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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

November 28, 1962 (10 pages)

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d 6 @Owm™ he 8 1ionsoene 1eauwuode o. ee ee oe oe re, ee od ws ses NEVADA COUNTY Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Graniteville, North San J Juan, North Bloomfield, Hi Chicago Park, Wolf, Hill, poctenge Hill, Sailor Hill, Brandy Flat, Relief Hill, W. Mooney Fiat, Sweetland, Al Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summ , Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Iridian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony ouse, Delirium Tremens. Volume 37 No. 50 +0 Cents a eee "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" ‘Published Wednesdays Nevada City, November 28, 1962 Survey Of Resources Launched By Committee NEVADA CITY---A fullscale survey of Nevada County 's economic resources was launched last night at a National Hotel dinner meeting of 27 county and state leaders, The survey was authorized by resolution of the board of supervisors. Each supervisor has appointed five citizens to the survey committee, Supervisor Neil Hennessy, county planning director Bill Roberts, and State Economic Development Agency. Field Representative Norman Bass explained the purpose and value of the proposed survey, which will be conducted on a voluntary basis. According to the speakers, the survey will provide data needed by industries and financial groups considering locating or investing in the county, An ultimate goal will be to lighten the individual tax load by attracting industrial ‘and other developments, and to provide an expanded job market for local labor, At present, Bass pointed out, about one sixth of the county labor force works in other counties, Data gathered, Roberts said, will also assist the county in zoning county lands according to the needs and desires and true potential of the area, A chairman of the survey group will be chosen today by a nominating committee picked last night. Members of the survey committee are E, C, Brandeberry, John A, Brown, Ted Buck, Sr., Leonard Carey Jack H, Clark, Cecil Edmunds, Ernest Haas, James Harding, Harry Hager, Sime Hassell, Alfred Heller, Chester Loney; Lyle Hubbard, Peter InBoosters To Meet Friday NEVADA CITY---Nevada City Boosters will meet Fridayto discuss final plans for Christmas Opening Dec. 6. Grass Valley merchants kick off their Christmas season this week, and begin Friday evening opening. In Nevada City, the official opening will come one week fromtomorrow and will . feature a7 p.m. show at Broad and Pine Sts. Nevada City merchants alsohave set up a $250 merchandise order to be given away during the season, and are planning on decorating the city in Christmas tree garb. The merchants decided against lights across Broad St. because of the cost involved, and a budget which is already higher than usual. bn Weather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfail Nov. 21 58 32 .00 22 a2 33. .00 23. «57 34 00 24 59 34 .00 25 54 33 . 00 26 56 35 .00 27. 80 41 1.17 Rainfall to date 24.10 Rainfall last year 3.93 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Nov. 21 59 44 00 22 69 £40 .00 23 68 438 .00 24 65 40 .00 25. 59 38 . 00 26 60 38 .00 27. Si 40 1.73 Rainfalltodate = 23.41 Rainfall last year 4.75 gram, William Kirshner, Francis Longo, Edward Pas-: teris, Roy Peterson, Lester Quincy, Douglas Ribble, Charles A. Scharschu, Paul Sisil, H.L. Slawson, Dr. Henry Tapia, and Paul Van Vliet. UNITED FUND HITS $2000 FIRST DAY GRASS VALLE Y---United Fund headquarters is buzzing with optimism today as the western Nevada County fund drive moves into high gear. With a goal of $18, 900, the fund had recorded collections totaling $2000 last night and many collecting units had not yet turned in reports, More than 200 persons attended Monday's kick -off "coffee break" at the Spaghetti Factory, and donations for coffee and donuts covered expenses and left $2.13 to begin the drive with. Mrs, William Wetherall was in charge of the coffee crew. Chairman Ray Doren opened the Monday meeting, briefed workers, and introduced Mayors John Hodge and Bob Carr, of Grass Valley and Nevada City respectively, as well as Supervisors Neil Hennessy and Tabe Bishop. Featured speaker was Ivan Branson, Indian Springs ranch owner who operates a San Francisco catering com-. pany. The meeting and initial collection calls were record-' ed on video tape and played baek on KCRA-TV news later Monday. ’ First report meeting will be heldtonight at the United Fund headquarters, Midvalley Savings and Loan office in Pioneer Village, Grass Valley. Thermometers in front of the Union building in Grass Valley and the Nugget building in Nevada City are recording the progress of the campaign. First large donation came at the kick-off meeting when Coy Miller, Mother Lode Bank official, turned ina check from the bank and donations from each employe. employe donations averaged $9. Branson andcommunity drive chairman Hillis Hubbard both turned over checks to the drive at the meeting, too. A near army of workers is contacting residents this week ina drive scheduled to end Saturday. 