,"
"lm going to ask Art Webb,
President of Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce, to put Morgan on his mailing list. He has
a lot to learn."
Almost half the persons killed fn home accidents in 1966
were more than 65 years old,