May 10, 1961 (10 pages)

NEVAOA COUNTY Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, G bug, Relief Hill, Washi Alea lenbrook, Little Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, By lat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Rentiag York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sw: Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P it oe ph ity, Walloupa, ~~ BULLETIN Nevada County Supervisors yesterday approved a $990,000, 00 lease purchase offer to construct a courthouse annex and other county buildings. al, Rough and Ready, ouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Columbia, Columbia , Delirium Tremens. "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" "CHOW DOWN!" : Hoffman of Sacramento. . * 4 j cae FRENCH CORRAL SCHOOL HOUSE----Last Sunday new, oldand past residents of historic French Corral got together. for their annual picnic and gab-fest. The meeting place was this 104 year old school house. Built in 1857 it started out life as a hotel and until its abandoment 20 years ago was incontinuous use. When‘the school district declared it surplus the bell in the tower mysteriously disappeared and did not reappear until the propefty was purchased by Mrs . Reno Thatcher of Reno Nevada and deededback tothe community. It it said that the bell contains more than 200 silver dollars in its alloy. NUGGET Photo by Prentiss Studio French Corral A beef barbecue and the Bergemann's Funeral Chapel renewing of. old friendships were the highlights of last Sundays annual French Corral homecoming and picnic held at the 104 year old schoolhouse, Three sisters, Mrs. Flora Clymo of Benicia, her twin Mrs, Fanny Moulton, 81, of French Corral and their older sister Mrs, Lena McCarthy, ~ 83, of Oakland whose ages totaled 245 years were the stars of the show. However, their longevity boasts were slightly dimmed by Kate Broyles of Sacramento, aged 94! All attended the French Corral School. The Mesdames Clymo, Moulton and McCarthy were town belles more than 60 years ago when the town boasted a population of more their home, Itisinterestingtonotethat . the 150 people who took part in the celebration, most of whom were former pupils of the school, is the same as the 1900 population figure. The old school building (pictured above) was constructed in 1857 as a hotel. As placer mining activity increased it was converted intoa school house and served the children of the commynity more than 80 years. The homecoming is held each year with the proceeds going to keep the structure in repair. -phere 9,94 29 WHERE IS IT?.This week the NUGGET presents the first. in a. photographic series to test your powers of observation, Here's how it works .Wwe will print a close up picture of some familiar sight or object either in Grass Valleyor Nevada City. Under thé picture will be a clue to help identify the object. Elsewhere in the same issue of the paper we will print the photographic answer in the form of an elargement of the close up. Have fun and good luck! !.! 22 Aa? More than 150 persons were served Last Sunday afternoon at the annual French Corral homecoming and barbecue. The beef barbecue was prepared by these former students of the 104 year old school. They are left to right, Cedric Beanand Willis Gallatin both of San Francisco, and Milton and Cecil Race Course Rated Tops By Rider By Dean Thomp%on Nevada City's bicycle racing course for the June 11 event is easily the hardest criterion course in North America. Nevada City’s bicycle race chairman heard this comment last week from a man who should know ---Ian Mahon, Vancouver, B.C. , bicycle racer. Mahon said, "I've ridden in Europe over numerous criterions, This course is as hard as any. of them. It is definitely on a par with a Eureopean course, and is easily the hardest one in North America---a true test of strong riders. " Mahon was in Nevada City to look the course over be150 Trek 7s Bergemann Planning $130,000 Unit than 150 persons. Today 20 . = persons make French Corral Paul Bergemann, owner of on Sacramento Street, is planning to build a new $130, 000 chapel building and cemeteryon BostAve. in Gold Flat, it was revealed at a meeting of the county ; planning commission Monday night. A public hearing on BergeFlag Sale At FourthBonanza A Fourth of July Celebration is incomplete without encompassing the special meaning of Independence Day. 2 Nevada County's Bonanza mann'‘s application for a land -use permit will be held by the commission on May 22 at7:30in the supervisors chambers. There are no immediate plans for construction, Bergemann saidtoday. They must await purchase of the present funeral home by the state for freeway right of-way purposes, Bergemann said he has