October 17, 1973 (12 pages)

19 Tha Mauada Coau-tu NMuagei 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Oct. 17,1973 Wad Nrt 1091072 Off By F.1. [Notes This I'd like to see! In Kansas City there’s something new under the sun..and possibly closer to that orb than some might believe: The $30-million Altgar building, designed by Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn, will be the ‘irst building in North Ameri¢a to have its top stories built first! Sounds pretty wild and wacky, doesn't it? According to the owners, the ep floor of the 925,000-square toot office building will hang trom a top truss by cables after the corner columns-and the central core have been erected. This revolutionary system is expected to cut six months off the time normally needed to _—~ construct such a city-block-size structure.. .all 32 stories of it. A friend of mine who belongs to the AARP, American Association of Retired Persons, send me an occasional copy of their publication entitled “Modern Maturity’’..which contains some excellent reading material and constructive ideas all plainly stated. In the issue for OctoberNovember, there’s a brief account of how the older set in San Diego have solved certain little problems quite effectively, and certainly efficiently, thry an organization known as! $ESSenior Exchange Service. In other words, they have 4 nlp bank’’ set up on which retirees can call for services they might be physically unable to perform themselves; or financially unable to hire someone else to do for them. SES operates without any money being exchanged. It accepts ‘deposits’ of talent, skills, experience and _ information, so the article states, from retired persons to whom conserving money often is NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two. Yeors .. $5.00 Somber of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION The Cuff Smith vitally important. They in turn draw on this unique ‘‘bank’’ for similar commodities that others ; have deposited. To cite a few outstanding examples of what the plan provides: In the San Diego group there is a hairdresser turned fiction writer. She regularly does the hair of an expert typist who turns out her manuscripts in return; a retired housekeeper does those chores in exchange for furniture refinishing done by a retired cabinet maker with a love for fine woodworking; one woman provides companionship and lessons in English for a foreign-born shut-in who gives her lessons in a European language..and so forth. The possibilities in any community ; would be almost endless; all it takes is a self-starter to get the # movement going. And, perhaps best of all these exchange contacts frequently develop into Cyclethon riders firm friendships as well. It is an # idea well worth thinking about, isn’t it? In a small Idaho town there is a young woman, in her late 20’s, who faces life in a wheelchair as the result of an automobile accident several years ago. She . isn’t letting life slip by for a moment. Her ‘‘bed-sitting room’’ is also her office for a service which she calls ‘‘Helping * Others.’’ Daily, she calls Senior Citizens whom she knows to be more or less house confined; checks on their physical welfare and makes arrangements with a cooperative taxi service to get them to their doctor’s appointments, shopping trips, or across-town visits with other older friends. When necessary, she will arrange for trips farther afield thru contact with a nearby travel service. Her “clients” pay a modest fee each month, based on their needs and income or pension; and some of the services she obtains for them are donated by local firms and _ clubs, etc. In one recent ‘‘emergency”’ contact she coordinated the simultaneous arrival at a private home by the police, fire department and a doctor.. .for an invalid whose home caught fire from neglected wiring which short-circuited. The elderly woman whom she so effectively ‘“‘rescued’’ was in shock, but otherwise uninjured. A few days treatment in the local hospital saw her go home in reasonably good shape after the harrowing experience. Annonymous donors contributed $100 to the young woman for her services in that instance. THE ANNUAL CYCLETHON was held Saturday which also happened to be national newspaper boy day. Going up a grade is Union carrier Chris Nyte and his father Ed Nyte as they ride the 12-miles around Grass Valley and Nevada City. Donations were given to the riders ona per mile basis with proceeds going to the heart association. See other photo on page 10. Work progresses on the Old Nevada Theater visitors to Nevada City these days will notice a massive scaffold covering the entore front facade of the Nevada Theatre. Its purpose is to enable the workers to finish the restoration of the front of the building to its original design. Brick-work is being replaced and the large iron shutters have been hung in place. This is the first step of a long range plan to resotre the building to its former use as an early-days live theatre, yet with modern facilities. Work was started in June on this phase of reconstruction and it is well over the half-way mark and it is hoped that it can-be finished before winter sets in so the front can be sealed from the weather. The building was _ purchased in 1967 after a three year fund raising campaign during which, the citizens of Nevada county and other friends raised over $40,000 to purchase the building and over $20,000 to make it operative. Additional funds for the work on the current program to date have been donated for the project by Nevada county supporters although there has been no formal fund raising drive. It has been estimated by the architect that to complete the entire restoration will cost around $300,000. This is not an unreasonable goal as over $75,000 already has been raised by the community without assistance from any Foundation or Government Grants. Government Grant-In-Aid funds are currently available on a 50-50 matching basis. Application has been made by the Restoration Committee for assistance and the Nevada Theatre stands high on the priority list of favored projects. But it is still incumbent on the ' people of the community to raise enough matching money to secure a substantial sized grant to further the work. A number of fund raising programs are now in progress. The ‘‘Buy a Brick’ campaign offers the contributor a genuine 100 year-old brick from the original wall for a donation of $5.00. “‘I Bought a Brick’’ supporter buttons are being offered also in lieu of an actual brick. A lithograph of an_ original drawing by George Mathis for the Theatre Fund Raising Campaign showing the theatre as it looked in its hey-day has been issued in limited numbers and is available for a $25.00 contribution. For a _ $100 donation, a donor may have a plaque placed on a seat.in the theatre.

