Evening star., 1947-08-06
26Are Selected
For Nomination
To School Board
Convention to Pick
Slate Of Five to Run
+, In Arlington County

The Arlington School Board Nom.
mating Conference Committee TODAY
announced the names of 26 prospec-
tive nominees it will place before a
tWo-day convention tomorrow and
Saturday. The convention is to
select nonpartisan slate of five
candidates for the county's first
elected school board.
The names include various civic.
church, business and educational
leaders of the county.
From this list, the school board
slate will be chosen SATURDAY. night
by 119 delegates from Arlington
school and civic organizations. The
selections will be made by a series of
written ballots from the delegates.
Groups Formed Convention.
Both sessions will be held in the
Ashton Heights Club House, Alb
North Irving street, Arlington, start
ing at Pm. The first one tomorrow
night will give delegates an opportu-
nifty to learn the qualifications of
prospective nominees and also to
hear brief talks by them.
The convention is sponsored bv
the nominating conference. The
group was organized by five county,
wide groups: The Arlington Civic
Federation, Citizens Committee for
School Improvement, Better Gov
eminent League, Arlington League
OF Women Voters and the Organized
Women Voters.
The school board elections will be
held along with the State general
election in November. When elected,
the board will replace the present
appointed group, taking Office Janu-
ary l. 1t will be the first popularity
elected school board in Arlington.
Candidates for Nomination,
Decision to have an elected board
was the result of referendum May
q.
The candidates for nomination
include:
Frank L. Ball, sr., Arlington at
torney, formerly State senator; Ivan
l. Booker, associate research direc-
tor. National Education Association:
Mrs. Art Brown, homemaker: past
president. County Council of PTA's;
Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, home
maker, teacher. Cathedral School
for Girls; Mrs. Elmer Carson, home
maker; formerly elementary school
principal.
Stanley N. Collins, instructor,
Anacostia High School; Norman S.
Cramer, personnel officer, Depart
ment of Labor; Mrs. o. c. Dresser,
homemaker: school and civic leader;
H. Naylor Fitzhugh, assistant pro-
lessor, business administration,
Howard University; DR.. John T.
Hazel, Arlington physician.
Arlie. Huffman, civil engineer,
Army Air Forces; Edward c. john
son, general counsel, War Assets
Administration; Bernard Joy, assist
ant deputy director, Extension Serv-
ice, Department of Agriculture; B.
Alden Lillywhite, deputy adminis-
traitor, Bureau Community Facilities,
Federal Works Agency; the Rev.
Aaron Mackley, pastor, Mount Olive
Baptist Church.
Ray Miller, manager, Clarendon
store, j. c. Penney Co.; Colin Mac
Pherson, Arlington builder and con-
tractor; Dr. Victor Meyers, chiro-
practor; George Alton Parker, senior
attorney, Public Housing Admins
tration; Mrs. Helen Seaton Preston.
homemaker, formerly consultant,
American Council on Education.
o. Glenn Stahl, deputy personnel
director, Federal Security Agency:
Coils Stocking, assistant director,
United States Employment Service;
Curtis E. Tuthill, assistant profess
sor, psychology, George Washington
University; the Rev. Walter E.
Wolf, pastor, Arlington Presbyterian
Church; Melvin T. Young, proprie.
tor of Georgetown store: Mrs.
Robert C. Young, homemaker, civic
leader, former teacher.