not heard from the state highWay officials recently. The proposed new facility will encompass 18 acres now owned by Eddie Furano. The new cemetery would be adjacent to the old Chinese cemetery. Bergemann estimated that about $90,000 would be expended on building units alone. thinking this week by endorsing the American Legion sale : of American flags under the direction of Charles Weeks. Co-chairman of the event, Hillis Hubbard, also said plans are in the offing for a miner trek through a large portion of California to gather letters of cooperatiénfrom mayors in the hundreds of cities along the way--letters addressed to host city Mayor Arnold Thorsen of Grass Valley. The Bonanza, first county -wide celebrationof the Fourth, willcovera four day period, July 1 through 4, Hubbard said plans are progressing, and with limited housing available for overnight guests, the committee is now urging visitors to "Choose a day on the way" to visit Bonanza, Mothers Day Dinner In Rough & Ready The annual Rough and Ready Mothers Day Dinner is set for Sunday from noon until 5 p.m¥ at the Rough and Ready Community Hall. Sponsored jointly be the Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce and the NID Water Users’ Association, officials have invited all Nevada County residents to participate. In addition to the dinner , Rough and Ready residents invite visitors to see the town --the slavegirltree, the old blacksmith shop, the old schoolhouse, the weddin g chapel, the antique shop, The old town may not be asrough asits secession once indicated, but it is still ready. GRASS VALLEY.This object is on one of the busiest streets in Grass Valley and passed by hundreds of cars and people everyday. It is made of metal and is part of a building! See answer on page 4 Weather Nevada City Max. Min. Rain May 3 66 34 ae May 4 64 35 25 May 5 61 30 as May.6 60 38.26 May 7 54 a2, 08 May 8 61 a oe May 9 71 39 =2 Rain to: date 2° 3%; 35.57 Rain last year. . , . 43.90 Grass Valley May 3 67 39 -May 4 65 37 -May 5 61 35 -May 6 61 3 emer: . May 7 52 33.10 May 8 61 37 as May9 -49 45 am Rain to date. .--. 36.93 Rain last year. . 46,37 Salvation Army Receiving Donations ' Chairman George Hutchins of the Local Salvation Army Unit has announced that the Business Gifts are coming in very slowly. He is requesting thatc ontributionsbe mailedin, thereby saving the solicitor's time. Welfare Secretary, Mrs. Earl Shine, said that many orders of food, shelter and clothing had been issued this past year. The Chairman said a contribution request letter will be mailed to the residential area May 23. The local Salvation Army Committee is as follows: Chairman George Hutchins; treasurer Willard J. Rose; welfare secretary Mrs Earl Shine; Mrs. Dorothy Burille; Mrs. Anne S. Gardella; Wayne Brown; Mrs, Elizabeth Hubbard; Paul Jenks; Cletus E. Osterholt; Miss Margaret Phillips; David E. Severn; Mrs. George Uhrig; and Dr. O. Lang. sprint. In my estimation it fore deciding whether to enter the tour in Nevada City or to enter the national championship race in Sommerville, N.J. He left without indicating his decision. But he did admit he had not ruled out the local race. Mahon recently returned to Canada from two years of racing in Europe. He said bicycle racing there is the most important sport of all. It is very big business, Asifto prove that it is big business, and that Mahon is a good rider, the Canadian has an option to return to Italy and accept a professional contract. The option is in his pocket. He hasn't yet decided on this, either. Speaking about the local race, Mahon said the course in Nevada City is an ideal test of the rider's strength , endurance and strategy. Riders will have to be in good shape. They will have to pace their strength over the whole race, andthe rider will haveto benear the front all the way in order to do well, 1957, della Puglie, a seven day tour of southeastern Italy where the riders averaged 125 miles per day. Mahon began racing in at Whilein Europe, Mahon's 7 greatestride was in the Giro _ RACING FORM.JIan Mahon demonstrates winning form for Nevada City Bike Race Mahon figures he would Chairman Charles Allert. Gold Reef Still In News havea better chance of winwing the Nevada City tacey than that gt Sommerville. He is light, and hills are his meat. But place prizes are better at Sommerville, he -said. And there is always the chance you won't take top prize. Mahon pointed out that on each of the 45 laps June 11, riders will be climbing 90 feet from low point on the course tothetop of East Main Street. That's 4000 feet during the afternoon, In spite of that, Mahon estimated it would take a estimated two hours for the event. ; Mahon gave some advice to spectators: ="“Watch