July 18, 1973 (12 pages)

cS UGGET: SERVING THE NEVADA COUNTY COMMUNITIES OF NEVADA CITY, GRASS VALLEY. RED DOG, YOU BET, TOWN TALK. GLENRROOK, LITTLE YORK, CHEROKEE, 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, 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. Volume 27, No 29 Nevada City, Nevada County, California, “Thursday, July 16, 1953 Price Five Cents NEW SCHOOL SERVICE IS ANNOUNCED Rura! Schools Will Receive Weekly Film And Book Service Melville O. Johns, County school superintendent, today outlined plans for the Inby structional Materials Center—a service which will bring films, charts, pictures and fictional and TOURIST ATTRACTION Nevada . ge? non-fictional books to all schools . 3% of Nevada,, Placer, Sierra and Alpinc counties. A weekly delivery service to the schools of Piacer and Nevada counties and mail service to Alpine and Sierra counties, wil) bring a steady flow of new instructional materials to all students. Fast Service The center will be located in the Lincoln Way School in Auburn. All teachers and administrators will have a Library of Congress card catalogue from which to order materials. In surveying the materials available, Dr. George Ormsby, consultant of the Audio-Visual Department for,the State Department of Education, has advocated the addition of 100 AudioVisual titles to add to the 90 of Nevada County and the 260 of Placer County, which will bring the total of 460 titles, which he explains will be a minimum adequate service. An Experiment Dr. Frank M.Wright, chief of the Division of Public School Adrninistration, has-approved the plan and hopes that the experiment is successful so that it could be suggested on a co-operative basis to other areas of the State to increase the service and cut the cost of the operation. The State Department of Education is making some funds available to help with the financial obligations of the operation. The Nevada County Library of 1200 volumes will be added to the number from Placer County; this total and those which will be purchased, will bring the library service to a standard operating level. A Nevada County committee has been appointed to recommend the audio-visual titles and books to. be purchased. . All Participate A coordinating committee composed of Al Bequette, superintendent of schools; Charles Parsons, administrative , assistant; DeEtte Winter, supervisor of instruction’ and Wilma _ Rogers, chief. librarian—all of Placer County and County Superintendent of Schools Johns and Martin W. Sword, administrative assistant of Nevada County, has been created at the present time which wil] be augmented with teachers and administrators in the future. JURY FINDS FORMER NID BOOKKEEPER GUILTY OF GRAND THEFT “A-jury of ten women ard two ‘men required one hour, 25 minutes to find Alvin Burke, former head bookkeeper for the Nevada Irrigation District, guilty of grand theft. Date for judgment is Jply 24. Burke was charged with taking a‘car from ‘“Ossie’’ Osborne, Grass Valley used car dealer, and paying for it with a worthless check. He was arrested in Reno, Nevada, and returned to Nevada City where he was freed on bail Thousands of tourists annually visit the Malakoff Hydraulic Diggings near North Bloomfield where the great mining barons of past decades blasted the mountains with their titanic monitors. The once-raw scars in the landscape have eroded into beautifud fluted cliffs and pinnacles which are now a, mecca for artists, phofographers and sightseers. The centennial of the first hydraulic operation near Nevada City in 1853 will be celebrated in Nevada City August 1 and 2. ' a month jago. HYDRAULIC CENTENNIAL PROGRAM SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Gold Display--Nevada County’s wealth before your eyes. 3:00 p.m. Money Scramble—for kids under 12, from the balconies of two Gold Rush hotels. 4:00 p.m. Hydraulic Exhibition—See how gold was washed from our hills 100 years ago. 7:30 p.m. Liars’ Contest—A revival of a favorite Miners’ Pastime. 8:30 p.m. Torchlight Procession—Mardi-Gras style entries: hilarious figures, horrible figures parade for your enjoyment in the cool of the evening. 9:30 p.m. “A Night in Barker's Exchange” —An entertainment packed open air show with a touch of our golden history—An eye and ear treat of can-can girls, barber shop quartette ballads, comedy and many many other features. (Nominal admi$sion charge to this feature only.) 9°30 p.m. Square Dancing—See the gaily costumed groups from all over Northern California who will be our guests. Join in their dancing fun or come to watch it. 10:30 to 1:00 am. Street Dancing—Free, of course. SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 2:00 p.m. Baseball Game—at lovely Pioneer Park. 4: “o p.m. Hose Cart Race—For the Championship of Northern CaliCalifornia. First Annual Trophy to be awarded the winning Fire Company. 