September 12, 1962 (8 pages)

wae Sa a a DEVIL FIRE...A dark cloud of smoke in the twilight hours Monday rose over this $20,000 fire at the Valley Lumber Products mill on La Barr Meadows Rd. California Division of Forestry firemen were joined by Bullion, Gold Flat, and Nevada City volunteers in fighting the blaze. mill, office building and several stacks of lumber. They saved the main Grass Valley Intends To Hike Sales Tax Split GRASS VALLEY ---The City Council directed Bill Cassettari, Grass Valley city attorney, to draft a letter of intent to the County Board of Supervisors advising them that the city would seek an 80-20 split of sales taxes for the next fiscal year. The council decided that a demand of the revised tax split this year would create hard feelings betweenthe governmental bodies since the boardhad already passed the county budget for the year ending June 31, 1963, and might be unable to obtain the necessary funds for operation if the plan were adopted now. Some reasons were given for the necessity of the sales tax split change by councilman Len Prisk who said that the city bears most, in fact almost all, of the recreational costs for the people withinthe county, This outcome supportsthe swimming pool, the tennis courts, the parks and the library. All of these he stated are used extensively by county residents with the county bearing none of the costs, He also pointed out that a member of the board of supervisors had stated that most of the people who live in the county traded within the city and that the total sales tax collected withinthe county was very small, Tom Fisher. Faces Petty Theft Jury Trial Tomorrow NEVADA CIT Y---A jury trial for Tom Fisher, 25, Engelbright, accused of tear ing down and damaging an American flag during the Fourth ofJuly celebration, will open tomorrow at 10 a.m. before Judge Victor Montre of the Grass Valley Judicial District Court. Judge Montre was assigned the case when Judge Verle Gray of the Nevada City court disqualified himself, Fisher is charged with petty theft. Fisher at liberty on $525 bail, will be defended by Attorney Wilfred Harpham of Yuba City. District Attorney Harold A, Berliner will prosecute, Burglars Get What Lola Had ---$1000 In Safe GRASS VALLEY---A safe weighing about 300 pounds and containing around $1000 wastaken from Lola's Grotto sometime Monday morning. Grass Valley police were notified at 6 a.m. and investigation revealed that more than one person was involved in the theft, The safe, contents scattered, was found on lower Banner Road by Bill Hazelton, 15, and Connery Sorenson, 16, Monday afterncon, Both boys are from the Grass Valley area. Yesterday afternoon Chief Knuckey took the safe to Sacramento for the CriminallIdentification and Investigation Dept. to look it over and see if by the method of operation a suspect could be pinpointed, Register In Evening GRASS VALLEY---Voter registration will take place in the Grass Valley City Hall tonight and tomorrow night from7 p.m. through 9 p.m, Theofficewill be staffed by personnel from the County Clerks Office. NEVADA COUNTY NY re "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Vol. 37 No. 39 Published Weekly 10 Cents a Copy Nevada City, Wednesday, September 12, 1962 Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, NorthSan Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Emigrant Trail Museum Dedicated DONNER LAKE---More than 2000 persons gathered in Donner State Park Sunday under sunny skies to witness the dedication of the park as a national historic site, and the dedication of tite $250,000 Emigrant Trail Museum including the Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson Room. A reminder of the hardships that faced early emigrants came to the shirtsleeve attired group in the Stewart Says Stevens Party Went North, Donner South DONNER LAKE----Featured speaker of the afternoon Emigrant Trail Museum dedication was historian George Stewart, who verbally sketched the routes of early ’ wagon trains, "This was a hard route”, Stewart told the audience, First across, around the the north side of what is now Donner Lake, was the Elisha Stevens party in 1844, ‘This route was used in 1845 by other migration parties, and aridge in the area bears the name Shallenberger Ridge for Moses Shallenberger who stayed behind from the Stevens party and wintered in the lake area. In 1846 additional parties passed through the area, and the Donner Party arrived. In this year a new route was established, south of the lake and over the summit a mile south of the Stevens route, Stewart said. Emigrants used the north passage around Donner Lake in 1847, 1848 and 1849 when 2000 wagons used Donner Pass, With the opening of Carson Pass and the Lassen route, easier access routes were available to emigrants and the route was abandoned until 1864 when a road from Dutch Flat to Donner Lake was put through by railroad ' interests as a fast route to Virginia City, Stewart explained, form of a stranded speaker. Conrad Wirth, National Park Service director, was