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NEVADA .
COUNTY
RE 555.) WORE SRT
Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You
Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield
Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Li
Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quake.
, Humbug, Relief Hill,
berty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzl
t Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat,
“Washington,
Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Moon Flat, Sweeten B
, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit
Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia
Il, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens.
Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows
y Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, ‘Bourbon Hill,
Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hi
ga, French Corral, Rough and Ready,
City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln,
Volume 37 No. 43 10 Cents a Copy
“THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" ' Published Wednesdays Nevada City,
October 10, 1962
As
Auto Show Opens
Fall Spectacular
NEVADA CITY---The 1962
Fall Color Spectacular in
Nevada City opens tomorrow
night with an Auto Show featuring 1963 models of some
five Nevada County Auto
Dealers Association mem =
bers,
For the event, more than
the usual number of Nevada
City merchants will remain
Open, many featuring Auto
Show specials,
Friday will see the beginning of the Spectacular, designed to attract tourists to
Nevada City during the Fall
season to photograph and admire the seasonal reds and
yellows of local trees.
The Fall Color Spectacular
willrun for three weeks, and
a joint Nevada City Chamber
of Commerce and Nevada
City Garden Club group will
offer advice to tourists on
what areas are the most
colorful. :
Nevada County's museum
on Main St. near Commercial St. will be open the
three weekends, and a table
will be manned for tourist information at the museum.
The Spectacular follows
last year's Fall publicity in
Sunset magazine which drew
UNICEF
Halloween
‘Treat’ Set
GRASS VALLEY--=-Plans are
well under way for. the third
annual "Trick or Treat for
UNICEF" Halloween program.
in Nevada County.
Some of the local organizations sponsoring or endorsing
the program are: Nevada
County 4-H Club Council;
Grass Valley Rotary Club;
Grass Valley Lions Club; Jaycettes;S oropiimist Club;
First Methodist Church of
Grass Valley; Trinity Episcopal Church; Emmanuel Episcopal Church; St, Patrick's
Altar Society; and Nevada
County Nursery School.
Last week films describing
the work of UNICEF were
shown in many of the local
schools and toseveral service
clubs. "Bozo's Adventures In
Asia" showedBozo, the popular television clown, in a
tour of six Asian countries
where he visited with young
beneficiaries of UNICEF programs. "A Gift To Grow On"
showed the malaria eradication and child care programs
ina remote Mexican village
and their effect on the spirit
of a people after years of
poverty and illness. It showed, too, what this town did
on its own after UNICEF
showed them the way.
The local Soroptimist
Club, whichhas as one of its
goals the furthering of international understanding, assisted in financing the film
showings.
UNICEF is the United Nations Children's Fund. Under
its Director, Maurice Pate,
an American, UNICEF helps
governments plan programs
to meet the most pressing
needs of their children. It
provides necessary su pp lies
and equipment and aids in
‘training local personnel,
Governments aided: must
contribute matching funds
and services, which have recently amounted to an average of 2 1/2 times as much
as they receive.
The local planning committee for "Trick or Treat
for UNICEF” includes Mrs.
Alfred Heller and Mrs. Mertris Ingram, co-chairmen;
Mrs. Henry Roese and Mrs,
Tyler Micoleau, co -chairmen for Nevada City; Mrs.
Theodore Kohler, treasurer;
and Mrs. Don Rasmussen,
publicity chairman.
. Mary Crane, treasurer.
thousands to the area during
late October and November,
The Auto Show will be
held between 6 and 9 p.m,
on Pine St. between Broad
and Commerica! Sts. Autos
of the firms of Hartman,
Covey, George Bros., Morgan and Hockett will be on
display.
Expected in the show are
Chevrolet, Oldsmobile,
Valiant, Chrysler, Plymouth, Rambler, Dodge,
Dart, Ford, Thunderbird,
Buick, Pontiac and Cadillac.
National sources claim the
1963 model year will be a
banner auto year, and the
local association joins the
Nevada City Chamber of
Commerce in welcoming
residents to the show, one of
the first onthe Pacific Coast.
Mrs. Buck To Head
Co-op Nursery
GRASS VALLEY ---Officers
werechosen to lead the
Nevada County Cooperative
Nursery School Monday
night, and officials of the
group noted that there are
stilla few openings in the
school to bring it to capacity.
Newly elected officers include Mrs, Jane Buck, president; Mrs, Betty Duffy,
vice-president; Mrs. Karen
Renfree, secretary; and Mrs.
The nursery school is held
at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.
