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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

May 16, 1962 (12 pages)

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THE NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET... Sahn win ih 1962...Page 9 3 BY DEAN THOMPSON Fi WHISPERS. , .Bob Schiffner is taking quite a ribbing from as ae = SS—= GV Stiderit Accepted In Peace Corps) ) ROCKLIN-=-Frank Mellor, Nevada City Post Office personnel. Seems one of the crew Grass Valley sophomore now a found the locat father holding a fishing pole with a line attending Sierra College, eG dropping into Deer Creek from the Plaza bridge. That has’been accepted for Peace area, of course, is reserved for the younger set in town, and Schiffmer quickly explained he was holding the pole for his son while the lad was retrieving his wayward pup. . Art Rental ie women are bubbling over the comment of BeniaminoBufano: "Some of the paintings1 see hanging here are ag good as any I have seen hanging around the country.” The controversial Beni repeated his comment after Fri’day might's appearance at the monthly Nevada City Art Association meeting, expanding the compliment to include fe. ot galleries throughout the world.. The Bufano praise for the Art Rental Gallery merely echoed what the local group: ‘has heard from other are experts who have visited the gallemyey wae TALKER, . .BilbHerten, cartoon artist who hopes to dress up the downtown for the Fourth celebration, has a dog at his Washington-abode, Smart, too, as Herren is prone to brag. Knows a lot of tricks..But even Herren knew that it was not his dog that wrotethe note he reaently found complaining that the dog's master bragged a little too much about the tricks.. "It was that other smart dog, up the river, that wrote it," Herren admits. MEMORIAL:.,Were you a crew meinber of the Arizona, Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sank inthe harbor atPearl Harbor? The Navy is inviting survivors and the next of kin of the Navymen who lost their lives to the dedication of a memorial and museum in Hawaii May 30..The Navy cannot provide transportation to the island, however. FROM THE PAST..The Nevada City Nugget of Aug. 30, 1937 carried this headline: "Gold Price Safe, New Postoffice Sure Says Englebright"..We still talk about gold. But in those days there was fear of a drop in the price of gold, today there is only hope that the price may be taised..we also still talk of new postoffices. .Business volume in Nevada City is. going to make the expansion of postal facilities a must in the next few years.. And things’ were much the same in the advertising field,too; -Alpha' Stores advertising new Kelvinator-refrigerators, The ad! should have said “at the never to be repeated price" of 50 cents a week. It said: “You can't lose when as little: as 90 cents a week will buy you a Kelvinator.".,How now SEE them here you HEARD them on radio.. . NEW FULLER PAINT 1 COLORS! NEW DECORATOR AIDS! A smart new selection of the most popular western decorator colors—plus néw decorating aids to help you choose the right paint colors for your home: New, larger color chip collection. New take-home Decorator Album—198 fashion colors. New Master Color Album—approximately 1,000 selected colors, including interior and exterior paints in flat and gloss finish. All colors available in Fuller’s fast-drying, easyto-apply INTERIOR LATEX PAINT. cab: true! nig q PLANNING.. Fannie Moulton, one of the mainstays of community life at French Corral, discusses plans of the community to preserve the historic 100 year old schoolhouse with supervisor Neil Hennessy. Both enjoyed a tasty French Corral homecoming recently. meal at the annual NID Bond Authorization Increased . GRASS VALLEYThe direcvenue bond issue figure for their proposed Yuba-Bear Project. The action was in line tor of the Nevada Irrigation District Friday officially added $5 million to the reGOLD AWARD WINNERS..Two 4-H club members from Nevada County took gold awards during Saturday's regional field day inSacramento.Shown admiring their awards awards are Marianne Kennedy of the Woodchuckers Club of Grass Valley, who took her first prize inclothing competition and Gary Henslee of the Chicago Park Hornets who demonstrated how to make a test light for electrical projects. JUNE sth PRIMARY ‘etCts with projects similar to with the recommendation of the California Districts Securities Commission which suggested at a hearing April 27 that the NID increase the bond issue authorization limit from the requested $60 million to $65 million. Increasing the bond issue authorization limit has been a policy of the Securities Commission inrecent months to insure. that distthat of the NID willhave authorization from the voters to sell sufficient bonds to adequately finance the project. The directors approved two resolutions Friday at theirregular meeting. One approved the 1963 modification plan for the district's first refunding bond issue and set $65 