the race on-a-hill as. well as on the downhill will be won on the hills. Spectators should wak around the course during the race. Watch the faces of the riders as they pump uphill," Then he shook his head and commented again on the course; “It's fantastic. "Any rider that goes to sleep on this course will be. in the gutter." CONGRATULATIONSGold Reef land will continue to be newsworthy in Nevada City in the immediate future. The city, having sold 12 acres for the future Tahoe National Forest headquarters site, now is in the process of completing the parceling of small pieces of the Gold Reef Mining Claim to adjacent property owners whose land overlapped the claim. Monday night representatives of the ten property owners involved and the city council, trustees of the land, reached agreement on apportioning costs of the distribution of Gold Reef property. The city will pay $405 of the costs, It has already re' ceivedin excess of that cost through the sale of the 12 acres.” The other costs, approximately $400, will be borne by the property owners according to a formula set up in the additional townsite act for determining assessments to cover expenditures of the townsite. Fees will range from approximately $25 per property owner to $145 for the largest parcel---about one and onehalf acre. In addition, the council has received a bid on the one reMaining unoccupied lot, a three and one-quarter acre site bounded on one side by the Highway 49 freeway and on all other sides by the back lots of the aforementioned property owners, A resolution calling for sale of that lot will be ready for council action at its June meeting, itwasindicated Monday night. The bid is $1300, about $400 per acre. Bidder is Jack Siegfried, surveyor who prepared the plat for the city. Water Level Rises The water level of Scott's FlatDam, key to local water problems this summer, is the highest of the year. : With 20, 950 acre feet behind the dam, things look brighter to NID officials. But the prospect ofa shortage still exists, forthe dam has a capacity of 27,700 acre feet and should be full Are offered the new Nevada County Farm Bureau president C.J. Rolph (L) by outgoing president Kenneth]. Casper (R) while Mrs. Alyce Lowrie looks on. -Mrs. Lowrie director of information for the Agricultural Council of California was the guest speaker at the Farm Bureau meeting. <a oy

NEVAOA COUNTY Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, G bug, Relief Hill, Washi Alea lenbrook, Little Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, By lat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Rentiag York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sw: Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, P it oe ph ity, Walloupa, ~~ BULLETIN Nevada County Supervisors yesterday approved a $990,000, 00 lease purchase offer to construct a courthouse annex and other county buildings. al, Rough and Ready, ouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Columbia, Columbia , Delirium Tremens. "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" "CHOW DOWN!" : Hoffman of Sacramento. . * 4 j cae FRENCH CORRAL SCHOOL HOUSE----Last Sunday new, oldand past residents of historic French Corral got together. for their annual picnic and gab-fest. The meeting place was this 104 year old school house. Built in 1857 it started out life as a hotel and until its abandoment 20 years ago was incontinuous use. When‘the school district declared it surplus the bell in the tower mysteriously disappeared and did not reappear until the propefty was purchased by Mrs . Reno Thatcher of Reno Nevada and deededback tothe community. It it said that the bell contains more than 200 silver dollars in its alloy. NUGGET Photo by Prentiss Studio French Corral A beef barbecue and the Bergemann's Funeral Chapel renewing of. old friendships were the highlights of last Sundays annual French Corral homecoming and picnic held at the 104 year old schoolhouse, Three sisters, Mrs. Flora Clymo of Benicia, her twin Mrs, Fanny Moulton, 81, of French Corral and their older sister Mrs, Lena McCarthy, ~ 83, of Oakland whose ages totaled 245 years were the stars of the show. However, their longevity boasts were slightly dimmed by Kate Broyles of Sacramento, aged 94! All attended the French Corral School. The Mesdames Clymo, Moulton and McCarthy were town belles more than 60 years ago when the town boasted a population of more their home, Itisinterestingtonotethat . the 150 people who took part in the celebration, most of whom were former pupils of the school, is the same as the 1900 population figure. The old school building (pictured above) was constructed in 1857 as a hotel. As placer mining activity increased it was converted intoa school house and served the children of the commynity more than 80 years. The homecoming is held each year with the proceeds going to keep the structure in repair. -phere 9,94 29 WHERE IS IT?..This week the NUGGET presents the first. in a. photographic series to test your powers of observation, Here's how it works ..Wwe will print a close up picture of some familiar sight or object either in Grass Valleyor Nevada City. Under thé picture will be a clue to help identify the object. Elsewhere in the same issue of the paper we will print the photographic answer in the form of an elargement of the close up. Have fun and good luck! !.! 