June 6, 1962 (10 pages)

Jou sr Rh eS ele a Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Val Hill, Sailor Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney fiat, Sweetland, 23 Ba Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Wallou , Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, So ley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Corral, Rough and Ready, pa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, ggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, ‘Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia ' Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium ‘Tremens. Volume 37 No. 24 10 Cents a Copy ‘"THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday, June 6, 1962 Precinct Grass Valley 1 Grass Valley 2 Grass Valley 4A Grass Valley 4B Grass Valley 5A Grass Valley 5B Rough & ReadyA Rough & Ready B Anthony House Oaks A Oaks B Indian Springs Clear Creek Pleasant Ridge Absentee District 4 Total Nevada City 4 Nevada City 5 Gold Flat 2A Gold Flat 2B Indian Flat Selby Flat Alta Hill A Alta Hill B North Bloomfld -Columbia Hill North S. Juan French Corral Absentee Buena Vista A Buena Vista B Nevada City 1A Nevada City 1B Nevada City 2A Nevada City 2B Nevada City 3 Gold Flat 1A Gold Flat 1B Spaulding Washington Willow Vlly A Willow Vlly B Cottage Hill Empire 1 Empire 2 Frst Springs A Forest Sprngs B Grass Valley 3 Grass Valley 6A Grass Valley 6B Grass Valley 7A Grass Valley 7B Grass Valley 8A Grass Valley 8B Grass Valley 9A Grass Valley 9B Hills Flat 1 Hills Flat 2A Hills Flat 2B Donner Lake Floriston Soda Springs Truckee 1A Truckee 1B Truckee 2A Truckee 2B IT _ BLAKE, JONES GO TO NOV. VOTE Kitts Haddy ‘S AND Blake Casey Gleason Hedrick Jones Meggs 79 74 29 33. 30 4 50 0 19 31 23 i3 19 3 33 6 46 38 14 13 ig 4 22 7 52 52 20 22 18 5 31 6 50 38 19 20 19 6 9 o 52 54 18 24 19 6 K 8 ge 61 34 10 36 16 37 2 76 80 57 28 28 24 24 d 31 21 32 6 12 0 1 0 63 76 ag 28 42 6 41 0 53 63 24 18 21 1 ae 6 97 76 61 30 61 13 10 0 41 14 23 ZA 6 0 sh 0 22 10 1 23 0 6 5 0 : 133 113 15 12 16 4 ij 0 399°. 307 346 101 365 43 Gilbert Gordon Hennessy 56 68 1B 10 94 Shell Gets J2 te 34 16 90 109.67 2S) 98) “lis Edae In 65 58 17 19 87 g 57 59 34 16 64 . V 78. 87 54 97 Local Vote 133 124 97 65 138 NEVADA CIT Y---Supervisor 95 -° 109 44 77 82 Neil Hennessy arid County 7 13 6 4 7 Assessor Charles K itts were 6 2 0 0 12 merit Eeaagpite 3 in pie i rimary voters 90 50 bre 90 iy us y 7 22 9 7 8 — In District 4, supervisorial 14 8 6 wb ci songs lea pe : enn Jones will face eac 364 279 900 other in a November run-off 119 80 at the general election. 138 100 ° B k Hennessy won his seat in 47 59 Fair rele) S the primary election by gett pS ie t B t ing a majority of the ballots Dis ribu ed. cast. His total was 900, 50 70 Lenoard Gilbert, 364, and 63 73 ts 4 VALLEY ---Several . Gail Gordon, 279. In only hundred premium books for . three out of the 13 District 1 95 76 the 1962 fair were mailed to . precincts was Hennessy's toa P y 69 62 exhibitors aver the weekend, . tal less than the simple maa4 6 as Malcolm E.") jority needed for primary Hammill, fair manager. election. ll 6 Over one hundred new sec Kitts spent a restl Pp restless even 27 8 tions have been added and . ing as early returns showed 58 34 many more revised to offer . the assessor and his opponent, 69 55 exhibitors a wide variety of . Marvin Haddy, running neck : entries, especially in all of . and neck. Kitts shot ahead 2d 46 the home economics divi. with the arrival of Truckee 65 49 sions, agriculture and flori. precincts where Kitts picked 53 44 ge aro up an edge of more than 200 rospective exhibitors in . yotes, ZI So horses and ponies should get From 11 p.m. until the 78 47 their entries in early because . fj nal precinct arrived after 36 49 res entries will be accepted . 1:30a.m., the Kitts margin after available facilities are . increased. The final count: a7 46 filled. This rule applies to . Kitts, 4058; Haddy, 3489. 56 54 ali senior livestock entries. The District 4 race was in 7y 85 Manager Hammill stated that . doubt untilnearly 5:30 a.m. 55 81 care had been used in trying . this morning. Candidates to get 1962 premium books . Albert Casey and Harold 68 61 into the hands.of all 1960 and . Gleason were Seah the top 58 71 1961 exhibitors and allof . two throughout the count. 