March 3, 1971 (12 pages)

4 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, March 3, 1971 . From the files of The Nugget DO THE GHOSTS OF THE LONE PINE GRAVE STILL HAUNT SLOPES OF CEMENT HILL? Do the ghosts of a beautiful maiden and her still-born child yet haunt the slopes of Cement Hill? In. 1888, residents of the slope, far down towards the Yuba ‘Canyon, had seen the spirits of the girl and her child walk hand in hand through the evergreens that surround their tomb. The dwellers of the region who told the stories were reputedly of balanced and practical natures and not full of spirits. They reported shining lights descended from the skies and hovered above the tomb. The childish prattle of an infant voice mingled with the. graver tones of the mother. Snatches of songs of exquisite melody floated over the hills of the placer camp site. 3 Men of the 80 decade, with greying or departing hair, who knew the woman in life, profess religiously that the spirit forms life. One of that time, who passed man's allotted span, and who had witnessed the death and burial of the young girl, told that a promise had been made by the husband she loved that at.some time her body would be taken east to rest beside her mother. : The young husband had never kept his promise and the old timer's explanation of the story, legendary or otherwise, was that the spirits of the young girl and babe wander restlessly about Cement Hill waitinf for fulfillment of a promise _ apparently too quickly forgotten. The greying patriarch recalled that 30 or more years earlier, the slopes of Cement Hill were the abiding places of busy throngs of searchers for the yellow metal. To one of these camps came the young argonaut and his beautiful bride — he to search for fortune, and she found adulation from the rough miners and an early death, . The remnants of that throng of gold-seekers recalled that every spring the earliest and most fragrant of the wild flowers were scattered profusely by an unknown hand over the lonely grave. According to the Transcript the grave had become known as "the lone pine grave." ‘ % ok OK June 30, 1950 RED DOG WAS NAMED FOR DRUNKARD Red Dog, situated nine miles from Nevada City, was named for a drunken old man with long red hair. The site of Red Dog today contains neither store nor house to show it ever existed, but its birth in the fall of 1851 was almost overnight. J. Perkins, while prospecting discovered extremely rich hill diggings, that paid from the surface down, A great rush to the spot developed overnight a town with five hotels. In June 1853, the town was almost completely deserted when the water supply gave out, a calamity that could be exceeded only by the failure of the liquor supply. During the height of its boom the more decent element of the community attempted to have the name of Red Dog changed to Brooklyn, of all things. ELEVENTH ANNUAL ANTIQUE SHOW & SALE March 5 6 and 7th we 25 Dealers will ‘‘set-up-shop”’ offering something of interest to everyone — antiques, coins, guns, bottles, artifacts, historical documents, etc. FRI. & SAT. from NOON ’til 9 P.M. SUN. from NOON ’til 6. Donations $1. Yuba Sutter FAIR GROUNDS Yuba City, California «\\ SIGN UP FOR U.S. ‘ee. SAVINGS BONDS/ ' FREEDOM tk = we _ SHARES: Emile Atkinson candidate for GV council post Emile Atkinson, a native of Grass Valley, will be a candidate for city council in the May election. The 44-year-old lumberman has lived in Grass Valley for 40 years. He spent close to four years in the U.S, Navy. He attended and was graduated from Grass Valley schools. Following his tour inthe Navy, he was employed with the Empire Mine until its closure. After his mining career Atkinson worked with Bear River Lumber for 12 years. He then went into the lumber business and is currently a partner in the Nevada Pacific Lumber Company Inc, Atkinson and his wife Paula live on Hughes Road. They have two sons, Stephen and Glen, and a duaghter, Julie Facchini, "I am running for city council because I have lived my life here and feel I should be doing something for this community," Atkinson said. Commander of Beale AFB to leave service Col. Paul Petrul, Beale base commander, will relinquish his command Tuesday, March 9. Col. Petrul plans on retiring south of Grass Valley when he leaves the Air Force in early summer. ; Brig. Gen. Frank W. Elliott Jr., senior commander at Beale will conduct the change of command ceremony at which Col. Theodore Severin, now stationed at March AFB, will take charge. Originally enlisting inthe U.S. Army Air Force in 1940, Col. Petrul has had a series of flying assignments and-is a rated navigator. He served in combat in Korea and was’ base commander at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, prior to becoming Beale commander in September, 1969, Col, and Mrs. Petrul have three sons, Two sons have served in the Air Force and a third is still in school. Sit back and let classified ads to the sel‘ling, renting or buying for: you. Fifteen NU. students win achievement