Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-08
Communities
VotetoNerge
With Hyattsvi||e
Ia Elections Held
In Two Counties;
One Slated Tomorrow

Cnapel manor OF a proposal to 1Ol
Hyattsville high lighted town cleo
tons yesterday in eight Primo
Georges and six Montgomery Count
municipalities.
One other town in Prince George
County-the newly incorporate
municipality of Landover Hills-wi
hold its election tomorrow after
suit contesting the results of tn
recent incorporation referendum
was dismissed yesterday by Judg
John B. Gray, jr., in Circuit Cour
at Upper Marlboro.
Candidates for town Offices, all O
whom are unopposed, are: Fo
Mayor, William Zundel; for treas
urer, Mrs. Ann E. McEntee; TO
councilmen, ROLAND Mills,
Wheeler Houston, Raymond !
Mealy, Otis A. Anderson, jr.; Viii
liam A. Elliott and william J. r
Spahr.
Polling places for the thre,
awards, which will be open from
to 8 pm, are: First ward, 412
Fairfax avenue; second ward, 423
Seventy-f1rst avenue, and thirt
ward, 7108 Allison street.
Annexation Proposal Wins.
The referendum in Castle Manor
Clearwood and Queens Chape
Manor on a proposal to be annexed
to Hyattsville was approved by ;
vote of 273 to 80. Two councilmel
from the three communities, which
will constitute a fourth ward, will
be chosen by the Hyattsville Cit,
Council at its meeting Monday.
In other contests in Hyattsville
Claude Davis, jr, was elected to the
Council from the first ward, defeat
ing George M. Jones. Harry A
Shinn, incumbent, defeated Fire
Marshal Wayne c. Read for coun-
Gilman from the third ward, while
1t. Col Caesar L. Aiello was re-
elected to the Council from the Sec
ond ward. Both Col. Aiello and City
Treasurer William A. Shepherd, who
also was reelected, had no OPP
position.
Matthias Wins in Mount Rainier.
Floyd B. Matthias was reelected
Mayor in a hotly contested race In
Mount Rainier. Mr.. Matthias re-
ceived 723 votes to 500 for G. D
Glascock, fourth ward councilman
and 122 for Gregory O'Connor
Mayor Matthias promised a reorgan-
ization of town employees in the in
terests of increased efficiency.
Leo r. Mcmahon and Warren w
James were reelected to the coun.
Gil from the 1st and I'd Wards, re-
spectively, without opposition. Ir
the Sd Ward, Joseph S. Bozemar
was reelected, defeating Carl H
Rottman, while Charles H. xandel
defeated Emery B. Smith for coun-
Gilman in the 4th Ward.
Conor Elected in Cheverly.
In Cheverly, James z. Conor, re-
tired Army major, was elected
Mayor over Mrs. Betty Tayman, Sd
Ward councilwoman, 52l to 159,
climaxing one of the most bitterly
contested races in the history of
the town.
Nicholas NJ Raskhodoff was elect
ed to the council from the Sd Ward,
defeating Lester Whitehead. Cy-
rus L. Burnett, who had withdrawn
from the race in favor of Mr. White
head, received six votes. DR.. Ed
ward A. Saloon was reelected to
the council from the I'd Ward with
out opposition.
Riverdale Results.
In Riverdale Arthur McKnew was
elected to the Council from the
third ward, although his name did
not appear on the ballot. Mr.
McKnew received Is votes to 9 for
E. l.. Norton.
Candidates for the remaining
town Offices were elected without
opposition. They are Mayor Harry
A. l.. Barker and Councilmen Han
son D. Powers and Arthur w
Brunei from the fifth and sixth
wards, respectively.
In Edmonston, with all candidates
unopposed, the following were re-
elected: Mayor, Harold Manning
councilmen, Leonard Kagey and
Clarence Powell, from the first and
second wards. respectively, and Mrs
Maude Powell, treasurer.
H. H. jackson and G. G. Ander-
son were reelected town commits
toners of Cottage City, defeating
Colin Ward.
r. H. Ware was elected town COM
missioner of District Heights, de-
feating Leonard H. Hardness in a
write-i1 vote. Mr.. Hardness name
was the only one on the ballot.
Montgomery Elections.
In North Brentwood, Willie Bel.
lows and Miss Dorothy Hawkins were
elected Mayor and treasurer, re.
sAectively, without opposition. Har.
lSa Carter defeated Henry Newton
ST., for councilman from the first
ward
In one Of two contests in Mont.
gomery County, Francis Short anc
j. s. Turner were elected to the
Garrett Park Council in a four.
corner race, defeating George Brown
and w. c. Young.
A. E. Henze and A. D. Verne,
were reelected to the Somerset
Council, defeating DR.. E. c. Albrit.
ton, E. D. McAlister, Capt. F. w
Holt, U. S. N; Arthur Ringland anc
Edgar burlington.
James B. Garry, Wilmer c. Fowick
and William Stohlman were elected
to the Drummond Citizens Com.
mittee in a write-in vote. There
were no formal announcements b,
candidates.
The five incumbent town commits.
sioners of Poolesville were reelected
without opposition. They are G. r
Gray, z. NJ. Compiler, George D
Willard, Harold D. Brooks and Jos
eph Haller.
In GAINESVILLE, Councilmen j. r
Lillard, r. s. Hays and c. c. Orm,
were reelected without opposition.
In Laytonsville, Town Commits
sioners Roy w. Barber, Albert Haw.
kins and Cover D. Armstrong wer,
reelected without opposition.
Library to Be Discussed
A memorial library system fol