October 11, 1961 (14 pages)

Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vall ! ey, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Sel Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, , Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, , Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, by Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, ‘Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 36 Number 41 . 10 Cents A Copy ‘THE PAPER WITHTHE PICTURES" —~Pubil ished Weekly Neva Wednesday, October ll, 1961 LEGAL SECRETARYS.Hazel Lewis (L) pours tea for Melba Poglase. are dressed in authentic period costumes in preparation for the Legal Secretarys Heirloom Show'to be held at the Alta-Oaks Firehouse Sat., Oct. 14, from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. A $50 merchandise order on any department at the SP ter will be awarded, Both women D Shopping Cenannual “COLOR DAY" at Bagpipe Band Set For Beale Open House students oe to Pie ; ; red) and white. sabes are Bee bagpipe off echnical Sergeant The traditional affair will and which is a unique and Melvin C. Ross, see. stud ent_officers in the colorful part of the official Under Pipe Major Ross, the Pew of nieces wit she United States Air Force Drum Pipe Band performs frequentigkiodollec: 10 cent fines and Bugle Corps will appear ly as an independent unit in . Ps gs cna aiiirs forest at Beale Air Force Base addition to its regular per. fa we Ge esters eae Monday at 5 p.m. formances'on the march and . : With a nucleus of six airduring field shows with the the Student Center, has been men, none of whom had Corps. For all of their per. chaser Officers will Dara ever played bagpipes, the formances, the Pipers wear “round” the center and nab Pipe Band was organized in authentic highland dress, the *“enloniéad” ofenden 1950 under the tutelage of tartan of the Mitchell clan . : Mr. William Galloway, a in honor of General Billy . Officers are President Mel former Pipe Major of the Mitchell. . Hillier. Secretary Judy British Army's “Black Watch? An Open House for the ‘Holman and Treasurer Since 1954, the Pipe. Band general public will also take . ! : ' Priscilla Rose, all of Grass hasbeen underthe leadership ‘place at Beale, 3 to 6 p.m. Valley, and Vice President GV Students Head Sierra “Color Day” . ROCKLIN, . Friday will be Mary Carol Nelson of Easton Rothwell, President of Mills College and former director of the Hoover Libtary on War, Revolution and Peace, will give a special address in Grass Valley next week on thetopic, "The United Nations: Its Accomplishments and O pportunities." Dr. Rothwell will appear here under the sponsorship of the Concord Group of Grass Valley and the Nevada County branch of the Amercan Association of University Women, on the occasion of 1961 United Nations Week, The talk will take place next Thursday evening, Nov. 19, atHennessy School auditorium, at 8 p.m, Admission is free, and interested individuals, students, teachers and organizations are invited, : Dr. Rothwell returned recently from a trip to New York, where he conferred with United Nations personMills College Head To Speak Here On United Nations ; GRASS VALLEY,.Dr. C delegate Adlai Stevenson. Long acquainted with state department and U.N, figures, Rothwell has been a student of the world organization since its creation in San Francisco in 1945, Mrs, William Kensinger is president of the local AAUW chapter. Mrs. Mel Hedrich is chairman of the AAUW international relations section. In charge of arrangements for the Concord . COUNTY TREASURER DIES..Miss Elma Hecker, 58, treasurer of Nevada County Group is Mrs, Walter Buckley, Branagh Attending Conference NEVADA CITY. Forest Supervisor H, E, Branagh left last week to attend the nation-widec onference of the Society of American . _ Foresters being held at Minn. nel, including chief U.S, , eapolis, Minn, The conferSierra College, with all : Weather. NEVADA CITY . perfect site for enforcement, Local Anak oe @ Rainfall to date.. . Rainfall last year.. 40 GRASS VALLEY Max Min Rain Oct. 4 88 55 00 5 88 58 .00 6 88 55 00 T= Bz 40 00 8 68 42 .00 9 65 38 .00 10 68 42 . 