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Tragedy and Brotherhood

I am writing this letter to express my sincere appreciation to two localunions: Local 130 in New Orleans, La., and Local 26 in Washington, D.C.

On October 24, 2007, my husband was killed in a car accident. He was onhis way to work and the weather was extremely bad with heavy rains andthunderstorms. His car slid off the interstate and crashed into a tree. He waskilled instantly. My husband and I are originally from New Orleans. We relo-cated to Maryland after Hurricane Katrina and he went from working out ofLocal 130 to Local 26. Members of the Locals 130 and Local 26 heard of thetragedy and began calling immediately with condolences. The contractor andadministrative staff of his employer, Truland Systems Inc., provided financialsupport that made my transition from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans easier.

I was privileged to have six Local 130 members to serve as pallbearers andthe number of union members that showed for the service was a comfort tome. The administrative staff at the Local 130 office in Metairie, La., also mademy transition smooth. I was overwhelmed with the concern, information pro-vided and financial support afforded to me.

I bless God for Locals 130 and 26 passing through my life. Both unions leftme the option of calling them if I needed any assistance. If I had the tonguesof ten thousand angels, I would still not be able to thank them for all of theirgenerosity.

Carmen JacksonSpouse of Arnold Jackson, Local 130 member, New Orleans, La.

Health Care for All

I read the articles on the IBEW health plan and the AFL-CIO campaign forhealth care reform and thought, what a great idea. All members should beoffered coverage under a nationally available group plan that should be lowerin cost with more members enrolled, separate from employment.

The IBEW/AFL-CIO campaign for health care should begin with GROUPhealth care coverage, which could travel with every dues paying member aslong as we pay our bills.

I am surprised that in the year 2008, group health is not available to everymember, active, retired, freelance, in every area of our union. I think that aunion-offered group health plan offers a brother/sister a future with no wor-ries about their health care being tied to an employer, who would like nothingmore then to reduce compensation to its union workers even further with nohope for future protection.

Jonathan FineLocal 1212 member, New York

Top Tour

To everyone that was involved in the tour for Triple 6, [Richmond, Va.,Local 666; see story on page 7] I thank you. It was one of the best tours Ihave seen in my life. I got out of the Marine Corps looking for a Brother-hood. I have found my place in the IBEW. Thank you for keeping a history.We are going to need it to make a strong future.

Gregg L. TomesLocal 666 member, Richmond, Va.

LETTERS EDITORTOTHE

INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS

First District

PHILLIP J. FLEMMING1450 Meyerside Drive, Suite 300

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5T 2N5

Second District

FRANK J. CARROLL, JR.4 Armstrong Road, 2nd Floor

Shelton, Connecticut

06484

Third District

DONALD C. SIEGEL500 Cherrington Pkwy.

Suite 325

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108

Fourth District

SALVATORE J. CHILIACorporate Plaza 1, 6450 Rockside

Woods Blvd., S., Suite 150

Independence, OH 44131

Fifth District

JOSEPH S. DAVIS100 Concourse Parkway, Suite 300

Birmingham, AL 35244

Sixth District

JOSEPH F. LOHMAN8174 Cass Avenue

Darien, Illinois 60561

Seventh District

JONATHAN B. GARDNER320 Westway Place, Suite 531

Arlington, Texas 76018

Eighth District

TED C. JENSEN2225 West Broadway, Suite H

Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402

Ninth District

MICHAEL S. MOWREY2500 Venture Oaks Way

Suite 250

Sacramento, California

95833-4221

Tenth District

ROBERT P. KLEIN5726 Marlin Road, Suite 500

Chattanooga, Tennessee

37411-4043

Eleventh District

LINDELL K. LEE6601 Winchester Avenue

Suite 150

Kansas City, Missouri 64133

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

EDWIN D. HILLInternational President900 Seventh St., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

JON F. WALTERSInternational Secretary-Treasurer

900 Seventh St., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20001

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Chairman

ROBERT W. PIERSONc/o IBEW Local 9

High Point Plaza Office Ctr.

4415 W. Harrison St. #330

Hillside, Illinois 60162

First District

JOSEPH P. CALABROc/o IBEW Local 1158

1149 Bloomfield Avenue

Clifton, New Jersey 07012

Second District

MYLES CALVEYc/o IBEW Local 2222

1137 Washington Street, Suite 2

Dorchester, Massachusetts 02124

Third District

JOHN R. CLARKEc/o IBEW Local 141

82 Burkham Court

Wheeling, WV 26003

Fourth District

JACKIE E. GOODWINc/o Local 136

845 Gadsden Highway

Birmingham, AL 35235

Fifth District

STEPHEN SCHOEMEHLc/o IBEW Local 1

5850 Elizabeth Avenue

St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Sixth District

GREGORY LUCEROc/o IBEW Local 66

4345 Allen Genoa Road

Pasadena, Texas 77504

Seventh District

PATRICK LAVINc/o IBEW Local 47

600 N. Diamond Bar Blvd.

Diamond Bar, California 91765

Eighth District

RICK DOWLING c/o IBEW Local 213

4220 Norland Avenue

Burnaby, BC V5G 3X2 Canada

Winter 2008 Volume 107 Number 1

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2 President’s Message

3 Secretary-Treasurer’s

Message

4 IBEW Currents

8 Organizing Wire

30 Retiree Local Lines

34 In Memoriam

41 IEC Meeting Minutes

The Winners12 11th IBEW Photo Contest

ON THE COVER: Robert Mettalia, Vacaville, Calif., Local 1245 member, takes first place with this photo oftransmission towers dominating the California hills.

10 NLRB Rules AgainstProtection for Salts

14 New Training CentersTo Counter Utility Skill Shortage

18 Special Report: New Orleans Two Years Later

23 IBEW/NECA SponsorsAlaska New Year’s Bash

26 Off-Year Election Victories Set Stage For 2008

IBEW JOURNAL

Edwin D. Hill, EDITOR

C. James Spellane, DIRECTOR

Mark Brueggenjohann, INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Carol M. Fisher, SR. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Malinda R. Brent,COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Len Shindel,COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Alex Hogan,COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Elizabeth Pultar,SECRETARY

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he IBEW didn’t set out to scare the day-lights out of our fellow citizens, warningthem about power shortages and disrup-tions of the economy if utility companiesand our nation don’t come to grips withthe skilled labor shortage.

Our utility members would have likedto have just kept working and to mentornew hires as they came through thedoor—just as many of them were men-tored and coached in their youth. But util-ity companies cut back on training in themidst of utility deregulation. Our unionwas a voice in the wilderness. Our warn-ings were mostly ignored.

It is exciting to be finally movingbeyond talking about a problem to actu-ally planning for regional training centersto resolutely address the skilled laborshortage with our own educational pro-gram, supported by the utilities. And it’ssatisfying to know that our warnings andour ideas are now taken seriously, as wehave been called to testify in hearings onCapitol Hill.

Regional training centers will give usthe capacity to promise good careers anda future worth living to young peopleand new hope to workers who have losttheir jobs in other sectors. Without a bitof exaggeration, we can help to changethe world, starting in our own communi-ties.

While some companies downplayedthe need for more workers and cannibal-ized each other’s work forces, monumen-tal changes were taking place in the U.S.work force and the educational system that feeds it. The lackof hiring in our industry and in other sectors led to de-emphasizing vocational programs. Our training centers willhelp to fill the gap.

One of the real tragedies of our industry’s poor prepara-tion for the retirement of the baby boomers is the relativelack of young role models at all company levels to serve as aliving example for their peers.

In union organizing, we often say that it’s important tohave organizers who look like the workers they are cam-paigning to recruit. The same principle applies here. It’s onething for a member who is approaching retirement to visit ahigh school and talk to students about entering a trade. It’s awhole different ballgame when a 22-year-old graduate of thesame high school shows up straight-backed and confident

with pictures from the job, or in his newhouse or car. If we do our work right,these young workers, these future leaders,will be a sturdy, reliable bridge to thou-sands more.

If anyone questions the effectivenessof training partnerships between theIBEW and our employers, look no furtherthan the National Joint ApprenticeshipTraining Committee, the worldwide leaderin training for the electrical constructiontrade. This issue of the Journal reports ona visit by Brazilian union and industryleaders who came to the United Statesbecause our training program is a modelfor promoting safety and excellence onthe job.

Our union’s energy task force thatdeveloped the regional training centerplan approached their work with thesame humility that characterized thefounders of the NJATC in 1941. Theyappreciate the trust that employers havealready put behind the IBEW’s trainingmission.

But trust alone won’t keep the centersthriving and growing. For that, we needcommitments from our employers forongoing fee-for-service arrangements toensure that we have the financial base tocover our curriculums.

We will win commitments from ouremployers because our plan is sound.

And we will win more support from our surrounding com-munities and from government agencies at all levels.

Time is short to solve the skilled labor shortage, but ourpeople are ready and our will is strong. 1

TTaking theLeadonTraining

THE IBEW IS

MOVING BEYOND

THE PROBLEM TO

RESOLUTELY ADDRESS

THE SKILLED WORKER

SHORTAGE.

EDWIN D. HILLINTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

IBEW JOURNAL, WINTER 2008 3

resident Bush came to office promising,like many conservative Republicans, toreduce the size and regulatory powers ofthe federal government. InfluentialWashington GOP strategist GroverNorquist even boasted that

his goal was to get the federalgovernment “down to the sizewhere we can drown it in thebathtub.”

And in most areas, mainly those relat-ing to consumer and worker protections,the Bush administration has been success-ful. Federal spending for mine safety andOSHA enforcement are down almost 10percent, while spending for enforcementof minimum wage and child labor lawsare down 13 percent.

But according to a new report issuedby the Washington think tank Center forAmerican Progress, there is at least onearea of regulatory enforcement that hasgrown substantially under Bush: theOffice of Labor-Management Standards.

The OLMS was founded in 1959 toenforce the Landrum-Griffin Act, alsoknown as the Labor-Management Report-ing and Disclosure Act. The act wasmeant to protect union members andtheir interests by promoting democraticprocedures within labor organizations,including financial reporting require-ments.

Presidents in the past, both Democ-rats and Republicans, have usuallypicked career civil servants with a back-ground in labor to head up the OLMS.Bush broke with this pattern, choosingGOP political operative Don Todd to runthe office. Without legal training or experience with unions,Todd’s claim to fame was as one of the campaignresearchers behind the infamous 1988 “Willie Horton” ad,which played a big role in the election victory of Bush’s

father and earned him the “RNC Man of the Year” award. Helping Todd out, according to the report, are Don Loos,

whose main work experience before coming to the OLMSwas with the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee,and Sean Redmond, whose previous job was with the Bush2000 presidential campaign.

One would think that a lack of background in labor lawwould make Todd and his staff a badchoice for the OLMS. But for an adminis-tration that would rather use the office tofurther its anti-union political agenda bypushing more and more onerous report-ing requirements onto the labor move-ment, he’s the perfect candidate. “Everydollar that is spent on disclosure andreporting is a dollar that can’t be spent onother labor union activities,” noted occa-sional Bush advisor Norquist.

While the Bush administration haslightened the paperwork load for mineowners, hedge fund managers and bigbroadcasters, local unions are being fittedfor a noose of red tape thanks to Todd.According to Center for American Progresssenior fellow Scott Lilly, the amount ofinformation required from unions hasincreased 60 percent since Todd tookover. And new reporting requirementsintroduced in January could force morethan 100,000 additional union leaders—now defined by the OLMS to include evenstewards and health and safety committeevolunteers—to issue conflict-of-interestreports on even minor personal financialtransactions such as car loans.

A rank-and-file member might thinktwice about running for steward or servingon a bargaining committee knowing thattheir personal financial information, suchas their mortgage or savings account, couldbe audited and made public at any time

This kind of harassment has nothingto do with defending union members’rights. 1

PChoking on Red Tape

PRESIDENTS IN

THE PAST, BOTH DEMOCRATS

AND REPUBLICANS, HAVE

USUALLY PICKED CAREER

CIVIL SERVANTS WITH A

BACKGROUND IN LABOR TO

HEAD UP THE OLMS. BUSH

BROKE WITH THIS PATTERN,

CHOOSING A GOP POLITICAL

OPERATIVE TO RUN

THE OFFICE.

JON F. WALTERSINTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

“Our IBEW and our labor voices need tobe at the table when making critical decisionsaffecting the port, an economic engine forour city, the Bay Area, and California,” saysUno. The port commission also oversees theOakland Airport, which hosts over 13 millionpassengers annually.

Also under commission responsibility are19 miles of waterfront on the eastern shore ofSan Francisco Bay, with about 900 acresdevoted to maritime work and another 2,600acres devoted to aviation.

Local 595 electricians recently completed aterminal expansion at the airport and a newphotovoltaic system that will deliver 1 millionkilowatts of clean energy annually. TheNational Electrical Benefit Fund is helping tofund the Jack London Square development, acornerstone of the port’s commercial realestate. Members of Vacaville, Calif., Local 1245maintain and service the port’s electrical sys-tems.

Oakland’s port commission consists ofseven members nominated by the mayor andapproved by the city council for four-yearterms. Members serve without salary or com-pensation. Uno, whose nomination wasunanimously approved by the council,worked as a facilities department electricianat the Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-tory, then served as training director for hislocal union’s apprenticeship program. Uno isa vice president with the Alameda CountyCentral Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and is afounding member of the National AsianPacific American Labor Alliance. A memberof the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus,Uno is a board member of the Asian HealthServices Clinic, which serves more than10,000 low income and immigrant families inOakland. 1

California Business ManagerAppointed to Oakland PortCommissionVictor Uno, business manager of Dublin, Calif., Local 595, has beenappointed to the Oakland Port Commission, the board that oversees the nation’s fourth largest port.

IBEWCURRENTS

While the number ofjurisdictional disputes inthe construction industryhas fallen in recent years,they still happen, leavingthe construction clientwith a negative impres-sion.

To help prevent suchdisputes, the Associationof Union Constructors(TAUC) has released theTAUC Craft JurisdictionGuide, the go-to book tomanage work assign-ments and prevent dam-aging in-fighting. Workingwith 14 internationalunions, TAUC has pro-duced the only availableresource where all unioncraft agreements andmaterials related to juris-diction can be found inone place.

TAUC’s Craft Jurisdic-tion Guide not only bringsall of the relevant materialrelated to craft jurisdictiontogether for the first time,it also provides the infor-mation in an electronicformat that is key wordsearchable and can beeasily updated to incorpo-rate new agreements,said Stephen R. Lindauer,TAUC chief executive offi-cer. The guide can bedownloaded from www.tauc.org. 1

UNION CONSTRUCTORSRELEASE

JURISDICTION GUIDE

Dublin, Calif.,Local 595BusinessManager

Victor Uno onthe waterfront.


The labor movement’s institute ofhigher education has a new leader.William E. Scheuerman took over aspresident of the National Labor Collegein December. He replaces Susan Schur-man, who retired.

A scholar and labor leader, Scheuer-man brings to the NLC an extensivebackground in labor and academicadministration, serving most recently aspresident of the United University Pro-fessions union, the 34,000-memberunion that represents academic and pro-fessional faculty at the State University ofNew York, the largest higher educationunion in the United States.

“In Bill Scheuerman we have a manof scholarly achievement and unionintegrity and leadership,” said AFL-CIOPresident John Sweeney, chairman of theNLC Board of Trustees. “I look forwardto working closely with Bill as he takesthe reins of the great institution of higherlearning for working people—the col-lege of the labor movement.”

During his 14 years as UUP president,its ranks grew from 21,000 in the mid-1990’s to nearly 34,000 in 2007.

“I leave with mixed emotions because

by working together UUP has become anextraordinarily successfulhigher education union,”Scheuerman said. “At thesame time I look forwardwith great enthusiasm totackling the many chal-lenges facing the nationallabor movement andworking with JohnSweeney to strengthenand grow organized laborby educating the nextgeneration of unionists.”

Scheuerman served onthe executive committee and executivecouncil of UUP’s national affiliate, theAmerican Federation of Teachers, andchaired the AFT’s policy-making bodyfor the union’s 150,000 higher educationmembers. A veteran labor leader origi-nally from Staten Island, N.Y., Scheuer-man has been involved in unionleadership since 1978. He served as theUUP’s vice president for academics. Heserved as chief negotiator for the union’s1988-1991 agreement. He earned a bach-elor’s degree from City University and a

doctorate from the CUNYGraduate Center.

The son of working-class parents, Scheuermanworked as a token clerkfor the New York/NewJersey PATH trains, laterbecoming a motormanand member of the Broth-erhood of LocomotiveEngineers and Trainmen,while he was attendinggraduate school. He wenton to become a politicalscience professor at theState University of New

York at Oswego in upstate New York.The NLC, located in Silver Spring,

Md., has undergone a renovation andexpansion in the past few years, refur-bishing and upgrading its housing facili-ties and opening the new state-of-the-artbuilding, the Lane Kirkland Center. Thecollege’s academic program now offersmore courses and online programming,making the bachelor’s degree programmore accessible to working people thanever before. 1

New President for National Labor College


When you have the best electrician training program inthe world, you want to share the wealth of your experi-ence. Last November, the National Joint Apprenticeshipand Training Committee—an educational partnershipbetween the IBEW and the National Electrical ContractorsAssociation—hosted three union safety members and twoconsultants from Brazil’s electrical industry. They traveledto the United States to investigate the relationshipbetween IBEW and NECA and each party’s responsibility intraining and safety.

“This visit to the NJATC is building the future of work-ers’ safety in Brazil,” said Jesus Francisco Garcia, a mem-ber of CUT, the largest union federation in Brazil,co-founded by the nation’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva, in 1983.

The visitors, who oversee roughly 400,000 electricalworkers, developed and implemented Brazil’s NR-10 elec-tric code in 2006; NR-10 is based on the National Fire Pro-tection Association’s 70E standard for electrical safety inthe workplace. Brazil’s version was created to help reduce

the number of deaths and injuries of electrical workers.More trips could be planned soon.

Washington Aparecido dos Santos, executive director ofthe electrical union in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, says,“Today in Brazil the unions and employers are not workingtogether for the benefit of either side, especially the safetyof the worker. We would like to formally invite the NJATCto Brazil to share this successful culture of workingtogether.”

NJATC Executive Director Mike Callanan said he seesgreat value in the exchange process. “While the primaryemphasis of the NJATC will always be our IBEW membersand NECA contractors, it is especially fulfilling to help otherunions, no matter where they are from, in their efforts toimprove electrical safety,” Callanan said.

The group’s trip was a collaborative effort betweenNJATC training partner Westex, Inc., a leader in flame resis-tant fabrics, and its Brazilian partner IDEAL. The visitorswere in the United States for a week and also made stopsin Chicago and New York. 1

NJATC HOSTS BRAZILIAN TRADE UNIONISTS, INDUSTRY LEADERS

NLC President William E. Scheuerman

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125 Business Representative Jim Putman,who is assigned to Pacific Power, helpedlead the effort.

“Everyone came together to supportthis family,” said Local 125 MembershipDevelopment Coordinator Marcy Put-man, who is Jim Putman’s wife.

As Kelly got ready for chemotherapyand the inevitable hair loss that comeswith the treatment, more than 30 Local125 members and their families showedthe ultimate solidarity. In September theyorganized a “Beer and a Buzz” event atthe Hinds’ home where they all shavedtheir heads and raised money for Kelly.

“I’m lucky to have so much love inmy life,” she said.

She was so inspired by thegenerosity of her husband’s

co-workers that she orga-nized her own fund-

raiser to help a high

school classmate of her daughter who isbattling leukemia. More than 70 showedup for the event, including many IBEWmembers.

“When Doug and Kelly came up withthe idea, a lot of members changed theirplans to be there,” said Local 125 mem-ber Dave Towery.

Led by Doug Shaffer, Local 125 Exec-utive Board treasurer, members of Local125 made personal donations, whichtotaled more than $3,500, to providesupport for the teenager and her family.

“These guys aren’t looking for recog-nition,” Marcy Putman said. “They arejust out to do the right thing for theirfriends and community.” 1

IBEW’s Memory ManChuck Mangino’s co-workers at

Arnold Engineering Development Centerin Tennessee were looking for a part tocomplete a maintenance job on a windtunnel used for testing aircraft engines.Mangino, an aerospace electrical techni-cian and a member of Tullahoma, Tenn.,Local 2113, went to a quiet spot, concen-trated, and recalled the day seven yearsbefore when he saw the part on a shelfunder some cable connectors.

Oregon Local ShowsTrue Meaning ofBrotherhood

According to the IBEW Constitution,one of the Brotherhood’s objectives is“to assist each other in sickness or dis-tress.” The linemen at Pacific Power—members of Portland, Ore., Local125—take this commitment seriously.Brotherhood doesn’t end at 6 p.m. forthem.

When Kelly Hinds, wife oflineman Doug Hinds, wasdiagnosed with breastcancer for the secondtime, Doug’s co-workerscame together to help.

They took up a col-lection so the Hinds,who have two daugh-ters, could have mealsdelivered to the familywhile Kelly was receiv-ing treatments. Local

The California Employers AdvisoryCouncil has awarded Riverside, Calif.,Local 440 the 2007 VeteransEmployer of the Year Award. Thecouncil, part of the state’s Employ-ment Development Department, rec-ognizes employers who “consistentlydemonstrate positive policies in train-ing, hiring and promoting U.S. veter-ans.” More than 1,000 employerswere nominated for this award. Only10 were selected.

Local 440 membershipdevelopment directors ChuckMcDaniel and Joe Mendoza Jr.accepted the award at a con-ference in Fresno.

Mendoza, a master sergeantin the U.S. Army’s 118th Main-tenance Company from Stock-ton, Calif., is in his 25th year

with the California Army NationalGuard. He was deployed to Iraq inlate May for 18 months.

“IBEW organizers call him ‘Gungho’ Joe,” says Local 440 BusinessManager Bob Frost, because Men-doza has recruited so many veteransto the trade through the Helmets toHardhats program. Attendees at theFresno conference gave Mendoza astanding ovation when it was

reported that he was headed for Iraq.The local places newly recruited

veterans—some of whom fought inDesert Storm and other wars—in theapprenticeship program for the firstyear. “They are a great asset to ourlocal,” says Frost. “Their discipline,understanding of the chain of com-mand and enthusiasm rubs off ontheir peers and helps to lift up thestandards of our apprenticeship.” 1

CALIFORNIA LOCAL WINS VETERANS EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Master Sgt. Joe Mendoza Jr., second from left, a 20-year member of Riverside, Calif., Local 440, accepts the 2007 Veterans Employer of the Year Award. Also pictured are Claire Hope, left, co-chair, California EmploymentDevelopment Department Veterans Committee; ChuckMcDaniel, Local 440, andDon Froman, CaliforniaEmployment DevelopmentDepartment.

Portland, Ore., Local125 member DougHinds, his wife Kellyand their two daugh-ters, Tayler, right, andRachael, left, at theevent to raise moneyfor Kelly, who is suffer-ing from breast cancer.

Field trips to Washington, D.C., aren’tusually on the agenda for most IBEWapprentices, but in November, more thana dozen third-year apprentices fromRichmond, Va., Local 666 took a breakfrom their work to visit the IBEW’s Inter-national Office.

The apprentices were given a fulltour of the building, which included the11th floor roof deck with its view of theU.S. Capitol and Washington Monument.But the highlight of the tour was a visitto the IBEW museum.

Virginia Apprentices Get Hands-On History Lesson at IBEW Museum


Mangino’s memory is legendary inTullahoma, where he entertains crowdsat charity fund-raisers by memorizingover 1,000 numbers in sequence. “I amon the rim of photographic memory,”says Mangino, who has had his own TVshow and credits his “flashes of intelli-gence” with ranking him in 12th place innational competition for memorization.

Two years ago, Mangino, who alsoperforms stand-up comedy, watched as acollege student rattled off 100 digits ofthe number pi on the “Tonight Showwith Jay Leno.”

As it turns out, pi, the ratio of the cir-cumference of a circle to its diameter, isa worldwide test of memory skill. Thefirst number of pi is a three, followed byan infinite amount of numbers after adecimal point so competitors are judgedupon how far into infinity they can takethe number.

The next day, after watching Leno,Mangino reported to work and tried torepeat the student’s accomplishmentwith a co-worker, but only got up to 16numbers. By the following week, afterconcentrating on a list of numbers tapedto his bedroom wall, he was up to 139.“My memory is like a floodgate,” saysMangino. “Doctors can’t explain it.”

Mangino, who requires a quiet, stress-free environment to memorize his mater-ial, is still working at pi.

“I’m trying not to get a big head,” saysMangino. A grandfather of two, he saysthat he leads a simple life. “I just want touse this to help people,” he says, by rais-ing funds for charity playing his memorygames in front of audiences. 1

Journal Wins International Labor Communications Association Awards

The IBEW Journal won awards at the International Labor CommunicationsAssociation Convention in New Orleans last October. The awards include:

n An honorable mention in the “General Excellence” category for internationalunion magazines with circulation over 100,000.

n A third-award in the “Special Performance” category for best editorial or col-umn for President Hill’s and Secretary-Treasurer Walters’ joint column, “We’reTaking Our Country Back,” in the 2006 Special Election Edition.

n A second-place “Saul Miller Award” for best collective bargaining story to LenShindel, IBEW communications specialist, for his cover story, “Seven YearStruggle Yields Contract at Comcast in Illinois.”

Vacaville, Calif., Local 1245’s Utility Reporter won several honors in the localcategory of local newspapers with circulation over 20,000, including:

n A first award for best feature story for “Storm Warning: Merger Madness inUtility Industry Poses Threat to Service Reliability,” by editor Eric Wolfe and afirst-award for best graphic.

n A third-award in the “General Excellence” category for local newspapers, anda third award for best photograph for a picture shot by Russ Rylee, a long-time lineman at Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

n An honorable mention for best illustration 1

“My memory is like a floodgate,” saysChuck Mangino, Tullahoma, Tenn., Local2113, with his granddaughters, Corrine,left, and Giavana.

Instructor Bill Rusher, far right, rear, and apprentices from Richmond, Va., Local 666visit the IBEW International Office.

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“Most people in the South are afraid ofunions, seeing them as an outside entitythat just takes their money,” says Troy,who is hopeful that the Carolina Initiativewill convince more open shop electri-cians that the union is their friend, nottheir enemy. IBEW membership jumped16 percent last year in the Carolinas.

Thanksgiving cameearly for nonunion electri-cians like Troy and forsignatory contractorslooking for skilledhands as pre-holi-day blitzes andindustry nights

Southern Barnstorming Builds IBEWMickey Troy showed up at an industry night in Charlotte, N.C.,last October with 15 years of experience in the open shop electri-cal trade. A former member of the National Association of LetterCarriers in Lumberton, N.C., Troy interviewed with Miller Elec-tric and was hired. “I am thoroughly enjoying my newjob,” says Troy, who is paid construction electricianrate and is getting ready to take his journeyman’s test.


ORGANIZINGWIRE across the South attracted dozens of newmembers into the Brotherhood. Many ofthe events were staffed by volunteersfrom IBEW locals across the country. InAustin, Texas, nonunion contractorswere so afraid of losing electricians tosignatory companies that they scheduledovertime and held barbecues to keeptheir crews from attending a Novemberindustry night. Nevertheless, 17 newmembers were recruited.

Florida Initiative Coordinator JimRudicil, a veteran of decades in the orga-nizing trenches, says, “In all my years oforganizing, I have never seen this kindof team work and advances made in somany places.”

