Turning Back the pages for July 9
July 9, 1936/90 years ago
1932 tax levys in City and County will be slashed
BUDGETS SHOW DECLINE FOR COMING YEAR
City levy will be much smaller than that being collected Now
County Will Reduce Its Levy Decreasing Secondary Road Fund.
Tax levies In Hamilton county and Webster City for 1932 will be slashed, according to various budgets.
The levy in the city for next year may be cut 10 mills and the budget compiled accordingly. The slash will afford the taxpayers the lowest levy experienced in more than 30 years.
With the reduction in effect, the levy for next year will total 21 mills as compared to the 31 mills being collected this year
The county levy has been reduced 4.4 mills by the supervisors which makes the levy to be collected next year 38.0 mills. The levy being collected this year is 43 mills.
School Levy the Same.
The school district levy may be set at the same as that determined upon a year ago, 132.5 mills. The reduction in the city’s levy, J. W. Lee, city attorney, pointed out, it was made by taking 4 mills off the general fund, 5 mills off the water fund and 1 mill off the fire maintenance fund. Mr. Lee said that the reduction was made after it was determined that the respective funds carried sufficient surplus to warrant a cut in the respective levies.
City Manager O. J. Long declared the 1932 levy would be the lowest,In more than 30 years. During the last 15 years, he said, the levy has run between 31 and 40 mills while prior to that it had gone as high as 51 mills.
1966/60 years ago
Librarian happy to combine hobby, vocation
Kendall Young Library’s new head librarian is very pleased “to have combined my hobby with my vocation and that things have worked out so well here in my home community.”
Mrs. Mary Hanna, who took over the librarian’s position June 13, succeeds W.D. Carty who had held that position for three years prior to accepting early this spring the position of head librarian at the college of the School of the Ozarks at Point Lookout, MO.
Master’s Degree
Mrs. Hannah received her master’s degree in library science this spring at the University of Wisconsin prior to returning to Webster City where she had taught at the high school for six years, being an English instructor. She also taught English at Blairsburg for two years before joining the Webster City faculty.
“”I am very impressed by the excellent organization and the entire library set-up here,” she declared. “The possibility to continue the library’s growth is so great because of the fine foundation collection so properly chosen and the excellent facility. There is every reason for the library to go right on being of tremendous use to the community.”
1986/40 years ago
Stratford parade, music set
3 day Bluegrass festival to be held
A three-day celebration is on tap for Stratford this weekend, including the annual Stratford Days Parade and a bluegrass and country music festival sponsored by Jaycees.
The parade will be held Saturday, July 12, beginning at 10 a.m. The theme will be Iowa Homecoming ’86, and prizes will be awarded in four parade entry categories: organization, commercial, kids and others.
On Saturday, many of the groups will participate in the parade beginning at 10 a.m. Music will begin at the park at 11 a.m. featuring Boone County Bluegrass, Four Mile Creek from Ankeny, Possum Trot from Queen City, Missouri and the Sugar Creek Cloggers from Des Moines.
A Banjo contest will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, and a mandolin contest will be held at 4 p.m. A fiddle contest will be at 6:15 p.m.
Food concessions will be operated by the Stratford Jaycees throughout the weekend.
2001/25 years ago
New support groups offers services to victims of abuse
A new support group for victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse has been started in Webster City, through the Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center in Fort Dodge. The center serves six counties including Hamilton County. The kinds of services they provide are: crisis line, child advocacy, counseling, support groups, shelter and legal advocacy.
In the year 1999-2000, of the 1,893 served by the center, 188 were from Hamilton County.
SEED’s energy walk through may help save on utility bills
Hamilton County SEED is urging all building owners to consider next winter’s utility bills while the weather is still warm. SEED, through the Rebuild Hamilton County program, is offering the opportunity to save on utility bills, with assistance from The Energy Group.
The Energy Group will provide a free walk-through to building owners. The walk-through will help assess possibilities for saving energy on heating/air conditioning, lighting systems and more.