1987-03 March IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

l1lelc should bc wmt Sort of loyalt)' to our loc,d
Ihat would go well with Ihe glory of beUlg "bo, ",
Ihat would be ::I Brother 10 luok up 10 Someone
who could ruo t he job Jnd be::l good union member,
::In e:umrle our youn,;er members eatl us these
dllY!lo. listen, guys, buw maoy urnes do ~ou have
10 he;a and read the "lime: old sl oryr Make tbiS
yen a y~'lf for chanse. Dun', be one of lhe oncs
who docs all the eomp!;umng and none of the
w(l lk Remember, a union IS:Ill orgam:alion whlrh
mus t have ,he partu::lp;uwn of tiS m embership to
run n,ht
In c1osm& I would hk~ 10 quOl~ from Cary
WlIll2ce. press se('feury of local 725. '''Tht. e IS .:.l
dhc;l§e pl.:.lgulng boor uni(m leday. and thai db·
ea e Is called lIpathy. It IS (ermmal II nOl w::ned
In time, ItS symploms :lire poor .attendanl;t: at union
mcellngs, backblllnt~nd Bghung among members,
and a gCnI!llll " There's nollnng 1 can do" attitude.
Tile only kno ..... n curt for tll15 disease: IS in~·Qlve·
mcnl In loul funelions. tuge dose of cC",:(.l n ill!
other members. lind m "clldy diet of infonnllllOn
ilnd if!dUC31 10n These ( lUI be obllunc:d Without a
pre crlpBon :H ya)ur 10c;1I union mCl;!:IIIl,s"" Let ',
du Whlilt We can to make Local 631 :I; b ~ahhy and
slrIJIlg repICSCJ1UIIVe of tbe: IBEW, some th ing we
will ;111 ., Iwayo; be: r mud ur
S M FRAttO, III, PS
t\U,t trip you h,Jv e: wan lcd to uk\; Lui Iklt tUIlC
p[cv~nted j loelll 636 and C ~ PCCIAlty Unit 28 ..... Ish
you ,nd your family m.3ny happy years of health
and Illnw.:vlty_ ReJeh OUI ~nd clltch a Slar, :and
m",ke your dllYs busht :lind shiny You ha\'l': earned
It I go fo r It l
I Ib:lnk BrOthcr '03 for Ih l'> rcpcm I would also
like 10 congutul.ate ",II tile Brother and Sl5 t ~rl
from L.ocal 636 who (onltlbulcd 6D1IUeimlly 10 lhe
Whuh) lIydro membcn Thll unit w~s on Hrlk.e
tOI II \... (c k ~. ;tnd Without YOU I support the OU t·
comc wuuld hOlvt' been much more 'l(: rIOUS Tb,
15 ....·hat hrOlh erhood 's all about!
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Broth f'.r K~n " Oad " Coldin" Loe, 1 636, TOlonlo,
Onl., . et ired la I yeaf (10 111 Ihe G ueJph Hydro nit.
Belleville, Guelph Unit
Members Join Retirees
L U. 636 lu,as,spdl.rr l, TORO rro, 0 T.- Brothc,
Ken " O:J.d" Goldtn~ , ~tII'cd hom Guelph Hydro
lasl year aftel wo, kln& Ih rough the rIInks to .!oub·
f reman w ith 27 yea r$ of service. Ken wu pre·
sented ..... lth .a11 IDEW reun:menl pi n lind cheque
31 ~ receot union mee llnt. liu: Braille.rs ond SISlers
{[Om Ul\Il 19 Wish the but in heah.h :lind h llofll)m ess
In Ihe years to come 10 Ken and his wife, Albertine.