00 Rainfall to date.. .00 Rainfall last year. .38 TAHOE FOREST FIRES Fires since October 4: 6 6 Man Caused 0 Lightning Fires in the 1961 Season: 195 Fire Rating: If rain continues46 Man Caused 149 Lightning 406 Acres Burned and Federal organizations . engaged in forestry work. ence is being held this week . of Oct. 9. Branagh was singularly . honored in being chosen to attend this conference. He is one of two representatives . for the California Region of , the U.S, Forest Service. His selection was made by Regional Forester G, A, Connaughton who is president of the Society. The Society of American Foresters is an organization . of professional foresters in the United States, Their objective is toimprove forestry . practices on private and government owned lands, The Society works toward this goal throughout the year through State and local chapters that meet frequently, The National Conference will review the gains made during’ the past year and present objectives for the future group, Members of the Society come from private industries and State ‘2.0.2 24648 Ru Th OO eee MARGIN OF VICTORY----From the educated toe of Miner QB Dick Smith comes the PAT which proved the margin of victory for the locals intheir 13-12 win over a scrappy Sparks, Nevada team last Friday at the Fairgrounds. NUGGET CHEERING SECTION.Nugget carrier boys attending the Nevada Union High School football game against Sparks, Friday night. David Adams, Peter Grover, Tom Leace, Billy Van Meter, Steve Smart, John Grover, Otis Gaylord , Nugget circulation manager, Sammy Smart and Herb Smart. Shown at the game are (left to right) . Since 1942, died Thursday at Miner's Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday /at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Nevada . City, followed by interment in Pine Grove . cemetary. Miss Hecker was a native of . Nevada City, and spent 36 years in public service. : Miss Else Hecker A Remembrance by Mrs. Grace Himes Something was done, Christmas eve found her in We who‘have lived long front. of this family's shack _in Nevada City are sad to day. We have lost a friend a fine Christian woman whom everyone loved, I can say no truer thing than this: Elma Hecker lived her entire life for others, She was one of the hap; plest people I have ever : known, intelligent and unpretentious, and kind, Her great heart found opportunity .in the country, unloading » groceries, Many groceries, And a regular Tiny Tim Christmas dinner, smoking hot from the Kopp ovens, The goose was a turkey, huge and brown, Elma had managed the trimmings in herhome, But the thing that brought sparkle to the shabby children's eyes were the bright red mosquitobar thr oughout her life to do the stockings chock full of the worthwhile, kindly thi ngs that most of us overlook, She wasa deeply religious woman, perhaps I should say a Christian woman, who lived her religion daily, It was never a Sunday thing to her. Today I am remembering something she did many years ago, It wasn't an unusual thing for Elma, it was her way of life, The time was near Christmas anda man had been convicted of a loath; Some crime and sent away, leaving his helpless family to the scorn and coldness of unthinking neighbors, Courthouse gossip reached Elma's ears and her great heart was touched, “Why there were children . _ and it was almost Christmas, . City have had the new num. something had to be done, " things children always love, Elma Hecker loved life and people and was in turn loved. She will live long in the heartsand minds of all wh o knew her, . AliNumber ‘Phones For Up Country . GRASS VALLEY, .Some residents of Alleghany, Camptonville, Downieville, and North San Juan will start getting all-number phone numbers with numeral pre: fixes’ with two letters and a i number in November. Grass Valley and Nevada ber system, known as all;Rumber calling, or ANC, . Since July, 1960, ANC is gradually being introduced ; throughout the nation. . Pacific Telephone Manager G. O, Hutchins said that starting in November, people getting new phone service or mOving to another location in the exchanges of 'Alleghany, Camptonville , . Downieville, and North San Juan will be given the new all-number phone numbers, For example, the Downieville prefix BU 9 becomes 289, Alleghany AT 7 is 287, Camptonville AV 8 is 258, and North San Juan.AX 2 is 292. All Pacific Telephone customers in these areas are expected to get the new numbers in less than five years, In fact, Hutchins said, Pacific Telephone expects to have all its phone numbers in California changed to all-number calling by 1968, The reason for the change is population growth, he said,

Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vall ! ey, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Sel Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, , Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, , Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, by Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, ‘Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 36 Number 41 . 10 Cents A Copy ‘THE PAPER WITHTHE PICTURES" —~Pubil ished Weekly Neva Wednesday, October ll, 1961 LEGAL SECRETARYS..Hazel Lewis (L) pours tea for Melba Poglase. are dressed in authentic period costumes in preparation for the Legal Secretarys Heirloom Show'to be held at the Alta-Oaks Firehouse Sat., Oct. 14, from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. A $50 merchandise order on any department at the SP ter will be awarded, Both women D Shopping Cenannual “COLOR DAY" at Bagpipe Band Set For Beale Open House students oe to Pie ; ; red) and white. sabes are Bee bagpipe off echnical Sergeant The traditional affair will and which is a unique and Melvin C. Ross, see. stud ent_officers in the colorful part of the official Under Pipe Major Ross, the Pew of nieces wit she United States Air Force Drum Pipe Band performs frequentigkiodollec: 10 cent fines and Bugle Corps will appear ly as an independent unit in . Ps gs cna aiiirs forest at Beale Air Force Base addition to its regular per. fa we Ge esters eae Monday at 5 p.m. formances'on the march and . : With a nucleus of six airduring field shows with the the Student Center, has been men, none of whom had Corps. For all of their per. chaser Officers will Dara ever played bagpipes, the formances, the Pipers wear “round” the center and nab Pipe Band was organized in authentic highland dress, the *“enloniéad” ofenden 1950 under the tutelage of tartan of the Mitchell clan . : Mr. William Galloway, a in honor of General Billy . Officers are President Mel former Pipe Major of the Mitchell. . Hillier. Secretary Judy British Army's “Black Watch? An Open House for the ‘Holman and Treasurer Since 1954, the Pipe. Band general public will also take . ! : ' Priscilla Rose, all of Grass hasbeen underthe leadership ‘place at Beale, 3 to 6 p.m. Valley, and Vice President GV Students Head Sierra “Color Day” . ROCKLIN, .. Friday will be Mary Carol Nelson of Easton Rothwell, President of Mills College and former director of the Hoover Libtary on War, Revolution and Peace, will give a special address in Grass Valley next week on thetopic, "The United Nations: Its Accomplishments and O pportunities." Dr. Rothwell will appear here under the sponsorship of the Concord Group of Grass Valley and the Nevada County branch of the Amercan Association of University Women, on the occasion of 1961 United Nations Week, The talk will take place next Thursday evening, Nov. 19, atHennessy School auditorium, at 8 p.m, Admission is free, and interested individuals, students, teachers and organizations are invited, : Dr. Rothwell returned recently from a trip to New York, where he conferred with United Nations personMills College Head To Speak Here On United Nations ; GRASS VALLEY,..Dr. C delegate Adlai Stevenson. Long acquainted with state department and U.N, figures, Rothwell has been a student of the world organization since its creation in San Francisco in 1945, Mrs, William Kensinger is president of the local AAUW chapter. Mrs. Mel Hedrich is chairman of the AAUW international relations section. In charge of arrangements for the Concord . COUNTY TREASURER DIES...Miss Elma Hecker, 58, treasurer of Nevada County Group is Mrs, Walter Buckley, Branagh Attending Conference NEVADA CITY.. Forest Supervisor H, E, Branagh left last week to attend the nation-widec onference of the Society of American . _ Foresters being held at Minn. nel, including chief U.S, , eapolis, Minn, The conferSierra College, with all : Weather. NEVADA CITY . perfect site for enforcement, Local Anak oe @ Rainfall to date... . Rainfall last year... 40 GRASS VALLEY Max Min Rain Oct. 4 88 55 00 5 88 58 .00 6 88 55 00 T= Bz 40 00 8 68 42 .00 9 65 38 .00 10 68 42 . 00 Rainfall to date... .00 Rainfall last year.. .38 TAHOE FOREST FIRES Fires since October 4: 6 6 Man Caused 0 Lightning Fires in the 1961 Season: 195 Fire Rating: If rain continues46 Man Caused 149 Lightning 406 Acres Burned and Federal organizations . engaged in forestry work. ence is being held this week . of Oct. 9. Branagh was singularly . honored in being chosen to attend this conference. He is one of two representatives . for the California Region of , the U.S, Forest Service. His selection was made by Regional Forester G, A, Connaughton who is president of the Society. The Society of American

