The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18
Around Town With
The Editor

one to comment on the present finan-
cial status of the city until such time
as have had an opportunity to look
over the financial statement for the
first six months of the year, which !
understand will be available within
a few days, do feel that l can safe
ly say that there will be no increase
in electric light rates.
To begin with, in order to get in
creased electric light rates, an APP
plication would have to be made to
the Public Service Commission, and
then there would have to be public
hearings, and of course, the Potomac
Edison Company would also be
brought into it also. And doubt
very seriously if the city would want
to initiate movement of that sort.
The resignation of Lloyd L. Stout
fer as chairman of the Board of Park
Commissioners is a real loss to the
community.
Mr.. Stouffer has been a member
of the park board for over 10 years,
and under his able direction the City
Park program developed to point
where today Hagerstown is recog-
nized as having one of the best park
systems of any town of its size in
the country.
Mr.. Stouffer and his fellow mem
bers on the board Cat their own re-
quest) receive no remuneration
from the city, their sole reward be-
ing the joy of a job well done.
Because of my work with boys, I
have had occasions to appear be-
fore the members of the park board
many times regarding baseball dia-
nonds and the like, and as I sat in
on different meetings l have been
amazed many times at the thorough
ness with which Mr.. Stouffer and his
associates investigate every proposal
that comes before them.
There is an old saying, 'The King
is dead-long live the King" but in
the case of Lloyd Stouffer, while
there will be others come along who
will fill the chair of the board, there
probably never will be anyone who
has quite put so much of his heart
and soul into it as he did.
I appreciate that the pressure of
business necessitated his resigna-
ton, but I cannot help wishing that
it didn't have to happen.
want to congratulate both the
Mayor and Council and the Board
of County Commissioners for their
decision to jointly build pedestrian
underpass underneath the Middle
burg Pike near the new Fountain
dale School, so that the youngsters
can cross the pike without fear of
being knocked down by a passing
motorist.
Usually it takes some time for a
city government and county gov
eminent to agree on any sort of a
share the-cost project, but the May
or and Council voted for it in a
few minutes on Monday night, and at
the Tuesday morning meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners, they
too gave the project their unani-
nous APPROVAL.
AS soon as City Engineer j. A. Alb
bolt, Jr., completes the plans (Which
will be within a few days. bids on
the project will be advertised for,
and the underpass should be ready
for use shortly after the new school
opens
/ hope everybody will take ad-
vantage of the free chest x-ray units
which are now in Hagerstown and
the County (the complete schedule
for their stay here will be found
on page A.
There is no pain or inconvenience
in having your chest x-ray taken
in fact, it's just like having a pic
ture taken before an ordinary cam
era. And it's good thing to know
that your lungs are in a healthy con-
dition, and it's also good thing to
know if there might be some slight
disability there. So make it a point
to have an x-ray taken-it is abso-
lutely free sometime between now
and September 9.
In reading the press release re-
garding Earl Steinhauer again being
named the starter of the Ohio air
races (the story will be found on
the back page) I got kick out of
the line that said he was a member
of the Quiet Birdmen. Well, all
I've got to say is if Earl is member