The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-13
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On Friday evening 1 dropped In
at the local club rooms of Alcoholics
Anonymous, where the group was
celebrating their third anniversary.
AS you know, I've been interested In
this group ever since they got start
ed, and the more I see of them the
more realize what remarkable
job they are doing amongst them
selves.
only wish you could have been
there and seen the look of pride,
coupled with a deep humility, on
the faces of these good people who
have fought their way through the
ravages of disease back to good
health and normal living. If ever
there was courage personified, 1t
lives in the hearts and souls of these
friends of mine in AA, who help
themselves by helping others SINH
larly afflicted.
Then on Saturday night | was the
guest at the dinner meeting of the
editorial staff of Santa Maria, the
school paper of ST. Mary's High
School, which was given in celebra-
ton of the 10th anniversary of the
starting of the paper.
The history of the ST. Marys
Catholic School paper is truly re-
markable one, and it shows what can
be done when a bunch of young peo-
pie put their hearts and souls into
their work. In the short space of
ten years (actually only eight years
because, during the war days, the
paper could not be published for two
wears due to the acute shortage OF
paper) Santa Maria has won every
honor that could be bestowed on a
school publication And it must be
borne in mind that these honors
heaped on the paper have not all
been honors from Catholic organi-
cations.
Competing with papers from
schools all over the nation, many of
them much bigger schools than st.
Mary's, Santa Maria has won all the
top honors of Quill and Scroll, .
an organization of editors and writ
ers on school papers, and has also
won top honors from Columbia I'm
iversity.
1t was good to see, in addition to
the present staff, some of the form
er editors, among whom was Gerald
Keller, who was the first Santa Ma
ria editor back in 1899, and also
Vernon Davis, who wrote articles
for Santa Maria in its first year and
today is an up and coming news
paper reporter on the staff of the
Morning Herald.
The Washington County Com
nunity Chest, in choosing John Bae1
and PAUL. Shields to head up the
annual drive in November, couldn't
have picked two better men. Both
John and PAUL are civic minded il
ever two men were, and as long as
have known them both they have
always been in the forefront of ev-
cry undertaking for the benefit Of
the community in which they, with
the rest of us, live and make liv.
ing.
So with everybody getting in there
and pitching when the time comes
and with two men like John Bael
and PAUL Shields heading up the
drive, l know we will once again
keep unsullied the county's remark
able record of never once having
failed to go over the top in an!
worthwhile undertaking.
When Chester Delphey and Coun
ty Commissioner Joe Hoffman re
turn from their hunting trip,
imagine they'll have some thrlllln,
stories to tell, as they were RICH
in the thick of the blizzard which
swept Idaho and Montana.
If you want to see a unique Flor
lists window display, don't fail t
drop by Gibney's, on North iona
than Street.
Gibney's have team in the Won
ems Major Bowling League, S
Barbara Bond, daughter of Charlie
Bond, who has a fair for windoy
decorating, hit upon the idea of put
ting in a bowling window, and it
even better than the attractive foot
ball window that she did last fal
Don't fail to see it.
Private Arnold G. Dye, son of MI
and Mrs j. T. Dye of 341 Ridg
Avenue, recently made a score {