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1~ TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 1963 ,.,-~ City Attorney Cubine reported that the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals recently heard arguments by attorneys for both the City of Martinsville and the County of Henry on the annexation suit filed ey the City and appealed to the Court of Appeals as a result of a lower court decision in favor of Henry County. A ruling from the Supreme Court, Mr. Cubine indicated, is expected in November of this year. - Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be conducted Monday, November 18, 1963, beginning at 7:30 P.M., at one of the local public school auditoriums yet to be designated, on a proposed new Zoning Code for the City, as proposed by the Planning Commission. Representatives of the Martinsville Retail Merchants Association, with Mr. Dan Greene (President of the Association) as spokesman, appeared before Council and cited certain problems confronting the retail merchants whose places of business are located in the Church Street-Main Street area, generaJj-identified as the Ildowntown business section". Special emphasis was placed by the merchants on the need for better vehicular traffic movement and, in this cause, expressed endorsement of and support of the Thoroughfare Plan developed several years ago by the Planning Co~~ission. The merchants also expressed support of financing the cost of carrying out the Thoroughfare Plan through a bond issue or whatever financing plan can be formulated. - Representatives of the Albert Harris Parent-Teacher Association appeared before Council and requested that sidewalk and curb-and-gutter be constructed along Third Street from Fayette Street to F Street to reduce the traffic hazards to small children attending the West End Elementary School at