Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-08

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a f1fteen-day leave of absence Wednes-
day and will spend his vacation in New
York and Atlantic City.
Miss Minnie Awkward of the monotyDC
keyboard section left yesterday for
Boston. Mass, where she will spend
months vacation.
Miss Kittie o. Keenwright of the
stamping and casemaking section and
Miss Pearl A. Yost of the map section
of the bindery are spending their va
cation near Havre de Grace, Md.
Lieut.. e. G. Wilson of the document
(handj section has been designated by
Gen. William Harvey of the District
Guard to recruit and organize a bat
terry of field artillery. to be known as
Battery B, Field Artillery. N. G. D. c.
Lieut. Wilson, who has been connected
| with the local militia for a number of
! years. was recently designated by the
| War Department to attend the School
| of Fire for Officers held at Fort Sill.
| Okla, for one month.
Editor Joseph E. Cotton of the proof
| room and Mrs. Cotton returned to the
city Tuesday after a months vacation,
spent with relatives at their former
home, New Orleans. La.
| William Herman of the machine shop
| section suffered a painful injury to his
| ed while changing gears on lathe.
/ The following members of the proof
room chapel began their annual vaca.
ton the first Of the week DANIEL
kins. Charles ]. O'Neill. B. H. Swain, J..
W. Cross, B. H. Ackert and A. J. Sy-
monds.
DR.. T. A. Tomlin of the linotype sec
l iS Colonial
Beach.
| S Earl Upperman, employed in the of
flee of the superintendent of documents,
and Miss Lillian Wells of this city mo-
tored to Rockville last Monday and
were married by the marrying par
son." Mr.. and Mrs. Upperman left the
same evening on a honeymoon trip to
Old Point Comfort.
| William Bierley, Hiram S. Hyde and
James Wood of the watch section are
enjoying leave of absence.
Mrs. Ada H. Gasaway and Mrs. E. r.
Hahn of the stamping and casemaklng
section of the bindery are away on
thirty-day vacations.
James s. Perkins of the document
| (hand) section, who has been on detail
| in the linotype section, is making a
| short visit at Betterton, Md, and Will
| go to Colonial Beach for an outing be-
| fore resuming his duties in the office.
| Maker-up G. W. Robinson of the docu-
ment (hand) section has gone to Atlantic
City for three-week vacation, after
which he will visit with relatives in Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Mrs Bessie COMO of the presswork
division has been granted thirty days
leave of absence and is spending her vaca-
ton at Ocean View, Va.
| A. w. Emory, NJ " B. Stevens, E. NJ
| Wheat and H. D. Beach of the proofroom
| left Thursday on vacations ranging from
one to three weeks.
| ton and Mrs. Harris. who have been
spending several weeks in the mountains
| Of Virginia, returned to the city Tues
day.
Milton Brickerd, William H. Washing
| ton, Mrs. Priscilla Woodruff and Mrs. NJ.
E. Mangum have been on the sick list of
the sanitary section during the week.
w. F. Tappan of the monotype key
board section has been absent from duty
the past week, due to illness.
| John H. Butler. maker-up in the docu-
! ment (hand) section, and Mrs. Butler
| have gone to Boston. Mass. for three
week visit.
Frank ]. Sloan of the linotype section
has returned to work after week. vaca-
ton.
Mrs. c. H. Simms of the stamping and
| casemaking section of the b!ndery has
gone to Atlantic City for months out
ing.
l TNI,a TIL,
r. F. Carter and Joseph Griffin of the
sanitary section are on leave of absence.
George NJ Ramsey, for many years a
member Of the proofroom chapel recently
| engaged in business in this city, has been
reinstated and reported for duty in the
proofroom Tuesday.
! James Greenwood of the document
(hand) section is spending his leave at
Atlantic City.
Ernest c. Gibson Of the linotype Sec
| tion. is at Atlantic City for thirteen-day
! vacation.
F. L. Arends has reported for duty in
the stamping and casemaking section of
the bindery after a vacation of fifteen
days.
c. r. Taylor is among the leave takers
IN the machine shop section.
E. A. Hurdle Of the document (hand)
section has gone to Atlantic City on his
leave of absence.
Hazard Wheeler Of the carpenter Sec
ton is away on his vacation
Theodore p c. Willis of the linotype
section reported for work Monday after a
! weeks absence
Cornelius A Connor, reader on speci-
hcations. is confined to his home with
an attack of appendicitis
. II. Goede Of the carpenter section.
while on a visit to Baltimore. Md. a
Few days ago, had the misfortune to
break an arm, due to a fall on stems at
the home of friends where he was Wis
iting.
Joseph Dierken of the proofroom. who
Fhas been on vacation for a week. re-
ported for duty Thursday. Mr.. DER
Ken has been representing the town OF
Colonial Beach in the project to secure
the encampment of the District Guard
at that place for the summer maneu-
vers. and his friends have been con
graduating him on the successful con-
clusion of the negotiations
Daniel ]. McCarty of the specification
PROOF desk returned to work Thursday
after a short stay at Colonial Beach.
Nelson P. Meyer Of the specification
division is making a visit to his for.
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