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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Fiddlersburg Road
To Be Relocated
State Roads Commission APP
proves Plan Of North American
Cement Submitted To Board
Of County Commissioners.

E. Lester Mobley, ST., President
of the Board of County Commits
sioners, announced on Monday that
the State Roads Commission has ap-
proved the plan of the North Amer
lean Cement Corporation to re-lo-
cate the section of Maryland Route
81 (the Fiddlersburg Road in order
that the Corporation might expand
its quarry, due to the heavy demand
for crushed stone for construction
work, as well as for the manufac-
ture of cement
In approving the project, the
State Roads Commission has agreed
to turn over Route 81 to the County.
Mr.. Mobley stated that he Board
of County Commissioners will now
draw up a legal agreement with the
North American Cement Corpora
ton, embodying the terms set forth
in the Corporations proposal to the
Board, and that as soon as this is
signed, work on the new road can
begin.
The Cement Corporation, in their
proposal to the County, made the
following statements:
The road will be constructed in
accordance with state and county
requirements The Corporation will
establish community park in the
western extremity of the relocation
of the road for the community of
Fiddlersburg and that parking
area will be added for the use of the
Shiloh Church, as well as the Fid-
dlersburg community.
The Corporation also stated that
property owners in the vicinity
have given agreements in writing
for the relocation, and residences
involved in the changes will be re-
stored to the satisfaction OF the
owners.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
CPL. gibson FELLOWS
RETURNS FROM ALASKA

Cpl. ellison L. Fellows, whose wife,
Elva, lives on Route l, Hagerstown,
and whose mother, Mrs Edwin Eel
lows, lives in Lantz, is returning to
the U. S. after serving in Alaska with
the Goth Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bat
talon
Army units stationed in Alaska
undergo intensive field training
while providing defense force for
the northern approaches to the
United States and Canada.
Corporal Fellows, who was gun
ner in Battery D, had been in Alaska
since March 1852. Before entering
the Army in November 1851 he was
a farmer
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
St. PauI's W.S.C.S.
Has Fall Meeting

The first fall meeting of the Wom-
ans Society of Christian Service of
St. Paul's Methodist Church, of
which Mrs. John d. Zentmyer is
president, was held on Tuesday eve
ming in the social room of the
Church.
The program, which was arranged
by the vice-president, Mrs. Oliver
Dickinson, opened with the Devo-
tional on the topic, Goods Gift of
the Out-of-Doors," given by Mrs.
William Cochran.
A decentralization of the years pro-
gram theme, GA Sewer Went Forth, :"
was then presented by Mrs. Ralph
Marquart, Mrs Warren Conner, Mrs.
Bruce Etchison and Mrs. William
Kreykenbohm, with Mrs. Mary E..
Ware summarizing the thoughts of
the lesson.
The goals of the Quadrennial were
then presented by the promotional
secretary, Mrs. Mark Reed, and this
was followed by report on the mis-
sion school, held this summer on the
campus of Western Maryland College
at Westminster, by Mrs. Zentmyer
and Miss Anne Whitmore.
Following the program, a short
business meeting was held, after
which there was a fellowship period,
with refreshments being served by
Circle No. 3, of which Mrs. Robert
Harrington is chairman.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Around Town '
The Editor

guess that Mayor BUR- aN has
realized by now that it is much easier
to fight the battles for the City of
Hagerstown than it is to battle those
big waves at Ocean City.
"a
One of the tragic circumstances of
the present cease-fire agreement in
Korea is the prisoners of war situa-
ton.
Both in World War l and World
War II, when the Allies were vic
torious, they were not only in posi-
ton to Immediately release prisoners
held by the defeated enemies, but
were also able to punish those enc
mics for the terrible atrocities.
In the present situation, however,
the Allies have no recourse but to
accept the word of the Communists
regarding the prisoners they hold,
nor are they in any position to pun
ish them for their brutal treatment
of the prisoners of war that, from all
accounts, are even worse than the
fortunes inflicted on the Allied pris-
oners of war by the japanese.
God knows l want to see an end
of war and an era of peace come to
this troubled world, but l just can't
help feeling that until these bar
barrie communist Chinese, North Ko-
reans and Russians are whipped to
their knees, there is no chance of a
lasting peace.
The Board of County Commission
ers will meet with officials of the
State Roads Commission at the
Court House here on Wednesday
morning, September 9, at 1000
o'clock, to discuss the 12-year, state
wide road program as it affects
Washington County.
E. Lester Mobley, Sr., president of
the Board, has invited our State Sen
ator and the members of the House
OF Delegates to SIT In at the con-
ference.
The Republican party of Washing
ton County held their annual picnic
yesterday, but can't tell you any,
thing about it, as l had to attend
meeting of the Mayor and Council.
/ see where the State Democratic
party is getting off to an early start
in their Trial Balloon Races"
The Mayor of Baltimore has pub
licly announced that he is going to
be candidate for Governor, and
both Mahoney and Curly" Byrd
have let it be known that they are
interested in the race also.
Don't be surprised, however, if
some of the balloons blow up long
before the real race starts.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Along The Potomac
from your Congressman
Dewitt S. Hyde

