June 28, 1961 (14 pages)

Serving the communities of Nevada Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbu, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, roc ane-ore taneijeariaacemasneibeuse ap Semiindiinandastenaenateeaadh cient maiaiuddasante 4 City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, 28 TES WRT Sa ee Volume 36 Number 26 10 Cents a Copy “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Wedm day» Nevada City, Jjune 28,1961 Independence Day 1961 Four Day Bonanza Start Due GRASS VALLEY---The biggest four-day celebration in recent Nevada County History begins Saturday and continues through Independence Day Tuesday. Featured attraction of the celebration will come Tuesday at 1la,.m. when the Bonanza Pageant on wheels will be seen by thousands of visitors. ‘The pageant isa. parade estimated to be eight tenths a mile long, with 70 or more units, The pageant is in five divisions: theearly years, directed by Nevada County Realtors; the Gay 90s, directed by the Merchants Association; the turn of the century, directed by Nevada County Auto Dealers; the Roaring 20s, directed by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce; andthe modern era, direct-’ ed by various county groups, The parade can best be seen beginning on Main Street at Bennett Street, thence to Auburn Street, to Colfax Avenue, to Memorial Park, back to Colfax Avenue, to Auburn Street, to Hennessy School. A tribal dance will follow at Hennessy School under the direction of Chief Winnemucca of Nevada. Saturday’s feature event will be a street dance at 8 p.m. in front of the Grass Valley Safeway Store. Sunday will be a full day. A pancake breakfast will kick off the day at Memorial Park, followed by an aquacade at lla.m. An air show willbeheld at1p.m at LomaRica Airport; a barbecueat4p.m. followed by a rodeo at 7 p.m., both at the Horsemen's Association Grounds off Loma Rica Road, Fireworks will be displayed Monday evening at dusk at Hennessy School, Chairmen for the Bonanza celebration are Walter Wieger and Hillis Hubbard. ‘The event is sponsored by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. FREEWAY FUNDS HELD UP BY U.S. SACRA MENTO---It was reported yesterday thatthe U.S. is withholding funds for freeway construction pending an investigation of the historic buildings that might be lost. WORN AND TIRED..These two co-chairmen of the Nevada County Bonanza this week had enough energy left to hold upa promotional sign, and to smile toearly arrivals forthe week-end holiday celebration. Walter Wieger (left), recently retired Grass. Valley Postmaster, and Hillis Hubbard are being credited with one of the great promotional events in Nevada County =~ wv « NEVADA COUNTY BONANZA LDULY 12-54 biia9 196f TA GEANT: WHEELS aly oA AIRSHOW AQUACADE SQUARE DANCING . FEIDE: Ay IPTVE &> OLD TIME ENTERTAINMENT / & history. They were appointed to the Bonanza job by Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce President Earl Covey forthe 1961 event. Friday, June 30---*Jalopy Races, 7:15 p.m. , Fairgrounds Saturday July 1---Merchants Poke O' Gold Sale Scenic Tours from Pioneer Village, Gold Panning, Pioneer Village (Daily) Pony Rides, Pioneer Village (Daiiy) Rides, etc., Pioneer Village (Daily) Mine Display, Pioneer Village (Daily) Street Dance, 8 p.m., Brockington Bonanza Program Manor, in front of Safeway Store, Sunday, July 2---Pancake Breakfast, 7-11 a.m., orial Park. choice, Church Services, 11 a.m, = church of Aquacade, 11 a.m., Memorial Park Air Show, 1-4p,m., Loma Rica Airport, Barbecue, 4-7 p.m., Horsemen's Association Grounds, off Loma Rica Road. Rodeo, 7 p.m,, Horsemen's Association Grounds, Monday, July 3---Merchants Poke O' Gold Sale Fireworks Display, Dusk, Hennessy School City. Tuesday, July 4---BONANZ *Westmont College Quartet, Nevada City Baptist Church 7:30 p.m., Main Street, County History in pageant form tecelebrate INDEPENDENCE DAY. 1lla.m, 70-75 unitsin mobilepageant Indian Tribal Dance, Noon (after pageant over), Hennessy School, by Chief Wismemucca from Nevada. PARADE ROUTE: MainSt. from Bennett St., turning on onto Colfax Avenue to Memorial Park and back, thence on Auburn St, to Hennessy School Auburn St., *Not a planned Bonanza Event, A---111 years of Nevada Men\ Nevada A a eee RECREATIONAL LAND OFFER SEEN U.S. Land Inventory May Open For County NEVADA CITY---The federal Bureau of Land Management may offer some of its 20,000 acresin Nevada Coun ty to the county for recreational purposes, bureau representativestoldthe county planning commission Monday night. The startled commission members immediately piled the government officials for details. Sacramento district manager J. Jensen, Area Supervisor R.G. Sporleder, and field agent L.L. Montross informed the commission that the bureau has recently been making a compleie new inventory of its Nevada County lands, reclassifying lands according to their "best and Cemetery Use Permit Is Granted . NEVADA CITY---A use permit for a proposed new cemetery and mortuary to be operated by Paul Bergemann was approved without dessent at Monday night's meeting of the county planning commission. Thecemetery adjoins an old Chinese burial ground, harking from pioneer days, Bergemann presenteda new map of his proposed operation, which will be located off Bost Avenue at the outskirts of Nevada City. Bergemann agreed to a fifty foot minimum setback off Bost Avenue forthe mortuary. In addition, he promised an extensive hedging project, and declared the new facility would be the only "perpetual care" cemetery in the county, Thenew funeral home will reportedly require a $90, 000 outlay. Therewere no protests at Monday night's hearing. Atearlierhearings, some residents of Bost Avenuehad strongly objected to . Bergemann’s plans, Appearing with Bergemann at all hearings on behalf of the project was Ed Furano, highest use. " Under the bureau's new "multiple use” policy, Jensen said, recreational use of these lands is assuming more importance everyday, "especially in a county like this one, " It might be possible, Sporleder said, for the county to buy certain recreational lands from the government for as little as $2. 50 per acre. However, the bureau right now appearso be interested in determining the county's recreational needs, and its future land-use plans, before any. plan for disposal is accepted, Accordingly, the commission will instruct the county's new director of planning, William Roberts, to make a full study of the federal lands in question, in cooperation PAGEANT ENTRIES SEE PAGE 4 to. the proposed trailer park, Hansen Bros. Zoning Delayed NEVADA CITY---The application of Arlie and Karsten Hansen for an. "M" Industrial zoning for a proposed new gravel storage and future hot plant site near La Barr Meadows was continued for two weeks by the planning Up Areas Recreation with the federal officials, and make an early report to the commission, Atthesametime, the commission approved a motion of Charles Kitts instructing executive secretary Catherine Veale to write the bureau urging that all bureau lands in Nevada County suitable for recreation be reserved for such use, According toKitts, the bureau Officials first approached him about their Nevada County holdings, indicating that the Nevada County reclassficationis a " likely set a general pattern, Kitts urged the federal officials to consult the planning commission, which will presumably submit the results of its studies to the board of supervisors, It is understood the 20, 000 acres are located in many areas of the county, with some of the choice recreational holdings close in to Nevada City. pilot study” in . California which will very j MISGUIDED MISSILE..Itis onlya match, but in the hands of a careless person, this lighted match becomes a misguided missile. Forestry and conservation personnel warn that this summer can be the most tragic in fire-loss history. The BOWLING ALLEY PLANNED NEVADA CITY---A modern 12 lane bowling alley and "recreational center" is proposed for the Olympia Park area, itwasleamed at Monday night's planning commission meeting, Public hearings on a use permit application for the facility were scheduled beginning in two weeks, The new bowling center is planned for the golf driving range between Olympia and Brunswick. The plans call for a building 84 feet by 180 feetin size, with extensive parking facilities. ' Names of the investing parties were not available, commission Monday night, A letter from Leo Todd, attorney representing the Hansen Brothers, was read, indicating the applicants would accept a postponement pending a review ofthe site by William Roberts, director of planning, due to assume his