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t th noon d

dlin on April
7. thr \ c ndidat s had filed for
l\1 yor of John onviii . and eight
l1•d filed for council.
'J ho
filing for
yor
iJlc1ud
ent

narrqwly defeated by
present maY.Or E. L. Cox who
will not seek reelection.
The third candidate for the
office . of Mayor is former
Johnsonville l&gt;olice Chief, T. A.
Townsend. Townsend~ 51, is
presently employed as a
security guard at Tupperware.
Two incumbent · councilmen
was

councilwom n
onilie
S.
amp. , the only candidate to
· mak a formal announcement
so far. Mrs. DeCamps, 49, a
hottsewif has served one term are filing for reelection along
n the city council..
•
with six newcomers in the eight
l~andol h Willis,
assistant person race for
the
six
council
•
in~ip
t
ttery Park High seats. Inc 1mbents running are
hool
as a (~ and·date f·~-....· .lienry l\1 : Poston, 32. Director
mayor in the 1974 election and of Researcti and Development

at .W ellman Industries - an
Donnis Lentz, 33, Owner
operator of Lentz Gulf Station ..·•.
Johnsonville. Both men hav
served one term on the council
Other candidates are Willi ~
L. Mace, 51\ Pulic Relatio -Director
at
Wellma
Industries~ James A. Everett,
32,
Manager of Prosser'
Department Store, and Davi
N. Taylro. 34, who is employ
by M_yrtle Beach Fabrics in th
area of merchandising an
production control .
Also filing are John V.
Whiteside, Jr. 40, Farm
anager
for
Lakewood
-lantation,
Mrs.
Shirley
'Neal, 33, a housewife, and
·-wrigOt Carraway, 20, a
tudent at Francis Marion
·- -....ege.
.
These candidates have all
tied their letter of intent with
e F~orence County Clerk of
· ourt and have secured at least
signatures on a petition to
.......k election. The law requireS
petition signed by at least five
r cent of the registered voters
the municipality before the
andidate ~ can be legally
~- ified.
According
to
ohnsonville City t1erk Jo ce
, win, all petitions received

ere in order and all candidates
e certified.

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