IBEW Local Union 1181

Union meetings are held on the 1st Friday of every Month at 8:00PM at the Odd Fellows Lodge, 116 4th Street NE, Charlottesville, VA. 

PHOTOS FROM THE OLD DAYS

BELOW: APRIL 1979

MANY MORE PHOTOS: CLICK HERE  

FARMVILLE AREA MEMBERS GATHER FOR A SUPPER MEETING 7-22-10:  LEFT TO RIGHT:  JAMIE MORRIS, WALTER "SKIP" TUCK, TODD CLABO, H.A. SAXTAN, EDDIE GREEN, CHESTER JONES, C.T. STIMPSON, JUDY CALDWELL, JEFF MARTIN, JIMMY TOMPKINS.

BELOW: FAIRPOINT & EMBARQ IBEW 1181 MEMBERS GATHER FOR SUPPER 7-14-10 IN ALTAVISTA.  L TO R:  CLINT WILMOTH, MATT MILES, LEE BOOKER, MORRELL JENNINGS, TODD HEDGPETH, JERRY MOTLEY, ROCK COLBERT, DONALD WALLACE, TIM MEADOWS, DAVY LEE MOORE, RITCHIE BROWN, JOHN FRANK PHILLIPS.

BELOW: AT OUR JULY 9, 2010 MEETING RECORDING SECRETARY BRYON GREGORY, LEFT, AND PRESIDENT DON GIBSON, RIGHT, PRESENT BROTHER JOHN WAYNE JOHNSON WITH HIS RETIREMENT WATCH AND PIN.  JOHN WAYNE CAME TO WORK ON 8-17-72 AND RETIRED AS A BUSINESS SERVICE TECHNICIAN WITH 37 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS.

BELOW: BROTHER RICHARD JACKSON (45 YEARS) AND HIS WIFE MARIAN AT THE RETIREMENT SUPPER 4-9-10

BROTHER CHARLES "BUCK" BUCANAN (43 YEARS) AND HIS WIFE ALICE

BROTHER AL RAGLAND (41 YEARS) & HIS WIFE CAROL

BROTHER JOHN ROUDABUSH (41 YEARS) AND HIS FRIEND KIM LIVELY

APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT SUPPER FOR OUR 4 RETIRING BROTHERS.  HERE ARE OUR MEMBERS

BELOW: CARY "CHUBBY" WALSH RECEIVES HIS FIFTY-FIVE YEAR AWARD AND PIN FROM THE IBEW

BELOW: BROTHER JOHN BISHOP WINS A BERETTA URIKA 2, 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN BY JOINING THE UNION SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE. 

BELOW: FRONT ROYAL & LURAY MEMBERS RECEIVE SERVICE ANNIVERSARY PINS AT SUPPER MEETING 8-19-09

FRONT: STEWARD DARREN ST. CLAIR (5 YR), DONNIE CARTER, BACK: CURLY HEFLIN (40 YR), HUNTER BATMAN (35 YR), DAVID TICE (10 YR), EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER DENNIS DONAK (30 YR), MIKE BESECKER.  

OTHER PINS FOR THE F.R./LURAY AREAS: BILLY SEAL (20 YR), BARRY BRADLEY (20 YR), SAMMY SNYDER (15 YR), SHANE WILSON (15 YR), MIKE SULLIVAN (10 YR), KENNY MORRIS (10 YR), JOE BABICK (5 YR).

GRETNA MEETING HAS 100% ATTENDANCE FOR SUPPER 8-12-2009

FRONT L TO R: MATT MILES, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER TIM MEADOWS, DAVID 'ROCK' COLBERT, DAVEY LEE MOORE

BACK L TO R: STEWARD MORRELL JENNINGS, RITCHIE BROWN, NEGOTIATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS STEVE YOUNGER & CLINT WILMOTH

BELOW: SOUTH BOSTON AND SOUTH HILL MEMBERS GATHER AT SHONEYS 7-23-09

L TO R: STEVE SATTERFIELD, LEE BOOKER, MIKE SAUER, WALTER "SKIP" TUCK (FRONT), RON MANESS, EDWIN WILSON

APRIL 2009 IBEW MEMBERSHIP PIN AWARDS

L TO R: MIKE WILLIAMS 35 YR PIN, STAN SMITH 40 YR, GERALD HARLOW 35 YR, BEN WARNER 35 YR, CONNIE FARISH 20 YR, DONNIE DEAN 35 YR, MIKE HOUCHENS 35 YR, FRANK SUDDUTH 35 YR, BRYON GREGORY 5 YR, MERRILL POWELL 40 YR, RUSTY WALTON 35 YR.

