March 31, 1971 (8 pages)

This is going to be the most interesting news column ever written-April Fool! Tomorrow, Thursday, is really the day to try to catch everyone with that April Fool bit. My research (very meager) didn't turn up a thing about its origin. The conclusion I have reached is that it just exemplifies that joyous spring feeling of unrestrained gaiety and light heartedness, Sunday really was spring. Even my pessimism was somewhat dissipated. One or two more big storms and we have it made. Seems the Community was about equally divided on their Sunday activities, Half of them celebrated the glorious weather by taking to the highways and the other half puttered about their garden be it flowerpot or acre. I recuperated from my bout with the spring virus by sitting inthe sun and watching the leaves grow and the lambs gambol about the pasture. : ** * The Frank Kavkas of the mobile homes park enjoyed their day with a trip along the back roads down by Lincoln. Violet ~ says spring is a little more advanced there. The flowers are not all out but she says there is quite a lot of early yellow and blue showing including a few poppies. They enjoyed seeing our lambs in the pasture on theor way home. There are a couple of equally delightful young calves in Jack Bixler's pasture just playing and growing. A real lesson in how to live without heart trouble. Community young people hada big day last Saturday. The FFA of NUHS went to Chico for a statewide demonstration of their activities. Young Stan Baer who was my informant said there iwere entrants from as far away as Santa Rosa. Stan was a Judge in the Land category. They have studied soils and this was their opportunity to test their abilities in this field. Stan feld that NUHS just about walked away with all the honors, Larry Day placed first in the Land event and Stan took a second, There were two other categores Records and Parliamentary Procedures, NUHS came home with a big trophy. oe * The other youth activity was Regional 4-H Demonstration Day at NUHS, Mrs, LolomaeTinsley our community adult leader said there were about 300 demonstrations, Seven counties participated and there were 96 gold awards made. She will have information about Rough and Ready participation later. Miss Loris Best of the mobile homes park was one of the judgés for the Agriculture Division. She says the Rough and Ready Club didn't seem to have been as active as in past years, It's a real’ shame because while the demonstrations .are .a lot * se eee “« = t va rt t CF i Se. a= oe. 8. Mews By Fay M. Dunbar of work to put together the youngsters learn a lot about their project from this additional work and they also learn to sell themselves and their subject which is so important today. Loris judged demonstrations on rabbits, horses and goats. She learned some new things too. besides enjoying a nice pasty lunch with: the other judtes, masters of ceremonies and coordinators. Miss Best's own project is clothing, The Dress Review is scheduled for next Saturday at. the Veterans Memorial Building. The Woodchuckers 4-H Club will be hosts. * * * Miss Cinthia Tinsley visited her friend, Harriet Green, in Pleasant Hill last week and attended Pleasant Hill School. Miss Green is spending this week with Cinthia and will attend classes with her here. Arrangements were made with the principals of the two schools. One thing that was accomplish. ed for sure. The two girls had a real "sharing"good time. * * * Regular meetings of the Fire Dept. Auxiliary have been rescheduled and in the future will be held the second Monday of each month at 11:30 a.m, A potluck salad luncheon will be followed by a brief business session, Mrs, Mary Lee is dessert hostess for this meeting which will be April 12, The ladies invite you to either bring your own service or come prepared to wash your own dishes, They are especially anxious for a good turnout. There are some big plans for. future activities to be discussed. Last months table decorations were beautiful and I could have easily put on 10 pounds with the delicious food served, Call it your fun day or day off from routine, but whatever you call it, be sure and attend. 7 * * * The Dwight Nelsons came home last week from their vacation with friends and relatives in Texas and Southern California, It was not a good homecoming however, because Grace who was so ill last year has done it again. She is back at Nevada General Hospital for more tests. * * * The Stanley Ebys of the Rough and Ready Cafe are mourning ‘the loss of their only son. The young man had been very ill for several months but had continued to work hard and had just obtained his master's de-. gree in agricultural sciences. His thesis was on sunlight and its relation to the development of cucumbers and this had been written during the trying times of his illness, His master's was a lifelong ambition. He was 28 years old-apd js: suryived by, yaaa 273-2934 his wife Emily and one small child. ; : * KOK Twice a year the ladies of the Grange hold a rummage sale and they really put together some good, ones, The spring sle is scheduled for April 6 and 7 at the Grange Hall on Highway 20 at Rough and Ready. There