January 2, 1963 (8 pages)

RESTORATION TARGET . . This is the house on Prospect Hill being restored by Lucy ~and Alan Sheffel. The House was built in the 1870*s by the Marsh family. . Prospect Hill Home Refurbished by Robert M. Wyckoff Take a two-story neoclassic Victorian home in the early stages of collapse. Add an ambitious couple with restoration in mind. Season with hardwork. Result: a bit Nevada City history brought back to life. Mr, and Mrs. Alan Sheffel moved to Nevada City from the Bay Area a little more than a year ago. Both had been brought up in homes built in the 19th century. The Sheffels purchased their "project house” early this spring and immediately plunged into the restoration project, "For years my husband and I have dreamed of restoring an oldhouse, " Mrs. Sheffel said. "We watched the freeways take out many beautiful homes in Oakland and San Francisco and were just sick about it, " she continued. The house Lucy and Alan Sheffel are restoring is on top of Prospect Hill overlooking Nevada City. It was built by the Marsh family inthe 1870s. "The Marshes were lumber people and the material and workmanship is certainly wonderful," “said Alan Sheffel. The project started at ground level. First sagging floor timbers were replaced. A concrete foundation was then poured where needed. Additional beefing up was done with ready made pier blocks. An old.-front porch which covered the entire lower half of the house came out. The porch had been added in the early 1900s and was in very poor condition. » The Sheffels felt it necesSary to remove the porch in orderto maintain the classic: architectural lines of the-old frame house. Next an attached shed which doubled for a laundry room was transformed into-a kitchen. A built-in electric range, oven and dishwasher were added. “I just couldn't see myself cooking meals for the family on a wood stove!" said Lucy Sheffel. The upstairs had five bedrooms and a long narrow bath when the restoration started.’ Now it contains four well . proportioned bedrooms and two ample baths. Downstairs the work is still inprogressbut, according to Sheffel, the big jobs are finished. Both plumbing and wiring have been renovated, Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall 42 18 00 42 20 00 46 20 .00; 53 21 ~,00 31 82 25 © .00 Jan. 1 48 23 .00 2 50 23 .00 Rainfall to date 30.92 Rainfall last year 13.55 27 28 29 30 Dec, GRASS VALLEY: Max. Min. Rainfall 49 25 .00 50 =. 28 .00 53. 29 00 60 32 .00 31-56 34 .00 Jan. 1 54 +34 -00 2-60 31 . 00! Rainfall to date 30.59 Rainfall last. year 13.75: » 21 28 29 30 a new roof is in place and the heating system thoroughly checked, The Sheffels plan to furnish the home with authentic Victorian and Edwardianpieces. This. part of their task-will be the easiset for the Sheffels operate an antique shop in Nevada City. OLD STOVE, NEW CHIMNEY With a warm, dry home Lucy and Alan Sheffel look forward with pleasure toa comfortable new year of “painting and-puttering. " . .Lucy Sheffel hands her husband, Alan, a length of stove pipe as the two install a 100 year old Norwegian wood heating stove. East Asia Tour Set GRASS VALLEY---The "Rim of East Asia" is the itinerary of an imaginary tour to be conducted by theFirst Methodist Church imGrass Valley. All persons interested in this journey to the Far East are invited to meet in Wesley Hall at 5:30 Sunday evening Jan.6 for a share -a -dish supper. Bring your own ser. vice. Instruction on this theme, which is the Mission study emphasis for the year, will be provided for all ages by the following faculty: Primary, Miss Charlotte Hickman, Mrs. Keneth Beatie, Mrs, Matthew Conidaris; Juniors, Mrs. Roy Nelson; Jr. High, Mrs. Clay Caldwell; Sr. High, Mrs. Leo Hainilton; Adults, Mts. William Bursill, » Musical numbers will be provided by the Choristers, the junior choir, under the . direction of Mrs. Keneth Beatie. Guest speaker Mrs. Charles Wetmore of Sacramento will show slides andtell of her work as a teacher in Okinawa. i= This is the first hop ofa . journey to the Orient which . will be continued in six, ~~ weekly installments/ License Tabs Are Due Today SACRAMENTO Renewal statements for 1963 are in the mailto California's seven million registered automobile owners, Tom Bright, Director of Motor Vehicles, announced today. Statements show the amount of fees due for 1963 registration and, when stamped paid, will become the registration certificate for the coming year. Renewal fees for automobiles and motorcycles are due today and canbe paidwithout penalty uptoand including Feb. 4, Renewal on commercial vehicles, trucks and trailers started Dec. 3. New license plates will be issued in 1963 for the first time since 1956. The*new plates are heavier metal than the old ones and will be the same colors, only reversed, with black background and chrome yéHow letters and numbers. Almon West Served In Quarantine USS INDEPENDENCE---Al1mon C. West, aviation storekeeper third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs, Charlie. R. West, Route 1, Nevada City, while aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Independence, served with the United States quarantine force in the Caribbean. State Fair Plans Told SACRAMENTO -.