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Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 11

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RENO EVENING GAZETTE SEPT. 15, 1961 MORNING LOW WARNS AUTUMN ON ITS WAY Swimming Pool Use in Sparks Shows Decline MISS RODEO NEVADA CONTEST FEATURED WASHOE FAIR EVENT Emergency Use Power Said Adequate Autumn is just around the cor "Disaster" tests Sunday morn Prison Board Approves Plea For Facility CARSON CTTV I Pi ner as Reno's 30-degree temperature this morning indicated. The early morning low was the ing demonstrated for two hours that north-western Nevada will Sparks swimming pool attend have limited electricity for emer. queen in her own 5 right, have reigned over rodeo celebrations throughout the state earlier mis ance during August was down compared to figures for August chilliest this season, but failed to match a 29-degree low recorded Sept. 15, 1959.

The mercury Nevada's representative in the recent Miss America pageant in Alantic City, N. J. Sherry Ann Wagner, will have a different role in this weekend's Miss Ro-3eo Nevada contest in conjunc gency use even if no power is available from outside the stat. Stanley Martin, Carson district yar. last year, Calvin Dodson, Sparks Within 30 seconds, Martin said, they were back in operation, but receiving power exclusively from a newly installed power plant near Carson City.

Electronic controls brought the four diesel engines of the plant up to proper speed, checked the voltages and other factors of the power supply, then sent electric current surging along transmission lines to the test area within the 30 seconds. city engineer, noted in his manager for Sierra Pacific PoW' monthly public works department skipped to 31 degrees here Sept. 4. Officially fall will begin Sept. 23, but temperatures have slid to the er said the tests show that report to City Manager David B.

electric water pumps, hospitals, Henry. police departments, and other es low thirites for the last three The pool was open 27 days in weeks. August and had 6,369 visitors A high of 82 was expected today 471 below 1960 August figures. sential operations can be provided with electricity even if power lines over the Sierra, or the California power plants that feed them, are completely out of service, as they Highest attendance in one day followed by maximum reading of 80 Saturday. The mercury should drop to 35 early Saturday morn was 420, and the lowest figure was 15.

ing. might be after a nuclear attack on the west coast. Dodson said the building inspec After the emergency power was on Sierra Pacific men shut down one engine at a time to simulate possible breakdowns, but the flow of current continued without interruption. The electronic controls simply shifted the load from the supposedly crippled engine to the others still running. The new power installation Is interconnected with "peaking" power units Installed at Carson City and Reno last year.

Under disaster conditions, Martin said the new plant would first be put Into operation with its 8,000 kilo-watts, then the 6.000 kilowatt plant installed at Carson City last year and the 12.000 kilowatt Valley Road plant in Reno would be synchronized with the newer plant to supply a total of 26,000 kilowatts, about a fourth of normal full-load requirements. Another plant, the gas turbine generator now being installed at the Tracy Power Station 14 miles east of Sparks, will also be available for emergency use in approximately a month, adding another 15,000 kilowatts of capacity the emergency capability within the state. Partly cloudy skies were pre tion division issued 69 building Rickey Funeral Rites in Carson Thursday in Carson City for MrsJ Dora Dean Rickey, a member of dicted for the Truckee Meadows To test Sierra Pacific's emer permits during the "month for 46 this weekend, and scattered show They are: Corolyn Heizer, Reno Rodeo Queen; Gwenn Anne Smith of Reno, queen of the Nevada High School Rodeo, Phyllis Dance, queen of the Yerington Centennial celebration; Deborah Wells, Las Vegas Helldoratio queen, and Valerie Marcucci of Lovelock, queen of the Pershing County Horseman's Rodeo. Evaluating the contestants on a basis of their horsemanship ability will be Frank Borges of Reno, Dr. Robert Amesbury of Su-sanville, and Earl Dory of Carson City.

Their appearance will be judged by Loni Gravelle, Miss Nevada of 1957, and Reno professional photographer Donald Dondero. Judging the personality of each contestant will be Mrs. Alice Mel-arkey, Nevada State Journal society editor; Roy Powers, publicity manager for Harolds Club, and William Geyer, certified pub structures, valued at an estimated ers were expected in southern $1,694,352. Thirteen electrical and 10 plumbing permits were also and eastern areas of the state and the Sierra. issued.

