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November ~3~l~ 19~3.
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<br />F.W.A. Docket. VA-4~-32~~ a~dthe City Glerk.~ of the City ls. directed .to.afflx,the. sealol the
<br />City to saldcontrac~l~, as,~ and:upon:the, award of the contract is approved by the Federal
<br />Works Agency, a nd by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes~-Fo~, Grimes,.Hall, Howard,. Hu~chins,, Wilson
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> 5th - "I have appointed A. T. Anderson as Substitute Police Officer, ef-
<br />fectiveNovember 16th.
<br /> I have ~opointed Geo. W. Moffatt as regular patrolman In the Pc -
<br />lice Department effective Novemhem t&~.-
<br /> Both of these gentlemen will have to qualify for ~he Civil Service
<br />appointments."
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<br />On motion ordered filed.
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<br /> 61~h - . "I am. recommend&ng t~a,t-~ubst~$u~eI Police-Officer H.H. Snyder be.
<br />dropped from the. Pettce.ros~e~, due to~the'faet that he~ has left the City and the Department
<br />has had no contact with him for the past ten days."
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<br />On motion ordered filed.
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<br /> _ ~ . . 7th- ,The Che~ape~ak~ & Po~cmac-Tel~ohone. OcmDamy~haslapprcached_me,.with
<br />rezerence ~e. us~ng ~ corner~o~ t~e ueu~r~ House ~reperty,for,~me~eonstz~uct%O~c~a~,emporary
<br />building~, This,would house ~exephonesand opera~ere -for, our service.person~el, to make,calls to
<br />their homes. The City would,have an agreemen~ with the Telepho-neCompan~ that~the~cost~ould.,bel
<br />paid for eutof the first year's rental and the building, would be torn down six months after
<br />the termination of the War."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Hutchins to refer back to the City Manager was adopted.
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<br /> ~h - "Reallzing-~thenacessity of~ recreat~oa ln,,the, Ci~y, an~ feeling sure~
<br />t~t~your Recreatlon,_0ommit~teeWlll makea report at ~s meeting, ! ~uld aopreciate the adop-~
<br />tton of the two arrayed resolutions:
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<br /> ~(a) W~, due ~ t~ e~ded.~ar effor~ in~the City of
<br /> .Port,curb, caused by~e great.amoumt of work in
<br /> Navy Ya~ ~dtot~rNavatestablls~nts,.and
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<br /> ~S, adeq~e recreation for Defense workers
<br /> no~ av~lable
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<br /> BE IT ~LVED by ~he ~umcll ef the Oily of Ports-
<br /> moue, t~t the OityMa~ger-be aut~rized to p~ceed
<br /> to negotiate With the Fe~eralWorks ~ency for the
<br /> construction of a ~te~recrea~ional-center."
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<br /> (b) ~E~, due to the exp~ded War effort in ~he OIty
<br /> ef Portsmouth, caused by the great ~ount of work
<br /> shemNa~ Ya~ and e~her~aval establis~ents, and
<br /> ~, adequa=e recreation for Defense workers ls not
<br /> av~lable In the City,
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<br /> BE IT ~SOLVED by the Ooumcil of the City of Per~smouth,
<br /> that the Oity M~ager be authorized ~o p~ceed te ne~-
<br /> tiate ~th ~e Feder~ Works Agency for ~e construction
<br /> of a colored recreatio~ cen~er."
<br /> ~ On metlon of ~. ~wa~, She two resolutions offered by the Oity Mamager
<br />were adopted, ~d by the follo~ng vote:
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<br />Ayes: Fox, Grimes, Hall, Howard, Hutchins, Wilson
<br />Nays: None - '
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<br /> ~m&v~lege. of the floor was granted interested people and Mr.' Kent Johnson
<br />Mr. E. 0.~Allen,'L~eut. Lofl~on and Moses F. Gibson spoke. Mr. Allen presented the following
<br />reports:
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<br />a
<br />crea$ionat field,
<br />avail, but
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<br />as a
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<br /> fatte&,t~ .qualify
<br /> failure ~o appoint
<br /> inthe re -
<br />our efforts were of no
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<br /> W~S, 1~ ~ t y council has since ~roprlated~ such a
<br />fund ~ e~ salary and ex, cerises of an experienced rep-
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