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went on re.mon In Oc[obr., 1969, went bac.k to
wark In 1971 and agam wrnt on pension In lune.
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Un III nex t month, may Cod prOteC I you and
youl lamlly
CHAkLES E. "Bony" ELLIOlT. P -V.P
New Retirees
Sh own hefl~ is .another Lo~ 1 35'2 B,oth er, H.a ,lo ....
Churc.hill, wbo , e t i r~d a an elfctllc ' YII C-fil S con·
nol ~ upfrv hl o r .
Brothers Rosser,
Harlow Retire
L. U. 1S1 (a J, lANSING, MICH.-Into e .. ch pe:rson's
hfe such .. nice hum lln ~1n8 should l;omel
T wo of Ihe nlcr st and most popular h uman beings
that the SIStUS and Brothers of Local 352 aDd the
un5ln, community know hue retired from the
8Qard of W .. lr.r and LlghL Brolher Edwa.d R.osser,
age 60, born lD UO!uog and a Induiillte of Lansing
Eastern, is rC' Li nng after 3J yurs with the Board
and 33 yeus as a member of Local 351. Ed IS a
pri m ary d eCtnc mr.terman who served in the U.S.
Navy during World Wu U. A combat veteu n, hI'.
had a ship shot OU t from undel him m thl! South
PaclAc Hc also suvl!d on the Eas t Lansm& Ele.c­
Incal Roald fo r si.l y~u aDd hils bowling. ,oll
and BshlnA as his hobbies_ Brother ROSSC I had the
JlrtvllC'Ae of bowling on a team chat represente-d
Ihe USA In the 1 0 1l~ma li o n ll l FIQ made up of te2ms
!rom North, South, CentnlArnc d ea, lhe USA aDd
Canad.:li. T he team, spoDsored by Pac Advertising.
nmed the nght to represent Ihe US A by wmnmg
Ihe- Amr-ncan BowhnA Con&rtsJ Champlonship_
loyce, hl.s "hride u of 37 yean) dau,htcr Lmda, $On
loseph, tWO gtandchlldrC'n. Todd . nd Rr-ne:e; SOD'
In·law Phil, 2nd daughter·mlaw Marsha w111 be.
seemg to It that Ed will get all thC' golf aDd fishing
that he deserves and aHlhe love thlt he can safdy
handlel Al one time m IhlS repon er's caree., I h2d
the good fortune. 10 kl'\'C a.s .lit apprentice undr.r
Brother Ros5Cr. He has th r= .bllity to leach you
.omelhll1g ""h llr.leavmg you .. grt~at deal of dLgDlty
a5 a fe ll ow h uman hemg.
You, Brother Ed Rossr=r, arc loing to be soreiy
mined as IS Brother Harlow Churc.hl ll, age 59,
born 15 arson City, Mlch lAan, .. nd educated at
Cation City High School Hallow, •• yslcm cootrol
supervu,or al the Earl f Brush EleclJlc Sysu=ms
Operation Center, located al 3100 South AJpha
Suect in Lansing. is a U,S. Navy comb .. t " eleran
who also ,elved In the South PaC ific du ring World
War II. He serv ed thc loca l as II mem ber of the
Execut ive Bo:ud, trustee, Wlge Comm ittee rep re­
Knlallve and COPE repre5enllillve and has been a
memMf of Ibe local for 32 of hi. 34.8 years at the
Board of W.ter and Lt~ t He hst" woodcraft as h iS
favorltC' fI' tune, but thl ~ rcporter hapJ'.:ns 10 know
from Ar"h.nd .:xpc":uence thoU runnm)'; neck and
neck wllh Iu s p.asslon for woodcrah 1& hi' love for
surnng up a pe rsoll's c;mottons With his wry SCDS':
of humo.1 Brotbcr Churchill and I strvetl lOf;cthe r
on Wilge CommlltC'cs, and I shall ncver forgel a
COVE eonV(ntlon that we lind Brolhers Frtd Math
and Sill Shc.llberg attended at the 1'lckfon -Shdlby
HOlel In [ktrOll many yurs allio! Fred Mills had
the good sense to meet us in OctrOI! .nd relurn to
LllnSln8111 his own conVl'Y'lIlce 1 had Ihe prlvllege
III (If "eemg to II that my two Brethren wrrC'
ddlvcrC'd ufely home_ Harlow swean thai It was
eXcl(ernC'nt over the convcnllon's bUSiness and
some bad ICC' In II bcvelagt that he dunk that
renderrd him as one beset WIth nSOI morus Lovely!
