Evening star., 1946-05-07
Takon1a Park Rejects
2Charter Changes
By Heavy Majority


Residents of eight Montgomery
County municipalities today had
decided on their newly elected or
reelected town officers for at least
another year.
In~elections and referendum vot-
ing yesterday less than 1000 voters
participated in Takoma Park, Rock
vile, Gaithersburg. Garrett Park,
Somerset, Drummond, Laytonsville
and Barnesville.
In Takoma Park. where the largest
numbers of voters cast their bal
lots, residents were nearly unani-
nous in their referendum vote
against two proposed changes in
the town charter with 419 opposing
and only 80 for the changes.
The proposals, which had been
contained in a bill passed at the
last session Of the State Legislature
would have set up a retirement
system for certain town officials and
would have reduced discounts now
permitted for prompt payment of
town taxes.
Youngblood Reelected.
Mayor Oliver w. Youngblood was
Reelected to. fourth term, which
will continue until June /, i948. He
received AL votes. and was unop-
posed. In the only contest for
officers, John N. Mes won over
William M. Jeffries, 299 to 154. as
councilman to fill the sole vacancy
in the 9th precinct.
Others who were elected without
opposition and their votes are as
follows: Councilman Taft, 4l9, and
John c. Post, 405, 4th precinct:
Herman c. Heffner, 4I4, and Coun-
Gilman John F.. Sidell, 4O1, 9Th pre-
cinct, and L. A. Anderson, 400
Prince Georges County zone of Ia
koma Park.
Rockville Elects Kelly.
At Rockville, G. Lamar Kelly. a
former member Of the Town Council
before he resigned to enter the
Coast Guard during World War II,
was elected mayor without opposi-
ton, to succeed Mayor Douglas M
Blandford, who declined to run this
year after IA years in Office. Mayor
elect Kelly received 244 votes out of
a total of 259 ballots which were
cast.
The council members who were
elected and their votes were: Oliver
H. Perry, 23s; Frank E. Williams,
224, and Louis j. Ryan, 210, incum-
bents, and F. Bache Albert, for many
years town clerk and treasurer, 237.
The defeated candidate, Leroy B.
Sherman, received 60 votes.
Paul V. Johnson, incumbent, who
was reelected for his third term, and
Ernest D. Stevens were the winning
candidates for the two council seats
at Garrett Park in the only contest
there. Each received So votes. Others
who ran against them were Samuel
T. Powell, jr., with "a votes, and Will
liam c. Young, with 20. Mayor
Clyde Hall, who received "a votes
out of total of 81 ballots cast, was
reelected for his second term. He
was unopposed.
Somerset Re-elects Day.
Mayor Irving M. Day, who re-
ceived % votes of the q ballots cast,
was reelected for another two years
at Somerse-. Councilman A. D. Wer-
ner, whose name was not on the
ballot, received the other vote. The
two candidates for the Town Coun-
Gil, Mrs. Rufus Miles and John B.
Brady, incumbents, were reelected
without opposition.
At Drummond. where voters used
the 'write-in" balloting system, j.
William Stohlman, jr., James B.
Carry and j. Kenneth Hoover were
elected to the three-man Citizens
Committee, which governs the COM
munity, over seven other candidates.
In Gaithersburg, where a total of
109 ballots were cast, Mayor Will
liam McBain was reelected for an
other two-year term with 81 votes.
Charles P. Fox, incumbent, with IS
votes. and George w. Marshall, with
So, were elected to four-year terms
on the Town Council, and Samuel
B. Briggs, incumbent. who polled 81
votes, was reelected to the Town
Council for two-year term. Otha
G. Trundle, incumbent, the fourth
candidate for the three Council
posts, received 81 votes.
At Laytonsville, the three COM
cilmen IN office, Cover Armstrong,
Roy w. Barber and Albert Hawkins,
who were unopposed, were re-elect ed
for another year. At Barnesville,
Councilman R. S. Hays and two
newcomers, Jerome Offutt and Mrs.
Mary Morningstar, edged out j. r
Lillard and G. G. Orme, incumbents
for the three council posts.