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Monthly Meeting Changed
To January 8
LU. 806 (i,dhml, ELLENVIlJ..£, N. Y.-Happy New
Yurl Lut November Dllllkc:d the: tc:tuohu& uE 1111,
reporH~r from the lob of Isslnant busine.ss agent
10 hi.s tOOI5-JOurneyman warem.n Ilack of work
In ow junsdlcboD made: II :I nccu~ltl'l. HnUlI
been so lucky l1S 10 serve my local over the preYIOU$
18 months. I WISh 10 express g.ratltude 16 the:
mcmbt--rs, Executive Bond, BU!lincs, Manager Mor·
n, Mlnel, and to SCcletllll)' Lee butty for their
~lIrrmr' ~nd ht!lJ"t
Th.nk, 10 our BrothelS In Newburgh, Poullh ·
hCPSIC, aod Oswelo, plus some olhers, we Can
keep WOrklOl!l despite lun limu m 806. OUI hard
times :He. due to the deprcdiHlQnS of nOnUntOD and
not-s ·unlon organlzaoon,,- thosc who exploit
others for their awn ~a\O They ale also U\ pan our
own fault .
Our Brothtrs who have been 111 or ,"lured are
Bob 'oseph, back 10 "" orlt, Judd Knapp, minor
JUlcery, Tony R.usso, It-Inlured Ius leg ahcr a lon,
Iccupe.r:lltlOn IsorT}' f dldn', get news o( II &n .sooner,
TonYI. Denoy Shudds, Out of the hOSPital, Sal
Acc:ardL, Qur p1 c.s~dent J lecul'lII!rating after :I pll
bl.ddC:f opc: ratlon; Lou Hendncltson, sull unable
to workl Mike Mcdnack " Mllacle Man," comln';
baek ipto hIS Own, Paul Krusher, SI , ,USt back
from a trip, getting around wldl: Warren Dunham,
returned to work after a brohn hip We Wish all
you JUYs well :lind :II bettU )'cal Ihan the one before
Oue ~01{emot seems to be. eydng political ad·
vanl;1ge by trasbing utilitlel lind Ignonng s:lcriAcc,
of trade cufumcn, some of whom mllde the uhi.
marc conwbuuon in the wake of Hurnc.ane Clofl:l
While linemen from ~eross the northeast worked
double ,hlh s 10 gel the power back on In Ihe
ULCO syMem that was Virtually destcoyed, :lind
Ihree dIed dOln~ so, aUf Mario new over m a
helicoptc:r He keelhauled LILeO's effom to reo
.IOte power, I11lphed the)' were lootdtaggmg. and
returned to Albany-nice and dry Meanwhile, on
the ,round some men were haruKd by lrace cwo
tomers who didn't need ,ddluonallncirement from
the U:IIle'S hl&he.st officcr Like the yuppies whose
edueauon was paid for by watc:s procec:ted by
unions, Mario seems to be forgctful. What est,
the pre'ld~cy~
OUf ,aou:ary mectln8 IS ch~nged 10 laouary II duc
to Ihe holldllY. Be sure to allcnd If you WIsh 10
have anpul 10 Ihr: distribution of the M:IIJch raISe
New appOmtmcnlS: Mlkc Hubcrt to Appremice·
ship Cammlttr:e, and Rick MoJdovcr to Health :lind
We lfare Cnmmllltc_ Many think' to I.rv Ruger for
tUI lerVlce on the Apprenuc-c hlp Committee.
RICK MOLOOVER, P.S
A Family of Achievers
Is Highlighted
LU. 811 (nl. NEW YORK, N.Y.-Brother David
Chou, an Amtrak employee, grad\,la led from the
AmtrAk apprentice progum on Ocrober 28, 19
The progum is Ihn:e yean In duration and IS
II.PI"O\·ed by tbe United States Dcpartmcm of La
00 •. D.vid has been nomln:lled lor AmHak's Ap'
prentice of the Yeu Aw.ud, und we hope he WJ8S.
Blother Chou IS not 'toppmg hIS 1I:IIIOIOg with the
complellon of the apprC:l1tlceshlp progr.:lml he pl.:lns
to :lllIend Cuy Ulllver5rty of New York to Obl:&in
an eleclnnl ~ogIn~ertnK degree.
The Cbou lamlly moved 10 Am~llc:a from Burma
n&ht yu.rs ago. DaVId 1& nUl the:: only member ot
hll (;lrod)' ""ho pnzc::s tducallon A brother. Daniel,
.heady hu an rlrr.rnr..al .. n;.rn .... nng dt'gtl!'e, whIle
h" $ISte, ROSie has a bachelor's degree ID account.
In&- David b:as tbree olber 'Islers-Dalsy IS a
f.shton