The Daily Mail from Hagerstown, Maryland • Page 13

Hagerstown Area News lail. Features 2 1 2 Pages Monday, Feb. 23, 1970 Environment Big issue Fighting Interia Of Government Is Slow Work, Goodloe Byron Says ANNAPOLIS Back in 1063, Goodloe E. Byron, now State Senator for Frederick and Carroll Counties, was a freshman legislator in the House of Delegates, and he made what he thought was a great legislative achievement. He introduced and got enactment of a bill setting up a $5 million state loan fund for water and sewer projects for counties and towns.

This would be a good deal, Byron figured, because the stale government could borrow the money at a lower interest rate than local governments could. He thought the State Comptroller would borrow the $5 million at the current interest vale of 3.15 percent, put the money in the bank, and lei the towns and counties draw on it. It didn't work out that way. Instead the State Comptroller chose to wait until the towns and counties applied for the money, and then borrow only enough money to cover each request. As things worked out, only two towns, Jefferson 'and New Market, ever did borrow money Item the fund, Byron says, and that was because he, as attorney for the Frederick County Sanitary Commission, told them to.

"The people in the bureaus of the state simply weren't convinced," Byron said, "I didn't make a big political issue out of it. Probably I should have. "This is the big negative thing about working in politics the sheer inertia of government. You measure progress not in miles, but in inches." About the same time, he recalls, Speaker of the House Marvin Mandel was using his in fluence to kill air pollution control bills. Now Governor Marvin Mandel is calling for an air pollution control program.

"That is the history of life in a democracy," Byron says. Byron thinks land use and the environment will be the big issues of the coming decade, He is a dedicated hiker of the Appalachian Trail and CO Canal Towpath, a member of the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club, and art annual participant in the 50-mile John F. Kennedy Memorial Hike. He thinks it is important to preserve enough of the wilderness that people can go and find solitufe. "And I mean mon than vest-pocket parks," he says.

He recognizes that the only agency for doing this is government. At the same time, he says, "I'm seared to death of ACTION LINE solves problems, 'answers questions, cSiecks Into complainls, stands up for jour rights. Call Action Line at 733-5131 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Or write Action Line, The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown, Md.

21740. Give your full name, address and phone number. Do not send any.original documents; Action Lino does not return any material. Answers only in the column. The number of queries prohibits answering every question.

Why are there no representatives from Garretf, and Washington Counties on the Maryland House Judiciary Committee, whereas there are 12 representatives from Baltimore City and Representatives to the five house committees are designated by the Speaker of the House, partly on the basis of their individual interests. Delegates may also serve on the Ways and Means Committee, Constitution and Administrative Law Committee, Economic Matters or Environmental Matters. Since there are only four delegates to the house from Washington County, four from Allegany, and one from Garrett, representation from each county on all five committees would be numerically impossible. Unlike representation in the past, the make-up of this session just happens not to have any delegates from those three counties on the Judiciary Committee. My mail box is covered by four feet of snow.

The Maryland highway department ignores it when they clear Route 494. Can't something be A department spokesman says, because of the nature of the equipment and the location of the mailbox, your whole mailbox would be "topped" if road crews plowed any closer. An 18-foof moving company van ran into my Simca while if was parked. Three weeks ago 1 sent a letter and two damage estimates for about $49. I need to have the damage repaired.

Can you find out what the delay is? Cascade Your papers bad to be forwarded from the truck leasing company to the insurance company. A check was put in the mail the morning after Action Line called. f. What year was Johnny Cash Mrs. O.K.

Where will Johnny Cash appear in person this summer? J.E.R., Fairplay. Where can I get tickets for the Johnny Cash television H.R.P., Fayeitevllle, Pa. Information on tickets and performances for Johnny Cash shows are available from American Broadcasting Corporation, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. Personal information about Cash may bo available from his manager, Saul Holiff, 509 Jervis, London, Ontario, Canada. We ifefptd by Hie side of the road recently and noticed pile of garbage thrown there.

An envelope with a name and address on if was in the garbage. There is so much litter- Ing. What should we do, If anything, with envelope? Turn It Mrs. P. Williamsporr.

A spokesman for the State Police, who enforce litter laws, says you may be setting yourself up for a false arrest suit. You could go to a magistrate in the area where the littering occurred and obtain a warrant. If the person suspected as being responsible Is not a resident of Maryland, another state would not extradite in this case. If the person in a Maryland resident, he may have hired someone else io fcsul and dump the garbage, which makes the dumper Bible. A misdemeanor charge would be filed.