Mike Cribs, co-owner of Sir RaleighElectric, a signatory contractor, wasskeptical when he was first approachedby the IBEW about joining eight othercontractors at a November industry nightin Raleigh-Durham, N.C. He was startled

by the turnout. “It’s hard for me to

I B E W I S ‘ L I K E FA M I LY,’ S AYS N E W C A R O L I N A M E M B E R

Donnie Boston couldn’t have expected that his lifewould change while he was sitting in the stands at his son’sfootball game in Charlotte, N.C. But a sug-gestion from a fellow parent sittingnearby—a union electrician—put him on apath to a new career where he says hereceived respect from day one.

Boston, a father of three, had manageda doctor’s office and a Foot Locker store,but he was ready for change. So when anIBEW member suggested that he visitCharlotte, N.C. Local 379’s hall, he gave itsome serious thought. “I only knew aboutunions only from what I read in the newspa-pers while growing up,” says Boston,whose sole experience with electrical workwas pulling wire for a friend who wasinstalling a Muzak sound system in a shop-ping mall.

“I’m 38 years old and I didn’t know if they would wanta man my age,” says Boston. A conversation with Car-olina Initiative Organizer Matt Ruff and Western Carolina

Lead Organizer Dave Hoque boosted his hopes.“I was wide-eyed,” says Boston after the organizers

told him about the wages and benefits hecould earn working in the electrical trade. Itis never too late to start a career, they toldhim.

Boston got a call from the union thesame day and went to work for PreferredElectric as a construction wireman on a pro-ject building a new data center. Whetherhe’s digging ditches or running four-inchpipe, Boston, who is applying for apprenticetraining, says, “It’s a match made inheaven. Everyone welcomed me with openarms and it’s a family situation where every-one looks out for you.”

“The Carolina Initiative isn’t just about bigblitzes and industry nights,” says Interna-tional Organizer/Carolinas Initiative Coordina-

tor Duane Moore. “It’s about changing the culture of theIBEW so that local union members carry the Brotherhood’smessage far and wide to folks like Donnie Boston.” 1

After 15 years working inopen shops, Mickey Troy is‘thoroughly enjoying’ hisnew job as a member ofCharlotte, N.C., Local 379.

“Everyone looks out for you,”says Donnie Boston, newmember of Charlotte, N.C.,Local 379.

put into words what it was like to inter-view 115 electricians,” says Cribs. Orga-nizers from 10 states had blitzed over200 job sites and collected over 450information cards on nonunion electri-cians to build the event. “Next time, I’llbe better prepared,” says Cribs. “I tip myhat to everyone from the International tothe local unions. It took quite an effort.”

Dan Zwahlen, foreman, ABCO South,a Chicago-based signatory contractor, setup shop in the Carolinas about the sametime as the kick-off of the Carolina Initia-tive last fall. Zwahlen contacted CarolinaInitiative Coordinator Duane Moore andhas attended several industry nights.

“We’re more competitive because ofcomposite crews,” says Zwahlen, who

has hired over 10 electricians in interme-diate classifications of construction wire-man and construction electrician.

Blitzes and industry nights arespreading far beyond their original tar-gets, bringing in new members likeFrank Presch, who was laid off when hisopen shop employer closed his doors inNovember. Presch got the Carolina Initia-tive phone number from a friend whowas contacted during a blitz in Charlotte,N.C., that reached 300 electricians atdozens of nonunion work sites.

After speaking with field organizerMatt Ruff, Presch was put to work thenext day with a signatory contractor. 1

It was a botched job. A BrowardCounty, Fla., nonunion electrical contrac-tor was six months behind schedulewiring a new elementary school and fac-ing damages of $5,000 per day.

Arrow Electric, a West Palm Beachsignatory contractor, and the IBEW localsin the area could have stood back,folded their arms and gloated. But stand-ing back is not what the Florida Initiativeis all about.

So when Pavarini Construction Co.,the general contractor on the $21 millionOrange Brook Elementary School, con-tacted Arrow, looking for a quick turn-around, the Florida Initiative lived up toits name.

Don Cortez, an eight-year member ofFt. Lauderdale Local 728 and Arrow Elec-tric foreman, immediately contactedLocal 728 Business Manager DaveSvetlick, who sent his staff out to line upmanpower for the job. Three days later,13 construction electricians, two con-struction wiremen and six journeymenwere at work on the school. Most of thenew intermediate classification construc-tion electricians and construction wire-men were organized at recent industrynights or job fairs for nonunion electri-cians.

“Arrow came in under very difficultcircumstances and did an amazing jobfor us,” says Pavarini’s superintendent,Irving Grau. The start of the 2007-2008school year was only 100 days away, yet

the work was completed on time and onbudget. “In all my years of experience,Arrow is the most professional electricalcontractor I’ve worked with,” Grau said.Because of the success, Pavarini placedArrow Electric on its preferred bidderslist.

Cortez is now supervising threemore jobs valued at $1.5 million and islooking to put several constructionelectricians and construction wiremen

from the elementary school projectback to work. Most of the new mem-bers have three or four years in thetrade, he says, but others have 15 ormore. Some have already passed thejourneyman test. “The CE/CW programforces journeymen to play more of aleadership role,” says Cortez. “If wehave good foremen, we can keep thequality of our work high and our pricescompetitive.” 1

Quick Turnaround Shows Florida Initiative’s Power


A Ft. Lauderdale,Fla., Local 728crew includes,clockwise fromfront, ClavisTheodore, DonCortez, foreman;J. Wilson,Roberto Velozand David Night.

Frank Presch is a new member ofCharlotte, N.C., Local 379.


“It gives employers a green light todiscriminate against union members,”said Muskegon, Mich., Local 275 Busi-ness Manager Sean Egan.

The 3-2 decision is the latest example

of the board’s attack on salting. Earlier inthe year, the NLRB limited the amount ofback pay a discharged salt can be owed,and made it easier to discriminateagainst potential salts.

The IBEW case wasamong the nearly 60

rulings to comeout last Septem-

ber, in whatcame to beknown as theS e p t e m b e rmassacre by

The National Labor Relations Board ruled in Septemberagainst legal protection for union members who are deemedby employers to be union organizers, known as salts.

NLRB RULES AGAINSTPROTECTION FOR

Saltslabor activists due to the overwhelmingnumber of pro-management rulings.

According to the National Labor Rela-tions Act, it is illegal for an employer todiscriminate against a union member inhiring. But the new decision allowsemployers to argue that potential unionemployees are not “genuinely interested”in employment and therefore not pro-tected under the act.

“Union electricians will have to becareful when working at a nonunion sitenow,” Egan said. “They can’t reveal theyare IBEW without fear of losing theirjob.”

Board members Wilma Liebman andDennis Walsh dissented, saying that thedecision “continues the Board’s rollbackof statutory protections for union saltswho seek to uncover hiring discrimina-tion by nonunion employers.”

Local 275 organizer James Jendrasiakwas laid off from his job with nonunionToering Electric—a Michigan contrac-tor—in 1996. The company claimed itwas low on work, but Jendrasiak was letgo only after they discovered he was anIBEW member. The company also had ahistory of not hiring Local 275 membersdespite repeated responses by membersto help-wanted ads.

The local filed discrimination chargesand in 2000 an administrative judgefound Toering guilty. Toering appealedthe decision and it went to the NLRB.

The board has in the past protectedthe rights of salts. Liebman and Walshargued that salting performs a criticalfunction under the act by helping unionsuncover illegal anti-union discrimination.

In preparation for challenging the rul-ing in the U.S. Court of Appeals, theIBEW has filed a brief with the boardasking it to withdraw its decision.

“This is just another example of howthe NLRB has become a mouthpiece forunion-busters, not an impartial upholderof workers’ rights,” said InternationalPresident Edwin D. Hill.

“The IBEW’s salting practices havealways been about furthering the right toorganize,” said Kirk Brungard, director ofConstruction Organizing. “Despite thesedecisions, we’ll continue to use salting asa legitimate tactic to increase our marketshare.” 1

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First Place Winner Robert Mettalia, Vacaville,

Calif., Local 1245. Mettalia was on the Carrizo Plain, a grass-

land area near San Luis Obispo, marking the coordinates of

transmission towers for the GPS tracking system, when he

took this picture. “I end up working in some remote areas,

which gives me the chance to capture some interesting

scenery,” said the Pacific Gas and Electric lineman. While pho-

tography had been his hobby for a while, he had never

entered the IBEW’s photo contest before. “I had thought

about doing it many times, so I’m glad I finally did.”

Vacaville, Calif., Local 1245 memberRobert Mettalia is the winner of the2007 IBEW Photo Contest. His entrywas a panoramic view of power linescrisscrossing the barren hills of theCalifornia landscape.

The judges picked Mettalia’s shot because of its color-ful contrasts and professional quality. “It’s a stunning pic-ture that really stood out,” said International RepresentativeMark Brueggenjohann, one of the contest’s judges.

Also serving as judges were IBEW Human ServicesDepartment Director Carolyn Williams and Northern Vir-ginia Central Labor Council President Dan Duncan.

Aaron Yeager, a member of Huntington, W.Va., Local317, won second place for his night shot of the John Amospower plant, a 2,900 megawatt facility operated by AEP.

Third place winner Nick Cummins, Philadelphia Local126, caught co-worker Mike Collare working high abovethe ground replacing a broken insulator.

“We had some amazing entries that really showed thecreative talents of our members, and they all deserverecognition for their work,” Williams said.

The IBEW received more than 300 entries. Look fordetails about next year’s contest in future issues of theElectrical Worker and the Journal. 1

Jim Zimmerlin,Vacaville, Calif., Local

1245. The photo shows

Local 1245 member Tito

Carames doing some

welding work at Pacific

Gas and Electric Diablo

Canyon nuclear power

plant during a refurbish-

ment of steam lines.

Juan Martinez,Downers Grove, Ill.,

Local 15. Martinez

shows utility work-

ers setting up a new

power line.

First Place Winner Robert Mettalia, Vacaville,

Calif., Local 1245. Mettalia was on the Carrizo Plain, a grass-

land area near San Luis Obispo, marking the coordinates of

transmission towers for the GPS tracking system, when he

took this picture. “I end up working in some remote areas,

which gives me the chance to capture some interesting

scenery,” said the Pacific Gas and Electric lineman. While pho-

tography had been his hobby for a while, he had never

entered the IBEW’s photo contest before. “I had thought

about doing it many times, so I’m glad I finally did.”


Second Place WinnerAaron Yeager, Huntington,

W.Va., Local 317. Yeager shows the

John Amos power plant in Big

Scary, W.Va.

Third Place Winner NickCummins, Philadelphia Local 126.

Cummins took this picture of his

co-worker Mike Collare as he rappels

down to change a broken insulator in

Lancaster, Pa. “That was first time I’ve

ever seen a lineman do that, so I asked

if I could get a picture,” Cummins said.

Kevin Kelly,Syracuse, N.Y.,

Local 97. The

photo shows the

severe effect of

a major 1998 ice

storm on power

lines in upstate

New York.

GregFuhrmann,

Huron, S.D., Local

1959. Fuhrmann

captures Local 1959

linemen Paul Inman,

Jed Bordewyk,

Shayne Bender, and

Jammy Eitreim while

they clip in on steel

transmission poles.

Second Place WinnerAaron Yeager, Huntington,

W.Va., Local 317. Yeager shows the

John Amos power plant in Big

Scary, W.Va.

Third Place Winner NickCummins, Philadelphia Local 126.

Cummins took this picture of his

co-worker Mike Collare as he rappels

down to change a broken insulator in

Lancaster, Pa. “That was first time I’ve

ever seen a lineman do that, so I asked

if I could get a picture,” Cummins said.

Great utility workers aremade, not born. More tothe point, they’re trained.

Training of a skilled utility work forcetook some major hits over the past 15years, as deregulation with its cost pressureon utility companies, the aging of the babyboomer generation and the lack of youngpeople pursuing blue collar careers com-bined to bring the industry to the brink ofa severe labor shortage. The utility industryis already behind at training replacementsfor tens of thousands of skilled workersapproaching retirement age.

A bold and dynamic fix is on theway, thanks to the vision and expertiseof the IBEW’s utility branch. Regionaltraining centers, operated by the union,will prepare industry new hires forgood-paying, secure careers and offer

core training to incumbents who requireannual recertification or will be promot-ing to new positions. The union is nego-tiating to buy or lease property fortraining centers in Richland, Wash.,Detroit and Tucson, Ariz.

Joe Carl, former business manager ofTucson Local 1116, has been appointedthe IBEW’s coordinator for the regionalfacilities. The union’s legal team is work-ing out the details of a training trust agree-ment to formalize the joint effort of theIBEW and the utility companies.

“I want our centers to be a one-stopshop,” says Carl, with a wide offering ofcourses from six- to eight-week pre-apprentice “boot camps” to core andupgrade classes for current employees.Carl foresees operating from early in themorning into the evening hours, withinstruction to be conducted by a mix ofactive workers and retirees. The IBEW is

The IBEW is in negotiations with Detroit Edison to lease a30-acre facility as the first of several utility training centers.

“I want our centers to be a one-stopshop,” says Joe Carl, a journeymanlineman and former business managerof Tucson Local 1116, who will marketthe regional training centers to localunions and employers.


currently negotiating with several utilitiesto roll some existing company trainingprograms into the new centers.

The trail to regional training centerswas blazed by the IBEW’s energy taskforce two years ago in Las Vegas. Presi-dent Hill set up the task force under theleadership of International ExecutiveCouncil Chairman Bob Pierson ofChicago Local 9. The task force broughtideas to the table from union membersand managers who grapple with man-power problems daily. The groupincluded Dan Sherman, business man-ager, Milwaukee Local 2150; Gary Alek-navich, chairman, Utility System Council4; Randy Albin, chairman, Utility Coordi-nating Council 6; and Kevin Shaffer,

business manager, Detroit Local 17.Utility training programs were severely

cut back—over the frequent protests ofthe union—during the wave of utilityderegulation in the 1990s. Many compa-nies turned training over to communitycolleges. The regional training centerconcept overcomes the limitations ofcommunity college instruction. It’s onething for a prospective lineman, forexample, to sit in a class and study elec-trical theory. But how much more effec-tive will it be to combine the theory withan early taste of climbing poles under thedirection of an experienced journeyman?That’s the idea behind regional trainingcenters.

Regional centers will institute a boot

camp approach to fill in the gaps in stu-dent preparation for bargaining unit jobs.This means assessment testing, drug test-ing and refresher courses in basic skills. Itmeans having Occupational Safety andHealth Administration training done andcommercial drivers license permitsacquired before the new hires hit theworkplace. The IBEW Safety and HealthDepartment is already at work to helpshape a curriculum.

As the utility task force brainstormed, itbecame clear that the 2006 tentativeagreement between the IBEW and Tucson

A mock distribution yard at Detroit Edison’s Training andDevelopment Center will be used to provide hands-oninstruction at the first IBEW regional training facility.



At a hearing called last November by the Senate

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, IBEW

Util ity Department Director Jim Hunter testif ied

about the pressing need to establish new training

programs in the utility industry where IBEW repre-

sents most of the employees of the nation’s investor-

owned enterprises.

Hunter cited a study from Carnegie Mellon University

that shows employment levels in the industry peaking in

1990 at about 550,000 employees, and declining steadily to

today’s numbers of about 400,000.

“The interesting point here,” said Hunter, “is that total

generation increased 30 percent while at the same time

employment levels dropped by 24 percent.”

“On face value it sounds like we are doing more with

less,” said Hunter. But, the companies have achieved

these levels by working enormous amounts of overtime

and reducing maintenance and construction in an industry

where the average age of a lineman is 51.

“The next generation of utility workers must be hired

and trained soon,” said Hunter, who underscored the

urgency by pointing to some utilities where instructors for

skilled positions are recent apprentice graduates with little

on-the-job experience. 1

Electric Power to develop a leasing agree-ment for a new training center was a piv-otal moment. Soon word was out aboutSeattle Local 77 negotiating to purchasean 80-acre site in Richland, Wash., 170miles southeast of Seattle, from the state’sDepartment of Education.

A year later, the IBEW is discussingthe lease of a 30-acre property fromDetroit Edison for a Midwest regionaltraining center. The real estate is alreadyhome to a large classroom facility, an out-side transmission and distribution trainingyard, a welding lab and a machine shop.The location is 15 minutes from the air-port, with hotels and restaurants nearbyto accommodate students. The Brother-hood is also investigating the develop-ment of a Southern regional trainingcenter on property owned by FloridaPower and Light and a Midwestern centerin Kansas City, Kan.

Sharon Crowe, director of the IBEWGreat Lakes Training Trust is workingwith the IBEW to set up the program.Crowe previously served in a number oflocal government positions in Illinois andWisconsin and as an associate director for10 training centers in seven states estab-lished by the IBEW and Lucent Technolo-gies. Crowe said she looks forward to

working with Carl, a journeyman lineman,who, she says, “has the credibility in thetrade to sell the program to utilities andbusiness managers alike.”

The IBEW is establishing a financialbase to cover operations and is seekingcommitments from employers for ongo-ing fee-for-service arrangements. Sup-ported by Crowe’s expertise in localgovernment, the IBEW will work tosecure grants and other means ofexpanding the centers’ reach and ser-

vices. There is promising potential forpolitical support of local funding.

“When we offer and deliver training toyouth or to workers approaching middleage that have worked hard and played bythe rules—but lost their jobs in other sec-tors—we are dipping a bucket into a wellof goodwill,” IBEW International PresidentEdwin D. Hill told delegates to the West-ern Labor and Management Public AffairsCommittee (LAMPAC) conference in Octo-ber. “Nothing can spread that goodwill inour surrounding communities better thangood-paying jobs with a future.”

Attracting students to the regional cen-ters is part of the IBEW’s mission. Collegeeducation has been over-emphasized, saysCrowe. “If we do our work right,” saysPresident Hill, “the young workers whopass through our training centers will be aliving refutation of the narrative that saysthat the only choice for youth is betweenfast food jobs or jail and a college degree.”

Several IBEW-sponsored initiativesare already up and running on the con-struction side of the IBEW, such aswww.ElectrifyingCareers.com and thethe Helmets to Hardhats program. Thework of the Center for Energy Work-force Development promotes careersthrough its “Get Into Energy” Web site,located at www.cewd.org.

For more information on regional util-ity training centers contact the UtilityDepartment at [email protected]. 1

I B EW S PEAKS TO CO N G R ESS O N LAB O R S H O RTAG E

Sharon Crowe will be assisting the IBEWin setting up the five new training centers.


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Skills and training are two of the most potent toolsthe IBEW has in its battle for market dominance. Whenit comes to training power line technicians—outsidelinemen—Canadian training centers have the competi-tion beat hands-down.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Local 258 PresidentMichelle Laurie said the school the IBEW operates hasbeen open since 1991 and is the only one in the provincethat even comes close to providing high-level training.

“This is the hands-on, specific skills training that alllinemen need according to the Canadian occupationalskills standard,” Laurie said. “We know for a fact thatnonunion workers don’t go that far.”

Local 258’s facility has two outdoor pole yards. Origi-nally a partnership with the province’s utility, BC Hydro,the center has belonged entirely to the IBEW since1997, Laurie said. But Local 258 continues to have astrong relationship with the utility that remains itsbiggest customer. With this arrangement, employers—either utilities or private contractors—pay for the train-ing of power line technicians.

“The quality of training provided by Local 258 is sec-ond to none,” said First District Vice President PhilFlemming.

Apprentices attend the school for six weeks in theirfirst year of training, and five weeks during the secondand third years, Laurie said. The rest is a straightapprenticeship. By the time their training comes to anend, the students are Red Seal certified—which is ahigh national occupational standard administered andrecognized by each province.

Laurie said they learned that when utilities hadresponsibility for training, their commitment was some-times dependent on unrelated priorities. “When theeconomy changes, training is one of the first things theycut,” she said.

International Representative Laird Cronk said Local258 has a long history of producing productive, safe-working, power line technicians.

The Electrical and Utility Safety Association of Ontariooperates the Skills Development Centre outside Toronto.Funded by utilities and contractors and a tax on provincialworkers’ compensation premiums, the EUSA trainsapproximately 9,000 workers annually on its new six-acreproperty. The facility boasts overhead lines for energizedand non-energized training. It has trees for forestry andline-clearing lessons. Inside are labs for transformerwiring and confined rescue tower climbing.

With experience in training since 1915, the EUSA isgoverned by a board with representatives from theprovincial compensation board, unions and manage-ment, said EUSA President Ted Vandevis.

“One benefit of having a centrally located trainingfacility is that you reinforce good work methods,” hesaid. “If workers are only trained by their own company,they tend to keep repeating the same bad habits.”

One of the EUSA’s goals over the next few years isto reduce the number of occupational injuries in Ontarioto zero in 2011. In 1996, the industry experienced 1,100injuries with 25,000 workers. In 2006, with 45,000workers in the province, there were 390, Vandevis said.

“EUSA is a first-class professional organization thathas had a long relationship with the IBEW in Ontario,”Flemming said. “It continues to develop and designfirst-class training for all utility worker classifications andthe IBEW is very supportive of EUSA’s efforts to reachzero injuries.” 1

CANADIAN LINE CENTERS PROVIDE QUALITY UTILITY TRAINING



Sandy Theriot is not an indecisive woman. But when the 27-yearmember of New Orleans Local 130 was asked by her son whether heshould return home—once he is released from the Navy—she didn’tknow what to say.

“We had water from above and water from below,” says Theriot, ajourneyman inside wireman foreman. First, Hurricane Katrina

flooded her house in Jefferson Parish, 18 miles from NewOrleans. Then a tornado took off its roof. Theriot and her

husband evacuated to a fishing camp over 70 miles away.She requested a trailer from the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency. When her request went unanswered, shespent $14 in phone calls to the White House to get one.


She and her husband gutted theirhouse in November 2005, bleaching itsremains several times to kill off mold.They finished their total rebuild lastspring. She’s fortunate to have 80 percentof her neighbors back in their homes. ButTheriot still worries about whether theArmy Corps of Engineers is telling thetruth about the rebuilt levees, despite theattention of the national media and thehard work of local advocates.

The dilemma facing Theriot and herson is the real story of life in NewOrleans more than two years after Kat-rina. Despite the government programcalled “Road Home,” despite the inspira-tional return of the New Orleans Saints tothe infamous Superdome last year, anddespite the survival of the city’s boister-ous French Quarter and parades oftourists, the process of rebuilding thehomes, the communities and the lives ofhundreds of thousands of citizens hasbarely begun.

Red Tape The same red tape that held up The-

riot’s FEMA trailer also is tying up effortsto rebuild and expand the electrical infra-structure of hurricane-damaged SouthernUniversity at New Orleans, a historicallyblack public college that was damaged byKatrina.

Tulane, Xavier and Loyola Universi-ties—all private institutions—are back insession. But FEMA money comes toSouthern University in spurts, making ithard for Theriot’s signatory employer toplan the job. Activists have protested out-side the shuttered school demandingquicker action.

Across town, foreman Buddy Bertuccidirects a crew of journeymen, apprenticesand construction wiremen in the base-ment of Ochsner Baptist Hospital. “We’retaking no chances,” says Bertucci, point-ing to electrical cabinets that blew outwhen power was restored, and to shinynew drives, pumps and boilers.

Funds for the rebuilding project comein dribs and drabs, says Bertucci. Tests onair quality in the basement and floorsabove still show problems. He avoids thesecond floor because it “smells likedeath.”

Higher up, masked crews of immi-grant workers are pushing aside syringesand pills to remove sheet rock covered inmold which has spread since the hurri-cane smashed windows. Bertucci holdsup an emergency light fixture. It’s stillfilled with Katrina’s water. At the currentrate, the rebuilding will take eight years.

Multiply the red tape at Southern Uni-

versity and Baptist Hospital by thousandsof homes and other projects and whatremains is a city with too few hospitals,too few schools and shopping centers.Who wants to come back to a neighbor-hood that feels and functions like a ghosttown?

Destruction on the scale of Katrinawould be difficult to repair under the bestof circumstances. But many labor andcommunity activists in New Orleans seethe city’s lagging revival as the result ofgovernmental incompetence at best anddeliberate profiteering, social engineeringand union-busting at its worst. Somebusiness leaders have proposed plansthat would block many former residentson the lower end of the income scalefrom coming back at all.

The big picture of New Orleans afterKatrina was the focus of a panel of com-munity and labor leaders who greeteddelegates of the International Labor Com-munications Association’s biennial con-vention held last October. Laborjournalists from local and internationalunion newspapers and magazines,including the IBEW Journal, then wentout into the community to hear fromother grassroots leaders.

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New Orleans Local 130 Assistant Business Manager Chet Held stands with an IBEWcrew rebuilding Ochsner Baptist Hospital. From left are Held, Sam Alongia, journey-man wireman; Stella Knight, construction wireman; Buddy Bertucci, foreman; andRobert Pellet, apprentice.

(Photo courtesy of Eric Wolfe)

Chet Held will never forget the seven-month stints when he worked as a Local130 electrician by day and a shrimper bynight, oftentimes not getting into bedbefore 2 a.m. It wasn’t an easy life, but inSt. Bernard’s Parish, La., that’s what youdid if you wanted to buy a sturdy brickhouse and survive the slack times in con-struction.

Held’s father and grandfather wereunion electricians who worked thewaters, too. They were honoring familyrituals going back to the late 1700’s,when their ancestors settled in St.Bernard’s after leaving the CanaryIslands off the coast of Spain. Theytaught Chet and his cousins how to buildtheir own boats and to stand by eachother when tropical storms and hurri-canes sent water over the nearby leveessurrounding Lake Pontchartrain or

churned gusts of wind that

damaged whatever wasn’t lashed down. But generations of experience and

marine folklore offered little protection asHurricane Katrina fooled its trackers andbore down on New Orleans and St.Bernard’s Parish.

Three of his neighbors died withinsight of his front door. He still imaginesthe dead silence and total darkness, anddead bodies in the water, people on theirroofs yelling “Help,help!” Then, the nextnight, fewer help, helps.

“My house wasunder 14 feet of waterfor 15 days,” says Held.“When we came back,there was the smell ofdeath in the air—rottingdead fish, friends, whatever it is. On arainy day by the house, you can still pickit out.” A neighbor who stayed behindduring the hurricane says that he busted

through hisroof to keepfrom drown-ing just in

time to see Chet’s truck floating downthe street.

Two feet of mud covered the floors ofthe home that he had made with his wife,Bonnie, and two sons 14 years before. Allthat survived was a rubber container ofChristmas ornaments.

Held heeded the evacuation order andtraveled to Tampa, Fla., to his wife’scousin’s place, joining 25 members of his

extended family beforethe storm. But for ChetHeld, the bonds of histrade just might havemade the differencebetween slowly puttinghis life back together andending up like the neigh-bors in another of his

most-haunting images—one that he sawfor himself—men and women packedinto tent camps walking around with“thousand mile stares.”

Brotherhood is more than somethingyou pay dues to when you’re down andout. Held found his family’s safe havenwith union brothers in St. Louis. Six-teen years back, he and co-workerJohnny Pagano took a 10-hour drive up

Interstate 55 to theGateway City to lookfor work as travelersout of Local 1. They

were dispatchedto a Chrys lerassembly plantthat was re-tool-ing for a modelchangeover. Ken

Huskey, a 24-yearIBEW journeyman

inside wireman, wastheir foreman.