46 50 those people who have inDistrict totals show Blake, . quired for a book but in case 399; Jones, 365; Gleason, 34 48 any one has been overlooked . 346; Casey,307; Mel Hed93 92 or any other who are interest. rick, 105; and write-in can86 99 ed can obtain a book by writ. didate Margarette B. Meggs, ing or by telephoning] 43, 82 89 273-6217 anda fair book will . Nevada County voters went 66 26 be sent. Questions are wel. contrary tothe statewide vote 31 10 comed by fair personnel. by giving Joseph Shell an edge With only 12 weeks left . oyerRichard Nixoninthe Re42 16 until opening day of the fair, . publican nomination for 39 13 workmen are busy planting governor, 2121 to 1769." 38 19 several thousand colorful . Governor Edmund G. Brown flowers throu gho ut the . breezedtonomination on the 86 1 grounds, building new exhibit . Democratic ticket with 2705 100 35 east a and generally . votes against token opposi4058 3489 eautifying the fair. A new . tion. coat of paint on the Home NID Tax Deadline GRASS VALLEY ---June 20 is the deadline date for the second installment of the Nevada Irrigation District as~ sessments. Payments must be made on or before that time to avoida penalty of five per cent, The majority of the assessments have been paid, but there are a number of property owners who may be unaware of the approaching deadline date. Any new owners may contact the Nevada Irrigation District, 144 South Auburn Street, Grass Valley. Style Show Planned TOWN TALK----The Ridge Road Garden Club will meet June 12 at the home of Mrs, William Price. A dessert luncheon will be served a 1 p.m. by the co-hostesses, Mrs, Raymond Brisbane, Mrs. Fred Helmka mp and Mrs. Sedgley. The committee on arrangements of the fashion show will present their plans at the meeting. : The benefit fashion show and entertainment will be held atthe Charles C. Zwingman gardens June 29 at 1:30. The public is invited. Economics Building is almost completed and the dance slab has been enlarged by onethird. Demand for space for commercial exhibitors is alr ready well under way with inside space sold out, Local food and gameconcessionaires have for the most part arranged for their contracts and all permissible professional concessions were contracted early in the year. Early interest in the fair indicates another record breaking year for the Nevada County District Fair---California's Most Beautiful Fair\grounds, Lt. Governor Glenn Anderson piled up 2890 Democratic votes for his nomination, while George Christopher scored 2163 votes in the county for his Republican nomination---both also easy statewide winners. County voters followed the. State trend on propositions, also, Statewide, Proposition 5 is stillin doubt. Local voters tallied: Proposition 1, 3869 yes, 2499 no; Proposition 2, 3800 yes, 2666 no; Proposition 3, 2534 yes, 3543 no; Proposition 4, 2690 yes, 4078 no; Proposition 5, 3430 yes, 2864 no; and Proposition 6, 4026 yes, 2944 no. ’ ‘ ENNESSY WI * DESTROYED. .Fire-Saturday morning erased:this home from Prench Corral scene. Built about 1856 as a three-room home, sonal effects. it was purchased by the Farrelley family in .1862. This picture of the Farrelley. family was taken after the home had been enlarged to seven rooms . Residence of the Bill Browning Sr. family since: 1955, the home burnedtothe ground along with most of the Browning's furniture and per85 Bicycle Riders Due For June 17 Race NEVADA CIT Y ---Entries for the second annual bicycle Tour of Nevada City indicate that more than 60 racers will vie for the $1000 in merchandise prizes in the senior race June 17. An additional25 riders are Jeep Trek July 7 & 8 GRASS VALLEY ---The Grass Valley Jaycees this week extended an invitation to Nevada County residegts to join in the group's Henness Pass Wagon Trek July 7 and 8. The whole family is invited to participate in the trek, and Jaycees are advising warm clothes, bedding, eating utensils, bathing suits, and cameras as the basic essentials for the trip. Participants on the trek who are from out of the area will camp in Grass Valley's Memorial Park July 6, so they can assemble at Black Bart's the following morning between 7 and 8:15 a.m. Lunch will be provided by the Jaycees at Alleghany after a morning stop at the proposed Malakoff State Park site. A steak dinner will be served at the mountain campsite, and after children are bedded down, singing