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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada County Nugget

October 24, 1962 (8 pages)

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4 _ See Sports Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill,-Washin Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge™ Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Dmega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, it City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Mfiington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Volume 37 No. 45 10 Cents a Copy “THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" “Published Wednesdays Nevada City, ' October 24, 1962 w . COUNTY County Chamber Committee Set GRASS VALLEY---A committee of chambers of commerce representatives and members of other promotionminded groups within Nevada County will soon begin study of a format for a county -wide chamber of commerce within the county, First meeting of the group will be called in December after all organizations have an opportunity to name a representative. . Friday at the Bret Harte Inn in Grass Valley 61 representatives of chambers and areas within Nevada County heard George Sawyer, regional manager of the California State Chamber of Commerce give the various forms that a county-wide chamber of commerce can take. In additionto Grass Valley and Nevada City, representatives were in attendance from Rough and Ready, Cedar Ridge, Penn Valley, the Board of Trade, Washington and Pleasant Valley. Supervisor Neil Hennessy and supervisorial candidates Glenn Jones and Don Blake were also in attendance, The Board of Trade type of county chamber, now in existence in Nevada County, has as a major drawback the lack of broad membership to give it the manpower, money Weather GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Oct,-1T-— 66-—-39 00 18 Fake Ag 00 19 74 44 .00 20 72° 44 . 00 2) UB say . 00 22» WGersS0 . 00 23° 1} 2-90 .00 Rainfall to date 20.71 Rainfall last year 1,20 NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Oct.17 “60.7. ae . 00 18° 68 35 . 00 19 695736 . 00 20) "85 ST 00 21 OF 38 .00 22° * ORE 39 . 00 93. 70.89 . 00 Rainfall to date 21,63 Rainfall last year 1,07 — FINISHING TOUCHES...W and interest to carry out a county promotional program, Sawyer said. Twoother forms of county chambers exist. One with a strong county organization and with a paid manager to handle promotional affairs for the county, the other making use of the managerial ability of a strong chamber within the county. Sawyer suggested that an organizational group should study which format best fits the need of Nevada County prior to drawing up by-laws and prior to incorporation. He said a county chamber should not replace local chambers. They continue to work on the type of things they now do, he said. Band Huge Success By Dean Thompson GRASS VALLEY---A standing tribute to the U.S, Marine Corps Band as it played "The Marines’ Hymn” to close its evening concert in Grass Valley Saturday expressedthe appreciation of a standing room only audience for the precision playing of a varied program. Anoverture, “In Bohemia" (Hadley), was one of the musical highlights of the evening, But the cornet ensemble drew special intermission praise from the audience for its "Bolero" (Smith) and "Bugler's Holiday" ( Anderson). Feature of the final half of the performance, however, was the baritone solo "Prologue from Pagliacci" (Leoncavallo) by William Jones, who also acted as concert moderator. Jones" speaking and singing voice added greatly to the enjoyment of the concert. Sponsored by the Nevada County 4-H Councilto benefit the group's International Farm Youth Exchange program, the evening and matinee performances were both a huge success, ra orkmen, last week put the finishing touches on the Nevada City Elks lodge hall. The building was gutted by fire a year and ahalfago. ‘mas * a. \ ve o> 4 ote th Oi NLM) & a a ee a i f THE VOICE OF ANGELS.."Angels in pigta#is",*the Obernkirchen Childrens Choir will perform October 31 in Grass Valley. UNICEF Will Benefit From Children’s March NEVADA CITY ---The young spooks and witches, skeletons and spacemen chanting “Trick or Treat for UNICEF" will be out next week, Thechildren, who collect for UNICEF on a voluntary basis, will be officially identified by a sticker showing the UNICEF symbol of a q Ly mother and child in black on’ an orapge background. "The UNICEF committee suggests that each family who wishes to contribute give each child a penny and perhaps a piece of wrapped penny candy as a reward," Mrs. Alfred Heller, cochairman of this year's committee, said. She added that larger contributions w ould, of course, be welcome from those who wish to give them. School children from the following schools plan to participate: Gold Flat; Hennessy; Nevada City Elementary; Seven Hills; Pleasant Ridge; Union Hill; Bell Hill; Washington; and Mt. St. Mary's. The Parent -T eachers Club at Ready Springs School will be donating also, Alta-Oaks Sunset 4-H Club has joined the seven 4-H groups previously announcing plans to collect Halloween “treats” for UNICEF. Churches which will take part areas follows: Church of the Nazarene; Bethel Church; Trinity Espicopal; Emmanuel Episcopal; Baha'is; First Methodist Church of Nevada City; First Methodist Church of Grass Valley; First Baptist