“When you worktogether, you get on

subjects of what youboth like to do,” says


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(Photos courtesy of Eric Wolfe)

Chet Held, assistantbusiness manager, New Orleans Local 130, stands beforemonument to victimsof Katrina at ShellBeach on theMississippi River Gulf Outlet, where his family fished and hunted alligators since arriving from theCanary Islands in thelate 1700’s. The familyleft St. Bernard’sParish after Katrina.


Huskey, “and we all loved to fish.”Before they returned home—after theassembly line restarted—Held andPagano invited Huskey to come downto New Orleans to catch some speckledtrout and redfish. “It started out as afishing trip,” says Huskey, “and turnedinto 14 years of attending each other’sbirthday parties and family weddings.”

Huskey still doesn’t feel that he didanything special when he and his Local1 brother Ken Redel decided to open uptheir homes to Chet Held and JohnnyPagano and their families. Maybe thatwas because there were so many oth-ers to help. Union members and churchcongregants came by with money andclothes. Redel’s daughter was away atcollege, so he moved Chet and Bonnieinto her room and their sons, Johnnyand Brad, a fourth-year Local 130apprentice, into a partially-finished base-ment. Redel had a friend in the car busi-ness who gave Held a good price on atruck and a car for Bonnie.

“It was friends helping friends,” saysRedel, who watched Held spend dayson the phone with insurance companiesand government agencies to salvage hislife in Louisiana. Several weeks later,Held traveled home dragging a traveltrailer that he set up on a relative’s prop-erty on the north shore of Lake Ponchar-train.

Water had provided so much nurtureand peace. Just a week before Katrina,Chet and Bonnie, a shrimper from a fam-ily of watermen, were running their crabtraps and fishing for shark until the sunwent down. How could water—whichprovided such solace—now bring somuch pain? “I saw boats I’ve known allmy life, boats with beautiful names likeHemisphere Dancer and Miss Bonnie …flipped over, upside down, stuck in themarsh,” says Held. “The Coast Guardpicked them up, stacked them like toys.That hurt.”

But water alone could not have torn

Chet Held and his family from theirroots, which had grown deep over 200years in St. Bernard’s Parish. The hard-est decision in his life was to leave andmove to higher ground 30 miles away.Rebuilding in St. Bernard’s Parish didnot seem like the right choice given theindecision of government agencies, cou-pled with the destruction of the parish’sinfrastructure.

Two years after Katrina, Held still drives through his old neighborhood. Hehas sold the sturdy brick home to thegovernment for a fraction of its formervalue. Some neighbors have returned intrailers to rebuild; most are gone forever.Here and there a dog or a child appears,but the desolation and the loss are over-whelming.

Two years after Katrina, there is virtu-ally no health care in the parish. A trailerand three doctors have replaced CharityHospital, which once served 350,000residents and remains closed. Peoplewith no insurance have nowhere to turnfor care.

There is still no sewage treatment inSt. Bernard. “We asked for $35 million tofix the sewage treatment plant,” saysHeld, who serves as an assistant busi-ness manager for Local 130. “So farthey’ve spent $60 million pumping rawsewage into trucks and hauling it out. Weasked the federal government, the state,the locals, but state and local govern-ment are limited. It was promised to us.”

“The government’s just not helping

much. We need to get the word out.Take what they spend on the war in Iraqfor one day and you could rebuild NewOrleans,” says Held. “The black commu-nities, Vietnamese, all of us cametogether as one and did a march on thecapitol. We weren’t heard.”

Held still finds some peace fishing inthe waters of the Mississippi River GulfOutlet, five miles from his former home.And he visits the monument to the vic-tims of Hurricane Katrina on Shell Beach.To the east is the bayou where his fatherhunted alligators. Behind the monument,a commanding golden cross of steelemerges from the shoreline. He alwaysreflects on the name of a childhoodfriend etched into the marble, amid ablending of names, some Spanish, Bosn-ian, French and German.

In the days immediately following Kat-rina, media cameras focused on thetragedy facing the Ninth Ward, wherehomes less sturdy than most in St.Bernard Parish were swept off theirslabs. TV footage and commentaryzeroed in on the shocking neglect ofhuman beings herded into the Super-dome.

Chet Held was spared. His family, hisfriends and his trade were his salvation.But the pain of others—all of the oth-ers—changed him. “Black or white, Kat-rina didn’t discriminate,” he says.

To read more about what is happeningin New Orleans, visit: www.newor-leanslabormedia.org. 1

Chet Heldstands in whatwas the kitchenof his home inSt. Bernard’sParish.



Union BustingRobert “Tiger” Hammond, business

manager of New Orleans Local 130 andpresident of the New Orleans AFL-CIO,initiated the panel. Hammond, whoseown home in St. Bernard’s Parish wastotally destroyed by Hurricane Katrina,temporarily relocated his local unionoffice to Baton Rouge after the storm.With the support of the IBEW’s emer-gency assistance funds, collected acrossthe nation, Local 130 was able toaccount for all members of the local andhelp many get back on their feet.

When President Bush suspendedDavis-Bacon protections in statesaffected by Katrina, Hammond appearedon CNN and other national news outletsto blast Bush for “kicking workers in theteeth when they are already down.” Theexposure was highly effective. A fewweeks later, the president backed off.

But it wasn’t just George W. Bushwho exploited a natural disaster to pushan anti-worker program, says Hammond,who introduced Brenda Mitchell, presi-dent of the United Teachers of New

Ryan Connerly had a load of jobs on his resumé, but no career. Just beforeHurricane Katrina, he was a certified medical assistant but the clinic where heworked was destroyed. He supervised crews cleaning up after the hurricane,but wanted something better.

A promising future is now within reach for Connerly and other graduates ofthe Gulf Coast Construction Career Center, sponsored by the New OrleansBuilding and Construction Trades, AFL-CIO. That was the message from a fullrostrum of speakers at the October graduation of 12 students who completedthe center’s three-week skills refresher course to enter careers in the buildingtrades. Since opening in June, the center has graduated eight classes.

After completing the construction careers course, which pays students $10per hour to attend, Connerly elected to become an electrician, joining six othergraduates who selected the IBEW out of all the building trades. Some of themwill enter New Orleans Local 130’s apprenticeship program. Others will beginwork as construction electricians or construction wiremen, the IBEW’s newintermediate construction classifications.

The IBEW’s footprint leads in and out of the Ironworker’s facility that hoststhe Gulf Coast program.

Charles Weatherly, work force development coordinator, is a 10-yearIBEW member who topped out as apprentice of the year for Louisiana.“Call us if you hit any potholes after you leave,” Weatherly told the gradu-ates. “We’re not just here for you for three weeks, we’re here for thelong haul.”

Instructor Thomas Bookman, an ordained minister and journeymaninside wireman with 36 years in the trade, advises students to avoid beingheld hostage to past mistakes. “There is an alternative to failure becom-ing a lifestyle,” he says.

Mentoring is paying off as word spreads about the program and a net-work is being built that will help build solidarity throughout the buildingtrades. 1

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Anchorage, Alaska, Local 1547’s sponsorshipof local celebrations has gone a long waytoward increasing the union’s name recogni-tion and goodwill in the community.

Four thousand people turn out for the biggest New Year’s Evecelebration in the state: the free “Fire and Ice” event sponsored byLocal 1547 and the local chapter of the National Electrical Con-tractors Association. The festivities, which include a huge ice rink,fireworks, fire jugglers, music and acrobats, promote IBEW andNECA on a large electrified sign overlooking the town square.

“We want to create a good feeling about the IBEW in thecommunity,” said Local 1547 Business Manager Larry Bell. ”We’rehelping to make Anchorage a fun and better place to live.”

By most accounts, it is working. Local 1547 CommunicationsDirector Melinda Taylor said she overheard a girl say to herfather on the way into the ice rink at the 2007 event, “Look,Daddy, the electrical workers are ice skating!”

Alaska NECA Chapter Manager Steve Boyd said his membersare happy to participate in anything that brightens people’sspirits during the state’s dark winters. Around New Year’s, dayshave just over four hours of sunlight. “We enjoy this eventbecause it’s family oriented,” Boyd said. “It’s early enough inthe evening we can have the fireworks at 8 and people canbring their kids and get home well before midnight.”

The event also draws families of service members fromElmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson, an Army installa-tion, Boyd said.

The IBEW also sponsors Wild Salmon on Parade, anothercherished annual festival that increases community awareness ofsalmon habitat. For the salmon parade, artists design wild salmonstatues that “swim” throughout downtown Anchorage from earlyJune through late August.

“Our union has both summer and winter events that peoplereally look forward to,” Taylor said. “It’s a unique opportunity fora union to be in the position to own the event marketplace. Andof course, our members like it.”

The weather in Anchorage for the New Year’s festival canrange from below zero to 30 or 40 degrees Fahrenheit, butheated “warming tents” welcome cold visitors. The 2007-08 cele-bration was the third annual event.

“This event has turned into something very special,” saidBecky Beck, executive director of the Anchorage DowntownPartnership. “People look forward to coming downtown everyyear. We’re very grateful for the support of NECA/IBEW. Thiswould not have been possible without them.” 1

Crowds throng downtownAnchorage for ice skating and entertainment complimentsof Local 1547 and NECA.

Crowds throng downtownAnchorage for ice skating and entertainment complimentsof Local 1547 and NECA.

Orleans, the largest union in Louisiana.“Brenda Mitchell, too, can tell you whatcan happen with the stroke of a pen froma governor or a president,” said Ham-mond, describing how former Gov. Kath-leen Blanco, a Democrat, terminated allcollective bargaining agreements covering4,700 New Orleans teachers.

Hammond choked up as he discussedthe aftermath of Katrina, saying, “I’vebeen a strong person all my life, but itgets to you.”

“Seeing my [AFL-CIO] president shedtears…I can’t explain to you what if feelslike to be in our shoes,” said Mitchell, whodiscussed the difficulty of reorganizing andrebuilding her union. Spread all over thecountry since losing their homes, NewOrleans teachers are forced to take paycuts if they come back home. NewOrleans’ biggest industry is tourism, saidMitchell. The attacks on teachers and con-struction workers only helps business inter-ests who want to keep wages and benefitslow for the mostly unorganized workers inthe hotels, casinos and restaurants.

Panelists and community residentstold a sobering tale of a still-suffering city.

Almost half a million people lived inNew Orleans before Katrina. Today, thecity’s population is estimated to be one-third to 40 percent of that number.

A 1,000-square-foot apartment thatrented for $700 before the hurricane nowcosts $1,000 to $2,000 per month.

Some insurance companies have

refused to pay area residents for damageto their homes. In some cases, they paynothing unless the home was more than50 percent damaged.

Immigrant workers gather each morn-ing at Robert E. Lee Circle where contrac-tors show up and look over theirphysiques, evocative of an even moredismal time in the nation’s history. Then,they yell out: “Who will work for $5 anhour? Who will work for $6 an hour?”

There is a shortage of teachers, class-rooms and teaching materials. Charterschools and state-run schools competewith the New Orleans schools, leavingparents in a state of confusion. Bus serviceis only at half that of pre-Katrina levels.

Twenty-two of the city’s 33 fire houseswere damaged and five were totallydestroyed by Katrina. Yet rebuilding isalmost non-existent and contractors shyaway from the work because it takes toolong to get paid. Firefighters are under-paid. After six years of service, they stillmake only $10 per hour.

Unions Build for the FutureUnions are proving to be a critical ele-

ment in the revival of New Orleans.The AFL-CIO Housing Investment

Trust and Building Investment Trust havecontributed $750 million to rebuild NewOrleans, using all-union labor.

The Gulf Coast Construction CareerProgram, sponsored by the New Orleans

Building and Construction Trades, is pro-viding a future for residents who wantcareers, not just jobs. Many newly-gradu-ated students are joining the IBEW. (Seeaccompanying story).

A factory midway between NewOrleans and Baton Rouge, is employingLouisiana residents to build modularhouses framed in steel that will beanchored by bolts to cement foundationsto make them more secure in the event ofanother hurricane. The workers areemployed under metal trades collectivebargaining agreements. The AFL-CIO’sinvestment trust has helped secure taxcredits to finance the venture and is meet-ing with contractors to investigate projectlabor agreements to install the houses.

The teachers’ union is organizing andhas already grown to 1,100. The union



also reached a $7 million settlement withthe local school board, restoring theunion’s bargaining rights for teachers atthe five remaining schools in the NewOrleans Public School System.

In addition to labor’s efforts, severalnon-profit enterprises and faith-basedorganizations provide funds and hands-on help to New Orleans residents whowant to rebuild.

“We are a strong people in NewOrleans,” panelist Tracie Washington,CEO of the Louisiana Justice Institute,told labor journalists. “They say we canrub two dimes together and make thema quarter, but we can’t do it unless wehave two dimes.”

For Sandy Theriot, her son, and thou-sands like them, the day may come whenthe road home is more than a slogan. 1


New Orleans Local130 Shop StewardJeffery Johnson cutscable for installationin an electrical panel at SouthernUniversity at NewOrleans.

Local 130 journeyman wireman foremanSandy Theriot.

(Photos courtesy of Eric Wolfe)

In the battleground states of Kentucky, Virginia, and New Jersey, 2007 was

a big year for working families and the IBEW. Labor-endorsed candidates—

running for everything from state assembly to governor—won big, and it

was the labor movement’s grassroots political program that made it happen.


Louisville, Ky., union memberscelebrate last November’s vic-tory by Democratic candidateSteve Beshear in Kentucky’sgubernatorial election.

Rank-and-file union mem-bers volunteered their timehanding out tens of thousandsof leaflets, knocking on doorsand running phone banks in aneffort that gave labor-endorsed Democ-rats their margin of victory.

“It’s hard to compete with our oppo-nents in terms of media and money, butthe one strength we have is manpower andit made a real difference,” said IBEW Politi-cal and Legislative Director Brian Baker.

The Labor 2007 program picked upon the success of the 2006 effort, whichthrough a coordinated campaign of voterregistration, member education, politicaltrainings, and media outreach, helpedwin back Congress for pro-working fam-ily representatives.

“Our operation here keeps growingfrom election to election,” said Washington,D.C., Local 26 President Butch Ramos. “Wehave a great shot at making 2008 ourbiggest year ever.”

The victories in 2007 also put theIBEW closer to its goal of electing morelabor-friendly candidates to Congress anda new president.

With anti-labor politicians on thedefensive for the first time in years, thelabor movement’s on-the-ground politicaloperation has been growing stronger andmore sophisticated each election cycle. In2007, it fielded more than 20,000 unionvolunteers and this year it plans to fieldmore than 200,000, withthe IBEW looking to playa major role through itsnew grassroots politi-

cal mobiliza-tion program.

“We saw some locals really rockingand rolling this year with their politicalprogram, and that puts the IBEW in aneven stronger position for the comingyear,” said IBEW Grassroots Political Pro-gram Director Sherilyn Wright.

Labor Makes the Difference In the Bluegrass State

Home to one of three off-year guber-natorial elections, the Kentucky labormovement mobilized all-out on behalf offormer Lt. Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democ-


Labor activists workthe phones in the daysbefore Kentucky’s2007 gubernatorialelection.


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rat, against incumbent Gov. Ernie Fletcher.“This was a real bellwether contest

that demonstrated that labor could buildon our [2006] victories and be in positionto take our country back in 2008,” saidLouisville, Ky., Local 2100 Political Direc-tor Donny Colston. Beshear defeatedFletcher by nearly 20 percentage points.Union voters made up nearly one-third ofthe total turnout, voting overwhelminglyfor Beshear.

Beshear’s victory was particularlysweet for Kentucky labor because ofFletcher’s anti-union record. While in

office, he abolished the state Departmentof Labor and cancelled collective bargain-ing for public workers. He also madeattempts to repeal the prevailing wagelaw and make Kentucky a right-to-workstate. “Fletcher’s attacks got our memberspolitically mobilized like never before,”said Northern Kentucky Labor CouncilPresident Jim Cole, who is a retired mem-ber of Cincinnati Local 212.

Working in partnership with the statefederation and Change to Win unions,more than 18 unions launched the Ken-tucky Labor 2007 program in June toelect Beshear and other pro-labor candi-dates. IBEW locals took the lead by get-ting information to members, trainingpolitical activists, registering new voters,setting up phone banks and buildingmember-to-member networks.

In late August, Louisville Local 369—which turned its union hall into a localheadquarters for the Labor 2007 cam-paign—hosted three-day political actiontraining for more than 50 union membersfrom across Kentucky. Instructors coveredeverything from precinct walks to build-ing a good phone list.

Owensboro Local 1701, a mixed localof inside wiremen and utility workers inthe northwest corner of the state, sent outfive mailings to its members throughoutthe fall. Included in each mailing werefour registration cards. “We want ourmembers to get their family and friendsto vote too,” said Local 1701 BusinessManager Gary Osborne.

One of the main strategies in Ken-tucky was work site leafleting, with union

members speakingto other unionm e m b e r sabout theissues in thec a m p a i g n .“When some-

one you know at work speaks to youabout the election, instead of a completestranger, it makes a big difference,” Bakersaid. “And work is the best place to do it,because you won’t be distracted by homeor family business.”

Colston, who was a Kentucky Labor2007 zone coordinator, served on the gov-ernor’s transition team, and Beshearannounced in late 2007 that the head ofthe newly re-established Department ofLabor would be state Rep. J.R. Gray, alongtime member of the Machinists union.

With U.S. Senate Minority Leader MitchMcConnell looking vulnerable in his bidfor re-election and all the leading Democ-ratic presidential candidates polling com-petitively, the labor movement could bepositioned to repeat its victories this year.

Working Families Take Back Virginia Senate

Working families in Virginia continueto shake up the political landscape. Thestate labor movement played a leadingrole in electing two Democratic gover-nors in a row and last year helped withDemocratic Sen. Jim Webb’s upset victoryover would-be Republican presidentialaspirant, George Allen. The trend contin-ued in 2007 as labor-endorsed Democratstook back the state senate from theRepublicans for the first time in morethan a decade, while increasing theirnumber in the house.

“Virginia is turning bluer each elec-tion, and we’re the ones who are helpingto make it happen,” Ramos said.

The Virginia Labor 2007 program tar-geted 11 state senate districts. TheDemocrats were four seats away fromholding the majority they needed to passpro-working family legislation, includingincreasing health care coverage, protect-ing good union jobs, and creatingstronger safety and regulatory laws. Withthe help of more than 15 unions, the pro-gram focused on doing targeted mail,phone banks and most importantly,weekend labor-to-labor walks to identifykey issues for union voters.

“We weren’t giving members a bunchof rhetoric,” Wright said. “We wanted togive voters the facts on the candidatesand how they stand on bread and butter


All Voters Union Members

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Union Members VotedOverwhelmingly forKentucky Gov. Steve Beshear

Newly elected VirginiaState Sen. ChapPetersen, left, and BillGiusti, Washington, D.C.,Local 26 business repre-sentative, confer beforea labor-to-labor walk inNorthern Virginia.

issues that affect them daily.”Every Saturday for nearly two months

before the election, volunteers talkedwith union voters in the targeted districts.In addition to Local 26, members fromRichmond Locals 666 and 50 and Manas-sas Local 1737 volunteered.

On hand to help the Labor 2007 cam-paign was Gov. Tim Kaine, who afterbeing elected in 2005 with strong supportfrom the labor movement, named formerstate AFL-CIO President Daniel LeBlanc, amember of the Machinists union, as thefirst card-carrying union member to a Vir-ginia governor’s cabinet.

Turnout from union members createdthe margin of victory for all four newstate senators.

“Usually there is a lull after an elec-tion, but not this time,” Ramos said. “Weknow who the union voters are and howto get them to the polls and we are readyto do it again in 2008.”

IBEW Members Win Office The New Jersey AFL-CIO has operated

one of the most active union candidateprograms in the country, training morethan 400 union members who have goneon to serve in public office.

On odd years between congressionalelection cycles, New Jersey voters electtheir entire state legislature and manymunicipal office holders. In 2007, laborcandidates claimed victory in 33 races,including 11 IBEW members.

One new member of the state assem-bly is Trenton Local 269 Assistant Busi-ness Manager Wayne DeAngelo, who isalso president of the Mercer and Middle-sex counties building trades. A formermember of the Hamilton Township coun-cil, DeAngelo knew that having allies inpublic office made a difference when itcame to getting pro-worker legislationpassed. So when the seat opened up, hesaw his opportunity. “We knew the bene-fits of being politically active so we said,‘why can’t we just get one of our own inthere,’” DeAngelo said.

No Democrat had held the seat out-side Trenton for more than a decade, andthe district had voted for President Bushin both 2000 and 2004. Local 269 and thebuilding trades targeted union house-holds, registering them to vote and famil-iarizing them with the issues. DeAngeloand a team of union volunteers spenttheir weekends going door to door.

DeAngelo won by less than 1,000 votes,with union voters making the difference.

“The key was communicating face-to-face with members,” DeAngelo said. “Wetalked about which candidate will defendworkers’ rights, create economic opportu-nities and good paying jobs. And then wemade sure we got them out to vote onelection day.”

DeAngelo joins five other union mem-bers in the assembly, including NewBrunswick Local 456 Business ManagerJoe Egan, who chairs the assembly’sLabor Committee.

IBEW members won office in otherparts of the country in 2007, includingNew York, where Long Island Local 25Business Representative Gene Parringtonhelped take back the Islip Town Councilfor the Democrats for the first time inmore than 70 years, thanks to a strongeffort by Long Island labor activists.

Getting Ready for 2008 The off-year election victories are giv-

ing a further boost to the IBEW’s grass-roots political mobilization program, firstlaunched last summer to get the jumpon the 2008 elections. “We have theopportunity to learn from the locals thathave shown real success on the groundlast year to help other locals get theirpolitical programs up to speed,” saidBaker.

Key to the program is making sureevery local has a registrar coordinatingactivities between rank-and-file membersand the IBEW’s Political Department.More than 350 registrars have beensigned up so far.

The IBEW Political Department is alsoplanning a series of local activist train-ings. “Education remains the foundationof our efforts,” Wright said. “Anti-laborpoliticians are good at spinning thesocial issues and blurring the debate. Weneed to talk to our members about whatis really important: health care, goodjobs, and expanding the ranks of themiddle class.” 1


M A K E T H E I B E W ’ S V O I C E H E A R D I N D E N V E R : B E A C O N V E N T I O N D E L E G AT E

Eight months from now, more than 2,000 delegates fromacross the United States will meet in Denver for the 2008Democratic National Convention to nominate candidates forpresident and vice president and vote on a platform that willbecome the party’s official program for the next four years.

Delegates to the DNC—which will meet from August 25 to28—are chosen from local Democratic parties in each state,plus the District of Columbia and overseas territories. Theyplay an invaluable role in setting the political course of theparty and the nation. That is why President Edwin D. Hill isencouraging IBEW members to run as delegates.

“We need to make sure members of the IBEW get to Den-ver so the political priorities of working families can be heard,”Hill said.

All voters who wish to participate as Democrats areallowed to run. Each state has different rules and time lines somembers interested in running should contact their stateparty. The following Web site gives more information:www.democrats.org/a/convention_2008/delegate/

All members who are interested in running for delegateshould also contact the IBEW’s Political and Legislative Depart-ment at ibewpoliticaldept@ ibew.org or (202) 728-6290.

“It’s not often you get the chance to be part of his-tory,” said Political and Legislative DepartmentDirector Brian Baker. “Delegates are choosing thenext president of the United States and the moreinvolved our union is in the process, the more ourissues will get a hearing in Washington.” 1

Installation of OfficersRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 3, NEW

YORK, NY, SUFFOLK CHAPTER—Pictured in the accompanying photoare newly elected officers of theSuffolk Chapter Local 3 IBEWRetirees Association. Officers wereelected for a two-year term. Theclub’s monthly meetings, whichinclude spouses, are held atRonkonkoma Lake, NY.

Club officers are: Chmn. JackFoley, Co-chmn. Fred Walling, Fin.Sec. Ed Scalise, Treas. John Kromer,

Trustee Nick Matonti, Trustee FredFaas, Rec. Sec. Allen Eimer, Asst.Rec. Sec. Hank Schmidt and Sgt. atArms Louis Guiffre.

The 2007 installation of officerswas followed by a dinner anddance, which all enjoyed.

JOHN KROMER, TREAS.

Habitat VolunteersRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 11, LOS

ANGELES, CA—Local 11 retireeswere well represented at the con-

struction project for former PresidentJimmy Carter’s Habitat for Humanityhomes. Retirees Club member James“Doc” Holliday and retirees ErnieRiviera and Bill “Sarge” Harris volun-teered their time working 10-hourdays to complete the job to helpsupport low-income families. Theirenergy and enthusiasm were conta-gious and inspired many youngermembers to volunteer. Jim’s experi-

ence installing and maintaining aphotovoltaic system on his ownhome came in handy.

Thank you to Retirees Club mem-ber Marty Shanahan for his hand-made walking sticks, raffled off asprizes at the Retirees’ booth at thelocal wide picnic last year.

The grandson of Retirees ClubPres. Marty Cohen relocated fromTennessee to Los Angeles to livewith and care for his grandfather.Daniel Brock is continuing theIBEW tradition working as anapprentice electrician and serves onthe picnic committee, the organiz-ing committee and the District 4welfare committee, like his grandfa-ther.

We are saddened by the passingof Bro. Fedele “Dale” Pavia. Dalewas an active member of theRetirees Club for many years.Though he was 94 years old, Dalewas always willing to volunteer andoften rode several buses all the wayfrom Clairemont to attend RetireesClub meeting. He will be missed.

BOB OEDY, P.S.

2008 Travel ScheduleRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 26,

WASHINGTON, DC—The Local 26Retired Members Club is now work-ing on travel plans for 2008. In ourschedule we will include anothertrip to Charlestown, WV, on March19. In September we will take theclub’s second cruise, this time toNew England and Canada. The boatwill depart from Baltimore, MD,Sept. 18 for nine nights and fiveports of call. The ports will be Port-land and Bar Harbor, Maine; St.John’s, New Brunswick and Halifax,Nova Scotia, Canada; and Boston,MA.

These trips are open to all Local26 members and their families, on afirst-come basis. For information or


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Newly elected officers of the Local 3 Retirees Association, Suffolk Chapter,are sworn in by Chmn. Emeritus Ed Jordon. From left are: Treas. JohnKromer, Fin. Sec. Ed Scalise, Trustee Nick Matonti, Trustee Fred Faas, Co-Chm. Fred Walling, Rec. Sec. Allen Eimer, Asst. Rec. Sec. Hank Schmidt,Chmn. Jack Foley and Sgt. at Arms Louis Guiffre.

Los Angeles Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa (left) talks with IBEWLocal 11 Retirees Club memberJim “Doc” Holliday, a Habitat forHumanity volunteer.

Local 26Retirees Clubmember JustinCarlock andhis familyenjoy theSeptember2007 RetireesClub cruise toBermuda.

to reserve a space, please contactRick Warner at (240) 472-0438. Thesooner, the better!

The 2007 annual raffle winnerswere: Mary Wozniak, ThomasWright, Raymond E. Hawkins, KevinLaddabush and William W. HurleyIII. The raffle helps the club’s med-ical equipment fund, which pays torefurbish donated medical equip-ment and purchase new equipmentas needed. This equipment is avail-able to all our active and retiredmembers and their families at nocharge, and for as long as they mayneed it.

Local 26 awarded its first hon-orary “40 Year Member” jackets toretired members Phillip Hill andBenjamin Wiles Jr. at the Octoberand November 2007 meetings.

