The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-15
Around Town s,
The Editor

of Commerce, held on Monday, the
proposed bond issue was fully and
freely discussed. The Board finally
decided that more information was
needed before the Chamber could
take stand on this important mat
ter, one way or another, and so it
was turned over to the Civic Affairs
Committee of which A. Harry Warne
is chairman, with instructions to go
further into the matter and report
back to the full Board at their next
meeting, which will be held on Sep
TENDER 26.
From the number of prominent
Republicans throughout the entire
state who have accepted the invita-
ton of the Young Republican Club
to be present at their statewide raj
ly on September Il, it would seem
to indicate that there is strong
trend towards Brig Gen. William c.
Purnell of Baltimore( the principal
speaker at the rally) as the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor in the
1850 election.
Usually, at rallies of this sort,
numerous invitations are sent out
by the invitation committee, but on
ly small number are accepted. But
this time the big names in State Re
publican politics lost no time in ac-
cepting their invitations.
Pangborn Park was certainly
busy place on Sunday afternoon.
The annual Casting Tournament
was being held at the lake; the roll
off for the Bowling on the Green
championship was being held in
another section of the park, while
on the softball diamond the play
offs for the "Y" County Softball
League were being held. And in adj
dition to this, there were, of course,
the usual group of picnickers and
visitors to the beautiful gardens of
the park.
The one thing that struck me about
the whole afternoon was the order
ly way in which everybody behaved.
Even in the ''Y" County Softball
League finals, in which excitement
was at fever height, the big crowd
behaved splendidly. Only once, in
their excitement, did a number of
the spectators surge on to the play
ing field in order to encourage their
favorite team, but at the request of
the umpire they moved back beyond
the foul line Immediately.
The big crowd at PangbOrn Park,
the beauty of the park setting, and
the friendly rivalry of the various
competitions, is just another reason
why Hagerstown is good place in
which to live and make living.
In addition to the boys and girls
of the Washington County school
patrols, the police officers are also
doing a fine job of teaching the
youngsters how to observe the traf-
fic rules on their way to and from
schools.
Unfortunately, though, some of
the parents are innocently undoing
the fine work that is being carried
on One of the things that police
officers do is to explain to the chill
dren that they must not cross the
street on a red light, but wait for
the green light before leaving the
curb. l have noticed, however, that
some parents when they are bring
ing their children to school or tax
ing them home from school, cross
the street on a red light if they
happen to see that there is no traf-
fic coming in the other direction.
/ couldn't help but notice the
other day when one little youngster
with his mother, after she had taken
him across the street on a red light,
looked up at the police officer with
a kind of shamed look on his face
as if to say, 81 know you taught me
not to do this, but had to because
my mother made me-"
So, mothers, even though the way
might be clear on red light, help
your youngsters, the police depart
ment and the school patrols, by
staying patiently on the curb until
the light turns green.
Just before going to press I re-
ceived press release from the
Washington County Museum of Fine
Arts, regarding the opening of the
two new wings Of the Museum,
which is scheduled for November Is.
Since it was impossible to get the
story set up in time for this issue,