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Feb. 23, 1961
HARTINGTON- The City Council awarded a $47,160 contract to Harold Christiansen & Son of Pender Tuesday night for the construction of Hartington’s new municipal swimming pool. Work on the project is to get underway as soon as weather permits and completion is expected by July 1.
The Pender firm was the lowest of five construction companies bidding on the pool. The bids ranged from the Christiansen low to a high of $59,900. The second low bid was $50,081. Contractors from Norfolk, Grand Island, Yankton and Omaha bid on the project.
The low bid was only $160 above the cost estimate of $47,000 made by Strong and Associates of Norfolk, the city’s architect.
Christiansen & Son are experienced swimming pool builders, having constructed two pools at Wayne and pools at Pilger, Madison, Wakefield, West Point and at Hawarden and Remsen, Iowa. The company was the general contractor on the recently built Holy Trinity grade school building.
One of the features of the new pool will be a gas heater to take the chill off the water in early spring and late summer, and on cool days in mid-summer. With the heater it is expected an additional 20 to 30 days will be added to the swimming season each summer.
The pool, to be located in the northeast portion of the circle in the city park, will be of fan shape construction. It will be 112 feet long and vary in width from 28 feet at the deep end to 56 feet at the shallow end. The facilities will include a wading pool 24x48 feet for small children.
The plans call for a concrete and tile bathhouse 24x48 feet. This will contain men’s and women’s rooms, showers, toilet facilities and locker space.
Feb. 23, 1961
HARTINGTON- A stack of baled hay was destroyed by fire Thursday at the Delmer Provancha farm 2½ miles east of Hartington.
The stack contained an estimated 30 tons of hay. Origin of the fire is not known. The Hartington Fire Department was called about 5:30 a.m. The fire had too much of a start and the firemen could not save the stack.
Feb. 23, 1961
HARTINGTON-County Treasurer Louis G. Riibe is back at his office again after spending five weeks in the Veterans Hospital in Lincoln where he underwent two operations.
