July 23, 1964 (24 pages)

7 July 23, 1964..Nevada County Nugget.. ER +E TEE Ht +P ete Ht +f THREE NEVADA Union High School freshmen put the finishing touches on cleanup of what was before they arrived the overgrown terrace section of the rear of the Bell Hill School. The boys pictured left to right, Tom Adams, Dave Adam this summer by the Grass Valley Ele the normal summer maintenance program in the district's schools. Grass Valley Student Work Program Is Grass Valley schools and the grounds around them are looking better maintained this summer because. of. six local high, school boys anda new work program initiated by district superintendent Vernon Bond. Thesix youths, whorange from freshmen to seniors, started in on a maintenance and cleanup pro~ gram July 8 and will work until August 14, Bond, who joined the Grass Valley district this year, after serving as principal in Lemoore, Trukee-Donner Incorporation Plans Efforts to incorporate the Truc~ kee -Donner area may be delayed at least a year by legal and procedural matters, but prop of the plan to make the are a city are going ahead with petitions calling for an election. The move to circulate petitions asking the Nevada County Supervisors tocall an election was an~ nounced at a recent meeting of the Truckee -Donner Chamber of Commerce. ; Many steps are required before the election including circulation of the petitions, a ruling of the county Local Agency Formation Commission, and public hearings onthe proposal before the supervisors. The Chamber of Commerce Committee headed by Dr. Ben King, is acting as 4 study group to determine benefits to the area from incorporation. Arecent feasibility report financed by private contributions indicated that the combined conr munities would benefit both from the standpoints of improved services and finances. The proposed area would include all of the property now in the Truckee Public Utility District. The district, if incorpora~ tion plans are approved, would then become 4 municipal district. Although proponents of the move are now preparing to circulate election petitions, it is felt that because of the required hearings, it will be at least the fall of 1965 before an election can be scheduled. Soroptimists Plan Grass Valley Club Mrs, Louise Polglase, president of the Soropti mist Club of Western Nevada County, has announced sponsorship of a Sorop~ timist Club for Grass Valley. The Soroptimist Club is an international organization of women in business and executive positions, It isa classified service club. with each.member repre~ senting a different business or pro -/ fession. A number of business and professional women in Grass Valley have accepted invitations to join the new club, The organization has scheduled chartering ceremonies for August 1 in the Alta Sierra Country Club. s and Jeff Smith, are part of the crew of high school youths hired mentary School District to help speed up and enlarge the scope of A Success said he got the idea for the work program here from a plan at Le moore in which students are used to assist teachers during a summer school program. Bond said he felt that there was a great deal of work to be done inthe district during the summer months and it was impossible for the regular custodians to do the job. The solution was to hire the six high school youths. The boys work six hours a day and are paid $1.50 an hour. Hennessy School custodian Harold Rowe is in charge of the work crew. The soundness of the program is evidenced in the work already accomplished. The baseball stops andthe bleachers at the Hennessy School have been painted, all the lawn cutting and weeding at the district's three schools has been done, the rear of the Washington School has been cleaned up, top soil placed and a new lawn planted, and the crew is now working to clean up the overgrown and unsightly area to the rear of the Bell Hill School. In addition tothis work already accomplished, the boys, under Rowe's guidance, will put new tops on tables and desks and will help with the regular summer painting jobs required in the schools. Bond said the total cost of the summer work program should be about $1,200, He added that he felt the district was getting full value for its money. , $4 SHEL EEE ree i — ~The Murdered And The Murderer Grumbled QUAKER HILL 1861 It was fall in Quaker Hill and the cool nights reminded the miners of the long mountain winter ahead, Some took time from mining to prepare their own wood supply; others took on the job of cutting for pay. Wage earn ing didn 't come easy tothese men who had spent up to ten years on their own in the California mines. A man named Hall had been paid to cut wood for Tim Lewis who felt his time too valuable. He was getting close to something big. He was excited and short tempered. Lewisremarkedto Hall, whom he considered a failure as an in~dependent miner, that.the wood Hall had stacked and cut was corded up with a large amount of chips. Lewishadn't stopped to say" this but let it out the side of his mouth as he passed the sweating woodcutter. "You lie", Hall shouted at him. This stopped Lewis at his porch where his hand closed around the head of a rusted pick stuck in the porch pillar. He whirled and threw Wildfires On The Increase This Year Forest and range wildfires reported in California thus far in 1964 are occurring at a rate far in excess of last year, according to figures compiled by Keep California Green, Inc. , the voluntary fire prevention ~education organ~ ization. More than 1400 fires had been reported by early July, the latest date for which accurate statistics are available. This number is half again that reported at the same date in 1963. But the greatest increase is in the wildlands acreage damaged; thisis five imes the comparable 1963 figures: Combined reports from the California Division of Forestry andthe U.S. Forest Service show: total acreage burned in 1964 of 18,978 and 4,524 in 1963. Of’ these totals, there were 1132 man-caused and 276 lightning fires this year and770 man-caused and 227 lightning fires last year. All man-caused fires can be considered preventable. Keep Green points out. The majority result from careless smokers, rec~ reationists, debris burning and incendiarists. The Keep Green organization Bond has indicated to the disalsocautionsthat we are just now trict trustees that he would like them to consider starting a sum~ mer school, The success of this: summer work program with high school students may be a step in that direction. S approaching the time of the year of greatest fire danger and re-~ quests that all outdoor users exer~ cise maximum care with burning materials, whatever the circumstance. it at Hall. Hall was moving when. the pick struck and it glanced off his side but the flesh wound bled badly. Lewis’ hand had been cut by the rusted pick and it too bled though the wound was only super~ ficial. Lewis’ roommate came out of the house before eithér man in the. yard had moved and seeing the blood he caught his horse and rode bareback to Nevada for Doc Hunt. The Doctor heard the story that the partner had been run through with a rusty pick and was bleeding to death, The murderer was right: now escaping, the man told the sheriff. The Doctor left immediately and pushed his horse to its limit. When he reached Quaker Hill he found Lewis sitting quietly in no need of his ministrations, When asked, Lewis said Hall had left quite angrily but in no pain. Meanwhile, the sheriff had taken the partner's advice as to where the murderer would go to hide and was out scouring the heavily populated mining district along Greenhorn Creek. The murdered and the mut~ derer grumbled under their breathes and.went about their business. Exhibitors Are Requested To Enter Now Nevada County District Fair Manager, Malcolm E. Hammill is requesting all exhibitors in the junior and senior livestock, arts & crafts, painting, photography, lumber, minerals and mining departments to bring or mail their entry form and fee (not the article) to the fair office prior to July 24. The Grass Valley Junior Cham~ber of Commerce Convention will be held at the fairgrounds, beginning July 31. Many of these oe and their families will begin to arrive at the fairgrounds on Friday, July 31. Over 1500 JC's are expected for this convention. In order for the fair personnel tohandle all entries and to avoid a last minute pile-up, Hammill wishes to receive the entries in the above mentioned departments just as soon as possible, And he hopes to have them in prior to July 24. The office staff at the fairgrounds are now accepting entries in all departments.’ The office is open daily Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m, Any exhibitor-who cannot get to the fair office during this period, can mail their entry form and fee to. P.O, Box 1104, Grass Valley.

7 July 23, 1964...Nevada County Nugget... ER +E TEE Ht +P ete Ht +f THREE NEVADA Union High School freshmen put the finishing touches on cleanup of what was before they arrived the overgrown terrace section of the rear of the Bell Hill School. The boys pictured left to right, Tom Adams, Dave Adam this summer by the Grass Valley Ele the normal summer maintenance program in the district's schools. Grass Valley Student Work Program Is Grass Valley schools and the grounds around them are looking better maintained this summer because. of. six local high, school boys anda new work program initiated by district superintendent Vernon Bond. Thesix youths, whorange from freshmen to seniors, started in on a maintenance and cleanup pro~ gram July 8 and will work until August 14, Bond, who joined the Grass Valley district this year, after serving as principal in Lemoore, Trukee-Donner Incorporation Plans Efforts to incorporate the Truc~ kee -Donner area may be delayed at least a year by legal and procedural matters, but prop of the plan to make the are a city are going ahead with petitions calling for an election. The move to circulate petitions asking the Nevada County Supervisors tocall an election was an~ nounced at a recent meeting of the Truckee -Donner Chamber of Commerce. ; Many steps are required before the election including circulation of the petitions, a ruling of the county Local Agency Formation Commission, and public hearings onthe proposal before the supervisors. The Chamber of Commerce Committee headed by Dr. Ben King, is acting as 4 study group to determine benefits to the area from incorporation. Arecent feasibility report financed by private contributions indicated that the combined conr munities would benefit both from the standpoints of improved services and finances. The proposed area would include all of the property now in the Truckee Public Utility District. The district, if incorpora~ tion plans are approved, would then become 4 municipal district. Although proponents of the move are now preparing to circulate election petitions, it is felt that because of the required hearings, it will be at least the fall of 1965 before an election can be scheduled. Soroptimists Plan Grass Valley Club Mrs, Louise Polglase, president of the Soropti mist Club of Western Nevada County, has announced sponsorship of a Sorop~ timist Club for Grass Valley. The Soroptimist Club is an international organization of women in business and executive positions, It isa classified service club. with each.member repre~ senting a different business or pro -/ fession. A number of business and professional women in Grass Valley have accepted invitations to join the new club, The organization has scheduled chartering ceremonies for August 1 in the Alta Sierra Country Club. s and Jeff Smith, are part of the crew of high school youths hired mentary School District to help speed up and enlarge the scope of A