8:30 p.m. The Hydracapers—This beautiful review, featuring the 18 mermaids is known as California's finest watershow. See them perform under the pines and stars — but come early if you want a seat. Free, of course. 8:30 p.m. “A Night in Barker's Exchange”—Repeat performance of Saturday’s great show. To fill in free time between features visit Nevada County Historical, Museum, open both days and evenings and see the store windows . specially decorated with historical relics for your pleasure. Supervisors Follow Economic Trend Economy -minded Nevada County supervisors this week sharpened their big axe and lopped off a series of proposed appropriations for the county’s 1953-1954 budget. The economy wave that swept the supervisorial chambers cut the following proposed expenditures: 1. They turned down the proposal of the Nevada County Water Pollution Committee for the retaining of a county sanitarian. 2. For the first time in many years they declined to make any appropriation for county promotion. 3. They cut off the annual aid to the Nevada County Historical Society for maintaining the county museum. 4.'They refused a request form the county school department for a bookkeeping machine. e Spent Some Too On the spending side, however, they approved the hiring of an assistant farm advisor and voted $2,300 for a car for him. They approved also, the hiring of a purchasing agent and the estabFUN 1S THEME OF HYDRAULIC CENTENNIAL Pageant, Parade, Money Scramble, Cart Race And Hydracapers!! When Edward E. Matteson, a gold rush placer miner, fastened a crude wooden nozzle into a section of canvas hose and started squirting a jet of water against a gravel bank near Nevada City, he sired the hydraulic mining industry. His simple device in less than three decades grew into the county’s greatest dnd most controversial industry. Matteson Honored He died penniless and alone in the Navada County Hospital not knowing that the people of Nevada City would honor him on August 1 and 2, 1953—the centennial of his discovery. ‘ But on those dates Nevada Ctiy will uncork one of the most colorful celebrations in th history of the hills. Harold A. Berliner, celebration chairman said last night that: all angles of the program were rolling smoothly. Eighteen teenagers and adults are preparing entries for the night parade to be known as the March of Mirth. Elva Sigourney, parade chairman, said today she expects mahy more to come into the procession during the next two weeks. One of the most unusual divisions ever to appear in a local parade will be the “decorated pets” section. Opening rehearsal for the hislishment of a central purchasing office. Several weeks ago they also: approved a substantial salary boost for Superior Judge ‘Snell. Reluctant The supervisors relustantly approved a $4,900 budget item for the instruction of mentally retarded children and said the approval was only granted because the expenditure was mandatory. Note: Departmental budget ‘. totals will be’ published in the Nugget next Thursday. toric pageant “ A Night In Barkers Echange,” goes into an intensive rehearsal program next Friday night. The pageant will portray activities in Nevada Cty one century ago when hydraulic. mining was born. Verle “Puss” Gray reported today that his Hydracapers at Pioneer Park pool is already in rehearsal and will far exceed any previous water shows held here. I fairs [CAP OFFICIALS END . . FOUR DAY TOUR OF MARKING WRECKAGE Seventy — miles of hiking . through some of the roughest ter. rain’ in northwestern California . has been completed by Captain E. R. Stoddard of Nevada City and First Sergeant E. A. Espinoza of Grass Valley, both of the North San Juan Unit of the Civi! Air Patrok of the U.S. Air Force. Their mission was to paint large yellow crosses at the scene of plane crashes during the past three years. The crosses painted in the wreckage or nearby rocks is designed to notify search planes that the wrecks are not new ones. One of the crash scenes was seven miles north of Fall River Mills. Another was 30 miles north of Chester. The wreckage of a F4-U U.S. Navy fighter plane was marked 40 miles northwest of Alturas. Another crash scene was south of Fall River Mills. After completing the four sign jobs in the northern part of the state the two officers moved to Camptonville, Yuba: County and a crash scene near the Narrows Dam on the Yuba River. Another smashed plane was marked near Rough and Ready. Capt. Stoddard said they drove a close as possible to the crash scene over logging or mine roads, and