-A report recommending construction of a new State Fair and Exposition on an American River site only four miles from downtown’ Sacramento was made public today by Governor Edmund G. Brown. The project would be the largest state fair in America and would attract approximately 3 million visitors and revenues of $9.9 million its first full year of operation in 1965 -66. The report calls for financing within the fiscal framework already approved by the. Legislature, and the $33.7 miliion project would require no further commitment of State funds. In contrast to the present State Fair, which operates only 22 days a year, much of. the new exposition and recreation center would be open the year-round. The report proposes an entirely new approach to state fair planning. In addition tothe present spring and fall fairs, the project would} . _items subject tosales and use have facilities for music, drama and art festivals; rodeos and other outdoor events, and continuing State, national and: international exhibit centers. “THE -PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Volume 38 Number 1 Published Weekly 10 Cents a Copy Nevada City, Wednesday, January 2, 1963 Serving tht communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, NorthSan Juan, ‘North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, ‘Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, SelbyFlat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, Norr’z Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. : KOHLER:'Pay Boost Or . Resign’, GV Studies Inspection By County GRASS VALLEY--City Buildfn 8 Inspector, P.W. Kohler, sent a letter to the city council last Wednesday w hich asked for an immediate raise in salary or directed the councilto consider his immediate resignation. Action on the letter was held until theJan. 8 meeting and Arton-Si-mmons,-City clerk, was directed to inform Kohlerthat it would be discussed then and the council requested him to attend. Since the Dec. 26 meeting, H.L. Crawford, County Building Inspector,-has been approached concerning the possibitity—of-hisoffice ‘taking over the Grass Valley Nevada County Building Program Catches Supervisor's Cold NEVADA CIT Y---The Thursday meeting of the Nevada County Board of Supervisors where the financing of the new County buildings was to be considered, was adjourned after a total elapsed time of 25 minutes. The matter will be taken up again Jan. 10. Chairman Henry Loehr of Truckee, and Deputy District Attorney Bill Casset tari, the board's legal advisor, were both absent because of illness. Vice -chairmanW.W. ‘'Tabe' Bishop, who was acting for Loehr, suggested to the board that the complexity of the issue warrented full board attendance. All members present agreed with Bishop and the meeting was adjourned. Robert E, Schweser, president of Robert E. Schweser Company of California, investment bankers; had jourif neyed from Ventura to Nevada City for the meeting. Persons interested in the building program were arriving after the session had been completed. Gleason Challenges Brown's NID Post GRASS VALLEY---Two candidates will vie for the District 5 post on the Nevada Irrigation District board of ‘directors at a district election Feb.-5. Filing period for nomination papers closed Thursday with incumbent director Melvin A. Brown, Indian Springs, and Harold Gleason, Penn Valley, both qualifying. : In District 3, Placer County, incumbent director War‘ten S. Wilson was the only . nominee, The NID board by law must ask the Nevada County Board of Supervisors Area Business Gains Seen For 1963 SAN FRANCISCO ---Thevitality of the Northern and Central California economy will produce further business gains and keep this region ahead of thenationasa whole in 1963, R.W. Joyce, Vice President in charge of Commercial Operations of Pacific Gas and Elec ric ‘Company, said today. Gains are antieipated in such key factors as industrial employment and expansion, per capita income, population and retail sales, Joyce f said in releasing a comprehensive Market Outlook produced bythe Company's department of market research, The 40-page brochure, localized for the 47-county area in which PG&E provides utility service, presents spe = cific forecasts for key econ* omic indicators and charts their historical trends, The expected performance of basic industries is presented in terms of their estimated