duties July 1. The Hansens, however, who were present at the meeting, said they would prefer an immediate decision on the matter. The postponement was voted, in accordance with the commission's decision two weeks agotoallow Roberts to inspect the location. The commission also held the first public hearing on a land-use application made by Bruce McDonald of Peardale for a trailer park opposite the Pine Tree Grocery. Ellwood Ellinger and B.H. Sidnam spoke in opposition while Joe Ruess supported Weather lack of rain means people must be more careful, more thoughtful in the Sierras, they say. Air Show Program For Bonanza Is Told LOMA RICA---Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce members today released the schedule for their Bonanza Fly-In Air Show to be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. In a schedule that calls for something every 15 to 30 minutes, the events are: Military Fly-Over, Beale AFB jets, Mooney Mark 20 Demonstration, Crop-Dusting Demonstration, Beech Aircraft Demonstration, Borate Drop demonstration, using two planes, dropping 1,000 gallons of borate from a height of 50 feet, Comedy Flying act. Piper Aircraft Demonstration. Helicopter Rescue Demonstration, s Cessna Aircraft Demonstration, Aerobatics by Norm Hibbard of Auburn, The show will end at about 4:15 p.m. Priortotheshow _ itself, plane rides will be available at anominal price over the area, beginning at 10 a.m. NEVADA CITY Max Min June 21 98 53 22 101 57 23 He 298 56 24 95 55 25 99 56 26 97 58 27 95 53 Rainfall to date 86.15 "last year 45,65 GRASS VALLEY Max Min June 21 100 » 12 22 103 71 23 98 66 24 — 97 68 25 102 10 26 100 69 27 100 63 Rainfall to date $8.66 TAHOE FOREST FIRES TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST FIRE REPORT: Monday, June 26, 5a.m.--=20 fires caused by lightning---largest area burned, one and one-half acres. Crews from Big Ben, Foresthill, Downieville, Camptonville, White Cloud, Truckee, two helicopters, two F7F borate tankersone Loma Rica recon plane. Logging and timber operations shut down to help put out fires. : Weather Forecast: Continued hot with low humidity. McDonald's presentation. "last year 48,15

Serving the communities of Nevada Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbu, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, roc ane-ore taneijeariaacemasneibeuse ap Semiindiinandastenaenateeaadh cient maiaiuddasante 4 City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, 28 TES WRT Sa ee Volume 36 Number 26 10 Cents a Copy “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Wedm day» Nevada City, Jjune 28,1961 Independence Day 1961 Four Day Bonanza Start Due GRASS VALLEY---The biggest four-day celebration in recent Nevada County History begins Saturday and continues through Independence Day Tuesday. Featured attraction of the celebration will come Tuesday at 1la,.m. when the Bonanza Pageant on wheels will be seen by thousands of visitors. ‘The pageant isa. parade estimated to be eight tenths a mile long, with 70 or more units, The pageant is in five divisions: theearly years, directed by Nevada County Realtors; the Gay 90s, directed by the Merchants Association; the turn of the century, directed by Nevada County Auto Dealers; the Roaring 20s, directed by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce; andthe modern era, direct-’ ed by various county groups, The parade can best be seen beginning on Main Street at Bennett Street, thence to Auburn Street, to Colfax Avenue, to Memorial Park, back to Colfax Avenue, to Auburn Street, to Hennessy School. A tribal dance will follow at Hennessy School under the direction of Chief Winnemucca of Nevada. Saturday’s feature event will be a street dance at 8 p.m. in front of the Grass Valley Safeway Store. Sunday will be a full day. A pancake breakfast will kick off the day at Memorial Park, followed by an aquacade at lla.m. An air show willbeheld at1p.m at LomaRica Airport; a barbecueat4p.m. followed by a rodeo at 7 p.m., both at the Horsemen's Association Grounds off Loma Rica Road, Fireworks will be displayed Monday evening at dusk at Hennessy School, Chairmen for the Bonanza celebration are Walter Wieger and Hillis Hubbard. ‘The event is sponsored by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. FREEWAY FUNDS HELD UP BY U.S. SACRA MENTO---It