Laurel outlook., 1946-01-09

voted at the last general election.
At the election a majority vote of
40 per cent of the qualified electors
will say whether the proposed
swimming pool shall be a city
undertaking.
Qualified electors are those who
pay taxes on real or personal prop
erty and whose names appear on
the last completed assessment roll.
Anyone paying taxes on an auto
mobile only is not qualified, the
general committee learned.
A decision of the meeting last
week favoring a pool constructed as
a T and measuring 140 feet in over
all length was suspended Wednes-
day evening to permit further
study of design. Appointed on the
committee for study are C. A.
Cromwell, chairman of the general
committee, r. B. Packard, j. j.
Parker, Rinehold Frank and w. B.
Roysdon. They and City Engineer
Chester Eyer are to report at a
subsequent meeting. Meanwhile the
work of circulating petitions is to
go forward.
1t is expected that cost of con-
structiOn will be in the vicinity of
$25, 200.
Committee chairmen named in the
five zones in which the petitions
are to be circulated are Homer
Sheets in the area from Locust to
Alder avenues; Hilmar Waage,
Alder to First avenues; Roy Ed
wards, First to Eighth avenues;
Chester Biffle, business district,
and Herman Michael, South Laurel.
The decision to divide the city into
petitions was reached last week at
meeting of a volunteer committee,
Mrs. |. N. Smith reported Wednes-
day evening. The plan of zones is
similar to the one used by the Red
Cross in conducting soliciting cam
paigns. Each zone chairman is to
appoint four or more assistants.
The petitions are to be prepared by
the city attorney, B. L. Price.
Price told the meeting Wednes-
day that those circulating the pc
titions are required by law to be
themselves qualified to vote at the
election.
At the meeting last week, with
Chairman Cromwell presiding, Mrs.
o. r. Burdett was elected chairman
of the finance subcommittee. 1t
was at this meeting the committee
decided to offer the swimming pool
proposal to the taxpayers as a city
financed project. The dimensions
of the pool at that time favored
were so by 100 feet for one sec
tion, with depths ranging from
three to six feet, and a T-like ad-
dition of 40 by Is feet with a
maximum depth of 10 feet. The
design was for accommodating chill
dren and other bathers in the so
by 1OO-foot section and the divers
and experts in the 40 by 75-fOOt
section.
The general committee was in
creased by adding five representa-
tives from South Laurel, and a
committee was appointed to raise a
publicity fund.
Chairman Cromwell was unable
to attend the meeting Wednesday
and in his absence r. B. Packard
presided. 1t was at this session
the zone plan was adopted and
zone chairmen were appointed.
Engineer Eyer told the commit
tee he had discussed the swimming
pool with state health department
and that they were
of the opinion the state board would
approve the proposal, which pro-
vides for recirculation and chlori-
nation of the water
The swimming pool movement
began several years ago in response
to a strong sentiment favoring it
as a means of avoiding the hazards
each summer by young
people swimming in irrigation
canals. 1t was recently revived by
Laurel post of the American Leg
ion. Committees from the Legion
and the city council met for dis
cussions, with the result that a
general commit tee representing
many organizations was formed.
The general committees first meet
ing was last Nov. %. Since then
other meetings have been held and
the proposal has now reached the
stage of being presented soon at
special election.
Sponsors regard it as a long
needed major civic improvement for
the pleasure, health and protection
of the city's younger residents, and
is similar to such provisions made
5y Columbus and other neighbor