Electric power use, a good elueto the pace of business. i. Forecasts of business indices include the following: ' Population growth of 73,000 persons in the 47eounty region, a gain of 3.4 Ber cent for the year which eit bring the total in the area served by PG&E to 7, 230,000. Only seven states now have greater populations thanthis, says the brochure. _ Personal income up an estimated 5.5 per cent in California asa wholetoa hew record annual level of $51.7 billion. California will continue to expand its share of the nation’s economy and should account for an estimated 11.2 per cent of the national personal income during 1963. -Record retail sales of tax, rising an estimated 5.2 r cent above 1962 in the area inwhich PG&E provides service. The gains will be especially large in the most heavily populated areas. An advance of 4.2 per cent in manufacturing employment in the five metropolitan areas of Northern and Central California. Among factors contributing to the high level of business) will be great constructi@n activity. PG&E itself will spend about $238 million in 1963:for new gas and electric facilities to serv e the growing customer demand, ‘BLM Withdraws Downieville Land SACRAMENTO---A Bureau of Land Management bulletin announces the planned withdrawal of land, within the Tahoe National Forest, from prospecting, location, entry, and purchase under the mining laws. The proposed withdrawal of approximately 357 acres is locatedin the Downieville area. Walter E, Beck, manager, said that this withdrawal would be subject to existing valid claims. He requested that protestants write to his office in the Courthouse and ‘Federal Building in Sacramento within 30 daysso that, if circumstances warrént it, a public hearing can be held. Bids On House MARYSVILLE---The State Division of Highways will accept sealed bids at the Marysville district office until 10 a.m., Feb. 15, for the purchase of a house and property in Auburn at 110 ‘Nevada St. Located at the ‘corner of Nevada and Placer Streets _just north of the US 40 freeway, the 6,970-square-foot . lot also contains two small cabins. The buildings will be open for inspection Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to fill the post by appointment, and the supervisors must by law appoint Wilson, who is completing his first ‘term. Brown was appointed to the board in 1960 to fill the vacancy created by the death of director William G. Vogt. Gleason was a former member of the NID™board. Ona "friendly recall” he was replaced by Vogt. Gleason was then named Superintendent of the District. Voting hours forthe Feb. 5 election in Division Five will be from 10 a.m, to7 p.m. The polling places will be located at Rough and Ready Hall, and the Penn Valley Fire Department building. Widows Of Vets Advised GRASS VALLEY ---Nevada County Service Officer, H.E. Nolen, today said the Veterans Administration has estimated that about 100,000 widows of World War II and Korean Conflict veterans are still eligible for death pensions but‘haven't claimed them. The local county office, according to Nolen, assisted by the Division of Service sand Coordination of the California Department of Veterans Affairs and by the veterans organizations, is prepared to assist in making claims for widows and orphans as well as veterans, UpuntilJuly 1, 1960, widows and children of World ‘War II and Korean Conflict veterans were not entitled to pension if the veteran died from disability not due to war. However, they have qualified since that time if they meet income and net w orth requirements, if the veteran served 90 days or more, any part of which was in a wartime period and if ‘the veteran was discharged under honorable conditions. If a widow remarries,.she is not entitledtothe pension, but if there were children born to the veteran and his wife, these. children would be entitled to pension until they are at least 18 years of age. Also, anyother dependent child whowas a member of the veteran's household at the time of his death may be eligible for pension benefits. Nolen advises those people who feel they may be among the still eligible claimants ‘tocallatthe Nevada County Service Office at 255 South Auburn St. in Grass Valley. building inspector's position, in the.eventthatKohler’s resignation is accepted by “the city council, Crawford was asked to outline costs and procedures which might * be involved in such a take-" over. According to Crawford his office's present building inspection contract with Nevada City is good one year and may beterminated by either party, Set up under the Board of Supervisors last year, the County collects all fees on building projects and does the inspection work. It then ‘makes a quarterly report to the city council. Atthe present time, Crawford said, the County Build~ ing