Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
NAVY YARD.

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c. M. Thomas of the polishing room
met with a serious accident Monday.
While grinding on an emery wheel it
broke, some of the pieces striking him
on the arm and chest, severely LAGER
ating the flesh on his arm and body.
His physician says he will be inca
| pacitated for six weeks.
| George 1. Laizure. machinist of the
miscellaneous shop, is in Richmond.
Va, and vicinity securing data for the
ma chinists to be used at the hearings
| before the wage board in November.
| Mr.. Laizure is a member of the COM
| mittee of machinists who will appear
| before the board.
| j. J. Kennedy furnaceman of the
| foundry, has been absent from work
for three weeks on account of illness.
NJ. w. Morton, a machinist of the
tool shop. will take an orchestra, of
which he is leader, to Waldorf, Md,
this evening to play for a ball.
Henry Bosley., machinist of the
miscellaneous shop. who has been
Pa, in an effort to regain his health,
has returned to his home on Ken
lucky avenue. He is suffering from a
stroke of paralysis.
Harry Rigby, special machinist of
the breech mechanism shop, is in Bal
| timore securing data for the machin-
lists to be used before the wage board
in November.
John L. Cummings. a machinist of the
west gun carriage shop, is on a weeks
vacation fishing in the upper Potomac.
r, Erving Brown, machinist of the
miscellaneous shop. and Miss Adelta
Riley were married Wednesday. After
the marriage they boarded the train
for a trip to Asheville, N. c., and
other southern cities.
w. R. Wakefield. an apprentice ma
chfnist of the west gun carriage shop,
has resigned to attend college.
Daniel Davis of the coppersmith
shop, who was absent the past week
on account of illness, has returned to
work.
Harry Charles, a machinist of the
west gun carriage shop. who recently
underwent an operation in Providence
Hospital, is improving rapidly.
A. NJ. Owens, a blacksmith of the
forge shop, after having spent a vaca-
ton of ten days in Fredericksburg
and Richmond, Va, has returned
T. E Brown of the cartridge case
shop. who has been absent for five
has returned to work.
Richard r Bell Of the planning board
has enrolled in the class of dental sur
gerry at Georgetown University.
William Strand of the foundry visited
friends in New York Sunday.
Albert Gorsuch, quarterman of the
breech mechanism shop. is on q vaca-
ton of eight days.
Walter r. Cough of the planning board
has resumed his studies in the law
class at the National University Law
School.
Barton Thompson of the foundry is
spending a week with relatives in
Hagerstown, Md.
A. A. Reed. machinist of the breech
mechanism shop, returned to work
Monday after a short vacation.
Charles Bailey of the foundry, who
had his hand crushed in February in
the electric welding room, is improv-
ing and is expected to return to work
soon.
T. F. Dooley, a machinist at the
breech mechanism shop, who was alb
sent for couple of days on account
of an injured ankle, has returned to
work.
G. H. Roland. ]. A. Raini, W. I.
Studs and A. w. Tucker, machinists
of the breech mechanism shop, spent
some time in New York city during the
past week.
, John ]. Bayne of the planning board
has returned to his duties after sew
eral days of Illness.
Joseph Proctor of the foundry. who
had his arm broken in an automobile
accident last August. expects to re-
turn to work next week.
misc ellaneous shop, who has been alb
sent on account of illness for the past
three weeks, has returned to his duties.
William Lantz, who was employed as
sub-inspector at the Bliss torpedo
plant at Brooklyn, N Y, has been
transferred to the Washington navy
yard to perform similar duties.
William Schrinert. w. A. NJ Jones,
Charles Mcdonald and Walter King,
machinists, and George Tolson. a help
er of the secondary mount shop, en-
joyed a trip to New York Sunday
William F. Miller. machinist of the
west gun carriage shop. who has been
i'll for some time, is improving
Henry Magruder, clerk for the plan
ing board. has been transferred to
, the Office of surveys.
William Hunter. quarterman of the
foundry, who has been i'll for some
time, is reported to be improving.
Ed Nussear, A. Houlahan. o. Simp-
son, Ed Bulger and Gus Padgett took
, in the excursion to New York Sunday.
James Ridgeway. a machinist OF the
miscellaneous shop, has entered the
class of dental surgery at George
Washington University.