Church of Grass Valley. The UNICEF Halloween ]: ed and members are urged to. has received wide community support. Thus far there 3 are 27 local organizations sponsoring or endorsing the program. T hose not previously listed are: Nevada City Elks; Grass Valley Business and Professional Women; Grass Valley Elks; Nevada City Rotary Club; Oddfellows Lodge No.12, Grass Valley; First Baptist Church of Grass Valley; First Methodist Church of Nevada City; Union Hill PTA; St. Canice Altar Society; Church of the Nazarene; Neva Rebekah Lodge No. 119; and Nevada Co, Branch, American Association of University Women. Fall Color, Auto Show Set This Weekend NEVADA CITY---Nevada City's Fall Color Spectacular ydrew many outside visitors last week, andthe auto show rained out the previous week wasrescheduled for tomorrow night. Originally planned to start the Fall Color event, the auto show now is set on Pine St. betweenBroad and Commercial Sts, tomorrow from 6 to9 p.m. Maps of suggested color tours will be available at the Nevada County Historical Society museum at the intersection of Main and Commercial Sts, Friday through Sunday. UN Center Talk For AAUW Meet GRASS VALLEY ---A special meeting of the International Relations Section of the A.A, U.W. will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in the home of Mrs. M. Hedrick, 104 Sierra Drive, Grass Valley, Dr, Florence Harris, chapter extension co-ordinator for the American Association of} United Nations, will speak on the rapid growth of United Nation Centers throughout California, Refreshments will be servbring friends, Angels To Sing GRASS VALLEY ---"Angels in Pigtails”, the 36-voice Obernkirchen Children's Choir will perform in the first Twin Cities Community Concert attraction of the séason at the Veterans Memorial Building next week, The Wednesday evening concert features the group that became known throughout the United States for their rendition of “The Happy Wanderer" on Angel records, For the choir, it is their seventh sold-out American concert tour. The local concert drive was extended to to enable the sale of additional series tickets in order to assure the signing of the ¢hoir for a Grass Valley performance. Dubbed “Angels in Pigtails” by poet Dylan Thomas, the group’comes from a quaint and picturesque medieval town inGermany,. Obernkirchen nestles ina river valley of the Schaumburg district in Lower Saxony, near Hanover. The town's history dates back to the year 1000. The choir's first appearance in New York's Town Hall brought rave notices, At cities across the nation, the past tours have seen SRO signs up. Since this first local concert is on Hallowe'en night, concert patrons are assured that additional police protection will be available in the area of the auditorium to protect cars. Concert patrons are urged to lock their automobiles, however. . GRASS VALLEY ---The Nev@ ada Irrigation District Fri. day called on both Placer and Nevada Counties to aidin the . preparation of feasibility reports for recreational fund applications by the district. . The counties were also . asked to assure that they will . maintain recreational facil. ities once they are construcwe by the district from 'GV Parking iDeeds Taken s. GRASS VALLEY -=-The Grass >. . Valley City Council voted . last night to accept the deeds Ito the property which will comprise the Church Street off street parking facility. This action clears the way » . for construction to start. City s . Purchasing Agent and acting . \Public W orks Director John Frank was ordered to have eee \HansenBros. , the contractor for the job, start removal of the houses on the property as soon as possible. In other action the council accepted with regrets the resignation of police Sgt. James C, Miller. Miller resigned to continue his police education. Arnold Thorsen presided in the absence of Mayor John Hodge. S ‘4 RECREATION AID SOUGHT 3% NID May Seek State Grant Of $2 Million Davis-Grunsky Act state funds, Then, Saturday, at a district briefing with Assemblyman Paul Lunardi, the Nevada Irrigation District indicated its board likely will ask for more than the $300,000 maximum under the act for both Rollins andJackson Meadow reservoirs, District Manager Edwin Koster refused to estimate the total that would be necessary to complete construction of recreational facilities at thesetwo sites, but he did Say that a grant of between $2 million and $2.5 million would not be unreasonable. It it expected that feasibility reports will show the district recreational deyelopment needs somewhere under the $2 million figure. Lunardi agreed to carry legislation through the 1963 legislature to enablethe districtto obtain more than the $1.2 million presently sought by the district in the form of four $300,000 grants. The legislator urged the district to obtain-immediate and permanent contracts with both counties for maintenance of the fatilities, and told Koster he needed the feasibility re ports prior to April lin order toget authorization during the 1963 session of the legislature. Rul WORLD @vAe PRESS DISPATCHES to Cuba. ee On Monday, President Kennedy, in a television address to the nation, announced that CUBA has been receiving from the Soviet Union "under the cloak of secrecy and deception”, not just defensive weapons as claimed by Khrushchev, but weapons of offense as well -IRBM's, jet bombers, etc. The President said this revealed Khrushchev's plan to make Cuba an important strategic Russian base in the Western Hemisphere, in violation of the Rio Pact of 1947 and the United Nations Charter. The President then listed a seven-step program for immediate action to deal with the situation: 1) The quarantine of all offensive military equipment xy FLAG CEREMONY...Congressman Harold T. Johnson presents Mrs. Ray Polk an American Flag which has flown over the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Polk representing the John Oldham chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, accepted the flag which will fly in front of the juvenile detention home on Highway 49, The occasion was the formal dedication ceremony last Saturday at the home : of a néw flag pole. The Nevada City Women's Civic Club sponsored the flag pole project. "33190 46 ojuaupaces AABAQET 8989S “311 BO UOTAZOSS SI BedtTHCt aad