July 30, 1959 (6 pages)

lan Ottley, A} s July July 29 ... 94 . Rain to date: QUAKER HILL. WILLOW VALLEY. NEWTOWN, INDIAN 33rd Year, No. 31. Henness Pass Trip Set For August $-9. S It’s Henness Pass Jeep Trip pants over 12 years of age. Bantime again! Here’s the dope onjners available ~~ this year’s junket: What to’Bring: A sleeping bag, Date:, Saturday and Sunday, . jacket in case the evening jis cool August 8 and 9. n and a Saturday lunch will suffice Leave Marysville 7 am., Ne-. for the light traveler. For those vada Gity 8 a.m., North San Juan. Who are real campers, let your 9.a.m., Saturday. Those leaving . °°"Science be your’ guide. -.from “Marysville will have the. General: There will be stops, chance to travel the entire his-. as in the past, at points of in“torie route. Arrangements have . terest. Those who made their been made to.camp overnight in. first trip last year will find this Marysville at Boy Scout Park on. year’s trek interesting because a 14th Street, or in Nevada City , large part of the trip willbe over read in the newspapers of the auction that was id by a government agency for the sale of 41,Surplus land surrounding Beale Air Force Base mber 10th, and the possibility that Aerojet-General bn might be the successful bidder for the land and € missile plant on a portion of this land. isn't any question but what such a plant so close. last. week combined the second ea would bea boon toeveryone. New homes, new . half of his post-session “Report id be the order of the day and mean much for . ‘¢ the People” with a busy week ‘growth of Nevada County. The announcement . 2+ his desk taking final action on ‘did not tell the eatire story. the last of 2,363 bills sent to him iny months this newspaper has stated that we id aad ommdinenrenaane, g to grow beyond our greatest expectations. We ee en eee Gov. Brown Signs Last Of Bills Sent To Him By The State ating an Economic. Development Agency, increasing aid to the aged and blind and affecting unemployment insurance. SB 43 (Seator James A. Cobey (D), Merced, and others) creating the Economic Development ncy, was the last of 35 major meas< iia og ES 3 s Governor Edmund G. Brown mond requests the cooperation of . all the citizens of the state in a'l¢ mass appeal to help reduce and j. prevent the number of man-} caused fires. Be Confirming the prediction made} ~ earlier by forest and fire officials . were at Pioneer Park, if so desired. Registration will be held in Marysville at the camp site and in Nevada City at the City Hall. Trip: From Nevada City or Marysville to Verdi, Nevada, on Saturday. Camp out at Verdi in specially reserved area. The Verdi Fire Department will host the jeepers again this year with a barbecue and street dance. Cost of the barbecue will be $1.75 for adult and $1 for children. Breakfast will be available at several good restaurants in Verdi. It will be noted that with the exception of Saturday lunch meals will be available in eateries along the way. This will enable those who so wish to travel light. Facilities for cooking out are provided for, however, at stops for those who want to be their own chefs. Leaving Verdi Sunday morning, the jeepsters will go directly to Virginia City, where a welcome awaits them. It is important that we arrive at Virginia Gity in_a group as this year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the fabulous Comstock] ness Pass Highway ‘Association was founded to commemorate the route used: to bring ore from the Comstock. It is also said to be the best route over the. Sierras. The trip terminates at Virginia City and from there on—you're on your own. ‘Vehicles are limited this year to jeeps, jeep pickups, or jeep station wagons: Registration: $1 for all particiCootiettes Meet For Social Hour Golden Canaries Cootiettes No. 252 met Monday evening, July 27, at the Veterans Building, Nevada City. After a short business session, past chief graybacks were honored guests for the social hour. Qhief Grayback Ella Meyer was hostess for the event. The tables were beautifully decorated in the Cootiette colors of red and white. The centerpiece was a white sheet cake decorated red and gold lettering and favors ‘small red “past chief grayback ties.” Past chief graybacks attending were Blanche Hatch, Nadine Gustafson, Selma Strange, Patse Phillips, Pearl Strach; Cisella Dalpez, Gwen Anderson, and Marie Daniels. Also honored but unable to attend were Mildred Tobiassen and Getta Roscoe. Party. sandwiches, cake, iced tea and coffee were served.The local club members are planning a trip to Reno Veterans Hospital August 1.Resurfacing Of SSR 20 Finished Resurfacing of State Sign Route 206 between U. S. Highway 40 northeast of Emigrant Gap and Steep Hollow, 19 miles east of Nevada City, has been completed and opened to public