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

Shown illlhi, piCIUf~ a", rur, It I! 10 fiShl. Brolh·
tr5 1. fredtriek. R. Larocht, W . ... Redhud and M.
LamMrt. frOOI .ow, It II II) riShl, R. LansuaFf, R.
WilionlOlympkeonlendtr}aod I. Trtmbby, prtl·
idtnl 01 Local 2253, Montrul, Qut.
Retiree
In thi$ pholo a.t lhoWIl, Iff! 10 rishl, B,olh!n G.
Talbal, rteo.dillS $ttrtllry, Donald Folcn Ttlirc~
Leo f olty rectivins his eertificalc from I. Trtm·
bl" , pruidenl 01 LOCiI 2253, C. LeulrMau ... ice
ttlidenl 1 ,..". L:amM rt, Iinancial ltCrtlar" and W.
K. Redhud. Stnelll chairman, Syuem Cou ncil 3'.
IBEW.
14 Ihey un CooUnue eo,oy.nl a well dCHned
.cU.emcnl
The olhcr C"enl Ihl! hu haJlpc::ned '$ Ihc one
cODcem.nl B.othel ROMI! WlboTl. eleClnCI,n at
CP Rail Angus ShoJls a memMf of ou.local umon.
wbo represenled OUr counlry. Canada. I! the Win
.. Ie. Olymp'cs beld al SaralCvo, YUlosl,vla. In 1984
He was ,he bfa.eman 00 Ihe babslClgb lum of
four He was on Ihe same lum In 1976 al Ihe
Wmler Olymrllcs hdd .n lake PlaCId. New Yo.k.
I: and .t wu h., l,,{ pan.c.pauon .n any Olymplu
m the fUlur e
B ..,>Ihe. Wdl4n began hIS app.cnucnhlp for CI'
Rill In 1972. He beume an eleclllc.an m 1976
and preuntly wo.k$ as an eleelllclID at AD""
Sho P l OUI local UnIOn .uhzes that the cho.ce of
Btolher w,lwD "a .er.tsenla\lve of our country
I{ the Olymp'u " an honor of whIch we lie pToud,
and a cOmmittee wat lo. mtd .n o.de. to bdp h,m
.... delray SOme upcnlCS not eo .. ered by Ihe OlympIC
Commmet. B,orhel I,mes ffedellck wu Ihe co·
old'nilOI 01 thIS campallfl of SUbseTlpllon Ma ny
nems we' e 141d. and Ihe camp"ln wu a ,uccu,
_ Our employer, CP Rill, dId nOI want 10 COntnbUle
a cem for IhlS eVCnt, and tbts IS one 01 Ihe reuons
we deCIded 10 do lomelhm, ro help Brolher Wilson
'J\CQlJU T"l.Ma ...... 't', P S
Vice President Ripp
Is Guest At Party
LU. 2270 ' n }, WILMINGTON, DEL_On o.:cem·
M. 10, 191U, Our local held the member Chn"ma~
ParlY 10. children and the memMI ChriSlmas
Parl Y. The pitUU Wele he!.l" the Corpus ChILs lL
Soclll Hall In El, mele, Debware The chl ld.en's
parly was allended by 120 child.en II was the
mOSt-attended children ', p"ty .n Ihe local's b.s·
tory. The children were enlenained by • Sltal
.- malic ac t perfo.med by .etired membel Brothel
Mclvin lannan. Cafl oons we.e , hown and story·
book cbaracte., Raggedy Ann, Ragedy Andy, Frosty
the Snowman and Rudolph the Red·No.ed Rein·
deer we.e also present There WII, 01 course, I
ShOwnlllhe Local U70, Wilminglon, Del., Ch,in·
mu hrtf "1' rtli.ed members, leI! to tilhl, back
row, Bill Hubelski, lohn Mfen. And, E!t.ue.owin,
8i11 Barbie, Charles Socono, GeorKC Ih u
Ind Nick Christianl, front .ow, lim McKinne"
Jim Ha,,·tr, Charlu Wortham, E.nen Garyantn,
I ~ Zoli , loho Dick, GC-O'Ke Seidle. lohn BUllon,
John Falkow5ki and Lou Dionisi. AliO . ho,,·n ne
Inle. natiOo&l Vice p.uidcnl And.ew ,\\. Ripp,
Internllional Rep.t5cn,alivc limes McA lcc. and
P,esident William Bohnc.
