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A LONG ERA of “petticoat rule” will come to an end in the Town of Washington when the election of city officials takes place in May. Tuesday, the deadline for candidates to file for the election, found a male candidate for the mayor’s seat and one man filed for a council seat.
The Lady Mayor and all-woman council have been ruling the roost since 1950, and this is the first time since that any men have even considered the positions. Mrs. Dorothy Davis has served as the mayor of the town except for two terms since the initial landslide election which put the ladies in power. She
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