January 31, 1962 (10 pages)

11S IN! t 4 . . Stevens. Pass Gains Favor Suggested Names For Pass Pour In NEVADA CITY --Elisha Stevens Pass would seem to be the early favorite of Nevada County Nugget readers as a suggested name for the new trans-Sierra freeway being completed north of Donner Pass, But more than a dozen other proposed names for the pass have been received to date, and theNugget expects additional suggestions to be coming in during the next two weeks, A coupon for easy mailing of suggesClampers Endorse Stevens Pass NEVADA CITY----The William Morris Stewart Chapter of E, Clampus Vitus threw its weight behind the proposed naming Stevens Pass of the new freeway route north of the present Donner Pass, : By resolution ata meeting last night, the group stressed that Stevenshad been overlooked by history, having only a creek in the San Jose area named after him. Stevens" passage through the Sierra in 1844 was without incident and over roughly the sameroute being used for the freeway, they said, In other action, the Clampers set March 4 as a meeting date to discuss the merger of the William Morris Stewart Chapter with the William Bull Meek Chapter. Headquarters for the combined chapter will be in Nevada City, Grand Humbug Bob Wyckoff said, The Stevens Pass resolution follows: } Whereas theCalifornia . state division of highways at present is engaged in establishing a new highway 40 link in the proposed traffic route over the high Sierra and Whereas this route traversesacleftin the High Sierra nearly two miles north of the present Donner Pass Route and W hereas the newly approved route is close to the route followed by the Stevens party in 1844 and Whereas the party led by = Stevens negotiated the route . without great difficulty and Whereas the name Stevens has been sadly neglected in the annals of emigrant travel, therefore be it Resolved, that the name Stevens Pass be applied to the present high Sierra route over the summit and be it further -tions is at the bottom of this page. Cecil Edmunds, chairman of the Nevada County Planning Commission, expressed delight at the responseto the Nuggets plea for suggested names for the pass. ' The Stevens Pass suggeshave all come from Nevada City to date, Mrs, James B, Christie emphasized her choice of Stevens Pass by explaining, "The truly historic significance of this party---which succeeded ---has been overshadowed by its unsuccessful successor for too long, ” Mrs, Christie's reference to the honors given the illfated Donner Party were borne out by other suggestions tothe Nugget. Not one has contained the name Donner. 5 But there are several other names or combination of names that have appeared ‘repeatedly in the coupons mailed from as far as Woodland Hills in Southern California, and from Hayward, Concord, Davis, SanRafael, and other Northern California cities. Many of the suggestions included the word crest. Of these, Sierra Crest was the most popular, but others included: Eagle Crest Highway, Stony Crest Pass, and Golden Crest Highway. Others using Sierra in their suggestions included these names: El Camino Sierra, Sierra Pass, Royal Sierra Highway, Regal Sierra Pass and Regal Sierra Highway. Another popular word among the suggestions was "golden", It brought GoldenDream Highway, Golden State Pass, and Golden Highway tothe Stars, in addition to Golden GrestHighway. Two readers suggested naming the pass after persons other than Stevens, R.1, Slyter, Corte Madera, suggested the name LewisSalvador Pass to honor two Indian vaqueros who lost their lives in an attempted rescue attempt when sent by Captain Sutter with provisions forthe starving Donner party. A.F, Matthews, S@MRafael, suggested Snowshoe Thompson. Pass, "There is no one in the history of the Sierra County more deserving of this honor than the corageous man who carried the mail over these mountains when it was so much needed and no one else could do it," he said. Other suggestions included: New Summit Diversion, Pioneer Highway, Pioneer Pass, Nevada Pass, Paradise Pass and Eagle Pass, NEVADA COUNTY LUGGE Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Gleenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney F « * 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, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North 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, Vol. 37 No. 5 10¢ A Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES” Published Weekly Nevada City,Wednesday, January 31, 1962 Resolved that copies of this resolution be placed in the hands of all organizations and persons interested in the honoring of pioneers who performed large tasks in opening the West. Survey Funds For Bullard’s Bar WASHINGTON, D. C, ---An $11,800 budget item in the U.S. flood control and reclamation budget will allow the completion of surveys for the Bullard's Bar project on the Yuba River. This item was one of many in the budget for projects within the 2nd Congressional District, it was announced this week by Congressman Harold T. Johnson. Also included in the budget is a $562, 997 construction loan for the Browns Valley Irrigation District, Weather GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 24 63°. 