The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-06
Around Town With
The Editor

markers on West Washington Street,
between Summit Avenue and the
Square, and on West Franklin
Street, close to the Post Office, are
absolutely useless in their present
form.
Unless there is a police officer
handy, the motorists pay absolutely
no attention to them and you risk
your neck everytime you use them
for crossing the street.
If these markers are to be of any
value whatever, there should be
large sign painted in front of them,
reading "Slow down." or "Pedes-
trian Crossing"
Just Saturday morning, while
coming out of the Post Office, I
noticed an elderly lady using the
crossing when a car, instead of
slowing down, actually swerved
around the lady and barely missed
hitting her.
Actually, as things stand now,
pedestrians are safer without the
crossings because, if they weren't
there, they would do what they have
done for years, wait until there
wasn't a car in sight before crossing
the street in the middle of the block,
or if they were the adventurous type,
dart across when they saw they had
a chance and risk being hit.
l have received many inquiries as
to why our Funny Stuff column
has been missing for so long. The
answer is that the service that sup
piled the jokes was discontinued
sometime ago.
However, l am glad to inform you
that the column has now been re-
sumed, thanks to the Yingling Auto
Sales & Service, Inc, distributors of
Pontiac cars, who have supplied me
with enough really good jokes to
last for a long time, taken from
News and Views" published month
ly by General Motors Acceptance
Corporation.
AS this was written "wednesday
J morning), the Braves took the lead
in the torrid race for the Piedmont
League pennant (you will find all
about it in my column, Keeping Up
With The Braves" on page g.. This
makes the fourth straight season
that the Hagerstown Club, under the
ownership of Gene Raney, has been
in the thick of the pennant fight.
There are several hundred of us
who are just plain "dyed-in-the-
WOOL baseball fans and attend prac-
tically every game, regardless of
where the home team is in the stand
ings, but this great fight that the
Braves are putting up should COM
mand the active support of every
body, because there is no denying
that the publicity given the close
race in the Piedmont League (the
stories of the games are constantly
carried in the Metropolitan Dailies)
is a tremendous advertisement for
Hagerstown and Washington County.
Manufacturers and merchants
know the value of advertising in
their business and good advertising
of the community is just as valuable.
So let's really pack the stadium
during the present home stand of the
club and show everybody on the
ball club, from the owner down to
the batboy, that Hagerstown appre-
ciates the team.
***
My congratulations to the Hagers-
town Retailers Bureau, and all the
participating members, for the fine
way Hub City Day was conducted.
It was, without question, the biggest
one-day retail selling event ever
held here.
The grand prize for the event, a
1858 Plymouth sedan, was won by
Mrs. Ellen Miller, 1907 Virginia
Avenue, who, before the Plymouth
was delivered to her, did not own
car of any sort.
All through the day numerous and
very fine prizes were also awarded
by the various stores and the win
ners, of course, have been notified,
either through advertisements in the
daily papers, by letter, or by phone
calls.