Real Estate Board; Civitan Club; American Legion; Isaac Walton
League. Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1950.

C. RAY BARNES, Republican, Carroll County; born in Taylors-
ville, September 15, 1890. Attended Carroll County public schools.
Retired farmer. Director, First National Bank of Mt. Airy; Director,
Mt. Airy Building & Loan Association. Served as Superintendent of
Taylorsville Methodist Sunday School for twenty years. Widower.
Elected to the House of Delegates in 1926.

EDWARD J. BARTOS, SR., Democrat, Baltimore 2nd; born in
Baltimore, October 26, 1897. Attended Baltimore parochial schools.
Steel worker. Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1950.

HENRY T. BAYNES, Democrat, Baltimore 6th; born in Baltimore,
April 11, 1889. Attended Baltimore public schools. Florist. Member
of the House of Delegates, 1938-50, and since 1954.

RUDOLPH BEHOUNEK, Democrat, Baltimore 2nd; born in
Czechoslovakia, October 11, 1893. Businessman. Former member,
Port Development Commission of Baltimore City. Married. Member
of the House of Delegates, 1939-41, and since 1949.

EARL BENNETT, Democrat, Dorchester County; born on Holland
Island, June 24, 1894. Attended Dorchester County public schools.
Sales Representative. Served with Naval Aviation in 1919. Married.
Member of the House of Delegates, 1935-38; member of the Senate,
1938-46. Elcted to the House of Delegates in 1954.

JACOB B. BERKSON, Republican, Washington County; born in
Hagerstown, December 6, 1925. Attended Washington County public
schools; University of Virginia, A.B. 1947; University of Virginia
Law School, LL.B. 1949. Member of the Maryland and Virginia Bars.
Navy Veteran, World War II and Korean War. Trial Magistrate
of Washington County, 1951-52. Member, American Bar Association.
Married. Elected to House of Delegates in 1954.

ORLAND B. BLADES, Democrat, Caroline County; born in Sea-
ford, Delaware, August 29, 1901. Attended Preston public schools;
Washington College. Feed and farm machinery dealer. International
Counselor, Lions. Member, Masons. Married. Elected to the House
of Delegates in 1950.

MYRON L. BLOOM, Democrat, Washington County; born in Tilgh-
manton, August 16, 1896. Attended Washington County public
schools; Western Maryland College. Grain dealer and former school
principal at Downsville. Postmaster, St. James, Washington County,
1926-43. Director, Washington County National Savings Bank of
Williamsport. Trustee, Ashland College, Ashland, Ohio; Washington
County Hospital; Washington County Orphans' Home; Washington
County Historical Society. Married. Elected to the House of Dele-
gates in 1942.

A. GORDON BOONE, Democrat, Baltimore County; born in Balti-
more County, December 2, 1910. Attended Baltimore public schools;
Jacob Tome Institute; The Johns Hopkins University, A.B. 1934.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1937. Served with the Amphibious
Forces, U. S. Naval Reserve, as Lieutenant Commander, 1942-45.
Counsel to the Baltimore County Welfare Board, 1940-42. President,
Baltimore County Bar Association. 1950-51. Unmarried. Elected
to the House of Delegates in 1946. Majority Leader, 1951-52, 1955-57.