Success said he got the idea for the work program here from a plan at Le moore in which students are used to assist teachers during a summer school program. Bond said he felt that there was a great deal of work to be done inthe district during the summer months and it was impossible for the regular custodians to do the job. The solution was to hire the six high school youths. The boys work six hours a day and are paid $1.50 an hour. Hennessy School custodian Harold Rowe is in charge of the work crew. The soundness of the program is evidenced in the work already accomplished. The baseball stops andthe bleachers at the Hennessy School have been painted, all the lawn cutting and weeding at the district's three schools has been done, the rear of the Washington School has been cleaned up, top soil placed and a new lawn planted, and the crew is now working to clean up the overgrown and unsightly area to the rear of the Bell Hill School. In addition tothis work already accomplished, the boys, under Rowe's guidance, will put new tops on tables and desks and will help with the regular summer painting jobs required in the schools. Bond said the total cost of the summer work program should be about $1,200, He added that he felt the district was getting full value for its money. , $4 SHEL EEE ree i — ~The Murdered And The Murderer Grumbled QUAKER HILL 1861 It was fall in Quaker Hill and the cool nights reminded the miners of the long mountain winter ahead, Some took time from mining to prepare their own wood supply; others took on the job of cutting for pay. Wage earn ing didn 't come easy tothese men who had spent up to ten years on

their own in the California mines. A man named Hall had been paid to cut wood for Tim Lewis who felt his time too valuable. He was getting close to something big. He was excited and short tempered. Lewisremarkedto Hall, whom he considered a failure as an in~dependent miner, that.the wood Hall had stacked and cut was corded up with a large amount of chips. Lewishadn't stopped to say" this but let it out the side of his mouth as he passed the sweating woodcutter. "You lie", Hall shouted at him. This stopped Lewis at his porch where his hand closed around the head of a rusted pick stuck in the porch pillar. He whirled and threw Wildfires On The Increase This Year Forest and range wildfires reported in California thus far in 1964 are occurring at a rate far in excess of last year, according to figures compiled by Keep California Green, Inc. , the voluntary fire prevention ~education organ~ ization. More than 1400 fires had been reported by early July, the latest date for which accurate statistics are available. This number is half again that reported at the same date in 1963. But the greatest increase is in the wildlands acreage damaged; thisis five imes the comparable 1963 figures: Combined reports from the California Division of Forestry andthe U.S. Forest Service show: total acreage burned in 1964 of 18,978 and 4,524 in 1963. Of’ these totals, there were 1132 man-caused and 276 lightning fires this year and770 man-caused and 227 lightning fires last year. All man-caused fires can be considered preventable. Keep Green points out. The majority result from careless smokers, rec~ reationists, debris burning and incendiarists.. The Keep Green organization Bond has indicated to the disalsocautionsthat we are just now trict trustees that he would like them to consider starting a sum~ mer school, The success of this: summer work program with high school students may be a step in that direction. S approaching the time of the year of greatest fire danger and re-~ quests that all outdoor users exer~ cise maximum care with burning materials, whatever the circumstance. it at Hall. Hall was moving when. the pick struck and it glanced off his side but the flesh wound bled badly. Lewis’ hand had been cut by the rusted pick and it too bled though the wound was only super~ ficial. Lewis’ roommate came out of the house before eithér man in the. yard had moved and seeing the blood he caught his horse and rode bareback to Nevada for Doc Hunt. The Doctor heard the story that the partner had been run through with a rusty pick and was bleeding to death, The murderer was right: now escaping, the man told the sheriff. The Doctor left immediately and pushed his horse to its limit. When he reached Quaker Hill he found Lewis sitting quietly in no need of his ministrations, When asked, Lewis said Hall had left quite angrily but in no pain. Meanwhile, the sheriff had taken the partner's advice as to where the murderer would go to hide and was out scouring the heavily populated mining district along Greenhorn Creek. The murdered and the mut~ derer grumbled under their breathes and.went about their business. Exhibitors Are Requested To Enter Now Nevada County District Fair Manager, Malcolm E. Hammill is requesting all exhibitors in the junior and senior livestock, arts & crafts, painting, photography, lumber, minerals and mining departments to bring or mail their entry form and fee (not the article) to the fair office prior to July 24. The Grass Valley Junior Cham~ber of Commerce Convention will be held at the fairgrounds, beginning July 31. Many of these oe and their families will begin to arrive at the fairgrounds on Friday, July 31. Over 1500 JC's are expected for this convention. In order for the fair personnel tohandle all entries and to avoid a last minute pile-up, Hammill wishes to receive the entries in the above mentioned departments just as soon as possible, And he hopes to have them in prior to July 24. The office staff at the fairgrounds are now accepting entries in all departments.’ The office is open daily Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m, Any exhibitor-who cannot get to the fair office during this period, can mail their entry form and fee to. P.O, Box 1104, Grass Valley.