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33rd Year, No, 27
RIDGE, UNION CEDAR
SELBY FLAT, GRIZZLY HILL,
QUAKER HILL. '
Entries being made aaily at the ‘est kids, lady pee gent, will be}
fair office indicate stiff competition in every department at the
August Nevada County Fair.
dIMrs. Louise Zadow, the oldest
kid at the 1958~ fair (age 94),
is working hard on entries. for
the clothing and textile division,
she expects _ to give
younger kids in the ‘adultsion a run for the prizes. :
And while we're reporting on
theré will be a kid’s day
again on Thursday, -August 27,
with free-admission during the
daytime for kids 12 and under,
10 cent rides, lots of races and
contests under the sueprvision of
John Valentino, assisted by that
inimitable entertainer of kids of
Yall ages, Bozo the Clown, and
Smokey,
With —-prizes ‘being contributed
by ‘the oem merchants. The oldwhere
kids:
LT EN NT
the Bear, in person
are:
Ousley,
pus,
means
work toward a goal which all
have found desirable.
est Berry, assistant vice president
of Bank of America, Los Angeles,
presented a check for $4,600 to
help cover expenses of the 500
delegates from 48 counties during their stay at the conference.
Bah
Steril
Skeet Viscia, John Looser, and
Banner Grange helped to sponsor
th
4-H Club work, were: Public
presentations, judging, exhibits,
careers, song leading, utilizing
co
ca
derstanding “younger members,
discussion,
public speaking,
personal improvement.
To help run their own conferen
ed
group games, conference newspape
ities, recreation, evaluation, closing ceremony,
tions. :
Four members of the International Farm Youth Exchange
Program, three from Burma and
one from New Zealand, spoke
about their own countries and
gave some of their impressions
of
Delegates got a taste of college
life by living in the’student dormitories and eating meals in the
college cafeteria.
Lake Tahoe Road
Work Resumed
Placer County Road Commissioner Bruno Bacci stated this
week that work was resumed
June 22 on the project to improve
the Truckee Short Cut from 5.6
miles north of Kings Beach to the
Nevada County line.
tion operations were suspended
for the winter last Novembere.
_ The contract cals for the con. struction of a two-lane roadway
by
grade of the existing road. The .
section is to be graded and sur-!
faced
University of California Agricul. Werk on the project is being
3 dane by
Six delegates
Vickie Engstrom,
who
influencing — people
At the opening ceremony, ForThis event is sponsored by the
al Extension Service and the
of America. Tabe Bishop,
Boothby, Dave ,Maltman
€ local delegates.
Training sessions, dealing with
mmunity resources, communition, community ‘service, unteaching methods,
meetings, and
ces, junior leaders participatin workshops on publicity,
r, music, assemblies and faciland communicalife in California.
Construcimproving the elignment and
with plant-mix material
a bituminous binder.
the Granite Construcfrom Nevada
County returned home Friday,
June 19, from the 4-H Glub junior
leader conference in Santa Barbara on the University of California campus.
Nevada County. junior leaders
Sharon
Frank Milhous, Nancy
Janson, David Casper, and Michael EHsworth. .
The conference, with “Adyeni
ture in Leadership” as its mye ;
was planned to teach outstandi
“junior Teaders better methods «
leadership. This goal was mentioned by Dr. Ralph Nair, assistant director, Office of Relations
with Schools, Santa Barbara camsaid that leadership
to
include Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks,
Carmichael, Folsom, and Orangevale.
‘Enter Co. Fair In
lands a pie gers to enter this
year’s floriculture department at
the Placer County Fair for the
first time, . it was annoonced by}
Charles” Lauppe, © director
coe ee datesare August
awarded a nice fat prize, too.
ful show.
4-H livestock members to get
their entries in as soon as they
can so that sufficient space can
be laid out by the management
to accommodate the exhibits.
The board of directors have to
make good their promise to supply adequate sleeping accommodations for the 4-H livestoek girls
by purchase of 10 double deck
bunk beds for the dormitory.
The FFA boys have sent in all
of their cntries,
Farm centers and @ranges and
4-H clubs who have. not filed
their entryies should get them
into the fair office right away.
Garden Clubs To
Placer County
Garden clubs of North Highin
Mining and ‘mineral entries .
1 promise an exces nay beauti-~}
Manager M. Hammill urges all
: that thereof now within the
5 peisiehn right of way must be
moved m the
The Division of Highway will
conduct a public auction to sell
improvements. located on state
Sign Route 49 in Nevada County,
at 206 Bank Street, Grass Valley.
The sale will begin at 11:30 aan.
on July 7.
The item te be sold is a ey
Story frame house with’ porches
containing approximately 2,010
Square feet. It was formerly
minimum acceptable bid is $50.
This house must be sold in connection with the proposed. freeway project through Grass Valley and Nevada City.
