June 28, 1972 (12 pages)

> 10 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, June 28, 1972 From the files of The Nugget (This week's file segments are taken from the Nevada County "Citizen" issues published from October 14, 1959 thru that of March 9, 1960) ; OCTOBER: Plans to start a retirement community on the Shady Knolls Ranch, Jones Par Road, were announced by James Finnegan who came from Los Angeles. He proposed to ultimately construct a total of 300 bungalows on his 536-acre property before he was finished with the project. KK KK KK Grass Valley's new Safeway supermarket opened for business behind the old location on South Auburn Street in that city. Also slated for construction adjacent to the supermarket were a Bank of America branch and a beauty parlor. * KK OK + Ring Brothers Circus entertained all comers to the grand opening of the See-Painter-Dilley shopping center on Zion Street in Nevada City. © ‘ * * KOK KF NOVEMBER: A terrific forest fire raged over 16,000 acres of brush and timberland threatening Camptonville in a windpropelled race from Goodyear's Bar to the Middle Fork of the Yuba River. The little community of Pike was almost totally wiped out by the fire. ** KK KK The New Verde Mines deeded a piece of land at the North Star Mine to Grass Valley so that a historic Pelton Wheel situated there might be preserved for posterity. *¥ eK KK * DECEMBER: Quick action by Nevada City firemen limited the damage in a fire at the old Nevada County Narrow Gauge Depot. The original depot had burned to the ground in the 1920's and was replaced by the building which just missed a similar fate this time around. ** Kk KK * A ten-year plan to develop an 80-acre Grass Valley Park was revealed by the Grass Valley Lions Club, The city owned the property which was willed to it by the late Violet P. Condon several years previously. . .for "recreational purposes." It was to be known as the "Condon Memorial Park." **¥*e KK + JANUARY: Virtually all hotel and motel rooms in Western Nevada County were being booked for the scheduled Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley. Area chambers of commerce issued a call for private homes to be registered as a source of additional short-term accomodations for visitors. ** KK KK Gra-Neva Appliances, Grass Valley's newest business opened its doors under the co-ownership of Stanley S. Thompson and Clifford A, Nicholls, ** KK KK "Grampa" Willis Newton Webber had a fine big party on his 100th birthday anniversary. A group of some 25 family members and intimate friends sat down to dinner with the spry century-old gentleman. * * KK KK FEBRUARY: A massive earth slide near Baxters on Highway 40 (I-80) threatened to close that main artery across the Sierra just two weeks prior to the scheduled opening of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley. *** KK * Robert Paine of Nevada City announced the formation of the "Last Man" Club of the famed Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, Paine had worked for the narrow gauge for a dozen years and when he left the railroad in 1942, it was a general freight and passenger agent for the line. * KOK OK * A heavy winter storm dropped sheets of water across the county and caused minor flooding and some property damage. Grass Valley suffered through the greatest 24-hour downpour in history, as 7.36 inches of rain hit the city. Nevada City recorded an even eight inches of rain for the same period. * KOK OK * A report prepared for the Division of Beaches and Parks pointed out the "serious consequences for historic buildings and sites in the Twin Cities which would result from the construction of a proposed freeway between the two cities." * KKK KK MARCH: Merger of the Nevada County Citizen and Nevada County Nugget was announced jointly by John , Truscott, publisher of the Nugget; and Alfred E. Heller, publisher of the Citizen. The 34-year old "Nugget" name was to be retained for the combined publication. . pX Y V-& g Hough y &.Y. BT eve ss By Fay M. Dunbar = 273-2934 ‘There was one sad note in our community last week as it prepared for its annual celebration. The death of Cheri Lov McCrea is mourned by the entire community. Cheri was born in Rough and Ready 18: shert years ago. She was looking forward to her 19 birthday in. August. She was born with the heart problem that brought on her death. It had controlled her entire life. She died at St. Lukes in San Francisco last Thursday