The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05
Around Town With
The Editor


lor, general manager of the Herald
Mail Publishing Company, and Joe
Harp, editor of the Morning Her
aid, the guest editor of next weeks
issue will be Vernon Davis of the
editorial staff of the Morning Herald,
who has been good enough to take
the job over for me so that l can get
away for a Today vacation.
The only thing that is bothering
me is the fact that after you read
the issue of April u, under Vernon's
editorship, 1 am really going to have
a tough time trying to keep up with
him when I get back.
AS you read this Mrs. Douglas and
myself will be on our way to Myrtle
Beach, S. c., where our own Hagers-
town Braves are in spring training.
Congratulations to the Herald Mail
Publishing Company on their new,
Hoe Superseded Press, which is
now printing the Morning Herald
and the Daily Mail The giant, new
press, capable of printing an 8O-page
paper, can run them off at the almost
unbelievable rate of $4,000 news
papers per hour.
How about taking about min
utes every Wednesday, Neill, to run
off the little old acknowledgements.
Just as we were going to press l
was advised that Mr.. Heydrick, of
the National Association of Manu-
facturers' Public Relations office,
will address a group of manufactur-
ers of Hagerstown and nearby areas
tomorrow afternoon.
The meeting will be held in the
Potomac Room of the Hotel Alexan-
der, at 800 o'clock, and Mr.. Hey
bricks subject will be "How Our
Business System Operates"
Harold M. Porter, president of the
Hagerstown Manufacturers Bureau,
will preside and he extends an in
vitation to all business men who
might be interested, to attend.
Representatives of the various
American Legion Posts in the Coun-
ty met with the Board of County
Commissioners and Jim" Mobley,
Director of Civilian Defense for
Washington County, on Tuesday
morning for round table discussion
of Civilian Defense plans for the
county, and out of the discussion
came several valuable ideas that will
doubtless be put into effect as the
program develops.
1t sure pays to advertise.
The wide publicity regarding dog
licenses, given by the press and
radio, has resulted in something like
1000 tags having been purchased in
the last week or two.
l hope, however, that those that
have finally bought their tags will
not forget that, beginning July l,
they will again have to buy them
for the ensuing year. The tags re
Gently purchased were for the year
beginning July l, 1850, and ending
June 80, 1851
Only routine matters were taken
up at the special meeting of the
Mayor and Council on Tuesday night,
such as: ordering completion of the
widening and rebuilding of Salem
Avenue to the city limits; appointing
a committee to investigate the con-
dition of several streets and alleys
in the west end, with view to i'm
proving them, and authorizing the
city engineer to remove trees on city
property that were a safety hazard
Here's really one for the book.
Last week, police officer Harry
House, who works the to II shift
borrowed his brothers car on his
day off, to take his wife to West Vir-
GINA. He returned next day in
plenty of time to report at 400
o'clock, but not in time to take his
brothers car home, so he parked il
on the market house lot, dropped q
nickel in the slot, and blithely re-
ported for work. Later in the after
noon he was checking the meters on
the lot and ticketed those cars that
were parked overtime, turning in
the stubs at the desk before signing
off at midnight.
Returning to the lot to get his
brothers car and drive it home, he
was amazed to find that it was one
of the cars he had put ticket on
and since once the ticket stubs are
turned in to the desk, the ticket can
not be cancelled, officer House hao