Inspector's office has charge of all building in Nevada County with the exception of that in the incorporated city of Grass Valley. He added that he didn't know how. much his work load would be increased if an agreement between the City of Grass Valley andthe Board of Supervisors was reached in the future. New SS Tax Rate This Week SACRAMENTO---New social security tax rates go intc effect on January 1, 1963, according to King C. Torgeson, district manager in the Sacramento social security office. This is one of the regular tax increases, provided in the law, to cover the payment of retirement, survi-vors, and disability benefits, and all administrative costs of the program, . For people working f wages, the new 1963 rate willbe 3-5/8 on their first $4800 in yearly earnings. s. The employer will contribute a like amount, For the: self-employed, the new rate is 5.4 of the first $4800 in yearly net earnings. Wages and self-employment earnings of more than $4800 a year are not taxable for social security purposes. _ In dollars and cents the social security tax increase means that an employed person eaming $4800 or more in a yéar-will pay $174 in social security tax instead of. the $150 he paid on the same amount of earnings in 1962, an increase of about 46 cents per weekly pay period, The tax for self-employed people with earnings of $4800 or more a year will be $259. 20 per year instead of $225.60 paidin 1962, or an increase of about $2. 80 per month for the 12 months of each year, College bog MARYSVILLE--==The Yuba College Library is the recipient of yet another valuable — gift toits growing co of important refere donated by local cit business concerns, *sh189 ‘6 * ~

RESTORATION TARGET . . This is the house on Prospect Hill being restored by Lucy ~and Alan Sheffel. The House was built in the 1870*s by the Marsh family. . Prospect Hill Home Refurbished by Robert M. Wyckoff Take a two-story neoclassic Victorian home in the early stages of collapse. Add an ambitious couple with restoration in mind. Season with hardwork. Result: a bit Nevada City history brought back to life. Mr, and Mrs. Alan Sheffel moved to Nevada City from the Bay Area a little more than a year ago. Both had been brought up in homes built in the 19th century. The Sheffels purchased their "project house” early this spring and immediately plunged into the restoration project, "For years my husband and I have dreamed of restoring an oldhouse, " Mrs. Sheffel said. "We watched the freeways take out many beautiful homes in Oakland and San Francisco and were just sick about it, " she continued. The house Lucy and Alan Sheffel are restoring is on top of Prospect Hill overlooking Nevada City. It was built by the Marsh family inthe 1870s. "The Marshes were lumber people and the material and workmanship is certainly wonderful," “said Alan Sheffel. The project started at ground level. First sagging floor timbers were replaced. A concrete foundation was then poured where needed. Additional beefing up was done with ready made pier blocks. An old.-front porch which covered the entire lower half of the house came out. The porch had been added in the early 1900s and was in very poor condition. » The Sheffels felt it necesSary to remove the porch in orderto maintain the classic: architectural lines of the-old frame house. Next an attached shed which doubled for a laundry room was transformed into-a kitchen. A built-in electric range, oven and dishwasher were added. “I just couldn't see myself cooking meals for the family on a wood stove!" said Lucy Sheffel. The upstairs had five bedrooms and a long narrow bath when the restoration started.’ Now it contains four well . proportioned bedrooms and two ample baths. Downstairs the work is still inprogressbut, according to Sheffel, the big jobs are finished. Both plumbing and wiring have been renovated, Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall 42 18 00 42 20 00 46 20 .00; 53 21 ~,00 31 82 25 © .00 Jan. 1 48 23 .00 2 50 23 .00 Rainfall to date 30.92 Rainfall last year 13.55 27 28 29 30 Dec, GRASS VALLEY: Max. Min. Rainfall 49 25 .00 50 =. 28 .00 53. 29 00 60 32 .00 31-56 34 .00 Jan. 1 54 +34 -00 2-60 31 . 