Evening star., 1955-07-13
By MARY LOU WERNER

of the county.
Spirited Contest
The Delegate contest was one
of the most spirited. Mr.. Webb
and Mr.. Hirst often were aligned
with the Young Turk faction
at the last General Assembly
session. They were opposed by
one candidate, Lytton H. Gibson
former Falls Church city at
|torney, regarded as an ally OF
the Byrd organization.
Mr.. Gibson campaigned as a
conservative and courted pro-
segregation votes by promising to
vote for repeal Of the States
compulsory attendance law II
schools are forced to integrate.
He got 4,874 votes.
Mr.. Webb took the opposite
position. He candidly announced
that he would not be a party to
any move to circumvent the Su-
preme Court decision. He polled
the most number of votes of all
three Delegate candidates with
a total Of $500 in Fairfax County
and Falls Church.
Mr.. Hirst stated that some
workable plan acceptable to the
people and the courts must be
developed to meet the Supreme
Court decision. He got 5.494
votes.
Landslide for Fitzgerald
Mr.. Fitzgerald. who currently
lis serving an unexpired term as
Commemorative attorney, was
nominated for that Office by a
Landslide vote over Ernest N.
Hudgins, substitute trial justice
in the county. The vote was
|7.476 for Mr.. Fitzgerald to 2,393
for Mr.. Hudgins in Fairfax
County and Falls Church.
Fairfax County Democrats re-
nominated four incumbent super
|visors-the maximum amount
that could be renominated be-
cause of redistricting. Six in
cumbents were in the race, but
they were running against each
other in two districts be-
cause of redistricting which took
place since the last county wide
election of supervisors.
Mr.. Carper, a member of the
board for "a years and its chair
man for the last 16, coasted to
an easy victory over Paul Reiber.
The vote was 936 for Mr.. Carper
to $40 for Mr.. Reiber. The
proposed master plan was a big
issue in this contest, with Mr..
Reiber indorsing the 3 and S
acre lot minimums recommended
in the plan, and Mr.. Carper op-
posing them.
Wills Is Trounced
Mrs. Wilkins. who is complet-
ing her first term as a super
visor, trounced w. C. Wills, pres
ident of the Fairfax Chamber
OF Commerce, by a vote of 1921
to 522. Mr.. Wills made a big
pitch for votes of segregation
|sympathizers, while Mrs. Wilk-
ins declined. to let segregation
become a major issue of her
campaign. Mr.. Wills opposed the
3 and S acre lot minimums rec
commended by the master plan
and Mrs. Wilkins indorsed the
proposal in principle.
Mr.. De Bell nosed out the
veteran incumbent. Maurice Fox,
In Centreville district in what
was one of the friendliest cam
Ipaigns of the election. The two
incumbents were placed in the
same district by redistricting
Mr.. Fox had been a member of
the board for IS years and Mr..
De Bell for four years. Mr.. De
Bell got 470 votes and Mr.. Fox
received 432. Mr.. De Bell was
running behind for a while until
returns were counted from his
home precinct - Centreville -
where. he enjoyed a comfortable
margin. Two women in the
same contest ran third ard
fourth with votes as follows:
Mrs. Cuba Curtice. 1l3. and
Mrs. Ruby Clarke. 46.
Mrs. Straus Defeated
Mr.. Freehill. another support
er of the county's proposed mas
ter plan lin principle" won in
the new Falls Church district
over Mrs. Elizabeth G. Straus
by a vote of 966 to 563. Falls
Church was left without a super
visor by redistricting.
Lee district had q contest be-
tween two incumbents for super
Ivisor-Mr. Jett and Arthur
IShaffer. The vote was 67S FOR
Mr.. Jett and All for Mr.. Shaffer.
Mr.. Parrish defeated Mrs.
Jane E. Wellemeyer in the new
Mount Vernon district by a vote
Iof 932 to 536.
In Providence district the can
didate who did the least cam
Ipaigning-Mr. Keith--won over
two others. He received Gal
votes. Thomas H. Woods. who
Iput on a vigorous last-minute
campaign, polled 497 votes and
Roland M. Dolder was third with
2oi votes.