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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore.
Sunday. Marclyfi, I960
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"I said, 'THAT TOY IS BATHER NOJSY, ISN'T ITZi"
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Behind Pawn
Lurk Comedy
By MICHAEL FRANK SWEENEY
Ever get in a temporary finan-
- eial jam and had to "put the bite"
on your "uncle" for a temporary
loan until the goose would be hang
ing high again?
Now, by "uncle" we don't mean
your "Uncle Sam" or a blood rel
ative what we mean by. "un-
cle" in this case is the gent
who is the major domo ot the thou-
- sands ol pawnshops, or "hock
(hops" which flourish throughout
. the-United States.
down" on the pawnshop business
- right here in Klamath Kails, the?
writer Friday morning called on
the proprietors of the two shops in
operation here.JSy the time he coit
eluded the interview, he left "bug
eyed" at the onc-thousand-and-one
things he had seen, and he had
learned more about psychol
ogy and philosophy than he thought
possible.
The newsman also learned about
lome'of the idiosyncrasies of the
American public, and he was also
to learn, but not to his surprise,
that pawnbrokers in general, do
not have ice-water flowing through
. thci veins, and that in 'the tinal
analysis, they are not "h u m a n
, leeches," but human beings.
He had hardly identified himself
- to Roland Cofcr, proprietor of Co-
fer's Exchange, when Cofe'r looked
him squarely in the eye and said
"Are you really a reporter for the
Herald and News the 'real Mc
Coy' or are you just 'cav'ng'
the joint?"
Perhaps, gentle reader, you have
long labored under the erroneous
impression that the only persons
who pledge a watch, a ring, or
what have you, for a temporary
loan, arc the ones who arc the
"down. and outers" who arc, en
route to the "Skid Roads" of the
.nation.
Classy Customers
'. Well, you might be surprised to
; learn, according to Cofer, of the
'number of Cadillacs that frequent
ly park within the shadows of a
pawnshop. Their owners are tem
porarily down on their luck and
they are seeking a temporary loan
from their "uncle" to tide them
Over. Incidentally, every proprie
tor of a pawnshop is invariably
called "uncle."
The writer quest ionrd Cnfcr
'cWsfly aljbul ome of ftiS"cBsn-
ctcrs," especially those habitues
of "Skid Road" with whom he dues
business. He also queried him re
garding some of the unusual arti
cles that are left as pledges.
"We cater," said Cofcr. "to a
cross section of the American pub
lic, both male and female. Along
with the 'upper crust' jve cater to
ill sorts of individuals, intfuding
the winos.
"It is nothing for one of those
boys to be on hand as soAi as we
open up for business in the morn
ing. It is quite evident that the
customer had lost a fighting bout
with Bacchus the night before and
he wants to get something to slake
his burning thirst.
"They offer for security such
Items as their shoes with socks
thrown in), a wooden leg. and on
numerous occasions we have had
clients who warty-d to pawn their
reading glasses and their false
teeth."
Cgmedy and stark melodrama
frequently play an important role
on the "stage of life" within the
portals of a pawnshop. And in
each of these cases iurks an ab
aorbins human document.
Thc9wnbrokcr was in a remi
niscent mood as he told of some
of these cases.
On several occasions, he said,
recent brides, their husbands had
"taken a powder" on them shortly
after their marriage, were left des
titute and in some cases there was
an expectant child. Frightfully em
barrassed, and on the verge ot
tears, they approach the "loan"
window. They fumble in their
handbags and frequently bring
forth their engagement and wed
Shop Doors
And Tears
ding rings. .
Old Folks
Then there arc the "old folks"
and many old pensioners who have
one brokf before the arrival of
the pension check. Many of these
produce heirlooms (priceless to
them) which they want to pawn.
The following is but a smyill list
of some (if the articles reposing
in pawnshops.
