October 29, 1969 (12 pages)

Sebsedd i it © the Nevado County Nugget, Wednesday, Oc!. 29, 1969 New president of hospitals corporation tells philosphy DR. JOHN M. RECTOR "Good health care isthe backbone of our communities -without it we have nothing" is the announced theme of Dr. John M. Rector, new president of Sierra Nevada Miners Hospital Inc, A native of Nevada City, Dr. Rector has returned after 27 years of private practice ‘in San Francisco. And he is well qualified to practice. ‘just what he preaches, He has been certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is an emeritus member of medical staffs of Children's Hospital, San Francisco; St. Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco Medical Society, San Francisco Pediatrics Society, California Medical Association, American Medical Association, Northern California Pediatric Society and American Academy of Pediatrics, He is a past president of the medical staff at St, Mary's Hospital, S.F. Pediatrics Society and the Northern Calif. Pediatric Society. He also was chief of pediatrics at St. Francis and St. Mary's Hospitals where he served on their advisory councils and executive committees. Since his return to his home town in 1962 he has served on the Western Nevada and Sierra Counties Health Facilities Planning Council and was elected to the Sierra Nevada Miners Hospital Inc, board of directors as a member at large in 1968, Dr. Rector, in accepting the presidency of the hospital's board of directors made the following evaluation of the current facilities, local needs and proposed program of development of the Sierra Nevada and Miners hospitals: “There continues to be acritical shortage of acute care hospital beds in our area. This will intensify as our population grows, "To meet this need the will continue its all out/ effort to consumate the propo expansion of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital with a target date for construction to begin early in 1970, Aside from additional acute care beds, there will also be new ancillary facilities such as x-ray, laboratory, @mergency service, etc. The new beds will include such vitally needed services as a pediatrics ward for the care of sick children, improved nursery and obstetrical facilities and a sophisticated intensive carecoronary care unit for the critically iil. { ery "Since Miners Hospital cannot be feasibly enlarged and meet various agency standards, the board of directors has further ‘lected to continue with its present policy of continual upgrading and improving at Miners. A common misconception. is that large hospitals, per se, provide better care. They are only ‘better’ because they are able to provide more specialized medical and supportive servicevia staff and ultra modern equipment, "Without a good medical and dental staff, and/or without staff support, there is little hope for a hospital to keep abreast of the times technically or physically. By the same token, a hospital must continue to offer its staff the best-and most modern facilities available, thus assuring the patient of the finest professional care possibie,"" "Both as a physician and as president of the board of directors I propose to work toward the ultimate attainment of this goal," Dr. Rector concluded. Theater group planning play for school kids The Community Theater of Nevada County made plans for future stageproductions at a meeting at the Firemen's Room of the Nevada City Hall. Discussion centered around some type of Christmas play for the children of Nevada City Elementary School and Seven Hills. School. This probably will be held at the Old Nevada Theater during the afternoon of Dec. 17 or 18, ‘In addition, plans were discussed for a stage production during the July 4th celebration in 1970, "Guys and Dolls" or "Oklahoma" or a similar type of musical may, be presented, Plans were discussed in detail as to how to improve stage lighting in the theater which will be handled by Community Theater Vice President Bill Barnhart, who has also beenrequested by the Liberal Arts Commission to investigate better lighting facilities. Two new :nembers attended and have expressed a willingness to help Community Theater in any capacity. They were Sandra Hoffman (a new resident from Oakland) and Kathy Jo Langdon, a local teacher, Richard Willey, a member of the board was named publicity chairman. : Chosen chairmen of various committees were: Everett Porter, properties; Fred Forsman, costumes; Pearl Glass, historian. Several others will be appointed by President Jim Abraham at the next meeting. Meetings are held the third Thursday evening of each month, usually at the Nevada City Firemen's Room of the City Hall. Everyone is invited who has any interest in theater, whether it be acting, props, stage hands, or just ordinary interest in what is going on with one of the theatrical grotips. © Goes rw eile PE rie Arne ecm tile eee Oe Raper nm Wey te bli tap 0h ene ee ee <a . LFF cee BON SS ee tee ee ets Soren ee Be EE mee eee ag” Man, as usual, started most forest fires The final curtain has fallen on the 1969 fire season in Tahoe National Forest and when results were tallied man, as usual, was credited with starting the most fires during the year. The federal agency fought 123 fires sweeping over 691 acres in its domain from April 13 until Oct. 15,-when the season "closed." Sixty five were caused by man, .and lightning was responsible for the other 58. However, the greatest acreage loss came from lightning blazes, with two of them chalking up a total of 673 acres, and no measurable loss charged against the remaining 53 small ones. Nine man-caused fires blackened 18 acres. The other 56 fires started by humans resulted in no measurable acreage loss, The whopper of the 1969 season originated with lightning and hit near Beckwith Pass Sept. 1. Driven by 40-mile-an-hour winds, it consumed 670 acres before it was contained. Six hundred forty acres were in TNF territory, and flames ate into 30 acres in adjoining Toiyabe National Forest. The TNF statistics prepared by, Thomas Beard, fire control officer, show that last year (the 1968 fire season) 128 fires destroyed 232 acres, Man caused the lion's share of 67, and lightning was responsible for the other 61. Beard recalled that forest personnel were baffled last year concerning the cause of five small fires in the Donner Summit area, They proved to have been started by a locomotive engine which "blew up." He said finding a small piece of metal in the debris led investigators to believe a crashing jet. airplane: had ignited the sport fires. An airlines pilot surveyed the metal, and confirmed probability of a crash, However, a check revealed no aircraft had been. reported in the vicinity at the time. Fire: detectives pursued the cause and eventually identified the metal as part of a