travel, it was announced this’ week at Division of “Highways District Ill headquarters in Marysville. The roadway of the eight-mile section was resurfaced with a blanket of plant-mixed asphaltic paving. Initiated to improve the riding and safety qualities of the. the _structural_ strength of the > traveled way. ahead of schedule by the Granite a different route. This will be explained in the bulletin issued at registration. IMPORTANT! NO SMOKING is allowed in jeeps in Tahoe National Forest. Smoking will be allowed ONLY at designated stops. Your cooperation is imperative as the woods are tinder dry, We will come, within five miles of the area devastated by the Sierraville fire and certainly no one wants to be the cause of another such holocaust. ___ JACK BRICKELL, Secretary. Retires From Army After 38 Years Brigadier General Wesley 7. Guest, commander of the Sacratoday (July 30) Parade in his honor. He is retiring from During the final week of his command he will be guest of honor at a lincheon and a reception, both taking place today. Speaking at the luncheon preceding the retirement parade will be Major General H.’ L. Scofield, Ciiief, Procurement and Distribution Division, Office. of the Chief Signal Officer. He is representing the Chief Signa] Officer at the retirement ceremonies and his address will be broadcast throughout the depot. The: parade, starting at 8 p.m., will include -Headquarters and Headquarters Company 216th Signal Depot, the 22ist Signal Company, the 504th Signal.Company, the Corps de Garde, the WAF Squadron from Mather Air ~~ Reconnaissance Squadron from McClellan Air Force Base. Color guards from the Signal Depot, McClellan AFB ,the Naval Reserve and the Marine Reserve will also participate. Music will bé furnished. by the Mather Air Foree Band of the Golden West. The climax of the retirement ceremony will be flyovers by Air Force and Army planes. The Air . Force will send over a picket plane, trainers, a jet bomber, and tanker and jet fighters: Army, liaison planes.and helicopters will After the parade, General Guest will be honored at a reception at He has served im both Europe years of service and has been Legion of Merit, and the Dishis many other awards. = ~~ Signal Depot since August, 1957. A change of command ceremony will also take place during the retirement Assuming . command of the Signal Depot will be Colonel Leo Tamamian, the present deputy commander. Colonel Tamamian, who was promoted to colonel on May 19, was stationed at the depot from April 1950 to June 1953. ‘He has of ive duty. mento Signal Depot, will review{ depot troops for the last time} at a retirement} Force Base and the 55th Weather . hoe: near the rear Itiers seve aclliig tickits for the and the Far East during his 38 . ' awarded the Bronze Star, the} hi commander of the Sacramento Young coloting; instead it looked more like an oversized grass snake and has completed over 22 years = Dr of the grave situation facing California and its natural resources because of the lack of nermal pregor vand high inflam : of forest, watershed, and range fuels, he quoted from a recent analysis made of the severity of. the 1959 séason: “The timber build-up index as of July 2, 1959, can be considered one and onehalf times greater than July 2, 1958, and comparable to that of 1955” Se In 1955 the state experienced one of its most disasterous fire Of tuber, tcash aid area ame to over $4,000,000 and this did not include any estimate of the restoration losses of the lands for future repatetiviey to the state and the people of rit timber build-up ‘index preiction was the remiie of studies end. Everyone can do their part in fires by doing everything possible to prevent them. Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn D. Chenoweth and little daughter Vana left last Saturday, for a few days’ trip along the Goast. Mr, and Mrs. Paul N. Sisil, Tesidents of 419 Alta Street, Grass Valley, who have just recently returned from Mexico, are now spending some time at Lake TaJack Cramer, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce president, has resigned his position with the chamber. : Little Terry Robinson, 11 years old, was accidentally stiot in the right leg with-a deer rifle last pp erge 6 * 3 rs. Phoebe Cartwright of La Barr Meadows Road killed an 18inch rattlesnake on.a cement slab r r of her home last Monday. A®cat had cornered the snake, which had only two Grass Valley Lions Club mem12th annual Mill Street outdoors shakes, as the coloring gray and -green. : 3 Joe Blake, Sr., rétired Ga nia Highway Patrol officer, . a day or two at Sierra be another ‘severity appraisal . ‘ made before the Labor Day week-. q but on ‘month hiy yi : . Very plant of equal size, any n of the Beale Air $ one man. y activity at Beale. not to