Local 429, Nashville, TN, members,
from left,
Thermon D. Hall, Arthur E. Caruthers, Claude
Reasoner, Clarence D. Jackson, Cecil E.
Smith, Arthur B. Buckner and William L.
Johnson display their 60-year service awards.
L.U. 429 (em,i,lctt,o,ptc,rtb&u), NASHVILLE,
TNLocal 429 awarded years of service pins to 97 of its active and
retired members.
Congratulations to 65-year recipient John Rush, 60-year recipients
Arthur Buckner, Arthur Caruthers, Thermon Hall, Collins Herston,
Clarence Jackson, William Johnson, Harry Kleespies, Claude Reasoner,
Cecil Smith and Glen Stevenson, 55-year recipients John Carson,
Fred Pickney, Jr., William Ragan, Irving Richardson, Raymond Sanders
and Billie Scott, 50-year recipients Harold Anthony, William Barnett,
Charles Beasley, Charles Booker, Leonard Cathey, Billy Cordle, Charles
Covington, Everett Cox, Richard Dickey, Fred Harp, Zenba Harris,
William Heath, Jesse Jones, William Midgett, Phillip Narusewicz,
Herbert Parrish, Harold Rainey, Maurice Rumage, George Smith, John
Smith, Leslie Smith, Jr., John Sneed, Granville Taylor, James Tinsley
and Richard Young.
Also, congratulations to 45-year recipients Lawrence Brink, Claud
Fly, James Hobbs, Raymond Holt, Gipsy Maxwell, John McBride, Presley
Slater, William Smith, Garner Suiter, Wade Travis, James Walker,
Thomas Walker, Donald Wilson and Donald Wolfe, 40-year recipients
Albert Cunningham, Joe Henley, Sr., Dudley Looney, William Napier,
Billy Randolph and James Walker, and 35-year recipients James Bledsoe,
Wendell Braswell, Jimmy Brigman, Lawrence Brown, William Bush, Vernon
Coleman, Sam Collins, James Deason, Jr., Roger Durham, Julian Eledge,
Joseph Epley, Robert Ezell, Raymond Ferguson, George Fleming, Arthur
Fuller, Ernest Giers, Issac Gore, Robert Heath, Roy Johnson, Robert
Kemp, William Ladd, Bobby Lance, Reedy Law, Willie Long, William
Lovell, James Markus, Verlan Ming, William Mosely, Bobby Sharp,
Aaron Smith, Jimmy Thomas, Berlon Tidmore, Robert Toon, Jerry Uselton
and Raymond Vandiver.
Milton L. Frazier, Asst. B.M./P.S.
No More Budweiser L.U. 449 (catv,em,i,o,rtb,rts, spa&u),
POCATELLO, IDI am happy to report we are having a very good year.
We have been working 50-plus travelers most of the winter and spring,
with the rest of the year looking good. We currently have over 100
travelers working.
The Eighth District Health Benefit Fund has been struggling financially,
but the trustees are looking at some good options, which will improve
our health benefit in the future.
Anheuser-Busch is doing a major expansion on a malt plant in our
jurisdiction, with 98 percent of the work so far going nonunion.
A small amount of the steel erection is all that is being done union.
T. E. Ibberson, located in Minnesota, is a partnership with TIC
(The Industrial Company). T.E. Ibberson is the design-building contractor,
and they have brought in Greenway Electric from Wichita, KS, to
do their electricalboth large nonunion contractors. I doubt a Budweiser
will ever cross my lips again.
Local 449 has had a tough month with our charter draped for Bros.
Richard Carlson, Scott Long, Mike Sheppard, Keith Waters, William
Webb and George Orchard.
Robert Chandler, B.M.
Preparing for Negotiations L.U. 503 (t&u), MONROE, NYThe newly
elected officers are Pres./Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec. Bob Citrolo, Vice
Pres. Tom Gannon, Treas. Brian McPartland and Rec. Sec. Suzanne
Citrolo, who ran unopposed. Bro Jimmy Humphrey was reappointed as
business representative.
Pres. Citrolo is presently preparing for negotiations with Mirant,
representing the members at the Lovett and Bowline Power Plants,
along with negotiations with Warwick Telephone. The Local is also
working very hard to prevent the layoffs at Frontier Telephone.
The DOT hours of service exemption issue has now passed through
both the Senate and the Assembly. All parties are awaiting the governors
signature.
The Local will be holding its Third Annual Benefit Golf Day on
September 13 at the Stoney Ford Golf Course in Montgomery, NY.
Mary M. Casey, P.S.
Elected Officers L.U. 531 (i), LaPORTE, INWell it was
that time of year againelection of officers. Running unopposed
was Bus. Mgr. Chuck Edson. Maintaining the presidency was Bill Wilson,
and others elected were Vice Pres. Bryan K. Adams, Rec. Sec. Bob
Chesko, Treas. John Casper and Executive Board members Kevin Knotts,
Christopher Vann and Steve Wright.
Our annual golf outings winning team, with seven under par, was
Joel Hostetler, Steve Wenc, Dave Claeys and Geoff Banic. Congratulations,
guys.
Also, if there is anything you would like to see or have printed
in the Journal, please call me. Im in the phone book.
In closing, my quote for the day is, "Dont be fooled by the
calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use
of."
Jim Switzer, P.S.
Bob Snyder Honored
Local 545, St.
Joseph, MO,
Bro. Robert
"Bob" Snyder.
L.U. 545 (em&i), ST. JOSEPH, MOOnce
a year I am going to dedicate our IBEW Journal Local Lines article
to a Local 545 member who stood above the rest. This years article
honors deceased member Bro. Robert "Bob" Snyder.
Bro. Snyder passed away in March 2002. He was a 47-year member
and worked for the Beadnall Electrical Company for 35 of those years
until the business closed. Following Beadnall, Bob worked as a building
technician for the Law Enforcement Center in Saint Joseph, MO.
Bro. Snyder dedicated 25 years of his life teaching Local 545 apprentices.
I am proud to say that I was a member of the first class Bro. Snyder
taught. His dedication and service to Local 545 was outstanding.
Our sincere condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed.
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