Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17
In the Government Printing Office

Rifles Armory. on G street northwest.
the evening of February IS J. Irwin
Esterly and Bill Hall will he the end
men, and many of the old faces seen
heretofore in amateur minstrel perform
ances will be on the program This is
binders, and il is expected that the hall
Will be filled with members of the union
and the allied trades.
Samuel W. EdmUndS. press reNiSer in
the intermediate force of the press divi-
sion. who was recently injured in an
automobile accident, is on duty again.
Claude Mcdonald. of the iobroom has
been assigned to the proofroom.
The press division intermediate force
was reorsanized upon the assembling of
Congress after the holiday recess. with
David Parker of New York in charge
of the section.
Mrs. Johanna Curtin of the sanitary
section, who has been very i'll with
pneumonia. is reported TO be improving
Frank II. Walpolc of the press division
is reported sick at his home in Roches-
ter, \. y.
Joseph 7. Colliere OF the engineers see
ton is on the sick list this week.
Mrs. Huston. wife of Reyiser John 4.
Huston of the night proofroom. who has
been severely i'll for several weeks at
.Iarheld Hospital. returned to her home
tuesday. and is rapidly Improving in
health. Mrs. Huston has been an active
member of the Ladies' Auxiliary OF Co.
lumbia Typographical Union, serving
several terms as its president.
Edward I Handy ratora,, ,.a,d,, -
specifications. recently resigned from the
office. Mr.. Handy has served in the
office for over thirty years, and has a
WIDE acquaintance among the craft.
whose good wishes follow him in his
well earned vacation
Harry Rowe has been assigned as
maker-up in the night monotype section.
Copy Editor Frank A. Kidd has been
detailed to the editorial force of the night
Droofroom.
Wills Young. of the day proofroom
who has been on the sick list. is reported
as much improved and expects to report
Tor duty in the near future.
Misses Annie Gaughran and Nellie
Blair. Mrs. Nirgie Langley. Mrs n F. V.
Lyons and Edwin F. Rickenbacher. all of
the press division, are on the sick list.
George J. Schley, one of the old guard
on specllcatIonS. who has been on the
SICK list. is reported on the mend
KEYBOARD Operator Philip Nachmap of
the day monotype section took a portion
of his leave last week
The members of Columbia. Tvnoyraal,-
zeal Union are receiving pamphlets from
James VI. Lynch president of the Inter
national Union, containing information as
to the history of the order This history
covers the efforts Of the organized print
ers of the country for more than lOG
years. The history sets forth that the
printers union of this city which was
organized in 1915, is the oldest existing
union of printers. if not the Oldest union
in any trade. in the United States.
Appointments. separations. transfers
etc. in the government printing Office for
the week ending January II have been
announced as follows:
ippontments.-Mis Pearl \. Yost
skilled laborer female). by transfer: John
+. Wayson. temporary compositcr
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES J. Handy, reader
resigned; Miss Ellen A. Featnerstone
press feeder. resigned; Walter Earnestly
helper. resigned: John J. Lester, skilled
laborer, resigned; Henry T. Luce. un.
skilled laborer.
Transfers. etc.-Miss Rosa r. Weser
press feeder. press division to War ana
Navy section: Thurston c. Brown, helper
40 cents an hour. hand section, to mes
senger, 30 cents an hour delivery section
Joseph F. West. driver, 80 cents an hour
delivery section, to unskilled laborer. -.
cents an hour, hand section; John Lin
quist, electrotypers helper, II cents an
hour, to stereotyper apprentice, 10 cents
an hour. foundry section. night: John A
Delawder. assistant foreman, l.; cents an
hour sanitary section. to counter 3.
cents an hour, pamphlet binding section