Evening star., 1937-02-24
NICE SHELVES 16
IN NEARBY PLACES
Election Supervisor in Mont.
gomery to Be LaWrason
B. Riggs of OIney.
BY JACK ALLEN.
5tah Correspondent of The Star.


ANNAPOLIS. February 24.-Six-
teen officeholders in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties-including
an election supervisor and is justices
Of the peace-were shelved by Gov.
Harry w. Nice in his biennial list of
appointments, now before the Senate
for confirmation.
The lone change Of major impor-
tance in either community was the
substitution Of Lawrason B. Riggs OF
OlAey as the Democratic member Of
the Board Of Election Supervisors in
Montgomery for Hugh F. O'Donnell
Of Silver Spring, whose dismissal is
traced directly to his activity In the
last Democratic primary.
Gov. Nice's list-familiarly known
as the green bag"-as submitted to
the Senate yesterday afternoon, re-
named all jurists in the lower courts
Of both counties, the permanent Reg
istration Board In Montgomery and
Prince Georges election supervisors
and liquor license commissioners.
1t was learned today the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee for
Montgomery recommended Riggs, a
former chairman of the county's Elec-
ton Board, for O'Donnell's seat on
that body because of the latter's sup
port of Clay Plummer of Gathers
burg in the 1896 congressional pri-
mary.
Endorsement Of Lewis.
New justices in Montgomery include
Samuel Riggs Of Brookmont and Ed
win D. Burdette Of Hyattstown, and
those in Prince Georges are Ewen H.
Mohler, Landover; Percy Duvall, Up
per Marlboro: Angelo Marietta. Ben
alngs; Harry c. Fuchs, District
Heights; Robert H. Palmer, Harmon o.
Acuft. Seat Pleasant; Paul R. Carter,
Takoma Park; ]. S. Allen, John M.
Bowie. Clarence Foreacre. Mitchell
Vile: Robert McCartee, Frank j. Rob-
inson and Mrs. Ira K. Atherton, Hy-
attsville.
Jurists renominated in Montgom-
cry are Harold c. Smith of Rockville,
County Police Court; Thomas M. An
derson, Orphans Court, and Herman
| G. Heftner. Takoma Park Police Court,
while George B. Merrick of Upper
Marlboro was renamed for the Prince
Georges County Police Court.
Carey Kingdom and Mrs. Clara A.
Holmes, both of Rockville, are retained
as the Republican members of Mont
gomery's Election Board, and John A.
England Of Rockville. Republican, and
F. Byrne Austin of Takoma Park,
Democrat, are kept on the Permanent
Registration Board.
List in Prince Georges.
The Prince Georges election super
visors renominated are Albert o. Beall.
Republican, and Samuel A. Wyville,
Democrat, both of Upper Marlboro
and Charles L. Seeley, Republican. OF
Hyattsville. Liquor license commits
aoners for the county to be continued
are William H Brooks Of Marlboro,
and Joseph S. Haas Of Mount Rainier,
Republicans, and Mrs. Mary w
Browning, Democrat, of Riverdale.
Other justices of the peace nomi-
mated for the two counties follow:
Montgomery-Charles w. Stang. Charles
N Webb: Rockville: 2; Joseph Willard.
Ambrose D. Jennings. Friendship Station:
Jesse D. Briggs. Gaithersburg; William p
wilson and Charles M Woodson. Silver
Spring; Charles H. Davidson. Kensington.
Prince Georges-George B. Merrick,
Donald Swanson, Harry I. Anderson. Up
per Marlboro; Henry, O,Neill Mortimer e.
Rian. William A. Bobb. Bladensburg: James
W Latimer Silver Hill: Judson Rea Creecy.
Spsulding district: Henry B. Contee.
Aouasco; Grifith Oursler Surrattsville; A.
R. Weston Everard E. Hatch. G. Bowie NC
Ceney. James S. Vawter. Laurel: F. H.
Billingsley Brandywine Wesley Beall.
Ritchie; Gilbert Eugene Wilson. Piscat-
away: John Fainter, Hyattsville: William
]. Conway, Gilbert. Hughes Hiram l..
Wohlfarth Brentwood; oscar Poore. Robert
E Ennie Capitol Heights: John K, Keane.
Fred C. Lutz William H. Chase. Riverdale;
Louis Gundlinely Louis Kutch. Lanham;
George s Phillips BerXYn.