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To every member and family of our 

great Brot herhood, we offer the 

warmest Holiday greetings. May 

you and your loved ones enjoy the 

best of hea lth, full employmen t, 

and all th e blessings of the Holiday 

Season, and ma y th e tru e spirit of 

Brotherhood (over all mankind.

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• It is Christmas time ogoin and all ovor the world the most 

universal and best·loved holiday will be celebrated. Christmas 

once more will be ottended by all the wonderful preparations 

and celebrations which make it mean so much not only to 

children, but to men and women everywhere. It brings to mind 

how important a port that the members of our Brotherhood ploy 

in all that helps make Christmas the gay celebration that it is. 

All over the United States and Canodo, ISEW members in 

thousands of cities and small communities will be stringing lights 

and putting up electrical displays that signify the spirit of 

"Sonto Claus" and "01' Sf. Nick." Our members have been 

busy for months creating the colored lights and electrical 

novelties for Christmas trees and windows and Santa Claus 

lanes. IBEW members have been busy in creating beautiful 

electrical creations in department stores, city squares, shopping 

centers, office buildings, schools and churches. 

All during the Christmas holidays, carols and Christmas programs 

will go forth over the radio and television networks 

where IBEW radio and television broadcast engineers in many 

areas keep the Christmas programs on the air. Other members 

of our union, in all the branches, play an important part everyday 

during the year to make every electrical facility that is used 

during the Christmas season possible. Without the utility 

workers, the cooking of the holiday feasts would not be possible. 

The electrical appliances given as gifts that are manufactured 

by IBEW members would not run without the current supplied 

by our members. 

As IBEW members help make Christmas a much merrier holiday 

season, we are proud too of the Brotherhood's local unions, 

individual members, the ladies auxiliaries, and all who will be 

helping the less fortunate peoples of our communities to have 

a merrier Christmas also. Every year, finc Christmas parties are 

sponsored by our local unions for underprivileged children. 

The giving of clothing and food and money to needy families 

is all done by IBEW members in the spirit of love and good will. 

There are hundreds of other ways that our members also 

contribute by helping their churches and fraternal organizations 

administer to the sick and needy at Christmas time. Every 

member of our Brotherhood is aware of the way thot ISEW 

members bring the joy of Christmas throughout our nations 

in so many ways. 

Sa when the merry carols ring out this season from our TV 

set or radio or stereo, or chime out over our city from an electric 

carillon or when the beautiful Christmas hymns peal 

forth from the electric organ in our churches, we can be proud of 

our great Brotherhood which helps make the Holiday Season 

so wonderful.

Left to right: EM·3 Council President 

Pasquale Gino addressing the meeting. 

Paul Menger, Director, Manufacturing 

Operations Department, reported on 

achievements and future efforts of 

council. 

• The System Council EM-3 

Biannual Meeting W:lS held In 

DCII\er, Colorado, from October 

10th through October 13th. \\ ith 

Local 2300, [)cnvcr, as the host 

local. 

SY!lotclll Council EM-3, beller 

known liS 'The Council on the 

Move," consists of 17 I BEW [ocllls 

whieh rcpre~ent 90,000 Western 

Electric employees. 

Ncwly-dcclCd EM-3 President 

Pasquale Gino. who is also the 

pre~idenl of Local 1898, L:lUreldale, 

Pennsylvania, calleu the mceting to 

orde r and intrOOllceu Eighth D i~trict 

International Vice Presidcnt Stanley 

E. Thompson, who slrcs,>ed the imporl:lnee 

of the 1972 election and 

the job that laboring people faced 

in electing their friclld~ to Congress. 

Director of Manufacturing Opcr- 

EM-3 

Council 

Denver, Colorado 

;Hions Paul Menger gave an up-IOdate 

and concise report on the 

council's achieH!Jncnts in past negotiations 

and .... hat the council can 

aehicvc as a coordinated bargaining 

unit. He cxpre~sed the necessity of 

the council's coordinating its effons 

in communicating with the members 

lind of educating Ihe members about 

Ihe goals that will be s..:t forth in 

1974 bargaining ses!'ions. 

Brother Menger also stressed the 

need and desire of learning from Ihe 

counci!'!> weaknc!os and of building 

new ~t r ~'ngth thal will produce 

greawr results in the future, Hc 

:!It,>urcd the council uf full support 

frorn the International Oflice and 

of the accessibility of all 1.0. facilities 

in helping to sel up proper 

schools to benefit the council. 

Pre!loident Gino stre~sed the importance 

of unity and dedication of 

effort. He alro emphtlsi"ed the importance 

of the council's finding out 

the major priorities from all locnl!lo 

and de\cJoping thl! foundation for 

1IJ7.l ncgotialion~ from those priorities. 

l~residcl1l Gino and the Executive 

Board appointed Warren Fishcr. 

President of Local 202 I, O kl,lhornn 

City, Oklahoma, a~ press ~ccr..:!tary 

for the council in order to a~~url! 

belier communication with the entire 

membership, It will be Brother 

Fi!loher's rcspon!loibility to make pre,>s 

releases about negol1al1ons and 

council rcporl~ aV:lilable to the 

IIJ /~W JOllrnal. 

III his allclr..:!,,:.. l1..:!wl)-dectcll Vice 

l~rcside lH Leo Becker, who is the 

prl!sident of Local 1859, Cicero. 

Illinois, Sl'condell the statements of 

I~rcsident Gino and closed wilh. 

"This council is a council on the 

rnO\c to achieve its goals in 1974." 

(E(IiIOr'!>' IlOle: This (/l'CO/lllt 0/ the 

EM-J meelinK 11'(j.f SlIblllitll'd by 

Pfl'S.f Secrewr,l' IVlIrfl'lI Fisher.) 

Right: Delegates attending the EM·3 

Council meeting in Denver, Colo. 

Below: International Representatives 

WIIO attended t he meeting pose wit h 

Eighth District Vice President Stanley 

Thompson. Front row, left to right, 

Frank Vondra, James Gillis, Vice Presi· 

dent Stanley Thompson, Director of 

Manufacturing Paul Menger, Robert 

Webb, and Anthony Makris. Back row, 

Roland Gawf, Jack Tucker, Robert King, 

Orville Tate, Tom Hickman, and Larry 

Farnan. 

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lOth DistricT 

Railroad 

Progress 

Meetir-ig 

Tenth District Vice 

Progress MeetlnB . 

PreSident Frank T. Gladney addresses the delegates to the 

• "Fun City. USA." otherwise 

known :I:. New York City. was Ihc 

site of the 10th District Progress 

Meeting, held on Scptl!/1locr 21s1 

and 2211d at the Americana Hotd. 

Delegates from the United Stales 

and Canada. representing all major 

railrO:lds in bodl countries, assembled 

for the inform:nivc, two-day 

program. 

The meeting was called to order 

by Temporary Chairman Thom:IS 

Dwyer. President of Local 817, New 

York City. who welcomed the delcgates 

and guests on behalf of all 

railroad local unions in the greater 

New York arca. Prior 10 turning Ihc 

gawl over to International Vice 

President Fran!.. Gh.Jncy. Drolher 

Dwyer. speaking on behalf of the 

members, acknowledged the many 

accomplishments of Brother Gladney 

in the short time he has been 

in oOke and sumJlH,:d up their feelings 

by saying. "I-Ie is the g reate~t 

thing that ever happened 10 Ihe 10th 

Di st rict. '- Thc delegates re~pondcd 

with a standing ovation. 

Vice President Gladney extended 

hi s appreciation and then introduced 

thc officers :wd gue:,\s who 

would take part in the meeting. He 

r\!ad a leiter from Intern:llional 

Pre~idcnt Charles H . Pillard. advi~jng 

of hi, regrets in not being 

able 10 allend the mel,·ting because 

of a heavy work load and prniouslyscheduled 

meetings. 

A dctaikd report of Ihe progress 

made since lasl year's meeting was 

giv\!n. and Vice President Gladney 

briefly remarked on the provisions 

of Ihe October 7. 1971, agrt:cJllent, 

which provided, over its duration, a 

Iota I wage increase amounting to 

$1.22 per hour. Other benefits of 

the agreement included an additional 

holiday, five weeks' vacation for 20 

or morc years of service, li be ralized 

vacation rights for veterans, eovcrage 

for o fl-thl>job injuries. ,lnd a 

national supplernenwl sick leave 

plan 10 become efTeetive July I , 

1973. Vice President Gladney Ihl:n 

announced that the five per cenl incr~ 

.. sc due on October I. 1972, had 

been formally approved by the Pay 

Board. Oillel highlights of his report 

covered the provisions or Ihe con-

Pict ured In a three-way handclasp are, 

left to right, tntern at lonal Sec retary 

Joseph D. Keenan, Assistant Secretary 

of Labor W, J. Usery. and International 

Vice President Frank T. Gladney. 

Pictured, first row, left to right: IBEW Safety Director Charles Tupper, International 

Secretary Joseph D. Keenan, Assistant Labor Secretary W. J. Usery, 

International Vice President Fran k T. Gladney. and International Treasurer Harry 

Van Arsdale, Jr. Second row: AFl·CIQ Railway Employes' Department President 

James E. Yos t and International E~ecut!Ve CounCil member Dutch Halloran 

and IEC Secretary George Patterson. 

tract rcachet! with T he T ravelers 

I n~urancc Company carlier this year, 

a report of the sclliernent on the 

Florida East Coast .. trike_ ant! the 

COlllmon probrcm~ of everyday ofliee 

bu,inc~s. In cI{)~ing his report Vicc 

l )r~'~jdCllt Gladn~') .. oJicited the continued 

cooperation of the members. 

International Trc:t~ura Harry 

Van Arsdalc. J r. gave :In informative 

report 011 the fUlictiom of his 

onice. In addition. he rehlled the 

many problems confronting the New 

York Central Labor Council and the 

progre!.s made by that hody. He 

emph:tsizcd the imporlanee of e\'Cry 

union Im:mbe r\ doing hl, !.harc 10 

protect the un ion label and di~· 

couraged Ihe purcha .. ing or nununion 

producls ami fIJreigtl-tlwde 

goot!s which depri\'c man) American 

families of a decent li\dlhoud. 

Vicc Pr;;,osidcnt Gladnc) Ih~'n presented 

Assistant Sl'crctary of L:tlx)r 

\Y. J. U!)cry. Jr.. who i~ no Mranger 

to the railroad indu~try. Mr. U!>Cry 

ha .. bl'cn taking :111 activc p:lrt in 

national ncgotiatiom h.:I\\cCIi labor 

organiz;uions and major railroad .. III 

the United Stalc\. l ie emphasi7ed 

hi~ belief that collccti\e hargailling 

c:tn Ilc succc~sfui. if all partie, c.)I1- 

cerned endcavor In makc an hone .. t 

elfort to resolw their ([ilference,. Il l' 

reelt arrangement of (lnc confrontation 

after anolher, often time .. 

re .. ulting in Congre,~' being obligated 

\0 loCUIe dispute,>. M r, Usery 

stated that we shoull! all work for a 

I>ell..:r Amcrica and .. aid he ~ec" no 

rea,on why thl, C(l UllIr} should not 

c()ntinu~: to be the grcatc\t producing 

nation in the \\urltl. 

Far left: Some of the delegates attend· 

ing are pictured. 

left: lEe Secretary George Patterson 

and Internal10nat Vice PreSIdent Frank 

T. Gladney. 

,

International Executive Council 

member Ralph " Dulch" I iallofan 

extended greeting:. to the delegates 

and spoke bricfly on his dUlies as a 

council member. I EC Secretary 

GCUlge P. Pallcrson exprc~sed thc 

importance of having all union 

people throughout the world work· 

ing togcther to improvc their standards 

of In'lI1g. 

Followi ng the luncheon recess, 

the film entitled, "Convcntion- 

1970;' was shown. Rubin Levin. 

Editor of tobor, then g,lve a brief 

report on the goals of Ihi, news· 

paper. I Ie solicited the support of all 

loe,lis in striving for II 100 per cen t 

subscription quota, which entitles 

them to the special discount rate. 

Thomas Van Arsdale, Business 

Manager. Loe:ll 3, New York City, 

spoke about the diversified activities 

in which he participates :lIld related 

the diflicuhies lIIuJ demand!. of his 

oltlce, which arc necessary to pHr 

tect the local's jurhdictioll. I Ie assured 

the delegates that he has 

always rec ..·ivcd full cooperation 

from the many railroad locab in the 

metropolitan :Irea. 

Jame, E. YOSt. President of the 

Ra ilway Fmployce~' Dep,IT[lllcnt, 

AFL-CIO, ga\c an address on 

progress now being made with respect 

to the finalizing of the sick 

leave agreement. Pre,ident Yosl 

brought the delegate:. up to date Oil 

organizing activities. advising that 

Ihe department is currently allempling 

to organize emplo}ces of the 

Auto-Train Corpor:Hion and the 

Bay Area Rapid -I ran,it Sy~tcm 

(DART) in San Frarlcil>Co. I-Ie as· 

sured the dc!egates that everything 

po\:.ible is being done by organized 

labor to protect and retain lhe Rail· 

road Retirement System; notwith 

~ ta nding publicized reports, ample 

funds :t re available to administer the 

plan for at least the next 16 years. 

President Y o~t is confident Ihat 

there is sunicient tillle to implement 

necessary changes to improve the 

plan and make it aClUarialiy sound. 

I BEW Safety Director Charles 

Tupper conveyed the importance of 

safety and the delegates' responsi· 

bility to sec that adequate safety 

standards, ll'i prescribed by federal 

laws. arc provided for railroad 

lIIembers. He urged the locals to 

promote safety cOlllmittees and 

spoke on the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act. 

Intern ational Secretary Joseph D. 

Keenan covcred the problems 

orgllilizing continually in order 

Ilwinwin a con:.tant mClI\ber.!>hip and 

emphasized the e n ()rmou~ efforts 

made by thc BrOlherhood in order 

to inc r ea~1! its lIlernber:.hip. lie 

hammered away at critical cvents 

facing labor, pointing 10 the political 

1 

Pictured are tnternatlonal Treasurer Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., 

and International Vice President Frank T. Gladney. 

2 

Internationat Vice PreSident Frank T. Gladney. lelt. confers 

With IEC Secretary George Patterson and International Secre· 

tary Joseph D. Keenan. 

3 

More of the delegates to the Tenth District Progress Meet· 

ing are pICtured. 

4 

International Vice President Gladney accepted this gift f rom i-••• ~~ 

the Canadian delegation. Lelt to right are IEC Secretary 

George Patterson, General Chairman W. K. Redhead. In· 

ternational Vice President Ghllllltl)'. General ChairmOln ViC 

Clements, and International Representative Thivierge. 

6 IBEW Journal

situation, and commented on foreign 

trade investments, bringing up lhe 

fact thai, at thc present, foreign 

trade inwslmcm policic~ ha\"e resulted 

in Ihc los!. of over 900.000 

job opporlunilic\ in Ih..: pa~t fi\c 

}ears. In 1971. for the firM time in 

this CenlUr}, the U.S. trade dcficit 

\loa!. 52-billion; the deficil for the 

fir\! qU;lrtl'r of 1972 \\a\ S 1.5-billion. 

Brother Keenan said Ihal 

our industrial Mrength has eroded 

through the export of tcchnnlogy, 

capital, and producth-e c:lpacity. 

\\hile Ihe North Amcrican marketplace 

IlOI.~ been merrun by imports 

that look away tens of tholl:>ands 

of job in s Llch industric!. as textiles. 

apparel . shoes, Icather, electronics. 

steel, and autos. 

On thl.! second day of the mC":ling. 

DeForest Cline, r..:pn:s..:nting Ih..: Bureau 

of A pprenticeship and 'I raining, 

U.S. Depart ment of Labor. 

spoke about apprellliecship on an 

over-all basis and strcssed I hl.! importance 

of scning up propl·r ;.pprenticcship 

program s in the railroad 

industry. 

Brother I. V. Clcrm:nls, Generul 

Chairman of Systl'm Council 33. 

reported on thc aCli\ ities of the 

Canadian m"':lllbers, relating that 

the problems and sit uation\ experienced 

in Canada arc si milar to thme 

of :til railroad people. Brother 

cOIlf;IIII

A L()cal 

Celebr-ates 

Its sUth 

Anniver-sar-y 

Editors' Note: As many 01 our loclil 

unions are approachIng. or have even 

reached, fhe;r BOth Anniversary as 

chartered locals of the 18EW, we havI! 

c:hosen to print Ihe following artic/e, 

"80 Years 01 Growlh," the sloty 01 

local 17, Detroit, by Business Manager 

Peter J. McManus, as /I typifies Ihe 

e."y struggles 01 the older ISEW loca/s 

and their determination to exist and 

progress . 

• The story of Local 17 begins 

in 1892, when President Henry 

Miller of the National Brotherhood 

of Electrical Workers ( BEW) arrived 

in Detroit. He rode ill on the 

bumpers of a frl!ight train because 

lhe infant labor movement could nol 

afford to supply its leaders with the 

salaries and expense money that arc 

now taken for gmnlcli. 

Miller, only 43 years old when he 

died, for years after his trip to 

Detroit, organized the city's electrical 

workers. On March 11, 1892, 

Local 17 was chartcred by the Nationul 

BrOlherhood of Elcctrical 

Workers. A s its name indicatcs, it 

was the 17th NBEW local in the 

country. Today, Local 17 is one of 

only a handful of the original 17 

locals that urc still nclive. 

Honored guests enjoying the celebration are International President Charles 

H. Pillard, ~nter,

The first officers of Local 17 were 

William Shuart. President; I. 3 . Miller, 

Recording Secretary; and E. J. 

Lane. Financial Secretary. Union 

hir.tory tells us that every Monday 

e\'ening the local met at Hoffman's 

Iiall-now vanished, but formerly 

located :It the corner of Congress 

and R:lndolph streets in downtown 

Detroit. 

From the beginni ng, Local 17 

was 11 determ ined fight er to improve 

the lot of Detroit's electrical workers. 

In the National Union's public:ltion. 

The Electrical lVorJ.l'r, we 

lind thio; item appearing in the February, 

1893. issue, les,> than a year 

after Local 17 wa ... ch:mcred; 

" Reccntly, about 30 armature 

will(.krs of the Detroi t Ekctrical 

Workcrs made a tkmund for inere:lscd 

pay. and, probably fearing 

a .!>trike, the company granted the 

dem.mds before the movcment went 

too r:lr to cause any trouble." 

l nc employcrs had good reason 

to know Local 17 mea nt business. 

In Septcmber, 1892, union trimmers 

and linemcn of Det roit Electric 

Light and Power Company wcnt on 

stri]..e, when three trimmers were 

discharged without cause. The union 

j mlrlllli later rcported that "Ten 

days and lhe loss of 'Ibout as nl:lny 

thousands of dollars ~ ufl1ccd to bring 

the compnny to tcrm~ and to give 

the union oflicial recognition." 

Wages for linemen in those days 

",ere :lboul 552 a month-at the top 

of the scale. M:m} workers recched 

as lillie as S 1.50 a day. No wonder 

th at Local 17 was "bk to record a 

mcmbership of 100 only a few 

months aftc!' the ch,lI"tl'r was issucd! 

Although wages wcre the union's 

primary concern, from ih \'ery inception 

Local 17 was decply intere~ted 

in Ihe problems of apprcntice 

~hip and on-the-job safety. The local 

was not one year old before the 

members began discu ... sions about 

estabJi~ h i n g an apprentice program. 

And some of the carli est di,putcs 

Local 17 had with the employees 

involved unsafe work ing conditions. 

As you might expect, management 

resisted union complaints about eO Ilditions, 

and WI,! find Ihat in 1893 

the manage!' of the Detroit Citizens 

Strcct Railway was insisting that the 

500 volt~ which frequently jolted 

workers ""'ould not ]"ill." 

Local 17 would not buy this, declaring 

Ihat evcn a hors...· had been 

killed by coming in cOnt:lCI wit h a 

dCl2chcd wire. 

Mind you, horses werc a very important 

part of Ull electrician's work 

in those days. Line rigs were propelled 

by te:lll1~ of hor~es or mules, 

No one dreamed of today's modern 

trucks. 

Local 17 meetings back in the 

1 890~ were Ihely affairs, with a few 

twists that hllvc va nishcd through 

thc years. Local Ofli CI'TS were required 

to appear at thc meetings 

wC:lring \\ hat wer\! dcscribcd as "resplcndent 

badges of red. white and 

bluc." 

Then :IS now, thc local practiced 

brotherhood off the job as well as 

on and held l>ociaJ cwnts to bring 

the 11ll'lll bcr'> IOgethcr and provide a 

little fe ll()w~hip. Thesl' affairs began 

The derby hat was Quite popular 

t o wear as a work hat for linemen 

around the t urn of t he century.

on a smon scn lc, with lhe firsl recorded 

party, held 10 celcbrate the 

granling of the local's charter, being 

held at the vicc president's home, 

The program included "!tpcechcs by 

labor orators, music. dancing and 

social games, followed by refreshmcnts." 

Thc "social games" have 

vanished along with the " rc!tplendent 

badges," but otherwise the program 

is not 100 dHTereOl from the 

program celebrating the ]oc .. l's 80th 

birthday. 

When Loca l 17 held lis second 

birthday party, the celebration was 

moved 10 a public hall-pcrhllps al 

the request of the vice president's 

wife-and the cvening included 

waltzing contests with prizes donaled 

by busincssmen. The union 

JOllrfluf reports the affair was a 

financial succcss, but a reader may 

wonder if there was a connection 

between thc "financial success" and 

an unfortunate happening one 

month later, 

Alas, the treasurer of the local 

took off with union funds and had to 

be taken to courl. But despite this 

setback, Local 17 continued 10 

grow. 

As early as 1894, Local 17 lI1ell\ 

bers knew that what you win at the 

bargaining !lIble can be lost at thl.: 

ballot box and became involved in 

political action. That year, the local 

uniOIl participated in a convention 

called by the Trades Council to draw 

up "n strong, workingman's platform" 

for the November election 

and 1I0minaie candidates pledged to 

suppon that platform. 

Those first members of Local 17 

also knew what the term "union 

solidarity" meant and what a boycott 

could do. In 1896, they joined 

olher labor groups in a boycott of 

the Detroit team of thc Wc!tlcnl 

League of Baseball. The team's ball 

park carried signs on the fence adycrlbiug 

/lUll-ullion cigars. Onc 

~ 

,,-- -. 

Old Oobhin was tin important part of the crew In the early days 01 Local 17, 

10 t8E W Jou,not

month of the boycott brought the 

sc:.b signs down, to be replaced by 

advertisements for union-made 

stogies. 

Local 17 was prom inent in the 

fi rst Labor Day pllradcs held in 

D!!troi l. In the 1896 parade. the 

local had two flOllt S, each drawn by 

four horses and fixed up with poles, 

wires, lamps, telephones and, in 

fact, ulmOSl everything in the electrical 

busi ness of the period. To the 

great disappointment of the members, 

the flollts did not win II prize, 

and the local had to be content wi th 

an honornblc mention from the 

judges. 

Union organizing had its advan- 

This Is a picture of members of local 17 working as a live line gans in 

the Overhead LInes Department for DetroIt EdIson In 1924. 

Old modet Ford truck, 1919 vintase . ..... as used for LIneman Maintenance 

crews. 

tages and hazards, then as now, and 

taclay's membe rs can dec ide in what 

category to place the followi ng item 

from the union JO/trlwf concerning 

Local I Ts president: 

"Dame rumor says Ihat one of the 

valued female clerks in the employ 

oC the telephone company will 

shon ly resign her position, to enler 

a life parlnership with President 

Shuart. May their circuit through 

life be always de:.r, with no crosses 

to in terfere with their connubi al 

bli ss ." What better se nd-off could 

union newlyweds hll ve! 

From its ea rliest days, Local 17 

has been blessed wilh the most important 

possession of a labor un ion 

--devoted membership. Those men 

of the 1890s worked hurd to build 

the union lind carry forth its progr:tms 

nnd princi ples. While many of 

their names arc forgotten today, the 

present members of Locn l 17 owe 

them :tn enormous debt. 

Take Gcorge Harrison, a member 

of Local 17 back in 1897. The 

JOllrllof describes him us a Brother 

"who is willing to sit up all night to 

cxpl:ti n the benefits of unionism to 

an electrical worker." Brother Harrison 

must have been a convincing 

talker, because the JOf/mal goes on 

to say that he brought in 20 applications 

for the union with accompanying 

initiation fecs. 

George Harrison was nOt the only 

one of his kind in the local. The 

prcss secretary wrote in the Journal 

the same year: " ) am sorry to sec so 

mallY press secretnries cryi ng, 'No 

attcndance ut lhe mectings.' Boys, 

p:mern you rselves afte r No. 17, and 

your council halls will always be 

overflowing." 

Local I Ts successes were recognized 

by the national union, and in 

the fall of 1897. Detroil was chosen 

as the site for the national convelltion. 

Local 17 played the host, 

scarcely five years after it had been 

chartcred. 

During the week-long mccting, 

business uffairs took up the dele- 

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gates' auention during the day, but 

Local 17 provided emenainment for 

the eveni ngs. The program of en· 

tertainmcnt included "3 trolley party 

to Mt. Clemens, the celebrated 

reso n ... a smoker and entertain· 

ment ... a cycle trip around the 

town and Belle Isle Park." 

l .ocn l 17 continued its steady 

growth as the 19th century drew 

close. The natiOl131 organization of 

which Local 17 was a vital part was 

growing. 100. In 1899, the Sixth 

Convention of the Nalional Broth· 

erilOod of Electrical Workers 

Changed the name of the union to 

Imernatlonal Brotherhood of E1cc· 

trieal Workers, and later that year 

chartered the first Canadiun lBEW 

local. 

During the first decade of the 

20lh century, the new internat ion;, l 

union was faced with serious prob· 

!cm.. of consolidating its strength. 

Not the least of these problems was 

a split in the organization. often 

suspected to have been encouraged 

by employers. which divided the 

union for six years and was nol 

finally resolved until 1912. 

Despite all these difficulties, 

which could not help but affect Local 

17, when the local began pre· 

paring for its 25th Anniversary in 

1916. it could boast of lOOper cent 

organization at Edison. 90 per cent 

at Bell , and "a scale second to none 

in th is vicinity." The membership 

had risen to 800, and wages hud 

doubled and tripled. Bell linemen. 

who had earned S 1.50 a day maxi· 

mum 25 years before, now made 

from $3.70 to 54 daily. for ex· 

ample. A year later, Local 17 

proudly announced a general wage 

increase for Edison Public Light. 

police IlILti rire alarm workus, with 

li nemen raised to $5.28 a day, meter 

insta llers to $4.40, and foremen receiving 

the previously·unheard-of 

sum of $4U a week. 

When the United States entered 

World War I, LocaJ 17 members 

worked on the home front and on 

the b:ntlefields. By 19 18, the local 

had 303 members serving in the 

Arnled Forces and countless others 

working for the government in and 

around Detroit. At the war's end. 

the loc:11 was able to find jobs for 

all its return in g servicemen, and in 

1 ~19 reported that nil members of 

the local were emploYl.!d. 

In 1927, Detroit again hosted the 

International Union's convention, 

and this was a history-making meeting, 

for it was at this convention 

that the IBEW Pension Plan was 

CSlahli .. hecl. Coming as it did, only 

a few years before the Great Dc· 

pression hit our nation. the pension 

plan and its 20 years' continuous· 

good-standing requirement pre. 

venled the union from a greater 

loss of membership in those days 

of widespread unemployment. 

Local 17 was keenly ",w:lre uf 

the depression. It warned members 

of the union from other pans of the 

eountry not to come to Detroit for 

jobs. Layoffs were taking place 

throughout the area. and the local 

wa~ keenly concerned about the 

welfare of the members. Men 40 

:lIld 45 years old, the local said in 

u resulutiuiI udl)ptcd in 1930, were 

being den ied work and relegated to 

Ihl.l scrap heap. The local urged thut 

Michigan establish a pension system 

to aid these older workcrs-re· 

member, there was no Social Security 

system in those days. 

Local 17 and its members pulled 

through the depression and late in 

the 1930s launched an intensive or· 

gun izing drive. Oy r 941, the local's 

press sccretury was able to r('cord, 

at the start of the year, that the 

previous yenr was "u pleasant and 

kind one for Illost of the members." 

Whel' World War II once again 

brought the United States into war, 

members of Local 17 played the 

same role they had 25 years before 

locat 17 is proud of Its 

progress in safety over 

the years, work practices 

have certainly chanaed 

since this picture was 

taken in 1908.

in the fi rst World War, eit her servtng 

in the military or keeping the 

landing labor organizations 

in the area. 

T hc local serves ils members 10- 

day in countless ways, On the job 

fro nt, it ha:. ugreclllen ts with 14 

d iffe rcnt employers, insuring the 

rights of the mcmbers it represcnts, 

Wc have g:lincd jurisdiction over 

undcrground work, defined jurisdictional 

boundaries and increased 

our substation work by almost 100 

per ccnt. Steward education classes 

arc building our union leadership, 

and our locn l union paper keeps 

ou r mcmbership informed, We own 

our headqu:lrters. which is a center 

for our union aCli,ities, 

We arc proud of our wage scale, 

of our apprcntice!.hip program, of 

our pension plan and our camp:!ign 

for job safety. but we arc not rcsting 

on our laurels, We look forward 

to future gilins in these and other 

arcas. 

O ff thc job, ou r mcmbers :.Iso 

;1fe served by thcir loeu l. Since 

1946, we have had our own Blood 

Bank. In 1956. the Local 17 Credit 

Union was organil.cd. J ust :IS our 

Brothers did back in the l890s. wc 

providc social :lfrairs for our mcmbers. 

ranging from dances to trips 

to far-off places. 

Local 17 is 80 YC:lrs young now. 

While :Ill or us may not be ;!round 

for our lOOth birthday party, we are 

sure that Local 17 will be nble then 

to record continued growth, in the 

spirit of those brave nnd dedicatcd 

men who founded our organizlIIion. 

We hnve comc a long way, Brothers, 

and we will conlinuc to go 

forward. 

Pictured here are the present and proud members of local 17's fJleculive 

Board. 

Internat ional Secretary Joseph Keenan is presented Wit h his coat of 

arms by Brot hers Michael Moore and Pete McManus. 

The 80th Anniversary Committee members, left to fiShl. are Jack 

Harmen, William Sullivan, Russell Stock, and Pete McManus.

llth District 

Progress 

Meeting 

Omaha, Nebraska 

Top row, International President Charles H. Pillard 

addresses the delegates to the Eleventh District Progress 

Meeting. And a general view 01 the Progress Meetmg. 

International Vice PreSident Robert K. Garrity presides. 

Second row, lelt to right: Mayor 01 Omaha Gene LeJhy 

welcomes delegates. Internattonal Treasurer Harry Van 

Arsdale. Jr., addresses the delegates. Dwight Swanson, 

President of Iowa Power and Light, spoke to the delegates. 