Unless all evi- points without question to the guilt of the person on the envelope, it is preferable to obtain a warrant you eatch the person in the act of llllering. More people should be as concerned about this problem as you are Goodloe E. Byron "We've got to start thinking mor'e about our own country, our own land," Byron says, 'lf we don't do this, whether or not we win wars in Asia isn't going to make any difference." overloading with too many regulatory agencies. If you get ton many regulations, the only ones will be successful will he who figure out how to the spirit of the law." Byron would like to see local government take more responsibility for such things as preserving wetlands instead of allowing it to be taken over by stale regulatory agencies. He is chairman of a committee which recently completed an overhaul of the state planning and zoning enabling act, which he hopes will allow county gov- err.ments a little more leeway in planning their own land use.

One of his projects this year is a bill directing the Department of-Forests and Parks to acquire land along the route ol the Appalachian Trail in Mary land. Until now, the Maine-to Georgia footpath has been pro- tecfed by agreements between the Appalachian Trail Club and private landowners, but Byron feels this is no longer prolec- lion enough. "The reason I'm pushing it now is that it will be five years before the state does anything," Byron said, "And that is'no criticism of Mr. (Spencer) Ellis. He has to contend with demands from all over Die state." Byron is a native of Williamsport in Washington County.

Both his father, the late William D. Byron, and his mother, Mrs. Byron, represented Maryland's sixth district in Congress, and his great grandfather, Louis E. McOomas, was U.S. Senator from Maryland at ic turn of- the century.

His brother, James' Byron, still Mves in Williamsnort and is a former Mayor of the town. Other livine brothers are Louis 3yron, a Potomac, print- er, and William Byron, a Detroit sugar company executive. He is married to the foraier Beverly Barton Butcher, daughter ot Captain Harry C. Butcher, the war-time naval aide to Genera! Divight Eisenhower. They have two teenage sons, Goodloe E.

Byron Jr. and Barton Kimball Byron, and a young daughter, Mary McComas Byron. They are members of Frederick All Saints Episcopal Church. He ran for Congress himself in 1SG8, and was defeated by a man with another well-known Western Maryland political name, J. Glenn Beall Jr.

The closest he ever got lo Washington political office, he says jokingly, was when he worked as an elevator operator in a Washington office building while attending George Washington Uni versity law school. He settled down in Frederick instead of Hagerstown because there was an opening in a law firm there first. He got into politics there when his law partner gave up being Frederick County Attorney and he took the job. Then he was elected to the House of Delegates in 1962 and to the State Senate in 19GO. There is a great crisis in credibility of government, Byron thinks, since the failure of the Society program, when so much was promised and so jttle was done.

Youth Killed In Hancock Auto Crash HANCOCK A 19-year-old Warfordsburg, Pa. youth was killed Saturday night when the ear he was driving hit the U.S. 522 bridge over the Potomac River. Morris David Mil's was pronounced dead on arrival at Morgan County War Memorial Hospital by Dr. Phillip Deathridge.

Mills was travelling north when he lost control of his car and struck the bridge at 10:45 p.m., according to West Virginia State Police in Morgan County. Born in Warfordsburg, he was Ihe son of Mrs. Cornelia Milly Golden Mills and the late Benjamin Arthur Mills. He was a member of Black Oak Mennonite Church and had attended Southern Fulton High School. had been employed as a service station attendant at the Park and Dine in Hancock for the past one and one-half years.

Besides his mother, he is survived by two brothers, Roy Arthur Mills of Warfordsburg, Pa. and Benjamin Eugene Mills of McConnellsburg, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Leo Scuffins of Winchester, Va. and Mrs. Mary Gladys Munson of Hancock; and maternal grandfather, Roy Golden of Hancock.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Black Onk Jlennonilc Church in Hancock with the Rev. Michael Horsl and the Rev. Carl Piltman officialing. Burial will be in Cedar Grove United Church o( Christ Cemetery.

Friends may call at Ihe Grove Funeral Home in Hancock Monday and Tuesday from 7 to fl p.m. 1 No Foul Play Suspected In Drowning Death City Police said foul play was not suspected in the death oi Archie Samuel Bean, 48, oJ 431 W. Church found floating face down in City Park Lake Sunday morning by a young gir who was walking her dog. Police said there were no vis ible signs of injury on the body fhat Robert Farrell and Officei Robert Earley brought' to the lake shore in a small boat Nanqy Doarnbcrger, of 416 Vir ginia Ave. spotted the man's body floating in the lake about 15 feet south of the spillway al the north end of the lake.

