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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30
Optirnists Name
boy Of The Month"
Wayne Spigler, Winner OF Ha-
gerstown's Soap Box Derby,
Selected AS Boy To Receive
The September Award.

At the regular dinner meeting of
the Hagerstown Optimists Club,
held in the private dining room of
the Moose Lodge club rooms on
Tuesday night, the club instituted a
new project, the selection each month
of a boy of the Month";" chosen
from the boys of Hagerstown and
Washington County for his leader
ship, courage, ability and general
outstanding qualities.
The lad selected to be the Boy of
the Month for September was Wayne
Spigler, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Schildtknecht, of 733 Spruce
Street, who won the Hagerstown
Soap Box Derby last summer, and
then went on to Akron, Ohio, where
he not only won two heats before
being eliminated, but also had the
high honor of having his racer Sc
lected as the best constructed car of
any entered in the finals. Wayne's
racer, it is interesting to note, is
still on exhibition in the main hall
of the General Motors offices in De-
troit, Michigan.
After president Jim Dudley had ex-
planned the purpose of the Boy of
the Month project, he introduced
Kenneth F. Spence, chairman of the
Optimist Clubs Boys committee,
who explained the purpose of the
monthly award and also how the
final selection, each month, will be
arrived at. Mr.. Spence, in turn in
troduced the vice-governor and inn
mediate past president, DR.. N. E.
Osborne, who made the presentation
of framed scroll to Wayne, as well
as a u. S. Savings Bond.
Guests of the evening, in addition
to Wayne's parents, were: Mayor
Richard H. Sweeney, the officers OF
the Opti-Mrs. club, representatives
of the Kiwanis, Lions, Cosmopolitan
and Rotary Clubs, Bob Lewis, who
gave an interesting talk on the ac-
tivities at Akron during the Soar
Box Derby week end, and repre-.
sentatives of the press and radio.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30

pltal has changed from that of a
place where the sick and injured
may be sheltered and given routine
nursing care to that of vital factor
in the treatment and diagnosis of
disease.
The modern hospital is a com
pick scientific organization which
assists the physician and the sur
geon in determining the nature of
the patients illness and in treating
it" he continued. Through the ex-
banded use of the x-ray and other
more recent discoveries, the hospital
is today another instrument in the
doctors hand. The hospital is no
longer place for incurables; it is
a place where people come to get
well. The changing concept is the
principal factor in the rise in adj
missions at the Washington County
Hospital"
Mr.. Kline pointed to birth figures
at the hospital as another indication
Of heavier use of hospital facilities.
Last year," he said, 1925 infants
were born at Washington County
Hospital. 1t is significant that this
figure represented an increase of
about one-third over the total for
1916, but it is more significant that
in 1947 it represented more than 30
percent of all the births here"
Every year greater proportion
of the births in the community oc-
cur at the hospital" the president
of the board of trustees observed,
because more and more people
recognize that the hospital is bet
ter place in which babies may be
born than the home"
Mr.. Kline reported that returned
questionnaires in the poll of public
opinion, which were mailed to sew
eral thousand persons in the area
served by the hospital, are being
tabulated as rapidly as they are re-
( ceived.
Those to whom QUESTIONABLE
forms were sent were asked to add
comments of their own in addition
to giving specific answers to the
questions. The comments, Mr. Kline
reported, are aiding the committee in
forming balanced judgment of the
opinion in which the Washington
County Hospital is held among the
residents here. He cited these as
typical examples:
From personal observation I can
say only the best about our hospital,
its staff and equipment. Of course,
larger facilities are needed"
con the two different occasions
we used the hospital everyone just
treated US swell"
From the various reports that
hear from time to time I think that
our hospital should be enlarged by
the best means available, with least
cost to the taxpayers"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30
Pegasus Club Hears
Major Cleveland
Air Force Officer Centers Talk
Around The Parachute.

