November 24, 1971 (12 pages)

IN NEVADA COUNTY IN 1934: Chief of Police Garfield Robson announces that taxes will become dlinquent after Monday, October 10. * * *K Mr, and Mrs, Lorin Williams are moving into their new home in the northern part of Nevada City. * * kK * H. W, Robinson has received formal appointment as Conciliation Commissioner for Nevada county from the United States District Court in San Francisco, Former President Herbert Hoover still remembers fondly the days le Spent as a miner in Nevada City when he boarded up on Boulder street with Mrs, Stanfield. * * kK ‘ A, P, Giannini, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of America, was a visitor in Nevada City yesterday. a , * * KK * New Boy Scouts in Nevada City are Warren Smith, Leland Thompson, Tom Ashton, Jim Hamilton, John Alderson, Poy Eitter and Joe Curry, * * * * The Phoenix quartz mine below Grass Valley is to be reopened the first of the month, said T. S, Davey, superintendent. * kK OX The grand opening of the new brick Tongarelli building on lower Broad street will take place tomorrow, *.* OK Alumni of Grass Valley and Nevada City high schools will meet on Thanksgiving Day on the grid field in Grass Valley for a football game. Definite arrangements will be announced later. * OK * Mr. and Mrs, Fred F. Cassidy and daughter, Miss Beatrice Cassidy, are spending this weekend in the bay region. a * kK * D. C. Billick, local assayer, left Friday for Alturas for a weekend visit with his parents. *x* ke * Herbert Granholm is completing a cottage on the Granholm Dairy property on Gold Flat. * * * * Miss Dorothy Bosanko, stenographer for District Attorney Will Wright, returned Sunday from a two weeks vacation. *e * * A coterie of eight were the guests of Mrs. James Rice on Friday evening at her home oo Piety Hill. * * * Miss Annie Godfrey was one of the happiest mothers in Nevada County Christmas morning when she received a call by appointment from her son, Delbert Godfrey, mining engineer in the Phillipine Islands. * KOK Mr. and Mrs, F. W. Smith of the Vogue Presse Shop, spent Christmas in San Francisco with Dr. Smith's mother. * * *k * Delbert Schiffner and Bob Tucker made a fishing trip to the Klamath River last weekend and speared six salmon, weighing over gne hundred and fifty pounds. : ** * * The Mine Workers Protective League Monday completed the distribution of some $650 as direct Christmas benefits. ee Misses Ruth and Jean Gleason and brother, Verne Gleason,all students at the University of California, are spending the holidays in Nevada City with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P, Gleason. ee % " Ok eR Mrs. George Scarfe was severely bruised when she suffer-. ed a five-foot fall from the top.of a small step ladder in the last few days, IN NEVADA. COUNTY IN-1948, ; ‘made a name for hitnself as one of Grass Valley's. most publicspirited business leaders, today.formally announced his candidacy for the 6th District. Assembly seat vacated by Senator Allen G, Thurmonds elevation to the highest house. wo O. ‘P. Steele, Grass: Valley businessman, -has been chosen chairmen of the: Citizens Power Conservation commission recently appointed by. the Nevada County Board-of Supervisors. . Floyd Le Febvre, manager af the National Hotel, on Tues‘ day night officiated at a party which the hotel gave to.all its employes, meen A slight earthquake, shook this area at 5:55 A.M, Wednesday, waking most residents, rattling chandeliers and windows, and shaking beds, but doing no harm. : Pulse = % ‘3 AAA a MY HMRI IR SR SS , Editor: The Nugget Dear Sir: Several weeks ago (October 6) one of your writers mentioned seeing some old junked cars lying beside Broad street near . its intersection with Highway 49. I, too, have seen them there for many weeks; and it does seem that with all the "improving" going on downtown right now, someone ought to have a little more’ pride in our fown's. appearance. . .and do something about removing those old cars, It would be interesting to know why they were just "dumped off" there in the first place, and more interesting to know how long ‘they are to be left there. What a blot on our landscape! Talk about “litter laws" and "pollution"; where do those two items figure in this situation? Sincerely, /s/ MRS, ALBERT AUSTERMANN Nevada City, California (Editor's Note: We also wonder when those old, abandoned car bodies will be removed — and by whom? We invite a reply to this inquiry from a proper authority.) East county commercial to be reappraised Elton A. "Bub" Tobiassen, Nevada County Assessor, stated that appraisers-from the assessor's office in Nevada City have started reappraising commercial property throughout eastern Nevada County this week, The