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Vote Is Unanimous Brookfield OKs Belt Freeway Route ROOKFIELD The common council Tuesday night unanimously endorsed the State Highway commission's proposed belt freeway route through Brookfield. Endorsement came after the two fifth ward aldermen, Theodore Grenier and Melvin Teske, expressed the opposition of several subdivision associations in their ward to the proposal. Grenier and Teske voted for the endorsement, however. Aid. Edgar Bjorklund (Sixth) said there were subdivision developments put in along the 1-94 freeway after the freeway was constructed, and the proximity of the highway was not a deterrent to sale of homes.

Grenier said the state had pointed this out, but referring to residents opposing the route, he said, "Apparently these people have their minds made up and not going to be confused with these facts." Fireworks Injure consin. Sparklers, while legal, should be handled with care, Waukesha police warned today. Mrs. Gerbensky said today that if it been for the efforts of Mrs. Kosednar and the fireman who stopped some of the bleeding, her son would have died.

wonderful to know that people will do something when something like this happens," she said. The boy was under surgery from 3:45 p.m. until 8 p.m. last night, Mrs. Gerbensky said.

He is still in fair condition in the intensive care unit at Waukesha Memorial hospital. Liquor Licenses The council had heard the presentation of a 500 foot wide corridor through Brookfield that S. T. Banaszak, district highway engineer, said would require the removal of only four buildings. The entire 45 mile route of the freeway through two Milwaukee county communities, Muskego, New Berlin, Brookfield, Menomonee Falls, and Germantown will displace only 40 to 45 buildings if municipalities cooperate and prevent further development in the freeway corridor.

Thomas R. Clark planning supervisor for the highway commission, said the freeway would have to run slightly east of Barker Rd. If it were to go west, it would cut through the Fox river flood plain. As it is now, it passes near numerous subdivisions in fifth ward, where residents are petitioning against it, and 1,000 to 1,200 feet west of the new Elmbrook Memorial hospital. Clark said the freeway would pass substantially lower than the hospital, which is built on a hill.

However, he also noted it would go under Gebhardt Rd. and over North leading Aid. Teske to wonder how this could be done and still keep the freeway well below the hospital, which is a short way south of North Ave. Hospital officials had expressed concern about noise and vibrations from truck traffic on the freeway. Teske said he was amazed that the facility was located where it was, since the freeway route proposals had been known for several years.

Clark said there would be major traffic interchanges in Brookfield at Capitol North Blue Mound 1-94, and Greenfield Ave. Also, slightly north of Brookfield, there will be a freeway interchange with the Bay freeway which will be located near Aero Park, south of Lannon. Surgery Successful, Waukeshans Thanked A 13 year old Kaukauna girl is recovering today from a successful kidney transplant, thanks to a 21 year old brother who returned from Vietnam to donate one of his kidneys, and in part to the generosity of Waukesha residents. Mrs. Robert A.

Martin of 2019 W. Norton Waukesha, an aunt, said the two were doing well at University hospitals in Madison. The operation was performed Tuesday. She expressed the thanks today to more than 100 Waukesha residents, particularly from Waukesha Memorial hospital, who donated $500 to help pay for the operation. A fund drive was started in Kaukauna last winter to raise $3,500 to pay for Mary operation.

So far $10,000 has been raised. Her brother, Tom, was given permission to return from Vietnam to donate his kidney to save his life. turned its attention to the matter of liquor licenses. In other matters, the council granted a special Class liquor license to the Gentlemen Puerto Rican club for use at its clubrooms, 807V4 Clinton St. on July 11, 12 and 13.

The clubrooms formerly housed a teenage club. Aid. Renald Lange (12th) read a letter from a county health sanitarian reporting on an inspection of public restrooms in downtown Waukesha. Among 40 business places checked, only six had public restrooms, according to Harold K. Elder, a sanitarian.

Of the toilet rooms inspected, only a few complied with regulations set down by the division of industrial safety and building regulations, Elder said. Lange asked that the letter be referred to the city attorney, building inspector and health department. Aid. Harold Hamilton (Seventh) announced the Building-grounds Committee has scheduled a meeting for Monday night to interview architects for designing a new police station. The council, on recommendation of the Persons property Committee, designated special truck loading zones between 2:30 and 6 p.m.

in front of store and the Davies Realty Co. on W. Main St. and in front of store on South St. Aldermen received their copies of recently recodified city ordinances.

