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lE TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 1953 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor R. S. Hodnett presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday, October 13, 1953, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. ~th the following members being present: Mayor and Councilman R. S. Hodnett, and Councilmen C. P. Craig, W. T. Turner, and J. R. Walker,--Councilman D. H. Goode being absent. Minutes of the regular Council meeting held September 22, 1953 and of the special --- Council meeting held October 7, 1953, upon being read, were approved. Representing the Ma.rtinsville Junior Chamber of Corrunerce, its President, Mr. R. M. Simmons, Jr., appeared before Council and summarized his Club's recent investigation and findings concerning the proposed fluoridation ofilie City's water, as a result ~~ i~ i of which the Junior Chamber of Commerce strongly recommended that fluoridation of water in Martinsville be approved by the Council. Supporting this recommendation were the endorsements of nineteen local civic clubs and other organizations; however, it was noted that a few objections to this proposal have been registered by a few local individuals. The Council then went on record as comJnending the Junior Chamber of Commerce for their very intensive investigation and for their very efficient presentation. The Council, also, indicated that it would hold a public hearing on this matter at a very early date, the time and place of which will be duly advertised. The Council, next, went on record as approving and adopting the City Planning Conuni- ssion's recommendation of August 4, 1953 as to the rezoning of South Bridge Street from the intersection of the Dye Plant Road south to the City's corporate limits; however, the Council proposed to effect this recommendation in stages, considering first the petition of record to rezone the Fralin, Lester, and Tuggle properties