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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
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By Ellen HagedOrn

GRIPPE! Go ahead! Say all
the uncomplimentary things
you can think of about police
laxity, parental laxity, moral
laxity. Then turn about, look
in the mirror and face the
facts. You were giving yourself
a thorough tongue lashing,
weren't you? Your conscience
actually hurt because, deep
down, you knew that you
were only making excuses and
that if everyone made the
same excuses no one would do
anything about our neglected
and misguided youngsters.
There are splendid organiza-
tons in Hagerstown that have
interesting and practical pro-
grams. Programs that teach
self reliance, self d1Sc1pune,
cooperative play and coopera-
tive work. Let me name a few.
The Boys Club, the Salvation
Army, the Girl Scouts and the
need help! A few hardy souls
are carrying on a task which
Boy Scouts. But these groups
was meant for many! The more
interest shown in these groups
the more inspiring and far
reaching they are.
So take another look at
yourself. On the whole you are
presentable, your health and
spirits are good and naturally
you're no dumb bunny! You
can both learn and teach some
thing new.
How about it, won't you vol
unteer today?
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
Salvation Army
Officer To Retire
Southern Territorial Command
err To Retire Next Month After
Fifty Years Service.

Commissioner William c. Arnold,
Southern Territorial Commander of
The Salvation Army, announced to-
day that effective January 5, he
would retire from active service as
a Salvation Army Officer after hav-
ing spent fifty years in the service
of the organization.
The Commissioner will reach his
SEVENTEEN birthday on November
% when he becomes eligible for re-
tirement. However, due to the fact
that on December II the Commiss-
ioner will have completed fifty years
of active and unbroken service, re-
tirement has been deferred until
January. Then Commissioner Ar
mold will have been in command for
nearly nine years of all Salvation
Army operations in the fifteen Sou
thern States, the District of Column
bia and Mexico. During that time
COllSluGIdDl6 GApctllo1Oll VI IllS WOlh
in the South has taken place as well
as a steady growth. During the war
seventy eight Service Centers were
operated and over fifty-two million
men were served.
Mrs. Commissioner Arnold is one
of The Salvation Army's leading
writers of religious poetry. From
her pen have come several books of
poems and her writings have been
published in Salvation Army War
Crys all over the world.
According to present plans, the
Arnolds' will retire in Atlanta, for
during the Commissioners residence
here as leader of the Southern Ter
ritory, both he and Mrs. Arnold have
come to love the South and its
people.
Plans for his retirement services
have not yet been finalized, but will
be announced in the near future.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
Detective Sellnan
Heads Police Lodge

Detective Sgt Wayne A. Sellman
was elected president of the Pang-
born Lodge of the Fraternal Order
of Police, at the annual election of
officers held last week.
Other officers named for the COM
ing year were: vice-president, Ray
rmond Lewis; secretary, c. B. Bike;
treasurer, John Rohrer; conductor,
John Divine; chaplain, David Clark;
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
New Horse Barns
For Fairgrounds

The directors of the Hagerstown
Fair Association have voted to au-
thorize the grounds committee to
seek estimates for four new barns
of 40-horse capacity per barn.
The barns will likely be of con-
crete block and will be erected on
the tract of land to the rear of the
Fairgrounds, which the association
purchased sometime ago.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
Republican Women
Hear Miss Harter

Miss Mary Harter, assistant to the
director of the Washington County
Museum of Fine Arts, addressed a
large crowd of Republican women
at the annual Christmas party of the
Republican Womens Club, held at
the club headquarters on Friday
evening.
Mrs. John D. Dunn, president,
conducted the brief opening bust
ness meeting and the speaker was
introduced by Mrs. William Chopper
of the program committee.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
Community Chest
Annual Meeting

The annual meeting for the con-
tributing members Of the Hagers-
town and Washington County Com
munity Chest will be held at the
Courthouse Thursday evening, De
cember 18, SecretaryC. Robert Dean
announced yesterday.
Election of five directors, who will
serve three-year terms, will be the
principal business of the meeting.
Anyone who contributed to the
Community Chest, either as an in
dividual, organization, or firm, is
entitled to vote at this meeting.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
B & o. Station To
Become Filling Station

The American Oil Company last
week was issued city building per-
NIT to demolish the B. & 0. Railroad
passenger station at Antietam and
Summit avenue.
The Mayor and Council also APP
proved the oil company's plans for
installing four 2,OOO-gallon fuel tanks
underground at the site, which will
be used for a filling station and
parking area.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
Old Clothing Card
Party Tomorrow
Elks Lodge To Hold Annual
Party At Lodge Home Tomor-
row Night-Public Invited -
Proceeds Go To City's Needy.