and dancing, will conclude the evening. July 8, following breakfast, the trek will continue over the Henness Pass and on to Reno where Harold's Club has arranged a free show for the children and a cocktail hour for adults. T he trek will disperse in Reno, Arrangements can be made with any Grass Valley Jaycee. expected by race director Charles Allert for competition in the junior event which will start the day's festivities at 1 p.m. Theentry list yesterday included 22 for the senior race and 12-for the junior race. Heavy entries are expected before the week is over from Southern California and Oregon. To date, entries extend from British Columbia apd the state of Washington into Southern California and east to Salt Lake City and the state of Nebraska. Among early entries are 1961 winner B ob Tetzlaff, Dave Sharp, second place, winner, and Dave Waco, fifth in 1961. The race prize list will not be released until next week, although Nevada City Chamber of Commerce officials said the list will include prizes of $1000 or more. Allert and chamber officials are estimating that the crowd this year will range between 5000 and 10,000. ct ancaeeeeatinis Weather GRASS VALLEY Max Min Rainfall May 30 ne ne 31 15 48 1 719 50 2 86 55 3 Or. 2 ar 4 83 41 5 10 44 Rainfall to date 51.70 Rainfall last year 38.66) eese NEVADA CITY Max Min Rajnfall May30 174 43 at 15 40 June 1. 76. 42 2 83 144 3 82 44 4 68 33 5 10 36 Rainfall to date 52.89 Rainfall last year 36.51 Fire Razes Pioneer Home In French Corral FRENCH CORRAL-~-Another of Nevada County"s 100-+yearold homes was lost to fire Saturday morning when the seven room residence of Bill and Lucille Browning burned. Rapid response by the North SanJuan Fire Department and the Shady Creek Division of Forestry station was not enough to halt the blaze which was assumed to have started from a stove, The house was situated one -half mile from here on the Birchville Rd, The browning family was out of the house when the fire was discovered by Lucille Smith, next door neighbor, who summoned help, The Brownings joined neighbors shortly after the alarm in trying to save belongings, Ignoring a dresser drawer with $140, Mrs. Browning managed to rescue pictures of her children, She had to be forcefully removed from building moments beforeitcollapsed. Outside, Mrs. Browning fainted from smoke inhalation and the effects of heat, but she suffered noserbous injuries. Except for a few bundles of clothing and some odds and ends of badly scorched furniture, the Brownings lost everything. They expressed thanks, however, that no one w as injured in fighting the fire, The family is staying with their son BillJr. andhis wife, also residents of Birchville Rd. ,. while they plan to re4 build. The loss of the home was doubly tragic because it was one that was rich in historicial value to the area. The date of construction of the original three rooms ‘is not known, but it is believed to have been about 1856. A miner, Michael Farrelley, just over from Ireland, bought the small house in 1862 and enlarged it by four rooms, It remained in the Farrelley family until 1955 when it was purchased bythe Brownings. Lucille Farrelley Smith told some of the history that revolved around the home. Thomas McGuire, father of surveyor Carlos McGuire, boarded with the family in the year 1894 whilehe taught schoolinFrench Corral. The lot that the house was built on wasthe first lot Thomas Mc-~ Guire pegged out when he became a surveyor, TheBrowning home is one of hundreds that has met the same fate in the French Corral area sincethe days in the mid -1800s that saw French Corralreach the peak of its population, Maid Contest Deadline GRASS VALLEY ----Maid of Nevada County chairman Don Chester reminded county organizations that the closing date for entries in the annual contest is June 16. He urged all those planning on entering the contest to contact him at P. O, Box 1444, Grass Valley. The contest is sponsored annually by the Grass Valley Jaycees. Kit Carson Days JACKSON ---The 1962 edition of the Days of Kit Carson will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Kit Carson Mountain. Men of Amador County. The celebration, June 16 and 17, willbe featured with a gigantic parade; a water fight between antique fire engines; a kiddies parade; whiskerinocontest; dance and an early morning pancake breakfast.

