The Placer Herald from Rocklin, California • 1

STATE Jtr 0) III If 0 inr ft lui 1U -v. Sun5e, whi. HjHr California's Oldest Newspaper Founded September 11, 1852 7 7 OUR 116th YEAR NO. 18 10c Ptt COPY Rocklin, PLACER COUNTY, California THURSDAY, JAN. KhmM 18, 1968 rambl 29 0 101X110.

rocklin Daniel Vesely Appointed To Rocklin Council Rocklin's city council, operating as a four man board since the recent resignation of Mayor Kenneth Rhodes, returned to full membership Monday night with the appointment of Daniel J. Vesely, well known civic leader and chairman of the city planning commission. Ferol McNamee 62426076243020 Del Oro Pool Start Is Set February 15 Construction work on the Del Oro Community Swimming Pool is scheduled to begin February 15, made possible by massive support from the Del Oro Parents' Club and the community at large. Howard Fager, chairman of the fund raising effort, said $11,000 in cash and pledges has been raised to date in house-to-house solicitation. Many special events and contributions from various organizations also have swelled the fund.

Richard Anthony, vice president of the Parents' Club, presided at a meeting of that group last night, at which members voted to endorse a $20,000 bank loan in order to insure the immediate start of construction. County Will Lease Voting i i i i i FPnfri a -7? I I si I L. DANIEL J. VESELY moto, student body sec; John Devilliers, student body boys vp; Rick Stacy, senior vp. Standing: Steve Earls, frosh vp; Daisy Lott, frosh president; Ray Horiuchi, sophomore sec-treasurer; Ron Uno, soph president; Craig Rowland, soph vp; Larry Given, junior president; Barbara Frost, junior sec-treas; Craig Takagishi, junior vp.

DEL ORO STUDENT OFFICERS. Here are the winners of the spirited election for student body and class officers held last Friday at Del Oro High. Seated from left to right: Aileen Tsujimoto, senior secretary-treasurer; Mike Cruse, senior president; Nancy Nitta, girls student body v.p.; Marshall Garrett, student body president; Diane Nishi- Machines The board of supervisors acted this week to solve one of Placer County's most frustrating political problems: the counting of election ballots. The board, acting on a recommendation from County Clerk Maurine Dobbas, voted to lease six electronic vote-counting machines from the Cubic Corp. of San Diego at a rate of $30,000 a year over the next six years.

The board utilized a lease- RILEY RETURNS TO ROCKLIN Formal retirement ceremonies held at Hamilton Air Force Base on December 29 marked the end of more than 20 years service as a navigator in the United States Air Force for LT. COLONEL DALEMAN C.RILEY, pictured above receiving the Air Force Commendation Medal from Brig. General Eugene L. Strickland, Vice Commander of 4th Air Force at Hamilton. Lt.

Colonel Riley served during W.W.II in Italy and North Africa, became a civilian until being recalled during the Korean conflict, then remained in the service. His recent tours of duty included eight years at McClellan, prior to a year on the Dew Line at Halls Beach, Northwest Territory of Canada, and the final 13 months at Hamilton AFB. New, the retired officer and his wife, Mary Kay, have returned to their favorite area where they have many old friends and their home in Sunset which they purchased three and one half years ago. Dale's plans for the immediate future are, "To live the 'Life of Riley' and to lower his golf handicap." Famed Sutter's Mill Replica Will Be Dedicated At Coloma Sunday Vesely, a civil engineer connected with the McCreary-Koret-sky engineering firm, brings much valuable experience to the board and was welcomed by Mayor Don Freeman, Vice Mayor Tom Turnbull and Councilmen Roy Ruhkala and E.V. Smith.

"We are most happy to have Vesely as a council member," said Mayor Freeman. "His experience in the field of engineering will be most beneficial to the city." A native of New York state, Vesely graduated from Santa Clara University in 1950, following which, accompanied by his wife Ann, he was employed inMadrid, Spain, and Casa Blanca, North Africa, where their children Greg, 15, and Cynthia, 11, wero born. The family has been residing at 3140 Argonaut Avenue, in the Sunset Whitney Ranch District of Rocklin, for the past five years. The councilmanic chair occupied by Vesely will be up for contest at the April 9 city election. Other terms expiring arc those of Councilmen Ruhkala and Smith, City Clerk Marie Lucas and City Treasurer Nora B.

Stuckert. The council announced the appointment of Mrs. Marilyn Lewis as clerk-typist-bookkeeper. Mrs. Lewis, a resident of Loo-mis, was selected following an examination.