was reported yesterday thatthe U.S. is withholding funds for freeway construction pending an investigation of the historic buildings that might be lost. WORN AND TIRED...These two co-chairmen of the Nevada County Bonanza this week had enough energy left to hold upa promotional sign, and to smile toearly arrivals forthe week-end holiday celebration. Walter Wieger (left), recently retired Grass. Valley Postmaster, and Hillis Hubbard are being credited with one of the great promotional events in Nevada County =~ wv « NEVADA COUNTY BONANZA LDULY 12-54 biia9 196f TA GEANT: WHEELS aly oA AIRSHOW AQUACADE SQUARE DANCING . FEIDE: Ay IPTVE &> OLD TIME ENTERTAINMENT / & history. They were appointed to the Bonanza job by Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce President Earl Covey forthe 1961 event. Friday, June 30---*Jalopy Races, 7:15 p.m. , Fairgrounds Saturday July 1---Merchants Poke O' Gold Sale Scenic Tours from Pioneer Village, Gold Panning, Pioneer Village (Daily) Pony Rides, Pioneer Village (Daiiy) Rides, etc., Pioneer Village (Daily) Mine Display, Pioneer Village (Daily) Street Dance, 8 p.m., Brockington Bonanza Program Manor, in front of Safeway Store, Sunday, July 2---Pancake Breakfast, 7-11 a.m., orial Park. choice, Church Services, 11 a.m, = church of Aquacade, 11 a.m., Memorial Park Air Show, 1-4p,m., Loma Rica Airport, Barbecue, 4-7 p.m., Horsemen's Association Grounds, off Loma Rica Road. Rodeo, 7 p.m,, Horsemen's Association Grounds, Monday, July 3---Merchants Poke O' Gold Sale Fireworks Display, Dusk, Hennessy School City. Tuesday, July 4---BONANZ *Westmont College Quartet, Nevada City Baptist Church 7:30 p.m., Main Street, County History in pageant form tecelebrate INDEPENDENCE DAY. 1lla.m, 70-75 unitsin mobilepageant Indian Tribal Dance, Noon (after pageant over), Hennessy School, by Chief Wismemucca from Nevada. PARADE ROUTE: MainSt. from Bennett St., turning on onto Colfax Avenue to Memorial Park and back, thence on Auburn St, to Hennessy School Auburn St., *Not a planned Bonanza Event, A---111 years of Nevada Men\ Nevada A a eee RECREATIONAL LAND OFFER SEEN U.S. Land Inventory May Open For County NEVADA CITY---The federal Bureau of Land Management may offer some of its 20,000 acresin Nevada Coun ty to the county for recreational purposes, bureau representativestoldthe county planning commission Monday night. The startled commission members immediately piled the government officials for details. Sacramento district manager J. Jensen, Area Supervisor R.G. Sporleder, and field agent L.L. Montross informed the commission that the bureau has recently been making a compleie new inventory of its Nevada County lands, reclassifying lands according to their "best and Cemetery Use Permit Is Granted . NEVADA CITY---A use permit for a proposed new cemetery and mortuary to be operated by Paul Bergemann was approved without dessent at Monday night's meeting of the county planning commission. Thecemetery adjoins an old Chinese burial ground, harking from pioneer days, Bergemann presenteda new map of his proposed operation, which will be located off Bost Avenue at the outskirts of Nevada City. Bergemann agreed to a fifty foot minimum setback off Bost Avenue forthe mortuary. In addition, he promised an extensive hedging project, and declared the new facility would be the only "perpetual care" cemetery in the

county, Thenew funeral home will reportedly require a $90, 000 outlay. Therewere no protests at Monday night's hearing. Atearlierhearings, some residents of Bost Avenuehad strongly objected to . Bergemann’s plans, Appearing with Bergemann at all hearings on behalf of the project was Ed Furano, highest use. " Under the bureau's new "multiple use” policy, Jensen said, recreational use of these lands is assuming more importance everyday, "especially in a county like this one, " It might be possible, Sporleder said, for the county to buy certain recreational lands from the government for as little as $2. 