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WE GO TO SEE
THE COUNTY FAIR
Three days out of four at the
County fair really wore us out.
but we learned a lot about this
and that met many people we
don't often see, observed numerous
things we should do, many things
Others shouldn't do, and enjoyed
luch interesting entertainment.
The record attendance this year
must be to the credit of Jim Zeno,
ho has handled the fair's pub-
liaity for the past four years and
has done more to get Plumas
(:kunty known from coast to coast
than any one man. The Pacific
ast Logging contests here are
lOw nationally known and will
continue to draw increasing at-
tention &td interest--especially if
they are somewhat speeded up
(shows lasting until 1:40 a.m. are
destined not to be popular).
Manager Tulsa Scott ably
handled the announcer's stand this
Yar, and despite the help of a
half-dozen "experts" succeeded in
doing 3 men's work until Sun-
day by which time he'd worn him-
self pretty well out. In many
ways the ammal event was better
than ever. wth the auto races and
logging contests competing for
top interest, the rodeos running
a close second the hard-tops tak-
ing next spot. and the horse show
Staying close to the cellar.
The carnival was below par
this year while the exhibits and
livestock entries were the best
0n record.
Drawn-out events and several
delayed programs indicate a need
toe streamlining the big show
Since the public definitely favors
quick and constant action of some
sort, and this was lacking -in
rnany spots on the program--pos-
Sibly due to the presence of out-
ide managers and directors. One
character remarked Sunday night
that he'd driven 90 miles an hour
to get to the grounds in time to
ee the hard-tops attain a speed
0f all of 50 mph, and he' like to
enter his Olds next year: another
that more noise and less speed
old be had by using trucks.
Of course, interest was revived
Somewhat when cars started going
through the fence and turning
Somersaults. but the general opin-
ion seemed to be that even at an
advanced price, the Indianapolis
type cars put on a better show.
00ohool admi;is00r;tion public re-
. lations are definitely improved ]
lth copies of 1)card meeting min- ]
Utes and other material being sent
]
to the "press" at regular intervals
since the CTA hearings were held.
All they need now is the services
a part-time publicity man to
gt the material in shape for im-
raediate use by the papers . . . we
llggest that such a person be
shared with the county Chamber
Of Commerce and the County Fair
hen Zeno isn't around.
On a recent trp to Quincy and
VCestwood we noted that the new-
ly Worked-over highway spots are
shape apd safe for cars
g at most any speed . . .
the same can hardly be said for
the road on the east side of Lake
Aimanor. Some of the patched
ots there remind one of rodeo
lays at Taylorsville.
A check of motels and service
tations this year reveals that the
tourist travel is up some 25% this
. Year. We believe this is largely, if
hot entirely due to the efforts of
the Plumas County Clmber of
0mmerce. Not much has been
hrd about that body, but it has
olle a very great deal in the past
two years to put Plumas County
Qad the Feather River Wonderland
on the tourists' map.
: CALE00AR OF EVENTS
Sunday, Aug. 26---AII day picnic
lit Round Valley Lake, sponsored
by Greenville Oddfellows. Open to
the public. Food and refrs@hmente
. ill be provided.
' Saturday, Sept l--Annual La-
bop Day dance at Taylorsvllle
;range Hall, sponsored by Catho-
churches. Music by AI Harm-
band.
aturday, Sept 8--Public card
Irty at MasOnic Hall, Greenville,
tlPonsored by $1ncoHty Chapter,
. Order of Eastern 8tar.
aturday, Oct. 27--Annual Ba-
sponsored by ladles of St.
Anthony's Altar Soelety, at Green-
ille Masonic Hall. Open to the
Ublic.
• Tuesday, Aug, 21, 7:30 p.m. --
binner meeting of Plumas Chap-
ter, Western Mining Council, at
• asonic Hall, Gieenville. Anyone
Jrlteeested in mining matters Is
Welcome to attend the dinner or
business meeting, or both.
VITAMINS PLUS
Pretty Nancy Bogdan holds aloft samples of some of the
scores of veqetable species which will call attention to
California's aqricultural supremacy at the State Fair,
August 30 through September 9 in Sacramento.
EVERY GIRLS' CAMP
TO OPEN AUG. 20
00LITTF MEADOWS
With a newly renovated camp,
the Boy Scouts of America, which
has conducted a highly successful
season of scout camping, xs pre-
pared to sponsor a camping ex-
perience for girls, according to
Victor D. Sharp, Scout Executive.
