July 5, 1962 (6 pages)

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IS JB S / Ys ry gerving the ‘communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Gleenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Ome; aa Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Pye i Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, old 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, _Vol. 37 No.29 10¢ ACopy “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, Thursday, July 5, 1962 I'M IN THE SHADE---=Little Kathy Lynn Laubinger, seven months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laubinger of Sacramento, enjoys the celebration in the shade of her private vantage point. 12 Cent Tax Hike Forecast NEVADA CIT Y--A $2 million increase in assessed valuation withinN evada County will soften the blow of increased taxation due to an increased county budget for 1962-63 which will total $3, 644, 966. Supervisors must raise $1,015,707 from property taxes for the new budget, an increase of $97,639 over last year, Butthe increase in tax rate is estimated unofficially at12to14cents per $100 assessed valuation. Without increased valuation within the county, thetax rate likely wouldhave jumped an additional six cents. Of the increase in the county budget to be raised by property taxes, $74, 637 is in the capital outlay account, $21,544 inthe general fund. Increased in assessed valuation shows land valued at a higher use to the extent of $446,000. building improvements of $1,293,100, andadditional personal property of $500,820. Anincreasein exemptions of $98,720 accounts for the net increase in assessed valuations of $2,141, 250. Total valuation within Grass Valley and Nevada City is $20 , 534,000, compared with valuation outside the cities of $7,504,190 on the secured tax roll. The assessment gain is7.54 percent above las*year. Valuations have shown steady growth, although this year's increase is the largest in recent years. * se ay ~ ee au * ad GOOD HEAVENS, IT'S BERRY! !.This unidentified contestant takes a close look at a half eaten berry pie and silently contemplates his approachto the balance. Four Nevada City boys took part.in a rough and tumble pie eatingcontest yesterday that ended in a four way tie. Parade And Play Draw Heavy Praise From Crowds NEVADA CITY--An estimated 15, 000 persons helped celebrate Nevada City’s Independence Day in what is being termed one of the most successful events in the City's history. The featured event, the parade with historical and patriotic floats, drew applause from the thousands as each unit passed. The shirtsleeved crowd enjoyed the warmtemperature, and kept the city's large tavern industry busy throughout the day. Prize parade float was the Nevada City Fire Department's “Donner Monument”. It won the $75 first prize, followed by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce float, "The Liberty Bell", which took the $25 second prize. Honorable mention was given the Nevada City Lions float, "Independence Mine”, and the Soroptimist float featuring Betsy Ross. Sell-out event of the cele— bration was "Never Come, Never Go", the original musical play given by the Ice House Players. The Robert Wyckoff and Bill MacSems production pla yedTuesday night to a packed house, scheduled a special performance yesterday afternoon, and played another packed performance last night, Tonight's final performance was a sell-out at 8:15 a.m. this . Morning. . The Ice House Players are being pressed to form a permanent company and give other performances through the summer. Vacations make this impossible in the immediate future, but Mac Sems and Wyckoff promised today that they will contact the cast and consider additional performances later inthe summer if there is a demand. Special plaudits were heard after performances for Bill Goerz, Don Baggett, Hope Snider and Cecelia Skovgaard. Many others in the cast also drew praises for their work. In all, it was judged an excellent production. Wyckoff and MacSems both drew heavy praise for the quality of the play itself. Several musical numbers in the production were excellent, and MacSem's orchestra didanexceptional jobin presenting them, The State Division of For' estry yopped all competition * at the Hose Cart race yester. 15,000 ENJOY NC 4TH CELEBRATION KA f day at Pioneer Park. Other competitors were the Tahoe National Forest, the Nevada City Volunteer Fire Department and the Grass Valley Volunteer Fire Department. Nevada City's.entry was disqualified when they asked that the water be turned on before the hose was connected to the fire truck outlet. Six entries fought it out in the Bartenders race before a sizable audience. The race was almost a dead heat between the Tepresentative of the National Hotel Victorian Room, Jim Shock, and the’ mythical Nevada Hotel, from the play "Never Come, Never Go’, Stu Flansburg. Shock crossed the finish line first. butthen disqualified himself by draining the scooner of ’ beverage. Eventual winner of the annual event was Max Wilcoxson, of Long John's Tavern as he finished in the shortest time with the fullest mug. The water fight between the Nevada City and Grass Valley fire Departments was ruled a draw by the judges of the event. The battle was fought very cautiously by the teams and they managed to keep the hoses pointed