Full purchase price including
sales tax, if required, must be
paid at the time of sale on any
posit under $100 will be ac.eptni items selling for more than
1
The successful bidder wili be
the balante being due withinin
10 days, Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays. excluded. Personal
check will not be accepted.
The improvements ,or the te
state
Purchaser is to “supply a “satisfactory faithful performance bond
of $500 within 10 days from date
of sale, Sundays and holidays exBooths entered by clubs 784
vie for prizes ranging from $7
for fire to
cluded.
The improvements will be open
highway right of way on State =
owned by Charles Strick and the}
item sold under $100, and no de-}
required to make the specified srt
deposit of cash, cashier’s or certi-.
fied check at the time of auction, .
tC mio LITTLE YORK. CHEROKEE.
SUG. RELIEF HILL. WASHINGTON,
tK, WOLF. CHRISTMAS HILL. LIBERTY
. and TRI-COUNTY NEWS
MOONEY FLAT, SWEETLAND. ALPHA,
BLUE TENT, _LaBARR ke pda
HILL, S.
HILL, NORTH COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA HILL, BF
"S FLAT. REMINGTON HILL. ANTHONY HOU
$3.00 Per Year—
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-. deaths and accidents that invaria
Firew ks ii
Who put “eseielvteid ing
Fourth of July?
Much of the credit goes to Sein
Adams, according to The World
Book Encyclopedia. The Founding Fathers declared that. Independence Day “ought to be solemnized with pomp and _ parade,
with shows, games, sports, guns,
bells, bonfires, and illuminations,
from one eénd of this continent
to the other, from this time forward for evermore.”
So, from that time forward, the
birthday of the U.S. has been f.
marked by brilliant explosions. of
color and noise and the
ably accompany them.
Americans, however, got the
idea from the Arabs, who merely
copied the Chinese.
In 1232 A.D., when a Chinese
city was besieged by Mongols,
the defenders cooked up a batch
of satt peter, sulfur and charcoal
and frightened their attackers
with “arrows of flying fire.”
Arabs were quick to copy these
weapons, which probably were
rockets. The Crusaders brought
jthem back to Europe, where the
Italians discovered that they
Made fancy exhibitions as well
as formidable weapons.
By the time fireworks spread
to England and France, figures
and structures of wood dnd plaster had been added.
_played
}stand.
reported.
$25 for sixth, Lauppe . for inspection on July 7 from 11
a.m. to sale ttime.
Hoping to stay on top of the
heap, the Grass Valley Braves
will take on the Lincoln Potters
Sunday afternoon in the third
game of the second half of PlacerNevada League play at the Fairgrounds in Grass Valley.
With a 2-win 0-loss_ record,
the Braves will have to be at
full strength Sunday to give the
Potters battle. Lincoln last week
gave the Twin Cities Merchants
a seare when the Merchants
squeezed out a 3-to-1 win in the
late innings on three unearned
runs.
The Braves, who will be facing
one of the best pitchers in the
league in LeRoy Stevens, will
have to have their hitting shoes
on to come out on top in this
game. :
In last week’s contest, tHe
Braves were out-hit 11 to 7, but
1 error ball while Auburn committed 4 errors to give
the Braves a 7-to-4 win.
Game .time will be 2:30, with
admission 50 cents for adults and
25 cents for students. Braves directors will man the concession
Braves Take On Lincoln Team Sunday
First Big ‘Home Show’
Slated For Cow Palace
Comé September, the San Francisco-San Mateo Cow Palace will
assume another role: that of the
showcase for all that’s new, modern, utilitarian and estheic in
the field of home design, furnishing and setting.
The occasion will be the first
annual San Francisco Bay Area
Home Show, September 25 to October 4, inclusive.
The main arena, familiar to
thousands as the scene of highstyle horse shows and rip-roaring rodeos, -prize fights, basketball games, religious gathernigs
and political conventions, will,
according to the promoters, become a beautifully designed show
A junior at Mt. St. Mary’s.
eyes.
Employed 3 daysa week se Bud Miller’s aren Grass Valley.
Age 16 years. Dark hair, blue
Sponsored by Bud Miller’s Gym.
case for the exhibition of architectural and decorative materials,
appliances, furniture, patio and
garden products, plumbing, heating and air B ager yarns _
Fourth Of July
FRIDAY—
T P.M—Ir. Chisdber
_ SATURDAY—
10 A. M.—Parade. —
Lake.
* Road.
3-4 P. M.—Fire
_ Faces, ete.
rear of Memorial Building
Jalopy Races at the Fair ir Groundd,
Disbandment at Pibieees
Field. Patriotic Services and display of
floats inthe afternoon.
