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OFFICIALNEWSPAPER FOR SPIRIT LAKE AND DICKINSON COUNTY^OWAI Wiech-Snip therom left: in, Kerl rtded the Isred theanBigins Dutits July 7A new city officer, who will serve in a supervisory capacity, has been employed by Spirit Lake's city council. .Harold A. Baumbach, 47, presently village clerk at Lakefield, Minn., was named Tuesday night by the aldermen as city administrator - clerk and will begin hisduties July 7.Spirit Lake's city governmenthas been operating without aclerk since April when the lateMrs. Ruth Webb was killed inan automobile accident in southcentral Iowa. City Attorney Cameron Arnold has been serving in this capacity since that time.The new administrator will be responsible for: accounting; administration of ordinances, resolutions, council policies, and directives; supervision of city administrative policies and procedures, including personnel and purchasing not in the area of the public works director; hiring and removal of city employees; assisting the mayor and other city government officials and commissions; representative for the cityin the exercise and execution ofionAssociate ttee mem-Algona StoreManager Dies; Shot by RobberAn Algona super market manager, shot by armed bandits thought to be the same who held up the National Food Store in Spirit Lake June 14, died Monday afternoon at Lutheran Hospital inFort Dodge.Mel Bay, 56, manager of the Fareway Store, reportedly was reaching for a grocery sack when one of the gunmen fired a round into his body - apparently thinking he was going for a weapon or• to set off an’alarm.The attack occurred in Algonaabout 9 p.m. (The gunmen rob--bed the local food store about 7 p.m.). Mr. Bay was rushed to the Fort Dodge hospital in critical condition, but by the following Tuesday his condition was con-all policies and programs.In addition, Baumbach will serve as city clerk and be empowered to perform all the duties of that office.-C .* * it * Zllrwwvl II *•Baumbach is a native of Madison, Wise, where he graduated from High School. He served as a mechanical draftsman in Madison, was an engineering aid for the State of Wisconsin, and for 12 years prior to accepting the Lakefield position was a civflengineer for the city of Sunnyvale,Calif. He has served as village clerk in the Minnesota community since May 1967.The new official served with theU. S. Navy during World War II and was recalled to active duty during the Korean Conflict. He has since been retired from the service.The ordinance adopted Tuesdaynight creating the new office also stipulates Baumbach is to appoint a deputy city clerk. Mrs. Dorothy Radcliffe and Mrs. Richard Ayres are currently employed in the city administrative office.? ? ? T * *A large scale annexation application was also okayed by the council, thus enlarging the boundaries of the city to the west. Property owners applying forincorporation into the city wereBerkley and Co., Berkley Bedell,Mrs. Maude Miller, the estateof the late Mott Miller, andSpirit Lake industries.This includes land on berth sidesof Highway 71 - 9 (18th Street).
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Spirit Lake Beacon
Spirit Lake, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 26, 1969
Page 11
Full Page
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Mid-Continent L.
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