22 00 25 63 26 .00 26 59-24 90 St 57 26 00 28 . 63 © 30 00 29 69 34 00 30 70 35 00 Rainfall to date 19,61 Rainfall last year 16,48 + + + NEVADA CITY ‘Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 24 49 19 .00 Go. B123 00 26 55 26 .00 ft 62. oF .00 28.62 28 -00 29 63 29 .00 30 62 29 00 Rainfall to date 19.20 Rainfall last year 16,55 WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTION OF A NAME FOR THE N Local Girl Will Be IFYE Delegate To Argentina Miss Felicia Schaps 4-H To Finan From Marine Band Sales GRASS VALLEY --A Nevada County 4-H ClubExecutive Council meeting was Line Tapped! Hydraulic Holiday TOWN TALK---It was only logical to install a hydraulic monitor at the entrance of the new Nevada Union High School, It was logical for agricultural students to plan a series of planters for low growing plants and shrubs, Yesterday the agricultural students were anchoring iron rails at ashort distance from the planter area sothat autos would not damage the landscaping work, Ghosts of hydraulic mining. A student punctured the six inch water line leading to the high school and the Ww ater pressure shot forth a geyser that in itself would make an impressive fountain. But that was not all, In true monitor fashion, the break began mining the area --undermining; that is, As aresult, the adjacent parking area must be tested and patched before use. District Superintendent Gerald Gelatt today said plumber Jack Harney and contractor Bob Winkel are on hand mending the water line and the parking lot, Eventually the undermined portion of the parking lot may need a new paving job, But for now, it is patch and watch, Naturally, without water, there was no school today, And since the Nevada Union Junior High School schedule is coordinated with the new high school, both schools were Closed for the day. School will reopen tomorrow. Report card time, we hear. ce Trip held to discuss ways and means of financing Nevada County ‘s International Farm Youth Exchange, It is the responsiblity ofthe4-H Club Council to under -write one half of the $2400 required, The balance is supplied by the National 4-H Club Foundation, Council Chairman Laurence Personeni announces the eommittees decisionto rely upon the advance sale ofticketstothe “President's Own" U.S, Marine Corp Band Concert toraise the required amount, T he Marine Band Concert, held under the auspices of the Nevada County4-H Coun il, will be held Oct, 20 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Grass Valley, In order that the Feb, 15 deadline for the IFYE fund be met, all 4-H leaders and others responsible for ticket sales areurgedto double the efforts, Major Parker Stortz, 4-H leader and chairman of the Marine Band Concert Committee, reported that patrontickets areagain being made available to the general public at Alpha stores, Hoover Brothers Chevron Service and the Nugget. He further announced that one half of the proceeds of the patron tickets sold through Feb, 10 will be allocated to the IFYE fund, George Ellsworth, IFYE fund drive chairman, reports that contributions from groups or individuals will be greatfully accepted, at the Agricultural Extension Service office, Veterans Memorial Building, Grass Valley, Miss Felicia Schaps, Nevada County, has been selected torepresent the United Statesin Argentina for a six month period beginning in September. No government money is used for actual cost oftheIFYE It is conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service working through the state and county 4-H GRASS VALLEY ---Miss Felicia Schaps, daughter of Mr. & Mrs, H.T. Schaps, ranchers in the Wolf community, has been notified by the National 4-H Foundation in Washington D.C. of her appointrnent to Argentina as an International Farm Youth Exchange Student. Miss Schaps will goto Washington D.C, in September for a week's orientation training before departing for Argentina where she will live in the homes of families forthe following six months, Miss Schaps, with three other Californians in the IFYE program, will meet this weekend in Berkeley for a preliminary conference. Miss Schaps is a graduate of Nevada Union High school and of Scripps College in June. Sheis now a graduate student at Stanford University. She was Nevada County 4-H All Star in 1957, In 1958 she was state 4-H winner in Leadership and was awarded a trip to National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. In1960 she wasnamed one of the four 4-H Diamond Stars in California and was awarded a triptothe National 4-H Conference in Washington D.C, The International Farm Youth Exchange program is a two-way experiment in developing world understanding. It gives farm youth from California, and all of the United States, the chance to live and work in other countries, IFYEs work and live in various lands, and when they retum, they bring vital understanding of the world and its problems to their neighbors, IFYE teaches international relations to young farm people in a person-to-person way. Itilluminates the problems--of-world peace as basic, shared human hopes, It shows how work toward international cooperation is a satisfying, however constant, struggle, local 4-H leaders say. The IFYE program is sponsored by the University