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2: TUESDAY JULY 14. 1964 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, July 14, 196/+, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, M.D.; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and E. E. Stone. -- After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular ~eeting held June 23, 1964. Council acknowledged--and filed for consideration--a petition submitted by residents of Pond Street, requesting the construction of curb-and-gutter (on a shared-cost basis) along Pond Street, from and between Minor Street and Hairston Street. - Members of the City School Board, along with School Superintendent John D. Richmond, appeared before Council and cited the need for funds for architect- ural services in connection with preliminary plan preparation for a new high school which the School Board intends to construct on the rrLester" site on Northside Drive. The School Board informed Council that Mr. J. Coates Carter, Architect, in association with a New York firm, has been retained to prepa::"'e preliminary dravlings and that funds are available--upon proper request--from the Federal Housing & Home Finance Agency for plan preparation, on a rrloan" basis but not re-payable until actual construction is undertaken. Several members of Council indicated that there is some opposition among the ci ti zens to building a new high school on the "Lester" site and, further, Councilmen Renick and Burch inquired as to the possibilities and feasibility of enlarging high school facilities at the present location in the Brown- ^_.