honor Fifteen seniors at Nevada Union High School have been selected to represent their school in the 1971 Bank of America Achievement Awards program, E, A, Frantz announced today. Selected by faculty members, the top winners will receive trophies and will have the opportunity to compete for cash awards ranging up to $1,000, The trophy winners and the study fields in which they were chosen are: William Jack Barnickol, science and mathematics; Barbara Lynne Schmidt, liberal arts; ‘Valerie Juvina#l, fine arts; Robert K, Paasch, vocational arts, Eleven other students were cited for their superior perSupervisors fill two vacancies County supervisors this week * filled vacancies on two committees but failed to make a nomination for an opening on another, Mark S, Rodman was named to succeed George Brooks on the Overall Economic Development Plan Committee. Charles "Chuck" Sheeley will replace Don Qualls on the Cemetery District Committee. An opening on the Land Conservation Act Committee left by Ross McBurney's resignation has not been filled. In other business it was learned the official name of the structure housing county offices in Truckee is Nevada County Government Center Eastern Division, The grand jury in a belief that the building commonly known as the Truckee government center failed to carry a county connotation in its fame, suggested it be renamed, However, Willie Curran representing that area displayed a picture of a sign which carries the official title of the building. The board appeared satisfied with the present nomenclature, Supervisors directed county counsel to investigate the feasibility of his office preparing a supplement to the county code. County Clerk Theodore Kohler Jr. said the estimated cost of having the 200-page supplement prepared elsewhere was $1,600, Kohler was directed to seek legal opinions before acting on a request from the Automatic Voting Machine Study Committee. The board appointed committee requested a budget to prepare questionaires to be inserted in the April 20 school board election sample ballots. Supervisors feared insertion could be illegal. The committee is in charge with investigating public reaction and performance of the machines used in the general election. --Two executive sessions concerning personnel matters were held, Stephen Carlson, assistant state director of the Agricultural Extension Service of the University. of California, called for one closed session to discuss personnel in the extension's Nevada county. office. formance in: specific fields of study and will receive certificates of merit, They are: . John Philip Ervine, Brad Allan Sumrell, Clifford Dale Brown, Jennifer Waller, Carolyn Mommi, Ginger L. Brown, Charles E, Hart, Nancy Norsworthy, Susan Dianne McKenzie, Marjorie Wymer, Dwight Weiss, After a screening committee carefully reviews the records of the trophy winners, the students chosen for the zone events will be notified in March, Zone competition for local students will be held March 30 in Marysville. At these zone events, a panel of civic, business and professional leaders will interview the students. Winners will be chosen on the basis of scholastic records, extracurricular activities, and the interviews. The top four winners in the zone final will then advance to the highest phase of the competition -the area finals -where they will compete for cash awards ranging from $250 to $1,000, Second and third place winners in each study field at the zone event will receive $50 and $25 awards, respectively. Purpose of the Achievement Awards program is "to recognize and honor outstanding seniors ‘whose scholastic attainment, sense of civic responsi-bility and evidence of leadership give most promise of future success and service to society." Officers named for BSA camp John B, Bowker, camping chairman of Golden Empire Council, Boy Scouts of America, announced today the appointment of James Carlisle and Ray S, Thompson as chairman and vice chairman of the Camp Pahatsi maintenance and improvement committee. ' Thompson, supervisor of District 3, Placer county and Carlisle, a C.P.A., in Auburn, have long been active in the Camp Pahatsi operation. In 1970 these men, with the assistance of others of the area, Operated Camp Pahatsi in such a way that they received the much coveted "A" rating flag from the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America with a core of 100 per cent. Camp Pahatsi will again give priority to Boy Scouts Troops in Sierra, Nevada and Placer counties. After April 1, the camp will be open to Boy Scout Troops of the six other counties of the Golden Empire Council. The four other camps Operated by the Council will also be available to the 35,000 Scouts served by the Golden Empire Council. "We expect to receive the highest camp rating again this year," stated Carlisle, ''and with a program similar to 1970." Douglas Epperson, district executive of the Golden Empire Council, again will be the camp director with many of last years camp staff returning.

