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PERI JDICALS
16-73
CAL. ST. LIBRARY
$ AcTO.
CAL. 95814
NUG
NEVADA COUNTY
Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville,
North
San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, W alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas
Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hilt, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill,
Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Kemington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens.
NUMBER 102
VOLUME 49
10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wed. Mar. 14. 1973
Looking at Nevada County 10 years ago
Easter Seal
Society drive
Exercise for
Placer Nevada County is now your memory
conducting ‘its annual drive.
The Easter Seal Society of
Cannisters for collection of
contributions have been placed
How good is your memory?
throughout the business districts
Does ‘‘only ten years ago ~’
education. Needed equipment is
purchased for the individual and
number had the effect of
‘‘casting shadows,’’ either
behind or before themselves; as
really seem like yesterday to
of both counties.
you or does it take a lot of head—
The Easter Seal Society aids
handicapped persons from inscratching to remember what
happened then?
fancy through old age who have
Well..lots of things happened
orthopedic problems and other
just one brief decade ago in
types of handicaps, through
therapy . treatment
and Nevada county, and a goodly
loans of equipment, when indicated, are also made.
disasterous results. The high
their own organization.
school board decided to sell
Seven Hills School; and Nevada
City turned down the proposed
elementary school tax hike.
February saw the Kentucky .where visitors are most
welcome. The society president
is Richard. Saladana and the
Easter
Seal
Society
headquarters for this area are
situated near Auburn at the
Newcastle Exceptional School
and ’Rithmetic.
Reed died.
drive chairman, Daniel Higgins,
District Attorney of Placer
County.
for 3
Preliminary
plans
_ Malakoff State Park were sent <::
to the County Board of Super:
visors by the State Division of :
Beaches and Parks in March.
6
»
the following month-by-month
In addition to financial notes taken from Nugget files of
1963 will no doubt prove.
requests for contributions,
In January the temperature
residents are requested to make
dropped
to 11 degrees on the 12th
referrals to the society. Hanand there fell upon this land 12
dicapped and not retarded cases
inches of rain with pretty
are eligible as the retarded have
George
Says:
FOR
LATEST AND GREATEST
During that same month, a State :
Advisory Committee proposed :
that Highways 20 and 49, within
Nevada County, be included in =:
the California Scenic Highway =
System.
During April, 75 students
representing 20 foreign coun=:
ORR
tries were visitors to our county;
and 350 members of the
' California-Nevada
RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES seen hereabouts. Room 39 at the
thrilling tour of the sights to be
WESTERN
NEVADA COUNTY
HEADQUARTERS
We are now
Exclusive Dealer for
STARCRAFT & COACHMAN
. MOTORHOMES
MEIER Chev.-Olds
ee
ee
Malakoff Park project.
Ground was broken for the
National Hotel was designated
new County Courthouse Annex
in July. Don Wasley became
“Bob Paine Room’ when the
Nevada City’s new fire chief.
Clampers
placed
memorative plaque
ek ee
ee
rr
Se
Railroad
Historical Society were guests of
the City of Nevada City on a
We Are Your
JERRY SNAPP, eighth grader at Lyman Gilmore School, won the sweepstakes
award at the Nevada County Science Fair. Jerry’s exhibit is on the. count of
a
comon
the
The Governor signed a bill
authorizing $3.5 million for a
“recreation grant’? for N.I.D.
begun in Nevada City. Ott’s
civilized world in mourning the
Museum opened its doors to an
interested public. More than 200
untimely death by assasination
of President John F. Kennedy,
women attended the
Capitol
District
Business
Professional Women’s
and
con
vention in Nevada City.
historic hostelry.
an
May brough a compromise
design for the Nevada City
Freeway before the city council.
It was approved jointly by that
Narrow Guage Railroad trestle bank in Grass Valley, in Oc“fought the good fight’ for tober. More 4 100 business
survival against progress but’ and professional people at
body and the State.
lost out in August. The brick
In June, Mt. St. Mary’s
Convent and School observed its
c ntinnial. The Nevada City
Council moved to purchase a
Canada Hill site from the United
Hiway 49 at Brunswick Rd.
States for recreation and water
Gross Valley — 273-9535
storage. The state legislature
‘MON. thru SAT. = 8 to oi voted the sum of $550,000 for the
The
old
Nevada.
County
walls of St. Canice Church in
Nevada City were given a
covering coat of stucco.
Wells Fargo returned to
Nevada county, with a branch
tended
a
“Small
Cities
Workshop” conducted by the
University of California in
Davis.
In September, an 18-cent
In November, the Branding
county school tax was forced by Iron Cafe burned in Nevada
the State. Restoration of the City. Nevada county joined the
fabulous old Red Castle was nation and the rest of the
in Dallas, Texas.
December passed rather
quietly, with national mourning
still in force. Highlighting
community activities across the
county was the llth Annual
Artists’ Fair in Nevada City.
The County Board of Supervisors adopted a new county
employees salary ordinance.
Christmas came and went..and
everyone turned towards_ the
New Year of 1964 with tee for
peace in Vietnam and over the
rest of a troubled world.
BY PHYLLIS L. SMITH