LOCAL 201 RETIREES MEETING NOTICE

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2012 2PM

ST. MICHAELS HALL ELMWOOD AVE LYNN MA

AGENDA TREASURES REPORT

DISCUSSION OF APRIL 25, 2012 GE ANNUAL REPORT

NEW BUSINESS

As I have written in other columns both my brothers RayMahar and Ernie Mahar who we lost and both my sisters and myself all worked for GE and then my sister Eileen Beaton worked at West Lynn then Wilmington where she retired from thermocouple under Ametek. Marilyn Sampson my sister worked in Bldg 63 passed away in 1994 so we truly were a GE family. Channel 4,5 and 7 were on Euclid Ave in front of my nephew Jim Beaton house with his mother Eileen Beaton watching the Santa Parade when who pulled up but Santa and in his sleigh was my niece Sgt. First Class Brenda Beaton with her battle fatigues on . Sgt. First Class Class Beaton jumped off the sleigh and into the arms of her mother who was completely surprised to know that Brenda was back in Lynn. You want to talk about a great Christmas present then this took the prize for a surprise.

Sgt. First Class Brenda Beaton after one of her tours of duty in Iraq where she defended conveys. Her father George Beaton served in the Navy and Air Force but I can tell you I never met a man who disliked George W Bush as much as George did probably because his Brenda was in Iraq. George Beaton passed away in 2004 of cancer. In 2005 Brenda called me and told me Uncle Kevin you know how much my father hated George W. Bush he would turn over in his grave because I have been offered a position as a driver for the White House for George W Bush. I told her you have to take that job it is a distinct honor for a graduate of Lynn Tech to be offered that job and he is not always going to be the President. You have to take that job and she did. Sgt. First Class Brenda Beaton of the 82^nd Airborne drove for 5 years that’s the maximum time you can stay on as a driver for security reasons. My niece Sgt. First Class Brenda Beaton drove for Pres Bush for 2 years and Pres. Obama for 3 years. Just so you know when the President goes anywhere in the world they take their cars and drives with them. So Sgt. First Class Brenda Beaton has been all over the world as a driver for the White House. As soon as her 5 years were up she was deployed back to Iraq and now is stationed in Fort Bragg N.C. with the pullout of our troops in Iraq thanks President Obama

In a surprise return home from Iraq, Sgt. First Class Brenda Beaton arrives on Santa’s sleigh during the annual Christmas Eve Parade in Lynn. With Brenda is Mrs. Claus, Local 201’s own Janet Melanson who’s been Mrs. Claus for 24 years now. Janet also had a special treat that night as her son, SPC. Anthony Gallo, was recently returned from a tour overseas.