The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-12-18
Around Town With
The Editor

ceived by the Board of Street Com
missioners-fro the Southern Co
operative-and that bid, of course,
was submitted subject to various pos
sibilities in the fuel oil industry.
However, it looks now that there
will be no need for deisel engines to
supplement the present turbines, as
five industries have already offic-
tally notified the Municipal Light
Plant that they are switching over
to Potomac Edison, and it is ex-
pected that official notification from
two other plants will be received at
the light plant within the next few
days. The loss of this business will
so reduce the load at the plant that
it will probably be able to take care
of its remaining customers without
any fear of overlooking its present
facilities.
The Board of Street Commission
ers met on Tuesday night and final
ly decided to take some action in re-
gard to expanding the light plant.
It's too bad they didn't do it back
in December 1945, when Council
man Claude Potterfield at joint
meeting of the Mayor and Council
and the Commissioners, warned of
the need of expansion at the light
plant
My pastor and very good friend,
Rev. Norman Trott, stopped by to see
me the other day. Never at loss
for words, he commiserated with me
on my affliction; sympathized most
deeply over my being unable to en-
joy the pair of fine pipes l got a
couple of weeks ago, and then wound
up his little visit by telling me that
though he was sorry / was sick, he
knew of no more appropriate dis
ease for the editor of weekly news
paper than the "hoof and mouth"
disease!
Sorry that was unable to attend
the Fair Board banquet last night,
but there is no fun going to ban
quet when you can't (a) enjoy the
good food provided and (b) enjoy
a good smoke after it. l know l
missed swell gathering of swell
bunch of fellows, and right now I'm
putting in my bid for next year.
1t takes a little physical setback
sometimes to find out how many
friends you've got. 1 have had all
kinds of offers to help in getting the
paper out and many calls and mes
sages, all Of which deeply appreci-
ate, but l believe the prize one of
all came from Ford Bryan whose
cherry message was: Hurry up
and get well, you old fool, or you'll
die!'
I've just finished reading an art
icle in the Christian Advocate (the
official magazine of the Methodist
church, which certainly should be
broadcast from the housetops. 1t
told of project undertaken by the
magazine to furnish hundred dol
lars worth of clothing and supplies
for a hundred Methodist clergymen
in Germany. The response was so
magnificent that the project was en-
larged to provide a hundred dollar
outfit to every Methodist clergyman
in Germany (some three hundred
and fifty of them), and the amount
needed again was very much over
subscribed. The grand thing about
the whole business, however, was
that although it was a Methodist
undertaking, to help Methodist min
listers, the response came from all
denominations.
Of particular interest to me was
the fact that two large manufactur-
ers, one Roman Catholic and the
other of the Jewish faith, went out
of their way to held put project over
the top.
We fuss about this and we fuss
about that, and as matter of fact,
the average American is never hap
py unless he is exercising his privi
lege of fussing about something; but
when it comes to giving to those less
fortunate than themselves sand CIV
ing generously take my hat off
to the people of the U. S. A.