Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-19
1877 Village And Township
Officials TO Be Elected;
II Tax Levies To Be Voted

Ill ak LculcS
London voters will elect their
first state of city officials, choose
members of a City Board of Ed
ucation and pass on a tax levy
at the November 6 election.
Voters in Madison County, at
the same time, will elect a Coun-
ty Board of Education and the
Townships will choose various
township officials and decide for
or against tax levies for their
respective districts. A total of II
levies have been submitted.
Only county voters will cast
ballots on the County Board of
Education, since London is an
exempted district required to
elect its own school board. Candi-
dates for the County Board are,
Isaiah Call and Cecil A. Reed.
Heading the municipal ticket
in London will be Ned P. Speas-
maker, (R-IncunbenD and Maui
ric Beathard Cd for the office of
Mayor They were nominated at
the May 8 primary election
Although Beathard is now
Probate Judge of Madison
County, his appointment TO
the county office by Gov.
Frank ]. Lauscne, was made
at a date too late for remov-
al of his name from the bal
lot. His election would pose a
question for the Board of
Elections since ii is obvious
he could not serve ia both
offices.
New Office
Candidates for a new munich
pal office in London are Lottie
L. Daily and Evelyn Conlon. They
were nominated for City Auditoc;
Mrs. Daily on the Republican
ticket and Miss Conlon on the
Democratic ticket.
Candidates for councilmen-at-
large will be Republicans Ro-
bert NJ. Creath, William j. Robi-
son and James ". Shaw; Demo-
Gratis, John K. Coberly, Don Bar
don and Charles A. Cameron. Co
berly, Shaw and Creath are COM
pleting council terms.
Wallace v. Nichols, is unoppos-
ed for the office of City Solicitor
by virtue of County Prosecutor
Forrest E. Sidener, Jr., with
drawing his candidacy for the
Republican nomination last May.
Seeking election as President
of Council will be Harold II.
Sparkling (R) and Paul E. Hack
EFT Id.
Candidates for other municipal
offices are:
TREASURER. E. Byers tR)
and Vaughn B. Decker ID.
COUNCIL 1st. WARD-Gra-
ham Megaw (R) and Ralph
Whiteside (D).
COUNCIL 2nd. WARD-David
r. Laird (R) and John w. Strou-
pc (D).
COUNCIL 3rd. WARD-B. ".
Chesbrough tR) and Merrill EN-
mons ID.
COUNCIL 4th. WARD-Doris
Holloway (R) and Russell S.
McShane Id.
BID. OF EDUCATION-Mayn-
ard c. Dickerson and Glenn F.
Woosley.
Sparkling Serving AS
Justice of Peace
Harold Sparkling tR) candidate
for president of council is now
serving as Justice of the
Peace, having been appointed to
the office as successor to Justice
Maurice Beatfard following Bea-
lizards appointment as Probate
Judge.
The 1915 Attorney General OPT
Mons No. Ills and 1882 Attorney
General opinions No 4847, avail
able at the County Prosecutor S
office both say that a justice of
peace cannot qualify and become
a member of a village council.
These opinions are based on
Section 4218 of the General Code
of the State of Ohio which reads
as follows:
mo member of q council shall
hold any other office or employ
ment except that of notary
public or state militia or be in
terested in any contract with the
village. Any member who ceases
TO possess any of these quail
fications herein required or re-
moves from the village. shall
forfeit his Office These OPT
Mons refer only to villages.
Section 4207 Of the General
Code of Ohio gives the same ru-
ling for city officials as those
quoted in the above Section 421s
for village officials.
Tax Eesiss
Only the voters Of the respec-