Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 20

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Today GAZETTE NG RENO EVEN Four Lane Clear Creek Highway Open PHONE FA 3-3161 RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1957 PAGE TWENTY Phone Service for Gerlach Famed Lawton Resort Is Sold To Californians Covina Group Takes Over From Mark Yori, Jr. Radio Circuits Installed GEULACII has direct telephone service to Reno at last. Using radio circuits to span the distance from Reno to Gerlach, a public telephone was mounted on the porch of the general merchandising store at Gerlach. The actual location of the radio equipment is Empire, a few miles east. Telephone conversations from Gerlach will be carried over telephone lines to Empire and from there by radio to Peavine mountain near Reno.

From the mountain they are beamed into the Reno central office. This type of radio circuit allows two-way conversation, and most of its users are actually unaware that they are talking on a radio circuit. The radio circuits were installed from Empire to Reno because of the great distance involved between the two noints. Home Economics Director Chosen U. N.

Regents Hold Lengthy Personnel Policy Discussion Members of the board of regents of the University of Nevada this morning' approved appointment of an associate director to head the Sarah Hamilton Fieischmann School of home economics, but not before the personnel policies of the administration were discussed at length. Dr. Marilyn J. Horn won the position, at a salary of $10,500 a year. But Regent Bruce Thompson first questioned whether increase of $2000 a year in salary of the head of the school 1 -3 5T ft -41: 4 RIBBOX-CUTTING CEREMONIES for the new nine mile section of highway 50 which snakes up Clear Creek canyon were scheduled for 2 p.

m. Friday at the junction of highway 50 and highway S95 just south of Carson. Following the opening ceremony, dignitaries who took part will make a caravan tour of the nine mile length of four-lane highway. Participants included Gov. Charles H.

Russell, members of the Nevada highway board and state and county officials. -i 1 I i k- If jl'' 1 I SHOWN ABOVE are the 110 ft. radio poles located at Empire. On top of these poles are the radio antennas which transmit telephone conversations to Peavine mountain, and from there into the equipment in the Reno central office. NEVADA'S NEWEST HIGHWAY will have 35,000 feet of guardrail installed along the sweeping curves in the next 55 days by the J.

Kenneth Thayn Co. of Salt Lake City. That firm was the low bidder on the job and was awarded the contract in Carson Thursday at a price of $73,961.92. The highway will have a maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour, for safety's sake. The road is nearly, the same length as the old Clear Creek road which Isbell Construction Co.

also completed in 1928. Isbell moved 3.5 million cubic yards of earth and rock building the new road. Four California men, investors and club owners in that state, have Lawton Springs Resort Motel and took over operation Oct. 1. Lawton's, as the highway 40 west resort is familiarly known, has been operated by Mark Yori, for the last 21 years and was sold by him for between $300,000 and $400,000, exact price to depend on an inventory as yet incomplete.

SIX WEEK TALKS Negotiations have been going on for the past six weeks with the California investors represented by attorney William Raggio and Yori represented by the First National Bank of Nevada. The four new owners, all from Covina, are Robert Clarke, Carl Long, Robert Siegel 'and Stewart Garey. Their intention, Long says, is to "operate a first class dinner house for local people." The California partnership plans to expand the facilities of the famed resort by adding an additional 75 motel units next year at a cost of about $300,000. The resort presently has 27 motel units, restaurant, cocktail lounge, hot springs and a nine-hole golf course. One of the four; Robert Siegel, said they would like to have a small casino at the resort eventually.

He said there would not be any gambling there this weekend but they hoped to bring back a leased "21" table and later possibly a roulette table. The slot machines now there will remain, he added. CLUB PARTNERS Three of the four men are partners in an Azuza, club which is well-known in the west, the Rainbow Angling club. That resort features a private membership club for fishermen fishing on the grounds, a restaurant and a cocktail lounge. Long said he was considering moving to Reno next Summer, Siegel will most probably remain in Reno, Long said, and Clarke is also contemplating a Nevada move.