Jou sr Rh eS ele a Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Val Hill, Sailor Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney fiat, Sweetland, 23 Ba Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Wallou , Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, So ley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Corral, Rough and Ready, pa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, ggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, ‘Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia ' Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium ‘Tremens. Volume 37 No. 24 10 Cents a Copy ‘"THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday, June 6, 1962 Precinct Grass Valley 1 Grass Valley 2 Grass Valley 4A Grass Valley 4B Grass Valley 5A Grass Valley 5B Rough & ReadyA Rough & Ready B Anthony House Oaks A Oaks B Indian Springs Clear Creek Pleasant Ridge Absentee District 4 Total Nevada City 4 Nevada City 5 Gold Flat 2A Gold Flat 2B Indian Flat Selby Flat Alta Hill A Alta Hill B North Bloomfld -Columbia Hill North S. Juan French Corral Absentee Buena Vista A Buena Vista B Nevada City 1A Nevada City 1B Nevada City 2A Nevada City 2B Nevada City 3 Gold Flat 1A Gold Flat 1B Spaulding Washington Willow Vlly A Willow Vlly B Cottage Hill Empire 1 Empire 2 Frst Springs A Forest Sprngs B Grass Valley 3 Grass Valley 6A Grass Valley 6B Grass Valley 7A Grass Valley 7B Grass Valley 8A Grass Valley 8B Grass Valley 9A Grass Valley 9B Hills Flat 1 Hills Flat 2A Hills Flat 2B Donner Lake Floriston Soda Springs Truckee 1A Truckee 1B Truckee 2A Truckee 2B IT _ BLAKE, JONES GO TO NOV. VOTE Kitts Haddy ‘S AND Blake Casey Gleason Hedrick Jones Meggs 79 74 29 33. 30 4 50 0 19 31 23 i3 19 3 33 6 46 38 14 13 ig 4 22 7 52 52 20 22 18 5 31 6 50 38 19 20 19 6 9 o 52 54 18 24 19 6 K 8 ge 61 34 10 36 16 37 2 76 80 57 28 28 24 24 d 31 21 32 6 12 0 1 0 63 76 ag 28 42 6 41 0 53 63 24 18 21 1 ae 6 97 76 61 30 61 13 10 0 41 14 23 ZA 6 0 sh 0 22 10 1 23 0 6 5 0 : 133 113 15 12 16 4 ij 0 399°. 307 346 101 365 43 Gilbert Gordon Hennessy 56 68 1B 10 94 Shell Gets J2 te 34 16 90 109.67 2S) 98) “lis Edae In 65 58 17 19 87 g 57 59 34 16 64 . V 78. 87 54 97 Local Vote 133 124 97 65 138 NEVADA CIT Y---Supervisor 95 -° 109 44 77 82 Neil Hennessy arid County 7 13 6 4 7 Assessor Charles K itts were 6 2 0 0 12 merit Eeaagpite 3 in pie i rimary voters 90 50 bre 90 iy us y 7 22 9 7 8 — In District 4, supervisorial 14 8 6 wb ci songs lea pe : enn Jones will face eac 364 279 900 other in a November run-off 119 80 at the general election. 138 100 ° B k Hennessy won his seat in 47 59 Fair rele) S the primary election by gett pS ie t B t ing a majority of the ballots Dis ribu ed. cast. His total was 900, 50 70 Lenoard Gilbert, 364, and 63 73 ts 4 VALLEY ---Several . Gail Gordon, 279. In only hundred premium books for . three out of the 13 District 1 95 76 the 1962 fair were mailed to . precincts was Hennessy's toa P y 69 62 exhibitors aver the weekend, . tal less than the simple maa4 6 as Malcolm E.") jority needed for primary Hammill, fair manager. election. ll 6 Over one hundred new sec Kitts spent a restl Pp restless even 27 8 tions have been added and . ing as early returns showed 58 34 many more revised to offer . the assessor and his opponent, 69 55 exhibitors a wide variety of . Marvin Haddy, running neck : entries, especially in all of . and neck. Kitts shot ahead 2d 46 the home economics divi. with the arrival of Truckee 65 49 sions, agriculture and flori. precincts where Kitts picked 53 44 ge aro up an edge of more than 200 rospective exhibitors in . yotes, ZI So horses and ponies should get From 11 p.m. until the 78 47 their entries in early because . fj nal precinct arrived after 36 49 res entries will be accepted . 1:30a.m., the Kitts margin after available facilities are . increased. The final count: a7 46 filled. This rule applies to . Kitts, 4058; Haddy, 3489. 56 54 ali senior livestock entries. The District 4 race was in 7y 85 Manager Hammill stated that . doubt untilnearly 5:30 a.m. 55 81 care had been used in trying . this morning. Candidates to get 1962 premium books . Albert Casey and Harold 68 61 into the hands.of all 1960 and . Gleason were Seah the top 58 71 1961 exhibitors and allof . two throughout the count. 