Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1942-11-27
History Of Local No. 12

established baseball teams, public
speaking courses, and an educa-
tional program, which prior to
this time was difficult due to our
cramped quarters.
Our growth continued, and as
our membership expanded, we con-
tinued to expand our recreational
and educational activities to meet
it. Eventually, however, we reach
ed the point where it became more
and more difficult to adequately
take care of the membership be-
cause of its rapid growth, and we
decided that we must have room
for expansion.
Many plans were considered in
seeking the solution of our build
ing program, including an exten-
sion of the Huron st. building.
We thought of taking over the
Summit Cherry Building, the K. of
c. Club and several other avail
able sites. But one day, several
of the officers learned that the
Miltmore Apartments on the COR
ner of Winthrop st. and Ashland
Ave. were for sale.
OUR NEW HOME
After considering the site and
exploring all its possibilities, the
membership of Local IL voted not
only to purchase the Miltmore
Apartments but the adjoining
Chesebrough estate which was also
for sale.
On February l, of this year,
Local II took over its new home
and began an expansion which is
still continuing at a rapid rate.
Our new building provides us with
ample meeting halls and offices for
the Local and shop units, as well
as class rooms, newspaper offices,
recreation and waiting rooms.
Regular classes are held in the
new building in blue print reading,
inspection with precision instru-
ments, shop electricity, photog-
raphy and other work requiring
skill.
Our efficient employment offices
furnish thousands of skilled and
unskilled men and women to 18 of
Toledo's leading war industries,
and continues to be a clearing
house for workers seeking employ
ment at their highest skill.
Facilities have been added to
make the new home comfortable
including air-conditioning equip
ment in Parlor "a" which will
accommodate 1000 people, and in
the fifth floor auditorium. Other
improvements which had been
planned will be deferred until the
end of the war.
A COMMUNITY ASSET
From its small beginnings, Local
IL has continued to grow until
today it stands as one of Toledo's
outstanding civic institutions.
Members of Local IL have been
outstanding in baseball, both in
door and hard ball, in bowling,
golf and many other sports. A
number of sportsmen's clubs have
been organized in the various
units with well-rounded conserva-
tion programs.
From the ranks of Local ~
have come civic leaders whose
ability is recognized, and who have
earned the respect of their fellow
citizens in all walks of life. Our
members are serving on many i'm
portant war boards, rationing
boards, Toledo War Chest and
other civic and patriotic works.
Nor has Local IL shirked its
duty it the war effort, for it has
sent thousands of its men, includ-
ing a number of officers, into the
armed forces of the country.
Neither do we forget our brothers
in the army, navy and marines, for
each month our plant units send
boxes containing cigarettes, tobac-
co, handkerchiefs, candy, razor
blades, flashlights and many other
useful articles to their fellow
workers.
Many other members of our
Union are serving on civilian de-
fense organizations, while hundreds
of them donated their blood to the
Red Cross during the recent trip
of the Red Cross travelling unit
to Toledo. Moreover, Local IL
maintains its own blood donor or
ganization of members whose blood
has been typed, and who have
many times aided the families of
their fellow-workers by giving for
transfusions.
Members of Local IL are devot-
ing themselves with fidelity and
serious purpose to their work in
the war industries of Toledo. Prac-
tically all our members are spend
ing 10 per cent of their earned
income for war bonds, and support
ing our government in every way
in itS 1uar effort