Sharp states that all girls from
9 to 17 years of age, of every
faith and creed, will be eligible
to participate in EVERY GIRLS'
CAjP at Camp Lassen, located
at Butte Meadows. The camp s
scheduled for August 20 to Sep-
tember 1 at a fee of $30.00 for
the period; with Mrs. Ethel Loper
as director.
Mrs. Lopez is well known
throughout this area, as she has
been Craft Director for both Boy
Scouts and Camp Fire Girls
Camps for many years at Camp
Lessen. She also serves with the
Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scouts
in the bay area and is currently
on the staff of the Junior College
at Martinez.
As camp is scheduled to open
in less than two weeks, girls from
all communities are urged to make
application wothout delay for
EVERY GIRLS' CAMP.
V.F.W. AUXILIARY UNIT
HOLDS PARTY AT
COUNTY HOSPffAL
The V. F. W. Auxiliary to the
Kenneth M. ayes Post No: 3825
held their regular monthly birth-
day party at the County Hospital
on Monday, Aug. 6. Two candle-
decorated cakes were presented to
honorees Joe Fuguzza, Herman
Keller, Nels Sjogren, Dan Mona-
han and Herman Nelson. A very
special and highly entertaining
program was aresented by the
staff of the Oakland Recreation
Camp through the courtesy of
Ir. Fred Zimmerman, Director of
the camp, and was enjoyed by all
the patients who were able to
preambulate downstairs.
Auxiliary members Ruby Shaw,
Meta Erbeck, Millie Burris and
Myrtle Burrs were hostesses for
the evening.
It might be added that the main
feature of the entertainment was
almost left out for lack of a phono-
graph at the hospital. A hasty trip
was made into town to obtain a
phonograph: The V. F. W. Auxil-
iary As ever hopeful that some-
where, someday, someone in Plu-
mes County will donate a phono-
graph to the hospital. The patients
would so enjoy it.
MARY MCENTEE MARRIED TO
OAKLAND MAN AUGUST 4
Miss Mary Catherine MoEntee
became the bride of Thomas Ste-
yen Hart on Saturday, August 4,
in rites conducted at the Sacred
Heart Church in Oakland, accord-
ing to word received this week by
Noa Welch.
Miss Mcntee is the niece of
Pat Kelly, formerly a railroad
worker here, now making his home
in the bay area.
The newlyweds will establish
their home in Oakland, where tlTe
groom is employed.
INDIANS AIE URGED
TO SEND ARTICI00
TO FAIR EXHIBIT
The Federated Indians of Calt
fornia are again sponsoring an
All-Ctliforia-Indian Exhibit for
the 1951 Calfornia State Fair
August 30 to September 9, accord-
ing to "Publicity Chairman Marie
Potts.
Last year was the first time in
the history of California that an
exhibit Of this kind was planned
and sponsored by the Indians of
the state. This year the exhibit
will be a feature of the education-
al department and is open to all
Indians throughout California.
The main objective is to show
the citizens of this state the prog-
ress which Idians have made,
is not limited to members of the
Federated Indians. It is strictly
non-politlcal, she advises,
Displays of modern handiwork,
needlework, leatherwork, bead-
work, hobbies and trades are de-
sired for the exhibit, and pictures
of business are also acceptable.
Anyone having articles which can
be used is asked to notify the or-
ganization to that effect. ts it is
their desire to have every tribe
represented in the display.
Mrs. Potts, chairman of the ex-
hibit is the former Marie Mason
and was a student at the Green-
ville Indian School prior to grad
uatilag from the Carlisle Indian
School of Pennsylvania in 1915.
She lived in Greenville and Ches-
ter untl 9 years ago, when she
moved to Sacramento and has
there been active in the Federated
Indians organization.
The 19 exhibit at the state
fair, of which Mrs. Potts was also
chairman, won an "outstandin
exhibit" awsxds in the outdoor
recreatiom area.
PLUMAS COUNTY GETS
OVER HALF MILLION
FROM TIMBER SALES
Announcing that receipts of the
Plumes Notional Forest fo fiscal
year 1951 were more than three
million two hundred thousand dol-
lars. Forest Supervisor William
A. Peterson reveals that the five
counties within the forest's boun-
daries will get in the division of
the 25% earmarked for counties,
more than double the amount
they received last year, totaling
more than $800,000.
Plumes County, wth the great-
est area within the Plumas Forest,
will receive approximately $675,-
000, Butte County, $52,000, Las-
sen $26,00 , Sierra $28,500 and
Yuba Com;y $10,000.
The return of 5% of Forest
receipts to counties is provided
for by law, which stipulates that
the forest money will be used for
the maintenances of schools and
roads.