evening in the care of the doctor whohad been her Pediatrician since she was 2 years old. Too many of the short years she visited bere were spent in pain but you did not know this from ber sweet kind responses. Even school was a problem. The family moved from their home here to be near enough to a school that they could reach quickly. In 1968 they .returned here to stay. They had recently moved into a new home whose site Cheri herself had selected as a small child when she and here brother Kim and two older sisters Alene and Karen played there. The gift of the 18 short years of this life will be deeply remembered. * OK OK OK OK I don't know who the oldest visitor was, at the Secession Day celebration last Sunday, but unquestionably the youngest was 1] day old Gary Lawrence Mader brand new son of the Alan Maders. Young Gary spent the day under the loving supervision of Grandmother Mrs. Lawrence (Joan) Mader and great Grandmother Mrs, Frank (Mary) O'Neal, He seemed to thoroughly enjoy the gay crowd. * * KKK Another young visitor, 7 year old Dee Dee, summer guest of the Clines of Bonanza Way had an -exciting Secession Day. She had to be rescued by the Fire Department. Her accident was slightly unglamorous though. She got her ankle caught in one of the sanitary facilities provided especially for the celebration. While you're chuckling feel a little sorry for the frightened little girl with the deeply pinched and bruised ankle. * * Kk KK Mrs, Carol Strauss, daughter of the Warren Warfords, sang a couple of numbers with Everette Burkard and the group of Marysville Musicians who entertained so wonderfully last Sunday. She was joined by her daughter Robin and their cousin Lennie Brown. Mrs, Strauss is from El Sobrante. Her musical career is not exactly in the field of music in which she participated last Sunday. She directs a Church Choir, teaches several College Choirs, and is an Opera Singer herself, The Warfords are justifiably proud of her. * KK OK * Best part of the day for me of course was the Vignettes of our Rough and Ready Pioneers. There were six of these little stories tied together into one production, The first one was about the Church built in Rough and Ready, in 1850. It was the first in the area and was called the Christian Association. The building was 18 by 25 feet with a dirt floor but it served a congregation of 80 and had many interesting visiting services of ALL denominations. [ thought'a nice touch was that the Saloon had grown too small for them. This first little Vignette also included the fact the Rough and Ready had more womenfolk than other mining camps around. This was probably due to the graciousness of Mrs. Mary Downey of Downey House.Our second story was was of the two celebreties who often visited our own Jennie Moore namelyLotta Crabtree and Lola Montez. The third story covered several different ways to get rich in early Rough and Ready. One of these was the Reverend Dunleavys method. He collected the nuggets from the earth at the newly turned graves, Then we had the wedding of Miss Julia Single of Boston to John Fippin and of Mrs, Susan Icard who "baked the best dried apple pies around" to Joe Swiegart who brought on the secession because of his gullibility. You see he was the miner that the Massachussetts Slicker took for a bundle with his little malingering nuse. Then of course we had our "Rough and Ready Girls"! They ended their Rough and Ready version of the Can Can with that rear end exposure bit. In case you didnt see them it read Rough and Ready or Bust. The Girls were Mrs, Shiela Bartley, Miss Loris Best, and Mmes. Dorothy Johnson, Joann Stevens, and Beatrice Treadway. Col, Brundage with his many gripes was done by Mr, Wm. Morton. The mining men who helped him raise the Flag of the Great Republic of Rough and Ready were the Reverend by Mr. O, C. Lehaman, Joe was Don Goodwin, Mac Riddle was Tom Van der Leum, Hank (Perl Ladd) was David Webb, and JohnFippin was Art Phelps. Our lovely brides were Mmes. Constance Baer and Marie Phelps. Abigail Dunleavy was Mrs. O, C. (Thelma) Lehman, Jennie Moore was Mrs, Scott (Alice) Licht, Lola was Mrs Allan (Lucille) McCrea. Her stand in who did the part on Secession day was Mrs, David (Josephine) Webb. The Webbs will be moving to our community in September and this proves beyond all doubt that they will be a real addition to our community. Little Lotta Crabtree was Miss Brenda West. This kind of thing takes some unseen