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Number 295
APRIL 6, 1966
Anderson wins
Mayor's Race
Election Fills
Council Positions
By ROBERT SOLOVEY
Battalion Staff Writer
D. A. Anderson defeated T. R.
Holleman by a slim 34 vote mar-
gin in . the mayor's race during
Tuesday's city elections.
H. B. Adams, 0. M. Holt and
A. P. Boyett were winners in
the contest for city council spots.
The voting showed 437 ballots
for Anderson and 403 votes for
T. R. Holleman.
City Manager Ron Boswell
described the turnout as average
but did not release the exact fig-
ures of eligible voters.
Anderson, 56, of 1202 Foster,
heads the Texas Forest Service's
Information and Education De-
partment. A graduate of Texas
A &M, he has lived in the area
for the past 27 years.
In Ward 1, H. B. Adams won a
council seat by defeating J. E.
Kirby, 305 -116. Adams, who
lives at 205 Timber, was not
available for comment.
Except for 38 write -in votes,
0. M. Holt ran unopposed and
won the election in Ward 2 with
235 votes.
Holt, of 1016 Francis, is pro-
fessor in the Department of Ag-
ricultural. Education. An A &M
graduate, he is mayor pro tem-
pore and has lived in College
Station for 18 years.
In Ward 3 and running unop-
posed, A. P. Boyett tallied 101
votes.
Boyett, 43, is a native College
Station resident. He is a self -
employed rent property salesman
and lives at 4300 Culpepper.
The new mayor thanked his
supporters and pledged to serve
the community to the best of his
ability.
"I am honored to have been
elected by the people of College
Station. I will accept their
mandate to serve as mayor," An-
derson said.
"I appreciate the confidence of
the people. I would like to thank
and to acknowledge the help of
those that worked in my behalf.
"It is with humility and hum -
bleness that I accept this office,
and I will work in the people's
behalf for the betterment of the
College Station community," he
added.
-- Anderson said his program for
improvement includes bettering
the College Station water dis-
tribution system to provide suf-
ficient water to the people and
for fire fighting equipment.
Speaking about the three coun-
cilmen elected, Anderson said he
thought they could all work to-
gether in harmony for the bene-
fit of the community.
A meeting will be held this
Thursday to canvass the votes.
A special election will be held
later to fill the post left vacant
by J. A. Orr, who resigned at
the last session.
Boswell had predicted a turn-
out of 1000 voters but the actual
count was 840. This is 126 more
than last year and 414 more than
the election in 1964.
The race for mayor was the
first contested election in the
last 20 years. The office was
vacated by Ernest Langford, 74,
who had served 12 consecutive
terms before announcing his re-
tirement earlier this year.
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New Officials
Two new faces at the College Station City Council table compare notes on the
city's growth. D. A. (Andy) Anderson, right, and Homer B. Adams won con-
tested races in yesterday's election. Anderson was elected mayor and Adams in
new councilman from Ward 1. (Eagle Photo by Gene Dennis)