March 1, 1961 (8 pages)

= “NEVADA _ COUNTY Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Fiat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Granitevi ‘Chicago P North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, W.ashington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, ‘Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bat, 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 Tremenhs. ‘Volume 36 No. 9 10 Cents a Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday, March 1, 1961 FOREST HEADQUARTERS SITE PICKED, BUT SIGNATURE HOLDS IT UP REINDEER? NO, JUST THE HORNS.Truthfully, these are not evenreindeer horns. But they are the manzanita branches which Sancho (the steer) was scheduled to wear ina movie sequence scheduled for Graniteville last week. With,these branches tangled on his own horns, the story called for eight local lads to mistake him for a reindeer. Alas. The snow melted, andSancho has gone elsewhere for his movie location, leaving these manzanita branches in Graniteville and several : sad boys in Nevada City and Grass Valley. Conservation : Antlered Week Scheduled — Steer Gone At All Schools Nevada County students are working on projects for next week's annual judging of conservation work in the schools, Thetheme this year is "Multiple Use of Forests." Nevada County Conservation Council Chairman Malcolm Hammill announced the awards committee this year is headed by Mel Davis, area insurance man. School participation this By Dean Thompson It's sad. Sancho can't romp in the Washington School and Ready snow at Graniteville. Springs School both received There's no snow. special awards --WashingAnd eight boys of Nevada ton for school ground imCity and Grass Valley have provement, Ready Springs for had to give up for the time setting upa "nature area” on being thoughts of becoming the school grounds. THiovie stars. Certificates are presented McG ow 4n Productions, to each class participating , headed by Tom McGowan, according to Hammill. had picked Graniteville as A program is planned for. each class in the program w ith speakers giving inforyear will be under the direcmation on multiple forest tion of Margaret Kell with use. Speakers are supplied the help from Del Pharis. by Bill Lambert. Four plaques are awarded One of the featured aspects for the best participation in of Conservation Week is the conservation activities. the site for a film sequence of the story of Sancho (the steer) and his attempts to find his way back to the Texas home he left on a cattle drive. The boys wereto find Sancho in the snow---mis distribution of a tree to each take him for a reindeer, bechild-with instructions on cause of the broken manzantofour sections: one and two planting that tree somewhere ita branchescaught in room schools; first through in the county. Sancho's horns--play with third grades of other schools; This year the Liquidambar him as Sancho pulled their fourth through sixth grades; (Sweet Gum) will be distribusleds--protect him from and seventh through ninth ted. Itisa beautiful autumthe hungry eyes of a father grades. nal tree adding to Nevada who saw in Sancho only the A special award is given County's already colorful / winter meat supply. for a project worked out by autumn. Trees are donated’ But Sancho has left the an entire school or combina by the Nevada City and Grass area, heading for Susanville tion of classes. Last year Valley. Lions Clubs. at last report, in search of Competition is divided in snow. (One report Willard Rose Honored A quarter century of service anda daughter, Priscilla , with Bank of America will. be marked tomorrow by Manager Willard J. Rose of the Nevada City branch. Nevada City Weather Head of the Nevada City! office since 1953, Rose formerly served at the Grass Valley branch for more than six years. He joined the bank at the head officein San Francisco : Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb, 27 Feb. 28 Max. 65 53 58 57 51 53 54 Min. 30 24 25 33 24 28 27 Rain *ods sted -< -hg Active in community affairs, he holds official posts in the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada Rain to-date. 23.39 City Rotary Club, the Heart Rain last year. ; . . 32,11 Association, andthe Boy Scouts. He is a member of Grass Valley the Nevada County Conser69 vation Council, the SacFeb. 22 SF oi 55 ramento Valley Chamber of Feb. 23 29 ie Commerce, the Nevada Feb, 24 62 $3. 2 “2 ee 41 58 County Real Estate Board, Feb. 25 53 the Elks, andthe Nevada Feb. 26 28 ep -es Feb. 27 County Sportsman Club. 30 Rose andhis wife, Marion, ‘Feb, 26 . 67 “s reside at 121 Richardson Street inGrass Valley, They Rain to date. . . . . 24,20 havea son, William, 22, Rain last year. . . . 