after that it was hiking, much of it in rugged terrain. The officer said the wreckage was removed wherever possible but in many cases removal was . impossible. He also said that in’ nearly all cases the bodies had been removed, in some cases with the aid of ropes and slings. He pointed out, however, that it was impossible to even remove the bodies after a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. The place wase closed to mountain climbers for a two-year period. Capt. Stoddard urged flyers to notify the CAP squadron if they sight unmarked plane wreckages. He asked also.that they determine, as close as possible, the location of such wreckage. NC FAIR BOOKS VAUDEVILLE SHOW Loyle Freeman, manager of the Nevada County Fair which opens its gates August 27 for four big days and nights, today announced the entertainment features booked for the exposition. Jack Reese Jr., with long experience n show business, will be master of ceremonies for the following acts: Phil Arden with motion picture experience in ‘Fighting Mad,” “Land of the Lawless” HUGHES NAMED NEVADA COUNTY URCHASER Newly Appointed Official Will Set Up Central Purchasing System Clare Hughes, Grass Valley business man and chairman of the board of freeholders which framed the new Grass Valley city charter, was appointed Nevada County purchasing agent by the county supervisors late yesterday. Hughes will take over the post upon completion of a new draft of the county salary ordinance. He will receive $255 monthly and will be quartered in the county road commissioners office. He will handle all county purchases under a plan’ which supplants a system in which the large county departments such as the road division, and the county hospital, do their own purchasing. The starting salary will be $255 a month and can progress. by steps to $310 monthly. CHARLES H. DANA OF SAN JOSE 1S NEW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Charles H. Dana of San Jose, an administrator and educator with 30 years of experience, is the new principal of the Nevada City Elementary School, succeeding Bruce Foreman who resigned two months ago after failing to agree with the trustees on salary for the job. Dana was the choice of a field of 27 teachers and administrators seeking the position which pays $5,800 a year. Dana was born in San Jose 49 years ago and received his education there. He received his bachelor’s degree at San Jose State College and won his master’s degree at Stanford University. « Wide Experience He has taught at Cloverdale, Denair, Oceano and San Jose. Since 1939 he has been principal of the Evergreen Elementary School near San Jose. At present he is president of the Santa Clara County Teachers Association. Dana and his wife and threeyear-old son, Charles H. Dana, Jr., will establish their home here soon. Fs it New Teacher At the last meeting of the and “The Last Bandit,” will present a musical routine. The Alexander Brothers are billed for a variety act. Mason-Kahn Dancers, an eightgirl dancing and singing group. Don Raymond in “Musical Novelty Moments.” Eddie Bartell, impressionist mimic and comic. The Mandarins, acrobatsand jugglers. BERLINER HEADS NC SHOOL BOARD Harold A. Berliner, attorney, printing shop proprietor, chamber of commerce director and general chairman for the Hydraulic Centennial, added another duty to his program this week by accepting the chairmanship of the Nevada City Elementary School District board of trustees. He succeeds Dr. B. W. Hummelt. Mrs. Frances Smith _ ,third member of school board, was reelected secretary to the group. Abraham Lincoln observed that render more pleasant, The money scrambles to be} ctronger and more durable the held in front of the National (Continued on page 6)) bond of social and political union ) among the people. board of trustees the elementary school jteaching staff was set up for the coming year. One addition . to the faculty is Rev. M. O. Dun. lap, at present the pastor of the Methodist Church. . GOP LEADERS TO MEET AUGUST 9 Republican leaders of the Second Congressional District will meet in Grass Valley August 9. The meeting date was announced last Sunday at a meeting of GOP leaders in Quincy, Plumas County. Twelve of the 19 counties of the district attended the Quincy meeting. Jules Gehrhart of Chico, chairman of the district political organization, described the present series of meetings as “getting ready for the electon of 1954.” He said party leaders have interviewed one prospective candidate for the seat now held by Congressman Clare Engle and that others will be interviewed in the future. Mrs. Shoemaker, a leader in Nevada County Republican circles, will be in charge of the Grass Valley meeting.