Pictured at progress meeting. left to right: Gene Rodden, 

Business Manager of Local }439, St. lOUIS. Mo.; Inter· 

natlOn31 President Pillard, International Representative 

Ken S3wyer, and Iowa Power and Ught PreSident Dwight 

Swanson. 

Right: This was the head table dUring the Eleventh District 

Progress Meeting luncheon. Gene Nedved, Local 1362, 

IBEW Scholarship Award winner, expressed his thanks 

at the progress meeting. 

Lower right: Arlie r . Heald, BUSiness Manager of l ocal 265, 

lincoln, Nebr., makes hiS report. BUSiness Manager Lorene 

Palmer of Local 562, SI. Joseph, Mo., also reports to the 

meeting. 

" 

• Eleventh District delegates attended 

an informative and constructive 

progress meeting in Omaha, 

Nebraska, hosted by the member 

locals of the Nebraska Electrical 

Workers Council. 

The meeting had been scheduled 

for Rapid City. Soulh Dakma. bm 

the rcccnt. tragic flood forced a lastminute 

change. The Nebraska locals 

took on the unexpected task of mak- 

IBEW Jo ... rnol

ing arrangements for the mceting 

and some 350 delegates, wives, and 

guests, The results were desc ri bed 

by many delegatcs as, "the best we 

have eve r attended." 

International Vice President 

Robert K. Garrity called the meeting 

to order and Omaha Local 22 

Business Manager Earl Oliver, who 

served as temporary chairman, introd 

uced Father Leo R aus, who 

gave the invocation, and Mayor 

Eugcne Leahy, who welcomed the 

delegates and guests to Omaha. He 

was followed on the program by 

Nebraska Gove rnor J. James Exon, 

whose concern for working men and 

women and :,>upport for the ideals 

and needs of organized labor ha\e 

been demonstrated many times during 

his term of ofilce. Governor 

Exon look the opportunity to thank 

labor for its support and cooperation 

and di ~c u ssed the future of his 

state. He asked the delegates to help 

meet the challenges which lie ahead. 

Vice Presidem Garrity reviewcd 

the accomplishments since the last 

progress meeting and emph

llth 

Conciliation Service Regional Director 

Paul Bowe rs. A d~'l1lonslratiOIi 

by Omaha Public Power Di ~lricl 

Chemic:l] anti ]'rolcction Supcnisor 

Frc(/ Franco concluded the first 

day's session . 

The second day was devoted to 

delegates' reports concerning thei r 

local unions' probkrns and accomplishments. 

The delegates rcn fTirmcd 

their fl!cli ngs Ihal these n:port s atc 

among the most important parl~ uf 

annual progress meetings. 

A banquet high lighted the social 

CH:nl!. in COllllccliull with the m eeting. 

A man who is well known and 

highly respected by organized 13bor 

in that pari of the country !.crvcd os 

banquet speaker. Father Austin 

Mllkr. 5.1 .. said. "These arc good 

times. and I am happy to be alive 

and a pa rt of them." l ie entertained 

the delegates :md their wives and 

:llso left them with some serious 

mailers to cont..:mplatc. as he chal· 

Icnged those who would act as lIler· 

chants of doom by reminding them 

of what Jeadl.!r~ of organized labor 

have done and nfC doi ng to advance 

the di£llilY nf mall. 

Vice President Garrity adjourned 

lhe meeting wilh an announcement 

that the Soulh Dakota locals which 

were to host Ih c meeting until 

disaster !.truck hnd invited the dele· 

gates to Rapid City and the Black 

Hills for the 1973 meeting. 

(EdilOr's 1I0/{!: Tile (lbol'e aceollll! 

of 'he J Jtll District Progress M eet· 

illg was wrilll'lI by Tom H ickmatl, 

JlIlemaliOllal Represt'tltatil'c. PhOIO.f 

COllrlesy of Roy IV. Sachre, 1]lIsitless 

Mallager, LOCid J, St. L Ollis. PI/otos 

by James Gamache, L ocal I Press 

SccreUlry.) 

A general view of the deleaates at work. 

Delegates are shown listenina to a speaker. 

A partial view of the ladies' luncheon. 

Pictured. lell to risht: rred Farmer. BUSiness 

Manager local 41 2, Kansas City, Mo.; Jack Moore. 

BUSiness Manager, local 453, Springfield, Mo .• and 

IEC member; Bud Griffith. Busi ness Manager. local 

1613. Kansas City, Mo.; and l ouis Callill, Business 

Manager. l oca l 14 64, Kansas City. Mo. 

16 

IIEW Journol

IBEW 

LIFE 

SAVERS 

CLUB 

• 

47 

NEW 

MEMBERS 

• Whcnever someone snves the life 

of IInothe]' human being, the slory 

U8U1.ll1y makes the headlines; wheneve!" 

11 member of the I BEW saves 

the life of another human being, he 

or ::lhc beeomes eligible to join a 

very cxclusive :lnd hOllored club, the 

IHEW Li fe-Savel's Club, Sincc the 

illaugul'ation of the Brotherhood's 

Life-Saving Award program. 512 

members have been presented with 

the I BEW Life-Saving Awnrd. The 

life-saving fellts of the '17 most 

I'ceently-inducted mcmbers of the 

Life-Slivers Club are summarized as 

foll ows. 

RUSSELL J , POMARO 

Local 9 , Chicago 

Hussell J. l'om:u'O was in the 

storeroom 011 the mOl"l1ing of April 

10, 1072, getting material for a job, 

when he noticed that the lights 

dimmed, lie went. outside, saw II 

crowd gathering, ran to thc Sllot, 

lind found an uncollseious man, 

Leonard J, Polus, on the ground. 

MI'. Polus had been installing a flagpole, 

when it made contact with II 

12-KV distribution line, throwing 

December, 1972 

him about 20 fcct Ull'ough lhe air, 

Brother Pornal'o immediately began 

the back preSSU]'e-III'm lift mcthod 

of arlificilll rcspi]'lItion and had restored 

Mr. Polus' breathing by the 

time the Fil'c Department arrived, 

Two other members of Local 9 

have won the IBEW Life-Saving 

Award. 

RODNEY MAtTROTT 

DEl SMITH 

Local 17, Detroit 

Floy Wakely. Jr" R o< lne~' ) f llitrott. 

und Del Smith were working 

with other crew mcmbers 011 c.lble 

poles on thc afternoon of Mareh 3, 

1072, when Maitrolt. and Smith 

he

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CA 

7381 A 

F WAKElY ACCIDENT 

MARCH 1, 1972

lS-month-old Debbie Berry in the 

s hade of a rock do\"n a deep ravine. 

They gave her water lind liquid 

food, and SlIulsbury carried her out, 

while GreUer continued the sen rch 

for the woman. lie finally tracked 

down 1\1 rs. Roberta Berry, who was 

lIJlPlirently trying to gel to a rh·er. 

Shortly afterwllrd, llayel' met him 

and Mrs, Berry. and together they 

worked their way to the tOil of a 

crag, where the.\' were met by the 

lIhel'iff's I}()s"'e. The \'kUms were nil 

tl'ellted :It the hOllJlitlll. 

LocHI 18 1I0W has six Life-SII\'ing 

Awnrd winners in its membershil), 

lEO M , CHANDLER 

Local 46, Seattle, Wash, 

On l\lan:h 29, 1972, Donald L, 

John1l011 lind Leo 1\1. ChandlCl' WeI'e 

check ing to !lee why a fluOr('~c('nt 

lij{htinS{ fixture they had installed 

flliled to light propel'ly, when the 

socket, the high-voltage end of the 

bulla:;l, canl(' off ill Brothel' Johnson':! 

hami. Bl'othel' ('handler kltew 

that J ohnson wa:! ill trouble lIlId 

lllckled him to hn'ak the contact. 

II c dl·termined thut Johllson was 

not bl'ellthing allll had no pulse, 

pri('(1 J ohnson':! locked mouth 0lwn 

to sec if he had swnllowt'd his 

10lljlue, lind apJllipd heart ma ~.~!Lgt'. 

lI elp arrived, and Johnson I'{'j{aill('(! 

consciowme:lIergized Ilha:l{'. hut, luckily. did 

not receive lillY ~criow; burns. 

When he rcached Bl'other 1I11ll, he 

fou nd lI alt hlld turned blue lind WILS 

ri gid, Brothe r .Jol"dan hit lIall ilL 

the ch(>st and slnrted mouth-to-no1!C 

re1lu:ICitalion . which he continued 

until Hall was r('\' i\'{'(\. 8 1'0thl'I' ,JOI' 

dlLll then lowered IIlIlt to thc 

11"1'01111(1 with the handlinc and the 

al!1Iilltance of othel' crew membel'S, 

Hull WIIS tuken by IImbulallce to 

D.,.",blr, 1911 

Leo M, Chandler, Local 46, Seattle, Wash" front row, left , accepts a special commendation 

award from G. W, Roessler, President of Northwestern Glass, for hiS 

QUick thinking and action in sallrng the hfe of Donald l. Johnson, who had come 

in contact with high electrical voltage. Others present at the ceremony are, back 

row, A. J , Errckson. Vice PreSident, Operations; J, DaVIS, Plant FaCIlities Superrntendent: 

T, E. Powell, Industfllli Relations Manager; W. Hanot , Plant Engineer; 

and J. A. Anderson, Personnel Manager, Brother Chandler has srnce been pre· 

sented the IBEW Ufe,Saving Award. 

the hospital, whel'e he had both 

al'ms amllUlated lloo\'e th(> (,I bows, 

Brother JOl'dan is lh(' ninth 

Local ,17 nwmbel' to win tht' Lif(, 

Sa\'ing Awal'd, 

MICHAel B. GLENN 

ARNOLD NelSON 

JAMES VITKO 

local 55, Des Moines, 10. 

On th(' Illol'lrin~ of JUllt' 17, 1971, 

while :;('tlilL~ 1)Ole:;. Rob(' I't ;\1. 

Smith .1.!THb!)('d hold of a barbed 

wire felice alld all aug(>I' at the 

same time. A~ he pU.'Ihed 011 the 

ll uge l', the boom cOlltllet('(1 1111 0\'('1' 

he,ul conductor. and current II f('lIce. 

reached o\-er, lind knocked Smith 

clenl', Then. he r:L11 IIrouncl the 

felice and th rough 1111 01K'1\ Kate to 

where Smith was lyinJ(. cOIl'lciou.'l, 

but bndly burned :LIId :!hakl'n, Glenn 

;1I1plif'rl first-aid to the injul'l'd mall 

and treated him for s hock, l"t·tul'n('d 

to the truck :lnd c!enl'ed the boom, 

and called for an ambulanCl', 

Dale E\'lIn!;, Arnold N(']SOIl, a nd 

James Vilko W('I'C al work Oil t he 

aflel'llooll of i\larch 23, 1972, when 

Brother Enlll.'l 101lt his footing and 

conlact('d 7,620 \'011)1, renderillg 

him uncon~iou:!, Broth!'I' Xelsoll, 

his ]lole buddy, immedialely began 

]loll' tOil and mouth-to-mouth reSU8- 

citation. BI'oth('r Villio cnlll'd 10 a 

woman nearby to cn ll all ambulallc{' 

and then I'aised him:lafdy 

)lImp, put Evan/l in the bucket, 

aud lowercd him to Ihe waitilLK 

ambulnnct'. 

'l'Iw loca l hilS s ix other award 

Willll('I'1'l, 

G. G, HAMMOND BOLD 

F, l. JUDY, JR . 

Lo(ol 84, Atlanta, Go, 

On April 17. 19(i9, John W, 

Robin.'

ut were unable to do so, Then 

Judy radioed for help, When the 

line truck arri\'l!d, the men were 

able to raise the cnr hillh enough 

to 1('1'1 10 Rohinson, who:!1' head was 

under water and who, by then, had 

nHld and wlIter in hilt lung:!, Jud~' 

cleaned out Robinson's mouth alld 

be)l;llU mouth-to-mou!h rcsuscitlllion, 

G, G, II;lmrnond Bold rclicvcd 

him, By the time the ambulance al' 

riwd, the two Brothers had Robin 

);(III bnmlhing' nltain, 

One othel' member of Local 84 

hag WOIl the IBEW Life-Saving 

1\\I"III'd, 

C, PETER DORAN 

ROBERT NORMAN OLIVER 

Local lOS, Hamilton, Onl, 

A 13-),ell I'-old bo~t took on .1 bet 

fOI" five cents ane! tl'icd to !lw im, 

fully clothed nnd with his 5lhO{'s on, 

IICI'O l-\,~ the GI'H1111 Hivcr at BYI1Il 

I!!land, Ilellr Dunnvillc, Ontllrio, on 

June 6, 1972, ~Iidwa~t, he r:ln into 

diflicuhy lind hrllan lo !-;C ream for 

hcll), C, Pelel' I)ol"an, who was lit 

the island wilh !!ome friends, imrn('(iiat{'ly 

di\'('(1 inlo the watcr, 

l'Iwam out to the boy, and brou/-:'hl 

him h:ll'k 10 shorf' Thl' boy was at. 

lhe point of uru::on~iousnN's, A 

fl'ielld of RrothCl' ])onlll Hpplicd 

!ll"esl>UI'e Ott till' hoy's rib C! wa>! cllt'l'ying steel a.~ 

part of a c rew workilill 011 a (j()O 

KV line on April Ii, 1972, whell he 

suddenly fell to the j.tl'ound and 

w{'nt into eOJl\'ulsioll!!, sWll llowill1l 

his lougue, The RhepPlln! bl"Othel':i, 

Gr1lnllind ;"\,Ison, imml.'diatcl,\' b(' 

Kiln to administer fh'st-aid buL were 

" 

unable to cJelll' Walt!ol' longue; 

meanwhile, Watts \\'alt tUl'ninyblue, 

:-'--ehlon then turned Wlllt;! on 

his s ide, Shat'I)ly !oItl'i king him between 

th(' shoulder blac!!to l'ing his bre:llhilljl, The ~hl'l)- 

1);lrd brothel'S continued to adminis· 

tel' fi rst,aid IIlltil the enwl"j{t't1C)' 

vehicle arrh'e(1 and took BI 'O!lIl'I' 

Watts to the hospit:d, 

Loc1tl 108 h'ls 21 pl'e\'iou,; aW1\1"(1 

winner!'., 

ROBERT CORBIN 

LESTER MelHORN 

Loco I 229, York , Penna. 

Ott July 18, 1972, Local 229's 

l>oflbalJ team wa,~ COtH:elltl'atittK 011 

Wll1lllllg allother Ilaml', when tht, 

pitchel', Rich1ml 1A'llllO, suddt'nly 

collapl>ed from n he11l'i ntt:lck, The 

calcher, Robel'! Corbin, alimilli,, 

tercd cxt('rltal heHl't mal-\';III.(C immediately: 

then, 1'(';lii:dnK how 

criliclt! Lcppo'l'I (ondilion wnil, he 

instl'ucted u',;tl'l' :Ml'lhorn to COIltinue 

massnginll the henri \\hile he 

bCllan mouth-lo-mouth l'C'fluscit:llion, 

The two Brothers continued 

their life-""wing ('fforts until the 

nmbul~IIICC lwimminI.( 

area ,md fllili:d 10 m:lke it. 

Brothcr Young !law :\lichc1lc go 

down and come up twice, He dived, 

fully dothed, into the water and 

re!!C ued :\Iichelle after she had gone 

down for the third time, III ClIIT~' 

ing i'llichelle out, Brothel' Young 

held her up, with his hand;; under 

h('r b."lck and her head hanging. so 

that the wut('r drained from hel' 

mouth and 1I0:oe, Artifici1tl I"('sllira. 

tion was then ultnCCesslII'Y, 

JAMES W SHERRER 

Locol 301 , Texarkana, Tex 

JamclI W, Sllt,'ncl- \\'a" in hii'l 

flh;lck as foremlln 011 a joh TWill' 

TexlIrkann, on October 6, 1!l71. 

Id":11 a young mllll I'an UI) io him 

and ill(IUired about a lelrpholle to 

I'Icl.'k aid for Iti !! fathel', The fath('l', 

1"1'(,(1 Janel-!, II CIlI'I)Cnter. had jUJll 

climbed down II scaffold 1\nd had 

collapsed with lin apparent he,u'l :Ittllck, 

Brolh.,.r Sherrer ru~h('11 10 

thc victim and applied mouth-tomouth 

reliu~itatioll and hearl maSsage, 

~Ir, Jont'~' hNlrl hl'al was J't' 

vived, and he walt th(,11 takt:1I 10 the 

hospihll, 

WILLIAM DESROSIERS 

Locol 326, Lawrence, Mass, 

William ])e:;l'osier~ wa!'o 011 hill 

way to a hou!le call 011 the aftt'I" 

110011 of April 26, Ig72, Whl'll .~ome 

children told him thnt a little Kid 

was ill the l'i\'('I', Brothel' ])('sI'Ol-liel'8 

spotted ihc face of (oUI'-,I'('lIl' 

old Yvettc Hatttial-(o ju:"'!t ~Ibo\'c 

\\'1\1.1.'1', whcre IIhe had been ';IHIKJlClI 

allll held up b~' a trec branch, Dt·srosiers 

jumped from a 10-foot-high 

wall lind waded out to a point 

wherc the wat('r W1lS ap]ll'oximatC'I,I' 

l'I ix: feet der!), lie reached out lind 

Krabbed YI'('tle lind brought hl']' 

back to .~ho re, f!'Om whel'c "he \las 

tllken to the hospital. 

LARRY STEVENS 

GEORGE STOGSDILL 

Local 453, Springfield, Mo , 

On the aflt'l'Iloon of AI)ril 21 , 

1972, William Cecil Brown was 

!'.tanding beside It sen'ice truck, 

lalkiny 011 the I'ndio, wht-'n the 

Il'uck beenm(' energized with 7,6410 

\'olls which enteJ'{'d hil> right hand 

and came ouL of his feet. LaiTY 

StCI'ens and George Stogsdill immediately 

mn 0\"1.'1' to Broth(·1' 

15!W Jou," .. 1

Brown ortion of his right 

h;lnd, his life was S! of his Brothers_ 

One othl'r mem bcl' of Local 4 5:~ 

has WOI1 t he :\w:t l"

PAUL N, PULEO 

Local 915, Tampa, Flo, 

Paul N, Puleo WIiS at work ill a 

ment-cutting room on F('hl'ual'Y 14, 

1972, wh(,11 another craftsman, installing 

ceiling till' from II IlclIffold, 

fl'lI off tht' scaffold, 18 feet 

to th(' jll'Oulld, alld hil 011 lil{, b:lck 

of hi:! head, which knockt'd him 

out. Bl'other Put'lo immediah'I~' adminisll'l'('d 

first-aid, Th(' injurcd 

mlill had swa llowt'd hi.oI tongue lind 

was tlll'lling biue. Pult'o pl'ied the 

man's mouth 0lwn, which t''':Loled 

him to b{'gin br(,lIlhin)t again and 

brollght hil'( colo]' bHck 10 1I0l'mai. 

Puleo Ildmilli~t('I'('d 

furtlU'r fil'l~taiel, 

and thcll till' mall WlJit taken to 

the ho~pitl\t. 

RAYMOND G, JONES 

JAMES l. LOWERY 

Local 985, Cleveland, Miss, 

JAMES MaciNNIS 

Local 1030, Halifax, N .S, 

A linl' that had hl'I'1l dowllcd by 

hil{h winds accomll'lllyillll II ltcrics 

of thUlldcrlltol'm" on June Hi, 1971, 

had ~et ~omc til'l':i .tfirc, and liT-emen 

11'{'re IIcnt to the scent', RlIYmonel 

G. JOIll';i and Jam(>;i L, 

1.001·f'r)' WI' I'f' al~o on the :iCCIIC to 

rCllail' thc lil1l', A fil"('man ran up 

to tht'm ;lIId said that a dead man 

wa;i in th(' fit·l', Brothers Jones and 

Lowel'Y \I't'nt into the :11'(,:1 and 

pulled out F, 0, Altdr('ad, :1 fil'emall, 

who ioicemcd to hl' dead. 1I0wc\'el', 

the two BI'Olhl' I'!i b('KHII ;11'0- 

ficial I'{'s piration immcdial\-l~ alill 

revived 1\ 11', Allllt'l'ild, II'ho wa.~ 

then tak('11 by ambulancl' to the 

hospital. 

('hl'i:ttine Helllel', 7, \\"a~ bic~' 

cling wilh hl'l' brother, 9, "",ar the 

('dg", of a 25-foot-dl'I'1l excavation 

on ;\Iar I, 197\1, when "hi' ~lipped 

on Ihe loosc Ill'll\"el ed~e and fell 

into 10 feet of muddy water at the 

bottom of th(' pit lIer brother 

called fol' help, but thos(' who answel'ed 

his call didn't knOll" whnl 

to do h{'cnu!le of the tri'achcl'oUfI 

cdge of the cxcllI'ation. Roml'one 

called to Jarnl'~ l\ladlllti:i ill his 

nell1'by ofllce, alld Brothl'I' Mac 

Innis I'u!!hed out, !'lin the 100 

yard!! to thi) pit. slid down the 

bank into the wuter, and found 

22 

A grateful victim who contacted 69,000 volts shakes the hand of one of 11i~ 

rescuers. left to righI, are International Representative Garfield Bauman, who 

presented tB EW Ufe·Savlng Awards to two members of local 1426, Grand Forks. 

N, Oak., Jerry Midstokke, whose life was saved; and Roser Vollmers and Terry 

G,,!ltton, recipients of tho awards. 

Chriiltine about fOUl" 0]' fil'(' fel't 

under, 11(' brought hc!' to the :iUI' 

f:let>, found she \\'as ~Iill IWI'athinl{, 

nlld !iwam to shon,' with ht'l', 

Bystanders fOl'med a human chain 

to get Christine up the ;itcell bank 

and Iheu IJuJlcll Brother I\lacllll1i.~ 

UI) with :1 I'ope, Christine :-;0011 I"egained 

consciousncss and wali 

lak{'n to Ihe ho;\pilal. 

DONALD E, WALTHER 

Local 1245, Walnut Creek, Calif, 

Jo;\eph Blanc anel Donald t-;, 

Walther were dec]' huntiltg on 

Sept em bel' 25. 1970, when BI'ol hl'!" 

Blallc was accidentaJl,~' ;\hot by 

:1 thint hunter lllld sustained !L 

wound in the neck, which eX I)OSl'd 

his Il':1.chclL Brothel' Walthcr rCIIdt'I'eo 

fil'.~t·aid alltl tl\('n, leHI'illl{ 

Blanc ill the care of the otht'l' 

hUIIII'I', nlced thl'et' mill''' on fool 

to ;ieek help, There, ht, bOI'l'o\I'('(1 :t 

tfuck ano 01'0\'1.' ;1I1pl'oximnt('I~' 20 

mol'l' milc:: to the l ',S. ,,"ol't'::l S"I'\" 

iCl', f1'om where he dil'N'tl'd 11 hl'licopier 

pi lot to the aecidl'nt SCt'It(', 

Hecnuse or the um'n'lI termin 

thel'e, the Ilil ol \1:\;\ unable to lantl 

the helicoptet", ;;0 Brothcl' Wlilthl'I' 

jumllcd f1'Om the hf.'licollter and 

con:-;tl'lu:ted 11 landing p'l(l fl'om 

IH'arb)' I'ock.'( and bouldcrs, With 

the medical supplies 011 the ht'licoptl'r, 

Walther WlIS ahl(' to Kil"l' 

additional fU'st-aid to the victim. 

Hc:ilizing that Blanc was in dan 

J,{{'I' of sufrocating, he on[cl"('d that 

Blal1C be tl"lll1.'(llOr!('d nn hi s :ltomach 

to the hospib.d, Phy"idans 

trcatin.l( Blanc credited Walthe r 

with sll\'i"jl hi!! lifl', 

Bl'olhel' Walthel' is tht, eil(hth 

membel' of Loca l 1245 to carll 

membcr::hip in the IBE\\, Life 

:3.11 CI'~ Clulo, 

HENRY G, RODRIGUES, JR , 

Local 1357, Honolulu, Hi, 

Two young boys, Ramon Silva, 

Jr. :lIId I-:arl :'I[Iaio 

boy, who was in d:lIlger of drowning, 

to Mfcty. lie thell cJenred th(> 

ullconscious boy's mouth so Ihat 

ht, eould breathe propl'rly. The 

Sih';\ boy had i'cl'ambled to ::afl'tr 

undt'r hi,: olIn IlOII'('r, 

One othel' Locul 13:>7 menll>CI' is 

an award winIH.'I', 

TERRY GRATION 

ROGER VOLLMERS 

Local 1426, Grand Forks, N. Oak, 

'l'eITY Gratton, Jl'lT.I' :'Ilid::tokke, 

lind ROKl'l" Volllllcl'l'I wen! II'orkinl{ 

011 a suhstatioll job on AllI'il 7, 

Err:!, when Brothel" :'>Iid"tokke was 

jotted unconscious aitcl' accidentally 

contacting 1I 69,O()()-\'olt 

cOlltill/lt'd 011 11(11/.(' 80 

tlEW } .. ",nol

'Nitll tile ladies 

Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg 

• Ladies, perhaps as you arc 

bUlllling around the house, making 

prepanllions for the holiday lIea~o n, 

you may ~orne tirn es drea ll1 of an 

old-fashioned Christmas. Wdl, in 

December, thousands of persons 

will enjoy an 18th-century Christma~ 

when they converge on Colonial 

Williamsburg. a restored town in 

Vir,ginia. where they will join in 

thc fc~tivities and customs o f a 

Ch ri !l tma~ cdebmtion typical of 

those in the late 17oos. 

During the Christ mas season, 

every building. from the elegant 

Governor'!> Pai:lce and lovely plaJl ~ 

talion homes to the humblest of 

domicile ~ and craft shops, i ~ decorated, 

in!lide !oreroorn , 

and there was an abundance of wine 

in bottles, the product of the vi ncyards. 

So, with all the time-consuming 

tas ks completed, plans for celebrating 

the Christmas season started 

early in Decembe r. 

Naturally. the :t pproaching holiday 

season caused the younger people 

to grow restless. and the students 

of the College of William :tnd Mary, 

the grammar school, the Indians 

school. :lnd those with private tutors 

were dismissed on Dcc!.'mbcr 16th 

and \'3catiOlled through January 6th. 

rhere was liule gift giving and 

no Santa Claus o r Chri~tmas tree 

(the tree was not introduced in 

Willi amsburg until 1842) , bu t there 

were baits, fo)( hunts. entertainment, 

a span s day. which included 

hoop rolling. bag-and-foot racing. 

fetus of strength. pitching quoi ls, 

etc., and more visiting than at any 

othcr time of the year. It was al:.o 

a time for courting and weddings. 

The Twelve Days of Chri~tmas 

were observed with hearty cating 

and drinking, and the "gro:tning 

board." tables, so-called becuu si,,: 

they grOlll1ed under Ihe weight of 

the delicious food, were l:tden with 

peanut soup. b:lked ham, sc:tllopcd 

oystcrs. roast wild turkey, roast 

bcd, game pic with lender pheasant, 

frc~h mushrooms :lnd cckry laced 

with .... hite wine sauce, spoon hread, 

~weet potatoes, plum puddings, 

T ipsy Squire. mince pies, fru it c:lke, 

etc., along with mulled cillcr. Mad!.'ria, 

dar" beer, arld a powerful 

punch. 

January 6th (T\\elfth !,ight) was 

Ihe most fcsli\e day of all . However. 

thc day of Ch r i~tmas was primarily 

a holy day. with the ~ervants 

ha\ ing the day ofT, and the cnlire 

fam ily walked. rode horsebac". or 

,\-ere driven to the church, wh ich \\as 

d!.'coralcd with garl;mds. (According 

to a bishop in the 19th centu 

ry, "Th e decoration of the 

church building being a custom as 

old as the church ihclf in Virginia, 

may lawfully :md properly be COIltin 

ued,") But th o),!.: carly Virginians 

rcally knew how to celebrate the 

season. 

During Ihi~ year's festive season 

in Williamsburg, visitors will enjoy 

the Grand Illunlination. Members 

of the militia, s martly drl!sscd, will. 

as they h:l\'c in many years past, 

dip their lorches in one of the bl azing 

bonfir.:s and march down the 

mile-long street. as burning candles 

shine from Ihe windows of shops 

and home,. The march is accompanied 

by thc mu

local lilies 

1,447 Members Are Added 

To Roll of Honor Members 

L.V. J, ' EW vOlue ' .Y. One of the 

out~l:lnding CH'n!~ on l ocul J\ I:On ..cned I" hminc 

s~ manager of I ocal~ 306. At..ron. 

Ohio. and 7 17, 1I1'1I\'cr. l'enn)lv[lI1iu, 

frolll 1933 10 1935. He wa\ appol!lIeJ 

Intcrn!llional /{eprc'>Cn!:llivc in 1\136, il1 

\lhich pU\>1 he Sl:rvcd until 1967 when 

he fill ed. by appoinlmem, the ~itio n of 

\ice I'rnidenl. He \00.1 unanimou,ly 

elected nt lhe 1970 II:lFW Con'enlion. 

In hi) OIddre\S at Ihe mem ...... r-hi ... 

meclin¥, Vk ... President 10hn.\.On cat .... d 

upon ntelllber~ \0 \how Iheir poliuc:'1 

~lren¥lh iJl Ihe nalional election h} 111"10. 

in¥ a ~pcdill dforl 10 deci onl y Ih ... Inle 

frien d ~ or ,.. bor, lie abo 'In:~lotntas pari) . HUlh of Ihe,,;:: 

oc.:: , ~ions \\-ere a hu ge ~ucc c ss las! )ear. 

:tnd I'm sure that Ihey will be beller this 

time around. 

Worl is a lillie slo\Oo tr Ihan usual for 

ISEW Journal

Ground-Breakin g 

Ground was necanlly broken for the new JO,OOO-lq ... r.,'OOI. aU alec:· 

Ir;,; he.dqu.ne~ build'"a: of Locill 24, Baltimore, Md. Stand,"" 1.11 

to "allt. .r. Rlchil,d Mllnekln. Manakin CO.po .. IIO,,; W,lham N. 

Mill.. Loci' 24 I'inltnc~1 5e(:,e'.ty; Jack W. MeCo.kl., Local 24 

Business Manliler; Leo O'AIe, Mey'll'$ and D'","'eo. Architects and 

Planne.s; Fred Cales, 01 lhe Howard P. Foley Compa,,)': and CII"Ion 

Emich. of Riggs.Oistle, Compa"y. Foresround. Thorn.. Hen"e,")". 

of the law ,j,m Hennessey. Fleury & Oeuch 

Sealed. left to _!aht. Ja-ck McCorkle. Busl,,", Man'fI~r. Roy Kirby. 

Owner 01 Roy Ki.by .nd Sons. Inc. SI'nd,nfl. Be",lC larious union a,livities. 

