The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-13

just half game out of first place as
this was written, will be meeting the
Portsmouth Merrimacs, who are in
fourth place. As special attraction,
the Retailers are giving away a 500
bill to one of the fans, who will be
selected during the game.
So let's all follow the example set
by the. Retailers who are putting on
the Booster Night, by turning out
for the game that may very well re-
suit in the Braves going into the
lead.
You will not only see a good ball
game, but you will also be showing
the boys on the club that you are
really behind them and perhaps you
will be the one to receive the 500
bill.
Game time is 8:15.
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A lot of people, when they go
away on vacation, tell me when they
come back that although they had
a good time and saw a lot of new
places, they still think that Washing
ton County is the best place of them
all in which to live and make a
living.
Just few weeks ago, when Harold
Hoffman returned from trip to the
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full scenic spots that he visited and
the many cities he passed through,
but then added that he still thought
Hagerstown topped them all,
Then just yesterday, in the mail, l
received a postcard from Harold
Bookbinder, guidance counsellor at
the Boonsboro High School, which
read as follows:
Have covered $4,000 miles in the
southwest Pacific Coast and Rocky
Mountains, but Hagerstown and
Washington County outclasses them
ALL"
On Page of this issue you will
find full page advertisement Civ
ing the Condensed Financial Sum-
mary of the City of Hagerstown for
the year ending December 81, 1852,
which was prepared by City Auditor,
John K. Baker, III, and published by
authority of the Mayor and Council
This condensed report is quite diff
ferent from the usual reports of this
kind. Instead of a mass of figures,
which few people bother to read,
you have two charts - one showing
where the money came from and the
other where it was spent - that you
can digest in just few minutes.
l believe that most of you, when
you look at the chart showing where
the money came from, will be sur
prised to find that, of the total reve-
nues received by the city in 1852,
only 1874 per cent came from the
ridiculously low so cent tax rate
Compare this with the Al per cent
received from the Light Plant and
the 27.4 per cent received from the
water and sewer plants.
After you have digested this con-
denSed report, l strongly urge that
you drop by the office of Eden Ker-
ney, City Clerk, on the second floor
of the City Hall, and ask him for a
copy of the complete annual audit
report, contained in a 26-page book
let, for in that booklet you will find
the most complete detailed report of
the city's finances that has ever been
available, to either any Mayor and
Council, or to the public at large.
In connection with that report.
here is a question that 1 would like
to ask you:
Have you ever heard of the Bloom
Carlisle Endowment Fund to provide
assistance to deserving, needy peo-
pie?
Well if you haven't - and l frank
ly admit 1 didn't know anything
about it until I read the report =
suggest that you turn to Page 10
of the booklet, where you will find
that this fund, which had its begin
ming in 1925 when the late S. M.
Bloom willed part of his estate to
the city for that purpose. The prin-
cipal was further increased in 1913
when the late Annie Gill Carlisle
also left part of her estate to the
city for the same purpose. This fund
now totals $47,328.22.
While under the terms of the en-
dowments the principal cannot be
touched, the interest from this fund
can be used by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil to provide assistance to deserving,
needy people and at the present time
this interest totals $12,695.91.
1t is interesting to note that in the
year 1852, only $323.97 of his interest
fund was used.
On Page ia of the booklet you
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