The regular dinner meeting of
the Pegasus Club was held on Fri
day evening, September "a, at
Franklin Court Auditorium, with
president j. Earl Knott, Jr., in the
chair, and about so members and
guests present
Following a delightful turkey din
ner, Kenneth Bowen, assistant gen.
eral manager of the Fairchild Plant,
introduced the guest speaker, Major
Sid Cleveland, who took over as U.
S. Army Air Force plant represent
ative this summer. Major Cleve-
land, in his down-to-earth talk on
"There Are Strings Tied To The
Packet" in which the usual technical
terms were forgotten and language
was used that everybody could
plainly understand, centered his adj
dress around the parachute, and to
emphasize the various points, he
had one of the regular parachutes
strapped on the back of one of the
members of the club so that every
one could clearly follow the points
he brought out.
AS the Major got down to the meat
of his talk, it was plain to see that
the title of his address related to
the shroud lines of the parachute,
and he emphasized the need for the
greatest care in every step of the
manufacture of the parachute, just
as is needed in the manufacture of
the packet, as mems lives depend
upon the perfectness of both of them,
An interesting point was brought
out by the Major, who stated that
the u. S. Army Air Force is rely
ing mainly on packes for the trans
portation of paratroopers, but where
as there are not enough packets at
the. present time in service to trans
port even one division, Russia has
paratroop transports sufficient to
carry Is divisions Closing his re-
marks, Major Cleveland stated: 1--WE
now must pick up the bat and face
big league pitchers in the world
league for air power"
Following the address, the Eddie
Rickenbacker movie, 'Air Power Is
Peace Power" was shown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30
AelOOKH&G
AND
AeHHSTEAHAG
By Ellen HagedOrn

Ellen" l said to myself,
you are woefully stupid about
politics. You ought to do some
thing about it.
So / did. l read the news
papers, read the Democratic
and Republican platforms, l
listened to political speeches
on the radio, both of national
figures and our local "bigwigs."
I read what Eleanor Roosevelt
had to say. When the eggs
started flying I read what Hen
ry Wallace was spouting. l
asked questions of friends to
get their viewpoint.
And now can say to my
self, ''You tried, but there
must be something wrong in
your upper story because you
are more confused than be-
fore"
The speakers contradicted
each other; frequently they
were nasty in tone and man
ner; newspapers carried con-
fiicting stories; political mind
ed friends were a great help
tho. More often than not my
imaginary binoculars, when To-
cused on the political situation,
revealed thick impenetrable
fog, rather than a clearly out
lined picture.
The coming elections are a
most vital matter in year
bristling with the spikes OF
war. Let us all vote and con-
scientiously try to select a
leader whose paramount de-
sire is the welfare Of his coun-
try and not his own glorifca-
ton.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30

An insistent demand by a large
majority that hospital care offered
here be maintained at the highest
possible level, highlights the early
returns in poll of public opinion
being conducted throughout Hag-
erstown and nearby communities by
the community relations committee
of the Washington County Hospital.
In his first analysis of replies re-
ceived to date as a result of the
mailing of thousands of question
naires throughout the area served
by the hospital, Stanley P. F. Kline,
president of the board of trustees,
found that SO out of every hundred
replies included an affirmative ans
wer to the question: ''Do you be-
lieve that the hospital care offered
this community should be kept
abreast of the most advanced med
ical practice, even though costs be
increased? Only seven percent of
the replies answered in the mega
tive, he noted.
Recent advances in the field of
medical science are firmly fixed in
the minds of people as having di-
rect relationship with their every
day lives" Mr.. Kline observed, land
it is not surprising, therefore, that
the early returns in this area-wide
survey of opinion disclose a firm de-
mand that hospital facilities in this
community be maintained on a
standard which will permit the wild
est possible application of those ad-
vances locally"
Ninety-two out of every hundred
replying to the questionnaires to
date believe Washington County
Hospital is not now large enough
and well enough equipped to servo
adequately all who may apply fol-
care, Mr.. Kline said as he continued
his first analysis of the returns. He
reported also that "a percent Of
those whose replies are included il
the present tabulation said they
thought the hospital should be en-
larged.
The full extent of the crowded
conditions at Washington County
Hospital, Mr.. Kline observed, may
be realized by comparing the 1914
admission total Exclusive of new
born), 6,467, with the 1859 patient
admitted during comparable
twelve-month period in 1885. Ov
er the same period, the number o
births has risen from 260 to 1926
"When we face the fact that tn
same space and largely the same ia
cilities are now being called upol
to care for more than twice as MAN.
patients as they were planned Il
serve, we can understand how ser
iously overcrowded the hospital ha
become" the board president said
Mr.. Kline pointed out that in re
cent years the concept of the hos
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30
Young Republicans
Club Meets Oct. 5

