Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-10
Spectrum

The scramble is on for Ward
Caddington's $14,5OO-a-year job
as majority clerk to the coun-
tvs Board of Election Super
visors.
Ward, longtime elections Off
cial who could predict voter
turnOuts with uncanny accu-
racy, has been too i'll to work
for well over a year although
he has been kept on the pay
roll. His terms ends June and
he won't, of course, be reap
pointed.
Heading the scramble is Ann
Brol0n, chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee,
t0ho admits she's interested but
denies that she's an active cam
didGte at this time. Another
DISCO member. Ray Murphy, is
trying to get it. And Willard
Morris, Democratic fund raiser,
is also in the race.
Virginia Black, recently re-
elected as Register of Wills,
says it's absolutely untrue that
she is trying for the job. l can't
imagine who started that
rumor," she says.
On Tuesday, the DSSC held a
hectic meeting at which eight
names for appointment to two
of the three seats on the COun-
tvs Board of Election Super
visOrs were agreed upon. Only
three persons had applied, De-
laney #. Brown, Osborne E.
Williams and Marion Clark. De.
laney Brown, apparently, will
not be recommended to the gov
erner but Williams and Mrs.
Clark will.
The governor will nominate
t10o county Democrats for the
jobs, then if the names are con-
ftrn1ed by the State Senate, the
ttCo netOIy-1ppointed members
sitting Nth the lone Repub.
Ecdn-tDiU select the majority
and minority clerks-both of
tOhon1 earn 500 annually.
Rose Dawson will, of course,
get the minority clerks job be-
cause her party lost the last
guebrnatorial election.
Ann Edmonson, longtime sec.
rotary to Ward, by the way, is
also interested, we hear.
Ed Bright repeatedly has the
inside track for the job of Or
phan's Court judge left vacant
by the death of Ella Plummer.
That'll be up to the Governor
to fill it and it should be soon.
James p. CaSbarian, Silver
Sring banker who was trying
hard for the post of State Treas
urer to succeed Hooper S. Miles
who is retiring, is embarrassed.
The word is now that he never
had chance for the jOb-that
Tawes had decided before the
primary who would get It II he
were reelected, but Casbarian
got some bum advice and press
ed for ii. Tawes was embar.
raised, too, the report goes, be-
cause he thinks highly of Cas-
barian and hated to have to
choose between him and BaIti-
more banker John A. Luetke-
meyer who had already been
given the nod.
We goofed last week and
herewith apologize to the ladies
of the League of Women Voters.
This column stated that Cues
ton No. 8 on the November
ballot drew the highest number
of votes of all the questions
listed on the ballot with 55,617
county voters marking ballots
on the Savings and loan
issue. Actually, Question No. 6
(the one creating the new Con-
gressional district) drew the
most votes here with 63,864
voters balloting on it. The
league worked hard on this one
and, as usual, when the gals go
10 work they get results. Little
wonder the one they were most
interested in racked up the big.
gest vote total. We're sorry we
quoted the wrong figures.
There's grot0ing resentment
and fe1r-tItat popular BUD
Noyes may not be reappointed
by the Republicans to the jot
of Juvenile Court Judge. These
people feel he's done a super
ldtiUe job, is recognized nation