The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-07-02
Around Town With
The Editor

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If you haven't already done so, l
strongly urge you to see "A Queen
Is Crowned" at Henrys Theatre,
that will be shown for the last time
this afternoon and tonight
Filmed in Technicolor, it is one
of the finest examples of photog
raphy ] have ever seen and it will
bring you many intimate features of
the Coronation that were missing
from the televised version
Although Congressman Dewitt
Hydes column, "Along The Potom-
ac" which you will find on page four,
is devoted entirely to the story of a
small post office in Frederick Coun-
ty, it will be worth your while to
read it. 1t is a shocking story of
waste in government and the Con
gresham is to be congratulated on
bringing it out into the open.
The Mayor and Council, at spe-
cial meeting held at the City Hall
on Monday night (see report of
meeting elsewhere ON this page, de
cided to use, on a temporary basis,
the landGll system of disposing of
the city garbage,
There seems to be wrong impress
sion regarding this landfll system
In fact as soon as the possibility of
such a system was first mentioned
in the press, a letter from a respon-
sible citizen was received strenuous
ly Directing to it because he appar-
emily thought it meant that the gar
bage would just be thrown on top of
the soil and Left there to rot.
The landfll system of disposal of
garbage is not only being used in
many cities much bigger than Ha-
gerstown, but is also highly recon-
mended by the various state depart
ments of health Here's what ac-
tually will happen under the new
system.
Long trenches, at least three feet
deep, will be dug on the land select
ed The garbage is then hauled to
the landfll, dumped into the trench
packed down by bucket-and-trac
tor and then covered to the level of
the trench with the soil from the
trench itself This filling, according
to the experts, prevents odors of any
sort
Mayor Winslow f. Burhans was
scheduled to meet with Mr.. Grimm,
who has the garbage disposal con
tract, and see if a plan could be
worked out whereby he will CON
tinue to collect the garbage and de-
liver it to the landfill, which will be
operated by the city. The city al
ready owns bucket-tractor suitable
for the work and Mr.. Williams, the
city engineer, was instructed to in
vite applications for the job of OPP
Grating it,
What difference 20 years make!
Twenty years ago the Board of
County Commissioners sent out a
letter to people in the county who
allowed the weeds and briars to
grow along their fence line so as to
make it unsafe to travel, warning
them that action would be taken
against them under Article 30, Sec
ton 708, of the Public Local Laws
of Maryland, if this condition was
not corrected
Today, people in the county with
weeds and briars growing along their
fence line, call up the Board of
County Commissioners and demand
that they send out the weed gang
from the county Jail to clean them
up.
P.S. People in the county might
do well to remember that this section
of the Public Local Laws of Mary
land is still on the statute books.
Benjamin c. Willis, former Wash
ington County Superintendent of
Schools, who was named recently to
the coveted post of Superintendent
of Schools of the City of Chicago,
was featured in the education sec
ton of the June % issue of News
week" In addition to carrying the
story of his appointment, a photo
graph of Mr.. Willis was also carried.
SGT. F/C CARL KIMBLER is
STATIONED AT FIT. BELVOIR
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