Western Nevada County Area was reappraised and the new values were placed on the current assessment roll for the 1971-1972 year. The balance of the reappraisal of commercial is in the eastern Nevada County area which will be reviewed for fair market value whether an increase or a decrease, and will be. completed by late next spring. The appraisers, according to Tobiassen, will start inthe Donner Lake Areaas they have found many recent sales of lake front lots and commercial: property, which creates the market value as well as the fact that commercial properties have not been mm Do business ina of By P. L. Smith The Bv.ton Works, in the old bank building at 300 Broad street, is certainly getting its face "lifted". The job gives our sidewalk superintendents and other interested bystanders (like me, fer instance) something new-to keep an eye on, It will be a great day when we can tell people about "beautiful downtown Nevad> City" — as we bask in the glow of gaslights down the boulevard. * * * * There are just 25 days remaining before the 25th of December. . .which is Christmas Day — if someone hasn't decided to change the date to the following Monday! I am sitting here gloating over the fact that some of my Christmas shopping is done! What.are you doing. . procratinating again? * * OK * ’ saw a woman do a really terrible thing to a small child -in a supermarket the other day . -can't get the incident off my mind. The little boy wasn't a day over three, and was having a hard time keeping up with his mother and her shopping cart. At one point in the seemingly endless safari, the-baby stumbled and fell on his face, His mother reached down, grabbed him by one arm and swung him against her hip with a thud heard several aisles away, I'm sure. When he started to cry . » « «aS Who wouldn't under such circumstances, she hauled off and hit him on the side of his. reappraised since 1956, The appraisal procedure, in accordance with.state law, shows many of these parcels are far out of line with respect to the true market value, It was found ina recent sample by the State Board of Equalization that sales of commercial buildings were over-appraised as well as under appraised, therefore the equalization of values is very important. Tobiassen is asking the business houses and property owners involved, to please cooperate with the appraisers, so the jobcan be expedited prior tothe fiscal year 1972-1973, Sit back and let classified ads do the selling, renting or buying for you. little head. At that point, another customer and I started towards the woman and child . « « she took one look at our enraged faces and gathered the now screaming child under her arm and left the store by the nearest exit. .minus groceries! And some people wonder why their children leave home at an early age. * Ok KOK The Nugget sure gets around. Just had a confab with our circulation manager, who presented me with up-to-the-minute circulation tally lists for checking purposes. We now have subscribers in such interesting places as Juneau, Alaska, Vienna, Austria, and 27 of the 48 contiguous States. . to mention a few. Bulk of our subscribers are in Northern-California — with heavy emphasis on Nevada County. . .and the names will soon number 1,000! However, the point of this yarn is the fact that our readers on the "outside" are — for the .most part — former resi-dents who like to keep in touch with what is going on in the county; and who do not, for various reasons, take the daily ‘paper. A case in point. . .quoting from a letter written by a long-time subscriber in New York State: "We cannot presently afford to take a daily paper from home, so depend upon the Nugget for much other information that that contained in. the neighborhood. news of North San Juan, We still own property there, and like to know how things are going. . thanks for printing so much county news." So, if occasionally some items seem like "duplication" to local readers. . just keep in mind the fact that there are many others who do not see the daily paper. We have to keep our coverage balanced as equitably as possible at all times. . .to TRY to make you all happy readers! * kK * * Another Thanksgiving Day will greet us on the morrow — at least this great national holiday hasn't been switched to a Monday, yet. That in itself is something to be thankful for — but enjoy it while you may, because I betcha there'll come the day when this, too, shall pass over to Monday! Happy Turkey Day to one and all! Enjoy, enjoy. Yuba River has a lot going for yeu . . . Sucsioiten ee Exterior Doors Redwood. & Timbers ' Siding & Mouldings: OPEN 7 A.M. LUMBER COMPANY Building Supplies — Plumbing — Electrical & Paint 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. — Grass Valley’

