Evening star., 1953-07-05

Izaak Walton League; former
judge advocate, Reserve Officers
Association of Virginia: past
president. Washington Chapter
of the National Sojourners.
Mr.. Grove also is member of
Kena Temple of the Shrine: a
past president of the Roanoke
College National Alumni Associa-
ton and former president Of
National University Alumni As
sociation.
Mr.. Grove is married and lives
at 1908 North Albermarle street.
]. Maynard Magruder is the
incumbent who is the dean" of
Arlington's delegation to the
General Assembly. having served
continuously in the House Of
Delegates since 1943.
Mr.. Magruder is in the insur-
ance and real estate business.
After five regular and five spe-
cial sessions of the Legislature
he has attained seniority on a
number of the leading House
committees.
He would be in line for chair
manship of the powerful Coun-
ties, Cities and Towns Commit
tee which passes on all local bills,
if reelected. The present chair
man. Delegate Charles H. Loving
of Bath, is a candidate for lieu
tenant-governor, and the second
ranking member already heads
another major committee.
The 63-year-old legislator was
floor manager of the redistrict-
ing bill at the 1852 session which
gave Northern Virginia a new
congressional district. He was a
co-sponsor of the legislation
which created the extra seat in
the House which figures in his
present campaign.
Educated at the University of
Maryland and Georgetown Uni
versity Law School. Mr.. Ma
gruder is a former chairman of
the Arlington Public Utilities
Commission; past president of
the Lions Club. a delegate to the
County Civic Federation. and is
the Virginia member of the
Board of Governors of the Coun-
Gil of State Governments, of
which he served as chairman last
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Magruder live at
4119 Twenty-third street.
Harrison Mann, former chair
man of the Arlington Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, was
the first of the candidates to
announce.
The 45-year-old attorney now
is member of the Democratic
State Central Committee and the
10th District Democratic Com
mlttee. He is former vice.
president of the Arlington Civic
Federation and was the county's
first co-ordinator of civil defense.
Mr. Mann was graduated from
the University of Virginia and
helped to establish the Univer-
sity's educational center in
Northern Virginia. He is a past
president of the Washington
Chapter of the University of Vir-
ginia Alumni Association.
A captain in the Marine Corps
during World War II. he saw
action in the Philippines. He is a
member of the Marine Corps Re-
serve Officers Association and
the American Legion.
MIR. Mann also is a member of
the Izaak Walton League. the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Virginia. District and Supreme
Court bars.
Mr.. Mann, his wife, the former
Frances Hart of Roanoke, and
two children live at 1918 South
Arlington Ridge road. He is a
member of the Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Kathryn III. Stone, a for
mer vice president of the League
of Women Voters of the United
States. stated in her original an
nouncement of candidacy that
she is supporting State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick for Governor
in the Democratic primary.
This made her the center Of
a controversy for awhile with
some supporters of Mr.. Fenwick's S
gubernatorial opponent, Thomas
B. Stanley. questioning her right
to run as Democratic candi-
date. They asked her to re
nounce" alleged support of nun-
partisans.
Last year Mrs. Stone was vice
a