Evening star., 1914-02-07
In the Government Printing Office

| The celebration of Washington's birth
day in the government printing office
will be held at noon February "a, the
office being closed on the Esd. Prof
Benjamin A Lineback will be in charge
| of the music and chorus, and an excel
lent program has been arranged for the
occasion.
William B. Wilson. Secretary of the
Department of Labor, will address,
the employees.
There will be a meeting of the Gov
ernment Printing Office Council of the
National Union at Typographical Tenn
pie tonight. Business of Importance Is
to be taken up.
Reviser L. II. Patterson of the day
proofroom waH recently elected senior
Vice commander of the Department of
the Potomac, G. A. r. Maj. Patterson
has served the department as junior vice
commander for the past year.
NJ A Maloney, compositor in the docu-
ment thand) section, was taken sud-
denly ill Wednesday morning and sent
to the emergency room for treatment.
Alexander Douglas of the machine
shop section, who has been suffering
from a broken ankle for several weeks.
reported for duty.
Charles F. Purdy, operator in the day
mouotype keyboard section, has been on
the sick list during the week.
Scott G. PuIliam, Francis H. Melick,
Morris J. Hess and James Z. Maynard,
all OF the day proofroonl. have been on
detail during the week in the income
tax division of the Treasury Depart
ment, indeXing the law and regulations
governing the administration of the in
come tax law.
John T; o'Hara, in charge Of a sec
tion in the press division, is i'll at his
home in Baltimore.
Proofreader William W. Frye of the
day proofroom has been acting referee
during the week.
Ed L. Davis, Louis Winters, Dennison
P. Rowell and Abner w. BentZ Of the
monotype section are on the sick list
this week.
Miss Nellie Theaker, operator in the
nlonotype keyboard section. has been de-
taiied to the day proofroom as reader.
John Breen, formerly linotype operator
In the government printing office, now
secretary of the New Orleans Typo
graphical Union. has been visiting his
former fellow-craftsmen in the office
this week.
VIII Powers. son of Chief Electrician
Powers, is at work at the government
printing office for the Cornell Company
which is installing the new power plant
equ ipnent.
Charles F. Webster Of the day proof
room has been detailed to the night force
Word has been received from Daniel NJ.
Jones, who has charge of the pneumatic
tube service. that his son is slowly re-
covering from a severe illness. Mr.. Jones
left several weeks ago for Los Angeles.
where his son has been residing.
a large delegation of Pennsylvanians
from the Office assembled at the Union
station Tuesday evening to welcome their
fellow-ctizen, Butch McDevitt.
Misses Esther and Marion Kennedy,
Mrs. Minnie Flaherty, Mrs. Jennie Lusby,
Mrs. j. NJ. Mcdonald, Mrs. Mary NJ
Miller, Mrs. Elizabeth Pettiford and Mrs.
Anna Tiffany, who were detailed
to the bindery. have returned to their
duties in the press division.
Proofreader Charles NJ. Robinson was
recently elected a member of the council
of administration of the Department of
the Potomac, G. A. r.
George Terwilliger. imposer in the docu-
nlent (hand) section, has been enjoying
portion of his leave during the week.
H. w Stevens of the engineer section