Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 6, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 January 1948 — ’48 TURNOVER AT COURTHOUSE WILL BE LIGHT [ARTICLE]

’48 TURNOVER AT COURTHOUSE WILL BE LIGHT

Few Changes To Be Made In Ranks of County’s 0 f f i c ial Family Next Month The ranks of the county’s officj ial family will undergo little j change with the arrival of the New Year next Thursday. The only newcomers to the i courthouse will be Henry Token, who will take over the duties of County Treasurer as successor to Howard B. Clark who is completing his second term in that office; Waldby (“Wad”) Duggleby of Kankakee township, who will succeed William H. Middelkamp who will step out of office after three highly successful terms as commissioner of the first district, and Frank F. Hardman, who will enter , upon a one-year term as Recorder i following the resignation of Wil- | liam H. Bagler, who is closing out seven years of service in that capacity. As he leaves the Re- | corder’s office, Mr. Balder will take over the duties of Mayor of Rensselaer, as successor to Mayor Conrad Kellner. Mr. Hardman was appointed to the Recorder | post by the county commissioners at a recent meeting.

Other than the above, there will be no change of faces. County Surveyor E. D. Nesbitt and County Coroner Dr. Ray Beaver will | continue in those roles, each having been elected to the posts they already occupied at the time of - the November election. County Auditor H. R. Wood will enter upon his last year of office on January 1. He entered the office in 1939 by appointment and was elected to the office two j times. Sheriff William Webb and Clerk Ivan Carson began their first terms last January, as did County Assessor Harley Bruce. Miss Barbara Sands will continue as Deputy Treasurer and | Miss Margaret Bahler will continue to serve as Deputy Recorder, roles they have handled so i well under the incumbent officials of those offices. The holdover commissioners are Russell Critser and Brown sLamj born. The office of Judge of Jas- : per circuit court, will find Judge Moses Leopold at that station, that office not having been subi ject to the November election. The township trustee began ' their terms last JanuaryIn the city officeholder ranks there will be four newcomers. Mayor William H. Bahler and Councilmen Russell Hadley, Wendell Martin and Howard Randle. Mr. Hadley can hardly be considered a newcomer, however, for he is already acting in that role as appointee to the post left vacant by the regignation of Councilman Harry Swartzell. The holdover council men —are —Waldo Garrigues and Joseph Critser.