The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Items, Personal and General,
Of Interest TO G. P. @. Workers


land States and short stay in New York
Oscar D. HyIer and Dan A. Gillln. copy
editors. have been transferred from night
to day work
Charles D. Ross. helper In the proof
room. has been shifted to day duty.
Capt w. R. Ramsey has so far re-
covered as to be able to sit up for short
periods. and II Improvement continues.
may be able to leave SibIey Hospital this
week
James NJ. RIssler. copyholder. has been
transferred from the proofrOom TO the
job room.
The following transfers from the proof
room 70 positions as compositors In the
Eaonotype section were made Monday
WIN II. Way. J. c. Kaufman. David
Eccles. and George II. Stone.
| Frederick F. Weston has been appointed
to position in the proofroom and as
signed as reviser.
+ The following pressmen, having served
the necessary probationary test, have
received absolute appointments: Frank
p, Bush. William W Erhardt. William A
| FOgarty. Carl II. GigaX. John p. Kahler
Emil A NOps, John X. Stephenson, How
ard r. Taylor. William ". Wallace. John
D.. Guillett. and Wallace J. Cousins.
The many friends OF Matt. S. Allison,
formerly reader in the Office. viii learn
/ with pleasure that he has returned from
/ New York. where he has been under hos
/ pital treatment for several months, suf-
| hciently recovered as 10 be able 70 resume
/ his duties in the Department Of Commerce
and Labor.
F. W. Pettiford. S A Blount. and H.
+. Barnett. caster helpers, monotype sec
/ ton. have been transferred TO the day
document section.
William J. c. Greevey. well-known
temporary compositor. IS a recent transfer
from the press section day to the docu-
ment section. night side.
William Bentz, brother OF Abner ".
Bentz. Of the day document section. died
az his home in Mechanicsburg. Pa. on
/ a
/ During his life the deceased had been a
successful business man. Of a charitable
disposition. A few weeks previous 20 his
death he decided two valuable properties
I In Carlisle. Pa. 20 the Biddle Home
/ for Old Soldiers OF that place. The de-
/ ceased was in the hfty-sixth year Of his
age. and is survived by his mother, who
Is in her ninetieth year, five brothers. and
| two sisters
The funeral Of Mrs. Catharine Casey
took place on Monday morning last from
/ the residence Of her sOn-in-law, Mr..
/ Joseph Dierken, y I street northwest. The
/ deceased lady had lived with her daughter
I the past nine or ten years. having re-
moved here from her former home in
POughkeepsie. y. Y Mrs Casey had been
a sufferer for a considerable time. super
/ Induced by the inhrmities Of old age
/ Services were held in St Aloysius' Church
and the interment was at Mount Olivet
I Cemetery.
Chicago has named one Of her new
school buildings for Henry o. Shepard.
/ founder Of the Inland Printer.
Capt. John H. Carr. the veteran watch
man, who has been absent from duty the
past month by reason OF injuries from
! being knocked down by a team IN North
/ Capitol street, Is again on duty, and Is
the same jolly companion as ever, with a
/ pleasant word or a joke for every one.
Miss Lillian Russell. of the monotvpe
section. and her Bible class OF Advent
| Church are making ARRANGEMENTS for
another dramatic representation TO take
| place some time after Easter. the success
/ OF last years efforts warranting the be-
lief that their experience-wiU render this
years work much easier and give better
results.
New York Typographical Union, with a
membership Of 1900. has 14s members
drawing old-age pensions
The following readers have been trans
ferred from the linotype section. night.
10 the proofrOom, night: Clair c. Barnes.
Rolet W. Christian. Ed Coleman. Frank
A Everts. Claude r Haines, George r.
Merriam. Charles A. Morgan. William A.
Marris, Henry A. Nothnagel. Everton ].
Patch. Arthur H Russell, Isaac ".
Sharp. Frank ". Street. and Edwin c.
Rate
Readers transferred from proOfrOom.
night, 20 proofroem. day. during the week
were as follows: John B. Dickman. Bert
D. Elliott, George D. Ellis. Theodore Ger
Der, Edward J. Hall. Ed A Hutchinson,
Matthias NJ. Kautenberg. Harper J. Nc
Clurg. William A PETER, Jr., Fred H.
Werneke. Eli NJ Wheat. William F. P.
White. Harrison T. Wilson, and Robert
A. Johnson.
Mrs. Charles Shaar. daughter OF Capt
". R. Ramsey. returns to-day TO her
home in Steelton. Pa. the Improvement in
her fathers condition allowing her to re-
join her family.
Billy Bond. Of the bindery. will manage
the Laurel baseball club this season. and
says he will have a team OF farmers that
viii hold its own with most OF the ANA
teur teams OF the District.
Miss Anna Wilson. trustee Of the Union
Printers Home. has returned to duty in
the monotype section. after six weeks
absence at her home in Illinois fully
restored TO health.
Proofreaders transferred from the
prOofroom TO the monotype section as
compositors-James W Miller. Charles
w. Bridwell, Silas c. Ellis. Lyman J.
Clements. Thomas r. Puchett. Ernest J.
EIlwood Francis H MeIick, John II.
Hogan, James Z. Mccormick. Cyrus E.
Cook, Richard S. Peed. William ]. Bulls.
Stephen Smith, Omar L Wilson, Andrew
]. Bcyce. Arthur Armstrong. Frank E
Klopfer. Lewis C. Johnson, Thomas s.
Galleher. William K. Martin. and Merwin
G. Howe.
SOuthey Carroll. counter in the press