Last week we called your atten-
ton to many of the things the Els
enhower Administration is doing to
bring about economy and efficiency
in the federal government. This
week we are obliged to call atten-
ton to the action on the part of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
which seems to be an over-Zealous
reaction to the Presidents plea to
cut expenses to the bone.
In his dismissal of many expert
enced and trusted employees, it
seems to me the Commissioner has
cut too deeply and in the wrong
place. He has given dismissal no
tees to lot of the employees in the
''post review audit section in Wash
ington and is transferring much of
the work of this section to the field
offices This is a mistake.
believe that if the administration
and collection of income taxes and
the Interpretation of the income tax
laws is to be divided among the
various revenue districts without
any coordination or review, it may
mean the collapse of our federal tax
system. The taxpayers are entitled
to uniform treatment on the differ
ent issues that arise in many of the
complicated tax problems. The &C
ton of the Commissioner may well
have the result of a multiplicity of
decisions on the same issue and the
taxpayers will never. know where
they stand.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee and the Joint Committee on
Internal Revenue Taxation are
working on this problem and I am
hopeful that the Commissioner can
be persuaded to defer this action
until thorough study of the prob
lem has been made
While I am in a critical mood, I
should also mention that I believe
the Department of Agriculture is
making mistake by removing the
indemnity on cattle infected with
brucellosis (Undulant fever). I do
not believe the cost of this program
is great and it encourages the farm
er to get rid of such cattle. I shall
strongly urge the Secretary of Ag-
riculture to reconsider this action.
This week I will be in Oakland to
attend the annual banquet of the
School Bus Operators Association
on Friday. September :. /. On Sat
urday, September 5, I will speak at
the Mountaindale Sunday School
picnic in Frederick. Sunday, Sep
TENDER 6, I will attend the Cumber-
land Horse Show. I will be with
the Gaithersburg- Washington Grove
Fire Department at Gaithersburg to
join in its Labor Day Celebration on
Monday, September Z. I am look
ing forward to spending a pleasant
week end with the people of the
Sixth District.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Three From Here
Pass Bar Exams

Three young men from Washing
ton County passed their Bar exam
nations and are now eligible for adj
mission to the Bar. They are:
Berry Keller Berkson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Meyer Berkson, 1419 Po-
tomac Avenue, and a brother of
Magistrate Jack Berkson, now on
leave of absence while serving as a
U. S. Navy officer in Japan.
Justice N. Scharf, who resides at
the YMCA and is a nephew of Sam
uel j. and James r. Cohen, Hagers-
town.
Goodloe Edgar Byron, of Williams
port, son of Mrs Catherine E. Byron
and the late William D. Byron.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Potomac Playmaker
Announce Schedule
"The Plays The Thing" VIII
Be Opening Attraction Starting
October 20.

The Potomac Playmakers, Wash
ington County's amateur theatrical
group, have set their play schedule
for the 1953-54 season, during which
they will present: "The Plays The
Thing" High Ground" angel in
the Pawnshop" and affairs of
State"
"The Plays The Thing" the Play
makers opening show, will be pre-
sented October 20, 81, %, % and "a.
The casting committee members for
the Playmakers are now selecting
the local persons who will have roles
in the Ferenc Molnar comedy and
the cast will be announced in the
near future.
Second on the list for the Play
makers is High Ground" three
act melodrama with an unusual and
dramatic theme. It will be staged
December l, 2, 3, 4 and s.
Starting off the 1854 season will
be ''Angel in the Pawnshop." Feb
ruary is, II, IS, 10 and 20 will be
the presentation dates.
The final show of the coming sea-
son will be the popular affairs of
State" This smart, topical comedy
will be presented April 20, 81, %,
% and "a.
All Playmaker shows are given in
the auditorium of the Womens' Club
and start at 8:15 p. m.
With the announcement of the play
schedules, the Playmakers will begin
their annual season ticket sales. An
nouncements to all former season
ticket holders will soon be mailed
and members of the P1aymaker
Ticket Sales Committee will shortly
contact interested persons.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Attention
All Dog Owners

