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Nevada City, Wednesday, November. 30, 1960
Grass Valley Merchants Hear Plans
For Off-Street Parking On Church St.
Grass Valley merchants Commerce in a _ luncheon
were informed today at meeting at Lola’s Grotto.
’
hoon of a plan to secure
Conway pointed out that
nearly half a block of offadditional parking space is
street parking on Church necessary
in
downtown
Street immediately behind Grass Valley in order to
the major Mill Street shophold businessmen in the
ping area.
center of town as additional
Fred Conway presented shopping centers are conthe plan to a merchants’ structed.
}committee group ofthe
He proposed, the estabGrass Valley Chamber of lishment of a-downtown off
street parking district to
The merchant said the
finance the purchase and lot would be meter free,
improvement of the lot. It giving free parking to eus
was, estimated that a 25-cent_ tomers for a two-hour petax per $100 assessed valuriod. A parking’stub valida
ation
within
the
district tion program is envisioned.
‘would bring in the necesConway said the main
sary funds.
reason why merchants
Legal tax limit would be should support such a plan
75 cents per $100, but’ the are to entice shoppers to
full tax potential would buy. in downtown Grass
not be
said.
required,
Conway
NC Leaders Stress Unity
Nevada City Mayor Robert
Carr and Nevada City Chamber of Commerce President
Marv Haddy joined this week
in calling for unity in the landscaping of the freeway
city.
be attractive.
Each pointed to last week's
In backing the paint-up
freeway election as the signal campaign, Haddy went
y.for all groups in the city to further.
“The Plaza is now the centogether on things
High School working
the city needs.
city. It will be even more
All that is left of the freeway controversy is to get the struction of the freeway," he
Board
highway built as soon as posend controversy and begin
ter of tourist interest in the
important with the con
BUSY HANDS. .-.Mrs. Carl Steger and hertwo sons, George (left)
and John, are shown working on holiday decorations this final
week prior to Nevada City's annual Artists Christm&4s Fair scheduledto open Friday. -For the Stegers, the Christmas Fair is now
Art Fair
To Meet
said.
Because of its importance
sible, the two local leaders
said.
as the entrance to the down
Will Open The Nevada Union High
only a small part of their family operation. Already they have
cleaned, keptclean, and
School District will held a
shipped 50. aati ornaments and wreathes to Bay Area outlets
.
special meeting tonight at
Haddy said.
He suggested the establish“We all work," Mrs. Steger commented. She explained that beFriday A.M.
Mayor Carr agreed, calling
through
At a press lancheon in
ment of a park on city por
indicated they are willing
to sell the individual pieces,
Conway said.
tions of Deer Creek, with the
Inc.
Dr.
Play School Set, Lacks Site
A parent cooperative play
place to hold class.
The group had planned a
meéting for this week to
selecta board of directors
and draw up by-laws. But
they hurriedly canceled the
meeting.
The group
held its first
meeting Oct, 11. Since that
time the pre-school play
group has been formed,
several appliéations for director are onhand, and work
is proceeding on securing a
play school site,
Parents of Western Nevada
County who are interested in
enrolling children in the’
announced this week in a
proclamation
by
W. W:
(Tabe) Bishop,. chairman
}of the board of supervisors.
of Mayor Arnold Thorsen
Bishop urged Nevada
Mayor Thorsen explained
that the play school would
have interfered with use of
the building by the Gifl
Scouts. Newtables are on
order for Girl Scout use there,
County residents to observe
the day by giving recognition to civil defense plans
Donald
Hare,
group are urged to attend the
A non-profit parent coop
erative, the group will require that parents contribute
several hours each month to,
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improvement of the town,
Rain to date. ...
both intimated.
Rain last year. ..
equip.ment
ing at a cost of $400,000.
Several pieces of hospital hospital bedin
s use in Westequipment were donated last ern Nevada County by resiAlso on loan from the re
The following items were three walkers, five wheel
donated:* four male urinals,
five bed pans, two bed protectors, one roll celo batton ,
and two wet pants,
The VFW equi pment chairnan, Harry Sherwood, alse
reported the post has five
chairs, several canes and
pairs of crutches,
Any resident needing hos
; pital equipment is ‘invited to
check with Sherwood at 265 4435, Loans are not limited
to veterans,
ANNIVERSARY. .The deena Knots of Grass Yallodscelebrated their aah annivers i
Saturday night by entertaining 30 squares with the calls of Bob Lee? and Buss TOW!
guest trom San Diego. Shown above are (lett to right) Alice and Jack Mars ne
Martha and Harley rink, Narelle and Bob tlopkins, and lene and Walt Cast
Marshall is secretary, Frink vice-president, tlopkins president and Cas
treasurer.
NUGGET
Grass Valley
Hospital Items Donated
By Nevada City VFW
Hospital by the VFW Post
Sd
. Rain to daft.
.., 10.72
. Rain last year. .. 4.78
which Cinerama is purchas
out that Pcarl Harbor Day,
Dec. 7, 1941, “recalls to the
mind of Americu a tragic
example
of
unprepared
zational purposes willbe set,
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developed the present all
tohavethem,"hesaid, “but
they. would have upset the
rest of the groups usingthe
when and if...
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development, and has now
“volving equipment: pool are
Total preparedness is: a
deterrent to. war, and the
day is » time fer determin
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study and application since
2655 of Nevada City.
