The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-28
jeanette Dooley Is Nominated
for Mayor, Unanimously.
In Fairgrounds Primary Held
at Chesney Park.
CARRIED FRIENDS WITH HER
Full Sets of Candidates Named
All Over City.
The Election Will Take Place
Early in July.

The Congressional Union is over
looking strong bet if it does not re-
cruit little Jeanette Dooley. 1901 Clay
street, when she grows little older.
Nominated without a dissenting vote
in the playground city primaries
held Tuesday and securing tie nomi-
nation OF three friends for fiat jobs
is her political record in the opening
campaign in the City of Athens. which
is the new name of Chesncy park
When it was announced a wesk ago
| that the primaries would be held June
81, little Miss Dooley lost no time in
organizing her campaign. So stren-
uoUs We're her efforts that she scared
| off all the other candidates fer the
mayoralty of the playground. In the
| al1-important office of police Judge
| she secured her friend Mildred Corn
ing as one of the two nominees. Two
other girls were nominated for COM
missionerships.
! Nearly 1000 votes were cast in the
primaries in the nine city Fairgrounds
| Tuesday. In the ma jority of cases the
nominees were boys but in Ripley park
| three girls were nominated in the
mayoralty race. At WestlaWn park
the playground was renamed MacLean
City in honor of NJ. P. MacLean
| int fOIAHS was OOIc regular
manner as in the city elections
Miss Clara johnson, playground di-
rector, said. There was no repeat
ing and and no election riots Bal
lots were used and voting booths en-
! sured the secrecy of the voting. The
elections will be held some time after
the Fourth of July
The Nominees
Following is the complete list of
| nominees for the nj osf.
flces: "Chesney park-Mayor. Jeanette
| Dooley; police judge, Mildred Corning
and William Boyd; water commission
er, Harry Dillon and Elliott White;
sanitary commissioner, VIM. Boyd and
Samuel Lyman; park commissioner
| Margaret Ward and Gail Short; street
commissioner. Helen Grotewohl and
| Owen Boren.
Washington City: Mayor. Arthur
Edwards and Aaron Green: police
judge, Harvey Kennedy and Clifford
Sharp; street commissioner, Charles
Dean and Corinne Hardy: sanitary
commission. Alice Speel and Ralph
White; park commissioner, Mildred
Stokes and Maurice Brown.
quincy CITY, Mayor, Forest Pitt and
Roy Pound; police judge. Earl Palmer
and F'reda Smith; water commissioner
Joe Hall and Mabel Levett: sanitary
commissioner, Glen Brightson and
Inez Lancaster; street and park COM
I
johnson.
Ripley Park: Mayor. EsteIle Macy,
Mildred Scott and Florence EtzeI: po-
lice judge, Fred Lichtenstern and Shir-
ley Long; water commissioner willard
Marsh and Richard Manuel; sanitary
commissioner, Chester MagiH and
Juanita Walker; park commissioner.
Joe Reiser and Glen Owan-
Polk-Mayor. Don Lindell and Paul
Halterman; police judge. Frank Will
son, Mrs. Effie Overmyer, both direc-
tors; sanitary commissioner. Robert
Wood, unopposed; water commission
er, Joe Burge, Putnam Price; park
ommissioner. George Lang. Paul Hal
terman; street commissioner, Raw
Eaton, Warren Tarr
\ Westlawn-Mayor, Charles Irwin.
Ernest Longaker; police judge, Miss
Frances Jones, unopposed; sanitary
commissioner, Frank Shaffer, Lewis
Palmer; water commissioner, Harry
Brockish, Jack Barnum; park COM
missioner Elizabeth Balch. Lawrence
Brockish: street commissioner. Mil
dred Sheetz. Hansel Hare
Potwin = Mayor, Clifford Shaw.
Maurice Montgomery; police Judge
Ray Knoll, Harold Haynes: sanitary
commissioner, Jack Dillon, Marguerite
Roehr; water commissioner. Hall
Smith, Howard Becker; park Commits
sioner, David Montgomery. Morris
| Maddox; street commissioner. Perry
Pitcher, Oliver Brush
City park-Mayor, Charles SNYDER
and Charles Kinney: police Judge
Clayton Kline and Blanche Driver
park commissioner, Charles Place and
Art Reed; water commissioner. Nc
Donaio; street commissioner. Ethel
Cloud; sanitary commissioner. WiIIfar,,
Samtee and Garnett SpangIer
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