Chairman Wow's retirement party

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A Retirement Party is like a Funeral,
Not for the Dead, but for the Dying

We have had the first formal Retirement of one of our founding Union Activists. J. David Lyall, formerly known as Chairman Wow, took early retirement from the Transit District the day after his 51^st birthday. Today he can be reached at Webmaster of Local 23. Like most other Union tasks over the years, this position is honorary and unpaid.

These disreputable characters were at the negotiating table together in 1982. On different sides. The big mustache is Emery Ross, Operations manager at the time. Lauren Suhd, Forest Miller and David Lyall (in the back, with the loud tie) were the Union negotiating team, along with other drivers. It was Lauren who popularized the nom de combat, Chairman Wow

These pictures, clockwise from top left, are Timon, Maurice and David; Forest and Robin; Emery and David; Timon, Serena and David; Leslie (current General Manager of the Transit District) and David; Mary Ferrick ( a former Chair) and David.

And these? Jeffie North; Emery and Jesse Edwin Miller (born during 1985 negotiations) ;Louis Fike; Franco (who bravely led the way into early retirement) David and Bob; Robin and Forest; Timon, Maurice and David.

Again clockwise from lop left: The two Wally's; Bart (a former Chair) and the ever lovely Sharon Cohen Barry; Mary Ferrick (another former Chair) and hubby Tom; Carrie; Bonnie and Ruthie; Betsy Baer-McCloud Ross (a management partner in crime in 1980, 82 and 85) and David.

This final lot: Cheryl and David; Ian ( current Chair) and Cheryl; Jalal; Lenore and Mark; Carolyn and David; Pete Legoretta and David.

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A Retirement Party is like a Funeral, Not for the Dead, but for the Dying

A Retirement Party is like a Funeral,
Not for the Dead, but for the Dying