33.47 claims McGowan Productions has plannedto go as far as Canada, if necessary.) A The local boys were chosen for their parts in the film after two afternoons of auditioning at the Nevada City Chamberof Cammerce office. If they have not already revealed their secret, we will protect their identity. It's bad enoughto losea chanceat stardom. ( Tosay nothing of the $15 per day for having fun.) McGowan picked Granite ville after checking with the chamber of commerce in Nevada City. Hevisited the town during a seven inch: snowfall a couple weeks back and saw it under ten inches of powdery white. Who would have expected that more snow was not on its way? Who would have suspected that it would melt so fast? W orst of all, who would have suspected they would have snow in Texas where a great portion of the film al ready shot .was taken. (It's melted, too, by now.) A bid which would give The Auburn Co., signed by both the forest service and the T ahoe National Forest William J. Moore. It also the investors can be substituthe headquarters site it deguaranteed completion of the ‘ted if the Cashin Field site is sires in Nevada City was building by Aug. 1. not available. opened yesterday morning. Everhart said the forest But it is understood. that But the bid is contingent on service could move in short The Auburn Co. meets only the ability of the financing order upon completion. The once a month to deliberate group from Auburn to obtain present Banner Mt. Road lease on investments, and there is title to Cashin Field, near expéiesJune 30, but the forno indication that other pro. . , the Armory. One signature estry headquarters can stay perty in or near Nevada City isnecessary to complete the beyond that time according has been jointly considered package and hold the head. to an agreement with owners by both: parties. quarters in Nevada City. of the property. Ata late January meeting, The bid offers to the U.S. Cashin Field was one of . Everhart told a committee Forest Service 7089 square four.Nevada City sites origof councilmen and businessfeet of usable space ina inally:picked for the potenmen in Nevada City, "We building estimated to have a tialnew headquartersby need officespace, We want SHADES OF 1960.The Winter Olympic s, total of 9000 square feet. forest service personnel. In to be on this side of the hill One year removed, a of subject the are Parking would be available additon Nevada City offer~--in Nevada City. We bevisit by Tyler Micolea u.\The for 45 carsnearby, 18 parking ed a piece of its Gold Reef leive we belong in Nevada local writer, spaces immediately adjacent Mine property as a potential City." who last year furnished ‘the Nugget with to the building. site. A committee was formed feature articles onthe Olympics, gives his It was understood that the Cashin Field is half owned by Mayor Robert Carr at that impress ions of Squaw Valley‘t his year--building could be expanded by twosisters, the other half meeting to find a site and in future years to double the if under a two-man guardianfinancing for a new Nevada it's a "dream" article with pictures on sizerequirednow, according ship. In addition, the land City headquarters. Page 8. to Charles Everhart, adminis part of a large group of Everhart yesterday praised istrative officer of the Tahoe properties under lease as the the work of committee memNational Forest. Champion mining claims. It bers, saying many of them Estimated cost of the land is one of the necessary prohad given generously of their and building is$l47,900. perty signatures that is misstime in order to cooperate in Lease of the building by the ing. solving the new headquarters government would be a monEverhart wouldnot com search problem. thly rate of $1,479. Although ment officially on what will. Committee members today no acreage is quoted in the happen to the headquarters if refused to comment for pubbid, itis understood to be on the final Cashin Field signalication. The long delayed recall election is less than 60 days a three acre portion of the ture is not obtained, They even seemed a little election resulting from peti away he will likely consolisite. Thebid itself is written so tighter lipped than ususal. tions to oust three members date therecall election with ‘The bid was submitted by that another site suitable to of the Nevada Union High it. If recalled, the school School District board will-be board member or members combined with the regular would be replaced when the school board election, it was votes are canvzssed, April “. The impossible has hap~ “At onetime Spring Street is about allthat is left of the understood today. 25. pened, : was. the location of several bawdy past of a famous part A11 three of the proposed County Superintendent of The William Morris Stewart ‘establishments of questionof Nevada City. The last Schools Ed Fellerson received targets of recall---Albert Chapter E. Clampus Vitus is able repute and subject to house on Spring Street that official notice from Judge Casey, Jack Brickell and tampering with history. frequent police raids," was the target of occasional Vernon Stoll yesterday that ‘Robert Paine-~are due for Robert Wyckoff, noble iwyckoff said, raids was sold for wrecking by an injunction designed to election onthe April 18 balgrand humbug, has suggested. : "Some homeowners were the Division of Highways halt the calling of a recall . lot. Paine has indicated he therenaming of Spring Street subjects of ribald jests if they about a year ago. The wellelection had been ruled out. willnot seek reelection. . in Nevada City to keep alive ;mentioned they resided on known phone numbers that Fellerson said that since