March 15, 1972 (12 pages)

From the files of The Nugget 1955 JANUARY: The Sierra Hotel, noted as a landmark of Nevada Gity for many years, was destroyed by a fire believed caused by butane seepage. The resulting explosion was heard over a wide area, but fortunately. . . .none of the establishment's occupants was injured. * KOK * FEBRUARY: Mr. and Mrs. James Penrose celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a reception in the home of their son, J. Howard Penrose, 560 North Pine. Mr. Penrose was born in England, and came to this country with his parents when he was eight months old. His wife, Oveline, was born in Grass Valley, The couple was married in 1905, od . MARCHh: Rev. Cavid ees “ey emeritus of the First Methodist Church of Nevada City, died at the age of 81. He was born in Ireland. on April 20, 1873, and came to California at the age of 20. * Ok OK APRIL: Ed C. Uren and Elza Kilroy were named "Citizens of The Year" and honored at a banquet given by the Nevada County Historical Society. Kilroy was born on his grandfather's ranch in Yuba County in 1896; Uren was born in Dutch Flat in 1873. * kK OK MAY: Edward J. Furano purchased the large building at Broad and Pine housing Schreiber's Cafe, Faup's Cafe and Young's Barber Shop. The property had changed ownership only three times in the more than 90 years of its existence. ; * KOK * JUNE: Elmer Poore, 81, died after an illness of three .months, and the community lost one of its best known and ‘highly ‘esteemed mining men. Born at Brown's Hill near You Bet, he had lived most of his life on Quaker Hill, His father was one of the survivors of the ill-fated Donner Party. * kK * JULY: Articles of Incorporation were filed for the newly organized Gold Flat Volunteer Fire Department. Residents of Town Talk, Banner Road, the Lower Grass Valley Road and the Grass Valley-Nevada City Highway contributed nearly $400 to start the fund-raising campaign. ok AUGUST: Commemorative services were held at the grave site of Henry H. Hartley, founder of Meadow Lake, who died at his "City For A Day" in 1892. Frank Sodolski, of the U. S. Forest Service, was credited with finding the grave the previous summer, Hartley's discovery of_gold there in June 1863 led to a mushroom growth of the community which, for a brief span, claimed a population in the thousands, % Ok SEPTEMBER: The Deep Purple mine, given away at the Pelton Wheel Celebration, . . .on occasion of its Diamond Jubilee. . . .was won by a former Nevada City girl, Mrs. Judy Goldthorpe of Sacramento. She had guessed that the ore from the mine would assay $53.50 per ton. The mine was donated by Richard Pfeiffer, a retired mining engineer. * eK OCTOBER: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hieronimus of Nevada City observed their Golden wedding anniversary at a dinner party attended by family and friends. The couple was married at Columbia Hill, and had been permanent residents of this community. Sigil * NOVEMBER: In mid-month, the first snow storm of the season laid a five-inch blanket of the white stuff over the Twin Cites area. Highway 40 was briefly closed near Baxter to all but properly equipped cars; and a number of vehicles without chains were temporarily stalled between Grass Valley and Nevada City. 7 ens * kK OK DECEMBER: Death claimed Edward Murchie, a life-long resident and prominent mining man of Nevada City, following a brief illness. He was born on the famous Murchie Mine property in 1879, when his father and uncles operated the mine. His wife, the former Miss Alice Oldham, died in 1950, Every litter bit hurts YOU KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL ‘<) %, < tue ye 4th graders learn history of Nevada City Bob Paine has been talking with some of the fourth graders at Seven Hills School about the history of Nevada City. The first week he told the boys and girls what it was like to live in Nevada City as a boy and how important mining was in those days. He took the group on a walking tour of the town on Monday. The class took many interesting short cuts near the old Reward Mine and along Tribulation Trail. Attention was called to the religious street names on Piety Hill and the many historical plaques the Clampers have placed. Paine explained tho origins of Miners Hospital and mentioned that there are still six of the original miners living that are eligible for all benefits of the hospital. The group stopped and observed the southern style mansion of William Morris Stewart who. later became Attorney General for California. The tour was cut short by 3 downpour and after finding adry shelter Paine mentioned other points of interest the children could visit another time such as Chinatown, the foundry and the old theatre, He said that many items of historical interest such as street car tracks, and the remains of an old opium den will probably be unearthed