2009 NEGOTIATION COMMITTEE: DONNIE DORRIER, GERALD HARLOW, CONNIE FARISH, DON GIBSON

BROTHER WAYNE FULK RETIRED IN NOVEMBER AFTER OVER 38 YEARS OF SERVICE

JESSE SHACKELFORD, LEFT, RECEIVES HIS RETIREMENT WATCH FOR 39 YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP FROM STEWARD SAMMY SNYDER AT THE JANUARY 2009 MEETING.

DECEMBER 2008 RETIREES: JOHN BRIGGS (39 YRS., SERVICE TECH CHARLOTTESVILLE), VICKIE LAM (28 YRS., FACILITY ASSIGNER, FRONT ROYAL), CHARLIE FAULKNIER (40 YRS.,C.O., CHARLOTTESVILLE)

BROTHER MIKE DAVIS RECEIVES HIS RETIREMENT WATCH FROM PRESIDENT GIBSON AT OUR NOVEMBER 2008 MEETING

FAIRPOINT MEMBERS JOIN LOCAL 1181 October 3, 2008

Nine new Fairpoint members joined IBEW Local 1181 at out October meeting!  Three of them made the trip from Gretna to Charlottesville to take the oath in person. Pictured l to r are Tim Meadows, Morrell Jennings, and Rock Colbert with President Gibson.  Visit the members page for further details and the list of the nine new members.

Brother Larry Latham of Farmville receives his retirement watch from Business Manager Harlow at the September 2008 meeting.  

Larry retired as a Construction Foreman with forty years of membership

Our late Brother Wilton Spencer received his 55-year IBEW membership award.  Wilton passed away November 25, 2008.

99 Year-old Elizabeth "Liz" Payne Thacker is a 65-year IBEW member from Charlottesville, VA!  Shown here on June 27, 2008 with her award including a sixty-five year diamond pin.  Liz was born May 19, 1909 and began work as an operator in 1927.  She remembers manager Charlie Ward giving her a hard time for getting signatures from the operators who would form an IBEW local.  She retired in 1974.  Liz still gets around well, but has been blind for the last year.  We wish her the best as she approaches her 100th birthday!  Her caretaker, Bob Thoms (first cousin of the late1181 officer and retiree Jack Thoms) said there is another Charlottesville operator, Norma Lupton, still living who is 104 years old.

MEETING WITH MEMBERS AT VICTORIA'S RESTAURANT IN FRONT ROYAL JULY 9, 2008

L TO R: Darren St. Clair, James Mitchell, Jr. and Anna Mitchell, Barry Bradley, Roscoe Curtis, Gary Parrish (partially hidden), Sammy Snyder in the back, Donnie Carter, David Tice, Curly Heflin, Dennis Donak, Vickie Lam, Jerry Harlow.  Retiree Donnie Lam also attended.

VERNON BATTEN DAY AUGUST 3, 2007 MEETING

Vernon receives his retirement watch after 37 years and 10 months with the company.  Pictured L to R are Business Manager Harlow, Vernon, and President Don Gibson.  Good Luck Elvis!

MEMBERS GATHER AT WOOD GRILL JANUARY 4, 2008 FOR MIKE ROBERTS/DOUG CHAPMAN/WESLEY JONES NIGHT.  PICTURED L TO R: DOUG CHAPMAN, GARY BISHOP, BRYON GREGORY, STAN SMITH, FRANK SUDDUTH, DON GIBSON, RICHARD JACKSON, CONNIE FARISH, MERRILL POWELL, BRAD PERREAULT, MIKE ROBERTS, JERRY HARLOW, DANNY HANEY, WAYNE McCANN, KEITH MORRIS, DONNIE DEAN.

BUSINESS MANAGER HARLOW PRESENTS DOUG CHAPMAN WITH HIS WATCH WHILE MIKE ROBERTS RECEIVES HIS WATCH FROM PRESIDENT GIBSON.

WESLEY JONES AND HIS RETIREMENT WATCH (CLICK HERE TO VIEW)

PRESIDENT GIBSON, BROTHER DAVE LAWSON, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER CHARLIE FAULKNIER AS DAVE RECEIVES HIS RETIREMENT WATCH AFTER FORTY-TWO YEARS OF SERVICE

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