Terms for all three end June the memory of the chapter's Spring Street." once were associated with the April 18 school board 30, unless they are reelected. patron figure. The organization's leader some of those houses disapHistoric Spring Street would — appointed Marv Haddy and peared with the advent of the po I ae fe 2 2 ae ie ae aie ie ie fe ae ae ak 2c ok eK KK become Stewart Street to Eddie Furano, whose idea it diay system last year. Judge Vernon Stoll Monday tion and belief that persons freshen the memory of the was to change the street's Only the name Spring Street .tuled against an injunction have signed an individaul pioneer Nevada City athame, to a committee to remains. The Clampers are aimed at halting a recall petition more than once and torney, district attorney, . study other name changes--determined that will go, too, election against three memhas ot pointed out a single California attorney general. possibly A and B. Streets beIn. the future, when visitors and first Senator from the: ing changed to honor the ask where "those places" used bers of the Nevada Union instance in which such has High School District board. occured, Under these circumState of Nevada. ‘memory of William Kilroy to be, wewill likely have to Inthetext of hisruling, he stances, the Court cannot Wyckoff said the change andH.D. Shearer, both Nesay, "On Stewart Street." consider this calim too said: would also satisfy a large _vada City officers killed in Wonder why they don't Plaintiff has not pointed seriously, number of residents who live the’ line of duty. change Pine Street, too? out one instance where an Were plaintiff permitted on the street. The name Spring Street individual has signed the to prove his case in this manpetition for the recall of any ner, consider the situation one of the members of the which might well occur in School Board And Recall Elections . To Be Combined Rename Spring Street, Clampers Ask WALTER . BUTZ DIES EDITORIAL New High School Salary Schedule The proposed new salary schedule for! Walter]. Butz, 65» Willow teachers and administrators of the Nevada Union High School District, as worked out Valley Road resident, died suddenly at his home Monday night at 11 p.m, as he was District Teachers Salary committee, seems tous entirelyreasonable and realistic and preparing to retire for the evening. deserving of approval by the board. was chairman-elect of the by Superintendent Gerald Gelatt and the The present salary schedule lags behind board morethan onetime. It Los Angeles County, where is true that plaintiff has it would be possible to tie up dumped into the lap of the an initiative election while Court all of the petitions, some judge rumages through possibly with the idea. that several hundreds of thousands the Court should check each of names on initiative petiof some six thousand names tions to determine whether or to determine if any person not some person signed more has signed anindividual than once. petition more than onetime. It can only be concluded Thisthe Court will not do. that there is no evidence to Plaintiff pleads on informa-. support this claim. Butz, longa civic leader, ee 17th District Agricultural Association board of directors, He was to have presided for the first time at the [79% the rest of the state in offering adequate compensation particularly to teachers of March 14 meeting of the fair . long service. board. Butz Had been on the Needless tosay, Nevada County cannot board for a year. Z AnativeofCamptonville, . long compete with other districts’ for top notch teachers without Butz was a retired foreman . acompetitive for the California Division of © Highways after completing . salary schedule. The new schedule ranges from $4500 for beginning teachers ‘with minimum: credits and credentials, to. $9,000 for teachers 40 years with the state agency. A past president of the Nevada’County Horseman, Inc., with a masters degree and other credits and Butz has been one of the most ten years of service or more. The schedule active members of the organization. would not be fully in effect until 1963-64, When Butz retired from the: thus protecting the district from undue fiHighway Division in 1959, nancial strain. . With its spanking new high school being readied for occupancy, it wouldbe appropriate for the district to insure now that the quality of class room instruction will ever be up to the quality of the classrooms themselves, We owe noless to our teachers. owe no less to our kids. We he was given a testimonial dinner in Grass Valley. Surviving Butz is his wife., Thelma, and many relatives, Funeral arrangements were . pending at Bergemann Funeral Home yesterday afternoon, awaiting word from members of the family over seas and at great distance, WALTER J. BUTZ

