1984-04 April IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

.hat will help. Why not tall .hc )ATC oflh:c ond
put your name on the liS! for Ihe next clanr
I overh u rd onc of the of Ace secretaries Idling
another, " [t's strangc how u",mponanl you, lob
is when you·re askIng for .. rlue. bUI how imponant
It can be when you w.nt to takc a day of! "IHow
u\le 1
Th" Imele may well b.:; my lUI one 10 Wille.
. due to my assuming the poSitIOn of OIlCClor of
TrainIng fOl Local 666 In RIchmond. Vllg,nla I
must"y that o"cr Ihe past 16 yurs as yoor pres.
M:c rc'JlY, .t hu been .cwardlng 10 me In many
w.ys I've ,ecc.ved many letters, not only from
our member' and thell famIlies, bUI from BrothelS
and Slller$ of ,he IBEW.II over Ih.s great bnd of
ours, m rega rds 10 my Willing. Ilhank you all It
- has been a pleuure "mltng for our local untOn and
I will m,H " 111 sl1l1 be .. member of Local 80
and w,]] be IItendlng the Saturday meellngs of ou,
Brotherhood Should oor prcsident. lack HICks,
wllnl me to connnue bemg .he prus Seerctlry,
even thou,l\h myfull·ume lob WIll be In RIchmond,
I'd be h.ppy 10 cont.nue God bles, you all, and
Ihank you for ht-mg ,uch 'althfu! readers and
cont" butor.
Rememht-r our s,ck BrolhelS Ind S,slers m you,
pllyers and V,SII when you can Someone once
uid. "It's 50 n"e loget nowers wh,le you can st.ll
.mell the fragrance." Eutel Sund.y IS only a few
day, away Ilow aboutllk.ng you. bm.ly to church
• Clv.ees ,h" special day In the hfe of Chl1sllan,
cvuy ...·here, EUle. IS a Hry spe(i~l day-ClmS!
arose WOld 10 the WISC· For God .w loved the
world, that he ga~c hIS only begolten Son, that
~ whosoevel In b,m should nOI pCTlsh. but h~vc
.ve.lulln~ lile lohn 316
1 0 II()Ll04QN, II< . I'S
Local Wi ll Miss
Bishop O'Connor
t.U. 81 H!. SCRANTON, [, A.-The members of
Local 81, as well a all of the Union tradesmen In
OUI commumty, w,1I dearly Illin Bishop lobn r
. O'Connor who bas bccn deSIgnated 10 succeed th.
latc Cardmal Terence Cooke., ArchbIshop of Ihe
Archdloctse of New York B"hop O'Conno, wu
a true f"end of the working men and women In
01,1. communny. and particularly the bUIlding and
conStruction I"dts. The bishop" late falhe. had
been a member of the hUlldln~ tradn, .ffllllied
with ' he P,.nteu and held I gold ca.d fOJ 50 yean
~ (If membc"hlp
BIshop O 'Connor was an ,nsp,rallon to all 01 uS
.n Scran ton and would wUlk with us '0 ;ssure Ihal
OUI memht-rs w.re g.ven 'he 0rportunlty to work
on any Ind .11 diocesan conSllU.l!on and renova·
liOn. HIS comrassl(ln for the homeless and th.
poor ,n our community led to the CreallOn 0/
,helteu to house the homeless and Ihe expans,on
of laellmes 10 feed 'he poor
.. Recently he ~tabhshtd. Oooce511n Synod. charged
w"h revamp.n& Ihe Dloce~'s Canon l..aw '" hne
wnh th •• ecenl .ev".On5 '" Rome I was honored
10 ht- ,nv.ted ' 0 partICipate to Ih. Synod along with
a number of labor rep,uenta\lvu. whIch was an
other "gJI of h.s ",'erUI 10 h .... labor people
.e.ogOlled Deltv.llng the malar address a1 our
Labor Day Rally In 198.3, "'e ""II n.ve.lorgel h.5
word5, "Any Industry who w,ll 001 locate," the
• Scran,on area lor I.a r of ht-Ing o.g;tnl:ed InlO a
bbo. unIOn does nOI d.5.,ve 10 be In Ih!s tom·
mUOlty .... nh you. fine people"
We WISh Ih. new Archh!shop of New York the
but of luck. W. wao, all of th.mEW.n New York
10 know Ihat 01,1. Ion IS eelt:unly your g;ttn. The
cOlile communilY he •• has upressed Ih." SlIdn."
at lusing luch an inspIrational ind.vidual One of
Our local news repon ers summed It up for all of
. us when he wrote, " Johnny, w. hardly knew you"
lOIiN I Mc:::Nul n, B M
Scribe Gives Insights
On Politics and Economics
L.U. 84 10,u.t&'caIY), ATLANTA, G A . - L oc~! 84
members 01 Un;, 84. U ae Statesbo. o. Geo rgll,
Club
Member$ 01 "T he Rodtin& Cha;r Club" of Local
84, Atlanta, Ga.
recently donaled cwo .ocklllg chaus 10 two d.fin
ent ~onvale5cenl hnmeo Th.5 IS the ,hlld donallon
ChallS have been p.eYlOusly donlled 10 .he Bullock
COUnlY Memon.l HO$pllal The Slatuboro mem o
ber, voluntaltly cOntnbule One dollar pcr member
I! the clOM: of uch monthly Untl mcellOlIo. Mem·
bers who conmbule c.lIlhem~el ves "The Rocklllg
ChI." Club " The club ha~ been 10 UlSlence lor
aboul 'wo yurs now Members of Un" 84 12
should cenatn!y be reeogntzed for thell commend·
able purpo~5 of "The Rock,ng Ch.l" Club."
I ",ould Itke 10 announce Ihal the.e " a !tmllcd
number of [BEW hats 10' ",Ie 10 Oil. membersh,p .
Theeo,I" $4 OOeach II you would hke 10 pUlchase
a hal, scc your unil chaIrman or shop 51ewud and
arrangements can be made 10 deltyer your ha, a,
one of our 18 unu mcellngs. The buslneu manage.
or one of hl5 "SIStants WIll ht- glad 10 hltnllo Ihem
co the mCC lt n~
S,nce th" IS • ~rC5ldentlai clecllon yen, 'here
are a few ,hlOgS I would ltl