Showll at Ihe Chriumas Parry lor the ehild.tn uc
Miu Christina Bobnc lioowmanl. Blolhrr Albtll
O' Ne ill. I'.,ISanll CIaLU!. Mil. Cath, l ohne IRag·
,c-cI, Annl, .~ i" Liscllc .\\uhlcib ' Raged, Andy!.
Min Annelle Yi iSle. (Rudolphl, Thomas Bohnc
and Yiilliam Bohne, III.
"ISII Irom Sanll Claus who banded J.1t Slock.o,s
10 the chlldlen
ThaI ~~enmg the membel Ch,ulmu P,ny ... a~
held It " 'as well a"cnded wllh 11>0 membe.s and
tCUreCl p.tunt A surp"sc lue$l wa$ Inle.nallonll
V.ce PrcSldent Andre"" M RIPP V,ce PleSldcm
RIPP WiS a key 1111 labol lude • • esponSlble for
uv,nl tbe Ra.lroad ReILtCmenl SYllem du. ms .hll
laS! sesSIOn of Congress Accompany.n,; V.ce PIU
Ident RIPP was Intemallonal Rep,ucnlauve !ames
McAteel V.ce PleS1dcm R.pp ... sLled the pa'ly
whIle on hiS way 10 Washm,lOn, D C
DUling .he Pi"y Vice P.eSldenl RIPP utended
holIday greeun,s 10 the local members VICe Pres
,dent Rlpp commended the local 101 115 SUPPOfl of
IBEW·COPE ICOPE 15 the political ICllon arm of
the Aft·ClOI ind ul,ed continued membersh.p
.upport. Tb.ougb member support. COPE RgblS
Ihe temble anlL'r,,1 labo. pollc.et of ,he prcscol
adm.n.slrauon lu ~t as member VOLeet Wele nec
elSary 10 uve RlIlr~d Retlremem, SO w.1! memM.
"01Cet be neccsury at the poUs th" c1eclLon yea r
10 yOle "plnSt ann-Ta.1 pohucuns The huffet
dlnne •• ncluded pnme lib and ente .... nmem wlS
supplied by Ihe band WTPM Doo. r"Zt5 wt.e all4
gryen away
Mlny Rne people we.t .esponSlble 10' makLll'
the partlCS successful. The Or ... m2l1l0n WIshes 10
Ihank Ihe 10ll nwLllS the I'ell mal.eun, B.othe.
MelVin larman. our le."fie Santa Cl~us, B'o,hcl
AIMI! O'Ne.II, Raggedy Ann played bf Mn Calhy
Bohne, Raggedy Andy played by MI n LISette Mec h
lelb, Rudolph played by M.ss Annelle W,slel.
flouy the Snowman played by M.ss ChllSllRI
Bohne. Ibe w.ves of membe .. who helped wLlh the
childlen's party and ,hose memM .. who sold the
lIekels, kd by uccu.ive, William Connell
An add.lLonal word of thanks 10 Brolhets Chlrles
Wortham, III, and Michael McConnell who used
thei ..... deo camera equipment 10 tapc hiShllllh l$
of Ihe ch.ldren's party and showed Ihe hi,h1i&bu
n the evening party.
KAM.U AHMED, P .S.
These IWO plelD.n show shop newardJ P'rllt!·
patin, in the All P,o .. ince Shop Stewards Mce tinl
held on October I , 1983, in Fredelicton.IPic.u.u
COUll tly of Local 2309, f . ede.icton, N. B.I.
