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Thi Missaulim, Thurcdair. August 18, 1977 7 fil9 Dili) 01) re By HEIDI THOMAS Missoulian Business Editor Unions and management remain at a stalemate in Missoula as two strikes, each more than three months old, continue. Eleven maids at the Red Lion Motor Inn, owned by Thunderbird walked off their jobs May 1 after a lengthy wage and benefit dispute. Strike activity has dwindled since mid-July to "spot picketing" by three remaining maids, but they have expressed a determination not to give up. In another strike, members of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, Local 1434, have been striking five car dealerships since May II in a wage dispute.

Both sides blame the other for lack of progress in formal negotiations, which have been at a virtual standstill since the end of June. "I think the dealers are on permanent vacation; there've been no moves at all," said a union spokesman who declined to be identified. He said he is a striking mechanic, however. "I'm trying to do everything I can (to get the strike said Jim Searles of Searles Pontiac-Cadillac, who is vice president of the Automobile Dealers Association. "Just from talking informally on the picket lines, our mechanics would like to go back to work at this shop.

I'd like to get them back so we can start giving customers the serv- succeed in ousting the union in Missoula, but union members staunchly defend their strength. "I don't think it's coming to an end," the mechanic spokesman said. "Union workers make 40 per cent more than nonunion. It's just a matter of education, to let people know how it Searles said he thinks there is "a real possibility of ousting the union if they (the dealers association) hang on long enough. "But I have no interest in added.

"Management may oust the union but they'd also oust the mechanics. My mechanics are good and I want those mechanics back. "The union doesn't bother me. We're the little guys in town, and so we've had better rapport with our mechanics." Cozad attributed a rash of strikes and an apparent outward weakness of unions to the national economy. "We're in a funny economy now and I wouldn't be able to predict the strength of unions.

The natives are restless it's the trend across the nation they don't know where they're going," he said. The 63-year-old union leader retired about two weeks ago because he had had two heart attacks in 1975 and had planned to retire this year, he said. His temporary replacement for conducting state union business is Gene Pollard of Yakima, Wash, ice we should, and the mechanics want to start making money again." At $7 an hour, each mechanic has forfeited about during the three months of the strike. The union has been assisting the stikers financially, but the union spokesman would not disclose how much it has been able to contribute. Rumors that the union is running out of money were confirmed by Ed Cozad, recently retired as Montana "grand lodge" representative for the union.

He said the national union chapter has a strike fund and contributes $40 a week per mechanic, which the local supplements according to its own wealth. A fund also has been set up by the Montana AFL-CIO to assist both striking unions in Missoula. No one was available Wednesday to elaborate on the amount of the assistance. 11 The first offer from the Automobile Dealers Association was for a $1 raise per hour the first year of the contract raising the wage from to $7 with a 50-cent raise the second year and a 45-cent raise the third year. The union rejected that, saying it wanted to be on a par with other mechanics in the state such as those in Great Falls, who had settled for $1 an hour the first year and 60 cents an hour the second and third years.

A subsequent offer by the dealers of a 40 per cent commission on work done in place of an hourly wage and a third offer of $6.50 an hour guaranteed with a $7 flat rate per hour on predetermined jobs were also rejected by the union. Searles said the union made an offer about two weeks ago "much like the first" (of $1 the first year and 60 cents the second and third), but with a reduction in pay. No one would elaborate on the exact amount. "We're at a stalemate right now," said Bob Earle, assistant manager at Wes Sprunk Motors. "They can't live with our offer and we can't live with theirs.

Time will be the deciding factor. It's been a long three months longer than any of us expected. I kind of feel sorry for them seeing them out there every day." Sprunk has been accused by the mechanics and some other dealers as prolonging the strike by hiring nonunion mechanics and blocking compromise in negotiations. (The dealership has five nonunion workers. H.O.

Bell Ford hired one nonunion mechanic at first, but no other dealers have hired extra workers.) The unidentified mechanic indicated he is ready to hang on as long as he has to. "I haven't had any trouble getting by, and I'm prepared to continue," he said. "I don't think it's coming to an end." Cozad predicted the next two weeks should tell the story, however. There has been speculation that the stalemate may obituaries George I J'S iW- i Bookmobile Schedule Announced The Tamarack Federation of Libraries Bookmobile Thursday will be at Potomac from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., at Sunset School from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Clearwater Junction from 1 to 1:30 p.m., and at Seeley Lake from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

Dancers to Meet at Bison Range All square dancers are invited to the Moiese Bison Range Picnic Grounds Saturday to play ball and participate in a potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m. A free dance will follow at Leon's Hall with Wayne Thompson as caller. Live Vers Schedule Activities All YWCA Live Y'ers are invited to meet at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 317 Mary Ave. to leave as a group for at the Fort Owen Inn, Stevensville.

The first fall meeting of the group will be Sept. 19 instead of Sept. 11 as previously announced. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. with dancing from 9 to 11 p.m.

All single adults with an interest in ballroom dancing are invited to these activities. Further information can be obtained by calling Sylvia Reul, 543-5413. Spartan Pool Site of Swim Meet Spartan Pool will be the site Thursday of a swim meet between teams from a number of western Montana communities. Beginning at 6 p.m., the meet will feature teams from Missoula, Superior, Hamilton and Stevensville. Sponsored by the Missoula Parks and Recreation the meet is open to the public for viewing.

i 1 1 i Roy Huffman EUREKA Roy C. "Fiz" Huffman, 58, died Monday in Whitefish following a long illness. He was born Dec. 18, 1918, at Simms and a year later moved with his parents to Eureka, where he attended school. He served in the Army in World War and later worked as a sawyer in the Eureka area.

Mr. Huffman was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge in Eureka. Survivors include a brother, Claude, Seattle; a half-brother, William Heber, Saint Helens, Orel, and two half-sisters, Helen Libby, and Bertha No-tingham, Portland, Ore. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Tobacco Valley Cemetery with the Rev.

Carl Pershall officiating. Military graveside rites wiB. be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Friends are asked to meet at the Vial Funeral Home before going to the cemetery. Charles Anderson Charles M.

Anderson, 94, 909 W. Central died Sunday in a Missoula nursing home. He was born Feb. 27, 1883, in Norway. He came to this area from Minnesota in 1923, and settled near Bonner and Mill-town, where he worked for the Anaconda Co.

He was a member of the Eagles and Moose lodges in Missoula and the Christian Life Center Church. His wife Clara died in 1968. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Mrs. L.M. Heppler, Mesa, and a cousin, Ruby Secrist, Everett, Wash.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Rose. Chapel of Squire-Simmons-Carr Funeral Home with the Rev. Curt Thome officiating. Burial will be in Missoula Cemetery.

Pallbearers include Floyd Anderson, Anton Iverson, Ray Hurt, Emil Netzer, Joe Hebert and Melvin Palmer. J. ri, i If A j. V- St, Anthony Registration Possible Families wishing to register their children at St. Anthony Elementary School can still do so by calling 549-1290 or 543-5243.

Registration is open to both Catholic and non-Catholic families. DEER LODGE George L. Bauman, 71, of Deer Lodge died Tuesday evening in Powell County Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 4, 1906, in Sac City, Iowa.

He attended school in South Dakota and moved to Deer Lodge in 1939. He later moved to Missoula and in 1960 to Sandpoint, Idaho, where he lived until 1975. He then returned to Deer Lodge, went to Midland, S.D., for three years and moved back to Deer Lodge two montns ago. Mr. Bauman is survived by his wife, Florence Houston Bauman, in Deer Lodge.

He married her in Fort Pierre, S.D., Feb. 10, 1930. Other survivors include two sons, Darrell and Kenneth, and one daughter, Nettie Woods, all Edward Allan Horst Funeral services for Edward Allan Horst, 45, a native of Missoula and resident of Colfax, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax. The Rev.

Roy Jeremiah officiated. Burial was in the Colfax Cemetery. Mr. Horst died Monday at a Colfax hospital. He was bom Jan.

5, 1932, in Missoula. He spent his early life in Missoula and graduated from the University of Montana in 1954. He worked as an accountant for several years in Great Falls. In November 1959, he married Charlotte Morrison in Great Falls. They moved to Colfax in 1968, where he was an accountant 'for LeMasters Daniels.

He served in the Air Force from 1954 to 1956. Survivors include his wife, Colfax; a son, Alan, in the Navy; a daughter, Carolyn, Colfax, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Horst, Missoula. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children.

Bruning Funeral Home in Colfax is in charge of arrangements. if A Once Over Lightly Frcichtown Classes to Get Underway Classes in Frenchtown School Dist. 40 will begin at 8: 30 a.m. Tuesday, with buses running on their regular schedule and the hot lunch program operating. Teachers will report to work on Monday.

School officials have again adopted a policy of free lunches for children unable to pay for them. Eligibility guidelines have been set up, and applications are being sent to the homes of all students. Additional forms are available in both the high school and elementary school offices. Bauman of Deer Lodge; four brothers, Leslie of Pierre, S.D., Harold of East Brooklyn, Iowa, Lyle of Malcolm, Iowa, and Harry of Brooklyn, Iowa; three sisters, Alice Mallory and Ruby Elert-sen, both of Brooklyn, and Thelma Kies of Malcolm, Iowa; eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m.

in the Beck Funeral Home in Deer Lodge with the Rev. Gary Pearson officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Friends may visit after 2 p.m. Friday.

i Howard Bissonette HALL Howard P. Bissonette, 79, of Hall died Tuesday evening in the Powell County Memorial Hospital. I He was born June 1, 1898, in Jens. He went to school there and attended Montana 1 State University at I On Nov. 10, 1927, he married Hattie Petersen in Jens, i They ranched at Jens and for the past 41 years operated a ranch at Hall.

Mr. Bissonette was a director of the Farmers Union Oil Co. Survivors include his wife, Hattie, Hall; one son, Paul, Deer Lodge; three daughters, Ha Brunett of Deer Lodge; De-lores Wuerl of Helena, and Jean Cook of Albuquerque; two sisters, Katherine McDowell of Noxon and Dorothy Trane of Billings; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Bible rosary will be recited Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Beck Funeral Home in Deer Lodge.