schedule to dedicate the park as a national historic site. Sunday found him stranded in a snow stormin Wyoming, unable to continue his flight west for the ceremonies. Wirth's place was taken by Bennett Gale, with the National Park Service's regional office inSan Francisco. Dedication of the museum fell to Charles DeTurk, director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, DeTurk paid tribute tothe pioneers who made their way across the mountains, examples of an American with pioneer spirit that is as needed today as it was then. Joseph Houghteling, chairman of the California Park Gommission,~ presented Mrs. "Bizz" Johnsona key to the audio visual room of the museum which is named after her husband, Congressman HaroldT. Johnson. The key, Houghteling said, was symbolic of the key role that Congressman Johnson played in bringing the museum to its construction stage Over the past 15 years. The list of dignitaries at the. dedication ceremonies was as long as that for any Nevada County event in recent years, A memorial service was held prior to the dedication at the base of the Pioneer Monument, under the direc4 tion of the Truckee-Donner Horsemen, who led a threeday wagon train from Reno tothe state park forthe ceremonies, A parade from downtown Truckee tothe dedication site preceeded all ceremonValley Chamber of Commerce Liberty Bell float was one of several in the parade, Master of ceremonies at the dedication ceremonies wasBob Paine, Nevada City, E, Clampus Vitus members played a major role in the three-day Truckee celebration and dedication. Indeed, the entire audience became Clampers for the day, as well as Piute Indians, asthe dedication ;ceremonies unfolded, Nevada City Pushes For Clay St. Improvement NEVADA CITY---The Nevada City Council last night ordered rapid action to prepare plans and get rights of way for improvement of Clay St. between Adams and Martin Sts. so that the $12,000 job can be completed early next Spring. The council also indicat~ed it was not entirely happy with the proposed building code for the city, and would like contractors and interested partiesto attend Monday night's hearing on the code, Councilman Craig Davies, backed by Mayor Bob Carr, indicated they thought the code may be tootough on the improvement of older buildings in the city. The council authorized the purchase of a 1963 Plymouth police car from Earl Covey's Garage for $2100 after tradein, low bid of four received by the city. The council awarded a contract for an annual audit to Bartig Basler and Ray of Sacramento, Bid limit was $550. reading of an ordinance which would increase the -city's share of sales tax receipts from70to 80 per cent ina split with the county, effective date Jan. 1, 1963. ies at the park. The Grass” ali ie ei Khris 0% “ a DEDICATION...The color guard from Stead Air Force Base raises the colors at dedication ceremonies naming Donner State Park as a National Historic Site. In atwin dedication, Emigrant Trail Museum was opened tothe public. One segment of the museum is shown. NEVADA CITY--~--Nearly 4200 students went back to public schools in western Nevada County yesterday, and the one-year-old Nevada Union High School found itself nearly ten per cent overcrowded, Built to house 900 students, thehigh school's first day enrolment was 968, up nearly 100 students from last year. The bulk of the county's student population boost was felt in the high school. Nevada Union Junior High School enrolment dropped to 772 from last year's 827 students; but in Nevada City, Seven Hills Intermediate School enrolment went up 18 students to 318. Biggest percentage increase at the elementary school level came. at Chicago Park, up 24 per cent in enrolment to 41 students, Other school registrants included: Cherokee, 24; Clear Creek, 13; Grass Valley elementary schools, 1044, down 14; Kentucky Flat, 25; Nevada City elementary school, 424; North San Juan, 55; Pleasant Ridge, 173; Pleasant Valley, 11; Ready Springs, 98; Union Hill, 155; Washington, 22; and Gold Flat Special, 30. Set Goal For United Fund Drive NEVADA CITY ---The-budgetand admissions committee, meeting withthe United Service Council's executive committee, last week set $21,440 as the goal for the group's first annual united fund drive, tentatively slated for October. This is the first all-out attempt to conduct a drive in western Nevada County, council president Williard Rose said, The council was pressed into the attempt by business people and agencies in an attempt to ease the problem of multiple drives GV Bank Grows To Full Branch Status GRASS VALLEY---Come next Monday Bank of America's Nevada County branch in the Brockington Manor Shopping Center will have a new name andnew manager. But the names of both the branch andthe manager will be familiar ones to Grass Valley residents, Effective Monday the branch, which has operated under the supervision of the bank's. Grass Valley office, willshedits present.name te become known as the Brockington Manor branch, The change in name marks the transformation of the office to fullfledged, independent branch status warranted by the growth of its serving area, said Herbert Toudy, manager of the Grass Valley branch, Appointed as the first manWeather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Sept.5 85 46 00 6 85 46 .00 ; eae) ee . 