Watches of all types (they lead
the list), pistols and shotguns of
all descriptions, musical instru-
ers, mechanical tools of all de
scriptions, radios, TV sets, wash
ing machines, bowling balls, sew
ing machines, tape recorders, au
tomobile tires, fraternity pins, golf
clubs, and a variety of other items
too numerous to mention.
When the reporter identified him
self to Sam (Doc) Scott, proprie
tor of the Scott Loan Company,
it was quite evident that the home-
spun philosopher extraordinary
had "something on his chest" and
his gray hair fairly bristled as he
was getting that "something" off
his chest.
"For years tin end," said Sam
"pawnbrokers and pawnshops
around the country have been the
victims of vicious jokes especially
among movie and legitimate stage
actors.
"When they fail to get a laugh
from (heir audience they turn" their
attention to us fellows who are
operating legitimate businesses.
"To hear them (the actors) tell
about us, we are nothing but a
cheap bunch of chiselcrs who are
living on the misfortunes of our
fcllowmen.
"These so-called jokesters never
realize how much we do for the
benefit of mankind. And let me tell
you this. Many a pawnbroker has
been instrumental in keeping a
man or woman from behind the
bars of a county jail or a peni
tentiary. "How come, you ask? Well, the
"uy is about down and nearly out.
l'erhaps he might nc ligunng to
'pull a caper' (which in the par
lance of the underworld means
robbery, slickup, etc.).
"He might have a pretty good
watch or a ting in his pocket. He
pawns it, aSd the money he re
ceives helps him over the cough
spots."
Former thief
WelLLiked;
Given Pay Check
NOVI, Mich. (API So well
liked is Tormcr police chief Lee
Begole the village council refuses
to remove him from the payroll.
Boggle quit his job to head the
police in nearby Cheboygan. The
council refused to recognize his
resignation and sent him a check
for $182.75 covering a two-week
period since he left his job Feb.
15.
Begole said he would put the
paycheck in the bank but would
accept no more.
The council said it would con
tinue to recognize Begole as police
chief and still pay him while he
is in Cheboygan. Begole said he
had no plans to return.
Meantime, the Novi pglicc arc
under the supervision 01 an acting
chief.
Tea Drinking
Causes Row
DONCASTKR, England (AP) -Some
2.30O British employes of an
American firm w'sStiOstrikoSita
urday dem;SidniP union recogni
tion and lea-drinking rights.
The International Harvester Co.
told the strikers that if they re
turn to work Mondapthe firm will
negotiate with the unions.
One complaint was that most of
the men were not allotved to sit
down to drink their tea.
Previous Crimes Listed
Of Con Caryl Chessman
SACRAMENTO (UPI) - The
man with the crooked nose and
black, wavy hair has been busy
for the pas 22 years. He spent
U years orcaKing tne law and
the other 11 debating it.
Caryl Chessman was born at
St. Joseph, Mich., on May 27
11)21. He was stealing bread and
milk at the age of 12. and cars at
the age of 14.
The first entry in his criminal
record came in 1937 when he was
arrested on suspicion of auto
theft, and suspicion of burglary.
Altco a short term at PiOiInn
School of Industry, he was 8r
rcsled again in 1938.
In 1941 Chessman was sent to
San QucntiiP prison on four cftints
of first jlcgrcfc robbery and one
count ot assault with a deadly
weapon. He escaped from the Cal
ifornia Institution for Men in 1943.
He was returned to San Quentin
in 1944 witlr an additional new
commitment of first degree rob
bery and rclsed late in 1947.
Within days after Chessman's
release, a "red light bandit" be
gan terrorizing couples in lovers'
lanes in the Los Afigeles area. He
impersonated a policeman by
driving a car with a flashing red
light.
Sometimes the bandit flourished
a .45 caliber pistol, robbed the
couples and vanished. But in oth
er occasions, the masked man
forced the girl to accompany him
and brutally assaulted her.
Girl "Kidnaped
On the night of Jan. 22, 1948,
the bandit approached a young
couple parked in an isolated
place He kidnaped a 17-year-old
irl, attempted to rape her and
forced her into acts of sex per
version during the three hours he
held her captive.