Bean's mother, Mrs. Susan Elizabeth Bean of 431 W. Church said that Archie Bean had been despondent in the past. Charles Richard Blessing, of 429 W. Church St.

was apparent- the last person to see Bean. Blessing told City Police that Bean was in the Pine Room Tavern around 10 p.m. Saturday evening when Bean stated thai the devil was sitting at the end of the bar and then ran out the door. Dr. Howard Weeks, deputy medical examiner set the timo ot death at approximately 11:30 that seme nisht.

Mr. Bean was burn in Hagerstown, the son of the lute Archie Samuel Bean and Susan Kretzer Bean. He was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of World iVar II. Besides his mother, he is survived by one sister, Mrs.

Vivian i of Baltimore; and two brothers. Charles and Esfan Bean, both of Hagers- erstown. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Mfman Funeral Home i Rev. Laverne Hohrbaugh officiating.

Bvrial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. 12,000 Sign Elected School Board Petition More than 12,000 people have signed a petition in support of a oill calling for a referendum on an elected Washington County school board, reported D. Keller Ridenour, vice-president of the Washington County Taxpayers Association. He said the petition has been circulated for less than two weeks. Hardly anyone has refused to sign it, he said.

Although the taxpayers assoc- ation favors an elected school joard, its argument in circulat- ng the petition is that the pubic has a right to vote on this ssae whether they favor an elected school board or not. Ridenour said anyone wishing sign or circulate the petition should call 733-0918. The purpose of the petition Ts lo give an indication of public opinion on this issue to Washington County State Senators a Delegates, he said. Normal- a local bill is passed routinely by the State Senate and 'House of Delegates If the legis lators from the counties con Cedar Ridge Begins Expansion Officials of the Cedar Ridge Children's Home converse after breaking ground on Saturday afternoon for a now residential unit at the Home's farm property on Ridge west of Hagerstown. Actual excavation work began promptly after the ceremonial groundbreaking, giving credence to the announced goal of having the new unit ready for occupancy in the fall.

In the photo are (I. to Edward Glenn, chairman of Cedar Ridge's board of trustees; Jack Drooger superintendent, and Jack E. Barr, chair- man of (he building committee. The home presently accommodates 24 boys from ages six through 14. The now unit will make it possible to add eight more boys and another set of houseparenls.

Cedar Ridge is licensed to provide residential care for hoys with emotional and other problems. Its operating budget is covered by boarding fees; its capital improvements by the generosity and faith of its officials and supporters from a number of denomina- tions (Photo by Dave Cottingham) Driver Charged In Collision At Hospital Douglas Edward Meyers, 19 of lit. 6, was arrested and charged with reckless driving and speed greater than reason able in an accident Friday nigh in which Meyers struck two parked cars and went up over a curb and across the lawn Washington County Hospital to strike a car entering the has pital driveway, according to a police report. Meyers reportedly bit two parked cars on Baltimore owned by Charles Albert Jackson of 235 E. Baltimore and Charles Kenneth Blouch of Cres ipfoivn, Md.

The Meyers car then apparent- went up over a curb and across the lawn of the hospital and then struck a car driven by Daniel Edward Sullivan 36, of 109 Knotty Pine Dr. Sullivan was driving his wife, Mary Elizabeth Sullivan to work it the hospital. Both suffered minor injuries in the collision. Police reports also listed a knocked down street sign in damages in the accident. Four persons were injured, but ie admitted to the hospital, after a head-on collision Salur- lay at about 7:30 on Eliza- jeth Ave.

A car operated by John David Morningstar, 33, of 250T Virgina Ave. apparcnlly went out of control on a curve when the accelerator stuck, and struck a car head on. The second car was operated by Charlol'e Marie Vhitlington, 23, of 126 Ross St. Morningstar was charged with 'allure to keep to the right of he roadway. The driver and three passcng- jrs in the Whittingtou car were injured.

They were Charlotte Whittingtou, Chris Mae Whining-' age 5, and Viola Covinne Dunkin, 56, all of 126 Ross and Alice Gross, 39, of Rt. 1 Clear Spring, Robert Lee Griffith, 17, of 315 dge Ave, was charged wilh 'ailure to obey a red a i sig- in an accident al fturltans Blvd. and W. Washington over the weekend, according to city police. Griffith's car reportedly struck an auto operated by Ronald Wayne Michael, 27, of 134 E.