The street division worked at tion with the Washoe County Fair. Miss Wagner, queen of the Reno Rodeo last year and subsequently Miss Rodeo Nevada before she was named Miss Nevada last June. Saturday afternoon will set the riding pattern for the five young women seeking the Miss Rodeo Nevada title this year. The horsemanship portion of the contest will be conducted between events of the first intercollegiate rodeo show in the arena in front of the grandstand. The two-day rodeo opens Saturday at 1:45 p.m.

The following morning, she will be present at a breakfast in the BuHdox restaurant when contestants will be judged on a bsis of appearance and personality and at the beginning of the second rodeo show Sunday afternoon she will crown her -successor after the winner is named by Harold (Hal) RohHing, president of the fair board. The new Miss Rodeo Nevada will compete for the Miss Rodeo America contest in late November at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Each of the contestants is a street patching, alley weed clean ing and ditch maintenance, Dod Kickof Dinner Set by Bankers gency preparedness, Martin enlisted the help of Anaconda near Yerington, where mining operations are almost all electric and use great amounts of electric power. Expert power plant technicians came more than 2,000 miles to watch the test and make minor adjustments. They came from General Motors' Electro-Motive division in La Grange, which built the power units, from the Woodward Governor Co.

in Rock-ford, DI. and from Vickers St. Louis, Mo. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday the Anaconda operation, the city of Yer son noted.

The street sweeper worked 17 days and collected 107 cubic yards of debris. Sixty-nine pedestrian alks were Robert Bull, executive director painted and the mosquito sprayer of the Nevada Society for Crip worked regularly each Thursday and Friday. pled Children will be the speaker for the Sierra Nevada Chapter of lic accountant Nevada Prison Board approved a roaster plan and site lor a 51 million plus minimum security facility Thursday to be locaied three miles south of the present state institution. The plan was devised by Sol-den and Stewart, architects of Reno, in cooperation with prison authorities and the State Planning Board. The projected completion date Is spring of 1963.

The master plan has more than just buildings in its program. It Is designed for prisoner rehabilitation and education. Explaining the plan before the board, Architect Ted Selden listed the features -of the complex. Dormitories for 120 inmates and future buildings for an increased population; quarters for the guards; offices; food services and laundry buildings, medical and educational buildings and a sewage treatment plant. Selden said a program to provide high school and vocational educaton is included to prepare the prisoners for their discharge.

Selden suggested an auto repair and shoe repair shop included and training in kitchen work. The buildings will lack the tradition prison bars security will be provided by a rectangular fence with two guard towers. The minimum security area will cover approximately 160 acres, Selden said. I The new facility is to be con-j structed at the northwest corner of the state prison farm a half mile from the Stewart Indian School. Construction cost is $1,100,000 exclusing design expenses.

The board, which is headed by Gov. Grant Sawyer, also learned the women's prison facility will be constructed and ready for use by September 1962. The 5200,000 structure will house 17 inmates. There are 11 women prisoners in gtate prison at present the American Institute of Banking, kick-off dinner, Saturday eve Geyer will handle all ballots and votes and will not compile the total of each contestant until im Clark Robbery a pioneer family that came to California from Missouri in 1871 to settle in the Antelope Valley. Mrs.

Rickey, who would have been 92 years old today, died Monday at the Forest Ranch, home of a daughter, Mrs. Lena McKay. Services were held at the Capital City Mortuary at 2 p.m. with Rev. Eugene Alexander of the First Methodist Church of Carson City officiating.

Burial was in the family plot in Lone Pine Cemetery, Carson City. Mrs. Rickey was the widow of Charles Franklin Rickey who died in 1919. They were married in 1890. Mrs.

Rickey had lived in Forest Ranch the last 13 years. She is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Genevieve Thomas of Lovelock, Mrs. Ange-lene Brandenburg of Hollywood, and Mrs. Georgie Dang-berg of Minden.

Also surviving is a son, Guy Terry of Reno, four grandchildren, and four ning at the El Cortez Hotel. Bull is past public relations di ington and the Mason and Smith rector of the Iowa Childrens mediately before he hands his report to Rohlfing before the crowning ceremony. i Suspects Held Valleys were cut off momentarily from regular power supplies. We are as Home and was Minnesota State Easter Seal Chairman. He has close as your TELEPHONE LAS VEGAS (AP) Two men, attended both the University of Iowa and University of Wiscon one an unemployed card dealer, were in jail today suspects in sin.