Effective September l, all county
constables were ordered to summons
all owners of unlicensed dogs before
a Magistrate.
So if your dog is running around
without license tag on its collar,
you had better hurry into the office
of the Board of County Commission
ers in the Court House, or to any of
the places in the county that have
been designated by the Board to sell
dog tags, or otherwise you may find
yourself in court and facing fine.
You are also reminded that all
dogs over six months old, including
house dogs, must wear dog tag.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
FavOrS IcebOx Law

Del. Albert L. Sklar, Baltimore
Democrat, has announced plans to
introduce legislation against the
abandonment of iceboxes in Mary
land unless the door hinges are re
moved. His action is spurred by
the recent death of II children whose
suffocated bodies were found in
abandoned iceboxes in other states.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
1854 ACP Program Announced

The 1854 Agricultural Conserva-
ton Program authorizes $195, 0OO,-
600 to be allocated among the states
in accordance with a formula similar
to distribution in previous years.
The ALLEGATION for Maryland is
$965,000, George J. Martin, chair
man of the State PIMA Committee,
has announced.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Top Priority For Road

An inkling that increased activ-
ity at Fort Richie and Raven Rock
Mountain may be close at hand has
been given by the fact that, unex-
pectedly, the State Roads Commits
sion recently listed the Leitersburg-
Ringgold road among the rs pro-
jects in Maryland which demand
urgent and immediate attention"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Is Enlist In Armed
Forces In August

Twenty-four young men and one
young woman, from Hagerstown.
Washington County and the sur
rounding area, enlisted in the Army
or the Air Force during the month
of August. They are:
The Army
Charles H. Bingaman, 80 Potomac
Avenue; Lewis w. Bohrer, Okonoko,
W. Va; Robert E. Dawson, As Eliza
beth Street; Stanley B. Funk, Han
cock; John w. Hawbaker, 123 John
Street; Roger W. Hughes, Security;
Robert W. Jacobs, Hagerstown; Her
man o. Nelson, Okonoko, w. Va;
James T. Purdham, Route 2, Downs
vile; Frederick w. Rhodes, 1907 Vir-
GINA Avenue; Norman K. Sangree
(re-enlisted), Waynesboro; Harold
E. Smith, 43 Charles Street; William
A. TuSing, Route /, Boonsboro; and
Wendell S. Ullery, Slanesville, w.
Va.
The Air Force
Walter E. Berger, 538 Chestnut
Street; Earl W. Delaney, 243 North
Locust Street; Leroy H. Dorsey, Rte.
2, Sharpsburg; Gary L. Harbaugh,
1913 John Street; Donald P. Holdings
head, Chambersburg; Kenneth M.
Huntzberry, Route 2, Smithsburg;
and Gerald K. Sigel, Needmore, Pa.
WOmen's Air Force
Jacqueline NJ. Munma, Funkstown
Air Force Cadets
Lloyd c. Booth, Warfordsburg;
Robert M. Bushey, Cavetown; and
Ray L. Wagaman, Waynesboro, Pa.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03

Grandpa, why don't you get a
hearing aid?"
what for? Half of what I hear
now | can't understand"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03
Korean Veteran Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Cpl. Eugene Campbell, Winner
OF Bronze Star, Talks On His
Experiences.