= “NEVADA _ COUNTY Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Fiat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Granitevi ‘Chicago P North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, W.ashington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, ‘Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bat, 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 Tremenhs. ‘Volume 36 No. 9 10 Cents a Copy "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Published Weekly Nevada City, Wednesday, March 1, 1961 FOREST HEADQUARTERS SITE PICKED, BUT SIGNATURE HOLDS IT UP REINDEER? NO, JUST THE HORNS..Truthfully, these are not evenreindeer horns. But they are the manzanita branches which Sancho (the steer) was scheduled to wear ina movie sequence scheduled for Graniteville last week. With,these branches tangled on his own horns, the story called for eight local lads to mistake him for a reindeer. Alas. The snow melted, andSancho has gone elsewhere for his movie location, leaving these manzanita branches in Graniteville and several : sad boys in Nevada City and Grass Valley. Conservation : Antlered Week Scheduled — Steer Gone At All Schools Nevada County students are working on projects for next week's annual judging of conservation work in the schools, Thetheme this year is "Multiple Use of Forests." Nevada County Conservation Council Chairman Malcolm Hammill announced the awards committee this year is headed by Mel Davis, area insurance man. School participation this By Dean Thompson It's sad. Sancho can't romp in the Washington School and Ready snow at Graniteville. Springs School both received There's no snow. special awards --WashingAnd eight boys of Nevada ton for school ground imCity and Grass Valley have provement, Ready Springs for had to give up for the time setting upa "nature area” on being thoughts of becoming the school grounds. THiovie stars. Certificates are presented McG ow 4n Productions, to each class participating , headed by Tom McGowan, according to Hammill. had picked Graniteville as A program is planned for. each class in the program w ith speakers giving inforyear will be under the direcmation on multiple forest tion of Margaret Kell with use. Speakers are supplied the help from Del Pharis. by Bill Lambert. Four plaques are awarded One of the featured aspects for the best participation in of Conservation Week is the conservation activities. the site for a film sequence of the story of Sancho (the steer) and his attempts to find his way back to the Texas home he left on a cattle drive. The boys wereto find Sancho in the snow---mis distribution of a tree to each take him for a reindeer, bechild-with instructions on cause of the broken manzantofour sections: one and two planting that tree somewhere ita branchescaught in room schools; first through in the county. Sancho's horns--play with third grades of other schools; This year the Liquidambar him as Sancho pulled their fourth through sixth grades; (Sweet Gum) will be distribusleds--protect him from and seventh through ninth ted. Itisa beautiful autumthe hungry eyes of a father grades. nal tree adding to Nevada who saw in Sancho only the A special award is given County's already colorful / winter meat supply. for a project worked out by autumn. Trees are donated’ But Sancho has left the an entire school or combina by the Nevada City and Grass area, heading for Susanville tion of classes. Last year Valley. Lions Clubs. at last report, in search of Competition is divided in snow. (One report Willard Rose Honored A quarter century of service anda daughter, Priscilla , with Bank of America will. be marked tomorrow by Manager Willard J. Rose of the Nevada City branch. Nevada City Weather Head of the Nevada City! office since 1953, Rose formerly served at the Grass Valley branch for more than six years. He joined the bank at the head officein San Francisco : Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb, 27 Feb. 28 Max. 65 53 58 57 51 53 54 Min. 30 24 25 33 24 28 27 Rain *ods sted -< -hg Active in community affairs, he holds official posts in the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada Rain to-date.. 23.39 City Rotary Club, the Heart Rain last year. ; . . 32,11 Association, andthe Boy Scouts. He is a member of Grass Valley the Nevada County Conser69 vation Council, the SacFeb. 22 SF oi 55 ramento Valley Chamber of Feb. 23 29 ie Commerce, the Nevada Feb, 24 62 $3. 2 “2 ee 41 58 County Real Estate Board, Feb. 25 53 the Elks, andthe Nevada Feb. 26 28 ep -es Feb. 27 County Sportsman Club. 30 Rose andhis wife, Marion, ‘Feb, 26 . 67 “s reside at 121 Richardson Street inGrass Valley, They Rain to date. . . . . 24,20 havea son, William, 22, Rain last year. . . . 33.47 claims McGowan Productions has plannedto go as far as Canada, if necessary.) A The local boys were chosen for their parts in the film after two afternoons of auditioning at the Nevada City Chamberof Cammerce office. If they have not already revealed their secret, we will protect their identity. It's bad enoughto losea chanceat stardom. ( Tosay nothing of the $15 per day for having fun.) McGowan picked Granite ville after checking with the chamber of commerce in Nevada City. Hevisited the town during a seven inch: snowfall a couple weeks back and saw it under ten inches of powdery white. Who would have expected that more snow was not on its way? Who would have suspected that it would melt so fast? W orst of all, who would have suspected they would have snow in Texas where a great portion of the film al ready shot .was taken. (It's melted, too, by now.)