There "ill aho be 12.000 square feet 

of rentable office space. A steel stnlc\Ure 

with masonry exterior, tinted ilia,s, airconditioning 

and carpet throuj:huut, Ihe 

building is heing t:on~trucled by Roy 

"-irhy amI Sons. Inc. The :.itc i, dil·ided 

hy the Baltimore Cily.!J.lltimore County 

lioe. "ilh Ihc structure located in lhe 

county. It "ill CO,t $'J50.000 and b expected 

to be completed by mid·1971. 

I ocal 2~ h;l~ txi~te( 1 for only I I 

}ear~. hUI progress. in Ihis )hort period 

of lime. h:ts been cxception:t1. due. "'I,' 

believe. to the dcdk:ltion of the officers 

lind membeTli uf this org.lnilillion .•, he 

meml'Cr\hip compri-.e, 1..512 aCli~e and 

inlefC'ted proplc. ~ nd indudcs "orking 

agreement' "'ith thrl:c hre"cric\. Joseph 

E.. Seagram & Son~. newspapers. Mary· 

hmd I e,ting Company. :md other spccialt~ 

cumpanies. 

ADDRES S 

CHANGED) 

B,othen, w. want you 

to have you, JOUR 

NAL! Whon you have 

a chang. of add, ... , 

please let us know. 

B. sure to Include you, 

old add, ... and pl.as. 

don't forg.t to All In 

L. U. and Card No. 

This Info,mation will 

be h.lpful In ch.cklng 

and k.eplng ou, 'ecords 

straight. 

The proof of their dedication was 

brought to lil;hl on Wedlle-da). O~lobcr 

181h. "hen ground \\IIS broken for the 

ne" he:u.lquartCf\ building Oil I'atltp",-=o 

Avenue. I he project (all ekelric. naturally). 

including the land. "ill eo~t II 

tot al of 5 1.200.000. The audilorium "ill 

sell! 1.000. and there will be parking 

space for 350 car). Accessibility for the 

lll

""ish all our rncmbers and Iheir familie~ 

II ~C:I)' MC:lly Chri'lma~ amI a h., .. IlI,), 

happy, and prosperous New Year. 

F UW"RI) R . L \\IOS, I>'S. 

Local 36 Plans Annual 

Christmas Party 

1..1 1 , 3(j, .... O ltIIIA'II·TO'\'. l\Ii\SS. 

Thl' l ocal 16 Fnlertainmenl Commillee, 

comi,ling of IJrothc.... Ru~\ Andrus, 

\\all I.afreniere. anll Ray Palnod.!, 

-.cheO "'''"Y .. \..Ii~e IllLW 

memher~. 

R c~entl} in Il ull~. :11 a dinner parlY 

In:ld by Ler, 

from L

Scenes from Locol 53 

l 

local 53, Ka nsa" Clly. Mo •• 

held ,ts picni

Wireman's Goll Tournament 

IndIvidual I,ophy winne,. al Ille 151h Anllual IBEW WI,emBIl's Golf 

Associalion Tou' Mmenl (WGA), ho".d by l ocal 58. Oel.oll. Mich., 

left 10 .iahl, are BIU H,ilz, local 6~. VOUn&SIOWn, Ohio. who l ied 

for low a,on a l 151; ROil Lapham. Local 38. CI~ve I 8nd. 01110. low 

nelliS: and n. Conkle Local 8. TOlado. who tIed 10' low 8'055 

al lSI. 

Membe

Honored Members 

Loeal 59. O .. Uas. Te~,. hono.ed Its m.,mbe,s w,lh 20 and mO'. yell'S of ISEW membership. Shown In Ih,s photo .re lhe honored members. 

The th,ee B,olhll'$ In the front 'ow Clnte', lelt to roaht .• re 5().y,.r member E. C. CleVflna8', 55·ye .., mCnllllivc Ray 

John,on made Ihe uwar.t~. n c \\;t~ 1\\ 

siSled oy Hu~inc\~ M:tnagcr hille, Foreman 

and P rc~jdcnl Rohert Gandy. 

After Ihe awards were presented, 

there ".1, a Icry enjoyahlc evening of 

r~mini","ing :md wme li .. dy dancing, 

The highlighl of Ihe evening "ll~ Ihe 

a\lnrding of a _~S-~'cllr pin to BrOlhcr 'I , 

D. Bell\ and Ihe aWiLrding of \lah:he, 10 

SO-year Brother. Juliu, F . Dry and E. 

C. Cle\enger. Our ~ongr;Llulalio", and 

Ihanb 10 lhe-.e BrOlhe .... for lheir unlirinl! 

drorb for the lUI W. 

TIK- li'>l of member.. r~(eivinb a\l!l.rd~ 

is long, and it i~ not fea.ihle 10 Ihl 

lhem "II here. I-Iowe\er. 26 Brolhers recei\ed 

20-year pim. 62 Brolhel'\ recciH'd 

1S-)car I'in~, Hnd 34 nrolh~r

Membe., of Local 60 welcoml 8""eloot Sand .... Oemocratic candidate for the U,S. Senate. 

pins hnt! :1 lowl of 1i.9-15 year~ of ..crvice. 

Alliong our ollle\l memher~ arc 

Ikolher "1 urI. Lee. \\ilh ~:! )C;l1"> of servicc, 

Brothe~ R. G, "Dicl.·· l)cnneh) and 

Jim De llarl, ea~'h \\ilh 4.~ )e:u·,,; :md 

Brolher (j F. S\\ccney \\ ilh -10 )C;Ifl•. 

Congmllll.t1ion, 10 all. 

Amoog Ihe sue~h \\ho IIl1enLlcoJ Ihe 

affair \\cre Scali WOOII 1I1Icrnalillnal 

Keprescnl.uiH!; lIenr) \'III,lrl'ea]. Inler· 

naliooJI Repre~nl,llhe: lIanl. Uro" n. 

former Texa~ AI I -CiO pre~ident: Max 

Ladu..eh. Bu,ine~~ Munnser. l ocill QO. 

AU51in. rC\as: , ron ., :lle. A,\i'l .. nl Uu_i· 

ne~ ' lan"gu, ' oc;.1 :!711. Corpu~ Chri\li. 

ie)(;I\; Hudy Hulks-.I. Bu~in.e~ \I,mager. 

Toc;.1 '-I~. !larHngen, 'C)(,I\: Ikrnie 

Bombed. rcpre'M:ntllli\e of I i,~'hh;H;h 

and Moore; Clay Richie and Allan 

G:I II,Lwayof Rkhie :lnd (j,dl;l":IY Eleclric 

Company: krry (juildner of Guild· 

ncr Electric (ompany: Ikn Corho of 

Corha Hectric (.omp~n) ; lind lIill Allcn. 

South r ('xlI) (,h:lpter \luna,lter, I\ECA, 

Afler Ihe bnrhecue ~lIl'pc r and pin 

cerl'lllony, Ihe 11l1.'I1lI~r, danced, nnd HI 

Ihou!,!h I henri! u fe\\ nea~in!,! joint,. e\ 

eryone h:l(.1 ,. wonLlerful lime. 

Many Ihan~, go 10 Ihe BrOlhers on 

lhe Arrangernent~ ornrnitlee, t'h~irt'd 

oy eMI We~'e l . 1 hey ;lfe Henry S:Ltina,. 

Al Tc1hdrkl., CIt,1I Ie_ llelohlAvck, 1I0b 

BOu~I, Bo'" \IOC1)semh:l, Roy Cnlueroo. 

anl.l 5onn) Aaron. 

Th,ln~~ are ;It-.O uLie Our I;lLlie~ in lhe 

onice-Uerlh.. I.oren/. Ph)l1i, Weber, 

.. nd Chri, O'III)e proud of. A bit! ,tep for 

our loea]"' Yuu bet' As I .... iLl t.cfor,'. 

\\or~ ~hould be finished ~hortl) afler lhe 

fir" \,f Ihe )e.IT. Word isn't alit :1\ )CI. 

but Ihere might e\en be :In open hllu:.c 

10 eelebrllte our ,Iep for\\ar.1. In lIny 

ca'>C, 'lOp in lind -.ee our "ne\\ loo~." 

A rctiremenl pari)' \\ .. ~ helLl (or 

Brother Ral"h Rill"" \\ho 11M initialed 

inlo Local 6t1 in In6. lie \\orl.eLl for 

many )e:lr, in the Den~er :Ifea :md 

Gained many friend,. From ,Ill of the 

member" R:llph. !,!OOIJ Iud .. And luol. 

OUI, Ii,h! 

I rom HII o( the member. of Local 68 

to :111 of the Ilrolher~ in the IIH-W, 

i\krr} Chn_llll(l~ anll a I lapp)' :rnu 

I'I"O,pcrous New Year. 

SiGning ofT for Ihi, month. Sec )OU at 

Ihe mecting~. Ih:ll\ \\here il\ happeninG, 

Brolbcr,. 

J OIIS M. BURl", JR .. 1'.5. 

Three-Year Contract With 

Simpson Timber Company 

L U. 77. Sl: , rru ~. " ASU.-Simp..on 

-I imher Comp,Ln)' h'h ,igned :I ne\\ 

three·)ear con1r:let. It pru\·ides 32 eenh 

per hour aCro" the ho"rJ for lhe: fir,t 

)("ar, efredhe J une I. 1972, anLl Ihcn ~i, 

per cent on June I. 1973. and ,i, per 

cenl again on June I. 1974. The-.c "IIl!C\ 

mU~1 ~Iill Ix- approlell h) the I'a) 

noard. 

Ncgoti:Llion~ "crc dr.t\\n OUI, but Ihat 

i~ one of Ihe Ihins\ Ihal happen from 

liml' 10 lime, Thi~ brlng\ Ihe en,l!in«r'" 

,c;lle from $5.~J per hOOf to $5,115 per 

hotlr, clrc~lh

Picnic Scenes 

The Construction Unit 142 of Loca! 77, Seattle, Wash., held a picnic. Shown, 

left 10 right, are Dick Rogers, Democratic candidate for governor of Wasllington 

State AI Rossellini, and Stan Jacobs. 

wage adju~lment, effective Junc I. 1972. 

There was al..o a provision for funeral 

leave :mu impro~'cmenls in lhe pen~ions, 

v:Icalion schedule, heal1h and welfare, 

plus one auditiOnal holiday, the ua} be· 

fon: Chri\Ulla~. 

The negotialions were ~ Iow, bUi the 

end rc,ulh wcre well I'.onh the limc 

and efforl spenl on them. 

Our Construction Unit 142 held its 

picllic at Norm, COllage L:llc Re,orl. 

This is Ihe ,cl·ond }'Car il h:l~ held a 

picnic. :md we hope it become, an an· 

nual evenl. All Ihe loca l union members 

were inviteu. and while "I.' don·1 have 

an exaCI count, it i, e~lim:ued Ihat appro:dmately 

S()() people Cflllle. 

Joc Colgan, an appn:ntice linem:lll at 

Puget Sounu anu Lighl Comp>!n}. \\on II 

color rv, donaled by Sargcnt T}·ce 

Conslrm:lion Comp:my. 

Mrs. L} nn Poc won a cha in saw donaled 

Py I'acific T ree Fx pcn C01l1pany, 

Lynn worl~ on comlruclion. 

R.oger I'm'·o,!. a I'ugel Sound Po"cr 

:Ind Lighl Comp,my equ ipmcnt opcrnlor, 

.... un a \ICam iron. dunaled by Ihe A. J. 

V:da Comp:my. 

A very nice elcctric mixer "as donalcd 

by R.. C. Hughes Company, but ~omc· 

how Ihe identilY of Ihe lucky winncr gOI 

10M in Ihe ~hume. 

A VOle of Ihanls goes 10 Ihese finc 

companies for Ihe prizes Ihey donaied. 

They cerlainly were apprecialed. 

Albert D. Ros,ellint the Dcmoc::ralic 

candid:.tc for Ihe office of gO\lernor of 

Washillgton Siale. ~loppcd at the picnic 

and vi~ilCd \\ilh Ihe members. 

SToI.N UOWLN, I'.S. 

Oe(emb. " 1972 

Norfolk Members 

Memb" ... of Local 80. Norfolk. Va., working 

on 11\" J.M. Fields Deparlmenl SIO''', Sl.nd· 

lng, I.fl to tIght, a,,, Cary Wlllia:. JOOn 

Wh".II{1y, and B{lrt C"fl,,,. K"...,1I"8, 0,11 

Kloe ."d Joe C.mpbell. The "onl'."IO' Is 

O$, Thi .. i~ Ihe fir ~1 of !>Cvcml 

cla~,,;:s Ih:ll we hope 10 have for our 

journeymen. In Ihe \lery ncar fUHlre, a 

'ir ~l·a id e la s~ will be held for three ses· 

sion, only. Ccrtificales from Ihe Amcri· 

can Red Cros~ will be :.warded to tho~e 

who complcte the course. This is a very 

imporlanl ela,s, a~ we never lnow when 

we'll be callcd upon 10 help an accident 

Victim If )IlU :Ire imere.led. call Ihe 

JATC office at 497·7067. 

Brother Don \\ iIIi:!nl, i~ slill on the 

sicl li'l :lnd may he OUI of work for 

sev~'ral months 10 come. If j·OU arc in 

his neighborhood. ~IOp in and say hello. 

By the way. don't lei Ollr retireu 

Brolhers be forgollen. Afler all, "hal 

we ha~e today ....·c owe 10 Ihem. Talc 

lime 10 call nnd \li,il our retired memb..'r5. 

Nothing could be hcller than to 

tall ovcr old times. A, for 1'01l Brolhers 

Ilho :Ire relired, gil·c me a call or drop 

:1 line or IWO, '0 Ihar I can ICI Ihe 

I'ollnger generation know where YOII arc. 

Ullion Meeting-Have )Oll been in al· 

tendance lalely? If nol. why nOI? I' laee 

_Sheralon HOlel. Mi lilary Circle; time- 

1i!":!.1 J ue~ay of every monlh at 8:00 P.M. 

Word 10 Ihe II i!it-Wilh the Christ~ 

mas Sl:ason upon us soon, leI's think 

about these words, ·'For God ~ loved 

Ihe world that He gale Hi!. only begotlen 

Son, thai whowclcr belie\leth in 

Him should nOI perish, bUI ha\e e\'er· 

lasting life,'· John 3: 16 

J. D. H OLLOMON, JR., 1'.5. 

"

Rochester Local Reports 

On Social Events 

L.U. K6. ROCl n :ST[R. ~ . " .-Our An· 

nual I'icnic IO.:J~ held at Church,iIle 

Park. and. once again. we lO.erc ble~sed 

lO.ith near·perfect lO.eather to accommodate 

lhe 1.300 perwns IO.ho :tttendcd. 

Ai u~unl. the meCT\eu. and. a~ 

u~ual. our rctir«.> \lere jluel" alon£ 

with man) ~i'ler local n:pre-.ent:uhe\, 

rhe (0Qd W;,h e\!'cellent. 'Illd Ihe cnter· 

Eainmt"nt 'upplied h) Jim Dunlap and 

compan) rounded oul a full e'ening 

Iha! \las thoroughly enjo)ed by e'ery' 

one. 

RICIIIRI) w ..... rrcHI LL, P.S. 

Seattle Local Makes 

Plans for Negotiations 

L U. 119, SE,\ " ·I.E. WASII.-The local 

i~ in the prOl.·e\~ of negotiating n oontract 

Idth the Clear Creek Mmual Tele· 

phone Com pan). and preparation~ arc 

toeing m:ldc 10 I:>cgin negotilltioll'; "ith 

Tel~phone Utilitie\, Inc and the Le"i~ 

Rj\cr Telephone Company. I\ho'-C contraeh 

c~pire on Oecemhcr J hI. 

BU'iineh \ l lInal1cr 'I rudel left wilh 

.... r. Carhon. 1.lbor Relation, \lanaJ;er 

of General relephone Company of the 

:-';orth\lc)1, for \\ a\hinjllon. D,C.. to 

meet \lilh an anal},t to relicll the con 

Iract tha! \I:t~ negotiated on December 

16. 1971. beforc it can be presented to 

the Pay Ilo'lrd again. The loc:tr~ attorney 

alld Intern:uional Repre!oCntali,c are 

al'iO supponnel from the 

General Telephone Company and the 

Wa,hinglon Telephone Compan). Flecu· 

tile Board member Gcoq;e !luck pre· 

'-Cnted Doug \lil h a ~pinning rod and a 

hunting jadel. pureha..ed \I ith don,uions 

from the member~. 

I'm sure Doug .... iII enjo)' the gifl~ 

uuring hi~ lei~ure hour.. We all \lhh 

)ou Ihe be~l of luck, I)ou~. and hOllC 

)OU recon~ider and cOOle n'ld )Ome 

day. 

Local 90 Members Pr aised 

For Outstanding Job 

L. U. 90. :,\ E\\ 11;\" ·: .... . CO ..... ~.-The 

ekctrician~ uf LoclI! 'JII weTe re.·cnily 

prai_ed for ollh\:tnding "ork performed 

at the Groton Submarine Ilaw IIC;lpon, 

training imlallaliun joh. 

P. L. Williaml. protr.uu mnnlljler of 

Ihe training ,y\tem in'lalhttion f,)r the 

(jeneral Heelric Comp:l"" the genef,Li 

contr:lctor. \aid that the eledrici:m,' 

'"per.,onal intere.t. OIUcntion. and demon· 

~tralcd ....-:n~ililit) of t!'le need~ I)f Ihe 

la,k at hand contributcd ,ignifiCnted nc:arly a )ear .tod one· 

hair of work inslalling II "'alY O 10 join Ihe club. \\e havc IncCS are inlitcd. \lhelher 

re

Thc cha irman for this cven! was 

Brother Dave Anderson. who was assisted 

by the: apprentices of the local. 

They served a delicious barbecue steak 

dinner with all Ihe trimmings. It was a 

beautiful day. and several learns played 

horseshoes on the courls. Officcrs "ere 

presenl from Bradford and Eric, Pennsylvania, 

and Rochesler and Olean. New 

Yorl-. 

T he retired members 'Were guests at 

Ihe stas. which was very much cnjoyed 

by all present. 

On Saturday. SepH!mber 23nl. Ihe 

AII ~tin Siafford J\lemol'ial GOlf Trophy 

was aW;lrded by ,' Irs. Stafford ut :t dinner-dance 

held at the Jackson Va lley 

Coumry Club at Warren. Pennsylvania. 

The ch:lirman of the P:lrty \la~ Brother 

Don Ahlstrom. The I;old trophy II~S 

WOn by (Jrother Corkey Utili. 

Additional golf awards \lere presented 

at this dinner to golf league members. 

We extend ollr sincere congr:lIulatiom to 

the "inners. We al'>O c"trnd be~t \I[shes 

to them and hope that they may ha\'e a 

\'ery successfu l 1oCason during the coming 

year. 

l\IUllilAV F. H OIIN, 1'.5. 

Entertainment Committee 

Is Active Again 

Lo U. 107, JAi\IESTOWN, N.Y,-The 

Entert:l[nment Cornmillee has been organized 

once :lgl1in. thanb to our new 

president, John Nemmer~. and bu,iness 

manager. Paul Harvey. The committee 

was formed in urder to bring our local 

closer together. especinlly 10 unite our 

members in ;1 common goal-the bellerment 

of our local. 

ThanLs to Marv DeVries. Don Winblad. 

Jerry Mucinsl..i. Ron Redner. Terry 

Inine. Franl.. Nel~on. Lou Sabin and 

our union offi~c for thcir assbluncc 10 

further Ihe callsc. 

A fC\l ~ocinl ;lcli\ilies the cOlllmillee 

is planning arc :tn award, dinner. a 

Chrislmns pany for Ihe Lids. !o.p;ISheui 

dinner, rallle. and more. \\1.' hope Ihal 

the tOlal membership bacl..~ OIIT committee. 

A bylaw chause to have one meeling 

a month hn~ been approl'ed h} the 

body. ,\ Ieetings will be the thirJ Fri(luy. 

T his change was made in ion allcmpt to 

sl imll iate sreater :ntendancc al OUI meetings. 

We llrge our memher, to allend 

meetings and 10 help 10 keep oLir union 

strons· 

Through Ihe efforts ur our bll~iness 

manage-r, III.' (Lre plc:'heJ to inform you 

Ihat. afler 1110nth~ of trying 10 cuI 

through gOI'ernment red t"pc in Ihe U. 

S. Depanment of Lahar. we h:ll'e ~uceeeded 

in regaining the prel'ailing \I(lge 

rate for Kent and 01lall:l COllnlie,. 

Although "ork in ollr area is vcry 

slacL. a few men I\ere hired off the 

bench recently, To the men on the road. 

we realize the hardship 10 )011 and )our 

families. and \lC hope th:!1 \lorl.. "ill 

break in this ;\Tea soon. In the mcanlime. 

rel11ember we all belong 10, and 

December, 1972 

represcnt, Local 107 :md that there may 

be members going into othe r areas to 

work. Don't spoil their chances-after 

all. they have families abo. 

Many thanks to our sister locals who 

have been providing work for Ollr memben 

during our "lean times." 

The reeeut rctirees of Local 107 are 

Lester lIopl-ins. Ernest Andres. (Jert Polin~l..i. 

Md Harold W:ldllell. We hope 

the)' have a very hcalthy ami fruitful retircment. 

Our sincere condolences arc extended 

10 the family of Brolher Thonllls Lockwood, 

who pas~ed :tway October 7th. 

At this time. we wou ld lil..e to wbh 

all a ,'cry f\1crry Chri,tmas :Ind a 

lllore-pr08pcrous \lorl-ing New Ye:lr. 

Jl MIIV ~ l lJC t NSKt, I'.S. 

Local Mourns Appre ntice s; 

Work Picture Still Bleak 

L.U. 11 5, KINGSTOi"'. Oi"'T.-Our 

local Illourns Ihe p:ls\ing of two new 

memhcr~. BrOl hers John I'alhuis and 

Ollie LocLridge \'ere aeddemally l-iJled 

on Seplember :!S. 1972. on their \\:IY 10 

worl.. :It the ncw Canadll Cement La 

F:lrge I'lant at B:lth. Onlario. Both were 

first-year npprentice,. We ~h:tll mbs 

Ihese 111.'0 Brothers. nnd we e"leml our 

dccpe~t sympathies to their families. 

Our \lorl- picture i~ still bleak. with 

over 130 mcmbe !" ~ \till on the books. 

hut it i, improving. We would appreciate 

1my as,i~tance from itny other loc:ll~ 

who enjoy a hctler worl.. scene thun our 

local. l 'leu~e contact Gury ("ole. BtI,iness 

~ [; In;jgcr, Local Union I LS. Kin~ 

Ion. Om:lrio. The telephone number is 

6 13-S46-:! 141. 

A~ I snill. Ihe work picture h impro, 

ing. but a ,low st:1T1 :11 the new $400- 

million L enno~-Alldilion Genaating Station 

and the $40·milhon Cannd:l Cement 

Lal'ar~e Plant hH\e been :1 great 

llhappolnlllleni to u~ . Du Pont. at both 

,' Iaitland :md King,lOn. is planning future 

eXlen,ions. wilh the Maitland joh 

ju~t coming 0111 of Ihe t;rOlinJ. 

I um ,Lho h:lp!'ly 10 repon th.;- uddi· 

lion of a busie denl:11 cover:l!;e 1Cph D. Keenan, International Exccutil·c 

Council Ch:,irman Re.\ !-rans\l"y. International 

Trea~urer Harry Van Ar~dale. 

Internati{)nal [~ecllti\e Council llIember 

R:tlph Leigon. and oLir former office 

man:lller. I'd l·r'LIlce. "h.) is :11) Imernational 

Rcprc..enlative a~'iigned to the 

Wa~hinl:ton ollice. I-urmer hus,"e,~ man· 

ager of IZS :lI1d prc\cnt Ninth Obtriel 

Vice Prc~idelll W. L. Vinson was 

warmly greeted hy hi~ mnny frcinds who 

allcnded thc dinner. 

We pre,ently h:we 6HZ members on 

IBFW pcn~ion. Vice I're,ident Vinson 

$:lId that thh local has one of the hil;hest 

r:II;O\ of membeh un pen~ion. eom 

!'Iared to :leti,c membcnhip of 3.134. 

Fifl)··}ear pins \lerc award,'d 10 Arnold 

DUlle. George DeTr, han 

Hannaford. 1Ii11 Ha)dcn. La\erne hOles, 

A. B~ land. J. T. LiLius, and E. R. 

S:tnd~. 

This )e:lr. \\e added 64 new members 

to the IllFW pension roll~. and 21{ of 

our pensioned member, p:ts~ed a\la~. 

We enjo)ed Ihis annual dinner with 

oLir retired members. as \\e realize that 

they :He the foundHiion upon which this 

"

Old-Timers Night 

InlernellOnal officers visll wllh old'llmers a t .he Anoupt Otd·Tlme •• 

Olnner 01 LOcal 125, Portland, Ore. Facing came'a, left 10 dlhl. 

is ReK Fransway cong.alulatlng oh:Hlmer. 

union "-as built There "ere more lines 

built. ~ubst:rlion\ constructed. and gener· 

ator.> PUI on Ihe line In the two-hour pe. 

riod of Ihi, drnner than allY of liS neophytes 

C01I11l IInagine. 

One thmg I nOlieed with p:rrticular 

interest- all uf thC'it:: men are Brothers 

and I.no.... :mu belie\e in Ihe "ord 

brotlrufwfXf. It·s a word the modem 

union I11cmbcl'! Illrght ponder on. We in· 

deed have H great de:11 to Ic:rrn from 

these relired members. 

JAn: KI GG. B.M. 

Work in Local 136 Area 

Remains Good 

1..1I. U6. IIIR\lI:\·G IIA\I. ALA. 

_Worl. in thl5 juri-.dlelion remain~ good. 

with all our mcmbe", ami a goodly 

number of our lraveling IJrolhel"; fully 

employed. \hup worl. i\ alwa)~ good at 

thi ~ lime of the }ear. lind \cveml new 

job~ afe scheduled 10 /::CI 'tarled soon, 

T:rl.ing everyl lllng inlQ consider:l1ion . the 

work 5illmlion lools re:l')Onably bright. 

Durin/:: the PilSI month. SO new ap· 

prentice membel"; "ere added to our 

member\hrp. hringing our 101:11 to over 

1.200 members. We welcome these new 

mcmben; inlO our local And feel ~llre 

Ihat Ihey "ill bring credit to Ihe HrOlh· 

erhOOSQCiatron 10 Jom a~ 

soon as po'osible. T he nominal member· 

ship fcc of SI.OO llnrllmlly i~ one that 

(IllY member can cumfort:lhly (r !Tord. 

II h the policy uf uur local union to 

award service I'in~ 10 memhcr~ llilh 20 

or more yeM\ or ,eHice. (tnd ;u uur lasl 

general mecting. a"ard~ "ere made to 

31 members. Ihc)' ",cre- 20·)ear pillS 

10 J. I). B;lkl:r. J. I . Bnrnett. II. l. 

HrYllnl. C. R. G(,hcr. Jr .. Jamc\ II. I-Iende!'.on. 

M . R ReeH:. J r" George '" . 

Woodruff. and C. G. Wright. "Ir.: 15· 

}ear pin\ tu hel. Curll. Ru~1I l uller, 

1-'. F . Ib "l.in~. W 1:>. Mco;,er. W.lton 

Scrcl'.S. and

50-Year Members 

• 

Local 16 4, Jersey Clly, conducted Irs annual celeb.ation fa. membe'$ who haye atlalned SO 

yea,s In the IBEW. Shown at Ihe celeb.aTion. left 10 dgh!. a'e J. Rommanke. and E. M. 

Rose. pension members: Robe" By,"e. NECA Manage.: Ralph N •• I, NECA Chairman: AI 

Te,,~. Inte.natlonal Rep.esenlat,ve; H. E. Schier. Local 164 Bus,ness Manager, W. Casey. 

Local 164 P.esldent; J. Wilson and W. Driscoll, app.entoce coord,naIOrs; Paul Hayes. JATC 

m,noroly COOrd,nPlO'; and L. Mautll and L Nolan. pension member,. 

Shown seated Is 5O.yea. member John 

Koerner. and standtna, Itl lt to dahl ate J. 

Gusenli;>us, Laery Koerntl., end M.s. Koerne •. 

Fifly-ye;>. member John StI«Io.' 

Back row. IMt 10 riSh!. a.e International Rep'esentative AI TellY, Bu,lnU5 Manager H. E. 

Sch,er. and President W. Casey. Middle row, SO·yla. mlmber5 J. Romm~nh. and Eo M. 

Ron. Sealld. 50-yea. membe.s L. M~lZ el and L. Nolan. 

Annual C elebration Held 

For 50·Year Memb ers 

L.U. 16-1, J EKS": Y CITY, N.J .- On October 

5th. :11 the Knighh of Columbus 

Hall in Ridgefield Park. New Jersey. 

Local 164 conducted ih annual celebration 

fur IIlelUbc" \lho h:ld !tUllim.. 

-d SO 

}'ear~ in Ihe IUFW. 

Feted at IhM time \lere four members 

who ~ere iniWlled in 192:!:_ LoLli, Mal. 

lei, L:I\I ren.:e Nol:m. J ohn Komnmnker, 

and E. Martin KoScrs, but :d~o 52 :Ippren- 

tices who had aecomplished fuur }ears 

of s

Local 165 Holds 

Stewards Seminar 

LU. 165, CHICAGO. ILI •.-The stcwards 

of Local 165 met on September 

23rd al the ~I idland Hotel for a daylong 

lIo'ori.shop. 

The planning of the da)"s work ..... as 

done by Duane Heeler. acting director of 

the Labor Department, Roosevelt Uni· 

\crsily. and Mr. Kicley, also of the 

Roosevelt Unilcrsit}'. Bill Saul1cr~. chief 

steward. was coordin:l1or for Local 165. 

The workshop ..-as an C;O:lcn)ion of the 

last "'orl-shop and had as a General 

theme the dcn'lopmcnt of ideas through 

discussion. The day started wilh the cntire 

group gathering to hear Donald Servatius' 

greet ing and then li~ten 10 an 

outline of Ihe day'S wor~ h) D U:lne Beeler. 

The slc,\ard~ then formed into 

groups of eight \I} dbcll~s malcri,1 1 prepared 

in question fOTm. on the hasis of 

first forming the indi,idunl opinIOns 

without di'>Cu~s;on. then te~ting those 

opinions asain'l Ihe pcKition la!..en by 

the reSt of the lU'0up and linall~ the 

compariwn of indi_idua] ideas .... ith the 

polled results of the emire su~y,ard body. 

The ~eminar was an unqualified SlICcess. 

It pointed OUI the filCt thai our 

stc .... ards are c(lpable of a,~imilaling advance 

"tewards' training and are caller 10 

ha'c as IlIw:h Iraining as Ihe local can 

prepare. Our loe;11 le;lder;hip i~ respond. 

ing 10 our need for a IOHilly-

K(l1itZ, Ed CurcurilO, Don Mel1nil1o, 

Ugo Reo, Rob I'a ndori. Jim Schmidt, 

Jaek Mau.ie, !-red CheHm, D:I\'e Antemann, 

and Paul Whitehead. T his action 

was "ell received and appreda[cd by the 

local college that \ponsored the fair. 