The following night, police offi-
May spotted a coupe that an
swered the description of the
bandit's car and signaled it to
pull over.
The coupe sped away, with the
patrol car in pursuit. During a
wild 80-mile-an-hour chase, May
radioed for help and fired on the
fleeing car.
The 'coupe plunged through one
roadblock and was about to evade
another when Reardon rammed it
broadside with the patrol car.
Police arrested Chessman and a
companion in the stolen car,
which still contained loot of a rob
bery earlier in the evening.
KF Accidents
Injure Trio;
None Serious
Three persons were injured Sat
urday afternoon, two of them au-
toists and the third a pedes
trian, in local traffic accidents.
Klamath Valley Hospital attend
ants said that none of the injuries
was serious.
Hospitalized were Mrs. Anna Al-
laway, 5318 Berry; Claude Wil
liamson of Chiloquin, and the pe
destrian, Frank Sopieray, 303 Ne
vada Street.
State police said that William
son was injured in a one-car ac-'
cident after his northbound vehi
cle hit some gravel on the right
side of Highway 97 about six miles
north of here, then went into a
ditch on the left side of the road.
He is reported to have sustained
facial lacerations.
.Mro. Allaway was injured in a
traffic mishap that occurred at
(the Intersection of South" Sixth
Street and Homedale Road. Slate
police said that the driver of the
vehicle, Bryan Allaway, stopped
at the stop sign on Homedale, then
pulled out across the highway in
an attempt to make a left hand
turn. He was struck on the right
side by a vehicle driven byj'aul
P.. I leiicne, omu m-nviT aireei.
Police said that Allaway will be
cited for failure to yield the right
of wn
Sopieray was hit by a vehicle
driven byOOrval L. Johnson, 859
Lakeshore, whose car was head
ing east on Nevada Street near
the Fremont Grocery. It is be
lieved that Sopieray sustained leg
injuries. Johnson was njj cited.
nil 'limns ric udii.iiuiLvivwu
hhospital by Peace Ambulance
Arab's Nasser
Raps Ben-Qurion
DAMASCUS. Syria (API-Presi
dent Abdcl Gamal Nasser of the
United Arab Republic Saturday
blasted Israeli Premier David Ben-
Gurion as "the greatest war crim
inal of the 20th Century" and
warned the West against giving
Israel arms.
O'Offig reports that France in
tended 0P send jftt fighters to
Isracland Oat itai? will send
submarines, the Arab leader de
clare
This won t terrorize us, be
cause we already know who are
our enemies and because we are
already preparing ourselves to
face this aggression." O
Hollywood pojjcc announced the
lunowing morning mey naa ac
cumulated enough evidence to
link Chessman to the crimes of
the r$ light bandit.
The car was stolen in Pasadena
about the time the bandit began
operations, a pen-type flashlight
similar to the one used in the
crimes was found in the glove
compartment, and a .45calihcr
pistol was found nciifby.
Chcssmjj( answered the descrip
tion of the bandit, aJhough he
was sngntiy taller. However,
many of the victims identified
Chessman as the guilty mei,
.Oral Confession
Two days later, police said they
had obtained an aural confession
from. Chessman and declared the
case was closed. When brought to
trial a few weeks later, Wicss
man denied the crimes.
He argued that hcwas victim
of coincidence, mistaken identity
and a police frame-up. He said
detectives h,g tricked and beaten
him wlo confessing the crimes.
s
Chessman spurned a court-appointed
attorney and attempted to
defend himself. A jury of 11 wom
en an(J one nm found him
guilty on 1 counts of robbery,
kidnaping and rape.
The jury invoke) California's
seldom-used "Little Lindbergh"
kidnaping law and ordered the
death penalty for two of tl
crinx-s.
Chessman entered death row at
San Quentin on July 3, 1948--and
his 11-year fecord of crime was
over.