VIII Hear Address By Miss
Arlene Jones, National Com
mitteewoman For Fourth Dis
trict Federation Of Young Re-
publicans.
Miss Arlene Jones, of Washing
ton, D. c., National Committee
woman for the Fourth District Fed
Grafton of Young Republicans, will
be principal speaker at the regular
meeting of the Hagerstown Young
Republicans Club, which will be
held in COP campaign headquarters
in the Green Room of the Hotel
Hamilton, at 7:45 Tuesday evening,
October 5.
Kenneth Sim, president of the
young group, will conduct the meet
ing and introduce the speaker, who
will have as her topic, "Afiliation
With The National Federation OF
Young Republicans"
The program will include a brief
talk by Mrs. P M. Holmes on How
To Campaign Quietly, Or Would You
Rather Get Your Block Knocked
Off" Campaign poster teams will
be appointed, and refreshments
served following the meeting.
All Young Republicans are urged
to attend what is being described by
the committee in charge, as a dis
tinct departure from garden varitty'
political organization meetings
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30
AROUND TOWN
WITH THE EDITOR

My congratulations TO Neil Bay
lor on his election as chairman OF
the Chesapeake Association of the
Associated Press. know he Will
do a real job.
/ wonder what Father Kenney
will do with that beautiful tie ne
won at the Lions Club last week?
Just for the record.
The Board of County Commits
sioners, at their meeting on Tues
day, did not authorize the purchase
of voting machines. All they did
was authorize the Board of Election
Supervisors to advertise for bids on
them. After the bids are in, then
the Commissioners will decide on
whether or not to purchase them at
this time.
NV good friend, George Hicks,
played game of '"True and False"
ON the story in this column last
week about the poem that was dis
tributed at the Republican Picnic
and Rally.
He said that my statement that
the poem was long-winded was
true, but that the added statement
that many people threw it away
after reading a few lines, was
false. Well, all can say, counsel
lor, is that we must have been look
ing at different people.
%%s
And while on the subject of pol
tics. have you ever known a ma
tional campaign that is quieter than
this one? Here 1t is less than i've
weeks until Election Day, and yet
in Washington County, outside OF
the two organized parties, there Is
hardly ripple.
Normally by this time, candidates
would be flooding the papers with
articles about their candidacy and
advertising on billboards, telephone
poles, in the newspaper and over
the radio. But this year there is
practically nothing.
It is often said that there is moth
ing certain about horse racing and
elections, and l hope that the ne
publican Party is not just taking II
for granted that they will sweep
Washington County and the Sixth
Congressional District. This is with
out question a Republican year II
ever there was one, but we don't
want to be caught asleep at the
switch, and so it behooves every
Republican in the county to start
talking up Governor Dewey, Gov
ernor Warren and Congressman
Beall, at every opportunity.
1t must not be overlooked for
minute that the labor unions in the
Sixth Congressional District are 60
ing all out to defeat Congressman
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30

c. Neill Baylor, general manager
of the Herald-Mail Publishing Com
pany pictured above) was elected
chairman of the Chesapeake Asso-
citation of the Associated Press at
the annual meeting held in Cam
bridge, Md, on September rs. He
succeeds Harry H. Robinson, man
aging editor of the Cumberland
News.
Elected vice chairman of the or
ganization was Arnold Dasne, pub
Usher of the Cambridge Banner; and
Henry Decker, managing editor of
the Frederick Post was elected treas
urer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30

the evening youth activities win
also be started on Sunday.
The evening youth groups viii
meet for Youth Choir Rehearsal at
5 p. m. This viii be followed by a
smack" supper at 6 and devotion
al service at $50. Friday nights
will also be set aside as Fun Night
for the youth of the church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30
The United Jewish
Appeal Campaign
Kickoff Dinner Meeting Held
AT Hotel Alexander 49, Over
Seventy Present To Plan Cam
paign In Washington County
Max Greenwald Is County
Chairman.