IN NEVADA COUNTY IN 1934: Chief of Police Garfield Robson announces that taxes will become dlinquent after Monday, October 10. * * *K Mr, and Mrs, Lorin Williams are moving into their new home in the northern part of Nevada City. * * kK * H. W, Robinson has received formal appointment as Conciliation Commissioner for Nevada county from the United States District Court in San Francisco, Former President Herbert Hoover still remembers fondly the days le Spent as a miner in Nevada City when he boarded up on Boulder street with Mrs, Stanfield. * * kK ‘ A, P, Giannini, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of America, was a visitor in Nevada City yesterday. a , * * KK * New Boy Scouts in Nevada City are Warren Smith, Leland Thompson, Tom Ashton, Jim Hamilton, John Alderson, Poy Eitter and Joe Curry, * * * * The Phoenix quartz mine below Grass Valley is to be reopened the first of the month, said T. S, Davey, superintendent. * kK OX The grand opening of the new brick Tongarelli building on lower Broad street will take place tomorrow, *.* OK Alumni of Grass Valley and Nevada City high schools will meet on Thanksgiving Day on the grid field in Grass Valley for a football game. Definite arrangements will be announced later. * OK * Mr. and Mrs, Fred F. Cassidy and daughter, Miss Beatrice Cassidy, are spending this weekend in the bay region. a * kK * D. C. Billick, local assayer, left Friday for Alturas for a weekend visit with his parents. *x* ke * Herbert Granholm is completing a cottage on the Granholm Dairy property on Gold Flat. * * * * Miss Dorothy Bosanko, stenographer for District Attorney Will Wright, returned Sunday from a two weeks vacation. *e * * A coterie of eight were the guests of Mrs. James Rice on Friday evening at her home oo Piety Hill. * * * Miss Annie Godfrey was one of the happiest mothers in Nevada County Christmas morning when she received a call by appointment from her son, Delbert Godfrey, mining engineer in the Phillipine Islands. * KOK Mr. and Mrs, F. W. Smith of the Vogue Presse Shop, spent Christmas in San Francisco with Dr. Smith's mother. * * *k * Delbert Schiffner and Bob Tucker made a fishing trip to the Klamath River last weekend and speared six salmon, weighing over gne hundred and fifty pounds. : ** * * The Mine Workers Protective League Monday completed the distribution of some $650 as direct Christmas benefits. ee Misses Ruth and Jean Gleason and brother, Verne Gleason,all students at the University of California, are spending the holidays in Nevada City with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P, Gleason. ee % " Ok eR Mrs. George Scarfe was severely bruised when she suffer-. ed a five-foot fall from the top.of a small step ladder in the last few days, IN NEVADA. COUNTY IN-1948, ; ‘made a name for hitnself as one of Grass Valley's. most publicspirited business leaders, today.formally announced his candidacy for the 6th District. Assembly seat vacated by Senator Allen G, Thurmonds elevation to the highest house. wo O. ‘P. Steele, Grass: Valley businessman, -has been chosen chairmen of the: Citizens Power Conservation commission recently appointed by. the Nevada County Board-of Supervisors. . Floyd Le Febvre, manager af the National Hotel, on Tues‘ day night officiated at a party which the hotel gave to.all its employes, meen A slight earthquake, shook this area at 5:55 A.M, Wednesday, waking most residents, rattling chandeliers and windows, and shaking beds, but doing no harm. : Pulse = % ‘3 AAA a MY HMRI IR SR SS , Editor: The Nugget Dear Sir: Several weeks ago (October 6) one of your writers mentioned seeing some old junked cars lying beside Broad street near . its intersection with Highway 49. I, too, have seen them there for many weeks; and it does seem that with all the "improving" going on downtown right now, someone ought to have a little more’ pride in our fown's. appearance. . .and do something about removing those old cars, It would be interesting to know why they were just "dumped off" there in the first place, and more interesting to know how long ‘they are to be left there. What a blot on our landscape! Talk about “litter laws" and "pollution"; where do those two items figure in this situation? Sincerely, /s/ MRS, ALBERT AUSTERMANN Nevada City, California (Editor's Note: We also wonder when those old, abandoned car bodies will be removed — and by whom? We invite a reply to this inquiry from a proper authority.) East county commercial to be reappraised Elton A. "Bub" Tobiassen, Nevada County Assessor, stated that appraisers-from the assessor's office in Nevada City have started reappraising commercial property throughout eastern Nevada County this week, The Western Nevada County Area was reappraised and the new values were placed on the current assessment roll for the 1971-1972 year. The balance of the reappraisal of commercial is in the eastern Nevada County area which will be reviewed for

