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to hear request Fox Farm group wants new development ent A long-pending zone change request for 730 acres south of town i is expected to be considered by the County Commission during its regular meeting Tuesday. A group called Fox Farm Associates has asked that the land south of Rolling Hills Estate and between Fox Farm Road and the Missouri River be rezoned from Agricultural zoning to R-1 Suburban Residential zoning. The City Commission last week endorsed the City-County Planning Board's unanimous decision to recommend denial of the zone change request. After several appearances by owners of the property during the last year, the board voted April 10 to recommend the county commissioners deny the request. Meanwhile, the six owners of the land are preparing to sell it in 20-acre parcels during a public auction May 20.

According to Robert Goff, attorney for Fox Farm Associates, the property will be sold regardless of whether the zone change is granted. In an effort to explain their decision, members of the planning board met recently with county commission- ers. The commission earlier was sent a letter outlining the board's objections to the rezoning request. The zone change would increase the potential density of residential development from a 5-acre minimun lot size to 2 acres. This would increase by times the potential number of homes which could be built in the area, explained city planning director John Mooney.

A majority of lots are still vacant in three subdivisions between the Fox Farm Associates property and the city limits, the county commissioners were told. In order to promote healthy planning, the board strongly believes that these areas should be developed before more outlying areas are developed. Because of the large number of vacancies in other areas, the board questions whether a new residential development would answer a community need. The land in question was zoned Agricultural in 1972, Mooney explained, adding that Fox Farm Associates did not purchase it until late 1977. "They knew it had been zoned agricultural," he said, "but they were hoping to obtain a zone change all along." According to Goff, his group's initial plan was to develop the land, but it now has abandoned that idea in favor of selling it.

The 20-acre tracts could be converted to 5-acre tracts and avoid subdivision review through two exemptions to the state subdivison law, the occasional sale and family exemption. Under state law, if the zone change is granted no subdivision review would be necessary before development occurs, Mooney said, and the likelihood of adequate utilities and services being provided is remote. Developers will be free to build homes, but will not be responsible for providing necessary public services, such as roads, fire protection and school busing, planning board members believe. Goff, however, argues that if the zone change is approved to allow twoacre tracts, land owners anxious to subdivide their property will be unwilling to take the time necessary to develop the property by occasional sale or family exemption. To speed up Chinese visitor finds U.S.

friendlier than before When Myotin Chang first came to the United States 20 years ago, she found herself a stranger in a land of strangers. "There were barriers between people everywhere she said, but "they're less noticable now. People aren't strangers to each other like they were then." Barriers may have separated Americans from one another, but they didn't restrict the young Chinese student, who spent a summer studying at the University of Montana. Now, 20 years later, she finds the atmosphere here much friendlier. On a recent visit to Great Falls, the Chinese-born doctor talked about differences between life in this country and in Hong Kong, where she now works as a radiologist.

Working conditions here and in the British colony differ considerably, she pointed out, especially where women are concerned. Her position as a radiologist is a somewhat unusual job for a woman, she said. Most working women in Hong Kong hold less prestigious and lower-paying jobs. The vast majority of professional jobs in Hong Kong are filled by men, she noted. Unlike their American sisters, however, women in Hong Kong seldom question the inequality that confronts them, Chang said.

Most accept the traditional "lower class" status of CONNOR funeral Home 2425-8th AVENUE NORTH 453-7257 WELCH Services 9. A.M. this Monday at St. Joseph's for Martin J. Welch, 70, 349 Riverview 6 W.

Graveside Masonic Rites in -Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Shrine Crippled Childrens Hospital or charity of donors choice. SKALA Services 11:15 A.M. this Monday at St.

Gerard's for Helen L. Skala, 60, 2512 4th Ave. N. Burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

The family requests that no food or flowers be sent to the family home. WALL Services 2 P.M. this Monday in the O'Connor Memorial Chapel for Borden Wall, 67, Milligan Route, with Rev. Lincoln Anderson officiating. Cremation.

