The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-06-04
Around Town With
The Editor

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The regular June meeting of the
Mayor and Council will be held to-
night, beginning at 1880 o'clock, in
the Council Chamber at the City
Hall.
Don't forget that the public is al
ways cordially invited to all meet
ings of the Mayor and Council, so
why not look in on the meeting to-
night and find out for yourselves
how the new Mayor and Council are
conducting the affairs of your City.
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AS l told you in this column last
week, Benjamin c. Willis, Super
intendent of Schools for Washington
County from 1910 through 1947 and
who is at present Superintendent of
Schools at Buffalo, New York, was
featured in full page story in the
May 81 issue of the Chicago Daily
News" as one of the leading candi-
dates for the Office of Superintend-
ent of Education of the City of Chi
cago, which carries a salary of $780,
600 a year.
Word has now been received that
Mr.. Willis has been selected for the
big post and will undoubtedly be re-
leased from his five-year contract
with the Buffalo Board of Education,
which still has nearly two years to
run.
Congratulations to former Govern
or William Preston Lane, Jr., on re-
ceiving the honorary degree of Doc
tor of Laws, conferred upon him
on Monday night by Martin D. Jenk-
ms, president of Morgan State Col
lege, Baltimore.
In honoring Mr.. Lane, the presi-
dent of the college, among other
things, complimented Mr.. Lane for
his scrupulous fairness and objec-
tivity with which he approached the
solution of problems affecting the
various elements of our citizenry.
Washington County taxpayers will
have, beginning next year, full
month to recover from the Christmas
holiday season before having to pay
their 1854 county taxes.
At the meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners, held on
Tuesday, president E. Lester Mob
ley, ST., stated that the 1858 tax year
will close on December 81 instead
of December l, as heretofore, and
that the collection of the 1854 taxes
will begin February l, 1854, with
five per cent discount being allowed
on taxes paid during February and
four per cent discount on taxes paid
during March.
Heretofore, the discounts were al
lowed during the months of Janu-
airy and February respectively.
In making the announcement, Mr.
Mobley stated that the change was
being made in order that the tax
assessor and the tax collector could
handle December transfers of prop
erty so that the tax bills could be
sent to the proper parties, and also
to give the tax Office more time in
which to get out the tax bills.
At the request of the Fairchild
Aircraft Division, the Board of
County Commissioners will swear in
some twenty guards at Fairchild's
main plant as special deputy sheriffs
for the handling of motor traffic at
and around the plant
The deputy sheriff badges will not
be issued to the guards, but will be
turned over to the lieutenant in
charge of them, to be issued to the
various guards only when they are
handling traffic, and they will be
turned back to the officer in charge
as soon as their work is completed.
This unusual action was made
necessary because of the tremendous
flow of traffic in and out of the plant
during shift changes, which has often
resulted in serious traffic hazards,
particularly in the neighborhood of
Showalter Road.
The officer in charge of the guards,
in presenting the request to the
Board of County Commissioners,
stated that with the authority of
deputy sheriffs to enforce the law,
he felt that the situation could be
kept well in hand and the possibility
of serious accidents ayerted