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COUNCn. CHAMBER
March 6, 1944
The Council met in special sess ion at 7:30 P.M. on
call of the Mayor, for the purpose of taking emergency action
on the petition concerning the Tic Toe Club, also for the pUrpose
of taking up any other matters of business which may be deemed
desirable. Gity Attorney ~ohn Adams, and all members of the
council were present.
Mayor Thayer advised the Council he had taken up the
matter with the ProS'ost Marshall at Boca Raton Field, am found
that the Tic Toe could not be declared out of bounds for the
army immediately, because of a certain amount of red tape in
going through Atlanta. He also stated that tbe present manager
of Tic Toe has a prospective buyer for the estaPlishment who
naturally wanted to know whether he can have the liquor license.
The Mayor stated the signers of the petition objected to the way
in which the present manager operates the Tic Toe as they feel
it is detrimental to the best interests of the community under
this management.
City Attorney John Adams advised the Council that Mr.
Floros was entitled to a hearing in the matter with all Signers
of the petition present. He advised the Council that they could
either hold a hearing with interested parties present, or have
the Police Force keep strict watch on the place, and in case
anything irregular happens, bring charges against Floros, bring
him into Municipal Court for trial. Should he violate one of
our ordinances, and be tried in court, then the Council would
have ample evidence for action.
During the discussion it was brought out that most of
the cause for comp1aiht happened after patrons of Tic Toe left
the Club, and that most of these patrons were soldiers. Chief
of Police Croft advised the Council that the Camp had supplied
more M.P.~s for duty on the beach and they would keep the Tic
Toe under strict Surveillance.
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Mr. F10ros addressed the Council advising them that
he would do everything pOSSible to cooperate with local off.icers.
Councilman Waters made a motion 'Miat the City Attorney
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prepare a letter to Mrs. E11aF. Smith, first signer on
petition,advising her of Council's action regarding petition.
Mr. Wodischek seconded the motion which carried unanimously
on roll calL
Judge J. M. Cromer presented a list of names and
articles of clothing lost at City Dry Cleaners. He stated the
Cleaners carried no insurance on garments lost, and made no
effort to settle with the persons losing garments in their
store. Quite a discussion followed during which it was brought
out that if people requested a receipt for garments left in
the cleaners, and then could not get them, they would then
have evidence enough to bring suit against the cleaner;. No
action was taken regarding this matter.
By motion regularly made, seconded and carried,
Council ad jonrned.
JonKa.OJ\l~ ~ ~ ~~
city Clerk