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Gary Feamow ...
Helen R. Fisher .................
Constantine Makopoulos
Washington County Free Library, Trustees
Edward W. Cooey, President ........
Thomas B. Cushwa, Treasurer .......
Charles D. Lyon, Chairperson ........
Richard Grumbacher .............
Herman B. Hoopes ...............
Herman L. Stockslager ............
Claude Kitchens, Superintendent of
Schools, ex officio ................
Varner L. Paddack, Mayor of Hagerstown,
ex officio ......................
Martin L. Snook, President of Board of
County Commissioners, ex officio .....
Irvine H. Rutledge ...............
Library Director
Charles S. Blank.................
Social Services Board
Roland Cyr, Chairperson ........... .1981
Director of Social Services
Francis J. Connolly .,,
Commission on the Aging
Rome F. Schwagel,
Chairperson .....................1979
Mental Health Advisory Committee
Charles M. Rouzer, Chairperson ......
Recreation and Park Board
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners as per Chapter 197, Acts
of 1961)
Russell B. Keener, Chairperson ........1981
P. Lee Downey, Board of County
Commissioners ..................
Joseph E. Widmyer, Director ........
Planning Commission
Terrance Bache, Chairperson ..........1981
Jack Hawbaker, Director ...........
Paul Prodonovich, Administrator......
Board of Zoning Appeals
Millard Kretzer III, Chairperson .......1979
Road Supervisor
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners)
Ted Wolford ...................
Washington County Sanitary Commission
(Appointed by the Board of County

Commissioners as per Chapter 694, Acts
of 1957)
James Eckle, Chairperson . 1982
Maryland Potomac Water Authority
R. Lee Downey, member ...........
Charles F. Wagaman, Jr.i alternate .....
Economic Development Commission
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners as per Chapter 404, Acts
of 1959)
Richard G. Wantz, Chairperson ....... 1979
Leroy R. Burtner, Director
Board of Electrical Examiners and
Supervisors
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners as per Chapter 328, Acts
of 1951)
Glenn Schiendel, President .......... 1979
David Raymer, Secretary-Treasurer .... 1979
John Herr ..................... 1979
Plumbing Board
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners as per Chapter 160, Acts
of 1971)
A. Vernon Davis, Chairperson ........ 1979
Chief Plumbing Inspector
(Appointed by the Plumbing Board)
Elbert Barren ...................
Board of License Commissioners
Lawrence Springer, Chairperson ....... 1981
Woodrow W. Rippeon ............. 1983
Carl R. Nolte, Jr. .....1985
Finance Officer
James R. Young ..,.,,,,......
County Engineer
(Appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners)
Glenn R. Dull ..................
Transportation Commission
(Established by Chapter 618, Acts of 1971)
Charles R. Reecher, Jr., Chairperson . . . . 1980
Ronald L. Bowers, Board of County
Commissioners...................
Ann MacDonald, Manager ..........
Office of Permits and Inspection
Robert Brinson, Director............
Housing Authority
Paul M. Horst, Jr., Chairperson ....... 1979