should be some especially interesting items this time because one of our ladies is refurnishing her whole house. Nice work if you can get it. The new home furnishings I mean. But if you can't just think what a variety this is going to provide the rummage sale. The sale opens on Tuesday at 9 a.m. and will continue until 4 p.m. ¢ ’ ° Wednesday's opening hour iscompany leader among all agents 9 also, but closing must be early to allow the crew from the chamber of commerce (particularly the Ebys of the Dinner House) to prepare for the spaghetti dinner which starts at 6 p.m. * OK * April 7 is also the day Rough and Ready seceeded from the Union way back in 1850, when it was a boisterous mining camp of some 300 homes and businesses, Old Uncle Joe Swiegart had been hodwinked by a city slicker and since there was no law and order close enough to take care of the situation the citizens of the camp decided to take matters into their own hands, Col, E, F. Brundage called a mass meeting in the saloon, On the spot a hundred or so citizens voted to seceede. They elected a president, the Colonel, of course, and a vigilante committee and drew up a constitution remarkably similar to that of the United States, The Colonel appointed his Cabinet and the new Republic set about restoring justice-in the community by trying the Slicker from Massachussetts. He had fulfilled his legal contract with Joe all right. The bet had been that he could take $200 in gold from Joe’s mine in one day. If the mine was not a and he got less than 200, he could keep it himself, otherwise it was to be Joe's, Well the mine was a good one as Joe well knew, and would easily produce the $200 but the Slicker quit just before he got that much. Said he hadn't agreed to work all day. He was tried, found guilty, and told to leave town. immediately. Each year now the citizens of Rough and Ready raise the flat of the Great Republic on April 7, in honor of their fight for justice. This year the chamber is also serving a spaghetti dinner, A St. Goudans 1923-$20.00 gold piece is to be awarded to some lucky winner at the end of the evening. It is not necessary to be present to win but you will miss a good dinner if you don't make it. April .7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the hall. . ‘ eee ke OK A ee eeen ye? 29995544 aaeat ‘ eee ts ae enna Permit needed for burning Written permits for debris burning and incinerators will be required on private lands -within the Tahoe National Forest commencing April 1, Tahoe National Forest. Supervisor Henry E. Branagh announced today. Burning permits are now ‘available from .U. S. Forest Service Ranger Stations at Downieville, Foresthill, Nevada City, Sierraville and Truckee. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For those individuals desiring burning permits outside the Tahoe National Forest, application should be made atthe . California Division of Forestry offices, Insurance firm honors Royston William T. Ryston, Southwestern Life Insurance Company representative in Grass Valley, has been named Territorial Man of the Month for February as the in Southwestern Life’s Sacramento territory. Southwestern Life is one of the nation’s leading life insurance companies, providing more than $5 billion of protection on the lives of its hundreds of thousands of policyowners. Golf tourney to aid NGH The 1971. annual Merchants" Golf Tournament will be a benefit for Nevada General Hospital. The tournament will be held June 6 at Alta Sierra Country Club with all proceeds going to the local hospital. H. L. (Babe) Childers is. general chairman with members of his committee R. Peter Ingram, Peter Ray, Dick Mooers, George » Brooks and Lawrence Painter. PEP POPPI OL Annual mayors’ 69. Automotive Wanted . breakfast set The annual mayors prayer breakfast honoring the two top officials of the Gold Cities is slated for 7 a.m, April 16 in the Nevada City Veteran's Building. Jack Murphy, past president of the Sacramento Rotary Club and president of the Catholic Charity Board for the Sacramento Diocese, will be the speaker at the event sponsored by the International Christian Leadership Council. Men of all religious faiths are invited to attend. Dr. C. Jackson Rayburn is chairman and Mrs, Mary Moneta will prepare breakfast. JUNIOR TRAIL RIDE The Nevada County Junior Horsemen will sponsor a trail ride on Saturday. Riders are asked to meet at 9:30 a.m. at Trail's End Clubhouse, Lunch _ will be furnished by the. club, All juniors must have permission slips to go on the ride and horses must be-properly shod. ca 2 on ee PHS HSSSE SS FSSA SPSS s sr AH wre seyyey setae \ atiatiut ia as ‘ROBERT L. ROSS, JR. OPTOMETRIST 147 Mill St, Ph. 273-6246 Pee 60. at for Sale Did You Know. THAT YOU CAN LEASE A NEW 1971 VOLKSWAGEN for Only “45: Plus sales tax and license.Based on 36 mos. lease. PLACER Volkswagen 885-0444 _ AFTER 6 P.M. CALL-G.V. AUTHORIZED 273-091 9 DEALER HWY. 49 At BELL RD. Auburn PLP wry CASH FOR CARS Need Clean Cars and Trucks—Call 273-9535 MEIER CHEV.-OLDS Hiway 49 at Brunswick Rd., G.V. The unlosables. The U.S. Treasury will replace your Bonds free of charge if they are lost, stolen, or destroyed. Pte ans TRE pF

