1984-02 February IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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W~ a.~ UII~m~ly g.aldul 10 Ih~ m~mbe.s and
offic~fI of Local 488 fo. allow,n8 u, Ihe usc of the
vallous IIU. 10' our m~etm" for our .d.uhment
pthennAplace, for the UK of Ih~ kuchcn facilities,
aod fa. OUI pnvalc flo.ag~ plac~ It I. In LDducub·
abl~ plusu.e fo. us 10 plher on Ih~ lUI Sa.urday
of every monlh and spend, few houlJ 10 • h'r
monlOu, Ind fn~ndly confabulltlon, wuhm ,he
w.rm .nd plulanl quar'e., of our union OUIS IS
• sm.1I dub 10 numcnc.1 membt"r.h,p, bUI 10
lums of \0111 conunuous . I:c umullfed slIndmg
ID the [BEW, It r:ank. wllh Ihe ,I.nu of our
fru~rnllY Our ",aId up membershIp "and. al 35.
bUI ou r loul I:onunuou. member. hip of.ll those
35 loul, 1,505 yu •• 10 the [BEW Our olde"
membc. hI! 65 YUII and au. yOUngUI member
h~~ 36 yur~ • • 11 ~ ... ntln",oully accumuilled Tbose
were by no mun. usv yean fo. Iny of us. Tbere
were many bard,h'p"nd lIeullcn mfiicled on III
of UI. The.e we.C many yeall of lus'enly and
dls'ppomlmcn!lI fOI c.leh 01 us But .omehow we
IlwlY' mlna,ed 10 OVClcome Ihe cluel blows of
dndny
We lie now bcgmnm, tbe 12th YUI of Our
UJOC1I110n, lookm, forw"d wllh b,sh 'P"'u .,,",
U,CI .lol1clpllion The fulUrc holds many enigmas
and ,dvenluru fa. UI B,u we fed Ihat .he best "
y~1 10 M We lie IIvln, from d.lY 10 day, bumbly
grlleful 10 Ihe Alml,hty Cod. 101 ,lIowlng uS the
opponunlly 10 bt" 11111 robull enou,.tl 10 III U
IpeCIIIO" on Ihc sldehnes .Ind witch Ihe patade
of hf~ II II conunually unlolds ;1$ dUI,n, befOle
OUI eyn
SnPlIi.N I HUNYADI, P S
Scribe Reports On
December Meeting
RETIREES CLUB Of L.U. 595.0AKLA ND, CAL- _
The ,nhulng on I)e .. e",b." 14 at Flance~cu 'l
Restaurant fOI our 11th Annu,,1 Ch".tmn Lunch ·
con Party broughl 10 a don a successful year of
"Sood fellowship" Ind a b.,e IOcrUle 10 OUI
memMllblp Atlendant t WIS Ihe l.lrsell lu.noul
ID Ih~ club'. hlllOry. wllh the membcn and thell
w,vtt enJoy,ns III the fenlvlllcs of th~ scawn A
new lOnOUIIGn WII the plaYInK of I mUJlcal
back,rnund ~",Ia ~m, .lIon, of ChflS1mu ealob
000. pilUS wel~ 'Iv~n ,nd the Annu,l Yearly
Club Raffle .... 11 drawn PlltlClpatlOn 10 pm~ fOI
OUr yearly funds .... rre pUlch,sed by OUI wOlklOg
"'Olhru at Ihell Ole T,me" Nile . • yurly function
01 Loc.1 595, and by OUI retlleCi " the luncheon
To .11, oUlthanks, for you. conlfl butlnS donauon.
to Clrry on whit I. expecled \0 bt" .n even Mllel
19S". 10 cvcnu and tnteflllnmeDt fOI OUI club.
Our p' CI,dent, Lyle Bolin, lOIlOOUCc:d 10 tbe
g.ubelln.ll 01" guUIS, B,UlOn, Mana,cl Tom Swee
ney. II well as h" It.ff PUt p.e"denu and ,he
newlyelec l ~d sl,,( of offieeu ~nd committee head _"
fot the new year 1984 WCle also nf(h:LIlly ,nuoduced
Also brough, forth. for all to see. w.s the large
new plal,jUC wah the namt:.~ nl "'.., nfflrt.s ~nd
challci memh,n IIlscr!bcd ThIS wu a ILi, to Ihe
club by Chcslcr Bakcl ThiS plaque Will selve Ihe
dub for many future ycau. wllh tbe ,ddlllonil
plalel to be lO $Cllbed w,th Ibe namn who WIll
follow lO Our lOOUICPI
A MIlled Ih.n" was abo extcndcd 10 III the
uDSlln, helpers and eommltteu whoH: wOlk and
effnrt. In the club', bt"h.1i In,uled the IIIC«U 01
our ICIlVIllU dUlm, 198J
Our dub now looks for ..... rd to a ,.u,er H:IIU
of ~venll 10 1984, Ind .... e once .IplO lO Ih,s ncw
year extend an open hand of welcomc fo'.I11 rellleu
and thO$C Brolhe", on d,ub,IIIY, who h,ve not
,clIDed U' • • n attend OUI monthly meelLn,s, beld
the Kcond Fllday of n ch momh lO Ihe lowel hall
of Ihe unIon 1\ noon
YOUI WIVes lie npecI.lly IOvlled to ,am uUI
ladlU. u they. too. , hale III the many aCflVlllCl
wb,ch mah up au. dub'. 'lIctenlul 10lmal
10m 10 Ihe "JL;ood fell owlhlp" and .enew "ole
acqu.lOt.ntn", don'l let the munlh, of Ihe yealS
slip by. 01 WILt 101 "Ole Time" Nile," when we
oller all yUI • monlhly ,erto,ether
OUI 595 RellJeu Club utends to III BrothelS
and w,ve! 01 OUt nu,onw,de dubi ~ Happy New
Yur
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Officer Reports On
Trip To Canada
RETIR EES AND WIDOYLS CLUB OF LU. 683,
COLUMII US. OHIO- I lecenlly drove 10 Alaska
lOWing a lJ·foot ltaLlcl The rOute wu Clnld.l
Rnute I I.vm Wmmpcg 10 Call1ary. Ih~n north \ 0
EdmonlOn, hum tbere Ihe AICan ,hrollllh Hmil h
Culumbia and the Yukon to Faubanks Ind then 10
Ancbolage Ibe highways lie Clccplinnilly JL;ood
.Ind mall a'( fou.·lane. It was I VUI advcmure
Thosc who wI~h 10 take a lIaller ~huu1d make
rue rv a.lun~ ahcad. es pcc •.I11y In Ancholll:t ~nd
hllban""
While 10 Ancbollllc, I wu welcomed by 68J
Imbasydor 01 goodWIll h.1 Lcadbelle. and h'l
beauuful w.le Marge, Earl has be~n 10 Aluka
nurly 10 yea.s and bu played hosl 10 many 01 ou.