Commattng on the fact that the
forest income this past year re.
presented an all-time high for Na-
tional Fores of the California
region, Peterson said the increas-
ed sale Qf/timber accounted for
$3,181,I14 0 the total of $3,211,-
321. and the grazing, land use,
and power is credited for the
balance.
PLUMAS COZ2NY FREE LIBIAk A(f| 2 0 '51
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Volume 21Number 22 Greenville, Plumas Count>', CaliL, Thursday, Augast 21, 195t
FINAL RITES HELD
ON SUNDAY FOR
FR00.%IS JOHNSON
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, August 12, for Francis
Roger Johnson,. who passed away
at Batson Hospital last Thursday
at the age of 66.
Mr. Johnson was a native of
California, born to the late
Michael and Mary Johnson on
seit. 16. 1884. He had followed
the lumbering business until he
retired some months ago, and had
since then been making his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Evelyn
Slapnik of Greenville.
Surviving are his widow, Lllie
M. Johnson and daughter Evelyn
Slapnik of Greenville; a brother,
Marion Wilbur Johnson of Oak-
land and a sister, Mrs. Pearline
Lyons of Boring, Ore.
Services were conducted from
Manes Funeral Chapel by Rev.
P. MePheeters, with interment fol-
lowing at the Greenville Cemetery,
under the direction of Manes Fun-
eral Home.
F. & G. COMMIS;SlON
SETS POLI£¥ FOR
00Sfl PROPAGATION
Methods by which the State
may "supply the best possible
fishing for the greatest number of
California anglers" have just been
put down in black and white by
the Fah and Game Commission.
Uuder the title, "Policies for the
Management of California Inland
Water Fisheries," the Commission
has officially adopted a set of
principals which "with a minimum
of restrictions and regulations
shal linsure a continued supply,
fair distributon, and proper util-
ization of inland fish resources."
The speewtng master plan for
better fishing was compiled by
Chief Alan Taft of the Bureau
of Fish Conservation, and his
staff. Prior to the Commission's
adoption of the new doctrine,
copes were sent to conservation
groups for their suggestions, some
of which were later included in
the final version.
Taft explained that most of the
written fish management details
are now practiced by the Division
of Fish and Game, but that the
canservation program, was out-
lined in order to "keep the public
posted on Where we're headng."
THEATRE POOL THREAT
SAFELY DISPOSED OF,
GOLDENSON REPORTS
Swimming in the Plurmas The-
atre will neither be possible nor
probable henceforth, it was stated
this week by Manager l
GoldensoxL
Following-a winter-of mtreme
spotty dampness and re-
cent weeks of stumhtin ov 2-
inch planks, the theatre are
now all properly and dfly in-
stalled and the seats ave lmns-
nently nailed direct to the newly
installed cement floor, he report
STATE FOREBT FIRE BILL
WAS 25 MILLION [OLLAR8
FOR PA'ST YEA R
If all the forest fires In Calif-
ornia last year had burned in an
area one mile wide along U. S.
Highway 101, the burned area
would stretch from San Diego to
near the Oregon line. It would be
865 miles long, and a motorist
would need about two days to
drive through the 553,400 acr
of devastated wild land,
Other state-wide totals of wild-
life destruction in Californig in
1950, according to a study made
by the California Division f For-
estry and the U. . Forest Svlee
and announced today, ss:
Costs and darme totaled $25,-
023,000. The ooldm wesee $161,-
000, spent by ] a4nc*les on pre-
vention, bszard-reductlon, five
detection and fire-fightlng. These
efforts protected 50 million acres
of forest, range and watershed
lands and held dory n the damage
to a bookkeeper's total of $9,-
926,000. The books don't show ad-
ditional damage, such as the up
setting of norrnal water flow,
the destruction of recreational
values, or the future shutdown of
woodusing industrie whose tim-
ber sources have been diminished.
There were 4,766 forest and
range .flres. Human cars
caused 3,392 o them, or 71%.
CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR
TO BE CONDUCTED AT
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH.
The attention of the boys and
girls of the community is ealled
to the act that beginning Monday,
August 20 at 10 a.m., a Children'S
Story Hour will be conducted by
Miss MeUnda Hartman of Santa
Cruz. The series will continue on
through the week and will be held
in the auditorium of the Assembly
of God Church in Greenville, ae-
cording to Don North pasor.
Any and all youngsters are in-
vited to attend the sessions.