Corporal Eugene W. Campbell, a
Korean veteran, was the guest speak
er at the regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the KiWanis Club, held
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03

This is your town = Boost it
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03

SCHOOL STARTS TUESDAY
@A@
PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-09-03

1 guess that Mayor Burl an has
realized by now that it is much easier
to fight the battles for the City of
Hagerstown than it is to battle those
big waves at Ocean City.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
LAST CHANCE TO SAVE OUR CITIES
Continued trOaH page eleseN

American collectivism' group
action by private citizens and
city officials who see the need for
mutual action today in order to
insure the returns of tomorrow.
SHsD Ne. 3: 1edevolop1nant
Although you can drive
through many of our large cities
and see bulldozers razing old
tenements, wrecking and rebuild
ing is actually taking place on a
very small scale. Only 40, 600 out
of our 46 million dwellings are
scrapped each year, and this
figure includes those wiped out
by fire, storm and food.
Yet we must face the fact that
some neighborhoods are already
in such bad shape that pouring
good money after bad in their
case is foolish.
A good rule of thumb says that
when repairs threaten to cost
more than half what the prop
erty is worth, it's time to call IN
the wreckers. In such cases, the
new structures for these old sites
should be Office and municipal
buildings, parks and factories.
This offers the advantage of
keeping workers close to their
jobs, and modern factories
needn't be bad neighbOrs.
Assembly-line methods have
brought about the single story
plant. Noise, smoke and dirt are
on their way out. Some .of our
finest architects are designing
industrial buildings with lines
and landscaping that blend with
modem housing.
Even if a blighted area can't
be rebuilt right away we must
not permit condemned build
ings to remain standing. / have
seen repeatedly how a rotten
core Of bad housing spreads
around the block, then jumps
from street to street until, in a
few years, an entire neighbor-
hood is gone. And where new
houses replace old ones we must
make sure that the new struc-
lures are more than just an inn
provement IN looks. In one large
Eastern city a shoddily built
housing project has packed in
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Evening star., 1953-04-26

project can get underway in so
days or less. Its advantages:
Land 0cqssisitiOn Is not i'm
UOlUed.
Cost Of GdIssinistratiOp and
enforcement is IOsU.
Families are mot displaced.
No subsidies are required.
In some parts Of the country
pilot projects of this kind are
already proving that the idea
viii work.
In Charlotte, N. c., more than
$500 dwellings were brought up
to decent living levels by a COM
bination of civic effort and a
breakdown on health and safety
laws. Each home now has good
plumbing, new sewers and cleo
tric lights. Tenants have better
quarters and improved neighbor-
hoods. Owners have sounder in
vestments and higher incomes.
Although the cost of enforce
ment to the city of Charlotte is
about $4,000 per year. it has
gained $86, 600 m additional tax
revenue and added about four
million dollars toits totalassessed
valuation.
Similar projects are being con-
Quoted in Baltimore. Pasadena,
Calf, Miami and Corpus Christi,
Texas. In Birmingham. Ala,
large areas Of dilapidated com
pany housing" were bought up
by enterprising realtors. rehabili-
tated and sold back to the former
tenants. / talked to a family that
had rented one of these houses
for 20 years while it slowly
crumbled about their ears.
Eve can hardly believe it's
the same place!" the wife told
me happily. Its clean, it's
modern, the neighborhood is
decent again and best of all -
the house is ours!"
In Boston, a rehabilitation
project that enveloped the old
Beacon Hill section resulted m
the complete restoration of IL
city blocks of magnificent, his
toric homes.
How was it done? Erwin d.
Canham, editor of the " Christian
Science Monitor" saws, by
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-25

opportunity to work out his
own destiny. to find himself,
to grow to a mans estate
without t lie competition
which he could not have
COPIED had the circumstance
been otherwise.
2. The economic progress
of the Negro as achieved,
and as presently enjoyed, is
due in large measure, if not
in practical entirety, to the
pattern of segregation.
Those who have attained
economic success to a notice
able degree have been, and
are, beneficiaries of that
practice wherein Negroes
serve other Negroes, as
teachers, as doctors, mini
sters, merchants, editors,
counsellors, and the like. Ad-
mittedly, there are scatter
ed exceptions which merely
serve to prove the rule; and,
without exception, in every
instance where any Negro
reaches a status of economic
sufficiency without Deepen
dence upon members of his
race-who have little choice
ether than to patronize him
the incidence makes news.
3. The dual system has
made the Negro look to him
self, in large measure, for
his earnings, his property
holdings, his achievements,
the respect he commands,
and even the popularity he
ENJOYS. That credit the race
receives for certain accom-
plishment in a given period
all stems from accomplish
ment of Negroes, with Ne
groes, for Negroes. Had it
been otherwise, the identity
of the Negro would have
been lost, his personal ac-
complishment stifled, and
advancement of the race as
a whole probably retarded
in greater detriment to the
masses. Men are made
stronger on realization that
the helping hand they need
is at the end of their own
right arm.
| believe, in any consid-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-25
SATURDAY, JULY rs, 1853

