Former Mayor Visits His "Home Town"
L to R: Arthur Theriault, former Mayor of the Village of Weston; Donald R. Getz, Assistant Director of NAL; Bradley Bennett, representing the Universities Research Association, and John Downs, Mayor of West Chicago, at ceremony held on March 11, 1971 at NAL, formally winding up the affairs of the Village offices. Note plaque on ground previously presented commemorating the residents of the Village of Weston
Arthur Theriault, former Mayor of the Village of Weston, visited his former "home town" last week as a guest of the Laboratory. Theriault was a catalyst in "selling" the location of NAL in Illinois. Now a bank official in Chicago, he resides in nearby West Chicago.
Weston's formal affairs have now been officially wound up and the village has been officially dissolved.
In a brief ceremony in front of the Director's complex in the NAL Village (formerly Weston), Theriault was presented with a plastic-encased B-2 magnet outer coil as a memento of his early association with the Laboratory. In return, Theriault gave the Laboratory the original charter of incorporation for the Village of Weston, dated October 23, 1963, and the former village's corporate seal. Both will become a part of the NAL Village Exhibit Hall.
Theriault's family then toured the village and the main site. They were joined by the Rev. Henry Wilkening, of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, West Chicago, and Mayor John Downs, of West Chicago.