. History of Milwaukee, city and county . he Knights of Columbus. Politically he main-tains a non-partisan attitude and in community affairs stands at all times for progressand improvement. JOHN J. WEIHER, JR. John J. Weiher, Jr., filling the office of city clerk and discharging his duties withpromptness and fidelity, so that his course is receiving the strong endorsement of thegeneral public, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 14, 1891. His father,John J. Weiher, Sr., held public office for eighteen years and the family name has thusbeen closely associated with the administration of p
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . he Knights of Columbus. Politically he main-tains a non-partisan attitude and in community affairs stands at all times for progressand improvement. JOHN J. WEIHER, JR. John J. Weiher, Jr., filling the office of city clerk and discharging his duties withpromptness and fidelity, so that his course is receiving the strong endorsement of thegeneral public, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 14, 1891. His father,John J. Weiher, Sr., held public office for eighteen years and the family name has thusbeen closely associated with the administration of public affairs in this city for anextended period and has ever been a synonym for reliability and progressiveness. JohnJ. Weiher, Sr., was born near Posen, Germ^any, of Polish parentage, as was his wife,who bore the maiden name of Annastasia Stormowski. They accompanied theirrespective parents to America in early childhood and when twenty-one years of ageJohn J. Weiher, Sr., turned his attention to the grading business as a contractor and. JOHX J. wi:ihi;r, jr. TITSTOKY <W ^FTLWAT-KKE 591 afterward took up road and highway coiistniotion. He made some of the largest excava-tions in the city and his contracting work was of an important character. John J. Weiher. Jr., pursued his early education in St. Hedwigs parochial school,from which he was graduated with the class of June. 190(i. Later he attended theSacred Heart College at Watertown, Wisconsin, and was graduated on the completionof an English course in 1910. He next became a student in Notre Dame Iniversity ofIndiana but was forced to give up his studies on account of ill health. In early man-hood he taught in a preparatory school and afterward entered into partnership in thecontracting business with his father and brother. Arthur D. Weiher, under the firmstyle of Weiher & Sons. He has since been connected witli this business, the companyenjoying a literal patronage as the result of their efficiency and reliability. On the
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