SUSAN FLASHMAN, P.S.

2007 Road TripsRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 41,

BUFFALO, NY—As the Christmasholidays approached, we weremaking plans to wind down a busyyear with a Sunday brunch atShanghai Red’s on the waterfront.

During the past year the clubhad several well-attended road trips.Destinations included Amelia Islandin the Jacksonville, FL, area; theBlack Hills in the Dakotas; and theplay “In the Beginning” at the GreatAmerican Theater in Lancaster, PA.Thanks to Al and Sis Myers fororganizing and leading the trips.

Our summer 2007 picnic waswell-attended by members and theirspouses. The Chinese Auctionunder Ralph Walter’s leadershipraised over $700 for the HarryMueller Fund, which benefits thewidows of our older retirees at theChristmas season.

On a sad note, we lost three ofour Executive Board members in2007: Milt Pfieffer, Norm Beyer andMickey Keller. Their fun-lovingways and devotion to the club willbe missed. Their places on theboard were filled by Dick Derrah,Paul Nowak and Pete Rice. I amsure they will carry on the tradition.

TOM FEGER, P.S.

Golf Tournament BenefitRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 46,

SEATTLE, WA—Retired and active

members of IBEW Local 46 coordi-nated a charitable golf tournamentonce again last year to benefit theShriners Hospital for Children. Forthe past two years, we held thetournament on the same day as theLocal 46 picnic in Seattle. At theAugust 2007 golf tournament heldat the Nile Shriners Golf Course, weraised donations totaling $2,010from businesses and individuals.

Among donors were: YellowBook USA, Prime Electric Inc.,IBEW Local 46, the Kathee Bavartfamily, Archie Van Valkenburg, TedMorrison, Gary Price and Charles C.Cook Sr. Tournament sponsors alsoincluded: North West CharitableGolf Foundation, Banner Bank, BeeDandy Electric, Brock & Johan-nesen, LLC, Boruck Printing & SilkScreen, Nile Shriners Golf Course,Sound Companies, IBEW Local 46members, IBEW Local 191 andmembers, Jim Tosh, Nancy Mason,R.I. Pedroncilli, Tess and SteveSchmele, Kevin Quinlan and others.

First place IBEW team winnerswere: Local 46 Bros. Nick Reigle,John Fleming, Dan Heaton and JeffOen.

The 2008 IBEW—Nile Golf Tour-nament is planned for Aug. 9, 2008.Please join us.

Many thanks to Local 46 retiredmember Charles C. Cook Sr., whoprovided information for this articleand is very active in Local 46retirees’ activities. Bro. Cook is alsoevent coordinator for Nile Shrinersof Seattle. Our golf tournamentbrings good public relations for theIBEW and his work is much appre-ciated.

KARL KRULL, PRES./P.S.

Fall ExcursionRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 58,

DETROIT, MI—The accompanyingphoto shows the Association ofRetirees, Wives and Widows mem-bers and their spouses whoattended our yearly fall excursion.The 2007 trip was to Tunica, MS,and Memphis, TN. The 48 travelershad a wonderful time. Barb McNa-mara showed everyone else theonly way to invest in a Casino. Yougo, girl! Our 2008 trip is scheduledfor late October to Vermont. Hopeto see all of you there.

Our September 2007 luncheon atthe Gazebo Banquet was attendedby 99 members and their spouses/guests. The Gazebo does a tremen-dous job for us and the food wasexceptional as usual. The October2007 luncheon at Corsi’s in Livoniawas also a great success. At thiswriting, we were looking forward toour Christmas luncheon on Dec. 5,2007, at the local union hall forapproximately 200 retired membersand their spouses.

Unfortunately, Bob and DeloresBarrett were not doing too well lastfall. Both had been under theweather with Delores being diag-nosed with cancer. Bob is on theBoard of Directors and Delores isour secretary. Bro. Dennis McCanngraciously agreed to fill in untilDelores felt ready to return. I ampleased to report that morerecently, as of press time, Bob andDolores are now doing fine andhave rejoined the Board of Direc-tors at our meetings. The Barrettsare a really special couple and theyappreciate our prayers.

Take care and God bless. Unionsforever.

FRANK A. MAISANO, P.S.

Retirement DinnerRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 90,

NEW HAVEN, CT—On Oct. 9, 2007,Local 90 held its annual retirementdinner at the Groton Motor Inn.Thirteen recent retirees were hon-ored: William McAlpine Jr., RichardBetts Sr., Ronald Brouillard,Anthony Brasile, Henry Chiarleglio,Rocco Candela, Jeffrey Cave, BarryGrant, Morris Hodge, Brian Lynch,Ronald Massey, John Piscitelli andCharles Wischenbart. Congratula-

tions to all and we hope to see youat our next Retirees Club meeting.

Also at our 2007 retirement din-ner, 33 active Local 90 membersreceived their 25-year service pins,presented by Int. Rep. Brian S.Maher. It was a great turnout tohonor all 46 gentlemen for their ser-vice to the IBEW.

On Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, theRetirees Club held its annual holi-day luncheon at the Fantasia Ban-quet Facility for club members andtheir spouses. The food was great,the company better and everyonehad a great time. Many thanks toour club officers for a job well-done. We hope all IBEW membersand families, both active andretired, had a joyful holiday and willhave a safe and prosperous newyear.

RICHARD LAUNDER, P.S.

2007 Retirees LuncheonRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 110, ST.

PAUL, MN—Oct. 1, 2007, was thedate for the annual retirees lun-cheon hosted by Local 110. Theluncheon was held at the PromCenter in Oakdale, MN, with over400 retirees, widows and guestsattending.

Sixty-year pins were presentedto: Reynold C. Dittrich, George H.Doeren and Leon L. Rosenthal.

Receiving 55-year pins were:Clyde E. Burkhart, Roy M. Carlsted,Boyd L. Dufour, Alfred Kretman andEugene M. McLain. Sixteen retireesreceived 50-year pins: Frank J.Butina, Ralph J. Christofk, LawrenceEngstrom, Richard D. Engstrom,Donald C. German, Donald L.Hagan, Warren W. Huntress, GlennW. Johnson, Arnold T. Linde Jr.,


At the IBEWLocal 46 NileShriners benefitgolf tourna-ment, IBEWteam winnerswere: Local 46Bros. NickReigle, JohnFleming, DanHeaton and JeffOen.

Local 58 Association of Retirees members and spouses gather for theirannual fall excursion.

Local 110 retirees receive service awards at 2007 luncheon.

Thomas C. Prazak, Charles E. Rus-sell, John L. Tidgewell, RobertTingerthal, Paul M. Vodinelich, Ken-neth D. Voight and John P. Yarusso.

Special recognition was given toMarcia Olson, of the Local 110office staff. Marcia plans to retire inMarch 2008. Her years of outstand-ing planning and execution of ourannual luncheons are unmeasured.We will miss her very much. Thankyou, Marcia.

The Local 110 Retirees Clubmeets monthly for a potluck lunchand meeting. All retirees are wel-come to attend and meet newfriends.

KATHY YEZEK, P.S.

Christmas PartyRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 130,

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Our 2007Christmas party was a huge success.The food and refreshments weredelicious. We were entertained byBro. Charles Gerding and theDynamics. Everyone attending hada wonderful time.

We extend our gratitude to thefollowing who funded and sup-ported our Christmas party: Local130 Bus. Mgr. Robert “Tiger” Ham-mond, the Executive Board, Local

130 members, The Home Associa-tion and our local contractors.Thanks to all for making the won-derful Christmas party possible. Ourclub is self-supporting by payingdues on a yearly basis and the clubwelcomes contributions especiallyduring Christmas time.

We currently have 115 dues pay-ing members and our door isalways open for new IBEW retirees.

Congratulations to Bros. FernandF. Fenasci Jr. and Ralph C. Ehrensing,who received 70-year service pinspresented by Bus. Mgr. Hammond.Also, congratulations to all memberswho received service pin awards.

Our March meeting will be formembers only, due to nominationand election of officers. We willnotify our members of the time anddate.

We are saddened to report thepassing of Bros. Joseph D. Madere,Herbert Sale, Roland A. Rome,Charles Spitzfaden and Arnold Jack-son. May they rest in peace.Until our next meeting, best wishesto all for a happy new year.

BUDDY CARVER, P.S.

Retirees VolunteerRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 481,

INDIANAPOLIS, IN—All newretirees are welcome to join ourclub. The membership fee is $12 ayear. The club meets at 10 a.m. onthe second Thursday of each monthat the local union hall, second floor.On the evening of our meetings, wehave a pitch-in dinner at 6 p.m., fol-lowed by a euchre game. Everyoneis welcome to join us for anevening of good food and fun.

On Mondays at 10 a.m. we bowlat Expo Bowl, and on Thursdays at12 noon we bowl at Western Bowl.Come join us for the fun. Are you agolfer? Contact Tom Hofmeister ifyou are interested in playing golfon Tuesday mornings.

Thanks to all volunteers whohelped with the Christmas lights forthe “Circle of Lights” display.Approximately 24 retirees came outeach day to work on the lights.

Another job well-done by ourretirees.

Our best wishes and thanks for ajob well-done to Tom Alexander forall his hard work as vice presidentof our Retirees Club. Jim Webb isour new vice president and he willwork equally as hard for our club.Congratulations, Jim.

Some other projects retirees arenow working on include: The Bat-tered Women’s Shelter in Nobles-ville, through the Youth ServiceBureau; and the Brookside Commu-nity Church located at 1035 N.Olney St., Indianapolis.

Many of our retirees will leaveIndiana for various places for thewinter season. Happy New Yearand safe travels to all.

DON DEARINGER, R.S.

Lock and Dam TourRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 649,

ALTON, IL—On Oct. 23, 2007, theRetirees Club of Local 649 touredthe Melvin Price Lock and Dam#26R. Of the members present, onemember’s father had worked on theoriginal Lock and Dam #26. Severalmembers and sons of membersworked on the new Lock and Dam#26R. The Lock and Dam wasnamed in honor of former longtimepro-labor U.S. congressman fromIllinois Melvin Price, now deceased.Following the tour, a luncheonmeeting was held at the New MoonRestaurant in Cottage Hills, IL.

MARLIN WAGNER, P.S.

New Retirees WelcomedRETIREEES CLUB OF L.U. 654,

CHESTER, PA—Last summer at theRetirees luncheon it was nice to seesome of the “old timers,” but

equally good to see new retireesenjoying the fruits of their labor.Some of those fruits were plantedby those same old timers. So even ifyou don’t know who a brother is,or if he doesn’t remember yourname, reintroduce yourselves. Afterall you both worked at the sametrade for years, know the same trialsand tribulations, only generationsapart. Don’t let that keep you fromgetting to know one another better.You will be surprised how muchalike you really are.

In the Fall 2007 issue of theIBEW Journal, I saw that Bro. SteveSop was approved for his normalpension. Bros. Jimmy Mays andJames Parker received optionalearly retirement. Bros. JosephBrauer and Larry Lasslett qualifiedfor their total disability pensions.Congratulations, brothers, on attain-ing your retirement status and wewill look forward to seeing you atthe next retiree’s luncheon.

Unfortunately, in 2007 we alsomarked the loss of three of ourretirees: Bros. Bill Jones, Bob Clarkand Eddie Hassett. Our deepestcondolences to their families.

Now if you will excuse me, likeDiogenes, I must take my lanternand go in search of an honest per-son, one who will admit to votingfor George W. Bush – twice.

T. FRANCIS “JEEP” HANLEY, P.S.

‘Active and Motivated’RETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 760,

KNOXVILLE, TN—Local 760’sRetirees Club is lively! Energetic,and on the go! Administrative Asst.Janice Davis says, “Our club contin-ues to draw bunches of membersand their spouses.” With 2007 in the


Local 130 retired Bros. RalphEhrensing (left) and Fernand F.Fenasci Jr. (right) display theirIBEW 70-year service pin awardspresented by Bus. Mgr. Robert“Tiger” Hammond (center).

IBEW Local 649, Alton, IL, Retirees Club members tour the Melvin PriceLock and Dam.

Local 654 retired Bros. Jim Williams, Ed Breining andJohn Grassohave a combinedtotal of 194years as IBEWmembers.

Local 760 congratulates 2007 service pin recipients.

rearview mirror and election year2008 ahead, our club will be evenmore active and motivated.

GEORGE A. BOVE, B.M./F.S.


New York, NY, Local 1573 AssistantGeneral Chairman JohnMacDonald (right) presents 60-year service pin award to Local1573 retiree Sam Pickles.

60-Year Pin Presented

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Bill Rusher, an instructor at theRichmond Electricians’ Joint Appren-ticeship and Training Center, decidedthat giving apprentices the opportu-nity to see the union’s history first-hand would have more of an impactthan just talking about it.

“It gives a good appreciation ofwhere we have come from and wherewe are going,” Rusher said.

The museum, which opened last

year, presents an interactive history ofthe IBEW from its founding untiltoday. Apprentices got the opportu-nity to study the development of theelectrical industry over the last cen-tury through displays of equipmentused by members going back to the1890’s. They also watched a docu-mentary that chronicled the union’s110-year history.

The tour gave Local 666 apprenticeTaJuan Wilkins a stronger apprecia-tion of the struggles that made theBrotherhood what it is today. “Ibelieve everyone in the apprentice-

ship or even those already in thetrade should come through here,” hesaid.

“It’s a lot different in actually see-ing (the history) than just readingabout it in books,” said apprenticeJohn Doherty.

For Gregg Tomes, a Marine Corpsveteran who joined the IBEW throughthe Helmets to Hardhats program, thetour gave him a new commitment tothe Brotherhood. “Thank you for pre-serving this history,” he said. “Weneed to know it if we want the unionto have a strong future.” 1

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640 Kaufman, N. N. 1,000.00640 Scott, M. F. 3,000.00640 Williams, W. E. 3,000.00647 Humphreys, S. P. 500.00648 Wheatley, K. E. 2,941.19649 Weber, V. L. 2,948.79663 Spongberg, J. C. 3,000.00665 Haynes, W. E. 3,000.00666 Guimond, A. O. 3,573.92676 Watson, C. L. 2,914.78684 Gonzales, S. 3,000.00684 Koch, F. J. 3,000.00684 Stevenson, J. A. 3,000.00688 Shire, I. L. 3,000.00688 Sloat, R. L. 3,000.00700 France, B. G. 1,482.79701 Huber, F. H. 2,948.91701 Noga, L. J. 2,955.19702 Shurtz, F. K. 3,000.00715 Haarmann, W. E. 3,000.00723 Abbott, R. G. 3,000.00728 Holzapple, R. E. 2,845.00743 Nicodemus, C. E. 6,250.00743 Tomlinson, W. G. 3,000.00756 Craddock, L. R. 3,000.00760 Wooten, T. 2,924.50769 Garcia, J. L. 3,000.00773 Dupuis, D. A. 3,000.00812 Stackhouse, N. W. 2,960.00

861 Pitre, L. A. 3,000.00865 Honnas, J. 3,000.00876 Bignall, A. K. 3,000.00876 Fowler, M. A. 3,000.00889 Anderson, E. J. 3,000.00894 Stroud, F. E. 3,000.00903 Parker, U. B. 5,699.20910 Davis, H. A. 3,000.00915 Keene, A. G. 1,500.00932 Thompson, R. O. 3,000.00934 Cole, W. D. 3,000.00934 Rutherford, T. C. 3,000.00985 Martindale, J. W. 3,000.00995 Carpenter, R. A. 3,000.00995 McConnell, J. W. 3,000.001057 Ryan, R. J. 2,922.531077 Romano, G. A. 12,500.001116 Parker, J. A. 2,949.601141 Canary, L. T. 3,000.001186 Okasaki, E. S. 2,941.191186 Shishido, Y. 3,000.001205 Prance, D. C. 2,935.981205 Wider, C. E. 5,874.701245 Clark, R. L. 3,000.001249 Davis, A. S. 3,000.001319 Lyon, M. L. 2,979.521377 Piripavel, M. S. 3,000.001393 Eslinger, R. F. 2,908.001474 Nunn, H. E. 3,000.00

1547 Fenley, D. E. 3,000.002330 Collins, W. A. 3,000.002330 Parsons, W. C. 6,250.00

I.O. (134) Moore, H. N. 6,097.90Pens. (101) Guinn, B. 3,000.00Pens. (323) Lamb, W. F. 2,916.00Pens. (732) Holmes, J. P. 3,000.00Pens. (1173) Friedman, M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Adams, F. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Alexander, R. H. 2,524.69Pens. (I.O.) Bartlett, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bartoli, J. S. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bishop, C. N. 2,798.34Pens. (I.O.) Boedigheimer, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Caulder, S. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Chester, J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Dark, D. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Darling, R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Derewanko, E. V. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Dugo, F. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Earle, W. L. 2,960.00Pens. (I.O.) Everitt, E. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Fisher, D. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Freeman, H. O. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Gay, L. K. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Gillespie, J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hampton, R. M. 1,500.00Pens. (I.O.) Harper, B. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hays, W. D. 3,000.00

Pens. (I.O.) Janis, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kacmar, J. 740.00Pens. (I.O.) Kelley, E. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kemp, R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kluck, R. J. 2,944.39Pens. (I.O.) Kolar, G. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Krause, J. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Langlinais, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lowe, C. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) McCauley, J. C. 2,939.18Pens. (I.O.) McSwiney, P. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Mehl, L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Neuenschwander, C. 2,822.37Pens. (I.O.) Roark, C. B. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Sainovich, E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Selph, R. W. 2,805.00Pens. (I.O.) Slocumb, W. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Strickland, D. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Trover, H. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Van Lyssel, G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Walker, C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wilson, R. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wilson, R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Woodhams, M. F. 2,921.99Pens. (I.O.) Zack, R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Zimmerman, G. A. 3,000.00

Total Amount . . . . . . . . . . . $1,253,633.21


1 Carroll, M. D. 3,000.001 Hartman, W. A. 3,000.001 Irwin, C. L. 3,000.001 Nebel, W. W. 3,000.003 Capicotti, J. J. 3,000.003 Cusumano, G. V. 2,870.503 Daniels, F. D. 12,500.003 De Martino, A. 2,083.333 Hope, D. 2,948.793 Lynch, W. J. 3,000.003 McDonagh, J. P. 6,250.003 McGee, R. E. 3,000.003 Polanco, B. 3,333.343 Riceputo, F. 3,000.003 Shepley, D. W. 3,000.003 Sommo, D. M. 3,000.003 Spaziante, M. D. 2,969.253 Wheeler, L. 3,000.006 Amato, C. J. 2,952.396 Farah, R. 3,000.006 Vaughn, F. L. 1,970.667 Dunn, A. 3,000.009 Ferguson, R. J. 3,000.0011 Davidson, M. E. 6,250.0011 Essery, R. D. 6,250.0011 Fillingame, H. G. 2,640.0011 Hannan, D. R. 4,166.6611 Hansen, L. E. 2,908.0011 King, J. R. 3,000.0011 Stevens, M. 3,000.00

11 Swirsky, A. D. 3,000.0016 Canada, C. M. 3,000.0018 Warren, A. L. 3,000.0020 Hicks, H. H. 3,000.0023 Loesch, C. J. 3,000.0024 Prestianni, J. G. 2,250.0024 Rouse, L. F. 3,000.0025 Berntsen, A. 3,000.0025 Boris, R. 3,000.0025 DiGangi, J. 1,000.0026 Beatty, E. A. 3,000.0026 Smith, R. H. 2,916.0026 Venis, G. L. 6,250.0029 Dietrich, R. H. 2,902.9234 Luginbuhl, R. J. 2,935.2635 Russell, A. J. 3,000.0038 Carter, R. A. 3,000.0038 Mraz, R. M. 3,000.0040 Kelly, R. G. 3,000.0040 Kightlinger, R. J. 3,000.0042 Kocon, L. J. 2,929.5846 Hall, E. 2,928.0046 Stephens, E. A. 3,000.0051 Knight, D. 6,250.0053 Easter, R. G. 2,933.5053 Green, G. V. 3,000.0057 Griswold, L. J. 3,000.0058 Fraga, J. R. 3,000.0058 Goers, R. W. 3,000.0058 Rocchio, J. P. 6,250.00

58 Stankoven, F. T. 3,000.0058 Stubblefield, J. P. 3,000.0060 Greene, S. N. 3,000.0066 McMullen, A. L. 3,000.0068 Harper, R. E. 3,000.0068 Maloney, J. K. 6,250.0076 Hoff, O. L. 3,000.0076 Snow, R. C. 3,000.0076 Thornton, R. T. 3,000.0077 Jensen, W. 2,930.0077 McSheffrey, J. M. 6,250.0080 Matter, H. M. 2,923.5882 Barlow, G. 3,000.0084 Locke, M. J. 3,000.0095 Wuerdeman, E. H. 2,949.7396 Burke, P. B. 6,250.0096 Morris, R. W. 3,000.0097 Brown, A. V. 2,910.3897 Kurtz, M. H. 2,967.9998 Rogan, E. P. 6,250.0099 Pariseau, F. A. 3,000.00100 Boghosian, J. 3,000.00100 Norton, F. D. 3,000.00102 Hoffman, J. G. 6,250.00102 Lynch, J. F. 6,250.00102 Maida, S. 6,250.00103 Cahill, P. J. 12,500.00103 Dynan, K. B. 3,000.00103 Thomas, K. S. 12,500.00104 Kenrick, E. M. 2,828.00

105 Bartman, E. 2,852.50105 Macneil, J. A. 2,910.39105 Palmieri, J. W. 2,875.16110 Vitek, T. M. 3,000.00112 Mortensen, A. M. 1,500.00112 Sadecki, A. R. 12,500.00113 Farmer, B. B. 6,250.00113 Sharp, F. J. 3,000.00115 McMurdock, D. 4,166.66124 Happy, R. E. 3,000.00124 Hoge, J. R. 3,000.00124 Marshall, R. C. 6,250.00125 Trumbull, L. 3,000.00130 Gebbia, J. A. 3,000.00130 Kahl, G. C. 3,000.00134 Berghoff, W. J. 2,940.19134 Bucaro, A. 3,000.00134 Gibson, R. 1,500.00134 Grunhard, E. T. 2,943.99134 Ledbetter, T. W. 9,375.00134 Leidner, W. H. 4,630.00134 Pearce, D. G. 12,500.00134 Zoske, M. K. 6,250.00143 Barilla, E. M. 2,967.99150 Cook, J. E. 4,027.36159 Hayes, L. W. 2,797.50159 Hilgers, R. J. 3,000.00163 Sabol, R. G. 6,250.00177 Monk, R. V. 3,000.00191 Lortie, G. A. 3,000.00


INMEMORIAMPBF Death Claims Approved for Payment in October 2007


212 Meyer, C. F. 3,000.00213 Kay, C. R. 3,000.00213 Khorchidian, B. 3,000.00213 Kinamore, H. J. 3,000.00213 Lockwood, W. J. 6,250.00226 Fowler, D. A. 6,250.00230 Wynen, L. J. 2,910.00231 Falk, C. J. 3,000.00242 Paulson, E. A. 2,927.34257 Brown, T. V. 950.15258 Rector, G. 3,125.00270 Creasman, L. W. 3,000.00271 Yoke, G. W. 2,878.00275 Fleser, D. M. 3,000.00275 Simmons, R. J. 3,000.00292 Iverson, J. R. 2,907.76292 Johnson, K. 3,000.00292 Lind, D. J. 6,250.00295 Appling, O. L. 2,938.00302 Sooter, W. W. 3,000.00304 Fitzpatrick, T. L. 3,000.00304 Goodrich, M. R. 2,975.71306 Morris, L. J. 3,000.00313 Steele, J. J. 3,000.00317 Doss, L. 6,250.00317 Esque, L. E. 2,948.00322 Steele, V. C. 4,425.00326 Martin, A. J. 3,000.00332 Brux, W. A. 2,954.91332 Kauch, C. E. 3,000.00340 Clayton, F. M. 3,000.00340 Pillow, G. M. 2,640.00342 Cooke, B. R. 3,000.00347 Kieler, M. L. 6,250.00349 Astlbauer, G. 3,406.84349 Massey, L. C. 6,250.00353 Humanski, L. 3,000.00353 Johnson, H. 3,000.00353 Vanderheyden, M. C. 3,125.00354 Kennedy, B. P. 3,000.00354 Nelson, L. 3,000.00357 Lee, R. T. 6,250.00

364 Haenitsch, K. W. 6,250.00364 Samp, R. A. 3,000.00369 Higdon, J. F. 3,000.00369 Whitt, C. 3,000.00391 Decker, C. A. 3,000.00401 Cavallaro, S. 3,125.00401 Harker, R. G. 3,000.00413 Gauthier, L. E. 6,250.00415 Haas, E. H. 3,000.00424 Hawkes, H. R. 3,000.00424 Lynn, C. P. 6,250.00429 Cook, J. E. 6,250.00429 McKinny, T. E. 6,250.00436 Taylor, J. 3,000.00440 McQueary, F. O. 2,915.74440 Miter, W. J. 3,000.00456 Curran, C. 6,250.00461 Benson, K. H. 3,000.00474 Tatum, R. G. 6,250.00479 Broussard, R. C. 3,000.00480 Yelverton, S. J. 3,000.00481 Duclos, D. R. 3,000.00481 Pass, J. D. 3,000.00481 Snead, W. C. 6,250.00483 Hilkemeier, D. M. 3,000.00486 Johnson, F. W. 3,000.00490 Colbroth, P. W. 3,000.00490 Routhier, G. P. 3,000.00494 Krzycki, G. J. 3,000.00494 Manthey, C. F. 1,500.00494 TeBeest, H. 3,000.00499 Duncan, G. L. 2,961.59505 Alexander, G. C. 2,947.73505 Heathcock, C. P. 3,000.00518 Ford, M. F. 3,000.00518 Hawkins, W. W. 3,000.00527 Farrell, S. G. 6,250.00527 Galmiche, P. I. 2,940.79527 Helms, D. E. 2,960.00527 Waddell, V. E. 2,935.86531 Lanier, P. D. 6,250.00553 Conrad, W. R. 3,000.00

568 Franke, L. W. 3,000.00569 Dixon, M. S. 3,000.00570 Calk, T. L. 3,000.00577 Gorski, R. H. 3,000.00577 Notz, T. L. 6,250.00584 Robinson, D. W. 3,000.00595 Schulz, R. W. 2,670.00596 Wilson, J. R. 12,500.00601 Hays, R. L. 2,931.18602 Key, S. L. 6,250.00606 Poore, M. D. 6,250.00611 Martinez, R. K. 12,500.00611 Romero, W. J. 2,796.00611 Vigil, B. C. 6,250.00625 MacDonald, S. E. 6,250.00640 Cook, R. N. 3,000.00640 Kaufman, N. N. 1,000.00640 Utterbeck, J. E. 3,000.00647 Humphreys, S. P. 500.00649 Buck, C. W. 3,000.00668 Rynearson, D. R. 3,000.00697 Kirkley, L. R. 3,000.00700 Shermer, J. L. 3,000.00702 Douglas, D. W. 12,500.00712 Snow, R. J. 3,000.00716 Barrett, L. F. 2,924.76716 Hestand, A. W. 3,000.00716 Huggins, P. G. 3,000.00716 Long, J. B. 1,500.00721 Hood, H. P. 3,000.00725 New, H. A. 3,000.00728 Hochman, P. C. 3,957.75738 White, W. M. 3,000.00753 Cavener, D. 3,000.00756 Norton, W. F. 2,932.00769 Cline, R. D. 3,000.00769 Donald, W. J. 3,000.00776 Huff, H. 6,250.00812 Young, A. B. 2,960.00817 Boutin, A. J. 3,000.00855 Witte, A. J. 2,840.00895 Telano, W. 3,000.00