The annual Old Clothes Card
Party, sponsored by the Hagerstown
Lodge of Elks, will be held at the
Elks Home, II South Potomac Street,
tomorrow evening, December IL,
with the card games starting at 8:15
o'clock. Admission, as usual, will
be bundle of clean clothes for chill
dren, or 81.
The entire proceeds of the eve
ming will be used to help needy
families, with the money going to
buy shoes, which, with the clothes,
will be distributed.
These annual card parties are not
only a lot of fun, but are also for a
really worthy cause. So make up a
party; get together some wearable.
clean, children's clothes, or dig up.
your dollar bill; and enjoy an eve
ming of cards at the Elks Home to-
morrow night.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
Two Local Boys Are
Stationed In Japan
Earl Guessford And Kenneth
Hunchin With Army OF Occu-
patton Attached To Eighth
Army.

patton Attached To Eighth
Army.
With the Eighth Army in Osaka,
Japan - Private First Glass Ken
meth Hunchin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Hunchin, % Madison
Avenue, Hagerstown, is a member
of the Personnel Section of the 18th
Infantry (Tropic Lightning) Divi-
sion, whose headquarters are in the
Nissei building in Osaka. PFC Hun
chin is the Pay Clerk.
With the Eighth Army in YOkO-
hama, Japan-Private First Glass,
Earl M. Guessford, son of Mr.. Roy
Guessford, 351 Liberty Street, Ha-
gerstown, is now serving with the
occupational forces in Japan. His
job as an occupational soldier is
checker in the Receiving Section of
the 793rd Transportation Base De-
pot Company. At this job Pfc
Guessford assists with checking of
all incoming material for proper
nomenclature and amounts. He al
so assists with the general care and
maintenance of the material while
it is stored in the Receiving Ware
house.
Pfc Guessford enlisted in the ser
vice in October 1916 and received
his basic training in Fort Eustis,
Virginia. After completion of his
basic training he was shipped to the
Far East Theater for overseas assign
ment. Upon arrival he was assigned
to the Atsugi Training Center for
eight weeks of advanced training.
He was then reassigned to his pres
ent unit the 793rd Transportation
Base Depot Company. The major
occupational duty of the 793rd De-
pot is to keep all the Eighth Army
floating craft equipped and supplied
This Depot also acts as disbursing
point for Transportation Corps
supplies in Japan and Korea.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
TWO MORE RE-ENLIST
IN THE NAVY HERE

The following ex-Navy men, each
with three years previous service,
have reenlisted in the regular Navy
for three years, it was announced by
the Navy Recruiting Office in the
City Hall, Hagerstown, recently.
Jack E. Conner, 10 E. Franklin
Street, reenlisted as S 1/C; and An
thony E. Knott, Route 5, Hagers-
town, reenlisted as S 1/C.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
Around Town With
The Editor