The fo ll OWing ft':PO II was submllled by BrOlhel
£1 f1lc loa, Unit 18, Klngslon : Recently \wo Urot hers
frQIn U1llt 19 of Loc31636 (ctlTed attel man y ycars
of servIce with the Sd\cvllh: Public UtlHut5. hff
Wcstcrveh had II good num ber of years 01 service
with t be Wa c~ r Ocp.'II't rn ent, li nd It IS said he knew
II iql aoou\ Bdlc: vlllc'. w.w:! system , I beheve II
good tob was always pc::rformcd by CU ff whenever
and whc(c.\'cc he Will caHc.d upon lO do, so, whether
In winter', snow or an summer w ith Its h.a" and
rain or when Ihc call C:UDe: wben he had pl.an~ 10
do somethtng cis!:
You have done a ,000 ,ob, Chffl now lake the
lune: to do YOut"stU a &cod tu.m and think of fam\ty
lind y uudf, and do Ihose pmlecLS you son of
promised you would do when you had the lime.
loul 6Jb and Unll .us Wish you and youl family
m.any years of hapllY letin:menl and ask you 10
remember u.s .:md fed free' to VISit a'S ohen as
posSible
BrOlhel Des Flsbtr hmd :II oum!x:, of yt:an an tilt
stockroom as !>tockk.eepcl' and en,oyed hIS work
w llh the Belle ... iI1e Public UulLm:s Des, I QQ. was
good al hiS wcrk-if It had a number, It would be
found again In liS lI&h1(ul pl:llce. Des belle ... ed
w3rchouslng wasa lob l'l' n umbers and PIC'CCS which
when pil l m sequence and labclt.d could be found
by al m os t anybody wuh , knowledgc of utUIt)'
pa ri s.
EnJOy your re llrement, Del, u your BrothelS and
S IMCl1l Wa nt you to. Thc beSt dm~s art' now I tuke
Retired l.oelll 637, RoalllJkc , Va" mem ber C.W.
Wagner alld h i!> wift art shown cch:btatin! thei r
50th wedding an ni\l~rS :r r y.
Despite Economic Woes,
Christmas Party Held
L U. 617 (I,o,u&rl sl, NOANOKE, VA.- Our mem·
ber were fOl1un~te enough to hllve II Chnstmas
party till" year an spitC' 01 tbe Rc:pubhcan Pa n y
The mtmbtu o( Ihis Iclelll know wh:1I this admln'
Istutlon h:1S Idused 10 do 101 Qu r country, but It
seems to be anxiou to supply any Ilted to the reSt
of Ihe world Our ncwly c:ic:c led Inlcrmllional
PreSident, ,. J Barry, hll .ccepled lhn rcspon$I'
biliry In lull. He JS 1Ilre.ady wekln, informatmn
h om local unions :about new Idea!lo or suggestions.
We hnc Included a pict ure of reured member
G. W W:agnc. and hiS wlfc who eelebrated the.tr
50111 weddinl:tnnlvet:try on Ncve.mber 8, 1986
Wf! look forw~ I d 10 hearing from our rel ired mem
hers, bec.auS4! It was ,hose BrolbcfI wh :tctlficed
so much to keep the IHEW a nd organized labor
suon,;
Christm as Made Happier
For Unemployed Members
L.U, 641} \i,ll ,em,rlb,ru l'l-spa), PHO EN IX, ARIZ,­
With anolh cr 16 men being Imld on at t he Palo
Verde N uc:l,
betS were down at the hall around 5:30 In the
mOlDing ge lling IhlDg' unloaded 3nd boxed up foJ'
dehvcry. Emu! admits the tncthod was to uke as
mau)' Im:mb.:u un Ihe bouks .as po Sible :Illd try
to Single out lh~ onu who nce:dtd 1I more, euher
by '1c.knc:SS or t ht. number of dc:pendenls '1 he fe w
mcmbels I dcllyered to were more than ,l;r:ttcful
and thanked the mcmt)(tsh,p to no end. .
These volunteclS deserve menllun fo r J;lvm, up
thell ume (0 do the rl~ht
thmg.. Also. for )·ou
:apprentices who owed m