toward the opposition most of the time. However many of the crowd were forcedtoa Firecrackers Cause Juvenile Questioning NEVADA CITY--Police report that many juveniles were picked up over the holiday periods Most were questioned at length in an effort to gain information pertaining to the sellers of firecrackers. It was pointed out that not only were these fireworks dangerous and illegal but that the purchasers were paying a price way beyond the actual value of the merchandise. A pack of firecrackers can be made at about twoor three cents, and the y ouths report that they paid as much as $1 a pack for the“noise makers. screaming, pell-mell retreat as the hoses sometimes slipped from the grasp of the hearty contestants, Winner ofthechamber of commercetripto the Seattle World's Fair fora couple was B. Harrigan, 122 Grove St. A weekend for two at the Holiday Hotel in Reno was won by Clair White, Motor Route 77 A, Nevada City, anda Holiday Hotel weekend for two at Holiday Hotel on Lake T ahoe was won by Hazel Simonelli of Hazel's Restaurant. The Nevada City Lions gold display winner was Bill Valdon, 5007 62nd St., Sacramento, the ticket being drawn by Jennie Orzalli of Nevada City. Slow Drivers Are Warned SACRAMENTO--The California Highway Patrol will accelerate its enforcement emphasis against motorists who impede traffic by driving too slowly in the left-hand lane of multi-lane highways. Commissioner Bradford M. Crittenden said the campaign isinresponseto a Legislative resolution passed during the 1962 session which states that failure to observe the law which requires slower moving vehicles to keep right “constitutes a major contribution to the high death toll and ever increasing accident rate," The resolution also directed the Patrol to take the necessary step3 to ensure enforcement. "The law provides that vehicles moving slower than the normal flow of traffic shall be driven in the righthand lane or as close to the right-hand edge of the road as practicable, except when passing other vehicles, or in preparing to make a left turn,” DESTROYE D---Vandals destroyed this historic flag during the night of July 3. Rick Knee is shown holding all that remains of al4by 18 foot flag of post WWI vintage, that was hung from the second story window. Police theorize that someone jumped up and grabbed the banner, loose from the border. tearing it BothCity Police and Nevada County Sheriff's Department areseeking the criminal or criminals responsible for the act. NID Meet Set On Recreation NEVADA CIT Y--The Nevada Irrigation District will meet with state and county officials tomorrow to explore the availability of state funds through the Davis -Grunsky act for recréational use of dams in the proposed YubaBear River project. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m, at the Division of Forestry headquarters in Nev~ada City. NID directors held a preliminary meeting withthe state Department of Water Resources last week in Sacramento, TheNID is planning to apply for grants of $300,000 each at the sites of the new Jackson Meadows Reservoir on the Middle Yuba, Faucherie Reservoir on Canyon Creek, Rollins Reservoir on Bear River and the enlarged ScottsFlat Reservoir on Deer Creek. Under the state act, grant funds may be used for construction of roads to recreation sites, for acquisition of property for recreation areas andalso for construction funds to build the dams, Before application can be made, surveys of the recreation potential of the areas the commissioner said. will have to be conducted and recreation use plans will have to be drawn up. The U. S. Forest Service, working withthe NID has already prepared an area use plan for the proposed Jackson Meadows Reservoir and have agreed to prepare a plan for Faucherie, Both reservoirs are located in the T.ahoe National Forest. Preparation of recreation planning for Rollins and Scotts Flat will be performed by someone other than the Forest Service. 50 Flags Taken From Store Fronts NEVADA CIT Y--Fire Chief, Ted Sigourney, reports that more than 50 flags were taken from store fronts during the night of July 3. The area wherethe flags were missing the morning of the Fourth stretched from Pine Street, where the street dance was held, to the front of Dr. W. W. Reed's office above the Cedar Theatre. Through the combined efforts of the Nevada City Police Department andthe Nevada County Sheriffs Office alrhost 30 juveniles have been cited tothe probation department. Many of the small flags have been recovered. Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall June 27 82. 44 .00 28 85 46 .00 29° 88 AT .00 30 83 44 .00 July. 1 85 43 .00 2 84 483 00 3 86 45 00 Rainfall last year 00 Rainfall this year .00 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Rainfall ¢ % ty: %, ‘ June 27 84 53 -00 28 81 59 .00 29. 89 8 00 FE perme ceia . 00 July. 1 .00 2 -00 3 .00 Rainfall last year . 00: Rainfall this year .00 a, ‘ Bee od a DOWN SHE WENT---This historic Slave Girl tree in Rough andReady sopnled across Highway 20 last week, a victim of an inadequate root system. Legend has it that a Negro slave girl poked her cottonwood riding switch in the ground and it grew. The cottonwood was over a hundred years old when it fell. Standing by the fallen giant are (IrR): Richard Miller, Bill Gillander, G. B. Kinter and Frank Deardorf.

