March 19, 1964 (24 pages)

apenas esateeente fence a ceiaa ee NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS dE HEE + HET bd Bie EEE EI ee EE ee ee ee Ed 4 Fhe The Walls Came Tumbling Down.ee. ..New evidence that the Nevada City freeway is not too far off was given local residents the past week when a bulldozer attacked buildings onBroadSt. below the Union St. intersection. The 'dozer pushed and pulled, andalthough the buildings madea gallant effort tostand their ground it was not long until the tracks of the 'dozer was grinding over piles of rubble that had been structures. A big bon-fire finished much of the leveling job. METHODIST CHURCH — IN RESTORATION MOVE Even asa bulldozer made level the rubble remaining from several buildings on Broad St. which are in the path of the Nevada City freeway, the Nevada City Methodist Church this week announced a $10,000 restoration program. Church Board chairman Bob McMasters said yesterday that the Board of Building Trustees had received approval to proceed with a complete restoration program. The building will be sandblasted, waterproofed, then a guard coat of paint will restore it to excellent condition. , Mc Masters said it is hoped that the project can start next week, although weather considerations will determine the actual starting and completion date. The restoration project is slated to prepare the church for a centennialcelebration which is tentatively planned for September. The. church hopes to have the full support of the community in its restoration. A fund drive is being plannedtohelp finance the project. It will probably be carried out in late May. : McMasters said the church i expressing its confidence in the community by beginning the restoration program, and he has every confidence that residents of other faiths will join in the restoration fund drive. COUNTY RECREATION PROGRAM URGED. A staff assistant of the Califor‘nia County Supervisors Associationtolda Grass Valley audience Friday that for the first time a policy has been adopted for county governments by county representatives. T he. speaker, Charles Broadhurst, spoke before the recreation committee of the SacramentoMother Lode Supervisors" quarterly meeting. , Broadhurst said a-recent meeting of the National Association of County Officials held in Hawaii resolved that it is the county's responsibility to acquire, develop and operate parks and recreation areas which serve areas larger thansmall communities and that counties should cooperate.with cities where feasible to develop recreation areas, The proposed $150 million Beaches and Parks bond issue to be voted on by Californians this year will provide $40 million to ~ . the counties for park land acquisition, Broadhurst said. Nevada County will be eligible for a minimum grant of $75,000 under this program, he said. Counties national park and recreationgewhich cooperate with neighboring areas in regional recreational planning will be eligible for additional funds. In no case, Broad_-hurst pointed out, will counties be eligible ‘for funds if they do nothave general plans for recreational development. Broadhurst then listed nine federal programs which will assist counties in recreational development. These range from “rural renewal" loans to outright grants for open space acquisition, under federal housing law. For most of these programs, also, counties must have general development plans before their applications will be considered, he said. Grass Valley Trio Dick Englefield, Jean McDonald and Dick Smith, all of Grass Valley, will be three of five Dates as early as 2600 B.C, . have been claimed for glass . beads. Sierra College journalism delegates whowill attend a statewide junior college conference in Asilomar. Sunday gardens. . We Cordially Quite You < Jo Inspect The Vlew NEVADA GARDEN APARTMENTS 475 Spring St., Nevada City 1:30 4:30 Representatives will be on hand toes-_ ) cort youonatour of the apartments and March 22, 1964 To Attend Conference” "p a8eg *1088nN OUL** """PO6BL “6T Yoel” * p a8eg . March 19, 1964.The Nugget. Page 5 “Page 5. + He

apenas esateeente fence a ceiaa ee NORTHERN MINES & CALIFORNIA REPORTS dE HEE + HET bd Bie EEE EI ee EE ee ee ee Ed 4 Fhe The Walls Came Tumbling Down..ee. ...New evidence that the Nevada City freeway is not too far off was given local residents the past week when a bulldozer attacked buildings onBroadSt. below the Union St. intersection. The 'dozer pushed and pulled, andalthough the buildings madea gallant effort tostand their ground it was not long until the tracks of the 'dozer was grinding over piles of rubble that had been structures. A big bon-fire finished much of the leveling job. METHODIST CHURCH — IN RESTORATION MOVE Even asa bulldozer made level the rubble remaining from several buildings on Broad St. which are in the path of the Nevada City freeway, the Nevada City Methodist Church this week announced a $10,000 restoration program. Church Board chairman Bob McMasters said yesterday that the Board of Building Trustees had received approval to proceed with a complete restoration program. The building will be sandblasted, waterproofed, then a guard coat of paint will restore it to excellent condition. , Mc Masters said it is hoped that the project can start next week, although weather considerations will determine the actual starting and completion date. The restoration project is slated to prepare the church for a centennialcelebration which is tentatively planned for September. The. church hopes to have the full support of the community in its restoration. A fund drive is being plannedtohelp finance the project. It will probably be carried out in late May. : McMasters said the church i expressing its confidence in the community by beginning the restoration program, and he has every confidence that residents of other faiths will join in the restoration fund drive. COUNTY RECREATION PROGRAM URGED. A staff assistant of the Califor‘nia County Supervisors Associationtolda Grass Valley audience Friday that for the first time a policy has been adopted for

county governments by county representatives. T he. speaker, Charles Broadhurst, spoke before the recreation committee of the SacramentoMother Lode Supervisors" quarterly meeting. , Broadhurst said a-recent meeting of the National Association of County Officials held in Hawaii resolved that it is the county's responsibility to acquire, develop and operate parks and recreation areas which serve areas larger thansmall communities and that counties should cooperate.with cities where feasible to develop recreation areas, The proposed $150 million Beaches and Parks bond issue to be voted on by Californians this year will provide $40 million to ~ . the counties for park land acquisition, Broadhurst said. Nevada County will be eligible for a minimum grant of $75,000 under this program, he said. Counties national park and recreationgewhich cooperate with neighboring areas in regional recreational planning will be eligible for additional funds. In no case, Broad_-hurst pointed out, will counties be eligible ‘for funds if they do nothave general plans for recreational development. Broadhurst then listed nine federal programs which will assist counties in recreational development. These range from “rural renewal" loans to outright grants for open space acquisition, under federal housing law. For most of these programs, also, counties must have general development plans before their applications will be considered, he said. Grass Valley Trio Dick Englefield, Jean McDonald and Dick Smith, all of Grass Valley, will be three of five Dates as early as 2600 B.C, . have been claimed for glass . beads. Sierra College journalism delegates whowill attend a statewide junior college conference in Asilomar. Sunday gardens. . We Cordially Quite You < Jo Inspect The Vlew NEVADA GARDEN APARTMENTS 475 Spring St., Nevada City 1:30 4:30 Representatives will be on hand toes-_ ) cort youonatour of the apartments and March 22, 1964 To Attend Conference” "p a8eg *1088nN OUL** """PO6BL “6T Yoel” * p a8eg . March 19, 1964..The Nugget.. Page 5 “Page 5. + He