this summer when Broad Street is dug up for the undergrounding of utilities. The eventful history of the town came alive before the students' eyes under Paine's kind guidance, Checks urged for payment of income tax Use a check or money order to pay your 1971 federal income tax, R. F. Harless, district director of the Internal Revenue Service for Northern California, urged today. Unlike acash payment, a check or money order gives youa record of payment in case of loss or misdelivery. Harless pointed out that payment can be stopped on a misplaced check or money order and a new payment mare. CUSTOMER SERV Penn Valley News. By ELSIE DILLBERG Spring seems to be having a bit of a problem arriving this year. Or maybe it just seems that way to me, because I am forever wishing for the season to begin. We do truly need more rain, as we are still quite a ways behind last year's level. I guess it's the . ‘April showers that bring the May flowers or so I've been told. All good things come in due time. * Ok OK Jane Heller gave us a giant clump of tiger lily bulbs which we. brought home, separated and planted around our pond. So far so good, the ducks are leaving them alone. Everything else we have planted around the pond, they have eaten. * Ook OK A Thursday afternoon sewing get-together was held this past week at Ellie Pettigrew's. We enjoyed an afternoon of fellowship and for my part, some much needed mending. Others knitted and embroidered. Those attending were Mary Blackburn, Janet Cooper, Carolyn Crane, Lynn Hostetler, Fordyce Lusk, Lorraine Mathews and Barbara Nix. Next month we are all going to get a lesson in pottery making from Carolyn Crane, County 4-Hers entered in Grand National ‘Two Nevada County 4-H Clubbers filed entries last week in the 1972 Junior Grand National at San Francisco's Cow Palace, March 21-29, Susan Henderson, 11, Grass Valley Meadow Larks 4-H Club, will show a Crossbred lamb, and James Ellsworth, Penn Valley 4-H Club, will show two Milking Shorthorns in the market animal classes of the West's largest youth livestock show. The Junior Grand National will feature market steers, lambs and hogs, an open junior heifer show, plus dairy cattle, and a junior horse show with hunter, jumper and western classes, Last year more than 1,500 young Californians participated in the livestock divisions, and nearly 2,200 in the horse show. who is a potter. * * Friday afternoon, after our Bible Study Group at our church, Ellie Pettigrew and I browsed around the Sav-More Variety in Nevada City and had lunch at the Kopper Kettle. * * * Earl and Fazel Hilbert have finally sold their house and are now most anxious to get moved into the place they have purchased on highway 20 above Nevada City. They will be moving Easter week. I hope they won't forget to come back and visit. * Ok Ok Al and Velta Vincent are getting all set for the summer months ahead. They brought home a new travel trailer this past weekend, My boys tell me it's really nifty. Leave it to the kids, they know what's going on before anyone else, * KOK Barbara Nix has her mother, Mrs. C, N. Herr from Yakima, Washington here visiting for the week, * ok Ok Ted Kennedy, one of the guards at Lake Wildwood, has moved into Deke DeCamp's house on Pleasant Valley Road. * * * Mrs. Kathryn Loney cele— brated her birthday on March 10. She received the best wishes of her many, many friends, Mrs. Loney is a very lovely lady and a real delight to talk to. I enjoyed a visit with her on Sunday. She does like to have company. * Ok Ron Cox and the three Dillberg boys, Richard, Martin and Court packed themselves a lunch Saturday morning and headed for Pilot's Peak over near Indian Springs Road. By the looks of them when they returned later that afternoon, they must have covered every square inch of that mountain and all the caves that are in and about the area, And even though they were all dirty and tired, they had a real grand day. A typical type day for a boy to enjoy. There are so few places for hiking and exploring that are not covered with no trespassing signs. ICE and FAST DELIVERY : EVERYTHING. YOU NEED IS IN STOCK, BUT SOMETHINGS YOU WANT MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER Lumber — Hardware — Roofing — Paint EYNIAH “Everything you need. Its all here!” YUBA RIVER LUMBER COMPANY ceass vaey 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. "204 crv fl CALL 265 =a 52)