turbo from a diesel ‘engine. Beard claims that "it had never happened before," and said other agencies andthe railroad were notified, Beard is inthe midst of making a summary of a decade of TNF fire covering the 1960 to 1970 fire seasons, According to his records there have been an average of 60 man-caused fires per year during the decade, The "severity" of fire weather closely matches how many fires start. Dpring long, dry and hot seasons fires start more easily. The most severe fire year, in terms of drought conditions, was 1966 when there were 106 mancaused fires. The years 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1969 averaged 64 to 67 fires each year. In 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1967, called "less severe years," fires TAHOE NATIONAL FIRE CAMPS then and now -Fire camps are established at all big averaged from 41 to 58 per year. There has been some increase in numbers of fires each-year, and that has to be due to more forest visitors, Beard said. This increase in people in the forest is about eight per cent over the decade. However, man-caused fires have not increased in proportion to the increase of visitors, when annual fire weather severity is considered. ‘Forest visitors are becoming more aware of the consequences of carelessness, « Beard's report states: "We all need to continue efforts. to reduce man-caused fires, which are the result ofig— norance. Records show that carless smokers started about 40 ‘per cent of these fires; careless campers 20 per cent; and young children. about 15 per cent. These three fire causes offer the greatest potential to reduce total fires." The report continues: "In the past 10 years on the Tahoe there have been 600 mancaused fires. Two of these in 1960 became disaster. situations and 90,000 acres were severely damaged. Costs were very high, The fires that start under severe fire weather conditions may escape the initial attack of firemen, Extreme. damage and costs can result, Prevention of fires is well worth the moment of time it takes to be careful." 1 fires and through the years have progressed from simple tables and stoves to military installations, At the right it's "grub time” in 1929 at the Chicken Hawk Fire Camp. The i ct graph below shows a modern fire camp at White Cloud,

Sebsedd i it © the Nevado County Nugget, Wednesday, Oc!. 29, 1969 New president of hospitals corporation tells philosphy DR. JOHN M. RECTOR "Good health care isthe backbone of our communities -without it we have nothing" is the announced theme of Dr. John M. Rector, new president of Sierra Nevada Miners Hospital Inc, A native of Nevada City, Dr. Rector has returned after 27 years of private practice ‘in San Francisco. And he is well qualified to practice. ‘just what he preaches, He has been certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is an emeritus member of medical staffs of Children's Hospital, San Francisco; St. Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco Medical Society, San Francisco Pediatrics Society, California Medical Association, American Medical Association, Northern California Pediatric Society and American Academy of Pediatrics, He is a past president of the medical staff at St, Mary's Hospital, S.F. Pediatrics Society and the Northern Calif. Pediatric Society. He also was chief of pediatrics at St. Francis and St. Mary's Hospitals where he served on their advisory councils and executive committees. Since his return to his home town in 1962 he has served on the Western Nevada and Sierra Counties Health Facilities Planning Council and was elected to the Sierra Nevada Miners Hospital Inc, board of directors as a member at large in 1968, Dr. Rector, in accepting the presidency of the hospital's board of directors made the following evaluation of the current facilities, local needs and proposed program of development of the Sierra Nevada and Miners hospitals: “There continues to be acritical shortage of acute care hospital beds in our area. This will intensify as our population grows, "To meet this need the will continue its all out/ effort to consumate the propo expansion of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital with a target date for construction to begin early in 1970, Aside from additional acute care beds, there will also be new ancillary facilities such as x-ray, laboratory, @mergency service, etc. The new beds will include such vitally needed services as a pediatrics ward for the care of sick children, improved nursery and obstetrical facilities and a sophisticated intensive carecoronary care unit for the critically iil. { ery "Since Miners Hospital cannot be feasibly enlarged and meet various agency standards, the board of directors has further ‘lected to continue with its present policy of continual upgrading and improving at Miners. A common misconception. is that large hospitals, per se, provide better care. They are only ‘better’ because they are able to provide more specialized medical and supportive servicevia staff and ultra modern equipment, "Without a good medical and dental staff, and/or without staff support, there is little hope for a hospital to keep abreast of the times technically or physically. By the same token, a hospital must continue to offer its staff the best-and most modern facilities available, thus assuring the patient of the finest professional care possibie,"" "Both as a physician and as president of the board of directors I propose to work toward the ultimate attainment of this goal," Dr. Rector concluded. Theater group planning play for school kids The Community Theater of Nevada County made plans for future stageproductions at a meeting at the Firemen's Room of the Nevada City Hall. Discussion centered around some type of Christmas play for the children of Nevada City Elementary School and Seven Hills. School. This probably will be held at the Old Nevada Theater during the afternoon of Dec. 17 or 18, ‘In addition, plans were discussed for a stage production during the July 4th celebration in 1970, "Guys and Dolls" or "Oklahoma" or a similar type of musical may, be presented, Plans were discussed in detail as to how to improve stage lighting in the theater which will be handled by Community Theater Vice President Bill Barnhart, who has also beenrequested by the Liberal Arts Commission to investigate better lighting facilities. Two new :nembers attended and have expressed a willingness to help Community Theater in any capacity. They were Sandra Hoffman (a new resident from Oakland) and Kathy Jo Langdon, a local teacher, Richard Willey, a member of the board was named publicity chairman. : Chosen chairmen of various committees were: Everett Porter, properties; Fred Forsman, costumes; Pearl Glass, historian. Several others will be appointed by President Jim Abraham at the next meeting.