helpers too. Mrs. Noreen Harwood took care of Wardrobe. Mrs. Lucille McCrea took Scenery. The unexpected loss of her daughter was why our scenery was so amaturerishly painted. Tom Van der Leum, Don Goodwin, and I did it at the last moment without any preparation. Our three musicians were Mrs. Irene Morton Grange Pianist at the piano, Mr. John Janson on the accordion, and Mr. Clarence Treadway, member of the State Old Time Fidlers Association, on fiddle. The Vaudeville Skit done by the Fats was a riot. The dramatic bits were done by Mrs, Pearl Glass. To explain them in a few short words would be impossible. Their music was provided by John Kartozian on piano, John is incomparable especially for this sort of music. Dora Grieme, who swears she can't carry a tune in a basket and now I believe it, did the clever scene of the over and proves to be qite bald as well as well corseted. Pear] did the accompanist with dash and comedy. Other members of the cast who were bot FatswereThe Tahitians, Dr. Bert Spaite and Don Long; Simeon Grieme, the Waltz King: Mrs, Sue Fay, changed from prim pioneer to Wow! almost before your eyes; Supervisor Larry Filer as a Ballet dancer, and Mrs. Jack Bogan added a delightful comedy night time scene of 100 years ago, The Fats outdid themselves, Again it would be impossible to describe in a few words. They sang, they danced, and they provided background color as well as comedy. The Fats are Mmes, Helen Avery, Postmaster; Helene Hurlbut Baerman, Helen Beatie, Maciel Filer, Edna Gilfillan, Joan Mader, Mary O'Neal, Barbara Sailor and Helen Steele. Better come next year and see for yourselves, * * * * * I have enough news this morning to fill another column this size. If you don't find yourselves here give me until next week. But Iam sure to miss many of the interesting happenings if you don't tell me about them. It was the busiest day around here for some time. Lots of our neighbors had weekend guests the most notable of which was the Dr. Bert Spaits with approximately 50 of them, Understand some of them turned the Seim Deck into a Dormitory and were there the night it rained--Thursday I think. The Spaits daughter Mrs, O.E. Boling of Oakland was married in the little Chapel on Saturday.

> 10 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, June 28, 1972 From the files of The Nugget (This week's file segments are taken from the Nevada County "Citizen" issues published from October 14, 1959 thru that of March 9, 1960) ; OCTOBER: Plans to start a retirement community on the Shady Knolls Ranch, Jones Par Road, were announced by James Finnegan who came from Los Angeles. He proposed to ultimately construct a total of 300 bungalows on his 536-acre property before he was finished with the project. KK KK KK Grass Valley's new Safeway supermarket opened for business behind the old location on South Auburn Street in that city. Also slated for construction adjacent to the supermarket were a Bank of America branch and a beauty parlor. * KK OK + Ring Brothers Circus entertained all comers to the grand opening of the See-Painter-Dilley shopping center on Zion Street in Nevada City. © ‘ * * KOK KF NOVEMBER: A terrific forest fire raged over 16,000 acres of brush and timberland threatening Camptonville in a windpropelled race from Goodyear's Bar to the Middle Fork of the Yuba River. The little community of Pike was almost totally wiped out by the fire. ** KK KK The New Verde Mines deeded a piece of land at the North Star Mine to Grass Valley so that a historic Pelton Wheel situated there might be preserved for posterity. *¥ eK KK * DECEMBER: Quick action by Nevada City firemen limited the damage in a fire at the old Nevada County Narrow Gauge Depot. The original depot had burned to the ground in the 1920's and was replaced by the building which just missed a similar fate this time around. ** Kk KK * A ten-year plan to develop an 80-acre Grass Valley Park was revealed by the Grass Valley Lions Club, The city owned the property which was willed to it by the late Violet P. Condon several years previously. . .for "recreational purposes." It was to be known as the "Condon Memorial Park." **¥*e KK + JANUARY: Virtually all hotel and motel rooms in Western Nevada County were being booked for the scheduled Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley. Area chambers of commerce issued a call for private homes to be registered as a source of additional short-term accomodations