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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1949
Page
1
Members of the Fred B Swanson Shrine club of Joliet will host dignitaries from other organizations at a special show in the Joliet Township High School auditorium tomorrow night. Officers shown left to right are Otto Pohlers secretary Dr Harry Weitzel treasurer Ralph Rhodes president and Gus Carlson vice president.
Local Junior Chamber of Commerce organizes Boy Scouts to assume city administration Saturday morning during National Americanization Week activities. Photo shows health and safety commissioner William Gierich, water and sewer commissioner Stephen Lloyd, fire chief Billy Robinson, streets and roads commissioner Richard Longman, police chief Dick Foster, finance commissioner Bob Kelley, with acting mayor yet unnamed.
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