903 Balius, L. J. 1,500.00903 Goff, K. R. 3,000.00915 Schrecengost, R. O. 3,000.00917 Thornton, G. A. 12,500.00953 Scott, R. 2,947.19953 Strand, W. A. 2,934.38995 Roshto, J. F. 3,000.001002 Nichols, B. E. 3,000.001070 Beauchamp, P. J. 3,000.001141 Moulton, C. R. 2,964.531149 Taylor, F. V. 3,000.001323 Knowles, B. C. 3,000.001340 Clayton, D. M. 3,000.001547 Griffin, E. A. 3,000.001687 Armstrong, S. 3,000.001837 True, R. H. 3,000.001928 Jefferson, G. S. 3,000.002150 Lumby, R. A. 3,000.00

I.O. (120) Stevens, A. 5,619.85I.O. (134) Wolff, S. 3,000.00I.O. (759) Ashleman, A. R. 6,250.00

Pens. (323) Beck, L. 750.00Pens. (I.O.) Asher, R. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Carter, C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Fejnas, L. B. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Fortkamp, A. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Franck, W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Grufman, K. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hausner, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hope, T. W. 2,930.78Pens. (I.O.) Jacobs, H. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kestler, J. H. 2,746.92Pens. (I.O.) Long, J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Mount, L. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Perry, R. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Simon, F. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Soles, D. 2,903.80Pens. (I.O.) Verhine, L. D. 2,951.99Pens. (I.O.) Washkoske, H. C. 2,956.66Pens. (I.O.) Weiswasser, E. 2,958.00

Total Amount . . . . . . . . . . . $1,067,958.81


1 Albach, H. F. 3,000.001 Denningmann, H. A. 3,000.001 Ditmeyer, R. J. 3,000.001 Peiker, W. E. 3,000.001 Rimkus, S. J. 3,000.001 St. Onge, J. C. 3,000.001 Turner, G. C. 3,000.002 Biesemeyer, R. F. 2,947.192 Hawkins, J. E. 2,960.003 Abbamonte, L. J. 3,000.003 Abrahams, A. A. 6,250.003 Beck, E. W. 2,968.153 Bermudez, O. 2,941.993 Chase, J. 12,500.003 Clifford, W. P. 1,469.593 Erickson, W. F. 2,935.983 Ettinger, D. O. 2,962.66

3 Ficentise, L. J. 6,250.003 Katen, C. 3,000.003 Kehayan, C. I. 6,250.003 Kilfoyle, T. E. 2,904.003 Lane, D. J. 3,000.003 Marron, R. P. 3,000.003 Moore, W. H. 2,954.003 Nash, D. 6,250.003 O’Connor, A. D. 3,000.003 Sacher, D. 1,500.003 Sheehan, E. J. 2,931.183 Woods, G. W. 6,250.004 Nieder, C. J. 3,000.005 Quairiere, A. 3,000.006 Bacon, R. F. 2,875.176 Brayer, S. A. 2,821.446 Decker, C. W. 2,952.44

6 Johnson, S. L. 2,951.997 Noyes, E. E. 3,000.008 Brown, K. E. 3,000.008 Calkins, F. V. 3,000.009 DiSilvio, A. S. 3,000.009 Kochurka, N. 3,000.0011 Baker, P. W. 3,000.0011 Bedford, R. C. 3,000.0011 Davis, G. 2,960.0011 Hannan, D. R. 2,083.3411 Jackson, R. M. 1,500.0011 Mosig, E. H. 3,000.0011 Patterson, R. J. 2,934.6611 Sales, W. P. 3,000.0011 Schofield, P. S. 2,940.7911 Smidt, H. A. 4,042.9611 Thomsen, H. G. 3,000.00

12 Grinstead, R. D. 3,000.0015 Polkoff, R. J. 2,956.7916 Kirkman, D. F. 3,000.0016 Leonard, C. M. 3,000.0016 Porter, R. M. 3,000.0016 Sutton, R. U. 12,500.0016 Voelker, R. J. 2,951.4617 McCoy, R. W. 2,894.3717 Sheridan, J. A. 3,000.0018 Alexander, S. R. 3,000.0018 Andreson, H. E. 2,950.0018 Evans, D. W. 2,900.0018 Gibler, J. P. 2,948.7918 Haffner, E. L. 3,000.0018 Headley, W. G. 3,000.0018 MacDonald, D. A. 707.9918 Wickey, P. J. 12,500.00


INMEMORIAMPBF Death Claims Approved for Payment in November 2007


18 Wren, E. F. 3,000.0019 Plough, R. O. 2,951.9920 Landman, R. N. 2,912.9420 Mahaffey, J. D. 6,250.0020 Mellor, M. 3,000.0020 Minor, B. R. 2,923.0020 Wilson, F. F. 3,000.0021 Gessner, E. F. 3,000.0021 Venezia, A. J. 3,000.0022 Jones, R. E. 2,950.9822 Klefstad, G. E. 3,000.0024 Fifer, J. C. 1,753.8924 Lawhorn, C. A. 3,000.0024 Prestianni, J. G. 750.0024 Wright, R. J. 3,000.0025 Alm, F. C. 3,000.0025 Boris, G. T. 3,000.0025 DiGangi, J. 2,000.0025 White, J. P. 3,000.0026 Doering, C. R. 3,000.0026 Eline, J. D. 3,000.0026 Lott, J. E. 12,500.0026 Montoney, M. L. 6,250.0026 Tomlin, R. W. 3,000.0026 Venis, G. L. 6,250.0032 Wedel, P. R. 3,000.0034 Barth, H. R. 3,000.0035 Apraham, M. D. 6,250.0035 Beaupre, B. L. 12,500.0035 Neptin, W. A. 5,897.4035 Rohan, K. J. 2,883.1738 Bradesku, E. 3,000.0038 Paris, A. F. 2,921.5938 Spino, S. 3,000.0041 Cimmerer, J. J. 2,899.7641 Muranyi, J. J. 2,938.0041 Tesi, R. A. 3,000.0042 Boucher, D. 3,000.0044 Arvish, W. E. 2,937.5845 Osinek, F. J. 2,928.0045 Weatherall, T. Q. 2,905.8646 Bauer, C. W. 6,250.0046 Bugis, M. D. 3,502.8746 Denman, R. 3,000.0047 Howe, F. G. 3,000.0048 Baker, M. T. 6,250.0048 Barnes, V. H. 3,118.0048 Fischer, R. G. 3,000.0048 Fitzpatrick, R. D. 3,726.5048 Mead, A. C. 2,951.9048 Quinn, J. R. 1,500.0048 Rude, E. H. 3,000.0051 Dewitt, E. E. 2,946.2053 Bates, G. D. 3,000.0056 Preston, L. M. 3,000.0057 Hardman, L. R. 3,000.0057 Morishita, K. K. 6,250.0057 Swartz, J. C. 2,180.0058 Allgeyer, R. J. 3,000.0058 Banules, A. R. 3,000.0058 Bell, T. D. 3,000.0058 Bollin, W. H. 3,000.0058 Calcaterra, A. F. 3,000.0058 DeLiso, C. C. 2,963.1958 Habbert, J. T. 3,402.4858 Johnson, B. J. 3,000.0058 Katchmark, M. G. 6,250.0058 Langan, M. G. 6,250.0058 Miracle, W. D. 6,250.0058 Philippo, G. T. 6,250.0058 Raine, R. J. 3,000.0058 Sheppard, D. W. 3,000.0058 Ureel, E. F. 2,966.25

58 Zelenak, J. A. 2,939.1858 Zivkovich, G. 3,000.0060 Capps, P. 3,000.0066 Hopper, J. L. 3,000.0066 King, R. T. 3,000.0066 Marino, S. M. 2,938.0066 Post, D. C. 3,000.0068 Adkins, C. A. 4,377.4368 Godsey, M. L. 1,500.0071 Massey, C. E. 2,951.3272 Johnson, C. 3,000.0073 Gairson, J. L. 6,250.0076 Kerr, S. R. 3,000.0077 Amsbury, E. G. 3,000.0077 Blaylock, G. 3,000.0077 Eastman, R. E. 12,500.0077 Hill, G. H. 3,000.0077 Nash, W. H. 5,197.0077 Rubert, M. D. 3,000.0077 Van Pevenage, A. E. 2,945.5980 Crafton, J. D. 3,000.0080 McDermott, B. T. 2,813.0084 McKinney, G. B. 2,934.5086 Jansson, F. T. 2,927.1986 Jones, D. W. 6,250.0086 McGinnity, J. 3,000.0086 Wolf, J. E. 3,000.0097 Blair, J. P. 3,000.0097 Czerwiec, E. S. 3,000.0097 Gwin, T. N. 3,000.0097 Prugger, J. E. 2,951.99102 Mueller, R. L. 3,000.00102 Tierney, J. 6,250.00102 Woolever, W. G. 3,000.00103 Aziz, R. 3,000.00103 Boutin, R. W. 3,000.00103 Constantino, J. 2,954.00103 Levesque, G. E. 3,000.00103 O’Neill, J. G. 3,000.00103 Osborne, E. 2,950.39103 Pike, G. R. 3,000.00103 Shaw, R. J. 3,000.00103 Stefanini, A. D. 3,000.00104 Pepin, J. N. 3,125.00104 Powers, F. E. 6,250.00105 Beacham, W. J. 3,000.00110 Piotraschke, K. C. 2,944.52110 Reichel, R. R. 3,000.00111 White, J. H. 3,000.00115 Fedikow, W. 3,000.00117 Schnulle, E. W. 3,124.99124 Myers, R. A. 2,956.84124 Phillips, W. H. 3,000.00124 Tucker, V. J. 6,250.00125 Humrickhouse, R. E. 3,000.00126 LeBaron, R. M. 3,000.00126 Makovsky, T. J. 3,000.00127 Crevier, A. F. 3,752.33127 Horner, S. J. 2,000.00129 Herchler, E. 2,936.00130 Rome, R. A. 3,000.00130 Spath, L. F. 3,000.00130 Spitzfaden, C. J. 3,000.00131 Sandahl, W. V. 3,000.00134 Barley, J. M. 2,192.19134 Belder, G. R. 3,000.00134 Caverley, W. J. 3,000.00134 Crouse, L. L. 3,000.00134 Donley, R. W. 3,000.00134 Harold, J. E. 6,250.00134 Husum, C. J. 2,975.10134 Kohl, J. F. 2,950.00134 Kronenburger, P. J. 2,967.39

134 La Ha, K. R. 3,000.00134 Laushot, L. W. 3,000.00134 Mittelhauser, W. J. 2,922.00134 Murphy, R. J. 2,958.00134 Ottaviano, V. J. 3,000.00134 Thompson, D. D. 4,767.96134 Tillman, D. F. 6,250.00134 Tulliano, F. A. 3,000.00134 Valluzzi, A. 3,000.00134 Witry, G. K. 2,871.16136 Mauldin, R. K. 2,856.00141 Yahn, L. J. 3,000.00143 Fackler, R. D. 3,000.00150 Hawkins, K. W. 6,250.00153 Doyle, J. P. 3,000.00153 Humpley, R. C. 3,000.00153 Michaelis, C. D. 6,250.00153 Stanley, D. D. 3,309.25153 Wittling, R. F. 3,000.00159 Smith, J. C. 3,000.00163 Loucks, G. A. 3,000.00163 Purta, C. P. 2,946.00164 Brant, R. J. 3,000.00164 Gnech, C. N. 5,318.56164 Iervolino, B. J. 6,250.00164 Lach, E. R. 3,000.00164 Lescheck, D. J. 6,250.00164 MacDonald, R. A. 3,000.00164 Meyler, R. W. 3,000.00164 Petrullo, J. D. 3,000.00175 Custer, A. S. 2,927.75175 Foust, E. W. 3,000.00175 Hutchins, C. 2,920.62175 Putnam, E. W. 1,463.00175 Teague, J. L. 3,172.00176 Hutson, J. D. 3,000.00176 Jackson, M. R. 3,000.00176 Matthews, R. A. 6,250.00177 Hudson, W. H. 3,000.00177 Vought, J. V. 6,250.00180 Smith, J. B. 2,932.00191 Buchmann, M. L. 3,000.00191 Gramm, J. D. 6,250.00191 Haner, M. E. 3,000.00193 Volle, R. F. 3,000.00194 Cosby, W. K. 2,932.64196 Nulle, W. C. 3,000.00204 Price, F. J. 3,000.00213 Black, J. D. 6,250.00213 Lockwood, J. E. 1,960.00223 Vohnoutka, E. A. 3,000.00230 Bell, B. A. 6,250.00231 Berens, M. W. 3,000.00231 Gullikson, G. R. 3,000.00233 Clifford, T. 3,000.00233 Coello, P. 3,000.00234 Vaughan, J. T. 3,000.00236 Festino, C. A. 3,000.00236 Futia, J. V. 3,000.00236 Sanders, D. A. 3,000.00237 Moyer, C. W. 2,000.00245 Bostelman, F. 3,000.00252 Baker, M. E. 3,000.00252 Devall, J. D. 2,939.18258 Fulcher, D. H. 974.67258 Holmann, M. 2,970.84258 Popplewell, A. A. 6,250.00258 St. Germain, G. E. 3,000.00258 Tanguay, J. L. 3,000.00271 Hoyt, W. D. 3,000.00275 Nye, W. 3,000.00275 Patterson, M. J. 6,250.00278 Jurecko, E. 3,000.00

278 Sibley, R. D. 3,000.00278 Truax, W. B. 4,687.50280 Kaufman, J. W. 2,894.38280 Robbins, E. R. 2,949.60291 Friend, C. E. 2,927.19292 Benoit, H. M. 6,250.00292 Compton, L. R. 1,402.70292 Erickson, J. D. 6,250.00292 Lindahl, G. A. 2,910.00294 Schnede, J. L. 12,500.00294 Strand, G. L. 3,000.00295 Helms, G. F. 3,000.00302 Kemp, C. W. 2,871.96304 Huddleston, J. B. 2,961.59305 Allen, R. L. 6,250.00305 Arney, W. J. 3,000.00306 Thomas, W. E. 3,000.00307 Fichtner, R. L. 3,683.66309 Etling, L. G. 3,000.00312 Shannon, W. H. 3,000.00313 Carey, F. M. 2,920.78313 Walsh, J. W. 3,000.00332 Wurster, J. R. 2,844.00340 Lyster, E. S. 2,974.10340 Moses, E. L. 3,000.00340 Watts, J. E. 3,000.00343 McDonald, J. A. 3,000.00345 Jones, D. 3,000.00347 Weyer, L. 4,447.15349 Callahan, R. T. 3,000.00349 Collodel, P. M. 6,250.00349 Koeppel, W. H. 3,000.00349 Marmer, A. F. 6,250.00353 Burns, A. A. 3,000.00353 Cuthbertson, S. S. 12,500.00353 Deneault, G. J. 6,250.00353 Hoffmann, R. R. 6,250.00353 Livermore, D. W. 3,000.00353 Magagna, R. 5,047.30353 Martin, T. R. 6,250.00353 McKessock, R. R. 1,500.00353 Milne, S. B. 12,500.00353 Toop, A. A. 3,972.00353 Whitton, R. J. 6,250.00362 Usher, W. C. 1,500.00363 Albanos, T. J. 3,000.00364 Koslofski, J. 2,866.99364 Roach, A. R. 3,000.00369 Branham, G. 3,000.00369 Chamness, J. L. 3,000.00369 Cunningham, B. 3,000.00369 Kyser, J. G. 3,000.00369 Long, C. S. 3,000.00369 Moore, C. C. 2,948.00369 Morley, D. B. 3,000.00369 Peak, M. C. 6,250.00369 Stamper, J. D. 3,000.00375 Parks, W. L. 3,000.00379 Holshouser, F. G. 3,000.00387 Leiler, R. A. 2,936.78388 Carpenter, J. A. 2,875.68400 Connolly, J. R. 3,000.00400 Elff, G. R. 3,000.00401 Gallagher, R. H. 3,000.00401 Johnson, B. 3,000.00413 Bondietti, L. A. 3,000.00424 Ewen, J. G. 3,125.00424 Lynn, C. P. 6,250.00424 Olszowka, C. 3,000.00426 Sherman, R. L. 3,000.00429 Chezem, J. A. 12,500.00429 Coleman, B. V. 6,250.00429 Green, J. A. 3,000.00



429 Johnson, W. L. 3,000.00429 Woodside, W. M. 6,250.00436 Wynn, W. O. 3,000.00441 Abeyta, H. A. 2,881.58441 Flora, J. D. 3,000.00441 Griffin, W. W. 2,928.78441 Smalley, D. C. 3,000.00443 Barnes, C. J. 3,000.00443 Short, J. F. 3,000.00446 Kelley, H. W. 2,951.46456 Chencharik, M. 3,000.00461 Miller, R. W. 3,000.00463 Webb, N. H. 3,000.00465 Galan, F. O. 3,000.00466 Cochran, J. A. 3,000.00474 Flanigan, V. M. 5,008.60474 Jones, C. W. 3,000.00474 Perkins, E. F. 3,000.00474 Shandon, E. C. 6,250.00474 Trotter, R. K. 3,069.68477 Burmeister, W. B. 2,932.00477 Keller, C. A. 3,000.00477 Olson, F. L. 2,828.00477 Root, F. D. 1,000.00477 Trammell, E. C. 3,000.00479 Barrows, J. E. 2,963.24479 Holst, G. F. 2,931.18480 McLemore, D. H. 12,500.00480 Rhodes, W. D. 2,966.79483 Aspden, H. K. 2,954.06486 Kay, M. G. 3,000.00488 Ryczer, S. L. 3,000.00488 Smith, A. C. 3,000.00494 Krajewski, E. H. 3,000.00494 Schmidt, R. F. 3,000.00494 Schoenborn, E. J. 2,965.19494 Tomasino, P. F. 3,000.00494 Werner, J. E. 3,000.00495 Anderson, B. M. 1,956.52495 Sugg, J. G. 2,960.00502 Masson, E. D. 6,250.00505 Henry, J. W. 3,000.00508 Harper, W. L. 3,000.00520 Buffaloe, J. R. 2,840.00520 Fleming, C. V. 3,000.00520 McCown, J. T. 6,250.00527 Carter, L. L. 6,250.00527 Guevara, J. 6,250.00527 Lynn, C. L. 2,935.82529 Hersikorn, J. 12,500.00531 Lamberson, T. J. 3,000.00531 Nowlin, D. E. 3,000.00532 Bristol, A. K. 2,937.58532 Fisher, R. 6,250.00551 Cassiday, M. L. 6,089.00551 Cunningham, J. P. 3,172.38551 Durham, W. O. 3,000.00558 Bell, R. E. 3,000.00558 Dison, G. M. 3,000.00558 Drake, V. J. 3,000.00558 Kent, W. H. 2,920.00558 Palmer, R. A. 3,000.00558 Scoggins, R. G. 12,500.00558 Tompkins, R. D. 3,000.00567 Everitt, J. S. 3,000.00569 Fontaine, J. J. 1,000.00569 Montgomery, R. L. 2,827.17569 Munger, A. V. 3,000.00569 Myers, R. H. 12,500.00575 Augustin, J. E. 6,250.00584 Barrett, J. S. 3,000.00584 Emery, R. N. 2,932.39584 Herriman, E. 3,000.00

586 Lancaster, R. C. 6,250.00595 Aguiar, W. A. 2,892.50595 Dieckmann, D. R. 3,125.00595 Staley, E. E. 3,000.00602 Hiltbrunner, L. I. 3,000.00606 Franklin, F. J. 2,951.97611 Atencio, M. M. 6,250.00611 Gray, F. C. 2,950.41611 Hale, B. L. 3,000.00611 Tribble, D. L. 2,928.00611 Trujillo, J. N. 2,941.07613 Ayers, F. T. 2,920.00613 Brown, W. E. 2,901.00613 Chatmon, C. R. 4,166.66613 Flanagan, W. L. 3,000.00613 Lee, G. D. 4,189.09613 Skinner, A. S. 2,943.00613 Willoughby, L. C. 3,000.00617 Denkhaus, J. E. 3,000.00617 Upp, C. E. 3,000.00617 Vella, M. S. 2,943.99640 Meier, J. W. 3,000.00640 Reeves, K. W. 2,960.00640 Tedder, C. O. 2,941.99640 Ulbricht, R. E. 2,951.46641 Bates, J. T. 3,000.00647 Gilbreath, J. W. 1,875.00649 Wiseman, P. W. 3,000.00654 Clark, R. C. 3,000.00654 Pipe, B. J. 6,250.00659 Adams, V. E. 3,000.00659 Deshazer, K. E. 3,000.00659 Jackson, D. E. 3,000.00663 Coubal, F. A. 3,000.00666 Hill, S. F. 3,000.00666 Lewis, N. T. 6,250.00666 McMunn, R. C. 6,250.00667 Boccaccio, J. A. 2,719.95668 Steiner, J. A. 3,000.00673 Raybuck, G. L. 3,000.00683 Hartsough, J. L. 3,000.00683 McNaghten, H. O. 2,958.00684 Wlodarczyk, J. F. 2,951.03692 Heistand, R. W. 3,000.00697 Kading, H. E. 3,000.00697 Stone, T. J. 3,000.00701 Drenth, D. T. 6,250.00701 Houdek, G. 3,000.00701 Mc Clain, E. L. 6,250.00701 Urban, E. L. 2,956.50702 Hallam, F. 3,000.00702 Heilig, W. C. 3,000.00702 Pursell, E. A. 3,000.00702 Shrum, H. L. 3,000.00702 Williams, L. L. 3,000.00712 Douthitt, A. J. 3,000.00712 Tooch, R. L. 2,866.00716 Birdsong, J. C. 3,000.00716 Burrough, J. P. 3,000.00716 Eldredge, F. F. 3,000.00716 Hays, J. N. 3,000.00716 Horn, D. A. 2,899.50716 O’Brien, M. S. 6,250.00725 King, T. F. 3,000.00725 Noel, L. 3,000.00728 Casoria, M. 3,000.00728 Gardner, R. E. 3,000.00728 Hayes, W. M. 3,000.00734 McClannan, O. Y. 3,000.00743 Adam, F. F. 3,000.00756 Corbett, J. W. 3,000.00756 Hughes, F. R. 3,000.00756 Ransom, R. C. 2,946.41

760 Conner, B. P. 2,931.58760 Hayes, G. M. 3,000.00760 Hensley, G. L. 3,000.00760 Hicks, H. D. 3,000.00760 Owens, J. R. 6,250.00760 Robinson, W. G. 1,000.00760 Tomlinson, J. W. 2,922.00760 Treadway, D. A. 6,250.00772 Quarles, R. P. 3,000.00773 Campeau, D. A. 3,000.00774 Lambert, C. H. 3,000.00776 Hyman, C. R. 3,000.00777 Peck, R. M. 3,000.00804 Watts, S. C. 3,000.00814 Powers, J. H. 3,000.00816 Ford, W. 2,950.39816 Gholson, J. H. 3,000.00816 Wilford, B. 750.00841 Baldy, W. G. 3,000.00852 Burger, B. R. 3,000.00852 Daniel, W. J. 3,000.00861 Richard, E. J. 3,000.00889 Sencerbox, C. E. 3,000.00894 Chaloner, G. 6,250.00910 Francis, O. J. 3,000.00915 Toler, C. R. 3,000.00915 Wilson, M. B. 3,000.00948 Shepheard, R. H. 3,000.00952 Bauerlein, B. A. 3,000.00953 Urbach, E. H. 3,000.00969 Hamouz, D. J. 750.00969 Politte, C. E. 3,000.00969 Seastrom, J. M. 6,250.00970 Hart, W. S. 2,927.18993 McGuire, J. E. 3,000.00995 Brand, A. W. 3,000.001186 Kimura, S. N. 2,966.391186 Miyamoto, L. J. 6,250.001220 Matisiak, S. J. 1,500.001245 Bayless, G. H. 3,000.001245 Fredericks, J. R. 3,000.001245 Williamson, J. A. 2,940.791249 Ingraham, R. E. 3,000.001249 Ingraham, M. J. 2,927.181316 Carter, J. D. 3,000.001316 Foreman, O. 12,500.001377 Toth, J. A. 2,926.501426 Dubord, O. D. 2,864.001439 Simmons, W. C. 2,934.001516 Willbanks, J. D. 3,000.001523 Goodson, J. W. 3,000.001531 McDaniel, B. C. 2,951.401547 King, M. L. 12,500.001547 Sauer, D. C. 3,000.001547 Sheldon, D. R. 2,943.001579 Meadows, F. 3,000.001579 Williams, W. H. 3,000.001613 Kohlenberg, L. R. 3,000.001687 Venne, R. 3,000.001701 Ford, G. H. 6,250.001701 Lynch, R. D. 972.001925 Riffe, L. E. 3,000.002085 Rankin, C. P. 6,250.002129 Thompson, H. G. 2,964.792150 Hurley, D. L. 3,000.00

I.O. (46) Yorker, W. E. 3,013.00I.O. (105) Smee, L. R. 3,000.00I.O. (776) Milner, H. T. 3,940.50I.O. (852) Staggs, R. G. 6,250.00

Pens. (101) Silvers, F. K. 3,000.00Pens. (160) Nazarian, J. E. 2,930.03Pens. (434) Petsche, H. A. 3,000.00Pens. (835) Shelton, L. A. 3,000.00

Pens. (1788) Hering, A. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Anderson, M. E. 2,947.19Pens. (I.O.) Baird, N. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Ballard, C. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bastian, P. G. 2,760.00Pens. (I.O.) Beatie, J. P. 2,896.00Pens. (I.O.) Berk, H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bokor, J. F. 2,839.68Pens. (I.O.) Bottomley, R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Briand, F. J. 1,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Brooks, C. G. 2,778.00Pens. (I.O.) Brooks, A. E. 3,146.80Pens. (I.O.) Burzelic, M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Cady, R. I. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Cannon, R. E. 2,936.00Pens. (I.O.) Dean, C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Dillaplain, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Disparti, J. P. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Dooley, C. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Dumermuth, H. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Durst, L. L. 2,878.36Pens. (I.O.) Egan, D. 2,939.18Pens. (I.O.) English, E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Falkowski, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Fayard, G. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Flowers, D. F. 2,896.00Pens. (I.O.) Francis, R. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Frye, R. M. 2,916.00Pens. (I.O.) Gibson, A. T. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Gludovatz, L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Goldsmith, H. C. 2,968.74Pens. (I.O.) Grasser, W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Green, J. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hallstrom, C. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Harris, F. M. 2,912.00Pens. (I.O.) Harris, L. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Haynes, F. 2,961.00Pens. (I.O.) Horwitz, R. 2,960.00Pens. (I.O.) Huntington, F. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Johnson, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Justice, V. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kenny, M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Knight, D. B. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lange, D. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lathrop, L. M. 1,443.00Pens. (I.O.) Lavender, P. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Leeth, R. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lynn, R. L. 2,650.00Pens. (I.O.) McCulloch, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) McDonald, J. K. 2,933.18Pens. (I.O.) McInnis, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) McKeon, T. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Naber, M. J. 2,923.18Pens. (I.O.) Novak, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Purcell, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Reese, B. S. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Reutter, D. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Ritter, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Robson, R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Rosko, J. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Schwab, H. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Sehy, P. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Smith, J. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Spring, D. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Sterriker, M. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Thomas, K. T. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Tonges, W. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Turk, S. B. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Vonrohr, O. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Weeks, M. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wilharm, H. K. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Williams, H. E. 3,000.00Total Amount . . . . . . . . . . $2,304,369.41