FA 9-1245 Father and Sons Retreat Underway at Tahoe Camp Temple Services Slated Tonight Services will be held at Temple Emanu-El, 26 West St. at "Am I My Brothers the dayMght robbery of a finance company Thursday. Det. Lt. Paul Gulas said Nor is the topic he has chosen which is primarily centered about the growth of our civilization, of man helping his fellow man, whether odist Church, Sacramento.

He recently returned from an interna man Edward Logan, 30, signed a statement admitting he took part in the holdup of the Seaboard Fi eight o'clock tonight. Rabbi Philip Weinberg said the service will A planning retreat and another for fathers and sons are underway this weekend at the Nevada-California Methodist Skylandia con 1314 So. Wells Ave. it be local or worldwide. The speaker who moved to this tional meeting at Oslo, Norway.

be dedicated to repentance as this nance Co. office on East Charles There will be workshops and is the "Sabbath of Repentance," ton Boulevarti shortly before clos training sessions for department ference grounds at Zephyr Cove, area two years ago from Des Moines, resides in Sparks with his wife and two children. ing. (Shabbos Tshoova). Rabbi Weinberg also announced leaders and sessions for commit Lake Tahoe.

The planning retreat for lead John Edward Soares, 31, a deal that registration of both new and Presiding at the dinner which tees on Christian and social concerns, evangelism, missions, stew er, refused to make a statement until conferring with his attorney. is scheduled to start at seven ers and committee members started at 4 p.m. Friday and runs ardship, finance and others. o'clock, will be Edwin Blanchard old students for Hebrew and Sunday school will be held Sunday, Sept 17, between the hours of 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. They were arrested in a car a Saturday, commencing with reg of the Security National Bank of through noon Saturday.

Featured speaker is Dr. Robert few blocks from the finance com istration at 3 p.m., members of Carson City, president of the lo FRANK C. STOKES, M.D. and JOHN M. WATSON, M.D.

announce the association of MARK B. RAYMOND, M. in the practice of medicine and surgery Panzer, pastor of the First Meth- cal chapter of A.I.B. pany. Both were booked for investigation of robbery.

Methodist Men's clubs from the Nevada-Sacramento area and A Seaboard official said $670 member's sons will gather for was missing. Police found about the 16th annual "Lad's 'N Dads" fall retreat. $500 in the suspect's auto. Get thl quick relief. Lifts Heading the list of speakers will It was the second daylight rob 1 I Dog Show Entry Deadline Nears Entries for the Reno dog show be Rev.

Joseph Pritchard, pastor hoe prcme, eoothee and cuahioro the eeneitive ipot. Ak for the Bunion size. bery in Las Vegas Thursday. WHEEL STOLE Lloyd Cook, 325 Sunset Drive, complained to Reno police Friday morning that someone stole a tire and wheel worth $60 from his pickup truck parked at his home, sometime during the night. In mid-morning, a lone gunman ELgin 5-9941 of the Epworth Methodist Church, Fallon.

Athletic events and panel 1 845 Prater Way Sparks, Nevada Driver Indicted By Grand Jury In Auto Death entered a women's clothing store downtown and took nearly $400. will close Monday, Sept. 18, the discussions for junior high school youths are under direction of show superintendent, Bernice Beh-rendt, has announced. Robert Fox, Methodist Youth Fel Entry forms may be obtained lowship leader for the Sparks church. He will be aided by the Vernon R.

Gookin has been in from any local veterinarian, Reno Pet Food Store, Armanko's, or by dicted for involuntary manslaugh Rev. Wesley Osman, assistant pastor of the First Methodist calling FA 2-0028 or FL 8-1489. ter by the Churchill Grand Jury, Church in Reno. The dog show is an annual meeting in a night session Tues event and will be held this year Last-minute reservations for the retreat still can be made through the Reno church office, a club on Oct. 1 at Moana Ball Park.

Anyone who owns a purebred dog day, it was learned today. Gookin furnished a property bond in the amount of $1,000, and was freed pending trial in the district court. The action grew out of an ac spokesman said Friday morning. may compete, providing that the dog is more than six months old and the entry has been properly filled out and mailed. cident last July 21 which caused Trophies, ribbons and cash Plantation Visit For Douglas Youth Special to Gazette-Journal awards will be given in addition the death of Frank I.

Wyant, 47, of Scranton, Pa. Authorities claim Gookin's car struck Wyant who was riding on a motor scooter on Highway, 50, six miles east of Fallon. GARDNERVILLE -CARSON to points toward bench championships. Anyone interested in showing is also invited to become better acquainted with show proce VALLEY Jimmy Lawrence, son of Mr. and Mrs.