City Atty. George E. Lawler said, "I think it is one of the finest (jobs) I have ever seen." A Madison firm headed by a former League of Wisconsin Municipalities counsel did the work. The council will set the price at the next meeting for selling copies of the code to the public. (Freeman Staff Photo) Crowd Treated to Concert A band got off the circus train when it arrived in Waukesha yesterday and entertained the crowd that gathered to watch the annual journey of ancient circus wagons to Milwaukee.

The blage also thrilled to the sound of a genuine steam calliope. Spectators lined the rails for most of the 119 mile trip from Baraboo. The gaily colored circus wagons will parade in Milwaukee on Friday. City Won't Oppose Water Hike common council decided Tuesday night that city government should not oppose the water request for an increase in water rates. Mayor Harold T.

Owens asked the council whether it wants someone to appear at a July 9 public hearing in Madison to either support or talk against the rate increase proposal. Planned Development Sought for Brookfield ROOKFIELD A planned residential development of single family homes, town houses, and garden apartments will be built in western Brookfield if the common council approves rezoning and site plans. The council conducted a hearing on the proposal by Realty Developers, Elm Grove, Tuesday night, at which William Nelson of Nelson and planners, presented the plan. The development would cover 117 acres south of Gebhardt Rd. and east of Barker Rd.

The property extends one- half mile south of Gebhardt and is bounded on the east by the property belt freeway corridor. It will include 119 single family lots, 40 apartments, and eight townhouses. The area is presently zoned R-2 and conservancy. A change to R-2 (planned development) and M-l (multi-family) is required. The council did not act on the request Tuesday.

The single-family lots would have a 20,000 square foot minimum size with a minimum average width of 120 feet. The homes would be grouped around courts as in the Will-Aura development in Brookfield. The multi-family development would be in the southwest portion of the plot which would include a pond in a low area unsuitable for building. In the northwest area, there would be another pond site and Nelson proposed future development of a nursing home and clinic there. The existing homes north of Gebhardt would face single-family homes in the development, and the nursing home and multifamily areas would provide a buffer between the single-family area and the Moll farm industrial park to the west.

The apartments will be set in a like area, to be maintained by a pro- pery owners association. There will be another green area in the eastern end of the development where electrical high-tension lines cut through. The rental range on the apartments will be approximately They will all be two bedroom, with two or two and one- half baths. Nelson said the intended renters would be older couples whose children have grown, since the two bedroom accommodations would not be desirable for families with several children living at home. When the question of sewage disposal was raised, Director of Public Works Bill Muth said a new treatment plant at the confluence of the Fox river and Poplar creek would be complete in 18 to 24 months.

Nelson said the development would not be started until such facilities were available. The mayor, who is a member of the utility commission, said he was the only member to vote against seeking a water rate increase when the commission met May 9. Noting that "we have a well run utility," Aid. Paul E. Davies (11th) proposed the council go on record concurring in the request for a rate increase.

He said he was satisified with the explanation of expansion plans and the justification of an increase. But Aid. Ralph M. North III (Ninth) protested that he know enough about the water operations and feel qualified to vote on it. On that basis Davies changed the wording of his motion to say the council oppose the request for a rate increase.

The public hearing will be held by the state public service commission at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Hill Farms state office building. The utility commission has not suggested the specific percentage of an increase. The rates are regulated by the PSC. The last annual report shows the utility enjoyed a net return of 3 percent on its water sales in 1968.

The PSC suggests a 6 percent return. The last water rate increase went into effect in 1963. Supt. Joseph H. Kuranz told the council the rate increase averaged 4 percent over the last ten years.

Kuranz also told a few details of a $1,800,000 expansion program for 19701971. Principal items include drilling the ninth deep well, installing nearly 20 miles of new mains and installing 600 new street and residential services. The utility superintendent asked the council for authority to hire a local attorney to prosecute a claim for $579.39 against the Joseph Bonness Milwaukee, for alleged damages to utility installations during a 1968 paving program on Hy. 18 in the city. The paving insurance carrier offered the utility $470.29 to settle the claim and gave the utility ten days in which to accept the offer.