GRAFTON of the matter of
segregation, these things
should bestaken into account.
The consideration should
also recognize certain Gus
toms and habits through
which economic advantages
accrue to the masses of Ne
groes under the segregation
system. 1t is not 4 f@H fetch
ed contemplation as to what
might happen to small Ne
gro business operators, or
to many Negro professional
wage earners under a strict
ly integrated economy. Mel
Their should there be over
looked that the segregation
system gives a virtual mo-
nopoly to Negroes in certain
unskilled pursuits. Jobs are
necessary if we are to sur
vive as a people; and thous-
ands could be at peril in the
event of any sweeping
change resulting from legis-
Iation. .
Booker t. Washington
was a wise counsellor, and
his teachings are not, by any
means, outmoded for today's
needs, and particularly SO
among the masses of the
Negro race. Booker T.
Washington's OBJ 8 ervation
would be as vivid today to
anyone equally studious of
the Negroes estate. The Ne
gro rs a group is still de-
pendent, and, as a group,
he needs that education for
productivity which will aid
his economic advancement.
One wonders what would be
Booker I. Washington's
answer to today's problem.
1t is my thought that while,
doubtless, he would be the
foremost champion of fire.
dom and opportunity for
every man, he would not
have departed materially
from his Atlanta Exposition
proverb that, "In all things
that are purely social, we
can be as separate as the
fingers; yet one as the hand
in all things essential to
mutual progress"
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-25
EDITORS NOTE

The articles appearing IN
this newspaper from time to
time oVer the signature OF
Rondolph Il. White, or ann
other aOriter, do not neces-
sorjiy reflect the policy non
opinion of The Tribune.
Editor
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-25
Birthplace, Virginia
Ladies and Gentlemen:

On July 4, seventy-two
years ago, Booker r. Wash
ington began a service dedi-
Gated to the betterment of
our American way through
racial friendship and in the
advancement of his race
along all lines of social pro-
gress. The principles and
the policies of the Washing
ton program have influenced
the mind of America that
succeeding generations, as
we do today, revere him and
manifest the nations appro-
val through the honors they
confer. 1t is fitting that this
latest honor of dedicating
1.-The Booker II. Washing
ton Memorial Highway
should occur on July fourth,
and on this plantation where
The Booker T. Washington
birthplace Memorial is ded-
lcated not only to enshrin-
ing the spot on his birth and
preserving his memory, but
also to encouraging and con-
tinuing his ideals and teach
ings.
Booker T. Washington's
ann was to bring the races
together-to encourage re-
spect and mutually between
the black and white, between
the man highest up and the
one farthest down, and
among all elements of peo-
pie in all sections of the
land. Those policies, tradi-
lions, and laws which pre-
clude good will. understand
ing and sympathetic coop
GRAFTON between the races
always will be a source of
friction, dissatisfaction and
unrest leading to suspicion
and mistruSt. In the final
analysis, they do more harm
than good. Certainly, Book
er Washington realized the
effect of those things when
he said, ''no man, either
black or white, from North
or South, shall drag me down
so low as to make me hate
him."
AS the first step toward
progress, Booker y. Wash
ington urged his people to
buy land, to own their
homes, and produce some
thing of economic value
something the other man
wants. He urged as the next
step, the training of the
hand to acquire the skills
so greatly needed by every
man in the section where
lived Negroes in greatest
number, and where, for
their skills, and their health,
were essential in rebuilding
the civilization which the
Civil War had largely de-
stroyed. He said to the peo-
pie, eve shall prosper in
proportion as we learn to
dignity and glorify labor
and put brains and skill into
common occupations"
Another step toward pro.
gress, Mr.. Washington said
, is the cultivation of habits
l of economy and thrift-tht
practice of saving q part Of
7 every dollar earned, of buy
! ing only what is needed, Of
| growing sufficient for mar
and beast. These are simple
things, but they are the
: foundation of solid and last.
: ing prosperity. Further as
a step on the road to prog.
! II