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The 2023 Bricklayer500 Regional Competition was held at Midwest Brick & Block on Saturday, September 16.  As has been customary, every team competing was a Union Member employed by one of our Bricklayers Local 1 of Missouri Signatory Contractors.




We are excited to announce the First Place winning team *and* the Top Craftsman award at the 2023 Bricklayer500 Regional Contest are Local 1 MO Journeyman Bricklayer Rudy Menke, and his Mason Tender Steve Braswell, employed by Local 1 Signatory Contractor John Smith Masonry. They will be advancing on to the National Championships in Las Vegas in January 2024.




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Our Summer 2018 Retiree's Luncheon was held on June 4, 2018, where our Lifetime Members receive their Gold Card Service Awards in the presence of their fellow retirees. 

In Addition to Brother Joe Schonlau, pictured with current and retired Officers, Brother Jack Hall and Brother Dennis Gegg also receive their Gold Card Lifetime Service Awards in 2018, but were unable to attend this event.

The BAC ADC will be hosting a POKER RUN to aid in the awareness of the upcoming vote on RTW on August 7, 2018.

The Poker Run will be held on Saturday, July 28, and will start and end at the House Springs Lions Club. Registration will begin at 10am and last through 11am, with all hands being due in no later than 5pm.  

For more information, or to participate, please call Mike Fox at the ADC Hall.

On April 21, 2018, the Local 1 of Missouri JATC held an Apprentice Contest at the Local 1 Apprenticeship Training Center in Earth City, MO.   The winners of each Category are pictured below.

1st Place Brick - D.J. Smith, Toenjes Brick

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Shown below (right to left) are Local 1 Journeyman Bricklayers Ian Rendell and Gary Juenger winners of the April 2018 50-50, and Journeyman Bricklayer Bill Dierker winner of the April 2018 Attendance Prize. 

 

This month also marked the start of a Queen of Hearts game. The Queen of Hearts draw was Roger Lansford.

Shown below (left to right) are Local 1 Journeyman Bricklayers Jack Wilkinson and Jim Markus winners of the March 2018 50-50, and Journeyman Bricklayer Mark Scherr, winner of the March 2018 Attendance Prize. 

 

This month also marked the start of a Queen of Hearts game. The first Queen of Hearts draw was Rick Schmidt, and he drew a 10 of Spades.

MARCH 2018 SERVICE AWARDS & ATTENDANCE PRIZES

The Bricklayers' Local 1 Officers have been holding 50/50 raffles and raffling attendance prizes for the last several months' Union meetings, with prizes paid for out of their own pockets. 

Shown below (left to right) are Local 1 Journeyman Bricklayers Jack Wilkinson and Jim Markus winners of the March 2018 50-50, and Journeyman Bricklayer Mark Scherr, winner of the March 2018 Attendance Prize. 

ATTENTION LOCAL 1 MEMBERS:

Please note the following time change
for upcoming Union Meetings!

Starting with our May 2018 meeting, Union Meetings for
Local 1 of Missouri will be held at 5:30 p.m., instead of 6:30 p.m.