Part of the staff of the resort will be retained but a number of kitchen employes will be brought here from California. Under new ownership, Lawton's will cater to local banquets and private parties, Long said. The new owners are enthusiastic over the newly remodeled dining room, the facilities and potential of the scenic spot. Camp Winner At Conference Dr. Charles Camp will be given wider latitude in the future in di recting work at Nevada's ichy-thyosaur discovery site, it was agreed at a meeting in the governor's office today.

The session was called by Gov. Charles Russell after a "misunderstanding" arose as to which of the various ichthyosaur funds expenses should be charged. It was agreed that the $4500 set aside by the park commission for Dr. Camp's work on the fossilized marine reptiles has been expended. But it was noted that there is $155 available from donated funds and that the public has been urged to contribute additional money to continue the work of developing the important discovery.

It was agreed that Dr. Camp will be permitted to expand the donated funds and any additional park commission funds which may become available without going through the hands of state Parks Director Howard Squires. The governor said that an appeal would be made to the public to contribute funds so that the "fine work" of Dr. Camp can be continued. In addition to the governor, those attending the meeting were Dr.

and' Mrs. Camp, Budget Director C. A. Carlson, Park Commission Chairman Thomas Miller and Commission Members Norman Hansen pf Gabbs and Mrs. Wendell Wheat of Fallon.

FLIES TO CLARK Gov. Charles H. Russell will fly to Las Vegas Friday night to address a meeting of the recently formed Nevada Parole and Probation Association which-is holding a two-day meeting in Las Vegas Friday and Saturday. The governor will return to Carson Saturday afternoon. -7trY war.

i r-- its Si v. -furs -t. travel plans of the spectators, whether they will travel by train or bus, and the number coming; from Reno and the east as com pared with those traveling from Sacramento and the west. The construction program at Squaw Valley is being pushed as rapidly as possible, and the esti matea auenaance win nave an important bearing on the building of comfort stations for the spectators, the facilities for han dling food at the sits of the games, and how the traffic over Highway 50, the Mt. Rose route and Lake Tahoe will be handled in conjunc tion with the travel from High way 40 and the railroad.

Attending today's conference will be W. E. Hastings, Pacific Greyhound Lines; William Alex- ander of the firm of Skidmore, Owings Merrill, architects; Carl Olsen, Southern Pacific Railroad; Richard Ham, chairman of the transportation and housing committee, and John Macone, assistant to the executive direc tor of the organizing committee. IF YOU CANT SAV SOMETHING NICE ABOUT A PERSON. YOU5H0ULDNTSiy ANyThINSAT ALL! TIRED OF VOW?) INSULTS' Lfr 'V, I I Ik I A I 4 -W 1 I 1 I and extending her duties over I a 12 month period, instead of the former nine months, actually was justified.

He said he did hot believe that the move was warranted and that the situation should have been discussed with the regents before the recommendation was made to avoid embarrassment for the faculty member involved. NO REFLECTION He emphasized that his criticisms of the change in the position were not meant to reflect upon Dr. Horn personally. "I think we are getting a lot of administrative a Thompson declared. "That is something I have worried about for some time, and this is an example of too much administrative personnel." Dr.

Minard W. Stout, president of the university, declared, however, that the University of Nevada has fewer administrative personnel that have comparable institutions in other states. Besides, he said, the school, sparked by grants for new buildings and equipment from the Fleischmann Foundation of Nevada, was going to expand and that a great amount of work would have to be done by the director during the development period. Dr. Stout's contention struck a responsive chord with most of the regents, several of whom said they would have opposed the appointment of the director to a 12-month basis, and the salary increase, if the home economics school were to remain "status quo." NEED IMPROVEMENT There was general agreement that the school should be improved, to keep pace with the Fleischmann grants for buildings and equipment, but Thompson insisted that the development work could be done on a department head basis.

"There are plenty of department heads on this campus who will have more administrative duties than the director of the home economic school," he contended. Regent Fred Anderson joined in this vein, wondering why there should be a school of home eco nomics when other areas are organized on the departmental basis. Told that this school will have several departments when fully developed, Dr. Anderson declared: "You are then going to have the same departmental setup, with one man departments, as has been criticized in the college of education. UNANIMOUS VOTE The vote approving the change in status for the school director, with the $2000 annual salary boost, was unanimous, however.

