July 17, 1973 (12 pages)

' The South Yuba Canal Building in Nevada City Chambers mull plans for South Yuba Canal Building . The Nevada County and Nevada City chambers of commerce’ this week each discussed plans for a move into the South Yuba Canal ~ Building “in “Nevada City’s” -historical district. : Coynty chambers directors met_Thursday in the Bank of iA ica Building. The city -group convened Tuesday in the city hall. Nevada City owns the South Yuba Canal Building which has been remodelled and restored as a part of the over-all down town improvement. project. City . Manager Beryl Robinson Jr. said it has been the intent of the ‘city to make the landmark a tourist information committee through the cooperation of the chambers within the county. And that it shall be furnished in Victorian style related to the era the building represents. He hopes for a mid February opening if the weather cooperates. County chamber directors named Fred Conway chairman of a committee to search. out budget needs for the proposed move and necessary furnishings. Hopefully some of the furniture will be donated by people who have suitable items. Ward Percifield, Tom Coleman, Bill Schultz and Karen Sayler, president of the county group, also are on the committee. Directors learned more of the need for an-information center in a letter from Ray Shine, manager of the district fair. Shine emphasized the need for an information center where visitors can obtain information where to go, what to see and other. He said he has tours of campers slated to come to the ~fairgrounds ~ this Percifield, co-owner of the Pioneer Travel Agency, also outlined his agency’s plans to bring in a number of group tours to the county. He and Margaret Merrill were named directors of the board to fill two vacancies. Constance Baer and Schultz, incoming. presidents of the Rough and Ready and Grass Valley chambers respectively, were guests. The _ pair automatically will become directors when they are _ installed into office. County directors hope to encourage representation from all of the chambers within the county in the cooperative tourist center project. — Nevada City chamber directors have no definite plans for the move from city hall into new quarters. But when they do they proposed ‘‘something special’ to celebrate the event. They contemplate seeking help from youth and other volunteer groups when moving time comes. With 1972 history, directors are looking toward coming events for___ this year. Preliminary plans for the second annual Gas Light Celebration to be held in October were discussed. Scott McAllister is chairman of this committee. Peter Hoffman, chairman of the Father’s Day Bike Race, will summer: be assisted by Al Rogers. Specifications for an elaborate Christmas lighting plan -were reviewed. The next step is determining cost, type of wire Aes Ss Br Re PLT Ellie Butterfield showed plans and proposed colors for membership plaques. Pat Baker will select the color. Sally Lewis reported on the progress of the Liberal Arts Commission. Don Schmitz and Tom Coleman, president, ‘plan to present the 1973-74 budget at the next meeting. Directors agreed _ that brochures of Nevada City:should be given to museums at Donner Lake and Boreal Ridge. Free clinics are offered + A free clinic is held the second Wednesday of each month offered by the Nevada County Health Department. The clinic is held from 1 to 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial There is no clinic held in Nevada City at the present. Immunizations given free at the clinic are ‘diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and poliomelitis and measles. A free skin testing program for tuberculosis is also held monthly from 1 to 3 p.m. on the Building. . ' Memorial $e Se agence Fong a ¥: Special Notices ee REWARD for information leading to arrest of. party or parties that robbed my home of = following -items, or recovery of any or pieces” 3 ClocKss glassware, Oriental rug, antique platter and lamp. hand-made-quilt, hanging screen. Would also / appreciate hearing from a absentee owners. whoe have had. similar’ problex; Frédriksson, 2232 Paim Ave.,-San Mateo, call collect p to p-(415)345-8381. PPR LAPSE RADIO 10. Crafts & Services ROBERT L. ROSS, JR. OPTOMETRIST 147 Millk-St, Ph. 273-6246 POLO LPL PEARLS PGC eg I 44. Musical Instruments Reg Pg GOGGLE LPG ES PIANO. Spinet Console Piano to be picked up and sold in this area. Will satrifice \ to responsible party. Cash or terms. Also Organ with Automatic Rhythm. Phone collect 509-TE8-1088 or’ write Adjustor, W. 908 Sprague, Spokane, Wn 99204. PAY OF Fr "Vital Statistics ry Obituaries BONE, Louis (Chalky), 81, died in Mercy General Hospital numerous at Sacramento on Jan. 4. He was a native of New Almaden, near San Jose, and moved to this area when he was three years old. He and his wife, Georgie, made their home on the Allison Ranch road. In addition to his widow, he leaves a son and daughter, four grandchildren: and one great-grandchild. He was a member of Madison Lodge, F&AM. Funeral services were both. of Grass Valley; and other relatives. Funeral services were heid from -the Hooper and Weaver Chapel with Jehovah’s: Witnesses officiating, on Jan. 9. HUSTIS, Grant. Henry, 69, died Jan. 5. He was a native of ~ Illinois and had lived in Nevada City for the past three years. His survivors include a Adele Woodman, A al City. i held Jan. 6 from the Hooper and / Jan. 8 from neral ser