Evening star., 1952-11-05
MRS. Baylor Leads
Montgomery Race
For School Board
By ChorIes l. Hoffman

Mrs. Ben B. Baylor, jr.. member
of the present Montgomery
County School Board. led the field
yesterday in chalking up 31,201
votes in unofficial returns in the
10-way race for four seats on the
board.
Also elected to continue to serve
on the School Board was Wylie
w. Barrow, a member of the board
since 1948. He received 23,703
votes.
The other two victorious candi-
dates were William F Bulls, OPP
orator OF a private school In Silver
Spring with 24,722 votes. and
Harrison c. King. Laytonsville
farmer. with 21.031 votes.
Favor More Economy.
Mr.. King and Mr.. Bulls in their
campaigns had indicated they
favored more economy in the OPP
Grafton and construction Of
schools
The unofficial results are not
final. The official canvass will
get under way at noon tomorrow.
According to Ward Caddington Of
the Board of Election Supervisors.
some 800 servicemens absentee
ballots are still to be counted.
Mr.. King nosed out by fewer
than 1000 votes Leslie M. Able
of Rockville and Mrs. Richard l..
jenkins, Bethesda housewife and
school textbook author. They re-
ceived 20.687 and 20,554 votes.
respectively. ..
Yesterdays School Board elec-
ton was the fist ever held in the
State.
The four members-elect will join
H. Stanley Stine, Mrs. Durward
V. Sandifer and DR.. Roy Tasco
Davis, holdover appointed mem
berS, to make up the seven man
board on January I. Thomas jack
son, whose term expires this year,
did not seek election.
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4 Yesterdays election of Mr.. King
was a victory for the up-county
rural residents, who for two years
have not had a representative on
the board. It was evident that
many suburban residents felt the
upper county should be repre-
Sented, as much of Mr.. Kings
vote came from the Bethesda and
!; Wheaton districts. ,s.ss,
The four-man slate nominated
and supported by the recently
] formed. Citizens Association for
Public Schools took q sharp defeat,
with only Mrs. Baylor coming
through victorious.
\ Mrs. Baylor and Mr.. Barrow
both had received support from
a number of county weekly news
papers.
i The election results were seen
as approval Of the present boards
extensive school construction pro-
gram. but a demand that the
board work toward more economic
methods of building. -
MR. Bulls, during the campaign,
continually carried the initiative.
attacking the CAPS activities as
political" and urging that "econ-
omy" was needed in building new
schools. I'D s @ 4
/ Z Mr.. King, however, although
considered a member Of the
i ';econonny. group of candidates.
had pressed for&voter support as
being the only "real farmer" who
could represent the rural people
on the board.
The four new elected members
will. serve with the three. hold
over Governor-appointed members
until January l, 1855. At that
time all seven seats will be filled
by elected candidates, one each
!, from the five council districts and
,, two elected at large.
All four candidates yesterday
were elected at large under a rul-
ing by the Board of Election
Supervisors. Some observers had
' feared if an upper county repre-
sentative were not victorious, the
validity of the election might be
challenged by the County Farm
. Bureau. Such a possibility now
! seems remote.