The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-08
P R INTERS TAKE
ONE NIGHT OFF
Typographical Union No. 90
Celebrates Its Forty Sixth
Anniversary.
STUNTS ENOUGH FOR ALL
Ben Owen and DR.. Mcdaniel
Tell How Clean Copy Was
Once Balled Up.

nv pdilSt \ ID.
ga man Gutenberg must have smiled
Gown beni snantiy from his tnrons :,
a'nalla of departed printers a.
.,e .v'Nrd oown last night upon Rich.
-'.c h Typographical Union. Nc. 90
7"'hcred around the board at the Ma
sonic Tehiple to celebrate it's go.
s'Nth anniversary. PRINTERS pasi,ro"
Vas tne way the affair was labala, ~,
.lv pack OF the menu. and pas,ima E.,
""s' speed with anecdotes of witty mo :,
ai,, e'HIorced by feast which Will
'iNaEs remain a monument 10 tn ~
-onts or caterer Guvcrnator.
"sE!h with, every union printer
,iI, VI! VINO was not disabled biz
.'ihtSS or kept at home Nv his wifc
was there. Those who came at.
.U!!oh'tlons from the partners of thei,.
~! ana sorrows. found ten,nor.
so'ace in the motto printed in itaI,,',
81 .hc bottom Of the menu card ..pro
me from the sin that dooms mo -
s"o>e dreadful words. My dear, whcrs
! nave YOU bcen?'" "'eFe
Al ION the moment that Toasunaster
Lac, opened the speaking to tho
-"S' story of the final speaker tboms
was something stirring every n,in,,,e
- '"t evening. The printers of -
N''! We're having their annual n,,,',
an" NOBODY ,cared ABOUT the sana he.
re mat headed thu eating list
ing that whose fndeph a roo,,
!e, MIN keep !t-dark.'.
everybody Singing II.
,i,.s eu orchestra supplied .he
VI 'he day. playing over ana ove~
again the popular favorites ..T,, oEeF
r"t caught the printers Wit,
"e harmony. and one ana mi ioiaed
~ .ne mighty chorus Tn 49,
'oire was gone through IN, ~
10 80 MI OF the evening was "n,xt =,
'He battle hymn of tn, Sou,h
Who'll ueo ny the orchestra Tho
assembly arose and cheered
Hu-raSs o'her diversions Georca
OF ~ 49, me champion ventr!loquts,
49, !ocal typographical colony 80,
an Interpretation OF his ar. wht,.,, save
lean, sain tron the beginning
colonel Ben P. Owen. nri,.,.s
INC Governor. told one viii
49,. as he remembered. he s.ta
49,, true. 1t seems that it became 49,
~ upon one occasion 70 49, MS
virrinie,,. "o''uaTy Of som. famous
lie marshalcd his hes, pbra
IN. Inc task and ended with the sen,.sn 90
ih'erment will take mac =;
Would You believe it?" said NJ
ven The newspaper to which !
n,nrpi aFtlcie printed it the next
~. ms way: The entertain
VII take place at Hollywood :.
Scrpents Like Dogs.
KEY. George w Mcdaniel II n =,
me fl'st Baptist Church. told ~ an
a"oiitnt wh!ch all but succeeded in
ing his affections for printers
ciass. He was preaching in a
ttca -, own ne said, and sent no
u me local paper that he would
."Ne as ms text the following SUNDAY
me passage in which occur the words
wise as serpcnts, harmless as dovcs >,
ne printer amended il and So, II nm
WY Serpents are las harmless as
HoEs II was rough on the preacher
"ul the printers saw in the story a
mine OF humor. :
The progress of tho local u,,;o
the part it is playing in the life or
Us members was the subject OF n talk
by President r. r. Bowden. of Klcb
nond Typographical Union. No 30
he promised that at the next nleettrf,
oil tne BODY he would report "a tota! Nom.
,D e's,''p oi -oo' or an hut thirty OF the
local Typographical colony.
W. H. Mullen and NJ. r. Pace snol,.
on the general subject OF the union,
giving an account OF it's growth hmm
locally and nationally. Others TO re-
spond TO toasts were: $. w NECK
Davis Bottom. w. j. KImbrough. High
Constable Wyatt and Allen Potts.
managing editor of The Times Dis-
patch
iohSf To Departed Printers
touching ceremonial Of the ev.n-
ing was the reading of the name, or
famous Richmond printers who have
crossed the brink. NJ. r. Pace. dean
OF FOCAL printers, and more than for
" years member of the union. rcan
the names slowly while the whole
company stood up and drank toast
TO their memory
The menu suggested the character
o. the celebrating organization in the
names OF its dishes 1t included cut
cnburg cocktail. heilboX olives, sort
case pickles. thinspace chicken with
makeup, mushrooms Oh toast linotype
rolls. n2onOtypc biscuits. coldsIug ham.
Loaded potato salad. ls-point crab Gro.
qnettes. siugged nints. tabuIated nuts.
stick cream. pied cakes. guidellne beer.
ailtn coffee. No. 80 cigars and union
cigarettes.
The officers of Richmond TYPO.
graphical Union are. President. II. r.
Bowden. vice president, H. Leon
( Woody. financial secretary. c. J.
Hughes. il. recording secretary. T.
( W. Blskey. and sergcant-at-arrns
. Sidney Gates The anniversary com
/ mittee consisted Of NJ r Pace. ~
/ r. Freeman. II. l. Tenser Il r. Bow
/ den. r. l. Woody and l.. y. Parsons
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