The following 11 years were not
so obscure for Caryl Chessman,
who wrote a best seller, carried
his case to the Supreme Court
more than a dozen times, and
broke eight appointments with the
rju.-.haiiliej-. .......
The last reprieve was granted
by California Gov. Edmund G.
Brown on Feb. 19 as people
throughout the world watched and
took sides on rile issue.
Now the people of the world
watch again as Chessman's 60
day reprieve ticks away, and the
California Looislature begins con
sidering the abolition of capital
punishment.
The people of the world know
the Chessman who became fa
mous during 11 years on death
row but few know what the man
with the crooked nose and pierc
ing eyes did to get there.
Female Rights
Given Backing
WASHINGTON (UPD Sen.
Olin D. Johnston (D-S.C.) threat
ened Friday night to slap back at
civil rights advocates by recom
mending a girl for appointment to
the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point.
If the civil rights backers are so
concerned about discrimination;
Johnston told tho Senate, they
should think about female rights.
Soviet Propaganda Drive
May Put west On Defense
WASHINGTON (AP) The So
viet Union appears to be building
up a major political and propa
ganda drive to put the United
States and its allies on the defen
sive in this year's disarmament
and summit conferences.
The Western powers divide
and uncertain about their strate
gy, have yet to generate any
strong initiative to counter the So
viet offensive.
One policy result of the Soviet
attack is to give strong indication
that the East-West disarmament
conlcrence opening in Ggneva
March 15 is already solidly dead
locked, even before it starts.
Similarly, prospects arc dim
now to j any agreed solution at the
Paris summit conference in May
on the problem of West Berlin and
the issue of a German peace set
tlement.
Nevertheless, Western dip'gmats
say these negotiations must be
held both in the hope of easing
Ugnsions and for the purpose of
readiness to try to find settle
ments, a
Secretary of State Christian A.
Herter, on his way back from his
South American tour with Presi
dent Eisenhower, may be able in
the next few days to give some
fresh impetus to the development
of Western planning for the ses
sions with the Soviets.
The latest blast from Soviet
sources against the West came
Thursday when the twiO principal
newspapers in Moscow, l?vestia
and Pravda, made a conceited at
tack on recent statements- Her
ter. In a full-page article, which at
tracted prompt study in the State
Department here, IzOstia as
sailed point by point every feature
of a disarmament speech which
Herter made at the National Press
Club on Feb. 18. O
The Pravda article denounced
"Oh, I'll go along with you
Now show me one
Anonymous Fund Payers
Sought By Federal Bureau
By FRANK CORMIER
WASHINGTON (AP) The In
ternal Revenue service said today
errant taxpayers whomake anony
mous contributions to ihe agency's
'conscience fund" will be credited
Pwith the payments if tax agents
ever catch up 'with them.
In response to an inquiry, offi
cials said evidence of every pay
ment to the fund in carefully pre
served (or this purpose.
Conscience fund is the informal
which receives, contributions from
taxpayers who have cheated Uncle
Sam and want to settle their debt
without revealing their identity.
The fund collects about $10,000 a
year. Recent payments nave
ranged from 10 cents to $2,000.
One man wrote -that he couldn't
leep because of his tax evasion
and was sending in $300. He added
this postscript: "If I still cn't
sleep, I will send more later."
Perhaps the strangest of all con
science fund cases involved a re
tired New England business man.
He sent in five new $1,000 bills and
was quickly traced through the se
rial numbers.
When agents called on him, he
reported that he came to the
United States as an immigrant,
built up a prosperous business and
felt the country had been so good
to him that he ought to make a
contribution just in case he had
once made an unwitting error1 in
his taxes.
Agi-nts went over his books and
found that Uncle Sam owed the
man $11,000. So he got a treasury
check for $10,000, which included
the return of his anonymous pay
ment. the Herter statement of Feb. 15 In
which he said that the Baltic
states of Latvia, Esthonia and
Lithuania are entitled to govern
ments of their own choice. These
states have been incorporated in
the Soviet Union sincee earjp incven8March declines and onjj-
World War II and Pravda ap
peared to be saying in effect that
the United States must sooner or
late accept ijjeir present status.
