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VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING August 5, 1940 th The regular meeting of the Village Council was held at the Municipal Bldg Monday Aug 5, 1940 at 8 o’clock P.M. Members present: M.C. Tesch, Pres; Geo Cornelius, G.A. Bailey, and Frank Nickerson, Trustees; Wm H Greupner, Clerk The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Joe Belanger, Mr and Mrs Wm Belanger came before the Council and stated that they were down to the State Board of Control in regards to the two Belanger girls that are at Faribault and they were told the girls could come home for a two weeks vacation providing they had the O.K. of the Village council. It was decided that the Belangers would have to sign a written agreement that when the two weeks were up the girls would have to go back to Faribault. They refused to sign the agreement and said they would see Mr. Davies the next morning. Mr. LaMontagne, Leo Demare, Chas Bressler, Alfred Brown, Roy Hudson and Fren Darner residence on Thomas Street were present to discuss about putting in a 4 inch water main on Thomas Street. It was decided to table this matter for a week or two as the Council would know by then where the new Highway was going. L.G. Nelson and Mr. Hanson representing the Fair Board were present and asked for an appropriation from the Village to help with the expenses of the 4H Fair. A motion was made by Wm Greupner seconded by G.A. Bailey to grant the Sherburne Co. Agriculture Assoc. One Hundred and Fifty dollars ($150.00). Joe Parker said that he wished to take his wife to a doctor in Princeton and asked that the Village pay the doctor expenses. Mr. Parker was told that the Village would not be able to pay any doctor outside of the County but would pay for the medicine Mrs. Parker would need for the next 30 days. R.W. Handke, Ruth Flaherty, Ann Olsen, and L.D. Bailey representing the recreation board were present and reported that the programs were going along nicely but that they would need some money to take care of expenses. A motion was made by G.A. Bailey seconded by Geo Cornelius to allow the recreation board twenty five dollars ($25.00). Gladys Hulberts case was brought up and it was decided that the clerk write her a letter asking her to move her furniture from the rooms that the Village are renting from E.R. Halter for the reason that she is living in St. Cloud now and she could store her furniture much cheaper at another place. Bids were opened for the seven or eight hundred feet of water main. Foussa__ Hdwe $82.00 100 ft Caleys Hdwe $74.00 100 ft It was decided as quick as the Village needed this material it would be bought at the lowest price which would be Caleys Hdwe.