A bid which would give The Auburn Co., signed by both the forest service and the T ahoe National Forest William J. Moore. It also the investors can be substituthe headquarters site it deguaranteed completion of the ‘ted if the Cashin Field site is sires in Nevada City was building by Aug. 1. not available. opened yesterday morning. Everhart said the forest But it is understood. that But the bid is contingent on service could move in short The Auburn Co. meets only the ability of the financing order upon completion. The once a month to deliberate group from Auburn to obtain present Banner Mt. Road lease on investments, and there is title to Cashin Field, near expéiesJune 30, but the forno indication that other pro. . , the Armory. One signature estry headquarters can stay perty in or near Nevada City isnecessary to complete the beyond that time according has been jointly considered package and hold the head. to an agreement with owners by both: parties. quarters in Nevada City. of the property. Ata late January meeting, The bid offers to the U.S. Cashin Field was one of . Everhart told a committee Forest Service 7089 square four.Nevada City sites origof councilmen and businessfeet of usable space ina inally:picked for the potenmen in Nevada City, "We building estimated to have a tialnew headquartersby need officespace, We want SHADES OF 1960..The Winter Olympic s, total of 9000 square feet. forest service personnel. In to be on this side of the hill One year removed, a of subject the are Parking would be available additon Nevada City offer~--in Nevada City. We bevisit by Tyler Micolea u.\The for 45 carsnearby, 18 parking ed a piece of its Gold Reef leive we belong in Nevada local writer, spaces immediately adjacent Mine property as a potential City." who last year furnished ‘the Nugget with to the building. site. A committee was formed feature articles onthe Olympics, gives his It was understood that the Cashin Field is half owned by Mayor Robert Carr at that impress ions of Squaw Valley‘t his year--building could be expanded by twosisters, the other half meeting to find a site and in future years to double the if under a two-man guardianfinancing for a new Nevada it's a "dream" article with pictures on sizerequirednow, according ship. In addition, the land City headquarters. Page 8. to Charles Everhart, adminis part of a large group of Everhart yesterday praised istrative officer of the Tahoe properties under lease as the the work of committee memNational Forest. Champion mining claims. It bers, saying many of them Estimated cost of the land is one of the necessary prohad given generously of their and building is$l47,900. perty signatures that is misstime in order to cooperate in Lease of the building by the ing. solving the new headquarters government would be a monEverhart wouldnot com search problem. thly rate of $1,479. Although ment officially on what will. Committee members today no acreage is quoted in the happen to the headquarters if refused to comment for pubbid, itis understood to be on the final Cashin Field signalication. The long delayed recall election is less than 60 days a three acre portion of the ture is not obtained, They even seemed a little election resulting from peti away he will likely consolisite. Thebid itself is written so tighter lipped than ususal. tions to oust three members date therecall election with ‘The bid was submitted by that another site suitable to of the Nevada Union High it. If recalled, the school School District board will-be board member or members combined with the regular would be replaced when the school board election, it was votes are canvzssed, April “. The impossible has hap~ “At onetime Spring Street is about allthat is left of the understood today. 25. pened, : was. the location of several bawdy past of a famous part A11 three of the proposed County Superintendent of The William Morris Stewart ‘establishments of questionof Nevada City. The last Schools Ed Fellerson received targets of recall---Albert Chapter E. Clampus Vitus is able repute and subject to house on Spring Street that official notice from Judge Casey, Jack Brickell and tampering with history. frequent police raids," was the target of occasional Vernon Stoll yesterday that ‘Robert Paine-~are due for Robert Wyckoff, noble iwyckoff said, raids was sold for wrecking by an injunction designed to election onthe April 18 balgrand humbug, has suggested. : "Some homeowners were the Division of Highways halt the calling of a recall . lot. Paine has indicated he therenaming of Spring Street subjects of ribald jests if they about a year ago. The wellelection had been ruled out. willnot seek reelection. . in Nevada City to keep alive ;mentioned they resided on known phone numbers that Fellerson