Meetings are held the third Thursday evening of each month, usually at the Nevada City Firemen's Room of the City Hall. Everyone is invited who has any interest in theater, whether it be acting, props, stage hands, or just ordinary interest in what is going on with one of the theatrical grotips. © Goes rw eile PE rie Arne ecm tile eee Oe Raper nm Wey te bli tap 0h ene ee ee <a . LFF cee BON SS ee tee ee ets Soren ee Be EE mee eee ag” Man, as usual, started most forest fires The final curtain has fallen on the 1969 fire season in Tahoe National Forest and when results were tallied man, as usual, was credited with starting the most fires during the year. The federal agency fought 123 fires sweeping over 691 acres in its domain from April 13 until Oct. 15,-when the season "closed." Sixty five were caused by man, .and lightning was responsible for the other 58. However, the greatest acreage loss came from lightning blazes, with two of them chalking up a total of 673 acres, and no measurable loss charged against the remaining 53 small ones. Nine man-caused fires blackened 18 acres. The other 56 fires started by humans resulted in no measurable acreage loss, The whopper of the 1969 season originated with lightning and hit near Beckwith Pass Sept. 1. Driven by 40-mile-an-hour winds, it consumed 670 acres before it was contained. Six hundred forty acres were in TNF territory, and flames ate into 30 acres in adjoining Toiyabe National Forest. The TNF statistics prepared by, Thomas Beard, fire control officer, show that last year (the 1968 fire season) 128 fires destroyed 232 acres, Man caused the lion's share of 67, and lightning was responsible for the other 61. Beard recalled that forest personnel were baffled last year concerning the cause of five small fires in the Donner Summit area, They proved to have been started by a locomotive engine which "blew up." He said finding a small piece of metal in the debris led investigators to believe a crashing jet. airplane: had ignited the sport fires. An airlines pilot surveyed the metal, and confirmed probability of a crash, However, a check revealed no aircraft had been. reported in the vicinity at the time. Fire: detectives pursued the cause and eventually identified the metal as part of a turbo from a diesel ‘engine. Beard claims that "it had never happened before," and said other agencies andthe railroad were notified, Beard is inthe midst of making a summary of a decade of TNF fire covering the 1960 to 1970 fire seasons, According to his records there have been an average of 60 man-caused fires per year during the decade, The "severity" of fire weather closely matches how many fires start. Dpring long, dry and hot seasons fires start more easily. The most severe fire year, in terms of drought conditions, was 1966 when there were 106 mancaused fires. The years 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1969 averaged 64 to 67 fires each year. In 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1967, called "less severe years," fires TAHOE NATIONAL FIRE CAMPS then and now -Fire camps are established at all big averaged from 41 to 58 per year. There has been some increase in numbers of fires each-year, and that has to be due to more forest visitors, Beard said. This increase in people in the forest is about eight per cent over the decade. However, man-caused fires have not increased in proportion to the increase of visitors, when annual fire weather severity is considered. ‘Forest visitors are becoming more aware of the consequences of carelessness, « Beard's report states: "We all need to continue efforts. to reduce man-caused fires, which are the result ofig— norance. Records show that carless smokers started about 40 ‘per cent of these fires; careless campers 20 per cent; and young children. about 15 per cent. These three fire causes offer the greatest potential to reduce total fires." The report continues: "In the past 10 years on the Tahoe there have been 600 mancaused fires. Two of these in 1960 became disaster. situations and 90,000 acres were severely damaged. Costs were very high, The fires that start under severe fire weather conditions may escape the initial attack of firemen, Extreme. damage and costs can result, Prevention of fires is well worth the moment of time it takes to be careful." 1 fires and through the years have progressed from simple tables and stoves to military installations, At the right it's "grub time” in 1929 at the Chicken Hawk Fire Camp. The i ct graph below shows a modern fire camp at White Cloud,