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The meeting was a dinner meeting, attended by all the Portsmouth Civic Clubs and members of the Boy Scout organization, and their parents and friends. The dinner was served by !a~ es of various'churches at cost and the orice of the dinner was~i~rem~ at 75~ apiece,~ which covered the actual cost of the dinner and serving. No admission was charged for the Scouts, their parents and ~r!e.ms who attended, but did not come for dinner. The boy Scouts of America is a voluntary non-profit assOciation~ having as its purpose the character building of the boys of Portsmouth. ~ae Portsmouth District is extremely limited in funds, all of which are obtained by voluntary subscriptions from Ports - mouth citizens and as no ae~ission charge was made and the dinner served at cost, the rental of auditoriu~ would ~ve to be taken from our regular budget, in which no orovision is made for such expense. ~ The undersigned for the Portsmouth~Distr~ot· Committee of Tidewater Council Boy Scouts of American. s. respectfully requestS~m~.the City Council of the Citv~ of Portsmouth~ to refund to the Dis~ict Committee the ~m5~O0 oaid for the rental of the City Auditowium for the evening of Dece~oer 5~ 1940. - - ' Respectfully submitted, T.B. Coker, Chairman of Arrangements Committe~ Robt. D. Powers, Jr.~ Chairman, Advancemenz Committee." Motion of Mr. Fmward'to make said refund, was adopted. The following letter was read and ordered filed: "Thank you so much for your letter of the 3Otb. I deeply appreciate the ac tion taken by the Council of the City of Portsmouth on the motion of Mr. Hutchins, seconded by Mr. Howard. ~ ' ~na.~s for their ~.dness and tell them ~on t you'express to the Council my further that I nope they w_ll call on me in any matter in ~uhich they feel that I cam be of as- sistance. It has always been a pleasure for me to co-operate with the officials of the City of Portsmouth-in the fine work which they are doing° With 8very good wish, I remain, Very'truly yours~ Colgate Darden, Jr." Compensation reports of the Co~missioner of Revenue and Commonwealth Attorney were received and, on motion of Mr. Fox, ~proved for payment. Report of F.B. Hill & Company for auditing ferry books and accounts for Nov- ember~ 1940~ was received and ordered filed. Mr. %~ilson presented the following ordinance~ which was~ on motion of Mr. Hutchins, p ~cem on its first reading: ~AN ORDINANCE ~2.~ENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED, ;A2~ ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR RETIRFH~ENT OF POLiCE¥~EN AND FIREMEN OF THE CiTY OF PORTSMOUTH, AND AUTHORIZING A PENSION FOR SUCH RETIRED POLICEMEN ~2~D FIF~[EN BY ADDING THERETO A NETY SECTION PROVIDING FOR PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS OF ~OLICEMEN AND FI_~M~N %~0 SRA~_L DIE FROM CERTAIN IN JURIES." The fo!loving petition was read: "The undersigned citizens of Portsmouth City, Virginia~ most resoectfully call your attention to the lack of public provisions for the housing of indoor recreational activities and for community assemblies of colored people. Perhaps the lack of a community house in this city is due to the failure to petition your honorable body for such a provision, therefore, we respectfully petition you for such a building, of sufficient size to accomodate the recreational activities and assem - b!ies of the colored people of this City. We have in this city ~Eproximate_y 19~000 colored beople, in very great need of such facilities, yet apparently the honorable City Council does not have under considera - tion these useful~orovisions for the development and improvement, of the citiz~n_y,~ ~ that must depend upon your body alone for such provis~ons. It is not necessary to include in this petition a statement in reference to the usefulness of the facility we herein petition you to provide~ as such usefulness is well kno~n~ and approved, and in use in a large number of counties and Cities throughout this state and the United States. 7Ye add~ the city is now having its population augmented by defense workers and their families, making the need for a recreational and community cent er all the greater. Aws~tting your honorable decision to this prayer: lye are, respectfully, Sigma Gamma Rh~ Sorority Elias M. Woodard, Basi!eu~." Privilege of the floor was granted E!ise Woodard, ~no spoke in favor of the petition.