The following members tool turns 

manning our booth for the three dllys 

Ihe fllir was held- Phil GhLlHI. Ed Ken· 

itz. J im Keough. Jim ~hrnidt, Chucl 

Mango, Hernie Mericle, I)icl Rem. W:llt 

Ca~dla. Torn Dennehaum. Fd CurcurilO. 

ami Phil Fah. The vcry able H,sbt:'nec 

of Ihcse members aCCIHlnted for ~()Ille 

gooJ public re l ~lions and hclped mn~c 

Ihe fai r :, great su~cc~s. 

AI our rq;ular mecting on Octoher 

3rd. Ihe followin/:: men "crc ~war.tcd 

their a pprentice,hip training completion 

diplomas by I nlern ~ tionaJ Rcpresenl:l1i\'e 

John Barry-Maurice Goyettc, Kober! 

Jenne. John Pelty. David Sheenm. and 

John ~tarbud. On Oclober 19th. n 

P:lfl~ wa~ held in Iheir honor, and Ne" 

Yor" State diplomas werc a"arded 10 

them by John Tierney. Ihe adminhtrator 

of Ihe New Yorl State Apprenticeship 

and Training Committee. Alw, Lilrry 

Grah:ull. :1 comraclOr repre~ent:lli\e. 

awarded Robert Jenne and John Star· 

bud a S50 bond each for N!ing at the 

lOp in their cla'~- Ihey tied with 93 p

Our electrical authorily here is dtyowned 

and oper;ued. We need more of 

our Brothers to lall" to the chy officials 

about \'oling union when they are out 

pla)ing gol f. hunting, and fhhing with 

the officials, 

The Budweiser Urewery is ~tarting off 

at :1 slow p,tlt:e, bllt we are looLing forward 

to more men being put on. 

We are st ill wailing for our new contracl 

to get bad; from Niton's Pay 

Hoard. We negotiated and .scUled for a 

the per cent wage im:ren'>C.' on a one 

)car coniract. 

We hope all of }ou memlx-r\ and 

your fflmilie~ \oted in the recenl election. 

With the thl'eat of fe .... er job~, it is 

impurtant thM friend~ of hlbor were 

'!lected to ollice. 

JAMI S C. "CAMI .. S~ItT II . 1',5. 

Brother Roberts Mou rn ed; 

W ork in Area Still Slow 

L.U. 1114, c,A LEsnUltG, ILL_- Gordon 

Rolx-ns. 62, pa~sed awny on Sunday. 

October 8th . as the re\ult of II he;lrt at 

IncL. "Speed" wa~ a great storyteller and 

Wh nen:r Lnown to repeat lhe ~me 

story Iwice. Loved by everyone, he had 

a wonderful dispmition and sen..e of 

humor. 

Speed was also a \:llenled mu\kian 

nod lo,'ed to play in dance bands. At 

the time of hi~ death, he was president 

of Ihe Mu ~ici;J n~ union :II Macomb. Illinois. 

He spent hh life al Bu,hnell. illinois. 

\\'e a~L ollr riche,t bleSloing upon 

his widow and brother). 

We :.re hapI') tlll,t Du" G,ey and 

lJud Thoma, are Ilhle to Ix- bnck at 

wor]; again afler ,kLness. 

WorL in our :Irell i, \till ~Iow. A few 

Uroth-eN ure ~1I11 out of low·n. w orLing. 

One of our olll-of-iown Brother, i\ planning 

(at the time of Ihis leiter) to retire 

on November 26th . Good Iud. Freel. 

The appr.::ntice school is bad, in r,,11 

swing. and after the fir,t few ..... eds. we 

now have t"'o new iourneymen, "Fat 

Hoy" J im Cole and Garland I'cd i£:o. We 

wbh them lucL. 

!J\· RI.I: "1'11'1_" COSNLM, P.S. 

Work Scene Still Stagnant ; 

Local Negotiating Contracts 

LU, 191 , E \ 1l.lally under dlflicult drcum· 

S lance~. WorLlng in allics ""ilh temperature~ 

above 100 degr«,~. ~ueeling 

under a home. o r finding enough room 

to work in a tighl corner ure a d;.ily 

routine. Probably tIlore thlln an)onc 

el-.e. these men meCI the public lind eustomcrs 

e"ery day. 11\ nOl an ea~y job, 

bUI it h:h 10 be done. 

In Shreveport. ir~ done hy l oca[ 194 

members, A few of the-.e memberlIlute our business manager, Burl 

[ iltle, :Ind all of the bu~ine~s managers 

throughout thi~ gre;.t "Mion. 

I join :111 of the members of Local 

194 in \\i~hing ~ou and your famili e~ a 

~el'}' Merf)' Chri.-.lmas and a liappy 

Ne .... Year! 

It I Mill liT L . P llt:.STIDGI., ASST, f'.S. 

Two 50-Yea r Members 

Presented Pins 

I..U. 200, ANACONIJA, 1\lOl'oo'1'.-Two 

long-lime membc:1"$ of Loail 200. Brothen 

\1. J. "MILe" 1\lee and John A, Phillip~. 

""ere pre~nted ~O')' ear pins and 

certifica t e~ by President Roben -I homas 

at the regular meeting on September 

5!h. 

50-Yeor Retirees 

Locat 200. Anaconda. Mont.. presented SO· 

~ur pin. to Brothe~ John A. Phillips and 

Mike Mle. Lift 10 tlaM. P,esident Robert 

Thorn .. COngtatutltn S,othe, JOhn A. Phit· 

IIPt'. and S,olhet Mike Mee Is cong""tutaled 

b~ Recording Seeretary Cha,tes F. AUen. 

Brolher John A, Phillips joined Local 

200 011 July 28. 1922, li e worked as a 

troubl e~hooter at Anaconda Smelter in 

hi5 early }ean. Hc oper:lled at Flint 

Creek PO""erhou'>t' 'II!',rral )'raN and returned 

10 lhe smeller and worLed as lin 

operutOf' in the ~tack substation. zinc 

sub\tation. and main sUb\lation, where 

hc retired in February, 1957. He al50 

~rved a~ a member of Ihe Arbitl"3lion 

Boord for )everal years. John resides 

with his wife. Alice. at 611 Maple. 

Brother MiL" M"" )1",\0:"] hi~ dcctrical 

career in the early '2Ch. He staned 

""ich the Anal;onda Company in 1924, 

He wor"ed as wireman and troubleshooter 

III the DC gang unli! 1943. 

when he wcnt into the main ~ubst:tlion 

n.s oper:llor. from whil;h job he retired 

ill 1959. 

Mike alSe' had a political history 

IIlong wtlh his electrical nreer. Mike 

tlEW Joutngt

served for several years on the Anaconda 

Cily Council as pre~ident for two 

lerms, He was also !lCcretary of the 

Montana ~hmicipal league for over 16 

)'ears. and found time 10 sen'e eighl sessions 

as a representative in Ihe stOlte legislature, 

,\like also was elected as 

County Commis~ioner of Deerlodge 

County for 10 years. serving as chairmlln 

of the board during that period. 

At thi~ writing. we lire sorry to report 

Ih:lt Brother f< like Mee hll~ p:l)scd away. 

All members of Local 200 will miss 

him. and their deepest symp;lthy is c.~ 

Icnded 10 his wife, Kalie. 

CflAlI! I S I ~ . AI I I N, R.S. 

Local 21 0 Endorses 

Friend of Labor 

L.U. 2 10. ,\ TI.ANT IC CITV. NJ .- On 

September 29th. the New Jersey State 

AFl-CIO voted its official endorsement 

for the re-election of U.s. Senator Clifford 

I>. Ca>e. The meeting lias held in 

AHOlntic City. at the Shelburne HOtel. 

and the dele!;atc from local 210 was 

nill Uadley. As of October 25th. when 

thb leUer was wriucn. Senntor Case had 

rcceived \olunteer contributions from or 

Ganized labor totalliag many Ihousands 

of dollar~. 

On O(;tober 10th. the New Jersey 

State Electrical Association held it s Annual 

Meeting at the H,f1lllflda Inn. E:~st 

Brunswick. I'resident Charles fl.. Arnold, 

Busine~~ f< lanagef Ed Ritchie. and Execulhe 

lIo(lrd Chtlirman John G:I~ko, Jr. 

allended Ihe meeting. 

The Third Dblricl Utility Workshop 

Conferen,e took p!tlce III Comma,k, 

Long hland. The meeting wa~ well attended. 

with Illore Ihan 100 delega.tcs 

pre-.cnt. and the drhe for greater aHendancc 

continues. 

AI this writing, wage rales and fringes 

are scheduled to re-opcn [or neGoti:llions 

in No\'ember. be tll'l.""en Ihe Vinehlnd 

Unil of local 210 and the Vineland 

Electric Utility in the municipality of 

Vineland. 

Support CO PE! 

WI! IIU, T . HMILI \'. I'.S. 

O ld-Tim ers l Graduates 

Honored at Local 211 Party 

L.U. 2 11 . ,\TLANTIC CITV. N.J._On 

(ktober 7. 1972. :It Ihe EI eid fl. oom of 

lhe La Con(;ha Hotel. Loe:!1 211 held a 

dinner in honor of -tOo. 45-, nnd SO·year 

member),. Hnrry Cheri,o. mnstcr of ,eremonies. 

introduccd lmcrnational Representat 

ive Al Terr)'. Abo helping ,""cre 

111'0 of the honored members, Ernest 

Eger. who hn~ ,ompleled 62 rears in the 

lBEW, and Bllrl Bullock. 

The honored members are Arthur 

BaggoH, Bart Bullock. Morrell Cordery, 

Ernest !'ger. Sam Forbes. Il arvey 

Gandy. Hart Mai"ch, Tom McAdam. 

and I'al Patterson. 

cOlllillllt'11 0/1 /HJge. 42 

Honored suuts ErnUl Eger and Sam Forbes 

are shown being eong,,,'ulated. left to right 

are P,esldent Harry Cherico, honored gueS! 

Ernest Eger. International Rep,esen!ati~1 AI 

TeffY. hono,ed gUUI Sim Forbes. and Busl. 

ness Manager Geo.ge StOCkinger. 

Old·tlm .... ecet~jng Ihel. "ward pins. Front row. left to ,ight. Tom McAdam. Pal Patterson. 

Arthu. Baggoll, P,esiden! CheriCO, and Ba" Bullock. Back row, Bat1 M"~h, Harvey Gandy. 

tntern"llonal RepresentatiVe Terry. and Business Menager StockIng". 

Graduates 

Locat 211, Allanlic City. NJ .• hetd " dinner 

In honor of 40-•• 5- and 50-year membe~ 

and s raduates. Here. Inll rnallonal Repre. 

sen t all~e AI Terry presents In IBEW ring to 

Brot!>er Bart Bullock. 

Cettmb .., 1972 

New journeymen ,eceive cet1l11catH. Fronl row. left to .Igl>I, are PreSident Cherico and Apprent 

Ice Committee membe~ J oseph lombardi, Phil Bingenheimer, and Tom Fl egel. Middle 

row, 6usiness Manager George Stocktnger, Buddy [gu, BIIt Gormley. John COSlelio. and 

Oennls Hood. Back row, Ed Welsh. Robert Bickel, Brian Ounlevy. Internal ional Rep,esenta. 

l ive AI Terry. Ga ry BUlter, and Rick Cade. 

"

departlnent of Research 

and idllcation 

Major Collective Bargaining Settlements, First Nine Months, 1972 

Generlll T rends 

The U.S. DCI)lIrtmenl of Labor'!,! 

Bureau of Labor Stati':l lic.'! rcports 

that wage-I'ate inCI'ca i'!CS ill majOl' 

collective bal'gainin,l( i'lcttl{'lIlcn\!I 

during the first nine mOIl'h.~ of 

1972 IIvenOl'cd G.G Il{' I' cent a year 

over the life of the cOlltmct. vcr 

~1lf\ Ill!" J\venUl(: 8.1 pcr cellt level 

of llcl llcmcnli'l in the full yea.' 

1971, 1\ d cc r c/ll~c of 1.6 1)('1' ccnt. 

For the first year of the cOlltrllct, 

the rate of wage incrc:Hl-of-living escn 

Jatol'lI provided for Hllllual increnltCs 

averaginK 7.0 Ilcr cent. 

compared with 9.2 pel' cent. in 1971 

- a decrease of 2.2 pe l' cent. 'fhe 

nve.-agc inC I'ellse ill manufacturillK 

WIIS 5.6 Ilel" cent. compared with 

7.3 Iler cent In 1~ 7 1. alld agreements 

I'eached in the nOllmanufactUrinK 

lIector llVCI':lged 7.2 per 

cent, down from 8.9 per cent til\: 

previous year n decrease of 1.7 

per cent fOI' both industries. our- 

UNITI D STAfES AVERAGE 

Source: U. S. Department of Labor 8ureau of labor Statistics 

REVISED INDEX SERIES-Reference 80se, U, S. Average, 1967= 100 

'" A" 

Ind ~. D,,'~ 

lien" 

ApP(lrel 

He"llh 

Mc>nlh-'(e,,' C"m. e " 

fr"n.por. 

• 

a. hc· 

bined' , ,.... HOUlln\l UpkHP I" Ii(ln r.(llion 

t;ept. 1972 146.7 126_2 I '8 I 1 I 

, 

Aug. 1972 146.2 125.7 124 .6 129 .9 120.8 120.5 126.5 

July 1972 145.9 12 , 124 .2 129.5 121.1 120.3 126.3 

June 1972 145.4 123.0 129.0 122,1 120.0 126. 1 

May 1972 145.0 124 7 122.3 128.5 122.5 11 9.5 125.8 

April 1972 144 .5 12 .3 122.4 128.2 121.8 118.6 125.5 

I 71 I .8 6 

Sept. 1970 136.6 

Sept. 1969 129.3 

Sept. 1968 122.2 

Sept. 1967 117.1 

I 19$7.$9 Reference &oUI 

NOTE, Conlum.r Pri~. Inde . for 011 ilem. inc ...... d .5 Ind .. 'olnl during 1M po" ""'nIh. 

or '''' Thi •• q .... lI.d on onnuol '01, 01 in" ..... 0/ 112 X O.4~ The 'ncreo.e 

in CPI during 'he po" ye(l' W(I' 4.0 P(linl. Or 

Pere.nloge in«eo •• bft!we.n 1 ..(1 dOle. II ~ol

ing the first nine months of 1972, 

contracts with and without escalators 

averaged 5.4 lind 5.8 per cent. 

respectively, in manufacturing and 

4.9 and 7.3 per cent in nonmanufacturing. 

Firs t-Year Wage-nale Adjus tments 

Negoti ated first-yeat· wage-rate 

adjustments, which a t'e typically 

!tll'gel' than avel'age annual nltes 

of inCl'case over the life of the 

agl'eement, s howed sharp declines 

from 1971 averaR'es. In manufacturin 

g, the l\vel'age fil'1lt-.vear wagernte 

adjustment was 6.9 pel' cent 

compared with 10,9 pel' cent in 

197 1 and, in 1I0nmllllufacturing, 

was 7,3 l)er ceni, compared with 

12.2 pel' cent last year-declines 

of 4.0 and 4.9 ])e t' cellt t'especlively, 

When schedu led, defcrred wage 

increases under existi ng contracts 

and cost-oi-living escalator lIdjustments 

lIctually going into effect 

were combined wilh first-year increases 

under new settlements, the 

average effective wllge change was 

5.~ pel' cent fo r the first nine 

months of t he yea r (5. 1 pel' cent 

excluding construction). 

ANNUAL RATE OF WAGE INCREASE 

6.6% 

OVER 

ll'::. 

U FE OF CONTRACT 

hi 9 rros. 19n _ 

full Yelf 1911 

,~" .. ,,,._1> d«""1 1.000 . .... " .. _.. I . 

'1o.,1H I ... 111 .... " r .. ~.OOI) . .... " .. _ •• 

1.5% 

7.3% 71% 

ANNUAL RATE OF INCREASE IN 

FIRST 9 MON THS 1972 _ 

fUll y£AR J971 

COMPENSATION 

8.1 % 

8.8% 

Statist ical Summary of 

p lIY Board Actions 

The following is a summary of 

the latest statistics I'eleased by the 

Pny Board on cases on which the 

Pay Board has acted. The number 

of cases upon whieh the board has 

acted presently stltnds at 8,836: 

the combined weighted l\\'erage of 

increases granted during the foul' 

week period ending October l~th, 

for increase!! effcctive after Novem 

ber 13, 1971, for Categories] 

and II, was 5.4 pu r cent affecting 

3.5-milliOIl workers: and sillce ~ovembet· 

14, 1971, the combined 

weighted average inCl'e:u,e for 

Categories I :lIId II was G. 1 pct· 

cent affecting 18.l-mi ll ion workers. 

The statistics a lso "cflect that, 

fol' the same foul' weeks, the 

weighted a\'er;tge increase for 

Cawgory ] was 5.5 pel' cent affectillg 

2.9-mill iOIl workers, Specific;t1ly, 

these increllscs included 5.0 

pel' ccnt for new contl'llcts and 5.8 

per cent fOI' defcrred incrc

COlllillll('iI from p(lge 39 

Highlighting the affai r was a speech 

given by Intern.uion:.1 Representative AI 

Terry, who spol.e on unions loday. 

Also honored and congrawlated .... erc 

the appn:ntices who received journeyman 

licl.ets during the year. Busine Manager 

George Stod:int;er presented each 

new member .... ilh a certificate of completion. 

Members and gueslS totaled o\er 275, 

with many neighboring bu~ine~s managers 

in altendance. 

~ I an)' thanl.~ go to Ihe committee, 

consi~ting of Chairman Fd Arrnbru~ter. 

Tom Wolfe. Angie !'run:l. Bill Gormley. 

and Norm Wescoat. for ma).ing the 'Iffair 

a great ~uccess. 

TOM WOUI_ "'''0 Fn WI I SI I. PS~ . 

Work St ill in Good Shape; 

Bowlers Begin Season 

L.U. 212. C INCINNATI. O IIlO_ Work 

is still in good shape in our jurbdiclion 

:II this tirne of the ye.lr, lind the future 

still lool.~ briShE. 

Our pension nlembers amI their Pensioner. 

Club are doing iu~t fine. They 

had a picnic. "ilh the "1\es present. and 

really enjoyed themsehes to the fulle~t. 

It·s nice to see those t;U)S still moving 

around and nOi iu~t ~illing there. 

This i, the time of year that the bow 

Ie" tttne up for the tournallIent. \Ihich 

will be held in the ncar future. So, good 

lucl. 10 all of you bo .... lers. I-lope to ICC 

some 3()(k, 

Happy ho1iday~ to each and eH:ryone 

of you BrotheN. May this holiday !>Cason 

be a saf;: and rnemorable one. 

GIRV Lu, Sn1'-l. I'.S. 

Two Scribes Appointe d; 

Work Load Is Slow 

L.u. n·t Nf.:W Ll Ef)FOIH1, 1\1 ,\5S. 

Once 'Igain. the holiday sea~on approaches. 

and each )'o!ar il seems to 

come fa\ter. 

The under.igned hrl\'e hecn appointed 

as pre~~ ~crewry for the comin8 year. 

Brother Sheerin \las a loyal reporter and 

did an excellent job. We \liIl Iry to do 

half as .... cll as he did. I're~ident Joe 

!lowers had to :,ppoint t\lO of u~ 10 ta).e 

his place. T hanl.s :Igain, Tom. for a job 

well dOrk!. 

Business ~ I anagcr James Murphy, 

who recently retired. \I

Mourn ed 

B,olh". Jok.. Renfrew, right. who died 

recently 81 the age of 56, is shown with his 

son. Bulch. 

Work in our area is not too bri~k. 

Peach BOl1orn is putt ins some on, but 

that is

grounds-mo\\ ing, clearing 

hran e hc ~ . cUlling "eeds. and 

tra"h. 

"'ead 

h:lUlinS 

The Vacat ion Commil1ee. with Chni r 

man Don 1I0u'iC. Da ve RigS, a nd \Iike 

Manin . hinc IxcII ~Cr) bu!y apprO,inll 

\aCallOn request~. To date. they ha~e 

approH!d over 400 applications to tnenl' 

bers and Ir.lveters. with ololny more 

coming in. 

R O~~lD 

. M ilile th;U lIur membeh belicle in -a 

da)\ "orl. for a day') pa}." 

It is with regret that I report the 

dC:l1h of Urot ha Willie l-II.e. one of OUf 

retircll nlembch. I am )Ufe th'11 :111 of 

the members ;lnd friend) of Ihis de· 

Co;'a""'ll Brother join with me in offering 

our deepe,t anll mOllt in..:ere~) mrathy 

to the 10l ed onc~ of Brother I il.e. 

"I he (ollowing Brothers recently completed 

their al'lllentice)hlll truinlng I'r· 

"in ~lil.e. l ommy linllall. T. U. Daniel. 

( h;lf!c, /'. orman. I'erry I . Butkr. 

J im JUhThUI1. Nich Calholln. John I'rcdericl.. 

Jimm y loulson. Robert II ."~,, 

Rlllrdl I ·crg ll ~on. DOli "I hom:". I . E. 

I - I o llin ~\\ort h. Bill leftll ieh, lIill liar· 

rel1. rommy Lewh. "lex (illlllardo, 

Kenncth Sharp. Jimm)- Coker. R u~ty 

Acre. Glenn illay, h el. Urllut11lrt, -I i111 

~Ic~linn. ;ind Gordon E.I:IIl'l_ Our congr.uulations 

to thc\C lie... Journeyman 

\\ Ire nlen. 

Members on the Job 

Members 01 Local 295. Lilli. Rock, A.~ .• 

who a •• wa.klnl On "a.ia"s lObs ..... shown 

In the ... pI"'u ..... l ell to "B'll a.e Brolhers 

J ames flshe •• J,mmy Fusalt, Oon Rode.'s. 

~n d GII'y I'ack, and fll'UII'd" Do" Wilson. 

whO a.e working on the Roedwpy Inn MOlol 

iob. whl"h Is belnl done by the Fallan 

Elecl"" Company, lillie Rock. 

Left 'a right, Bus,ness Manage. W G. 0..,.. 

Ion and Brolhers C. G K .....".Old Joh n r.ede.;"k 

.,.e wo.klng On Ihe PeopleS S.~inls 

and Loan AS$oc;atlon Job. The eledrical work 

is being done by the e.a" [Ie

The local ",ill be shonly entering into 

contract negotiations with thc Green 

Mountain Po",er Corporation. Cemral 

Vermon! Public $er\'ice. Citizens Utility. 

and Lyndonville Electric. ", hich all have 

the S3me expiration date. The nel(t few 

months should be most interesting. 

The memben. of the local are looling 

for"'ard to the union party. "'hieh "'c 

hope "'e can ma!..e an annual e\ent. 

J. D. Mt RR IGAN. 1'.5. 

Old-Timers Dinner 

Th e 'Wet Ends' 

Thirty·year members, left to flghl. are Paul Zimmennan. George MarigOld. Joseph S. Pan. 

coasl. Allen R. Shea, Sam Tt>otnhlil. Wade Tumer. Sr .• and C.,, T ROberson. 

Members of locil lOI. Te~ .. kana. Tex .• the 

"Wet Ends." are shown at their Job in the 

paper mill Robert Renlrow. generlll fore· 

man. center, is lOOking at the pflnlS wIth. 

lelt to rlghl. loremen R. J. Dill. luther Mel· 

Ion. and JOhn Adami. 

Work Plentiful In Area 

For Almost Two Years 

L.I T. 30 1. ".:XA KKANA . TEX._We of 

Local 301 Ia~e this opportunity to tell 

all of those \\ho hJ\'e tra\'cled into our 

area 10 help u~ in our "'orl in thc past 

rear that we have enjoyed their help 

amJ ha\'c learned much from their 

friendly and emdent U\!lbw.nce. 

Wor~ has been plentiful in ollr area 

for almost t"'o )ear\ bec:,use of the International 

Paper Comp;tny's new paperboard 

and coating plant near Atlanta, 

Texas. Other jo~ in the area are to 

begin "or~ ,oon. also. One poI\erhouse 

and seveml lc\!ler projects will. we hope. 

keep our people vcry hu~y. 

We are encio,ing ;, picture of the 

"Wet Emh:' ..a·ealled bec:'u~c they "or~ 

in the part of the mill "here the wet 

paper pulp begiM to male paper. I'rogre~s 

on Ihis project has been e)lcellent. 

and "e at I.ocal 301 arc happy becau'iC 

"e. 100. realil.e that - I'rogress is one of 

our gre;otest products:' a quote from 

GE. Fil~ U!>. too! 

We enjo)' our \i~its through Ihe )OllflIa/. 

so "c'lI be seeing you again MlOn. 

\VI Sill 'L A. Slil.UV.IoN, P.S. 

Annual Old-Timers Dinner 

Held by Martinez Local 

L U. 302. l\I A ltTINEZ. CAUF.-Qur 

Annual Old·Timers Dinncr "as a we1lallended 

success again this year. 

The Annual Old·TImers Dinner 

l oc.. l02. Martmez. Calif. 

.... lump jumpe ..... Dal. GIbson, 

Con HollIday. Sr. 

was held by 

Shown are 

Sr .• 11011. and 

Th,rty·five ytla. member ... lelt to righl. are 

Wayne R. Willis. Tommy Ryan, Alfred P,s,Go 

chini, and Earle J. Hartin. 

Brother Hugh Glcnn is thc oldest 

old·timer with 50 years in the locaL Regretfully. 

BrOlher Glenn "as unable to 

allcnd thc dinner to receivc hi~ a"ard. 

but hi~ son. Joe. proudly aeceptcd thc 

award. We extend congratulations 10 

IJrothcr Hugh Glcnn on his great accomplishment. 

One hundred forty·threc Brothers rep- 

Twenly·f1ve year membf!rs. leh to right. lire 

Rudy L.ndslrom. Hubert Williams. and Vlrll 

A. 0150n 

resenting O\'cr 39 man·centuries of 

IBEW accomplishments rcceivcd their 

awards. Sixty·fh·e Brothers reeeh'ed 30- 

ye:lr award~; 30 Urothers. :!O·year 

ll"anh; 3:! Brothers. 25·ycar a"ards; 

and 15 BrOlhers recei\ed 35-year 

aw.lrds. 

We don'l see too many of the 

younger Brothers attend ins tm: old-timers' 

dinner. although an invitation is u 

tended to all Brothers. We hope Ihat 

next ye:'r. some or the ),ounger Brothers 

will alleml :Ind I"~C the opportunity to 

meet the men \\ ho helped 10 build our 

local to "hat it is today. 

IlrOther Leonard Barnell \\as appointed 

chairman of the Sick Committce. 

to repl;lce Carl Euleman. "'ho has 

done a grcat job but is no\\ retired. The 

committee mcct~ on an irregular ba'is 

but "orh hard to leep posted on Ollr ill 

and injured Brothers. 

The Sic~ Commillee tries to raise 

fund" hy collecting scrap copper and 

aluminum and by ~ponsoring the Annual 

Christmas Dance. The money thus 

railoCd i~ u»td to buy flo"crs or similar 

gifts or to extend some financial help to 

those I'.ho need it, depending on what 

the committee has been able 10 raise for 

thc fund. 

De.ember, 1972 

4S

Among the members on Ihe Sick 

CommiUee arc Brolhers Warren Jackman. 

Rc:ggie Snodgrass. Clarence Nagle. 

Jacl- Liberg, Bill Taylor, Bob Crttd, 

and Bill Slinl-er. 

PAUL D. STUTRIiD, P.5. 

Best Appearance 

50-Year Member Dinner 

Lo .... 1 309. E. St. LouIs. ttl.. held lis Annual 

50-Year Member Oinne •. Shown is the la.ge 

S.oup o f h ono.ed ~·yea. members. 

Old-Timers 

Bob Cam ... r pOses wIth his old fr>end, 50- 

year member Alfred Doni. 

• 

.. 

Treasurer Mont ie Hill present$ SO·year 

a wa rd to Brother Elmer Ph illips. 

Business ManaSe. Robert raust presents 

so.yea. aw~.d to B.other Tom Analin. 

Wiremen Sign Contract; 

50-Year Members Honored 

L.U. 309, E. ST. tOUIS. ILL.-Greetings 

once again from Loc o.1 309. 

The \I iremen ha\e signed 11 one-rear 

contract with an incre .. sc of SO cents 

over the period. The first raise, of 3S 

cenls. started on September lsi. However, 

as of Ihb \lriting.... e have nOl. recehed 

an olay from Ihe I'ay Boord. 

T he second, IS cents, is scheduled for 

March. 

NECA and our NegotiatinG Committee 

failed to reach an agreement, and 

our members \lere about to leave 10 

submit Ihe case to the council when 

NECA made a final offer. We are ' ·ery 

grateful \0 our commillee for the many 

hours ~pent nO! only in meetings wilh 

the eontractor~. but in preparing a case 

10 prescnt 10 the council. 

On Septcmber 18th, our Annual SO 

Yellr Member Dinner "'"s h.:ld. T his is 

One o f the finest events of oLir local. 

Prcsent \lere mOSI of our SO-year membe"" 

our oOker~, and gue.ts, the sons 

and relatives of lhe 30-}·ear mcmben;. 

Joining I hi~ group of scnior members 

this )"~ar are Brolhers Tom Anglin, 

Alfred Dohl, and Elmer I'hillips. CongralUlations~ 

and may )OU enjoy many 

more }car;, of member--hip. 

We ~erc glad that 309's oldesl member 

could be in allendance. 94-)ear-old 

FranI- Force. FrJ.nl- ~a .. unable to Oil· 

lend laSI year's dinner. as he \las rcco\ering 

from a brol-en hip. 

Outside con~lnlction has good prospects 

for winter \lork. ,\Iany jobs lire 

goi ng no ...., and more ne .... contracts are 

being let. Things lire not a\ bright for 

the ..... iremcn, but there seem 10 be lots 

of jobs in tbe mal-ing. i-air\ie ... Heights, 

Illinois, continues 10 hold promi.;e of 

mU!:h ... orl.: ... ith Ihe ~1. CI:.ir Famous 

Barr Shopping Centcr in the e:.nh-moving 

SlaliCs. Motels. theaters, and supermarl-ets 

are being p1:tnned for thh !.lime 

arc:.. 

Hope you remembered labor friends 

in the NO\'ember clection. 

J,l.CK P. VIN I;R, P.5. 

Members of Loc;al 313, Wilmington. Del., 

.... ho lormed a m .. chi"S line in Ihe Annual 

Labor Day Parade, won an award for "BeSI 

Appear'nc .... 

Local Wins Prize in Parade; 

Work Slow in Area 

I_U. J IJ. WIDIINCTO,"" , DEL.--Ollr 

Annual Labor Day Polrade "em olr 'cry 

well .... ith 2S local union p .. rlicipaling 

with I S bands and ni ne Ooals. Local] 13 

had 2S0 marchers in line and won the 

award for hUest Appearance·' of the 

marching gTOupS. 

