Evening star., 1914-12-27

at 4:30 pm Thursday, December "a,
1914. and shall be reopened at the
ber 2S. 1t is further ordered that the
government printing office and the sew
eral branches thereof shall be closed
January l. 1915. and shall be reopened
at the usual hour Saturday morning,
January g. The above order is subject
to the demands that may be made upon
the public printer for public printing
and binding and those employees whose
services may be required on December
to that effect. The substitution OF a
holiday the entire day of. December
26 for the usual half holidays Decem-
Der - and 81 is made necessary by
| reason of the fact that Congress will
reassemb1e December % and will prob
ably be in session December 81 and
January l."
A neat sum of money was raised by
| the members of the monotype key
board chapel and distributed among
the messengers and laborers Of that
division as a Christmas gift.
The members Of Local, No. 4. Inter-
national Brotherhood of Bookbinders,
have been holding set rehearsals for
their minstrel show. to be given at
National Rifles Armory January IL.
! 1915. and J. Irwin Esterly. who is in
charge Of the rehearsale, states that
| the variety and excellence OF the pro-
| gram will eclipse any given hereto-
| fore.
| Miss Fannie Strong of the press divi-
! sion is spending the holidays in New
York city visiting an aunt
]. H. Riley of the engineers section
has been absent from duty during the
| week. due to Illness.
Edwin D. Henry of the monotoype
keyboard section is again confined to
his home on account of sickness
Reviser David S. Walton of the day
proofroom was elected member OF
the executive committee of Confed-
crate Veterans Camp. No. III, at the
recent meeting of that organization.
Cards sending Christmas greetings
from E. E. Wear and James R. Afford,
who are at the Union Printers Home
at Colorado Springs; CO., l.; hans AVE ceen citY
Messrs Wear and Afford were former
employees In the office.
Miss Anna W. Burkett of the press
division is visiting relatives in Easton,
Md, during the holidays
Henry c. Murray of the monotype
keyboard section spent Christmas with
relatives in Baltimore, Md.
William ]. Graham is on the sick
report of the engineers section this
week.
The members of the proofroom
chapel, following the annual custom
sum of money to each of the mes
senger boys of that section.
James B. Huss. who has been ap-
pointed emergency keyboard operator.
is brother of Assistant Foreman Huss
of the night monotype section.
Miss Helen NJ. Cote and ". w.
injured some time ago, are still in
capacitated for duty.
H. Thompson of the engineers sec
tion has been absent the past week on
account of Illness
NJ. ]. Meany of the document (hand)
section has been detailed as operator
in the monotype keyboard section.
Public Printer Ford has announced
the following memorandum of appoint
ments, separations, transfers, etc, for
the week ending December Is:
Appointments-Raleig NJ. Black,
compositor, reinstated: Jacob r. Snelt-
zer. probationary compositor: Rob-
ert s. Harris, probationary messenger
boy; Charles F. Stanowski. probation
ary machinist: James B. Huss, emer-
gency monotype keyboard operator
Separations-Harry H. Geisbert. tenn
porary conlpositor; Henry J. Frank,
steamfitter: Robert F. Simms. tempo
rary compositor; Alpheus Sholi. tempo
riry compositor; William T. Martin,
temporary compositor; David T. Lloyd,
temporary compositor; Joseph l.
keefer. temporary compositor; James
B. Huss, temporary compositor: George
P. Hickman, temporary compositor;
William J. Narrower. temporary skill
ed laborer; Hugh NJ. Bevill, temporary
carpenter.
Transfers. etc.-James W. Downs,
helper at 40 cents an hour to helper
at 45 cents an hour, money order Sec
ton: Edward A. Dore, skilled laborer
at 25 cents an hour to helper at 35
cents an hour. ruling and sewing sec
tion: Miss Cora NJ. Elwood. skilled
laborer (fernale) at 25 cents an hour to
machine operator female) 27k cents
an hour, ruling and sewing section;
George Lomax, unskilled laborer from
press division to hand section: Albert
a. Meridith. compositor from job sec
tlon to monotype section; James G.
Roberts, from imposer at SIS cents an
hour to maker-up at 80 cents an hour.
hand section; Jesse N. Hawkins and
Joseph Myers, from unskilled laborers
stores division to monotype section;
Miss Violet E. Clarridge. from assist
ant telephone switchboard operator,
$500 per annum, Office of chief clerk,
hour. ruling and sewing section:
Charles J. Sheets, from clerk at $1,000
per annum to clerk at $1,000 per
annum. office of the superintendent of
work: Philip w. Green. from mes
senger boy at Is cents an hour to
skilled laborer at 25 cents an hour,
pamphlet binding section to ruling and
sewing section; John T. Corrigan, from
helper at 80 cents an hour to helper
at 36 cents an hour. forwarding and
finishing section; Henry w. Webb,
Peter A. Schroen, David G. Mckenzie,
John G. Hiekok.. Marcus P. Jackson.
Frank S. Learck, of the linotype sec
tion. night; James H. Adams. Lewis
c. Frey. Harry L. Swiggett, Harry A.
Burr. William 8. Carpenter, William
T. Curran. Charles J. Meagher. William
F. Harris. John w. DeVries, of the
montype section. night; William S. Nc
Daniel. John NJ. Reilly, of the hand
section. night. from the temporary ron
as compositors at SO cents an hour to
the permanent roll as probationary
compositors, hand section. night