January 30, 1974 (8 pages)

. ; sini _ 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Jan. 30,1974 Montessori ‘Tt happ med last “Festival USA” is one of the three main Bicentennial themes for 1976; in concert with the other two themes, ‘Heritage 76” and “Horizons ’76”, it will seek to involve us all nationwide in a meaningful program encompassing, if you will, the arts, travel and hospitality. According to advice from the headquarters, in Washington D.C., for the American Revolution Bicentennial, it is becoming clear that more visitors are coming to our land than can be equitably handled two years from now. Headquarters staff are beginning to ask questions such as “Where will we bed them all down?” Where will we park their vehicles?” Law enforcement heads are pondering the anticipated increase in accident statistics among our visitors from other countries, with most Americans cCartravel oriented, traffic will be heavier and the number _ of accidents will increase accordingly. Most city blood banks run out of blood in any normal year.'. . .so what will happen in & 1976 if reserve supplies are not immediately projected. Thére are those who say that the energy crisis is the best thing that has happened in the Bicentennial “picture” to date. . . ts impact at that time is obviously difficult to estimate. According to the Bicentennial Newsletter of recent date. . .by the time we have some fairly reasonable figures on numbers of visitors to expect, it will be much too late to make the plans and provisions absoutely necessary. If logical planning is not immediately started, the energy crisis of 1973-74 could easily lead to a visitor crisis by 1976 if we don’t get with it — now! Community action should be our immediate reaction. A writer-person named Rita Ciolli has recently . published PP TUATLA CAATINGTW NEICQRS . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Yeors . $5.00 f Member ofCALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER -PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION . some interesting facts and figures on the accomplishments of persons over the age of 60. Among those most prominently mentioned, in her work, as having accounted for more than two-third of the world’s creative output in medicine, science, government and the arts, areGeorge Abbott, 86; who recently directed the current revival of “The Pajama Game”. . .his 116th Broadway production. Following opening night, a short time ago, Abbott flew back to his island in Florida to rewrite some of his earlier plays, which he hopes to produce soon. a George Bernard Shaw won a Nobel prize when he was almost 70; Golda Meir, the 75-year-old . prime minister of Israel, is the woman most admired in the United States according to the latest Gallup Poll. ‘‘It’s no sin to be 75,” says Golda. William O. Douglas, who has served 34 years in the nation’s highest court, has no known plans to retire; according to Ms. Ciolli’s best information about the 75year-old jurist. Ida. Kaminska, ande dame of the Yiddish theatre, has told interviewers that she never intends to retire. She recently celebrated her 75th birthday anniversary. And the name Bernard Baruch is internationally associated. with the post of U. S. representative to the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations. He formulated the Baruch proposals for international control of atomic energy at the age of 76! The energies and enthusiasm of these, and many other “Senior Citizens’ of this and. other countries should not be discounted. . . their wisdom and ability are not to be denied; except, perhaps, by those youths of shallow minds who hold to the belief that anyone over the age of 40 is ready for the trash pile. It would be interesting to be around those same idiots when they reach 40 and find out what they think about themselves at that ripe old age! . ena able e Cult! nethod _ . week inNevadaCo. : __ discussed ae A teacher of the Montessori method of education will be in this area soon to talk about the method of teaching three and four-year-olds and if any interest is showu introduce the method to this area. Mrs, Gail Giacomini is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conn Murray of Colfax.She has worked in Montessori schools in the San Francisco Bay area for a number of years. The Montessori method was developed in Italy by Dr. Maria Montessori around the turn of the century and brought to the United States in 1911. It has /since spread throughout the 50 states. It is a program to introduce all educational processes to young children with special emphasis on reading, writing, music and art. County gets allotment for f ‘ snow removal Nevada county will receive $74,000 for snow removal andheavy rainfall storm damage for the 1974-75 fiscal year, State Controller Houston Flournoy announced today. Nevada is one of 48 counties to receive the allocation under provisions of the streets and highway code. The allocations are based on the percentages of funds needed for the three The county will receive $70,556 for snow removal and $3,590 for heavy rainfall and storm damage. Neighboring counties will receive: Placer $103,000; Yuba $12,000 and Sierra $22,000. Bible and book store sold to Donna Stuart The Wayside Shop, which sells Bibles, books and greeting cards, came into existence in the 1940s when Shirley and Allen Miller had their shop in their home. k The venture gained momentum so the shop moved to a basement location on South Church Street. When an opportunity came to move to 10144 Bank Street, earlier known as the Doll House, the Millers took it. The last move was to a more spacious display room in part of Brown's Shop at 112 Bank Street.Business here increased to the extent that