My thanks to my assistant, Harry
Rogers, Jr., and the force at the
printing plant, for getting out this
weeks issue, while l relax in bed.
Fighting off throat infection that
has been bothering me for over a
week, l finally had to quit Tuesday
night and take to the bed for awhile.
Even the police officers push the
wrong button some times. Ask
Traffic Officer Kiser, he'll tell you
all about it.
Miss Margaret Snyder, secretary
to attorney Harold Hoffman, GER
tainly ought to be going after some
of these radio quiz prizes. When the
newly formed Hagerstown chapter
of the National Secretarial Associa
ton met a couple of weeks ago, the
members were asked to suggest a
name. for the monthly bulletin which
the chapter will get out. Many
names were suggested, but it re-
manned for Miss Snyder to come up
with a honey - Secs Appeal" -
which was unanimously adopted.
Having a sore throat is bad
enough, but having to do without
my pipe for going on week now
is plenty tough. So, if you meet me
on the street and I nearly bite your
head off, you'll know the reason.
All the arguments, and meetings,
and telephone calls, and petitions,
and whisperings, and bitterness, and
personal spite, which made the in
gradients of the regrettable Light
Plant mess, are now things of the
past. The Council, by three to two
majority, turned down the motion
of Councilman Potterfield, seconded
by Councilman Wolfe, that the
Council reconsider its decision to
buy Diesel engines, and the Board
of Street Commissioners are now adj
vertising for bids on fuel oil for the
Diesels - if and when they are
bought and installed.
Many industries, / understand,
have, following the action of the
Council, already signed contracts
with the Potomac Edison Company
for power as soon as the necessary
connections can be made. How
many of them, and how seriously
their action will affect the financial
set up of the city of Hagerstown
(and its tax rate), only time will
tell.
]. B. Ferguson is most careful
man when it comes to finances, but
sometimes he's too careful, even for
his own good. A few weeks ago
Ford Bryan had to lend J. B.
dime, but the careful Scot in
sisted on giving Ford a regular
lou, which he later recovered
when the debt was paid.
Last week, however, at the Hotel
Alexander friend, after lunch, dis
covered he was a little short of the
funds necessary to pay for the meal.
Mr.. Ferguson said, why don't you
sign the check and they will send
you bill later" to which his friend
replied that he didn't have an ac-
count at the Hotel Alexander. ].
B. came back with: That's alright,
you sign the check and I'll okay it,
which he did.
Later, the friend told Mr.. Ferg-
uson that he had never received his
bill from the Hotel Alexander, and
it later transpired hat Mr.. Ferguson
himself had not only received the
bill, but had paid it along with his
own account at the hotel dining
room!
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11

Thirteen stationary meteorological
observation ships are to be spotted
along the North Atlantic air and sea
lanes and maintained as aids to
navigation. Several of the ships
will be provided by the United
States.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11
1t Happened During the Week
News In Brief OF Events Of The Past Week Hagersto
And Washington County.

delegate to national convention, Ora
son Doarnberger; alternate, Edward
kaufman.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-11

Even the police officers push the
wrong button some times. Ask
Traffic Officer Kiser, he'll tell you
all about it.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Reds Drop Miller From InfieId;
Williams Still Hitting to Right

bers as an outstanding pitching
prospect, made it a threesome by
naming Rus Meyer and Robert Nc
Call as other pitchers to watch.
PASADENA, Calif.-Chicago White
Sox Pitcher John Rigney warmed
up his bad arm, but it may be a
couple of weeks before he'll attempt
any actual pitching. -
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-The ST..
Louis Cardinals infield had its
first fielding practice of the season
yesterday and Stan Musial, Red
Schoendienst and Marty Marion
whipped the ball around with zest.
Third Baseman Whitley Kurowski is
nursing his arm around slowly.
LAKELAND, Fla.-The Detroit
Tigers put rookie lineup to test
today for the first time this spring,
splitting up their % recruits for a
seven inning intra squad game.
CLEARWATER, Fla. Veterans
Lou Finney and Charley Gilbert
starred in the Phillies' first intra-
squad tussle.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Man-
ager Connie Mack of the Athletics
will operate differently this year.
"We are not going to keep as many
pitchers" Mack said. What we
plan to do is keep more fielders as
utility."
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Locy-Lofferty Duel Features
Muson-Dixon SemifinuI Tits

It'll be Loyola's Jim Lacy VS.. Amer
lean University's George Lafferty
tonight in a battle of individual
sharpshooters If last nights open
ing round in the Mason Dixon
Conference was a tipoff. And on
paper 1t stacks up as one of the top
games of the season in this precinct
Lacy, the Nations No. point
maker, posted 27 points, including
nine consecutive charity throws, as
the Greyhounds outdis.anced Cath
olic u, rs to 80. Lafferty rang up
81 points in pacing the Eagles to a
1888 decision over a long -winded
Washington College five. In the
final analysis it wasn't so much the
points but the way they handled the
ball that impressed some 1000 GUS
toners.
In the lower bracket Johns Hop
kins rallied to blast Randolph
Macon, 69-41, while Mount st. Mary's
took its rubber game from Western
Maryland, 1910. The winners will
open tonight's semifinal double
header sat 8 pm, with Loyola and
American following at $50.
Lacy's cool competency captured
the crowds fancy as he whipped in
long shots, dribbled in for snow
birds and passed up at least a dozen
more certain points to give a team
mate a chance. He left the game
early in the second half when c. U.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Lions Battle Rovers
In League Finale

