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TUESDAY, NOV~4BER 29, 1988 <br /> <br />A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, with Mayor L. D. Oakes presiding, was held Tuesday, November 29, <br />1988, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of <br />the Council were present, viz., L. D. Oakes, Mayor; Clyde L. Williams, <br />Vice-Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr.; Alfred T. Groden; and Allan McClain. <br /> <br />After the invocation and a cordial welcome by Mayor Oakes to visitors present, <br />Mayor Oakes commended the City's Police Department personnel, as well as other <br />persons involved, for their assistance in making the 1988 Annual Christmas <br />Parade (through the downtown district on.Friday, November 25, 1988) a success. <br />Mayor Oakes also noted that the Martinsville "Bulldogs" High School Football <br />Team will be playing Nottaway County High School for the State Championship, in <br />its Group and Division, in Crewe, Virginia, December 3, 1988. <br /> <br />Council unanimously approved the minutes of its special meeting held November <br />1, 1988, of its regular meeting held November 8, 1988, and of its special <br />meeting held November 18, 19'88. <br /> <br />Ms. Arlene Porter and Ms. Julia Fain, accompanied by two other citizens, all <br />residents of Rivermont Apartments, Fayette Street, appeared before Council and <br />reported a seeming lack of adequate response and concern on the part of some of <br />the personnel of the City's Police Department when assistance has been sought <br />by some of the residents of Rivermont Apartments because of vandalism and/or <br />dangers created by persons visiting the area. Council referred this matter to <br />City Manager Brown. <br /> <br /> <br />