The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-19

Government Printing once employee be-
gins to- figure up the amount Of his possi-
BILE dividend from his membership In one
Or more OF the various relief associations
doing business In the Office. For twelve
months he has paid In his 81 monthly
to be assured Of six weeks benefits In
case of sickness, and with the last pay
ment in November. II he has been so
i fortunate as not to have been a beneh-
ciary during the year through illness, he
can look forward to, rebate Of a con-
siderable sum from his investment with
which to purchase a present for his
wife or daughter or sweetheart, and
thousands of dollars go each year for
such purposes from the money thus ac7
cumulated to make glad the hearts Of
many people.
| There are any number of these asso-
Citations fostered by the employees of sthe
Public Printer. and the good done by
| them is incalculable. The first one was
started by Will S. Waudby, now Of the
Census once, nearly thirty years ago.
and is still in existence, with member
ship or several hundred, and has dis
tributed thousands of dollars in relief
among the membership, without the loss
of a dollar through the lapse Of any Of
its officers This year. while some of these
associations have had unusual calls on
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| among the membership. on the whole
| they have been fairly prosperous, and the
dividends of most OF them will be fully
up to previous years.
Several of the new motor vehicles for
the G. P. o. are already in service, and
| the new garage for their housing is al
most completed. By the first of the new
year. it is expected that the full equip
ment will be received. and the. use Of
| the horses entirely dispensed with as a
means Of delivery for this department Of
| the government.
Latta' o. Early. John H Hooper,
1 George S. Fletcher, Frank W. Parker,
and John j. TomlIn, linotype operators,
have been transferred from day to night
| work.
Magnus A. NalIy has been transferred
as a compositor from the monotype TO
the linotype section, as also have Com
positors Henry c. Town. Charles F.
Blett, and Frederick ]. Marines from the
| document section.
]. w. Walker, OF the proofroom. re-
ceived a telegram on Friday evening
notifying him Of the death of his broth
ler-in-law at Bellefontaine. Ohio, and left
for that place the same evening
Columbia Typhographical Union will
make somewhat OF a departure this sea
son and entertain the membership and
! their friends on Thanksgiving Eve with a
dance, preceded by programme OF musi'
cal and literary features. for which some
of the best District talent has been Sc
| cured. The dancing programme Will be
! in charge of Prof. William c. Hinton.
Miss Eleanor NJ. Chambers. clerk in the
Iofice of accountant. has been transferred
to a similar position with the superintend-
ent OF documents.
| Herbert f. James. Harry Boate, Charles
NJ Evans. Edwin n. Warner Larenzo u.
wheeldon. Harry c. Town. Luther B.
Fete. Clay Jones, Harry T. Giles, and
| William T. Hall, cOupositors, have been
promoted to linotype operators, and as
signed for day duty, and Herman Demp-
sey. Todd C. Sharp, John c. Hepburn,
Robert S Boucher, and David r. Lyons
have received similar promotion and been
assigned to night work.
Mai. John D.. Russell. the veteran
proofreader. who has been seriously III
for the past month, is reported as slowly
convalescing, and Nicholas Watkins, OF
the job proofroom, is also slightly better.
Harry Nesbit. maker-up in the mono
type section, has been assigned as COM
positor.
William R. Hansher has been appoint
eda probationary compositor, and John
J. Wade A. R. Lindsay, Charles d.
Deming. Frank c. Hart, James T. Shrig-
ley. and Edward A. Vogts have received
appointments as temporary composftors.
Mrs. Nellie W. Gravette has been ap-
pointed a telephone operator, and Harry
L. Trether promoted from typewriter to
clerical position.
Regular monthly meeting of Columbia
Typographical Union at the Temple al
2:30 to-day.
Pressman Jesse A. Lednum attended
the complimentary dinner given to Frank
Baker and Charley Herzog by their
Maryland friends. Jesse played ball with
both Of them before he came to the G
p. o.. and he and Baker have a get.
together time whenever the Athletics are
in Washington.
Leaving Washington. Gen. George H
p Harries will leave behind many sincere
friends in all ranks Of life, and in NJ
class will the number be larger thai
among those of his former craft, tn,
printers His service at the case in thu
g. P. o. is recalled with pleasure b!
many OF those who served with him, and
1.-THE same qualities which have marked
his career IN other lines made him proml
nent as an employee of the Office. In thu
days Of hand composition. especially a
piece rates, the man most sought for tbs
lposition Of chapel chairman vas gen
orally the scrappiest individual on TIT
>. list, and George Harries filled the bill
to the letter.
The man working by the piece wa
looking for the best of it nine times on
d of ten, mot only as between himself anC
\ the foreman, but between himself anC
his fellow-workmen, and IT took a maj
with nerve to hold down those who knew
an the tricks of the trade and to SCI
that all the members got anything hk'
an equal show. Many times he had 4
lcau down some of his best friends, and
many times he had to do things agains
fhis best judgment, and the training &C
quired as chairman of a big chapel hal
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