Weaver Chapel. Burial was in/ Son Funeral Chapel. New Elm Ridge South: Vg DEAL, James A., 42, died Jan. SKAAR, Sven, 74, a resident of this area for the past 30 years, 4 in Harkness Community died in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital at San Francisco. . He -Hospital on Jan. 8. He was a attended local schools res. of Norway and made his graduated from Grass Valley h High School in 1947. He was a Southern Pacific mechanic for 25 years. In addition to his widow, Diane, Roseville, his survivors include his mother, Mary Deal of Grass . Valley and a brother, William Deal, also of Grass Valley. Tw daughters, two sisters: a another ‘brother also survive. him. The funeral services were held at St. Rose’s Catholi Church in Roseville on Jan. 9. AMMONS(. Quitman Worth, 58, a resident of this area since ~ 1949, died Jan. 6 in Sutter Hospital at Sacramento. He was a native of Oklafioma and came. to e on the North Bloomfield Road. He leaves his widow, Railroad ace Brown’Skaar, a daughter and one grandchild. Private funeral services and private cremation were held Jan. 8. SCHWAB, Fred, 84, a native of « California, was dead upon . arrival at Sierra Nevada an Hospital on Jan. 7. He had“fived in rural Grass Valley for the past three years. Hooper and Weaver Mortuary handled local arrangements. The funeral was held in Berkeley. . Grass Valley for the past. four years, died Jan. 5 in Reno while visiting in that area. He is: 31 years ago, and .survived by his widow, Myra, of Californi came to fu area 23 years ago. For the past eight years he was an employed at Alpha Hardware. His survivors include his Grass Valley, two sons and four . grandchildren. Memoria] services were conducted in San Carlos by the Masonic Lodge at fourth Wednesday of the month. __ widow /Louise, and a son, Don, White Oak Chapel.

' The South Yuba Canal Building in Nevada City Chambers mull plans for South Yuba Canal Building . The Nevada County and Nevada City chambers of commerce’ this week each discussed plans for a move into the South Yuba Canal ~ Building “in “Nevada City’s” -historical district. : Coynty chambers directors met_Thursday in the Bank of iA ica Building. The city -group convened Tuesday in the city hall. Nevada City owns the South Yuba Canal Building which has been remodelled and restored as a part of the over-all down town improvement. project. City . Manager Beryl Robinson Jr. said it has been the intent of the ‘city to make the landmark a tourist information committee through the cooperation of the chambers within the county. And that it shall be furnished in Victorian style related to the era the building represents. He hopes for a mid February opening if the weather cooperates. County chamber directors named Fred Conway chairman of a committee to search. out budget needs for the proposed move and necessary furnishings. Hopefully some of the furniture will be donated by people who have suitable items. Ward Percifield, Tom Coleman, Bill Schultz and Karen Sayler, president of the county group, also are on the committee. Directors learned more of the need for an-information center in a letter from Ray Shine, manager of the district fair. Shine emphasized the need for an information center where visitors can obtain information where to go, what to see and other. He said he has tours of campers slated to come to the ~fairgrounds ~ this Percifield, co-owner of the Pioneer Travel Agency, also outlined his agency’s plans to bring in a number of group tours to the county. He and Margaret Merrill were named directors of the board to fill two vacancies. Constance Baer and Schultz, incoming. presidents of the Rough and Ready and Grass Valley chambers respectively, were guests. The _ pair automatically will become directors when they are _ installed into office. County directors hope to encourage representation from all of the chambers within the county in the cooperative tourist center project. — Nevada City chamber directors have no definite plans for the move from city hall into new quarters. But when they do they proposed ‘‘something special’ to celebrate the event. They contemplate seeking help from youth and other volunteer groups when moving time comes. With 1972 history, directors are looking toward coming events for___ this year. Preliminary plans for the second annual Gas Light Celebration to be held in October were discussed. Scott McAllister is chairman of this committee. Peter Hoffman, chairman of the Father’s Day Bike Race, will summer: be assisted by Al Rogers. Specifications for an elaborate Christmas lighting plan -were reviewed. The next step is determining cost, type of wire Aes Ss Br Re PLT Ellie Butterfield showed plans and proposed colors for membership plaques. Pat Baker will select the color. Sally Lewis reported on the progress of the Liberal Arts Commission. Don Schmitz and Tom Coleman, president, ‘plan to present the 1973-74 budget at the next meeting. Directors agreed _ that brochures of Nevada City:should be given to museums at Donner Lake and Boreal Ridge. Free clinics are offered + A free clinic is held the second Wednesday of each month offered by the Nevada County Health Department. The clinic is held from 1 to 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial There is no clinic held in Nevada City at the present. Immunizations given free at the clinic are ‘diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and poliomelitis and measles.