of California Agricultural Extension Service. The cost of the program is met by voluntary contributions from individuals and organizations, Nevada County's requirement is $1200 by Feb. 15, George Ellsworth, Grass Valley, is chairman of the IFYE fund raising commitHistoric Firehouse Doors Replaced By Aluminum New Door Meets With Approval NEVADA CITY ---Storm clouds of protest gathered over Nevada City last week when city crews replaced the doors of the old firehouse on Broad Street with a new aluminum overhead door, But the clouds dissipated into murmurs of protest over the weekend, and now there seems to be strong backing for the new door, Thenew door was approved and installed by the city at the request of the Nevada City Fire Department, City Manager James(Admiral) Ray said today as he prepared to turn the city administration over to newly named City ManagerCharles Smith, City Manager Ray said the door was replaced because the old door was heavy, built of solid wood, and was the victim of dry rot. The fire depart ment needed the new door in order to give quicker access to the city rescue truck, he said, Itwillbe painted in a manner to be fitting to the historic value of the building. Elza Kilroy, historical society leaderand former president of the society, agreed withthe city manager that the doorsreplaced were not old ones, Kilroy said he believes the doors were placed on the building in 1913 when the fire department became motor‘ized. Atthattime, the door opening was not large enough fora firetruck, having only housed the horsedrawn vehicles, The departmént then removed one la= yer of bricks on each side of the door to enlarge it, and at that time installed the doors replaced last week. The city manager's contention that painting of the door will help to maintain the historical appearance of the building drew support from two local artists, Charles Woods and David Osborn both said the new door can be in keeping with the old building's architectural beauty. They suggest painting the building trim and door, pointing out that the trim alsoneeds painting. How about color? Colonial cream, a near yellow, suggest Osborn and Woods, Tadaw Yesterday tee. iman life: . id of man tra ce can be —_— — — — a EW TRANS-SIERRA FREEWAY be forwardedto Cecil Edmunds' committee and to the State Division of Highways. . NORTH OF THE PRESENT DONNER PASS? All suggestions mailed to the Nugget will . . Suggested Name: Signed (Optional)Address MAIL TO NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, NEVADA CITY _ “\ x y of nations; Ps \JayceeOutstatnding Young Man of the Year Wally Brunker and his wife, Muriel. =

11S IN! t 4 . . Stevens. Pass Gains Favor Suggested Names For Pass Pour In NEVADA CITY --Elisha Stevens Pass would seem to be the early favorite of Nevada County Nugget readers as a suggested name for the new trans-Sierra freeway being completed north of Donner Pass, But more than a dozen other proposed names for the pass have been received to date, and theNugget expects additional suggestions to be coming in during the next two weeks, A coupon for easy mailing of suggesClampers Endorse Stevens Pass NEVADA CITY----The William Morris Stewart Chapter of E, Clampus Vitus threw its weight behind the proposed naming Stevens Pass of the new freeway route north of the present Donner Pass, : By resolution ata meeting last night, the group stressed that Stevenshad been overlooked by history, having only a creek in the San Jose area named after him. Stevens" passage through the Sierra in 1844 was without incident and over roughly the sameroute being used for the freeway, they said, In other action, the Clampers set March 4 as a meeting date to discuss the merger of the William Morris Stewart Chapter with the William Bull Meek Chapter. Headquarters for the combined chapter will be in Nevada City, Grand Humbug Bob Wyckoff said, The Stevens Pass resolution follows: } Whereas theCalifornia . state division of highways at present is engaged in establishing a new highway 40 link in the proposed traffic route over the high Sierra and Whereas this route traversesacleftin the High Sierra nearly two miles north of the present Donner Pass Route and W hereas the newly approved route is close to the route followed by the Stevens party in 1844 and Whereas the party led by = Stevens negotiated the route . without great difficulty and Whereas the name Stevens has been sadly neglected in the annals of emigrant travel, therefore be it Resolved, that the name Stevens Pass be applied to the present high Sierra route over the summit and be it further -tions is at the bottom of this page. Cecil Edmunds, chairman of the Nevada County Planning Commission, expressed delight at the responseto the Nuggets plea for suggested names for the pass. ' The Stevens Pass suggeshave all come from Nevada City to date, Mrs, James B, Christie emphasized her choice of Stevens Pass by explaining, "The truly historic significance of this party---which succeeded ---has been overshadowed by its unsuccessful successor for too long, ” Mrs, Christie's reference to the honors given the illfated Donner Party were borne out by other suggestions tothe Nugget. Not one has contained the name Donner. 