00! Rainfall to date 30.59 Rainfall last. year 13.75: » 21 28 29 30 a new roof is in place and the heating system thoroughly checked, The Sheffels plan to furnish the home with authentic Victorian and Edwardianpieces. This. part of their task-will be the easiset for the Sheffels operate an antique shop in Nevada City. OLD STOVE, NEW CHIMNEY With a warm, dry home Lucy and Alan Sheffel look forward with pleasure toa comfortable new year of “painting and-puttering. " . ..Lucy Sheffel hands her husband, Alan, a length of stove pipe as the two install a 100 year old Norwegian wood heating stove. East Asia Tour Set GRASS VALLEY---The "Rim of East Asia" is the itinerary of an imaginary tour to be conducted by theFirst Methodist Church imGrass Valley. All persons interested in this journey to the Far East are invited to meet in Wesley Hall at 5:30 Sunday evening Jan.6 for a share -a -dish supper. Bring your own ser. vice. Instruction on this theme, which is the Mission study emphasis for the year, will be provided for all ages by the following faculty: Primary, Miss Charlotte Hickman, Mrs. Keneth Beatie, Mrs, Matthew Conidaris; Juniors, Mrs. Roy Nelson; Jr. High, Mrs. Clay Caldwell; Sr. High, Mrs. Leo Hainilton; Adults, Mts. William Bursill, » Musical numbers will be provided by the Choristers, the junior choir, under the . direction of Mrs. Keneth Beatie. Guest speaker Mrs. Charles Wetmore of Sacramento will show slides andtell of her work as a teacher in Okinawa. i= This is the first hop ofa . journey to the Orient which . will be continued in six, ~~ weekly installments/ License Tabs Are Due Today SACRAMENTO Renewal statements for 1963 are in the mailto California's seven million registered automobile owners, Tom Bright, Director of Motor Vehicles, announced today. Statements show the amount of fees due for 1963 registration and, when stamped paid, will become the registration certificate for the coming year. Renewal fees for automobiles and motorcycles are due today and canbe paidwithout penalty uptoand including Feb. 4, Renewal on commercial vehicles, trucks and trailers started Dec. 3. New license plates will be issued in 1963 for the first time since 1956. The*new plates are heavier metal than the old ones and will be the same colors, only reversed, with black background and chrome yéHow letters and numbers. Almon West Served In Quarantine USS INDEPENDENCE---Al1mon C. West, aviation storekeeper third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs, Charlie. R. West, Route 1, Nevada City, while aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Independence, served with the United States quarantine force in the Caribbean. State Fair Plans Told SACRAMENTO -.-A report recommending construction of a new State Fair and Exposition on an American River site only four miles from downtown’ Sacramento was made public today by Governor Edmund G. Brown. The project would be the largest state fair in America and would attract approximately 3 million visitors and revenues of $9.9 million its first full year of operation in 1965 -66. The report calls for financing within the fiscal framework already approved by the. Legislature, and the $33.7 miliion project would require no further commitment of State funds. In contrast to the present State Fair, which operates only 22 days a year, much of. the new exposition and recreation center would be open the year-round. The report proposes an entirely new approach to state fair planning. In addition tothe present spring and fall fairs, the project would} . _items subject tosales and use have facilities for music, drama and art festivals; rodeos and other outdoor events, and continuing State, national and: international exhibit centers. “THE -PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Volume 38 Number 1 Published Weekly 10 Cents a Copy Nevada City, Wednesday, January 2, 1963 Serving tht communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, NorthSan Juan, ‘North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, ‘Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, SelbyFlat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, Norr’z Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. : KOHLER:'Pay Boost Or . Resign’, GV Studies Inspection By County GRASS VALLEY--City Buildfn 8 Inspector, P.W. Kohler, sent a letter to the city council last Wednesday w hich asked for an immediate raise in salary or directed the councilto consider his immediate resignation. Action on the letter was held until theJan. 8 meeting and Arton-Si-mmons,-City clerk, was directed to inform Kohlerthat it would be discussed then and the council requested him to attend. Since the Dec. 26 meeting, H.L. Crawford, County Building Inspector,-has been approached concerning the possibitity—of-hisoffice ‘taking over the Grass Valley Nevada County Building Program Catches Supervisor's Cold NEVADA CIT Y---The Thursday meeting of the Nevada County Board of Supervisors where the financing of the new County buildings was to be considered, was adjourned after a total elapsed time of 25 minutes. The matter will be taken up again Jan. 10. Chairman Henry Loehr of Truckee, and Deputy District Attorney Bill Casset tari, the board's legal advisor, were both absent because of illness. Vice -chairmanW.W. ‘'Tabe' Bishop, who was acting for Loehr, suggested to the board that the complexity of the issue warrented full board attendance.

