Kenneth Raymond Barlow, 40 year Veteran (IAM)

Kenneth belonged to the Grand Lodge of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). He received a Gold Veteran's Badge for loyalty and service to fellow works for a period of 40 years.

The following historical account appears on the Lodge website.


Lodge 660 Histroy
In 1933 Lodge #660 was first chartered representing the Machinist at Shell Oil. Later trade Machinist working at other locations were taken in to Lodge 660. The next big gain of Machinists membership came in 1944 when Olin was organized. At that time 3 new Local Lodges were chartered – (#1654, Production Workers) – ( #1632, Brass Mill) -(#1655, Casting Plant) – and (#660 represented the Machine Shop).

In 1949 these 4 Local Lodges and Lodge# 1252 which represented the Auto Mechanics in this area, pooled their resources and contracted to build the Machinist Center on Shamrock Ave, East Alton Ill. This provided a central location to collect dues and a place to keep some of the financial records of the five Local Lodges.

In August 1959 the Grand Lodge merged four of the Local Lodges into the Lodge #660. Lodge #1252 was later merged with other Automotive Lodges into Lodge #313, Granite City

Counting our retirees, Lodge 660 has 4,756 members. Today Local Lodge #660 represents members at 16 different companies:

ALTON MACHINE WORKS – ALTON
AMSTED RAIL – GRANITE CITY
PHILLIPS 66 CO. – WOOD RIVER
PHILLIPS 66 LUBE – HARTFORD
EATON-B-LINE – HIGHLAND & TROY
DUGAN TOOL & DIE, INC – EAST ALTON
WIELAND ROLLED PRODUCTS – EAST ALTON
IMPERIAL MANUFACTURING – ALTON
KELLY TRACY AD & DESIGN – MARINE
OLIN WINCHESTER LLC – EAST ALTON
SOUTH SIDE MACHINE – ST. LOUIS
ROTARY RAM, INC – GODFREY
ANHEYSER BUSH – ST. LOUIS
EXTREME FORCE VALVE, INC. – EAST ALTON
FULTON IRON & MFG. – ST. LOUIS
SEW TIME EMBROIDERY – MARYVILLE
WOOD RIVER TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS – EAST ALTON