5 But there are several other names or combination of names that have appeared ‘repeatedly in the coupons mailed from as far as Woodland Hills in Southern California, and from Hayward, Concord, Davis, SanRafael, and other Northern California cities. Many of the suggestions included the word crest. Of these, Sierra Crest was the most popular, but others included: Eagle Crest Highway, Stony Crest Pass, and Golden Crest Highway. Others using Sierra in their suggestions included these names: El Camino Sierra, Sierra Pass, Royal Sierra Highway, Regal Sierra Pass and Regal Sierra Highway. Another popular word among the suggestions was "golden", It brought GoldenDream Highway, Golden State Pass, and Golden Highway tothe Stars, in addition to Golden GrestHighway. Two readers suggested naming the pass after persons other than Stevens, R.1, Slyter, Corte Madera, suggested the name LewisSalvador Pass to honor two Indian vaqueros who lost their lives in an attempted rescue attempt when sent by Captain Sutter with provisions forthe starving Donner party. A.F, Matthews, S@MRafael, suggested Snowshoe Thompson. Pass, "There is no one in the history of the Sierra County more deserving of this honor than the corageous man who carried the mail over these mountains when it was so much needed and no one else could do it," he said. Other suggestions included: New Summit Diversion, Pioneer Highway, Pioneer Pass, Nevada Pass, Paradise Pass and Eagle Pass, NEVADA COUNTY LUGGE Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Gleenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney F « * 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, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North 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, Vol. 37 No. 5 10¢ A Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES” Published Weekly Nevada City,Wednesday, January 31, 1962 Resolved that copies of this resolution be placed in the hands of all organizations and persons interested in the honoring of pioneers who performed large tasks in opening the West. Survey Funds For Bullard’s Bar WASHINGTON, D. C, ---An $11,800 budget item in the U.S. flood control and reclamation budget will allow the completion of surveys for the Bullard's Bar project on the Yuba River. This item was one of many in the budget for projects within the 2nd Congressional District, it was announced this week by Congressman Harold T. Johnson. Also included in the budget is a $562, 997 construction loan for the Browns Valley Irrigation District, Weather GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 24 63°. 22 00 25 63 26 .00 26 59-24 90 St 57 26 00 28 . 63 © 30 00 29 69 34 00 30 70 35 00 Rainfall to date 19,61 Rainfall last year 16,48 + + + NEVADA CITY ‘Max. Min. Rainfall Jan. 24 49 19 .00 Go.. B123 00 26 55 26 .00 ft 62. oF .00 28.62 28 -00 29 63 29 .00 30 62 29 00 Rainfall to date 19.20 Rainfall last year 16,55 WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTION OF A NAME FOR THE N Local Girl Will Be IFYE Delegate To Argentina Miss Felicia Schaps 4-H To Finan From Marine Band Sales GRASS VALLEY --A Nevada County 4-H ClubExecutive Council meeting was Line Tapped! Hydraulic Holiday TOWN TALK---It was only logical to install a hydraulic monitor at the entrance of the new Nevada Union High School, It was logical for agricultural students to plan a series of planters for low growing plants and shrubs, Yesterday the agricultural students were anchoring iron rails at ashort distance from the planter area sothat autos would not damage the landscaping work, Ghosts of hydraulic mining. A student punctured the six inch water line leading to the high school and the Ww ater pressure shot forth a geyser that in itself would make an impressive fountain. But that was not all, In true monitor fashion, the

break began mining the area --undermining; that is, As aresult, the adjacent parking area must be tested and patched before use. District Superintendent Gerald Gelatt today said plumber Jack Harney and contractor Bob Winkel are on hand mending the water line and the parking lot, Eventually the undermined portion of the parking lot may need a new paving job, But for now, it is patch and watch, Naturally, without water, there was no school today, And since the Nevada Union Junior High School schedule is coordinated with the new high school, both schools were Closed for the day. School will reopen tomorrow. Report card time, we hear. ce Trip held to discuss ways and means of financing Nevada County ‘s International Farm Youth Exchange, It is the responsiblity ofthe4-H Club Council to under -write one half of the $2400 required, The balance is supplied by the National 4-H Club Foundation, Council Chairman Laurence Personeni announces the eommittees decisionto rely upon the advance sale ofticketstothe “President's Own" U.S, Marine Corp Band Concert toraise the required amount, T he Marine Band Concert, held under the auspices of the Nevada County4-H Coun il, will be held Oct, 20 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Grass Valley, In order that the Feb, 15 deadline for the IFYE fund be met, all 4-H leaders and others responsible for ticket sales areurgedto double the efforts, Major