Noon— Latter Day Saints barbéque “at Lidde: x
Barbeque and Horse Show
at Horsemen’ s =. Idaho-Maryland
: ley vs. Revese City—water Agee: tart”
of Commeree Hi-Jinks in :
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KENNEDY
bes
4ternal Revenue.
ment and are lotated in all In-})
In 1520, when Henry VIII met
Francis I on the Field of Ahe
Cloth of Gold in nothern France,
the historic moment was celebrated by the appearance of a
huge .dragon = that. t
across the sky “breathing fire.
By the 1600s, fireworks had developed into such an art that two
schools of thought had arisen to
argue over methods of display.
The Southern School, centered
in Italy, concentrated on _buildAuburn Firm Makes
Low Culvert Bids
A low bid of $919.50 has been
received by the Division of Highways to install corrugated metal
pipe culverts at. two locations
adjacent to the state highway in
NevadaCounty on State Sign
Route 49 at 0.2 mile and 1.7 miles
northerly of the Bear River
bridge.
The low offer was submitted
by Simpson & Simpson, Inc., of
received.
The project will effect a correccondition.
The birthday of the US.,
eyclopedia.
mndered }<
Rain to date.. 2.00.
Rain last year ......0.:.
cobain 58 a
June 26 12.00.0205. 80. 55
June 27 «12.2.0.. 80 «sé tig
June 28 ...:.2 81° “54 ons
June 29 02. $2 $2 poe
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Rain.-to date...:.c:66 36.24
Rain to daté....2.2... 72.16
) Fourth OF July
t ing eleaborate structures such as
‘castles and temples, from which
the fireworks were exploded. The
technique of setting off the fireworks was shrouded in ‘mystery.
_The Northern School, influenced by the Protestant movement in Germany, thought the
Italian. procedure smacked of
popery. The Northerners exhibitedtheir fireworks. before the
show, for all to admire, and. then
made them the important part
of the display.
While the twoeschools fumed
ever their firecrackers, fireworks
crossed the Atlantic and became
an American institution.
Parent Education
Workshop July 13-22
education teachers and ParentTeacher and other community
leaders will bé the Parent Education Workshop in Methods and
Materials, co-sponsored by the
California Congress of Parents
and Teachers, the Bureau of Adult
Education of the State Department of Education, and the University of California Extension
Division, to be held at the UniJuly 13 to 22, 1959.
Up-to-date information on the
growth, development and psy(pre-school through adolescence)
and methods of adult group leadership will be presented by Milton Babitz of the bureau of adult
Mrs.
Peanada Nolan, parent education
coordinator,
coordinator of parent
Glendale Unifield School: District.
Practical principles of community cooperatoin, especilaly in
terms of Parent-Teacher .Association leade , will be developed
by CCPT ntatives under
the eo on of Mrs. Winston
Clare of Los Angeles, director of
the department of parent” and
family life. education.
Lifezuard Service
At Folsom Lake
Lifeguards are now on duty at
Folsom Lake State Park from 10
a.m.to 6 p.m:
Lifeguard services are providAuburn, and was one of six bids . ed at Beale”s Point and the Granite Bay. swimming areas seven
days a week. The hours will be
tion of an unsatisfactory drainage . extended into the evening as the
warm days come on.
Increased attendance at ‘the
the}swimming areas has brought
Fourth of July, did not Become. about the need for this service. —
a legal public holiday until 1941} As many as 3,000 persons at oneaccording to The World Book En-. time werer in the Granite Bay
swimming area.
Members and guests of the
Sacramento Doll Club enjoyed{of Mrs. Gladys Cross in Grass
Valley on the 18th of June. Lenore Coughim of Nevada City
and Gladys Martin of Sacramento
were co-hostesses.
Due to so many members being away on vacation the regular
business was dispensed with and
dolls in general were discussed.
Entries to the State Fair were
Internal Revenue
Seeks More Help
Immediate vacancies for a_considerable number of revenue
agent civil srevice positions were
announced recently ¥ Joseph M.
Cullen, district direc InThese professional accounting u
positions start at $4,980 with excellent possibilities for advanceternal Revenue Service offices in
Northern California. f
Four years of college training
with a major in accounting normally qualifies a person for the
Sacramento Doll Club ‘Meets In c
left up to each member.
ence Elledge of Fair ye ge and
Edith Hancock of Grass
with Mildred McDonald, Florence
Rossi from Lincoln and Lenore
eens 0 of ie aieiaaes ed as ——
A poem about a doll ,;
an outdoor luncheon at the home. in “The Children’s Hour’.
cember 25,
“Dressing Mary Ann” was read
by: Secretary Lenore Coughlin.
1889, ree ay bay
Door prizes were awarded to
Wanda Ramus of Sac
Edith Hancock of. Grass V;:
= Lenore Coughlin of Nevada
ity.
Guests in attendance were Pi
Valley,
Of primary interest to parent
versity of California at Davis, .
chology of children and’ wouth
tion, Palo Alté. city scheols; Mrs. ek
Sacramento city .
schools, and Mrs. Isabelle Wiese, :