Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-09-25
LOCAL 4s7, uAW-cIo
STEVE ]. NovAK, PRES.


without trying to be cynical ant
with all due appreciation to faith
full union members, perhaps il
would be wise to put down few
good reasons for attending the
membership meetings of your 10
cal.
First of all, It. is a union mem
ber's privilege and obligation to
share in the discussion of snior
business. Our union is democra
tic organization. Every member
has a vote which he has an obliga
tion to use.
Second, q successful union needs
the ideas of each member to ere
ate its. goal and then work toward
those goals.
Third, a union needs each mem.
ber's support in order that the
union may speak with voice of
authority in negotiations and grie-
vances. Don't forget: a unions
strength is in its members.
Our regular membership meet
ing next Sunday afternoon, Sep
tember 27th, will decide several
matters Of great Importance to our
union and Its members. Be on
hand to help in these decisions.
II is expected that Gordon Pc
tersen who has been dismissed by
the Company for absenteeism be-
yond the limited number of days
allowed by our agreement, will re-
quest to appeal his case to the
membership at this meeting.
This case will be concerned with
Article v, Section 18-c Il and q of
our contract with the Company.
Renember-Your absence from
a membership meeting is an Off.
cial approval of the decisions
made at the meeting. So, unless
you wish the next fellow to make
your decisions for you,. be at
this meeting.
Sunday afternoon, September
~. 1853, 2 p. m.
~ Steve Novak, Pres.
Local 497, UAW- -CIo
QUOTE
All that serves labor serves the
nation. ALI that harms labor is
treason to America. No line can
be drawn between these two.
If a man tells you he loves
America, yet hates labor, he is a
liar.
If a man tells you he trusts
America yet fears labor. he is 3
fool
-. Abraham Lincoln.
This last was a difficult week
for several of our Local 497 mem
bers. Insthe space of one short
week, four of our members have
suffered The loss of his mother
and one member has lost his faith
er in death.
We learned Of the death of
George Freeh's mother in time to
express our sympathy in last
weeks column.
Then on Wednesday came word
that Mrs. Bert Calm, mother of
Robert Calm and Martin Calm,
had died In Oak Harbor. Funeral
services were held in the Robin
son Mortuary there Saturday aft
ernoon, September 10Th.
Sunday, September Goth, serv-
Ices were held in this same Oak
Harbor funeral home for Mrs.
Hulda o. Gleckler, mother of Ray
mond Gleckler, after her death in
Magruder Hospital Thursday.
Now, we have just learned of
the death Of Arthur Reidmaier's
father, William E. Reidmaier. Ser
vices will be held Tuesday, Sep
tember 22nd, in st. Paul's Luther
an Church.
Our sincere sympathy we wish
to express to each of these five
members, and their families.
ToDAY'S YOUTH
We have read so much on Ju-
venile Delinquency lately, even
said quite a bit on the subject
right here. In recognizing this as
a national problem as well as a
local one, we never meant to leave
the impression that today's youth
"is going to the dogs" Certainly
not.
Locally, most of our children
are so busy with school, church
and the many fine healthy COM
munity youth activities they have
little time for getting into trouble.
That is the way it should be and
we must resolve to continue and
extend our local youth work-it's
q good investment in our future.
Partly because we like what he
has to say and partly to prove
that we do have deep thinking
youngsters today-here's few
words from an essay on Labor
written by a 16-year-old high
school student:
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