for visitors. ** KK KK Gra-Neva Appliances, Grass Valley's newest business opened its doors under the co-ownership of Stanley S. Thompson and Clifford A, Nicholls, ** KK KK "Grampa" Willis Newton Webber had a fine big party on his 100th birthday anniversary. A group of some 25 family members and intimate friends sat down to dinner with the spry century-old gentleman. * * KK KK FEBRUARY: A massive earth slide near Baxters on Highway 40 (I-80) threatened to close that main artery across the Sierra just two weeks prior to the scheduled opening of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley. *** KK * Robert Paine of Nevada City announced the formation of the "Last Man" Club of the famed Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, Paine had worked for the narrow gauge for a dozen years and when he left the railroad in 1942, it was a general freight and passenger agent for the line. * KOK OK * A heavy winter storm dropped sheets of water across the county and caused minor flooding and some property damage. Grass Valley suffered through the greatest 24-hour downpour in history, as 7.36 inches of rain hit the city. Nevada City recorded an even eight inches of rain for the same period. * KOK OK * A report prepared for the Division of Beaches and Parks pointed out the "serious consequences for historic buildings and sites in the Twin Cities which would result from the construction of a proposed freeway between the two cities." * KKK KK MARCH: Merger of the Nevada County Citizen and Nevada County Nugget was announced jointly by John , Truscott, publisher of the Nugget; and Alfred E. Heller, publisher of the Citizen. The 34-year old "Nugget" name was to be retained for the combined publication. . pX Y V-& g Hough y &.Y..

BT eve ss By Fay M. Dunbar = 273-2934 ‘There was one sad note in our community last week as it prepared for its annual celebration. The death of Cheri Lov McCrea is mourned by the entire community. Cheri was born in Rough and Ready 18: shert years ago. She was looking forward to her 19 birthday in. August. She was born with the heart problem that brought on her death. It had controlled her entire life. She died at St. Lukes in San Francisco last Thursday evening in the care of the doctor whohad been her Pediatrician since she was 2 years old. Too many of the short years she visited bere were spent in pain but you did not know this from ber sweet kind responses. Even school was a problem. The family moved from their home here to be near enough to a school that they could reach quickly. In 1968 they .returned here to stay. They had recently moved into a new home whose site Cheri herself had selected as a small child when she and here brother Kim and two older sisters Alene and Karen played there. The gift of the 18 short years of this life will be deeply remembered. * OK OK OK OK I don't know who the oldest visitor was, at the Secession Day celebration last Sunday, but unquestionably the youngest was 1] day old Gary Lawrence Mader brand new son of the Alan Maders. Young Gary spent the day under the loving supervision of Grandmother Mrs. Lawrence (Joan) Mader and great Grandmother Mrs, Frank (Mary) O'Neal, He seemed to thoroughly enjoy the gay crowd. * * KKK Another young visitor, 7 year old Dee Dee, summer guest of the Clines of Bonanza Way had an -exciting Secession Day. She had to be rescued by the Fire Department. Her accident was slightly unglamorous though. She got her ankle caught in one of the sanitary facilities provided especially for the celebration. While you're chuckling feel a little sorry for the frightened little girl with the deeply pinched and bruised ankle. * * Kk KK Mrs, Carol Strauss, daughter of the Warren Warfords, sang a couple of numbers with Everette Burkard and the group of Marysville Musicians who entertained so wonderfully last Sunday. She was joined by her daughter Robin and their cousin Lennie Brown. Mrs, Strauss is from El Sobrante. Her musical career is not exactly in the field of music in which she participated last Sunday. She directs a Church Choir, teaches several College Choirs, and is an Opera Singer herself, The Warfords are justifiably proud of her. * KK OK * Best part of the day for me of course was the Vignettes of our Rough and Ready Pioneers. There were six of these little stories tied together into one production, The first one was about the Church built in Rough and Ready, in 1850. It was the first in the area