Evening star., 1934-04-01
TOWN ELECTIONS
BOOST INTEREST
Seven Montgomery Com
munities Prepare to
Choose Officials.

Municipal elections will provide an
interesting prelude to the general
election to be held in Montgomery
County this year and will serve to
keep political interests aroused until
the major race is staged in November.
Voters of Montgomery's seven towns
will go to the polls during May and
June to name mayors and council
men to guide their destinies during
the ensuing two-year period.
Rockville. Gaithersburg. Takoma
Park, Garrett Park, Glen Echo and
Somerset will conduct their local elec-
tions on May 7. while balloting at
Kensington is scheduled for June 4.
Last-Minute Drive Expected.
Little talk has been heard regard
ing candidates entering the elections,
but this cannot be taken as any indi-
cation that the races will not be
closely contested, for the municipal
campaigns seldom get under way un-
til the eleventh hour.
1t is expected that the hottest fight
will be waged at Takoma Park. the
largest municipality in the county,
with the Young Mems Democratic
Club planning to enter full slate in
the field
The Democratic candidates will be
selected at the April meeting of the
club some two weeks hence and are
to be formally announced at the town
caucus scheduled for the fire house
on April %.
Only two men have been mentioned
thus far as possible new candidates
for Office. 1t is said at Gaithersburg
that Walter Magruder, former mayor
of that community, may become a
candidate for the position of mayor
now held by William McBain. while
the name Of E. Lamar Kelly Is being
mentioned as a prospective candidate
for the Town Council of Rockville.
Mayoralty Terms Expire.
In addition to McBain, the mayors
whose terms expire this year are
Douglas M. Blandford, Rockville: DR..
Frederick L. Lewton. Takoma Park:
L. L. Dye, Garrett Park; Henry T.
McCuen, Glen Echo, and J. w. Stohl-
man. who has been mayor of Somer-
set for IS years.
Rockville voters must elect a COM
plete Town Council, for the terms Of
Thomas M. Anderson, Edgar Reed,
Cooke A. Robertson and Curtis l..
Ward expire along with the term Of
Mayor Blandford.
Other towns will elect only q part
OF their councils, for several members
Of the governing bodies Of the re-
manning communities will hold over
another year. Those whose terms ex-
pire are:
Ohio c. Trundle and Ira Darby,
Gaithersburg: Peter Remsen, Leonard
G. Boyer and r. G.. Sherburne, Ia
koma Park: Robert J. Eby and Will
liam P. Amos, Kensington; Col. Jason
r. Defendorf and Alton L. Wells, Gar
rett Park; Stephen c. Pratt and Ed
ward G.. Boswell. Glen Echo; A. w.
Starratt and George w. Bryan, Som
erset.
Must Submit Petitions.
Candidates for ONCE in Rockville
must submit petitions signed by at
least 20 Of the towns qualified voters
to Town Clerk Franklin Bache Albert
by midnight April 27 in order for
their names to appear on the ticket.
Gaithersburg candidates must file
notice Of their intentions with Town
Clerk Walter F. Reinhart by mid
night On that date, while Glen Echo
aspirants have until the same night
to file notice Of their intentions with
Mrs. Daniel Etzler, chairman of the
Board Of Elections.
Nominations Of candidates at Ia
koma Park, Garrett Park and Ken
sington will be made at town caucuses
to be held in those communities,
while voters at Somerset will simply
write the names Of their candidates
on blank ticket.
Caucus Set for April 20.
The only caucus scheduled at this
time is the one at Takoma Park on
April %. Garrett Parks caucus will
be some time In April and the one
at kensington is to be some time in
June, but no definite dates have been
settled upon by either town as yet.
The polling places and the hours
Of balloting will be as follows:
Takoma Park-Fire house, am.
to s pm. Rockville-Fire house. 9
am. to $50 pm. Gaithersburg-Fire
house, IL noon to pm. Kensing-
ton-Howitzers' Armory, 6 pm. to
pm. Garrett Park-Post Office, 3
pm. to pm. Somerset-Elementar
school, pm. to pm. Glen Echo