The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 18

stew fogEhs Motel led! Imn yimaU HEWS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE TOP STORIES FROM ALtjpQINTisi IN THE NATIONS LARGEST COUNTY Repeal Loses, Tax Will Start Oct. 1 BARSTOW Despite rejection of the motel oc cupancy tax by the Victorville City Council, Barstow's 4 per cent motel tax will become effective Oct. 1 as B-2 CCC Friday, Sept. 18, 1964 originally slated. A move to repeal the motel occupancy tax was defeated at yesterday's meeting of the Barstow City Council by a 2-3 "All that we ask," Novak said, "is to be placed in a position we thought we were in." Novak argued that council- vote.

Voting for repeal were men had "lulled motel owners Councilman James Gilliam into a sense of security" by earlier promises that they would not enact a motel tax Desert Knolls School Unit Addition OKd and Robert Hartwick. Gilliam, while never committing himself as in opposition to the tax, had criticized the council earlier for passing the motel tax before Victorville acted on it. Hartwick, in voting to repeal ordinance until the county and Victorville enacted one. Motel operators had complained they would be placed at a compel- rwL fa wmm! mmtm J' y-yy'yy-y yyyyyyy.yyyyyyyy:y 'ii'v -'S' X'v the ordinance, affirmed his be lief that it is a "fair tax" ex plaining he was voting for re VICTORVILLE Construction of a new unit at Desert Knolls will open three badly peal "only because of an ear needed classrooms at Desert Victor, 191 (141). Shifting among schools is expected to balance the loading.

Total of 32 students on the kindergarten waiting list may be reduced to about four by today, said Seabough. Knolls School. About half the cost is expected from federal PL 815 funds, estimated at $31,775. Trustees of Victor School Dis trict approved an agreement ahve disadvantage Barstow alone were to charge the tax. Three of the five members of the council passed the tax ordinance on Aug.

20 when they learned the county had enacted the tax. While Victorville had not passed the tax, the revenue from it had been budgeted and councilmen said they assumed it would be passed as an emergency measure. The Aug. 20 meeting was the last one at which Barstow Councilmen could pass the tax as a non emergency measure and still have it effective on Nov. 1.

In urging repeal of the tax ordinance Novak contended that "there are a lot of things that should be considered'' before the tax ordinance becomes effective. Among these he suggested is the distribution of the tax revenue. with the architect for the work ffill! at their Wednesday night meet ing. They also considered about lier promise I made." He added that he intended to vote for it the next time that it came before the council. Mayor Blendon 0.

Beardsley argued that since he felt the council would "ultimately adopt a motel tax" it was an "idle act" to repeal the present one. This argument. Councilman James R. Retzlaff said, "changed my mind" and. though he had moved to repeal the ordinance, he joined with Beardsley and Councilman Paul Christensen in rejecting the repeal movement.

The vote followed a 90 min- ute discussion in which Attorney Julius Novak spoke for the five offerings of school sites available along Yalcs Road, south Victorville. Prices ranged up to $4,000. The board, bent (Gee Studio ohoto) Smoke is seen pouring from a heater-planer that prepared the street for resurfacing. The rig is followed by a hot asphalt-spreader and other machinery. The scene is Arrow Boulevard.

WASIIBOAKir SMOOTHED Bumpy portions of Arrow Boulevard and Sierra Avenue, Fontana, were given a smooth surface this week by a parade of machinery moved in by G. J. Payne Co. on providing new classrooms as fast as possible and faced witn building another new school Victor Village, took no action 29 Palms Celebration Meanwhile, they approved But Beardsley argued that it would be simpler to allow the Barstow Motel Assn. which was well represented in the present ordinance to become sale of necessary bonds to push the district to its bonded maximum.

Funds will be used for development of the Victor Vil- audience. JNovaK comenaea, PffPrtivo and then make anv Categories for Exhibits Told that while the council would be rhanpps. nr reneal the ordin- ance after a further hearing omlaee (west Victorville) School free to re-enact the ordinance as an emergency at any time and completion of Park View Man in Green Auto Tries lo Pick Up Children When the girl came home for lunch, she was crying. "Mamma," she said, "there's a man after me. He's driving by our house right now." The mother of the six year-old girl went to the "window in time to see a green car drive it.

AY Jr. High Puis Parenls Back in Class APPLE VALLEY for parents of students at Apple Valley Jr. High School was held yesterday. The parents attended classes, following their child's daily! it was a matter of integrity" TWENTYNINE PALMS Of Bob Thomas, Charlie McClam- There was however, no com' that the council repeal it at School (southwest Victorville). The balance of the district state loan monies also has been paid off.