Franklin St. Robert I. Showe, 32, of 1183 Outer Circle was charged vith failure to yield for a stop at the intersection of Outer Drive and Outer Circle Sunday at 11:45 a.m. Showe reportedly hit a car operated by James Sidney Clevenger, 68, of 817 Mulberry causing $250 in damages to the Showe vehicle and $400 damage to the Clevenger car. Robert Lee Taylor, 23, of 624 N.

Mulberry backed into the ane of traffic on S. Potomac Sunday, while turning around in the entrance lo Rose Hill Cemetery, and struck a car operated by Carroll Eldon Slot- llcmycr, 24, of 351 S. Cannon Ave. Damages were estimated al 300 to the Taylor vehicle and $200 to the Slotllemyer ear. Local, Area Obituaries John Phillip Kuhn John Phillip Kuhn, 64, 632 Wash.

died Sunday evening at his home. He was a son of George and Mary A. Hamburg Kuhn near Grcencastle, lie wa, a veteran of World War II anc served with the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife Charlotte Drenner Kuhn; daugh ter, Thelma L.

Kuhn, Newpor News, step daughters Mrs. Charles Young, Smiths burg, Mrs. W. W. Wright, Hamp stead, Mrs.

Junior Green Keedysville; step-sons, Ray Gift Marlinsburg W. Terry Gift England; eighteen step grand children; two great step-grand children; sisters. Mrs. A Babcock, Hagerstown, Mrs. Mararet Miner, Hyattsville, brother, Theodore Kuhn, Cham aersburg, Pa.

Funeral services will be bold Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from lie Leaf Funeral Home, Wil iamsporl, wilh Rev. Ira S. 3urkclt, officiating. Burial will in Smithsburg Cemetery.

Friends may call at the fu- icral home Tuesday from 7 lo p.m. Mrs. Minnie R. Hiilzell WILLIAMSPORT Mrs, Minnie Romaine Hutzoll, 77, of Rt. died Saturday at Washington County Hospital.

She was the wife of John C. Hulzell. Born in Leitersburg, she was he daughter of George and Kate Kimmel Shaeffcr. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.

M. Schamel of St. James and Mrs, Arlis Hidenour of Hagerstown; one son, John I. Tutzell of WiUiamsporl; sisler, Mrs. Norman Rowland of Downsville; slep-molher, Mrs.

Kathrine Shaeffer of Hagcrslown; one step-sister, Miss Jean Shcf- "er, at home; four step-brothers, Lawrence Sheffcr of Denver, 'Mo, Dale Sheffcr of Pittsburgh, Roger Sheffcr of the U.S. Air Force in Florida and Leonard and Leo Sheffer, both of Hagerslown; five grandchildren; and seven greal-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the St. James Brethren Church in St.

James with the Rev. James Vaff officiating. Burial will be Manor Church Cemetery in Tiiglimanton. Friends may call at (he Leaf Funeral Home in Williamsport Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and at the church one hour prior lo services.

John G. Scricvcr HANCOCK John Grant Scriever, Be, W. Main died Saturday at his home after a engthy illness. Born in Fulton County, ic was the son of John and Margaret Lehman Scriever. He was a member of the Buck Valley United Church of Christ.

He was employed as a carpenter for the Pennsylvania 3lasg Sand Co. for 30 years irior to his retirement. He is survived by his wife, tlrs. Grace Bowman Scriever; daughters, Mrs. Leon Mc- 2ray of Warfordsburg, Pa, and Miss Nancy Jean Scriever, at lomo; one son, David Allan Scricver, nl home; one brother, jrior Scriever of Hancock; and live sisters, Mrs.

Amos Ward of Warfordsburg, Mrs. Fred Curfman of Pikoavilte, tanley Schetrompf of Clear Spring, Mrs. Blair Schetromp of Hancock and Mrs. Keller Howe of Williamsport. Funeral services will be helc Tuesday at 2 p.m.

at the Buc! Valley United Church of Chvis with the Hey. Charles Doll offi dating. Burial will be in adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at the Grov Funeral Home in Hancock Mon day from 7 to 9 p.m. and a the church one hour prior services.

Oscar BI. Dick Sr. MARTfNSBURG, W. Va. --Os car Murvol Dick 71, 30 W.

Race died Sunday a Kings Daughters Hospital. Born in Berkeley County, hi was the son of Robert Wash ington and Atigeline Shimp Dick He was a member of Central Chapel in Ganotown, W. Va He was a retired orchardisl. Following World War II, he was advisor for war veterans in the Farm Training Program in Berkeley County. He was a former inspector the U.S.

