Evening star., 1953-05-05
5NeW Mayors
Are Elected in
Prince Georges
Claude Warren Wins
In RiyerdoIe as
WEite-In Candidate

AASSSASA46
These were some of the de-
velopmentS yesterday as residents
of 13 of the county's 26 incor-
porated communities went to the
polls in annual municipal elec-
tionS.
AS expected, the most spirited
races were in Riverdale, College
Park and Cheverly.
It was Riverdale where the
write-in, Claude Warren, ousted
veteran Mayor Frederick w.
Waigand by a four-vote margin.
And in College Park Walter F.
Mulligan, president of the
County Civic Federation. lost out
in his bid for reelection to the
College Park Town Council. A
local referendum also was de-
feated there. In Cheverly
four-way fight for the nlayoralty
seat attracted the largest turn
out of voters in a municipal elec-
tion within the town.
The results:
RIVERDALE-Mr. Warren de-
feated Mayor Waigand, 294 to
200, in balloting which conceiv-
ably could have ended in tie.
Another write-in, Mrs. Margaret
Mattingly, received four votes. In
addition, 16 ballots were disquali-
fed. Mayor Waigand's name was
the only one on the ballot. Mr..
Warren had been ruled out
earlier on grounds his petition
had insufficient qualified voters
as Signers.
Mr.. Waigand indicated last
night he planned no appeal Of
the decision. In fact he preSid-
ed over a council meeting i'm
mediately after the counting. to
certify accuracy of the results.
Elected councilmen were Rob-
ert G. Fuerst, 95 votes, in the Sd
ward: I. N. Goodwin, 80, in the
5th ward, and Arthur Brunei,
So, in the 9Th ward. All are in
cumbentS and we're unopposed.4
Their terms will be for two years.
COLLEGE PARK-For Mayor,
DR.. Charles r. Davis, with 1922
votes, was unopposed for re-elec-
ton.
For councilmen at large, win
ners were Forrest S. Holmes, jr.,
with 676, and Joseph c. Long
ridge, incumbent, 629. Losers
were Lee c. Prickett, 1888; Mr..
Mulligan, 356. and George w.
Senge, jr, 155.
In the 1st district, Albert F.
Vierheller beat Mrs. Marguerite
A. Kates. 189 to 73. In the I'd
district, Carroll E. Cox, with
$50. was unopposed. as was
j. w. Chesley Mack, incumbent,
who received IL in the Sd dis
trict. In the 4th district, in
cumbent Joseph C. Cherry de-
feated George E. Lauterbach, 121
to 86. In the 5th district, Paul
w. Moores defeated Mrs. Yolanda
F.. Wood, who had won a place
on the ballot after a court suit
upheld her in an argument
whether she is a property holder.
The vote was 162 to 1T. In
the new 9Th district, Frank P.
Flury. with IS, won over Earl
w. Ward, II votes; Eugene E.
Appenzeller, 81, and Alfred E.
Wachte1. jr., 18.
In one of two referenda, the
4th, 5th and 9Th districts, cover
ing the areas of Berwyn, Branch
vile, Daniels Park and Holly
wood. rejected, 288 to 244, pro-
poSal to levy a SIS tax for build
ing a youth community center
and a f1rehouse. In the other,
voters in the northern part of
town voted, 1876, in favor of
annexing adjoining land.
CHEVERLY - Lawrence A.
Yates was elected Mayor to re-
place DR.. Edward A. Saloon.
He polled 400 votes. His oppo-
nents were Bernard E. Roache,
247: James c. Stanier, 245 and
Arthur B. Hartung, 100. Alto
gether 1.116 votes were cast.
For the council, Earl j. Atzrott,
with So, won over three write
ins, Van Ratteree, with 25;
Charles Kidwell, IL, and Thomas
Asche. jr.,1, in the 1st ward;
Herbert c. Stumpf beat Wilbur
A. johnson, 1913 to 110, in the
3rd ward. and John K. Dorr de-
feated Charles Ausmus, 1913 to
81, in the 9Th ward.
BLADENSBURG-CouncilmanI
Otis L. Stevens won over Council
man Josias M. Cobb for the two
year term to succeed Mayor Vim
cent McCarran. The vote was
283 to 146.
For the council. Mrs. Susanna
K. Cristofane. with 100 votes,
won the Eastward seat over
John C. Hillhouse. 86 votes, and
Eugene F. Baldi, 8. In the third
ward. Leslie R. Pennington de-
feated H. Austin Stevens (no re-
lation to the new mayor. 104 to
68. The council posts are for
four-year terms.
MORNINGSIDE - Harold w.
Shugarts. the only holdover from
the old town council, polled the
most votes, 161. of seven candi-
dates and traditionally will be
the one to serve as mayor. Har-
old Hopper, the outgoing mayor,
didn't seek reelection. Other
council winners were William
Jay Lowery, $50 votes; Donald
P. Holmes. 1872, and Matthew P.
Rosch and Leonard F. Gardner,
both tied with 1913. Losers were
Lloyd E. Deans, 124, and Max
well H. Black, 109.
DISTRICT HEIGHTS-J.W Will
liam Mcnamara topped Thomas
r. Entegart by a one-vote mar
gin. 165 to 164. for a three-year
term on the three-man board of
commissioners. The 342 total
vote was the largest in town
balloting to date.