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Town Officials
Elected in Is
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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 13 Incorporated towns In
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties.
The Capitol Heights election was
featured by the selection of Mrs.
Elizabeth NJ Acree, town post
mistress, as the first woman to
serve on the council Mrs. Acree re-
ceived 16l votes. The five others
elected to the Council are Rollin r.
Reno, 1877 votes; Thomas vendemia.
I54; George w. Smith, 145; William
II Hutson, 100, and James Simpler.
81.
The nine defeated candidates are
Philip Brainin, So votes: Harry
Evans, jr, 10; Ch7rles Humes. so.
Robert 2. Hazel. SO; Joe MULTI, SO:
Charles F. O'Connor, 70; Carl Read.
SO; Norris Simpson, 43: and Thomas
A. Shaw, sr., n.
Mayor Alfred G.. Dom defeated
Frank Ripley. 191 to 81, while Mrs.
Anna ]. Light was elected treasurer
with no opposition.
Riverdale Election.
Three other town elections were
held in Prince Georges County.
They were:
II. G., Weeks was reelected treas.
urer OF Riverdale for a two-year
term. In the race for election 10
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
e. Harkin defeated Ernest Maier.
incumbent, 80 to SO, for a seat on
the Town Council from the first
ward. William Link was elected to
che council from the fourth ward.
defeating Maurice A. Hagel, 10 to S.
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.
[ssThe remaining nine town eIec.
Etions. which were i1el3 iii Mont
gomery County, were as follows:
RockviIIe
In Rockville Mayor Douglas M
Blandford was reelected with no
opposition. William A. Linthic,,rn
Oliver II. Perry and Frank E. VIII
llams were reelected to the Town
Council, while Louis j. Ryan was
named to the Council to succeed
G. La Mar Kelly. now in the Coast
Guard.
Gaithersburg.
William McBain was fe-elected
Mayor of Gaithersburg for a two
year term. In a contest for election
to the Town Council, DR.. John Mi
cuda, incumbent. and Harry C. Perry
defeated Samuel B. Briggs for-the
two seats on the Council for four
year terms each. DIR. Micuda re-
ceived 81 votes, Mr.. Perry, "a. and
Mr.. Briggs, 81.
In addition Charles p. Fox de-
feated Howard F. Abel. incumbent.
81 to 80, for two-year term on the
council.
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.
Poolesville.
All town commissioners in Pooles.
vile were reelected with only scat
tered votes for other candidates,
The present commissioners are
George D. Willard, Joseph Haller,
M. Compiler, G. Robert
Gray and Harold B. Brooks, all Of
whom were elected for one-year
terms each.
GAINESVILLE.
r. Shirley Hays, j. Robert Iil-
lard and Charles c. Orme were re-
elected town commissioners OF
Barnesville with no opposition.
Each was named for a two-year
term.
Laytonsville.
In Laytonsville, Cover D. Arm
strong, Albert r. Hawkins, incum-
bents, and Roy w. Barber were
elected town commissioners for two
years each, defeating Thomas w.
Stewart. incumbent; Luther c. How.
ard and Washington w. White.
Brookeville.
The three incumbent town COM
missioners in Brookeville were re-
elected with no opposition. They
are William P. Jones, Howard T.
Craver and Ober w. Daley.
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 runof elec.
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