Auto = his he for nd if. IS JB S / Ys ry gerving the ‘communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Gleenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Ome; aa Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Pye i Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, old 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, _Vol. 37 No.29 10¢ ACopy “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, Thursday, July 5, 1962 I'M IN THE SHADE---=Little Kathy Lynn Laubinger, seven months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laubinger of Sacramento, enjoys the celebration in the shade of her private vantage point. 12 Cent Tax Hike Forecast NEVADA CIT Y--A $2 million increase in assessed valuation withinN evada County will soften the blow of increased taxation due to an increased county budget for 1962-63 which will total $3, 644, 966. Supervisors must raise $1,015,707 from property taxes for the new budget, an increase of $97,639 over last year, Butthe increase in tax rate is estimated unofficially at12to14cents per $100 assessed valuation. Without increased valuation within the county, thetax rate likely wouldhave jumped an additional six cents. Of the increase in the county budget to be raised by property taxes, $74, 637 is in the capital outlay account, $21,544 inthe general fund. Increased in assessed valuation shows land valued at a higher use to the extent of $446,000. building improvements of $1,293,100, andadditional personal property of $500,820. Anincreasein exemptions of $98,720 accounts for the net increase in assessed valuations of $2,141, 250. Total valuation within Grass Valley and Nevada City is $20 , 534,000, compared with valuation outside the cities of $7,504,190 on the secured tax roll. The assessment gain is7.54 percent above las*year. Valuations have shown steady growth, although this year's increase is the largest in recent years. * se ay ~ ee au * ad GOOD HEAVENS, IT'S BERRY! !..This unidentified contestant takes a close look at a half eaten berry pie and silently contemplates his approachto the balance. Four Nevada City boys took part.in a rough and tumble pie eatingcontest yesterday that ended in a four way tie. Parade And Play Draw Heavy Praise From Crowds NEVADA CITY--An estimated 15, 000 persons helped celebrate Nevada City’s Independence Day in what is being termed one of the most successful events in the City's history. The featured event, the parade with historical and patriotic floats, drew applause from the thousands as each unit passed. The shirtsleeved crowd enjoyed the warmtemperature, and kept the city's large tavern industry busy throughout the day. Prize parade float was the Nevada City Fire Department's “Donner Monument”. It won the $75 first prize, followed by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce float, "The Liberty Bell", which took the $25 second prize. Honorable mention was given the Nevada City Lions float, "Independence Mine”, and the Soroptimist float featuring Betsy Ross. Sell-out event of the cele— bration was "Never Come, Never Go", the original musical play given by the Ice House Players. The Robert Wyckoff and Bill MacSems production pla yedTuesday night to a packed house, scheduled a special performance yesterday afternoon, and played another packed performance last night, Tonight's final performance was a sell-out at 8:15 a.m. this . Morning. . The Ice House Players are being pressed to form a permanent company and give other performances through the summer. Vacations make this impossible in the immediate future, but Mac Sems and Wyckoff promised today that they will contact the cast and consider additional performances later inthe summer if there is a demand. Special plaudits were heard after performances for Bill Goerz, Don Baggett, Hope Snider and Cecelia Skovgaard. Many others in the cast also drew praises for their work. In all, it was judged an excellent production. Wyckoff and MacSems both drew heavy praise for the quality of the play itself. Several musical numbers in the production were excellent, and MacSem's orchestra didanexceptional jobin presenting them, The State Division of For' estry yopped all competition * at the Hose Cart race yester. 15,000 ENJOY NC 4TH CELEBRATION KA f day at Pioneer Park. Other competitors were the Tahoe National Forest, the Nevada City Volunteer Fire Department and the Grass Valley Volunteer Fire Department. Nevada City's.entry was disqualified when they asked that the water be turned on before the hose was connected to the fire truck outlet. Six entries fought it out in the Bartenders race before a sizable audience. The race was almost a dead heat between the Tepresentative of the National Hotel Victorian Room, Jim Shock, and the’ mythical Nevada Hotel, from the play "Never Come, Never Go’, Stu Flansburg. Shock crossed the finish line first. butthen disqualified himself by draining the scooner of ’ beverage. Eventual winner of the annual event was Max Wilcoxson, of Long John's Tavern as he finished in the shortest time with the fullest mug. The water fight between the Nevada City and Grass Valley fire Departments was ruled a draw by the judges of the event. The battle was fought very cautiously by the teams and they managed to keep the hoses pointed toward the opposition most of the time. However many of the