Supervisor Jones Recovering From Eye Surgery Supervisor Will Jones of the Auburn area is in satisfactory condition this week after undergoing surgery for the removal of his right eye. purchase offer from the firm which will enable the county to own the machines by 1973, if they are found to function satisfactorily. Mrs. Dobbas said she expects the machines to provide a more accurate count of votes at a much earlier time than ever before experienced in the county. The machines also will mean fewer election workers, she said.

Thief Takes Guitar, TV Rocklin police are this week looking for the music minded burglar who last weekend stole a guitar with an amplifier, a TV, and an assortment of tools from the home of Kenneth J. Smith at 5325 Aguilar Street. Value of the loot was estimated at $550. Police Chief Charles Lucas said entrance was gained through a side door. COLOMA The 120th anniversary of the Jan.

24, 1848 discovery of gold on the south fork of the American Risr will be marked on Sunday by the dedication of a new Sutter's Mill, a full-sized working replica of the original. Lt. Governor Robert Finch will release a lever to start the water wheel of the mill at Coloma. Once again, the mill will cut pine, just as it did for a time after James W. Marshall made his first gold strike in the old mill's tailrace.

A copy of the first piece of gold found by Marshall will go on display at the park museum on Sunday. The gold, half the size of a dime, was formed from gold flakes found at Coloma. The original gold piece is on display in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. State Assemblyman Eugene A. Chappie of Cool, one of the prime movers for a new sawmill, said, 'We invite all Californians to return to Coloma, one of our most historic golden state shrines, to help us celebrate this important anniversary." State Senator Stephen Teale of West Point and William Penn Mott director of the state Department of Parks and Recreation, will also participate in the ceremonies.

The day's principal activity will be a pioneer parade, starting at 1 p.m. Floats, bands, stage coaches, and wagons will form at the intersection of Lotus Road and State Route 49 north of town and wind its way through the center of Coloma. Dedication of the mill will come after the parade, about 2:30 p.m. At "SUV A REPLICA OF SUTTER'S MILL will be dedicated Sunday at Coloma as part of the Discovery Day Celebration. Following an old fashioned parade at 1 p.m.

Roseville Man Dies Under Wheels Of His Own Car In Solo Accident A-O-WA-KI-YA Camp Fire Girls received their Group Torch-bearer certificate during a candlelight ceremony Tuesday evening at the home of DR. AND MRS. LEE WIGHT. Each girl was certified as having successfully completed the six week course of study in child care given under the direction of Mrs. Eugenia Creason, a Rocklin registered nurse.

Beads were also awarded for individual achievements in Camp Fire activities. The junior high school girls now rated as competent baby sitters are pictured (left to right) standing: ANN HOLMES, ANNA LEE WIGHT, CINDY WILKES, MICHELLE PACKOWSKI, kneeling in front: LUCLNDASCHROEDER AND KAREN HALLGREN. Parents were invited to view the ceremonies and were served cake and coffee by their daughters. LIONS DINE ON MOOSE STEW CHAMPAGNE Thirty-two Rocklin Lions, their ladies and guests visited the Foresthill Lions Club last Friday evening wherethey were treated to a feast of moose stew and champagne at the Foresthouse restaurant. The moose was 3:30 p.m.

there will be an old-time melodrama, "Bad Day at Coloma," in the Community Hall. The production, by the Hangtown Theatre Guild, will be free. Another free attraction will be a concert by the 12th District Naval Band from San Francisco at 2 p.m. At 2:15 p.m. the Joseph R.

Knowland Room in the park museum will be dedicated by Mrs. Clarice Knowland, Oakland, his widow, and Assemblyman Chappie. A plaque and a photograph of the longtime chairman of the State Park Commission and Oakland publisher will be unveiled in the room of the museum, for which Knowland contributed funds for historical display. The museum was opened in 1961. John Raffetto President Of Rocklin Bank John A.

Raffetto of Auburn was elected president of the Sunset Bank of Rocklin at a directors' meeting which followed an annual session of the shareholders Tuesday night at the bank. C. Doulton Burner was reelected vice president, and Frederick W.G. Mommer will continue as executive vice president and bank manager. Raffetto is also manager of the West Coast Capital Company, a Small Business Investment Company headquartered in Auburn.

Newcastle Fruit Growers Assn. Board Votes To Toss In Towel which occurred at 12:25 a.m. Two Colorado men were injured at 7:20 p.m. Monday when a flat tire sent their truck and trailer rig into the ditch. California Highway Patrolman James Mayhorn identified the driver as Raymond Donald Town-send, 43, of Denver.

His helper was Dalen J. Hanson, 44, of Edgewater. They were taken to Placer County Hospital. Townsend told the officer he was eastbound at about 50 miles an hour on Interstate 80 near Dry Creek Road when the right front tire went flat, causing the big rig to run off the road and overturn in a four-foot ditch. William James Mosby, 63, of Sacramento, sustained minor injuries and was booked into Placer County Jail on a charge of drunk driving after an accident on Interstate 80 west of Sierra College Boulevard at 7:30 p.m.