The $194,443 was paid before Sept. 1 deadline to mer, Bernardine Hadikan, Joe De Vala. John Lafferty, Bernice Smith, Olga Van Tassel. this meeting and give the on a further hearing tel owners an opportunity to and Hartwick declared flatly: be heard. I "The subject is dead." interest to residents in this area, and those from other areas who wish to enter displays, is the following list for the type of display and the rules for entering items for competition at the Country Fair to be held at tree-shaded Knotts FRANK R.

HUNT optimistic realtor Hunt Elected 1965 Head Of Realtors escape a penalty. Trustees also noted that be-j ginning enrollment this fall inj the district amounted to 2.165; (last year: 1.974). The expect-i ed gain of average daily attend-! by according to San Bernardino police records. The girl said it was the sec schedule. Each teacher presented an overview of the work the Children will be doing for the year.

Sky Park Oct. 2-3. Entries can be made at the' ond time the man had stopped her on the wav to school and Searles Valley Briefs More Burglaries Probed in Trona 'park between 10 a.m. and rVt tinri mutt: I ance this year is 8 per cent i said Schools Supt. George tried to get her to enter his "i 'a' At an informal coffee hour held recently members of the Apple Valley Junior High BARSTOW Frank R.

Hunt, veteran realtor who predicts Seabough. Beginning enrollment, the fair. Security guards will be car. Her brother. 8, said the man (last vear in naren-lthnt thp Moiavp Vallev will on duty at all times.

All cate school thesis) follows: Desert Knolls, one dav be a smogfree indus- gories will be judged by num 171 120 Del Rev. 753 720 1: trial complex with a million ber given them. Points given TRONA Detective Robert Eva Dell, 145 (127); Irwin, 621 1 residents, has been elected (563); Park View, 279 (303); I president of the Barstow Board had also tried to get him to enter the car "for a ride" on another occasion, and a third child is believed to have been accosted by the man. The man is described as about 65, 170 pounds and 5 feet scnooi riA executive ooaro. welcomed teachers and school personnel.

Following the social hour, Mr. Lawrence Manning, principal, introduced new members of the teaching staff, school personnel, and the president of the PTA. will be 100 1st price; 90 second; and 80 for third. Exhibit receiving the most points wins. First, second and third place Forbush of the sheriff's office in Barstow, a specialist in ju ing as we'll as malicious mischief cases listed by Forbush in connection with the young suspect.

Three other juveniles who Forbush reported had broken into the Church of Christ on Sage venile cases, spent most of Tuesday in Searles Valley. A Deputy Sheriff Truman Clifford has been busy with the investigation of the recent burglaries and other matters and could not handle the juvenile problems as well. Detective Forbush will be available when needed. ribbons will be awarded in all categories. Judging will be at 5 inches in height.

number of malicious mischief Music Booster Group to Meet cases, theft of purple glass and burglary of the Trona School 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2, Ribbons will be in place by 7 of Realtors, succeeding Homer Matthews. Other new officers elected for the 1965 year are Ade Stewart, vice president; Bob De-Pue, secretary; and Fred Crull, treasurer.

Elected directors were Matthews, Marty Dobson, Gene Miller and E. A. Duitsman. Accepted as new members were Leslie Shell, Snack Shack all were Investi Street were not taken Into custody when the representatives of the Church of Christ declined to Drosecute. Thev had com Dr.

Teller's Mother Passes Her Exam for Citizenship gated. p.m. The several categories are: foods: pies, cakes, bread, cookies, jams, jellies, jar fruit, mis- One youth, 14, wagitaken into NEEDLES The Needles Boosters will hold their first custodv and taken by Detec plained to law enforcement of- TRONA The Trona junior firers of a broken window andlhigh students will have their tive Forbush to Juvenile Hall. -CAM TDAVHCrn AD) CMrt, fntv, 4V.ni Wiira U.in.lLCUai,cuua luwo "11JCW scribbling inside the church. Icebreaker Party from 7:30 to A recent burglary of purple glass fall meeting next Monday eve-iRed Enpes ning at 7:30 p.m.

in the FineGome2 aV Kirk Iset, Felix Tom Collins. flona Teller, mother of noted1 gary in 1959 and live in Berke-ilaneous' 1 0 1 1 n-g" rr 'I menswear. womenswear, handi-University of California physi-ley. 110 tonight at the school. A large Detective Forbush said that supply of watermelons have from the premises of Mr.

and Mrs. F. M. Walker on Lupine cist Dr. Edward Teller, passedi Dr.

