The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

Printing once Council, National Union
at the Queen Cafe, November last, was
| fully up to the standard set by this or
ganization, both In the quality Of the
men and the character Of the entertain
ment
When President Glenn opened the ex-
ercises, every seat at the tables was oc-
cupied, and from that time until adjourn
ment fun and good cheer predominated.
Though many of those who have attend
ed these functions in past years were
absent, their places were filed by those
of the newer members who took active
part in the organization, and, on the
whole, the banquet was a complete sue
cess As heretofore, the majority OF the
entertainers were recruited from the
ranks OF the employees of the G. P. 0. and
from the membership of G. P. o. Council
itself, and the excellence OF the pro-
gramme was proof that Chairman John
T. Heck, of the entertainment committee,
used good Judgment in his selections. G.
P. o. Council in the near future will en-
tertain the wives and daughters Of the
membership with q complimentary dance
and supper.
During the civil war a regiment Of SOL
dIers was organized consisting Of en-
ployes Of the government departments
and known as the Interior Regiment
Companies F and G of this regiment
were made up Of persons employed in the
Government Printing Office, the latter
company comprising employees Of the
bindery and the former those engaged in
| the printing divisions of the office.
The officers of Company F were John
English, captain; William Mcleod, first
second
lieutenant; Daniel Harbaugh, Norval w.
King, Charles D. Parsons, and John Mil
! Ter, sergeants; Richard Cronin, A. g..
Seaman, William L. Scott, and Thomas
Harper. corpOrals.
OF the members of this company still
in the Office are G. A. r. McNeir and w.
W. Maloney, of the proofroom; Nicholas
Watkins, of the job proofroom; William
B. Kelly, OF the foundry, and Charles D.
and A. n. Parsons, of the pressroom.
Company was commanded by George
P. Con; Charles Lemon, first lieuten-
ant; John ]. Byrnes, second lieutenant,
and Warden Bishop, first sergeant, and
on the rolls OF the bindery of the mem
bers of the company are the names Of
H. C. Espey. Thomas B. Penicks, r. B.
Hartford. and Thomas A. May.
Wilfred B. Stewart and John F. New
as compositors during the week.
Thomas B. Ford, chemist, has received
an increase in salary from 81, 100 to 81, 800.
One Of the Jerseymen who went home
to vote returned with the intelligence
that one of the most potent factors in
the success of one of the candidates for
office in his part of the State was an in
dorsement from the officers of Columbia
Typographical Union, which was thor
oughly distributed throughout the dis
trict in poster form.
Columbia 1O1 Athletic Association will
meet at Typographical Temple at 2:aO to-
day for the purpose Of considering a
proposition to establish a permanent
headquarters and clubhouse.
John Cook, a veteran Of the watch
force, has been promoted to lieutenant.
with an increase OF salary from $40 to
500.
John JI Higgins, for many years treas
urer of Columbia Union, has been pro-
NOTED from the position of proofreader
to a clerkship in the office Of accountant
went down to the Tarheel State to ex-
ercise his privilege of American citizen
ship, and John A. Obenshaw presided
over the proofroom as chairman in the
interim.
The contract labor law is so strictly
enforced in Canada that any mechanic or
laborer who goes there to work is sub
ka A
who recently returned from there de-
clares that he was harassed to such an
extent that nothing could induce him to
accept a position over the border again,
his experience Of a few months In one of
the large cities of the Dominion teach
ing him that America is the home OF the
free.
Hynes Terry, assistant doorkeeper,
fitted himself out with a complete hunt
ing outfit with part of the award he re-
Gently obtained for being a victim in a
railroad accident, and has gone to his
home State Qndiana) after big game.
Guy McCord, who left the Office to en-
gage in the hotel business here, has met
with such success that he contemplates
building an up-to-date structure on the
plot of ground he owns near the Union
Station.
Jim McGrane, a former Washington
pressman, now travelling for a leading
New York ink house, was In the city dur
ing the week and says that Dick Thomas,
also we'll known here, is the New York
representative of the Goss Printing Press
Company, and that AL Jones, another
former washingtonian, has charge Of the
pressroon Of the Scranton Pa0 Tribune.
Football was tha cause OF broken
arm for the son Of James T. Huggins, Of
the proofroom, recently, but the young
ster is still an enthusiast
Business among Washington printing
offices is said to be excellent at present.
especially among those having machine
plants, one Of the latter recently remov-
ing to new quarters and adding two Of
the very latest Mergs to its OUTFIT. A
visitor here recently-a man well quail
fed to speak on the subject-who has
been absent from Washington many
years, declared that outside Of the G.
P. o., he believed Washington was one
of the best printing towns in the coun-
try, and expressed his astonishment at
the bulk of advertising carried by the
newspapers here. He said he could not
understand how this city. which Is sup
posed to be so largely dependent on the
government, found 1t profitable to patron
ize the advertising columns of the news
papers to the extent that Is done. Some
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