Evening star., 1942-05-03
1SMontgomery,
PrinceGeorges
Towns 10 Elect
Municipal Officers
Will Be Selected
At Polls Tomorrow

Voters in 18 towns in Prince
Georges and Montgomery COuntie!
will go to the polls tomorrow to cleo
municipal officers.
Another Prince Georges County
town-Berwyn Heights-has sched-
uled its election a day later.
Capitol Heights, Hyattsville, Bla.
densburg, District t Heights, Sea-
Pleasant, Riverdale, Mount Rainier
Cottage City, Cheverly, Edmonstor
and North Brentwood are the Prince
Georges towns voting tomorrow.
In Montgomery, elections will be
held in Rockville, Takoma Park
Gaithersburg, Laytonsville, Garrett
Park, Somerset and Drummond.
One of the most bitterly contested
elections will be at Capitol Heights
where there are four candidats tor
Mayor and IL for the six Council
posts.
Plane Victim Is Candidate
Among the mayoralty candidates
Is Giles o. Gamer, victim OF plane
crash Thursday # t n o o n near
Greenbelt, whose condition is still
reported serious at Casualty Hos
pital. No word of his withdrawal
has vet been received, however.
He will be opposed by Elmer L
Hickman, Alfred Dom and Frank
c. Ripley. William Steele, incum-
bent, who has served three terms
declined to run again.
Candidates for councilmen in
elude two incumbents, Carl Pippert
and Thomas Vendemia, as well as
Robert B. Hazel, Morris A. Simp-
son, George E. Nairn, Harry Evans,
sr.. Charles F. O'Connor, John Nor
ris, David E. Haller, Charles n.
Humes and K. H. Dillon.
Mrs. Anna j. Light, whose nus
band served as treasurer Tor ~
wears, is unopposed for her second
term in that office.
In Hyattsville. contests for Coun-
Gil posts will take place in the nrst
ward, where Howard A. Harrison,
incumbent, is opposed by Ernest o.
Cooke. a G. p. o. employe, and In
the second ward. where Claude N.
Davis, jr., bakery employe, is run
ming against George j. OHare, an
attorney.
Treasurer for 80 Years.
Mr.. Davis is the son-in-law OF
Walter L. Alexander. the incumbent,
who is retiring because Of i'll health.
H. Wilson Spicknall in the third
ward and william M. Miller in the
fourth are unopposed for re-elec-
ton. william A. Shepherd, IA. now
serving his 33d consective year as
treasurer. will run again. He has
never been opposed.
Mayor E. Murray Cover and four
Of the councilmen have another
year to serve.
Bladensburg will have nine candi-
dates. including all the incumbents,
for the five places on its Board OF
Town Commissioners. Those who
are running are Josias M. COBB,
present president of the board;
Andrew F. Gasch. secretary; James
E. Peake, H. Myron Potter and
Leonard G. Simpson, current COM
missioners, w. r. Beattie, who for
merly served two terms as commits
sioner: James R. Ceranton, H. Ed
win Heckrotte, jr., and William G.
Morrison.
Three Seek Council Seat.
Contests for the second and third
ward councilmen are scheduled. in
Mount Rainier. Warren w. James,
second ward incumbent, is opposed
by Paul B. johnson, while in the
third ward three candidates are
attempting to succeed Robert
Matthias, who has enlisted for mill
tary service. They are Seth Martin
Price D. Myers and Howard Brown
Jr.
In District Heights, Harry Fuchs
incumbent commissioner will at
tempt to win another three-year
term in that Office. Roy E. Throck-
morton is his opponent.
In Seat Pleasant, Van Moreland
Is unopposed to succeed Mayor
George Fowler, who has served a
month in that Office after succeed
ing William II. McGrath. who en-
tered the Army as a captain. Mr.
Fowler will replace Irwin l. Main
present town clerk and treasurer
whose duties as chairman Of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, chief OF
the local fire department and a
member of the Prince Georges
County Democratic State Central
Committee forced him to relinquish
his town post.
J. Theodore Crown is unopposeo
for the Council seat left vacant
when Mr.. Fowler succeeded Mr.. Nc
Grath. The other candidates, all
incumbents and unopposed. are
Reginald Moran, Joseph We4ls
Mandy Roberts and Harry OpltZ.
Berwyn Heights five commission
ers. all unopposed, include three in
cumbents, Charles H. Stein, John
w. Hall and c. Gerard BuScher
George Hudgins and Robert Burnett
will succeed Elwood Taylor ano
Charles NJ. Attick Because of the
absence of a contest, the present
commissioners are empowered te
(See ELECTIONS, Page A-l4J