Friday. California Highway Patrolman Frank Rowley said Mosby backed his pickup truck into a small foreign car driven by Mickey Ann Cimino, 27, of Route 2, Auburn. A Roseville man was killed early Tuesday in a freak accident on Interstate 80, when he was run over by his own car. The victim was Vincent Philip Linares, 42. California Highway Patrolman R.

T. Wilder said the eastbound car driven by Linares apparently ran off the right shoulder of the road about three-fourths of a mile west of the Newcastle overpass. The driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to broadslide in the dirt. When the wheels came in contact with the pavement again, the two-door sedan upset and began rolling across the freeway. Linares, who was not wearing his seat belt, was ejected, and the car came to rest upright in the divider, with the driver pinned beneath the front of the vehicle.

He suffered massive head injuries and was dead at the scene. The engine was separated from the body of the car by the force of the crash. Witnesses told the officer that Linares had been exceeding the speed limit and driving erratically just before the accident, Eddy Woodruff, 31, of Newcastle, told the officer he had been following the Mosby vehicle from Sacramento, observing it weaving erratically. He said he had stopped at the eastbound scales to notify the highway patrol of a possible drunk driver, and later overtook the pickup again near Rocklin. When Mosby pulled to the side to stop, Woodruff said, he pulled in front of him.

The Cimino woman came up behind and stopped. Mosby backed into her car as he tried to leave the scene. A two-and-a-half year old girl, Elizabeth Jeanne Johnson of Willows, was taken to Roseville Hospital for treatment of minor injuries last Wednesday after a small van driven by her father ran off Highway 65 about a mile and a half north of Lincoln. Robert Clayton Johnson, 40, told California Highway Patrolman J. H.

Coe the van was loaded with television repair equipment and apparently swerved because it was top heavy. He lost control of the vehicle, ran off the road and overturned. furnished by Rocklin Lion ROY RUIIKALA and Foresthill Lion George Grant who, in company with George Porter and Harry Rosen-berry, had bagged the moose (plural) on their hunting foray in British Columbia in late October. TOM TURN BULL supplied the champagne for the affair. After the dinner, the crowd enjoyed colored slides of the hunting trip shown by Harry Rosenberry.

The Rocklin Lions managed to surrepticiously make off with the Foresthill club's bell, which means that a return visit will be in order in the near future. BRIDAL SHOWER A "think pink" party mood prevailed with the pink and white theme chosen by MRS. LLOYD HENDERSON to decorate her Sunset home for the surprise personal bridal shower which honored MRS. SYLVIA ATTICS last Sunday afternoon. MRS.

JOEL REED, Mrs. Tatties' daughter, assisted with the hostess duties. The guest list for the afternoon party and lavish buffet supper included 25 close friends and family members of the bride-elect. Mrs. Tatties, well known in the area for her art works and in the local academic community as secretary-bookkeeper of the Rocklin School District, has chosen January 20 as the date of her marriage to Harry Hendra of Sacramento.

COMING EVENTS The monthly luncheon meeting of the Au-burn-Roseville CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB is slated for Thursday, January 25, at Sunset Oaks Clubhouse, and will feature a special happy birthday theme for each lady attending. Guest speaker will be Dorothy Jayne, a Sacramento psychiatrist, the special program will be a showing of hand knits from the Knitting Parlor in Citrus Heights, and special music will be provided by La Donna McLellan. All interested ladies are invited. Please make reservations for the luncheon and child care by January 22, 624-2065 or 624-2791. plums and pears had been packed during the past season.

That amount, an all time low, was compared by Wellington to the peak years of the mid-1930's when as many as 1500 cars were processed annually at the big Newcastle plant, for shipment to eastern and foreign markets. In recent years the orchards of association members have been damaged badly by pear decline and blight, Wellington ex- Wellington said the association's membership of orchardists dropped from 100 to 25 during the past season. The Newcastle organization has provided work for thousands of fruit workers during its more than 65 years of operation. As many as 250 men and women were employed during peak seasons. Wellington said no immediate plans are under consideration for Another discouraging event in the decline of Placer County as one of the nation's largest producers of fruit was revealed this week in the announcement that the Newcastle Fruit Growers Association has quit business.

Determination to cease further operations at the county's oldest fruit packing plant, established in 1901, was made at a recent meeting of the nine-member board of directors, when, according to Royal Wellington, board chairman, it was announced that only 50 cars of plained. Discouraged, many of liquidating the Newcastle pack-the growers have offered their ing sheds and warehouse, valued farms for sub-division purposes, the neighborhood of $100,000..