The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-09-14

General D. John Marley will get
the Republican nomination for U. S.
Senator.
General Russell P. Hartle will get
the Democratic nomination for
House of Representative (Sixth
DISTRICT.
Theodore McKeldin is unopposed
for the Republic nomination for Gov
ernor, and Congressman ]. Glenn
Beall is unopposed to succeed him
self in the Sixth District on the Re-
publican ticket
Something new has been added
E. Lester Mobley, Sr., proprietor
of the Lester Coal Company, who is
a candidate for the office of county
commissioner on the Democratic
ticket, on Monday morning erected
a large billboard in the coal yard
and invited all the candidates, of both
parties, to use it to put up their adj
vertising posters,
That's really being Democratic.
Here's a new $4,000 question!
Who are the officers of the North
End Improvement Association.
Over the week end a number of
residents of the North End received
a letter, on plain sheet of paper,
asking them to attend Tuesday
nights public meeting called by the
Hagerstown Zoning and Planning
Commission and protest against the
new shopping center which will be
located in the North End The let
ter simply bore the typewriter sig
nature North End Improvement
Association"
That's new one on me.
When we send out notices to sub
scribers that their subscription has
expired, we always enclose reply,
paid envelop to facilitate getting the
renewals. 1t happened, however,
when we sent out a number of no.
tees a week or so ago, we COM
pletely forgot to enclose the reply,
paid envelops which, of course, ne
cessitated a second mailing.
In the mail this morning / re-
ceived a reply, paid envelop from
my good friend, John M. Hinkle, of
Route 2, which was entirely empty.
Thinking perhaps that his check had
dropped out of the envelop, I called
him on the phone and he laughingly
told me that everything was alright,
that he was just getting even with
me for failing to send him the re-
ply, paid envelop in the first place.
P.S.-Don't worry, got the check
alright.
PP.S.-Anyone reading this, who
has failed to send in their subscrip-
ton, please take the hint---we need
the money.
A rather dangerous situation has
arisen in the Engineering and Street
Depts. of the city since the purchase
by the city of a considerable amount
of road building equipment. During
a meeting of the Mayor and Council
on Thursday night, the question of
putting in sewers at the Carroll
Heights development was brought up
and the Council, because the city had
acquired this equipment and pre-
sllmably could do the work cheaper
than an outside contractor, very def
nitely were against giving the City
Engineer authority to advertise for
bids for this urgently needed work,
since the owners of some five or six
of the houses expect to move in with
in the next few days, but lack sew
erage facilities.
[4IlAOuSll tllC lily I11lS1llCCl Ii dlAh-
ly admitted that he couldn't start
the work for at least month, the
Council would not approve of adver-
Using for bids, but finally came up
with this amazing proposition. They
authorized the Engineer to 60 ahead
and advertise for bids, but on the
thorough understanding that they
were agreeing to it simply for a COM
parison of prices.
Then, later on in the meeting, g
contractor who was the low bidder
for the job of laying sidewalks
around the Rose Mill Cemetery ap-
peared before the Council to know
why his low bid had not been ac-
cepted, and he was told by the en-.
gineer that all the bids had been re-
jected since the city now found itseI
able to do the work itself.
1t should be noted, in connection
with the cemetery sidewalks, that the