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<br />The following ordinance~ lald on table at last meeting, was taken up and
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OR OPEP~TXON OF A RADIO OR ANY-
<br />MECHANICAL SOUND-MAKING DEVICE, TO THE A~NOYANCE OR INCONVENIENCE
<br />OF THE PUBLIC, A~MD PROVIDING A PF~NALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THERF~OF."
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<br />The City Manager offered the following ordinance, as substitute for s~me:
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<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OR OPERATION OF A RADIO OR ANY
<br />· MECHANICAL SOUND-~KING DEVICE, FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSE$~ WHERE
<br />THE SOUNDS ARE CAST UPON THE STREETS, ;~ND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
<br />THE VIOLATION THEREOF.~
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<br />Motion of Er. Howard to lay both ordinances on table, indefinitely, was
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<br />adopted.
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<br />NEW BUSINESS
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<br />The following letter was read~ and on motion, ordered filed.
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<br /> "It is our belief that an ordinance singling out loud-speaking advertising
<br /> is a backward step and discriminatory and ineffective in abating objectionable noise.
<br /> Your attention is directed to the metallic clatter and noise of milk, ice,
<br />and produce deliveries, garbage collections, uncontrolled domestic animsls, open automobile
<br />mufflers, unnecessary prolonged blasts of automobile horns, boat and engine whistles, and dis-
<br />charging dead steam fro~ boilers. ·
<br /> The Above are especially objectionable du~ing church service, rest hours,
<br />and at locations where there is extreme illness.
<br /> It would seem that any or all of ~he above, if undesirable, could be con -
<br /> trolled by complaint or warrant under a nuisance law already in force~
<br /> In the event of advertising or other activities producin~ noise, the City
<br />Manager and Chief of Police,.could investigate ~he feasibility of the proposal and if not
<br />Jeo~ionable, give'a written permit for the operation, place, time, ~ud duration of s~me.
<br /> Retail merc~nts ~ud any who cater to p~olic patronage are o~ the waiting
<br />list many hours. Numerous events detract from their success, such as rainy days, extremely
<br />hot or cold weather, local unemployment, changing ~r~nsportation terminals, and numerous other
<br />unforeseen impediments. They are on the waiting list when soliciZed for donations for enter-
<br />tainment and other functions, and by no means least they are on the waiting list when the tax
<br />collector comes around.
<br /> Please temper your decision with liberal regard for those depending on pub-
<br />lic patronage. The success of home owned 'institutions are a link in the chain that turns the
<br />big drive wheel.
<br /> Very respectfully,
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<br />S. T. Hanger."
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<br />City Attorney:
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<br />The following letter was read,~ and on motion of Mr. Fox, referred to t'ne
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<br /> "I have been charged with personal property tax for the year 1934, but did
<br />not come'to this city and state until ~ay of that year.
<br /> ' City C~llector, Mr. Parker, tells me t~hat I do not owe taxes for that year
<br />~r~, but inasm~h as I have waited so lon~, it is out of his hands, and you are ~he only ones
<br /> a~ can do s~ytning about it. '-
<br /> Please advise me what to do about this matter, for I w~uut to pay my 1935
<br /> and can not until 193~ taxes are cleared up. Thanking you for-an early reply, I am,
<br /> Yours truly,
<br /> H.O.Jones, 1049 A Street."
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<br />taxes,
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<br /> The following letter was read,
<br />the City Manager and Director of P~olic ~elfare:
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<br /> "As citizens and officials of
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<br />and on motion Of ~r. Hutchins, referred to
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<br /> the City of Portsmouth, you are familiar with
<br />the work done by ~he now defunct Family Service ~$sociation. ~s. M.O.~ ~illiams, then director
<br />of that organization, caught a vision of the 'urgent need for a Day Nursery to care for little
<br />children coming from the homes of her clients. ~ponsored b~ the Family Service Association,
<br />but mihus funds o~ workersi she dared to open a center at ~5 Emmett Stl., in Septe~oer, 1935,
<br />~o meet this dire need. Her tangible assets consisted of innumerable needy children, her in ~
<br />dominable p®rse~erance, and her unswerving faith in Divine Guidance. The~ greatest difficulty
<br />was to determine which of the many applicants were most needy. In a few days she b~d as many
<br />as twenty day children and during the period of a year thirteen homeless children ~re cared for
<br />at nigh~. Also, she was instrumental in 'having th-~ee babies adopted into good homes.
<br /> As aoon as the ~lic realized the worth of this splendid project, Nfs. Wil-
<br />liam~ was successfu.1 in securing some out~ide aid. In May 1936, the Family Service Association
<br />went out of existence,~but by ~his time, the Nursery had proved its worth so conclusively as a
<br />haven for underprivileged white children, that Tifty interested and loyal women of the City de~
<br />~ermined to put on a drive and solicit funds to keep the doors of the Nursery open. Within a
<br />week's time, with onl~ fragmentary Organization, funds were secured to carry on for a limited
<br />period. The result~ of the Drive proved that the people of Portsmouth Oonsidered the work of
<br />the Nursery worthwhile.
<br /> The name was immediately changed to The Portsmouth DaY Nursery, and the in-
<br />stitution is now governed by a Board of Directors.
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