As con)truction chairman of Ihe local 

United Fund Dri\!.'. I am happy 10 report 

Ihll t \Ie wcm 20 per cent over our 

goal. Many thanks \0 all the gcneroll~ 

hard-hali . 

Worl- in our area is slow, bUI Voe are 

I-eeping our members \lorl-ing and still 

have a fell tr;!\tlers \I il h 11\. 

I do beliele that lahor has finally realized 

thaI \Ie are not gelling a fair deal 

from the polilicians. Many union'> on 

the local scene Ihat could nOI be bolh· 

ered in Ihe pa~t. were gelling llil 

Sleamed up before the 1,lst c1l.-clion. I 

sure hOflC il nc~omes a nOli ion .. ] trend. 

lit "RY W. ROGl':RS. B.M, 

Portland, Maine, Local 

Holds F;eld Day 

L.U. 3J3, "OKTLM'I>. '''':_-TlIe local 

union held a field day on lilly ~3rd al 

Spring H Ill Farm, Sout h Berwkl-. Wt': 

\lere plea..cd 10 have a larj!e turnout of 

retired melllbers :t~ "ell a~ m~ny ne". 

active mCl1lbcr~, 

Door pri 1.c~ 

".:re won by Brother 

Bradbury, ~]uricl I'r irll;:e, and Polly 

Spiller, 

International Representalive ~I~urice 

l\l urphy pre~nted retired Brothcr Daniel 

Ubby a SO-rcar certificate. Brother Murphy 

remar~ed that Ihe presentation of 

50-)ear cC'rtificate!! is \ery uncommon. 

He also thanl-cd the local for iO\'iling 

him and his \I ife, 

T he oldeSI retired member prescnl 

was Ellrl Stanley, fonnerly of Cape 

Steam Station. South 1' 0rll~lld. He nO\l 

resides in Friendship. Maine, \lhere he 

\8EW Journat

Retirees 

Service Awards Night 

At a regular meeting of Lo~al 354. Salt 

l ake City. Utall. 43 members were pre· 

sented with service pins. Shown. left 10 

ri g ht. are International Representative Vince 

Pearson. 35·year member leonard Wahlberg. 

and Business Manager Jack Ande~on. 

local 333. Portland. M e .. held a fi eld day at the Sp"ng Hill farm, Soulh BerwiCk. This 

photo shows the retired members who attended. 

is aClive in operating an in'iurance business. 

The youngesi. potential member 

present .... as C hri Sl ia Jeanne Bailey, 

granddaughter of Brother Charles Wilson. 

of the I'ortland Meier Departmenl. 

Excellent dinncrs were scned. with 

the choice of cJllmbake, 10bSler, or 

chic]..en barbecue. 

A special meeling took place on OClober 

181h 10 hear from a representative 

of the Second District Vice President"s 

oflice ..... ho spole in regard~ to a propos:ll 

10 merge the various utllit} locals 

in the state, and possibly New ]-lampshire, 

inlo onc big l~al union. 

G. RO D\~AY. 1'.5. 

Golf Tournament Held; 

Fall Dance Enjoyed 

L U. 353, TORONTO, O:"'T.- As reponed 

last month, Ihe local held a fall 

golf tournamenl. There were over 100 

shooters, amJ BrOlhers Jil11 LellnOIl came 

out on top with a score of 78. Our con- 

Cheque Recipients 

At the September meeting of Local 353. Ta 

.onto. ant .. Business Manage. Bill Hanly 

p~sents a cheque to re t ired Brother Ora· 

Ila m Stockton. 

B ro lh e~ Red Swa ,ls. Ed Saker. and Harold 

Sargent also received cheques. 

gratulalions for a game .... ell played . 

Brother l ennox was prescnted with a 

trophy by Brolher Steve Weslak, tournament 

director. 

After being handed a firm defeat in 

the slimmer. the New Breed demanded a 

rematch with the Old-Timers Baseball 

Team. This time, the young fellows 

eame through by a score of 16-10. 

The Dance Committee held its Fall 

Dance on October 20th at the Jane 7 

Club. The S:lme two groups that played 

for the Spring Dance .... ere retained for 

this d:mce. The iluendnnce was 459. 

do.",n l>lighlly from that of the Spring 

Dance. bUI a good time .",as Slill had by 

all who allended. We .... ill now be waiting 

eagerly for the next Spring D an~e. 

At Ihe time of "riting. the worl situation 

leaves a lillie to be desired. We 

hope things clear up before eontra~t 

time in the spring. 

SrEVE K"'OTr. P.s. 

Forty-Three Salt Lak e C ity 

Members Receive Service Pins 

L.U. 354, SAI ... T LAKE e rn', u rAl! 

-Again this }·ear. one of our regubr 

meetings was highlighted by the presentation 

of service awards to 43 faithful 

members. 

left to right are International Representa. 

t,ve Vtnce ""arson and 3G-y

Outstanding Cooperation 

A fi~1 for local 354 wu Ille pruenl ellon 

of an IBEW Honorary Membership for oul· 

standIng cooper.Ilon WIlli local 354 and 

Ih' IB(W, which w .. presenled 10 J . Emesl 

Fn .... hMt; I ftfl In rlahl ere Bll$tnUIi Man' 

ager Jack AndetSQn, President MI Uon L. Kil· 

pau;ek, and J. Ernnl Fo ... berg. 

Franl Knaus, lIarold LIIW, Ronald 

Lod:yer, lIermlln l und. L. V. Mc· 

Clerry, M3rvin Neidcr!, Mall Wa.ddoups, 

Gordon Webb, John " l . I C ~. Mall Zoell· 

ncr, Fred Childre)), Ed O'Donnell, and 

l ohn Spani,:enher,: lind 35·year recipi. 

ents Leonard Wahlbcri: and John Darr. 

Local ].S4 has been a\loardtng sen-ice 

pin) fur 3oCv(I .. 1 )I'al), and Ihe allarJs 

Ol('ctin, i, pro!>;lbly the best-liked meeting 

of the whole )ear. The union certainly 

Ilbhcs to congra1ttlate the:.c vel· 

eran member, for the.r nmny )ears of 

dedicated M'f\ i.:e to the trade union 

cau-,e. 

There was al..o another :\\Ioartl gil'en 

during the e,ening-a lirsl for LOI:al 

]54, \Iohieh \Ioas made to Ernesl Forsberg. 

It \Ioll$ an m EW Honorary ~l embcrship 

fo r outstanding COOJ'lf"rHlion \\ith 

Loca l 33 4 lind Ihc IBI: W. 

After Ihe lI\Iolm ' ~ pre~c n tnlions , refreshmenh 

IIcrc ~erved, and then the 

,cal t.(Xial hour begnn. 

\Ve wi.;h to congnttuhue Ihe union for 

a job "ell done. 

Tllo~us W. OUSt NIIARK, 1'.5. 

Perth Amboy Local 358 

Prepares for Negotiations 

L.lt. 3511, l ' ln~ I II A \mo\', NJ. 

Pre para lions for our nl"t agreement are 

I:euing under \Ioav. \Ioith our present 

agrecment upirinl1 in Arri •. 1973 . • sure 

hope \IoC don'l h:lIe to fn ce H r ricl.y 

D icl.·~" I'ay Board in W;"hington this 

time. 

We e'(pre'>!l our ~)mpathies to the 

fami l ie~ of Brothers Ilho p;I\\oCd allay 

Brothers William Van Engelan, Ed\loard 

J. 8aLhman, and I red Huff. 8 ill Van 

Engelan \Ioas a retired lineman. Ed 

Um;hman wa5 a retired wireman. and 

Brolher lI utT's card \Io;I~ in the I. O. for 

a number of )'ear,. The,e men will Ix: 

deeply mh~ed by the IJrol hcrhood. 

Several JOM lire in the planning 

stage,. and , till others :Ire !x'inl1 heh.l up 

by enl'ironmenHII , roups. I hlngs are 

st ill :. bl! slow, with ,ome Brot hers ~till 

.. 

Ilorling out of tOlln. 

The Pension Boa rd of Trustecs has 

anno unced that they nre trying to bring 

the local pension inlO alignment wilh 

Ihe Inlernational pension by !o\loerinj; 

the minimum retirement age to 62. Thi$ 

will be a \Ioelcome nOlI' 10 some of the 

members IIho are !ool.ing fo ...... ard to an 

early retirelTlCnl. 

T his is Ihe last leller of Ihe )ear for 

us_ lI ope all the membcl"!l Will hUI'e n 

happy and safe holiday season. Drive 

carefully! 

PAT Sc\SSILI. P.S. 

Helen Reed Retires; 

Future Work Scene Not Good 

L.U, 364, ImCKf"OIUJ, n ,L.- Helen 

Reed, one of our dcdi.·:!ted ollice girls. 

has retired. During her 21 years of service 

10 our loc:!l. ,he hn, "orked for 'Ive 

business manngef\. Helcn al"ny\ greeted 

people lIi1h a friendly ~mi1e and "hello," 

OInd Wa) more than "minS to tal.e care 

of any problems our members hnd. AI· 

though we "ill miss her. "I' lill wish her 

a long and happy retirement. Guod luck 

Helen! 

AI Ihis Oeloher \Ioritin}:, the \Ioork ~ituation 

does nOI lool good for the lIinter. 

We no" h:1\e 10 men on the bench. but 

there \Ioill be U1UI1} murl' 11 •..,1 that by 

the time the \pring tha\lo ~ come. 'I here is 

a 101 of worl.. !lCheduled 10 Slart here, 

bm nothing is brcnl ing. 

Apprenlice !>I'hool is back 10 lull 

swing for 68 of ollr )Ollng men and 

their teachers. Thi~ )ear."e h;l\e t"O 

new teachers to go along with our \·et· 

eran ere~. con,bting of Durnell I indberg. 

l im Singley, and Bob Delel!. The 

new leachers are ScOll Hangartner, lirstyear 

teachcr. and k IT I)rir:hu"l:h, 

third-yeM leach.:r. 

On Novcmber I1lh, our !>econd in.ide 

Iliremcn's Sl:hool stancd. The cb\scs, 

Graduates 

held every olher Friday, are instructcd 

by 80b DeZcIl. Last year, 38 men became 

Class 1 journcymen because of 

Iheir training at this school. We hope 

Ihat all the enrolled men \IoiJI tale ad 

\RntA", of thi~ opportunil) and pass 

their journe)man e~ams. 

When my article about OUt picnic appeared 

in the )ollrIJ(l1 a couple of 

monlh~ ago, Ihe members of the picnic 

comminee \iocrI' singled out bec:tU!>I' of 

the outstanding job the) did. II has 

come 10 my ancntion Ihat the name of 

Mile Tongue \10'15 not included "il.e, 

one of our hard-\Ioorking. union-minded 

apprenliteS. not only sen'ed on the 1'001- 

min~, hut '\fl~ the chairman of it. By 

the way, Mike did not tel! me of thb 

error: in faCl, when he WllS loki of it. he 

snid, "Don'l 1I0rry about i1." AI! right, I 

won'l . .. now. 

Rool R W. J OIII"SON, p.s. 

Eleven Apprentices G roduote; 

Local Needs linemen 

1.. 11. :UH, 1' 1I0E:--;'IX. AIUZ_-In October, 

LOI:al ]87 had IWO e,'enlS of which 

\Ioe are "er), proud. The tirsl \Ioas lhe 

graduation of II apprentices on October 

13th, and the second ":IS the hxal't Annual 

Picnic on October I·hh. 

This \Ioas one of (llir smaller graduat· 

in,c cla~:.c, nnd "ill prohably be the 

5mal1e,1 for some lime 10 come. 

LOI:al ]87 and ArilOna "uhlic Service 

Company have a joint apprenticeship 

pro!:'''I'' IIhich is admini,lcred by II 

committee of si}[ employees, three :§elected 

by Ihc union and thrce by the 

company. 

It is a four-)e.lT progmm consisting of 

8.000 hours on-the-job lmining plus two 

nights per week of clas)r(JQm training. 

Shown ate membe ... o f Ille 1912 apprenticeship gr"duallna clus of Loul 381. Ph.,.,,; •. 

AriZ .. 3nd 111 .. A.i~ona Pllbtlc Se",lu Cnmoany In;n' Al'1r"enllc.elhlp p.oaram. $Iandlnll:, lefl 

10 .iglli..... David E. Holbroo ~ . J oseph L. YOllng. Jr .• George O. Davidson, GI,nn N. N"e$\. 

Jaek O. Wa.n ... and (llgen, L. Van Oel""' olll$lalldlng apprenlice. SI II lng. Benlamln E. 

Johnson. OonB'd Dskerson, Robert J. lae. James F. He.dr;eh. Ind Guy R. l..,lne. 

IBEW Joy,n .. t

In addition to this. the lineman, electrician. 

and meterman apprenliet'S nlU ~t attend. 

during the:. first th r~ months of 

their apprenticeship. an C"ight-hour-perday 

school in .... hich Ihe) arc laught 10 

climb and to "orl- safely from elevated 

posilions. 

At the beginning of their fourth six 

month~. Ihe linem:m nnd electril:i:ln app 

f('nti,e~ are again placed in .10 eighlhour-pcr-da} 

..chool in "hich the) Jearn 

10 properl) rubber up nnd "orl.. hot 

~tiCT\ed on the 

Worl-man's Commiuce anll aho -encd 

" .. I'icc pre~idem of 1 0..

trict Offic.e notified liS of a poIential 

me rger in Connecticut. Well, we have 

been advised by Inlcrn:l(ional Vice Presi. 

dent John Flynn that he is recom mend· 

ing to President Pillard Ihe merger in· 

volving Ihe 14 IBEW locals \ljlh milily 

jurisdict ion in Conneelinll. 

EITectj\e Detember I. 1972. merger~ 

\liII ta~e elTect. re~uhing in Ihe \\10 

local IInions in Connecticut v.ilh lIIi1it) 

jurisdittion. With the exception of our 

local. the International will rescind the 

chaners of Ihe 13 locals. amI a nC\l 

local union will be formed and chartered 

as Local Union 457. 

In order 10 accompli .. h Ihi~ merger. a 

portion of our local's j uri~ d iclion \lilt be 

affected. Five of our local\ areas will be 

transferred 10 Locu l Union 457. Brothers 

prescntly represented by Loc:11 Un· 

ions 753. Norwalk, and 11S 17. Danbury, 

C L&I' properties, and Local Union) 383. 

To rrington, :1Od 468. Stamford, HF L 

Company propenie~. \lill be transferred 

inlo the jurisdiction o f ollr locul union. 

We have al'>O been informed that our 

sister local will be compri!>Cd of Local 

V n ion~ 1045, Danielson, 1175, !'sscx. 

12:26, Willimunlic. :Ind 137) T hompsonville, 

C L&I' properties: Local Unions 

469, New London: 14 19, Middletown, 

H EL Company properties: Loea l Union 

2239. Haddam Ned:, Conneeticul, Yankee 

Atomic PO\ler Plunb: Local Unions 

2058. Non-ich, and 1020, Wallingford. 

municipab of Norv. ich and Wallingford, 

Conn«:licul. und the the area) from Ollr 

local union. 

The International OffICe has appointed 

Brother J ~ph Kelly a~ full-time busin 

e,,-~ manager of Local Union 457 until 

it can conduct reg ular elections. B rOlh~r 

Kelly h:ls been :\0 act ive memb.:r of our 

loeal: he presently i ~ our loc,ll's Irea, 

urcr: sccrct.try·trta~urer of Sys1em Council 

V-24: and as~i~ t ant bu~ine,s manager 

of the New Britain Unit. 

We all wish Brother Kelly and Local 

Union 457 8000 Illd. in the construction 

of their new loe:l!' Also \\e \,ould me 

10

Some of It.e membe.s· wive~. left to flCht 

are Mrs. Roy Carswell. M.s. SIlly Shi.ley. 

M.~. louis Ross (behind the Iil1le girl). and 

an unidentIfied wife. 

A lot of the members enioy themselves. 

Now we ~re looking forwnrd to the 

Ch riStmas Ball's being as good as Ihe 

picnic. 

Remember Ihal a good. strong union 

is a~ STrong a~ Ihe wea~e~t member. 

Support your union. Allend your union 

meelings. 

r ATlI.!CK T. DOItOt;GlI, P.S. 

Work Situation Remains 

Level in Monroe, Lou isiana 

LU. "46. "IO:\,H:OI·:. 1.,\.-T he wor~ 

~jlUation has remained level since our 

la~t leller. cvcn though we ha\e added a 

few tr;I\eler, to our Illanpo"er. Keep in 

mind that thh i\ being wrillen in October 

in order to meet the frJl/mal de.)dline. 

Onl} time" ill tell u~ w hat the (u· 

ture hold~. 

The Conlinental Can COmpan)' I'lodge 

project has pe;l~ed. or -.oon Ilili. At Ihe 

presenl lime. I\e h,l\e about 200 eleclrici,m, 

on Ihe joh ~ile. Electri~al contrac· 

tors on the joh are Clelt'land E.lectric of 

Allanta. Georgia: Knlfl I:: le~tri~ of Monroe: 

and Forre~t "'celric of Natchez, 

r.li~~h,ippi. 

Wor~ is conlinuing on Ihe nell ~hopping 

m,lll in We,1 Monroe. r here ,hould 

be sume eleclrician, on the job soon. 

Roy Fair of Rlhton, Loui,i:!n'l. ha~ Ihe 

contract. The nell mall is located on 

Thoma~ Road. 

Sad 10 say bUI Local 446 hati IWO 

death~ during Oclober-llrother~ Ilutidy 

F ro~t and Willie Scarbarough. We 

mourn lhe loss of these tWO Brolhers 

from our miti~1. 

Oecember, 1972 

Brother Hiram " Poochie"' YOiIll!l WllS 

burned ovcr 33 per cellt of his body 

while wor~ing at Ihe Olin~r'lft Paper 

Company. i:lrothcr Young carne in COil' 

tact with a hOI wire "hile I\or~in!l .. ~ :! 

lineman. At l!m word. "Poochie" was 

doing a little better, but he h:t~ quite :t 

w:!y to go. 

Our next U.S. President l\iII ha\e 

been elected by the time Ihi~ leuer j, in 

print. I hope th:lt each ;lnti e\'cry one of 

you \'oled in the election. If )011 didn·t. 

you hale no cause to gripe. 

To all of our Brolhers \\ho M'em to 

h:!~e fOfj;ottell where Ihe hall b. the ,Iddre" 

is 1601 Soulhern Alenue. Monroe. 

Loui,iana. We mCC-I Ihe fir\1 hida) of 

each monlh al 8:00 /..... 1. Sec )OU :II Ihe 

ne)[1 meering. 

Wilh Ihe holiday spirit in the air. \Ie 

al Monroe w i,h all of our IJrolher. a 

"'h:rry Chri,tma, and a Happ) New 

Year. 1'1c .. ~e ~ecp in mind Ihat Ihere 

can be h:!ppy hoJida)~ onl) if you :!re 

careful at \IOr~ all )ellr long. 

lOll:>: YLIGI R, P .S. 

Bi-Plane Builder 

Elmer A. Bamey. member of Local 465. San 

Diego. Calif .. buill an aerobalic bi·plane. 

He.e Brotller~ Ba,"ey and Sob Calley. 

Press See,elary. are shown iusl befo.e 

t ake·off at the Ramona, Calif., Ai.port. 

Elme. i" shown al the cont.ols of his "Sla. 

duster. Too." 

San Diego Member Builds 

Aerobatic Bi·Plan e 

L U. 465. SA :"o' IlIEGO. CALI F.-One 

of Local 46.5\ more talented Brolhers. 

Elmer A. Barney. h;l~ worle.1 four and 

one-half years con5trllC"ling his red, 

white. and blue "Stardll~lcr. Too." 

sho\l n in Ihe photographs enclosed. Ilis 

acrobalic bi-plane, powered by a 160- 

hor~cpower Lycoming engine with a 

constant speed propelkr, has a wing 

~p;m of 24 feet. and was buill in hi. 

h3dyard Ilith the help of hj~ .... ife. Dorolhy. 

tlaughle~. Kalhy and Jac~je. 1 

whenever Ihe) arc !:tid off. Afler all. 

h011 often \\lmld lhis happen in the 

course of a wor~ )ear? I. for one. 

would accepl thh plan. 

I al'iO hoclie\'e Ihac there arc "PI 10 be 

some member~ who Iloulti Ihin~ Ih:!1 it 

would be wonh il to ~no.... lhat Ihe} 

could expecl thi, statU'. "nd rUIl for Ihe 

~hition, :11 ailable. 

Another Ihing. \lhcn a local Brother 

has to tTalel 10 another loe:11 10 \Iorl. 

and the a~l>C~'mcnt is le,~ lhan hb ow n. 

he \houlti m3~e up Ihe difference and 

pay il 10 hl. home local. How ebe do 

Ihe Ilrolh~h Ihin~ \lC can accomplhh 

Ihe I\or~ of running a businc.s (anolher 

n:!llle for ;he union)? 

["'e been told by my B rOlher~ that the 

di~tarr ,ide gels to read the".; ""IiI ole'" 

lell~rs. which I ~omehow manage to gel 

OUi on lime. Well. for thc recorti, I'd 

lile to say Ihat your men ,Ire basically 

sincere in Iheir elfons 10 gel the job 

"

done efficiently find on time, and that 

their greatesl gripc' is the hnndhng of 

the men, ",ilh 'Iod. expediting and 

equipment to worl "'ith -.ceond. I hc) 

do gct di~gmted :Ind di,appointed ",ilh 

the job. So. if Ihe) whe )OU :10> "na~" 

"'hen lhey come in from a hard da) at 

the office. IndJe~, )1I"t t.lle it in 'tride 

and then tell them }UUf prohlcm\. 

M : lle ~ fOf jntere~lins eonwr ... 1Iion. 

rhe eon-lnKlion field h no hed of 

rO'>oe\. bchc\Cem~ 10 Ihinl 

[hat there i, an an:hi[c

Local 48 1 Reports New 

Slate of Officers 

L.U. 481. INI>IANAI'OLIS. IN I>.-At 

our regular meeting on June 2ht. l OCll l 

481 c!e(led new officers for the next 

three yellrs. T hey arc B u, i nc~s r-.1:tnager 

Wesley L Taylor. I' Te~ idcn l Wil!iarn H. 

Corns, Vice I' re~idcn' John L Ruyer. 

Recording Secretary F rltnei~ ]-I , SlOrms, 

and T rea~urer Robert D. Dye. 

The Fxamining Bo,rrd members arc 

Brolhers Jame, 1\.1. Taylor. Charles U. 

Morrh. and Flo)d A. H oppe~. 

T he Fxecut;vc Board IIH,:mber\ :Ire 

BrOlhers Gilbert F. Ta\ lor. Paul C. 

King. Donald l. H c;;der~hot. and 

T homas w. H3rgraves. 

rhe Building Tru~lecs 3re Brothers 

Roben FOOge. ? lichDel J. Elder. ;lnd 

Wa>"e L IJ;r\"er. 

Ami the Apprenticrship Commiuee 

member' arc Hrothers Wa>nc M . Reid. 

John 1'. Hooler, 3nd J :lme~ F. George. 

h MI s M . Tn 10K. 1'.5. 

Members of Local 488 

Enjoy Annual Outing 

L.U. 488. 1I1U1)G I-: I'ORT, CO",'N. 

Danbury's L ,ke,iew Gron~ W:h the ~pot 

thb. )'ear for uur Annual OUl;ng. I ;rm 

~llre that Iho\l:' \lho :lllended gained a 

few pounds. a~ the food ,tnd driol..~ "eTC 

con~umed all d:IY. FI'er}thing "a~ deli· 

cious. And. Brolher~. thO'>t member 10 p.1.rticipale in the 

ncw m EW early pcn~ion retiremenl ben· 

efits. 

Reme mber 10 Dllend meeting' hl:cau, ... 

our negotintions arc in progrcs" (Ind our 

COntr,let wi ll expire on February 28th. 

R ,\VM ONU T. II J,I, I'.S. 

Decembe r, 1972 

Retirees of Local 505 

Shown In this photo II.\! retl.ed membe .. 01 locllt 505. Mobile. Ala BIlc~ .OW. tel! to righl. 

are W. Remillong. O. l. Jones. C, A. Eaves. and W H. lucas. Middle ,0W. R. W. Horne. W. 

R. HOUCk. O. E. Savacoot. and W. B. Huckaby. F.ont row, W. L Moss. M. K. Smith. J. F 

Barnes. Sf .. R. A. M'lIer. E. O. Hollaway. E. D. Setf. and H. L Allen. 

Mobile Local Has Seven 

Deaths in One Year 

I..U. 50S, '101111.1-:. At,\ .- \\ithin the 

paSI rear, lOCitl SO!l ha~ lu\1 '>C'·en 

memhcrOlled their 

prublem, and presentcd one common 

front at the barsainins table. Re,ultthree 

yeah of peace alung the "ater· 

fronl ...... ith :1 determinaliun Ihm "e 

\lon't be divided IIg"in. 

I 1..0011 thai OIlT marine members and 

their familie, join "ilh me in ';Iying. 

··Th'LIl~ )'ou. Chucl.. lI ughc~. for doin£ 

an :llmQOmchow we are going to 

h:l\'c to l oo~ for 10c:lI arbitration. proba· 

hly \lithin the ~truc lL1 rc of the Building 

Tr"des Council. The staff members of 

"

Local S69 have discussed this among 

themselves and will ~ubmil il to lhe 

council: ho .... ever ..... e h, . ~e a bia oI.o~tade 

to o\'ercome. ;n many of lhe crafts arc 

hired directly by the conlractor (Ihe 

basic crafts. c;orpentcrs. labor. \lho 

gruciou)ly ga,e hh much-needed lime III 

lhe: 1:,llc in helping 10 make Ihi, picnk 

§u~h ,I MJ!;"!;"e\S. All OIhcr IJrother, and 

\li,e, who he[ped 0111-:1 biG pllt on the 

baei.. 10 ~Oll lll,o. 

\Vori.. i~ slill on the ~ low ~itlc. \Ooilh 

anOlher quc)lion marl. for thL' flllllTl" 

tlti, being thc MJ-("alled eOTlOtIle arell, ,hOIl[(I he 

!liven II close )\Udy liS \0 ovcrdc~c[op- 

1I1ent and hllphazard lund ymb. hm ceo· 

nomi!;"s will have 10 go h:lnd ill hantl 

\lith good Jud.llmcnt. 

WllUAM E . I'AI)I'III Il, I'.s. 

Retired local 8H Brolhe. and Mrs. Gen. 

Wh,Uey alld theor daughre. al Ih." hom. in 

Blrminghem. 

AI lhe Ann".1 PICnic a l loul 595. O.kl.nd. 

C."'. Bus.n"s M.n •••, Tam Sweeney p.r 

tlclPilI.S In the .U lan.n. ~nlHI dUlOn. 

lest.wil.es. 

B,alher P.ul Chewella dorects .cli"i!!e' and 

•• wes beg.nn,ng inilrucioons la Ih. kids la r 

the sack r .. ce. 

Oa~land 

Wor~ 

Proud of Athletics; 

Still on Slow Side 

1 •. 11, 595. 0\1\1. \ ....']). CA LIF.-Ilome 

of the \Ooorld ch:.mpion. of "a.seba[1, the 

Oal.[and "A\." rhe \Ooinning fe'cr "3\ 

:11 II high pilch here in the "a) llrea a\ 

the Alhlcli c~ .... on Olll O\er Detroit in 

Ihe AllIericlul LeugLle phlyoff~ . Someho 

..... it didn't .\oCem IXh.i"[e Ih:.1 the A', 

.... ould be going 10 plllY the Reds in tht 

World Serie:s. but :" .... e all \Ooitne:o;.setl on 

national TV. they cenuinly :ore for real. 

I fee[ Ihal Ihe ~reiltr\1 amnLlnl Ilf 

eredil ~ hoLl[d go \0 Mr. ChM1c~ O. Fin 

[ey for bringing Ihe A \ rranehi-.e 10 Ihe 

We,t Coas\. [ wou ld abo lile 10 mtnlion 

Ihe Irue ~porl~IIl:,"~ h ip bel ..... een the 

1'01'0 dub~. espc:ci:llly the: compelitive: 

)pirit 

.. 

bcl\Oo'ccn Mllnagcrs Dick Williams 

Showll "'. Brorhe", Shaffe., D.nnis •• nd 

Rice on Ih. sunnys,de of local 60S', off,ca 

til Jackson, MiSs. 

Old Friends 

Th.se Ih,.e scenes show "lends end fo rme. 

worklllS Bralhe", 01 l ocal 605. R.rl.ed 

B.oth •• J . C. McCrat)'. l ocal 841. Blrmlng. 

ham. Ale.. and his wIfe per/orm tlwn 

chores at Ihei. home in ltne",lIa. Al •• 

Rellred locat 84 t S'othe. Hent)' Sill. at hll. 

home .n Bum,ngham • 

State of Industry Can 

Affect National Economy 

I .. U. 605. J.\CKSO:"l:. 'IlSS.-The indu 

.. tr)' from \Oohich .... c earn our Ihelihood 

:set'm~ to h"'e: been h;o\ing il kind 

of rlluSh for a period of '>(:\eral )elll"> 

no\Oo. Con-.cqucntl) ..... hen 11\ rough for 

the industry. il 'lCenh. direclly or indireclly. 

10 haw a h;ld effect on our 

..... hole mllional econom). 

N,llIIins ..ome of Ihe rough ,pol\. they 

nrc liShl mone)'. indmtrilll nalUral gas 

running 10\1 of ~u ppl y. pollution o f air. 

.... atcr. and lhe cnvironment. Hc[ie\e me. 

.... hen an industry ,uch a~ our~ gch hil 

with :. conglomcnlle ~L1l'h :O~ Ihat within 

II period of a fe .... ~horl yellr,. ~ol1lelhing 

will ha"e 10 gi'·e. 

We piel.. up some Icrri"[e ~tories 

about ~hor\llgc of po\Oocr in some arc:IS 

IIEW Journot

of the country, which, in at Icast some 

cases, may be duc to ~ome of the aforementioned 

causes. When our U.S. senalors 

sian telling us that we C:ln look 

forward 10 area brownouls and blackoms. 

"'e get the message thai something 

lH."eds to be done right away. 

Really and truly. we think thaI our 

indu5try has in it some of Ihe smarte~1 

people in the entire "'orld, lind \\1.' Ihink 

Ihat they will male on thi~ probl

Waterbury Clambake 

Local 660, WaUllbury. Corm.. held II. An· 

nU81 ClambBh In the fe'l. Shown left 10 

dlll\!, a,. F"nktl" Jones. seeond·8ene,at,oJl 

member of Local 6(;0, and Robert Warren, 

Ihlrd ·geJlernt jo n member of loc~1 660. 

Left 10 ,ight ar. Sid Rossi and l(u,l Goodell 

"I 1. ...... 1 488, 8,;d«apol'l, Conn., and Inle,_ 

na. ional Rep.e.lnU'llve W ~l ter Mo",,"an. 

Left 10 " g hl. Louie Hogue, w .. n.< Pado 

I.~kl. and rellr •• J O$eph o..,k,n ahar, a 

la"8h. 

