Evening star., 1955-05-03

the most votes. l25, over IS
other candidates. Also elected
to the council we're Wilbur NJ.
Price, 1914: Lee H. Parr. another
incumbent. l04; John D. Smith.
98. and William A. Schaub, 96.
Another candidate, Jacob
Buenzli. also received 96 votes
but agreed to relinquiSh the post
to Mr.. Schaub rather than cause
a runoff.
Runners-up and their votes
were Jesse H. Holmes, 81;
Thomas S. Hall. sr.. "a; Ernst o.
Krausman. IS: Daniel G. Snyder,
So; Nolan w. Henley, At; AM
thony S. Casale, IS; Tobias Hart
wick, %, and Wilmer o. Pen
nington, 10 The outgoing Mayor.
Mathew P. Rosch, was not q
candidate.
District Heights
L. T. Happy" Gates, the
towns first Mayor. was reelected
for second one-year term. He
defeated John w. Shoap, former
police chief, 300 to ITO.
In the First Ward, E. Michael
Roll, with 152 votes, was un-
opposed. In the Second Ward,
Leslie E. Sauve, incumbent,
barely won over Charles w.
Knight, 49 to 48. p
Cheverly
Mayor Lawrence A. Yates,
with 205 votes, had no opposi-
ton in his bid for reelection to
a second two-year term.
, For the Council, John w.
Augustine, with nine write-in
votes, received the majority Of
"a write-ins divided among 10
aspirants. Herbert c. Stumpf,
incumbent, with SO votes. in the
Third Ward, and John K. Dorr,
incumbent. with 80 votes, in the
Sixth Ward, were unopposed.
North Brentwood
William D. Bellows, city postal
clerk and the community's Mayor
for the last 10 years, was re-
elected for sixth two-year term
with SO votes. He had no op-
position.
A two-way fight for the First
Ward council seat found George
A. Smith unseating the incum.
bent. Harlan A. Carter, by one
vote margin, 26 to Is. Mrs. Ora
M. Bullock, with 81 votes, was
elected treasurer.
| Glen Arden
! BY a 90-to-22 vote, Mayor
James R. Cousins, jr., Naval Gun
Factory employe, was elected to
his eighth two-year term. His
opponent was Robert Holland.
| In a f1ve-way race for four
town council posts, the winners
were George Barber. Ill votes:
Charles R. Scott. 106: Raymond
Carter, SO. and Thomas Holland,
81, all incumbents. The loser
was Raymond Smith, 80 votes.
! By a 66-to-34 vote, town resi-.
dents approved an amendment
to the local charter, increasing
the tax rate from rs cents to so
cents per 500 assessed property
valuation. Another amendment,
to increase the towns borrowing
power limit from $1,000 to Z per
cent of the total assessed valu-
alton, was approved, IS to 80.
Fairmount Heights
Mayor James A. Campbell was
reelected for his seventh two
year term in row with lit
votes. He was unopposed.
In an eight-way fight for three
"at-large" town council posts,
one incumbent was reelected
and two others were ousted. The
winners were Clarence Anthony.
incumbent, So votes: William c.
Kinds, II votes, and w. F. Nc
Comb, 49 votes. The runners-up
were Miles Cole. As votes, and
Mrs. Florence A. johnson. 80
votes. the two ousted incum-
bents; Wesley King and Joseph
c. Mines. as votes each, and
James Davis, jr., 43 votes.
Edmonston
Mayor George w. Page, ST.,
with 81 votes, was reelected for
a second tWo-year term.
Mrs. Thelma B. Parrish de-
feated Mrs. Maude L. Powell. 80
to 35. in the towns only contest.
This was for town treasurer, Q
post held until now by Mrs. Ber-
nice Law. The incumbent coun-
cilmen. Francis D. Finch of the
first ward and William P. Hickey
of the second ward, received 80
votes each. They had no OPP
position.
Cottage City
Two incumbents were renamed
to the towns Board of Commits
sioners. Vincent A. Simmel Of
the first ward and present chair
man of the group, received 81
votes. against one write-in vote.
Edward Hudgins, with 40 votes.
had no opposition for commis-
sioner at large. .