and was called the Christian Association. The building was 18 by 25 feet with a dirt floor but it served a congregation of 80 and had many interesting visiting services of ALL denominations. [ thought'a nice touch was that the Saloon had grown too small for them. This first little Vignette also included the fact the Rough and Ready had more womenfolk than other mining camps around. This was probably due to the graciousness of Mrs. Mary Downey of Downey House.Our second story was was of the two celebreties who often visited our own Jennie Moore namelyLotta Crabtree and Lola Montez. The third story covered several different ways to get rich in early Rough and Ready. One of these was the Reverend Dunleavys method. He collected the nuggets from the earth at the newly turned graves, Then we had the wedding of Miss Julia Single of Boston to John Fippin and of Mrs, Susan Icard who "baked the best dried apple pies around" to Joe Swiegart who brought on the secession because of his gullibility. You see he was the miner that the Massachussetts Slicker took for a bundle with his little malingering nuse. Then of course we had our "Rough and Ready Girls"! They ended their Rough and Ready version of the Can Can with that rear end exposure bit. In case you didnt see them it read Rough and Ready or Bust. The Girls were Mrs, Shiela Bartley, Miss Loris Best, and Mmes. Dorothy Johnson, Joann Stevens, and Beatrice Treadway. Col, Brundage with his many gripes was done by Mr, Wm. Morton. The mining men who helped him raise the Flag of the Great Republic of Rough and Ready were the Reverend by Mr. O, C. Lehaman, Joe was Don Goodwin, Mac Riddle was Tom Van der Leum, Hank (Perl Ladd) was David Webb, and JohnFippin was Art Phelps. Our lovely brides were Mmes. Constance Baer and Marie Phelps. Abigail Dunleavy was Mrs. O, C. (Thelma) Lehman, Jennie Moore was Mrs, Scott (Alice) Licht, Lola was Mrs Allan (Lucille) McCrea. Her stand in who did the part on Secession day was Mrs, David (Josephine) Webb. The Webbs will be moving to our community in September and this proves beyond all doubt that they will be a real addition to our community. Little Lotta Crabtree was Miss Brenda West. This kind of thing takes some unseen helpers too. Mrs. Noreen Harwood took care of Wardrobe. Mrs. Lucille McCrea took Scenery. The unexpected loss of her daughter was why our scenery was so amaturerishly painted. Tom Van der Leum, Don Goodwin, and I did it at the last moment without any preparation. Our three musicians were Mrs. Irene Morton Grange Pianist at the piano, Mr. John Janson on the accordion, and Mr. Clarence Treadway, member of the State Old Time Fidlers Association, on fiddle. The Vaudeville Skit done by the Fats was a riot. The dramatic bits were done by Mrs, Pearl Glass. To explain them in a few short words would be impossible. Their music was provided by John Kartozian on piano, John is incomparable especially for this sort of music. Dora Grieme, who swears she can't carry a tune in a basket and now I believe it, did the clever scene of the over and proves to be qite bald as well as well corseted. Pear] did the accompanist with dash and comedy. Other members of the cast who were bot FatswereThe Tahitians, Dr. Bert Spaite and Don Long; Simeon Grieme, the Waltz King: Mrs, Sue Fay, changed from prim pioneer to Wow! almost before your eyes; Supervisor Larry Filer as a Ballet dancer, and Mrs. Jack Bogan added a delightful comedy night time scene of 100 years ago, The Fats outdid themselves, Again it would be impossible to describe in a few words. They sang, they danced, and they provided background color as well as comedy. The Fats are Mmes, Helen Avery, Postmaster; Helene Hurlbut Baerman, Helen Beatie, Maciel Filer, Edna Gilfillan, Joan Mader, Mary O'Neal, Barbara Sailor and Helen Steele. Better come next year and see for yourselves, * * * * * I have enough news this morning to fill another column this size. If you don't find yourselves here give me until next week. But Iam sure to miss many of the interesting happenings if you don't tell me about them. It was the busiest day around here for some time. Lots of our neighbors had weekend guests the most notable of which was the Dr. Bert Spaits with approximately 50 of them, Understand some of them turned the Seim Deck into a Dormitory and were there the night it rained--Thursday I think. The Spaits daughter Mrs, O.E. Boling of Oakland was married in the little Chapel on Saturday.