This is going to be the most interesting news column ever written-April Fool! Tomorrow, Thursday, is really the day to try to catch everyone with that April Fool bit. My research (very meager) didn't turn up a thing about its origin. The conclusion I have reached is that it just exemplifies that joyous spring feeling of unrestrained gaiety and light heartedness, Sunday really was spring. Even my pessimism was somewhat dissipated. One or two more big storms and we have it made. Seems the Community was about equally divided on their Sunday activities, Half of them celebrated the glorious weather by taking to the highways and the other half puttered about their garden be it flowerpot or acre. I recuperated from my bout with the spring virus by sitting inthe sun and watching the leaves grow and the lambs gambol about the pasture. : ** * The Frank Kavkas of the mobile homes park enjoyed their day with a trip along the back roads down by Lincoln. Violet ~ says spring is a little more advanced there. The flowers are not all out but she says there is quite a lot of early yellow and blue showing including a few poppies. They enjoyed seeing our lambs in the pasture on theor way home. There are a couple of equally delightful young calves in Jack Bixler's pasture just playing and growing. A real lesson in how to live without heart trouble. Community young people hada big day last Saturday. The FFA of NUHS went to Chico for a statewide demonstration of their activities. Young Stan Baer who was my informant said there iwere entrants from as far away as Santa Rosa. Stan was a Judge in the Land category. They have studied soils and this was their opportunity to test their abilities in this field. Stan feld that NUHS just about walked away with all the honors, Larry Day placed first in the Land event and Stan took a second, There were two other categores Records and Parliamentary Procedures, NUHS came home with a big trophy. oe * The other youth activity was Regional 4-H Demonstration Day at NUHS, Mrs, LolomaeTinsley our community adult leader said there were about 300 demonstrations, Seven counties participated and there were 96 gold awards made. She will have information about Rough and Ready participation later. Miss Loris Best of the mobile homes park was one of the judgés for the Agriculture Division. She says the Rough and Ready Club didn't seem to have been as active as in past years, It's a real’ shame because while the demonstrations .are .a lot * se eee “« = t va rt t CF i Se. a= oe. 8. Mews By Fay M. Dunbar of work to put together the youngsters learn a lot about their project from this additional work and they also learn to sell themselves and their subject which is so important today. Loris judged demonstrations on rabbits, horses and goats. She learned some new things too. besides enjoying a nice pasty lunch with: the other judtes, masters of ceremonies and coordinators. Miss Best's own project is clothing, The Dress Review is scheduled for next Saturday at. the Veterans Memorial Building. The Woodchuckers 4-H Club will be hosts. * * * Miss Cinthia Tinsley visited her friend, Harriet Green, in Pleasant Hill last week and attended Pleasant Hill School. Miss Green is spending this week with Cinthia and will attend classes with her here. Arrangements were made with the principals of the two schools. One thing that was accomplish. ed for sure. The two girls had a real "sharing"good time. * * * Regular meetings of the Fire Dept. Auxiliary have been rescheduled and in the future will be held the second Monday of each month at 11:30 a.m, A potluck salad luncheon will be followed by a brief business session, Mrs, Mary Lee is dessert hostess for this meeting which will be April 12, The ladies invite you to either bring your own service or come prepared to wash your own dishes, They are especially anxious for a good turnout. There are some big plans for. future activities to be discussed. Last months table decorations were beautiful and I could have easily put on 10 pounds with the delicious food served, Call it your fun day or day off from routine, but whatever you call it, be sure and attend. 7 * * * The Dwight Nelsons came home last week from their vacation with friends and relatives in Texas and Southern California, It was not a good homecoming however, because Grace who was so ill last year has done it again. She is back at Nevada General Hospital for more tests. * * * The Stanley Ebys of the Rough and Ready Cafe are mourning ‘the loss of their only son. The young man had been very ill for several months but had continued to work hard and had just obtained his master's de-. gree in agricultural sciences. His thesis was on sunlight and its relation to the development of cucumbers and this had been written during the trying times of his illness, His master's was a lifelong ambition. He was 28 years old-apd js: suryived by, yaaa 273-2934 his wife Emily and one small child. ; : * KOK Twice a year the ladies of the Grange hold a rummage sale and they really put together some good, ones, The spring sle is scheduled for April 6 and 7 at the Grange Hall on Highway 20 at Rough and Ready. There should be some especially interesting items this time because one of our ladies is refurnishing her whole house. Nice work if you can get it. The new home furnishings I mean. But if you can't just think what a variety this is going to provide the rummage sale. The sale opens on Tuesday at 9 a.m. and will continue until 4 p.m. ¢ ’ ° Wednesday's opening hour iscompany leader among all agents