19 Tha Mauada Coau-tu NMuagei 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Oct. 17,1973 Wad Nrt 1091072 Off By F.1. [Notes This I'd like to see! In Kansas City there’s something new under the sun...and possibly closer to that orb than some might believe: The $30-million Altgar building, designed by Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn, will be the ‘irst building in North Ameri¢a to have its top stories built first! Sounds pretty wild and wacky, doesn't it? According to the owners, the ep floor of the 925,000-square toot office building will hang trom a top truss by cables after the corner columns-and the central core have been erected. This revolutionary system is expected to cut six months off the time normally needed to _—~ construct such a city-block-size structure... .all 32 stories of it. A friend of mine who belongs to the AARP, American Association of Retired Persons, send me an occasional copy of their publication entitled “Modern Maturity’’....which contains some excellent reading material and constructive ideas all plainly stated. In the issue for OctoberNovember, there’s a brief account of how the older set in San Diego have solved certain little problems quite effectively, and certainly efficiently, thry an organization known as! $ESSenior Exchange Service. In other words, they have 4 nlp bank’’ set up on which retirees can call for services they might be physically unable to perform themselves; or financially unable to hire someone else to do for them. SES operates without any money being exchanged. It accepts ‘deposits’ of talent, skills, experience and _ information, so the article states, from retired persons to whom conserving money often is NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. Subscription Rates: One Year .... $3.00 Two. Yeors ... $5.00 Somber of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION The Cuff Smith vitally important. They in turn draw on this unique ‘‘bank’’ for similar commodities that others ; have deposited. To cite a few outstanding examples of what the plan provides: In the San Diego group there is a hairdresser turned fiction writer. She regularly does the hair of an expert typist who turns out her manuscripts in return; a retired housekeeper does those chores in exchange for furniture refinishing done by a retired cabinet maker with a love for fine woodworking; one woman provides companionship and lessons in English for a foreign-born shut-in who gives her lessons in a European language....and so forth. The possibilities in any community ; would be almost endless; all it takes is a self-starter to get the # movement going. And, perhaps best of all these exchange contacts frequently develop into Cyclethon riders firm friendships as well. It is an # idea well worth thinking about, isn’t it? In a small Idaho town there is a young woman, in her late 20’s, who faces life in a wheelchair as the result of an automobile accident several years ago. She . isn’t letting life slip by for a moment. Her ‘‘bed-sitting room’’ is also her office for a

service which she calls ‘‘Helping * Others.’’ Daily, she calls Senior Citizens whom she knows to be more or less house confined; checks on their physical welfare and makes arrangements with a cooperative taxi service to get them to their doctor’s appointments, shopping trips, or across-town visits with other older friends. When necessary, she will arrange for trips farther afield thru contact with a nearby travel service. Her “clients” pay a modest fee each month, based on their needs and income or pension; and some of the services she obtains for them are donated by local firms and _ clubs, etc. In one recent ‘‘emergency”’ contact she coordinated the simultaneous arrival at a private home by the police, fire department and a doctor... .for an invalid whose home caught fire from neglected wiring which short-circuited. The elderly woman whom she so effectively ‘“‘rescued’’ was in shock, but otherwise uninjured. A few days treatment in the local hospital saw her go home in reasonably good shape after the harrowing experience. Annonymous donors contributed $100 to the young woman for her services in that instance. THE ANNUAL CYCLETHON was held Saturday which also happened to be national newspaper boy day. Going up a grade is Union carrier Chris Nyte and his father Ed Nyte as they ride the 12-miles around Grass Valley and Nevada City. Donations were given to the riders ona per mile basis with proceeds going to the heart association. See other photo on page 10. Work progresses on the Old Nevada Theater visitors to Nevada City these days will notice a massive scaffold covering the entore front facade of the Nevada Theatre. Its purpose is to enable the workers to finish the restoration of the front of the building to its original design. Brick-work is being replaced and the large iron shutters have been hung in place. This is the first step of a long range plan to resotre the building to its former use as an early-days live theatre, yet with modern facilities. Work was started in June on this phase of reconstruction and it is well over the half-way mark and it is hoped that it can-be finished before winter sets in so the front can be sealed from the weather. The building was _ purchased in 1967 after a three year fund raising campaign during which, the citizens of Nevada county and other friends raised over $40,000 to purchase the building and over $20,000 to make it operative. Additional funds for the work on the current program to date have been donated for the project by Nevada county supporters although there has been no formal fund raising drive. It has been estimated by the architect that to complete the entire restoration will cost around $300,000. This is not an unreasonable goal as over $75,000 already has been raised by the community without assistance from any Foundation or Government Grants. Government Grant-In-Aid funds are currently available on a 50-50 matching basis. Application has been made by the Restoration Committee for assistance and the Nevada Theatre stands high on the priority list of favored projects. But it is still incumbent on the ' people of the community to raise enough matching money to secure a substantial sized grant to further the work. A number of fund raising programs are now in progress. The ‘‘Buy a Brick’ campaign offers the contributor a genuine 100 year-old brick from the original wall for a donation of $5.00. “‘I Bought a Brick’’ supporter buttons are being offered also in lieu of an actual brick. A lithograph of an_ original drawing by George Mathis for the Theatre Fund Raising Campaign showing the theatre as it looked in its hey-day has been issued in limited numbers and is available for a $25.00 contribution. For a _ $100 donation, a donor may have a plaque placed on a seat.in the theatre.