All members present agreed with Bishop and the meeting was adjourned. Robert E, Schweser, president of Robert E. Schweser Company of California, investment bankers; had jourif neyed from Ventura to Nevada City for the meeting. Persons interested in the building program were arriving after the session had been completed. Gleason Challenges Brown's NID Post GRASS VALLEY---Two candidates will vie for the District 5 post on the Nevada Irrigation District board of ‘directors at a district election Feb.-5. Filing period for nomination papers closed Thursday with incumbent director Melvin A. Brown, Indian Springs, and Harold Gleason, Penn Valley, both qualifying. : In District 3, Placer County, incumbent director War‘ten S. Wilson was the only . nominee, The NID board by law must ask the Nevada County Board of Supervisors Area Business Gains Seen For 1963 SAN FRANCISCO ---Thevitality of the Northern and Central California economy will produce further business gains and keep this region ahead of thenationasa whole in 1963, R.W. Joyce, Vice President in charge of Commercial Operations of Pacific Gas and Elec ric ‘Company, said today. Gains are antieipated in such key factors as industrial employment and expansion, per capita income, population and retail sales, Joyce f said in releasing a comprehensive Market Outlook produced bythe Company's department of market research, The 40-page brochure, localized for the 47-county area in which PG&E provides utility service, presents spe = cific forecasts for key econ* omic indicators and charts their historical trends, The expected performance of basic industries is presented in terms of their estimated Electric power use, a good elueto the pace of business. i. Forecasts of business indices include the following: ' Population growth of 73,000 persons in the 47eounty region, a gain of 3.4 Ber cent for the year which eit bring the total in the area served by PG&E to 7, 230,000. Only seven states now have greater populations thanthis, says the brochure. _ Personal income up an estimated 5.5 per cent in California asa wholetoa hew record annual level of $51.7 billion. California will continue to expand its share of the nation’s economy and should account for an estimated 11.2 per cent of the national personal income during 1963. -Record retail sales of tax, rising an estimated 5.2 r cent above 1962 in the area inwhich PG&E provides service. The gains will be especially large in the most heavily populated areas. An advance of 4.2 per cent in manufacturing employment in the five metropolitan areas of Northern and Central California. Among factors contributing to the high level of business) will be great constructi@n activity. PG&E itself will spend about $238 million in 1963:for new gas and electric facilities to serv e the growing customer demand, ‘BLM Withdraws Downieville Land SACRAMENTO---A Bureau of Land Management bulletin announces the planned withdrawal of land, within the Tahoe National Forest, from prospecting, location, entry, and purchase under the mining laws. The proposed withdrawal of approximately 357 acres is locatedin the Downieville area. Walter E, Beck, manager, said that this withdrawal would be subject to existing valid claims. He requested that protestants write to his office in the Courthouse and ‘Federal Building in Sacramento within 30 daysso that, if circumstances warrént it, a public hearing can be held. Bids On House MARYSVILLE---The State Division of Highways will accept sealed bids at the Marysville district office until 10 a.m., Feb. 15, for the purchase of a house and property in Auburn at 110 ‘Nevada St. Located at the ‘corner of Nevada and Placer Streets _just north of the US 40 freeway, the 6,970-square-foot . lot also contains two small cabins. The buildings will be open for inspection Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to fill the post by appointment, and the supervisors must by law appoint Wilson, who is completing his first ‘term. Brown was appointed to the board in 1960 to fill the vacancy created by the death of director