Memorials are suggested to the Montana Heart Assoc. BROTHWELL Services for Sena E. Brothwell, 68, 1705 Ave. ore pending and will be announced when completLUCAS Services for Thomas C. Lucas, 33, 719 9th Ave.

are pending and will be announced when completed. GEORGE CO. funeral Home P.O. BOX 1713 453-4404 By MARCIA BUMANN Tribune Staff Writer CROXFORD SONS Funeral Directors 1307 Central 453-0315 FORD Services for Ronald Ford, 24, of 617 14th St. will be held today (Monday) at 11 a.m.' in Croxford and Sons' Rose Room with Darryl Henson officiating.

Burial in Highland Cemetery. SHEPHERD Services for Mrs. Gerald (Helen Shepherd, 75, of 2910 8th Ave. will be held today (Monday) at 2 p.m. in the Church of the Incarnation, Episcopal, with Rev.

Frank J. Terry officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church. MONROE Services for H.H.

"Hal" Monroe, 78, of Cascade, will be held today Rose (Monday) Room with burial in the Hillside Cemetery in Casp.m. in Croxford and Sons' code. Memorials are suggested to donors choice. SANTH Smith, Graveside of 1316 services 4th Ave. for Sigfred will be Tuesday at 2 p.m.

in Highland Cemetery officiatwith the Geraldine Masonic leave the Lodge Mortuary at The cortage will p.m. Memorials are suggested to donors choice. 13th Ave. S. 452-3131 FUNERAL HOME St.

truly personal service MATTOX Funeral services for Melissa Sue Mattox, 3-day-old daughter of Mr. and will Mrs. be held George from Mattox, the Chapel of Chimes (this) Mon1823 14th Ave. day afternoon at 1, with Chaplain Carl Sykes from Maimstrom AFB Chapel officiating. The body will be forwarded to Ridgeway, South Carolina for burial.

Monday, May 7, 1979 Great Falls Tribune 5 the process, owners would be inclined to petition the planning board for a subdivision review, Goff contends. On the other hand, Goff said, the costs involved in pursuing the subdivision process for five-acre tracts would discourage most persons. Board member Margaret Penington pointed out that much of the cost of providing services in the area will ultimately fall to the county. As more persons settle in the area, the commission will be deluged with demands for road maintenance and improvement, school bus service and fire protection, she said. Serving scattered low-density developments in this manner would be "an inefficient use of tax dollars," Mooney said, "especially looking at the vacant areas available that aren't yet Because the request involves such a large area of land, the impact could be devastating, the board told the commissioners.

If the petition for rezoning is approved, 1 up to 350 homes housing approximately 1,400 persons could be built, the county commissioners were told. to the point of being pathological," but she favors the concept of strong family members caring for the weaker ones. Chang's youthful looks bely her age of 46 years. The secret to looking and feeling young, she contends, is a diet low in starch. The Chinese consume a great deal of fish and a lot of vegetables and generally steer away from fattening breads and desserts.

Tai Ching boxing, practiced by many in China, is another key to fitness, Change said. The ancient sport develops overall body tone and shapes muscles. Among the younger set, jogging mania has hit, Chang said, but it's not as popular as it is here. Other U.S. fads and customs are beginning to infiltrate Chinese life, she said, adding that changes don't come quickly to a nation as steeped in tradition as China.

I see BIRTHS BERG Daughter to. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Berg, 3408.13th Ave. S.

LEWIS Twin son and daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lewis, 325 Riverview 3W. WALKER Son to Mr. and Mrs.

Michael Walker, 1020 7th Ave. N. DEATHS BROTHWELL Sena Etna Brothwell, 68, 1705 Ave. S. LUCAS Thomas A.

Lucas, 33, 719 9th Ave. S. SMITH Sigfried V. Smith, 96, 316 4th Ave. N.