Kuranz said he accept. "We compromise with our water using customers," Kuranz said. feel when someone comes in and damages something we should take a firm position." If the utility settled for an amount less than it is believes is owed it, it would "open a Pandora box," Kuranz feared. Other contractors would try to get by, too, without paying the utility for full damages. Mayor Harold T.

Owens disagreed. "My feeling is, settle it and get it over The council followed the suggestion of City Atty. George E. Lawler and authorized him to check with the contractor and the insurance carrier in an effort to find out why the company will not pay the full 100 percent claim. The city attorney will make his report at the next council meeting.

Aid. Carmello Monfre (Fourth) attempted to spike rumors that a housing project for elderly citizens which he has furthered is now dead. "The project is very much alive," Monfre said. "There is no truth to the report the project is bogged He referred to a project proposed by Local 150, Building Service Employes Union, AFL-CIO, of Milwaukee, to build a 200-unit project for the elderly on a 15 acre tract south of the Golden Guernsey dairy plant and east of Delafield St. Monfre said two housing programs under the federal government had been consolidated under the new administration.

As a result the application for a long-term, low interest bearing loan will be made by the sponsor through the state FHA office in Milwaukee. According to Monfre, FHA Administrator Lawrence Katz was impressed by the plans he saw. Task Force on the Smith report," said Aid. Richard Allen (13th), a Task Force member. Acting City Planner Alf N.

Kloppedal said his department needs help in obtaining a transportation study and a master pian. He added: A transportation study would help determine the location of major traffic routes in the urbanizing areas around the city. These routes should be determined before the areas become devel- with subdivisions. A master plan would help his department in determining what the population density should be in various areas of the city. The master plan would help to determine the location of multiple-family units.

Aid. Sylvester Goetz (15th) said these points were covered by the Ladislas Segoe plan of 1956. Goetz thought it might be "smart business" to have the Cincinnati planning consultants come back to Waukesha to update the master plan. "We are wandering along with the total absence of a plan at all," observed Aid. Paul J.

Keenan (10th). sitting here in a big metropolitan area and the growth will be forced upon us. A lot of things can go wrong if we know going on." Kloppedal said the city received a lot of value for the $38,000 it spent for the Segoe plan in 1956-57, including the zoning ordinance. But the plan is out of date and requires complete re-doing, he said. He would prefer hiring some firm other than Segoe to update it.

Rather than buy an entire new comprehensive plan, the planner suggested hiring an outside firm to work on specific problems as land use and transportation. Aid. Sigmund Snopek (Third), who sees a larger assignment for the Task Force than just the market analysis, said the public does not realize money has been set aside for the additional planning. "We just buffalo the public that going to cost them a lot of money." Snopek, chairman of the Task Force, has not yet set a meeting date for calling the group together to comply with the new directive. Entries Arriving For County Fair Entries are coming in for the 1969 Waukesha County Fair scheduled for July 10-13 at the county farm, Fair Secretary W.

D. Rogan said today. Admission to the fair is free. Judging Day is set for Friday, July 11 with Dairy Day scheduled for Saturday, July 12. Some of the attractions at this fair include: 1.

pet show Friday, July 11 at 1 p.m. 2. Livestock auction Friday evening at which steers, pigs and sheep shown by junior exhibitors will be sold. 3. County open horse show and tractor pulling contest Sunday, July 13.

4. Fairest of the Fair Queen Contest sponsored by the Waukesha Kiwanis Club Friday evening. 5. Teen dance featuring the rock and roll band, "The Vacant Lot," at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10.

6. 4-H Horse and Dog shows Saturday, July 13, and 4-H Style Show at 8 p.m. Saturday. 7. Pony Pulling contest Saturday afternoon.

8. Art Show during the entire four day fair. 9. Teen talent contest Sunday at 8 p.m. 10.

Fireworks Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. 11. Amusement rides, shows and concessions will add a carnival atmosphere for the entire fair. All exhibits will be housed for the full length of the fair and will not be released until Sunday evening, Rogan said. Defers Building Rule MUKWONAGO The Village Board Tuesday night: 1.

