January 30, 1963 (10 pages)

IL S, ut lt id es ik. of tly ind ce, Tal da » of yey eir och htted hed ing the ntil he anood ster the the his ndiciSess ‘ing . els. > is er = ling inion ens, ¢ of hite 1 Or wst on out lity AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY (IN THE ATOMIC AGE] *° a? at? of 2 #0 ¥_ at: at at ati at Senet age ee eee oe AGE INERT MII. 5 wR SY DUMP TRUCKS AND BUSES WILL BRING CHILDREN HOME IN BOMB ALERT Dump trucks and other county trucks may be used to transport children home from school in the event of a “yellow alert," it was revealed at a Monday night meeting of representatives and administrators from the Nevada City, Grass Valley, and Nevada Union High School districts. After much discussion of the feasibility of keeping children in school for the duration of an atomic attack alert, it was decided that the best idea would be for the administrators to develop a plan. to send all students home as soon as ‘possible at the start of-an alert. All major roads would be blocked in the event of an emergency, Civil Defense co-ordinator Charles Weeks said. Only cars of doctors and and other authorized personnel would be allowed to pass. Parents would not be allowed through to pick up their children, The yellow aler could last for several days/or could changetoa “red alert" (attack imminent) within minutes, School buses would be used to take elementary school children home, but because the same buses are used-for several runs, it would be impossible to get all children home by bus with sufficient speed. High school students would probably be asked to take their owncars, to walk, or towait for auxiliary transport of trucks to take them home. Weeks stated that he was working ona planto organize private and public trucks to serve as auxiliary transport. At first it was thought that some elementary children could be sent home on stocks, but Dr. Robert Ross of the Grass Valley Elementary School Board pointed out that inthetime of panic that would follow the warning, the simplest and most familiar things, such as the buses, should be used for the small children. Don Matson of the Grass Valley Board said that he had instructed his children to walk 2 1/2 miles home becausethe roads might be clogged, and that he felt-most children could-walk home except for a few in outlying areas. Gerald Gelatt, Superintendent of Nevada Union High School, said that most of the high school students could walk all the way past Nevada City if they had to, Clay Caldwell of the Grass Valley district asked that the administrators try to work out a plan of using colored cards for children to carry, designating which bus they willride sothat teachers will know which bus to put students on. Ed Fellersen, County Superintendent of Schools, said that in a local rural school. survey all parents except working parents indicated that they wanted their children sent home in time ofemergency Fd Browning, Superintendent of Nevada City school system, indicated that if the buses were used to pick up primary children, most of them would be home in a half hour, The ‘theory was advanced by Fellersen that if a bomb were to hit Beale Air ForceBase, it wouldtake one hour or more before deadly fallout began to spread over Nevada County. Weeks also said that hic Office would attempt to inform the $chools before the J = ae aR ee $i %% 7 > “iia w “ Sn -> POSSIBLE MUSEUM SITE..The hopes of the Nevada County Historical Society for a Grass Valley Museum are bearing fruit. A site committee has sites. at the foot of Mill St. Scharschu (left), Williams look on. investigated several potential museum Here they are shown at the city-owned Pelton Wheel Society President Gilbert T. Tennis (right) is shown pointing to the Pelton Wheel. Charles A. Mrs. Isabel Hefelinger and Gunnar NEVADA COUNTY “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" rest of the community about the possibility of a yellow alert, so that administrators would havetime to round up the bus drivers and make plans to get the children home before parents became alarmed. Some Civil Defense workers want to eliminate the yellow alert because it will cause much panic, he said. Weeks went ‘ontostate, however, thathe has held four trial runs already of the plan to alert rusaleceidents, If Which cars equipped with loudspeakers w ould go up and down the rural roads signalling ‘residents of the imminence of danger. Chairman Wallace Brunker, of the NUHS Board, ‘brought the meeting to an end after it was decided that details of the plan to transport children home would be worked out by administrators of the districts concerned. Afterthe planis set, a letter ‘of