00 8 83 46 00 9 89 42 00 10 85 = = 45 . 00 PAL. 887401 . 00 12 80 “#4 . 00 Rainfall this year . 38 Rainfall last year .18 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Thecouncil heard the firstSept, 5 90 58 .00 6.90 589 . 00 7. 22: < 28 . 00 8 8t. 8 . 00 0: Of 268 .00 10. 90 $6 . 00 11. BS. 62 . 00 12 83 54 00 Rainfall this year 44 Rainfall last year .35 ager of the branch is George B, Steinmeyer, lending officer at the Grass Valley branch for the past three years, Evening Classes Offered In GY GRASS VALLEY---Grass Valley-N evada City residents interested in taking one of three Sierra College evening school classes at Nevada Union high school were reminded toregister at the class meeting tomorrow or next week, Elmo Daley willteach English A (fundamentals of English) Tuesday at 7 p.m. in room D-1, Harold Chastain will offer California History in Room D-2 at the same time. Thursday at 7 p.m. Psychology L1 will be taught by Robert Corbett in room D-1, in the area, , Campaign chairman will be Ray Doran. NID Lowers Rates For Irrigation GRASS VALLEY---The Nevada Irrigation District last week lowered the rates for the purchase of fall water both within and outside the district boundaries. Fall water is surplus water purchased by agricultural users beginning Sept. 1 of each year just priorto the close of the regular irrigation season. The action to lower the rates was taken on the recommendation of a committee composed of directors Melvin Brown of Penn Valley and Vernon Vineyard of Lincoln whohad made a study of the fall w ater situtation in the district, The board approved lowering the rate from 18 cents to 12 cents per miners inch per day for lands inside the district and from 60 cents to 24 cents per day for lands outside the district. CELEBRATE...Gold Flat firemen celebrated the comple fi} yy > if! i tion of their newly constructed tanker fire truck Saturday, aided by state officials on hand for the event. Above (left to right) are Don Knowlton, California Division of Forestry, Mario Personneni, Gold Flat fire chief, Fred Dunow, California Division of Forestry, and Smokey Smith, prime builder of the truck with volunteer help from chasis. up. *3T1BD ‘6 OfUueL AABAQTT 89899 uctgces 4200 Go To School In County Bl0BS “$tteo ST BSOTPoides > y

wae Sa a a DEVIL FIRE.....A dark cloud of smoke in the twilight hours Monday rose over this $20,000 fire at the Valley Lumber Products mill on La Barr Meadows Rd. California Division of Forestry firemen were joined by Bullion, Gold Flat, and Nevada City volunteers in fighting the blaze. mill, office building and several stacks of lumber. They saved the main Grass Valley Intends To Hike Sales Tax Split GRASS VALLEY ---The City Council directed Bill Cassettari, Grass Valley city attorney, to draft a letter of intent to the County Board of Supervisors advising them that the city would seek an 80-20 split of sales taxes for the next fiscal year. The council decided that a demand of the revised tax split this year would create hard feelings betweenthe governmental bodies since the boardhad already passed the county budget for the year ending June 31, 1963, and might be unable to obtain the necessary funds for operation if the plan were adopted now. Some reasons were given for the necessity of the sales tax split change by councilman Len Prisk who said that the city bears most, in fact almost all, of the recreational costs for the people withinthe county, This outcome supportsthe swimming pool, the tennis courts, the parks and the library. All of these he stated are used extensively by county residents with the county bearing none of the costs, He also pointed out that a member of the board of supervisors had stated that most of the people who live in the county traded within the city and that the total sales tax collected withinthe county was very small, Tom Fisher. Faces Petty Theft Jury Trial Tomorrow NEVADA CIT Y---A jury trial for Tom Fisher, 25, Engelbright, accused of tear ing down and damaging an American flag during the Fourth ofJuly celebration, will open tomorrow at 10 a.m. before Judge Victor Montre of the Grass Valley Judicial District Court. Judge Montre was assigned the case when Judge Verle Gray of the Nevada City court disqualified himself, Fisher is charged with petty theft. Fisher at liberty on $525 bail, will be defended by Attorney Wilfred Harpham of Yuba City. District Attorney Harold A, Berliner will prosecute, Burglars Get What Lola Had ---$1000 In Safe GRASS VALLEY---A safe weighing about 300 pounds and containing around $1000 wastaken from Lola's Grotto sometime Monday morning. Grass Valley police were notified at 6 a.m. and investigation revealed that more than one person was involved in the theft, The safe, contents scattered, was found