Members Retire Early;
Provincial Meeting Held
LU. 2]09lu), fREDERICTON, N.B._Thl,local's
ma)Ol emplo~., The New Brunsw.ck ElteULC PO"'Cf
COmmlfJlOn, lecendy offeTcd an early leUlement
schemeol whIch 26 members look ad"lIIlage They
lie lohn Temp1cmen Lyle foley. Thomas Lynch.
Eileen Qul"ef. Phllhp M.lls. Iuilus Vahl. I. MUriel
Scali. lamC$ lackRln. Smclur MacDonald, AII,n
Theriault. RUlh Canley, Lorena Birch. Mane Bo·
urque, Brydon McKmgbl, Glen Cunnmghlm law
tence Hoyt, The.ese Arsenauh. ROMI! V,ulour,
Vilma Mllchdl, Lc-o C,ulreau. Stephen Chnlten
Hn, Clarence Spence. Carohne R.ckard, lames
SeOLL, Ed .... Tlrd.ff and James O.aon Tnhule wu
raod to .CILleu I! pa.tLrs Ihroughout the provIDce,
"'c w.sh them Ihe ben 01 luck In Ihe fUIU'e
LocallJ09 Jnd Ou r S.~ler local. \133. h,,-e de
cllied to ,hare olRce faC.hIICS; a mm'e should r.ove
MneRe,"1 10 both Iroups. ThIS " hy no means Ihe
IllSt !lep 10 amallJmillOn, II 15 SImply a way lor
both locals to upand olfke space, Implove eov'
elise and uuh::c sec.ctanal help mO.e efRclently
Our ncw add.u, '$ 127 MILn Street, f.edencton,
N B I the phonc numbel, 412-3295, lemaLOS un·
cban,ed All memben a.c ",dcome to drop .0 and
LOspecl Ihe new prem,"cs BusLOess f.hnagelS John
Cole and Bert Enns ,Iways have the coffee On and
maybe evcn stale b.nd from Ihe bikery down'
StaLlS
Well nC,OllaILOnS 10. oul lechmcal youp ha~c
Mgun and •• e prOSlCSSlnl slowly wLlh the empha·
s •• thIS yell bem, on umon ueulLlY, layoffs, and
plld eduulIooal lea ..... Del"ls 01 talks w.1I M
d.seuIHd at all unll meellnl' dunnlthe nUl few
monlh., memM., Ire urged 10 anend The memo
Mrs nl Ihe NelolLalLons CommJl tee arc BusLOen
Mana,er lohn Cole, Pr(S.dent Cohn N.chols. shop
Itewa.d, Dan McCask.l. lack Maynl.d, Chff Hum
ble and SI Sierhen unll chamnan Grant Good
We cannot nelOUlle ID a yacuum 14 ke~p .n roucb
and above all ,.ve us YOUI suppo"
Th., local was a cO'SpanSOI 10. meellAls of the
Atlanuc Uuhly Councd .n SlLnt lohn's on feb·
ruary nlnd 24 There were dele",le5 Irom all lour
Atlanuc Provmccs wLlh a ,DOd cachan,e 01 .dcas
and compaTlson 01 each local's IlIualLon Delllis
of theu mccune' Will M ava.lable .n luture lour
n .. 1t
On Oclobel I, 1983, we held a .. cry succusful
All Pro"',"ce Shop S.cwards Meeting '0 F.edellc
ton Nearly all a.us of the p.o .. mce we.e reple·
sentcd and we dIScussed a host of lIems .nc1udmg
ne,olLalions, grievances, boycons. One main .d·
unllie to this type of meetinl was thaI members
from the d.fle.ent a.eas olthe p.ovlnce gotlo meC!
one another and app.ec.ate the dLlle.em problem,
other ueas h .... e and 10 Stall thinkm, as One local
.atbe. thin diffe.ent l ' OuP ' 57