million asthe amount of revenue bonds:to be sold to finance the new project. The 1962 modification plan is an agreement with holders of NID first refunding bonds, The agreement was necessary to obtain permission of the current bond » holders to allow the district float the revenue bond issue for the new hydroelectric project. Under the modification plan, bond holders grant permission for the district to sell the revenue bonds and agreeto waive contingentinterest coupons ontheirbonds. In return the NID will raise the interest rate on outstanding bonds from three to four percent. In the second resolution, the directors approved the . feasibility of the project itself andspelled out the method of financing the new works, The resolution makes ‘itclearthat the project will be financed entirely through the sale of revenue bonds with the issue being paid for through the sale of hydroelectric power derived from project works, It is noted Corps training. Mellor, son of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Mellor of Grass Valley, will leave about
June 15 for six weeks training at the University of Hawaii before beginning his two year assignment in North Borneo. Mellor, an engineering student, is experienced in surveying and expects to work on Borneo roads, The Nevada Union High School graduate worked last year For T. C, McGuire of Grass Valley and has studied surveying at Sierra, Mellor said he is looking forward to his two year service. He said his parents were pleased with his acceptance, He plans to return to college after his tour of duty. Mellor and several other Sierrans interviewed Peace Corps representatives when they were on campus last month, PEACE CORPSMAN..Frank Mellor, Sierra College sophmore, has been accepted as a member of the U.S. Peace Corps. He wil] study in Hawaiiin June before starting two years of service in North Borneo as a surveyor. Prize Winning UN Film Set For Hennessy GRASS VALLEY ----Power Among Men, Prize-winning United Nations film, will be shown May 24 at 8 p.m, in Hennessy auditorium, sponsored by the Concord Group. This color movie, winner of the Robert Flaherty award for theyear's best documentary film two years ago, was called "the most important motion picture of the decade" by the Saturday Review of Literature. In 90 minutes, the film explores four of the major problems of the postwar éra: the problems of rebuilding after the war (shown in Italy); raising standards of living (in Haiti); providing power for industrial expansion (in Kitimat, British Columbia);. and bending the atom to use for peaceful purposes (in Norway). Terence O'Flaherty of the levied against district lands to pay for the project. The directors several weeks ago authorized Ebasco Services Ins., to start work on drawing of fina) plans and specifications for construc~ tion bids, The board hopes for construction bids by late this ear. Manager Edwin Koster told the directors Friday that specifications for electrical equipment fortwo new powerhouses to be constructed on Bear River should be completed in about two to three weeks. He said the directors should be ready to advertise for bids on this equipment to take advantage of the current low market price on electrical equipment. MEANS NO. MONEY DOWN S. F. Chronicle calls Power Among Men "a moving and eye-opening experience, " The public is invited and admission is free. VAN'S FRAME & -AXLE 205 S. Auburn Grass-Valley 273-6460 aaa OUT OF LINE? KEEP VAN’S IN MIND” L_& M LANDSCAPING @ We do rototilling and general yard work. @ We have a few roses left to sell. Phone 265-2167 EVENINGS J. UGHTNER---------J. MUSSER Political Advertisement ATTEND NO-HOST DINNER MONDAY, MAY 21..GOLD NUGGET INN TO HEAR RICHARD RICHARDS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for U.S. SENATE HOSPITALITY HOUR..6 p.m. DINNER ..7 p.m. dial 273.988] or 273-3423 This Ad Sponsored by Democratic Central Committee For Reservations: WEDNESDAY — 7:30 P.M. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BE SAVED? THURSDAY — 7:30 P.M. HOW NEAR ARE WE TO THE JUDGMENT DAY? FRIDAY — 7:30 P.M. NINE WAYS TO TELL ONLY yy that no land tax may be IF YOU ARE SAVED es Central Califcerni by $ . 69 Vote FED ERAL SATURDAY — 7:30 P.M. eeu SAVINGS WHEN THE DEVIL . Visit our new FULLER PAINT COLOR CENTER Main Street GRASS VALLEY @ Broad Street NEVADA CITY . e ; Ask for your S & H Green Stamps . For NEIL HENNESSY Incumbent Supervisor, 3rd District . . SUPERVISOR NEIL HENNESSY HAS REPRE=3 SENTEDYOUAND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WITH A PROGRAM OF ECONOMY IN {GOVERNMENT COMBINED WITH SOLID CHIEVEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. di hy fk Savin hi Bulding . VACAVILLE.. .Hi 8-6439 HOME LOANS for You RALPH LARSON S — GOT BAPTIZED! SUNDAY — 7:30 P.M. THE COMING BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. at tHe AIRATORIUM RIDGE ROAD BETWEEN HUGHES and ALTA NO ADMISSION CHARGE — ALL WELCOME *3T1BD ‘6 OjUusNeZ0RS AIBAQET 03895 *311B9 UoTZOSS St ROT POTuA?