Annual Clamba ke Held: 

Non-Union Field Growing 

L. U. 6"0. WATt: RIJlIRY. CONN.-Our 

Annual Clllnlbll\.e WIlS held on September 

16th at Volmor's (imvl' in l'rOSp\:CI. 

Good weill her. good food und drink. 

Hnd a good rime were enjoyed by all. 

T he cnclo~d pictures were tuken by 

bosiness Mannger Gene Abel. 

56 

We find the non·union field doing well 

and growing. fertilized, to some degree, 

by our indiffe rence and apathy. Our in· 

dustry. for too mnny ye:ar~, h:ls I.H;huveu 

lil.e the fat cat that k.ept taling the 

cream off the top of the bollle and be· 

came so complacent that he forgot to 

put the cap back on. 

We nolV h(wc available to Il S nn [no 

strument to help correct this trend_a 

residential wiring agreement. It de..encs 

the total ~uppon and efron of our memo 

bership. In fact. our 5urvival demands it. 

What do )011 thinl.. ? 

FII"NK BI:RM .... P.S. 

Work Is Good in Local 683; 

Annual Cookout Held 

I..U. 6113, COI.U\IIIUS. OIIIO- Work 

is 1:00d. due to the new high·ri'iC builtl· 

ing in the downtown are:1 and the addi· 

tion to the Anheu-.er· Bu'>Ch Brewery. 

We .... ere excited to have Brother ]Job 

Farrington reprc\Cnl the local Imilding 

trades in a nalioliallV Inlel view IC' 

cenlly. 

Our Annual Com RoaSI and Chick.cn 

Fry was a grcat ~uccess. This yenr's 

e\'en l wa~ held al Sciolo Down~ Race· 

trod,. O\'cr 200 door prizes \lere ghen 

a\la)'. Bcrr pitcher~ \lcre 501d. \lith the 

proceeds going to COPE. Our Ihanl.s go 

to commillee member~ Terry Nicode· 

IIlUS. "en llrothcrlOn, Bob "Iing c n ~mil h. 

George I'eters. Dave Green. Dnn Boyden. 

Ralph "itchen. and Neil Elder. 

We are proud to hlHe Michael Brad· 

ford. 50n of 2S·)ear member nob 

Brntlrord. awardcd the first Gordon M. 

Frcerlllln Schohmhip. Michael pl (ln ~ to 

study architecture at Ohio State Univer· 

5it)'. 

Our loc:'ll's basl..etball team h ll~ been 

outfitl~d in new unifo rm ~ (Lnd i~ getting 

ready for n bu ~y season in two l e"g uc ~. 

We were saddened by the deaths or 

Brothers Fred Gunther. 35, and lI olli~ 

Dunning, 64. Brother Gunther had reen 

buildinG a new home. 50 50me of the 

members of Local 683 pitched in to 

finish the work on the home ror Brother 

Gunther's widow and two children 

TUllY NICODD-IUS, I'.S. 

Five Apprentices Graduate; 

Work in Area Good 

I .. U. 686, IIA ZI.ETON, I'A.-Recently. 

five young men graduated rrom the 

I.oca l 686 Apprl'nril'l'~hir> '1 min in.: 

School. They are William Bacher. I d· 

ward Ball iet. Denni~ Grebey. Robert 

Marchelli. and Richard Veglia. Preiident 

Jame ~ Donati read the obligation at the 

reguhu III

Local 697 Officers 

- •. 

Four mOre of HDzleton's tinest put the finishing 

touches to the special 1111 buih;l,ng 

lefl 10 nght. they Dre W,II,am McGovern, 

James Burke (on IDdde.), Wilham Nabholz, 

;ond Rober1 Stracka. 

help )-Otl in :my way he can. but it\ 

;,ho up to you. Wilh ~orne eITort and 

hard work on rOlu' parI. you. 100, e;1]\ 

achieve whal the rnell1bcr~ of preceding 

clll\"c) havc. Becoming a journc}ll1:m 

electrician in rhe IB I-W i~ a goal ",orthy 

of all of your effort\. Oood luck! 

Work in Ihe area i~ good at the present 

lime, bUI with Ihe coming of ",inler, 

new construction. a~ always, slows 

lIown. 

If anyone 11a~ any news of inleresl for 

our JOimw / art i cle~, plc:lsc cont;]ct Ihe 

prcs~ secretary. 

The members of l oca l 686 and their 

f .. milies extend to their BrotherCcrcmrk~ w hcn 

\I.e ~ronsorcd the Wireman'~ Golf A_wcialion 

Tournamenl la'l >car. 

CII,\ItI J S 0 , WllSO:-r, P.5. 

First-Aid Classes 

Ree""Uy , 10 membe,s o f Local 700, Fort 

Smilh, Ark., completed the Red CtOU 

St andard Mu lUmed ,a f irst Ai d Course .nd 

now qualify ;os Instruc to ,s, These scenU 

, ho w the InSlruct o r, applying Ii,,;! a id to 

their "victim,." 

I 

The InSlructors. 

• 

Ten Memb ers Qualify As 

First Aid 1nstructors 

- 

L U. 700. FORT SMITH. '\ ltK..-We 

arc proud Ihnt we have 10 memhers 

who have compieled the Red Cro~s 

Sta ndard t-.lultimedia First Aid Course, 

which qualifies lIlI 10 as instruclOrs. 

The course complies wilh lhe ruling 

of the new Occupational Safety :ut"! 

'-Iealth Act (OS I-I A) and con~i.ts of 

eight hou~ of basic fiT5t aid tmining 

lind eight hou rs of instruclOr's training. 

Completing thc course arc John Bray. 

Mar(us Flo}'d, Oet:llrJ Thoma), Jilek 

Fra!cy, Ron Primm, Mallrice CaTlcr, 

"

Ja!;l Whitson. Rodney Greer. and Rus· 

~IJ Jones. 

n rothers Milchell. I'rinllll. and Carler 

are JATe in\InJctof5. No". elery apprentice 

"ill hale a chance 10 lale the 

fir~t aid \:our..e. 

1\11 1 M n O~SJ Y, I' S 

Newly-Organized Shop On 

Third Week of Strike 

L. U. 7 13. CIlICAGO, II. L.-Afler 

nearl) four monlh~ or negolialion\. Ihe 

final orrer given hy Ihe General I Hlle 

Corporal ion ....',h 101,,]ly unaccelml ble. 

Thl.' people IOled 10 Slrile on Scpll:l11bcr 

261h. and II C lIre now cntering our Ihird 

\led. of Ihe \Irile. 1 he i...sue Ihe pWplc 

:.re ' Iriling for i, "" quul " a)' for FqU:II 

Worl." I"he ,nile i, 100 per I:cnt dfcclive. 

nnd .... e arc confident Ih;'I, in duc 

tillle, \Ie \Ioill reach lIgreemcm on R f:,ir 

and equiTablc eomnu;:l. 

Wc are in the pn.M:e" of cuntr:.el 

tal l , al B:I II)' r.1:uwfarlUring Corpon.· 

lion. C. J. Ander..on. :md Chk;'go 

Tran ~il Aulhuril),. l inal ofrers \IoeTC accepled 

rerellll), tly Ihe memhcr.hlp at 

W it1illm~ '· Iecironjc,. Inc .. Hodinl.' 1 1c\:· 

tric Compan)'. Me:IIJor Indu,ll·jc,. Inc .. 

liT TclecomnlUlllcalion\. Ilhnoh 

S\Ioit!;hboard (VI' ..... I:'I;OIl. :.11.1 C I" ~iI&o 

Dynamic I ndU~lrie\ :t. \Ioell a~ Ihe 

\ lI itchboMd ,hop-. In Ihc Cool Cuunl)' 

S\lilchboard A (X:iallon. 

On a happ)' nOIt'. all of our other 

)ho!>,> are doing \Ioell. and emplo)menl I) 

on thc ups\loing. 

JOII'" J. C .... ltlIlCUO, 1'.5. 

New Training Director 

B.other Don Tatum. lex::,1 716. HOtI~lon. 

T .... Is Ihe local"~ new .pp.enllcesh,p I •• on· 

Inl dlfecto •. 

Work Picture in Houston 

Slowly Getting W orse 

I..U. 716, 1I 0 US-IO,", T EX.-lhe work 

picture in the 1I 01l~ton tlrea dOC\ll't ..... CIl1 

10 I~ improvinJ:: in fal:l. ii"s '10 ..... 1)' Betling 

worse. Somelhinl; for u~ 10 pondcr. 

Itrothers. is Ihal in }C; or ~ p:I~I. \lhen \Ioe 

h:ul n~ ma n)' a~ 100 II) 300 men on the 

bench, it \I"~ bec:tlI~e worl Wtl~ otT 

" 

Presentation 

Brotherh ood a t work. Inte.nMlon,,1 RI!P,e. 

nnt31ive A. R. Brewton. ut.eme rlaht. p.e. 

senlS III 5O-ye/lor pIn and c ita l lon to o.oth • • 

Bruce Kr"m 01 lOCllt 252. Anro Arbo., MICh. 

Others in U", 111 .. 1"", ..... M, . K .."l' aod rio 

n8nc i ~1 Secr.la.y Rufus FOSler. 

Picketing 

r------, ___ ~~ .... 

Brothe. JOhn 0 Fisl"ler doe. his Plrt h. 

help combat tl"l. non·uroion problem h. 

Houston. TI"III p,cket was on the C.mco lob 

lit Int • • stall! Hlgloway 45 and AI.lIroe O.ive. 

e\"j~rr\l here. Thi, i\ "'" the c:t\C.' tOO:I)·. 

AllhoUl;h our inuustrial \lorl i~ ler)' 

\10\\. you \I ill. if }OU tool :ormlnd. ...:e 

commerci:.1 joh, by Ihe hUllUrl:l"- H }UU 

lool a liule clo-.cr. you \Ioill 'tee thai a 

large pcrccnl;,ge of Ihe!)C jot>, ilrc (lro\lin!; 

,tc.. dil) 1:lr(lcr 

This prohlem ;:.\i,\\ Ihrtl1tllhmll all 

union craft\ in Ihi~ area. 1 len'one i, 

'>CaTChing tIe'perald) for Ih-c- 'ollliion to 

ITI'Cf'>C thi- trend. hut a .. of nO\l. nll one 

ha) \;Ome up \lilh a ..alid anwer. I he 

tiOle ha~ COOle fur :.11 or(lani/ed I:.oor 10 

cea .... fi(lhting eat'h other anu IUln :mu 

face the common enemy. Ihe clcr'grll\loing 

-non·union mOl1>ter." I he nld dil·he. 

"but we do tlc\ter lIor).. ... ,II" lIon't 

'ohe the rrohlem- non-union can. ;LI1U 

is. doing our \lorl. rhinl uooul it 

HrC~ at the old T aylor High 

School on l oui!>i:mll Street. He has been 

\lorlmg al thc trade e~er )ince. anu in 

hi\ ,p:ore lime. nmnaged to earn :\ 

n .B.A. Ocl:lrce frOIll Ihe Uni"crsil), 01 

Ilou\lon in 1963. 

Aho. Brother T alum \la~ an in~lruc· 

lor at Ihe IrJining ~hool in 1971 and 

1972 nnd tool o~er h i~ nc" job a .. 

direclor on September hI. With hi. kind 

of dCllicillion li nd pcr\C.'ler:mce. I feci 

confiuenl thai he \liII do a I'Cry good 

job u~ Iruining direclOr. CongralUl:ilion •. 

BrOlher l atum! 

'1 hat's it for now. See ),ou at the next 

meeting. 

II \Rk" KI\[t. r.s. 

O fficers Attend Meeting: 

Wives Picket General Tel 

L.U. 723. FO KT " t\ \,M ':. I:'1 D._On 

Ocloher 11th- 13th. " re'klent Harr) 

Uplon :,nu B usin~) \Ianager Ga) 

Schmiul rlltended the IIIFW Gcner.,l 

Telephone C:oun~- il ~eltng in T ampa. 

H oriu:l. Thc)' wcre :Iddre)...:d by a Ocplit) 

(oun\C1 from the I'ay !loorU. named 

Chilfle, Mc Donald. Hi) ~pecch sollnded 

lile the \Crond 'er...: of 'Old McDonald 

had a {urm:' He \la~ un"ble to an\\ler 

perlinenl qllC'l ion, .. houl I'ay Board deddo",. 

IJrolher Schmidl rcporleu that fh t 

local IInion, {rom Gencml Telephone of 

the Soulhe;.st hah' heen 01T \:ontract 

all)\Iohcrc from threc 10 I'J monllh. ami 

local, from Pl'nn\yl\'nnia had been off 

eonln,cl (or 1"0 monlh,. Members of 

our O\\'n loe;11 h;I\'e heen withoul a ne· 

gOliMCr! pa), incrc:" e for II month,. 

Bro ther Schmidt nute,1 th"l the l'o ~ilion 

of Gcncrtll Telephone throughout 

the coumr} i .. one of anti·union. pro·incrca\C 

in nile ... cre;,ling .... inufall profil' 

for Iho,e companie, tllllicr regulation. 

IIJoCul 12.1 melllher~ lITe awaiting \lord 

from Ihe I' : , ~ Boa rd on the founh !>Iep 

of Ihe ;,ppeal (e\ceplion 10 the 7 per 

cent limit) The contract r:,\e of 9.4'

gether 10 picket General Telephone's 

Fort WHyne office, A ,pokcswoman for 

Ihe wi\'cs wa~ QUOled in the Fort Wayne .- 

nc\npapers a~ "a)'ing. "Wc're here 10 Ict 

the peoplc of l ort W:lyne I..now how 

rotlcn Gt-ner:11 Telephonc i, to ih em· 

plo)ee)." 

We elected a Dcmocralic mayor in 

Fort W")ne "ho ha\ 'in \I ill c\plre un Decem. 

ber ] I~t. Brolher. ~hmidt, Upton. 

lIedge\, ScrrHno, ;lnd BI;1If \lill lattmcnt. '1 ht trend 

in Hro\llHd Count)' is fal'orinll Iho: IlOn· 

union clemenl; w .. hen ~our n;lmc 

come~ lip on the pidel h,t, dun'. he,i- 

1

Ed A~ i ns was appoinled. o nce again. 

10 chair lhe- annual dinnt'r F.lIclie .... iII 

ha,-e to auldo himself 10 ouldo the last 

aITair. 

A "ta)er for our sicl. Hrothers for a 

quid. rceo'er) 10 good health. A prarer 

for Ihe Brother, .... ho h,lvc gune away 10 

Ihal ~r:'nd local union. in care of Ihe 

('re.11 An:hile" of lhe Ll1i\iene. 

Outing Scenes 

.. 

LeI! 10 rlghl. /lob lie,,, •. CommUte& Ch ~ lrm~n: J ack De",110, tOllStmDslllr; Bub Oo,hltrt, ~'"I .. 

Senator and 1~l>or edlto,; Jim We,denhelme" Local 803 P,ulde"t; J .. "y Ou t ,,~oPP. In te.ne· 

Ilonal Rep,uenu,\,ve; "nd G,,~ OIlV'I. u.iS!~n t 10 Me t ropolitlln Edilon vice prnldcm. 

f./e l"ed memi)er Joe M,lIe" lefl, Ct.:UI with 

act,ve ella.te. member Gene Yeager. 

The CycninM'~ fe~lhilic, \\ere concluded 

",ilh dancing 10 Ihc mu,ic of 

Guy Gre(O lLn~1 Ihc 1'0111' Sainh. Nc~d· 

1c~, to ,ay. everyone enjoyed :1 l11eI110r:lhie 

eveni"!;. 

T he lUlh Annil'chury Committee ron· 

si" .. d of Bill AII\I\hu,l;i. lIoh B Crf\~. 

C1arl.. 1~,lcr. !',lId Geiger, SI:m Goerner. 

Nina I o~'. lJ.;:hl'lic IUI>;I\, Ikrnie 

\lilIer. noncoM Mors,:"mblc. Boh \Io..cr. 

Paul M urgu. lUld An S",cig:lrl. 

ROlli liT A. III II'1o:S, Cf)MM CIIIIMN 

Scribe Enjoys Writing; 

300 ABend Picnic 

1..11, 806, n .U :NVII. U :, N. \',-Wilhin 

CHral hu,inc" m:IIHl;:er~ 

prc..enl .... ere imprc ...

achieve 800 cl:issroom hours and 8,000 

related work hours before being classi· 

fied as journeymen, .. hich usually reo 

quircs about four years. When they 

complete their training. they retehe 

Generator One 

A gtOOp enjOYS Local 806's picnic. 

We Ilish all our Brothers and thcir 

families a Happy Chanukah. a \ferry 

Chri;.lmas, and a jO~Oth holiday. A 

health~ and prosperous )car to all. 

LOLb DLIU'tFt, PS. 

G enerator One Makes 

World Record 

L.U. 835, J \ CK50:-.I. TE' =,".-On Junc 

141h. Ihe giant lurbine al Ihe Cumberland 

S.eam Plant drolc "Generator 

Onc" 10 a new world's record oUipm for 

anyone unit--Qler 1.300 mega"ans. 

That i~ enough eleclric pCl\\er to ~upply 

a dl~ larger than Na~hville, Tenne!>See. 

This pTOJCCI. loca.cd at Cumberland 

City. Tennes.ee. is in the juri~iclion of 

Local 83S :'lnd presently h

journc)nl:IO-"ireman certificates from 

the: National Joint Apprenticeship and 

TraininG Committee and Ihe Bur.:au of 

Apprenticeship nnd I rllining. the U.S. 

Departmenl of I.abor. 

ituurkT N. Til GilMAN, B.M. 

Bloocl Bank Donors 

Bonney Collins checks P,es.denl Burns' 

blood pressur •. 

Member' of LOI;II IIl'l. ""l:Iu.. lu. Mu .. '0'" 

I"buled blood 10 Ihe blood b~nk recently. 

H~.e. Jerry SlMInc.. shOw' hi' pricked 

"nge'. 

, 

, . 

Frank P .. ~ k a , d. on COllc h, h.. 10 Une cII l 

after don.llng. 

62 

Good Public Relations 

Aid Local Unions 

I •. U. 8J9. AUG I STA. 1'on:.- Thb local 

has ~n \'ery acth'e in union public rclations 

recent!) 11'~ a pan uf Ihe iJe.,l. 

that looay\ unioM mu~t be concerned 

"ilh f:Horable opmion, rhe ne"~ media 

ha~e (or so long grabbed the isol.tted 

ca~e~ of dishone~l union ll~'t~ "ilhoul llC 

I.nowledging Ihal union~ a.. 11 whole 

loCne a society (un.:lion. a fUl1l:lion Ih:lt 

million~ of Ameril.:.ln lahoren depend 

upon for ju,tice and equJlity. 

One of tbc'>C union puhHc rdations 

""~ to wopcrate wilh Ihe rcgional 

Blood Ibnl. in gelling lIlemher~ invoheJ 

Ili;h the han!.\ henent, John '\all. 

Direclor for Ihe banI., sllOl.e al a n1/:eting. 

e~p1: . ining Ihal Inemhers "llU d 110- 

"" I", .• pint of hlo..">J rer ~ellr, Wi.h tbi! 

donation. Ihe memher and hl \ imm~d;ale 

family would be guar:tnteed a~ mallY 

p int~ as "ould be rcquired by Ihem duro 

ing the )'ear. 

Mr. W:III ~aid Ih!il mllny ho\pitals in 

the state h~. ve :Keepted the prll~ral1l, 

With the bHni. dlling the 1II'ljOrity of 

blood dr.t"ings and IrtUl~ferring on a 

daily ba~is. Ihe \poil;lge of blood ha~ 

been reduced from 40 per cenl 10 ~ i."< 

per cenl. Blood pl:"ma t an he sllf('ly 

stored for 21 dllY', -I he I:oanl. hil\ 1I mobile 

van tbat " 'tlilTed I:oy 

t"O capllble 

a~~i~lant~. Bonney Llbl>e and lionney 

evil,,,,. The v ... n has been a\ l"O locations. 

and plall\ Me for lldditional IIx:llion) 

"ilhin the lornl, 

The loc~1 ~I,o felt Ih:lt il ";tnled reo 

cognt;(allOn on the United Fund 

Contributor's Hoard, 11 "liS felt that a 

large amount of Ihe total contril:olUion~ 

by the tompan)' "a, union-c:arncd 1.101- 

lars and. therefore. Ihe ]ocul ,houlll he 

enlitled 10 reco.:nilion, \1 anagemC11l lIi~· 

agreed and ~:lid Ihe IOCHI did not need 

th;'1 Iyl'f' of puhlic relu:iom. Uob Burn5 

~aid he \l1I~ Ihe pre)ident of 1.000ul t09 

and thlll be "auld decide "hal t)PC of 

puhlic relalions our local retltlired, Pre,i· 

dent B urn~ 

me 10 di~cu..s 

uppoillled Bob Dodp.e ~n d 

u wp.lr..:e Io.:al conlrihution 

with Uniled I' und Spol.e\nlen. 

Loe:11 839 h plea..eu "tlh Ihe appointment 

of Charle, J. 0'1 "';It)' a\ ditedOf 

of the Univef'it) of M aine'~ liureau of 

Labor Education. O'Leary. Ihe fortner 

admini,mHor of Ihe \ 11111\e Stale I-edelalion 

L .. bor Coundl On the Joh I raining 

J' rogram. tool o\er Ihe post Cktohl:r 

hI. I-Ie ha, been :I"'tilely involled in the 

planninl: and impkment:t1ion of the 

Maine Labor Summer In-litule, lie il. a 

memher of AFSCMb I (X'al 11126. 

A ne" baby is about 10 he horn, bul 

this hab)' "ill come into ,"~i\ten.:e "itb 

J;re;ol e." pi1! fiddle, a 

concoction of ",,~hlllh. qmb:lls, "000. 

.Iring. and '\C\eral othrr \untlry articles 

that I can'l dMCribc. 

To all the member.. lllld their f:lmi1ie~. 

I 'tty a hC:lrty "eleomc. I am sure thllt 

we c:.n becurne II lIood Mrong local. 

working IOJ;clhcr, If :111)'one over Ihal 

way has nClls ilems lhey'd like pubtlEW 

Journol

Jishcd in lhe "l oclil I incs:' please drop 

me a line and I will do my best wil h 

Ihem. 

The local lin, S:lddencd by Ihe new·s 

of the pa~sing of l ouiSC\'en 

months after \Ie received otlr rharter. 

So. Brother Beanie, good hl(L. :lnd 

be,1 ..... i,hc~ on }our relirement. Surely. 

)'011 hal'e eJrned it .. ot.! ;. !lood n;.me 

along \I ilh it. 

Com POll/ttl imurl/-Here arc four 

ru1e~ that \liIl help :.nyone who \\Unts 

10 L.now jml \I hat money \I ill do.( I ) 

At four per ce1ll rompou!\u intere,l, 

money will uouhk il..clf in a lillIe le -.s 

th,tn 18 )ear,: (2) ll1 Ihe per cent compounu 

inl1.'Test. money will uouble il..clf 

in 14 years: ( 3) al ,j~ per rcnt compounu 

in[ere\t, money \lill double it-.elf 

in 12 year~: aou (4) 11 eight per cent 

compound interest. money will double 

it~etf in ninc years. 

When [he'>\! fa!;ts :.re und er~ l oo d , 

la r!!e fo rlune ~ nrc not so \londerful after 

all. :tnd :1 pcr!>On only \\onders Ilmt 

more families JiI"c mine do nOt po s' e ,~ 

them. 

Fl.om H. Wl1 so...,. I'.S. 

Negotiations Continue; 

Work Scene Much Improved 

L.U. 86 1, L\KI-: CIt\IUF..s. I.A. At 

our 1.,\1 regular meeting. held on Ouo 

!ler lnd, 1.lu,ine" \l,lll!lger Jimmie 1(1\ 

announced Ih:u negotiation, on our new 

contra~1 were cuntinuing ;tnd that there 

h:l~ been no :1~ le elllent on ..ome i"tle~ 

yet At the lime of our I,.,t meeting. 

mao} of our Brot he ......... cre on thc to'lIt. 

bUI ,in,c Ihcn. :III r"ntr;'~t'· -\lilh thc 

('\r('plion of our 0\11'1 ha\c t-cen 

\ignetl. and all Ihe joh .. in the arc:l are 

h"d. CO worL.. 

The \lorL. pkture "I Ihi, lime j, much 

impro\'ed. and mo,t of IInr Brdlher. arc 

no\\ worL.ing. "' Il •• in, \Ie \lould liL.c 10 

e~prt'~§ our ~r;l1ilude co the hll;al union, 

Ihat h:1\e helpet.! 11\ during our hour (If 

nect.!. 

At thi~ lime. lie: I\ould m,e to c\prc', 

to our 1000al memher'hip Ihat Ihi, Io..:al 

union i~ dependent upon il~ memhef\ 

for ii, \ery e>;i,ten,e, Hml ~inre 0111 of u\ 

nrc so dl'peodS that tnL.es 

pla'e! 3t Ihe-.e regul"rl)-\lhcdulcd gatherin 

~ .., 1 .. 01::11 tit; I helo ll g~ 10 nonc o f u, 

IIIdividllully, but col1e~lI\cly, it belong .. 

10 e~cry "WOlber. II rothe ...., COOtc and 

laL.e care of your bu,ioe'-\ c:tl'h monlh 

We: \l.oulu IIL.e to e\tend coogralltlation, 

to Brother :lnd \Ir;. John 1'0'. the 

proud paf('nt~ of a new \On and t.!aughler, 

horn on Aug""l ~Ih NOl m,ln), p .. r 

enl\ are ludy enoll l:h 10 /;C I t";I1\ "Ilh 

ooe o f eaeh '0('>;. We are happ) for the 

I'ox hUllily. 

Loca/915 Officers 

Congratulalion, 10 Brother and Mrs. 

J udd Logan , arden! fishers. upon the 

~u~c~~ flll ~I rug g le Brolher Logan e~perienccd 

on OclObt:r 14th "'hen be Inndeu 

a \lhopping 2~ pound redl1sh. That was 

somc catch. J udd. 

Our ~incere condolence .. to Mrs. R. E. 

\1;1-'00 ant.! f.mlil). \lho reeenlly 

mourned the !"""ng of Brolher Ra) 

\h"on in I ,togdon. l'\orth DaL.ola. on 

!-.cptcmhcr 2.1ft.!. 

Al Ihi~ \I ritin!:. Ihc lad ie,' auxiliary 

h;" ~,'het.!\Llcd ih ( hri"l!l\a~ part) at Ihe 

hall on Dcrembcr 9th. 

lirother Glenn Sumr:llI .... ;t~ rel'ently 

ho'pitalil.ed. aod \Ie hope th:lt he i, 

ha~L. .. m hi, fcel and doing ..... ell. Brother 

Alberl Conner i .. in the ho- \lill remain heahh) ,md enjoy 

long Iiles. 

At:Uln' A. 1'17 \:- 11 , I'.S. 

Labor Day Picnic Held 

By Tampa Local91S 

1..1 . 'IS. "\"1'.\, I'I,\.-Appro\imate!), 

1..500 people attended Ihe I .. hor 

1);ly Picnic held on 5.eplemher 4th at 

our local union's property. T hO'iC \lho 

allended induued members of our local, 

contruelor" :lnd Camilic, of each. 

PiClu.ed •• e the newl~·ln'lIll.d o tllee,. wlll"o 'nte rnltionll Rep.uent. l lve A. W. SChmidt, 

Ihi,d from ••• t. Ol.iee.s, 1. lt to , i8hl, I 'e Reco.dlng Secretal'}' E. D. Rivera, Vice P,esldent 

(n"Que Gonzaln . Pre,ldenl Kevin Gilbertson, Bulinen ManaSlr J . G. Cain, T,easUfer Joe 

De mpsey, Jr., pnd rln.nclal Sle'llal'}' R. N. Sampson. 

63

1966. IJrother Hk"ks was initiated by 

l.ocal 952 in February. 1941. He was on 

distlbility pension and, at the time of his 

death, was Ih'ing with his daughter in 

San Leandro. California. 

r he IIJFW and Local 952, in partk"u. 

lar, .. ill :••. u.:ly ",i~ the upcrience and 

guidance offefed frequently by these de· 

parted IJrothers: ho .. e\·er, the members 

of 1.0C' .. 1I 952 .. ill also be elernally 

Iratcttll for Ihe condhions and !.nowl· 

edge \Ie gained from Ihc5e IJrolhers. 

DoS ... LD A. SKINl'>l:R. B.M. 

Execut,ve Board member •• leU 10 ,iehl. a'e Kerod"U He .... ett. R. J. Kaiser. John O. R,v •••• C. 

Eo $(:a8110n., N. F. WUt, .nd Warren Book .... "Ue', 

Fun Scene 

Local 915. Tampa. FI"., 1I.,d e L"bo. O.y 

picnic On Ihe locel·. property. Th.- Ken. 

lho_ memben end ,u •• 11 .n/oy.ng th ...... 

selves. 

Bnr-b,clIed chicken and ribs were 

sen·cu. along wilh plenly of cold heer 

and soft drin!.s. lIomemade elL!.cs \lcre 

Hlictioned olr 11)' the lat.!ies' (1U.\iliar)'. 

:md the monic, reeeivcd "ere uset.! fOf 

olt.!. 

/-Iere arc Ihe names of the Brothers 

who retired recently-hope I haven't 

mis..cd an)'-Rrolher\er. Leslie Montague. 

AcI'\fIn Scam:ln, Terr), Allbee. James 

Bennet. Robert Fi~her. Dennis lIould. 

and Dougl;I\ Shaft. 

Wilh "inler coming (as or Ihis 'Hiling). 

"e hUH:, us mua!. ~umc ,,,cmbers 

"orling OUI of to .... n. lind more arc expected 

10 bc OLII of work. 

I'UIL 1J~1I1 111, 1'.5. 

Local 952 Suffers Loss or 

Two Long-Time Members 

L,U. 952. V":NTUltA, CAI.I f'.-The 

eleelrical wor!.e .... of Local 9~2 r~ecntl)' 

~ulfered the 10\5 of t"'o lonr'limr members. 

William 11.. Po",ef'l and Joel Waller 

I-lids. 

William /\. I'o"'ers. 65 ),e:l" of :,ge, 

an illside wIremen. "as inilillteu iulu 

Loc:l/ 952 in Augoit. 195 I. lie died on 

October I. 1972, ofter a \'ery brief illne~~. 

At the time of hh de:.th. IJrolher 

I'o .. en; was employed by lJeehtel t.orporation 

at the Ormond Ik:lch Sleam 

I'lalil. Oxnard, California. 

Joel Walt~r lIid~, :ll:e fi5. :1 former 

blLsinc~ ... manager of 1.ocal 952. died on 

October ), 1972. :,(Ier 1I long illness. 

