Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-01
STEVE J. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL 4q7, uAW-cio

DerS have retired as STANDARD
Products employees on our pension
plan. AT our last Pension Boarc
Meeting applications for pension:
were approved for Nellie Apple
gate and William Frederick Lutz
Nellie, Applegate is now ~
years of age and has every reason
to be proud of the eleven years
of service with the Standard Prod
ucts Company. We congratulate
Nellie. and wish her a happy re-
tired life.
William Frederick Lutz is now
going on his 18th year, with eleven
and half years of service with
the Company. When we say Fred
is 78-years YOUNG you will GER
tainly believe ii after seeing him
getting about. Fred is a typical
example of the saying that it isn't
the years that makes one age; its
the outlook one has on life. Fred
displays bright, cheerful out
look. We wish him well on his
retirement.
These two bring up-to-date on
our Pension list a total of twenty
nine retired. Eleven of these are
on retirement from the ST. Clair
Standard Products Plant and here
in Port Clinton we have total of
eighteen people, who are as fol-
lows:
James F. Burke, William M.
Woodruff, Henry G. Boysen, Mary
A. Lukac, Anna Kokinda, George
Oravec, Helen Ora Drown, Elijah
Matthews, Edwin Williams, Mike
Plank, Anne Catherine Twining,
Hugh A. Bradford, Glaydes EStep,
Walter H. Pokey, Nellie Applegate,
William Frederick Lutz, Maude
Luebcke, Thomas Stephens.
Thomas Stephens who retired at
the age of SO years had an out
standing record of working twenty
years for the Standard Products
Company. For this alone he GER
tainly should receive at least a
gold watch. We once mentioned in
this column how we were imagin-
ing gold watches on the wrists of
alit4our people who have worked
twenty years for this Company.
Tommy Stephens worked in the
Receiving inspection Department.
We certainly miss him and espec-
tally his amusing tall stories that
he'd tell us during our lunch Pc
riods. One particular story we'll
never forget told us how good his
aim was in his younger days. He
says that at night when alley cats
used to keep him awake, he'd step
just outside the back door, throw
a stone through a knot hole in a
8-foot board fence and hit those
pestering cats right between the
ears. Yes, and we remember Tom
my always said that all great men
were born in the month of Febru-
airy, (By an odd coincidence, Tom
my's birthday is in the month of
February
At this point we'll say good luck
and wish you members of leisure
a wonderful and enjoyable life for
many years to come. You deserve
it.
AT our membership meeting last
Sunday, September 26th that start
ed at 200 PM. sharp as always,
excellent reports were given from
the different Committee Chairmen.
Under new business the member
ship voted to have another Feather
Party this year under the chair
manship of Larry Lucas. So our
End Annual Feather Party will
take place Tuesday night, Novem-
ber 23rd, with Grand Prize to be
$50 lb. dressed hog.
Brother William Robinson who
worked in our Tool Room as a !
Tool and Die Maker and served as
Union Steward in that section
died suddenly last Friday after,
noon while enroute to Mt. Glenn
ons, Mich. Brother Robinson ap- |
Piled for a sick leave Thursday |
afternoon for time to visit a Clinic
for "a physical examination. His
leave was approved early Friday |
morning and at Lunch time he |
checked out to get an early start. |
1t was that same afternoon en-
route to Mt. ClemoH that he was |
stricken with heart attack.
! Again for the information of
our Laid-Off Members, we give the |
latest Seniority Date of recall for !
work here at Standard Produats ,,
Company: For the men, May 81
1850; For the women, June vt, |
Its good to see Esther Sender
geld back at work after an illness
that has lasted for about D year
now.
Wed like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank the membership
and the officers of Local 20, United
Allied Quarry Workers Of Marhfa- |