[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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   50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILLWRIGHTS AND PILEDRIVERS LOCAL UNION #1393

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 18, 1994

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, on May 21, the members of the Millwrights 
and Piledrivers Local Union #1393 in northwest Ohio will celebrate 
their 50th anniversary. I would like to take this opportunity to thank 
the men and women of Local #1393 for the contributions they have made 
over the past half-century to our community.
  As America was emerging from World War II, there was a critical need 
for skilled tradesmen throughout the construction industry. In 1944, a 
small group of members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters 
petitioned their union for a charter for a Millwright Local in Toledo, 
OH. On December 22, 1944, a charter for Millwright Local Union #1393 
was issued.
  The original 37 charter members of Local #1393--the men who were the 
linchpins that helped form the union--include: John Arbogast, Bill 
Barnes, Edward W. Baugher, Edward M. Baugher, Robert Bope, Sr., Paul 
Deuble, Albert Edwards, Ray Flory, Tony Fournier, Lloyd Garn, Dick 
Gremling, Jensie Griffith, Joe Hall, Dick Hauter, John Higley, William 
Kinerm, Grover Kline, Abe Laramie, Bill Lebeau, Oscar Longbrake, 
Charles McArtor, J.E. McCauley, Pat McDaniels, Amzy Ottney, Arthur 
Poupard, Fred Ralph, Ed Roepke, Jack Sangston, Charles Schultz, Fred 
Shirtz, Frank Spaulding, Otis Spratt, Bill Stapleton, Harry Stiger, 
Jessie Stern, Charles Vaughn, and Brad Wilcox.
  Fifty years later, Local #1393 has grown from its 37 original members 
to over 340 today. The members and leadership of Local #1393 have 
consistently met the challenges of our rapidly changing work force by 
putting into place one of the most aggressive job training programs in 
our community.
  The Millwrights and Piledrivers Local #1393 is a union that will lead 
our community into the 21st century. On behalf of the U.S. Congress, I 
congratulate them on a half-century of service to our Nation and wish 
them the best of success in the next 50 years.

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