17-Year-Old Booked In Baby Death NEVADA CITY---A charge of involuntary manslaughter has been filed against Judy Church, 17-year-old mother whose three month old baby died Nov. 8 of multiple cerebral contusions, The young mother and her husband, S andy Church, were living at 437 Zion St, at the time of the child's death, Mrs, Church retarned from Fortuna where she and her husband moved to live with relatives following the death of the child. She has been booked in juvenile hall, Booking came after completion of a joint investigation by the Nevada City Police Department, Nevada County Sheriff's office, and the Nevada County District Attorney's office. Harry Wolters, representing the district attorney's office, said the girl will be brought before the juvenile court, Itis possible that the probation office will seek a psychiatric examination prior to juvenile court disposition of the case. The child, Sandra, had suffered brain damage ina fall from a faulty crib at an earlier age, and investigators surmise that a shaking in anger caused the fatal contusions, CHRISTMAS FAIR TO OPEN HERE Two Doctors Open Nevada City Office NEVADA CIT Y---Two medical doctors, new tothe area, hung out their shingle at 205 N. Pine St. this week. Bothcameto Nevada City after working at the Imperial County Hospital in El Centro, and after a 1200 mile tour of Northern California to check on potential sites for their office. UNICEF TOTAL TO DATE $700 GRASS VALLEY ---With several major collections of pennies still to be counted»by local banks, UNICEF totals to date have reached $700 in donations, it was announced by treasurer Mrs. Theodore Kohler. Counting has been slow because the banks ran out of penny wrappers, but final totals anda complete breakdown of the UNICEF collection should be available by the end of next week. Lo ye Dr. H. Robert Hume and Dr. Anthony J. Burns will practice general medicine. Dr. Hume is a graduate of
Ohio State University. He interned at Los Angeles County Hospital, and spent three years in the Army before going to work at Imperial County Hospital earlier this year. Dr. Hume and his wife, Harriet, have two children Ann Scott, 3, and Clifford, 1, They are residing in the Alta Hill area. Dr. Burns is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago. The doctor also interned at Los Angeles County Hospital, and spent four years in the Army before joining the staff of the Imperial County Hospital this year. He and his wife, Susan, havetwochildren, Anthony, Jr., 3, and Mary, 2. They are living in the Country Club Terrace area. SAN DIEGO---Major problems facing California education will come under close study by the state's leading educators December 3 6 at the annual conference of the California Association of School Administrators, meeting at the Grant Hotel and Balboa Park, Participating in the fourday statewide meeting will be more than 750 school superintendents re pre senting virtually every district in California, headed by State . Superintendent Dr, Roy Simpson, They will discuss a wide {Leaders Study Education variety of education problems, including: 1-How can we cope with the resistance totax and bond measures that increase local taxes? 2-What are the most effective ways of teaching basic American values and love of country? 38-Civil defense and schools, Superintendents also will discuss such continuing problems as school financing, staff ratios, team teaching, professional ethics, teacher morale. and A Nugget Special Report READY FOR DISPLAY...HelenBontecou, past-president of the Nevada City Art Association, and Bob Gilberg, Nevada City artist admire some of the Christmas Fair items that arrived early this week. The fair, tenth annual, will be held Saturday and Sunday. Hanging Of Dan Featured In Book NEVADA CITY---"The Hanging of Deer Creek Dan" by newsman AlvinS. Trivelpiece will go on sale this weekend in Nevada City, The featured ballad in this book of poems published this Ott Furnishings Still Intact What ever happenedto the scales, counters, lamps, grillwork, furniture and records which filled the interior of the Ott Assay Office in Nevada City? Sven Skaar, historian and local dealer in California antiques, knows the answer: he has them. ASSAY OFFICE SCALES---Sven Skaar, proprietor of the Pioneer Shop in the Ott Assay Building in Nevada City, poses with the original scales from the assay office. Skaar owns the interior equipment from the old assay office.. In 1953, Skaar bought everything that could be moved out or pried loose fromthe historic office where Nevada's Comstock bonanza was first