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TUE~SDAY OCTOBER 28, 1952 .- 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 28, 1952, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., all members, as follows, being present: Mayor and Councilman R. S. Hodnett, and CounciJJnen C. P. Craig, D. H. Goode, W. T. Turner, and J. R. Walker. ,- Minutes of the regular Council meeting held October 1.4, 1952, upon being read, were approved. In reporting on the progress being made regarding the proposed Route 220 Thoroughfare (By-Pass), City Manager Mathewson informed Council that options have been secured on approximately one-third of the number of properties M" 5C1 ~~ ~ involved and, too, that a team or "stake-out" party from the Virginia Highway Department has arrived and will immediately begin staking off the required right~f-way for said Thoroughfare, thus enabling affected property owners to determine exactly how their respective properties will be affected. "A petition from Dr. John W. Clark, this city, requesting that property on the East side of ~levelaYJ.d Street from Mulberry Extension to Starling Avenue - be rezoned from "A-l Residential" to "B-1 Business", was referred to the Planning Commission. ~ A petition in the form of a letter from ~tr. P. S. Ford, this City, requesting the abandonment of that portion of Matt street adjacent to his property under the same terms and conditions as the portion of Matt Street adjacent to ,..... property of Wesmart Corporation was recently abandoned, was referred to City Manager Mathewson.