Probation officers

(11769) Officer Installation Banquet

jruss — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:42:52 -0400

AFSCME Probation Officer Local 685 members attend an officer installation banquet in January 1949 in Los Angeles.

(11770) Probation Officers

jruss — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:43:33 -0400

AFSCME Los Angeles Probation Officers Local 685 installed new officers on 24 January 1949. Left to right: Dan Scannell, AFSCME administrative officer of the Southern California Council; Charlton Barksdale, retiring president of Local 685; Owen Boon, new incoming president; and John M. Zuck, Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County.

(11771) Local 685 Scholarship

jruss — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:39:59 -0400

In January 1968, Los Angeles Probation Officers Local 685 presented scholarship checks in sociology to two seniors at California State College. From left: Local 685 Representative Ralph Merola, recipients Ephriam Woods and Kenneth Edwards, and Local 685 President Mel Trickey.

(11772) Local 685 Members

jruss — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:51:01 -0400

Members of Los Angeles Probation Officers Local 685 listen to a speaker in 1977. From left: Dick Thorn, Mike Cherners, and Ellen Longmire.

(11773) Mr. America 1977

jruss — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:15:24 -0400

Local 685 member David Johns, an AFSCME Los Angeles County juvenile probation officer, won the Mr. America crown in July 1977. He went on to become Mr. Universe in 1978, and to win many other titles throughout his career.