membels wh,le ,n Ancbora,e Cong.alula tions.lnd
many Ihanks, EIII and Mar,e
Had a convcnatlon wllb Bud C"rnton, bll~lnt$$
manager and CtO'ge HICb, J'I~51dent of Local
1547 ICllret$ Bud. CeOl,r, and DIXie II~ 10 M
conVatulatcd iOI Ibell enduvon 10 lormm, Ihe
IClire~s dub and Iheu afllhatlon wLlb the NCSC,
Also met Pew Bur, ..). ~ .......,J,,,.,U' ,,' ,he Tum·
tt~u dub
Any rellle~
who would ILkc '0 mOlor to Alaskl
WIll find thelc re.lIy IS nul 100 much to 11. vcry
lillie difllcllhy from M ..,d, tl",)u!;b O~wbc . Yuu
w,ll find Ihe Mnunlles ;n Canada arc very coop·
eral1V~ on r~d lepolls. elc. Conuct Ihe Canld .. n
Embassy bt"/Ol~ leavmll Th~y will/urmsh .11 nec·
uury InfOrmltlon.
AI our Septembel mecllng LI was unammou$ly
agreed IU change Ihe name of our club to Loc.1
683 RCllleu and W,dows Club. the purpo~ beln,
to hlve the Widows of both Our .cllreet .nd aClive
m~mbers become m~mMfI 01 our club Thll IS
rec ommendcd to all club.
728 Forming
Softball Team
BILL SIlRUV,. PLI.u
RETIR EES CLUB OF LOCAL 728. fT. l,AUDER·
DALE, FLA._ All 01 you .Cllled members thould
have IIlended laM C'·e01n,'1 meelln, of Loc.1 728
"'COIC Cb.,rnl .." ,.w ,... hutl ul.pbyed Ihe trophy
.hat WIll be p.es~nled to tbe WlOne. nf the f.lmcd
" M. Lcg,t\s" conleSI As of now Ibe fronl n.LnnCrS
lit B M Weldon and YOUI I' S. We hopc you ,Uln
OUt 10 5uppon onl! of ynu r own You will ICC the
result 10 nnl mnnlh's Journal
Local 728's 50ftballlum \I now fOtnl1ng and has
belUn p.acllc~ . We w,lI be cOmptllng fo r Ihe
catther'. iob NOI 100 many of ynu ,upported yOllr
leam lUI yell although Ihey were a WlOnel They
played In IWO Ie.gues, Placed second In on~ Ind
Ih"d In Ihe OIhe. ~nd we.e fifth overall Ollt of
IIxty tum). Hnpe to ..... r all of you, nOt only II Ihe
pmn but al the pIlCUC~ ICU'ons We WIll be
plaYing two O1gbls eacb w~ek
II's aboul lime fo. Ihe Local 728 blood bank
r~ny . ru you know .h~y tlVt ~ d,nne. p,ny wben
th~y 'ue've .wenty pLOU of blood. Blood Bank
Chairman and Plcsuienl Ca.l WUcJt plesenled
,.lIon med~lh o ni 10 SI51~ ' 1 Claue F'O$I and lanel
F~an Also Local 728 Sccrel~ry Rn,em.ry In~h! .
Each 90 d.y. Ihe blood bank mobIle unll \J at your
hal] .0 accept donal1ons Now thai xli age rtn"e·
flOnS lie hhed we exPCCled to $C~ m~1 01 you
.Cl1reUII Ihe lUI ~ISII Cnme on down, you may
onc day br able 10 U$C YOUI own blood You WIll
.ecclve, Ir(:e dinner an d , fnhng you cannol buy
That wit a ~ rand ~UIUt( wh"n you invited Lucy
.nd Roscmary. Local 728 ,eCrtllnes '0 OUI next
d,nnel meel1ng We art p.oud of you
~ ... .., HI=IN'. J1 S
Medical Advice,
Political Action Stressed
IBEYo' RETIREES Of BREVARD CO. JLU. l Ola
SPO NSO R)-AI Oul November metun! the club
welcomed loscpb lI.1ker, Lo