The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-11-29
Around Town With
The Editor

l hope all of you who are inter
ested in city, county and state gov
eminent will attend the Town Hail
Dinner Meeting in Franklin Court
at $50 o'clock on Monday night (see
story elsewhere on this page).
With conditions in a state of chaos,
both nationally and internationally
IL is A fine thing that we in our own
community are given an opportunity
70 ask questions of our local and
county governing officials and it IS
inst as fine that these men are Will
ing to attend such a meeting and
onenlv answer questions put to them
Not only the Chamber OF Com
merce, which sponsors the meeting
but also the City and County OF
fcials, without whom such a meet
ing would have no value, are to be
congratulated on making these meet
ings possible each year.
$3.50
The Young Republican Clup, III
nv book the most progressive he
publican organization in Washington
County, will hold their December
meeting in the club room in the Co
lonial Theatre building at BLU
o'clock on Tuesday night. The sub
iect for discussion will be 'The Re
nublican Outlook in 50" and have
been asked to start things off.
It has been my privilege to attend
a number of the clubs meetings and
7 have left everyone of them with a
feeling that if the Republican Party
is to regain the prominence 1t once
enioved. and also the confidence OF
the voters, it will be through the
efforts of these young men and Wom-
en- who are keenly aware of the
need for a real awakening of the
Party and are determined TO 90
something about it.
l am glad that the Circuit Court
upheld the drunken driving convlc-
tons and sentences imposed by Mag
istrate ]. B. Berkson.
It becomes increasingly evident
that a term of imprisonment seems
to be the only way to make motorists
realize that driving an automobile
while under the influence of liquor
endangers, not only the life OF the
driver, but also the lives OF other
motorists and their passengers who
NAV be so unfortunate as to en-
counter a drunken driver on our
highways.
The Board of County Commission
ers. at their regular meeting or
Tuesday, passed by unanimous vote
a resolution calling upon the State
LEGISLATURE. during the 1852 session
to provide the necessary funds tC
erect a chronic disease hospital II
Washington County, as provided fol
in recent sessions. It is expected
that similar resolutions will be pass
ed by the other Board of Commits
sioners throughout the state anC
such resolutions will be forwarded
to the members of the State Legisla
ture from each county.
In commenting on the resolution
president Winslow F. Burhans
speaking for the Board, pointed GU
that the taking over of Camp Ritchi
by the Federal Government make
it imperative that chronic dlseas
hospital be provided in Washington
Comfy without delay and he ais
pointed out that the Washington
County Board has offered to dee
the necessary land for the hospita
to the State.
l am particularly interested thi
year in the Hagerstown High Schoo
paper, 'The oo-Wair-NWat," be
cause both the co-editors, Mar
Matter and Austin Comstock, ar
particularly good friends of mine.
Mary, while student at Yves
Washington Street School, did a fin
job as one of the editors of 9TH
Scarlet and Gray" the school pape
that was a special feature of TIL
Globe Independent last year, an
Austin, as basketball player in tn
Junior Basketball League, becam
quite a buddy of mine.
Looking over the November issue
I was particularly impressed by a
editorial, Wrought By Prayer,
written by Robert Tice (the Boy
Sports Editor) and as l read it
just couldn't help feeling that be
hind all the noise, sky larking an
mischief of the youth of today, ther
is that same deep sense of religio
and inherent honesty that has mad
America great