Evening star., 1915-12-05

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once defeating the Clerks.
! Henry Yates of the bibliographica
section. office of the superintendent OF
documents. has been on leave Of ab'
seree; " visiting an aunt in New 1ork ksY.
board section made short visit te
Bluemont. Va, during the week.
| Leave of absence has been granted
to Mrs Helen Fisher and Charles D
| Ross of the presswork division.
| James c. Sewers of the document
thand) section returned to work Mon
day, after spending two months on his
| farm in Illinois.
| w. V. Parsha1, formerly an employe
in the government printing office. now
secretary-treasurer OF the Reardon :
Parshall Company of Detroit, Mich
| who has been in Washington on busi-
ness the past week. paid visit to the
| office Tuesday, renewing friendships
with his former fellow-craftsmen.
Chief Engineer r. J. Allen, Edw. F.
! Kelly. John +. Waple ard David A:
Young have been on the sick report of
the e. ars section during the week.
Will G. O'Connell of the mono
type key Doard section was absent from
the Office last week on account of the
death of his father -in-law, William NJ.
Harvey. The funeral services were
held at Mr.. OConnelfs residence.
Mrs. Anna Lydick, whose death and
burial occurred early in the week. was
the widow of the late John D. Lydick.
ernment printing Office. She was sixty
eight years of age and had been an
invalid for several years prior to her
demise.
William H. Francis of the linotype
section, who has been on several
weeks vacation, has returned to work,
and has been transferred to the night
linotype section.
William T. Heritage foreman of the
monotype keyboard section. who has
been in the Walter Reed General Hos
pital for the past month, following an
operation, had sufficiently recovered to
return to his home Wednesday.
Mrs. Susan B. Snyder of the forward
ing and finishing section of the bind
cry is on two weeks leave of absence.
Ed D. Henry of the monotype key
board section has been on the sick list
the past week.
James T. Holmes who has been in a
local hospital recuperating from an
operation. has reported for duty in the
presswork division.
rations. transfers, etc. in the govern
ment printing office for week ending
Wednesday have been announced as
follows:
Appointments.-James Reed skilled
laborer, reinstated: Charles A. Beatty,
skilled laborer, transferred from the
War Department; Leo E. Carrico, pro-
bational messenger boy; Miss Blanche
X Seaton, temporary assistant tele-
phone switchboard operator: Mrs. Jo-
phens. Mrs. Katharine NJ. Humble. Mrs.
Virginia Hobbs. probational press feed
ers; August B. Buehne, Leroy W.
Marceron. John F. Mayhugh. Thaddeus
Schultz, Charles A. Tweedale. Chester
J. Bid. Roy l.. Bildman, George e.
Bechert, Sumner E. Henly. John Z.
Hogan. temporary messenger boys;
William A. Thornton, Edward C. Beck.
Garnett Denham, Mark d. Smith, Frank
Bates Bates, temporary linotype operators;
tional linotype operator; George s. Ball.
linotype machiniSt.
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Browning.
linotype machinist; Writ J. Henderson,
messenger boy; Joseph B. O'Neal.
temporary linotype operator. resigned;
Robert NJ. Miller, monotype machinist,
resigned
William H. Francis. linotype opera
tor. 60 cents per hour, linotype section
fday) to makeup, so cents per hour.
linotype section (night: Joseph ].
Ganey, messenger boy, proof section
tday) to (night); Jacob Dodd, unskilled
laborer. stores division to presswork
division: Patrick II. Mccarthy. machin-
lists helper at 40 cents per hour, mono
type section (day) to monotype ma
chinist, 60 cents per hour, monotype
section day; William r. Burgess.
proof reader. so cents per hour. proof
section (day) to compoSltor at 80 cents
per hour hand section; William ]. Nc
Evoy, foreman at s2.250 per annum, job
section, TO assistant superintendent of
work (night), $4,000 per annum. office
of the superintendent of work: Richard
Powers. assistant foreman, 80 cents
per hour. job section. to foreman, $3.50
per annum. job section; Fletcher Bow
den, officeman. 10 cents per hour. office
of the foreman of printing, to assistant
foreman, so cents per hour. job section.
Notices have been posted announcing
the annual meeting of the New Mutual
Relief Association. to be held tomorrow
afternoon at 1870 o'clock in the machine
shop section, at which time dividends
will be announced and distributed. Off
GERS will be elected for the ensuing year
and other business of the association
will be transacted. The call for the
meeting is signed by T. Homer Hall.
president, and c. Ashby Bladen, secre-
tary.