Mothers interested in the
nursery school program are
invited tocall,Mrs. Janet
Finnegan, 21 3-$244, Outgoing president..
Weather
NEVADA CITY
Max. Min, Sainte
Oct.3 Hh 47 . 00
4 65 45 . 00
5 64 34 00
6 67 35 .00
" 65 32 00
8 66 35 . 00
9 69 44 .00
Rainfall to date . 67
Rainfall last year 47
GRASS VALLEY
Max, Min. Rainfall
Oct, 3 19.50 . 00
4 70 46 . 00
5 68 42 . 00
6 73 42 . 00
7 70 42 . 00
8 tL = 48 . 00
9 15 49 . 00
Rainfall to date 19
Rainfall last year 55
ON THE JOB---Nevada City Policewoman Barbara Thue (sounds
like two-e) is on the job and is becoming a familiar sight around town. Mrs. Thue was picked recently by the Nevada
City Council to patrol the city's parking meters.
NEVADA CIT Y---Supervisors, chamber of commerce officials, and other
community leaders were extended an open invitation to
attend aluncheon meeting
Oct. 19 at the Gold Room of
the Bret Harte Inn in Grass’
Valley to explore the possibility of acountywide
chamber of commerce,
Speaker at the meeting
will be regional manager of
the State Chamber of Commerce George Sawyer, of
Sacramento, Sawyer has
studied California laws which
NEVADA CITY --The biggest
freeway fuss innearly two
years was stirred intocirculation this week after publication yesterday of an editorial
in the San Francisco Chronicle suggesting that freeways
in general, and the one
through Nevada City in particular, should be campaign
issues in the November gubernatorial election,
The editorial(reprinted on
Page 8 of the Nugget) picked
up the suggestion of Harry
S. Ashmore, editor-in-chief
of the Encyclopedia Britannica, that aboard of review be
set up with power to overrule
the California Highway
Commission on freeway
routes, Ashmore's letter to
the Chronicle was prominently displayed in the S.F. paper, along with an editorial
cartoon depicting a freeway
“dragon” and gubernatorial
candidate "knights" Richard
M. Nixon and Governor EdSierra Seeks $100,000 Planning
Aid For Campus Expansion
ROCKLIN----Sierra college
trustees have decided to borrow federal interest-free
planning funds to begin preliminary planning for the
next stage of construction of
college facilities, Authorization of application for the
loan was made at a board
meeting held last week.
The present campus buildings were designed for 950‘. 1000 students. Occupied
last year, present enrolment
of daytime studentsis 1,110,
President Harold Weaver has
predicted a steady increase
in enrolment to more than
1500 in three years.
The board should know
withinthree months whether
or not $100, 000 in planning
funds will be made available
LOCAL SHOWING.. «More than 50 persons viewed "the heads" by artist Bob
Gilberg Sunday at the Art Rental Gallery,
CommercialSt. at York St., at a two hour
opening of his October show here. Also
on display are some of Gilberg's latest
abstracts. The colorful heads, in crayon
and India ink, were produced during a recent hospital stay of the artist. The
showing can be seen Wednesday afternoons between 2 and 4 p.m. through October, or between 7 and 9 p.m. Oct. 18.
to the college, The federal
planning money is usually
granted without interest, repayable only when and if the
construction actually takes
place. With the loan, the
college administration would
put Architect Gordon Stafford to work on planning of
new Classroom, lecture hall,
and other added facilities
forthe expected 50 per cent
increase in enrolment.
Faculty andcommunity
advisers would also be involved in the planning.
GV Council Approves
Country Club District
GRASS VALLEY---The
Grass Valley City Council
approved the formation of
Country Club Terrace Unit 2
assessment district last night
over the protest of a property
owner whose home would be
included in the district,
However, prior to passing
the resolution forming the
district the council passed a
resolution allowing the protesting property owner to pay
only $200 of the cost of improvements in the new district.
The property owner, Ted
Kennedy, a Grass Valley police officer, had appeared at
the Sept. 24 council meeting to protest the formation
of the district, At last night's
meeting Kennedy again protested and was allowed relief.
The improvements in the
newly formed district will
include paving and concrete
curb and gutters. The work
will now be advertised for
bid,
Director of Public works
Ken Manuell submitted his
resignation effective Dec.31,
Manuell, a long time city
employee gave poor health
as his reason for resigning.
The council approved the
assignment from the Baldwin
Contracting Co, Inc. of it’s
contract for the construction
of the new city parking lot on
Church St, to Hansen Bros,
The local firm will alsocomplete the Mill St. seal-coating and certain other repairs
to the pavement.
