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June At a regular meeting of the 0ity Council, held June 13th~ !939, at 7'~00 PoM., there were present~ John P. Leigh¢ Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes, James N. Ho~-~d, W.R. Hutohins, Frsnk D~ La~ence, H. Earl ~'eiseman, Pearle J. ~¢ilson, and trze Oity Me4~ager. Minutes of reg~ls~ meeting held May 23rd were read, and on motion of ~r. ~til- son, were corrected by addinE the follo~ng: "I~ro ~¢ilson stated that he is absolutely in favor of playgrounds end voted ~Naye~ solely because no provision was made for a playground in Monroe ~¢ard~~ On motion, the minutes of May 23rd, as cozu, ected, were approved~ The following eo~.unications from the City E~uager were read: let ~ ~I h~ve been negotiables '*ith the ~Y;P.A. msz~agement to allow me to use ~toP~A. labor in wrecking a number of old di!spidated buildings. I expect a definite answe~ sometime Shis week. 8hou!d the rules for the W.P;Ao, as laid down in ~asb~ington, prevent the use of ~,.PoA. labor, r sh~ll, in a short time, organize a force to do this ~ork~ a~ the 0ity~8 e~qoense~ if t?~re is no objection by the Council." was adopted. ~otion of ~r. Fox that the Manager be given authority to handle said matter, 2nd - ~At the last meeting of the Council, a resolution was passed that the question of bill boazus be left to the City Manager and the councilman from each ~rd. ~dison, HarzC~son, Lee and Nonroe ~ards have decided against bill boards. Jackson, Jefferson, Ear~ha~_l and Washington ~ards a~e against bil~ boa~ds in resi dential sections." - - On motion ,dered filed~ 8chool.~ 3rd - The Manager presented the following letter from ~Our Lady of Victory; "Recently, the pupils of Our Lady of Victory gave an- emtertair~ent in the City Audito~i-cz~. Previous to the performance we made a deposit of twenty dollars. ~ince the affe~ was for chari~abl'e purposes 8nd our resources are so limited, we hope that you will find it convenient to refund this money. ~ith m~ny thsnks sz~d best wishes we remain~ Very gratefully yours, Sister Lucretiao~ ~otion of ~Lv. Fox ~o g~ent said request, was adopted. RePOrt of the Accounting Departmen~ for Say was received and ordered filed. Report of the dolle~tor for May was received and ordered filed. The following letter was read~ ~! wi.~h hereby to notify you that the~e~ms of office of the members of the Portsmouth School Board listed below, expire on July 1st, 1939: Mr~ Gaston ~ Foote ~ First Dis~rict !~r~ Kenneth O~ Howell ~ ~&cond District Mr. George B~ Kittrell, Jr., Third District Respectfully submitted, On motion of Mr~ laid over until next meeting. ~eiseman~ H. A. Hunt, Supt. of 8ehoolso" the election of members o£ the 8ohool Board, was The following letter was read~ end ordered filed: ~Ye take this means to express to you oUr sincere th&nks in aDpropriati~4~ the sum of $25~00 toward our Memorial Day Observauce¢ this year. The readiness with which City}&nager Harper resoonded to our appeal, and the equal readiness and facility with which the Council so happily ~isposed of our request demonstrate the ~i!!ingness of the City Government to lend its cooperation to worthy causes ~ong the general citizenry. Assuring you that the appropzC~ation was well used in aiding us to stage a worthwhile observance, and again ~h, an~_ing you, ~ are, Yours tz~zly¢