ABAC Builds Careers of Distinction

Local 1 FL retiree Clyde M. Wigglesworth

I am a very proud Union brickmason. I started by being indentured in [former] Local 6 Georgia. My birthday is in May and I signed in June of 1950 — I had just turned 17 by one month. My dad was a brickmason and he taught five sons the trade, and from his family came 17 brickmasons. I moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1957 and moved my card to [former] Local 2 Florida. I became a masonry superintendent at age 26. I have been a proud masonry superintendent on many large projects. When I ride by one of them, I always stop and spend some time looking at the beautiful brick and stone. I received the “Craftsman of the Year” award in 1984. I received the “Recognition of Excellence in Masonry” award four times for brick and stone from 1995 through 1997 and for a brick and stone building in 2001. In June of 2003, I’ll be in the Union 53 years, and will be 70 years of age. I received my 50-year “Gold Lifetime Union Card” in June of 2000 and I was only age 67. I am still able and ready to build another masonry building.

I am a proud Union brickmason.

Clyde M. Wigglesworth
Local 1 Florida