Evening star., 1954-06-03

not a candidate for reelection
The four seeking the G.. o. p
nomination on primary day in
clude his chief deputy and a for
mer county sheriff. The winning
Republican will face the winning
Democrat from among six as
pirants in the general election
November 2.
Here are the Republican can
didateS:
Ellis G. Duley, jr.-The chief
deputy under Mr.. Beall since
December, 1850. He is 27 years
old, married and has two chill
dren. He has the backing of the
-county's Republican State Cen
trail Committee, of which Sheriff
Beall is a member and seeking
reelection.
He lives in Rosaryville, near
Upper Marlboro, and has spent
his entire life in that area. He
describes himself as a quiet.
country boy" who wouldn't be
seeking the nomination had Mr..
Beall been a candidate.
Mr.. Duley was a gunner's mate
in the Navy for more than two
years in World War II. His du-
ties as deputy sheriff, he said,
have kept him too busy to be
joining any organizations.
Marlin G. Filling-A 37-year-
old night pressroom foreman at
Graphic Arts Press, Inc. in
Washington. He has been a
county resident since 1947 and
now lives at 6112 LOngfellow
street, East Riverdale. He is
a candidate, he says, because he
feels the sheriff's office has not
been operating right" and be-
cause he is "sick Of political ma
chimes"
He is married and a veteran
of over five years service with
the Army Air Force during
World War II, both as an en-
listed man and commissioned
officer. He was an aviation ca
det and then became a flying
instructor and test pilot,
He is q member Of the Tenn
pleton Knolls Citizens Associa-
ton, Cheverly American Legion
Post, Irish War Veterans, the
International Printing Press
mems Union and teveral Re-
publican clubs.
w. Curtis HOpkins-The coun-
tvs sheriff from 1880 to 1884 and
for the past four years, its reg
lister of wills. He is 66 years old.
married, and has five children
and seven grandchildren. He has
lived in Hall, a rural area on
State Route 214, all his life and
maintains a real, estate business
there and in Upper Marlboro.
He ran for clerk of the county's
Circuit Court in 1884, but lost
to the late Brice Bowie, a Demo-
crat. From then until 1912, he
operated an automobile agency
in Upper Marlboro. He is a
director of the Farmers Mer-
chants Bank in the county seat
and also the Marlboro Tobacco
Market.
He was educated in public
schools of the county and a busi-
ness college in Baltimore. About
his candidacy now, he says he
thinks he can straighten out
the Office" He adds, 1T hasn't
been that way since I was there" I"
]. Roger Sansbury-He is a
native of the county who is seek
ing the post once held by his
grandfather, James A. Sweeney,
and two other relatives. He is
35 years old and lives on Old
Marlboro pike. next to the For
eStville f1rehouse.
Married and the father Of
three children, he is employed
as a driver-SaleSman for a beer
distributor in the county. This is
his first bid for public Office and
he is doing so as an independent.
He has been active for the
Republican Party on the local
level since he was old enough to
vote and his family have been
Republicans for several genera
tions. He is active in the Forest
vile Volunteer Fire Department,
ForeStville Citizens Association
and A1nha Theta Ensilon fra.