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Is President Legion Unit; ramd Spotf was insfcall-merican Leg-ular meeting let Dagle willd were: Mrs. nding secre-‘en, recording •ker, treasur-storian; Mrs. ; Mary Ann Mrs.* R. A. veil and Mrs. rrtbers.md Auxiliary the city parkVv, Mrs. 'Harry Younie andi elected dele-on and Auxil--Moines Aug.parley held a : Wednesday gensen servedwho ' is awarden city council on a preliminarybasis for the fiscal year 1949-50.On Monday night, July 26, taxpayers will be given an opportunity to express their opinions on the city’s estimated maximum expenditure . of $246,850—an increase of $40,450 over the amount listed in the budget estimate a year ago.Only a small portion of the estimated expenditure must be raised by taxes, according to the ibudget which was given its first approval at a meeting of the council last Thursday night. Actual taxes to be raised for 1949-50 will be $23,4*25 if the proposed budget 13 approved on July 26 and then is okayed toy the county auditor. A year ago the amount to be raised by taxes was set at $18,220—a difference of $5,205. 'Anticipated RevenuesEstimated income from sources other than taxation totals §222,625, most of which is the $115,600 figure set for the electric fund. YSecoriH largest revenue anticipated is from the community hospital, $53,350.^ Actually spent for municipal government in the year which ended lastrramiionai struggle ueiweeU' tuvai Baseball Clubs to Spotlight ThisWeek's Program on the DiamondIn what' traditionally is one of the main features of the basdball season, Hawarden will encounter Akron under the Hawarden floodlights Sunday night. - • .Last year the two teams played five times with Akron taking the .odd tilt. Sunday night the Eagles will be trying to even the score with Akron'for this year.' In an - important Border-Nit'e . League game here last night,'the Ragles lost 10 to 7 to give Yankton first place in loop standings. Hawarden now is behind both Vermillion and Elk Point. *»Tomorrow night Hawarden will travel to Spencer for a return encounter with the team which Hawarden defeated here recently.Next Wednesday night the Eagles will be hosts to the strong aggregation from Rock Valley. The Eagles will travel to Vermillion Thursday, July 22. %All other trips—twice each afternoon—will continue as scheduled, Mr. Linn said.Contrary to rumors, iMr, Linn said he had been informed by local physicians that there is no infantile paralysis in or near Hawarden and that the north pit is both safe and sanitary.runerai services lo iSe tleld At 2;30 This Afternoon In Baptist Church of Hawardenlt;Hawarden To Participate In Auto CaravanResidents From Here, Sioux City And Other Towns to Hear Explanation of Ft. RandaH Damtheludit and bud-1 March 31 was $209,496, which wasmd a meeting i Sioux City11 meet next Mrs. ;R. V.ie 50T ueaday For Sioux County; ays BeforeUp to last night’s encounter Eagles had won 10 and lost five encounters.Mrs. William urday night at were held at home at 1:30at 2 o’clock at h. Rev. H. W. atheran church ^e. Interment tery.n ill for some ago was taken death was the mily within a Herman Witt, July 7.at daughter of Vitt, a life long nty, was born i her marriage parlor in Ha-m Dierks ck page)ofyslomes sold his resi-th street to Al-he members of tly bought theabout $60,000 less than was spent from April 1, 1946, to March -31, 1947.Out. of 22 separate departments there .will be no taxes for five. How-ever, the maximum allowed toy state law will toe levied for all other funds except two, according to the preliminary estimated budget.The proposed taxv levy of 21.10 mills is up 3.67 mills over that set a year ago. Two years ago the city’s estimated budget called for taxpayers to raise §16,350 at a rate of $15.70 per §1,000 of assessed valuation; this figure, however, wqs cut toy the county auditor to $15,698 at a mill rate of 15.02.Proposed Expenditures ListedProposed expenditures for 1949-50 and amounts necessary to be raised toy taxes are listed as follows:General fund, $16,000 and $3,090; grading, $825 and $825; improvement, $1,400 and $1,400; road dragging, $275 and $275; snow removal, $550 and $550; sewer, $2,100 and $1,400; garbage disposal, $2,200 and $2,200; water, ’$11,000 and none; electric, $115, i 000 and none.Light plant, $1,900 and $l,i)00;‘ fire maintenance, $2,400 and $2,400; city hall maintenance, $1,100 and $1,100; library, $2,200 and $2,200; library building, $650 and $650; park, $1,100 and $1,100; playground, $650 and $550.Cemetery, $2,100 and $825; hospital maintenance, $55,000 and $1,650; light bonds, revenue, $20,000 and none; general bonds, hosiptal, $1,400 and $1,400; airport, $1,000 and none; street construction (ga3 tax), $8,000 and none.The complete budget is printed on another page