Milford chronicle., 1954-01-29
Kent Board
OF Elections
Has Selected
New Officers
Jack Mcdonald, Dover,
Is Unanimous Choice
For President; John r.
Rogers, Jr., Elected To
Secretaryship.

The Kent County Department Of
Elections reoFganized Tuesday af-
ternoOn of this week with the cleo
ton of John r. Mcdonald, Dover,
as president, and John R. Rogers,
Jr., Frederick, as secretary.
Mr. Mcdonald succeeds Earle N.
Faulkner, Rising Sun, who held
the post for the past four years
and still has one year remaining
of his present term as a member
of the department. Mr.. Rogers
succeeds w. c. Paradee, Magnolia,
who had been secretary for two
years.
The new president and secre-
tary are Republicans and their
predecessors are Democrats. Mr..
Rogers is a stepsOn of Mr.. Paradee.
The department members present
ed Mr.. Paradee with fountain pen
in tribute to his services.
Mrs. Myra G. KERN, Dover, was
reelected chief clerk. She has
been chief clerk since her first ap-
pointment to fill a vacancy last
June 1. She is a former clerk of
the Kent County Court of Common
Pleas, a position she held for eight
years.
The members of the department
are: Mr.. Mcdonald, whose term has
two more years to run; Mr.. Faux
ner, and Howard r. Moore, Lynch
Heights, Milford, a Republican,
who was recently reappointed a
member for a three-year term by
Governor J. Caleb Boggs after hav-
ing filled an unexpired term.
The elections by the department
are for two-year terms. Mr.. Faux
ner is the oldest member. of the de-
partment in point of service.
Mr.. Mcdonald, a resident of Do
yer the past IS years, is a Navy
veteran of World War II and af-
ter his discharge, was insurance
officer for the Veterans Administra-
ton for four years, with offices in
Wilmington. After that, he OPEN
ed an insurance brokerage business
in Dover, which he still conducts.
The new department head was a
Republican presidential electOr in
connection with the last general
election. representing Kent County
in the casting of Delaware's three
votes in the electoral college for
President Eisenhower and Vice
President Nixon. He was chairman
of thee Kent County Citizens for
Eisenhower preceding the 1852 Re-
publican Convention.
Mr.. Mcdonald is a former state
director of the Active Young Re
publicans, a past commander of
Dover Post No. 2, Delaware Vet
Grams of World War II; a member
of the Kent County Republican Ad-
visOry Committee, and a director
Of the Mapledale Country Club.
Mr.. Rogers, a funeral director OF
Frederick, served two terms as
Kent County coroner and is vice
president of the Kent County Ac.
tive Young Republicans. He served
fOur-and-a-half years with the
Quartermaster Division in the An
titles area in World War II will
the rank of technical sergeant. He
is president of the board of trus
tees of the Frederick Methods
Church and member of the Fred
erica Fire Company.
Lists Detectives
Mr.. Mcdonald announced tina
one of the main detectives of tn,
department from now until cleo
ton will be to acquaint the publ,
with the operation of the vOtin,
machines on a completely non
political basis, work that alread,
has been under way with the new
board president having appeare,
before several groups 20 explain
the machines.
He takes over as head of tn
department in a year when a full
registration will take place unde
1858 law. While the dates 70
the general registration days
all election districts of the stat
are fixed by law, the department
Mr.. Mcdonald advised will late
fix dates on which voters may an
pear at the departments Office t
register.
He also said the department ha
completed a survey by which
hopes to be able to settle on per
manent polling places in the coun
ty, with places such as fire house
and schools preferred. Under sue
a system, the voting machine
would be kept all the time at tn
places, the voters would knoV
their polling places without havin
to anticipate changes. and the pos
sibility of damage to the vOtin
machines in transportation wOul
be avoided.
He also disclosed that numbe
of residents of the second electio
district of the second represents
tive district, largest voting area /
the county. have made Overtures I
have the district divided into tw
districts. The district at the la,
election had a registration in e.
cess Of 1890 and residents, repre-
senting both major political pa
ties, have recommended a division
The department has the subject III
l der consideration.