The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-06-28


fee of Joe Mullendore, whom
share an Office with, and said, Il
want to cancel my insurance policy,
because I have sold my car and
bought a wife!" and then he added
- and l have never regretted it
since"
Acts and 6, on Monday night, of
that "To Be Or Not To Be" drama,
went exactly as predicted in this
column last week.
In Act 5-the public hearing on
the North End coming questionable
attorneys of both sides, as well as
other interested parties, were heard,
and two petitions, each bearing sew
eral hundred names were presented
to the Council, one petition favoring
the retention of the North End as a
strictly residential area, and the
other favoring the shopping center
in the area Some of the council
men casually glanced through the
pages of the petitions and then laid
them aside. One of them, Council
man Broom, stated to me that, IN
glancing over them, he noticed that
in some cases people had signed both
petitions, and therefore he wasn't
interested in them any further.
BY 1000 o'clock the curtain fell on
Act 5 and few moments later 1t
went up on Act 6 = an executive
meeting of the Mayor and Council.
While 1 was not permitted to at
tend that meeting, l believe that l
am safe in saying that the Council
lost very little time in re-repealing
the ordinance that made Zone resi-
dental, and then passing the zon-
ing ordinance for the entire city.
This ordinance makes provisions
for a shopping center in the North
End and also changes about 8 acres
of ground, adjacent to the original
Jonathan Hager house, from light in
dustry to residential. This latter
action was taken upon the request
of Mrs. Frank W. Mish, Jr., chair
man of the Jonathan Hager Home
Restoration Committee of the Wash
ington County Historical Society,
who pointed out that these 8 acres
were decided by the society to the
city of Hagerstown on the under
standing that some day they would
become part of the general scenic
area of the restored Hager house.
From all that l have been able to
gather those were the only changes
made in the original zoning plat
Act z will take place tonight in
the City Hall at 1880 o'clock when,
at another special meeting of the
Council, the Mayor will either sign
the ordinance or veto it - in my
opinion the latter course will be
pursued.
Again 1 prophesy that there will
be several more acts to follow, with
the final one not being played until
late this year, or early in 1852.
One Of the speakers on Monday
night in favor of the shopping cen
ter-Glenn r. Brayton, area direc-
tor of the UAW-CIO-brought up a
point, with part of which l heartily
agree, although under entirely diff
ferent circumstances to those of Mr..
Brayton's.
He asked the question: ''Why
shouldn't all the voters of Hagers-
town have voice in whether or not
there should be shopping center in
the North End?" while l have been
asking for weeks-in fact months
an almost similar question = Why
shouldn't all the citizens of Hagers-
town have a voice in the election OF
all five councilmen instead of, as al
present, only having a voice in the
election of one of them?
For further information on my
question, read the account of Magis-
trate Berkson's address at the XII
wants Club last week, which will be
found elsewhere on this page.