Mr. Shingles,-for his: f man predicating our statements on our knowledge A paid would come whether we-liked it or not— knowledge of what one man was doing to make any fanfare, and at great expense to himself, lés, of Marysville, California, has been doing ra encouraging large industry to come to Yuba As Secretary of the Military Affairs Committee, tched over the interests of the government as well. sy to cut the red tape of Washington and to bring cook te harmonious meeting of the minds; ingles has been doing this quietly for many littlé help has he received from any community tha’ uld benefit by such a plant as Aerojét-General, or coming to Yuba County. Ahe Force Base, and its immense adthe fe demigana dh attributed to the untiring it would appear that the government has decided its surplus acreage at this time, you may rest asre is one-man who is endeavoring to keep alive tive of bringing growth to his county and all the That man is Warren Shingles. “Report to the People” with a flying trip to Redding, San José, and San Francisco, including an aerial inspection of the sites of the proposed Oroville Dam and San Luis Reservoir. into law were three, part of Governor Brown’s program, creAmong. the ‘final bills signed y our area has been affected would. lend whatever assistis rare in setivity for the good of the the reduction of these disasterous} “Cooperators of the Nevada County Soil Conservation District are among those honored by isSuance of the world’s first soil conservation stamp,” Al Casey, ‘district president, said this week. __Mr. Casesy said the stamp, to be issued August 26 at Rapid City, S. D., is “a tribute to the Nations conservation farmers and ranchers, including the. Nevada County cooperators of the local district, which has been operating since 1944, “The 4-cent stamp is in recognition of the farmers and ranchers who are demonstrating soil stewardship,” Casey. is a salute to their . tion districts, and to the professional. workers of state and federal governments who help them.” The stamp, which was developed in cooperation with the U.S, signifying that conservation farmse ling brings beauty as well as -bounty to rural living. Soil ,conservation practices. portrayed in{clude contour Strip-cropping, ter4 . additio , ‘lin the background . pasture imp: , and a farm pond. In n, the silhouette of a city symbolizes that urban as well as rural peo‘the care and wise use of land as . a principal source of food, water, : ae and clothing. The stamp ton of Washington settle in North -. to carry y food, medical supplies : and aid to distressed areas of the trays a modern farmland setting . hap. tree} ing in a-sand pit at the old EmWhole World Congréssman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, Second District of California, has introduced a resoluuse of armodern Great White Fleet world, 5 The proposal involves the use of naval vessels now in mothballs. They would be unarmed and painted white to emulate the famous Great White Fleet used by President ;Teddy Roosevelt in 1907 which resulted in worldwide. good will toward the United States in its tour around the world. The ships would carry surplus foods for distribution in distressed and needy areas. Hospital ships would be included with volunteer doctors and. nurses to render medical aid wherever needed. “By using the suggested fleet we can obtain a practical aspect direct Johnson said. Rifle Mishap Hurts Grass Valley Boy Terry Robinson, 11, resident of a foster home in Nevada City, is in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hosand Rowen Horner, 9, also a resident of the foster home, went out with a .30 caliber rifle and three cartridges to practice shootsaid, had climbed up an embankment and reached down with the rifle to help Terry up. As Terry grabbed the muzzle of the rifle .-, The boys live in a home. opertion supporting a proposal for the . B Tom Ca f Randy Welker, Vickie Engstrom, and Lorna Streeter. 4-H Campers Return Home Over 100 tired and suntanned 4-H campers returned Sunday of ‘last week from 4-H Camp at Woodchuck Flat. The eight-day program was spirited by many activities and discussions. The Hi 4-H Camp during: the ures sponsored by the Governor and. approved by the Legislature to be signed into law. The’ agency is designed to bring new industries and new payrolls to California. It will be headed by a commissioner, at’ a salary of $16,500 annually, who will be part of the Department of Finance. The agency. was allocated $175,000 is the 1959-60 budget. Governor Brown also signed SB 867 (Senators Richard Richards (D), Los Angeles; Albert Rodda (D), Sacramento, and. Walter Stiern (D), Bakersfield), and -AB-123 (Assemblymen Edward E. Elliott @), Los Angeles; Augustus F. Hawkins (D), Los Angeles, and Charles Chapel (R), Inglewood), increasing