The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-06
Around Town With
The Editor

the budget?
have just received an order from
the New York office of the OPA
to cancel the balance of their six
months subscription to The Globe
Independent and to refund the I'M
expired amounting to 3912
cents, according to my figuring.
Though I hated to do it-because
I'm always gripping about the I'M
balanced budget - l had to inform
the OPA that since the Globe-Inde-
pendent's minimum subscription
was six months, there was no re-
fund due them.
Whenever I have a few minutes
to spare-and believe me l don't
have many drop in for chin
fest with General Byron. 1 thor
oughly enjoy those happy breaks
in the dull grind of getting out a
paper week after week, but I would
enjoy them lot more if the Gen
eral didn't always start out with
''Now remember Douglas, this is
strictly off the record"
From where 1 sit, it looks very
much as if Willie Curran is still
'Mr. IT. in Democratic circles in
Baltimore. He seems to have got
Just about everything he wanted in
Annapolis. So much so, that sew
eral of the Baltimore supporters of
the Governor during the election
:, are openly kicking about it. 1t also
looks very much as if he has got
the Democratic ticket in the Balti-
more City elections, lined up just
about the way he wants it also.
49,
And while I am on the subject of
State politics. don't be surprised if
Governor Lane calls a special ses-
sion of the Legislature, Immediately
the present session adjourns. Right
now there is about the worst jam
in the Legislature there has been
for many a year and some of the
Delegates are firmly convinced that
a special session will be called.
Mr.. heartiest congratulations to
the Washington County Historical
Society, and its president, Mrs.
Frank w Mish, Jr., on the business
like way the Society has gone
about its problem of raising money
for the restoration of the Jonathan
Hager House.
The Society, by its own efforts,
has raised the sum of approximate
ly three thousand dollars for this
important project, nearly fifteen
hundred dollars of which came from
the auction sale of antiques that
the Society held last year.
Realizing that much more than
this would be needed, Mrs. Mish
recently appeared before the
County Commissioners, explained
the project in detail and then asked
the Board to consider, when they
get around to making up the 1948
budget, the possibility of contribut-
ing toward the work of restoration
You will note that Mrs Mish |
didn't ask the Board of Commits
sioners to appropriate money out
of this Years budget, or get bill
introduced that would order them |
to do it., but merely laid the ground
work for an official request by the
Society next November, when the
Board starts to figure on the 1948
appropriations
The Society realizing that the
Mayor and Council, under existing
laws, had no power to make grant
toward the work of restoration,
then drew up and presented COM
prehensive, 4-page petition, signed
by its president, which was present
ed to the Mayor and Council. The
petition, which gave an exception
ally fair picture of the restoration
program, to say nothing of ade-
ouate reasons why the project
should be undertaken, asked the
Mayor and Council to approve the
introduction at Annapolis of an En-
abling Act which would give the
Mayor and Council the authority, |
if they saw fit to use it, to make a
grant to the Society for the purpose
of restoring the former home of
the founder of Hagerstown and pre-
serve it for posterity.
Here again, you will note that the
Society did not get our Delegates, !
or Senator, to introduce a bill or
dering he City to make a grant, but
used the Democratic method of APP
pearing before the Mayor and
Council and leaving the final deci-
sion up to them.