1 Fitzler, N. W. 3,000.001 McClymont, M. R. 3,000.001 Treiber, J. F. 3,000.003 Colao, J. 6,250.003 Dorus, J. P. 750.003 Griffin, B. J. 3,000.003 Haber, R. G. 3,000.003 Kruse, D. L. 3,000.003 McCarren, J. 3,000.003 Mecca, D. 6,250.003 Owsiany, J. 3,000.003 Petersen, P. H. 3,000.003 Romano, A. F. 3,000.003 Senatore, L. V. 2,951.303 Teitel, H. M. 2,948.793 Waite, J. R. 1,500.003 Zukerfein, I. 3,000.004 Blust, D. A. 2,802.005 Barthel, K. R. 2,932.785 Blaha, B. D. 6,250.005 Howard, C. D. 3,000.005 Quallich, M. R. 6,250.005 Wolfhope, H. W. 6,250.006 Hupke, E. W. 3,000.006 Prisco, F. J. 2,950.798 Nowak, T. 1,500.009 Miglio, J. R. 1,500.0011 McPhaden, R. B. 3,000.0011 Roller, H. 2,966.3911 Russ, L. T. 2,959.9911 Smith, L. J. 3,000.0011 York, J. R. 3,000.0012 Lira, P. 3,000.0016 Loehr, M. J. 3,000.0017 Ludlow, T. F. 1,386.0017 Zahari, P. L. 6,250.0018 Clift, R. W. 3,000.0018 Funke, H. R. 2,934.0018 Larson, C. W. 3,000.0018 MacDonald, D. A. 707.9918 Soderstrom, E. E. 3,000.0018 Waggoner, C. S. 2,913.5819 Negro, E. J. 1,714.2821 Lorenz, E. H. 3,000.0024 Ferretto, M. A. 3,000.0024 Fifer, J. C. 1,753.8924 Koontz, J. J. 6,250.0025 Giallanza, C. 3,000.0025 Gregory, R. S. 5,940.4025 Stiefel, A. C. 3,000.0025 Wolters, C. H. 2,910.3626 Deery, R. C. 3,000.0026 Gayda, D. P. 6,250.0026 Gleeson, B. I. 3,000.0026 Preston, R. M. 3,000.0026 Wells, J. W. 3,000.0035 Tyler, K. A. 6,250.0038 Buchan, J. M. 3,000.0038 McKenna, W. J. 3,000.0042 Etheridge, J. W. 3,000.0042 Stuart, E. F. 6,250.0043 Kisil, W. R. 3,000.0043 Venturo, J. J. 3,000.00

45 Waters, E. J. 3,000.0048 Curzon, J. D. 2,907.3248 Downing, J. A. 3,000.0051 Peacock, L. 6,250.0058 Crysler, A. L. 3,000.0058 Cummins, J. C. 3,000.0058 Korenkiewicz, S. 2,710.0058 Olafsson, E. T. 3,000.0058 Russell, S. 3,000.0060 Futral, J. C. 3,000.0060 Weinheimer, L. C. 3,000.0068 Godsey, M. L. 1,500.0068 House, F. R. 3,000.0068 Keefer, L. D. 3,000.0070 Stroupe, D. C. 3,000.0073 Bishop, R. D. 1,500.0073 Chapman, D. L. 3,000.0077 Requa, E. A. 2,891.1880 Carmone, R. A. 2,897.5880 Cornette, P. S. 2,938.7880 Lowe, R. L. 2,854.3882 Bawidamann, J. A. 3,000.0082 DeAnthony, R. J. 3,000.0082 Nelson, C. E. 3,000.0082 Toon, C. E. 6,250.0086 Merz, D. T. 2,940.0090 Radowiecki, R. 2,879.1690 Thompson, H. L. 2,654.3495 Kruger, W. 3,000.0097 Coates, R. 2,740.0097 Flax, J. 3,000.0098 Kelly, J. J. 6,250.0098 Rourke, M. L. 6,250.00100 Anderson, H. A. 2,895.60102 Graziano, N. E. 2,942.39102 Quinn, W. H. 6,250.00103 Howarth, E. R. 3,000.00103 Kelleher, J. W. 3,000.00103 Lee, J. F. 3,000.00103 Riley, J. G. 3,000.00103 Sousa, D. W. 6,250.00105 Morrison, G. 3,000.00110 Franklin, J. C. 3,000.00110 Martin, D. L. 3,000.00112 Preszler, O. W. 3,000.00124 Ford, C. L. 3,000.00124 Hawkins, J. 3,000.00125 Cataford, R. G. 724.50125 Walters, A. B. 1,000.00126 Glessner, D. L. 3,000.00126 Oberlin, A. C. 3,000.00129 Snyder, C. L. 3,000.00130 Jackson, A. L. 12,500.00134 Bernardi, D. 3,551.06134 Boyce, J. M. 6,250.00134 Chada, W. A. 2,812.77134 Dawson, W. W. 3,000.00134 Hager, J. R. 2,964.51134 Hoffman, R. G. 2,943.30134 Kairies, H. 2,917.98134 Langan, J. E. 6,250.00134 O’Hare, J. H. 3,000.00134 Olivares, F. 2,941.06

134 Provenza, A. J. 3,000.00134 Roth, C. E. 3,000.00134 Sanchez, A. 6,250.00134 Simonik, F. J. 3,000.00134 Wegner, R. B. 3,000.00136 Neely, B. W. 12,500.00145 Runbom, K. R. 6,250.00159 Beilke, R. F. 2,864.00159 Brady, R. L. 2,924.78159 Chaudoin, W. E. 2,760.00159 Kalscheur, D. P. 12,500.00159 Karg, V. R. 6,250.00164 Connors, P. M. 4,746.68164 Lundin, R. D. 3,000.00164 Montemurro, A. 6,250.00164 Pensari, C. 4,222.92175 Arnold, L. D. 3,000.00175 Day, J. B. 2,918.00175 Putnam, E. W. 1,463.00175 Shelton, D. W. 2,883.00176 Hammen, T. E. 2,968.83176 LaMore, A. J. 3,000.00176 Meyerhoff, T. M. 734.20191 Aiken, R. G. 3,000.00191 Salazar, O. 3,000.00191 Talbert, W. E. 3,000.00191 Weiland, D. J. 6,135.00193 Pflug, L. L. 2,932.78194 Moore, D. E. 3,000.00204 Taplin, H. I. 3,000.00212 Heinzelman, D. W. 3,000.00222 Gilliam, D. R. 2,823.00226 Maggard, R. J. 3,000.00226 Walters, R. 3,000.00230 Archer, J. R. 2,924.00230 Wolfe, P. M. 6,250.00241 Towner, E. S. 2,884.00242 Cossalter, P. E. 12,500.00245 Ashton, J. A. 3,000.00245 Diehn, R. J. 1,500.00252 Jabkiewicz, J. S. 3,000.00258 Fulcher, D. H. 974.67258 Rector, G. 3,125.00265 Wellman, J. D. 6,250.00269 Michael, S. H. 3,000.00278 Haddick, M. N. 3,000.00278 Rudesal, E. A. 1,537.50280 Scott, C. S. 2,945.59292 Holmes, H. S. 3,000.00292 Larsen, R. S. 3,000.00292 Osborne, D. B. 2,931.18292 Young, H. D. 2,917.22294 Blake, R. O. 3,000.00295 Franks, C. T. 6,250.00300 Searle-Spratt, E. J. 2,949.73302 Ferrante, T. S. 6,250.00302 Wittmer, N. R. 6,250.00306 Justice, R. R. 2,916.50317 Minor, T. T. 2,961.05326 Hunt, L. W. 3,000.00332 Wheeler, H. I. 3,000.00340 Smith, W. J. 3,000.00340 Williams, W. E. 2,945.54

351 Debeer, V. P. 3,000.00351 Naphy, R. T. 12,500.00351 Smith, F. W. 12,500.00353 Finn, T. 12,500.00353 Sheppard, P. E. 3,000.00353 Storey, H. R. 2,918.38353 Vanderheyden, M. C. 3,125.00354 Boothe, D. J. 3,000.00354 Brower, F. D. 3,000.00354 Fry, R. B. 3,000.00362 Usher, W. C. 1,500.00363 Cristello, E. 4,471.42363 Miller, J. J. 3,000.00369 Howard, W. B. 2,817.54369 Mulkey, W. F. 3,000.00369 Stoltz, L. D. 3,000.00375 Foltz, R. J. 2,940.79387 Melvin, S. C. 6,250.00398 Shipes, J. A. 2,946.00400 Buckley, H. W. 2,899.50400 Hohmeier, J. R. 1,500.00400 Roslin, V. J. 3,000.00415 Davis, W. R. 3,000.00424 Check, A. M. 3,000.00429 Taylor, G. A. 3,000.00440 Riley, J. E. 3,000.00441 Adams, D. L. 6,250.00441 Hall, F. A. 3,000.00444 Boles, R. 3,000.00456 Orlowski, D. W. 3,000.00465 Maisen, E. R. 3,000.00465 Nessen, C. M. 2,943.99465 Slatter, C. E. 2,640.00474 Grissom, L. C. 3,000.00474 Halfacre, E. G. 3,000.00477 Root, F. D. 1,000.00480 Bates, T. J. 2,789.94483 Butler, V. R. 2,950.00490 Doucet, R. L. 3,000.00494 Fenske, E. F. 3,000.00494 Schauer, W. C. 3,000.00495 Anderson, B. M. 1,043.48499 Littlejohn, K. R. 3,000.00499 Williams, F. 3,000.00502 Moore, G. V. 6,250.00502 Weatherby, R. M. 3,000.00508 Hodges, W. C. 5,714.50532 Randall, L. H. 3,000.00540 Thompson, R. A. 6,250.00551 Duer, G. W. 1,500.00551 Lawrence, R. S. 3,000.00553 Ray, B. V. 3,000.00558 Watkins, T. L. 3,000.00567 Bouchie, M. E. 6,250.00569 Butcher, A. J. 3,000.00569 Gorman, L. E. 2,942.00569 Sanders, G. J. 2,945.59569 Scherer, S. S. 3,000.00569 Schmidt, M. R. 3,000.00573 Offerdahl, E. C. 3,000.00576 Barlow, R. D. 6,250.00584 Smith, R. L. 3,000.00586 Lamothe, R. L. 3,000.00


INMEMORIAMPBF Death Claims Approved for Payment in December 2007


595 Bliss, S. E. 3,000.00595 Brown, R. L. 3,000.00595 Dieckmann, D. R. 3,125.00596 Jones, W. M. 3,000.00606 Steak, J. C. 3,000.00613 Roberts, J. L. 750.00617 Bezayiff, C. J. 2,720.00625 Klatt, A. 6,250.00649 Adcock, D. P. 12,500.00654 Hassett, E. F. 2,876.37659 Spencer, J. A. 2,959.99661 Kretzer, D. L. 4,297.84665 Fox, L. J. 3,000.00666 Heath, K. W. 3,000.00668 Davis, D. D. 2,938.00684 Barrass, S. R. 2,937.58684 Wilbourne, L. P. 6,250.00702 Pool, J. T. 3,000.00712 Trombulak, T. 3,000.00716 Allison, J. D. 3,000.00716 Forrest, J. E. 3,000.00716 Fowler, W. J. 2,388.00716 Hood, W. N. 3,000.00716 Myers, D. J. 3,000.00721 Hall, A. F. 3,000.00721 Howard, C. C. 3,000.00721 Rye, W. C. 3,000.00728 Collett, H. M. 3,000.00728 Masters, J. R. 3,000.00728 Ordonez, J. C. 12,500.00

760 Armstrong, B. F. 3,000.00760 Mallicoat, R. E. 3,000.00760 Vandergriff, H. L. 2,696.00767 VanNorman, A. B. 3,000.00768 Hunt, R. J. 5,869.20768 Jackson, R. D. 2,900.46769 Grafe, J. H. 2,960.00773 Kispal, P. 3,000.00776 Carswell, K. E. 1,833.30807 Trusty, A. H. 3,000.00812 Heffner, J. L. 3,000.00852 Faulkner, T. J. 6,250.00873 Pasley, R. J. 3,000.00890 Buske, E. A. 3,000.00890 Schenk, E. R. 3,000.00894 Dixon, B. A. 6,250.00915 Brannon, C. F. 3,000.00915 Runkle, J. W. 6,250.00917 Davis, J. C. 6,250.00917 Morgan, J. P. 3,000.00949 Bartosch, A. R. 3,000.00949 Stehr, K. P. 3,000.00952 Escamilla, E. 3,000.00952 Young, F. N. 4,162.00953 Harshman, W. M. 12,500.00993 Rydde, C. J. 2,937.50995 Hargis, C. C. 1,500.001002 Snow, W. A. 3,000.001105 Canel, P. 3,000.001186 Kamida, R. S. 2,910.38

1186 Okuhata, S. 3,000.001186 Yabui, G. Y. 3,000.001186 Yamashita, G. N. 2,940.791212 Strysko, W. J. 3,000.001225 Riggs, R. L. 2,660.001245 Madigan, J. P. 4,166.661249 Cole, G. A. 3,000.001249 Kruger, H. R. 2,952.951249 Lotterio, J. J. 2,000.001319 Sullivan, C. M. 3,000.001377 Blankenship, J. 2,907.811393 Griffin, P. D. 2,953.001393 Wallace, L. Z. 3,000.001426 Robertson, C. J. 3,000.001547 Grocholski, A. 3,000.001701 Ambs, J. F. 3,000.001703 Moore, J. P. 2,807.941908 Ackman, D. W. 3,000.001937 Cooper, R. L. 3,000.001959 Parkell, W. B. 4,998.63

I.O. (134) Engstrom, R. L. 2,907.57I.O. (134) Labak, R. M. 6,250.00I.O. (1974) Stander, R. E. 4,115.98Pens. (276) Anderson, E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (323) Lamb, H. L. 3,000.00Pens. (637) Burgess, H. K. 3,000.00Pens. (1470) Luciano, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (1788) Freeman, F. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Briand, F. J. 2,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Comstock, W. D. 1,500.00

Pens. (I.O.) Dunlap, T. J. 2,939.18Pens. (I.O.) Gaffney, E. J. 2,865.56Pens. (I.O.) Geistler, F. A. 2,950.39Pens. (I.O.) Hazel, C. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Herrick, J. E. 2,500.00Pens. (I.O.) Hirsch, M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hodges, D. J. 2,311.44Pens. (I.O.) Jarmoluk, F. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Long, D. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lotesto, R. P. 2,960.00Pens. (I.O.) Marshall, D. P. 2,960.79Pens. (I.O.) Minakawa, D. S. 2,926.00Pens. (I.O.) Moreland, D. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Murray, M. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Nipps, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Pavone, F. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Romo, H. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Rue, M. J. 2,817.54Pens. (I.O.) Schrimscher, W. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Stewart, G. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Stoll, L. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Szerbat, S. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Walker, M. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Ware, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wharton, R. M. 2,932.00Pens. (I.O.) Yankowich, J. M. 2,868.00

Total Amount . . . . . . . . . . $1,296,308.60


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DECEMBER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETINGMINUTES AND REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

Chairman Pierson called this regular meeting ofthe International Executive Council to order at 8:30a.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2007. Other membersof the Council in attendance were Dowling,Goodwin, Calvey, Clarke, Calabro, Lucero,Schoemehl, and Lavin.

INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT HILLInternational President Edwin D. Hill met with the

International Executive Council a number of times todiscuss a variety of matters affecting all branches ofthe Brotherhood.

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER WALTERS

International Secretary-Treasurer Jon F. Walterspresented financial reports covering the IBEWPension Fund and the Investment Portfolio of theBrotherhood both in Canada and in the United States.

LEGAL DEFENSEPayments for legal defense made from the General

Fund were examined and approved in accordancewith the requirements of Article X, Section 1, of theIBEW Constitution.

FINANCIAL REPORTSThe International Secretary-Treasurer’s reports

for the various funds of the Brotherhood were presented to the International Executive Council,examined and filed.

PBF TRUSTEESThe International Executive Council, sitting as

the Trustees, along with the International Presidentand the International Secretary-Treasurer of the IBEWPension Benefit Fund, reviewed Fund investmentsand related matters.

INVESTMENTSThe report of the fund investment action by

the International President and by the InternationalSecretary-Treasurer since the last Council meetingwas presented to the International Executive Council,examined and approved.

LOCAL UNION UNDER INTERNATIONALOFFICE SUPERVISION

International President Hill advised the Councilthat there are no local unions under the supervisionof the International Office as of this meeting.

RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICERJohn F. Schantzen—effective August 1, 2007

International Vice President—IBEW Fifth District

RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICEEMPLOYEE

Jacqueline Watts—effective October 1, 2007General Office Clerk—Support Services

PER CAPITA OBJECTION PLANThe International Executive Council discussed the

IBEW Reporting Form for the Per Capita ObjectionPlan.

REVIEW OF RETIREE INCREASES FOR THEPENSION PLAN FOR THE INTERNATIONALOFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSISTANTS OF THE IBEW

Pursuant to a resolution adopted at the 1991Convention, the International President and theInternational Secretary-Treasurer are to periodicallyevaluate the current level of benefits being paid toretirees and the financial health of the Plan to deter-mine the feasibility of granting a cost-of-living increaseto retirees and spouses receiving a benefit. TheOfficers are to review the legal and actuarial feasibilityof such increases and, if warranted, make a recom-mendation to the IEC. The IP and the IS-T consultedwith counsel and with Plan actuaries and determinedthat it was not feasible to recommend a cost-of-livingincrease at this time.

CHARGES FILED WITH THE INTERNATIONALEXECUTIVE COUNCIL AGAINST JAMES B.RUDOLPH, RETIRED MEMBER OF LOCALUNION 134

On June 26, 2007, charges were filed with theInternational Executive Council against James B.Rudolph for violations of Article XI, Section 6(d)and Section 8 and Article XXV, Section 1(a), (e), and (f) of the IBEW Constitution, by Dennis W.Mahoney, a member and Business Representative

of IBEW Local Union 134, Chicago, Illinois.After a thorough review of the facts presented by

the hearing officer assigned by the InternationalOffice to investigate the matter, it is the determinationof the International Executive Council that BrotherRudolph is guilty of the charges brought against him.

It is further determined, by the InternationalExecutive Council, that as a result, we are directingthe International Secretary-Treasurer to suspendBrother Rudolph’s Pension Benefit Fund benefitsimmediately. Brother Rudolph is hereby directed toreturn all PBF benefits paid through remittance to theInternational Secretary-Treasurer’s office for thePension Benefit Fund covering the months of June2007 through the suspension date of December 12,2007. In addition, Brother Rudolph is directed to re-institute his membership through payment of per-capita from June 2007, ad-infinitum until such timethat work is ceased as prohibited by the aforemen-tioned sections of the International Brotherhood ofElectrical Workers’ Constitution. Moreover, any furtherviolations will also come under the purview of thelocal union bylaws and collective bargaining agree-ments encapsulated in the jurisdiction, in conjunctionwith this finding.

At the appropriate time, and with no further orfuture violations, Brother Rudolph will be welcometo reapply for those benefits to which he is entitled.

The appeal rights to the International Conventionare contained in Article XXV, Section (6), of theIBEW’s Constitution.

BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP TRAINING (BLTI)

After a lengthy discussion regarding theBreakthrough Leadership Training Institute (BLTI),that involved a video/telephone conference with theInternational Vice Presidents, it was regularly moved,seconded, and unanimously approved, by theInternational Executive Council to provide $75,000, tothe BLTI, for start up financing and to revisit theissue next year.

The request for funding was received on behalf ofthe BLTI, by Robbie Sparks, Business Manager ofIBEW Local Union 2127, former International VicePresident, Melvin Horton, and retired staff memberRoyetta Sanford.

NORMAL PENSIONSAPPROVED

The International ExecutiveCouncil approved 459 normalpension applications, as follows:

MEMBERSHIPIN L.U.

Barteau, Robert A. ....................................... 1 Wurth, Robert A. .......................................... 1 Heffner, Edward J. ...................................... 2 Blinderman, Yuly .......................................... 3 Cargle, Harold............................................... 3 Cioffi, Paul M................................................ 3 Clowery, Daniel J......................................... 3 Delgado, Walter............................................ 3Dillon, George M. ......................................... 3 Dixon, Winston E.......................................... 3 Fisher, Tyrone ............................................... 3 Forese, Joseph F. ......................................... 3 Garcia, Asdrubal ........................................... 3 Gayle, Phillip I. ............................................. 3 Georgioudakis, Gus ...................................... 3Giordano, Ronald.......................................... 3 Guerrera, John M......................................... 3Lagerstrom, William H................................. 3Lanzano, Carl ................................................ 3 Miller, Jack M. ............................................. 3 Reynolds, Frank J. ....................................... 3 Robert, Jose R. ............................................ 3 Rogovin, Steven............................................ 3 Sandie, Howard G. ....................................... 3 Stainkamp, Henry R..................................... 3 Swallick, Paul S. .......................................... 3 Sweeny, Richard J....................................... 3Ugalde, David ............................................... 3Voloshin, Damir ............................................ 3 Whitenack, Hugh E. ..................................... 3 Zernone, Domenick M. ................................ 3 Fordyce, Vernon I. ........................................ 5 Osborne, Warren B. ..................................... 5

Thomas, Edward G....................................... 5 Erhard, Ernest E........................................... 6 Nadle, Edward L........................................... 7 Kippen, Vern G. ............................................ 8 Pauken, James R. ........................................ 8 Bottando, Lenoard J.................................... 9 Johnson, Zack M. ........................................ 9 Wells, Rexie E. ............................................. 9 De Witt, Elvin H. ......................................... 11 Esworthy, Victor W..................................... 11Granados, Daniel M. ................................... 11 Grandpre, James L..................................... 11 Ishkhanian, Soghomon M. ......................... 11 Mc Carty, Donald E. ................................... 11 Paluska, William R. .................................... 11 Stone, David A. ........................................... 11 Taylor, James D. ......................................... 11 Bessine, James E. ..................................... 13 Holberg, Larry W........................................ 14 Miller, Howard R. ....................................... 16Duran, Alfredo............................................. 18 Lord, Ronald M. .......................................... 18 Socquet, George J. .................................... 18 Spears, James L. ....................................... 18 Elamin, Leo M. ........................................... 20 Grothe, Thomas M. .................................... 20 Penney, Charles W..................................... 20 Tinsley, Charles C. ..................................... 20 Rosenbaum, Dennis E. .............................. 22 Awalt, Robert L. ......................................... 24 Hadel, Howard L. ....................................... 24 Klees, Frederick J...................................... 25 Salkey, Cuthbert W.................................... 26 Simms, Joseph M. ..................................... 26 Brunn, Daryl W. ......................................... 38 Johnson, John G........................................ 38Church, David J. ........................................ 43 Barber, Lawrence J................................... 44 Mattila, John I............................................ 46Mattson, John R. ....................................... 46 Nguyen, Thao ............................................. 46 Snyder, Ken ................................................ 46

Williams, Daniel T. ..................................... 46 Anderson, Theodore W. ............................. 48 Bateman, James J. ................................... 48 Bray, David L.............................................. 48 Dials, Mitchel A. ......................................... 48 Hostetler, Albert A. .................................... 48 Manicke, Richard D. .................................. 48 Martinez, Adelaido M. ............................... 48 Morris, Howard........................................... 48 Monterastelli, Jerry ................................... 51 Swadener, Robert ...................................... 51 Querry, Lyle K............................................. 53 Sinnott, Michael E. .................................... 56 Matthews, Jack.......................................... 57 Newman, Robert R. ................................... 57 Carr, Frank J. ............................................. 58 Hensley, Richard L..................................... 58 Lafata, Frank S. ......................................... 58 Poteet, Everett E........................................ 58 Schauer, Vincent H. ................................... 58 Schoenith, Terry M. ................................... 58 Curry, William E......................................... 66 McLean, Orville R. ..................................... 66 Miller, Billy D.............................................. 66 Jackson, Jerry M. ..................................... 68 Brown, Douglas R. ..................................... 70Ellison, Kenneth E...................................... 76 Kolowinski, Emmett G. .............................. 76 Rauschert, Tyrone B. ................................. 76 Carlson, Patrick T....................................... 77 Cosby, Thomas E. ...................................... 77 Deadman, Robert C. .................................. 77 Harrison, Lawrence A. ............................... 77 Heiydt, Leland F. ........................................ 77 Lucas, Paul K. ............................................ 77 Newman, Robert D. ................................... 77Rushton, Jack D. ....................................... 77 Sullivan, Daniel O. ...................................... 77 Harris, Charles G........................................ 80Rolfe, William F.......................................... 80 Gamon, Steve W......................................... 82 Hynes, Joseph............................................ 86

Seeger, Harold J. ....................................... 86 Knypstra, James E. ................................... 89 Williamson, David T. .................................. 99 Parrish, Raymond C. ................................ 102 Kennedy, James H. .................................. 103 Koskinen, Jack L...................................... 103 Kullen, Carl P. ........................................... 103 McGarrell, Robert K. ................................ 103 Sheehan, Paul T. ...................................... 103 Cleveland, Paul D. .................................... 104 Riccio, John.............................................. 104 Ward, Robert E......................................... 104 Brunath, Peter S. ..................................... 105 Morgan, William E. .................................. 105 Murray, Alan R. ........................................ 105 Stock, Douglas C...................................... 106 Gamboni, Richard A.................................. 110 King, Gerald E. .......................................... 111 Starika, Joe J............................................ 111 Hunter, Robert A. ..................................... 112 Meads, Ivan L. .......................................... 112 Thompson, David A .................................. 112 Soroka, John R. ........................................ 115 Stephenson, Cecil T. ................................. 115 Amundson, James A................................ 125 McLain, Michael A. .................................. 125 Boaz, Marlin L. ......................................... 126 Kotulich, Joseph E................................... 126 Pinto, Allen W. ......................................... 126 Dours, David M. ....................................... 130 Ahern, Bart J. .......................................... 134 Buzay, Hans.............................................. 134 Cervantes, Ralph J. ................................. 134 Dooley, J R. .............................................. 134 Fitzmaurice, Richard R. .......................... 134 Kim, Seyong ............................................. 134 Metke, Gary A. ......................................... 134 Ohara, Patrick J....................................... 134 Parente, Frank.......................................... 134 Parkinson, William H. .............................. 134 Rebac, Viktor V. ....................................... 134 Santogrossi, Alfred R............................... 134

