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primary are:
Thomas j. Broyhill, 43-year-
old Arlington builder, is a cousin
of Joel T. Broyhill, the 10th Dis
trict's Republican member OF
Congress.
The candidate. who was born
in Wilkes County, N. c., heads
the Arlington building firm
which bears his name and which
he established in 1910.
Mr.. Broyhill has been a men,
ber of the Arlington Democratic
Executive Committee since 1914
and now is serving by appoint
ment of Gov. Battle on two legis-
lative study commissions. One is
reviewing highway safety and
revenue needs and the other was
appointed to mark the route
followed by French forces
through Virginia to the Battle OF
Yorktown.
One of the founders of radio
station WEAM, the candidate is
chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the First National Bank
of Arlington and serves on a
committee appointed by the
County Board to review Zoning
ordinances.
He was a delegate to the 1946
Democratic National Convention
and was an alternate to the Chi
cago convention last year. Dur
ing the war he served with the
Navy Auxiliary of the Potomac
River Naval Command.
Mr.. Broyhill is married and
has five children. The family
lives at 4475 North Twenty-sixth
street. He is a member of Re-
surrection Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Lucy G. Bussey is a for
mer member of the County
School Board and has served or
the Board of Managers and Ex-
ecutive Committee Of the State
Parent-Teachers Association.
A widow, who lives at 253t
Wilson boulevard, Mrs. BusseJ
moved to Arlington in 1924
When her husband died, she en-
teren the building business.
She has been a member of thu
Arlington Community Chest
Recreation Committee and th'
Soroptimist Clrb. She serves OF
the Advisory Cornell for the Vir'
ginia Congress of Parents ane
Teachers and holds membership
in the Women's Democratic Clut
of Arlington, the Organized
Women Voters, the Lyon Parl
Woman's Club and the Chris
tian Science Church.
George p. Grove, attorney anc
native Virginian, has participated
in the activities of so many
civic. church, political and socia
groups that he sometimes loses
track of them.
A Southern Democrat" who
can-and frequently does-quote
Thomas jefferson to make 6
point on current affairs, Mr.
Grove was a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
last year who went to Chicago
espousing the political aspira.
tions of Senator Russell Of Geor.
gia. But he showed equal en-.
thusiasm for Gov. Stevenson
after the nomination and preach.
ed support for the straight party
ticket thereafter.
Born in Strasburg, in the up.
per Shenandoah Valley. he has
lived in Arlington 81 years. He
practices law there.
Mr.. Grove is a veteran of bott
World Wars, having served ir
the Navy the first time and the
Air Force in the later conflict.
He is one of the founders anc
a member of the council of Res.
direction Lutheran Church. Ir
his activities with civic, religion:
and fraternal groups, a number
Of which he has headed, the
candidate has devoted much o1
his time to conservation, having
been one of the first to support
creation of a State Water Con.
troll Board. In the field Of rec.
reation, he initiated the frs
meeting to expand the Washing
ton YMCA into suburban Vir'
ginia.
Among organization activities
Mr.. Grove lists: Founder anC
first commander of the Gen
Billy" Mitchell Post. American
Legion: Red Cross director
Community Chest trustee: or
ganizer and past president of thu
Lions Club; past president, Ar
lington- Fairfax Chapter of th'
Izaak Walton League; forme
judge advocate. Reserve Officers
Association of Virginia; pas
president, Washington Chapte
of the National Sojourners.
Mr.. Grove also is a member o
Kena Temple of the Shrine; ;
past president of the Roanok
College National Alumni Associa
ton and former president q