46 50 those people who have inDistrict totals show Blake, . quired for a book but in case 399; Jones, 365; Gleason, 34 48 any one has been overlooked . 346; Casey,307; Mel Hed93 92 or any other who are interest. rick, 105; and write-in can86 99 ed can obtain a book by writ. didate Margarette B. Meggs, ing or by telephoning] 43, 82 89 273-6217 anda fair book will . Nevada County voters went 66 26 be sent. Questions are wel. contrary tothe statewide vote 31 10 comed by fair personnel. by giving Joseph Shell an edge With only 12 weeks left . oyerRichard Nixoninthe Re42 16 until opening day of the fair, . publican nomination for 39 13 workmen are busy planting governor, 2121 to 1769." 38 19 several thousand colorful . Governor Edmund G. Brown flowers throu gho ut the . breezedtonomination on the 86 1 grounds, building new exhibit . Democratic ticket with 2705 100 35 east a and generally . votes against token opposi4058 3489 eautifying the fair. A new . tion. coat of paint on the Home NID Tax Deadline GRASS VALLEY ---June 20 is the deadline date for the second installment of the Nevada Irrigation District as~ sessments. Payments must be made on or before that time to avoida penalty of five per cent, The majority of the assessments have been paid, but there are a number of property owners who may be unaware of the approaching deadline date. Any new owners may contact the Nevada Irrigation District, 144 South Auburn Street, Grass Valley. Style Show Planned TOWN TALK----The Ridge Road Garden Club will meet June 12 at the home of Mrs, William Price. A dessert luncheon will be served a 1 p.m. by the co-hostesses, Mrs, Raymond Brisbane, Mrs. Fred Helmka mp and Mrs. Sedgley. The committee on arrangements of the fashion show will present their plans at the meeting. : The benefit fashion show and entertainment will be held atthe Charles C. Zwingman gardens June 29 at 1:30. The public is invited. Economics Building is almost completed and the dance slab has been enlarged by onethird. Demand for space for commercial exhibitors is alr ready well under way with inside space sold out, Local food and gameconcessionaires have for the most part arranged for their contracts and all permissible professional concessions were contracted early in the year. Early interest in the fair indicates another record breaking year for the Nevada County District Fair---California's Most Beautiful Fair\grounds, Lt. Governor Glenn Anderson piled up 2890 Democratic votes for his nomination, while George Christopher scored 2163 votes in the county for his Republican

nomination---both also easy statewide winners. County voters followed the. State trend on propositions, also, Statewide, Proposition 5 is stillin doubt. Local voters tallied: Proposition 1, 3869 yes, 2499 no; Proposition 2, 3800 yes, 2666 no; Proposition 3, 2534 yes, 3543 no; Proposition 4, 2690 yes, 4078 no; Proposition 5, 3430 yes, 2864 no; and Proposition 6, 4026 yes, 2944 no. ’ ‘ ENNESSY WI * DESTROYED.. .Fire-Saturday morning erased:this home from Prench Corral scene. Built about 1856 as a three-room home, sonal effects. it was purchased by the Farrelley family in .1862. This picture of the Farrelley. family was taken after the home had been enlarged to seven rooms . Residence of the Bill Browning Sr. family since: 1955, the home burnedtothe ground along with most of the Browning's furniture and per85 Bicycle Riders Due For June 17 Race NEVADA CIT Y ---Entries for the second annual bicycle Tour of Nevada City indicate that more than 60 racers will vie for the $1000 in merchandise prizes in the senior race June 17. An additional25 riders are Jeep Trek July 7 & 8 GRASS VALLEY ---The Grass Valley Jaycees this week extended an invitation to Nevada County residegts to join in the group's Henness Pass Wagon Trek July 7 and 8. The whole family is invited to participate in the trek, and Jaycees are advising warm clothes, bedding, eating utensils, bathing suits, and cameras as the basic essentials for the trip. Participants on the trek who are from out of the area will camp in Grass Valley's Memorial Park July 6, so they can assemble at Black Bart's the following morning between 7 and 8:15 a.m. Lunch will be provided by the Jaycees at Alleghany after a morning stop at the proposed Malakoff State Park site. A steak dinner will be served at the mountain campsite, and after children are bedded down, singing and