1984-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

encrgy . cac.or cvc. bu.lt [n [954 .hc U,S S, Nail
ri/us, .he Rnt nI.u;lu.·powcred lubmaJinc, WI)
llUDched from the bu.ldinl W'Y' [n the lou.h yord
of the Electric Bo.t, .... ith I ructor Ilmlb. to the
oDe budl Ind proven 10 .he dUell of Id.ho, Over
Ihe years thll lillie bit of mlnnc hillory h .. been
... prCKI"'ed by .he memben of .he conneClieut Cluh
of Id,bol and for lhe thud lime in their .l1·yur
nUlence held I leunlon on October IS, 1983, .1
the Grolon Elk, Lodge 10 C rmon, Conneclicul
The evenlOg began wllh the 180 memben .nd
lIlesll ,"endin,l; I ,l;el-lelcqu.lOled eockllil hour,
blnd.h.lllng and 1I0ry·lelhas .bout the joblllCl
The Slonti could be hurd .... herever JlCOfile Sllh·
ercd 10 ,m.1I pOUJlI A Illse builel banquel con·
sinia, of WUlun .ad New Ensland eu",ae WII
clljoyed by all
The formal ceremony WIS emceed by Tom
McCovernl he Cliled for the IIghling of • candle
III remember.nce of the dub membell Ih.t hive
Iloce paned on The Arl/ lIlell InvL/ed 10 Ihe
podium was B.m Holt, .nil/lnl ,enelll mlnl,er
of public aff.,n II Ihe Eleetnc Boal r .nd .n hI!
~ 5latemcnt he pralled Ihe IIroup fOI .heu dedicltlon
to the submlr.ne·bu.ld,n, ,adllUry Tom KIddy,
prcSlhcnt of the Melli Tr.du CouncIl, IJIOke of
the pllde 10 workm.nshlp II Ih key Ihl! kept thl'
poup logelher III theK YUrt, ,0 Plelce, gene •• l
mlugel of the Elcclnc Bent In the I~II '6OI:r
BUlincn M.aa,er Arnold Pmblon of Loc:.1261 ,
Tom Dunn, prolcel engmee'r .nd many olhell
vo.ced theu apPlonl of Ihe club .nd the people
The COmml\lee Ih.t pllt the leunmn in mnllon
cons,sled 01 Bob HOOK, Denn)' C'I"'e)" Jelry Yd ­
laOl, Dick Mlln, ~nd Tom McGovem, Ind 10 Ihe
final phue of p/epII'IIIOn lOirelled ,.fll from busl
nus utabltlhmenn ,n Ihe Irea for U5C u /t,ve·
Iway door pllIU
The I"gut allhe ,llu came frnm loou Appuel
rell.1 Olillel 01 Norwlehlown.-. two· piece: I.Jy'.
Sill! whIch was won by Be. Toullee Olher p«)ple
hom Ihe bUllOcn world who m.de: thIS I memo·
rable teliOlOO were' Croc:aer Memoll.[, Grader
Jewelers, MyUlc Selworld AqLl.lnum, Crut O,a
PIl,n, CrolOnMolOf Inn, Petels family Re5!aulln',
Clive,. luon, Coodson Men'. Shop, Baker hmlly,
ElecU/c 8o.a1 Alblelle Club, .nd the NIPP" fIeld
Dnvln& Ran,e
DancIII& 10 Ihe mll"callOund. of Ihe CI,dIlIlU
,ouDlled "'lit the leUlllun, nih" eye",,,, ,rew late,
one could feel the dosenel5 of Ihe JICOJ"lle who
once mlde, and now ,hire, I lillie bu of mlline
billory wllh all who had .orne pall In m.kln! Ihe
firS! nuelel! JIOwcled .ubm,"ne
TItOMAS I MCCOVIII,N, P S
Muskegon Uses Non-Union
.. Contractors
LU. 275 (catv"em), MUSKfGON, Mlell.-Well,
_J Ibe City falhen keep UYln" "Buy Mu. kc,on and
hirr Mllskegon pcnple," bill they do not p"Cllce
whal Ihey pleach Rccently, the,. .walded I con·
UICI to an OIlI'ol'lown eOnUIClor, Wlnde Mliller
Eleclflc Comp.ny lnon uOlonl, Ihlt hllCJ no IOC:II
people. Also, dupuc the ple.dm,1 of lOme 01 OUI
members .nd fepluenllllve Bob Mud,ell 01 New·
kirk Elecmc II well known unIon conllielor), Ihey
... . warded. contllCI for. wllel·powered ,enCIlIO'
10 IhLl ... me non·uOloo contlaClor II • eOSI of
S71,OOO lbove whl! Newkirk ukcd It hu come
...... 10 my '!lenllon thl! .nother of our communlUe.
has given I conu.cl to Ihe lime non-UOLon lo ul
of·lown) COOlllelOl fo. SS8,000 fIJI telcmete"",
eqll.pment and '" Inu.llauon I! Ihell warer·AI·
". tllllOn pl.nl. The city Is Mu,kegon Helghu, Mlch
.g.n, I city whIch htl the mon unemployed nd
.. Ihe l .. ,en mlnorHy popul,"on of Ollr whole . ru
II IS lime Ihl/ lOme 01 OUI members like" upon
• .hemselvn to prolulluch actions .nd !liCI oUI.nd
fighl fOI our work. I know 11m Ellm .. dOing III
he (an 00 not "nll~" ~ lima" hlmr h, IA. flghtr.r
and needs .11 the cooperalion he cln gct hom Ihe
membership. Our ,urvival i, al .lIke
The FIIuenlh,1 Arl Ccnter Prolect " almost
rcad y to be lei. We WCle ploml'ed thll lob would
b go IInlon. As J w.o.e before, many 01 our Blothel!
donl!cd m.ny hourt olthelr time and l_bmlO Ihe
ArS! prolcct One member of Local 275, Terry Cold,
wu ",enl!., ,hown for a TV docllmentary on Ihe
CII'_ntCI
Mlishgon County bas pUlchascd Ihe old Wlenrr
propcny on Muskegon Lake and pIns 10 lite thi.
lite for I doc:k 'OT a ferry boa.t from Milwaukee 10
Muskegon. The county 15 to the procCJ. 01 pur
eha'1Mg an "n"~ plSsrngCJ and·alllo lury WI
They contempll!e hlyto,shorc power I ra"~n~er
buildlll& and lite hghtlng wh,ch we hoI'" ..,II ~Ive
lOme of our memb