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The Journal Messenger
Eleven Candidates File In Dumfries Election
Eleven residents of Dumfries have filed for the six council seats and for mayor in June 12 town election.
In the second annual vote since the town was revived a year-ago, James A. Bishop, a member of the present council, has filed for mayor Edward W. Fraley.
The council race finds five other incumbents, or one-time incumbents, competing with four newcomers in the council race.
Incumbents are Randolph S. Brawner, Cecil W. Garrison, Ruel F. Waters and George I. Schlegel. Fred A. Parsels, who lost his council seat to Schlegel last fall on a qualifying technicality, has also filed.
Newcomers in the race are Nick Katsarelis, president of Quantico Auto Sales, John Wilmer Porter, grage owner, and two employees at Fort belvoir, Jesse W. Mountjoy, and Guy R.Reynolds.
Fraley, owner of Dumfries Discount Furniture, lead last year's ticket with 41 votes. Bishop, is employed at the Marine Corp schools at Quantico and presently is town treasurer.
Brawner and garrison, both retired had 40 and 37 votes respectively in last years race. Waters, a gas station operator, won a seat on the council last year when Schlegel was barred by a poll tax technicality until Parsels was unseated.
Retired Marine Alvin Kettlebar, another council incumbent is missing from the slate of candidates.Transcriber
Rachel Hughes