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May 2003 IBEW Journal

Well-Earned Award Pins

RETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 640, PHOENIX, AZCongratulations to the following retired members who received award pins and certificates: 65 years: Clifton Shrewsbury; 60 years: Ovid Bennett, Wayne Brawner, George Butler, Charles Haddock, Herman Howard, Fred Romano and Charles Washburn; 55 years: James Arnold, Albert Collier, James Decker, Walter Jeffers, Clinton Massey, Joseph Roeder, William Smith, Roy Ulbricht and James Welch; 50 years: Charles Baker, Jack Burson, Harry Cox, Joseph Crane, Richard Finn, George Horst, Richard Jones, Norman Kaufman, George Keelin Jr., Rudolph Mance, Charles McCawley, Forrest Seiss and Carl Wright. There were also 60 retired members who received service pins ranging 30 to 45 years.

Welcome to our new retirees: Eugene P. Bend, Larry Berger, Terry Cary, Bruce Covert, Roger Garceau, Michael Martin, Don Russell, Howard Simpson, David B. Thompson, Jerry Willsey, Ron Wood and Gary Yount.

Our condolences and prayers to the family and friends of the following retirees who passed away: L.D. Everts, Theodore Dehmer, George E. Root, Robert C. Whisler, Spright Dollar and Paul T. Clayton.

James J. Mack, P.S.

Our Clubs Growing

Local 666, Richmond, VA, Retirees Club new officers are left, Aubrey Hall, secretary; Conley Bodsford, treasurer; Ralph Dent, president; Blackie Murray, sergeant-at-arms; and not pictured Donald Phillips, vice president.

RETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 666, RICHMOND, VAOur officers elected in 2002 are Pres. Ralph Dent, Vice Pres. Donald Phillips, Treas. Conley Bodsford, Sec. Aubrey Hall and Sgt. at Arms Blackie Murray. We thank Clyde Mallory, Tommy Stone and Dick Johnston for their many years of hard work and dedication to our club.

We are now averaging 63 members per meeting, with a high of 89. It was decided to settle on two locations that could accommodate our clubalternating between the Imperial Plaza on the north side and the Kings Korner Restaurant on the south sidewith two picnics in the summer.

Some of our highlights this year were a patriotic speech by Clarence E. Whitely at our July meeting. Several of our members helped with the Breast Cancer Awareness Walk in October 2002, and 50 of our members took a bus trip to the Music Theatre of Williamsburg in November 2002 to see the Christmas Program.

Asst. Bus. Mgr. James "Bubba" Gillend gave us a talk on our locals history, displaying boards that list all of our retired members and their dates of service to the IBEW.

Aubrey Hall, P.S.