Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-21
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LABOR VIEWS
STEVE J. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL 497, ,uAW-Cio

STEVE J. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL 497, ,uAW-cio
Local 497 Membership Meeting
SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1854
Local 497 Hall z PM.
Highlight of this membership
meeting will be nomination of Off
GERS for the coming year. Better
be out to see that the job is done
right.
Here's another good reason you
should be there. Guy Num- on the
Eye Opener" the other day said
something like this - "if you fail
to take part in union election of
officers, you lose the right to rip
your officers apart the rest Of the
year. And you wouldn't want to
lose that right, now would your"
Jack Herod, our End Vice-Presi-
dent, became the proud father of
a baby girl weighing 6 lb. IA OF.
last Friday. Mother and daughter
were both doing wellfn Magruder
Hospital.
It was only a few weeks ago we
named the players on our Local
497 Little League Baseball Team,
of whom we are so proud.
Its little wonder that our ears
perked UP the other day when it
was announced that "lots of work
is to be done on the Standard Base
ball Diamond to put it into play
ing condition for the Little
Leaguers."
Nels Jensen is in charge of work
crews and can use more help by
anyone interested in donating
little of their time for a good cause
Here's worthwhile way to put
in little bodily exercise for some
of our laid-off members who find
being idle rather monotonous. In
fact it would be worthwhile for
any of our members - those Lit
tie Leaguers deserve good base
ball diamond.
Mildred Biers is On our sick list
and we are told that she has been
hospitalized Best wishes from the
gang. ~
The Maumee Valley Citizenship
Council will hold its regular
monthly meeting here in our local
hall next Tuesday evening, May Is.
Local 497 will act as host to dele
gates from unions throughout this
district. Loren Thereof, of De-
fiance, president of this Citizen
ship Council will preside.
Thanks to UAW-CIO news COM
mentator GUY MUM for giving
this column and the Ottawa County
News favorable mention on his
EYE Opener" r.dio show last We'd
nesday morning.
Why not tune in to the eye
Opener" each weekday morning
from $50 to 6:45 over CKLW -
800 for variety of news, sports,
weather, union events and most
anything you'll want to know a.
bout. The correct time is $50 to
6:45 Am.
Joe Vargo, President of Fedtral
Credit Union 6658, announces that
he anticipates summer recess for
the Board of Directors. The Credit
Union would continue to function
for its members as in the past, but
the Directors would enjoy a recess
from June to September.
We were reminded this week
that the earliest authenticated
strike of workers in the u. S. in a
single trade occurred in 1886 when
Philadelphia printers printers gain
ed a minimum wage of $500
week.
UAW-CIO Local 913 of New De-
parture, Sandusky, held a meeting
last Sunday in regards to a strike
vote. All 500 members attending
were in favor of the strike action.
AS result strike vote was to be
held Wednesday of this week. Sim
liar action is being taken in the
other two New Departure plants.
Our Local 497 Safety Committee
is to be congratulated for their sue
sess in spurring action to correct
several safety hazards throughout
the plant.
For example here are few of
the safety steps already taken:
Exhaust is completed in Banbury
Sections.
New system of ventilation is to
be started over sheet-off mills.
Buffing exhaust for buffers COM
pleted.