22 Aa? More than 150 persons were served Last Sunday afternoon at the annual French Corral homecoming and barbecue. The beef barbecue was prepared by these former students of the 104 year old school. They are left to right, Cedric Beanand Willis Gallatin both of San Francisco, and Milton and Cecil Race Course Rated Tops By Rider By Dean Thomp%on Nevada City's bicycle racing course for the June 11 event is easily the hardest criterion course in North America. Nevada City’s bicycle race chairman heard this comment last week from a man who should know ---Ian Mahon, Vancouver, B.C. , bicycle racer. Mahon said, "I've ridden in Europe over numerous criterions, This course is as hard as any. of them. It is definitely on a par with a Eureopean course, and is easily the hardest one in North America---a true test of strong riders. " Mahon was in Nevada City to look the course over be150 Trek 7s Bergemann Planning $130,000 Unit than 150 persons. Today 20 . = persons make French Corral Paul Bergemann, owner of on Sacramento Street, is planning to build a new $130, 000 chapel building and cemeteryon BostAve. in Gold Flat, it was revealed at a meeting of the county ; planning commission Monday night. A public hearing on BergeFlag Sale At FourthBonanza A Fourth of July Celebration is incomplete without encompassing the special meaning of Independence Day. 2 Nevada County's Bonanza mann'‘s application for a land -use permit will be held by the commission on May 22 at7:30in the supervisors chambers. There are no immediate plans for construction, Bergemann saidtoday. They must await purchase of the present funeral home by the state for freeway right of-way purposes, Bergemann said he has not heard from the state highWay officials recently. The proposed new facility will encompass 18 acres now owned by Eddie Furano. The new cemetery would be adjacent to the old Chinese cemetery. Bergemann estimated that about $90,000 would be expended on building units alone. thinking this week by endorsing the American Legion sale : of American flags under the direction of Charles Weeks. Co-chairman of the event, Hillis Hubbard, also said plans are in the offing for a miner trek through a large portion of California to gather letters of cooperatiénfrom mayors in the hundreds of cities along the way--letters addressed to host city Mayor Arnold Thorsen of Grass Valley. The Bonanza, first county -wide celebrationof the Fourth, willcovera four day period, July 1 through 4, Hubbard said plans are progressing, and with limited housing available for overnight guests, the committee is now urging visitors to "Choose a day on the way" to visit Bonanza, Mothers Day Dinner In Rough & Ready The annual Rough and Ready Mothers Day Dinner is set for Sunday from noon until 5 p.m¥ at the Rough and Ready Community Hall. Sponsored jointly be the Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce and the NID Water Users’ Association, officials have invited all Nevada County residents to participate. In addition to the dinner , Rough and Ready residents invite visitors to see the town

--the slavegirltree, the old blacksmith shop, the old schoolhouse, the weddin g chapel, the antique shop, The old town may not be asrough asits secession once indicated, but it is still ready. GRASS VALLEY..This object is on one of the busiest streets in Grass Valley and passed by hundreds of cars and people everyday. It is made of metal and is part of a building! See answer on page 4 Weather Nevada City Max. Min. Rain May 3 66 34 ae May 4 64 35 25 May 5 61 30 as May.6 60 38.26 May 7 54 a2, 08 May 8 61 a oe May 9 71 39 =2 Rain to: date 2° 3%; 35.57 Rain last year. . , . 43.90 Grass Valley May 3 67 39 -May 4 65 37 -May 5 61 35 -May 6 61 3 emer: . May 7 52 33.10 May 8 61 37 as May9 -49 45 am Rain to date. .--. 36.93 Rain last year.. . 