From the files of The Nugget 1955 JANUARY: The Sierra Hotel, noted as a landmark of Nevada Gity for many years, was destroyed by a fire believed caused by butane seepage. The resulting explosion was heard over a wide area, but fortunately. . . .none of the establishment's occupants was injured. * KOK * FEBRUARY: Mr. and Mrs. James Penrose celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a reception in the home of their son, J. Howard Penrose, 560 North Pine. Mr. Penrose was born in England, and came to this country with his parents when he was eight months old. His wife, Oveline, was born in Grass Valley, The couple was married in 1905, od . MARCHh: Rev. Cavid ees “ey emeritus of the First Methodist Church of Nevada City, died at the age of 81. He was born in Ireland. on April 20, 1873, and came to California at the age of 20. * Ok OK APRIL: Ed C. Uren and Elza Kilroy were named "Citizens of The Year" and honored at a banquet given by the Nevada County Historical Society. Kilroy was born on his grandfather's ranch in Yuba County in 1896; Uren was born in Dutch Flat in 1873. * kK OK MAY: Edward J. Furano purchased the large building at Broad and Pine housing Schreiber's Cafe, Faup's Cafe and Young's Barber Shop. The property had changed ownership only three times in the more than 90 years of its existence. ; * KOK * JUNE: Elmer Poore, 81, died after an illness of three .months, and the community lost one of its best known and ‘highly ‘esteemed mining men. Born at Brown's Hill near You Bet, he had lived most of his life on Quaker Hill, His father was one of the survivors of the ill-fated Donner Party. * kK * JULY: Articles of Incorporation were filed for the newly organized Gold Flat Volunteer Fire Department. Residents of Town Talk, Banner Road, the Lower Grass Valley Road and the Grass Valley-Nevada City Highway contributed nearly $400 to start the fund-raising campaign. ok AUGUST: Commemorative services were held at the grave site of Henry H. Hartley, founder of Meadow Lake, who died at his "City For A Day" in 1892. Frank Sodolski, of the U. S. Forest Service, was credited with finding the grave the previous summer, Hartley's discovery of_gold there in June 1863 led to a mushroom growth of the community which, for a brief span, claimed a population in the thousands, % Ok SEPTEMBER: The Deep Purple mine, given away at the Pelton Wheel Celebration, . . .on occasion of its Diamond Jubilee. . . .was won by a former Nevada City girl, Mrs. Judy Goldthorpe of Sacramento. She had guessed that the ore from the mine would assay $53.50 per ton. The mine was donated by Richard Pfeiffer, a retired mining engineer. * eK OCTOBER: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hieronimus of Nevada City observed their Golden wedding anniversary at a dinner party attended by family and friends. The couple was married at Columbia Hill, and had been permanent residents of this community. Sigil * NOVEMBER: In mid-month, the first snow storm of the season laid a five-inch blanket of the white stuff over the Twin Cites area. Highway 40 was briefly closed near Baxter to all but properly equipped cars; and a number of vehicles without chains were temporarily stalled between Grass Valley and Nevada City. 7 ens * kK OK DECEMBER: Death claimed Edward Murchie, a life-long resident and prominent mining man of Nevada City, following a brief illness. He was born on the famous Murchie Mine property in 1879, when his father and uncles operated the mine. His wife, the former Miss Alice Oldham, died in 1950, Every litter bit hurts YOU KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL ‘<) %, < tue ye 4th graders learn history of Nevada City Bob Paine has been talking with some of the fourth graders at Seven Hills School about the history of Nevada City. The first week he told the boys and girls what it was like to live in Nevada City as a boy and how important mining was in those days. He took the group on a walking tour of the town on Monday. The class took many interesting short cuts near the old Reward Mine and along Tribulation Trail. Attention was called to the religious street names on Piety Hill and the many historical plaques the Clampers have placed. Paine explained tho origins of Miners Hospital and mentioned that there are still six of the original miners living that are eligible for all benefits of the hospital. The group stopped and observed the southern style mansion of William Morris Stewart who. later became Attorney General for California. The tour was cut short by 3 downpour and after finding adry shelter Paine mentioned other points of interest the children could visit another time such as Chinatown, the foundry and the old theatre, He said that many items of historical interest such as street car tracks, and the remains of an old opium den will probably be unearthed this summer when Broad Street is dug up for the undergrounding of utilities. The eventful history of the town came alive before the students' eyes under Paine's kind guidance, Checks urged for payment of income tax Use a check or money order to pay your 1971 federal income tax, R. F. Harless, district director of the Internal Revenue Service for Northern California, urged today. Unlike acash payment, a check or money order gives youa record of payment in case of loss or misdelivery.

