The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-07

Due to the printing plant being
closed from Friday night to Tues
day morning, this weeks issue had to
be held to eight pages.
l regret that the story concern
ing the Is students who won Pang-
born Foundation scholarships in the
public schools, was received too late
for this weeks issue.
My apologies to Mrs. Robert P.
Conrad, chairman of the Washing
ton County Chapter of the Red
Cross, for my unforgivable mistake
in not giving her name correctly
in the story in last weeks issue
concerning the delegates to the Red
Cross Convention.
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Everything is in readiness for the
big Retailers Picnic at Braddock
Heights next Wednesday, July 10,
and from everything I have been
able to hear, it will top all the other
picnics that the Bureau has held.
So if you haven't already got
tickets for yourself or your en-
.ployees, you had better get in touch
with John Lacy, president of the
bureau, or any member of the com
mittee, and get your tickets before
they are all gone.
In the event of rain, plans have
been completed to hold the entire
picnic indoors. So remember to
put a ring around Wednesday, July
IS, rain or shine, for the Retailers
Annual Picnic.
At a meeting held on Tuesday
night at the Hotel Alexander, plans
were discussed for a permanent
registration for the city and coun-
ty. Attending the meeting were:
Mayor H. L. Mills and the three Re
publican Councilmen; the four Re
PUBLICAN members of the Board of
County Commissioners; the MEM
bers of the Republican Central Com
mittee, the city and county attor-
neys and State Senator Kenneth Nc
Laughlin.
All the problems and difficulties
that would be encountered in set
ting up a permanent registration
were fully explored, but it was gen
erallly believed that the County
Districts within the city limits could
be re-arranged to conform to the
new city wards as outlined in the
new City Charter. 1t was brought
out, for instance, that District q,
which takes in Ward 4, might be
changed to conform to the limits
of Ward as set up by the new char
ter, with another District created
to take care of that part of the pres
ent District % which lies outside
the city limits.
At the end of the discussion, Eldred
Rinehart, chairman of the Central
Committee; Clarence Eldridge, of
the Board of County Commissioners;
County Attorney Charles Wagaman,
and City Attorney Francis Urner,
were appointed as committee to
work out a tentative plan and re-
port back to the full committee as
soon as possible.
| was particularly amused last
week end when l received an adj
vance copy of a radio address to be
given by a United States Senator.
The advance copy of the speech
started out by saying that the Sena-
tor had with him senior Military
Advisor of the Senate Armed Serv-
ices committee, and that the. inter
view was unwritten and unrehears-
ed. But the advance notice gave
every question in detail and every
answer in detail.
! don't know whether it's the heat
or the 15-game losing streak of the
Owls, but during the past week
there has been practically no news
Around Town"
The City Hall is generally good
for a paragraph or two every week,
but strange calm has settled over
that august building. Could it be
the calm before the storm?
And now if you'll excuse me III
go take shower and see if I tan
cool off.