Evening star., 1950-05-02
PrinceGeorges
Voting Results
In ReversaIs
New Mayor and Four
Counciimen Elected
In Capitol Heights

SOuHCltWSn EleC(e0
In Capitol Heights
Election of a new Mayor and
four new Councilmen at Capitol
Heights featured balloting yester-
day in 10 Prince Georges County
towns.
Election reversals also were
recorded in Morningside, Cottage
City and District Heights. In the
other towns, most of the candi-
dates were unopposed.
In Capitol Heights, Mayor
Thomas A. Shaw was ousted by
Harvey E. Ennis. a Councilman
for the last two years. Mr.. Ennis
defeated Mr.. Shaw-Mayor for
the last four years-168 to 141.
Two incumbent Councilmen also
were beaten. Elected were two
other incumbents and four new
corners. The victors and their votes
were as follows: Rollin r. Reno,
incumbent, 227; Elmer Hickman,
200; William Sweeney, 1876; George
Nairn, l46; Thomas Vendemia,
the other incumbent, 141. and
Charles o. O'Connor, 1873.
Candidates Defeated.
Defeated candidates and their
votes were: James Clark, 1856; Ell
win Campbell, an incumbent, 81;
William Rawlings. also an incum-
bent, So; James Shipler, 70; Will
liam Devine, "a; Earl Burdette, 81:
Leo Forami, A; Leroy Nuthall, SO;
Frank Ripley, 35; Norris Simpson,
26; Sam Junta, %, and Joseph Ii
CALI. 81.
The sixth incumbent council
man, Joseph Multiz, did not run
for reelection.
Town Treasurer Franklin E.
Lampkin, who had no opposition,
was renamed for another two
years. receiving 251 votes.
Morningside, which had only
five candidates on the ballot for
five Council seats, wound up with
% aspirants as result of write-in
voting. When it was over, Will
liam j. Spahr, jr.. councilman,
was elevated to Mayor by receiv-
ing the most voteS-136. He will
succeed Mrs. June T. Stocklinski,
Morningside's first Mayor. who re-
tired to devote more time to her
two children.
One of the five original candi-
dates was defeated. She was Mrs.
Dorothy Myers. who polled 80
votes.
Named to Council.
Named to the Town Council
were Duncan Fleming, 1875 votes;
John Galloway, 109; Earl l..
Arnold. 81, and Charles Prohaska,
q write-in. who received II tallies.
In Cottage City two incumbents.
including the chairman of the
towns five-man Board of Com
missioners, were defeated. Samuel
z. Tayman. ST., defeated Carl
Minnick, the chairman for the
past eight years, for the first ward
seat. 166 to ITO. In the fourth
ward Thomas E. Hunt beat Colin
L. Ward, the incumbent, 144 to
131. In the third ward, A. Robert
Theibault won over Melvin Howes
in the contest to replace Henry
Caspere.
District Heights voters dropped
P. E. Clark, county agriculture
agent, from his post as a town
commissioner by electing John
Lyman, civic worker. The vote
was 173 to 81.
In Seat Pleasant, Mayor Van
Moreland, who had no opposition,
was reelected with 81 votes. Four
incumbent councilmen-Robert L.
Main, Joseph Gardella, Alfred
Mumford and Fred E. Godfrey
were returned to Office with SINH
lar tallies. William z. Shook, a
newcomer. also was given 81 votes
to replace James M. Roberts, a
councilman for IL years who did
not run again.
Crown UnoppOsed.
The community'S town treas
urer, J. Theodore Crown, was un-
opposed, receiving 81 votes also.
At Riverdale, Verdon F. Billman
received 26 votes to succeed WAL
ter B. Ford as first ward council
man. Incumbent Edward B.
Dunford, with 10, was renamed
in the fourth ward. Town Treas
urer Harry C. Weeks. with 157
votes, was reelected. All were
without opposition. c. r. Embrey,
victorious candidate for the Sec
ond ward seat, succeeding Ken
meth A. Breerwood, had surprise
write-in opposition. He was John
c. Dorsey. The vote, however, was
10 to 20 for Mr.. Embrey.
EdmonSton voters renamed
Walter j. Roth and Tim Hurst as
councilmen for the first ward.
Mr. Roth defeated Leonard R.
Kagey, a former councilman, 80
to IS, and Mr.. Hurst won over
George w. Page, sr., former po-
lice chief in the town, A to 81.
In the second ward, Charles F.
Hammett. a newcomer with 35
votes. defeated Clarence F. Powell,
an ex-councilman who got %.
He replaces Henry L. Adams.
In Cheverly, Lawrence N. Wood
worth. president of the Citizens
Association, polled 80 votes to win
the council seat for the first ward.
He succeeds Charles Kidwell, who
received 19 write-in votes. In the
fourth ward. James Hindle, with
13 votes. was unopposed and sue
ceeds Morris A. DeSimone.
North Brentwood residents re-
elected Councilmen Wallace E.
Williams and Orlando C. Hobbs,
both of whom had no opposition.