dancing, will conclude the evening. July 8, following breakfast, the trek will continue over the Henness Pass and on to Reno where Harold's Club has arranged a free show for the children and a cocktail hour for adults. T he trek will disperse in Reno, Arrangements can be made with any Grass Valley Jaycee. expected by race director Charles Allert for competition in the junior event which will start the day's festivities at 1 p.m. Theentry list yesterday included 22 for the senior race and 12-for the junior race. Heavy entries are expected before the week is over from Southern California and Oregon. To date, entries extend from British Columbia apd the state of Washington into Southern California and east to Salt Lake City and the state of Nebraska. Among early entries are 1961 winner B ob Tetzlaff, Dave Sharp, second place, winner, and Dave Waco, fifth in 1961. The race prize list will not be released until next week, although Nevada City Chamber of Commerce officials said the list will include prizes of $1000 or more. Allert and chamber officials are estimating that the crowd this year will range between 5000 and 10,000. ct ancaeeeeatinis Weather GRASS VALLEY Max Min Rainfall May 30 ne ne 31 15 48 1 719 50 2 86 55 3 Or. 2 ar 4 83 41 5 10 44 Rainfall to date 51.70 Rainfall last year 38.66) eese NEVADA CITY Max Min Rajnfall May30 174 43 at 15 40 June 1. 76. 42 2 83 144 3 82 44 4 68 33 5 10 36 Rainfall to date 52.89 Rainfall last year 36.51 Fire Razes Pioneer Home In French Corral FRENCH CORRAL-~-Another of Nevada County"s 100-+yearold homes was lost to fire Saturday morning when the seven room residence of Bill and Lucille Browning burned. Rapid response by the North SanJuan Fire Department and the Shady Creek Division of Forestry station was not enough to halt the blaze which was assumed to have started from a stove, The house was situated one -half mile from here on the Birchville Rd, The browning family was out of the house when the fire was discovered by Lucille Smith, next door neighbor, who summoned help, The Brownings joined neighbors shortly after the alarm in trying to save belongings, Ignoring a dresser drawer with $140, Mrs. Browning managed to rescue pictures of her children, She had to be forcefully removed from building moments beforeitcollapsed. Outside, Mrs. Browning fainted from smoke inhalation and the effects of heat, but she suffered noserbous injuries. Except for a few bundles of clothing and some odds and ends of badly scorched furniture, the Brownings lost everything. They expressed thanks, however, that no one w as injured in fighting the fire, The family is staying with their son BillJr. andhis wife, also residents of Birchville Rd. ,. while they plan to re4 build. The loss of the home was doubly tragic because it was one that was rich in historicial value to the area. The date of construction of the original three rooms ‘is not known, but it is believed to have been about 1856. A miner, Michael Farrelley, just over from Ireland, bought the small house in 1862 and enlarged it by four rooms, It remained in the Farrelley family until 1955 when it was purchased bythe Brownings. Lucille Farrelley Smith told some of the history that revolved around the home. Thomas McGuire, father of surveyor Carlos McGuire, boarded with the family in the year 1894 whilehe taught schoolinFrench Corral. The lot that the house was built on wasthe first lot Thomas Mc-~ Guire pegged out when he became a surveyor, TheBrowning home is one of hundreds that has met the same fate in the French Corral area sincethe days in the mid -1800s that saw French Corralreach the peak of its population, Maid Contest Deadline GRASS VALLEY ----Maid of Nevada County chairman Don Chester reminded county organizations that the closing date for entries in the annual contest is June 16. He urged all those planning on entering the contest to contact him at P. O, Box 1444, Grass Valley. The contest is sponsored annually by the Grass Valley Jaycees. Kit Carson Days JACKSON ---The 1962 edition of the Days of Kit Carson will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Kit Carson Mountain. Men of Amador County. The celebration, June 16 and 17, willbe featured with a gigantic parade; a water fight between antique fire engines; a kiddies parade; whiskerinocontest; dance and an early morning pancake breakfast.