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8 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, March 1, 1972
THE GRASS Valley Police Department has been promoting a bicycle safety course in the
Grass Valley schools. The program involves all the children with bikes and features good
riding tips. The program includes checking the bicycle of each student for safety equipment.
If the bicycle needs a repair, a citation is issued and the student has 11 days to correct it.
Here Police Officers Dennis Bennallack (left) and Sgt. Vincent Seck issue a citation.
STUDENTS SHOW display posters which are used to demonstrate the correct and safe way
to ride a bicycle.
Bicycle safety course
Take stock in America
Buy Bonds where you work.
From the files
of The Nugget
1952
JANUARY: Nevada City lost one of its best loved citizens
when William Home, 68, clothing store owner, died of a heart
attack during a Rotary Club meeting. Home's death occurred
minutes after he had outlined his life and experiences in Scotland, the Canadian Army and-as a local merchant. Ironically,a local newspaper reporter taking notes on Home's remarks
did not know — as he wrote — that he was recording the speaker's obituary.
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FEBRUARY: The Nevada City Council formally placed the
city under the "City Manager" form of government in an action
that was to become effective March 24, Nevada City, with a
population of 2,545, was one of the smallest communities in
California to adopt this form of government.
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AFRIL: Historic Sleighville House burned to the ground,
Located three miles east of Camptonville, it was a two story
structure built by pioneers in 1849 on the Henness Pass Road,
and used as a stagecoach stop for many years.
H, F. "Sit Sofge observed his 80th birthday anniversary.
He came to Nevada City in 1937, and had served as a member
of the police department, a deputy sheriff, a founder and secretary of the Nevada County Sportsmen's Club, and was currently treasurer of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce.
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MAY: The 28-room Kidder mansion, one of Nevada County's
historic landmarks was gutted by fire. It was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs, Claude Hullquist at the time. Capt. John Kidder, superintendent of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad,
built the imposing structure in 1883.
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JULY: According to figures submitted to the board of
supervisors by William L, Tamblyn, assessor, the total assessed value of Nevada County is $31,537,460.
Mayor H. J. Ray accepted the post of city manager of
Nevada City following uanimous approval oby the City Council.
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AUGUST: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gould of Nevada City celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a large party held
on the White Cloud picnic grounds. Samuel, who was born in
Hydesville, Humboldt County, was a blacksmith when he married Edith B, Morse on July 22, 1902 in her native city, Eureka.
Gould operated a body and fender shop for several years,
Three property owners and parttime residents of North
Bloomfield petitioned the Nevada County Board of Supervisors
to restore the town's original name "Humbug", as it was
christened in 1851. The three were John Kemp of Sacramento,
Harold Wheatly of Redwood City, and Frank Duffy of Nevada
City, (Note: Some weeks later, a Harold Wheatly was reported
killed in an automobile accident.)
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SEPTEMBER: One of Nevada County's outstanding civic
figures, Walter Axel Carlson, county superintendent of schools,
died. he was enroute home from Chico, where he had visited
his brother, who, ironically, had just suffered a similar attack.
Carlson was found slumped over the -wheel of his car on High_ way 20 several miles out of Grass Valley.
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OCTOBER: Cliff Dancer of Grass Valley announced that
he had leased four 20-acre claims north of Lake Bowman, 41
miles NE of Nevada City, to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
for a period of five years. Dancer did not disclose the lease
price, or the royalty percentage he would receive on the iron
oxide tonnage. :
Purchase of the interests of the North San Juan Pine
Company, by the Sierra Mountain Mills, was announced. William
Gamble, president of the new company stated that his organization. — formerly of Oregon — had taken poSsession of the
property with no interruption of operations. :
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NCVEMBEER;: Nevada County records in voting — in both
percentage of registration and total number of votes cast —
were. broken in the Nov. 4 elections, Ralph Deeble, county
clerk, stated that absentee ballots canvassed brought the percentage “to 84.3 of registration of 11,849, The total vote was
9,993 — largest ever recorded in the county's political history.
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DECEMBER: Nevada County supervisors okayed a $56,000
Veterans' Memorial Building for Nevada City. Construction was
to begin at an early date. Low bid was submitted by DeRosa
and Ribal, Inc., of Dutch Flat, Placer county.
After nearly a century of continuous operation, the Nevada
City Post Office finally passed the $40,000 receipts mark,
thus becoming eligible for first class status. Postmaster Bill
Wasley said that the change in status would in no way change
‘normal routine.