tAdA 0NGcAAWA0 40 NOuAAy
Chairman.
The Hagerstown United Jewish
Appeal Campaign was launched on
September % at a dinner meeting
held in the ballroom of the Hotel
Alexander, with Maxwell Green
valid presiding and about seventy
present.
Following the invocation by Rab-
hi Ernst j. Conrad, of B'Nai Abra-
ham Synagogue, few remarks were
made by Nose 1. Speert, vice-chair-
man of the Maryland Campaign,
who also spoke here last year, after
which the chairman introduced the
guest speaker, Rabbi Mordecai 1.
Soloff, director of Liberal Jewish
Education, Baltimore, who gave an
eloquent and moving address peril
nent to the purpose of the meeting.
The national goal for the cam
paign this year is $3.50, 1000, which
will be spent for: overseas relief,
reconstruction in Palestine, and the
re training and re-settlement of
newcomers to the United States who
will enter as regular immigrants
under the recently passed Displaced
Persons Bill.
Indicative of the success of the
campaign in Washington County
was the splendid response of the
seventy who attended the dinner,
not only in their actual contribution
pledges, but also in their pledge to
enthusiastically support the cam
paign.
The national campaign is headed
by Henry Morgenthau, Jr., former
Secretary of the Treasury, and the
local officers are: Max Greenwald,
chairman; Max Fleisher, co-chair-
man; Jack Shapiro, secretary; and
Meyer Berkson, treasurer.
A woman's division was formed
at the meeting, which will be guild
ed by a steering committee COM
posed of Mrs, Meyer Berkson, Mrs.
Maxwell Greenwald and Mrs. B. L.
Cohen.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30

just go around the corner from
where I'm staying at the Dagmar
Hotel, and you will find where the
automobile has not only pushed the
railroad around, but pushed it clear
off its tracks and also pushed the
station out of the road too"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-09-30
Hospital Poll Returns Show Public
Wants Best Hospital Service Available

Early Returns Indicate That Public Believe The Present Hos
ptal Is Not Large Enough To Adequately All Who
May Apply For Care
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23
Mobile, Aldbdmd
Coronation Held by Mobile Group

was chosen as King Ahavas Ches-
ed I to represent the King Ahas-
uerus who befriended the Jewish
people 24O0 years ago.
Miss Berkin, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Saul Berkin, was named
to represent Queen Esther, who
helped save the Jews from exter-
mination.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23
Others In Court

Palms and flowers decorated the
stage and a huge Star of David
was erected over the throne, where
$50 persons paid tribute to the
royalties.
Others in the court were: Pages:
Murray Friedman and Leonard
Friedman; dukes, Phil Einstein,
Bert Gurwitch, Leonard Gardberg
and Barry Haiman; herald, Maury
Friedlander; ladies in waiting,
Jennie Friedlander, Harrie Men
delson, Sylvia Berkin, Dorothy
Block, Phyllis Gurwitch, Paula
Mae Golomb, Terry Lynn Frisch,
Sandy Beck Offman, Sherry Chas-
sin, Jackie Elias. Shirley Lubel,
Nadine Plotka and Ann Mitchell.
Mrs. Leah Golomb was in
charge of the coronation, after
which the Sunday School children
presented a program of songs,
poems and recitation. Children in
the coronation were given a lunch
con by the Ladies Aid.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23
RONNIE HOFFMAN, CAROL
BERKIN ARE HONORED

Ronnie Hoffman and Carol Ber-
kin were crowned recently as king
and queen of the Hebrew and
Sunday Schools Of Congregation
Ahavath Chesed at Cont and War
rem SITS. The festivities were held
at the Jewish Progressive Club.
Young Hoffman is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hoffman. He
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23

in the free atmosphere of Ameri-
can culture, the young Jew
choose any number of possible
approaches to Judaism, or even
none at all. He is subject to many
influences, both for and against a
positive stand on Jewish living.
Probably the strongest pull in
the direction away frOs.4
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23