fair market value whether an increase or a decrease, and will be. completed by late next spring. The appraisers, according to Tobiassen, will start inthe Donner Lake Areaas they have found many recent sales of lake front lots and commercial: property, which creates the market value as well as the fact that commercial properties have not been mm Do business ina of By P. L. Smith The Bv.ton Works, in the old bank building at 300 Broad street, is certainly getting its face "lifted". The job gives our sidewalk superintendents and other interested bystanders (like me, fer instance) something new-to keep an eye on, It will be a great day when we can tell people about "beautiful downtown Nevad> City" — as we bask in the glow of gaslights down the boulevard. * * * * There are just 25 days remaining before the 25th of December. . .which is Christmas Day — if someone hasn't decided to change the date to the following Monday! I am sitting here gloating over the fact that some of my Christmas shopping is done! What.are you doing. . procratinating again? * * OK * ’ saw a woman do a really terrible thing to a small child -in a supermarket the other day .. -can't get the incident off my mind. The little boy wasn't a day over three, and was having a hard time keeping up with his mother and her shopping cart. At one point in the seemingly endless safari, the-baby stumbled and fell on his face, His mother reached down, grabbed him by one arm and swung him against her hip with a thud heard several aisles away, I'm sure. When he started to cry . » « «aS Who wouldn't under such circumstances, she hauled off and hit him on the side of his. reappraised since 1956, The appraisal procedure, in accordance with.state law, shows many of these parcels are far out of line with respect to the true market value, It was found ina recent sample by the State Board of Equalization that sales of commercial buildings were over-appraised as well as under appraised, therefore the equalization of values is very important. Tobiassen is asking the business houses and property owners involved, to please cooperate with the appraisers, so the jobcan be expedited prior tothe fiscal year 1972-1973, Sit back and let classified ads do the selling, renting or buying for you. little head. At that point, another customer and I started towards the woman and child . « « she took one look at our enraged faces and gathered the now screaming child under her arm and left the store by the nearest exit.. .minus groceries! And some people wonder why their children leave home at an early age. * Ok KOK The Nugget sure gets around. Just had a confab with our circulation manager, who presented me with up-to-the-minute circulation tally lists for checking purposes. We now have subscribers in such interesting places as Juneau, Alaska, Vienna, Austria, and 27 of the 48 contiguous States. .. to mention a few. Bulk of our subscribers are in Northern-California — with heavy emphasis on Nevada County. .. .and the names will soon number 1,000! However, the point of this yarn is the fact that our readers on the "outside" are — for the .most part — former resi-dents who like to keep in touch with what is going on in the county; and who do not, for various reasons, take the daily ‘paper. A case in point. . .quoting from a letter written by a long-time subscriber in New York State: "We cannot presently afford to take a daily paper from home, so depend upon the Nugget for much other information that that contained in. the neighborhood. news of North San Juan, We still own property there, and like to know how things are going. .. thanks for printing so much county news." So, if occasionally some items seem like "duplication" to local readers. .. just keep in mind the fact that there are many others who do not see the daily paper. We have to keep our coverage balanced as equitably as possible at all times. .. .to TRY to make you all happy readers! * kK * * Another Thanksgiving Day will greet us on the morrow — at least this great national holiday hasn't been switched to a Monday, yet. That in itself is something to be thankful for — but enjoy it while you may, because I betcha there'll come the day when this, too, shall pass over to Monday! Happy Turkey Day to one and all! Enjoy, enjoy. Yuba River has a lot going for yeu . . . Sucsioiten ee Exterior Doors Redwood. & Timbers ' Siding & Mouldings: OPEN 7 A.M. LUMBER COMPANY Building Supplies — Plumbing — Electrical & Paint 12391 NEVADA CITY HWY. — Grass Valley’