"SHOULD I, MOMMY|"
Somewhat shy about revealing
the intimate things worn by the
younger set, little Lida.edck,
Sacramento, models blue ribbon
winner garments at the Califor-
nia State Fair's Fashion an d
Fabric Exposition. The whole ar-
ray of prize wmners will be
shown at the ree Pageant of Cal-
ifornia Fashions. August 30
through September 9 in Sacra-
mento.
rI_00O!S A00IOSPHERE
TO PRESENT
STATE FAIR_
11 th atmosphere of the "big
top," complete with trained ani-
mals, clowns and aerialists, will
be brought to the California State
Fair, August 30 through Septem-
ber 3, when unit one of three great
exrtavanganzas, "Circus Days," is
presented the first five days of
the great exposition which runs
through September 9,
"Circus Days," will star Jerry
Colonna, funny man of screen and
radio, supported by a fine cast.
The Black Brothers, Learmont's
elephant; a ballet on horseback
Serenado, the Wonder Horse, Paul
Gordon, comedy unicyciistt Wild-
fire, the famous movie horse;
Mark mith and his ,Liberty
Horses, the Duanea, famed areial
act; Bozo the Capitol Clown: and
a clown troupe will support Co-
lonna.
A chorus of pretty misses and
four boys will provide added en-
tertainment for "Circus Days"
which promises to be an outstand-
ing stage production.
The night threatrical perfor-
mances are held at 8:15 dally on
the mammoth stage in front of
the grandstand.
The stage shows are preceded
by fireworks.
In addition, the Fair this year
is offering an expanded horse rac-
ing meet, a horse show which has
won national fame
Lightning caused the others.
Smokers were the leading cause
of man-made fires (972). Second
came causes listed under "miscel-
laneous" (summer cabin fires
power-line failures, children with
matches, auto exhaust sparks,
etc.). Next in order were debris
burning, incendartsm (276 fires),
railroad operations, lumbering,
and campfires.
Included in the above statistics
are the figures for the Plumas
National Forest, which suffered
21,459 acres burned in 1950, caus-
ing approximately a million dol-
lore' damage to timber growth,
C0000VILLE PIONEER
DIES SATURDAY
AFTER LONG H00NF00S
Death came quietly last Satur.
day morning to Seth WheelocA
when he succumbed at his home
following a long illness. He Wl
years o00'00ge.
Seth James Wheelock was a r.o
tive of Eddyvflle, Nebraska, where
he was born on Sept. 19, 1889,
to Belle and the late Wm. When-
lock. and moved to Greenville in
1911, whre he was married 1;0
Hazel Ions Neer. He followed
the lumbering business through-
out his li£etime, for several years
aperatAng a shingle mill near
Branscombe, until his health fail-
ed last year.
I-Ie is survived by his motll
Belle Wheelock, who resides olt
the home ranch here; his wis,
Hazel lona, o£ Greenville; three
brothers, Wesley, Leo and Claude
of Greenle and Lloyd of DUr-
ham; three sisters, va Neer of
Taylorsville, Susie Belle Perry of
Greenville and Aama Hall of l-ler
long; a duEhter , Mrs. ladys Mac
Deal of "G'reenville and a sor
Prank James Wheelock of Brans,
combe; and four grand childr
nstance. Justine, Kent and Gay-
lens Deal.
Services were conducted Mon
day aftetnoon by the RoY. Don
North from Manes Funeral Cha-
pel, with interment following at
the Greenville Cemetery.
PLU00A00 COUNTY TO
k00|VE REFUND
FROM GAS TAX
SACR/, Aug. 15 --
Thomas H. Kuchel, State Control
er.today'm-Ounced the appor
tionment of$1f,741 of mlrefundo
ed motor vehicle fuel tax on avis.
tion gasoHn0 to the 58 countt
and to airport owning cities.
The count,es shared $118,91
with each county -receiving a
basic allotment of $625 and th$
remained distrubted one-half o
the Dams of population and one,
half o ntlte bass of county area,
The airport:owning cities shared
the remaig 6,826 of the ap-
portionments, Plumas County'|
was $1,94936, ,
Kuchel said that the funds mut
be used for capital outlays f0$
aviation or airport purposes.
This county's, total alrtion.
ment from the Highway Tax Fund
amounted to $57,271,41, the oo
troller ad
MOVIE C(MEDIAN TO
BE F EATURD
Jerry Colom, one of the moM,
wideiy-know oomedial in IltoW
business, ha been signed for ap,
pearances £the CalLfornig Stat
Fair, Auglmt;:;li0 through St
ember 9, in S.omento.
Ned
of the Fair that Colon-
na will be the headliner of uni
number one of the night theatri¢
show at the St Fair from Au
ust 30 through September 3.
Colonna, long-time assoclate of
Bob Hope, will be the star of the
Falr's presentation of "Clrcu|
Days," the theme of the first of
three shows 'to be staed durin
the eleven days of the Fair.