cS UGGET: SERVING THE NEVADA COUNTY COMMUNITIES OF NEVADA CITY, GRASS VALLEY. RED DOG, YOU BET, TOWN TALK. GLENRROOK, LITTLE YORK, CHEROKEE, 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, 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. Volume 27, No 29 Nevada City, Nevada County, California, “Thursday, July 16, 1953 Price Five Cents NEW SCHOOL SERVICE IS ANNOUNCED Rura! Schools Will Receive Weekly Film And Book Service Melville O. Johns, County school superintendent, today outlined plans for the Inby structional Materials Center—a service which will bring films, charts, pictures and fictional and TOURIST ATTRACTION Nevada . ge? non-fictional books to all schools . 3% of Nevada,, Placer, Sierra and Alpinc counties. A weekly delivery service to the schools of Piacer and Nevada counties and mail service to Alpine and Sierra counties, wil) bring a steady flow of new instructional materials to all students. Fast Service The center will be located in the Lincoln Way School in Auburn. All teachers and administrators will have a Library of Congress card catalogue from which to order materials. In surveying the materials available, Dr. George Ormsby, consultant of the Audio-Visual Department for,the State Department of Education, has advocated the addition of 100 AudioVisual titles to add to the 90 of Nevada County and the 260 of Placer County, which will bring the total of 460 titles, which he explains will be a minimum adequate service. An Experiment Dr. Frank M.Wright, chief of the Division of Public School Adrninistration, has-approved the plan and hopes that the experiment is successful so that it could be suggested on a co-operative basis to other areas of the State to increase the service and cut the cost of the operation. The State Department of Education is making some funds available to help with the financial obligations of the operation. The Nevada County Library of 1200 volumes will be added to the number from Placer County; this total and those which will be purchased, will bring the library service to a standard operating level. A Nevada County committee has been appointed to recommend the audio-visual titles and books to. be purchased. . All Participate A coordinating committee composed of Al Bequette, superintendent of schools; Charles Parsons, administrative , assistant; DeEtte Winter, supervisor of instruction’ and Wilma _ Rogers, chief. librarian—all of Placer County and County Superintendent of Schools Johns and Martin W. Sword, administrative assistant of Nevada County, has been created at the present time which wil] be augmented with teachers and administrators in the future. JURY FINDS FORMER NID BOOKKEEPER GUILTY OF GRAND THEFT “A-jury of ten women ard two ‘men required one hour, 25 minutes to find Alvin Burke, former head bookkeeper for the Nevada Irrigation District, guilty of grand theft. Date for judgment is Jply 24. Burke was charged with taking a‘car from ‘“Ossie’’ Osborne, Grass Valley used car dealer, and paying for it with a worthless check. He was arrested in Reno, Nevada, and returned to Nevada City where he was freed on bail Thousands of tourists annually visit the Malakoff Hydraulic Diggings near North Bloomfield where the great mining barons of past decades blasted the mountains with their titanic monitors. The once-raw scars in the landscape have eroded into beautifud fluted cliffs and pinnacles which are now a, mecca for artists, phofographers and sightseers. The centennial of the first hydraulic operation near Nevada City in 1853 will be celebrated in Nevada City August 1 and 2. ' a month jago. HYDRAULIC CENTENNIAL PROGRAM SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Gold Display--Nevada County’s wealth before your eyes. 3:00 p.m. Money Scramble—for kids under 12, from the balconies of two Gold Rush hotels. 4:00 p.m. Hydraulic Exhibition—See how gold was washed from our hills 100 years ago. 7:30 p.m. Liars’ Contest—A revival of a favorite Miners’ Pastime. 8:30 p.m. Torchlight Procession—Mardi-Gras style entries: hilarious figures, horrible figures parade for your enjoyment in the cool of the evening. 9:30 p.m. “A Night in Barker's Exchange” —An entertainment packed open air show with a touch of our golden history—An eye and ear treat of can-can girls, barber shop quartette ballads, comedy and many many other features. (Nominal admi$sion charge to this feature only.) 9°30 p.m. Square Dancing—See the gaily costumed groups from all over Northern California who will be our guests. Join in their dancing fun or come to watch it. 10:30 to 1:00 am. Street Dancing—Free, of course. SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 2:00 p.m. Baseball Game—at lovely Pioneer Park. 4: “o p.m. Hose Cart Race—For the Championship of Northern CaliCalifornia. First Annual Trophy to be awarded the winning Fire Company. 