The problem in this country,
however, is much more complex.
For in the life of the ghetto, it
was simply a case of either-or-
either the young Jewish man or
woman was a whole Jew and ac-
cepted by the Jewish community,
or he was cast out of Jewish So
ciety to wander aimlessly among
his Christian neighbors. But here
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23

is that of the "neighbOrhOOd."
Anything Jewish is frOwned upon
by the "bOys." The only standard
of acceptance in high school So
ciety is success in that society . {.
making the football or basketball
team. writing for the paper, shin
ing at the Friday night dances.
And if all this is to the exclusion
of all things Jewish, "that stuff is
too Old-fashiOned" is the reply of
the young person involved.
Along with the pull of the neigh
borhood is the lack of Jewish in
fluence in good many Jewish
homes. We are only now begin
ming to feel the consequences of
the "lost generation" of American
Jews. In these homes Judaism
has degenerated to the point where
the sole contact with anything
Jewish is an occasional Jewish
joke in night club or a visit to
the synagogue on Yom Kippur.
Little wonder that some of our
youth finds greater appeal in the
corner drug store, the poolroom,
or the basement club.
Another sore spot is the made
quacy of Jewish education to at
tract and keep the Jewish young
man or woman. A curriculum
geared to the requirements of the
American scene is not as yet forth
coming, and a slap across the face
is still the only method of discip-
line in too many institutions
Unfortunately, the European way
of study cannot possibly apply
with any degree of success to mod
ern demands of young people
Certainly, the problem of youth
has been ignored far too long by
many of our religious leaders,
some of whom either do not under
stand the problem, or are too busy
furthering other interests to do
anything about bringing young
people into the synagogue.
The Jewish youth is faced with
the additional difficulty of deter
mining what Judaism is. Assum-
ing he or she is willing to become
part Of the Jewish tradition, he is
totally confused by the diversity
Of Interpretation to be found a.
mong his elders. What is Judaism,
anyway? Are we a religion, a
culture, a nation? Can we do
away with numerous traditional
practices and still be Jewish? A
number of philosophical pathways
are open; but youth is without a
roadmap.
That disease that afflicts JeW-
ish adulthOOd is contagious also
for youth. Anti-Semitism in it's
effects on Jewish youngsters does
not help matters any. In his social
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23
A Jewish Youth Speaks His Mind
BY SAMUEL G. BROUDE
Copyright, 1948, Jewish Telegraphis Age

Copyright 194S Jewish Telegraphis Agency, Inc)
The problem of Jewish YOUTH adjusting itself
living dual culture is with STILL Society," not content
with hardening with the ordinarily problems
coming adolescence must force Jewish youth TO
f uuarey Jeish problem every age of Jewish history
since the had surroundings
which himself Babylon Spain Eastern Erone
and America it is still the Only outward
ornearances ave changed
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-23
Only those who think let think.

Only those who think let think.
A Tennessee preacher is said to
have smashed his time piece when
the Federal Government finally
instituted four kinds of standard
time: Eastern, Central, Mountain
and Pacific. Those who object to
having changes in religious and
ethical standards reflect changes
in conditions of life belong to the
same tribe as that preacher.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-11-25
Association VIII Meet
AT MISSOURI, Dec. 8

The Montana Association of
Soil Conservation District Sup
erviSorS will hold its annual
meeting at Missoula December
8, 8 and 10 with supervisors at
tending from all parts of the
state, M. P. Hansmeier, associa-
ton secretary, announced here
today. y:
The theme of the 1913 meet
ing Of the supervisors is, "HoW
can we get more conservation
on the land?", and supervisors
are being asked to come pre-
pared to contribute to the dis
cuSsion on this theme, Hans
meier said.
The evening of December Z
the Western Association of Soil
Conservation District Supervis-
ors is holding a smoker for all
the visiting supervisors.
Other officers of the associa-
ton are Thomas Connolly,
Havre, president; Gordon Nc
Gowan, HighWood, vice presi-
dent; and C.. H. Weismandel,
Three Forks, treasurer.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-11-25
Ladies Aid TO Meet
Birthday Club

The Birthday club met at the
home of Mrs. Paul Collier on
Friday.
Mrs. Charles Weigand and
Mrs. John Schonsey were host
eSes. Mrs. Weigand received
draw prize and Mrs. Collier was
presented with a gift from the