Harless pointed out that payment can be stopped on a misplaced check or money order and a new payment mare. CUSTOMER SERV Penn Valley News. By ELSIE DILLBERG Spring seems to be having a bit of a problem arriving this year. Or maybe it just seems that way to me, because I am forever wishing for the season to begin. We do truly need more rain, as we are still quite a ways behind last year's level. I guess it's the . ‘April showers that bring the May flowers or so I've been told. All good things come in due time. * Ok OK Jane Heller gave us a giant clump of tiger lily bulbs which we. brought home, separated and planted around our pond. So far so good, the ducks are leaving them alone. Everything else we have planted around the pond, they have eaten. * Ook OK A Thursday afternoon sewing get-together was held this past week at Ellie Pettigrew's. We enjoyed an afternoon of fellowship and for my part, some much needed mending. Others knitted and embroidered. Those attending were Mary Blackburn, Janet Cooper, Carolyn Crane, Lynn Hostetler, Fordyce Lusk, Lorraine Mathews and Barbara Nix. Next month we are all going to get a lesson in pottery making from Carolyn Crane, County 4-Hers entered in Grand National ‘Two Nevada County 4-H Clubbers filed entries last week in the 1972 Junior Grand National at San Francisco's Cow Palace, March 21-29, Susan Henderson, 11, Grass Valley Meadow Larks 4-H Club, will show a Crossbred lamb, and James Ellsworth, Penn Valley 4-H Club, will show two Milking Shorthorns in the market animal classes of the West's largest youth livestock show. The Junior Grand National will feature market steers, lambs and hogs, an open junior heifer show, plus dairy cattle, and a junior horse show with hunter, jumper and western classes, Last year more than 1,500 young Californians participated in the livestock divisions, and nearly 2,200 in the horse show. who is a potter. * * Friday afternoon, after our Bible Study Group at our church, Ellie Pettigrew and I browsed around the Sav-More Variety in Nevada City and had lunch at the Kopper Kettle. * * * Earl and Fazel Hilbert have finally sold their house and are now most anxious to get moved into the place they have purchased on highway 20 above Nevada City. They will be moving Easter week. I hope they won't forget to come back and visit. * Ok Ok Al and Velta Vincent are getting all set for the summer months ahead. They brought home a new travel trailer this past weekend, My boys tell me it's really nifty. Leave it to the kids, they know what's going on before anyone else, * KOK Barbara Nix has her mother, Mrs. C, N. Herr from Yakima, Washington here visiting for the week, * ok Ok Ted Kennedy, one of the guards at Lake Wildwood, has moved into Deke DeCamp's house on Pleasant Valley Road. * * * Mrs. Kathryn Loney cele— brated her birthday on March 10. She received the best wishes of her many, many friends, Mrs. Loney is a very lovely lady and a real delight to talk to. I enjoyed a visit with her on Sunday. She does like to have company. * Ok Ron Cox and the three Dillberg boys, Richard, Martin and Court packed themselves a lunch Saturday morning and headed for Pilot's Peak over near Indian Springs Road. By the looks of them when they returned later that afternoon, they must have covered every square inch of that mountain and all the caves that are in and about the area, And even though they were all dirty and tired, they had a real grand day. A typical type day for a boy to enjoy. There are so few places for hiking and exploring that are not covered with no trespassing signs. ICE and FAST DELIVERY : EVERYTHING. YOU NEED IS IN STOCK, BUT SOMETHINGS YOU WANT MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER Lumber — Hardware — Roofing — Paint EYNIAH “Everything you need.. Its all here!” YUBA RIVER LUMBER COMPANY ceass vaey 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. "204 crv fl CALL 265 =a 52)