information will be sent to all parents so that they emasy voll thei CMITOTeM wh to doifthey are not at home, and a trial run of the plan will be held. * Volume 38 No. 5 Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday January 30, 1963 10 cents a copy Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Gtenbrook, 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, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Hill, Sailor Flat, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, . A Subdivision ? NEVADA CITY --Assistant District Attorney Harry Wolterstold the County Planning Commission Monday night _that a proposed 285 acre: church summer camp development on Edwards Crossing Roadis a subdivision--may~ be. The attorney's opinion had been sought two weeks ago when the Church of God Association of Northern California presented a tentative map of the area for the commission's approval, but promptly challenged the commission's authority to judge the map under the county subdivision ordinance.” . The church's contention. is that inasmuch as it plans to lease the land to a nonprofit corporation under. its control, which in turn would allocate land to paying Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 23. 30°: 24 . 00 of 36 5 .00 25 55 24 .00 26 50 21 . 00 1 51. “Ot 00 28. B30 = .23 . 00 29. “43-28 .14 Rainfall to date 31.08 Rainfall last year 19, 20 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 23 56 33 .00 24 63 34 -,00 25 61 34 +,'00 a 57 90 00 $6 329 . 00 28: 68 — 29 . 00 99: «+45. 30 .15 Rainfall to date 30.74 Rainfall last year 19.61 shareholders, the land would not actually be subdivided, even though it would be segmented into almost one thousand homesite parcels. “There isn't-much law on this subject," Wolters admitted Monday. But he said it was his opinion “at this time” that the development “does constitute a subdivision of land within the meaning and intent of the law. I would advise these people to comply with the subdivision ordinance in this case, Wolters added that it was hard to judge the situation because he did not have a detailed knowledge of the legal and financial plans of the church group. The Reverend Charles Burt, representing the Church of God, said he believed the attorney had reached his opinion because "you do not understand our requirements, " The commission agreed to _---Maybe Burt 's request that the matter be held-over until his attorney could consult with the district attorney's office. In other action, the commission put. over for further study a use permit application of Alan Wolff and Theodore Mitchell for a gravel excavation on Wolf Creek, adjacent to highway 49, south of Grass Valley on the Buck property. A use permit for Clarence R. Smith to conduct a machine shop on the Gold Flat Road was approved, as was a subdivision tentative map submitted by Paul Nelson for a development on Banner Mt. Rd. The commission denied an application to conduct a used merchandise store in the old Frosty Freeze parlor south of Grass Valley, in the freeway right-of-way, onthe grounds that such an operation would not promote an orderly and beneficial development of the area. 2 Million NID Talk Of Grant GRASS VALLEY ---Nevada Irrigation District Manager Edwin Koster will meet tomorrow with Assemblyman Paul Lunardi to discuss a possible legislative grantof more than $2 million for recreational use by the district. As part of its $65 million water-power project on the Yuba-Bear rivers, NID has applications before the state for $300,000 grants at each of four dams under the DavisGrunsky-act, A preliminary recreation feasibility report indicates the need for additional development of the dam sites in order to make full recreational use of the project, Kostertold the NID board at its meeting last week. The board is also considering a request of the Grass Valiey Sportmen's Club for lease or purchase of four acres of land near Bowman Lake. The club wants toconstruct a lodge on the site. PG&E Application For Yuba-Bear Project Revealed WASHINGTON, D.C, ---The Federal Power Commission has posted notice of the application of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for developments in the upper reaches of the Yuba and Bear Rivers. The application covers PG&E participation in the Nevada Irrigation District's Yuba -Bear project. The district and private utility firm were required to file separate applications with the Federal Power Commission. As such, this is another necessary step prior to construction of the $65 million NID project. Joseph H, Cutride, secre= tary of the FPC, advised Congressman Harold T, Johnson that the project will beknown -as the Drum-Spaulding Development. b night. Club president Les Allstot (left) made the award. was MC for the evening. JAYCEE AWARD WINNER----Scott Barrow (right), manager of Nevada County Title Company, was named Young Man of The Year for 1962 by the Grass Valley Jaycees at the club's achievment night program at the Office in Grass Valley Saturday Gene Ragle,( center) RIVERSIDE---Pine trees in scattered areas of California and in several Eastern states are being heavily damaged by an atmospheric poison spilling into the hills from nearby cities. The “mystery killer" of thousands of ponderosa pine trees was identified as ozone, a gas resulting from smog, by the Air Pollution Research Center of the University of California at Riverside. UGR horticulturist O. Clifton T aylor.and UCB plant pathologist JohnR, Parmeter, Jr., colaborated on the report, it was announced by the center's chairman, John T. Middleton. The smog gas has killed thousands of trees in three Southern California ¢ounties, according tothe report. Italso appears to be damaging Monterey and Canary Island pine trees in the San Francisco area, (Editor's Note: Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service officials.in Nevada County say there is no evidence of damage to ponderosa pines in the Sierra foothills. Yuba River Lumber Co, Rain And Snow End Drought, Open Resorts NEVADA CITY---Rain and snow ended a 42-day dry spell in Nevada County Monday night. Yesterday the first predicted rainfall began, the first of a series that is expected to bring moisture to an unusually dry California. Operators of winter resorts in Nevada and Placer Counties are getting the snow they need to open a belated skiing season, The snow level this morning is inthe Cisco Grove area. Storms expected to follow are also predicted to lower the snow level before a period of clearing weather. Foresters NEVADA CIT Y---The Northern California section of the Society of American Foresters will meet in the Grass Valley -Névada City area June7 and 8 for their annual summer field meeting. This meeting will attract professional foresters from private industry, governmental agencies and forestry schools throughout Northern California. The objectiveof the session will be the opportunity of seeing the latest forest management practices being used in the second growth timber stands in Nevada County. To Convene Here June 7 And 8 The Sacramento-T ahoe Chapter of the organization will be the host, and local members aré presently making preparations for an interesting and entertaining meeting. The session will begin with a registration of the members followed by a banquet on the evening of June7. The featured speaker of the evening will be Alfred Heller, Nevada County publisher, He’ will discuss the importance of mining, lumbering and recreation in the evolution of the local economy, and the roles they will play in the future ofthe area,’ with particular emphasis on the need for a comprehensive land use:planning program to make full use of the available resources. Race, The group will then visit the Loma Rica Air Attack Base, operated co-operatively by the California Division of Forestry andthe U.S. On the following day, June* Forest Service. Lunch will 8, a field trip will be held in the Grass Valley Nevada City locality and visits will be made to areas where work is being: done of importance to the forestry profession. The first stop of this field ‘trip will be with Dr. Pierre Vite of the Boyce Thompson Institute. Dr, Vite will describe the recent work he has. been doing in forest rebe served followed by a tour of the facilities. There will be an opportunity toexamine . the various aircraft owned by Cal-Nat Airways that are used for dropping chemical fire retardants. The remainder of the trip will copsist of examining two ay ea timber stands and observing various forest management practices. The property of Paul Paye, east of Banner Mountain, will be the first stop. This timber stand is being managed under the Agricultural Conservation program and illustrates methods of thinning and pruning of second.growth timber. The final stop of the trip has not been definitely confirmed but it is.tentatively planned to be a secondgrowthtimber stand managed by a forest consulting firm. This parcel illustrates methods of commercial thinning and other cultural work being done to improve the * Smog Kills Ponderosa Pines forestry consultant, Joseph Griggs, theorizes that ozone resulting from smog in the Sacramento Valley area has dissipatedtothe point where it is not dangerous to the trees by the time it has drifted into the Sierra foothills.) Unless ozone can be reduced