on lower Banner Road by Bill Hazelton, 15, and Connery Sorenson, 16, Monday afterncon, Both boys are from the Grass Valley area. Yesterday afternoon Chief Knuckey took the safe to Sacramento for the CriminallIdentification and Investigation Dept. to look it over and see if by the method of operation a suspect could be pinpointed, Register In Evening GRASS VALLEY---Voter registration will take place in the Grass Valley City Hall tonight and tomorrow night from7 p.m. through 9 p.m, Theofficewill be staffed by personnel from the County Clerks Office. NEVADA COUNTY NY re "THE PAPER WITH THE PICTURES" Vol. 37 No. 39 Published Weekly 10 Cents a Copy Nevada City, Wednesday, September 12, 1962 Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, NorthSan Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. Emigrant Trail Museum Dedicated DONNER LAKE---More than 2000 persons gathered in Donner State Park Sunday under sunny skies to witness the dedication of the park as a national historic site, and the dedication of tite $250,000 Emigrant Trail Museum including the Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson Room. A reminder of the hardships that faced early emigrants came to the shirtsleeve attired group in the Stewart Says Stevens Party Went North, Donner South DONNER LAKE----Featured speaker of the afternoon Emigrant Trail Museum dedication was historian George Stewart, who verbally sketched the routes of early ’ wagon trains, "This was a hard route”, Stewart told the audience, First across, around the the north side of what is now Donner Lake, was the Elisha Stevens party in 1844, ‘This route was used in 1845 by other migration parties, and aridge in the area bears the name Shallenberger Ridge for Moses Shallenberger who stayed behind from the Stevens party and wintered in the lake area. In 1846 additional parties passed through the area, and the Donner Party arrived. In this year a new route was established, south of the lake and over the summit a mile south of the Stevens route, Stewart said. Emigrants used the north passage around Donner Lake in 1847, 1848 and 1849 when 2000 wagons used Donner Pass, With the opening of Carson Pass and the Lassen route, easier access routes were available to emigrants and the route was abandoned until 1864 when a road from Dutch Flat to Donner Lake was put through by railroad ' interests as a fast route to Virginia City, Stewart explained, form of a stranded speaker. Conrad Wirth, National Park Service director, was schedule to dedicate the park as a national historic site. Sunday found him stranded in a snow stormin Wyoming, unable to continue his flight west for the ceremonies. Wirth's place was taken by Bennett Gale, with the National Park Service's regional office inSan Francisco. Dedication of the museum fell to Charles DeTurk, director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, DeTurk paid tribute tothe pioneers who made their way across the mountains, examples of an American with pioneer spirit that is as needed today as it was then. Joseph Houghteling, chairman of the California Park Gommission,~ presented Mrs. "Bizz" Johnsona key to the audio visual room of the museum which is named after her husband, Congressman HaroldT. Johnson. The key, Houghteling said, was symbolic of the key role that Congressman Johnson played in bringing the museum to its construction stage Over the past 15 years. The list of dignitaries at the. dedication ceremonies was as long as that for any Nevada County event in recent years, A memorial service was held prior to the dedication at the base of the Pioneer Monument, under the direc4 tion of the Truckee-Donner Horsemen, who led a threeday wagon train from Reno tothe state park forthe ceremonies, A parade from downtown Truckee tothe dedication site preceeded all ceremonValley Chamber of Commerce Liberty Bell float was one of several in the parade, Master of ceremonies at the dedication ceremonies wasBob Paine, Nevada City, E, Clampus Vitus members played a major role in the three-day Truckee celebration and dedication. Indeed, the entire audience became Clampers for the day, as well as Piute

Indians, asthe dedication ;ceremonies unfolded, Nevada City Pushes For Clay St. Improvement NEVADA CITY---The Nevada City Council last night ordered rapid action to prepare plans and get rights of way for improvement of Clay St. between Adams and Martin Sts. so that the $12,000 job can be completed early next Spring. The council also indicat~ed it was not entirely happy with the proposed building code for the city, and would like contractors and interested partiesto attend Monday night's hearing on the code, Councilman Craig Davies, backed by Mayor Bob Carr, indicated they thought the code may be tootough on the improvement of older buildings in the city. The council authorized the purchase of a 1963 Plymouth police car from Earl Covey's Garage for $2100 after tradein, low bid of four received by the city. The council awarded a contract for an annual audit to Bartig Basler and Ray of