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lng vote:
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<br />PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS A~DD TO PAY IA~EREST AND ~rNK1/qG FL$1D
<br />ON THE PUBLIC DEBT FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY lst,1948%"
<br />
<br />On motion of Mr. Weiseman, said ordinance was adopted, and by the follow-
<br />
<br />Ayes: Fox, G~imes, Barclay, Henderson,
<br /> Weiseman, Wilson
<br />Nays: None
<br />
<br />Howard,
<br />
<br />Sturtevant
<br />
<br /> The following ordinance, placed on its first reading at last regular
<br />meeting, was taken up and read:
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<br />"AN 0 RDKNANCE A~NDING AS~ RE-ORDAINING SECTION 390 OF THE
<br />CITY CODE RELATING TO ~ SPEED AND ~n~E NU~,~SER OF CARS OF
<br />TRAINS OPERATING UPON RAILROAD TRACES"
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<br />ing vote:
<br />
<br />On motion o f Mr. Barclay, said ordinance was adopted, and by the follow-
<br />
<br />Ayes: Fox, Barclay, Gmimes,
<br /> Weiseman, ~ilson
<br />Nays: None
<br />
<br />Henderson, Howard, Sturtevaut,
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<br />on the table:
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<br />The following ordinance, laid on ~he table at last meeting, was continued
<br />
<br />"AN ORDINANCE TOA~END SUB-SECTION B OF SECTION 306, SUB-
<br />SECTIONS H, E AArP G OF SECTION 31E, SECTIONS 319, 3~1 and
<br />AND REPEALING SECTION 3SO O~ THE CITY CODE, RELATING TO WATER
<br />SERVICE"
<br />
<br /> An appropriation of $300.00~for Detective C.L. Warren attending the FBI
<br />Academy, laid on t able at last meeting, was taken up.
<br />
<br /> Motion of Mr. Weiseman to appropriate $500.00 for said puzqo_ose, was
<br />adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />Ay s.
<br />
<br />Na~ s.
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<br />Fox, Barclay, Grimes, Henderson,
<br /> ~eiseman, Wilson
<br />None
<br />
<br />No~ard,
<br />
<br />Sturtevant,
<br />
<br /> The r6port of the City Clerk and Auditor for t he month of December was
<br />received and ordered filed.
<br />
<br />The ib llowing l~tter was read:
<br />
<br /> "Owing to the enormous increase in cte~ical work in the Civil end Police
<br />Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, it is absolutely necessary that I have an ad-
<br />ditional clerk in order that the work msy be properly perfc~ued. I will appreciate it if you
<br />will authorize the employment of this additional clerk ~ud advise me the emount of salary that
<br />will be made available.
<br /> Yours very ~ ruly,
<br />
<br />~m. H. 0asr, Civil and Police Justice."
<br />
<br />Motion of ~. Weisamau to refer to the City Manager, was adopted.
<br />
<br />The following letter was read:
<br />
<br /> "As you ~e no doubt aware, the Optimist Club of Portsmouth sponsors
<br />and operates in co-operation With the city a Boys' Club located at Buck Child's Field just
<br />west of the Municipal Stadium. This club is khown~ the Junior Optimist Boys~ Club and it's
<br />more than 80 members attend the club regularly. Our success with these youngsters has been
<br />rem~rkabie and very encouraging to the members of ou~ own club. During ~ae past year, w e have
<br />spent Considerable money and'time in an effort to make this a complete Boys' Club and to of-
<br />fer diversified sports, games, and other entertainment to attract these childmen and thereby
<br />keep~them off the streets and out of the mischief that many of them had gotten into in the
<br />p&st.. Certainly, this club is one of the finest contributions that is being made to combat
<br />juvenile delinquency in our City. We recognize that the problem is not always w%th the boys
<br />themselves., b~t in the main is a lack of good adult guidance and Sups~vlsion on the part of
<br />the parents and others who come in contact vAth these men of tomorrow.
<br /> in the past fe%v months the Optimist Club of PortSmouth has installed
<br />outside flo6d lights for night sports with the materials and labor furnished by the club
<br />its members~ Ne als0 spent well over $500~00 for materials to install a regutationout-doo~
<br />boxing ring, the labor fe~ ~onst~ction being f~nished through the Recreation Bureau of the
<br />City of portsmouth. All the inside games and equipment including the ping-pong table and fur-
<br />niture were furnished by the Senior Opthuist Club. Entertainment and refreshments are sup-
<br />plied for these boys all during the year as well a s an ~nnual Christmas party and an affair
<br />held in the fall at w_hi~n time the most outstanding and best liked boy of the Junior Club is
<br />awarded a t~ophy for his display of good citizenship. He is selected by the Junior members
<br />in a very democratic manner.
<br /> A night sup~vvisor is employed and paid by the Optimist Club and he is
<br />on d~ty every evening except S~mudsv. This man was reco~ended to us by the Recreation Bureau
<br />and we have fo-~md him to be very c~oable and understanding. He is assisted each evening by a
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