LEGAL NOT ICR
Q
NOTtCE OF SALE TO SATISFY
WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN
Pursuant to the provision! of ORS
743,10, notice la hereby given that th
undersigned Peoples Warehouse will,
on Peoples Warehouse premises at
1425 South Sixth Street, Klamath Falls.
Oregon, at 2 P.M. Marrh 16. I960 sell
at public auction to the highest and
hes'iidder therefor, for cash, tha fol
lowing described sook. to wit:
1-matlrcss
1-box springs
1-mrtal bed frame
3-end tables
1 -small cverstuff chair
1-hassock
1-foot stool
3-wnod boxea
1-floor lamp
l-chi!d"s table
1 -radio speaker
1- S W radio
2- radio parts .
1-radio trster
1-chest of drawer!
1-wall mirror
1 -bookcase
1-roll rug
1-rug pad
S-cartons
a-kitchen tools
curtain rods
or so much thereof as may be nec
essary to satisfy the claim of the
underpinned for storage on said goods:
that the name of the owner or person
on whose account said goods are held
is Arthur L. Welch: that the amount
of the undersigned's claim on said
goods Is $144.00 plus cost of notice.'
advertisement and sale.
Dated February 26, 19BO
Peoples Warehouse
W. C. Bcnnet, Mgr.
No 75, Feb. 26, Mar. t.
People Read
SPOT ADS
you ore
tea's 0Mitt
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that this suit is the most!
that's the least!"
Officials said no effort is made
to trace most contributions. How
ever, action is taken if the amount
is substantial and if enough leads
are provided.
The biggest recent payment was
$2,000 which arrived from Chicago
last week. The taxpayer sair he
once shorted IRS by $1,500 and
was adding $500 to take0care of
interest and penalties.
Officials were asked what will
happerf to the taxpayer's $2,000 if
he eventually is discovered. They
said that il the contributor can in
dicate convincingly that he mailed
be credited to his account. He
doesn't have to prove it so long
as his memory jibes with IRS rec
cords. All envelopes containing con
science fund payments are photo
graphed and preserved. In addi
tion, a record is made of the se
rial numbers of all currency re
ceived. In this way IRS tries to make
sure no one cheats himself by en
riching the conscience fund.
Spring Holds
For World Of
By ELMER C. WALZER
DPI Flnannial Editor
NEW YORK (UPI) - In three
weeks it will be spring, a petfod
both Wall Street and business
have been awaiting.
If past history holds, the stock
market has a better chance of
rising than of falling in the month
of March. In the past 63 years,
industrial shares have risen in 38
anddcclincd in 25, while the roil
score has been 36 gains and 27
declines.
Spring is the time the auto
salesmen hope their predictions of
big sales totals will come true.
If they are right, steel operations
should hold high in several vital
centers. Railroads should have
more business, and building
should have come out of its
slump.
The month of March lor the
stock market h, improved its
gaining record in each of the past
three decades, In the tantalizing
thirties industrial shares showed
three gains.
n i . l
In tw firming forties this group
managed to show only four March
declines and six gains. In the
fabulous fifties, there were only
the'e March declines and seven
advances.
The decade of the thirties saw
a market facing to new lows in
1932 and then rallying moderately.
The l'Pos saw industrials get to
200 or a little better. It took the
1950s to see the average cross
300, 400, 500, and 600.
W:hat will the soaring sixties
see' Some prognosticators are
put"ng the average up to 800 or
better after further misery for
some stockholders before there is
an influx of eager buyers.
The biggest market gain in
March in the past three decades
was made in 16 when the Dow-
Jones average rose 28.14 points.
The biggest decline was in March.
1938, when the average declined
30.69 points. In March of 1959 the
market enjoyed a good rise in the
first half and then declined with
the average losing 1.79 points on
the month.
q Optimistic Forecasters
The market so far this year
has suffered from exuberance ot
prognostication.
