Evening star., 1945-12-05
Five Candidates Enter
Contests for Council
Seats in Alexandria

Five new candidates filed for
Alexandria City Council seats sub
ject to the March Democratic
primary before the deadline at mid
night last night. All incumbent
councilmen and those who had an
nounced for seats earlier in the
week, also filed petitions with Frank
Monroe, chairman Of the City Demo-
cratic Committee.
Joseph M. Pancoast, city attorney,
and c. Page Waller, city collector
are unopposed for the Democratic
nomination, according to Mr.. Mon
roe.
New entries are James c.
(Brownie) Crump, 405 East Alex
andria avenue, and Walter S. Smith,
100 West Linden avenue, who will
run at large; Robert L. Fox, 512 Hill
Toy terrace, who will seek the nom-
ination from the 4th ward: Ernest
L. Mankin, 210 North Patrick street
Sd ward candidate, and Julian F.
Chauncey, jr., 106 West Alexandria
avenue, from the 5th ward.
Mr.. Crump is a native of Alexan-
dria and has been employed for 4C
years by the Southern Railway. He
is now locomotive engineer. He
attended school in Alexandria, is
married and has son in the Naval
Air Forces.
He is a member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen and a Mason. He has
served as director of the Com
munity Chest.
Smith Owns Transfer Company.
Mr.. Smith. also a native Alex
andrian, is the owner Of transfer
company. He was a candidate ir
the November election for the va.
cancy caused by the death of Charlie.
M. Stump, and was defeated by
John w. Tulloch. In 1885 he wal
defeated by Mr.. Stump for the
Third Ward seat.
Mr.. Fox, opponent of Vice Mayor
George K. Bender, who has repre-.
sented his ward since 1884, is G
native of Catham, Va, and has livec
/ in Alexandria for eight years. Al
present he is roadmaster for ths
Washington Division of the South.
ern Railway, and has been EN-.
ployed by the company for 80 years
Mr.. Mankin, who also was a can.
didate at large in November, is 8
native Alexandrian and is assistan,
car accountant for the Richmond
Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
at Potomac Yards, where he ha'
been employed for 40 years. He il
married and has two sons, DIETRICH
Federal mail clerk, and 1t. Elmel
L. Mankin of the Army Air Forces
Mr.. Mankin served as third ware
councilman from September, 1910
to 1912, when he was defeated BY
the incumbent, John Ewald, wht
also defeated him in 1914. He wa
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination as Delegate to the Stat,
Legislature in August, 1943, and wa
defeated by w. Selden Washington
Chauncey Is Merchant.
Mr.. Chauncey, a native of Alex
andria, is the owner of Chauncey'
Market, with stores in Alexandri,
and Groveton. He is a member o
the Retail Merchants Association
and the Chamber of Commerce ant
is vice president of the Retail
Merchants Association of Virginia
The entire field now stands as fol
lows: First ward, incumbent Thoma
A. Hulfish, Paul L. Delaney, council
man from the old second ward ant
now incorporated in the first, an,
Sergt. Raymond Gallagher; secont
ward, Charles L. Nash, unoppose,
for nomination from the new ward
third ward, incumbent Mr.. Ewal'
and Mr.. Mankin; fourth ward, MI
Bender and Mr.. Fox; fifth ward, in
cumbent 1t. Col. Everett A. He'll
muth, Marshall Beverly and MI
Chauncey; sixth ward, Edwar'
Downey, incumbent, and william
Sellers; at large, Mayor William 7
Wilkins, John A. Logan and John W
Tulloch, incumbents, opposed by MI
Smith and Mr.. Crump.
Mr.. Monroe has announced tina
the Democratic Committee will NEE
at 8 o'clock tonight in the Civil an,
Police Court room to certify tn
candidates who have filed.
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