The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

be played on Forbes Field, the beau
tiful home of the Pittsburgh National
League club. said to be the handsomest
baseball park in the country. The
| Pittsburgh printers have arranged a
great week of entertainment, and the
attendance will no doubt be large, the
point being easily accessible from all
| the printing centers. and these annual
meets becoming more and more popu-
lar each year.
Word was received here Friday that
! W. F. Reed, veteran prOofreader who
is visiting his home al Camden. " J.,
had suffered an attack OF paralysis.
Lieut.. Richard Powers. OF the night
proof force, is at Camp Perry, Ohio, to
participate in the rife shoot with the
National Guard.
Hynes Terry, the popular G P. o.
guide. has returned from a visit to his
former home in Evansville, Ind.
Comrade George H. StulI is enjoying
his vacation seeing the beauties of Wash
ington and vicinity.
William H. Cornish. who represented
Columbia Union at the Cleveland con-
ventiOn, has been elected a member OF
the board of trustees of the union TO
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death
OF Charles c. Thompson.
Jake Stauer. of the Post composing
room, is swinging around the Western
circuit with the Washington ball club,
and will reach Pittsburgh in time for
the printers tournament
The Public Printer has issued. an order
that while the q. z. o. will not be made
a collecting agency for bad debts. still
legitimate claims against employees will
be referred to the foremen of divisions
for investigation and report, and an en-
ploye who is found to be a chronic bor-
rover and who refuses to pay honest
obligations is liable to be put on the un-
desirable list.
Louis R. Lfppincott. of the night proof
force, has his Ford machine in working
condition, and will drive a party of con-
genial spirits over to Philadelphia and
Atlantic City to spend Labor Day.
One of the sons of Theodore Gerber, of
the night proof force. is a crack rife shot,
and is with the National Guard at Camp
Perry, Ohio, ahd another son is taking a
course in mining engineering out in Okla
hOma.
John r. Bradley, who died at a local
hospital on Monday last, had been a
proofreader in the G. P. o. for many
years, much of the time on specifications.
and lately at the Library of Congress. in
which profession he was rated as an ex-
pert. He was sixty-three years of age,
and leaves four children-Mrs. NJ. c.
Dikeman, Mrs. Mary Z. Wright, and Z.
H. and ]. T. Bradley.
Married-At Union, Greg, August Is, 1913,
Cyrus Rosell Tibbitts and Mary A. Law,
both of Powder, Greg.
The bride herein mentioned has many
friends in the G. P. o., where she was
employed for a number of years as a COM
positor and proofreader. resigning some
years ago TO engage in the newspaper
business in Oregon, in which she made
success. The ceremony took place at the
home of her brother, DR.. Charles Law.
Frank NJ Miller. of the night proof
force. is enjoying his annual vacation at
his home in the Buckeye State.
Comrade James A. wylie, of the key
board room, and Mrs. Wylie are doing
Atlantic City.
Edward P. Butscher Is acting foreman
of the case-making division of the bind
cry during the absence Of George Hurst.
Clayton E. Edelin,, proofreader on the
day force, was taken suddenly i'll while
on duty Thursday last and had to be
removed to his home.
S. Maurice Briscoe is confined to his
home by severe attack of acute indi-
gestion.
Miss Esther Ramsey, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. George NJ. Ramsey, is the guest
Of Miss Grace Goodhart at the summer
home of BIiscoe Goodhart, of the bindery |
in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Forest Pendleton. former secretary of |
the Bookbinders Union, now a special |
agent of the Department of Justice, is |
located at New Orleans, La.
J. Ligon King, who left the G. P. o. |
some years ago to accept q departmental |
clerkship, has resumed active member
ship in Columbia Union