The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
Items, General and Personal,
OF Interest TO G. p. O. Workers

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James ]. Yohum, bookbinder. has been
transferred from the library branch to
the departmental detail roll
Miss Cora Eiwocd has been transferred
from the postal card section to the night
phamphlet binding section
Bob Congdon, of the job room. Is maxi
ing preparations for a trip to Florida, to
try and verify some of the fishing stories
ne has heard Of that country.
The promotion Of Patrick J. Gallagher
from the desk in the night proof room
to the position Of storekeeper, with an
annual salary og 1850, is regarded as
well desirved and meets with general ap-
probation. Mr.. Gallagher came to the
ofiice fifteen years ago from Lima, Ohio,
where he learned the printing business,
has worked In most Of the composing and
proof divisions CT the ONCE, and has
proved his efficiency and made friends
everywhere.
Ernest j. Eiwood. after a short de-
has been restored to the night proof
force as reader.
Mrs May A Davis and Mrs. Minnie
T. Flaherty. pressfeeders. have re-
signed.
Frank Hambright, of the night proof
force, is confined to his home by ILL
ness.
The officers of the Clerks Relief As
sociation for the coming year are
Howard G. Brown. president; George
Harris. secretary-treasurer. The an
nual dividend for 1913 was 81 per
capita.
Henry c. Espey, bookbinder, has been
transferred from the department roll to
the Library OF Congress branch.
william B. Covert, an applicant for
apprenticeship member in Columbia Typo
graphical Union. will make the third
generation Of the family in the union.
both his father and grandfather having
been members.
Four deaths have occurred among the
members of Columbia Union during the
current month: William A. Griswold.
seventy-one years old; Omar L Wilson,
forty-seven: John F. Lane, thirty-nine,
and John B. Miller. forty-one.
Fred L Davis. Of the night proof force.
Is enjoying the pleasure of a visit from
his mother. Mrs. Davis, whose home is
in Scranton, Pa. is in her eighty-third
year.
Me- Eyora E5z.r5, olarL yn 49,.
ONCE OF the superintendent Of work, has
been transferred to similar duties in the
office Of the superintendent of docu-
ments-
John S. Garner, job room compositor.
has been promoted to the position OF
assistant foreman Of the night proof
force.
Much unjust criticism Is INDUCED in by
unthinking members regarding the small
annual dividend paid by some Of the re-
lief associations of the G. p. O. this year.
In the first place. these societies are not
run for the purpose Of paying dividends,
but to AFFORD relief in cases Of sickness,
and an abnormal year will Of course, cut
down the dividend to a low figure. That
is the experience OF all Of them.
Jere Walsh. of the job room, has re-
turned from his home in Indiana, where
he was called to attend the funeral of
his mother. Six sons were paIlbearers
at the funeral.
Honest John" onyun, formerly OF
PEORIA Ill, Is a recent addition to the
night proof force
Emil patarxon -h -. . A.
Washington Pressmen's Union in every
official capacity, Is doing a temporary
shift at night work in the money order
section.
Albert G. Smith and Joseph E. Horney
are recent appointees as temporary COM
positors.
]. Frank O'Hare, OF Boston, has a
large following among the pressmen of
Washington for the presidency Of the
International Printing Pressmen and As
sistants' Union.
Moses Bretzfelder has been shifted
from the web section to the bill row.
in the pressroom. He has made good as
a member OF the finance committee Of
the Pressmen Union during the past
year.
Dan I. Leane, secretary Of Washington
Printing Pressmen's Union, Is one Of the
most painstaking and efficient officers
among the printing trades, and when a
new man lands in Washington Leane
sees to It that he has a chance to break
In right
Gus Weyand, of the night proof force.
has taken up golf and is an enthusiastic
member of the Bannockburn Golf Club.
Tommy Shober, for years a member Of
Columbia Union, Is back in his old home
town, Cincinnati, working at the busi-
ness. Tommys father was a member of
Cincinnati Union for years, as were his
three brothers.
The many friends of Assistant Door
keeper Charles A. Grenacker hope for
his speedy recovery from a serious sur
gical operation which he underwent this