Brolher Wck~ '>Crved Local 952 in man)' 

capacities, the mO~1 import:,nt beinC !In 

Exe~utive Board membc:r. president. nlld 

busine~ mana£er for the yeaTS 1961- 

Brother and Mrs_ McCabe 

Honored at Retirement Party 

I .. U, 9' ~ , COSllocro'l. OJ-II U-Local 

964 held a retircmC:nI pari)' al the Old 

Warehouo,c Re~I:lllrant in hi~lorical RO!>coe 

Village. Co~hOClOn, to honor 

Brother D:I\'e M~Cabc and his wife. 

IIclen. Dave is retiring after lIlany years 

of

IBEW Soltball Tournament 

Pensacola Brothers 

Th.ee chane. membe.s attended Ihe pa.ly. 

L,ft 10 "ghl, th.y ere B.oth .... Oav. Mc 

Cabe, Clarene. Ca.penter. and [.nle La ••. 

occupied Ihe l iI)1 time I vi~ited Ihem. 

Dave ha ~ many yc;.r\ inve~ted in 

labor union~. He wa~ a member of the 

Stamper~ lind Enamel W or~er,. the first 

union. for five )ears. lie "'il~ a member 

for five )enr~ of the InternatiOnal Chem. 

ical Wor~ers at Ihe General Fleelri ... 

Company. Co\hocton. 

On Janll:LfY 6, 1946, Local 964 wa~ 

formed. There werc IJ charter members. 

one of which wa~ Dave. lie Wfu. very 

in~trumen1il1 in Ihe forming of Loc:II 

96-1. During the next one and one-half 

years. Dnve :.crved on Ihe I: xecutive 

Board. after which he Wi!' elected 10 Ihe 

office of linancial ~ec rellLr y, a po~i\ion 

he held for 13 )C(Lf\. He WH~ elected 

bUl>iness mllllllger in 1'160 and ~ervcd in 

that office until he retired. 

During hi~ 36 year~ of union nffi1iil' 

lion. Da ve ,,1'0 'iCrvcd n~ president of 

the Uuilding Tr:lll ... ,> COlilleil for ~ix 

yellrs and a) .. eeretMY of the Central 

Trades Council for four ye;trs. He hits 

also been vcr) active in cI\ic lllr"ih. 

Loc,,1 964 wi~hes 

1);lve :md lIelen the 

best in their retirement renrs. 

\Vo\.l Till. L. B OII.I)I.~ lmtLIIJ H, ".s. 

Second Annual Metro IBEW 

Softball Tournament Held 

LU, 1049. I.Q,'''G 151.,\NI), N.Y.- On 

ALlGu~t 12th. the cry " PllIY ball" echoed 

through Cantiaquc I'ark in Hidwille. 

Long Island, as the Second Annual 

Metro IBFW Softball TOLlmnment It0t 

under ",ay. It has now expanded from 

the original five locals. "'hich partki· 

pl1!eu in la\[ yenr's tQurn;tment, '0 the 

II from different st:tte~, which partici· 

pated tbis yelIT. 

Local 10-19 was represented by twO 

.eams. an "A" team. nmnllged by M . 

Pomara. and a "rr' lenrn, mnnaged 

joinlly by F. Scheckenbnek and A. 

"Stoney" Chlick. 

AlthoLlgh we didn't COIllC in in .he 'op 

slot this yeur, the garne~ "'ere cxciting 

and the rooting WllS enthusins.ic. 

Brother M. Lnngen wa~ lhe hero of 

the "A" teilUl, first by drhing in the 

winning run in tnc IOlh inning to help 

his team win 3-2. 

President George Fishtr W:IS there '0 

cheer on our tealllS, e~pecia ll y si nce his 

Deumba" 1972 

The Second Annual Met,o IOEW Softball 

Tou,namenl wae held In CanliaquI Pa.k in 

Hlchville. Long 1" 8nd. Shown a'l p ... ld.nt 

Geo.g, F"he. 01 L«a' lo.t9, Long 1,I.nd, 

N.Y., .nd hi. Ion, Georg., who pl.yed on 

Local 1049', ,." .. tum 

Back 'ow, teft to ,ig'>1, ,te Bob L aG~lIut', 

manage. al Loeat 164'. team (J.... y City, 

N J.), and ". "Stoney" Chtlek. m.nl ••' of 

Locat to.t9 "D" tum. F,ont 'ow, M. Pael. 

Ilea. eo·manag, ' 01 Loca' 164'. "am, .nd 

F.ed SCheckenbaek. co.manag" 01 t«., 

1049'e "S" team. 

Hall, Georgc, lIas playing Ull ollr "A" 

temn. 

Local 25 too~ fir~t plnce. and we congratulatc 

thelll. Our eOnllnttullLtions nrc 

abo extended to 1-. W. Lehmann, I 're~i· 

denl, Loe;tl 25, ilnd to the committee 

for a fine joh (lie hope it will he hi;;ger 

and bctter next ye~r ) uu(1 l' ~ pe cil 'l 

Ih:lnks to the IIOlllen who prepnred the 

fille food IIt:II W:I~ enjo)ed by all on 

Saturday elening Itt Local 2S's hill!. 

Ba c~ on the home fronl. the Annual 

Children's ChrhtnHt\ Pnr. y is being Pllt 

together by the eOnt llliltee, with Chair 

Imln W. Kern lIml Co-ChnirnUtil Joe 

l1uifalino hopilll: to tllu~e it a memora· 

ble day for ili i. More delail .. ",ill be 

published in Ihe local's pnpcr. the Grllf/i' 

"illt'. So watch for them; hope I sec you 

all there. 

CHo\.lI.lI!S J. LOlI'Ft 1.11., JII.., 1' .5. 

New Members Oblig

hard-working Negotiating Committee we 

have. along wilh the guidance of our 

able Inlern:l1ional Kepre...::ntali\

Juke, J im COn~Olfl. Charlie Glasgow, 

Hurry Nicoll, Charlie W,mon. t-·Iurray. 

t.l'lrk LaCounl. John Glaze, l{ilY Adkins, 

Bill Chandke. Mike Davidson. 

Punk Duff. Wully Hanifin, t-I,ldison 

Ca~h. L;trry Tyo. John Goznell, Ralph 

SCOIt. Cro, J im Slaymaker. Rip Hutchin 

.\on. IJllbhcl'ly, Ron King. ron~ho 

Juwdy, Charlie Wcimel', and Dick Gale 

and his daughtcr. Kim. 

Picnic Scenes 

Local 1 191. West Palm Beach, Fill" recently 

he td Its picnic, Here, RecordinS Secrelary 

Jtm Keister gets ready t o serve hlnlself 

SOme food. 

Brothers Rocky and Ronnic, from, enjoy the 

picnic with somc friends. 

Pontes got II good work oul On Ihe d a y of 

the picn ic. 

Decembe r, 1972 

The kids had a bell with t ill mOon wa lk. 

Mrs. I-I llIlifin ,I[)(I Mr~, LaCount prepared 

all the salads ilnd helped wilh the 

~erving also. Live mu~ic "n~ furni~hed 

by LOllie Colon. Jnd Smith. find nick 

Li nnell. And if thnt \\:t~n't "('nll(," liT 

h,td sl.y-divcr~- Rid '1 obey, Don 

Haney, and Allen Carpenter, 

Buford and I Ih"nk !Ill of you. Nexi 

spring. when the dance tidet~ arc on 

snle, remember that il i~ the dance profit 

that pays for thi~ picnic. 

Sick Brother, GeorGe Ru\ciano. Gordon 

Hoyle il!ld Tony Morino. it new 

helper. He all improving. Brother James 

HO\\',lrJ is bad 10 work afler his ,tecldent. 

On October 24th, Stuart "Troubleman" 

Underwood called for help after 

tI C sliffered a flash, Help wa~ ,wiftly dispatched, 

:tnd I lI'a, pleawtl to hear Ihal 

LOll lI'a~ bltd on the job the nelll oJay, 

BrOl her Wayr1\: ]),)\I!:lll~ j, ~ till on dbahility, 

bllt ,tendily nwl.ing pro!;re". 

There have heen sevcral new appointmen", 

Mar]., I aCOtint i, registrnr, Robert 

McDonald is sergeillll -at-i1rlll,. !l1ld 

J im I-linton ami Kip Ihllchimon will HIterna!e 

attend in!: I'alm Bench Federation 

uf Lab,,, "'eetinl:~ ' 

T he tllrno111 to vote on the contraci 

proP()~:\t was nh~ollllcly nej:!illive. 

]) oe~n't ~cer11 po~, i ble th:,t the time i> nl 

h~nd aSilin 10 lI'i,h each and cvcryone 

the bc~t )o'ear yet. 

IIIII'N Ju~ncl, p.s, 

Business Manager W atson 

Accepts J ob As Scribe 

L U, 1205, G A I N I ~:.s \' II . 1. E . F I.A._ 

Here !:ocs my fir,t elfon in ~pre,lding 

the good new\ abuut Locnl 1205. 1 "a~ 

ju,t recently uppointed pre" ~ccre t "ry by 

President Terry t-IHI'tin. Terry \:IYS I can 

wrile for the JIIIII'IIIII in Iny "spnre 

lime." t- l lI~1 he ,ome"hcre bctllcen the 

hOIiN or 2:00 A.M, and 6:00 At-I. I do 

appreciate the privileGe of writinG for 

ollr local. and I will do my bc~t. 

For the Brothers who don't ~noll' tIle 

locMion of ollr local hend(tllnrlcr~. let 

me fill YOIl in. We lire loclltcd ,Ipproximatcly 

in the north cenlral part of Florida. 

npproxiol1ately 100 miles ~outh of 

Ihe Florida-GeorGia line, 6() miles from 

cither Ihe Gulf of Mexico or the Atlanlic 

Ocean. 

We have the idell l location fOl' ffe,h 

or ~alt·water fishing. II l~ an ea~y hOllr's 

d rive to cither co:\\t, and our urea 

abollnds in fine fre~h-wnter fishing la~cs, 

My p er~on a l fav()rile fishing are,1 i, the 

Gulf of M('xico, where Ihe best taslinG 

seafood of the entire univer~e C:ln be 

obt,tined. A\ mitny of YI)U may know, 

oyste!> arc in SCU~OIl noll', L1IlU ulthoLlgh 

they arc nOI (1llile l" fill noll' a\ they 

"ill he in the woler monti\), they arc 

still ,uperb, T he oy~tcr, arc free for the 

gnthcring by nnyone with the proper 

equipment. I alll proud that Lhey lIre 

free: if they \H~re nol. I and lI1:lI1Y other 

1l1cmber\ \\-ould pl'obahly go bn)~e bll}' 

inG them. Of eOllr'IC, they !Ire for sale 

for Ihe beller "heeled," hl1ier Brothers. 

AI,o for Ihe Brothers who nHty care 

to p:lrlnkc of a cold b()ttle of BlhCh Bu 

VarlHn ll~er, one call nHly be obl:tllled 

(>0 I :tm told) at Ihe Sundance Bar in 

Cedar Key for the eXlnwilGant ~mn of 

25 cents. With a bll~hel of oy,(cr~ and ~ 

ea,e of cold Ilusch, one could al\o dccide 

that 0111' C::tpitali~tic sy~tem is the 

best ever devised, 

Scribe 

Business Manager A. J, Watson, Local 1205, 

GaineSville, FIII_, lias acceplGd Ihe lob of 

press secretary. 

The foregoing i~, of COIII'o;(:. oul}' n 

pnrt of mnny re,l~ons "hy "C arc proud 

to be members of I.ocal 1205, 

The 1I'0r~ pictll!'e is indeed bright. and 

we hold srenl expect!ltion, for the fllture. 

Our local cover, hoth in~ide :md 

olll~ide (:Qn~trllcti(ln. Both dep:tnnH.'nts 

arc wor~inG "II of (lllr l(1cal people lind 

q uite a lot of Ollr travelillG Ill'others. We 

may be able to el11ploy cvcn 1110re travclcf';, 

but plcu\e call first. We have a 

nllclear pOWerhollse tinder con'trllClion, 

wilh the cOnneclill1: high voltlt!:e trnn~missiOIl 

line, in the ~ollth end of our 

territory where /1l0~t of Ihe tl ' a,'elcr~ arc 

needed, 

Glless 1 havc written nboul all you 

care 10 rcnd, Mid ccrtninly all I cnrc to 

wrile for now. So, l:ntil next lime, Hike 

Cilre of youro;clve~ lind YOllr loved one~, 

J ust 11111ke sure YOllr list of lovcd Ones 

incltldes your lB EW Brothers. 

A. J, WATSON, n .M. 

"

Workshop and Graduation 

C eremonies Held in Sy racuse 

L U. 1249. SYRACUSE, N.Y.- I IK;II 

1141) hl'lll ih Annual Apprentice Worl.. 

shop lind Gmduation Cer.:lllonie\ on 

Septl'mbcr 9th. at the Union 11:111 at 

65111 Fremont Koad_ 1-",1 S}ra~u-.e. 

Ne"" Yorl... One hundred len pcopll' altl'nded. 

including glle~t~ I lIiou lIorn 

:lOd I'd I-riednmn. 

I-' lIioll 1I 0rn recenll) rl'tired from the 

Pedenll ApprenliL( I'IU!'I."U .tnd ""a~ 

honored hy '-","al 1249'~ 5olfet) 1 r;lining 

COrnll'lth~C "'ith a dl"1.. pen ....::t he,lrlng 

an in-.criplion fur di,tinj;lli .. hed lefu.Jer· 

,hip uml ..... rvicc 10 the J 0\:,11 1 !41J Apprentice 

I ruining Committee, 1954 to 

197!. Wl' ",ill mi~~ ' I f. H,)rn IInJ ",i,h 

him Ihe be,l in retirement. 

I hc fol1olloins 13 :Ipprenliec, IIlppeJ 

Ollt Alfred Murphy. h l"':ml 1Ii1l..er, 

George I'o lintbll rn, Ger:th.! JOI'gen,en, 

Gary Paro, Churle) Kahl. Paul iot ll")(·h,,1.. 

At Graduation Ceremonies 

Richard McC1r:II'lOd, Peter Wilson. 

DominicI.. Ca~, ' ""homa~ lIan~ ... "clcr 

Maneri. and Petcr CONi. 

ApprcOliees Ch;]rle~ "ahl ami Dominid. 

Capece reed\'ed linemRn'~ ring~ from 

Bu~i",,~s M 'I1I"~~1 William Sbuller. in 

IIIcmory of hi, '>On. "Budd)" Shutter. 

and ring-; from the I.()t;al 124'.1 Safel) 

Tntining Fund for heing >elected II, th~ 

t"'o out'ilandlng ;]pprenlice~ for 1972. 

Congr:ttu!:lIiOI1" 10 the graduales :md 

best ",i.,bh to ('riou~ 

tbuught 10 Ihi, ~ubjcct and tal..e somc 

Local 1249. Sy,acuse. N.Y., held lis Annual 

Apprenllce WOI'k,hop and G.aduatlon CII,e. 

monln ,ecenlly. HII". w.nace O. Houck 

p,esllnts • dnk let 10 Elllol1 Ho.n, who ,e· 

Cllnlly .et"eeI hom the r.d.,;ol .01"",.,," .... 

ProstBm, lor di'linsuilhed I"d,nhlp end 

servlCl to the Local 1249 Apprentice T.ain. 

ing Committe. In the yea" 1954 to 1972. 

Doctors for a Day 

Two oulll.nd,ng apprenl,ca, 10. ]972 w •• e 

honor.d, L.fI 10 ,Iaht .,e Commit tee Chll,· 

man Cn,l" WIlUilm5. oulslandlnll ilpprenliCII 

Cha,ln K~hl. Busrnen Man'II" William 

.. 

Shutler. and oul5tandlng ilpp,enllc. Domin. 

ick C.pece. 

P,esldenl David Trl de •. le ft , and Executive Boa,d membllr WaUer Gornean, rlshl, member. 

01 Local 125l, Augusta, "1 .... w",,, ,.,.::e,ltly IIl1lsn.d 10 IhG Op"r~tlns ,00ml al Thayer Ho~· 

pitat in Waterville. Milln., Ind had to dre" 10' Ih. p • ." .. shown here. Wit h th.m. lefl 10 

,ight. a,lI Christy K1Ite,.dg., X',ilY lechnlclan. and Donna Titcomb, Public Rllla!lons Dl rec· 

10' . o l lhe hMpllal. 

IIiEW Jau

Campaigning 

1306, entertained Governor and Mrs. Richard 

Ogilvie at the North Fork Muscum 

during the Yc~ter-Year Fair. 

The Yester-Yea.· Fair is a collection 

o f old-fashioned crafts. Sixly·thQusand 

people Hnended Ihe f;,ir. It h a~ been in 

e'"(istence for three yeMS lind hilS 111\\II)S 

been weI! attended. BroltM:r Gaddis is 

the director and inno'alor of the fair. 

Loc:1 1 1306 was in~lrumenlal in inlit· 

ing GOl'ernor Richard B. Ogihie to particip;Ile 

in Ihe L:lbor D OIY Parade in Decatur. 

The Governor ;Hld M,·s. O~ilvi e 

were accompanied by I\lr. and " It's. 

Larry Bear of Be;1T Hybrid Seed. 

Dlle to the e.~lended il1n es~ of Ih.\;· 

neM Ml\nager Dille Clifford. I)an I'rd 

Inall, engineering cIerI.. of Ihe Bloorning 

IOn Unit. has been temporarily 

appoinlcd ilS ahislant business m:m,tger. 

G. RAI.D INI. W. BIIOOKS. I'.S. 

Graduation 

Local 1340. NewpO't Ne .... Va., held Its An· 

nUll Apprentlc"shlp Dinner In Septembe', 

Lell to 'iSh! a,e S •• du.,es Ronn,e PttiJUps. 

James Bea.d. Allen P'oct!).. and Roger 

Ramse,.. 

Mrs. EII""n Col",,,II. w,f" of S'oth", Vine" 

Co!arell. m"mb." of Lota! 1255. Oranleburs. 

N.V" is shown on th" campalln t"U 

for G"n" Levy. alumb!yman candidat", 

sho .. n w,th her. 

po~ilive "~ t ion. "The job you save may 

be your own!" 

This month. we mU~1 do some hawk. 

ing for our product. \\ hich h Orangeburg 

pipe and o f Ihe highe~t quality. 

Sin~e this pipe i~ pitch·treated. \\e are 

:Iffectionalcly known as Ihe "Sons of 

Pilch" in this community. So. whenever 

Ihe need for fiber pipe or conduil nri~e~ 

on any project. plea\e U'>C only Orllll;:/, 

burl: pi,,,,

S(hooling. (Needed information can be 

obtained through the local union.) 

We \l a nt to lIoish all the luck to graduating 

apprentices James A. Jarrell. Richard 

G. Thornsberry. Jimmy L Ikard. 

Ronald A . Phillips. J. Allen Proctor, 

and Roger D, Ramsey. 

The new apprentices IIoho arc jusl 

sta rting with Local 1340 arc John F. 

Roger. Ste\'en I', Sc~Jcr. Howard Day. 

Thomas M. Garcia. George C. Woodley, 

Joseph P. 'I urlo, Ralph E. F ... a ns. Clif· 

Ion W. ROllo e. Robert W, H(lrI. Neil L 

Sh'I"er, Clifford H. WUlIcrton, and Ethcfrid~c 

1'1 . I'carson. 

ED\\ IN E. CONNER, r.s. 

Honolulu Local Honors 

Two Retiring Membe rs 

L.V. 1351, 1I 0~OLULV. III.- Brother 

Herman King reccntly retired from the 

Haw'liian Telephone Company after 01 1- 

mOM 26 )el'\fs as ,m M & S lIIilitym.m. 

He lIoas initi'Hed into the union on August 

I. 19S9. 

A retiremcnt party was held in honor 

of Brothcr Ki n~ on September 23. 1972, 

at the UPW Hall. When asl ed about h is 

plans for retiremenl, he said he planned 

to "lIoork on In) home in I'alloa ,md pay 

more allention to my lIoife and grandchildre 

n." 

Bro ther Jensen P;,rk aho rei ired from 

the company. Hfter ulmost 23 years of 

service. He lIoas emplo)cd as a w;,rehouS(' 

clerk .Ind h'lti been wit h the 1;001- 

p:,ny sinl;e November 12, 1940. Brothl;f 

Pa rk has been ;1 union nu:mber ~inl;e 

August I. 1960. 

A retirement p;trty was held for 

Brother f'ark Ht the lI ickam NCO Club 

on iXtober 7th. during IIohkh time 

friends of Brother I'ark p;,id their re 

SpeCIS. 

Hu. iness Manager Guznmn extends his 

apprec:i'ltio n 10 the'>C retirees for their 

many years of membership in the 

mEW, ,lnd wi~hcs them mUl;h luck in 

their futuro! ende;l\ors. 

The loc'll W:IS honored by a VISI! 

from Intern:L1ional Vil;e President W. L 

Vinson lind Inlernalional Representati ve 

Tom Koberts. Al;l;ompanying these dis· 

tinguished visitOrs was International 

Represcnt:,ti\'c W;Lf lers Eli, "ho is fum iliar 

to many of our members, 

Visitors 

. .:.---.,., 

lnternallo nal Vice Presidenl W. L Vinson. 

utreme r'8hl . visited local t357. With h im. 

lefl to right. a re International Reprennta· 

lives Walle", Ell and Tom Robe tts and Busi· 

ness Manager Guzman. 

Brother l-Ianuel Louis paid a ~ u rpr i sc 

\'isit to the local union oHice rel;t'nt ly. 

Brolher l ouis retired from the telephone 

company in Jul), 1968. IIobere he 

1Io0rled as .. cable-spiker, lrul;k drher, 

)ardman. warehouse clerk, mail derlo., 

and building maintenalll;C man during 

his many years of servil;c. He lIoas first 

emplo)cd by the I;ompany on J une 14, 

1931. and is now tra\eling and attending 

to his 14 grarll.khildren. 

Brother Kekhi Enomoto. fir~t initiated 

into the union on May 19. 1943, has 

heen an "A" memher for about I I )eaTS 

,Ind is prest'ntly making application with 

the Intcrnational OllieI' for pcn~ion benefits. 

8rother Kekhi visited the offil;e 

and Business i\la nager GUZmHn 10 dis· 

cus~ his relirement benefits. 

It is always a pleasure to h:t\'c visits 

from our old-timers. 

J OIIS F. GUZMM-l, n.M.-F.S. 

Scribe 'Rube' Reports News 

From Curtis Ba y Yard 

LU. 1383, BALTI.\lORE. l\1O.- lIello! 

M r. and Mrs. Elel;trieal Worl ers 

throughout the IHEW. Your Sl.'ribe 

"Rube- Sears of Local 1383 has some 

good news from the U.S. Coast Guard 

Yard "I Curti~ Bay, Mar)land. SO just 

sit bad: and relax. 

The first order on my list is the announl;ement 

of ollr new officers. They 

arc President Vince Andreo nI', Vke 

I're ~ i dent Donald SPHrI.:S. Fin'Lnl;ial $el; 

retary J;lmes Ta lley. Treasurer Louis 

TOlh . a nd Rel;ording Scl;retary Robert 

L Waller. 

We also have a new Safety Committee 

at the yard. I;on~is ting of Ch:lirman 

Waller Tomaszewski and Brothers Nelson 

Gall. John Me \.Si na, :Ind Ray Kurth. 

This I;ommillee will worlo. 10 fu rther the 

S.-lfel v of all elel;ukal workers a t the 

U.S. -Coast Guard YHrd. 

Will ha\'o! more 10 write about our 

members who are at Fort Meade, Mar)' 

land. II I a lall;r date. Also 1Io0uld like to 

\I rite about our members who arc working 

on 1;0nstrLKtion for l ocal 24. H ~llti 

more. Maryland. and l ocal 26. Washington. 

D.C" along with other locals, 

too numerous to menlion. 

Carry o n the good 1Io0rl.:, Brothers. 

Keep your dues paid up and he in good 

standing and ~' ou'lI never Mand '1Ione. 

By the time ) ou fl;:ld this report, 

rol~s. the clel;tion II. ill be over. I-lope 

you werc I;areful v.hen you marked )our 

ballots. 

At this time, Ihe officen and nl(~mhers 

of Local 1383 say adieu 10 reliring Can· 

gressman Ed\lard A. Garmatz. I hope 

I'm pri\ileged to I;all him "Ed." as he 

and I worked lIoith the 1001, \lay bael 

IIohen?? before he went to Congress. We 

!kIy "lIocll done." Ed. Enjoy )our ret ire· 

menl in good health. 

Now. fellow workers, I hope that you 

are full y rel:>.\ed. So plea~e think, lIo ork, 

and play safely. 

REll llI:S "RlllL!;" S"ARS, I'.S. 

Retirees 

rwo memb,,", o f Local 1357. Honolulu. HI., 

rtletlnlly ,et .. ed. Here. ,eti,ed B,other Her· 

man King. left. receives an aWa,d from 

Business Manager Gu~man. 

• 

BusIness Manager GU2man. left. presents an 

a wa rd 10 retired Brolher Jensen Park. 

Reti'ed Brother Manuel l ouis. lefL, who re· 

eenlly VIsited the office. is Shown wilh 

BUSiness Manager Guzman. 

Pittsburgh Members Spend 

Vacations Traveling 

L.U. '-102. I'rITSKCRG II, VA.-"Sce 

America !-irs!." suggests the billboards 

and ads. and that's IIoh;1I man) Brothers 

and Sisters of Local 1402 did this past 

)eur. A few IIol;nl OUI of the I;ountry, 

Brother Petl;r Cernan~ k } and his family 

lIoent to Germany for a month's visit 

wilh their daughter and famil y. On his 

return. the men in his dep.'lrlment had 

quite a lime I;onvindng f'ete he must 

say things in English again! 

70 

18 EW Journal

It is adm irable when children tra\'c1 

to see their pIlll:nt,. Larry " orrest dro\'e 

all the way to Uirnlingham, Alabama, to 

visit .... ith his mom and d;u!. Larry Johnson 

drO\'e to Alatl.1ma and Michigan. 

Andy Petosly dro\e to Michigan to visil 

with his son .... ho is now in Germany 

after spending some time in S .... itzerland. 

A\'erse to cigar ~mole as I am, it .... as 

a plea ~ure to .... hilT Ihe mild, mdlow 

arom;. of handmade cigars from the 

Phi]ippmes ..... hich IJrother And) Wein. 

heimer hrousht bacl for hi, friends 

when he returned from his trip 10 HOI' 

idll. lie IlIl1st have talen sollie side trip!l! 

IJrothcrs Lou Krumillertlind Dicl 

Miller have been telling Irue ~ Iories 

about fish thcy caught in Northern Canadil. 

and thcy have 40 rolls of film 10 

prove thelll . 

B l'olh~r Ed O~~lIIan took II ,hurt trip 

\0 CallwJII. abo. YOUIIS Frnnk Gold 

~howed his sirt frie nd Niag!lTlI Faits 

from the Clttmdian side. Sbter Ann 

BlaSCLd vi~ited her niece in 1I 0u~ton. 

Texas. and c:une h;ld: ~por ling a Ian 

that said Bcrnmd;l. A] Wobb and hi ~ 

.... i(e thought Clpe HlIIleru, fascinating 

after a sojourn in t'ooorth Carohml. 

Ne .... ]ywed ~ Joo.eph and Anita I'iscionery 

.... ere enchantelJ with Di~n.c)land 

World in I-lorida. John Wein-.erele lIro\e 

355 miles 10 the interesting to .... n of 

Nazareth. &.1 ToquirillO lo\ed the City 

of Brotherl) Lo\;: lind e .... Jersey. nill 

Eclert and bllddie~ found the mount;\ins 

b]issful--a .... ay from all .... omen1 !larold 

Retcunu spem a few da)s 111 delectable 

H er~hey. I>ennsyhlillia Larry ScOIt 

dro\e to I)elroil, Mu,;higll n, Anu llIe '? J 

sta)ed home lind cleaned my MO\'e, 

Ihanl GoJ! It tool me 1 ..... 0 da)'~ to put 

il togelher Ilgam. 

Sn l'UAI'l1 ... IJ ... MSlIOWSKt. 1'.5. 

Local 141 3's Sick list 

Holds Three l 

R e l e ~s e s O ne 

L.U. 14 \3, TOl.i::IJO. 0I11 0 - T he 

I>ropcrly I>roteetion I)epartment of Ihe 

Toledo I' dison Comp;my 11:15 another 

Brother in Ihe hO'>pilll1. John J. Wliiter.; 

is undeq;o;ng te~ts for a spot on his 

brain. John has ~lIlTered severe pre«ure 

in his head . due 10 unknO ..... 11 rea)()ns, 

Hopefully. he will lell\e the hospit;11 

soon and be "'Ick o n Ihe job as senior 

guarll at the Hay Shore I'o .... er 1'1;l nt. 

Gel .... ell .)(IOn. John. )Qur Brotllers llIiss 

)ou. 

Also slill out and reco\ering arc 1 .... 0 

members of our local- James l.add, 

.... 00 i5 II senior guard at lhe Dd\ .... llre 

Service Center. ;Ind ollr local preSident, 

I)a\id Tillett. also :1 ""nior guard lit Ihe 

DelawlIll: Scr\'ice Center. 

The good ne ....... i~ that George Daniel. 

5Cnior guard, i~ Ollt of Ihe hospilal and 

has relurned 10 .... orl. We lire huppy 10 

have )'011 bacl in :Ietion. George. 

Now. for Ihe ]ighl side of ollr lIrlicle. 

Firs\, we s:lhuc IIrolhers Rilyrnond Willis, 

Clnrence "5h(\l"ly" King, !lnd Richard 

Oe

Seminar 

OHicers. E~ec ... I,Y. Board members itnd $Iewards allended the salely seminlr. 

MemlHlfS 01 local 1554, Cle~latKI. Ohio. 

employ," 01 the V,rden lighung Company. 

D,vision 01 Ihe Scott and Fe uer Company. 

reeently observed Ihe toca.l·s 251h Anniver· 

sary as a ch.,1ered local of Ih" IBEW, The 

evenl was celebrated with a gala dinner· 

dlnce held at the renowned Execut ive Club 

In Cleveland. Shown. left 10 right. are Vice 

PresIdent and Mrs. Ed Brodzinski and Treas· 

..... ' Robert auoter. 

spect 10 our po'led bid system. 

Safety has always been a goal of the 

IBEW. but il is gelling more allention 

Ihan e\'er before due to the emphasis 

being slresscd by the Occupational 

SafelY ~nd He;lhh Act (OSHA) rules. 

We e~nnot let down on our good record 

of the past but mu,t be constamly 

a"',HC of good safely pnletices. Our 

501fely Commine

Nashville's Picnic 

Left to right. Brother John Eubanks 

now on sick leave from the lana N, 

and Brother J. W. Smith, retired electrician 

of the Tennessee Central Rail· 

way Company (now out of business). 

Plotting a sure scoring play. 

At our regular meeting on October 

26th. a number of items of routine business 

were handled. Allendance was a little 

better than that at previous meetings 

J have attended. 

At our August meeting, a Safety 

Committee, consisting of Chairman G. 