Foresters is an organization . of professional foresters in the United States, Their objective is toimprove forestry . practices on private and government owned lands, The Society works toward this goal throughout the year through State and local chapters that meet frequently, The National Conference will review the gains made during’ the past year and present objectives for the future group, Members of the Society come from private industries and State ‘2.0.2 24648 Ru Th OO eee MARGIN OF VICTORY----From the educated toe of Miner QB Dick Smith comes the PAT which proved the margin of victory for the locals intheir 13-12 win over a scrappy Sparks, Nevada team last Friday at the Fairgrounds. NUGGET CHEERING SECTION..Nugget carrier boys attending the Nevada Union High School football game against Sparks, Friday night. David Adams, Peter Grover, Tom Leace, Billy Van Meter, Steve Smart, John Grover, Otis Gaylord , Nugget circulation manager, Sammy Smart and Herb Smart. Shown at the game are (left to right) . Since 1942, died Thursday at Miner's Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday /at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Nevada . City, followed by interment in Pine Grove . cemetary. Miss Hecker was a native of . Nevada City, and spent 36 years in public service. : Miss Else Hecker A Remembrance by Mrs. Grace Himes Something was done, Christmas eve found her in We who‘have lived long front. of this family's shack _in Nevada City are sad to day. We have lost a friend a fine Christian woman whom everyone loved, I can say no truer thing than this: Elma Hecker lived her entire life for others, She was one of the hap; plest people I have ever : known, intelligent and unpretentious, and kind, Her great heart found opportunity .in the country, unloading » groceries, Many groceries, And a regular Tiny Tim Christmas dinner, smoking hot from the Kopp ovens, The goose was a turkey, huge and brown, Elma had managed the trimmings in herhome, But the thing that brought sparkle to the shabby children's eyes were the bright red mosquitobar thr oughout her life to do the stockings chock full of the worthwhile, kindly thi ngs that most of us overlook, She wasa deeply religious woman, perhaps I should say a Christian woman, who lived her religion daily, It was never a Sunday thing to her. Today I am remembering something she did many years ago, It wasn't an unusual thing for Elma, it was her way of life, The time was near Christmas anda man had been convicted of a loath; Some crime and sent away, leaving his helpless family to the scorn and coldness of unthinking neighbors, Courthouse gossip reached Elma's ears and her great heart was touched, “Why there were children . _ and it was almost Christmas, . City have had the new num. something had to be done, " things children always love, Elma Hecker loved life and people and was in turn loved. She will live long in the heartsand minds of all wh o knew her, . AliNumber ‘Phones For Up Country . GRASS VALLEY, .Some residents of Alleghany, Camptonville, Downieville, and North San Juan will start getting all-number phone numbers with numeral pre: fixes’ with two letters and a i number in November. Grass Valley and Nevada ber system, known as all;Rumber calling, or ANC, . Since July, 1960, ANC is gradually being introduced ; throughout the nation. . Pacific Telephone Manager G. O, Hutchins said that starting in November, people getting new phone service or mOving to another location in the exchanges of 'Alleghany, Camptonville , . Downieville, and North San Juan will be given the new all-number phone numbers, For example, the Downieville prefix BU 9 becomes 289, Alleghany AT 7 is 287, Camptonville AV 8 is 258, and North San Juan.AX 2 is 292. All Pacific Telephone customers in these areas are expected to get the new numbers in less than five years, In fact, Hutchins said, Pacific Telephone expects to have all its phone numbers in California changed to all-number calling by 1968, The reason for the change is population growth, he said,