As the predictors saw the future
late in 1959 the golden era of the
1960s was to produce a rip-
MOVING?
Call TU 2-3212
NORTH AMERICAN
VAN LINES
County Fairground Users
By TOM STIMMEL
A good many pitchforks were
iahbed into the hide, of an absent
Klamath County Kair Board Krl
day night by .users of the county
fairgrounds and buildings.
More than 70 representatives of
a dozen amateur organizations
from barrel racers to ridge riders
met in the fairgrounds exhibi
tion building to air their views.
They complained about an incon
sistent rental schedule, elimination
of dances that "wore the floor
nil." inequitable use of. rooms and
lurldings, or or no janitor
service, and short-sighted building
plans. o
ine crowd at first seemed un
certain of its purpose. Several per
sons asked why the meeting had
been called. The chairman. Ken
Snyder, 2624 Vandcrgrift Avenue,
at no time introduced himself to
the assembly. He wfc asked who
called the meeting, and he did not
answer,
Pros and Con
There have been an awful lot
of pros and cons about the fair
board and the fairgrounds," Sny
der said. "We ' think something
ought to be done, one way or the
other.
"We're not after anybody's job,'
he said. "We're here to find out
if it's tieing run right."
BUI iteppe, president of the
Roping Club, was the first to
speak. "We have been treated
very justly," heVaid.
Mrs. Beverly Viand, represent
ing the Oregon Barrel Racing As
sociation", said, "We have been
treated fairly. We wanted t h e
room for a meeting. It took one
phone call, that's all."
Mrs. Scott McKendree of t h e
District Garden Club brought the
first hint of comprint. She wanted
to know if building users were re-
service, and how much hall rental
should be.
John Owens, president of t h c
Ridge Riders, said, "We've been
getting along fine." But he said
he had been told the hall could
not be used for dancing anymore.
We had it reserved for the 12th,"
he said, "but we were turned down
last week."
By this time it became appar
ent that complaints were in order,
and they followed generously. A
Promise
Business
snorting boom In just about
everything.
The boom didn't rip-snort and
the predictors were toned down,
Meantime selling brought stocks
down in a decline that carried
through the first half of
February.
The decline in turn brought
caution into business and the
whole economy steadied. Respite
mis braking of the boom, industry
operated around its best levels in
history in most lines even though
the totals weren't up to earlier
anticipations.
According to many Wall Street
observers, this development was
all to the good. It helped prevent
excesses in business and in mar
kets. And, they add, it brought
stocks down to a more normal
level with earnings and earnings
prospects made stocks mote
respectable pricewise.
The unsolved problem as the
market goes into its third month
of 1960 is whetheio prices of
stocks have adjusted sufficiently
to bring in the big buyers.
Some of the market men hold
that the list could muddle around
current levels before meetine
volume support. A few others
expect further declines before the
big buying point is reached.
Regular Meeting
Of DAR Slated
The regular meeting of Eulalona
Chapter of Daughters of American
Revolution will- be held in the
downstairs auditorium of the city
library on Monday evening, start
ing at 8 p.m., according to the re
gent, Mrs. Julian Ager.
This is a change of meetins
place from that listed in the year
book. Mrs. Ager pointed out.
This will be the last opportunity
toegistcr for attendance at the
state convention to be held at Eu
gene on March 9, 10 and 11.
OVERWEIGHT?
HEDY
LAMARR
suggests
(fljskjLoi
"Vv discovered th secret of weight
control. Take Ayds", siyt Heriy,
Taken as directed before meals,
Ayds eurhi your appetite. You au
tomntteally eat le lose pounds.
Ayds now in chocolate fudge-type
and vanilla caramel, Money bark
jruarantee. A Month's Supply $3.25.
vocal spokesman was,5Dr. M. C.
McFadden, a veterinatfan, member
nf IhA .liininr NnHut AccnnlafiM
and friend of youth.
