Evening star., 1944-05-02
Town Officials Nance
In Prince Georges
And Montgomery
Capitol Heights Race
High Lights Contests
In Nearby Communities

IN NeorDy communities
A hotly-contested race by IS can
didates for the six seats on the
Capitol Heights Town Council high
lighted municipal elections yester-
day in incorporated towns in Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties.
The Capitol Heights election was
featured by the selection of Mrs.
Elizabeth M. Acree, town post
mistress, as the first woman to
serve on the council. Mrs. Acree re-
ceived 161 votes. The five others
elected to the Council are Rollin r.
Reno. 1877 votes; Thomas Vendemia,
l54; George w. Smith, 145; William
H. Hutson, 100, and James Shipler,
81.
The. nine defeated candidates are
Philip Brainin, So votes; Harry
Evans, jr., Is; Charles Humes, 80;
Robert z. Hazel, So; Joe MULTI, 60;
Charles r. O'Connor, 70; Carl Read,
50; Norris Simpson, 43; and Thomas
A.. Shaw, ST., n. s..~
Mayer Alfred @. DOM. def d
Frank Ripley, 191 to 81, while Mrs.
Anna ]. Light was elected treS1s ~
with no opposition.
Riverdale Election.
Three other town elections were
held in Prince Georges County.
They were:
H. C. Weeks was reelected treas
urer of Riverdale for a two-year
term. In the race for election to
the Town Council, Walter B. Ford
was reelected from the first ward,
N. G. McKnew from the second
ward and e. B. Dunford from the
fourth ward. all for two-year terms
each. Scattered votes were cast for
other candidates.
Cheverly.
In the Cheverly election Duncan
c. Harkin defeated Ernest Maier,
incumbent, 80 to SO, for a seat on
the Town Council from the first
ward. William Link was elected to
the council from the fourth ward,
defeating Maurice A. Hagel, IL to 5.
Town voters also approved a ref
erendum calling for the establish
ment of municipal system of trash
and garbage collection. The vote
was 222 for and SO against the pro-
posal. .-..,-
Seat Pleasant.
There was no opposition against
any Of the candidates in the Seat
Pleasant election. Van Moreland
was reelected Mayor and j. Theo-
dore Crown, treasurer. Those named
to the Town Council are Antonio
Fominaya, William F. Cleary, John
Marquette, Joseph A. Wells and
James M. Roberts.
Town elections, held in nearby
Montgomery County, were as
follows:
Garrett Park.
Lack of opposition featured the
Garrett Park election, with Clyde
c. Hall being named Mayor for a
tWo-year term. succeeding Frank L.
Weaver. who was not a candidate
for reelection
Francis J. Short was elected to
the council to fill Mr.. Halls unex-
pired term, while Clarence L. Buck
and Paul v. johnson were reelected
to the council for two-year terms
each.
Somerset.
Irving M. Day was reelected as
Mayor of Somerset, while John B.
Brady was elected to the Town
Council to fill one of the two vacan-
cies. Mrs. Rufus Miles and o. H.
Gish, were tied for the second va
cancy. necessitating a runoff elec-
ton at date to be announced later.
Mr.. Gish was elected to the Council
last year to fill the unexpired term
of Talbot M. Brewer.
Takoma Park.
Oliver w. Youngblood was re-
elected Mayor of Takoma Park for
a third term, together with six corn-
cilmen, who were reelected for two
years each.
Members of the council are Judge
Herman C. Heffner, Jooseph Martin
and John F. Sidel, who have COM
pleted two terms, and Howard v.
Russell and H. j. Carr, who have
served one term each. The sixth
member, Millward c. Taft, has COM
pleted four terms. There was no
opposition to any Of the candidates.