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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21, 1972 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Francis T. West presiding, was held on Tuesday, November 21, 1972, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., this meeting date having been publicly noted as being in lieu of the normal meeting date of November 28, for the second semi-monthly meeting. All members were present; namely, Mayor Francis T. West, Vice Mayor H. L. Boaz, W. D. Hartford, William D. Hobson and Morton W. Lester. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held on November 14, 1972. Reference was made to the fact that pursuant to action Council had taken at its November 14 meeting, the antique desk had been placed in the lobby of City Hall and that the City Attorney would draft a formal agreement for the signature of Mrs. H. Irvine Tuggle, the donor, which would make the City the permanent owner of the desk, with the understanding that should the City wish in the future to transfer ownership, such ownership would then be vested in Patrick Henry College. Mayor West noted that on the day of the meeting the Vice Mayor and the City Manager had attended a public hearing, in Richmond, conducted by the State Corporation Commission on the proposed increase in telephone rates according to the petition of the Lee Telephone Company. At the request of Councilman Hartford, who serves as chairman of the City's Highway Safety Commission, Mr. Francis A. Gard, Sr., Chief of Police, submitted a traffic accident-safety report. Chief Gard reported that during the months of August, September and October, the accident rate had been reduced 42%, when compared with