through smog control measur$¥; it is likely tha ponderosa pine will be eliminated as southern California 's dominant tree, Middleton believes. Ozone comes from the reaction of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen in sunlight. These reactive ingredients are produced during combustion, mainly in automobile engines ‘and factories, Parmeter estimates that 15,000 acres of ponderosa pineinRiverside, Los Angeles and SanBernardin6o coun= tieshave been hit by ozone. The gas destroys chlorophyl in pine needles, which drop, leaving trees partially denuded and subject to attack by insects and disease. The trees die about four years after heavy ozone damage occurs. The APRC is.cooperating on ozone studies with the U.S, Forest Service's Southeast Forest Experiment Station (Asheville, N.C.). Scientists there have reported ozone damageto white pines in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and other areas in a belt extending north to, Canada. Ozone was suggested as a possible cause of the pine tree damage in studies conducted earlier by Middleton. ‘Taylor's laboratory work and surveys have substantiated timber stand. this theory. Barrow Is Man Of Year GRASS VALLEY---Scott Barrow, Nevada County Title Company manager, was named 1962 Young Man of the Year Saturday night by the Grass Valley Jaycees at a Distinguished Serivce Awards dinner at The Office, GeneRagle, Auburn radio executive, was master of ceremonies, Barrow, past president of the Grass Valléy Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Nevada County Airport County Board of Education, of whictt he is chairman. He also serves on the Economic Resources Inventory committee, Barrow isa member of the Grass Valley Rotary Club, Grass Valley Elks, the Jaycees, andE. Clampus Vitus. A resident of Nevada is also a member of the Nevada County Board of Realtors, ¥ Jaycee of the Year award went to John O'Brien for his efforts on club projects dur‘ing the year, Boss of the year was John Brown, insurance firm owner. Hiway Allocation AAPIQTT 0983S uoT4oes 81 BOT Commission and the Nevada County for five years, Barrow. SACRAMENTO---State Controller Allan Cranston today reported the monthly appor= tionment of $32, 234, 937 in’ highway users taxes among the State, cities and coun~. ties. He said the December ~ ‘distribution represented a 5.4

IL S, ut lt id es ik. of tly ind ce, Tal da » of yey eir och htted hed ing the ntil he anood ster the the his ndiciSess ‘ing . els. > is er = ling inion ens, ¢ of hite 1 Or wst on out lity AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY (IN THE ATOMIC AGE] *° a? at? of 2 #0 ¥_ at: at at ati at Senet age ee eee oe AGE INERT MII. 5 wR SY DUMP TRUCKS AND BUSES WILL BRING CHILDREN HOME IN BOMB ALERT Dump trucks and other county trucks may be used to transport children home from school in the event of a “yellow alert," it was revealed at a Monday night meeting of representatives and administrators from the Nevada City, Grass Valley, and Nevada Union High School districts. After much discussion of the feasibility of keeping children in school for the duration of an atomic attack alert, it was decided that the best idea would be for the administrators to develop a plan. to send all students home as soon as ‘possible at the start of-an alert. All major roads would be blocked in the event of an emergency, Civil Defense co-ordinator Charles Weeks said. Only cars of doctors and and other authorized personnel would be allowed to pass. Parents would not be allowed through to pick up their children, The yellow aler could last for several days/or could changetoa “red alert" (attack imminent) within minutes, School buses would be used to take elementary school children home, but because the same buses are used-for several runs, it would be impossible to get all children home by bus with sufficient speed. High school students would probably be asked to take their owncars, to walk, or towait for auxiliary transport of trucks to take them home. Weeks stated that he was working ona planto organize private and public trucks to serve as auxiliary transport. At first it was thought that some elementary children could be sent home on stocks, but Dr. Robert Ross of the Grass Valley Elementary School Board pointed out that inthetime of panic that would follow the warning, the simplest and most familiar things, such as the buses, should be used for the small children. Don Matson of the Grass Valley Board said that he had instructed his children to walk 2 1/2 miles home becausethe roads might be clogged, and that he felt-most children could-walk home except for a few in outlying areas. Gerald