James Law dure by attending training classes rence of Gardnerville, has re held every Sunday at 2 p.m. in turned from a two months visit in Memphis, Tenn. where he was Idlewild Park west of the swimming pool. Death Summons Luke B. Hancock the guest of Dr.

and Mrs. D. H. WmWB Anthony. A sophomore in Douglas High School, and nephew of Mrs.

Anthony, he was entertained both in the city and on their plantation is, 2 i Luke B. Hancock, a retired business man, died in a Reno hos New Thunderblrd Director Elected LAS VEGAS (AP) Joe W. Wells, Las Vegas truck company owner and a stockholder in the which impressed him the most pital Friday morning after a lengthy illness. The plantation is the only piece of property in Tennessee still owned by members of the first He was born in Grand Haven, Sept. 24, 1874, and had resided in Reno for the last 20 Thunderbird Hotel, is the new managing director of the family with the original land grant.

Wells, 50, succeeds Marion B. 'K'f 1 Hicks who died last Sunday. Mmmmmm- Wells, president and general years. Mr. Hancock lived at 1301 Lakeside Drive.

He was a member of Minnesota Lodge, No. 224, Minneapolis, Minn. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mildred Hancock, Reno; two daughters, Mrs. Susan Hillstrom and Mrs.

June Catron, both of manager of the Wells Cargo was named to the post at a stock blue baby makes up for lost time! G. B. SERVICE CENTER DEALER IN ENCO PRODUCTS holders' meeting Thursday. He has been a partner in the Thunderbird since Hicks built it in IMS, and now holds a 16.8 percent interest. Wells said Jack Walsh will remain as manager.

Reno; four sons, Wesley and Merit Hancock, both of San Jose, Noble Hancock, Portola Valley, Burton Hancock, Los Gatos, 15 grandchildren, Diane, Joyce, Janice, Bruce and James Hancock, Portola Valley, Thomas, William, No-elle and Joyce Hancock, San Jose, Marsha, Mark and Marion Hancock, San Jose; Bryan Hillstrom, Reno; Courtney and Linda Catron of Reno. Funeral arrangements will be In Teheran there is a six-year-old boy who is running, jumping, GEORGE A. MORELLA Dealer 9200 S. VIRGINIA RENO PHONE FA 9-7842 playing showing how a boy has fun when he has waited all his life to do it! Until last year, Moshe Nemanpor was virtually announced by Ross-Burke Co. FOR SALE EXCELLENT MOTEL SITE OVER 130 FT.

FRONTAGE BY 220 DEPTH ON WEST FOURTH ST. 800 BLOCK, RENO PHONE EL 5-21 12 OR EL 5-8162 immobilized he was small for his age, his nails and lips were blue he was a blue baby! When he was five an operation, completely successful, was per CONCEALED WEAPON Reno police arrested Danny Quartz, who listed no address, in a local bar early Friday morning for charges of carrying a concealed weapon. Officers booked Quartz at the city jail. formed on Moshe. The operation and after-care were provided through the combined efforts of two hospitals.

Within three months Moshe had grown three inches, his You and your family are cordially invited to he grand opening celebration of this fine service Cation on Saturday. Your neighbors under the ENCO sign are eager for you to come in and get acquainted. You'll always find a friendly welcome; prompt, courteous service; a clean station; spotless rest rooms; quality ENCO gasolines and motor oils. Drive in Saturday and help celebrate the grand opening of this sparkling service station where you'll find "Happy Motoring" every timd weight was normal, he could move about like any healthy child. This happy outcome never would have happened except for OIL FURNACES WORLD FAMOUS FOR ECONOMY GIFTS FOR ALL! mm: jrrw f-4.

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Next time an appeal is made, give generously. There is constant need for your help. PROTESTANT Shart Oir Sarpfas CATHOLIC Bishops Clotiiiflf Csiias JEWISH United kwish Appeal Published ae a public service in cooperation with Tha Advertising Council and tha Newspaper Advertising Executives Association DIAL FA 3-2111 FOR FREE HEATING SURVEY ESTIMATE STOP IN AT 555 E. 4th STREET RENO OR PHONE US NOW START ENJOYING HEATING COMFORT. ASM ING AND LUBRICATION; ATLAS TIRES, BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES.

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