Evening star., 1948-05-02
Park
.ContestsFeature
Elections
10 municipalities in
Montgomery Will Go
To Polls Tomorrow

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Residents of 10 Montgomery
County towns will elect their local
officials tomorrow.
Contests are in prospect in at
least seven of the municipalities
Takoma Park, Glen Echo, Rock
vile, Garrett Park, Gaithersburg,
and Somerset.
Voters in the remaining three
Barnesville, Brookeville and Drum
name their officials by
the ''write-in" method.
Among candidates in the various
towns are an assistant District of
Columbia corporation counsel, a
radio commentator and a Bureau
Of Standards physicist.
Takoma Park Contest.
The most spirited contest Is in
prospect in Takoma Park, where
there are two states of candidates
for mayor and for the seven coun-
Gil seats.
The two mayoralty candidates are
Councilman John C. Post and Luke
j. Bennett, jr., president of the
Takoma Park Community League.
Fifteen persons are running for
council. Those on Mr.. Posts slate
include John T. Parkerson. j. H.
Mes, H. c. Heffner. incumbents; H.
Brooks Perring, Ross H. Beville,
Walter H. McClenon and Sherwood
Citizens, jr.
Mr.. Mics and Mr.. Heffner also
are on Mr.. Benefits slate, al
though Mr.. Mes has announced he
will support the Post ticket.
Other councilmanic candidates in
the Bennett group are James A.
Clark, Davis H. Agey, George Cook,
Fred j. Stevenson and E. j. White.
Anderson Is Unallied.
The 18th candidate for council,
Leroy A. Anderson, incumbent, Is
on neither slate.
Mr.. Posts group uses home rule"
as its slogan while Mr. Bennett and
his supporters are seeking Office as
the "nonpartisan' ticket.
The town polls will be open from
6 am. to pm. in the Takoma
Park Firehouse.
SWAY Race in Glen Echo.
Glen Echo also is expected to have
a lively election with Mrs. Beulah
McCuen, incumbent, opposed for
mayor by William Herson, radio
commentator, and George Arnold, a
member of the Glen Echo Volunteer
Fire Department.
Six persons are in the running for
two vacancies on the council. They
are Mrs Roberta Keiter, w. S. Hert-
stein, DR.. E. w. Cannon, Edward
c. Fenimore, James D. Saunders
and Donald Canada.
Voting will be held from S to 8
pm. in the Glen Echo Firehouse.
In Rockville, Mayor G. Lamar
Kelly is unopposed for reelection
and heads slate of four candidates
for the four council seats. Four
other candidates are running inde-
pendently.
Those on Mr., Kelly's ticket are
DR.. William w. Welsh. Frank Hig-
gins, Murray A. Bradshaw and
Daniel r. Weddle.
The four independents" are Bal.
four o. Lytton, Samuel P. Hersper.
ger. Leroy B. Sherman and Morris
Stern.
Residents will cast their ballots
from 1890 to $50 pm. in the mayor
and council Office.
Gaithersburg- Garrett Park,
Councilman Harry c. Perry has
no opposition in his race for mayor
OF Gaithersburg to succeed William
McBain. Three men have filed for
two places on the council-Otho
Trundle, Hobart Ramsdell and Sam
uel Briggs, incumbent.
The votes will be cast from noon
to 7 pm. in the Gaithersburg Fire
house.
Garrett Park voters will choose
between Clark F. King, an assistant
District corporation counsel, and DR..
James l.. Thomas, Bureau of Stand
ards physician, for mayor. Clyde
l.. Hall, the present offceholder, is
not seeking reelection.
Howard Bartram, Walter Reynolds
and Paul Compiler, are contesting
for two seats ON the council.
The polling place in St. James
Chapel will be open from 2 to pm.
Laytonsville has six candidates for
the three-member Board of Town
Commissioners. They are Cover D.
Armstrong, Washington w. White,
Roy w. Barber, Albert Hawkins, Lu-
ther Howard and Samuel Riggs, 4th.
Residents will vote from 8 to 5
pm. in the Laytonsville Hall.
| Three members of the Brooke
vile Board of Town Commissioners
will be elected by the write in"
method. Incumbents are Howard T.
Craver, o. w. Daley and William
P. Jones. Voting will be held from
am. to 6 pm. in the Brookeville
Hall.
A similar procedure will be- fol-
lowed by Barnesville residents in
electlng three town commissioners.
1ncumbents are Jerome Offutt, Miss
Mary Morningstar and Lowell Moon,
The polls will be open from 8 m,
to 6 pm. in a carpentry shop ad-
Jacent to the Hilton Funeral Home,
In Somerset, Mayor Irving M. Day
has no opposition in his race for re-
election. Mrs. Arthur Ringland,
Mrs. Ned Arick, A. w. Starratt and
Edward Talbot are running for two
council vacancies.
Voters will cast their ballots from
to 9 pm. in the Somerset school.
Drummond, special taxing area.
will choose three members OF lts
Citizens Committee, governing oooy
OF the community, by the "write-n
method. Incumbents are J. Wlilam
Stohlman, jr.. James B. Garry anu
j. Kenneth Hoover
The polling place Will oe az Ml;
Stohlman's home, 1903 Drummono
avenue. Chevy Chase ana Will DC
open from 7 to 9 pm.
Madison School RoIly
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