The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-06-05
Around Town With
The Editor

The Hagerstown Traffic Commit
tee, appointed some time ago by
Mayor Mills, which has been hard at
work, without any fanfare, present
ed the Mayor and Council, at spe-
cial meeting held on Monday night,
with a comprehensive report on
downtown traffic conditions, with
particular emphasis on Summit Ave
nue. and Jonathan Street between
Antietam and Church Streets, which
represents, perhaps, the narrowest of
the city's downtown thoroughfares.
For some time this committee has
been checking the average flow of
motor traffic through this section and
they have found that more cars trav-
ell over it in the busy hours of the
morning and evening than either
Potomac, Washington, or Franklin
Streets.
In view of these conditions, the
committee recommended that all
parking on both of these streets,
from Antietam to Church, be banned
from $50 a. m. to $3.50 a. m. and
from $3.50 p. m. to $50 p. m, every
day except Sundays and holidays.
The Mayor and Council lost no
time in unanimously approving the
recommendation and the new regula-
lions will go into effect, for 9O-day
trial period, as soon as the necessary
signs can be prepared and posted.
The. members of the committee
who, as a public service, are doing
such fine job, are: A. F. MacDon-
aid, chairman; Roy A. Letter, M. E.
Ellinger, Roger Charlton, Richard
Grumbacher, Clyde D. Williams and
Luther Broom, the latter being tenn
porarily replaced by Roy Knight due
to Mr.. Broom's illness.
1t was also brought out at the
meeting that a subcommittee head
ed by Mr.. Grumbacher, is at pres
ent studying the problem involved
in downtown truck deliveries and
his committee, with the cooperation
of the various truck operators, eX-
poets to have a solution to present
to the Council in the near future.
was extremely sorry to hear on
Tuesday that Luther Broom, who
was making such a fine recovery
from a heart attack, has had set
back, and here's hoping that he soon
RECEIVERS.
Whatever your politics, I would
suggest, if you enjoy dancing, that
YOU take in the fifth annual dance
of the Young Republican Club, to be
held tomorrow night at the Ameri-
can Legion Home on Northern Ave
nue.
1 am informed that the dance will
be open to the public; that the Cos
mopolitans, a popular orchestra, will
provide the music; that the dress
will be informal and that the price
of admission is very reasonable.
AS you all know, l am very much
a baseball fan, but as l get out to
the games each night am missing a
lot of familiar faces. So just want
to tell those of you who are not
turning up for the games this year,
that you are missing lot of good
baseball, with nearly every game in
doubt until the last man is out in the
ninth inning.
1t looks like the cool, damp wealth
er of the past few weeks is finally
over so, when the Braves come back
for their next home stand-that will
be on Monday evening, June g.
here's hoping that you get on out to
the stadium like you used to.
We should not forget that if it
hadn't been for Gene Raney, we
would have been without organized
baseball for the past two years-and
we should also remember that it
takes plenty of money to run ball
club (the payroll for the players
alone runs around $4,000 month";
so let's start right now to boost the
Braves, not only by your own at
tendance, but also by talking the
team up to your friends.
TWO HAGERSTOWN MEN
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