The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-02-10
Around Town With
The Editor

l dropped in at the forum meet
ing sponsored by the Business and
Professional Women's Club in the
ballroom of the Hotel Alexander on
Monday night, at which the Re-
publican and Democratic candidates
for Mayor and all the candidates for
City Council were present, with the
exception of Roy Knight, Democratic
candidate from Ward 2, and Frank
Elliott, Democratic candidate from
Ward 4. However, since the meeting
was off the record" as far as the
question and answer period was con-
cerned, all l can tell you is that
number of subjects were discussed
pro and con during very interest
ing meeting.
Politically, these are the days
when the two local parties are en-
deavoring to heal some of the
wounds inflicted during the hard
fought Primary campaign in our
city election, and it will probably be
the end of the month before the
real campaign gets going.
A special meeting of the Mayor
and Council is scheduled for o'clock
this afternoon wednesday, con-
corning the need of improved ia
cilities a! the Municipal Airport in
order to take care of the new Fair
child Clio when it goes into pro-
duction and requires loading tests.
The matter has been under dis
cussion by the Fairchild officials and
the Mayor and Council for some
time, and the meeting tonight is to
decide whether or not to authorize
Fairchild Aircraft Division to have
a plan of the needed Improvement,
which l understand will cost in the
neighborhood of a million dollars,
submitted to the Civil Aeronautics
authority.
If this is done it will entail no OBJ
legation by the City, but will simply
start the ball rolling. I understand
that after the plans submitted by
Fairchild have been Investigated by
the c. A. A, and approved, they
will in the course of time submit
proposal to the Mayor and Council,
which will outline how much the
Federal Government will pay to-
wards the improvements and how
much the City would have to bear,
if they accept the proposal.
l mention these facts because it's
a good idea, believe, to let the
public know what's going on, and
also to assure you that if action by
the Mayor and Council is taken at
tonight's meeting, it will in no way
obligate the incoming administration,
who will have the final say as to
what, if anything, is to be done.
As if l didn't have enough COM
petition already, I'm now faced with
another sheet to worry about, and
believe you me it's some competition,
for the editor has already encroached
on my favorite column-you guessed
it, that's this column-by coming out
in his first issue with all those little
personal comments that 1 thought I
had copyright on.
The paper referred to is called
"Gossiper" and it's published by the
Hagerstown Shrine Club of Ali Chan,
of which Ell Ellinger is the president
and for the time being at least,
the editor of ''Gossiper."
In looking over the first issue I
was particularly impressed by the
goal Of the club "At least one per-
manent endowment per member for
Shrine Hospitals for Crippled Chill
dren."
Here's wishing "Gossiper" all the
luck in the world, but if Ellinger's
competition gets too tough, believe
you me he's going to hear about it.