Teller, often called T' he may file a juvenile petition Street was the most recent of been purchased for eating on the cement slab. The party program her examination for United a number of breaking and enter-Ion one or more of the three. "father of the H-bomb," entered'''. 4UUL tw cm- lections (limit of 5). Art: land- Arts tsunaing.

This meeting will serve as the! Hunt, a past president of the introduction of Jess Lara. thejBurbank Board of Realtors, new high school music elected in 1937, sees a growth to members of the music boos-! in the Mojave Valley "second ters organization. He will dis-jonly to the great San Fernan-niss his nlans for thp hiuhido Valley, which is the out- States citizenship yesterday. will be held the auditorium. LUC viuicu IJICUC3 111 ijoo aiiu 1 became a citizen in 1940.

He is Mrs. Teller, who is 81 years associate director of the Univer old and weighs just 91 pounds scapes, portraits, muueni. mji-lections: coins (limit 5 books), rocks (numbers limited), open (numbers limited). Furniture: TRONA The Trona Nurs sity of California's Lawrence ery Assn. discussed the school music program and ways' standing real estate growth and continued vandalism of the play will take the oath of citizenship Nov.

20. Joining her will be her daughter, Mrs. Emma Teller Kirz, who also passed her citi development of all in which the Music Boosters can VV Adventisfs To Hear Church Official Saturday Mrs. Teller said that Vb'-v equipment which is used by the school and the Trona Commu According to Dorine Cart- help attain these goals. Mrs.

Sylvia Priest, president, will go over the organization's charter and ask that it be re zenship test yesterday. I.They came to the United and hopes it never will be used "I like peace," she said. wright, display chairman, the judges will be: John Bivens Buzz Brown, George Shepard, nity Church, at the Nursery School premises. Mrs. William Chandler, president, has asked that parents of small children in the neighborhood explain to their children that the play vised to fit modern trends.

A financial statement will be avail Wilma Roberts, Jennie Smith Mildred Ronde Brink, Carl able for the information of the Among reasons that Hunt cites for his confidence in the future of the Mojave are no mountains to create smog pockets, the intersection of two transcontinental railroads and what will soon be freeways, and the vast spaces of the desert. "The atomic and space age," he declares, "will change the living habits of our people as great, or greater, than the automobile did from the horse Johnson, Dorine Cartwright, members. Needles High School Class Of '65 Makes Service Plans equipment is not for general pub Wavne Hodgin will also be heard discussing the aims of the junior high school music program for 1964-65. Mojave Directors Approve Hiring Of Water Expert VICTORVILLE Gerald R. Nash will be pest speaker Sat.

at the Victorville Seventh-day Adventist Church. He is the representative from world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in Washington, D.C. Nash, secretary of the Sabbath School department of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, will give the morning sermon. He has spent 37 years in denominational service, including 19 years as a missionary in Africa. It is hoped that all parents of NEEDLES The 89 members of the Needles Union High School graduating class of '65 lic use.

During the meeting last Tuesday, Mrs. Maxine Smith was pressed in a talk about the Association of Childhood Education. 10 Vie at Needles music students in the Needles already are busy making plans for the many activities of their senior year. Among the major fun-raising activities and service projects planned for the immediate fut schools will attend this meeting. 'and buggy days." Iranian Jet Crash VICTORVILLE Tuesday night at a special meeting the ure are the traditional Slave hnarA n( Hirprtnr, nf the Mn- TEHRAN, Iran (AP) An Iranian air torce let fighter ay, set ior aepi.

jj, me annu- wtor nnnmwH GERALD R. NASH guest speaker escorting Ethiopian Emperorjal magazine sale and the 1964 hiring of a geologist and Queen Contest Tonight homecoming celebration. Haile Selassie's plane crashed hydrologist, Dr. John Mann He will be employed by the According to Reed Wofford, president of the Class of '65. Marijuana Found in Teddy agency special water counsel individually by John Madison, 1963, will assist in the corona-queen contest chairman, andjtion of the new marathon queen yesterday on a factory.

One worker was killed, 12 were missing in the fire caused by the crash, and several others were injured. tne seniors are enuiusiastically anH will nlav a kPV 1p in thp 1 NEEDLES Tonight the fateful question will be decided, suspense will end, it will at last be known who will reign over Bear Package; Girl Held will make their long promenade umMi.g ymns lur a succesbtui water rignts determination, year academic accomplish-! hiphlu rprnmmend across the stage and down the runway for the audience and ment, occupational planning and; hv fhe ial wa- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) more. She agreed to let agents the 17th annual Needles Colora Dninvm.nl "I tPr nnP nttnrnpv the judges. 24-year-old secretary who looks open it after they said there do River Marathon celebration SIRENS The magazine sales will bei k'Hpepr and hv rnpinper M. .1.