William G. Vogt. Gleason was a former member of the NID™board. Ona "friendly recall” he was replaced by Vogt. Gleason was then named Superintendent of the District. Voting hours forthe Feb. 5 election in Division Five will be from 10 a.m, to7 p.m. The polling places will be located at Rough and Ready Hall, and the Penn Valley Fire Department building. Widows Of Vets Advised GRASS VALLEY ---Nevada County Service Officer, H.E. Nolen, today said the Veterans Administration has estimated that about 100,000 widows of World War II and Korean Conflict veterans are still eligible for death pensions but‘haven't claimed them. The local county office, according to Nolen, assisted by the Division of Service sand Coordination of the California Department of Veterans Affairs and by the veterans organizations, is prepared to assist in making claims for widows and orphans as well as veterans, UpuntilJuly 1, 1960, widows and children of World ‘War II and Korean Conflict veterans were not entitled to pension if the veteran died from disability not due to war. However, they have qualified since that time if they meet income and net w orth requirements, if the veteran served 90 days or more, any part of which was in a wartime period and if ‘the veteran was discharged under honorable conditions. If a widow remarries,.she is not entitledtothe pension, but if there were children born to the veteran and his wife, these. children would be entitled to pension until they are at least 18 years of age. Also, anyother dependent child whowas a member of the veteran's household at the time of his death may be eligible for pension benefits. Nolen advises those people who feel they may be among the still eligible claimants ‘tocallatthe Nevada County Service Office at 255 South Auburn St. in Grass Valley. building inspector's position, in the.eventthatKohler’s resignation is accepted by “the city council, Crawford was asked to outline costs and procedures which might * be involved in such a take-" over. According to Crawford his office's present building inspection contract with Nevada City is good one year and may beterminated by either party, Set up under the Board of Supervisors last year, the County collects all fees on building projects and does the inspection work. It then ‘makes a quarterly report to the city council. Atthe present time, Crawford said, the County Build~ ing Inspector's office has charge of all building in Nevada County with the exception of that in the incorporated city of Grass Valley. He added that he didn't know how. much his work load would be increased if an agreement between the City of Grass Valley andthe Board of Supervisors was reached in the future. New SS Tax Rate This Week SACRAMENTO---New social security tax rates go intc effect on January 1, 1963, according to King C. Torgeson, district manager in the Sacramento social security office. This is one of the regular tax increases, provided in the law, to cover the payment of retirement, survi-vors, and disability benefits, and all administrative costs of the program, . For people working f wages, the new 1963 rate willbe 3-5/8 on their first $4800 in yearly earnings. s. The employer will contribute a like amount, For the: self-employed, the new rate is 5.4 of the first $4800 in yearly net earnings. Wages and self-employment earnings of more than $4800 a year are not taxable for social security purposes. _ In dollars and cents the social security tax increase means that an employed person eaming $4800 or more in a yéar-will pay $174 in social security tax instead of. the $150 he paid on the same amount of earnings in 1962, an increase of about 46 cents per weekly pay period, The tax for self-employed people with earnings of $4800 or more a year will be $259. 20 per year instead of $225.60 paidin 1962, or an increase of about $2. 80 per month for the 12 months of each year, College bog MARYSVILLE--==The Yuba College Library is the recipient of yet another valuable — gift toits growing co of important refere donated by local cit business concerns, *sh189 ‘6 * ~