He was al 0 wonl 10 write on Eh:etnc Trouble
Report., " Let JP gCt thtl one" or "Have John
HarpStcr hllndlc thIS," which finAlly resulted in
my being Rccused by management of ra klng a lamp·
tnmmll1g truck out at nigh I, unauthorized, of
coursC', ex-pending II h..,H-unk of ~s and nOI accountmg
for. sluablc amount of bulbs. When
asked by my sUJ'!!'nntendent for.an accounting aDd
bc:iO~ Icvl led by my uoion Brothers tor domg work
OU I of my classificllL tl on, on OVerti me, no less, the
light Rnlilly c:lme on ID my hcaJ- guess whose
Initials IIppc=a red as the person who look the repo rt.
You gOt Lt My ole buddy, I-bIlow' HC' '~Lld that
before he teured he wantC'd me to lecelve II lillie
notonety. He succeeded magDlRccntlyl lt has been
fun. though , and >,ou tOO shall be missed. Thanks
fo r the prlv,lIte tour of the O ttawa Power Pl ant and
th:mk. for thc memonc:s, Brot hcr'
Congrlliulations to all the grarluate', lune bridesl
bndeglooms, and a happy lind safC' vacation season
to ODe and allJ
JOHN PAT1lJCIl UA~I'5TER. 1'_S
Pins
PlClured durin" the Loell 357, Las Ve&lS, Nev.,
mem benhlp MeetinA I. BusIDU' "bo'Atr Roy
Smith, Idc, wbo iishowDCoDAnt ub liag fl ecordinc
Sunury Mlreel Rul G.pon for h ls 3()..year me-.w ·
Knhlp in the IHEW.
Showo It Bus loC'ls Mauger ROJ Smith plnnin,g •
30-YC'1f t8 EW membershlp pin OD Brolhr.r Bob
S.dtSlt'.dr.r.
Two 30-year Pins Awarded;
Work Picture Slow
LU. 1S7I1,oa.c), LAS VEGAS, NEV.-At the Marcb
AenC'ul membershIp mcetins. Local 357 Recordmg
Sc:c letlirY Marcel " Mars" Ca~non WII.s awarded a
30·year mEW membersh ip pin. Mars has been
recordi ng secreta ry for 11 yca ls, he was obligated
1010 Loeal303, Saint Catharlnc.".!:, Ontario, Canada,
on April, 1954 His travel card ..... G" acec=pled intI)
Local 351 to Illnuary, 1969. Mars li ku 10 kell!p;a
low profile but will speak OU I when he d ISagrees
Wllh &tomeuunA Coogr.nulauon.s. Mus, keep up
the ,ood work.
AI 0 ~t tbe: Marcb meellng Brother Bob Sacbsteder
WIS ~wllrdcd a 3O-ycal (HEW membcl$hip
pm He was obhgated mtO Local 357 on De:cembcr
15, 1954 Bub'& f;lther, Charle&, is also a retired
memilC'r of 1.oc31 357. Congr.nu!auoc" Bob.
The work II Ilow at thu lime, With nothing re",1
biA in sl~t, Some of the conuac.tOlS havc pulled
out of NECA Ind want to ba rgalR fOI a contract of
thC If own, Ihey act like they want to go nonunion,
and probilbly moSt of them Will It seems IIkc the
word unum 15 , nuty word thesc days The unions
a re brmx blamed 'or Iht: h igh price of produets,
while not 100 much 15 saId about the proSt' of the
corpouuons, some of which have: madr mOle
money Int )'car Ihan they evu have. The economy
IS moving along at a snaLI's pace duc to the ti.&;ht
mOllcy pllla cies of the ad m mlstra tlon 111 Washington.
