Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-20

! al holiday Saturday following Christmas,
so that their vacation will extend over
period of three full days. There is
some prospect that the Saturday fol-
lowing New Year may also be made a
holiday. in which event the District
government personnel will enjoy a
total Of six days away from work dur
ing the Yuletide seas son.
The surveyors Office. which seldom
fails to observe Christmas in some way,
probably will hold a reception Christ
mas eve. Employees of this Office have
revived the publication of the Search
light. weekly bulletin about what the
surveyors are doing, which was origi-
| nally launched by Jack Armstrong
| about ten years ago. The sheet is
edited by a different member of the
force each week, and illustrated with
pen pictures by A. E. Favnham, drafts
man. 1t consists principally of a varie-
gated assortment of good-natured
knocks on the personnel. and is always
read with much interest.
4 cooperative lunchroom has been
organized by about 100 employees at the
District pumping station. So far the
venture is said to have been a big sue
cess.
| Christmas plans have been made by
members of the excise board and other
| officials of that Office. Cotter T. Bride
will spend several days in Baltimore
between Christmas and New Year; the
other two members of the board, Gen.
Robert G. Smith and Henry 5. Baker,
will remain in Washington during the
| holidays. Waldo c. Hibbs, excise in
spector, also will celebrate Christmas
at home. K. J. Hart. secretary to the
! board, will leave Wednesday for his
| home in Jersey City. On returning aft
er the holidays Mr.. Hart will be visited
, by former classmate, James =. Nc
| Govern. who is a cousin of Secretary
| Tumulty.
| A. X. Gilman and Jack Armstrong
! are the champion florists and horticul-
turists of the surveyors Office. The
| former has planted seventy rose bushes
| on the lawn of his home at CORTLAND
| Station, near Fort Myer, and expects
| to transform the place into veritable
+, flower garden next summer. Armstrong
| is trying to grow a cotton plant in a
| corner of Surveyor HaZen's private Of
| fee. Some one sent him a cotton seed
| and he promptly planted IT. 1t mas
| stalk Armstrong also has lemon.
orange, line. date and grapefruit
tree sproutings growing in the same
box. The odd collection never fails to
, attract the attention OF visitors 10 the
surveyors Office
/ W I. Forsythe. one of the Junior en-
| yineers of the surface division. is on
, annual leave until after the holidays.
! The following officials and employees
of the health department have been
granted Christmas leave: DE- John J..
Norris assistant health ofhcer: 5.
| Phillips. file clerk: c. c. Staub, sani-
tary inspector; r. Randall, food in
spector; lie Roy b. Foster, clerk; Clin-
ton L. Colvin, sanitary inspector. and
Paul Garrett, inspector under the
| eight-hour law.
/ Clifford Lanham. assistant superin-
tendent of trees and parklngs, Is still
i'll at his home.
sidewalks is spending vacation at
his country home in Beltsville, Nd.
/ Vinton Birch, assistant engineer in
the surveyors office in charge of con-
demnations of land. will spend the
holidays on L hunting trip i'll the south
Jobh A. Jarboe, craftsman, surveyors
!. office. will attend a family reunion dur
|; ing Christmas at the PARENTAL nome IN
Edwards Ferry, Md.
Walter A. Williams, secretary to
! Surveyor Hazen. viii spend CHRISTMAS
at his home in Rockville, Md.
| Wager S. Brown and Arthur b
| Earnham are among the members OF
the surveyors Office who are taking
: college courses this fall.
ii Cant Julian Schley, assistant en-
|, ! ,ineer commissioner and executive of
ficer of the public utilities board, is
, spending the holidays with his parent:
in Savannah, Ga.
De witt c. Smith of the public util-
tiles commission will leave Thursday
IN remain over Sunday with his par
ent. at Smythville, Md.
Ezra o. Keller has been appointed
clerk in the public utilities commits
. sion. Walter Cooper has been given &
nosition as computer in the engineer
Idepartment of the commission. g.
W. A. Mcfarland, superintendent Of
1.-The water department, has been elect.