Sacramento, Bid limit was $550. reading of an ordinance which would increase the -city's share of sales tax receipts from70to 80 per cent ina split with the county, effective date Jan. 1, 1963. ies at the park. The Grass” ali ie ei Khris 0% “ a DEDICATION.....The color guard from Stead Air Force Base raises the colors at dedication ceremonies naming Donner State Park as a National Historic Site. In atwin dedication, Emigrant Trail Museum was opened tothe public. One segment of the museum is shown. NEVADA CITY--~--Nearly 4200 students went back to public schools in western Nevada County yesterday, and the one-year-old Nevada Union High School found itself nearly ten per cent overcrowded, Built to house 900 students, thehigh school's first day enrolment was 968, up nearly 100 students from last year. The bulk of the county's student population boost was felt in the high school. Nevada Union Junior High School enrolment dropped to 772 from last year's 827 students; but in Nevada City, Seven Hills Intermediate School enrolment went up 18 students to 318. Biggest percentage increase at the elementary school level came. at Chicago Park, up 24 per cent in enrolment to 41 students, Other school registrants included: Cherokee, 24; Clear Creek, 13; Grass Valley elementary schools, 1044, down 14; Kentucky Flat, 25; Nevada City elementary school, 424; North San Juan, 55; Pleasant Ridge, 173; Pleasant Valley, 11; Ready Springs, 98; Union Hill, 155; Washington, 22; and Gold Flat Special, 30. Set Goal For United Fund Drive NEVADA CITY ---The-budgetand admissions committee, meeting withthe United Service Council's executive committee, last week set $21,440 as the goal for the group's first annual united fund drive, tentatively slated for October. This is the first all-out attempt to conduct a drive in western Nevada County, council president Williard Rose said, The council was pressed into the attempt by business people and agencies in an attempt to ease the problem of multiple drives GV Bank Grows To Full Branch Status GRASS VALLEY---Come next Monday Bank of America's Nevada County branch in the Brockington Manor Shopping Center will have a new name andnew manager. But the names of both the branch andthe manager will be familiar ones to Grass Valley residents, Effective Monday the branch, which has operated under the supervision of the bank's. Grass Valley office, willshedits present.name te become known as the Brockington Manor branch, The change in name marks the transformation of the office to fullfledged, independent branch status warranted by the growth of its serving area, said Herbert Toudy, manager of the Grass Valley branch, Appointed as the first manWeather NEVADA CITY Max. Min. Rainfall Sept.5 85 46 00 6 85 46 .00 ; eae) ee . 00 8 83 46 00 9 89 42 00 10 85 = = 45 . 00 PAL. 887401 . 00 12 80 “#4 . 00 Rainfall this year . 38 Rainfall last year .18 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. Rainfall Thecouncil heard the firstSept, 5 90 58 .00 6.90 589 . 00 7. 22: < 28 . 00 8 8t. 8 . 00 0: Of 268 .00 10. 90 $6 . 00 11. BS. 62 . 00 12 83 54 00 Rainfall this year 44 Rainfall last year .35 ager of the branch is George B, Steinmeyer, lending officer at the Grass Valley branch for the past three years, Evening Classes Offered In GY GRASS VALLEY---Grass Valley-N evada City residents interested in taking one of three Sierra College evening school classes at Nevada Union high school were reminded toregister at the class meeting tomorrow or next week, Elmo Daley willteach English A (fundamentals of English) Tuesday at 7 p.m. in room D-1, Harold Chastain will offer California History in Room D-2 at the same time. Thursday at 7 p.m. Psychology L1 will be taught by Robert Corbett in room D-1, in the area, , Campaign chairman will be Ray Doran. NID Lowers Rates For Irrigation GRASS VALLEY---The Nevada Irrigation District last week lowered the rates for the purchase of fall water both within and outside the district boundaries. Fall water is surplus water purchased by agricultural users beginning Sept. 1 of each year just priorto the close of the regular irrigation season. The action to lower the rates was taken on the recommendation of a committee composed of directors Melvin Brown of Penn Valley and Vernon Vineyard of Lincoln whohad made a study of the fall w ater situtation in the district, The board approved lowering the rate from 18 cents to 12 cents per miners inch per day for lands inside the district and from 60 cents to 24 cents per day for lands outside the district. CELEBRATE......Gold Flat firemen celebrated the comple fi} yy > if! i tion of their newly constructed tanker fire truck Saturday, aided by state officials on hand for the event. Above (left to right) are Don Knowlton, California Division of Forestry, Mario Personneni, Gold Flat fire chief, Fred Dunow, California Division of Forestry, and Smokey Smith, prime builder of the truck with volunteer help from chasis. up. *3T1BD ‘6 OfUueL AABAQTT 89899 uctgces 4200 Go To School In County Bl0BS “$tteo ST BSOTPoides > y