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VIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, held at the Courthouse on August 26, 1947, at 8:00 p.m. Present: H.T.Goyne, Dhairman, Pro Tem T.D.Watkins W.A.Horner P. W. Covington Absent: H. L. Chalkley J.G.Hening The Executive Secretary stated that the adjourned meeting was called for the purpose of hearing proponents and opponents of an application made by Mrs. C. B. Goodwyn for a permit to establish a Nursing Home on theCherokee Road, Rt.704, in Midlothian District. Whereupon, Dr. W. M. Massie stated he represented the Southampton Civic Association and that this organization had gone on recore objecting to the establishment of a Nursing Home at this location because it would be the entering wedge of the establishing of business within the area and that they had requested this area be zoned for Residential purposes and did not want any relaxation of Zoning restridtions. Whereupon, Mr. Davis Meade White called on the various people attending the meeting who objected to the granting of this permit and all were of the same opinion that it would be detrimental to that area and tend to decrease the real estate values and make it a less desirable place in which to live. Among those against the issuance of this permit were - Mr. and Mrs. T.J.Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Watson and Mr. Bates. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of W.A.Horner, seconded by P.W.Covington it is resolved that because of the class of residence in this area and because of the exclusion of all commercial enterprises, that this permit be denied'. . The natter of the time of discontinuance of the operation of the Nursing Home by Mrs. C.B.Goodwyn on Cherokee Road was considered by the Board, and on motion of T.D.Watkins, it is resolved that Mrs. Goodwyn be directed to close the home on Cherokee Road on or before October 1, 1947. This day Miss Lucy Corr, Supt. of Local Welfare, came before t he Board stating that apparently the State had not recognized the need for welfare assistance in the County and had not matched the amount of money appropriated by Chesterfield County as had been anticipated in the budget, and that the Mitchell Commission making a study of the Welfare needs in the State of Virginia was meeting in Richmond on September 5, 1947, and suggested that some expression might be made by this Board as to the desirability of greater appropriations for welfare needs b the County. Upon consideration whereofl and on motion of P.W.Covington, it is resolved that the Board of Superv1aors or Chesterfield County go on record favoring an increase in the appropriation by the State of Virginia to the Local Welfare Department in order that a better standard of living might be developed amomg citizens of the State. This day Mr. James H. Brockwell of the Ettrick Fire Department, stated that according to the reoord. of the Ettrick Fire Department that it was answering more calls in the rural areas of Matoaca District than the Colonial Heights Fire Department and that f~om the records he had learned that Colonial Hegghts Fire Department was receiving $600.00 per year and the Ettrick Fire Department only $200.00, and stated he felt that this was an unfair division and believed it should be equalized. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of P.W.Covington, it is resolved that the Ettrick Fire Department be paid from the General Fund of the County the sum of $600.00 per year, effective July 1, 1947, for their services in answering calls outside of the Ettrick Sanitary D~trict in Chesterfield County. And be it further resolved that the sum of $400.00 be and it hereby is appropriat d from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Ettrick Sanitary District Operating Fund - 7 - 115.