Wojciechowski, Stanley .......................... 134 Ferguson, Paul R. .................................... 136 Clady, Larry J........................................... 153 Schroeder, Howard C. ............................. 158 Beer, Richard F. ....................................... 160 Whelan, Robert ........................................ 160 Grinberg, Joseph...................................... 164 Stanin, Marinko ........................................ 164 Varian, Richard L...................................... 164 Maynard, Glen J. ...................................... 175Wall, William M. ....................................... 177 Johnson, Dale B....................................... 180 Nelson, Tyrone E. ..................................... 180 Mangione, Mike M. .................................. 191 Pederson, Maynard N. ............................. 191 Walker, Eugene L..................................... 194 Hartje, Therr E. ........................................ 196 Dibecelle, Philip M................................... 208 Grant, James E. ....................................... 212 Baxter, Bruce J........................................ 213 Fleming, John W...................................... 213 Koehn, David C......................................... 213 Maloney, Lawrence W. ............................ 213 Headen, Ernest F...................................... 222 Jordan, Doug............................................ 230 Landry, Daniel J. ..................................... 230 Owen, Howard M. .................................... 230 Barry, James T. ....................................... 233 Dibble, Donald B. ..................................... 234 Wallace, James R.................................... 234 Rawitz, Charles M. .................................. 236 Homich, Joseph E.................................... 242 Leather, Barrie ......................................... 254 Anderson, D L. ......................................... 258 Manning, James D. ................................. 258 McBride, Wilburt E. ................................. 258Procknow, Donald G. ............................... 258 Root, Jerry R. .......................................... 258 Willis, Terrence M.................................... 258 Bidwell, William R. .................................. 270 Pack, Kenneth C. ..................................... 270 Porter, Kenneth L. ................................... 275

Sanford, Ivan L......................................... 275 King, Franklin H. ...................................... 280 Luker, Russell A. ...................................... 280 Becker, Roger L. ...................................... 288 Alvarez, Ray.............................................. 291 Anderson, Norman E. .............................. 292 Fedie, Arthur H. ....................................... 292 Lindahl, Floyd E. ...................................... 292 Moon, Rodney D. ..................................... 301 Funk, Leslie N. ......................................... 302 Snodgrass, Kenneth W............................ 302 Gregory, Gordon W. ................................. 303Craig, Carl E. ............................................ 304 Cox, Robert L. .......................................... 309 Glass, Olin W............................................ 309Moss, Kenneth E...................................... 309 Connor, Joseph W. ................................... 317 Daniels, Bert E.......................................... 317 Rider, William D....................................... 322 Hawn, Blaine L. ........................................ 332 Olson, James F......................................... 332 Clothier, Lynwood T. ................................ 340 Gutterres, Luiz A. ..................................... 340 Thexton, Ronald G. .................................. 340 Stienessen, Daniel J................................ 343 Billings, Jay A. ......................................... 349 Brendle, James R. ................................... 349Del Valle, Roberto .................................... 349 Detoro, Mauricio A................................... 349 Johnson, Ronald L................................... 349 Morin, Jacques ........................................ 349 Shaver, James W. ................................... 350 Peckus, Robert......................................... 351 Barrow, Fred R. ....................................... 353 Bradley, John........................................... 353 De Marzi, Ercole ...................................... 353 Guillemette, Claude A. ............................ 353 Lazeron, Johann K................................... 353 Patno, John F. .......................................... 353 Radlein, Keith L. ...................................... 353 Renardson, Harold R. .............................. 353 Rye, Terry K. ............................................ 353


Simos, Athanasio ..................................... 353 Smith, John E. ......................................... 353 Young, John D.......................................... 353 Chaplin, William E. .................................. 354 Azbill, Jack ............................................... 357 Collins, Edward ........................................ 357 Deshong, Robert H. ................................. 357 May, Charles J. ........................................ 357 Prestwich, Dean L. .................................. 357 Roach, Donald E. ..................................... 357 Cacossa, Jerrie D. ................................... 363 Napolitano, Arlene ................................... 363 Scaglione, Mario ...................................... 363 Trocchia, Neal........................................... 363 Wood, William C. ..................................... 363 Barnes, Charles R.................................... 369 Bass, Charles J........................................ 369 Triplett, Raymond L. ................................ 369 Rumkevicius, Victor J. ............................ 380 Clark, Richard F. ...................................... 387 Riell, Herbert D. ....................................... 387 Burton, Robert J. .................................... 388 McNair, William R. .................................. 396 Bellopatrick, Nicholas J. ......................... 401 Melzo, Theodore F ................................... 401 Sellers, Larry L. ....................................... 405 Cronan, David ........................................... 420 Bolton, James R. ..................................... 424 Eisenbarth, Ronald .................................. 424 Engler, Albrecht ....................................... 424 English, Ken S. ......................................... 424 Howarth, John ......................................... 424 Hunter, Robert W..................................... 424 Lewis, Walter ........................................... 424 Robinson, Peter G. ................................... 424 Rosa, William L. ....................................... 424 Shaw, Robert W. ...................................... 424 Smail, Brian.............................................. 424 Tanton, Ronald J...................................... 424 Twerdochlib, Anton .................................. 424 Parris, Carl D............................................ 429 Hogard, Morris B. .................................... 430 Anderson, John S. ................................... 441 Merrill, George O. .................................... 443 Morgan, Michael D. ................................. 449 O’Connor, Patrick J. ................................ 449 Batte, Laurance E. ................................... 474 Scott, William L. ....................................... 474 Stephens, Billie E. .................................... 474 Barnes, Leon N......................................... 477 Stewart, Bob H......................................... 477Goodwin, William L. ................................. 479 Hanson, Richard T.................................... 479 Jackson, David L...................................... 479 White, David J. ........................................ 481 Barca, Thomas J. .................................... 490 Crawford, Norman S. .............................. 490 Bagley, Richard J. ................................... 494 Ripple, Ralph T......................................... 494 Hansen, Allan A........................................ 502 Hansen, Douglas H. ................................. 502 Miller, Johnny A....................................... 527 Fraser, John L.......................................... 530 Bancroft, Keith C. .................................... 531 Bayse, David E. ........................................ 553 Latta, David E. ......................................... 553 Alexander, Charles E. .............................. 558 McCollister, Jerry S. ............................... 558 Roberts, Donald R. .................................. 558 Storey, Thomas E. ................................... 558 Bergeron, Pierre ...................................... 568 Goudreault, Michel .................................. 568 Neal, Thomas C........................................ 569 McCall, Luther L. ..................................... 584 Shouse, James R..................................... 584 Dumoulin, Claude R................................. 586 Bohon, Jerry D. ....................................... 595 Norcross, Michael W. .............................. 606 Wakley, Darrell L. .................................... 606 Brown, Carl D. .......................................... 611 Rasmussen, Leland .................................. 611 Turner, Jerry D. ........................................ 611 Colbert, James A. .................................... 613 Long, Rodney D........................................ 613 Townsend, Archie L. ................................ 613 Maurer, John R. ....................................... 617 Buckley, Craig W. .................................... 625 Christie, Wayne F. .................................... 625 Giedraitis, Robert P. ................................ 640 Ingui, Joseph A. ....................................... 640 Paul, Dale G. ............................................ 640 Spencer, William C.................................. 640Kirby, James A. ....................................... 648 Sop, Steve ................................................ 654 Beitelspacher, Wayne F. ......................... 659 Curtis, Charles I. ...................................... 659 Olson, Dale L. ........................................... 659 Saunders, Robert E. ................................ 659 Sech, Charles ........................................... 659 Lillmars, Luke D....................................... 665 Pate, James M. ........................................ 676 Piehl, Robert G......................................... 676 Mock, David A. ......................................... 688Merrifield, Arthur C. ................................ 697Phillips, Thomas A. .................................. 700 Berkel, Charles E. .................................... 702 Darnell, Lindy R. ...................................... 702 Tappan, E.Charles .................................... 702 Bonifacini, Raymond P. ........................... 716 Fullerton, Patrick B.................................. 716 Hicks, Jerry T. .......................................... 716

Lawrence, Glen W. ................................... 716 Campbell, Colin A..................................... 728 Knight, Randolph C.................................. 728 Graham, James H. ................................... 733 Moore, Edwin B. ...................................... 756 Nelson, Robert W..................................... 756 Foster, James R. ..................................... 760 Gouin, Thomas P. ..................................... 760 Keenan, Allan H. ...................................... 760 Pemberton, Dennis L............................... 760 Stanford, Ted L. ....................................... 760 Elkins, Daniel R. ....................................... 767 Hillman, Carleton R. ................................ 784 Dick, Derek ............................................... 804 Hobgood, Jerry K. .................................... 816 Nichols, Gene A. ....................................... 816 Erman, Donald L. ..................................... 890 Dowdall, Marvin W. ................................. 894 Pleau, Ronald I......................................... 894 Robertson, William G. ............................. 894 Walker, Glenn D....................................... 894 Adcock, Jerrel W. .................................... 903 Inabinette, Marshall R............................. 903 Pickett, Terrell W. .................................... 903 Russ, Jimmy G......................................... 903 Stolica, Darryl .......................................... 903 Roberts, Lester S. .................................... 915 Edwards, Robert H. ................................. 934 Harr, James C. ......................................... 934 King, Larry W. .......................................... 934 Sveiven, John R. ...................................... 952 Wigal, James V. ....................................... 968 Brennan, James E. .................................. 969 Rice, Ben F. .............................................. 986 Billings, William L. ................................. 1002 Kristiansen, Bjorn................................... 1003 Smith, Patrick .......................................... 1116 Cleveland, Buford R. .............................. 1141 Dodd, Richard M. ................................... 1141 Musick, Roger L. .................................... 1141 Inouye, Roy M. ........................................ 1186 Dyer, David A. ........................................ 1205Dixon, Howard M. .................................. 1245 Koutnik, Harold J. ................................. 1245Vaughn, Durand C. ................................ 1245 Swoyer, Harry W. ................................... 1319Campbell, John P. ................................. 1340 Kuhen, Howard P. .................................. 1377Walia, Ajit S. ........................................... 1377 Weardon, Thomas A. ............................. 1377 Jennings, Jerome H.............................. 1393 Simon, William A. .................................. 1393 Scott, Michael W. .................................. 1439 Baker, Darrell C...................................... 1547 Farr, Oscar J. ......................................... 1547Harper, Harvey L. ................................... 1547 Schumacher, Alfred C. .......................... 1631 Evans, Paul R. ........................................ 1852 Hanley, John A....................................... 1852 Janecek, Victor L. .................................. 1920 Thomas, Robert...................................... 1925 Levasseur, Henry J. .............................. 2085 Meilleur, Maurice................................... 2085 Johnson, John A. ................................... 2150 Hare, Laurie W. ...................................... 2166 Frizzell, Robert A. .................................. 2286 Wareham, Edison................................... 2330

CARD IN FORMERLYTHE I.O. OF L.U.

Heckman, Lawrence E................................. 5 Kost, Robert E. ............................................. 5 Santone, Patrick E. ...................................... 5 Sillaman, Larry N. ........................................ 5 Neiditch, Melvin L....................................... 11 Turner, Thomas N. ...................................... 11 Burke, Joseph A. ....................................... 68 Ryan, Terrance M....................................... 76 Dudley, Robert L. ....................................... 77 Grundhoefer, Duane J.............................. 110 Miller, Charles A. ..................................... 126 Holm, John K. .......................................... 134 Lyons, Richard C. ..................................... 134 McKenna, James E.................................. 134 Wilfinger, Lawrence M............................ 134 Gober, Carl R. .......................................... 136Kelley, James D. ...................................... 180 Woody, Stanley J. ................................... 238 Brake, James H. ...................................... 245 Biggs, Harry F. ......................................... 261 Alexander, Roger D. ................................ 280 Herman, Kirk G. ....................................... 292 Storms, Roger H. ..................................... 292 Okabayashi, Stanley S............................. 340Williams, Edward P.................................. 340 Fay, Charles N.......................................... 352 Westberry, Ernest A. ............................... 359 Sedlowsky, Alexander ............................. 424 Zaremba, Thomas P................................. 591 Wood, Thomas B...................................... 701 Rowell, H Cully......................................... 820 Strawn, Jimmy B..................................... 852 Goddard, Walter M. ................................. 859 Inzone, Michael A................................... 1049 Cournoyer, Walter R. ............................. 1638 Jones, Willard......................................... 1753 Farmer, Johnny W. ................................ 2113 Long, David M. ....................................... 2297

OPTIONAL EARLY RETIREMENTPENSIONS APPROVED

The International ExecutiveCouncil approved 711 optionalearly retirement pension bene-fits applications, as follows:

MEMBERSHIPIN L.U.

Causey, Gary A. ............................................ 1 Conley, Richard R. ....................................... 1 Friedrich, Jon P. ........................................... 1 Harmon, Clellie B. ........................................ 1 Kingston, Harold R. ...................................... 1 Krueger, William W...................................... 1 Maddock, Lawrence A. ................................ 1 Metje, Walter J. ........................................... 1 Mock, Michael G. ......................................... 1 Simpson, Jerry C. ........................................ 1 Velasco, Anthony J ...................................... 1 Viehland, Randal M...................................... 1 Weber, Gary F............................................... 1 Wright, Frank O............................................ 1 Gober, Ronald J. .......................................... 2 Baez, Pedro................................................... 3 Brehm, George ............................................. 3 Camoia, Ralph G. ......................................... 3 Christopher, Fitzroy A.................................. 3 Cohen, Howard B. ........................................ 3 Cristiano, Robert J. ..................................... 3 Daniel, Robert N........................................... 3 Davis, Dennis G. ........................................... 3 Degeorge, Donald R..................................... 3 Duffell, Robert W. ........................................ 3 Ehrnsperger, Frank X. ................................. 3 Faulkner, Austin R. ...................................... 3 Fixsen, John H. ............................................ 3 Furhang, Boris .............................................. 3 Glennon, Kenneth......................................... 3 Harper, Lester............................................... 3 Hartenstein, Jay S. ...................................... 3 Hernandez, Alvaro ........................................ 3Huneke, Joel S. ............................................ 3 Ilardo, John .................................................. 3 Isaac, Osville I. ............................................. 3 Kramer, Richard ........................................... 3 Kronyak, Martin A. ....................................... 3Lehman, Marcus W...................................... 3 Longden, Arthur W....................................... 3 Medina, Robert............................................. 3 Migliardi, John J.......................................... 3 Mills, William D. ........................................... 3Minott, Cecil G. ............................................ 3 Morris, Carl C. .............................................. 3 Nechamkin, Marvin N. ................................. 3O Dwyer, John P. ......................................... 3 O’Connor, Michael M. .................................. 3 Oh, Moon J. .................................................. 3 Osborne, Fernando....................................... 3 Pettigrew, James ......................................... 3Rosa, Robert ................................................. 3Sullivan, Alan J. ........................................... 3Valenti, Mark A. ............................................ 3 Veglie, Roger ................................................ 3 Venerose, Nancy A. ...................................... 3 Verdi, Vincent J............................................ 3Wagner, Nicholas P. ..................................... 3 Weber, John C. ............................................ 3 White, Patrick J. .......................................... 3 Neff, Charles R. ............................................ 5 Ma, Yuyin ...................................................... 6 Welter, Perry J............................................. 6 Youngdale, Gary R. ...................................... 6 Gatesman, Paul A......................................... 7 Hellem, Richard F......................................... 8 Like, Thomas M............................................ 8 Wisniewski, Thomas S................................. 8 Alexander, Sam........................................... 11 Babcock, Fred E. ........................................ 11 Bendall, Harry L.......................................... 11 Brunette, John F......................................... 11 Elwood, Edward O. ..................................... 11 English, John D. ......................................... 11 Hallberg, Howard A. ................................... 11 Hawkins, James R...................................... 11 Kenney, Richard T. ..................................... 11 Malone, Glenn L.......................................... 11 Meadows, Ronney L. .................................. 11Miller, Gary A. ............................................. 11 Royalty, Malcolm B. ................................... 11 Sand, James A............................................ 11 Brunk, Steven D. ........................................ 13 Ascheman, Alfred W. ................................. 14 Roemhild, Robert E. .................................. 14 Snooks, Gilbert L........................................ 16Adams, Robert R. ....................................... 18 Romack, Allen L. ........................................ 18 Corley, Stephen J. ..................................... 20 Forsythe, Larry D. ...................................... 20 Geuea, Lawrence E.................................... 20 Norton, David D.......................................... 20 Russell, Larry J.......................................... 20 Steele, Francis............................................ 20 Grosse, William B. ..................................... 21 Mason, Roger T. ......................................... 22 Bley, Leslie E.............................................. 24 Ritgert, Marcus J. ..................................... 24 Spetzler, Robert C. .................................... 24 Thomas, Donald H...................................... 24 Corbett, James M. ..................................... 25

Dickin, John ............................................... 25 Dwyer, Michael T. ...................................... 25 Gates, George A. ........................................ 25 Kelly, Michael ............................................. 25 Lanzarotta, Frank L. .................................. 25 Massey, Francis G...................................... 25 Ryan, William R. ........................................ 25 Warren, Kenneth L..................................... 25 Blair, Gary A. .............................................. 26 Comploier, Frank F..................................... 26 Hall, William J............................................ 26 McArtor, Michael R.................................... 26 Sours, Duane H. ......................................... 26 Bradford, Wilbur H. ................................... 32 Pedigo, Gaylord .......................................... 34 Stenger, Frank L. ....................................... 34 Bjorkman, Leonard C................................. 35 Bonday, Glendon L. ................................... 35 Gordon, David R. ........................................ 35 Cesa, Nick R. .............................................. 38 Damante, Charles ...................................... 38 Dusek, Frank T. .......................................... 38 Engelke, Glenn L........................................ 38 Gutkowski, Paul J...................................... 38 Mraz, Jerome J. ........................................ 38 Scanlon, Charles E. ................................... 38 Schmenk, William R. ................................. 38 Suhadolnik, David P. .................................. 38 Tallon, Ronald J. ........................................ 38 Tellefsen, John W. ..................................... 38 Urban, Dennis A. ........................................ 38 Wiemels, George J. ................................... 38 Johnston, Dale C. ...................................... 41 Cookson, Wayne A. .................................... 42 O’Leary, James F. ...................................... 43 Sheehan, Thomas M. ................................. 43 Carleton, Loren T. ...................................... 46 Chelin, Gary B. ........................................... 46 Krznar, Steve .............................................. 46 Renner, James G. ...................................... 46 Wonner, William H..................................... 46 Rose, Charles R. ......................................... 47 Rowley, James R. ...................................... 47 Adams, James L. ....................................... 48 Bowen, Edward A. ..................................... 48Dolin, Eldridge L. ....................................... 51 Killion, Gerald W. ....................................... 51 Rohatsch, Stephen R. ................................ 53 Weaver, Eldon C......................................... 57 Conflitti, Gerald H. ..................................... 58Gebauer, George J. ................................... 58 Golob, Larry D. ........................................... 58 Luedtke, Dennis F. ..................................... 58 Peters, Fredrick R...................................... 58 Pouttu, Thomas R. ..................................... 58Stoliker, James L....................................... 58 Weston, Kenneth A. ................................... 60 Childress, Will S......................................... 66Garza, Juan M............................................ 66 Dexter, Lawrence L. .................................. 68 Knotts, James A. ....................................... 68 Martinez, Gilbert ........................................ 68 Thomas, Terrell B....................................... 68 Trinidad, Felix C. ........................................ 68Williams, James H..................................... 68 Becker, Richard J. ..................................... 77 Cooper, Dencil M. ...................................... 77 Drakulich, Kenneth E................................. 77 Grigware, James D. ................................... 77Hilliard, James W....................................... 77Gurganus, Danny L. ................................... 80 Skipper, Ronald E. ..................................... 80 Stoudt, Jerrold W. ..................................... 80 Alley, John E. ............................................. 82 Reich, Rolf D. ............................................. 82 Choromanskis, John .................................. 86 Hartz, Robert W. ........................................ 86 Oddo, James R. ......................................... 86 Gaudio, Joseph A....................................... 90 Gloria, Manuel A. ....................................... 90 Chad, Donald G. ......................................... 96 Anderson, Bruce F. .................................... 98 Digeambeardino, Louis.............................. 98 Gillespie, John F. ....................................... 98 Hardy, William R. ....................................... 98Hughes, William J. .................................... 98 Matters, Joseph R. .................................... 98 McCausland, James F. .............................. 98 Patane, Samuel M. .................................... 98 Rosato, James J........................................ 98 Sheppard, Leonard A................................. 98 Timmons, Franklin J.................................. 98 Tomkinson, David H. .................................. 98 Wood, William ............................................ 98 Keegan, Robert B. ..................................... 99McGee, John I............................................ 99 Parente, Anthony R. .................................. 99 Tabele, William T........................................ 99 Cox, Willis M............................................. 100 Hatcher, Joel W. ...................................... 100 Longwell, Raymond E. ............................. 100 Napoli, Donald R. ..................................... 100 Dugan, Thomas F. .................................... 102 Graham, Wellington C.............................. 102 Novak, Robert J. ...................................... 102 Ruban, Raymond C. ................................. 102 Burke, William J. ..................................... 103 Federico, Mario G..................................... 103 Glynn, Michael G. ..................................... 103 Goldman, David H. ................................... 103 Hann, Francis M. ...................................... 103

Leston, Peter M........................................ 103 Maher, Raymond J. ................................. 103 Marcucella, George G. ............................. 103 Pedone, James S. .................................... 103 Puma, Michael D. ..................................... 103 Robb, William F. ....................................... 103 Walsh, Richard A...................................... 103 Cornell, Steven L. ..................................... 104 Arnold, Royce S........................................ 105 Bourne, Gordon K. ................................... 105 Fradette, Gerard....................................... 105 Sutherland, Philip V. ................................ 105 Eilitz, Ronald W......................................... 110 Gustafson, Michael R. .............................. 110 Heinl, Richard F......................................... 110 Hoglund, David E. ..................................... 110 Lyle, Thomas L. ......................................... 110 Mortimer, Michael T. ................................ 110 Peterson, Winston C................................. 110 Wallace, Theartis...................................... 112 Wells, Terry R............................................ 115 Deruse, John A. ....................................... 124 Smith, Ira W. ............................................ 124 Briggs, Rodney W. ................................... 125 Moore, Douglas C. ................................... 125 Nelson, David L. ....................................... 125 Reiswig, Kenneth R. ................................ 125 Wheeler, John R. ..................................... 125 Gordon, Wesley F. .................................... 126 Gerding, Charles R. ................................. 130 Henry, Wilmer J. ..................................... 130 Houston, James E. .................................. 130 Lincoln, Daniel J...................................... 130 Ourso, Clinton P. ...................................... 130 Brennan, Edward J.................................. 134 Colbert, Martin T...................................... 134 Erickson, John D. .................................... 134 Frankenberger, James A. ....................... 134 Jones, Louis D. ........................................ 134 Mouflouzelis, John................................... 134 Olson, Elmer W. ....................................... 134 Rams, Richard J. ..................................... 134 Reardon, Gerald M................................... 134 Schultz, John W....................................... 134 Steele, Marshall ....................................... 134 Sylvester, Samuel .................................... 134 Tortorice, Sam K. ..................................... 134 Weaver, William F.................................... 136 Hall, Edgar W. .......................................... 141 Bohr, Glenn I. ........................................... 143 McAllister, Robert G. ............................... 143 Rodenhaber, Hansford P. ........................ 143 Sangree, David H. .................................... 143 Gooch, Ronald A. ..................................... 145 Rohwedder, Roger ................................... 145Allen, John E............................................ 146 Friend, Steven M. .................................... 146 Bell, Bruce C. ........................................... 150Templeton, David A. ................................. 150 Miller, Nilas L. .......................................... 153 Schleis, Daniel L. ..................................... 158 Bledsoe, Lloyd C. ..................................... 159 Braun, Bernard E. .................................... 159 Riechman, Thomas S............................... 159Roeschlein, Michael E. ............................ 160 Switzer, Ernest D. .................................... 160 Malocheski, Joseph J.............................. 163 Morgan, Joseph R.................................... 163 Allen, Robert C. ........................................ 164 Becker, Edward C. ................................... 164 Boyd, Clayton ........................................... 164 Clarkson, Kent D. ..................................... 164 Crane, James V. ....................................... 164 Lisowski, John P. ..................................... 164 Smith, James F. ....................................... 164 Chapman, James D.................................. 175 Ivy, Taylor P............................................... 175 Stilwell, Philip R. ...................................... 175 Swafford, Bob S. ...................................... 175 Tidwell, Ronnie G. .................................... 175 Frederick, Eugene T. ................................ 176 Zbacnik, Kenneth ..................................... 176 Allen, William R. ....................................... 177 Davis, Larry ............................................... 177 Himes, Elmer E. ........................................ 177Tucker, William B. .................................... 177 Wallace, Danny J. .................................... 177 Feigel, Keith E. ......................................... 180 Poyser, Larry J......................................... 180 Price, Jack R............................................ 180 Richardson, William F. ............................. 191 Beezley, Robert W. .................................. 193 Decroix, Charles J. .................................. 193 Harney, Jimmie D. ................................... 193 Moore, Raymond W. ................................ 193 Newport, Charles J. ................................. 193 Reece, Lawrence...................................... 197 Blanchet, Gary L. ..................................... 212 Brockhoff, Lawrence A. .......................... 212 Ernst, Mark W. ......................................... 212 Lebar, John P. .......................................... 212 Pharo, Gary L. .......................................... 212 Vinup, Russell F........................................ 212 Wedgewood, Donald H. ........................... 212 Windholtz, Roger M................................. 212 Jablonka, Heinz G.................................... 213 Nosek, Vladimir J. ................................... 213 Payne, Dana R.......................................... 213 Stienstra, Harry........................................ 213 Baker, Gary G. .......................................... 219 Deterra, David J....................................... 223

