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The Archives/Postwar Growth, 1946-1969

Silvester Schiele, 1946 Obituary

Date
1946
Type
biography
Era
Postwar Growth · 1946

Of the First Rotary Club President Silvester Schiele by General Secretary Philip Lovejoy

With the passing of Silvester Schiele on December 17, 1945, thousands upon thousands of individuals,…

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