1972-06 June IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

glablx:d a lOpe and lall tu hdp the
boys. who had been submcrged for
approximately Ihe minutes about
J 5 feet frOIll ~ h o r e. Brother Fletcher
sv.am out twice. bringing each boy
and himself back to shore by means
of th e rope. The boys were black
from lack of oxygen. but thc crew
members applied :Hlll lift and
mouth-to-mouth rc~usc itati on and
had them breathing again by the
tillle the ambulance arrived.
Two orher m (,lI1 h (' r ~ of I flC"'al "5
havc \\on II1 EW Lifc-S:lving
Awards.
.Iohn Slllecy
Gell{' WahlstrtJlIl
Loe:11 57. Sa lt Luke C ily
Journc} mall linemen John Eldredge
was worLing 011 the cent cr
swilch of a three-phase s\\itch rack
on May 22. 1970. He rC lllo\'cd the
jumper from his ~w it eh. loosened
the station !;rotJnd . and v.as immediatel)
Lnocl..cd uncolI')(;ioll$. Apprentiec
linemen John Stacc} and
Gene Wah lstrom moved o\er to the
center switch. Stacey I.. noeked the
jumper frOIll Eldredge's tHlnd . ;In d
Wahlstrom a .... isted, On the ground ,
as they prepared to administer
mouth - to - mouth rc .. uscitation,
"
Brother Eldredge regained CO IIsc
iousness.
Local 57 has lIine Olher members
v.ho arc Iifc-slI\crs.
F. C. Gilliam
Loclil 8.J, Allan!:l. Ga.
Inadvertently. whi le. l oo~e nin g a
"jew-claw" stick 0 11 the afternoon
of March 2-1-. 197 1. Donald I..
Bickers' left hand conweted the
melal head of the slieL . and an arc
was ('~'a hli s hc " . F. C. Gilliam immediately
pulled BieLers from the
arc and s!;Irteu mouth-IQ-mo uth resuscitation.
With the aid of apprentice
lincm:m L. C:UlIlOI1. Brot hcr
Gilliam lo\\ered BieL ers 10 the
ground . Bickers \\3S re\i\ed before
reaching the ground. but he was
1:lkcl1 to the hospital. \\herc hc was
treated for severe burns and faced
the possible amputation of part or
his lefl indc\[ finger.
George 8rud;:
Walter Gahriel
local 98. "hilaclclilhia
Un the 1Il0ming of November r 9,
197 1, James Morri" wa~ drilling
hol es in the top of a lighting pan el.
in prepar:Hion for pu nchin g holes
for conduits. In the COUl"llC of per-
Elijah J. Pryor, local 1377,
Cleveland. OhiO. rescued a
baby who had been overcome
by smoke In a burnmg IIparl·
ment.
forming this job. Brother Morris got
across a cable carr) ing 277 \'olts
and ground. His instant moans notified
George BrucL and Walter
Gabriel. \\ ho were working nearby.
that Brot her Morris was in trouble.
They ran o\er to as~is t him.
promptly kicking th e short ladder
he was on from under hi m, drop­
Jling Morri.. 10 th r nnnr. Bruck
went for help. :rs Gabriel forced
Morris' mou th open and pu lled out
Morris' tongue. which he was in lite
act of swa llowin g. Oruck returned.
saw Morris' color ch:rn ging to bili c.
and immed iately applied moulh-tomOllih
resusciwtion until normal
brealhing was rc!>tored.
Local 9R has one prc\ ious awardwinner.
I'elcr Ed\\:lrd Incl1m
Loc:.1 13.J. Chlc:lJ;o
I'eler Edward l"'el1m and hi"
wife were out dri\ing on September
10. 197 1. v. hen they noticed :1
small cro\\{1 gat hering around a
rallen man. Brother Iwcma tumed
hi" c:lr around. retu rning to the
scene. He foulld l'lowan! KrueIJ
IUl consciOll". not breathing, and
with no heart beat. Minute!> befure.
while erecting a :.ign, Kruell"s truck
boom had touched a 11.000-voh
power lin e. and the voltage had
tmvdcd down th e boom to the victim
. hwma immedialely proceeded
to gi\ e mouth-to-mouth rcsuscitntion.
\\ hilc his wife. a registered
nurse. administered eXlcmal heart
Illass:tge. The) werl' able to rCSlOre
regular breathing to Mr. Kruell .
who v.as then tal..ell by ambulance
to thc hospital.
Kenncth J . Kenncdy
Roberl W. Mo .. clc.\ , Jr.
nill~ T . Rogel"\
I)an C. O.n id
Glenn I-I. Fuller
lJonald .1. I'loligh
I\-Ianuel Uriurte
toe:11 266. I'hut'nix, Ariz.
When a to\\er gU) wire gave way
and Ih e lower bucl..led on Septem-
I!lEW Joufnol