Deferred action on a resolution regulating building in Mukwonago Industrial Park. Several industries interested in the park have asked to see regulations on the park, and the village has had none until now. 2. Granted a $50 extension on the Field Park recreation budget to add another playground supervisor. 3.

Okayed a request by the Mukwonago VFW to hold a Maxwell Street Days weekend Oct. 18 and 19 if the American Legion, which usually sponsors the fairs, object. 4. Accepted a proposal to advertise for the sale of hay growing in the industrial park. 2 Boats Collide OCONOMOWOC No one was injured when two boats collided on Lac La Belle near Beggs Island Tuesday afternoon.

Charles Bachmann, 800 N. Lake Road, Oconomowoc, told police he was fishing when he saw a boat driven by David J. Wierdsma, 11, of 38080 Lakeland Drive, Oconomowoc, coming straight at him. Bachmann said he stood up and yelled but the two boats collided. Wierdsma told police his vision was blocked by a set of water skiis in the front as well as by a passenger sitting in the front.

Supervisors Tour Parks In County By CHRIS PLUMB Freeman Staff OUNTY supervisors saw Tuesday where some of their money goes as they toured nine county parks and made an unexpected hour stop at Rain bow Springs Country club and convention center to see where somebody money has been going. The tour, conducted by Park planning Director Walter Tarmann, was organiz ed by the park-planning commission to acquaint the board with park develop ment throughout the county. A total of 23 supervisors from the 35 member board attended throughout the day, without pay. Supervisors stopped first at the new Oakwood golf course in Menomonee Falls, where they examined a steel and wood maintenance shed and temporary club house when the course opens next year. At Menomonee park, they viewed a 77 acre parcel to be purchased at ap proximately $800 per acre.

It will be along Lannon Rd. south of the present park, which is 316 acres in size. At Naga-Waukee park, supervisors viewed another golf course, this one in operation. Tarmann pointed out the existing club house and its location, which requires golfers to cross Hy. to the first tee, about 400 yards away.

Sup. Ray F. Wandschneider, a member of the park-planning commission and vigorous proponent for a new club house at Naga-Waukee, said Hy. with a 50 mph speed limit, presented a hazard for golfers crossing the road in automatic carts to get from the clubhouse to the first tee. Also at Naga Waukee, supervisors toured the carpentry shop where park signs are made and took in some of the action on the beach.

In the afternoon the tour went to the MacMiller sports center being developed near Eagle, where rifle, trap, and skeet ranges will be built. Tarmann said the Winchester gun company operates franchises at several such areas around the country, and may be interested in setting up a business at the MacMiller center. The tour got sidetracked when one supervisor suggested stopping at the Rainbow Springs Convention center being developed by Francis Schroedel near Eagle. They received an hour long tour of the center, with its resort hotel of more than 700 units standing empty because of lack of funds. Richard Schroedel, son of the developer, said some of the convention facilities may be ready by Fall.

One supervisor commented that the Rainbow Springs tour was more interesting than the park tour. seen the parks already," he quipped. As the tour closed, they observed the development of a self-sustaining pond in Minooka park in the town of Waukesha. The supervisors also visited lake accesses at Ashippun, Nemahbin, and School Section lakes, and Muskego and Mukwonago parks. Not attending the tour were Sups.

Albert Meissner, Arthur Manke, John H. Niebler, William E. Behrens, Reuben H. Bartelt, E. Vernon Metcalfe, Eugene J.

Nord, James Fay, Rose M. Nammacher, Alan L. Williams, Gerald Wray, and Robert Du Charme. Fireworks Display Thursday The Freeman Tuesday erroneously reported the day of the lakefront fireworks display in Milwaukee. The program, part of the Old Milwaukee Days celebration, will be Thursday at 10 p.m., instead of Friday, as was reported.

General Manager Hans Mahn has been named General Manager of Wilde Pontiac, Waukesha, according to the firm's president Harold Wilde. Mahn moved to Waukesha from his native Germany in 1963. He was a salesman for the former Jack Coe Pontiac agency from that date until the dealership was sold in 1966. During each of these years he was honored by the Pontiac Division of General Motors as a member of its national "Master Salesman's Guild." Mahn spent a year as sales manager of a Cadillac dealership in Tallahassee, before returning to Waukesha county. Waukesha Freeman Wednesday, July 2, 1969 Page 3.