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y Tl - A i nJ mm "in n n d 1o(Md 01 Issuq By Dssue, YES" Will Mean Progress -Economy, More Advantages 1 Com We will have our post office, plus house-to-house delivery of mail which can he addressed to Hazel- wood or Waynesville. 2 3 We will have lower fire insurance rates. We will have a water rate of $1.10 which is low er than now, and the question will he settled from now on. 4 -We will have a population of 7,000 . people to help with the tax burden which means lower taxes per person, per improvement. 5 We will have complete 24-hour police protection. O All property, houses, lots and business places, , " will have greater value in the larger town. The val uation for taxation as set by the county will remain the same, while the market value, or selling price will steadily increase. 1 We will have a better prnrhnorp rnlWtinn anA Ala. VUIIVVUV UI1U UliJ" posal system, which means for greater sanitation urn ii 7 ft! ft We will hayenopjrtanity.:1topaveor. dusty f W streets and repair those already paved because of . the higher borrowing power of a larger town ! ft Our high school, known far and near for athletic, j and musical accomplishments, as well as scholastic, ps known as the Waynesville high school. 10 It will cost less to operate the combined towns. 11 As a ,arSer town, we will be in a position to at A tract new industries which we need in order to ab sorb our surplus labor. r 1 0 Wc will become a part of a larger, more progres- 1 M s,ve community. We will be on the map, and in a j position of accomplishing a lot. iff ;. , ' ... Vote pare The MCTS TO VOTE "NO" Will Mean Higher Taxes - Fewer Advantages 1 2 We will not have house-to-house delivery of mail until we have a town of 2,500 population. We will not have lower fire insurance rates un less we RAISE taxes to pay for three full-time fire men. 3 I, We will owe about $5,000 water bill. We will have about $1.75 water rate which is higher than now. To build our own water system would require $300,000, according to the State Board of Health, and even if possible to borrow such a sum would mean a water rate of more than DOUBLE the present rate. 4 We have only 1,700 people to help carry the in creasing tax burden, which means HIGHER TAX ES per person per improvement. 5 We will have only what one man can do unless we RAISE TAXES to pay for additional policemen. jj Property values not likely to increase, and will U merged. be curbed due to the higher taxes necessary unless IJ No chance of improving except by ! HIGHER JAXES. ft Our only chance to pave more streets is to IN v CREASE TAXES, because we have borrowed all the law will allow. 9 The name will never be changed it will always be Waynesville High. W It will cost more to operate two towns under present plan. 11 We have a fairly well-balanced town, but have " been handicapped of late in interesting new indus- trjeS hSe e J!? smaiand jn the future it will be even harder because of potential HIGHER TAXES. 1 A We cannot get much larger if any because we are surrounded by the city limits of Waynesville. go 0mm Every Hazelwood Voter Shoo These Facts! Know U a.1. tu iiv; t ti, ti i i t i . uiuu 1U" ui AilC IXUIWUOQ InuUSlril Payroll Is Spent In Hazelwood. 2-We Need Help In Meeting Increased M Burdens. 3-It Is Neither Practical Nor Possible ToBd row $300,000.00 For a Water System. 4-Three Full-Time Firemen Would Cost $61 a Year, and Would Add 60 Cents To Prese: Tax Rate. 5-Under The State Law, The Town oi Hazl wood Cannot Borrow Additional Money i Streets, Sewers Either For Repair Or E pansion. 6- Existing Power Rates Will Be Unchanged, 7- Water Bills Can Be Paid Here As Now. 8-No Alderman Would Risk The Hazelwoo Vote of Moving The Fire Truck. 9-The Allotment of Aldermen Is Based On Po ulation. 10-Adding Firemen Will Be Far More Expel sive Than Savings Earned By Lower Insu: , ance. 11-Unless Hazelwood Votes To Merge, We fi Owe a $5,000 Water Bill, and The Recoil Show That The Town Does Not Have Tb Monev To Pav This, and No Place 1 Get It Except By Hi gher Taxes and lit creased Water Rates. 12-It Is Just Good Common Sense From Ever Angle To Merge and Have a Large, Thrivm; and Progressive Town! This Message Prepared and Sponsor ed By a Group of Hazelwood Men an Women Who Have Thoroughly btua ied The Question of Consolidation e 6FOK oiislBfetiiii facts, not rwnof)
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