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May qth. 19~0, An appropriation of $621.60 for Portsmouth, s share in the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company rate case appeal, placed on its first reading at last meeting~ was taken up. Motion of Mr. Houghton to appropriate $621.60 for said purpose~ was adopted~ and by the following vote: Ayes: Bilisoly, Grimes~ Henderson~ Houghton~ Howard~ Sturtevant, Warren, Weiseman, Wilson Nays: None An additional appropriation of $1~500.00 for re-location of -~ires locat- ed on proposed new colored high school site~ placed on its first reading at last meeting~ was taken up. Motion of Mr. Howard to appropriate $1~500.O0 for said purpose, was adopted and by the following vote: Ayes: Nays: Bilisoly~ Grimes~ Henderson~ Houghton~ Howard~ Sturtevant~ Warren~ ~Teiseman, Wilson None ~n appropriation of $250.00 for purchase of a lot in block ~6, plat of Prentis Park~ from Dr. F.S. Nolan, was taken up_. Motion of Mr. Grimes to appropriate $250.00 for said purpose was adopted and by the following vote: Ayes: Bilisoly, Grimes~ Henderson, Houghton, Howard~ Sturtevant~ PYarren~ Weiseman~ ~ilson Nays: None - NEW BUSINESS At the request of the Housing Authority the Mayor appointed Messrs. Sturtevant~ Bilisoly~ Duke and Howard on a committee to work with thePortsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority on the approach to the tunnel. ceived and filed. The report of the City Clerk and Auditor for the month Of April was re- The following letter from the River Park Civic Club was read: ~The membership of the River Park Civic Club .wishes to express their opposition to the recent rate increase by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. We are not in a position to Wnow anything about the cost of operating the telephone system~ but we feel that that the rates we are now paying are unreasonably high. It seems there is no limit to the price people are going to be charged for this service. In view of the above, we request the support of the Council in o~r ef - forts to obtain cheaper rates for our telephone service. Thanking you for your co-operation~ I remain~ Yours truly, J. D. Powel!~ Corresponding Secretary River Park Civic Club." adopted. Mo~ion of Mr. Howard that the City Clerk answer the letter~ was read: The following letter from the Military Order of the Purple Hear~s~ was War ~2, was read: "We urgently request permission to display in your city one~ and possi- bly two~ of our touring exhibits at different periods of time during the ensuing year. The purpose is to raise funds for the various programs of the Military Order of the Purple Heart~ which, as you probably know~ is the natmona_ organization compo~d wholly of combat wounded veterans. The exhibit is housed ina'28 ft. mobile trailer unit. Admission is free, contributions are permitted. We would be most grateful to you for your co-operation and are hopeful that you grant this permission whieh will aid our various programs considerably. Upon receipt of your authority~ exact dates will be forwardedto your office. Thank yon for your consideration. Irving W. Parker~ Representative." ~Motion of Mr. Weiseman to refer to the City Manager~was adopted. The following letter from Virginia Post #16, American Veterans of W~d "Virginia Post ~16 of the ~eric~u Veterans of World War II, located inBarlOw Place~ is strongly opposed to the transfer of said project to the Portsmouth Re- development and Housing Authority for a low rent housing project. We would like to have an audience at a City Council meeting and ask that yon give ~s an appointment at the earliest possible date."