it was difficult to keep up and a decision to sell came when an enterprising woman, Donna Stuart, who was looking forward to owning a Bible Book store, came along as a buyer. Donna, her husband, Jerry and their two daughters bought ahome and moved here from La Canada in Southern California. Donna will be in charge of operations with other family members on call. Jerry is an electronics systems design congultant and works out of the family home. Laurel is a high school student and Mara attends Lyman Gilmore. : The new owner as of Jan. 1 said she expects to continue the business much the same as in, the past with an eye to enlarging when she gets _ better established. _ -BOBLONG HONORED County department heads, employes and supervisors, the news media and other citizens gathered at Dilley’s restaurant to express appreciation to County Supervisor Bob Long, who resigned from the board rather than disclose as required by SB 716. STORMY WEATHERContinuing stormy weather was taking a toll of property and services in Western Nevada County. Rainfall in Grass Valley reached a‘season total of 46.58 inches as compared to the previous year when 36.38 inches were tallied, Nevada City recorded 48.98 inches up to Jan. 16 compared to a total of 34.22 inches for the same period last year. Average rainfall, to that date for January was 27.95 inches. TEMPORARY OFFICE The Veterans Service Office, now located in the Health, Education and Welfare Center in Nevada City, will maintain a parttime branch office on a trial basis in its former location in the Grass Valley Veterans Building. . SEWAGE PROBLEMS PLAGUE Supervisor Willie Curran visualizes a ‘‘mass evacuation” by 1977 in the North San Juan area unless existing sewage disposal problems are corrected. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board delivered stringent orders concerning the area. Discharge of waste from leaching and percolation systems installed after Jan. 1 is prohibited; after July, 1977, the continued discharge of waste from these systems is forbidden. Sewage disposal in North San Juan has been an on-going problem for some time and preliminary correctional studies have been ordered. FIRE DEPT. MASCOT The Nevada City Fire Department has an official mascot.““Char”, a young Dalmatian puppy, was donated to the department by Holly Marba of Chicago Park. Char presently makes her home with the LaMar Rich family and it is hoped that she will be adjusted to her new role in life by the Fourth of July parade. The puppy is ‘‘going on’”’ nine weeks old and is growing every day. SUPERIOR COURT CASE The California Supreme Court ordered the Nevada County Superior Court to hear a challenge of the 1973 Governmental Conflict of Interest Act which became effective Jan. 1. A number of county officials had filed an action in the superior court in December, seeking to overturn the law on grounds that financial disclosure requirements were unconstitutuonal because they were so vague. The Judicial Council will assign a judge to hear the case in the local court since Judge Harold F. Wolters, Nevada County -superior court judge, disqualified himself on Dec. 21. NOMINATIONS DUE Ten county offices will be filled at the June 4 primary elections with candidates to file their nomination papers between Feb. 11 and March 8. The non-partisan offices up for election are those of assessor, auditor, county clerk-recorder, district attorney, sheriffcoroner-public administrator, treasurer-tax collector, superintendent of schools, rs of the third and fourth districts and the Truckee District Justice Court judge. The number of registered voters in the county as of Jan. 4, was 16,234, with the majority being Democrats. All non-incumbent candidates are required to file under the new financial disclosure and conflict of ope a The incumbents must file their financial statements y Apri. LAKE OF PINES SEWAGE The fate of the more than $1 million Lake of the Pines sewage — disposal system and continued operation of its oxidation pon rests with the Nevada County Superior Court. Attorneys have been given 15 days to submit modification of findings and conclusions of law argued in the court earlier. : VITAL STATISTI Keller John Hunn, 70, a resident of Nevada City for 12 years, died Jan. 15, in Sierra.Nevada Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Arkansas and a roofer. Funeral services were held from the Bergemann and Son Chapel. Burial was in Sierra Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Clarence Austin Hansen, 78, of rural Grass Valley and a 13-year resident of the county, died Jan. 15 in Sierra Nevada MemorialHospital. He was born in Iowa and came here from the Bay Area, where he had been an independent garage man and mechanic. He was a pilot who learned to fly in the early 1950’s and had continued to fly when he was past 70 and owned his own plane. Funeral services were held from the Bergemann and Son Chapel, followed by burial in Sierra Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Dolores Estelle Rosdahl, 53, died Jan. 14. She was horn in Syracuse, N.Y., moved to Los Angeles in 1945 and had made her home in Grass Valley for the past three years. Graveside services . were held in Greenwood Memorial Gardens under the auspices of Hooper-Weaver Chapel. Gustav Schiedel, owner of Schiedel’s Restaurant, died Jan. 16 at the age of 62. He was a native of Germany and came to this country when he was 17. He settled in Sacramento where he worked for several restaurants and in 1954 opened Schiedel’s Bavarian Restaurant on Fulton Avenue. He sold that business three years ago and moved to Grass Valley, where he opened a similar place off highway 49 south of town. He was the originator and burgomeister ‘ “ (Continued on P. 8)

