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12 TUESDAY MAY 14. 1963 bounded by Broad, East Church, Ellsworth, and Brown Streets, excepting the residential properties fronting on Ellsworth and Brown Street. This report ca~e in response to the Commission's consideration--referred by Council on May 6th to the Commission--of a rezoning petition submitted on behalf of the estate of Mrs. Cecil Witten Ford and involving the estate's property at 128 East Church Street. In tentatively accepting the Commission's recommendation, ComlCil called for a duly-advertised public hearing on the proposal to be conducted by Council at its next regular meeting scheduled for May 28, 1963. With appreciation and gratitude, Council accepted from the Martinsville Volurleer Fire Company its donation of a fire salvage truck as a most welcome addition to the City's fire-fighting equipment. It was noted that this new truck represented five years of study and work on the part of the City's fire-fighting forces and, too, was built according to specifications and design developed by local fire personnel. Council acknowledged receipt of a report on the City's Prison Farm, as prepared by an inspector of the State Department of Welfare and Institutions and, also, a report by the City's Inspection Department covering building construction activities in Martinsville during the past several months. Mayor Wilson reported that he has received some complaints against "mobile retailers" operating on the City's streets and, after some discussion, Council indicated that it would study the possibility of adopting some prohibitory regulations. Mayor Wilson also informed Council that he has received a letter from the International City Managers' Association complimenting the City Council on