Conrad man killed in crash A 35-year-old Conrad man was killed in an automobile accident on I-15 one mile south of Vaughn during heavy fog early Sunday morning. Donald David Floerchinger was stopped in a traffic lane when his car was struck from behind, according to the investigating patrolman. The driver of the other car, Clyde Peger, 19, Big Sandy, was treated and released from the Columbus Hospital emergency room. Ed Mikulecky, 19, Rudyard, was admitted to the Columbus Hospital for observation. He was in satisfactory condition Sunday afternoon.

Hair Mechanics Warehouse now located at 1701 20th Street South will hold its Grand Opening Sunday, May 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, May 28, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Open to licensed beauticians and barbers only! working, few hold positions comparable to males, she said. "But they (working women) think this is perfectly natural," she added. Jobs in Hong Kong are not as highpaying as their counterparts here, she said.

For instance, as a "top-scale" radiologist, she earns the equivalent of $2,000 a month in American money. But because inflation is not as high there as here, her paycheck buys more. And because taxes are lower, workers pay less to the government than U.S workers. In addition, included in her salary, and those of other workers, is a housing allowance, which pays monthly rent or mortgages. Family ties are stronger among the Chinese than among Americans, the Chang said.

Although growing number of families in larger Chinese cities are deteriorating, traditional regard for the family as a tight-knit body remains high. Chang sees this strength as a mixed blessing. Her family of eight, she joked, is "strong Deaths, funerals funerals Sigfred V. Smith Sigfred "Sig" V. Smith, 96, 316 4th Ave.

died in a local hospital Saturday. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, at Highland Cemetery, with the Geraldine Masonic Lodge officiating. Croxford Mortuary iS in charge. Smith was born in Forest Lake, and was educated there before he came to the Fort Benton area.

He homesteaded in the Clear Lake area near Geraldine and farmed there until his retirement in 1947. Smith was the last -survivor of the Shonkin Roundup Association, and was a Democratic candidate for Chouteau County treasurer in 1938. In 1917, he married Jennie Johnson near Butte. They moved to Great Falls in 1947, spending the winters in Chula Vista, Calif. He was a member of the Pilgrim Masonic Lodge in Geraldine and the Scottish Rite in Great Falls.

Survivors include his wife, Great Falls; nephews Gordon Ocean Grove, John Woodcock, Great Falls; and Ben Woodcock, Fort Benton; and nieces, Mrs. Robert (Betty) Willits, Fort Benton; and Mrs. David (Seena) Walker, and Mrs. Olga Dawson, Great Falls. HAWK ELECTRIC PLUMBING WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY MORNING (May 7) 'til 10:30 A.M.

IN MEMORY OF MARTIN WELSH OPEN HOUSE 7:30 p.m. Jim Hayes, Sculpture Judy Ericksen, Potter The Fiberist, Great Falls GALLERY 16 8 Fifth StaN. 453-6103 School is BEL- L-VIEN GRANDE FOX FARM WSTA GRANDE RANCHOS ROAD ROLLING FARM HALLS ESTATES FOX AREA REQUESTED TO BE REZONED FROM 'AGRICULTURAL TO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL FOX FARM ASSOCIATES PLANNING BOARD JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY RIVERWOOD VILLAS Public hearing slated for shopping center A public hearing to discuss a pro- third and Thirty-fourth streets. Under posed neighborhood shopping center the current residential zoning, the along the north side of Second Avenue owner, Myhre Advertising, cannot North between Thirty-eighth and build a professional services office faForty-first streets will be held Tues- cility, which it wants to do on the day at 3 p.m. by the City-County property.

their sex, "playing the part of mothers, grandmothers and aunts," Chang said. And because men dominate the more powerful positions, many women "will do almost anything to get along," she said. Sexist attitudes toward women are widespread and generally accepted in Hong Kong, Chang said. Although an increasing number of women are Thomas C. Lucas Myotin Chang Thomas Clifford Lucas, 33, 719 9th Ave.

died Sunday of an unknown illness, less than two weeks after his wedding. Lucas died shortly after being taken to a local hospital Sunday. He married Karla Licini in Great Falls April 27. Services are pending at the O'Connor Funeral Home. Lucas was born in Great Falls, and worked as a printer at Licini's Print Shop.