46,37 Salvation Army Receiving Donations ' Chairman George Hutchins of the Local Salvation Army Unit has announced that the Business Gifts are coming in very slowly. He is requesting thatc ontributionsbe mailedin, thereby saving the solicitor's time. Welfare Secretary, Mrs. Earl Shine, said that many orders of food, shelter and clothing had been issued this past year. The Chairman said a contribution request letter will be mailed to the residential area May 23. The local Salvation Army Committee is as follows: Chairman George Hutchins; treasurer Willard J. Rose; welfare secretary Mrs Earl Shine; Mrs. Dorothy Burille; Mrs. Anne S. Gardella; Wayne Brown; Mrs, Elizabeth Hubbard; Paul Jenks; Cletus E. Osterholt; Miss Margaret Phillips; David E. Severn; Mrs. George Uhrig; and Dr. O. Lang. sprint. In my estimation it fore deciding whether to enter the tour in Nevada City or to enter the national championship race in Sommerville, N.J. He left without indicating his decision. But he did admit he had not ruled out the local race. Mahon recently returned to Canada from two years of racing in Europe. He said bicycle racing there is the most important sport of all. It is very big business, Asifto prove that it is big business, and that Mahon is a good rider, the Canadian has an option to return to Italy and accept a professional contract. The option is in his pocket. He hasn't yet decided on this, either. Speaking about the local race, Mahon said the course in Nevada City is an ideal test of the rider's strength , endurance and strategy. Riders will have to be in good shape. They will have to pace their strength over the whole race, andthe rider will haveto benear the front all the way in order to do well, 1957, della Puglie, a seven day tour of southeastern Italy where the riders averaged 125 miles per day. Mahon began racing in at Whilein Europe, Mahon's 7 greatestride was in the Giro _ RACING FORM..JIan Mahon demonstrates winning form for Nevada City Bike Race Mahon figures he would Chairman Charles Allert. Gold Reef Still In News havea better chance of winwing the Nevada City tacey than that gt Sommerville. He is light, and hills are his meat. But place prizes are better at Sommerville, he -said. And there is always the chance you won't take top prize. Mahon pointed out that on each of the 45 laps June 11, riders will be climbing 90 feet from low point on the course tothetop of East Main Street. That's 4000 feet during the afternoon, In spite of that, Mahon estimated it would take a estimated two hours for the event. ; Mahon gave some advice to spectators: ="“Watch the race on-a-hill as. well as on the downhill will be won on the hills. Spectators should wak around the course during the race. Watch the faces of the riders as they pump uphill," Then he shook his head and commented again on the course; “It's fantastic. "Any rider that goes to sleep on this course will be. in the gutter." CONGRATULATIONSGold Reef land will continue to be newsworthy in Nevada City in the immediate future. The city, having sold 12 acres for the future Tahoe National Forest headquarters site, now is in the process of completing the parceling of small pieces of the Gold Reef Mining Claim to adjacent property owners whose land overlapped the claim. Monday night representatives of the ten property owners involved and the city council, trustees of the land, reached agreement on apportioning costs of the distribution of Gold Reef property. The city will pay $405 of the costs, It has already re' ceivedin excess of that cost through the sale of the 12 acres.” The other costs, approximately $400, will be borne by the property owners according to a formula set up in the additional townsite act for determining assessments to cover expenditures of the townsite. Fees will range from approximately $25 per property owner to $145 for the largest parcel---about one and onehalf acre. In addition, the council has received a bid on the one reMaining unoccupied lot, a three and one-quarter acre site bounded on one side by the Highway 49 freeway and on all other sides by the back lots of the aforementioned property owners, A resolution calling for sale of that lot will be ready for council action at its June meeting, itwasindicated Monday night. The bid is $1300, about $400 per acre. Bidder is Jack Siegfried, surveyor who prepared the plat for the city. Water Level Rises The water level of Scott's FlatDam, key to local water problems this summer, is the highest of the year. : With 20, 950 acre feet behind the dam, things look brighter to NID officials. But the prospect ofa shortage still exists, forthe dam has a capacity of 27,700 acre feet and should be full Are offered the new Nevada County Farm Bureau president C.J. Rolph (L) by outgoing president Kenneth]. Casper (R) while Mrs. Alyce Lowrie looks on. -Mrs. Lowrie director of information for the Agricultural Council of California was the guest speaker at the Farm Bureau meeting. <a oy