Lewis, Herbert R. ..................................... 223 McGinnis, Gregory C. .............................. 226 Roberts, Donald ....................................... 226 Duttera, Craig W. ..................................... 229 Lanes, Charles R. ..................................... 233 Welsh, William G. .................................... 242 Hollis, Richard S. ..................................... 252 Mitchell, George C. .................................. 252 Murphy, Richard M.................................. 252 Pepper, William H.................................... 252 Clarke, Richard R..................................... 254 Luff, Dennis N. ......................................... 269 McNally, Roy D......................................... 270 Hon, Charles R. ........................................ 271 Anderson, Douglas R. .............................. 275 Grenell, Jack ............................................ 275 Hamstra, Bernard..................................... 275 Mallison, Denis H. .................................... 275 Manasek, Jerry J..................................... 278 Boozel, Raymond D. ................................ 291 Fisher, Dennis K....................................... 291 Boyer, Donald E. ...................................... 292 Fernholz, John A. ..................................... 292 Feuerstein, Vincent L. ............................. 292 Nelson, John H......................................... 292 Soyring, E Rodney ................................... 292 Swenson, Wayne P. ................................. 292 Taylor, Paul A. .......................................... 292 Walters, Forrest R. .................................. 292 Lynch, Lloyd R. ........................................ 295 Provost, Leon J. ....................................... 300 McPeak, Cynthia J. ................................. 302 Wall, Arthur .............................................. 303 Foote, Marvin E. ...................................... 305 Beckes, Eugene N. .................................. 306 Betz, James G. ........................................ 306 Hudson, Bentley W. ................................. 306 Pusa, David W. ......................................... 309 Manlove, Lambert W. .............................. 313 Preston, Michael J. .................................. 317 Sparre, Jack W. ....................................... 322 Hollenbeck, Dale K. ................................. 325 McGlone, Raymond F............................... 325 Green, Danny A. ....................................... 332 Hupf, Raymond J..................................... 332 Leal, Mark R. ............................................ 332 Peredia, Arthur......................................... 332 Toussaint, John L..................................... 332 Wade, Franklin E. .................................... 332 Beard, Charles H...................................... 340Nelson, Steven C...................................... 340 Krzmarzick, Charles E. ............................ 343 Squires, Douglas P. .................................. 343 Tiede, Ronald A. ....................................... 343 Montgomery, Westley ............................. 345Bellis, Thomas A. ..................................... 347 Kraai, James G......................................... 347 Lee, Walter B. .......................................... 347 Ryan, Daniel L. ......................................... 347 Goldberg, Robert ..................................... 349 Mole, Robert C. ........................................ 349 Pate, Robert C. ........................................ 349 Spratlin, Raymond E. .............................. 349 Stewart, Thomas W. ................................ 349Degley, Joseph ........................................ 351 Gambino, Joseph R. ................................ 351 Hutchison, Edward E. .............................. 351 McCarson, Eugene L. .............................. 351 Reed, Edward L. ...................................... 351 Tracy, James J. ....................................... 351 Woods, Edwards D. ................................. 351 Codispoti, Mario ....................................... 353 De Angelis, Franco .................................. 353 Gill, Garry W............................................. 353 Hill, Simon A............................................. 353 Lamb, Stanley B. ..................................... 353 Little, Alan R. ........................................... 353 Mateer, Ken.............................................. 353 McCann, Thomas D. ................................ 353 Merenda, Francesco ................................ 353 Morrow, William N................................... 353 Parkin, John L. ........................................ 353 Saivola, Raimo A...................................... 353 Singleton, William.................................... 353 Squelch, Stephen X. ................................ 353 Stephenson, Gordon T. ............................ 353 Studor, Gerald A. ..................................... 353 Terveld, Jake............................................ 353 Townsend, Robert T................................. 353 Plett, Robert D. ........................................ 354 Roberts, Charles G. ................................. 354 Duarte, Manuel E. .................................... 357 Gardner, Donald E. .................................. 357 Kimball, Roy A.......................................... 357 Kyle, Robert P. ......................................... 357 Janis, Danny ............................................ 359 Brand, Frank C......................................... 363 Brown, Joseph A. .................................... 364 Roach, Gordon R...................................... 364 Schimmoler, Richard A. .......................... 364 Smith, Russell T. ...................................... 364 Kleppinger, Thomas A. ............................ 375 Vanhoy, Jerry B. ...................................... 379 Kranz, Peter O.......................................... 380Abel, Phillip E........................................... 388 Westberg, Norman L. .............................. 388 Ridenour, Terry L. .................................... 396 Jacobson, Ronald L................................. 400 Palmer, William H.................................... 400 Brioady, Patrick J.................................... 401 Olson, Loyall ............................................. 401


Cain, Michael L. ....................................... 405 Fanning, Paul D. ....................................... 415 Niadzialek, Richard T............................... 424 Rusnak, Taras ........................................... 424 Finado, Frank F. ....................................... 428 Granheim, James A. ................................ 428 Styron, Lonnie M. .................................... 428 Cameron, Joseph M. ............................... 429 Frazier, Milton L....................................... 429 Hall, John L. ............................................. 429 Patterson, Joe D. ..................................... 429 Pulley, James D. ...................................... 429 Travis, Robert P. ....................................... 429 Bratton, Gordon A.................................... 436 Downing, Charles H. ................................ 441 Dunham, John S. ..................................... 441 Jarosh, Edward R. ................................... 441 Kinsley, Richard L.................................... 441 Thomson, Alan R...................................... 441 Weidig, Leonard ....................................... 445 Weinberg, Phillip D.................................. 445 Henry, Richard M. ................................... 449 Dolci, Anthony.......................................... 456 Lombardo, Anthony ................................. 456 Rittenhouse, Charles E. .......................... 459 West, Lyman C. ........................................ 461 Carney, Marion N..................................... 466 Samples, William H. ................................ 466 Scott, Dell M. ........................................... 466 Johnson, David K. .................................... 474 Feely, Daniel C. ........................................ 481 Harker, Thomas M. .................................. 481 Leach, Thomas P. .................................... 481 Bigham, David J. ..................................... 488 Madar, Joseph J. .................................... 488 Damkoehler, Greg A. ............................... 494 Donaubauer, Michael P. .......................... 494 Miller, David A.......................................... 494 Raduenz, Chuck R. .................................. 494 Richter, Kenneth L. ................................. 494 Stangel, Andrew E. .................................. 494 Wood, Thomas F. ..................................... 494 Zimmerman, Gerald W. ........................... 494 Brown, Chester W. .................................. 505 Rembert, Alexander................................. 505Sollie, Donald E........................................ 505 Carey, David G. ........................................ 512 Chesley, Ronald J. ................................... 518 Johnson, Jay............................................ 520 Lisenbee, Marion L. ................................. 527McLaren, Jerry W. ................................... 527 Moskol, Robert J. .................................... 529 Blakey, Robert H. .................................... 530 Greer, Larry E. ......................................... 531 Reuille, Larry R. ....................................... 531 Switzer, Keith E. ...................................... 531 Geiser, Ronald D. ..................................... 540 Gregory, George D................................... 540 Icardi, Frank L.......................................... 540 Arnold, William K..................................... 558 Hughes, Daniel W. ................................... 558 Irons, Kenneth G...................................... 558 Jones, Arvil E........................................... 558 Robbins, James R. .................................. 558Tomlinson, John S. .................................. 558 Menard, Normand.................................... 568 Cochran, Kenneth M. .............................. 569 Marron, Archie O. .................................... 569 Thompson, Denver F................................ 569Wicklund, Craig R. .................................. 569Matiz, Larry D........................................... 575 Flynn, William F. ...................................... 576 Arellano, Hector F. ................................... 583 Craven, Gary L. ........................................ 584 Bruyere, Jean P. ...................................... 586 Coufal, Eugene......................................... 595 Jensen, Bruce R. ..................................... 595 Smith, John D.......................................... 595 Wulbern, Richard H. ................................ 595 Dale, Darrell R.......................................... 601 Green, Gordon L....................................... 601 Shaw, Charles T. ...................................... 601 Hill, Jimmy G. .......................................... 602 Russell, Pat O........................................... 602 Geric, Richard .......................................... 606Jacobs, Paul D......................................... 606 Mueller, Gary C........................................ 606 Purkis, Ross ............................................. 606 Ripple, Perry W........................................ 606 Spier, Earl J. ............................................ 606 White, Robert S. ...................................... 606 Griffith, Raymond L. ................................ 607 Lujan, Armando V. .................................... 611 Wilkinson, John W. .................................. 611 Davis, Jimmy V. ....................................... 613 Gillespie, Kenneth P................................. 613 Hall, Eddie E............................................. 613 Hendricks, Donald W. .............................. 613 Hunnicutt, William H. .............................. 613 Sellers, Thomas E. ................................... 613 White, David K. ........................................ 613 Casazza, Marco A. .................................... 617 Blackadar, Robert M. .............................. 625 Meixsell, Robert D. .................................. 640Todd, Terry L. ........................................... 640 Warne, Craig P. ........................................ 640 Cox, Thomas E. ........................................ 649 Walker, Gary L. ........................................ 649 Mays, James J. ....................................... 654Parker, James E. ..................................... 654 Ray, Jon E................................................ 654

Barber, Douglas M................................... 659 Collins, Richard B. ................................... 659 Bosanic, John J....................................... 665 Verlin, Joseph .......................................... 665 Hitechew, Harry F. ................................... 666 Neale, Wayne E........................................ 666 Pilley, Terry A........................................... 666 Keller, Kenneth D. .................................... 673 Schultz, David D. ...................................... 673 Tucker, John J. ........................................ 676 Arthur, Robert S. ..................................... 683 Fitzpatrick, Wayne C. .............................. 683 Horner, James E...................................... 683 Jackson, Joe H. ....................................... 683 Moats, Charles W..................................... 683 Jetmund, Ronald R.................................. 697 Nelson, Russell J. .................................... 697 Newcomb, Donald N. ............................... 697 Oliver, Ronald T........................................ 697 Kirley, John O. ......................................... 701 Klein, Leland L. ........................................ 701 Leonard, Ronald R. .................................. 701 Barnett, Billy W........................................ 702 Russell, David S. ...................................... 702 Smarsh, Donald J. ................................... 712 Wilson, Burton A...................................... 712 Engstrom, Bruce B. ................................. 714 Rebel, Kenneth J. .................................... 714 Rose, Louis P. ........................................... 714 Mallow, Jackie L. ..................................... 716 Payne, Michael D. .................................... 721 McPike, Jack E. ....................................... 725 Neidigh, Fred J. ....................................... 725 Angeletti, Allen ......................................... 728 Berger, Charles A..................................... 728 Cox, Ralph L. ............................................ 728 Hill, Raymond C. ...................................... 728 Irwin, Donald H. ....................................... 728 Marinelli, Ronald P. .................................. 728 Nydam, John W........................................ 728 Oswald, James F. ..................................... 728 Brown, James A....................................... 743 Groff, Richard H. ...................................... 743 Loose, Ronald J. ...................................... 743 Okonski, William J. .................................. 743 Aslinger, Alonzy........................................ 760 Breeden, Kenneth F. ................................ 760 Hembree, James H.................................. 760 Kirksey, John E........................................ 769 Kloppenburg, Alois ................................... 773Shanbaum, Murray .................................. 773 Smith, Ronald G. ...................................... 773 Hutto, Frank B.......................................... 776 Lucas, Charles E. ..................................... 776 Poole, James L. ....................................... 776Smith, William R. ..................................... 776 Gatcke, Peter M. ...................................... 804 Mederak, Ronald...................................... 804Rourke, Clyde B. ...................................... 804 Rose, Ralph T. .......................................... 816 Francisco, John L. ................................... 840 Rush, Lee R.............................................. 840 Drayton, Terry L. ...................................... 876 McCutchin, William ................................. 890Adams, James C...................................... 895 Jones, Roy W. .......................................... 903 Labardie, Richard A................................. 903 Church, Robert F. ..................................... 910 Ford, William H. ....................................... 910Lawlee, Thomas J. ................................... 910Love, Philip G. .......................................... 910 Kuhn, Dennis J. ........................................ 915 Stefanic, George F.................................... 915 Faust, Edwin M. ....................................... 948 Lauf, Benjamin R. .................................... 948 Lewis, James W. ..................................... 952 Armstrong, William E. ............................. 968 Baer, Carl R. ............................................ 969 Chappelle, Dann E. .................................. 970 Marks, Arthur G. ...................................... 997 Nowell, B................................................. 1007 Hogue, Carl L. .......................................... 1116 Ferguson, Bobby J. ................................ 1141 Langley, Raymond L. ............................. 1141 McDaniel, Larry E................................... 1141 Real, Ronald R. ....................................... 1141 Fujimoto, Reynold M. ............................. 1186 Miyahira, Melvin H.................................. 1186 Okimoto, Richard M. .............................. 1186 Sera, Steven Y......................................... 1186 Furrow, William C.................................. 1205 Barrette, Ronald M................................ 1245Davis, Thomas E. ................................... 1245 White, James E. .................................... 1245 Maneri, Peter M..................................... 1249Swilley, John W. .................................... 1263 Molnar, David G. .................................... 1377 Huston, Ernest E. ................................... 1379 Monk, Marvin D. .................................... 1393 Riker, Warren A. .................................... 1393 Nundahl, Harlan H. ................................ 1426 Fenwick, Joseph M. ............................... 1547 Gregson, Joel A. ..................................... 1547 Ingram, Richard D.................................. 1547McCullough, Donald T. ........................... 1547 Moline, John J. ...................................... 1547 O’Brien, Denney G.................................. 1547 Pyhala, Paul A. ....................................... 1547 Campbell, Rod J. ................................... 1852 Bloom, Richard A. .................................. 1908 Counts, Lonnie L. ................................... 2113

Lonidier, Lonnie C. ................................ 2286 McGuff, William L.................................. 2286


Astare, John R. ............................................ 5 Gindlesperger, Ronald D. ............................ 5 James, Ronald B.......................................... 5 Mench, Howard H. ....................................... 5 Woelfel, Leslie A. ......................................... 5 Forsberg, Bruce A. ..................................... 21 Lutz, John J. .............................................. 29 Zmuda, John J........................................... 41 Russell, Edward A...................................... 66 Lawrence, Richard P.................................. 97 Swart, Frederik J..................................... 120 Amato, Anthony J. ................................... 130 Baker, Raymond C................................... 134 Brocato, Earl E......................................... 134 Brzny, Raymond L. .................................. 134 Chew, Wilbur J. ....................................... 134 Coty, Frank A. .......................................... 134 Curatolo, Sam F. ...................................... 134 Day, Jimmy D. ......................................... 134 Donofrio, Robert S. .................................. 134 Eminger, Jay D. ....................................... 134 Gorski, Arthur D. ...................................... 134 Guagliardo, Thomas................................. 134 Johnson, Howard B. ................................ 134 May, George M......................................... 134 Nay, William A.......................................... 134 Schmidt, Edward J.................................. 134 Taylor, Alan C. .......................................... 134 Weber, Francis E. .................................... 134 Wilkens, Gerald V. .................................... 160 Lehman, Wilbur........................................ 229 Dutchak, John W. .................................... 233 Debeir, Dennis R. ..................................... 276 Eastland, Darryl A.................................... 280 Aldrich, William R.................................... 288 Williams, Charles C. ................................. 311 Medina, Frank S....................................... 332 Sankey, Wayne E. .................................... 342 Graham, William A................................... 357 Bosco, Joseph N...................................... 363 Fisher, Fred R. ......................................... 424 Overland, William S. ................................ 424 Kirkup, Thomas V..................................... 453 Johnson, Paul A....................................... 459 Becker, Gary A. ........................................ 532 Fox, Michael K.......................................... 723 Couch, Roger D........................................ 760 Butler, Raymond K. ................................. 841 Cornett, James E..................................... 852 Lattin, Clarence R.................................... 932 Booher, Bobby A. ..................................... 934 Collett, Jerry .......................................... 1393 Spivey, Joseph B. .................................. 1553

TOTAL DISABILITY PENSIONSAPPROVED

The International ExecutiveCouncil approved 293 total disability pensions, as follows:

MEMBERSHIPIN L.U.

Mantia, Charles F. ........................................ 1 Price, Patrick J. ........................................... 1 Long, William J. ........................................... 2 Amato, Robert N. ......................................... 3 Bach, Kevin T................................................ 3 Barlotta, Edward .......................................... 3 Bergmann, Andrew J. ................................. 3 Biancanello, Dennis P. ................................. 3 Bonadonna, Thomas M................................ 3Brennan, James ........................................... 3Burke, Kevin M............................................. 3Cohen, Mark D. ............................................ 3 Cohen, Philip ................................................ 3 Cooper, Jeremiah......................................... 3 Gonzalez, Robert R. ..................................... 3 Jones, James H. .......................................... 3Kiernan, Bernard J. ..................................... 3 Kleiner, Edward J. ....................................... 3 Lewis, Thomas W. ........................................ 3Madsen, Robert J. ....................................... 3 Makris, Theodore ......................................... 3 McTigue, Kevin F. ......................................... 3 Melita, Frank M. ........................................... 3 Melita, Steven N........................................... 3 Mercado, Ralph ............................................ 3 Meringolo, Joyce A. ..................................... 3 Mitrione, Nicholas P. .................................... 3 Murphy, Michael J. ...................................... 3Pennachio, Salvatore P. ............................... 3 Pessoni, John J. .......................................... 3 Porazzo, Andrew........................................... 3 Reed, Michael R. .......................................... 3 Rivero, Rogelio ............................................. 3 Rowell, Hilary ............................................... 3 Salvatore, Eugene M.................................... 3Scisci, Charles N. ......................................... 3 Sihly, Elsayed F. ........................................... 3 Steinfelder, Bruce J. ................................... 3Stevens, Gregory.......................................... 3 Villa, Ronald.................................................. 3 Craver, Bruce A. ........................................... 5 Krah, Edward C. ........................................... 5

Settles, Jacob L. .......................................... 5 Sprowls, Samuel J....................................... 5 Vidmar, Gerard L.......................................... 5 Cafferata, Emil A.......................................... 6 Escobar, Victor ............................................. 8 Kujawa, Ronald A. ........................................ 8 Buttner, Ernie G.......................................... 11 Dombrowski, Kathy M................................ 11 Garcia, Alfonso A. ....................................... 11 Goodyear, Richard C. ................................. 11 Nelson, Randy S. ........................................ 11 Simon, Michael W. ..................................... 14 Duncan, Thomas E. .................................... 16 Williams, James W. ................................... 16 Scott, Randolph .......................................... 17 Pollard, Amos ............................................. 20 Orsi, Joseph ............................................... 22 Forman, Jerome......................................... 24 Payne, Earl E. ............................................. 24 Andorfer, Kenneth R.................................. 25 Bacchi, Joseph M. ..................................... 25 Eden, Mark ................................................. 25 Gregory, Robert S. ..................................... 25 Guttilla, Robert........................................... 25 Kammarada, Richard J. ............................ 25 Mc Grath, Douglas E. ................................ 25 Montross, Robert ....................................... 25 Robinson, Dennis B. .................................. 25 Schulz, Lawrence C. .................................. 25 Smith, Thomas R. ...................................... 25 Chandler, Randy......................................... 26 Chapman, Edward J. ................................. 26 Grube, Steven G. ........................................ 26 Johnson, Fred S......................................... 26 Glass, William L. ........................................ 29 Neptin, William A. ...................................... 35 Seljan, John R............................................ 38 Kirbis, Edward J. ....................................... 41 Thorpe, Richard.......................................... 43 Hansen, Ronald D. ..................................... 48 Manlove, Michael R. .................................. 48 Meyers, Phillip R........................................ 48 Thomas, Chet L. ......................................... 48 Durbin, Boyd A. .......................................... 53 Bertolini, Ronald J..................................... 58Garvey, Patrick A. ...................................... 58 Light, Michael H......................................... 58 Rebori, Peggy A. ........................................ 58 Rocheska, Vaughn E.................................. 58 Roman, Paul E. .......................................... 58Tompkins, Timothy E. ................................ 58 Carter, William F. ....................................... 66 Choury, Robert D. ...................................... 68 Trujillo, John A. .......................................... 68 Vigil, Dennis E. ........................................... 68Bryant, Donald G........................................ 70 Howard, Barney R...................................... 77 Brown, Christopher R................................ 86Gary, Ronnie R. .......................................... 86Shaffer, Thomas F...................................... 86 Baracco, Joseph E. ................................... 90 Candela, Rocco L. ...................................... 90 Formont, Raymond A................................. 98 Martin, James L. ....................................... 99Oster, Frank J. ........................................... 99 Hirth, Robert B. ........................................ 102 Januska, Michael ..................................... 102 Paterek, James A..................................... 102 Broderick, John F..................................... 103 Cormier, Ronald H.................................... 103 Flammia, Anthony J................................. 103 McCarthy, Philip B. .................................. 103 Parsons, Wade J. ..................................... 103 Sheehan, Russell F. .................................. 103 Buxton, Daniel J. ..................................... 105 Fulton, Alexander ..................................... 105 Mercado, Ramon A. ................................. 106 Jeske, Terrance W. ................................... 110 Ward, John W. .......................................... 112 Bragg, Jesse F. ......................................... 113 Batliner, John F. ...................................... 124 Davis, Donnie R........................................ 124 Skeen, Tony K. ......................................... 124 Stevens, Fred W....................................... 124 Juhlin, Dennis F. ...................................... 125 Officer, Michael J. ................................... 125 Banks, Don L............................................ 130 Boutte, Wayne M. .................................... 130 Fenasci, Glen G. ....................................... 130 Ortolano, Kermit J................................... 130 Taffaro, Jacob V....................................... 130 Tyler, Steve P............................................ 130 Corvino, Carmen M.................................. 134 Daniels, Benjamin W. .............................. 134 Hobin, John F. .......................................... 134 Holcomb, Edward R................................. 134 Ibarra, Isidro R. ........................................ 134 Kanarowski, Raymond V. ........................ 134 Ledenbach, Donald E. ............................. 134 Mazzone, Michael .................................... 134 Naylor, David C. ....................................... 134 Oconnor, Michael J. ................................ 134 Thilmany, Peter M. .................................. 134 Thompson, Donald D. .............................. 134 Pruitt, James R........................................ 136 Dice, Michael R........................................ 143 Wrigley, Matthew A. ................................ 146 O’Hara, Brenda J. .................................... 150 Gunset, Steven C...................................... 164 Gasparich, Joseph A. ............................... 176 Pontious, David E. .................................... 176

Bates, Gerald K......................................... 177 Morris, Robert D. ..................................... 191 Siverson, Terry L. ..................................... 191 Neeley, Charles L. .................................... 212 Brennan, James F.................................... 214 Kennedy, Tony A. ..................................... 226 Conroy, Jim W. ........................................ 257 Matthews, Michael A............................... 269 Jaakola, Charles J................................... 292 Wright, Lon A. .......................................... 292 Looney, George M.................................... 295 Taylor, Ronnie G....................................... 295 Koch, Hans J............................................ 303 Evans, Dorsey L. ...................................... 307 Decarlo, Arthur L. .................................... 332 Hammond, Arthur W................................ 332 Boltman, Michael L. ................................ 353 Radojcic, Ratomir R. ............................... 353 Garfield, James L. ................................... 357 Landreth, James P................................... 357 Gerace, Thomas S. .................................. 363 Lowe, James F. ........................................ 363 Madonia, Arthur ....................................... 363 Markiewicz, Thomas J. ........................... 363 Scales, John T. ........................................ 363 Buford, Roger L. ...................................... 369 Carroll, Richard L. ................................... 369 Givens, Gerald L. ..................................... 369 Mattingly, Michael G. .............................. 369 Smith, John T. ......................................... 369 Hall, Robert E........................................... 387 Eng, Richard S. ........................................ 400 Grace, Timothy W. ................................... 400 Tymesko, Robert J. ................................. 400 Church, Charles E.................................... 405 Marlin, Jack W......................................... 429 Fessenden, Charles F............................... 441 Brisentine, Clifford................................... 443 Jacobs, Ross M. ...................................... 456 Mammucari, Dante V............................... 456 Murray, Richard C. .................................. 456 Noebels, Raymond M. ............................. 456 Sereda, Jon W. ........................................ 456 Owens, Larry L. ....................................... 459 Summitt, Gary H....................................... 474Guard, Richard F. ..................................... 477 Elder, Michael J....................................... 481 Trusnik, Tim J. ......................................... 481 Rearden, Phillip J. ................................... 483 Evanko, James......................................... 488Vitale, John J. ......................................... 490 Krueger, Richard E. ................................. 494 Schulze, Alan J. ....................................... 494 Ward, Robert R. ....................................... 530 Reid, Raddie L. ........................................ 558Drouin, Genest J...................................... 568 Cosgrove, George M. ............................... 569 Stroney, Paul D. ....................................... 573 Aranas, Elfren .......................................... 595 Castro, Larry J......................................... 595 Eberwein, Douglas C. .............................. 606 Schultz, Robert L...................................... 611 Powell, Aubrey G. .................................... 613 Hicklin, Christina D. ................................. 617Tanner, Frank ........................................... 639 Davenport, Gene E................................... 640 Ross, Mickie C. ........................................ 640 Pate, Thomas J........................................ 648 Brauer, Joseph R..................................... 654 Laslett, Laurence J. ................................ 654 Shaw, Steve A. ......................................... 697 Bailey, David M. ....................................... 701 Zadel, James C. ....................................... 701 Davis, Gary W........................................... 702 Neff, Kurt V............................................... 712 Ross, Thomas C. ...................................... 712 Burton, John M. ....................................... 716 Freeman, Bert .......................................... 716 Groden, John W. ...................................... 716 Lentz, Anita............................................... 716 Pierce, Jeffrey E. ..................................... 743 Sweater, Richard K. ................................. 743 Stone, Greg A. .......................................... 756 Bunch, Freemon....................................... 760 Sills, Larry H. ........................................... 768Donnelly, George L. ................................. 776 Ward, David E. ......................................... 796 Davis, Charles G. ...................................... 816 Dillingham, Robert M............................... 816 Scott, Robert C. ....................................... 852 Busby, James D....................................... 861 Parker, Urithon B..................................... 903 Merchant, Burton S. ................................ 910 Shotbolt, Richard J. ................................ 932 Dicken, Chris O. ....................................... 972 Smith, Gerald A. ....................................... 979

Franks, Sherman R.................................. 995 Hutchinson, Lee R. .................................. 995 Williams, Larry L. ................................... 1105 Otterbine, James A. ............................... 1141 Reagan, Jon C. ....................................... 1141 Smith, David K. ....................................... 1141 Walker, Jerry N. .................................... 1205 Johnson, Earl C. .................................... 1249 Kardolly, John J..................................... 1319 Rex, Charles K........................................ 1319 King, Roy W. .......................................... 1393 Bergh, Hugh A........................................ 1426 Lyngby, Larry M..................................... 1426 Butler, Wesley G. ................................... 1547 Dupuis, Bernard ..................................... 1555 Carter, William M................................... 1579 Hawkinberry, Richard ............................ 1579 Champagne, Richard A.......................... 1687 Self, Harold G. ........................................ 1701 Naill, Samuel I. ....................................... 1759 Holaday, Richard D. ............................... 1925 Raspberry, Keith B. ............................... 1925 Mallory, Harrison H................................ 2077 Prescott, Richard H. .............................. 2129 Kenny, John E. ...................................... 2230 Costello, Kevin J.................................... 2330


Kuhn, John G. .............................................. 5 Yates, Lawrence......................................... 40 Migliore, Santo A. .................................... 130 Deering, Kevin J. ..................................... 134 Deist, Donald L......................................... 134 Edison, Burel D. ....................................... 134 Gara, Kevin M........................................... 134 Hack, James L. ........................................ 134 Jiran, James J......................................... 134 Moore, Harry N. ....................................... 134 Pasaye, Richard R. .................................. 134 Puglise, Jerry ........................................... 134 Ringbloom, David H. ................................ 134 Rivera, Angel A. ....................................... 134 Rogal, Norman ......................................... 424 Johnson, Wayne D................................... 760 Gustafson, Mark H................................... 949 Solomon, Jeryll E. ................................. 1545

APPLICATION FOR VESTEDRIGHT TO PENSION BENEFITSAPPROVED

MEMBERSHIPIN L.U.

Berch, Gary W. ............................................20Beetham, Michael .....................................353Leiter, Clinton.............................................176Grubbs, Haskell M. ............................. 441Kidd, Tom C. ...............................................176Philippot, Charles H. ...............................2085Lemery, Robert L. .....................................300

BIRTH DATES


Olde,Jerry L.............................................. 146Sullivan, Thomas N. ............................... 532

MEMBERSHIPIN L.U.

Knibb, David W. .............................................1Dougalis, Peter ..........................................353Coppola, Richard J........................................3Doucette, Kenneth ....................................424Rosera, Luis A................................................3Hesson Jr., John T. ..................................473Bawroski, Thomas G. ..................................24Gare, Ian G.................................................530Oaks, Philip A. .............................................68Gillim, Robert J..........................................617Berg, Selmer O. ...........................................77Cook, Alford A. ........................................716Urquhart, Donald R. ..................................103Washington, Roy L. ...................................760Schwab, Jr., Robert L. .............................130Duhon Sr., Rodney R. ...............................861Engerg, Wayne R. .....................................134Sabaz, Lino...............................................1665Wiggins, Michael L....................................150Taylor, William E. .....................................1701Kidd, Tom C. ..............................................254McMinn, Jr., James B. .............................271Brideau, Guy ..............................................303

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