4 The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, March 3, 1971 . From the files of The Nugget DO THE GHOSTS OF THE LONE PINE GRAVE STILL HAUNT SLOPES OF CEMENT HILL? Do the ghosts of a beautiful maiden and her still-born child yet haunt the slopes of Cement Hill? In. 1888, residents of the slope, far down towards the Yuba ‘Canyon, had seen the spirits of the girl and her child walk hand in hand through the evergreens that surround their tomb. The dwellers of the region who told the stories were reputedly of balanced and practical natures and not full of spirits. They reported shining lights descended from the skies and hovered above the tomb. The childish prattle of an infant voice mingled with the. graver tones of the mother. Snatches of songs of exquisite melody floated over the hills of the placer camp site. 3 Men of the 80 decade, with greying or departing hair, who knew the woman in life, profess religiously that the spirit forms life. One of that time, who passed man's allotted span, and who had witnessed the death and burial of the young girl, told that a promise had been made by the husband she loved that at.some time her body would be taken east to rest beside her mother. : The young husband had never kept his promise and the old timer's explanation of the story, legendary or otherwise, was that the spirits of the young girl and babe wander restlessly about Cement Hill waitinf for fulfillment of a promise _ apparently too quickly forgotten. The greying patriarch recalled that 30 or more years earlier, the slopes of Cement Hill were the abiding places of busy throngs of searchers for the yellow metal. To one of these camps came the young argonaut and his beautiful bride — he to search for fortune, and she found adulation from the rough miners and an early death, . The remnants of that throng of gold-seekers recalled that every spring the earliest and most fragrant of the wild flowers were scattered profusely by an unknown hand over the lonely grave. According to the Transcript the grave had become known as "the lone pine grave." ‘ % ok OK June 30, 1950 RED DOG WAS NAMED FOR DRUNKARD Red Dog, situated nine miles from Nevada City, was named for a drunken old man with long red hair. The site of Red Dog today contains neither store nor house to show it ever existed, but its birth in the fall of 1851 was almost overnight. J. Perkins, while prospecting discovered extremely rich hill diggings, that paid from the surface down, A great rush to the spot developed overnight a town with five hotels. In June 1853, the town was almost completely deserted when the water supply gave out, a calamity that could be exceeded only by the failure of the liquor supply. During the height of its boom the more decent element of the community attempted to have the name of Red Dog changed to Brooklyn, of all things. ELEVENTH ANNUAL ANTIQUE SHOW & SALE March 5 6 and 7th we 25 Dealers will ‘‘set-up-shop”’ offering something of interest to everyone — antiques, coins, guns, bottles, artifacts, historical documents, etc. FRI. & SAT. from NOON ’til 9 P.M. SUN. from NOON ’til 6. Donations $1. Yuba Sutter FAIR GROUNDS Yuba City, California «\\ SIGN UP FOR U.S. ‘ee. SAVINGS BONDS/ ' FREEDOM tk = we _ SHARES: Emile Atkinson candidate for GV council post Emile Atkinson, a native of Grass Valley, will be a candidate for city council in the May election. The 44-year-old lumberman has lived in Grass Valley for 40 years. He spent close to four years in the U.S, Navy. He attended and was graduated from Grass Valley schools. Following his tour inthe Navy, he was employed with the Empire Mine until its closure. After his mining career Atkinson worked with Bear River Lumber for 12 years. He then went into the lumber business and is currently a partner in the Nevada Pacific Lumber Company Inc, Atkinson and his wife Paula live on Hughes Road. They have two sons, Stephen and Glen, and a duaghter, Julie Facchini, "I am running for city council because I have lived my life here and feel I should be doing something for this community," Atkinson said. Commander of Beale AFB to leave service Col. Paul Petrul, Beale base commander, will relinquish his command Tuesday, March 9. Col. Petrul plans on retiring south of Grass Valley when he leaves the Air Force in early summer. ; Brig. Gen. Frank W. Elliott Jr., senior commander at Beale will conduct the change of command ceremony at which Col. Theodore Severin, now stationed at March AFB, will take charge. Originally enlisting inthe U.S. Army Air Force in 1940, Col. Petrul has had a series of flying assignments and-is a rated navigator. He served in combat in Korea and was’ base commander at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, prior to becoming Beale commander in September, 1969, Col, and Mrs. Petrul have three sons, Two sons have served in the Air Force and a third is still in school. Sit back and let classified ads to the sel‘ling, renting or buying for: you. Fifteen NU. students win achievement honor Fifteen seniors at Nevada Union High School have been selected to represent their school in the 1971 Bank of America Achievement Awards program, E, A, Frantz announced today.