of this edition.Kingsley overcame the 'Eagles on the Hawarden diamond, 6 to 1, last Sunday. The exceptionally strong visiting team never was in clanger of toeing defeated.Last Thursday the Eagles boosted their league standing toy whippingBeresford, 12 to 9, at Beresfordr......Th4 superior pitching of Thayne Bowden, former Hawarden mounds-man, was too much for the Eagles last Friday when Ireton invaded the local field to rap oul a 3 to 1 victory.Madson Ritesi to make his t present. Mr. isidence underRESTIRNawarden Firm; , Johnson NowHeld MondayMilitary Services Held for Private First Class Who Died in New Guinea; Was First to Go OverseasGraveside services were held for Pfc. Rodney Madson in Grace Hill cemetery at 2:30 Monday afternoon. Rev. Theodore A. 'Mansen was incharge of the service and members of Two Oakes post of the American Legion performed the military rites/*Pfc. Madsen’s body arrived from the South Pacific last Friday afternoon.(Continued on back page)Residents of the Hawarden vicinity will join a caravan of automobiles from Sioux City on July 22 with the Ft. Randall dam project at Pickstown, •S. D., as the destination.As the caravan proceeds through Elk Point and Vermillion, S. D., it will pick up other cars. The purpose of the trip is to give persons in this area an opportunity to get acquainted with the Ft. Randall project.The Hawarden Chamfber of Commerce will form a local caravan that will meet the Sioux City unit of the Picks town caravan at the junction of Highway 77 and Highway 50 east of Vermillion. To make connections, tho local caravan must'be at the junction toy 9*a. m. on July 22.Anyone in the Hawarden territory interested in joining the group may contact Harry Lankhorst, president of the Chamber of Commerce, or Charles McRfanaman, secretary. If anyone desires to take a car or would like to ride with someone else, he should notify the Chamber before July 22.The local caravan will form at the new parking lot, one block west ofBicycles to BeReflectorizecj AtPark SaturdayMcCue’s pool hall, at 7:15 a. m. on Thursday, July 22. It will be necessary to take a lunch. Cold drinks will beserved at Picks town.•Some of the highlights of the day will be an explanation of the purpose of the project (by Gen. Lewis A. Pick. George 0. Evans, area engineer * in charge of construction, will have a Inrge map from which he can explain in detail the size of the dam itself.Congressman Karl Mundt of South Dakota will also give a short address. Other dignatarics present will be Gov. Val Peterson of Nebraska; Gov. Mick-elson of South Dakota, and Sen. Hugh Butler of Nebraska, Loud speaker systems will ’he set up so that comments by these men can toe heard.Chas. lveehn, 79, a pioneer of Plymouth county and a resident of Sioux county for 53 years, died at his farm home four miles north of Hawarden about 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.While Mr. Keehn had been in frail health for some time, he had been in Hawarden Monday afternoon. While here he suffered a heart attack at the Ward Lumber company office. He was removed to his home in an ambulance.Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Baptist church at 2:30 with Rev. Leon Nelson in charge. Burial will be in Hawarden.Charles Keehn, son of Joseph and Catherine Mockler Keehn, was born at Freeport, 111., August 11, 1868, and was the third child of seven.When a youth of 13 he came west with his parents, locating at L»e Mars. He came to this vicinity 53 years ago and for 13 years he lived southeast of Hawarden. In 1908 he moved onto a farm four miles north of Hawarden where he had lived for 40 years.In 1897 he married Miss Mary Ford of Galena, III., and to this union were toom three sons. She died January 10, 1917.He married Mrs. Faith Gillen of Hawarden December 3, 1918.Survivors include his widow; three sons, Ray, Robert and Lee Keehn, of this vicinity; a sister and 'brother, Miss Mary and John Keehn of Hawarden; seven grandchildren and' three great grandchildren. “Thomas, Joe, Katherine and Henry Keehn, three]brothers and a sister, preceded him in death. *Cars Smashed Near AlcesterJoe (Mis, \V. B. Roberts, Alfred Nsieve Narrowly Miss Serious Injuries In Collision MondayService, Station Here RepaintedRepainting of the Waggoner Anderson service station, on Central avenue waa toeing completed this week after the old paint had been buffed off the cement block building.The new color scheme is tan with maroon trim on the outside and light green on the inside.Additional luminous tape to rcflect-orizc more bicycles in the Hawarden vicinity has been shipped and should arrive in time to ’be applied this Saturday, Secretary C. P. McManaman of the Chamber of Commerce said today.The Chamber, which is sponsoring the safety campaign without