aid to the aged. : first part of the week saw the members themselves-planning the meals, cooking them, organizing campfire ms, and getting ular camp, Sue Hansen and Yvonne Filer did a. wonderful iT County Vite, pine needle researcher with the Smithsonian Institute, had interested groups in photography and explained the growth of trees : Camp Coordinator. George urcham and Nevada City Leader Herb Costa taught many of the campers the tricks of tying knots. Erol Richards, Nevada Oounty beef breeder instructed many 4Hers with livestock how to make a rope halter. : took several groups out to learn the names of the trees, shrubs, and flowers that grew profusely around the camp. ; One popular session was held on camper craft, where those attending learned how to make safe campfires. One of the most popular activities every day was the craft activities led by Mrs. Mary Lou Steger, with the able assistance of Mrs. Dorothy Adams. Many leaders participated in this. Mrs, Ruth Bowles, Nevada City 4-H parent, an able artist, drew out unknown talent in her pencil sketching classes. One of the highlights was the to our mutual aid program on a. camp newspaper printed each day people-to-people basis,”. by Vickie Engstrom and Mike Ellsworth and their reporter staff. The newspaper was printed at}: camp. The highlight of the last campfire program was the announceThey were: Barbara Crowder, Casper The whole camp was thrilled and cheered loudly: when Barbara pire Mine, Rowen, the officers. Crowder Former Nevada County Alle old s sing 3 with ated by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wasley. . Mis old spinit to camp as he an-. : the factitied “feady for the regSheriff's Department, held forth. with Hunter Safety. Dr.j The bills raise maximum basic aid from $90 to $95 a month and special needs grants from $106 to : $115 a: month. S < a month the maximum to which Both, bills are effective January 1, 1960, — * ed AB 1535 and AB 1536 (Assemblymen Francisco; BHiott and ot oe giving an aeross-theDoug Hamilton, farm advisor, . ally. with the rising cost of Governor Brown said. “T would have liked Miller, Jr. ment of the new 1959 All-Stars. [i Council Chairman Orin Brown kept the camp in suspense when . he announced that several 4-H pital with a gunshot wound in. members were very n highly con-. © the right leg suffered in a mis. sidered. Frank Milhous, eg Welker, aoe Mi neal tine eat orth’ .

lan Ottley, A} s July July 29 ...... 94 . Rain to date: QUAKER HILL. WILLOW VALLEY. NEWTOWN, INDIAN 33rd Year, No. 31. Henness Pass Trip Set For August $-9. S It’s Henness Pass Jeep Trip pants over 12 years of age. Bantime again! Here’s the dope onjners available ~~ this year’s junket: What to’Bring: A sleeping bag, Date:, Saturday and Sunday, . jacket in case the evening jis cool August 8 and 9. n and a Saturday lunch will suffice Leave Marysville 7 am., Ne-. for the light traveler. For those vada Gity 8 a.m., North San Juan. Who are real campers, let your 9.a.m., Saturday. Those leaving . °°"Science be your’ guide. -.from “Marysville will have the. General: There will be stops, chance to travel the entire his-. as in the past, at points of in“torie route. Arrangements have . terest. Those who made their been made to.camp overnight in. first trip last year will find this Marysville at Boy Scout Park on. year’s trek interesting because a 14th Street, or in Nevada City , large part of the trip willbe over read in the newspapers of the auction that was id by a government agency for the sale of 41,Surplus land surrounding Beale Air Force Base mber 10th, and the possibility that Aerojet-General bn might be the successful bidder for the land and € missile plant on a portion of this land. isn't any question but what such a plant so close. last. week combined the second ea would bea boon toeveryone. New homes, new . half of his post-session “Report id be the order of the day and mean much for . ‘¢ the People” with a busy week ‘growth of Nevada County. The announcement . 2+ his desk taking final action on ‘did not tell the eatire story. the last of 2,363 bills sent to him iny months this newspaper has stated that we id aad ommdinenrenaane, g to grow beyond our greatest expectations. We ee en eee Gov. Brown Signs Last Of Bills Sent To Him By The State ating an Economic. Development Agency, increasing aid to the aged and blind and affecting unemployment insurance. SB 43 (Seator James A. Cobey (D), Merced, and others) creating the Economic Development ncy, was the last of 35 major meas< iia og ES 3 s Governor Edmund G. Brown mond requests the cooperation of . all the citizens of the state in a'l¢ mass appeal to help reduce and j. prevent the number of man-} caused fires. Be Confirming the prediction made} ~ earlier by forest and fire officials . were at Pioneer Park, if so desired. Registration will be held in Marysville at the camp site and in Nevada City at the City Hall. Trip: From Nevada City or Marysville to Verdi, Nevada, on Saturday. Camp out at Verdi in specially reserved area. The Verdi Fire Department will host the jeepers again this year with a barbecue and street dance. Cost of the barbecue will be $1.75 for adult and $1 for children. Breakfast will be available at several good restaurants in Verdi. It will be noted that with the exception of Saturday lunch meals will be available in eateries along the way. This will enable those who so wish to travel light. Facilities for cooking out are provided for, however, at stops for those who want to be their own chefs. Leaving Verdi Sunday morning, the jeepsters will go directly to Virginia City, where a welcome awaits them. It is important that we arrive at Virginia Gity in_a group as this year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the fabulous Comstock] ness Pass Highway ‘Association was founded to commemorate the route used: to bring ore from the Comstock. It is also said to be the best route over the. Sierras. The trip terminates at Virginia City and from there on—you're on your own. ‘Vehicles are limited this year to jeeps, jeep pickups, or jeep station wagons: Registration: $1 for all particiCootiettes Meet For Social Hour Golden Canaries Cootiettes No. 252 met Monday evening, July 27, at the Veterans Building, Nevada City. After a short business session, past chief graybacks were honored guests for the social hour. Qhief Grayback Ella Meyer was hostess for the event. The tables were beautifully decorated in the Cootiette colors of red and white. The centerpiece was a white sheet cake decorated red and gold lettering and favors ‘small red “past chief grayback ties.” Past chief graybacks attending were Blanche Hatch, Nadine Gustafson, Selma Strange, Patse Phillips, Pearl Strach; Cisella Dalpez, Gwen Anderson, and Marie Daniels. Also honored but unable to attend were Mildred Tobiassen and Getta Roscoe. Party. sandwiches, cake, iced tea and coffee were served.The local club members are planning a trip to Reno Veterans Hospital August 1.Resurfacing Of SSR 20 Finished Resurfacing of State Sign Route 206 between U. S. Highway 40 northeast of Emigrant Gap and Steep Hollow, 19 miles east of Nevada City, has been completed and opened to public travel, it was announced this’ week at Division of “Highways District Ill headquarters in Marysville. The roadway of the eight-mile section was resurfaced with a blanket of plant-mixed asphaltic paving. Initiated to improve the riding and safety qualities of the. the _structural_ strength of the > traveled way. ahead of schedule by the Granite a different route. This will be explained in the bulletin issued at registration. IMPORTANT! NO SMOKING is allowed in jeeps in Tahoe National Forest. Smoking will be allowed ONLY at designated stops. Your cooperation is imperative as the woods are tinder dry, We will come, within five miles of the area devastated by the Sierraville fire and certainly no one wants to be the cause of another such holocaust. ___ JACK BRICKELL, Secretary. Retires From Army After 38 Years Brigadier General Wesley 7. Guest, commander of the Sacratoday (July 30) Parade in his honor. He is retiring from During the final week of his command he will be guest of honor at a lincheon and a reception, both taking place today. Speaking at the luncheon preceding the retirement parade will be Major General H.’ L. Scofield, Ciiief, Procurement and Distribution Division, Office. of the Chief Signal Officer. He is representing the Chief Signa] Officer at the retirement ceremonies and his address will be broadcast throughout the depot. The: parade, starting at 8 p.m., will include -Headquarters and Headquarters Company 216th Signal Depot, the 22ist Signal Company, the 504th Signal.Company, the Corps de Garde, the WAF Squadron from Mather Air ~~ Reconnaissance Squadron from McClellan Air Force Base. Color guards from the Signal Depot, McClellan AFB ,the Naval Reserve and the Marine Reserve will also participate. Music will bé furnished. by the Mather Air Foree Band of the Golden West. The climax of the retirement ceremony will be flyovers by Air Force and Army planes. The Air . Force will send over a picket plane, trainers, a jet bomber, and tanker and jet fighters: Army, liaison planes.and helicopters will After the parade, General Guest will be honored at a reception at He has served im both Europe years of service and has been Legion of Merit, and the Dishis many other awards. = ~~ Signal Depot since August, 1957. A change of command ceremony will also take place during the retirement Assuming . command of the Signal Depot will be Colonel Leo Tamamian, the