Gelatt, Superintendent of Nevada Union High School, said that most of the high school students could walk all the way past Nevada City if they had to, Clay Caldwell of the Grass Valley district asked that the administrators try to work out a plan of using colored cards for children to carry, designating which bus they willride sothat teachers will know which bus to put students on. Ed Fellersen, County Superintendent of Schools, said that in a local rural school. survey all parents except working parents indicated that they wanted their children sent home in time ofemergency Fd Browning, Superintendent of Nevada City school system, indicated that if the buses were used to pick up primary children, most of them would be home in a half hour, The ‘theory was advanced by Fellersen that if a bomb were to hit Beale Air ForceBase, it wouldtake one hour or more before deadly fallout began to spread over Nevada County. Weeks also said that hic Office would attempt to inform the $chools before the J = ae aR ee $i %% 7 > “iia w “ Sn -> POSSIBLE MUSEUM SITE...The hopes of the Nevada County Historical Society for a Grass Valley Museum are bearing fruit. A site committee has sites. at the foot of Mill St. Scharschu (left), Williams look on. investigated several potential museum Here they are shown at the city-owned Pelton Wheel Society President Gilbert T. Tennis (right) is shown pointing to the Pelton Wheel. Charles A. Mrs. Isabel Hefelinger and Gunnar NEVADA COUNTY “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" rest of the community about the possibility of a yellow alert, so that administrators would havetime to round up the bus drivers and make plans to get the children home before parents became alarmed. Some Civil Defense workers want to eliminate the yellow alert because it will cause much panic, he said. Weeks went ‘ontostate, however, thathe has held four trial runs already of the plan to alert rusaleceidents, If Which cars equipped with loudspeakers w ould go up and down the rural roads signalling ‘residents of the imminence of danger. Chairman Wallace Brunker, of the NUHS Board, ‘brought the meeting to an end after it was decided that details of the plan to transport children home would be worked out by administrators of the districts concerned. Afterthe planis set, a letter ‘of information will be sent to all parents so that they emasy voll thei CMITOTeM wh to doifthey are not at home, and a trial run of the plan will be held. * Volume 38 No. 5 Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday January 30, 1963 10 cents a copy Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Gtenbrook, 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, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Hill, Sailor Flat, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, . A Subdivision ? NEVADA CITY --Assistant District Attorney Harry Wolterstold the County Planning Commission Monday night _that a proposed 285 acre: church summer camp development on Edwards Crossing Roadis a subdivision--may~ be. The attorney's opinion had been sought two weeks ago when the Church of God Association of Northern California presented a tentative map of the area for the commission's approval, but promptly challenged the commission's authority to judge the map under the county subdivision ordinance.” . The church's contention. is that inasmuch as it plans to lease the land to a nonprofit corporation under. its control, which in turn would allocate land to paying Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 23. 30°: 24 . 00 of 36 5 .00 25 55 24 .00 26 50 21 . 00 1 51. “Ot 00 28. B30 = .23 . 00 29. “43-28 .14 Rainfall to date 31.08 Rainfall last year 19, 20 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 23 56 33 .00 24 63 34 -,00 25 61 34 +,'00 a 57 90 00 $6 329 . 00 28: 68 — 29 . 00 99: «+45. 30 .15 Rainfall to date 30.74 Rainfall last year 19.61 shareholders, the land would not actually be subdivided, even though it would be segmented into almost one thousand homesite parcels. “There isn't-much law on this subject," Wolters admitted Monday. But he said it was his opinion “at this time” that the development “does constitute a subdivision of land within the meaning and intent of the law. I would advise these people to comply with the subdivision ordinance in this case, Wolters added that it was hard to judge the situation because he did not have a detailed knowledge of the legal and financial plans of the church group. The Reverend Charles Burt, representing the Church of God, said he believed the attorney had reached his opinion because "you do not understand our requirements, " The commission agreed to _---Maybe Burt 's request that the matter be held-over until his attorney could consult with the district attorney's office. In other action, the commission put. over for further study a use permit application of Alan Wolff and Theodore Mitchell for a gravel