He graduated from Great Falls High School in 1964. From 1968 to 1977 he lived in California, and has lived in Great Falls since then. Survivors include his wife; four brothers, Larry and Rich Lucas and Tony and Danny Meyer, all of Great Falls; two sisters, LeAnne Meyer and Joanne Laro, both of Great Falls; his mother, Mrs. Mary Meyer, Great Falls, and a grandmother, Myrtle Lucas, Woodstock, Ontario. An appropriate and lasting tribute The sun always shines at Hillcrest Lawn Indoor Cemetery.

Hillcrest Lawn provides protected, perpetual care, surrounded by gorgeous marble. Visitors are welcome. We invite your inquiry. Visitation: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Assn. 1410-13th St.

So. Great Falls 453 3847 Planning Board. At that time the board will review an annexation petition and preliminary plat for a Skaggs Drug-Albertson's Food Center complex and hear comments from proponents and opponents of the proposal. A second public hearing will be held to discuss a zone change from residential use to mobile home residential use for a lot at 1515 6th Ave. NW.

Owners of the property, Philip and Gyda Armour, 1415 6th Ave. NW, have requested the change in order to park a single-unit mobile home on the lot which is now vacant. third hearing will address a requested zone change for four lots on Ninth Avenue South between Thirty- Inmate seeks injunction to end alleged censorship Gilman R. Forsness an inmate of Montana State Prison, is asking a federal court judge for a preliminary injunction prohibiting the censorship of his mail. In a suit filed here, Forsness charged Lawrence Zanto, director of the Montana Department of Institutions; Roger, W.

Crist, warden at Montana Prison; James G. Blodgett, deputy warden; John F. Ault, associate warden, and Evelyn Dodge, supervisor of the prison mail room, with violating his rights by censoring his mail and denying him access to mail. Forsness claims on numerous occasions he was authorized to make mail order purchases and then was denied the items when they arrived. He is asking $5,000 compensatory damages from each defendant, $25,000 punitive damages from Crist and Blodgett and $10,000 punitive damages from Zanto, Ault and Dodge.

Pacific Hide sued for 1977 accident A man who says he suffered injuries leading to his total disability in a 1977 accident at Pacific Hide and Fur in Havre is suing the firm in District Court in Great Falls. Howard Rowin is asking damages totaling $360,000, alleging the to take precautions for safety of its customers and their servants." Rowin received pelvis and hip injuries Dec. 12, 1977, when he was waiting for sheet metal to be loaded for delivery to Burlington Northern and was struck by a sheet of steel. Rowin's complaint alleges his injuries were incurred because of "unsafe work" methods used by Pacific Hide and Fur and "negligent loading" of the material. YWCA tour slated A Thursday tour, arranged by the YWCA, will visit the Rittal Ranch on the Dearborn River and its museum of Indian artifacts.

A stop will be made at the Christiansen barn at Sun River. The barn has been designated a national historic landmark. Another stop will be at the Wesley Thoman Ranch for a talk or the history of the area. The bus tour will return via Wolf Creek. Dorothy Ege of the YWCA said space is still available.

Where's the fire? Saturday, 10:21 p.m. 609 Central smoke alorm. Sundoy, 6:37 a.m. 717 9th Ave. resuscitotor call.

9:18 a.m. 1111 7th Ave. public service coll. 6:31 p.m. 1524 20th St.

S. Apt. 4, fire reported out. roduction Association LAND BANK Tatial WE Association ARE MOVING Great Falls Production Credit Association and Federal Land Bank Association will be doing business in their modern new building along the Northwest Bypass starting MONDAY, MAY 7 1309 Ninth Avenue Northwest Great Falls, Montana 59404 PHONE 761-3311.