charge to the bicyclists, asked farm and city youths to bring their .washed hikes to the north side of the city park at 10 c’clock Saturday morning where the tape will be applied.Two weeks ago the tape was put on 125 bicycles, which eliminated the supply-School Census Shows DeclineThe school census this year of persons between the ages of 5 and 21, shows a decrease of seven in the two-year period, according to Fred Vernon, secretary of the board of education, who has just completed his report.The report shows there are 350 males and 322 females, a total of 672 of school age in 1948.For the first time a school census of children four and under was taken this year. There are 240 children in this group.Joe Otis of Hawarden and two Alcester men miraculously escaped serious in juried in an accident which Wrecked two automobiles on highway 46 north of Alcester early Monday afternoon.The accident occurred when the car carrying W. B. Bid” Roberts and Alfred Naeve started to cross the highway in front of the Otis auto.The front end and left side of tho new Buick convertible driven toy Otis was crushed. The other car, a Ford, rolled over three times; the front axel was to^nt together and the top was pulled off.The three men received care at the Hawarden hospital and Mr. Otis and Mr. Roberts were dismissed after being treated'-for cuts and bruises. Mr. Naeve suffered a fracture of the right wrist, some broken ribs and cuts and bruises. He left the hospital yesterday morning.Delsing to Remodel 16th Street HouseChas. Delsing has bought a residence on 16th street from S. Q. French and will remodel it. His father, Henry J. Delsing, will toe in charge of the work. When completed the Chas. Delsing family will occupy it.I l •I*voted at a special meeting of the Hawarden city council Monday night.The increased rates will go into effect during the August meter read-'toings and will first show up on bills tc- be paid September 1.Higher cost of fuel oil, which is up about 300 per cent since 1943 and has almost doubled since the start of 1945, and the increased cost of labor, which is approximately 50 per cent more than it was in 1945, were cited as reasons for the jump in prices. Freight rates on oil are up 20 per cent. Repair and maintenance costs are higher.Plant Profits DownThe city is obligated to pay off $11,000 plus interest anually in light plant bonds. Monday night City Clerk Elmer Ericson produced figures to show that in the last nine months the light plant has had a profit of leas than $1,000. However, there are sufficient bond retirement funds on hand to take care of the payment due September 1.Losses of $400 for October, November and December and $136 for January, February and March were reported. The next three months of April, May and June showed a profit of $1,527.It m the second time in Iwo years that the city has increased the rates for water and electricity. In September, 1946, another council increased the rates 10 per ..cent, and predicted that they would have to go higher unless costs of operation declined sharp- 4h\The new electric and water rates are 25. per cent higher than those prior to September, 1946. The minimum water rate now is $1.25 for 1,000 cubic feet and 12.5 cents per additional 100 cubic feet.► Only the smallest Hawarden electricity consumer will not toe affectedby the new ordinance which is published elsewhere in this issue of the Independent. The minimum monthly rate charged for lighting remains at§1.10, but the number of kilowatts allowed was cut from 20 to 17.5. The first 100 KWH will toe charged at 6.25 cents each, the next 200 at 5 cents and a 11 over 300 at 3.75 cents.Five dollars is the minimum for current used for residential light, heat and, or refrigeration at a rate of 6.25 cents for the first 15 kilowatt hours end 2.o cents for each additional kilowatt.Negotiating Everist Contract Water heating rates now are 1.25 cents with a minimum of $1.25. A more graduated scale for electrical power begins at 6.25 cents for the first 100 kilowatts and ranges down to 1.56 cents for all over 30,000. Electricity for heat and, or refrigeration for business uses will cost 2.5 cents with a $3 minimum.An ordinance which permits the city to enter into separate contracts for furnishing electricity was specifically excepted from the new ordinance.The L. G. Everist, Inc., contract with the city for power current expired last May. The city now is furnishing power to the sand and gravel company at the old rate while a new contract is being negotiated. Everist's is the only firm with a separate contract.
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Hawarden Independent
Hawarden, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 15, 1948
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