Description: Walter Gajewski was city clerk from 1950 to 1980, making him one of the longest serving politicians in the nation. The photo was taken about 1970 in city hall, which had been St. Francis Hospital until it closed in 1969. Gajewski is behind the counter. He is handing papers to Mayor Joseph Grzecki, Sr. At far right is clerk’s office secretary Irene Smolarek and Zig Stachowicz, a former councilman