1977-02 February IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

50 Years
Brothe r 0 110 F. Schreiber. Jr .. retired member
of Local \.02, Pitls b u'lt"I, PI .. recenlly celeb.aled
ttis 5011'1 wedd,nl anniversary.
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Can you remember these four men wl\o once
we •• in our midst?
trained him for our needs. Don Ford successfull
y completed the required learning
and is now m:achiniSI - 0," Congratulations.
Don. After this presentation we enjoyed the
final cocktail. We then had dinner of our
choice with entertainment by comedian
FO$tcr Brooks. Many retirees were there,
some rc:~nlly retired and some: as long ago
as eight years, namely Mary Gillespie. Remember
Mary?
Dennie Jordon became a rather of a
IO-pound son, Jdfry Alan; Ron Salvitore
became a father of an eight·pound daughter,
Stacey; mothers. babies, and fathers doing
fine.
lalely I have heard TC'marks from memo
bers that too much thou£ht has becn given
to retirees: the wages and benefits are im·
porlant for the immediate president in this
preM:nt society of ours, the ultimate g031
of each worler is relin:'ment with adequate
provisions for at least ~ o rr y. fre e and com·
fortable remaining days. Therefore, we
should think: just as much of our future as
of the present. Another thought·provoking
item is the Scanlon plnn: a lot of pros and
cons and bandied around this pl:'n, that
our firm is introducing in a subtle matter
for us to consider perhaps in the fUIOTe
maybe e\'en sooner.
Cor:dolences were olTered to union officer
Andy Potosk:y whose mother died. She was
past 80 years old. Gail Schillinger's father
underwent surgery and is fine. He is an·
other octogenarian. It was nice to read of
one of our retirees, 011 Schreiber. Remem·
ber those in the picture?
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STEPHANtA BARSHOWSKt, P.S.
Party Goers
Membets of Lout 1413. Totedo. Ohio. w"o wo,k
" Oavls Besse ar.. left 10 rlghl. Uilled. Ed
Bo, jas. Kent Rh",brlghl; s tanding : Brent SIo".r.
Claren" OaT'JlY. Bob Wi\t iJiml. Randy VoltmJl'.
and Oave Haley.
l,lt to rij:ht are lhe boss. Tom Fl anJigan. reo
t irees B,II fremJln Jlnd Ot'l Hawkln,.
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Lelt 10 riCht are Brent Stover. HI",e, CedOt,
and Joe Z,mmerman w"o is rellred.
lett 10 rilhl a,. Olis Hawkln •• Bob Prlbe. S, ..
and H .. ry Abbot. all rel"ed membets. who II·
tended Ihe Inn",,1 Christmas part, of Locil t41].
Local 1413 Hold.
Christmas Party
I_U. 1..tI3, TOLEDO. OIilO- On Dttcmber
6. 1976, we held our ;mnual Chrhtmas
parly at the Fdison C lub in Maumee, Ohio.
Ag:.in this year the wives were in"ited as
were the retirees. Brother Abbott, "ho is
retired, drove over 200 miles to attend. he
now resides in Monticello. Indiana. His son·
in·law, a former Edison employee, came
along to drive.
We had a rea l good turnout, especially
from Davis Besse, since they had to drive
abou t 50 miles or more round trip. The
department supervisors were also invited.
We wish to thank all the members who (
helped make this year's party a success; a
good time was had by all, with plenlY to cal
and drink. Also a little game of eards was
pla)·ed.
On October 22. 1976, Brother Willis
WhelStone was married to Barbara Rodri.
guez at lhe United Methodist Church on
Oakdale Avenue in Toledo. A reception
followed at Mel Bcrmans Restaurant on
Walbridge Road in Northwood. The couple
will live in Oak Harbor. Ohio. (Mrs. Whet.
stone's father is a mainlenam;e man at the
Acme Stalion.) We all extend ollr best
wishes to the newly"eds.
In our last letter we reported an incident
which occurred at Davis Besse. Brother Jim
Break. was Struck: by 13,800 \'01ls "hile
work:ing in switch gear room "B" and was
aided by some of our members along with
his co-workers: at this time we are happy
to report Brother Break is bad: on the job,
and doing fine.
Service anniversaries were celebrated in
November by Gerald Perry-one year, November
4; Cliff Biggert-rour years. November
16: David J. Tillett-H rears. No.
vember 22. In Deeember, George Deelr:erfour
years. December 4; Art Van Tassellfour
years. December 6; Harold Clink-six
years, December 14: Bob Bardz-four rears .
December 18.
Wedding anniversaries were celebrated hy
Brother Harvey Cedoz and wife, Cathy, for
seven years on January 26: Brother and
Mrs. Cliff Biggen for 23 )'ears on January
16; Art and Kat Van Tassell for 29 years
on February 6. Many happy re turns to all
those celebrati ng an anniversary.
Best regards to all.
GERAlD J. OBEE, P.S.
12th Annual Stewards
School Dinner Held
L.U. 14J9, ST. LOUIS, ~ I O.- l ocal 1439
held its 12th annual stewards school dinner
at the Viking Restaurant on September II ,
1976. A workshop program was planned
and presented by Business Manager Durhilm
and Business Repn:sentath'e Kraus.
The workshop included a brief outline of
collective bargaining history and how Ihe
IBEW was founded. The collective bargain.
ing: history of Local 1439 on Union Electric
property, the Arlnnsa,>·Missouri·Associated
natural gas properties, and the City of
Farmington were also reviewed. Business
Manager Durham ~tressed 10 those in al·
tendance at the workshop the responsibilities
of ste"ards and the imporlance of a steward
recognizing his responsibilities and ha\'ing a
worling lnowledge of the labor agreement,
Internaliunal Constitution, and local bylaws.
The ste"ards and offkers rarliciralcd in
the worl~hop by asling questions and were
gi\'en an opportunity to lC'5t thcir lnowledge
of the labor agreement, local bylaws, and
the IBEW Constitution by completing pre.
pared tests rdating to these subjects. Those
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