The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-04
Around Town With
The Editor
Chuckle of the week:

He-Why does woman say SheS
been shopping when she hasn't
bought thing?
She-Why does a man say he's
been fishing when he hasn't caught
anything?
Although l worked as hard as l
could during the recent election to
get a Republican Board of County
Commissioners elected, / have said
before in this column-and say it
again-that the present Board is one
of the best that our County ever
had, and their actions since they
took office have fully confirmed my
opinion.
The appointments last week, by
unanimous decision of the Board, of
Arthur Poole, Jr., as county Roads
Engineer, and the re-appointment of
Lester Swain, with Mr.. Poole TAX
ing charge Of the engineering and
Mr.. Swain the construction and
maintenance, proves that their first
consideration is what is best for
Washington County, which they
were elected to govern for the next
four years.
It now becomes abundantly clear
that even the mention of a ''tie-in"
to the members of the City Council
is like waving a red rag at a bull
Under those circumstances, it
would seem that, since Mayor Mills
has publicly stated that the Munich
pal Light Plant has practically
reached its maximum capacity with
the present water supply at An
tietam Creek, and that the plants
present kilowatt capacity is no
greater than the demands made upon
it, the only thing left to do is to
cease all efforts to sell more power
to consumers and contain the plant
within its present capacity.
AS one councilman said in discus
sing the situation with me: Gas long
as the Municipal Light Plant is max
ing good profit for the taxpayers
of Hagerstown, I just don't want it
touched, and as far as that much dis
cussed breakdown for an hour or so
last week is concerned, one would
think that the Hagerstown Light
Plant was the only one that had
ever had that happen"
Too many of us, I'm afraid, take
for granted the delivery of our mail
and some of us, particularly during
the Christmas holidays, probably
fused at the Post Office because
letters, or packages that we were
expecting, weren't delivered as
quickly as we thought they ought
to be.
Since I deliver my papers to the
Post Office every Wednesday night
in order that you may receive it on
Thursday morning-and I think you
will agree that you do get it on
Thursday am in a position to
know something of the fine job that
the boys in the Post Office are doing.
This past Christmas lin a large
measure due to the railroad strike)
the post Office staff was faced with
the almost impossible task of getting
your Christmas cards, packages and
letters to you on time, but every
member of the department, forget
ting their own Christmas, pitched in
as team, and when Christmas
morning rolled around every piece
of mail was delivered. But that
wasn't the end of their job.
On Tuesday morning, December /
26, Postmaster Simpson, who had re- /
leased all the trucks that he had
hired for the Christmas delivery,
and was breathing a sigh of relief
that, with the 100 per cent coopera-
ton of his men, the almost impos- |
sible had been accomplished, found |
when he came to the office that
whole carload of Christmas pack |
ages, shipped out of Philadelphia
on Christmas day, had arrived in
Hagerstown. He Immediately con-
tacted the firm from whom he had
hired the trucks, got them back on
the job, and before nightfall every
one of those packages were deliv-
cred
know that l am echoing the SEN
timents of the people of Hagerstown
when say to Mr.. Simpson and his
entire staff congratulations on
job well done.