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George V. Barnes Eiecied Mayor on Write-In VotingEdge* Arthur BungerFor Post, 58 to 51,With 205 BallotingA last-dav writf^in vote ram-paign for George V Barnes resulted in his election Tuesday as mayor of Tripoli for a two-year term.With 205 votes east, unusually heavy for a municipal election, Barnes received 58 to edge out Arthur Bunger, who had 51 votes, hunger's supporters had .also put on a last-day campaign for his '•lection, A council member now, B ’neer had not been seeking reflection,The election was marked by a large number of write-in votes, with 15 different tmrsons receiving bnllots for th«* msvor's post, and 23 receiving ballots for the Town Council.Mnnv of the ballots were spoiled, mostly for not putting an “X in the box in front of the write-in candidate's name.Councilman elected were P. L.Crittenden, 184 votes; Wm. Hur-menre, 184; Henry Blasberg, 177; H. C. Juel, 164, and F. F. Car-stensen, 127.What started out to be a quiet election, with onlv the mayor’s post uncertain, turned into a heavy vote, with almost three times as many voting as did two years ago. The write-in campaigns turned the judge’s job in- to a nightmare, the count of the vote taking over two hours.C. C. Eiehmann was reelected♦reasurer with 167 votes. Ray i Bunger, L. H. Fink and M. W. i Bennett each received one votefor the post.Other residents receiving votesfor mayor were E. C. Fink, 10; Dr. L. J. Masmall, 6; Herman TesBmeier, 5; Rudolph Piepors, 4;Hollis Vemeyor, 3; Ed Olejni-c/ak. William A. B”ckley and F.F Carstensen, each 2. and W. A.j Kuker, Mrs. Albert Bock, Har-i old Kuethe. M. W. Bennett and I Wm. Hurmence, each one.
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Tripoli Leader
Tripoli, Iowa, US
Wed, Nov 06, 1957
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