B. Lazenby and Brothers 1. D. Strickland 

and D. \Y_ Meeks, was a ppointed. 

and the commillee has already been instrumental 

in gelling a safety gate installed 

on the o\'crhead crane in the 

roundhouse at Radner. And now it is in 

the process of setting up a Red Cross 

First Aid Course on the property of 

Radner. Hopes are high that the whole 

L & N System will adopt it. 

of the young people playing football. 

Brothers A. I-Iolt and A. G. W

Local 2047 Completes 

Negotiations with Hastings 

L.U. lo·n, ST_ PA Ul., MIl\i"_-Wc',c 

just completed our negotiations with the 

Hastings Profile F.xtrusion Company, 

and a hig hand for a S3ti,factor}, sculcment 

should be Si'cn 10 Prcsident Lawrcnce 

"Pal" Curley and mcmbers Ken 

Kimmes. Ted Kassel. and Sue Peerboom. 

Among items of the selliemeni are 

three new ctassifications: substantial incrcases 

for the operator cl3S5ification: 

health and \IoeJ(are increa'\oC~; ncw worl 

rules; stronger language 10 benefit union 

members in discipline actions: and a 

two-year contract with H re-opening 

clalhe if the Pay Bo:!rd disb(Ulds, or the 

guidelines increase more th;m 5.5%. 

In January, 1972, the Miralcl Division 

of lIall Brothers Industries negotiated 

and signed a Contract wilh ils employees. 

They appealed the pay increase of 8 

per cent to Ihe Pay Board. 1 he I'ay 

Board is sliII ~talling, and the union is 

now at Ihe Illst stage of the appeal procedure. 

This has been a 'cry complicated 

mess and has been pursued onl~ by the 

union on behalf of the membership. 

Miralel has not cooperated at all wilh 

the union and has furnishw the Pay 

Hoard ... uh data nOI made a"ailable to 

the union. Evidentl)', Miralel and Ball 

8rothers do oot care til all for their emplo)ccs. 

Bere it is alntost the end of the 

first ~ear and .... e are going into ... age 

rc-openers withoUi ha,jng the fir..t one 

sell led! 

Univac is hiring now, and all han: 

been called hacl from the sm:l ll layoff. 

Along with RCA complller~. Uni"ae has 

now purchas.::d EM R Systcm~. Thc company 

has gOllen sc'ernl big conlracts, 

afld the emplo~m'::flt picture is rosy at 

this poi fl t. With our union contract expiring 

in r.l ay, 1973, we will soon cnter 

into ncgOlialions. We'lI ~ce p you posted. 

I " I ~IIIIY WA! 00. JII. P .S. 

Life-Saving Awardee 

On Apfll 281h, Brother C.,to Russom~nno. 

L oc~1 2060. Pat.rson. NJ., applied moulhto· 

mouth r""sc:itallon to Brother Salveto .. 

Giancola, who was oVerCOme by SU w hl!e 

working o n a b ro ke n 835 m aIn. and saved 

h is 1111. Left to riaM a re President Paul J a· 

cobovil z. Brothers Salvatore GIancol a and 

Carlo Russomanno, and Vic. President Ric h· 

a rd Krah ll ng. 

Local 20bO Member Given 

ISEW Life-Saving Award 

L. U. 2060_ I'ATERSO:'\', ;\"J.-On April 

28th, Brother Sal> atore Giancola. \10 hil.:: 

worling Ofl a brolen gas main, ..... as 

o'ercome by gas. Brothcr Carlo Russo- 

manOO. \Ioho noticed that Brother Giancola 

wa ~ not mo,in.!!. rolled him o,er 

and applied mouth-to-motJIh resuscitation 

until help arrhed. 

Local 2060 wishes 10 extend congratulations 

lQ Brothcr Russomanno. 

Anothcr member, Brthcr Ahifl Rosenthal. 

was awarded a life-s.;ning award 

ill the past. 

bNN J. Mill.! R, 1'.5. 

Utility Council Tournament 

The OnUria Utility Counc,l held its first 8011 

tournament on September 23rd. The t.am 

trophy was WOn by Local 2076. Watertoo, 

Onl •• shown here. Left to riftht. Ray Beh· 

rendt, John fo,,- Bob Schindlt!.. and 8,11 

Wilt. 

The 801fe

Annual Clambake 

These two I'icl ... u were taken a\ the am ... " clambake 01 Lcw;al 2084, Syracuse, N.Y. 

lerial, information. and ide,Ls the group 

brought bad. will be used, 

Unhersal Manufacturing Corporation 

\10 ill begin construction in the ~'ery ncar 

future on their "ire mill in Copiah 

Count) at Gallman. Mississippi. Local 

2 198 has already been recognized as ttl.! 

bargaining agent in Ihi~ plant \\hich will 

employ approximltlcly 300 people. U niver~al 

has ~larled 11 pilot opera lion. in 

temporary facilities. in the Ballast Plan I 

in Mendenhall. and YoC: have j\l~t com~ 

pleled negotiating a tem porary (Ol1lr.. CI 

fo r Ihc'>e employee~. 

Local 2 198 is "cry proud 10 h"VC thh 

plant in our juri' diction, and the fact 

th,lt \Ie v..cre recogni/cd :1\ the bargilinins 

,Igenl, without any rc)blance from 

Ihe company. proves Ihill we are making 

progress. We're proud Ihilt we are thc 

largest mEw local in the slate and ",ith 

a good po-.~ibility of gro",ing e\en 

larger. The offi~n. ~te",an.ls. and the 

entire member!>hip of our local are to be 

complunenled on their elfons to organile 

the unorganizeu. 

~ I IIOR I !)Ar-!)RIWS. H.M. 

Picnic Scene 

Some 200 Members And 

Families Enjoy Picnic 

L.U. 2173. I, YNCJmURG. VA._We 

held our picnic on Seplember 10th. with 

abolll 200 employ'ces :lnd the ir fami lies 

presenl. Games and sports were cnjoyed 

by all. and the food was \'ery appetizing. 

The picnic was helu at the Homestead 

in Forcst, Virginia. a \ery lovely spot 

for a picnic. 

JAC": M . Tuc":EIl, p.s. 

Hig h Mo rale Increases 

Workers' Productivity 

I.. U. 2227, SAN FRANCISCO. CA I.IF. 

-Greetings. Brethren. from San Fmn· 

cisco lind from your I ~rethren at Humers 

Point Naval ShipYlu'u , 

From th.:: secretary's ue~k .. ohserv;ltions 

and musings on ;Illitudes and 

relation~hips, Proollctivity b the "i n 

thing" tooay, I'roollctivity is interwoven 

.... ith OIl1ituues and relationship. High 

momle is a fOictor. too, 

I ha\l: obscn-eu th:u the abll~ of au' 

thorit)'. genernll) Ilssoci;lteU .... ith morale. 

is not ne~""''lfil) confined to that I,':roup 

in the tradition:.1 '>Cal of po .... er-at the 

m;m:lgement le\el. Quite 10 the Contrary, 

I have obscrved 1h:ll lin unexpected di~· 

play of comp;lssion, lolerance. and un 

Uer\tam.ling at th;.t le\t~1 often tendo; to 

reduce the sc\crity of per.\oOnnel aClions. 

It is recognized as important that the indl\luuOlJ's 

effectiveness mu~t not be imp(lireO. 

I have observed tlmt the mosl libra· 

~ivc situmions e;dsl nnd develop 31 the 

leve l of the co-wor~er~, U~ua ll y. this i, 

a re~ult of I'er..unalily c1,,~hcs. Resent. 

ments uevelol'. Some individuals ;'S\UlllC 

the role of o\'er;eer of Ihe work: olhers 

ha\e the role thn"t upon them by the 

supenisor. seeking to minimize his o",n 

elf OTIS. Given a lillie :lUthority. a fellow 

\lorker may turn into a tyrant. 

II has been prelly \lell documented 

th:1I harassment by a fellow worker has 

re)ulted in more-scl1l,lli\'e indi\idual~' either 

quilling their JObs or becoming 

ph}'sieall} ill as a re~ult of the oppression, 

Too often your \upervisoT's altitudc 

to\lard you \lill be :1 rcflcction of that 

second·string pu~her'5 opinions. Your 

performance nit in!; lIIay well be based 

on Ihis informluion, Too few people, 

c\'en at the supervisor le\eL possess Ihe 

qualifications to determine accurale!} the 

true le\'eI of OIn individual's degree of 

competence. The pusher ma} .... el1 be a 

ptn;on of marginal ahilit}, .... ith a combination 

of ambuion. aggressheness. 

hoslilit}'. aoo prejudice. 

I know of one person right now who 

is Ihe victim of just such ;1 situation. 

The a ntagonists ~hould be maue a\lare 

of the consequences of their :!clions to· 

wards this fellow wor~er. The supervisor 

could be made to ex plain to a Civil 

Sen ice Commission BOMd the real>On 

why this behavior shoulu ha\'e been permitted 

to t:1~e place-aFler the bomd 

decides \lhy )uch an individu;t l should 

remain:t super\hor, 

Running people olr the joh may be a 

fun thing for miscrahle people. bill 

"atch oul for the hoomcrang. 

Onl} an inferior )upen-isor would 

allo", such action 10 dc\elop among his 

subordinates. roo oftcn. il is thc result 

of fearing the ne\l eOmpetilion-... iIlu 

unly inferior t) pes .... ould IIldulge in thi~ 

gamc. These people are nOt only inferior 

types, hut insecure, ami certainly 1I detrillIent 

10 productivity. In a peopJe-orienlcu 

society. indi\iduals .... ho don't 

want to help other people should not be 

in either II \upervisoTY or lead po'>ition 

r his i, especi

lOU tanl-holding members hll\e not a t 

tended a union meeting in a month , __ 

in six months. in a year? How many 

have never auendell a meeting? The :mswers 

should he inditative of how well 

organized the ran~ and file is at the 

low er 1e,'cI\. 

Ghe il some thousht. then help lhe 

fellow wor~ins ne.\1 to )ou. Who 

~nows~ lie nMy he )OUr supervisor 

'>Ome day! 

J OS II'II Sc,,\O"lI. JR., P .S. 

Pre ss Secretary Attends 

AFL-CIO Convention 

L.U. 2252, IIOU."" 001>, FLA. 

I'resident I). Niles and m)So!lf h,n'e just 

returned from the 161h Annulil AFl 

C IO Convention. held ;II the Billmoml 

Hotel in Bal H;Irhollr. I· lorida. October 

16th Ihrough I\lth. Sisler I). Cormier ,11- 

tenued Ihe Satunl,LY and Sumla) sessions 

alonJ; \lith I>resident I), Nile~. 

I W;tO( to Ihanl.. the IJ rot her ~ and Siste 

.... of Local 22~2 for ;.IIO\ling me to 

represent them as their lIelegale and 

hope 1 scr\ed them \lell, Also. I \I:lnl to 

thanl m) family for ;llIo\ling me to altend 

Ihe con\ention. 

We of I:thor need to really sel 10- 

gelher and m;ll..e Ollr-..:hes strong. There 

:tre po\lerful qukl group, ilt worl IIndermininJ; 

1:lhor J;roups. lind m:lny of us 

ilre doing il Ollr)('h· e~. Allend )OIlT 

meetings; J;..-t ;Iclive. all of )011. No one 

can do for )OU \lh;tt lOU \lon'l do for 

)ourself. 

Don't buy foreign-nlalle proouct'! lOU 

like just becau-.e the) 're eheap. They're 

nol. That foreign·nmde protlUtt )011 

bollght prol>ably helped put ~omO!One Ollt 

of WOI"I.. in our COll!11ry. BIlY the prod 

IICtS \\ ith Ihc L1nion label. Sure the) co,t 

more. Union worLers lire paid hel1~r 

\lages and h,,\e nlllny b.:nefils. But if 

thin~s I..eep up the way the) ure. \Ie 

won'l e\en be able 10 buy' foreil;n-milue 

products. 

Pr e~ident D. Niles was nomin"ted to 

the Executive Hoard of the Florid" Electrical 

Worlers AsSO!;i;Llion, Good work. 

DOl. 

Sorry to hllye 10 annOllnte Ihe rcsi~nation 

of Ehid" ,"sopi from her po,1 on 

the J::wcUlhe BO:lrd. lIer position \la~ 

filled h) HrotlJt-r Chucl.. I'err}. We "II 

Ihanl.. you. I·hida, for all tke .;cr'lces 

you performed a\ a member of the F, 

etulhe Board. 

Sister 1. Guerrieri i"ot-tame a grandmorn 

l;t~t 1II0nlh. 80th of I' resid~nt 

Niles' sons h:lVe gnLdualell from the appr~ntice 

l"I,,,scs th~y hi'Ve been attending. 

'I he steward'~ da~s WIIS held in September, 

;Ind the cla~s wa~ well uttenu~d 

by our ste\lard" Intern

Retired Members Club Of 

Local 95 Going Strong 

L.U. 95 RETIRED ~ IE ~ Jlj ERS Cl.un, 

JOI'I.IN, ~IO.-A recent meeting of the 

Retired Mcmbers Club of Local 95 was 

held at Twin Bridges State Park on 

Gr;lnu Lake in Okl;lhomn. A fish·fry 

and covered·dish luncheon was held 

after a short bu~iness session. Perfect nttendnnce 

was recorded by approximate!}' 

50 members. representing members who 

ha\'e retired from Local 95 a~ well as 

Local 1474. Joplin. The wealher was 

very beamiful. lind a grand time was 

had by all .... ho attended. 

By Ihe lime )"011 rC:ld this Jetter, we 

prob:lbly will hnve held :I hamburger fry 

al Twin Bridges. 

Our club has elected a very eOleienl 

group of oOlcers. They are President 

Claude Herron. Vice President Jim 

Wesl, Sergeant-at-Arms Rex Woodworth. 

and Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Al Dearing. 

The Executive Board members :lTe 

Lonnie Kelley. AI Dearing. ,\Irs. Ralph 

Atkinson, Mrs. Claude Herron. and Mrs. 

Jim West ..... ilh Bob Kendall and De .... ey 

Harpo\c serving as alternates. 

Our group has started off with a 

bang, and we feel it has helped many 

retired IBEW members and given them 

something to which they can look forward 

to and to occupy their spare tillle 

reminiscing over past efforts ns members 

of the IBEW. 

We would like to extend a vote of 

thanks to OUT very able Internation:.l 

President, Charles Pillard, his slaff, and 

our local 95 officers and members for 

their support. 

We strongly urge all local unions 10 

encourage the organizatiun of retirees' 

elubs for their retired member'S, spOllses. 

and widows. 

Within the near fUllire . I will be scnding 

picturc~ to the JOllfllai. 

Remember ..... e welcome nil IBEW retired 

members. spouscs, and widows to 

our club. whether rou :Ire drnwing pen· 

~ion or no\. 

ED C,I. ...... Ot...l. P.S. 

10th District 

Clements announced that the Canadian 

delegation wished to present a 

large, framed picture which depicts 

Canadian rail road equipment from 

the past to the present to Vice 

President Gladney for his office. The 

presentation was made by Brother 

Clement; W. K. Redhead, General 

Chairman of System Council 34; and 

Internalional R epresentativc Rolland 

T hiviergc. 

Following his acceptance of the 

gifl, Vice President Gladney called 

upon Herman Paul, a federal liab 

ility attorney who had scn'ed as 

host at the lu ncheon on the previous 

day. Mr. Poul gave an enlighlening 

speech 011 the handling of federal 

liabililY claims relating to Ihe railroad 

industry and commented o n 

other matters pertinent to the labor 

movement. 

Following his speech, International 

Representativt! Andrew Ripp 

introduced Robert Russell from Ihe 

R ailroad Retirement Board. Mr. 

Russell gave a report on the activities 

of the board and covered recent 

amendments concerning the R ailroad 

Retirement Act. T he delegates 

then heard from Phillip Volk, a 

represcntative from Travelers Insurance, 

the company that administcrs 

the health and welfare program 

covering all railroad members. 

In his remarks, Re presentative 

Ripp emphasized the upcoming elections, 

stating that it is always of 

paramount importance to support 

candidates friendly to labor and that 

o ne avenue open to members is 

COPE. H e urged each delegate to 

carry back the message to Ihe members 

and to encourage continuous 

contributions to COPE. 

handYlnan's COtnet 

T housands of readers have written 

us for more do-it-yourself to)' projects. 

It seems that toys for tots arc gelling 

so elaborate these days that it takes 

a big chunk out of the checkbook 10 

fill that Christmas shopping list. 

It wouldn't be a bad idea for our 

slick modern society to go back to the 

basics of gift-giving .. . namely. giving 

of one's self. And it wouldn't be a bad 

idea to rcturn to a simple. timeless lOy 

design thaI has delighted countless 

gcnerations of children .. the pull 

toy. 

Here is a whole menngerie of little 

animals, each of which is a childhood 

fa\·orite. When pulled along the floor. 

each one docs something. For example: 

the rabbit hops. the horse gallops, 

Ihe seal balances the ball, and 

Oecembe r, 1972 

TOYS ANYONE CAN BUILD 

so forth. Even the most inexperienced 

amaleur can build these linle 10ys with 

our full-size pnllem. Just trace the 

animal's features on the wood. then 

paint right over the tracings. Each 

pattern gives complete directions. 

Simple hand lools are all you need, 

T o obtnin the full-size patterns No. 

C-I for making all the toys pictured, 

send 52.00 by currency, check or 

money order to: 

SIeve Ellingson 

Electrical Workers' Journal 

P.O . Bo); 2383 

Van Nuys. Calif. 91409 

Other pnl1crns you will enJ OY : 

C-13---Gag Cutout Pictures (5) ••• 

$2.00; No. 387-Scoot-a-bout Pony 

... $ 1.00; No. 384-Building Blocks 

... $1.00; No 169-Kiddie T rike. _. 

50¢; Booklet picturing 500 projecls 

... $ 1.00. 

"

In memORIam 

Pr(lYf' r lor Our Dt·eN/Sl·d Mem bers 

You gil·~. Lord, lIml Y ou WA. f! uway. YOIl gm'l! Ii/I' to all 0/ /IS, (IIu/ You hOl'1! takl'lI (/Imy Jrom /If rhe 

IJrOlhers lIlIll Sisters WhOSl' IWIIII'S (lfe \I'riUell here. We !'Ta),. Lord. 11/(/1 You will gil'c Ihell/life en'riasrillg il/ 

Your hem't'll/y home. We pmy. (1150. rluu YOll will /'TDI'ide sofl/ce for the;r iOW'l/ Diles 1II1(J their !ril'm/!> 11'110 

r('l//(/;II hne 01/ £arlh. Dlle {il/al ,h;1I8 we mk of YOI/ , Lord, dllring (hix holiday s(!a.'iOIl oj gil'jug; 111m is, fur 

el'er/maing l)eaC£' 011 EClflh (/1/(/ goo(1 willall/ollg all I)earles 0/ all/llI/iollS, AmclI. 

Gl.'org-c IIl'nllcy. L.lI. 22 

l)i,J October 1I, /'72 

e ly\l{' II . Stillwell, 1..11. 22 

I) •• J Sr,.' ..... ~N 17, IIU 

8 aIl1ll1" J . GlurillSo, 1..1'. 21 

nord O""b .. , ,. ''171 

S\CII n~' r ~"' lcch, I_ IT. 31 

O"J s .. ,., ..... ",. 10. 19n 

Terry lIaj;:fn. I..LI. 31 

D ... J s,,.,, ... ,, ... !t. IP71 

)Iatt Hakala. LU. 31 

I) .~J s,,. . ,,"~.., III. 1971 

EdmunflIA"·aMlf'ur. L.lI. 31 

I)"J S,,.,",,,~,,, 11. /971 

Janlf's Cra ..·rord. 1,.11. 41 

I).,J s,,,,,,,"br, 1'. !Pil 

,\ rthur King. Jr .. 1 .. 11 • •\1 

I)"J :!>..,.."",,,... II. 1971 

I ~ red W. Emdl'. L.lI. 13 1 

/) ... J 0

EWBA Death Claims Paid in September. 1972 

Local Surname Am""nl Local S u r nam e Am ount Local S u r n a m e Amo unt 

, 

Cocot. A. J. I,Z50.00 63' ft oth. W.C. I,U,O.OO Pens. (125) Cll'ghorn. N. B ... 1.250.00 

, 

Cunninghllm. 'j: iI', 1,250.00 

, 

Brllgg, J, \" .... 1.2W.OO Penl. ( 12ft ) Derosia. B. L . ... 1,2&0.00 

GruRhkin. I), 1,250.00 Tyler, R. E. 1,25000 I'en •. ( 12[» Korth, A. V. 1,2&0.00 

'" 

Markovil •• C. ". 1,2&0.00 669 Il.o.rmon. N. L. ... 1.:!50.00 I'ens, (13.) COt~9. M. E. U!iiO.OO 

3 M eN"1I1l}'. T. 1.250.00 666 Mitchell. II. B. .. 1.250.00 I'en •. ( 134) Fisher. II. A . 1.250.00 

Montevude. J. J. 1,21)0.00 716 Kerr. C. 1.250.00 i'ens. ( 13') Joyce, 1'. J. 1.250.00 

I'erpigullni. O. 1.250.00 718 lIlIrter. G. II. 1.250.00 I'cna. (13~) Kicker. It. G. l.2f,O.QO 

CRrl. J. . ...... 1,250.00 728 ~ ·ecney . It. V. 1.2:'0.00 PenH. (!:.l ~ 

, 

) Kozel. ,'. J . ... .. 1.250.00 

GUl("liuZ7.!I, M. J. 1.250.00 72\ Kennedy, A. G. I.:U,O.OO I'~n a. (134) Leonard, F. 1,250.00 

, 

W"lsh, J. W. 1.250.00 743 Strunk. A. II. 1.2-50.00 Pcn~. (1:16) )lcndersOrl. V. 1'. 1,250.00 

II Andeuon. F. A. 62(;.00 no Akcu. E. G. 1,2-50.00 I'C'l~. (I3~)) Kirk. J. J. 1,2r.O.OO 

II THlbotL, A. l.250.oo 

'1< Whorton. C. 1.2-50.00 Pens. (141) lIuj(gina, G. J . 1,2;;0.00 

18 ('~rler. 

,. II. F. 1.250.00 902 Frnnkenbcrge. W. 1.2-50.00 I'cna. ( 101:1) Fockler. ~;. E. 1.2;W.OO 

-, Smith. A. J. ..... 1.250.00 118li lIeeb. II. W. 1.21;0./)0 Pens. (143) !;ehafrner. E. W. 1.250.00 

.. 

BULler. T. L. .... 1.250.00 120:; Bridges. J. Y. 1.250.00 l'en8. ( 141 j ~T org .. n • W. F. 1.2&0.00 

" 32 Makin, ~t. S. 1.2,,0.00 1317 Sholtis. J. A. 1.2&0.00 Pens. (160) ('ullis. Il. E. 1,2ijQ.OO 

Oickinson. W. '.::' 1,2&0.00 1393 Bentley. II. 1.21HI.OO Pens. ( IGO ) Locke. II. A. 1.200.00 

x, C. G ."... 1.250.00 

Darcy. Jr .. W. II. 1.250.00 I'en •. (106) Jorl(cnson. E .• 1,~50.00 Pena. (67;') Zinl(lcr. II. I.Z!iO.OO 

'SO '" McLllren. II. A. 1,2&0.00 I'cn •. ( 108) Itutlcdgc. I,. C. 1.250.00 Pens. (661 ) Stew man. J. II. 1.250.00 

602 Thorn. D. A. 1.250.00 Pen!. (I1(i) Wril("ht. G. F 1.250.00 Pena. (68-1 ) :'IeConneli. F. C. 1.2M.00 

6M Flulkner. P. 1.2:;0.00 Pona. (120) Uurth,,·ick. C. i..:' 1.2;;0.00 I'ena. Hi88) Davia. O. H. 1.250.00 

6J7 Gilnnecchini. M. 41G.61 PenB. (121) Kaufman. B. I.. 1.2M.00 I'eo •• (688) Sheed)·. G. E. .. 1.21i0.00 

61' Br),ant. II. S. ... . 1.250.00 Pena. (125) Alrord. E. C. .... 1.250.00 Pens. (721) German, I.. J . . . 1.2W.00 

Oe

I.MIII 

Pcna. (732) 

l'cnB. (135) 

I'us. ( 141) 

l'eA$. ( 160) 

P ens. (761)) 

Pena. (816) 

Pens. (822) 

Prns. (831) 

P r n •. (846) 

I>ens. (8H ) 

I'tns. (8a9) 

!'ens. (861) 

Pcn •. (lIO:!) 

I'cn •. (923) 

I>en •. (93 11 

I'cns. (9:;3) 

"cu. (!)5GI 

S u r name 

II "". n. t:. 

lJailcy, C. J .. . 

Lindema n, It. F. 

Re vis. It. H •••• .. 

Hrown, II. I , ..... 

King. O. G .. 

Smelser, I,. I, .. . . 

Itow, F. 

Ea ton, It. II .... . 

noatner. \\ A .. . 

T runk. C. J .... . 

:.Iou. 

Hilber ma n. R •. .. 

Jonc~. ( .. J ..... . 

n"lIil. ('. I) .... . 

Setter. 0, A ••... 

Arth urs. n .... . 

Amo unl 

1.2,,0.00 

1.2,,0.00 

1 .2~>O.00 

1.2,.0.(10 

1.250,00 

1.2{;O.l)(1 

1.2,,0.00 

1.2[,0.00 

102.'>0.00 

1,2:.0.00 

1.2:;0,00 

t ,2:;0.00 

1.2,,0.00 

1.250.00 

1.2;,1).00 

1.2;,0.00 

1.2iiO.00 

1.0(:111 S urnamt Amou n t 

Pens. (1141) Lo ns wlI Y, ~;. n. 1.2&0.00 

Pc nB. (114 2) li l' .t. u. R. ..... 1.250 .00 

I'c" •. ( 1219) Sq u ire. II. 1,250.00 

PeAl. (I 2 ~ 9) ," e rn"n, C. A. 1.2W.00 

I'tnl. ( 1302) KiSling. C. (:. .. 1.2:.0.00 

I'cns. (I311:11 Mc Ki nn t )·. II. E. 1.250.00 

Pe n •. ( I(i:\l ) WertmAn, I.. W. 1.2:;0.00 

I'enl. (I.(),) ChIlPPfli . ~; . .. 1.21;0.00 

I'ens. I 1.0.) ('oltman. S. 102;.0.00 

" tnB.( I O.) I}ishman. Jr" W •. 1.2:.0.00 

Pens.( I.!).) B unkel. II U. ... 1.250.00 

l' ~n •. ( I.O.) t·rllnkHn. J. II. .. 1.250.00 

I'('n$. ( UI.) G.rd;ner. ,.. ~L .. 1.2r.o.OO 

I'tn •. (1.0,) Ib rl"w, G. lI. " . 1.2:>i hrellthing WliS 

restored only after Brothers Gratton 

:111£1 Vollmers applied co ntinuous 

moulh-Io-mouth re>\uscitation 

lind heart ma siiage. l\litlstokke wall 

thcll rU ii hed to the hospit.d (01' 

treatmcnt of shock lind burns. 

EDWARD N. LAMB 

LESTER LLOYD McDANIEL 

Local 1474, Joplin, Mo. 

Edward :-'1. Lamb lIlHI Lell tcl' 

Lloyd i\lcDaniel were Ht work 011 

)[a)' 25. 1972, when the)' he:lrd the 

cI'ash of two vehicles at 11 nearby 

inh~ I·"e c tioll. They ran to the 

scene and found 15-yelu'-0Id Kirk 

Yllryan. who had been thl'OWII 

from 1I pickup truck. lying at the 

edge of the !

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Mr-nl 

Oh, What a Night! 

'Twas the storm before Christmas. 

And, oil, what a night! 

The linemen we re .. II sleeping, 

In their beds snug a nd light. 

Wi res we re heavy with ICC and sleet; 

Call out the linemen 10 gel on their 

feeL 

For miles lind mil es. poles were on 

the ground. 

X· arms were missing, many never 

10 be found. 

Voltage was high and :llways righl. 

Tillihis Sionn hit with all of ils 

might. 

Gel on the phone and call our me n, 

If they call" corne nuw, ask them 

when. 

The storm grew worsc, but don '{ 

despa ir; 

Linemen were coming from 

everywhere. 

Here's Eddie. George, 

pay. 

Lloyd .... Rohder 

Lou' 1460 

J olle' , IIUnol. 

Chris t mas Ca rds 

Like seagulls fi ying 

In clouds, they descend, 

H iding colors of every hue 

Vivid red Santas, 

Wise men. bell s of gold. 

Manger scenes, gentle and swcet 

Good wishes surround us; 

Merry Christmases hound us; 

Landscapes with snow and sleet, 

Happy holidays to all we meet. 

But the card best remembered. 

Leaving warmth in the heart 

Whe n holida y rime wil l fi c-e , 

Is the one from a friend 

Signed lovingly. 

1.1 ... J ....... b. l. hI 

Wil e 01 Jlek A.".b r1" hI 

LOCiI I I 

LOll "'nlel .. 

Christmas Morn 

As once again the time draws nigh 

To celebrate our Saviour's birth. 

Once more, in the darkened sky, 

Bethlehem's star hovers close to 

eanh. 

And once ugain, we read Ihc story 

O f that wondrous Chrisunas morn, 

Whe n Ihe angels, in all thei r glory, 

Told the shephe rd .!> thaI Chrbt was 

born. 

We listen to the children singing 

Ca rols of praise to His holy birth. 

And in cach heart, there is a prayer 

Of good will to mcn and pe:lce 011 

Earth . 

J ln. MeDon. ld 

Wife 01 R. lph C. McDo.r" ld 

Loc,,1 III 

De n"er. Co lono do 

A Christ mas Prayer 

May peace and joy be with you. 

A" fhe hells of Christmas chime: 

Your heart know deep contenltllen\. 

Throughout this holy time. 

May the Prince of I)eace he ne:lrcr. 

As the age-old ... tory·s heard 

Once again. around the world. 

Wilh hope in every word. 

M ay th e Christ of Bethlehem. 

Who in the mange r lay. 

Bless both you :lIld your loved aile!. 

T his joyful ChriSllnas Day. 

Lou .... nold H~n 

Wil. 01 Wlnllon H.II 

Locel5U 

Tulu, Okl.ho ....

SERVING 

THE 

PUBLIC 

ANYTIME 

ANY WEATHER 

DUring the Holidays, millions of Americans and 

Canadians enJoy calling distant relatives. friends. 

and loved ones on the telephone to Just say " hello" 

and extend a personal greetings for the Season. 

When you make your call this Holiday Season, 

remember that ISEW telephone linemen, like those 

pictured on this page, helped make your moment of 

renewing fnendshlps possible. In any kind of 

weather. day and night every minute of the year, 

our members are on the lob all across North America 

keeping the telephone communicatIons system 

operating. Whether he or she be a linemen, 

operator, cable splicer, Installer, plant engineer. 

draftsmen, tester trouble shooter. or clerical 

worker, IBEW members serve the public. 

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