excavation on Wolf Creek, adjacent to highway 49, south of Grass Valley on the Buck property. A use permit for Clarence R. Smith to conduct a machine shop on the Gold Flat Road was approved, as was a subdivision tentative map submitted by Paul Nelson for a development on Banner Mt. Rd. The commission denied an application to conduct a used merchandise store in the old Frosty Freeze parlor south of Grass Valley, in the freeway right-of-way, onthe grounds that such an operation would not promote an orderly and beneficial development of the area. 2 Million NID Talk Of Grant GRASS VALLEY ---Nevada Irrigation District Manager Edwin Koster will meet tomorrow with Assemblyman Paul Lunardi to discuss a possible legislative grantof more than $2 million for recreational use by the district. As part of its $65 million water-power project on the Yuba-Bear rivers, NID has applications before the state for $300,000 grants at each of four dams under the DavisGrunsky-act, A preliminary recreation feasibility report indicates the need for additional development of the dam sites in order to make full recreational use of the project, Kostertold the NID board at its meeting last week. The board is also considering a request of the Grass Valiey Sportmen's Club for lease or purchase of four acres of land near Bowman Lake. The club wants toconstruct a lodge on the site. PG&E Application For Yuba-Bear Project Revealed WASHINGTON, D.C, ---The Federal Power Commission has posted notice of the application of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for developments in the upper reaches of the Yuba and Bear Rivers. The application covers PG&E participation in the Nevada Irrigation District's Yuba -Bear project. The district and private utility firm were required to file separate applications with the Federal Power Commission. As such, this is another necessary step prior to construction of the $65 million NID project. Joseph H, Cutride, secre= tary of the FPC, advised Congressman Harold T, Johnson that the project will beknown -as the Drum-Spaulding Development. b night. Club president Les Allstot (left) made the award. was MC for the evening. JAYCEE AWARD WINNER----Scott Barrow (right), manager of Nevada County Title Company, was named Young Man of The Year for 1962 by the Grass Valley Jaycees at the club's achievment night program at the Office in Grass Valley Saturday Gene Ragle,( center) RIVERSIDE---Pine trees in scattered areas of California and in several Eastern states are being heavily damaged by an atmospheric poison spilling into the hills from nearby cities. The “mystery killer" of thousands of ponderosa pine trees was identified as ozone, a gas resulting from smog, by the Air Pollution Research Center of the University of California at Riverside. UGR horticulturist O. Clifton T aylor.and UCB plant pathologist JohnR, Parmeter, Jr., colaborated on the report, it was announced by the center's chairman, John T. Middleton. The smog gas has killed thousands of trees in three Southern California ¢ounties, according tothe report. Italso appears to be damaging Monterey and Canary Island pine trees in the San Francisco area, (Editor's Note: Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service officials.in Nevada County say there is no evidence of damage to ponderosa pines in the Sierra foothills. Yuba River Lumber Co, Rain And Snow End Drought, Open Resorts NEVADA CITY---Rain and snow ended a 42-day dry spell in Nevada County Monday night. Yesterday the first predicted rainfall began, the first of a series that is expected to bring moisture to an unusually dry California. Operators of winter resorts in Nevada and Placer Counties are getting the snow they need to open a belated skiing season, The snow level this morning is inthe Cisco Grove area. Storms expected to follow are also predicted to lower the snow level before a period of clearing weather. Foresters NEVADA CIT Y---The Northern California section of the Society of American Foresters will meet in the Grass Valley -Névada City area June7 and 8 for their annual summer field meeting. This meeting will attract professional foresters from private industry, governmental agencies and forestry schools throughout Northern California. The objectiveof the session will be the opportunity of seeing the latest forest management practices being used in the second growth timber