Parker Stortz, 4-H leader and chairman of the Marine Band Concert Committee, reported that patrontickets areagain being made available to the general public at Alpha stores, Hoover Brothers Chevron Service and the Nugget. He further announced that one half of the proceeds of the patron tickets sold through Feb, 10 will be allocated to the IFYE fund, George Ellsworth, IFYE fund drive chairman, reports that contributions from groups or individuals will be greatfully accepted, at the Agricultural Extension Service office, Veterans Memorial Building, Grass Valley, Miss Felicia Schaps, Nevada County, has been selected torepresent the United Statesin Argentina for a six month period beginning in September. No government money is used for actual cost oftheIFYE It is conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service working through the state and county 4-H GRASS VALLEY ---Miss Felicia Schaps, daughter of Mr. & Mrs, H.T. Schaps, ranchers in the Wolf community, has been notified by the National 4-H Foundation in Washington D.C. of her appointrnent to Argentina as an International Farm Youth Exchange Student. Miss Schaps will goto Washington D.C, in September for a week's orientation training before departing for Argentina where she will live in the homes of families forthe following six months, Miss Schaps, with three other Californians in the IFYE program, will meet this weekend in Berkeley for a preliminary conference. Miss Schaps is a graduate of Nevada Union High school and of Scripps College in June. Sheis now a graduate student at Stanford University. She was Nevada County 4-H All Star in 1957, In 1958 she was state 4-H winner in Leadership and was awarded a trip to National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. In1960 she wasnamed one of the four 4-H Diamond Stars in California and was awarded a triptothe National 4-H Conference in Washington D.C, The International Farm Youth Exchange program is a two-way experiment in developing world understanding. It gives farm youth from California, and all of the United States, the chance to live and work in other countries, IFYEs work and live in various lands, and when they retum, they bring vital understanding of the world and its problems to their neighbors, IFYE teaches international relations to young farm people in a person-to-person way. Itilluminates the problems--of-world peace as basic, shared human hopes, It shows how work toward international cooperation is a satisfying, however constant, struggle, local 4-H leaders say. The IFYE program is sponsored by the University of California Agricultural Extension Service. The cost of the program is met by voluntary contributions from individuals and organizations, Nevada County's requirement is $1200 by Feb. 15, George Ellsworth, Grass Valley, is chairman of the IFYE fund raising commitHistoric Firehouse Doors Replaced By Aluminum New Door Meets With Approval NEVADA CITY ---Storm clouds of protest gathered over Nevada City last week when city crews replaced the doors of the old firehouse on Broad Street with a new aluminum overhead door, But the clouds dissipated into murmurs of protest over the weekend, and now there seems to be strong backing for the new door, Thenew door was approved and installed by the city at the request of the Nevada City Fire Department, City Manager James(Admiral) Ray said today as he prepared to turn the city administration over to newly named City ManagerCharles Smith, City Manager Ray said the door was replaced because the old door was heavy, built of solid wood, and was the victim of dry rot. The fire depart ment needed the new door in order to give quicker access to the city rescue truck, he said, Itwillbe painted in a manner to be fitting to the historic value of the building. Elza Kilroy, historical society leaderand former president of the society, agreed withthe city manager that the doorsreplaced were not old ones, Kilroy said he believes the doors were placed on the building in 1913 when the fire department became motor‘ized. Atthattime, the door opening was not large enough fora firetruck, having only housed the horsedrawn vehicles, The departmént then removed one la= yer of bricks on each side of the door to enlarge it, and at that time installed the doors replaced last week. The city manager's contention that painting of the door will help to maintain the historical appearance of the building drew support from two local artists, Charles Woods and David Osborn both said the new door can be in keeping with the old building's architectural beauty. They suggest painting the building trim and door, pointing out that the trim alsoneeds painting. How about color? Colonial cream, a near yellow, suggest Osborn and Woods, Tadaw Yesterday tee. iman life: . id of man tra ce can be —_— — — — a EW TRANS-SIERRA FREEWAY be forwardedto Cecil Edmunds' committee and to the State Division of Highways. . NORTH OF THE PRESENT DONNER PASS? All suggestions mailed to the Nugget will . . Suggested Name: Signed (Optional)Address MAIL TO NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, NEVADA CITY _ “\ x y of nations; Ps \JayceeOutstatnding Young Man of the Year Wally Brunker and his wife, Muriel. =