October 23, 1968 (12 pages)

Serving the communities of Nevada Gia French Corral, Rough and Ready, G Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowet North Columbia, PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LEBRARY + qwetaey t spit Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hil B, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas H ‘Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, Columbia Hill, Brandy Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remihgton Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, Volume 45 (0 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1968 <x Over 400 tons of rock in Branson house It's a long jump from telegrapher and caterer to builder of Mariposa Manor, but Ivan Branson has made it. Construction of the most unusual retirement ranch on Indian Springs Road began in 1965 when the Branson family moved to Nevada County. Branson, born in Mariposa and whose grandfathers were 1849 gold miners, spent 16 years in the telegraph WARM HOSPITALITY with a whimsical flair is evidenced at Mariposa Manor, the Ivan Bransons' home on Indian Springs Road. Photo and story by Lu McGrath. More about this unique house on Page 12. Spooks at Haunted House Oct. 27-31 Nevada County will have it's first tour of a Haunted House, a fund raising activity planned by the Ways and Means Committee of Liberal Arts Commission, the week of Halloween observances, Oct, 27-31, The Haunted House activity SS ———— where youngsters tour a house full of spooky and spectered rooms, has been successfully operated in larger cities for many years, and provides fun for youngsters during the time of ghosts and goblins. The activity was selected for LAC by Ways and Means chairman, Mrs, LeRoy Geist and her committee, Mrs. Bill Lambert, Mrs. James Simmons, Mrs. Herman Jones, Mrs, Dean Jones and Mrs. Tom Stanley, during the evening hours, 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The old Victorian house selected for the tour is located in the Nevada City area and may be reached at tourtime, by turning off the Nevada City freeway at Gold Flat Rd. and following the Haunted House signs. Posters and advance information for school children of the twin city areas has been prepared and distributed. Tickets and refreshments will be on sale at a nominal price, with tickets available at Novak's, Alpha Hardware and OsbornWoods in Nevada City; Sanders, Merritts, Rascos and Phoenix Drugs in Grass Valley. Special arrangements for group private, school or club groups may be made by contacting committee members at 273-4611 and 2739420. Turn back clock.. Standard Time becomes effective at 2 a.m. Sunday, October 27, and you will get back that hour you lost when Daylight Savings Time started in the spring. Best bet is to set the clock back one hour Saturday night, Mrs. Davis dies of injuries Mrs, Gertrude A. Davis, wife of Nevada City Planning Commissioner James R. (Cap) Davis, died Sunday night in Miners Hospital where she was taken after a one-car automobile accident Friday night. Mrs. Davis, who was driving alone, hit a gravel shoulder and broadsided into the bank, Her car flipped over, landing upside down on Highway 49 one mile north of. Nevada City, according to the California Highway Patrol report. “ She was pinned in the wreckage. The Nevada City rescue car took her to the hospital. The accident marked the third fatality in Western traffic Nevada county this year andthe second in recent days. Mrs, reared on a ranch in the pioneer town of Keystone, Tuolumne county, and had been a resident of this area the past 25 years. She was a devoted mother, and in addition to her husband, an 18year employe of the Nevada City Post Office Department, is surjunior champion racer. Also surviving are a daughter, Dolores Bechtol and two grandchildren, Pittsburgh, Penn,; a sister, Mae Cavagnaro, Sonora; Frank Tinney, a brother, Keystone; and two nieces. Davis was born and vived by a daughter, Dianna Davis, an employe of The Union; and a son, Don, both of Nevada City. Her ‘son attends Nevada Union High School and is a well known bicycle enthusiast and business, operating a key for the Associated Press for five of those years. With changes in communications, there was no need of telegraphers so Branson went into the catering business in San Francisco in 1920. Three years ago, he brought his wife and children to Nevada County to establish their home, The Bransons have three sons,— Bill, 18, a student at Sierra Junior College; Walter, 5, and Jimmy, 3; and -a married: daughter, Kathryn Ferreira of. San Francisco, and two grandchildren. Over half a century went into collecting more than 400 tons of ‘rock used in the home, and almost every stone has a story. The house, designed under Branson's watchful eye, has steel beam supports and a concrete shake roof. A walk-in freezer adds to the many conveniences. From a deck leading from the living room the Bransons can look over one of the four lakes on Mariposa Manor, a place of open hospitality and relaxed living. The entrance drive from Indian Springs Road crosses a dam of one of the lakes and is seldom quiet on a week-end, with the Bransons' noted hospitality attracting a constant flow of friends from local areas and distant cities. A collector of many things, Branson displays a replica of Old Ironsides (U.S.S. Constitution) made by H. H. Valentine, last. captain of the ferry boat "Berkeley" which ran between Oakland and San Francisco, Valentine, who died only last week, made three models of the ship and presented one to Branson 35 years ago. Branson also has a chunk of Alabama oak taken from the original Old Ironsides in 1927 when it put into the Boston Shipyards for repairs following an exhibition tour. The center of attention in the Branson entrance hall isa granite bowl originally owned by Chief Tenaya of the Yosemite Tribe. The chief presented it as a gift to a pioneer sheriff, whose descendants passed it on to the Bhanson family, Contained in the are various stones that were used by the Indians “to grind meal, rub hides for tanning, kill wild animals with a sling, and ceremonials, Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, 1, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, ill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley,

