The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-20

the purchase of the million-and-a-
half dollar Bond Issue, authorized at
the recent special election, will be
advertised in today's issue of ''The
Bond Guide" The bids will be
opened and the sale of the bonds
authorized by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil on Wednesday, November 8, at
noon.
P.S. Do you mant to bet that the
interest rate on the bonds will be
as low as 1877?
P.P.S. Do you want to make anoth-
err bet that next years tax rate will
remain at SO cents?
When any member of the police
force drops by to ask you to buy
ticket for the special show at the
Academy Theatre on Friday night,
October %, l hope you will buy
some.
Everything about the show is be-
ing put on free of charge The
theatre is being donated free; the
picture is also being donated, and
the floor show is being provided
free of charge by the Rainbow Room
of the Hamilton Hotel; the Vogue
Room at the Colonial Hotel; Beck's
Restaurant, Phil Testers Band and
the dance team of Fontaine and Glad
din.
The entire proceeds of this benefit
performances will go to the Frater-
nal Order of Police for their pen
sion fund, without one penny being
deducted for expenses of any sort,
and it deserves the support of every
body in the community.
Hats off to Bud" Wareham, who
is footing the bill for the tree sur
gerry job which is being done on our
famous tree in the Public Square.
When it was obvious that the tree
was in pretty bad shape, Bud en-
gagged the services of firm of ex-
pert tree surgeons so that the life
of the landmark might be saved
/ see where they have been pour
ing concrete on the Square this week
over the new drain that was put in.
This time l hope they remembered
to remove the boa Sds before they
started pouring the pncrete!
The meetings of resent Mayor
and Council are Sc I'M of the cut
and-dried variety, and last Thurs
day nights special meeting was no
exception. One of the things that
l got a real kick out of at the meet
ing was the action of Mayor Mills
in connection with the Christmas.
decorations discussion.
After the chairman of the Coun-
Gil committee had reported on his
committees meeting with the Re-
tailers Bureau, Mayor Mills himself
opened the discussion by telling both
the Retailers committee and his
Council that he was opposed to the
city's participation this year, and he
gave his reasons in no uncertain
terms. Then he quietly remarked
-"Of course, it's a matter for the
members of the Council to decide"
and sat down.
Needless to say, the Council did
not go along with the request of the
Retailers Bureau for $3.50 coopera-
ton, but a compromise plan was
worked out, for details of which see
the story elsewhere on this page.
And talking about the Council, it
is remarkable the way, since the
Bond Issue has been passed, they're
exercising so much caution in al
locating funds for any purpose what
ever. When funds for projects are
requested now, they are usually
sidetracked with the remark-"Let's
put that off till next year, as we're
not quite sure right now as to how
we stand financially
l think maybe the Council would
have been advised to have adopted
that attitude from the day they first
took Office, instead of waiting until
practically all the major projects
they wanted undertaken had been
authorized, before becoming so coy
about spending money.
In a letter from Mrs. Paul S. Blink
ley Of, Clear Spring, renewing her
subscription for her son, Arthur L.
Binkley, who is civilian employee
in the Office of the executive secre-
tary, policy reports staff, of the
Civilian Government in Germany,
she told me that she had recently
had a letter from her son in which