Evening star., 1946-05-07
Two Towns Vote
Tax Boosts in
PrinceGeorges
$500 Ballots Cast
As 10 Communities
Elect Officers

AS ~ communities
Elect Officers
More than $500 voters went to
the polls yesterday as 10 Prince
Georges County towns elected NUM-
clpal officers and two communities
approved general tax increases in
referenda.
With few exceptions, the same
slate of officers that had served for
the past term of Office, was re-
elected In Cheverly, District Heights,
Capitol Heights, Bladensburg, Fair
mount Heights, North Brentwood,
Edmonston, Cottage City and Seat
Pleasant.
At Cheverly, where the largest
turnout in the county kept counters
busy until shortly before o'clock
thus morning, interest centered on
lo-polnt town program, which if
passed in its entirety, would have
raised the general tax rate from Is
cents per $100 valuation to 95 cents.
Two Proposals Bes ten.
The voters, however. agreed only
on eight of the proposals, which, ac-
cording to Mayor James E. Conover,
Will make the tax rate approXi-
mately So cents per $100.
The following were the proposals
that were approved and the votes:
Street construction, 258 for, ITS
against; installation of sidewalks.
242 for, 1s1 against; installation of
curbs and cutters, 248 for, 1870
against; installation of street and
road signs in town, 299 for, 1872
against; municipal garbage collec-
ton, 246 for, 1877 against; storm
drainage construction, 219 for. 212
against; appropriation of not in
excess of 2 cents per S10O valuation
for playground development and
equipment, 251 for, 181 against, and
landscaping of small parks and
triangles in community, 229 for, 20l
against.
A proposal for modern street
lighting was rejected, 249 to 18O,
and another for a full time super
visor of public works lost, 239 to 1873.
Charles Kidwell, first ward, and
Harry j. Smith, fourth ward, were
elected without opposition as mem
bers of the Town Council to succeed
Duncan Harken and William A.
Link, respectively.
Tax Raise Favored.
Voting was close at District
Heights. BY a two-vote margin,
residents favored raising the town
tax rate from 80 cents per $1OO
valuation to rs cents to provide for
installation of street lights and street
maintenance. The count was 81 to
70,
Yesterdays vote, however, does
not make the tax increase valid until
it is acted upon favorably by the
Maryland State Legislature next
January, it was pointed out.
Frank Gorley, unopposed candi-
date for town commissioner to sue
ceed Owen Millikin, present chair
man of the board who decided
against. running, was elected with
lat votes.
At Capitol Heights, Thomas A.
Shaw was elected Mayor by defeat
ing William H. Hutson, who has
served in that capacity since the
death of Mayor Alfred Dom a few
months ago, and Frank C. Ripley.
Out of 3l1 ballots, Mr.. Shaw re-
ceived ISL votes; Mr.. Hutson, ITO,
and Mr.. Ripley, 9.
Town Council Outcome.
The successful candidates for the
six places in the Town Council and
their votes were: Rollin R. Reno,
22o; Thomas Vendemia, 156, and
George w. Smith, 1874, incumbents,
and Giles A. Gamer, 215; Zachary
T. Flynn, 167, and Charles F. O'Con-
nor, 141. The four who lost were
Leroy M. Nuthall, LOT, and William
r. Rawlings, 124, incumbents, and
Joseph M. Lare, l24, and Morris
A. Simpson, 1913. Mrs. Anna J. Light,
treasurer, was reelected with 207
votes.
In the lone contest at Riverdale,
Frederick w. Wiegand, with 40 votes,
was elected councilman for the first !
ward over William M. Schultz, who
had II. Mr. Weigand is to succeed
Walter B. Ford Harry G. Weeks,
who received 86 votes of the 90
ballots, was reelected treasurer to
his 14th term, and Nathan G. Nc
Knew, second ward, and Edward B.
Dunford, fourth ward, were re-
elected councilmen with 10 and 13
votes, respectively.
In Bladensburg, resident of the
town for less than four years re-
ceived the highest number of votes
and one incumbent, seeking his
fourth term of Office, was the lone
candidate eliminated from the six
man race for five places on the
community's board of commits
sioners.
146 Votes for McCarrOn.
With a total of 1872 ballots cast.
Vincent j. McCarron, District lum-
herman and virtual newcomer in
Bladensburg, received l46 votes.
Others elected and the number of
votes they received were: Andrew
F. Gasch, incumbent and chairman
of the board, 143: Leonard G. Simp-
son, incumbent, 1877; Owen H.
Creighton, 1872, and H. Edwin Heck
rotte, ir., 108. Josias M. Cobb, the
defeated candidate, received 104
votes.
In what was described by Mayor
James Campbell as the "lightest vote
in the history of Fairmount Heights"
one incumbent and two newcomers
defeated James Davis, jr., who was
seeking reelection to become the
three councilman-at-large. Results
were: Thornton T. Smith, 81 votes;
John H. Davis, 80, and boswell E.
Brooks, for his fifth term, 80. James
Davis, who lost out, received 81.
In North Brentwood, where only
81 ballots were cast, Wallace E. Will
liams, incumbent, with IL votes, was
reelected to serve his 10th term as
councilman from the second ward