The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-02-27
Around Town With
The Editor

Don't forget the Retailers Bureau
luncheon meeting tomorrow, at the
Hager House. The time is 12:05
o. m. and the speaker will be Will
liam A. Reinhart, manager of the
local telephone office.
President Bryan tells me that only
routine matters will be brought up,
in order that there will be plenty of
time to hear the speaker and still
bring the meeting to close on time.
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If you think the street department
hasn't done a good job of removing
the snow from our streets, take a
trip over to Frederick and you'll
then feel, as I do, that City Engineer
Stump and his workers deserve our
thanks for a job well done.
And don't forget the police force
either, who, when the storm was
at its worst, worked like beavers,
helping stalled motorists, directing
the badly snarled traffic, and last
but not least, did a fine job of di-
verting traffic while the snow was
being removed.
Every now and then l use a one
line filler that reads-This is your
town boost it! That's something
worth remembering folks.
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Through the courtesy of Howard
E. Ankeney, chairman of the Wash
ington County Delegation, l have
received a copy of House Bill No.
409-The proposed new City Chart
Grand l did not have to read fur
Their than the first section of the
proposed changes-Section 227-to
be more convinced than ever that
the Charter should be subject to a
vote of the people before being en-
acted into law. This section does
not propose to repeal an Anticipated
provision of the old charter, on the
contrary it actually repeats an
amendment passed during the 1945
session of the State Legislature.
During that session a bill was in
troduced and passed in the State
Senate, permitting the Mayor and
Council to purchase any real estate,
and improvements thereon, that, in
the opinion of the Mayor and
Council, it might be found advisable
to buy for municipal purposes.
When the bill reached the House
of Delegates it was amended by the
insertion of a clause which stipu-
lated that should the Mayor and
Council wish to purchase real es-
tate costing over $4,000, such pro-
posed purchase would be subject to
a referendum of the people of Hag-
erstown The bill, as amended is
now in effect
Section 227 of the proposed new
City Charter, stripped of all its
verbiage, would permit the City
Council to buy any real estate il
considered advisable to acquire for
municipal purposes, but-and it's 8
very big butt completely wipes
out the provision of the legislation
passed in 1945, which provided for
a referendum before purchases OF
real estate, costing more than $780,
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Evan Crossley, who was the ed
ucational representative of the
Maryland State Junior Chamber OF
Commerce, at joint meeting OF
the State Senate Finance Commit
tee, and the House of Delegates
Ways and Means Committee, held
in Annapolis on February 20, tells
me that the meeting should result
in badly needed increased funds
for the school system of the State
Representative of practically
every organization in Maryland that
is interested in the betterment OF
Maryland Schools were present and
presented their views. The main
points discussed at the meeting were;
Increased salaries for teachers
smaller classes; state financial par
ticipation in the construction OF
schools; compulsory attendance in
school of children up to and includ-
ing is years of age.
Mr.. Crossley also told me that
Washington County would gain fl
nancially if the State increased the
salary scale for teachers, since Wash
ington County is already paying in
creased salaries from county funds
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