. ; sini _ 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Jan. 30,1974 Montessori ‘Tt happ med last “Festival USA” is one of the three main Bicentennial themes for 1976; in concert with the other two themes, ‘Heritage 76” and “Horizons ’76”, it will seek to involve us all nationwide in a meaningful program encompassing, if you will, the arts, travel and hospitality. According to advice from the headquarters, in Washington D.C., for the American Revolution Bicentennial, it is becoming clear that more visitors are coming to our land than can be equitably handled two years from now. Headquarters staff are beginning to ask questions such as “Where will we bed them all down?” Where will we park their vehicles?” Law enforcement heads are pondering the anticipated increase in accident statistics among our visitors from other countries, with most Americans cCartravel oriented, traffic will be heavier and the number _ of accidents will increase accordingly. Most city blood banks run out of blood in any normal year.'. . .so what will happen in & 1976 if reserve supplies are not immediately projected. Thére are those who say that the energy crisis is the best thing that has happened in the Bicentennial “picture” to date. . . ts impact at that time is obviously difficult to estimate. According to the Bicentennial Newsletter of recent date. . .by the time we have some fairly reasonable figures on numbers of visitors to expect, it will be much too late to make the plans and provisions absoutely necessary. If logical planning is not immediately started, the energy crisis of 1973-74 could easily lead to a visitor crisis by 1976 if we don’t get with it — now! Community action should be our immediate reaction. A writer-person named Rita Ciolli has recently . published PP TUATLA CAATINGTW NEICQRS . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Yeors .. $5.00 f Member ofCALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER -PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION . some interesting facts and figures on the accomplishments of persons over the age of 60. Among those most prominently mentioned, in her work, as having accounted for more than two-third of the world’s creative output in medicine, science, government and the arts, areGeorge Abbott, 86; who recently directed the current revival of “The Pajama Game”. . .his 116th Broadway production. Following opening night, a short time ago, Abbott flew back to his island in Florida to rewrite some of his earlier plays, which he hopes to produce soon. a George Bernard Shaw won a Nobel prize when he was almost 70; Golda Meir, the 75-year-old . prime minister of Israel, is the woman most admired in the United States according to the latest Gallup Poll. ‘‘It’s no sin to be 75,” says Golda. William O. Douglas, who has served 34 years in the nation’s highest court, has no known plans to retire; according to Ms. Ciolli’s best information about the 75year-old jurist. Ida. Kaminska, ande dame of the Yiddish theatre, has told interviewers that she never intends to retire. She recently celebrated her 75th birthday anniversary. And the name Bernard Baruch is internationally associated. with the post of U. S. representative to the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations. He formulated the Baruch proposals for international control of atomic energy at the age of 76! The energies and enthusiasm of these, and many other “Senior Citizens’ of this and. other countries should not be discounted. . . their wisdom and ability are not to be denied; except, perhaps, by those youths of shallow minds who hold to the belief that anyone over the age of 40 is ready for the trash pile. It would be interesting to be around those same idiots when they reach 40 and find out what they think about themselves at that ripe old age! . ena able e Cult! nethod _ . week inNevadaCo. : __ discussed ae A teacher of the Montessori method of education will be in this area soon to talk about the method of teaching three and four-year-olds and if any interest is showu introduce the method to this area. Mrs, Gail Giacomini is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conn Murray of Colfax.She has worked in Montessori schools in the San Francisco Bay area for a number of years. The Montessori method was developed in Italy by Dr. Maria Montessori around the turn of the century and brought to the United States in 1911. It has /since spread throughout the 50 states. It is a program to introduce all educational processes to young children with

special emphasis on reading, writing, music and art. County gets allotment for f ‘ snow removal Nevada county will receive $74,000 for snow removal andheavy rainfall storm damage for the 1974-75 fiscal year, State Controller Houston Flournoy announced today. Nevada is one of 48 counties to receive the allocation under provisions of the streets and highway code. The allocations are based on the percentages of funds needed for the three The county will receive $70,556 for snow removal and $3,590 for heavy rainfall and storm damage. Neighboring counties will receive: Placer $103,000; Yuba $12,000 and Sierra $22,000. Bible and book store sold to Donna Stuart The Wayside Shop, which sells Bibles, books and greeting cards, came into existence in the 1940s when Shirley and Allen Miller had their shop in their home. k The venture gained momentum so the shop moved to a basement location on South Church Street. When an opportunity came to move to 10144 Bank Street, earlier known as the Doll House, the Millers took it. The last move was to a more spacious display room in part of Brown's Shop at 112 Bank Street.Business here increased to the extent that it was