The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-10-01

FOllOWlnS Jne receipt OF a COIL /
plant from U. S. Senator Butler re-
garding one of the state prisons, the
State Legislative Council, consisting
of ten members of the State Senate |
and House of Delegates, decided to
make a surprise visit to all the penal
institutes in the state.
In order that it would be COM
plete surprise, members of the COM
mittee were split up and each group |
was given specific institutions to
visit.
State Senator D. Kenneth Nc |
Laughlin and Melvin H. Derr, a |
member of the House of Delegates, |
Frederick County, were assigned to
inspect the Montrose School for Girls |
and the State Reformatory for Males
in Washington County.
Talking to Senator Mclaughlin
after the inspections were completed, |
he told me that the Montrose School |
for Girls was one of the best insti- !
buttons of its kind he had ever Wis
tied. He said the School had fully |
rounded program, with emphasis on
work that would be a great help to
the girls after they were out of the
institution.
Regarding the Reformatory for
Males, the Senator said that both he
and Mr.. Derr were very agreeably
surprised when they inspected the
institution, which was recently the
scene of trouble among the inmates
Mr. Mclaughlin said that the Re-
formatory was very well run and the
only thing that he could find to be
improved was the workshops These,
he said, were well conducted, but
there just weren't enough trade
classes for all the boys.
He then told me that he had talked
at considerable length to some of
those who took part in the so-called
riot few weeks ago, and that not
one of them could give him any real
reason for the trouble.
Some of the boys to whom he talk
ed were well educated and they all
agreed that the food was good and
that general conditions at the Re
formatory were also good.
In conclusion, Senator McLaugh-
lin told me that what he believed to
be the real cause of any unrest in
the Reformatory, was the fact that
there were too many ''repeaters" adj
mitted to the institution and he was
satisfied that they were the real
troublemakers
The exhibit of the Hagerstown
Model Railroad Club at the Hagers-
town Fair really stole the show and
was, without question, one of the
finest exhibits of its kind ever shown
AS l watched the various trains in
action noticed one of the members,
Julian Santmyers, of 418 Jefferson
Street, who works at Fairchilds,
working on a model locomotive and
being of a curious mind, l strolled
over and talked to him about it. And
am certainly glad l did, for it was
one of thes most remarkable pieces
of model equipment have ever seen.
1t was a scale model of a New
York Central Hudson Locomotive,
every minute piece of which, with
the exception of the drivers and
wheels, were made by MIR. Santmy-
ers. The model is built of OLA brass
shimstock and the overall length was
Is inches, with 040 brass being used
for the running boards.
The interior of the cab is an exact
duplication of the prototype of the
original locomotive, with duplex
stoker, seats, valves and power re-
verse knobs.
So perfect is the work of Mr.. SAINT
myers that even the pattern of the
rivets on the tender follow the exact
detail of the full size locomotive.
There were 81 pieces in the pilot
working lift gear, and the bands on
the boiler were all Sweated on sep
arately.
If was asked which is the best
educational program on television,
would have to vote for 'You Are
There" 30-minute program over,
Channel on Sunday evenings, spon-
sored by the Light and Power Com
panies of the nation.
The program dramatizes major
events in the history of the nation
: and the sponsors advertising is on
very high plane and kept to mini
num-
On Sunday evening I watched the
story of the Birth of the National
Anthem, which took place Yin the
early dawn of the night of Septem-
Der IA, 1914, when the British were
attacking Fort McHenry and the
Port of Baltimore.