The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-14
Around Town With
The Editor

of a room, or rooms, in which to
meet
These ladies are willing to give
freely of their time and effort to
make the club a success; the various
women's organizations that they
represent are willing to provide the
necessary funds to get the club
started: a definite program has been
outlined and competent volunteer
supervisor of the club has been Sc
cured. But all these efforts Will go
for naught. unless a room is found
where the club can function.
Surely somewhere in HagerstoWn,
there is some business man, or prop
erty owner, who will offer the club
the use of a room, or rooms-lT
could easily be an upstairs room IN
some retail store or Office building
SO that the club can get started.
How about it gentlemen?
Hagerstown is to be highly hon
ored on Sunday, October "a, when
the Hon. Norman Maxim, Australian
Ambassador to the United States,
will be a visitor in Hagerstown as
the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Norman
L. Trott, of St. Pauls Methodist
Church. where the Ambassador Will
be the guest speaker at the Sunday
morning service. (See story else
where on this page)
believe this will be the first
time in the history of HagerstoWn
that an Ambassador to the United
States has been a visitor IN Hagers-
town, and l hope that a fitting re-
ception in his honor will be ar
ranged.
| had a lot of fun over the week
end kidding many of my Democratic
friends on the discrepancy in two
press association reports regarding
President Truman's speech in New
York. One press association gave
the figures of the crowd as $4,000
while another press association SAID
that by actual count there were
5000.
And yet they say that figures
don't lie!
After being kicked around be-
tween the Mayor and Council ano
the Board of Street Commissioners
for the past two years, the vexeo
question of parking facilities for the
Hagerstown cab drivers was finally
settled on Thursday night. (See
story elsewhere on this page.)
It has been particularly notice
able to me in the last few months
that when representative groups
appear before the Mayor and Coun-
Gil represented by an attorney, they
seem to get much quicker action
than when they just appear IN per-
son, and probably the reason fol
this is that when an attorney takes
a hold, he has his facts well as
sembled and presents a concrete
case
While nobody can say that the
political pot is boiling, it is begin
ming to simmer a little bit, and you
can look for some more activity
within the next week or so. Ap-
parently the strategy of both par,
ties this year, as far as Washington
County is concerned, is to concen'
trate practically all their efforts or
the last week or two of the cam,
paign.
| talked to Congressman Beal
while he was in town over the
week end, and he tells me that a
the present time his efforts are be
ing put forth in attending all the
meetings he possibly can, and tina
within the next few days he vii
have some releases for the press.
While the labor groups are con
tinuing to work hard for Mr.. Aus
tin. the Democratic candidate, they
are not making much Roadway a
far as | can gather, and am quite
confident that Governor Dewey
Governor Warren and Congressman
Beall will carry the County by
large majority.
My congratulations to E. Russell
Hicks, a member of the faculty Q
South Potomac Junior High School
on being elected president of tn
Maryland History Teachers Asso
citation
Mr.. Hicks, who succeeds DR.. VIM
H. Hartley, professor of audio-vlsu
al education at John Hopkins Uni
versity, is well qualified to hea'
the association. He has for year
been active in the Washington
County Historical Society, is ex
tremely well versed on the histor,
of the Civil War, and has made