Another meeting for organi
Min. Rain’ .
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the early days of transistor
:
ness.”
residents for the city's future,
they said.
The controversy may~have
focused city interest in future
Max.
Nov. 23
Nov. 24
The group has been engaged in semi-conductor
dents in their homes.
building.“
indicated a deep interest of
Nevada City :
and built the original sound .
Tentative date for openequip
ment presently used
ing of the play “classes” is in Cinerama theaters aroun
d
early in February.
j the world.
transistorized
have
Weather
such a park,
ities there, they developed
the play group.
have
possibility of a waterwheel
display along the banks of
from New Canaan, Conn.,
where some years ago, in .
connection with their activ
‘week to the Nevada Coun
The proclamation pointed
and
of Cinerama, Inc.
Dr. Hare and a nuclear
Staff came to Grass Valley
meeting when announced,
we may keep peace through
preparedness.”
“I would have been glad
owners
contacted
presi
in the county, as well as the
national CD ‘effort “that
he said.
Property
Group, Ine., and Mrs. Hare
were in New York to attend the luncheon as ghests
Civil Defense Day Dec. 7
But they reckoned wrong,
The idea met with the veto
it would park
dent of The Grass Valley
Thenon-profit cooperative
had hoped to use the scout
building at Memorial Park
Nevada County will join ation that the United State
in Grass Valley as site for the
with other governmental shall never_again be unplay school, They thought subdivisions in the celebraprepared for enemy attack,
approval had been given the tion of Dec. 7 as National according to the proclamaproject for use of the build© Civil Defense Day, it was tion.
ing.
in Exercise Yellow Jacket respective groups highway
II in Korea.
sub-committees This united
The field training exercommittee
would push for
cise, emphasizing night
withdrawal and attack, was constructionofthe Grass
part of the continuous train‘Valley-Nevada City freeway
ing program conducted by as soon as possible, The group
the division.
would also make sure that
developed,
about 100 cars.
manufactured for them by
The Grass Valley Group,
NUGGET Photos by Prentiss Studio
school being formed in Grass
Valley under the chairmanship of Mrs. Donald Fairclough is still looking for a
lot begins with the old
Kneebone Garage and continues to Neal Street. When
been
$400,000
-New York City yesterday,
Cinerama, Inc., announced
its plans to open 70 new
theaters installations witk
alltransistorized
sound
equipment. developed and
parking lot to Mill Street.
The area proposed for the
landscaped.
"T wo groups fighting cannot doit," hesaid. "But with
the cooperation
ofall service
clubs and all other groups
interested the future of Nevada City, any or all of these
As ever, out-of-town vis¢
things
can be done."
school site.
Haddy laid out a possible
itors as well as those from. Approval ofthe installation
Haddy also suggesteda
this area are expected to
program for city improvewagon display at the plaza,
flock to the fair, which is ofa new boiler in the present ment in his statement:
élevated ona platform so
located at 312Commercial high school building.
“Now that the freeway that it could be seen from
Street.
question is settled, thisis the the freeway. He said the
Hours are 10 am. to 9 James Conklin In
time for unity. The two "hidden stage coach" and
p.m. Friday and Saturday
groups must get together and other items of a wagon disand 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SunKorean Exercise
get things done for Nevada, play now at Pioneer Park
day.
could be used to attract
Army Pfc. James L. ConkCity,” he said.
Haddy urged the formation tourists into the city in this
lin, son of Mrs. Fay I. Conklin, Route 2, Grass Valley, of acommittee consisting of way.
recently participated: with members ofboth Nevada City
Both Haddy and Mayor Carr
other personnel’ from the andGrass Valley chamber of indicated pleasure at the
lst Division’s 8th Cavalry commerce members on the
size of the freeway vote, This
Area Firm
The parking area would
be divided by Bank Alley,
giving easy access from the
historic sites within the city,"
Sunday
Contract To
“We are most fortunate
that we do have an area
close in not being used to
its full capacity,” he said.
The Church Street site is
less than’ one block from
the present center of the
shopping district, between
Main and Neal Streets on
Mill Street.
town area, Haddy said it is
essentialthat Deer Creek be
agenda items at the call of
the paint-up campaign "a
Albert Casey, board chairdarned good thing."
busy.Priortothat time all of the materials have to be gathered, will mark the eighth annual man.
The mayor also emphasized
making the project an all year job. Visitors of the Christmas Artists Christmas Fair of
The items are:
the Nevata City Art Assothat the freeway vote was
Fair will note that many other families have taken up this mounciation. A record 60 artists
Use of the Nevada City
in no way a repudiation of
tain hobby that is rapidly becoming a Nevada County industry. and craftsmen from Nevada junior high school building by the Citizens for Progress
County
.and_
throughout the Nevada City Elementary
group. He indicatedthe comNorthern California will “School District.
mittee will get excellent
provide customers with
Approval of an agreement
support
on many of its planunusually
outstanding with NID for construction of
nedimprovementsinthe
Christmas buys.
fe
a water line to the new high city.
Friday
centers.
"The time is at hand to
push the paint-up program,
as a part of the restoration of
8 p.m. to act on three
ginning in September the wreath assembly keeps the whole family
Valley, and to keep stores
from
leaving the main
Streets in favor of shopping
Photo by Prentiss Stusle
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