"We've got a plant here that'
worth probably $250,000, and you,
and you, and you, and I ar tax
payers," he said. "Why can't w
use it? The city's fighting with
the suburban area now becaust
it doesn't have room for our kids.
Kids won't tear up the arena any
more than the ropers will."
O 'Ran Us Out'
The Junior Rodeo AssoyaOon,
he said, had to move its show
to Tulelake last year. "They didn't
run us out the county, they
ran us out of the state," he ai
cud. He compared price: At
the fairgrounds, $150 for the fifst
show, $150 for a second show,
$100 for the barns, $50 for ligh'U,
and $75 for a hall "if we wanted
to hold a queen's ballf' Tulelaies
"A two-day show for $50, lock,
slock and barrel." He added that
lights cost actfRft kilowatt hours,
and a hall for the queen's ball
would cost $25. i
Dan Emerick said the Saddle
Cluhiad asked for two rooms foe
a party, was turned downe and
was told dliat "square dances fcad
worn the floor out." He asked,
"What're they using the0buildtng
for? That's jvhat I want to kn0v."
Ron Johnson wanted some pro
vision for independent individuals
to ride in the arena, and pro
posed a schedule for afler-schbol
use. Bill Dingier said the south
end of the race track had been
washed out and not repaired, and
that last fall a rail had been torn
down, and that he had to maji
any repairs made. Slim Stephen
son said he was bucking horses
in the arena until two years "agj
when he was turned oway because
the arena was. too wet. "I figure
tfittrwct (ni-fhrr'-if's:'mr"bi&i-s
ness. I've got to ride 'em, ttfey
don't." '
County Assessor. Hap Caldwell
read figures from the 1959 '60
budget. Fair boaifl 'income was
$38,050, its expenses were $53,227,
its expenses over income, to be
raised by taxeswas $15,177. ,',
Phil Sheridan of Satan's Chauf
feurs said they, too, were I01d no
more dances could btffleld at the
fairgrounds because of floor dam
age.
Women objected to having -to
clean up the building before and
after use, and one person main
tained that Harold Willheit, fair
grounds manager, did "nothing
but open the door."
Basil Brown commented on
$22,000 sinking fund for a new
ham, and said, "I can't see spend
ing $80,000 to $90,000 for another
new building just for 4-H usa
alone. I have nothing against 4-H,
you understand, but I think tho
building should be for all pur
poses." Numerous Complaints
Numerous complaints w e r
made of Willheit. State Represent
ative Carl Yancey asked, "In deal
ing with Mr. Willheit, did he say
these things were the official will
of the board?"
Owens said they were.
"Then I think your organizations
should make up a tentative sched
ule and take it to the fair board.
If Mr. Willheit gives you any trou
ble, then we should see to that,"
Yancey said.
Throughout the meeting, the fcir
hnnrrl'c ahnuia w,. emnl.H,!.nJ
by five empty chairs beside the
chairman's table, while some peo
ple were standing. Snyder said tho
fair board and the county oourt
both were asked to joinothe meet
ing. Members of both the court
and the board said thev had not
pjeen infitfd, and ffieiiSnly knowl
edge was a meeting notice in tho
Herald and News.
Nevertheless a meeting is in
prospect. c committee of 12 or
ganization heads is to meet Mon
day at 7 p.m. in Shasta School to
draw up complaints to be brought
before the county court, fryder
aid County Judge Bob Walker had
tentatively scheduled a meeting
with thiPcourt for next Wednes
day when views could be heard.
At length, just before the meet
ing was adjourned, someSody
thought it would be a good idea
to invite Willheit and the fair
board to the meeting with tho
court. This was decided upon.
iancey said he would help.
'This is the only county in tho
state where this sort of thing is
going on." he said. "I'm lorrjf
about it."
MONTAGUE PTA !
PRESENTS
VANITIES I
OF 1960
March 11-12 j
8:00 P.M.
Montague Hall
Adults $i.oo ;
Children 50c
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