8:30 p.m. The Hydracapers—This beautiful review, featuring the 18 mermaids is known as California's finest watershow. See them perform under the pines and stars — but come early if you want a seat. Free, of course. 8:30 p.m. “A Night in Barker's Exchange”—Repeat performance of Saturday’s great show. To fill in free time between features visit Nevada County Historical, Museum, open both days and evenings and see the store windows . specially decorated with historical relics for your pleasure. Supervisors Follow Economic Trend Economy -minded Nevada County supervisors this week sharpened their big axe and lopped off a series of proposed appropriations for the county’s 1953-1954 budget. The economy wave that swept the supervisorial chambers cut the following proposed expenditures: 1. They turned down the proposal of the Nevada County Water Pollution Committee for the retaining of a county sanitarian. 2. For the first time in many years they declined to make any appropriation for county promotion. 3. They cut off the annual aid to the Nevada County Historical Society for maintaining the county museum. 4.'They refused a request form the county school department for a bookkeeping machine. e Spent Some Too On the spending side, however, they approved the hiring of an assistant farm advisor and voted $2,300 for a car for him. They approved also, the hiring of a purchasing agent and the estabFUN 1S THEME OF HYDRAULIC CENTENNIAL Pageant, Parade, Money Scramble, Cart Race And Hydracapers!! When Edward E. Matteson, a gold rush placer miner, fastened a crude wooden nozzle into a section of canvas hose and started squirting a jet of water against a gravel bank near Nevada City, he sired the hydraulic mining industry. His simple device in less than three decades grew into the county’s greatest dnd most controversial industry. Matteson Honored He died penniless and alone in the Navada County Hospital not knowing that the people of Nevada City would honor him on August 1 and 2, 1953—the centennial of his discovery. ‘ But on those dates Nevada Ctiy will uncork one of the most colorful celebrations in th history of the hills. Harold A. Berliner, celebration chairman said last night that: all angles of the program were rolling smoothly. Eighteen teenagers and adults are preparing entries for the night parade to be known as the March of Mirth. Elva Sigourney, parade chairman, said today she expects mahy more to come into the procession during the next two weeks. One of the most unusual divisions ever to appear in a local parade will be the “decorated pets” section. Opening rehearsal for the hislishment of a central purchasing office. Several weeks ago they also: approved a substantial salary boost for Superior Judge ‘Snell. Reluctant

The supervisors relustantly approved a $4,900 budget item for the instruction of mentally retarded children and said the approval was only granted because the expenditure was mandatory. Note: Departmental budget ‘. totals will be’ published in the Nugget next Thursday. toric pageant “ A Night In Barkers Echange,” goes into an intensive rehearsal program next Friday night. The pageant will portray activities in Nevada Cty one century ago when hydraulic. mining was born. Verle “Puss” Gray reported today that his Hydracapers at Pioneer Park pool is already in rehearsal and will far exceed any previous water shows held here. I fairs [CAP OFFICIALS END . . FOUR DAY TOUR OF MARKING WRECKAGE Seventy — miles of hiking . through some of the roughest ter. rain’ in northwestern California . has been completed by Captain E. R. Stoddard of Nevada City and First Sergeant E. A. Espinoza of Grass Valley, both of the North San Juan Unit of the Civi! Air Patrok of the U.S. Air Force. Their mission was to paint large yellow crosses at the scene of plane crashes during the past three years. The crosses painted in the wreckage or nearby rocks is designed to notify search planes that the wrecks are not new ones. One of the crash scenes was seven miles north of Fall River Mills. Another was 30 miles north of Chester. The wreckage of a F4-U U.S. Navy fighter plane was marked 40 miles northwest of Alturas. Another crash scene was south of Fall River Mills. After completing the four sign jobs in the northern part of the state the two officers moved to Camptonville, Yuba: County and a crash scene near the Narrows Dam on the Yuba River. Another smashed plane was marked near Rough and Ready. Capt. Stoddard said they drove a close as possible to the crash scene over logging or mine roads, and after