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39 TUESDAY MAY 11. 1965 Ci ty pertaining to the City's plans to introduce fluorine into the City's public water supply, thus indicating that such treatment of the public water supply would present no problems to these users in their manufacturing or other processes. At the suggestion of City Manager Hirst, Council scheduled a "ground-breaking" ceremony for the new central Fire Station (at Moss and Church Streets), for Friday, M11Y 14th, at 10:00 A.M., noting that construction of this station is to begin Monday, May 17th. On behalf of the Martinsville Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mr. James H. Ford (a member and attorney at law) appeared before Council in connection with his organization's recommendation submitted to Council on March 9, 1965, wherein Council was urged to appoint a Recreation 'Steering Committee and empower same lito secure a professionaly supervised survey of the city recreation program, facili tie~3 and proj ected needsll and, pending the findings of the survey, the Jaycees had urged Council to employ a full-time Recreation Director. City Manager H~rst pointed out that a recent organizational revision now permits the Public: Works Department to maintain and provide recreational facilities wi thin budgetary limi tation~o and, too, that a full-time Recreation Director has been appointed and will assume his duties on June 15, 1965; and, in view of these developments, City Manager Hirst suggested--with full acknowledgment and appreciation of the Jaycees' efforts and interest in this field--that emphasis by the Jaycees and other interested groups be placed, for the time being, on the long-range development phase where not fully covered by the City.