by Molly McGraw Porter
The WFP Police Jury accepted a land donation for a new parish library Thursday and agreed to restore the tower clock in the 1903 Courthouse. Sally Thomson Parker of Union, S.C. donated the 4.6-acre tract on Burnett Road adjacent to the town's ball park, but Parker stipulated in the act of donation that the land not be used to expand the athletic fields.
20th JDC Judge George H. Ware, Jr., asked the jury to spend approximately $50,000 to restore the tower clock by contracting with Manhattan, Kansas' expert David Seay. Seay will be in town next month to evaluate and propose a firm bid for the restoration work. Earlier restoration efforts "did more harm than good," said Judge Ware.
The police jury agenda is now a regularly posted item in the Chamber's Calendar. The next meeting, a continuation of this earlier meeting on November 8th, is on November 13th.
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