displayed. Contrary to rumor, Skaar has kept this rare collection in a complete form. Probably the most dramatic relic from the office is a huge bullion scale, one of the first of its kind, It is in storage, along with hundreds of other items, large and small, Skaar says he would lke to see the old building re‘stored by the city or the state of a responsible agency as might be possible under the proposed scenic highway plan. Andhe says that in such an event he would return the items, at cost, to the building which housed them for almost a century. week by the Nevada County Nugget, Inc., Deer Creek Dan is a timid man whose love affair with Plaza Pearl becomes a triangle and a tragedy with the appearance of San Juan Gene. Trivelpiece, Sacramento Bee reporter and feature writer, has long been noted for his humor. While this book of verse will not shake the literary world, it will likely draw chuckles from all who read in it. Other pieces, in the book include a concise history of hydraulic mining, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge railroad, an odeto the pasty, the Cousin Jack quartet, an E, Clampus Vituschant, and a delightful short story in verse of Uncle Ned, the practical joker. Trivelpiece dedicated the book toH, P, Davis (who believes history should be leavened with hu mor) and Robert Paine. The cover and title art work was done by John C, Kemp, North Bloomfield; layout by Clarice McWhinney; and printing by Charles Allert lithography. The book has been accepted for sale by the Nevada City Art Association at the Artists Christmas Fair, and willbe onsale at other Nevpane City stores. Annual Art Sale NEVADA CIT Y---The Tenth annual Artists Christmas Fair will open its doors Saturday and Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. and will remain open until 9 p.m. This year, the fair will expand by adding to its regular sales display area at the Artists Workshopon Commercial St, near York St. by hanging paintings and having prints on sale in the studio of Osborn and Woods at Commercial and Pine Sts. Artistshave been delivering merchandise this week to the workshop, old Chinese Laundry in the mining days, and a crew of the association has been tagging each item preparing for the twoday fair. A large load of craftwork and other art items is due to arrive from San Francisco artists tomorrow morning, with other Northern California artists scheduled to arrive with their work even as late as Friday. Norman Grag, Nevada City artist, is in charge of the table arrangement of merchandise, and will begin displaying the merchandise tomorrow , expecting to finish at near midnight Friday. Alpha's Neyada City store will supplement the art fair with an exclusive showing of George Mathis prints Thursday night through Saturday. Vee Thompson, president of the art association, praised the Nevada City firm for helping to make the annual event a city-wide attraction. Past -president Helen Bontecou today stated that this year's fairis likely to be the biggest success in the association's history, with the largest selection of items and the best quality in work evient with each arriving-artist, Miss Bontecou cited the wooden objects of Harold Raymond, localartist, as an example of the high quality merchandise in this year's fair. Raymondhas items éntered using the following local woods: alder, cherry, dogwood, madrone, maple and balck walnut. In addition, his wood items include the use of amaranth from British Guiana, benin from West Africa, ‘maple from other areas of the U.S., narra fromthe Philippine Islands, rosewood from East India, and vermilion from Africa. In using dogwood and madrone, the artist soaks the wood in brine for30 days and then driesit on a rack in the shade. Numerous other items are available at the fair, from hand dipped candles, to Christmas cards, wreaths, and other decorations, plants, paintings, prints, jweaving, metal work, and other thingsincluding spe-+ cial foods, Recreation Workshop Set In Chico CHICO -Health, physical education and recreation teachers from 24 northern California counties will attend an all-day conference and series of workshops at Chico State College Saturday. Held in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary Basketball Tournament scheduled for Friday and gi evenings, the event is the annual conference of the California Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Northern District. Over 1,700 high school teachers, coaches, recreation leaders and elementary school teachers interested particularly in physical education have been invited, according to Dr, Don: Adee, chairman of the Division of Health, Physical Education and-Recreation at the college, general coordinator of ‘the conference. All sessions will be held in the spacious new physical education building on Warner Street. e *IT18O ‘6 OfUsueus By AAVAQTT 9389S * 31189 uoTzoes STedTpotuel