Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1914 — MAYOR SPITLER NAMES COMMITTEE [ARTICLE]

MAYOR SPITLER NAMES COMMITTEE

New Administration Will Hold Regular Council Meeting Monday Night of Next Week. ,> ' . £ —. ; as - - Mayor Meyers gave a farewell dinner Monday evening to his official colleagues and to the new city ofcolleagues, a sort of welcome affair for all the new city officials: Those present were:

Mayor Meyers; Mayor-Elect Spitler, retiring councilman: Bean, Catt, Hopkins, Grow and Kresler; the hew councilmen: Warner, King, Tobias, Wood and J. G. Kresler; former Marshal Mustard, Marshal Shesler,„ Officer Critser, City Attorney Leopold, retiring Treasurer Thompson City Engineer Osborne, Eire Chief Montgomery, Clerk Morlan, City Light and Water Superintendent Chamberlin and Secretary of the City Board" of Health, Dr. M. D. Gwin. The dinner consisted of roast turkey and an abundunce of other things. Following the dinner, which was served in four courses, some speech making was indulged in, all present being urged to respond. Mayor Meyers acted as toastmaster and made a brief review of his administration, following it by calling on others present. Later he presented Mayor-Elect Sptler with the “keX to the city, a wooden key about 18 inches long and painted with bronze. Later Clerk Morlan administered the oath of office to Mr. Spitler and all other new officers except Charles M. Sands, treasurer, whose sickness presented him from attending. Mayor Spitler made a short speech stating what he hoped to be fcble to accomplish during his administration, and at the conclusion appointed his committees, ais follows: Enance, Claims; Contracts and Ordinances—F. W. Tobias, W. R. Wood, H. E. King. Streets, Alleys, Sidewalks and Public Safety—Wood, King, Warner. - '

Electric Lights, Water Works, Public Property and Education— Kresler, Tobias and Wood. Sewers, Drainage, Bridge and San-itation-King, Warner and Kresler. Eire Department, Niusancee, Resolutions, Rules—Warner, Kresler and Tobias. City Board of Health-Dr. M. D. Qtwin, Dr. C. E. Johnson and C. E. Simpson. The regular meeting of the city oouncil will take place next Monday night