The council voted to place
on deposit in interest bearing
city funds totaling $40,000,
The money tobe divided between the Mother Lode Bank
and the Bank of America.
The city auditor had recom4
mended this move.
William Kirchner, a director of the Grass Valley
Chamber of Commerce asked
the city council for a contribution toward publishing
maps of the city. The council
voted $200 tohelpthe Chamber promote Grass Valley. .
NID Gets
Release
GRASS VALLEY ---The State
.Water Commission Friday
actedin favor of the Nevada
Irrigation District in granting release of priority on the
NID's applications for Middle
and South Yuba River water.
The unanimous action by
the commission just about
completes water action by
the NID for its $65 million
Yuba-Bear River Development.
Manager Edwin Koster represented the district and was
accompanied by board president RossC, McBurney at the
meeting in San. Diego.
The commission also ap~
proved the Yuba County
Water Agency's application
for the Yuba water rights.
The NID several months ago
signed a stipulation with the
Yuba County agency in which
both agreed to recognize the
project water needs of the
other.
FREEWAY FUSS FLARES
. By Dean Thompson
mundG, Brown. "Looking for
a dragon boys? "the cartoonist
asked.
Spurred into action locally
by the newspaper treatment,
the Nevada County Womens
Club today dispatched some
50 copies of a letter to Governor Brown, Nixon, David
Brinkley, and 48 newspapers
scattered from Tokyo to London, Mexico City to Anchorage Alaska, and including
the New York Times, and,
oh yes, the S.F. Chronicle.
The club's letter opposing
the local freeway will be
printed next week in the Nugget, one of "the others” on
its long list of newspapers.
Meanwhile, Grass Valley
Police Chief Frank Knuckey
and Councilman Leonard
Prisk were stirred at the city
council meeting toseek
stronger action to speed the
freeway, the first section of
which is-slated to be built
through Nevada City one year
before construction, starts in
Grass Valley.
Grass Valley Mayor John
Hodge assured the council
that the Division of Highways
is working onthe freeway,
acquiring rights of way rather
rapidly at the present time,
Johnson
To Report
On Gold
SUTTER HILL---Congressman Harold T. Johnson will
report on necessary steps to
be taken before his proposed
gold subsidy bill can become
law at a dinner meeting at
this Amador County town
cts. 28),
Dinner will be served at
the American Legion Hall at
8 p.m. following a "happy
hour”.
Sid Smith, Amador County
Chamber of Commerce Sec=retary-manager, said all
persons interested in the gold
bill are welcome to attend,
Reservations can be made
with the chamber at PO Box
596, Jackson.
Meeting te: Study County
Chamber Of Commerce
g Overncounty chambers of
commerce and the methods
used in several counties.
He saidthat after explaining the law and its usage in
other counties, there will be
several avenues open to local
county chamber enthusiasts if
they then desire to follow one
of them.
The meeting is being arranged by Bill Briggs, director of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce and a past
president of that group, and
Dean Thompson, immediate
past president of the Nevada
City Chamber of Commerce.
Both emphasized that the
Oct. 19 meeting is an exploratory study of a county
chamber, They said that the
meeting is being held as the
result of numerous suggestions favorable to a county
chamber, and talk last year
which indicated some feeling in favor of merging the
Grass Valley and Nevada City
chambers,
Briggs and Thompson urged all areas of the county to
have ‘representatives at the
megting. Individual invitations will not be issued, and
all who intend ‘to be at the
meeting are urged to notify
eitherBriggs or Thompson at
265-4503 or 265-2471.
Residential
Zoning
Sought
NEVADA CITY---An application signed by J.R. Mann,
representing New Verde
Mines, and other property
owners of the Union Hill area,
for R~-1 (single family residential) exclusive zoning of
the district was received by
the county planning commission Monday night.’
The first public hearing on
the application was set for
Oct, 22. .
Signing the letter with
Mann were John Nolen, John
Park, andFredR. Woodward,
In addition, a petition
containing 119 signatures of
affected property owners was
included in the application.
The proposed R-1 zone
would include the Union Hill
subdivision east of the Colfax
Highway, the Knack property
across the road, and other
lands,
Recently a use permit application for a mobile home
park at Union Hill was denied
by the commission,
MOVING IN-----Inter-C ounty Title Company moved last weekend to their new
modern building on Court House Square in Nevada City. Manager Earl Erickson
(center on telephone) will invite the public to inspect the companys new headquarters at an open house to be announced soon. Movers Harley Frink (L) and
Vernon Rowe handled the moving chores.
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