East Alton, IL – Bluff City Lodge 660 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers honored its longtime members at its 45th Veteran Awards Banquet on July 27 at Julia’s Banquet Center.

Cletus Hayes was honored for his 70 years of membership and was photographed along with his brother David – a 60-year member –and Cletus’ son Patrick, a 40-year member.
Other members honored included:
25 YEARS
Timothy Buis • Brian Craig • Terry Lacy • Bob Masiero • Dean Webb.
30 YEARS
Warren Fraser • Allan Heeren • George Kahl • Gerald Linker.
35 YEARS
Larry Burris • Vanessa Caldwell • Sandra Glover • Kevin Haenni • Mark O’Brien • John Renfrow • Alonzo Taylor.
40 YEARS
Jacqueline Afflack • Robert Barrett • Greg Beckham • Lloyd Brooks • Dennis Bunt • Dennis Day • Charles Foster • Jr. • John Grant • Patrick Hayes • Lawrence Heffernan • Warren Jenkins • Wilma Jentsch • James Joseph • Paul Leese • Thomas Marshall • Joyce Miller • Allen Raines • Michael Twichell • Paul Wood • Paul Yinger.

45 YEARS
Jules Bartony Sr. • Darrell Belcher • William Bertetto • Sr. • Charles Bounds • Vernon Bricker • Virgil Edmiston • Larry Ennen • Stanley Green • John Hamilton • Billy Holmes • Paul Howard • Dan Jarman • Kurt Jentsch • Dennis Kinnikin • Marion Long • Dan Lowe • Joann Marshall • Victoria Nagel • Allen Pierson • Michael Pingolt • Jeffrey Pinkerton • James Price • Jr. • Thomas Renfrow • Martha Settles • Roger Slaby • David Taylor • Lois Taylor • Royal Ward • Robert Young.
50 YEARS
Benjamin Bickett • Darwin Blackletter • Raymond Buchholz • Edelgard Burris • Thomas Chestnut • Merl Collins • Ernest Ealey • Lily Hill-Gardner • John Hollowich • Michael Korunka • James Leathers • Jerry Lewis • Fred Maul • John McCarthy • Albert Oleson • Michael Rhoades • Harold Seibert • John Ulrich • Paul Wagner • Donald Walker • Donald Weller.

55 YEARS
Phillip Afflack • Fred Berkel • Warren Cottingham • Hubert Croxford • Thomas Fessler • Alvin Fritzsche • Marvin Fritsche • Donald Funk • Gene Henseler • Richard Hetge • Norman Hunt • Gary Jacobs • Linda Kesler • Michael Lay • Keith Mathenia • Rocco Meletti • Henry Nagel • Vernon Naugle • Robert Nekola • Ronald Noe • Nelson Nolte • Jerry Prott • Dorris Radliff • Warren Steffen • Jimmy Vaughn.

60 YEARS
Violet Eaker • Floyd Johnson • Everett Loy • Richard Willaredt.

65 YEARS
Charles Buente • Leroy Darnstaedt • Donald Frisse • Wesley Fritzsche • Jerold Frye • James Gholson • William Kemp • Carl Kesler • Donald Kline • Herbert Klocke • Vernon Lawrence • William Rulo • Delos Turner.
70 YEARS
Cletus Hayes
Donald Frisse-missing from the 65 year photo is my grandfather and just passed away on May 28th.