present deputy commander. Colonel Tamamian, who was promoted to colonel on May 19, was stationed at the depot from April 1950 to June 1953. ‘He has of ive duty. mento Signal Depot, will review{ depot troops for the last time} at a retirement} Force Base and the 55th Weather . hoe: near the rear Itiers seve aclliig tickits for the and the Far East during his 38 . ' awarded the Bronze Star, the} hi commander of the Sacramento Young coloting; instead it looked more like an oversized grass snake and has completed over 22 years = Dr of the grave situation facing California and its natural resources because of the lack of nermal pregor vand high inflam : of forest, watershed, and range fuels, he quoted from a recent analysis made of the severity of. the 1959 séason: “The timber build-up index as of July 2, 1959, can be considered one and onehalf times greater than July 2, 1958, and comparable to that of 1955” Se In 1955 the state experienced one of its most disasterous fire Of tuber, tcash aid area ame to over $4,000,000 and this did not include any estimate of the restoration losses of the lands for future repatetiviey to the state and the people of rit timber build-up ‘index preiction was the remiie of studies end. Everyone can do their part in fires by doing everything possible to prevent them. Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn D. Chenoweth and little daughter Vana left last Saturday, for a few days’ trip along the Goast. Mr, and Mrs. Paul N. Sisil, Tesidents of 419 Alta Street, Grass Valley, who have just recently returned from Mexico, are now

spending some time at Lake TaJack Cramer, Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce president, has resigned his position with the chamber. : Little Terry Robinson, 11 years old, was accidentally stiot in the right leg with-a deer rifle last pp erge 6 * 3 rs. Phoebe Cartwright of La Barr Meadows Road killed an 18inch rattlesnake on.a cement slab r r of her home last Monday. A®cat had cornered the snake, which had only two Grass Valley Lions Club mem12th annual Mill Street outdoors shakes, as the coloring gray and -green. : 3 Joe Blake, Sr., rétired Ga nia Highway Patrol officer, . a day or two at Sierra be another ‘severity appraisal . ‘ made before the Labor Day week-. q but on ‘month hiy yi : . Very plant of equal size, any n of the Beale Air $ one man. y activity at Beale. not to Mr. Shingles,-for his: f man predicating our statements on our knowledge A paid would come whether we-liked it or not— knowledge of what one man was doing to make any fanfare, and at great expense to himself, lés, of Marysville, California, has been doing ra encouraging large industry to come to Yuba As Secretary of the Military Affairs Committee, tched over the interests of the government as well. sy to cut the red tape of Washington and to bring cook te harmonious meeting of the minds; ingles has been doing this quietly for many littlé help has he received from any community tha’ uld benefit by such a plant as Aerojét-General, or coming to Yuba County. Ahe Force Base, and its immense adthe fe demigana dh attributed to the untiring it would appear that the government has decided its surplus acreage at this time, you may rest asre is one-man who is endeavoring to keep alive tive of bringing growth to his county and all the That man is Warren Shingles. “Report to the People” with a flying trip to Redding, San José, and San Francisco, including an aerial inspection of the sites of the proposed Oroville Dam and San Luis Reservoir. into law were three, part of Governor Brown’s program, creAmong. the ‘final bills signed y our area has been affected would. lend whatever assistis rare in setivity for the good of the the reduction of these disasterous} “Cooperators of the Nevada County Soil Conservation District are among those honored by isSuance of the world’s first soil conservation stamp,” Al Casey, ‘district president, said this week. __Mr. Casesy said the stamp, to be issued August 26 at Rapid City, S. D., is “a tribute to the Nations conservation farmers and ranchers, including the. Nevada County cooperators of the local district, which has been operating since 1944, “The 4-cent stamp is in recognition of the farmers and ranchers who are demonstrating soil stewardship,” Casey. is a salute to their . tion districts, and to the professional. workers of state and federal governments who help them.” The stamp, which was developed in cooperation with the U.S, signifying that conservation farmse ling brings beauty as well as -bounty to rural living. Soil ,conservation practices. portrayed in{clude contour Strip-cropping, ter4 . additio , ‘lin the background . pasture imp: , and a farm pond. In n, the silhouette of a city symbolizes that urban as well as rural peo‘the care