that it was hiking, much of it in rugged terrain. The officer said the wreckage was removed wherever possible but in many cases removal was . impossible. He also said that in’ nearly all cases the bodies had been removed, in some cases with the aid of ropes and slings. He pointed out, however, that it was impossible to even remove the bodies after a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. The place wase closed to mountain climbers for a two-year period. Capt. Stoddard urged flyers to notify the CAP squadron if they sight unmarked plane wreckages. He asked also.that they determine, as close as possible, the location of such wreckage. NC FAIR BOOKS VAUDEVILLE SHOW Loyle Freeman, manager of the Nevada County Fair which opens its gates August 27 for four big days and nights, today announced the entertainment features booked for the exposition. Jack Reese Jr., with long experience n show business, will be master of ceremonies for the following acts: Phil Arden with motion picture experience in ‘Fighting Mad,” “Land of the Lawless” HUGHES NAMED NEVADA COUNTY URCHASER Newly Appointed Official Will Set Up Central Purchasing System Clare Hughes, Grass Valley business man and chairman of the board of freeholders which framed the new Grass Valley city charter, was appointed Nevada County purchasing agent by the county supervisors late yesterday. Hughes will take over the post upon completion of a new draft of the county salary ordinance. He will receive $255 monthly and will be quartered in the county road commissioners office. He will handle all county purchases under a plan’ which supplants a system in which the large county departments such as the road division, and the county hospital, do their own purchasing. The starting salary will be $255 a month and can progress. by steps to $310 monthly. CHARLES H. DANA OF SAN JOSE 1S NEW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Charles H. Dana of San Jose, an administrator and educator with 30 years of experience, is the new principal of the Nevada City Elementary School, succeeding Bruce Foreman who resigned two months ago after failing to agree with the trustees on salary for the job. Dana was the choice of a field of 27 teachers and administrators seeking the position which pays $5,800 a year. Dana was born in San Jose 49 years ago and received his education there. He received his bachelor’s degree at San Jose State College and won his master’s degree at Stanford University. « Wide Experience He has taught at Cloverdale, Denair, Oceano and San Jose. Since 1939 he has been principal of the Evergreen Elementary School near San Jose. At present he is president of the Santa Clara County Teachers Association. Dana and his wife and threeyear-old son, Charles H. Dana, Jr., will establish their home here soon. Fs it New Teacher At the last meeting of the and “The Last Bandit,” will present a musical routine. The Alexander Brothers are billed for a variety act. Mason-Kahn Dancers, an eightgirl dancing and singing group. Don Raymond in “Musical Novelty Moments.” Eddie Bartell, impressionist mimic and comic. The Mandarins, acrobatsand jugglers. BERLINER HEADS NC SHOOL BOARD Harold A. Berliner, attorney, printing shop proprietor, chamber of commerce director and general chairman for the Hydraulic Centennial, added another duty to his program this week by accepting the chairmanship of the Nevada City Elementary School District board of trustees. He succeeds Dr. B. W. Hummelt. Mrs. Frances Smith _ ,third member of school board, was reelected secretary to the group. Abraham Lincoln observed that render more pleasant, The money scrambles to be} ctronger and more durable the held in front of the National (Continued on page 6)) bond of social and political union ) among the people. board of trustees the elementary school jteaching staff was set up for the coming year. One addition . to the faculty is Rev. M. O. Dun. lap, at present the pastor of the Methodist Church. . GOP LEADERS TO MEET AUGUST 9 Republican leaders of the Second Congressional District will meet in Grass Valley August 9. The meeting date was announced last Sunday at a meeting of GOP leaders in Quincy, Plumas County. Twelve of the 19 counties of the district attended the Quincy meeting. Jules Gehrhart of Chico, chairman of the district political organization, described the present series of meetings as “getting ready for the electon of 1954.” He said party leaders have interviewed one prospective candidate for the seat now held by Congressman Clare Engle and that others will be interviewed in the future. Mrs. Shoemaker, a leader in Nevada County Republican circles, will be in charge of the Grass Valley meeting.