said that since Terms for all three end June the memory of the chapter's Spring Street." once were associated with the April 18 school board 30, unless they are reelected. patron figure. The organization's leader some of those houses disapHistoric Spring Street would — appointed Marv Haddy and peared with the advent of the po I ae fe 2 2 ae ie ae aie ie ie fe ae ae ak 2c ok eK KK become Stewart Street to Eddie Furano, whose idea it diay system last year. Judge Vernon Stoll Monday tion and belief that persons freshen the memory of the was to change the street's Only the name Spring Street .tuled against an injunction have signed an individaul pioneer Nevada City athame, to a committee to remains. The Clampers are aimed at halting a recall petition more than once and torney, district attorney, . study other name changes--determined that will go, too, election against three memhas ot pointed out a single California attorney general. possibly A and B. Streets beIn. the future, when visitors and first Senator from the: ing changed to honor the ask where "those places" used bers of the Nevada Union instance in which such has High School District board. occured, Under these circumState of Nevada. ‘memory of William Kilroy to be, wewill likely have to Inthetext of hisruling, he stances, the Court cannot Wyckoff said the change andH.D. Shearer, both Nesay, "On Stewart Street." consider this calim too said: would also satisfy a large _vada City officers killed in Wonder why they don't Plaintiff has not pointed seriously, number of residents who live the’ line of duty. change Pine Street, too? out one instance where an Were plaintiff permitted on the street. The name Spring Street individual has signed the to prove his case in this manpetition for the recall of any ner, consider the situation one of the members of the which might well occur in School Board And Recall Elections . To Be Combined Rename Spring Street, Clampers Ask WALTER . BUTZ DIES EDITORIAL New High School Salary Schedule The proposed new salary schedule for! Walter]. Butz, 65» Willow teachers and administrators of the Nevada Union High School District, as worked out Valley Road resident, died suddenly at his home Monday night at 11 p.m, as he was District Teachers Salary committee, seems tous entirelyreasonable and realistic and preparing to retire for the evening. deserving of approval by the board. was chairman-elect of the by Superintendent Gerald Gelatt and the The present salary schedule lags behind board morethan onetime. It Los Angeles County, where is true that plaintiff has it would be possible to tie up dumped into the lap of the an initiative election while Court all of the petitions, some judge rumages through possibly with the idea. that several hundreds of thousands the Court should check each of names on initiative petiof some six thousand names tions to determine whether or to determine if any person not some person signed more has signed anindividual than once. petition more than onetime. It can only be concluded Thisthe Court will not do. that there is no evidence to Plaintiff pleads on informa-. support this claim. Butz, longa civic leader, ee 17th District Agricultural Association board of directors, He was to have presided for the first time at the [79% the rest of the state in offering adequate compensation particularly to teachers of March 14 meeting of the fair . long service. board. Butz Had been on the Needless tosay, Nevada County cannot board for a year. Z AnativeofCamptonville, . long compete with other districts’ for top notch teachers without Butz was a retired foreman . acompetitive for the California Division of © Highways after completing . salary schedule. The new schedule ranges from $4500 for beginning teachers ‘with minimum: credits and credentials, to. $9,000 for teachers 40 years with the state agency. A past president of the Nevada’County Horseman, Inc., with a masters degree and other credits and Butz has been one of the most ten years of service or more. The schedule active members of the organization. would not be fully in effect until 1963-64, When Butz retired from the: thus protecting the district from undue fiHighway Division in 1959, nancial strain. . With its spanking new high school being readied for occupancy, it wouldbe appropriate for the district to insure now that the quality of class room instruction will ever be up to the quality of the classrooms themselves, We owe noless to our teachers. owe no less to our kids. We he was given a testimonial dinner in Grass Valley. Surviving Butz is his wife., Thelma, and many relatives, Funeral arrangements were . pending at Bergemann Funeral Home yesterday afternoon, awaiting word from members of the family over seas and at great distance, WALTER J. BUTZ