Bert Halliday, spare goalie Of the
Washington Lions, will replace hard
working Dave Kemp in the nets to-
night when the Lions close their
Eastern League season against the
New York Rovers at Uline Arena
at $3.50.
Halliday has been sidelined most
Of the year because OF Kemp's IRON
man qualities, but has been looking
for more action. The slender young
ster was impressive in exhibitions
and was sought by two Eastern
League rival clubs during the sea-
son.
Also back in the lineup tonight
will be Ken PARTS, center, who has
been resting sprained wrist. Joe
Ciuman remains on the shelf with
a lame shoulder. He'll be ready for
the United States Hockey Associa-
tion's playoffs starting Sunday.
Making his debut for Washington
tonight will be Gerry Hickey, former
Boston center and winger. His ad-
diticn to the club and PARTS return
give the Lions power in all positions.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Sooners' Head Denies
Remark About Paying
Schools S Athletes
~ the As,eeiotsd Press

KANSAS CITY, Mar. THE calm
that has been Blk Six Conference
trademark since its origin In 1928
was ruff1ed for the second time
within q week today-this time over
a statement accredited to President
George Cross Of the University of
Oklahoma that Sooner athletes were
being aided beyond the limits of
the loops rules.
Sports Editor Jay Simon Of the
Topeka Rans.) State Journal, In q
bylined story, commented he had
been informed by a person "laigh
in the conferences official family
that Dr.. Cross told a meeting Of the
conferences presidents here last
week end Oklahoma athletes "are
given board, room, tuition, books,
fees and spending money.
They work for some Of this, but
have no idea how much"
DR.. Cross, reached at Shawnee,
Okla, last night denied having
made the statement, explaining that
he had told other officials OF
the Big Six that his school ha6 to
compete mot only with Big Six
schools, but with recruiting meth
|ods OF other opponents, including
the Southwest Conference"
Athletic Director L. e. (Jap) Has
kell Of Oklahoma, said his athletes
were permitted to work for their
board and room," If they wished.
Big Six Conference rules prohibit
subsidy TO an athlete "either directly
or indirectly because he is an <ath-
| lete."
Evening star., 1947-03-07
By Lewis F. Atchison

pionship play-of here in 80,
but skip it and go on to AZ when
they shared another and pol
ished off the Chicago Bears, 1876.
But these things don't come un-
der the same heading with events
that are awarded to the highest
bidder and do not go automa-
tically to winning clubs home
grounds.
We've had a few other things
such as the marathon grinds,
canoeing championships on the
Potomac-which Harry Knight
seemed to regard as his private
party, but as a whole the Ma
tional Capital runs a sad last in
title events. It should be the
mecca of sports and we could
have some national championship
here each year.
This will be the duckpinners'
third time in Washington and
there will be 5000 invaders before
the winning names are posted.
Ebersole thinks entries will add
up to a new record and the Dis
trict alone is expected to have
$50 teams among an anticipated
750. Rhode Island set the record
for . locality last year with 254,
Evening star., 1947-03-07

was definitely whipped and hadn't
even worked up a lather.
Lafferty and Charlie Kligman put
on last-minute scoring bee to help
the Eagles stave off Washington
College five that wouldn't accept
defeat. The formers shots helped
A. U. pull away at the start of the
second half, after Washington
pulled up with two points, 29-31, at
the half, and again in the final
period when the Shoremen came
within three points Of tying it up
at 51-all.
Johns Hopkins called on its su-
perior height to stave off a stub
born Randolph-Maco five. The
Blue Jays George Mitchell and
George Mullineaux paced the attack,
but Randolph-Macon put a damper
on the first-half offense which
netted Hopkins a scant 1924 mar
gin. Not until the Baltimoreans
began to work the ball in close and
control the rebounds did they move
ahead. Bill Forbes, Bill Gathright
and Haike Giragoshian were stand
outs for the Yellowjackets, but they
couldn't overcome Hopkins height.
Dark horse Mount st. Mary's,
which brought a sizable squad of
supporters from Emittsburg for the
game, ran up a 1872 lead on West
ern Maryland, faltered badly, then
came on again to remain in the
(See MASON-DIXON. Page C-2)
Evening star., 1947-03-07
BY the Associated Press