Serving the communities of Nevada Gia French Corral, Rough and Ready, G Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowet North Columbia, PERIODICALS SECTION CAL ST LEBRARY + qwetaey t spit Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hil B, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas H ‘Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, Columbia Hill, Brandy Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remihgton Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, Volume 45 (0 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1968 <x Over 400 tons of rock in Branson house It's a long jump from telegrapher and caterer to builder of Mariposa Manor, but Ivan Branson has made it. Construction of the most unusual retirement ranch on Indian Springs Road began in 1965 when the Branson family moved to Nevada County. Branson, born in Mariposa and whose grandfathers were 1849 gold miners, spent 16 years in the telegraph WARM HOSPITALITY with a whimsical flair is evidenced at Mariposa Manor, the Ivan Bransons' home on Indian Springs Road. Photo and story by Lu McGrath. More about this unique house on Page 12. Spooks at Haunted House Oct. 27-31 Nevada County will have it's first tour of a Haunted House, a fund raising activity planned by the Ways and Means Committee of Liberal Arts Commission, the week of Halloween observances, Oct, 27-31, The Haunted House activity SS ———— where youngsters tour a house full of spooky and spectered rooms, has been successfully operated in larger cities for many years, and provides fun for youngsters during the time of ghosts and goblins. The activity was selected for LAC by Ways and Means chairman, Mrs, LeRoy Geist and her committee, Mrs. Bill Lambert, Mrs. James Simmons, Mrs. Herman Jones, Mrs, Dean Jones and Mrs. Tom Stanley, during the evening hours, 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The old Victorian house selected for the tour is located in the Nevada City area and may be reached at tourtime, by turning off the Nevada City freeway at Gold Flat Rd. and following the Haunted House signs. Posters and advance information for school children of the twin city areas has been prepared and distributed. Tickets and refreshments will be on sale at a nominal price, with tickets available at Novak's, Alpha Hardware and OsbornWoods in Nevada City; Sanders, Merritts, Rascos and Phoenix Drugs in Grass Valley. Special arrangements for group private, school or club groups may be made by contacting committee members at 273-4611 and 2739420. Turn back clock.... Standard Time becomes effective at 2 a.m. Sunday, October 27, and you will get back that hour you lost when Daylight Savings Time started in the spring. Best bet is to set the clock back one hour Saturday night, Mrs. Davis dies of injuries Mrs, Gertrude A. Davis, wife of Nevada City Planning Commissioner James R. (Cap) Davis, died Sunday night in Miners Hospital where she was taken after a one-car automobile accident Friday night. Mrs. Davis, who was driving alone, hit a gravel shoulder and broadsided into the bank, Her car flipped over, landing upside down on Highway 49 one mile north of. Nevada City, according

to the California Highway Patrol report. “ She was pinned in the wreckage. The Nevada City rescue car took her to the hospital. The accident marked the third fatality in Western traffic Nevada county this year andthe second in recent days. Mrs, reared on a ranch in the pioneer town of Keystone, Tuolumne county, and had been a resident of this area the past 25 years. She was a devoted mother, and in addition to her husband, an 18year employe of the Nevada City Post Office Department, is surjunior champion racer. Also surviving are a daughter, Dolores Bechtol and two grandchildren, Pittsburgh, Penn,; a sister, Mae Cavagnaro, Sonora; Frank Tinney, a brother, Keystone; and two nieces. Davis was born and vived by a daughter, Dianna Davis, an employe of The Union; and a son, Don, both of Nevada City. Her ‘son attends Nevada Union High School and is a well known bicycle enthusiast and business, operating a key for the Associated Press for five of those years. With changes in communications, there was no need of telegraphers so Branson went into the catering business in San Francisco in 1920. Three years ago, he brought his wife and children to Nevada County to establish their home, The Bransons have three sons,— Bill, 18, a student at Sierra Junior College; Walter, 5, and Jimmy, 3; and -a married: daughter, Kathryn Ferreira of. San Francisco, and two grandchildren. Over half a century went into collecting more than 400 tons of ‘rock used in the home, and almost every stone has a story. The house, designed under Branson's watchful eye, has steel beam supports and a concrete shake roof. A walk-in freezer adds to the many conveniences. From a deck leading from the living room the Bransons can look over one of the four lakes on Mariposa Manor, a place of open hospitality and relaxed living. The entrance drive from Indian Springs Road crosses a dam of one of the lakes and is seldom quiet on a week-end, with the Bransons' noted hospitality attracting a constant flow of friends from local areas and distant cities. A collector of many things, Branson displays a replica of Old Ironsides (U.S.S. Constitution) made by H. H. Valentine, last. captain of the ferry boat "Berkeley" which ran between Oakland and San Francisco, Valentine, who died only last week, made three models of the ship and presented one to Branson 35 years ago. Branson also has a chunk of Alabama oak taken from the original Old Ironsides in 1927 when it put into the Boston Shipyards for repairs following an exhibition tour. The center of attention in the Branson entrance hall isa granite bowl originally owned by Chief Tenaya of the Yosemite Tribe. The chief presented it as a gift to a pioneer sheriff, whose descendants passed it on to the Bhanson family, Contained in the are various stones that were used by the Indians “to grind meal, rub hides for tanning, kill wild animals with a sling, and ceremonials, Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, 1, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, ill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley,