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<br />I ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WERE CALLED, THE SMALL:AVAILABLE FUNDS COllECTED
<br /> I' AT THE 1946 MEET I NGWERE 'SPENT AND NO MORE, WERE, COLLECTED. THE CEMETERY I!
<br /> I; AGAIN BECAME DESERTED AND UNKEMPT AND REMAINED SO UNTIL 1954. ,
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<br /> II A NEW CORPORATION WAS FORMED IN 1954 WHICH DEVELOPED PLANS FOR PERMANENT I
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<br /> Ii CARE, THROUGH COMPRESSING SOME OF:THE BURIALS INTO A SMALLER AREA AND BY 'I
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<br /> Ii REMOVING SOME OF THE BURIALS TO PERMANENTLY ENDOWED CEMETERIES. CON- II
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<br /> I SIDERABLE INTEREST AND SUPPORT WERE AROUS~D BUT OBJECTIONS WERE ALSO'
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<br /> " MADE, AND THOSE WH~ OBJECTED TO:THE PLAN BEGAN TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN II
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<br /> I PROPERTY AND TO IMPROVE TH~ CEMETERY GENERALLY. THIS CORPORATION DIS- 11
<br /> h BANDED BECAUSE.OF LACK OF FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS.
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<br /> 'i Two TH I NGS ARE APPARENT' FROM THE ABOVE. IT IS EVIDENT THAT CONSIDERABLE
<br /> I ACTIVITY ABOUT THE CARE OF THIS CEMETERY APPEARS WHEN SOMEONE TRIES TO
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<br /> , IMPROVE THE CEMETERY.BY REORGANIZING IT, BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT
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<br /> j THERE IS ALWAYS AN ACCOMPANYING EfFORT TO SADDLE ITS CARE AND THE COST Ii
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<br />e OF THAT CARE ONTO SOME TAXINGUNIT,~THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, OR ON THE l
<br /> Ii UNIVERSITY AS AN ORGANIZATION INTERESTED IN. BETTER AESTHETIC CONDITIONS "
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<br /> FOR ITS OWN PROPERTY. THIS IS SOUGHT AS A SOLUTION BY THE OBJECTORS TO I
<br /> Ii REORGANIZATION. THEREFORE, WE NOW HAVE THIS LAST EFFORT TO UNLOAD IT i'l
<br /> ON THE COUNTY, BY PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE DURING ALL I'
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<br /> 'I OF THE PERIODS WHEN IT WAS.UNKEMPT AND UNCARED FOR AND YET DID NOTHING I
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<br /> 11 ABOUT IMPROVING IT DURING THOSE PERIODS. ~i1
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<br />I 1: IN I i"AM A MEMBER, TO WORK II
<br /> II 4. 1957 THE NEW CORPORATION WAS FORMED OF WHICH
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<br /> >i OUT A_SOLUTION FOR ITS CARE. THE OFFICIAL NAME OF:THIS CORPORATION IS I!.