Any controversy as to the best
fielding shortstop in the National
League probably will revolve around
Marty Marion of st. Louis and
Peewee Reese of Brooklyn this sea-
son, now that Eddie Miller has been
eliminated from the plans Of the
Cincinnati Reds.
Ever since Marion was called "Mr
Shortstop" and compared with the
immortal Honus Wagner few years
back, Cincinnati fans raised a howl
in favor of Miller. And when Reese
returned to the Dodgers following
his hitch in the Navy last season,
Brooklyn fandom praised Peewee.
President Warren Giles of the
Reds removed Miller from the con-
troversy at the Reds Tampa (Fla)
base yesterday following confer
ence with the infielder, who has been
bothered with various ailments the
past two seasons.
Giles said, because of his con-
dition at this late date, we are
definitely eliminating him from our
plans for 1947."
SARASOTA, Fla.-After taking
his first batting lick of 1947, Ted
Williams of the Boston Red SoX
appeared unchanged against Bill
Butland's serious pitching-strictly
the same old right field hitter.
AVALON, Calif.-Chicago Cub
Manager Charley Grimm, who al
ready has pointed out Cliff Cham
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Champion
Catholic TihehoIder
Provide Natural
By George Huber

The District public high champ
against the Catholic high champ is
the natural lineup for tonight's
title game in The Evening Stars.
Metropolitan basket ball tourna-
ment at Ritchie Coliseum. 1t will be
Coolidge against st. Johns in the
Capitals big schoolboy game of the
year.
They tangle at $3.50, following
7:30 opener between Washington
Lee and Bethesda Highs for the
girls title. These same girls teams
were in last years final, won by
Westinghouse by 7 points.
Coolidge against st. Johns is a
natural attraction in more ways
than one. THEY'VE met twice be-
fore this season, and each has beaten
the other. Coolidge is defending
Metro champion. Both won semi
final tests before a 5000 turnout
last night. The Colts tripped Be-
thesda-C Chevy Chase High, 1924,
and the Johnnies edged Eastern,
1884, so both are set for a torrid
tussle.
The Colts were able to coast more
than the Johnnies last night and
likely will be slight favorites. The
Johnnies are hungry" though;
they haven't won the Metro title
since 1888, and they're out for q
feast.
Colts Too Sturdy for Barons.
Bethesda set a hot pace at the
start last night against Coolidge.
but couldn't keep it up as the Colts
turned on the pressure to lead by
the end of the first period and won
going away. Two baskets by Har-
vey Mcclure and other markers by
Ken Poerstel and John Ruggles gave
the Barons an early 7-3 lead, but
Stan King heated the cords with
a quick pair to lead Coolidge into
a III f1rst-quarter margin.
The Colts were able to increase
that margin steadily. King, dead
eye shooter from the corner, tossed
in three more in the second frame
to aid in 25-13 halftime edge.
Tom Boyle scored two goals for the
Colts in sluggish third quarter.
but King stepped up the pace again
in the final with three more baskets
for 19-point total.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Bowling Tourney One of D. c. Few Big Events
Barnes 1921 Golf Triumph McNee World Series BsIe ehghted Past

Arville Ebersole was printing
UP entry blanks for the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress cham
pionships at Bethesda Bowling
Center next month when some
body made a crack about the few
national championship events
held around town. Come to think
of it, there haven't been many.
Long Jim Barnes won the Ma
tional Open Golf crown at Co
lumbia in 1921, to the dismay of
Freddy Mcleod, who was shop
ping around for .old silverplate
himself at the time. That was
the year a brash youngster blew
up on No. S, took a 9, and. so
they tell me, busted the club
across his knee. His name was
Bobby Jones and he developed
into a fairly decent SHOEMAKER
after learning to control himself.
Next came the villages first
World Series in 1924, decided
by Earl McNeely's tap that
bounded over Freddy Lindstrom's
head and scored the winning run.
We had another diamond classic
the following year, but it ended
In the muck and mire Of Forbes
Field, Pittsburgh.
The Redskins brought a Ma
tional Football League cham
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Boston Yonks Sign
Ex-D.C. Hiqh Stor

Signing up postseason bowl
stars Is no novelty for pro foot
ball teams, except in the case of
the Boston Yankees, who landed
a Spaghetti Bowl" player in
Art Faircloth. former Anacostia
High School star.
Faircloth, a 195-pound triple
threaten, starred for North Caro-
lima State in 1910 and Al before
going into the Army. Overseas
he fought in the italian theater
and thereby got a chance to play
In the Spaghetti Bowl" at Flor
ence, Italy.
Faircloth is married and lives
at 5425 Connecticut avenue NV.