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Joliet Gossip and Community Snapshots 1948
A collage of local chatter highlights residents’ daily lives. Notables include Howard Geissler’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon presidency at Denison University and Mildred Lazar’s election as sophomore class secretary. Jests, social events, and neighborhood notes populate the page with names, places, and small-town color.
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Howard Geissler
Walter Geissler
Taylor Street
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
Howard
Mildred M. Lazar
Broadway
University of Illinois College of Pharmacy