Dr. Stout also reported that trustees of the Fleischmann Foundation, who have approved grants of more than $2,000,000 for the home economics building and the Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, had no objection to sale of the Ladino dairy farm south of Reno. The dairy farm was donated to the University by the late Maj. Max Fleischmann.

Farm operations will be transferred to the main farm southeast of Sparks when the Ladino dairy farm is sold. The property will be ap-j praised this month preparatory to sale. Meeting of the board is continuing this afternoon. Reno Cat Show ef Saturday Reno's own third annual all breed championship cat show will be presented Saturday and Sunday in the California building at Idlewild park. Entries from west coast points ranging as far north as Portland and as far south as San Diego, have been received.

The two recently organized Las Vegas clubs have supported the Reno show with many entries. Trophies are on display in Ar-mankos' window. The public is invited to view the cats between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. both days.

Judges' this year will be Miss Floy McGill of North Hollywood, doing both specialties, and Mrs. Andrew J. Flynn of Lafayette, doing the all breed. LOSES WHEEL Loss of a tire and wheel from his Volkswagen's trunk while it was parked in a First Street park-ign lot was reported to Reno police Thursday by Harold Glan-ville, 1660 Elmcrest Drive. POSING BESIDE the newly-installed telephone booth which brings telephone service to Gerlach is Helen Thrasher, postmistress.

This booth is located in the center of Gerlach and is easily ac-cesible to the general public. AN AVERAGE ROAD GRADE of five per cent gently traverses the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. In order to provide proper drainage for new" highway 50 Isbell Construction Co. put in feet of pipe. Construction of the 70-foot wide highway took a little over one year.

Highway officials predict that the new road will be easier to clear than the narrow older road. (Nulty photos) DIES W. C. McCluskey, prominent Reno attorney, died unexpectedly today. eat Summons W.

McCluskey Reno Attorney W. C. McCluskey, veteran Reno attorney and long active in the Knights of Pythias lodge of Nevada, died here today. He had been ill for some time, but his death was unexpected and came as a shock to his family and many friends. Mr.

McCluskey was born in 1894 in Doniphan, and was educated in the public schools there. He attended state teach ers college at Cape Girardeau, and Missouri State Univer sity at Columbia where he studied journalism and law. After leaving school he turned to farming, later taught school in southeastern Missouri from 1919 to 1924, and was admitted to practice law in Missouri in 1927, being appointed Boone county probate judge in 1928 and a i ing continuously until 1933. In 1931 he was named the attorney for the Missouri state finance commission in liquidation of closed banks. Coming to Nevada in 1933, Mr.

McCluskey was admitted to practice law in 1934 and had maintained his practice here until the time of his death. Besides his law practice he had business interests in Reno and for many years had operated a poultry farm in Washoe county. He also served as district attorney of Storey county for six years. Mr. McCluskey was an ardent KepuDiican, ana on many occasions represented Sto rey county in state GOP conventions.

Mr. McCluskey served as chan cellor commander of the Knights of Pythias of Nevada in 1941 and 1942, and was a member of Amity Lodge No. 8, K. of P. of Reno, the Reno Lions Club, and the American, Nevada State and Washoe county bar associations and the Washoe county sheriff's posse.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Martha' McCluskey of Reno; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Schiem-well and Mary Alice Simon of Missouri; a son, W. C. McCluskey, of Missouri; brothers, Ted McClus key of Kirkwood, Edgar McCluskey of Jefferson City, Clarence McCluskey of San Jose, Calif, and Otis McCluskey; a stepson, Charles Armstrong of Reno; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be announced by the O'Brien-Rogers Co. Sparks Church In Visitations Sparks' Assembly of God church joins with its brother Assembly churches all over the nation this month in a program of special visitation activities. The Rev. Gerald Fihcher of the St. and Pyramid way church announced the program, the theme of which is "To The Harvest." Church neighbors will receive special invitations to attend the Assembly Sunday school if they do not now attend church regularly.