crowd were forcedtoa Firecrackers Cause Juvenile Questioning NEVADA CITY--Police report that many juveniles were picked up over the holiday periods Most were questioned at length in an effort to gain information pertaining to the sellers of firecrackers. It was pointed out that not only were these fireworks dangerous and illegal but that the purchasers were paying a price way beyond the actual value of the merchandise. A pack of firecrackers can be made at about twoor three cents, and the y ouths report that they paid as much as $1 a pack for the“noise makers. screaming, pell-mell retreat as the hoses sometimes slipped from the grasp of the hearty contestants, Winner ofthechamber of commercetripto the Seattle World's Fair fora couple was B. Harrigan, 122 Grove St. A weekend for two at the Holiday Hotel in Reno was won by Clair White, Motor Route 77 A, Nevada City, anda Holiday Hotel weekend for two at Holiday Hotel on Lake T ahoe was won by Hazel Simonelli of Hazel's Restaurant. The Nevada City Lions gold display winner was Bill Valdon, 5007 62nd St., Sacramento, the ticket being drawn by Jennie Orzalli of Nevada City. Slow Drivers Are Warned SACRAMENTO--The California Highway Patrol will accelerate its enforcement emphasis against motorists who impede traffic by driving too slowly in the left-hand lane of multi-lane highways. Commissioner Bradford M. Crittenden said the campaign isinresponseto a Legislative resolution passed during the 1962 session which states that failure to observe the law which requires slower moving vehicles to keep right “constitutes a major contribution to the high death toll and ever increasing accident rate," The resolution also directed the Patrol to take the necessary step3 to ensure enforcement. "The law provides that vehicles moving slower than the normal flow of traffic shall be driven in the righthand lane or as close to the right-hand edge of the road as practicable, except when passing other vehicles, or in preparing to make a left turn,” DESTROYE D---Vandals destroyed this historic flag during the night of July 3. Rick Knee is shown holding all that remains of al4by 18 foot flag of post WWI vintage, that was hung from the second story window. Police theorize that someone jumped up and grabbed the banner, loose from the border. tearing it BothCity Police and Nevada County Sheriff's Department areseeking the criminal or criminals responsible for the act. NID Meet Set On Recreation NEVADA CIT Y--The Nevada Irrigation District will meet with state and county officials tomorrow to explore the availability of state funds through the Davis -Grunsky act for recréational use of dams in the proposed YubaBear River project. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m, at the Division of Forestry headquarters in Nev~ada City. NID directors held a preliminary meeting withthe state Department of Water Resources last week in Sacramento, TheNID is planning to apply for grants of $300,000 each at the sites of the new Jackson Meadows Reservoir on the Middle Yuba, Faucherie Reservoir on Canyon Creek, Rollins Reservoir on Bear River and the enlarged ScottsFlat Reservoir on Deer Creek. Under the state act, grant funds may be used for construction of roads to recreation sites, for acquisition of property for recreation areas andalso for construction funds to build the dams, Before application can be made, surveys of the recreation potential of the areas the commissioner said. will have to be conducted and recreation use plans will have to be drawn up. The U. S. Forest Service, working withthe NID has already prepared an area use plan for the proposed Jackson Meadows Reservoir and have agreed to prepare a plan for Faucherie, Both reservoirs are located in the T.ahoe National Forest. Preparation of recreation planning for Rollins and Scotts Flat will be performed by someone other than the Forest Service. 50 Flags Taken From Store Fronts NEVADA CIT Y--Fire Chief, Ted Sigourney, reports that more than 50 flags were taken from store fronts during the night of July 3. The area wherethe flags were missing the morning of the Fourth stretched from Pine Street, where the street dance was held, to the front of Dr. W. W. Reed's office above the Cedar Theatre. Through the combined efforts of the Nevada City Police Department andthe Nevada County Sheriffs Office alrhost 30 juveniles have been cited tothe probation department. Many of the small flags have been recovered. Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall June 27 82. 44 .00 28 85 46 .00 29° 88 AT .00 30 83 44 .00 July. 1 85 43 .00 2 84 483 00 3 86 45 00 Rainfall last year 00 Rainfall this year .00 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Rainfall ¢ % ty: %, ‘ June 27 84 53 -00 28 81 59 .00 29.. 89 8 00 FE perme ceia . 00 July. 1 .00 2 -00 3 .00 Rainfall last year . 00: Rainfall this year .00 a, ‘ Bee od a DOWN SHE WENT---This historic Slave Girl tree in Rough andReady sopnled across Highway 20 last week, a victim of an inadequate root system. Legend has it that a Negro slave girl poked her cottonwood riding switch in the ground and it grew. The cottonwood was over a hundred years old when it fell. Standing by the fallen giant are (IrR): Richard Miller, Bill Gillander, G. B. Kinter and Frank Deardorf.