Kept, of Agricul- urc and a former secretary of Thatchers Dairy. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Dick; one son, Os car M. Dick Jr. ot Falling Waters; four daughters, Mrs.

Homer Spitzer of Laurel, Mrs. John W. Whitacre of Whitacre, Mrs. James E. Watson Jr.

of Charles Town, and Mrs. Raymond Burkhart ot Hedgesville; one step-son, Oliver F. Grim of Hollywood, 17 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and one i Mrs. Jas- ier Myers of Hedgesville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m.

at (he Central Chapel in Gahotown. lurial will be in the church Friends may call at the Brown Funeral Home today and Tues- lay from 7 to 0 p.m. Grover M. McAfee CASCADE Grover M. Me- Afee, 76, of Cascade, died Sunday at Wnyncsboro llospi- following a heart attack.

Born in Smithsbnrg, he was he son of Henry and Ida Smith McAfee. He was employed by the Western Maryland Railway lie etired as a track foreman in 1961 after 48 years of service. He was a member of the Junior O.U.A.M. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Nichols McAfee; hrce daughters, Mrs.

Roland larbaugli of Cnseade, Mrs. Milon Funk of CockcysviHe and Mrs. Stephen Zcilcr of Towson; one son, Robert McAfee of Mid- dlelown; 10 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; one irolhcr. AVvie McAfee of Hiflh- icld; and one foslcr brother, Charles Smith of High-field. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m.

al Jrove Funeral Home in Way- ncsboro with the Rev. C. W. Me- Jaha officiating. Burial will be Belbel Church Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 William R. SliHccll BALTIMORE William Ran in Slickcll, 74, formerly of lagcrstown, died Friday in a hospital near Ballimorc aflcr lengthy illness. Bora in Franklin County, i was the son of John Calin and Rebecca Pike Stickell, He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Parks of Iowa City, Iowa. Private funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m.

at the Minnicli-Miller a Home in Greencaslle, Pa. with the Rev. Lawrence N. Strunk officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery' Church Cemetery near Upton, Pa.

Mrs. Gciicvicvc Y. Check W1LLOUGHBY, Ohio Mrs. Genevicve Y. Check, 59, formerly of Hagerstown, died Saturday at her home here at 37804 Jordan Drive.

She was the wife of Joseph A. Check. Born in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of Walter and Carrie Grumbine. She was a member of the Catholic Church in Willoughby, Oliio. Besides her husband, she is survived by four sisters, Mrs.

Morris of Neciimore, Mrs. Lois Bitlner of Way- icsboro, and Mrs. Wilma Shafer and Mrs. Mc- N'amee, both of Hagerstown; and three brothers, Franklin, 1'lieodore, and Aubrey Grum- binc, all of Ilagerstown. Funeral services will be held Vcdnesday at 9:30 a.m.

at SI. lary's Roman Catholic Church with the Father Robert Passa- elli officiating. Burial will be Rose Hill Cemetery, Friends may call at the Colt- nan Funeral Home today and 'uesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Hurry C. Smith LANTZ Harry C.

Smith, 5, died Saturday at the Mar- insburg Veterans' Hospital. Born in Frederick County, lie vas the son of Janette Kendall milh and the late Henry Smi'h. He was a member of tlia lount Zion Methodist Church, he Blue Ridge Fire and 10 Disabled Veterans of Amcr- ca. Besides his mother, he is sur- ived by his wife, Dolly E. Rit- cr Smith; one son, Harry milh Jr.

of Lantz; two step- ons, Russell King of Lantz nd Barry King of Mount Zion; nc step-daughter, Mrs. Robert IcKinsoy of I i i ratulchildrcn; i brothers, Icnry R. Smith of Edgemcnt, Jenny Harvey and "liarles J. Smith, all of Lantz, nd William R. Smith of Mer- evsburg, and five sisters, Irs.

James Mayhcw of Hag- rstown, Mrs. Earle Eylcr, Mrs. Baker, and Mrs. Glenn Villiard all of Lantz, and Mrs. Eylcr of Thurmonl.

Funcra! services will be held 'uesday at 2 p.m. at the Meager Funeral Home in Thurmont with the Rev. Arthur Vood officiating. Burial will be Germantown Belhel Church God Cemetery. Friends may call at I Crcager Funeral Home.

Decorated Sp. 4 Gregroy L. Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo L.

Murray of 9 lirent Hancock, and husband of Maureen Murray ot 81G The Terrace, Hagerstown, received the Army Commendation Medal recently In Vietnam Murray earned the award for heroism in aclion while engaged in military operations against hostile force in Vietnam..