The Washington herald., 1913-11-09


also President Young. OF PhiiadelphIa.
and when II comes to a choice Column
bia Union. OF this city, will have candi-
date to present
Mrs. Nellie W. Gravatte. telephone
switchboard operator, has resigned
Louis E Hablsib has been promoted to
bookbinder In charge in the pamphlet
section Of the bindery. with increased
pay to 20 cents per hour
Walter E Drenner. compositor. has
been transferred from the night to the
day force Of the nnonotype section
The Government Printing once Council
OF the National Union at its last meet
ing selected the committee to arrange.
for its annual banquet which viii be held
the latter part OF this month. and which
is always one Of the most enjoyable func-
ONCE.
Nelson p Meyer is the chairman Of
the committee in charge of the memorial
service TO the dead of Columbia Union.
which viii be held at the Temple early
In December.
Joseph z. Hodge, recently promoted to
the foremanship Of the intermediate
force in the pressroom. comes from
Virginia. and during his few years's con-
nection with the @. p. o. has graduated
from school Of veterinary surgery.
Eugene Dawson. pressman, has been
transferred from the intermediate to the
day force Of the pressroom.
DR.. James r. Armstrong, who has
been holding the position Of oficeman
in the office OF foreman OF printing for
several years, has been transferred to
the day proofroorr as reader.
Joseph ". Gonzales, machine operator
in the forwarding and finishing section
OF the bindery, has been promoted to
the computing section at an increase in
pay to IS per diem.
John J. Callahan, who has been in
charge Of the intermediate force of the
pressroom for a number of years. has
been transferred to the day force as a
pressman-
Edward F. Flanagan, bookbinder. In
charge, forwarding and finishing section
of the bindery, has been given an IN
crease in pay from 90 to 20 cents per
hour.
Thomas c. Brennan, of the job Sec
ton, during his ffteen-day vacation Wis
tied the neighborhood Of his boyhood
days, in the States Of Wisconsin and
Minnesota
Wilson D. McNelly has been transferred
from the day to the night force of the
monotype section as a compositor.
Richard Powers, from reviser's desk
in the night proofroom. has been pro-
NOTED to the position of assistant fore
man of the job section. He came to
Washington from New Mexico about
twelve years ago, worked on the WASH
ington papers for time, and has made
good in several important capacities
since being connected with the G. P. o.
Louis r. Lippincott, recently promoted
from the proof desk to the foremanship
Of the day monotype section. comes from
New Jersey. and has been a 9. P. o.
employe for about eighteen years, as
compositor linotype operator. and proof
reader. He was the original Ford man
in his belief that the incumbent would
be appointed Public Printer, never waver-
ing for an instant, even when most
people conceded the appointment would
go to some one else, and that trait of
sticking to his friends is a most admir-
able one, ana Will maze MIN a success II
his new position He Is a good printer.
a thorough union man. and has the best
wishes of all those who have been asso-
ciated with him for the past few years
on the night proof force for his complete
success in the very responsible position
he has assumed.
Charles W. Bush, deskman in the night
keyboard room, has been transferred TO
the day force in the same position.
Samuel Maurice Briscoe, who recently
forsook the G. P. o. for position on a
Baltimore newspaper. was in Washing
ton early in the week on visit to his
family, who still reside here
Urban Jones and Gilbert K Rust are
recent appointments to the positions OF
pressmen.
John w. Kolar, pressman on the night
force. after an absence of nearly two
months, part Of which was spent in a
local hospital where he underwent an
operation, is able to be on duty much
improved.
Joseph G. Stelle. an employee of the G.
p. o. for many years, ana one time vice
president Of Columbia Union, has re-
signed and gone to Los Angeles, Cal, to
make that city his future home
William A Gormley and c. Edward
Smith, temporary pressmen. have re-
signed.
George L. Eichhorn, deskman in the
keyboard room, has been transferred
from day to night duty.
OF the promotions made to positions of
s, 900 per annum and better by Public
Printer Ford the proofroom forces have
not been overlooked, the list
Dan v. Chisholm. Claude
Haines, Maurice Spencer, ]. E Payne,
William A. Pratt, W. H. O'Brien, Rich
ard Powers, and Louis r. Lppincott.
Over In the Engraving and Printing
q new apprentice always is assigned to a
plate printer for his first instruction at
the business and this duty has been as
signed 50 often to Billy Little that he is
known to most Of his former apprentices
as Pop" Little, and on the occasion of
his sixty-fifth birthday last week Pop
Ldttle's boys" some Of them pretty old
boys. too, by the way, Joined in present.
ing to their first instructor handsome
reminder of the high esteem in which he
Is held. not only by the people of the
Bureau and the Plate Printers Union.
but by the printers. bokbinders, and
pressmen In the g. p. D. as we'll