stands in Nevada County. To Convene Here June 7 And 8 The Sacramento-T ahoe Chapter of the organization will be the host, and local members aré presently making preparations for an interesting and entertaining meeting. The session will begin with a registration of the members followed by a banquet on the evening of June7. The featured speaker of the evening will be Alfred Heller, Nevada County publisher, He’ will discuss the importance of mining, lumbering and recreation in the evolution of the local economy, and the roles they will play in the future ofthe area,’ with particular emphasis on the need for a comprehensive land use:planning program to make full use of the available resources. Race, The group will then visit the Loma Rica Air Attack Base, operated co-operatively by the California Division of Forestry andthe U.S. On the following day, June* Forest Service. Lunch will 8, a field trip will be held in the Grass Valley Nevada City locality and visits will be made to areas where work is being: done of importance to the forestry profession. The first stop of this field ‘trip will be with Dr. Pierre Vite of the Boyce Thompson Institute. Dr, Vite will describe the recent work he has. been doing in forest rebe served followed by a tour of the facilities. There will be an opportunity toexamine . the various aircraft owned by Cal-Nat Airways that are used for dropping chemical fire retardants. The remainder of the trip will copsist of examining two ay ea timber stands and observing various forest management practices. The property of Paul Paye, east of Banner Mountain, will be the first stop. This timber stand is being managed under the Agricultural Conservation program and illustrates methods of thinning and pruning of second.growth timber. The final stop of the trip has not been definitely confirmed but it is.tentatively planned to be a secondgrowthtimber stand managed by a forest consulting firm. This parcel illustrates methods of commercial thinning and other cultural work being done to improve the * Smog Kills Ponderosa Pines forestry consultant, Joseph Griggs, theorizes that ozone resulting from smog in the Sacramento Valley area has dissipatedtothe point where it is not dangerous to the trees by the time it has drifted into the Sierra foothills.) Unless ozone can be reduced through smog control measur$¥; it is likely tha ponderosa pine will be eliminated as southern California 's dominant tree, Middleton believes. Ozone comes from the reaction of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen in sunlight. These reactive ingredients are produced during combustion, mainly in automobile engines ‘and factories, Parmeter estimates that 15,000 acres of ponderosa pineinRiverside, Los Angeles and SanBernardin6o coun= tieshave been hit by ozone. The gas destroys chlorophyl in pine needles, which drop, leaving trees partially denuded and subject to attack by insects and disease. The trees die about four years after heavy ozone damage occurs. The APRC is.cooperating on ozone studies with the U.S, Forest Service's Southeast Forest Experiment Station (Asheville, N.C.). Scientists there have reported ozone damageto white pines in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and other areas in a belt extending north to, Canada. Ozone was suggested as a possible cause of the pine tree damage in studies conducted earlier by Middleton. ‘Taylor's laboratory work and surveys have substantiated timber stand. this theory. Barrow Is Man Of Year GRASS VALLEY---Scott Barrow, Nevada County Title Company manager, was named 1962 Young Man of the Year Saturday night by the Grass Valley Jaycees at a Distinguished Serivce Awards dinner at The Office, GeneRagle, Auburn radio executive, was master of ceremonies, Barrow, past president of the Grass Valléy Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Nevada County Airport County Board of Education, of whictt he is chairman. He also serves on the Economic Resources Inventory committee, Barrow isa member of the Grass Valley Rotary Club, Grass Valley Elks, the Jaycees, andE. Clampus Vitus. A resident of Nevada is also a member of the Nevada County Board of Realtors, ¥ Jaycee of the Year award went to John O'Brien for his efforts on club projects dur‘ing the year, Boss of the year was John Brown, insurance firm owner. Hiway Allocation AAPIQTT 0983S uoT4oes 81 BOT Commission and the Nevada County for five years, Barrow. SACRAMENTO---State Controller Allan Cranston today reported the monthly appor= tionment of $32, 234, 937 in’ highway users taxes among the State, cities and coun~. ties. He said the December ~ ‘distribution represented a 5.4