50 per acre. However, the bureau right now appearso be interested in determining the county's recreational needs, and its future land-use plans, before any. plan for disposal is accepted, Accordingly, the commission will instruct the county's new director of planning, William Roberts, to make a full study of the federal lands in question, in cooperation PAGEANT ENTRIES SEE PAGE 4 to. the proposed trailer park, Hansen Bros. Zoning Delayed NEVADA CITY---The application of Arlie and Karsten Hansen for an. "M" Industrial zoning for a proposed new gravel storage and future hot plant site near La Barr Meadows was continued for two weeks by the planning Up Areas Recreation with the federal officials, and make an early report to the commission, Atthesametime, the commission approved a motion of Charles Kitts instructing executive secretary Catherine Veale to write the bureau urging that all bureau lands in Nevada County suitable for recreation be reserved for such use, According toKitts, the bureau Officials first approached him about their Nevada County holdings, indicating that the Nevada County reclassficationis a " likely set a general pattern, Kitts urged the federal officials to consult the planning commission, which will presumably submit the results of its studies to the board of supervisors, It is understood the 20, 000 acres are located in many areas of the county, with some of the choice recreational holdings close in to Nevada City. pilot study” in . California which will very j MISGUIDED MISSILE...Itis onlya match, but in the hands of a careless person, this lighted match becomes a misguided missile. Forestry and conservation personnel warn that this summer can be the most tragic in fire-loss history. The BOWLING ALLEY PLANNED NEVADA CITY---A modern 12 lane bowling alley and "recreational center" is proposed for the Olympia Park area, itwasleamed at Monday night's planning commission meeting, Public hearings on a use permit application for the facility were scheduled beginning in two weeks, The new bowling center is planned for the golf driving range between Olympia and Brunswick. The plans call for a building 84 feet by 180 feetin size, with extensive parking facilities. ' Names of the investing parties were not available, commission Monday night, A letter from Leo Todd, attorney representing the Hansen Brothers, was read, indicating the applicants would accept a postponement pending a review ofthe site by William Roberts, director of planning, due to assume his duties July 1. The Hansens, however, who were present at the meeting, said they would prefer an immediate decision on the matter. The postponement was voted, in accordance with the commission's decision two weeks agotoallow Roberts to inspect the location. The commission also held the first public hearing on a land-use application made by Bruce McDonald of Peardale for a trailer park opposite the Pine Tree Grocery. Ellwood Ellinger and B.H. Sidnam spoke in opposition while Joe Ruess supported Weather lack of rain means people must be more careful, more thoughtful in the Sierras, they say. Air Show Program For Bonanza Is Told LOMA RICA---Grass Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce members today released the schedule for their Bonanza Fly-In Air Show to be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. In a schedule that calls for something every 15 to 30 minutes, the events are: Military Fly-Over, Beale AFB jets, Mooney Mark 20 Demonstration, Crop-Dusting Demonstration, Beech Aircraft Demonstration, Borate Drop demonstration, using two planes, dropping 1,000 gallons of borate from a height of 50 feet, Comedy Flying act. Piper Aircraft Demonstration. Helicopter Rescue Demonstration, s Cessna Aircraft Demonstration, Aerobatics by Norm Hibbard of Auburn, The show will end at about 4:15 p.m. Priortotheshow _ itself, plane rides will be available at anominal price over the area, beginning at 10 a.m. NEVADA CITY Max Min June 21 98 53 22 101 57 23 He 298 56 24 95 55 25 99 56 26 97 58 27 95 53 Rainfall to date 86.15 "last year 45,65 GRASS VALLEY Max Min June 21 100 » 12 22 103 71 23 98 66 24 — 97 68 25 102 10 26 100 69 27 100 63 Rainfall to date $8.66 TAHOE FOREST FIRES TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST FIRE REPORT: Monday, June 26, 5a.m.--=20 fires caused by lightning---largest area burned, one and one-half acres. Crews from Big Ben, Foresthill, Downieville, Camptonville, White Cloud, Truckee, two helicopters, two F7F borate tankersone Loma Rica recon plane. Logging and timber operations shut down to help put out fires. : Weather Forecast: Continued hot with low humidity. McDonald's presentation. "last year 48,15