9 also, but closing must be early to allow the crew from the chamber of commerce (particularly the Ebys of the Dinner House) to prepare for the spaghetti dinner which starts at 6 p.m. * OK * April 7 is also the day Rough and Ready seceeded from the Union way back in 1850, when it was a boisterous mining camp of some 300 homes and businesses, Old Uncle Joe Swiegart had been hodwinked by a city slicker and since there was no law and order close enough to take care of the situation the citizens of the camp decided to take matters into their own hands, Col, E, F. Brundage called a mass meeting in the saloon, On the spot a hundred or so citizens voted to seceede. They elected a president, the Colonel, of course, and a vigilante committee and drew up a constitution remarkably similar to that of the United States, The Colonel appointed his Cabinet and the new Republic set about restoring justice-in the community by trying the Slicker from Massachussetts. He had fulfilled his legal contract with Joe all right. The bet had been that he could take $200 in gold from Joe’s mine in one day. If the mine was not a and he got less than 200, he could keep it himself, otherwise it was to be Joe's, Well the mine was a good one as Joe well knew, and would easily produce the $200 but the Slicker quit just before he got that much. Said he hadn't agreed to work all day. He was tried, found guilty, and told to leave town. immediately. Each year now the citizens of Rough and Ready raise the flat of the Great Republic on April 7, in honor of their fight for justice. This year the chamber is also serving a spaghetti dinner, A St. Goudans 1923-$20.00 gold piece is to be awarded to some lucky winner at the end of the evening. It is not necessary to be present to win but you will miss a good dinner if you don't make it. April .7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the hall.. . ‘ eee ke OK A ee eeen ye? 29995544 aaeat ‘ eee ts ae enna Permit needed for burning Written permits for debris burning and incinerators will be required on private lands -within the Tahoe National Forest commencing April 1, Tahoe National Forest. Supervisor Henry E. Branagh announced today. Burning permits are now ‘available from .U. S. Forest Service Ranger Stations at Downieville, Foresthill, Nevada City, Sierraville and Truckee. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For those individuals desiring burning permits outside the Tahoe National Forest, application should be made atthe . California Division of Forestry offices, Insurance firm honors Royston William T. Ryston, Southwestern Life Insurance Company representative in Grass Valley, has been named Territorial Man of the Month for February as the in Southwestern Life’s Sacramento territory. Southwestern Life is one of the nation’s leading life insurance companies, providing more than $5 billion of protection on the lives of its hundreds of thousands of policyowners. Golf tourney to aid NGH The 1971. annual Merchants" Golf Tournament will be a benefit for Nevada General Hospital. The tournament will be held June 6 at Alta Sierra Country Club with all proceeds going to the local hospital. H. L. (Babe) Childers is. general chairman with members of his committee R. Peter Ingram, Peter Ray, Dick Mooers, George » Brooks and Lawrence Painter. PEP POPPI OL Annual mayors’ 69. Automotive Wanted . breakfast set The annual mayors prayer breakfast honoring the two top officials of the Gold Cities is slated for 7 a.m, April 16 in the Nevada City Veteran's Building. Jack Murphy, past president of the Sacramento Rotary Club and president of the Catholic Charity Board for the Sacramento Diocese, will be the speaker at the event sponsored by the International Christian Leadership Council. Men of all religious faiths are invited to attend. Dr. C. Jackson Rayburn is chairman and Mrs, Mary Moneta will prepare breakfast. JUNIOR TRAIL RIDE The Nevada County Junior Horsemen will sponsor a trail ride on Saturday. Riders are asked to meet at 9:30 a.m. at Trail's End Clubhouse, Lunch _ will be furnished by the. club, All juniors must have permission slips to go on the ride and horses must be-properly shod. ca 2 on ee PHS HSSSE SS FSSA SPSS s sr AH wre seyyey setae \ atiatiut ia as ‘ROBERT L. ROSS, JR. OPTOMETRIST 147 Mill St, Ph. 273-6246 Pee 60. at for Sale Did You Know.. THAT YOU CAN LEASE A NEW 1971 VOLKSWAGEN for Only “45: Plus sales tax and license.Based on 36 mos. lease. PLACER Volkswagen 885-0444 _ AFTER 6 P.M. CALL-G.V. AUTHORIZED 273-091 9 DEALER HWY. 49 At BELL RD. Auburn PLP wry CASH FOR CARS Need Clean Cars and Trucks—Call 273-9535 MEIER CHEV.-OLDS Hiway 49 at Brunswick Rd., G.V. The unlosables. The U.S. Treasury will replace your Bonds free of charge if they are lost, stolen, or destroyed. Pte ans TRE pF