Mass of the Resurrection will be Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Michael Catholic Church in Drummond with the Rev William P. Flemming as celebrant. Burial will be in the Valley Cemetery at New Chicago.

Memorials may be made to the Drummond Health Center in care of Margo Bowers, Clarence KALISPELL Clarence Rossing, 77, of Kalispell died in the Whitefish Hospital Tuesday evening. He had been a Flathead Valley resident for 15 years. He was born Aug. 8, 1900, in Greenbush, Minn, and in 1913 he moved to eastern Montana. He farmed and ranched in the Scobey area until his retirement in 1961, when he moved to the Flathead Valley.

He lived in the Deer Park area until 1971, when he moved to Kalispell. On Oct. 26, 1924, he married Viola Buck. Mr. Rossing was a member of the Calvary Lutheran Church and the East side Grange.

Survivors include his wife, Viola, Kalispell; one son, Or- Cat Visitation HUTCHINSON, Kan, (AP) -A Hutchinson woman has been granted permanent custody of a family cat by a Reno County judge, but her ex-husband was given visitation rights. Monica Borders and Joseph Wells, who were divorced last year, had no children but both were fond of a cat named Bear. As a part of the personal property settlement, Wells was given custody of the 3-year-old calico Persian. But documents filed with the court accused Wells of leaving the cat outside "unloved and defenseless" while it was In his custody. Wells gave the cat away, but it kept returning home.

So several months later, he gave the cat to his ex-wife. Then last month Well demanded the cat back. His ex- The hallowed bricks of Missoula's Oxford, Higgins Avenue and West Pine Street, are coming to the fore under the assault of sandblasters. And as ancient signs painted over the bricks faded into dust Wednesday, some longtime patrons of the noted watering hole and cafe could be heard wondering what this portended for the establishment's character and atmosphere. (Staff Photo by Harley Hettick) Vs, Group Gathers Trash in Back Country Members of the Missoula Back -Country Horsemen spent last weekend hauling almost 400 pounds of garbage from the Rattlesnake recreation area, according to a club press release.

Eighteen members of the group rode about 12 miles into the Rattlesnake area Saturday on an overnight trip, accompanied by Chuck Neal, U.S. Forest Service recreation guard for the area. Many of the tin cans, aluminum foil, jars, lids and assorted other garbage had already been collected and stashed near Little Lake by Neal. Some was part of an accumulation of many years, to which back country users continue to add, near an old cabin known as "Snowshoe Inn." The garbage was loaded into gunny sacks and packed out on several horses, but all the garbage could not be hauled because the group did not have enough horses with it. A trip to bring out more garbage is being considered for next year.

Senior Citizens Schedule Flea Market The Senior Citizen Center will hold a flea market Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the center parking lot at 705 S. Higgins Ave. The rummage store will be open, and there will be a bake sale.

Refreshments will be available. Information about space and tables can be obtained by calling 543-7154. 4 Rossing man, Libby; three daughters, Joyce McCann of Plentywood, Donna Knapp of Antioch, and Ilo Wendt of Columbia Falls; two brothers, Rudy, Spokane, and Alex, Willis, three sisters, Florence Faanes and Lillian Dobson of Mesa, Ar-' and Bertha Raymond of Missoula; his step-mother, Nellie Jergenson, Spokane; three half-brothers, Clyde, Lloyd and Conrad Carlson; four half-sisters, Rose Patty, Lillian Wei-gan, Laura' Carter and Olga Filer; 19 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Johnson Chapel with the Rev." Lowell Storeahl officiating.

Buriel will be in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell. Rights Are Given wife refused and the couple went to small claims court. There, Judge Richard Rome ruled that the woman should have permanent custody since "I am reluctant to again disrupt Bear'i feline blissfulness." Rome said that since both at times had loved the cat and both have "her interest at heart," Wells should be given visitation rights. COMING FROM NORTH The United States imported more automobiles and automotive components from Canada than any other country in 1974. There were 817,500 new Canadian-built passenger cars that year, compared with 791,791 from Japan and 619,757 from Germany, says the Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Association.

Colors Gentle Girl With the LAURA BOEHLER Cadet Laura Boehler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Boehler of Anaconda, recently completed six weeks of training In fundamental military skills at the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps basic camp at Ft. Knox, Ky.

A 1975 graduate of Anaconda Senior High School, Boehler is enrolled in ROTC at the University of Montana. JAMES E. ZANOL Cadet James E. Zanol, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Richard E. Zanol of 2311 Spring Drive and husband of Janice Zanol of 1103 McDonald, recently received practical work in military leadership at the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps advanced camp at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Zanol, a 1973 graduate of Sentinel High School, is enrolled in ROTC at the University of Mon-, tana. as a permanent home.

The shelter, off Mullan Road, is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and has a variety of dogs and cats available for adoption. (Staff Photo) Patches is a female German Shepherd-Norwegian Elkhound cross described by employes at the Missoula County Humane Society shelter as "sweet, loveable, gentle and She's eight months old and needs shots as well.