Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-01-01
KENT POSTS TO
BE FILLED JAN. 6
Newly-elected Kent County
Officials To Take Office
January 9th
SENATORS LISTED

When the newly elected and re-
elected Kent County officials take
office on Jan. 6, three will continue
in their present posts by reelection
and three will have only to change
office rooms in the Court House.
Col. John P. LeFevre of Dover,
parliamentary; Edward Kelly of
Rising Sun, a Levy Court commits
sioner; and William Fleischauer,
Jr., of Pennington, coroner, are
the ones who will begin new terms.
Colonel LeFevre's reelection is for
four years while the other two
were rejected for two years. Will
liam M. Paskey of FELTON,, present
sheriff, will succeed ]. Wesley
Walls of Marydel as comptroller.
MIR. Walls will move in as register
of wills and Robert Pippin, men,
Der of the present Levy Court, will
take over as sheriff. The outgo-
ing register of wills is Elwood
Kemp of Smyrna, Democrat, who
is completing the second of two
four-year terms in Office. All Of
the incoming or continuing officials
are Democrats. The last election
marked the second consecutive
election in which the Democrats
captured all county offices, includ-
ing the three commissioners of the
Levy Court, first accomplishing
the feat in 1850. The Levy Court
will consist of Mr.. Kelly, who is
president of the court; Fred B.
Greenly, Jr., who will succeed
Amos Minner; and Henry T. Price,
who will succeed Sheriff-elect Pip
pin. The holdover county officials,
also all Democrats, are Robert A.
Salisbury of Harrington, recorder
of deeds; w. Frank Hazel of Smyr-
ma, clerk of the peace; Grafton r.
Heather of Hartly, register in
chancery and clerk of the Orphans
Court; and Grier H. Minner of
Woodside, county treasurer and re-
ceiver of taxes. The Kent County
Department of Elections, which is
appointed by the Governor and has
it's office in the Court House, also
has a two-to-one Democratic ma
iority. It's members are Earle N.
Faulkner of Rising Sun, president,
and Walter Paskey, Jr., of Har-
rington, Democrats; and Benjamin
f. Simmons of Dover, Republican.
The new Levy Court will have ap-
pointments during its ter min Of
flee of a county board of assess
ment and warden of the Kent
County Jail, the latter appoint
ment coming in the last weeks of
it's tenure.
Next state Senate
Going into the State Senate
from Kent County as a result of
the last election will be Charles G.
Moore of Hartly, Democrat, to sue
coed Dudley Crossley of Clayton,
Democrat, from the second sena-
torial district; and Jehu F. Camp
er of FELTON,, Democrat, to succeed
William o. Cubbage of Willow
Grove, Democrat, fourth senatorial
district. The holdover senators
from the county are Walter Hans
berry of Leipsic, Democrat, first
senatorial district; re. Cowgirl
Barnard of Woodside, Republican,
third senatorial district, and John
M. Longbotham of Milford, fifth
senatorial district. The Kent Re-
publicans will have five of the 10
seats in the next House of Repre-
sentatives as compared with four
Republican representatives and six
Democrats in the outgoing House.
The House delegation from Kent
County and the ones whom the
new members will replace are:
Ernest v. Blendt, d., succeeding
Clarence Collins, state treasurer
elect, r., First District; George ].
Pyott, r., succeeding Howard w.
Jones, D., Second District; Carlton
Davis, D., succeeding Allen ]. Cook
D., Third District; Roger A. Davis,
r., succeeding Donald G. Carey,
d.. Fourth District; Mrs. Vera G.
Davis, r., succeeding Capt. H. H.
Hanson, r., Fifth District; Samuel
T. Hughes, d., succeeding John II.
Cahall D., Sixth District; John D.
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