Evening star., 1955-05-03
Nine Mayors Reelected
In Prince Georges Voting

Ill l IHtSO NC
Mayors of nine Prince Georges
County municipalities were re-
turned to Office, and three new
ones were elected as a result
Of balloting in l3 county sreas
yesterday.
College Park
DR.. Charles r. Davis, poultry
pathologist at the University of
Maryland. was reelected Mayor
for a third /two-year term. He
defeated Paul w. Moores, a title
attorney and councilman from
the 5th ward, 1909 to 374.
In a four-way battle for two
at-large council seats, Forrest S.
Holmes. jr., incumbent, with GIG
votes, and Kenneth D. Sein.
with I'll, were the winners.
Losers were Paul M. Steffy, 593
votes, and Robert F. Richards,
48l. William G. Carroll, with
l35 votes. won the first district
seat over John F. Clagett, l22,
and Herbert E. Benson, go.
Five other councilmen were
elected. all without opposition.
They were S. Chester Ward,
I'd ward; j. Chesley Mack. in
cumbent, Sd ward; Joseph C.
Cherry, incumbent, 4th ward;
Henry ]. Krages, 5th ward, and
Frank P. Flury, incumbent, 9Th
ward.
Hyattsville
: The new Mayor is George j.
! O'Hare, until now the 1st
/ ward councilman. He won over
Jacob S. Walker, outgoing I'd
ward councilman, 924 to 686.
Mr.. O'Hare will replace Thomas
E. Arnold, who is reverting to his
old post as 1st ward councilman.
For the latter, Mr.. Arnold re-
ceived 1873 votes. He was un-
opposed.
A three-way scrap for the
I'd ward seat eended in a tie
between two of the candidates
and will necessitate a run-off at
a later date. John w. Bradley
and Walter L. Tatspaugh each
received 1853 votes. The third
man, F. H. Sewers. got 100.
An incumbent, Hugh A. White,
was defeated in the 4th ward
race by Joseph A. Lilly, 387 to
259. George Griebel, incumbent
with 229, was unopposed in the
Sd ward, as was Alfred R. Kier,
incumbent, with 70, in the 5th
ward.
Mount Rainier
Mayor Frederick j. Richard
son, incumbent appointed last
December when Herbert W.
Reichelt resigned to become a
county commissioner, easily de-
feated his challenger, Robert H
Merson. outgoing Sd ward coun-
Gilman. The vote was 902 to
228.
In the 1st ward Arthur j.
Bates, a former councilman for
10 years who was named in
December to replace Mr.. Rich
ardson, won over William F.
Keys. retired Mount Rainier
postmaster and one-time member
of the House of Delegates. The
vote was 226 to LOG.
In the I'd ward incumbent
Warren w. James, with 1856,
had no opposition. w. Burcher
Brown, with 189 votes, was the
best of four for the seat vacated
by Mr.. Merson in the Sd ward.
The others included Floyd B.
Matthias, a former Mayor, with
149 votes: Henry w. Koenig,
46. and James B. Ricks, 8.
/ Jack B. Branson won over
Charles H. Xander, 1872 to GA,
for the 4th ward seat vacated
by Gurney Thompson.
Riverdale
Mayor Claude Warren, retired
investment broker, scored a re-
peat victory over former Mayor
Frederick w. Waigand, ST., the
man he unseated by a write in
vote in 1858. This time both
names were on the printed bal
lots. The margin was $50 to
236.
Three incumbents were re-
elected to council seats. They
were Robert Fuerst, Sd ward.
144 votes; Samuel N. Bell, 5th
ward. 40, and Harry r. King,
9Th ward, 83.
Bladensburg
Only five votes separated the
winner from loser in the race
for Mayor. Leonard G. Simpson,
1st ward councilman, won over
Frank E. Gasch. 291 to 1856. to
succeed Otis Stevens as Mayor.
Mason Howard Cobb won over
John c. Hillhouse, sr.. 159 to
119. for the 1st ward seat, and
John j. Campbell, incumbent,
whipped B. R. Gallegos for the
Sd ward post, 1865 to 1871.
Morningside
The new Mayor, by a one-vote
margin. is w. Jay Lowery. an
incumbent councilman who
earned the top post by garnering