Evening star., 1952-01-01
Fairfax Supervisors
Appoint {. {. Massey
As County Executive
BY Mary Lou Werner

The new Fairfax County Board
OF Supervisors today named Carl
ton c. Massey. county manager
of Henrico County, as the first
county executive in Fairfax at an
$4,000 annual salary.
His appointment will become
effective in about Is days. Until
that time r. M. Loughborough,
former executive secretary, will
serve as temporary county ex-
ecutive.
The county executive form of
government became effective in
Fairfax today as a new board
OF supervisors took Office.
The new board also appointed
six members to the school board.
1t is the first time school board
members have been named by the
county governing body. Their ap-
pointment was made by a court
designated board under the old
form of government.
Board Members Listed.
The six new school board men,
bers and the districts they will
represent are:
Mrs. Almorine Crowther, Mount
Vernon district; Richard E.
Shands, Providence district, and F.
w. Robinson, Dranesville district,
all members of the old board, and
Randolph R. Buckley, Centreville
district; Hills Lory, Lee district,
and Robert F. Davis, Falls Church
district.
The first order of business as
the new Board of Supervisors
convened today was the re-
election of G. Wallace Carper as
chairman. Mr.. Carper was the
incumbent member from Provi-
dence district.
The appointment of Mr.. Massey
was announced Immediately
afterwards. The new executive.
who was present at the meeting,
has been manager of Henrico
County, adjoining Richmond, for
eight years. He said his service
in that county had been pleasant
and he hated to leave, but he
considered the opportunity in
Fairfax real challenge because
1t involves setting up a brand new
form of government.
Received Degree From VPI,
Born in Spotsylvania County A
years ago, Mr.. Massey was gradu-
ated from R. E. Lee High School
there. He received a degree in
civil engineering in 1928 from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute !.
During the ensuing 10 years he
was city engineer and admins
trative assistant to the city man
ager at Fredericksburg. Va.
Mr.. Massey served as town man
ager OF Salem. Va, from 1898 to
1943 and then went to Henrico
County, which is a suburban-typeI
county similar to Fairfax in some
respects. 1t has a popuation of
about $4,000.
He married the former Miss
Margaret L. Cunningham of Alex
andria in 1884 and they have
two daughters, IA and IL years
old.
A seventh school board member.
to represent the county at large,
is to be appointed after the court
decides whether the town of
Herndon is entitled to a special
representative on the school
board.
Routine Matters Handled.
After the appointment of the
executive and school board mem
bers was settled, the board took
up a number OF routine resolu-
tions that had been agreed to in
series of meetings held before
they took Office.
One of the first matters was to
vote for creation of a department
Of assessments separate from the
finance department. Mrs. Anne
Wilkins, representing Fall Church
district, cast the only dissenting
vote because she said she IA
vored a department of assess
mentS within the framework of
the finance department.
In addition to Mr.. Carper and
Mrs. Wilkins. other members of
the new board are Maurice Fox,
Dranesville district, and Arthur
Shaffer, Mount Vernon district,
both holdover members, and Stu
art DeBell, Centreville district,
and Clarence B. Jett, Lee district.