<br /> Ii THE PIONEER MEMORIAL PARK'AsSOCIATION. I AM VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THIS COR- I
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<br /> /" PORATION. THE CORPORATION HAS TAKEN THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO DATE:
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<br /> A. PURCHASED FOR CASH THE TITLE TO_THE CEMETERY, FROM THE I . 0 . O. r'. I
<br /> I: LODGE. I(
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<br /> B. fiNANCED AN OPERATING'FUNDFOR MEETING CURRENT EXPENSES. :
<br /> C. ESTABLISHED LONG ,TERM FINANCING PLANS AND ASSURANCE OF.NECES- U
<br /> ,i SARY. FINANCES TO (CARRY OUT THETYPE~F REORGAN~ZATION DESCRIBED II
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<br /> \! D. EMPLOYED AN ATTORNEY AND MET THE SUIT CONTESTING TITLE WHICH ,I
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<br /> WAS FILED BY OBJECTORS TO OUR PLANS. ,)
<br /> " E. STUDI ED AND REJECTED. AS UNWORKABLE ALL POSS,I BI LI TIES FOR ESTAB- ij
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<br /> ll, LISHING PERMANENT CARE BY OTHER. METHODS. ,:
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<br /> 1'~ 5. VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION SHOULD BE SUMMED UP AS FOLLOWS:
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<br /> f! A. THE PROPOSED CEMETERY.OfSTRJCT IS UNNE_CESSARY, UNWARR~NTED AND~
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<br /> r UNJUST TO TAXPAYERS OF EUGENE. "I
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<br /> Ii THE PEOPLE,OF EUGENE SUPPORT FOUR, ENDOWEO~CARE CEMETERJES THROUGH 11
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<br /> I: CASH PURCHASES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF ENDOWMENTS. AS PART OF THOSE il
<br />I Ii PURCHASES. THOSE EUGENE_CJTIZENS SHOULD_NOT PAY A TAX TO SUPPORT ;1
<br /> A SERVICE WHICH :THEYARE,PROVIDJNG FOR,THEMSELVES. !l
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<br /> Ii B. THERE HAS BEEN_LITTLE~REAL AND ONLY: SPORADIC. EFFORT MADE BY THE !I
<br /> I' PROPONENTS OF THE DISTRICT TO TAKE CARE Of THEIR OWN GRAVES~ . ~l
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<br /> I; IS NOW IN EXISTENCE A CORPORATION ADEQUATELY fiNANCED AND I,
<br /> READ~ TO PROPERLY. CARE. FOR,JHE ODD fELLOWS CEMETERY, NAMELY THE I'
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<br />e Ii PIONEER MEMOR1AL PARK ASSOCIATION.. II
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<br /> l~ D. THE UNIVERSITY IS FREQUENTLY NAMED IN CONNECTION WITH'THIS CEME- tl
<br /> !: TERY'S PROBLEMS. IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT THE UNIVERSITY
<br /> IS IN NO WAY ACTIVE IN THE MATTER, IS IN NO WAY CONNECTED WITH :1
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<br /> : THE PIONEER MEMORIAL PARK ASSOCIATION AND IS NOT IN ANY WAY IN 11
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<br /> TOUCH WITH THIS CORPORATION'S PROCEEDINGS~ i
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<br /> E. THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS CONSIDERED BY THIS :
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<br /> ~;i CORPORATION TO~BE A POTENTIAL PURCHASER OF ANY LAND CLEARED BY 11
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<br /> , THIS. CORPORATION IN REORGANIZING THE CEMETERY.
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<br /> I I~ LOGICAL SINCE. THE STATE BOARD WILL BE' PURCHAS:lNG. LAND. IN .HIE :1
<br /> I FUTURE AS THE UN I VERS I TY_ GROWS AND. W.I LL .BE US I NG I TS. FUNDS FOR ",I
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<br /> THAT PURPOSE. THESE. FUNDS SHOULD BE EXPE€TED ~O BE AVAILABLE i
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<br /> I FOR PURCHASE OF WHATEVER LANDS OR AREAS ARE MOST DES.I RABLE TO "
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<br /> i - GENTLEMEN, I HAVE PRESENTED.-MATTERS WHICH I TH.. NK ARE ESSENT-I AL ELEMENTS OF
<br /> ! THE PROPOSAL TO CREATE A COUNTY CEMETERY DISTRICT S.O FAR 'AS THE PRINC.IPAL CEMETERY II
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<br /> ; INVO~VED IS CONCERNED. THEY ALL POIN]" TO THE UNDESIRABILITY AND TO THE UNSOUND- n
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<br /> NESS Of THAT PROPOSAL. '., , .. . i
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<br /> II IT WAS MOVED BY MR." SHISLER SECONDED BX MR. HARTMAN ~T.HAT THE, STATEME.NT Of H.L.EDMUNDS ':
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