Each day more and more Imports are nooding
inlO thIS COuntry, and If thiS sltu.Ulon kccps up,
thl5 country Will not be able to com~tC' with the
low w"ges paid 10 worke:r, In forel&n eounlnes,
and many American workers Will be without decent
payln~ ,obs Jobs Wil l he ellmmatcd J 2nd a long
Will, the Jobs, our UniOnli Will be e h mtn81ed or
weakened to II point of whcre they an~ no longer
effectlvC' t pray that thiS doesn't happen for we
must Unify and survivt.
I am sorry 10 announce that sincc my last report
there hal/e been three deaths. Sliter RlIa Colub
passed away on March 19. 19851 Blather Jack
AJsbrooks paned away on March 20, 1985, and
UrOlher Ralph "lack" Moore passed aw~y on Mareh
24, 1985 . May Cod have mcrcy 00 their souls lIud
00 ~lIthe loul5 of our deputed Bfcnhcr.aod 51stt-rS
At.Lf.N ,. GLAss. P.S
John McLauglin Is New
Sublocal Chairman
L.U. 359 luI, M[A I~ I , FLA.-It has bC'en Qultt II
few months slRce I lasl submmed .. ny co rr~pondenee
to the tournai. As of ,hiS lImr, .all of the
c.aucus m.:r=ungs should be concluded for all the
cono aci proJk) lIls Havmg cballed the Power Re·
sourcu Caucus, 1 was quite upset Ilt Iht'. poor
turnout of the membcrs from the plants The Cutler
plant was only represented by one employee, Brother
Stegmllller, and t hC' Turkey Poml Fossil Planl w.as
fC'prt:seOled by one mdlvldual. 0 Callahan The
Nuclear Units were r.:p tesr.ntcd by ;approximately
13 indiViduals. We hope that the o lhcr caucus
mecunA' hnve ~ much-larger mcm bc u hl p [urnout-aft
cr all the mr.mhcrship IS the n ucleus of
the local un ion It IS amazing that wllh our country
being controlled by :an :anlilabor admlOl",Uali on
which w~nlS 10 taX our In"8t benefitS such as
inSUrllnCC'5, 5lock pl.ns, etc., the mrmbrr~hlp CIInnot
cven ~c t IRvuh'ed In trying to IIUAACSI proposals
for the u pcomLng n eg(JtI.il IlOnS
As the maiority or thl:': membership k no ws, the
Flonda Po wer &. Light Company has (hverslAed
iueU into fP&'L Group As of thiS wfll lllg,. the
Company has IIcqulfed a large cement plant and
lIS asseUj and In the past week they arC' in the
prOttSS oJ purchasmg a ca hle-teh:vISIOn firm. which
has ttS borne bllse In the Pompano II lea When 'wIll
It ceast"! 'S It gomg to be bellel for us as employees
because of Ibis d iversification or it It ~omg to
creatc head4lchc' 10 U.5 a!I a ba rgatnlltS uoltt Only
time wllllell
We would hke 10 mform the membership that
the local ofAce 15 located :It 430 West 66th Su eel.
Arcade No 7, Hi aleah, f lortda 33012. All corre·
spondencr. to the local should be m ail ed to this
add reu, includans lob bids and any other correspondcncc.
You may billie noticed on tbe bulletin boards at
the work loca ti ons that we: have been rece.ivlng
discounts and offe. r ~ from qUJtC a few organ12.~UODS
and buslnuses. one of whlcb IS Supreme OldsmobIle
In Ihe Homestead area whIc h is oUennA
discounta DO ne w automobile ,Hlteh.:ucs off ering
n eC t pfices, di~co u nlS on used can and many more
duu:ounu on othe:r serv.ces. Abo, we h,ve scnl
In formatiOn to tbe membership Informms; them or
a group mC'mbtrshtp through the1l union af811atlon