Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-06
SIX NEARBY TOWNS
HOLDING ELECTIONS
Local Officers, Taxation and
Other Issues Being
Voted Upon.
BY GEORGE PORTER.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star

With a number of aspirants in the
field for various offices, lively fights
are expected at the town elections to-
day being held in six nearby Maryland
communities.
Cottage City. Hyattsville, Mount
Rainier, Riverdale, Takoma Park and
Garrett Park are the municipalities in
which the citizens are voting, In some
of them townspeOple, in addition TO
choosing their mayor, councilmen or
town commissioners, are belng cameo
upon to decide matters of local taxa
ton or other questions Affecting theu
community.
Three town commissioners VIII be
chosen at Cottage City. V. A. Slmmel,
chairman of the board of commission
ers there for the past five years, IS
lnopposed in the first ward, but X. u.
Kincheloe{ incumbent is opposed by N.
p Rasmussen. former commissioner
while w. A Bobb, present commissioner
representing ward three has George
Babcock as a competitor.
HvattsvilIe Contest
Contest for seats on the town councn
from three of the four wards in HyattS-
Vile are being fought at the oalIoU
I,oyes Former councilman Howard a
Harrison and ]. Moses Edlavitch are
+ha candidates for the vacancy IN tIe
f7rst ward. In the second ward Coun-
Gilman Harry A. Boswell is being OPP
, .t1.i,e'I nv Charles A Ketcham. Candl-
dates in the fourth ward are n o
crawford and E. B. Hlllery:
Councilman E Murray Cover Is uh-
.,,,ooeed for reelection for a tWo-yeaI
term in the third ward, While "A. y.
Moon is the sole candidate TO M llle
1,nexpired term Of George n. boWCi,'
+he other councilman from thaI Wd'u'
who recently resigned upon removing W
another community; ..o-od for
re-eIection as mayor for another tWo-
year term.
Mount Rainier Slate.
:, Mount Rainier a fight is being
staged for the Office OF mayor Det"eell
Totr1 II BeaU and Harry j. Miller.
There is also a contest in the HrsI
,-..rd With Louis Rosenfield and NOR
,.,o,, A pr11itt yieing for the seat now
+1cc,lnied bv Prllitt ReXford Worley Is
,,nonnosed in ward four TO succeed
Councilman B. E. Sager, VINO reliLeu,
In addition to voting on THESE ~
ridates, Mount Rainierans are ballot
u .l. ~, yronosed 1O-cent per 500 fire
taT The present mayor and councn
have Endorsed the proposal, and pre-
1in,inarv canvass made last week py
MEMBERS of the volunteer hre COM
,,arv indicated that the measure Woulo
bass by a large majority.
Four candidates are bathing lot IIlee
seats on the Takoma Park Town CouII-
Gil. They are H Z. Rogers. join n
Adams Martin Iverson and Marion u
zinch The first three are candidates
for reelection.
Salaries Issue Up.
coincident with the balloting on these
candidates. a referendum Will be helo
on the question of payment OF salarleS
+o the MAYOR and council. II approved
each councilman would receive souo d
wear and the mayor $1,2OO
John H. Schaefer, mayor OF RIVER
dale. is fighting for reelection against
Milton d. Campbell, president OF the
Riverdale Parent-Teacher Association.
contest has developed in ward three,
with Anton Kracke and Louise Gran
ADDS competing for the office vacated
by j. T. Harrington. In the nttn Waro
Councilman Frank Westman is unop-
posed for reelection.
Garrett Park Election.
The annual town election is in prog
ress at Garrett Park this afternoon 10
choose two members of the town coun-
Gil to succeed r. l.. Harrison and Alton
L. Wells for terms of two years. the
polls opened at 2 o'clock and will close
at 7 this evening.
Mesqrs Harrison and Wells are can
didates to succeed themselves and the
only other candidate is r. H. Hetzer.
Mrs. Lillian T. Oyster. Mrs. Smith L.
Putnam and Mrs. Alton L. Wells are
the judges and Mrs. Maynard Penn the
clerk.
The voters are also passing upon the
question of a special tax rate OF 25
cents for three years beginning July l
for road improvements. A similar rate
has been in effect for the last seven
years.
The terms of Mayor Richard H Akers
and Councilmen F. j. Rapee and j. F.
Defandorf expire next year.