difficult to keep up and a decision to sell came when an enterprising woman, Donna Stuart, who was looking forward to owning a Bible Book store, came along as a buyer. Donna, her husband, Jerry and their two daughters bought ahome and moved here from La Canada in Southern California. Donna will be in charge of operations with other family members on call. Jerry is an electronics systems design congultant and works out of the family home. Laurel is a high school student and Mara attends Lyman Gilmore. : The new owner as of Jan. 1 said she expects to continue the business much the same as in, the past with an eye to enlarging when she gets _ better established. _ -BOBLONG HONORED County department heads, employes and supervisors, the news media and other citizens gathered at Dilley’s restaurant to express appreciation to County Supervisor Bob Long, who resigned from the board rather than disclose as required by SB 716. STORMY WEATHERContinuing stormy weather was taking a toll of property and services in Western Nevada County. Rainfall in Grass Valley reached a‘season total of 46.58 inches as compared to the previous year when 36.38 inches were tallied, Nevada City recorded 48.98 inches up to Jan. 16 compared to a total of 34.22 inches for the same period last year. Average rainfall, to that date for January was 27.95 inches. TEMPORARY OFFICE The Veterans Service Office, now located in the Health, Education and Welfare Center in Nevada City, will maintain a parttime branch office on a trial basis in its former location in the Grass Valley Veterans Building. . SEWAGE PROBLEMS PLAGUE Supervisor Willie Curran visualizes a ‘‘mass evacuation” by 1977 in the North San Juan area unless existing sewage disposal problems are corrected. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board delivered stringent orders concerning the area. Discharge of waste from leaching and percolation systems installed after Jan. 1 is prohibited; after July, 1977, the continued discharge of waste from these systems is forbidden. Sewage disposal in North San Juan has been an on-going problem for some time and preliminary correctional studies have been ordered. FIRE DEPT. MASCOT The Nevada City Fire Department has an official mascot..““Char”, a young Dalmatian puppy, was donated to the department by Holly Marba of Chicago Park. Char presently makes her home with the LaMar Rich family and it is hoped that she will be adjusted to her new role in life by the Fourth of July parade. The puppy is ‘‘going on’”’ nine weeks old and is growing every day. SUPERIOR COURT CASE The California Supreme Court ordered the Nevada County Superior Court to hear a challenge of the 1973 Governmental Conflict of Interest Act which became effective Jan. 1. A number of county officials had filed an action in the superior court in December, seeking to overturn the law on grounds that financial disclosure requirements were unconstitutuonal because they were so vague. The Judicial Council will assign a judge to hear the case in the local court since Judge Harold F. Wolters, Nevada County -superior court judge, disqualified himself on Dec. 21. NOMINATIONS DUE Ten county offices will be filled at the June 4 primary elections with candidates to file their nomination papers between Feb. 11 and March 8. The non-partisan offices up for election are those of assessor, auditor, county clerk-recorder, district attorney, sheriffcoroner-public administrator, treasurer-tax collector, superintendent of schools, rs of the third and fourth districts and the Truckee District Justice Court judge. The number of registered voters in the county as of Jan. 4, was 16,234, with the majority being Democrats. All non-incumbent candidates are required to file under the new financial disclosure and conflict of ope a The incumbents must file their financial statements y Apri. LAKE OF PINES SEWAGE The fate of the more than $1 million Lake of the Pines sewage — disposal system and continued operation of its oxidation pon rests with the Nevada County Superior Court. Attorneys have been given 15 days to submit modification of findings and conclusions of law argued in the court earlier. : VITAL STATISTI Keller John Hunn, 70, a resident of Nevada City for 12 years, died Jan. 15, in Sierra.Nevada Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Arkansas and a roofer. Funeral services were held from the Bergemann and Son Chapel. Burial was in Sierra Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Clarence Austin Hansen, 78, of rural Grass Valley and a 13-year resident of the county, died Jan. 15 in Sierra Nevada MemorialHospital. He was born in Iowa and came here from the Bay Area, where he had been an independent garage man and mechanic. He was a pilot who learned to fly in the early 1950’s and had continued to fly when he was past 70 and owned his own plane. Funeral services were held from the Bergemann and Son Chapel, followed by burial in Sierra Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Dolores Estelle Rosdahl, 53, died Jan. 14. She was horn in Syracuse, N.Y., moved to Los Angeles in 1945 and had made her home in Grass Valley for the past three years. Graveside services . were held in Greenwood Memorial Gardens under the auspices of Hooper-Weaver Chapel. Gustav Schiedel, owner of Schiedel’s Restaurant, died Jan. 16 at the age of 62. He was a native of Germany and came to this country when he was 17. He settled in Sacramento where he worked for several restaurants and in 1954 opened Schiedel’s Bavarian Restaurant on Fulton Avenue. He sold that business three years ago and moved to Grass Valley, where he opened a similar place off highway 49 south of town. He was the originator and burgomeister ‘ “ (Continued on P. 8)