Evening star., 1951-05-14
CheverIY Man
Heads Suburban
Sanitary Board
Raymond w. BeIIomy
And }. Norman Ager
Named by MeKeIdin
By J. |. Michael

Nome0 Dy MCkei0ln
By ]. [. Michael
4 Raymond w. Bellamy Of Chev.
erly, a retired Government ofi.
cial. viii head the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
for the next six years.
j. Norman Ager. West Hyatts.
vile real estate operator and q
member Of the governing board
Of the Maryland Institution fol
the Deaf, will serve for the same
period as q member of the COM
mission.
State Senator John r. Fletcher,
Republican, of Prince Georges
County. today announced their
appointment by Gov. McKeldin
and will set an early date for
Swearing-in ceremonies. When
they take Office. control Of the
sanitary commission will pass to
the Republicans for the first time
since. It was established In 1918.
The third member Of the COM
mission. who will represent Mont
gomery County. has not yet been
named. -,
Pyles Seems to Have Edge.
Carlton Pyles. q Silver Hill
automobile dealer. today appeared
to have the edge over George c,
Cook. o food broker who lives In
University Park. for the post OF
chairman Of the Maryland Ma
tionals Capital Park and Planning
Commission. Sources close to the
Governors office emphasized,
however, that this is not yet Of
ficial and that Mr.. Cook is still In
the runAing. Both are Republi-
cans.
The new park appointee will re-
place former Chairman Irwin /
Main.
The new sanitary commission
chairman, who is So, will succeed
Dwight B. Gait and Mr.. Ager. SO,
will take over the post formerly
held by Leland G. Worthington.
Mr.. Bellamy, a native of Penn
sylvania. began his career as q
lumberjack and railroad machine
shop apprentice during school va
cations. Preferring the rails, he
progressed to locomotive fireman
and passenger train engineer for
the Delaware & Hudson.
Serves as Lay Preacher.
Later he became a walking dele
gate for his union and in 1925 was
named by President Wilson as
supervisor Of safety for the Rail-
road Administration. He estab-
nshed residence in Prince Georges
the same year. ~ +.
He has also served as a special
investigator for the Federal Immi-
grafton Service and as director Of
the United States Employment
Service for Maryland. In that
post he was the only holdover
named by President Roosevelt
when the service was transferred
from Federal to State control.
MIR. Bellamy also was a special
assistant to former Secretary of
Labor William N. Doak and a
special investigator for a 21-mem-
Der group Of railroad labor or
ganizations. In 1899, he was
chosen by Gov. O'Conor as the
Republican member of State
delegation to attend a national
labor legislative conference.
Since his retirement in 1949,
Mr.. Bellamy. a member of Foun-
dry Methodist Church, has served
as a lay preacher and as a speaker
against communism. He is a
Kiwanian and a Mason. and still
holds cards in the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men and the American Federation
Of Labor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bellamy live at
2819 Cheverly avenue. They have
q son, Raymond w. Belamy, IT,,
10, and a daughter, Mrs. jeanette
Meyer, who lives in Cheverly.
Ager Is Prince Georges Native.
Mr.. Ager is a native of Prince
Georges County and former stu
dent at the University of Mary
land. His first business connec-
tion was with a Washington flor
list. Later he became associated
with a District fruit and vegetable
commission firm and remained in
that business 20 years.
Five years ago he left his post
and began a series of large scale
housing projects directed from an
office at 1884 Colesville road, Sill
yer Spring. The operations are
conducted under the firm name
Steven G. Self, Inc.
Ager road in Prince Georges
County is named for his late
father. Charles B. Ager, a farmer
and member OF the Maryland
House Of Delegates.
The new sanitary commission
member lives at 6100 Ager road.
He is married and has son,
Charles E. Ager, 18.
ID + MeaslIrns passed