Sept. 25-26-27. Ten of Needles' fairest have During the intermission, while the contestants change for their second appearance, this time in like a girl trom finishing school were at least two large lumps was arrested yesterday on a in the body and an incision had charge of smuggling threejbeen sewn up from the crotch pounds and one ounce of mari- to the head in the 30-inch body. held in the near future when'shelton. all of the best magazines will! Mann has had extensive ex-be available to the people of the nerienc in various pround wa- been groomed for the regal role.

One of their number will be bathing suits, the Needles Lit tle Theatre Group will present a lAiuiu uuuy unuugn suDscripi- ter areas throughout California, ions taken by members of the juana into the United States in) Wu said she turned pale when a teddy bear. 'five packages of marijuana turn- and in the presentation of trophies to the queen and the first and second runners-up, her attendants. Madison is being assisted in the staging of the queen's contest by Mmes. Robert T. Belt, John Farmer and Evelyn Connolly.

The latter is adviser of the Desert Teens, the youth group which is sponsoring the Queen's Ball the following Friday evening at the Lions Club immediately after the Mustang-Imperial football game. The Desert Teens are also building the queen's float for the Marathon Parade Sept. 26. one-act play, "The Lighthouse- queen, two will be her princess attendants. Will it be Marilyn Albertson, or Virginia Barnes, Martha Niesen was arrestedibled out.

ticujjie ie uigeuj River, the San Fernando Riv to wait for the seniors to renew keeper's Daughter." the cast includes Ann Baker, Dorothy Hoddb. T. O. McCulIough, or Patricia Butler? Will Mary er, the Santa Clara River, the San Gabriel River and the San scriptions, or to add to their at San Francisco Airport when she called to receive the teddy bear that had been flown in as Kathleen Fisher, or Marcia Gre current list. Money raised bv Wayne Hodgin and Leslie V.

Gil able, or Robyn Hulet prove most the senior classmen will be used air freight from Mexico City. Later at a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Cameron Wolfe, she stood with tear-filled eyes while bail was set at $5,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry Hatter said she had admitted to Wu that she was a user of mari winsome to the judges? Or will ta Ana River.

Route 18-138 Work Contract Awarded bert. After this pleasant interlude, the contest will resume with all Customs agents had been they choose Susan McCulIough, THURSDAY: S. B. FIRE 1:34 a.m. House, 822 North Rd.

STATE FORESTRY: 10:32 a.m. False alarm, Highway 18 and river bottom. 3:34 p.m. Car, 9th and Sterling. 5:44 Brush, Live Oak Can-Jon.

AMBULANCE: 12:13 a.m. Highland and Arrowhead. 5:33 Northbound Highway 395 between overpass and Devore Garage. 11:16 Highland and to finance their extensive educational trip next spring. Other officers of the Class of '65 are Roger Bink.

vice Dresi- waiting for her to call since last Saturday morning. They became of the girls back on stage. Each or Kathleen Orsbern, or Dorothy Orzel, or will it be Carol Winkler? SACRAMENTO (AP) -A $1.79 million contract was will be called upon to give a talk on her aspirations to give In order to insure an impar- dent; Marilyn Albertson, sec suspicious, agent Milton wu said, when the package labeled awarded yesterday to E. L. retary; Robyn Hulet, Susan the judges an opportunity to, tial decision, the panel of judges They will be presented at 8 hpar hpr snpakinff voice, to seeinas been chosen trom out of teddy bear seemed to have lumps in it.

juana but had added she had no arrest record. Hatter said she had told agents she had mailed the teddy bear back and forth to a friend in Mexico City. She said she did Geiger and Jim Hutcherson.jYeager Construction council representatives. jof Riverside for construction of Senior class sponsors are Mrs. an interchange at the junction Wu said she opened the pack her mannerisms and to judge her personality and poise.

Then, once again, the contestants will town. For those who care to remain after the queen's contest, a family film, "Hootenany Hoot," will tonight on the stage of the Needles Theatre, becomingly gowned in formals, to sing their welcome to the audience in the curtain raiser. Then they will be introduced age in the presence of customs agents and told them it con Jean Madison, Mrs. Katie Hoh-'of State Route 18-138 about one stadt, Vernon Husk and Daniel; mile south of Crestline in San F. Wilson.

'Bernardino Countv. not know it had contained nar- come out singly to promenade. tained a teddy bear and nothing cotics. Shere Dudley, Miss Needles of be shown..