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National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 1477
Miscellaneous Links All Crafts Breakfast –
Past and Present Largo
Breakfast The (Origina1) Largo Retiree Breakfast was held on January 6,
2011 at the Boris Family Restaurant located on Ulmerton
Road at 09:00 hours. The following Retired Letter Carriers were
present and or accounted for: Thom Hart, Bill, Gene Wainscott,
Dana Bigley, John Silvia, Ed Joyner, Sam Miller,
Wayne Moore, John Blackard, John Bourlon, John
Hammock and Keith Northup. The amount of Postal
Experience setting around the tables totaled 268 years. It is good that the Holidays are over and now things settle
down for another year. It seems that some of the old war stories are making a
comeback this year. All had a good time and look forward to seeing each other
next month. Director
of Retirees Thom Hart passed out the yearly retired planners from National.
It is nice to see that National is at least thinking about all the carriers
who helped to make it what it is today President
Les Stroup failed to show up this month, we thought he would buy after
winning the $25.00 last month. I guess he felt we eat too much for his
pocketbook. It would be nice to get in his wallet once in awhile. We wish
a happy birthday to Keith Northup. John Silvia added year to his goal last
month. The retirement check is nice and they send it overseas part of the
year at least. We were
sorry to hear about the passing of Carrier Vickie Vigue
this last month. She was so young and enjoyed her grandchildren so much. She
will be missed by all who knew her. We wish the very best to her family
during this trying time. The next scheduled
breakfast of the Largo Original
Retired Letter Carriers will
be held on February 3, 2011 at 09:00 hours at Boris Family Restaurant on Ulmerton Road. We welcome all Largo Letter Carriers
(Retired or active) to join us. Largo All Craft
Breakfast Largo’s All Craft Retirees Breakfast was held on January the 5th @ Denny’s on Missouri. Attendance
was fairly high with seventeen retirees and two guests and they were: Keith Northup, Dana Bigley,
Kathy Warner, Mary Bintliff, soon to be retiree Cherie
Mayer, Don Brierly, Janice Kohl, Les Stroup, Carl Bakelman, Betty & Gerry Williams, Bill Nilsson, Mike
Pizzorusso, Ken Tennis and his lovely wife Pauline, John Bourlon, Thom Hart,
OD Elliott, and yours
truly Bernie. This was
the first breakfast of the new year and it also marked the beginning of our
8th consecutive year of hosting these retiree breakfasts! We have come a long
way from 2004 with just five non
retirees to over seventy-five retirees
to date. We encourage all Largo & Seminole newly, and those who have
already retired but not yet attended, retirees to
come and join us. It’s only for one hour a month. You won’t regret it! It was
nice to see a few new faces like Ken Tennis and Janice Kohl, who both retired in 1997. Many
forgotten memories from Largo past surfaced at this breakfast with Ken Tennis’s accountable
room stories. John Bourlon had some of those forgotten
stories as well when he was President of the Branch. Funny! You Bet! Other
topics covered were the slow fall and very fast rise of the price of gas.
Yeah right, winter blend my b_tt. Also, the No COLA increase but higher premiums
on health benefits translates to a cut in pay. Hold on retirees, I’m afraid
we are in for a wild ride this year, a contract year. On the
health and welfare of our retirees, it was reported to me, via email from Bob McKenna, that Clarence Bluhm
had passed away in December. He was just 93. For those of you who don’t
remember him, he could case and carry any route supervision would put him on
and do it in 8 hours or less. What a machine and an extremely nice guy. He
was an icon. My good friend, Keith
Northup, was in attendance and he seemed to be handling his medical
problem with a very upbeat attitude. Look up grit or guts in the dictionary
and you will see his picture! Retirees, if there are any
health and welfare issues you want me to know about so I can keep our
retirees informed, please contact me. Attendance
broke down as follows: seventeen carries, two clerks, no custodial engineers
or management. Birthdays
for the month of January were: Rudy
Lang, Lydia Bryant and Harry Davis. The retiree who has been retired the longest was John Bourlon (‘96) and the shortest
was Gerry Williams (2010) finally! Cherie Mayer won the free breakfast
compliments of our local union. So that’s
a rap for our first breakfast of 2011. Our next breakfast will be on February the 2nd, 9 a.m., Denny’s (no not Elliott’s
house), on Missouri. Please come give us a try and join us for breakfast. You
might be pleasantly surprised!
To all our retirees, have a healthy, happy and safe New Year! Enjoy The Hell
Out Of Life! Bernie Pinellas Park
Breakfast The following happy Retired
Carriers attended this months Breakfast: Bob Trimble, Bill Butler, Jim Long, Roy Vanderveer,
Johnny Wagner, Brian Britt, Denny Elliott, John Bourlon “Breakfast Winner”, Thom Hart “Col” Ron Haglund,
Rollins Dunbar and Bob Meeks. The
Pinellas Park “Old Timers” will see you next month February1, 2011 at the PARKSIDE
CAFÉ 8180 – 49th STREET (corner of 49th and 82nd
avenue) We had a nice turnout and
were there ever a lot of stories overheard. Executive Vice President Joe Henschen and new Second Vice President Don Lyerly joined us for breakfast and Don drew the “winning”
breakfast ticket. (I won) Sure was a lot of discussion on plans for the new year. Hope they work
out for them. Great to say there was not much talk of “illness”. Those who did not come this
month should make an extra effort to attend, you might win a “Free Breakfast” St. Pete
Breakfast The
Weather warned up this month – dare I say it was “balmy”? OK – I said it! We
had a nice turnout and were there ever a lot of stories overheard. Executive
Vice President Joe Henschen and new Second Vice President Don Lyerly joined us for breakfast and Don drew the “winning”
breakfast ticket. (I won) Sure
was a lot of discussion on plans for the new year. Hope they work out for
them. Great
to say there was not much talk of “illness”. Those
who did not come this month should make an extra effort to attend, you might
win a “Free Breakfast” See
You There. Name Year Retired Years Worked Don
Kosior 2002 32 Gil
Migliano 1981 35 Dale
Pope 1992 26 O.D.
Elliott 2008 39 Ron
Cherry 2001 35.6 Ellen
Kirschner 2001 15 Gene
Carroll 2003 15 Bob
Trimble Edwin
Schenk 1989 27.6 Joe
Henschen Don
Lyerly Clarence
Keller 1997 40 Joyce
Keller Sandy
Hart Thom
Hart 2000 30 |
