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Retirees Party
So...,. of the ,etlred ~mb41"1 enjoYIng a .. on·
derful ........ 1 at the annual Loca' 111 party.
Left to .iBM a •• Brothe, AuUi. Kegebein. presi.
dent of the Locil 111 R. ,,, .. s Club; Interna.
tionll Repres.nll!ive M .. rvin Apt. B,ot"'" Mallo_.
,etlred member ,eceiving his 5O.ye .. , pin, and
Business M.n'gu BIll B,om~r
Retirees Attend
Three Parties
LU. 211 RETI RED ~I E~mERS C1.UB,
CINCINNATI, OHIO-The Thanksgh·ing
pa-ty of the Pensioners Club was held on
Thursday, November 25, 1976. am.I wa~ at·
tended by 96 ladies and senllcmen and was
held at Unele Al"s Trolley Tavern on Rivcr
Road in Fernbank, Ohio. After a very fine
dinner, 29 fine door prizes \lere a\lanlcd
to our guests. These door priles \lere given
to us by our officers, members. and outsid!!
friends \lhom \Ie do busine\5 \I·ith during
the }ear. We are \·ery thanlful that \Ie of
Local 212 can and do creatc funds to help
make our socials successful. The pensioners
help to raise some of Ihe necessary money
but we are also grateful. from thc bonom
of our hearts, and thank CH·"fY officer and
the entire membership for their generosity
in their financial help throughout the tear.
Evcryone allending said tlwn"s to alt who
worked so hard for the success of this aITair.
The Saturday before the pcn~ioner~ party.
LOI;al 2 12 held Ihe 75th anniversary of its
nflilialion with Ihe IllEW. It was held on
November 13, in the spacious Pavilion Caprice
and the great hall of mirrors in the
'etherland Ilillon. T\I·o .real bands and
two rOl;k groups furnished the music from
9 p.m. 10 2 a.m. A fine dinner \las ser.ed
and ('njored by about 1,500 guests. I 're~idenl
Ralph Greims appoinled Tom Rocherl
and Buzz Weikcl as co-chairmen and be·
cause I am a rdired member. I had the
honor of being named honorary ch.,irman,
as I am one of about 25 who participated
in LOI;al 212'5 25th. 50th, and 751h anniver.
f eb",a ry, 1917
Celebrations
Membel"l 01 the Re,,,en Club of loul 112 Cin·
e.nn.tl. Ohio. ,,'e .ho.. n here .nJo~'ng .. 'good
ThanksgIVIng dinner
Left ' 0 "ih' are Ray H .. uck. sec,etary 01 'he
Executlv" Bo .. rd. R"lph Groeme. prtsldent. and
W. E. Betlman, preSIdent a. Re'"e" Club.
PreSIdent Bollman welcome5 'he 8U."5 and
membe-. to the dInner
Left 10 "8ht a,e Dick B,une, aul.tan, business
manaie •. Rob,rt Babel, and Da" JDhns:>n, dlrec·
lar JATC.
saries, Also. Alec Wakefield and myself
served on the 50th anniversary and 75th
annh'ersary committees. It is \lith a great
deal of pride and honor that I say \Ie ha\·c
come from a membership of 265 ... hen I
joined in early 1924, 10 a membership of
1,060. Thanks to so many members and
officers .. ho fought and helped maintain
Local 212 throughout the awful depression
of the ·30, The great part is tbat our greal
and prosperous years far exceed the bad
ones.
We held our Christmas party recenlly
with aboul 105 members and their ladies
attending. A fine Christmas dinner was
served by Ted Zuker and his Admiral Cafe
and it was a typical Christmas dinner with
all the trimmings.
Again lI'e had a fine selection of nice door
prizes from some members and our outside
fricnds, a bingo game (or all followed and
the aITair \lound up at about 5:30 p.m.
Everyone en;o)ed and than"ed the com_
mittee Ihat spent so much time Ilellini this
aITair, anr.! others. to£ether.
With lhe besl of aU good \li~he) for a
fine Uoliday Season to thc ('"ntire Brothcr·
hood I remain sincerely )ou~.
E M. SC""ITT, I'.S.
Scribe Reminisces About
The Old Day'
L.U, 364 RETIREll l\I EMH ERS CLUII,
ROCKFOltD, ILL- Years ago, Ihere was
a Brother \lho \lrote (;.irly regul;lTly for
Ihe IVor.lt'r. He \las undoubtedly the mOSI
cheerful individual one could el'er hope to
find. lie al\la)·s had somc funny comment
or story about Ihing~ Ihnt h;.ppcned on the
job. I al\la)s turned to his article firsl clery
month \lhen the ) 011"'111 came out. When
e\·ef)body else \\as prophC"'i)inS doom and
destruetion. it was like a breath of fre~h air
to sec that there \I as someone \I ho could
still look on Ihe bright ~iJe of life.
I remcmber one stor) in particul;.f. A
journe)man amI an apprentice \lere \lorLing
on a job. close to a bilLery. It \I,I~ thdr
custom, ever>day, to go to Ihe bakery rond
get a pie \I hieh Ihcy woulJ Ihen divide for
their lunch. II always fell the 10\ uf the
apprentice to go for the pic, but nu mailer
how thick and juiq· it \I"~ \\hen he bought
it. there ne\"er secmed to be any filling in
it when he gOI hi, hnlf. The jOLlfnC) 1O:,n
al"a)s tooL the tas" of CUlling the pie. The
apprentice finally dceidcd to !oCe \lhat \la~
goins on, so he sneaLed around and \latched
the journc) man. The journeyman carefully
set the pie on edge so that the filling \\I)uld
all rlln d