Selected by faculty members, the top winners will receive trophies and will have the opportunity to compete for cash awards ranging up to $1,000, The trophy winners and the study fields in which they were chosen are: William Jack Barnickol, science and mathematics; Barbara Lynne Schmidt, liberal arts; ‘Valerie Juvina#l, fine arts; Robert K, Paasch, vocational arts, Eleven other students were cited for their superior perSupervisors fill two vacancies County supervisors this week * filled vacancies on two committees but failed to make a nomination for an opening on another, Mark S, Rodman was named to succeed George Brooks on the Overall Economic Development Plan Committee. Charles "Chuck" Sheeley will replace Don Qualls on the Cemetery District Committee. An opening on the Land Conservation Act Committee left by Ross McBurney's resignation has not been filled. In other business it was learned the official name of the structure housing county offices in Truckee is Nevada County Government Center Eastern Division, The grand jury in a belief that the building commonly known as the Truckee government center failed to carry a county connotation in its fame, suggested it be renamed, However, Willie Curran representing that area displayed a picture of a sign which carries the official title of the building. The board appeared satisfied with the present nomenclature, Supervisors directed county counsel to investigate the feasibility of his office preparing a supplement to the county code. County Clerk Theodore Kohler Jr. said the estimated cost of having the 200-page supplement prepared elsewhere was $1,600, Kohler was directed to seek legal opinions before acting on a request from the Automatic Voting Machine Study Committee. The board appointed committee requested a budget to prepare questionaires to be inserted in the April 20 school board election sample ballots. Supervisors feared insertion could be illegal. The committee is in charge with investigating public reaction and performance of the machines used in the general election. --Two executive sessions concerning personnel matters were held, Stephen Carlson, assistant state director of the Agricultural Extension Service of the University. of California, called for one closed session to discuss personnel in the extension's Nevada county. office. formance in: specific fields of study and will receive certificates of merit, They are: . John Philip Ervine, Brad Allan Sumrell, Clifford Dale Brown, Jennifer Waller, Carolyn Mommi, Ginger L. Brown, Charles E, Hart, Nancy Norsworthy, Susan Dianne McKenzie, Marjorie Wymer, Dwight Weiss, After a screening committee carefully reviews the records of the trophy winners, the students chosen for the zone events will be notified in March, Zone competition for local students will be held March 30 in Marysville. At these zone events, a panel of civic, business and professional leaders will interview the students. Winners will be chosen on the basis of scholastic records, extracurricular activities, and the interviews. The top four winners in the zone final will then advance to the highest phase of the competition -the area finals -where they will compete for cash awards ranging from $250 to $1,000, Second and third place winners in each study field at the zone event will receive $50 and $25 awards, respectively. Purpose of the Achievement Awards program is "to recognize and honor outstanding seniors ‘whose scholastic attainment, sense of civic responsi-bility and evidence of leadership give most promise of future success and service to society." Officers named for BSA camp John B, Bowker, camping chairman of Golden Empire Council, Boy Scouts of America, announced today the appointment of James Carlisle and Ray S, Thompson as chairman and vice chairman of the Camp Pahatsi maintenance and improvement committee. ' Thompson, supervisor of District 3, Placer county and Carlisle, a C.P.A., in Auburn, have long been active in the Camp Pahatsi operation. In 1970 these men, with the assistance of others of the area, Operated Camp Pahatsi in such a way that they received the much coveted "A" rating flag from the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America with a core of 100 per cent. Camp Pahatsi will again give priority to Boy Scouts Troops in Sierra, Nevada and Placer counties. After April 1, the camp will be open to Boy Scout Troops of the six other counties of the Golden Empire Council. The four other camps Operated by the Council will also be available to the 35,000 Scouts served by the Golden Empire Council. "We expect to receive the highest camp rating again this year," stated Carlisle, ''and with a program similar to 1970." Douglas Epperson, district executive of the Golden Empire Council, again will be the camp director with many of last years camp staff returning..