A free skin testing program for tuberculosis is also held monthly from 1 to 3 p.m. on the Building. . ' Memorial $e Se agence Fong a ¥: Special Notices ee REWARD for information leading to arrest of. party or parties that robbed my home of = following -items, or recovery of any or pieces” 3 ClocKss glassware, Oriental rug, antique platter and lamp. hand-made-quilt, hanging screen. Would also / appreciate hearing from a absentee owners. whoe have had. similar’ problex; Frédriksson, 2232 Paim Ave.,-San Mateo, call collect p to p-(415)345-8381. PPR LAPSE RADIO 10. Crafts & Services ROBERT L. ROSS, JR. OPTOMETRIST 147 Millk-St, Ph. 273-6246 POLO LPL PEARLS PGC eg I 44. Musical Instruments Reg Pg GOGGLE LPG ES PIANO. Spinet Console Piano to be picked up and sold in this area. Will satrifice \ to responsible party. Cash or terms. Also Organ with Automatic Rhythm. Phone collect 509-TE8-1088 or’ write Adjustor, W. 908 Sprague, Spokane, Wn 99204. PAY OF Fr "Vital Statistics ry Obituaries BONE, Louis (Chalky), 81, died in Mercy General Hospital numerous at Sacramento on Jan. 4. He was a native of New Almaden, near San Jose, and moved to this area when he was three years old. He and his wife, Georgie, made their home on the Allison Ranch road. In addition to his widow, he leaves a son and daughter, four grandchildren: and one great-grandchild. He was a member of Madison Lodge, F&AM. Funeral services were both. of Grass Valley; and other relatives. Funeral services were heid from -the Hooper and Weaver Chapel with Jehovah’s: Witnesses officiating, on Jan. 9. HUSTIS, Grant. Henry, 69, died Jan. 5. He was a native of ~ Illinois and had lived in Nevada City for the past three years. His survivors include a Adele Woodman, A al City. i held Jan. 6 from the Hooper and / Jan. 8 from neral ser Weaver Chapel. Burial was in/ Son Funeral Chapel. New Elm Ridge South: Vg DEAL, James A., 42, died Jan. SKAAR, Sven, 74, a resident of this area for the past 30 years, 4 in Harkness Community died in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital at San Francisco. . He -Hospital on Jan. 8. He was a attended local schools res. of Norway and made his graduated from Grass Valley h High School in 1947. He was a Southern Pacific mechanic for 25 years. In addition to his widow, Diane, Roseville, his survivors include his mother, Mary Deal of Grass . Valley and a brother, William Deal, also of Grass Valley. Tw daughters, two sisters: a another ‘brother also survive. him. The funeral services were held at St. Rose’s Catholi Church in Roseville on Jan. 9. AMMONS(. Quitman Worth, 58, a resident of this area since ~ 1949, died Jan. 6 in Sutter Hospital at Sacramento. He was a native of Oklafioma and came. to e on the North Bloomfield Road. He leaves his widow, Railroad ace Brown’Skaar, a daughter and one grandchild. Private funeral services and private cremation were held Jan. 8. SCHWAB, Fred, 84, a native of « California, was dead upon . arrival at Sierra Nevada an Hospital on Jan. 7. He had“fived in rural Grass Valley for the past three years. Hooper and Weaver Mortuary handled local arrangements. The funeral was held in Berkeley. . Grass Valley for the past. four years, died Jan. 5 in Reno while visiting in that area. He is: 31 years ago, and .survived by his widow, Myra, of Californi came to fu area 23 years ago. For the past eight years he was an employed at Alpha Hardware. His survivors include his Grass Valley, two sons and four . grandchildren.. Memoria] services were conducted in San Carlos by the Masonic Lodge at fourth Wednesday of the month. __ widow /Louise, and a son, Don, White Oak Chapel.