The last Sunday in October the church is sponsoring a special harvest time rally for which the Sunday school and morning worship will be combined. The Assembly denomination emphasizes Sunday school activities, Mr. Fischer says. RETIRED CAR SALESMAN DIES SUDDENLY IN RENO CC Convention Director Meets Olympics Planners Reno; brother of Mrs. Ruth Shaw of Reno, Mrs.

Carinne Garat of Hollister, Mrs. Let ha Smith of Ponca City, H. D. Locke of Debique, and the uncle of James Hale, Mrs. Virginia Henningsen and Jac Shaw, all of Carson Valley.

Friends are invited to attend funeral services Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Ross-Burke Co. chapel John William Locke, 71, a retired car salesman, died suddenly Thursday afternoon in a cemetery near his home at 237 University Terrace, apparently as the result of a heart attack. Mr. Locke, a longtime Reno resident, was born at Chanute, and spent his early years and obtained his education at Erie, Kans.

Before coming to Reno he operated auto agencies at Mt. Pleasant, Utah. He and his wife, Mrs. Jean B. Locke, who survives him, were married at Denver in 1912 and had just observed their 45th wedding anniversary.

He retired in 1949. Mr. Locke was a member of Reno Lodge No. 13, F. A.

Kerak Temple of the Shrine Scottish Rite Bodies of Nevada, Kiwanis Club and the Men's Fellowship of the Federated Church. Mr. Locke is survived, in addition to his widow, by two sons and a daughter, all of Reno, William Locke, Dr. Robert Locke and Mrs. Dorothy Locke McKaig.

He was the grandfather of Bill, Louis and Janice Locke, Kathy Laurie and Brian McKaig, and Sherry and Bobby Locke, all of Lee M. Burge Named to Post Lee M. Burge, director of the Nevada division of plant industry, was elected a member of the executive committee of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture at the group's 39th annual convention Thursday in Portsmouth, N. H. The new name, changed from the National Association of Commissioners, Secretaries and Directors of Agriculture, was adopted as the session drew to a close.

The association elected Donald M. McDowell of Wisconsin as president and in a resolution deplored the unfair economic position of American farmers. Commissioners Parke C. Brink-ley of Virginia and Paul Swisher of Colorado were elected first and second vice president, respectively. The association said in a resolution that there has been a lack of information and misinformation from official and unofficial agricultural sources.

It urged Agriculture Secretary Benson to "make every possible effort to correct the unfair economic position in which the Amer ican farmer finds himself today." Besides Burge and McDowell, members of the executive com mittee include L. Y. Ballentine, agriculture commissioner of North Carolina; Edward Hoyt, agriculture director of Nebraska, and William L. Henning, agriculture secretary of Pennsylvania. Robert Sullivan, director of the convention bureau of the Reno Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the housing commit tee of the 1960 Winter Olympics organizing committee, left this morning for San Francisco where this afternoon a conference is being held on the probable attendance at the games, day by day, from Feb.

11 through Feb. 22. Also to be considered are the George S. Lane Inventor Dies George S. Lane, a civil engineer and inventor of the automotive air brake, died at a local hospital Thursday.

A native of Boyne Falls, Mr. Lane had been a resident of Reno for seven years, Jiving at 5305 South Virginia Rd. He is survived by a son, John Lane of Syracuse, N. four daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Peter sen of Melford, N.

Mrs. Mar ion La Duke of Cooperstown, N. and Mrs. Carol McMullen and Mrs. Suzanne Lepori of Reno.

He also is survived by 14 grandchildren. Funeral services, to which friends are invited, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Walton Funeral Home with the Rev. Rafe C. Martin of St.

John's Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Friends may call at Walton Funeral Home Saturday and with the Rev. Felix Manley of the Federated Church clergyman. Burial will be in the Masonic sec tion of Mountain View cemetery Reno Firemen Control Blaze Reno firemen quickly controlled and extinguished a fire that caused damage to the home of W.

L. Drescher at 60 Bisby St. just before noon Friday. A wall caught fire from a stove, and the flames reached the at tic. Firemen had to chop a hole in the roof to get at the fire, but put it out in short order, spending less than an hour on the call in-eluding cleanup time.

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