Evening star., 1951-05-06
Prince GEORGES
Towns 10 Elect
New Officials
HyottsviIIe MoyoroIty
Race Leeds Interest
In County BoIIotinq

county COWnS Will eject new ON
cials and decide various local
issues tomorrow, with the Hyatts-
vile mayoralty race providing the
most fireworks.
Two other Prince Georges towns
will elect Wednesday.
In Hyattsville, the present
mayor and council are sharply
split on who should become the
new mayor. Mayor Caesar l..
Aiello is not candidate but is
supporting Frederick M. Coxen,
now fourth ward councilman. The
other six members Of the council
are backing Jesse S. Baggett, who
is now councilman from the first
ward.
The third man in the Hyatts-
vile mayoralty race is Paxton
Holden, son of a former mayor.
Only three of the six holdover
councilmen are up for reelection.
and none has opposition. There
are four candidates, however, for
the fourth ward post being va
Gated by Mr.. Coxen. They are
Hugh A. White, Henry Hellman,
Karl Steele and John P. Lautz.
Here are the candidates and
issues in the other town elections:
College, Park.
Mayor William A. Duvall, 81.
who has been mayor since College
Park incorporated in 1945, is be-
ing opposed by Charles r. Davis,
presently the district councilman
Walter F. Milligan, president of
the County Civic Federation, un-
opposed for one councilman-at-
large seat, Joseph c. Longridge
and Herbert H. Bedford are vying
for the second councilman-at-large
post.
A councilman from each of the
five districts also will be elected,
but there are no contests in the
first and third district.
In the Second. william A. Hol-
brook, sr.. and j. Paul Wilson are
aspirants. o. H. D. Clark and
George e. Lauterback are seek
ing the fourth district seat now
held by Joseph c. Cherry, who also
is a candidate. In the fifth dis
trict, the incumbent, Lee C. Prick
EFT is opposed by John Grasso, ST.,
Paul w. Moores and Ernest e.
Pywell.
Voters also will decide whether
to raise the mayors salary from
500 to 5000 and that of council
men from $50 to $500 annually
and whether an So per home an
nual charge should be levied for
garbage and trash collection.
Mount Rainier.
Fyold B. Matthias, who served
as mayor from 1941 to 1949, is
seeking a comeback against the
man who unseated him, Mayor
Herbert w. Reichelt. All four of
the incumbent councilmen are
seeking reelection, but only one
has opposition. James Worthing-
ton is a candidate to unseat Robert
H. Merson as third ward council
man.
Cheverly.
DR.. Edward A. Saloon, who has
been mayor four years, faces op-
position from Arthur Hartung, who
is campaigning on a business"
platform.
In the only council race, James
c. Stanier, the sixth ward incum-
bent, is being opposed by Arnold
Hagen.
Riverdale.
Riverdale has three-way
mayoralty contests between Fred
erick w. Waigand, the incumbent,
Daniel j. Burke and Harry K.
Clare.
Councilmen from the third, fifth
and six wards will be elected, but
there are no contests. The voters
also will decide whether the town
should pay its mayor $50 a month
and it's councilmen $25 per month.
They receive no salaries now.
Bladensburg.
Mayor Andrew A. Gasch and
Vincent j. McCarron are vying for
the mayors post.
There are contests for both
council vacancies. In the first
ward, incumbent Leonard G.
Simpson is being opposed by Rob-
ert H. Dorsey. In the third ward,
Edwin c.. Cissell and John P.
Campbell are seeking the seatnow
held by the latter.
Bladensburg also will vote on
the issue Of increasing the mayors
salary from 500 to $500 annually
and that of councilmen from $25
to 5000 yearly.
EdmOnStOn.
Mayor Charles w. Shaw's bid
to succeed himself is being chal-
lenged by James w. Hall. Town
Treasurer Eva Lilly is unopposed
Incumbent Earl A. Law and Ray
w. Grim are vying to represent
the first ward on the council. Also
in the first ward, Mrs. Gladys Cor
nell and George w. Page, ST., are
seeking to fill a one-year unex-
Ipired term. Incumbent Arthur w
Ferguson is opposed by Perry W.
Jones in the second ward.
District Heights.
In the only contest, incumbent
Claywood Baldwin is seeking re-
election to a three-year term on
the town commission against j. H
BraShearS.
The voters also will decide a
technical issue, correcting an err
ror of two years standing in the
charter which has prevented the
town from borrowing money for