and wise use of land as .. a principal source of food, water, : ae and clothing. The stamp ton of Washington settle in North -. to carry y food, medical supplies : and aid to distressed areas of the trays a modern farmland setting . hap. tree} ing in a-sand pit at the old EmWhole World Congréssman Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, Second District of California, has introduced a resoluuse of armodern Great White Fleet world, 5 The proposal involves the use of naval vessels now in mothballs. They would be unarmed and painted white to emulate the famous Great White Fleet used by President ;Teddy Roosevelt in 1907 which resulted in worldwide. good will toward the United States in its tour around the world. The ships would carry surplus foods for distribution in distressed and needy areas. Hospital ships would be included with volunteer doctors and. nurses to render medical aid wherever needed. “By using the suggested fleet we can obtain a practical aspect direct Johnson said. Rifle Mishap Hurts Grass Valley Boy Terry Robinson, 11, resident of a foster home in Nevada City, is in Sierra Nevada Memorial Hosand Rowen Horner, 9, also a resident of the foster home, went out with a .30 caliber rifle and three cartridges to practice shootsaid, had climbed up an embankment and reached down with the rifle to help Terry up. As Terry grabbed the muzzle of the rifle .-, The boys live in a home. opertion supporting a proposal for the . B Tom Ca f Randy Welker, Vickie Engstrom, and Lorna Streeter. 4-H Campers Return Home Over 100 tired and suntanned 4-H campers returned Sunday of ‘last week from 4-H Camp at Woodchuck Flat. The eight-day program was spirited by many activities and discussions. The Hi 4-H Camp during: the ures sponsored by the Governor and. approved by the Legislature to be signed into law. The’ agency is designed to bring new industries and new payrolls to California. It will be headed by a commissioner, at’ a salary of $16,500 annually, who will be part of the Department of Finance. The agency. was allocated $175,000 is the 1959-60 budget. Governor Brown also signed SB 867 (Senators Richard Richards (D), Los Angeles; Albert Rodda (D), Sacramento, and. Walter Stiern (D), Bakersfield), and -AB-123 (Assemblymen Edward E. Elliott @), Los Angeles; Augustus F. Hawkins (D), Los Angeles, and Charles Chapel (R), Inglewood), increasing aid to the aged. : first part of the week saw the members themselves-planning the meals, cooking them, organizing campfire ms, and getting ular camp, Sue Hansen and Yvonne Filer did a. wonderful iT County Vite, pine needle researcher with the Smithsonian Institute, had interested groups in photography and explained the growth of trees : Camp Coordinator. George urcham and Nevada City Leader Herb Costa taught many of the campers the tricks of tying knots. Erol Richards, Nevada Oounty beef breeder instructed many 4Hers with livestock how to make a rope halter. : took several groups out to learn the names of the trees, shrubs, and flowers that grew profusely around the camp. ; One popular session was held on camper craft, where those attending learned how to make safe campfires. One of the most popular activities every day was the craft activities led by Mrs. Mary Lou Steger, with the able assistance of Mrs. Dorothy Adams. Many leaders participated in this. Mrs, Ruth Bowles, Nevada City 4-H parent, an able artist, drew out unknown talent in her pencil sketching classes. One of the highlights was the to our mutual aid program on a. camp newspaper printed each day people-to-people basis,”. by Vickie Engstrom and Mike Ellsworth and their reporter staff. The newspaper was printed at}: camp. The highlight of the last campfire program was the announceThey were: Barbara Crowder, Casper The whole camp was thrilled and cheered loudly: when Barbara pire Mine, Rowen, the officers. Crowder Former Nevada County Alle old s sing 3 with ated by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wasley. . Mis old spinit to camp as he an-. : the factitied “feady for the regSheriff's Department, held forth. with Hunter Safety. Dr.j The bills raise maximum basic aid from $90 to $95 a month and special needs grants from $106 to : $115 a: month. S < a month the maximum to which Both, bills are effective January 1, 1960, — * ed AB 1535 and AB 1536 (Assemblymen Francisco; BHiott and ot oe giving an aeross-theDoug Hamilton, farm advisor, . ally. with the rising cost of Governor Brown said. “T would have liked Miller, Jr. ment of the new 1959 All-Stars. [i Council Chairman Orin Brown kept the camp in suspense when . he announced that several 4-H pital with a gunshot wound in. members were very n highly con-. © the right leg suffered in a mis. sidered. Frank Milhous, eg Welker, aoe Mi neal tine eat orth’ .