Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-16
Product of Printing
Trades Unionisn
Paul William O'Brien. Son OF
Pressman and Bookbinder.
WinsSweepstakes Among
1000 Entries in Rocky
Mountain News
Contest

4 union label baby-an Allied Printing
Trades Council union label baby. to be
exsct-won the sweepstakes champion
ship and was crowned king of all Colo
RADIO babies in the Rocky Mountain
News contest at the Soil Products ex-
posision and International Farm congress
held in Denver last week. The winner
was officially announced to monster
crowd oongregated in the Auditorium
last Saturday night.
Paul William OBrien. Jr., IL months
old. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul William
O'Brien. both members of Denver trades
UNISON. was given the highest average
Of physical aud mental perfection In
group OF .O9o bcst youngsters OF the
state. representing every phase OF the
-..riaI stratus He scored 9aa-2 points
ont OF a possible 1000.
Th,, father. Paul William OBrien, j.
n prominent member Of Denver Printing
Press Assistants Union No. II, employed
at the Brock. Haffuer Printing company.
H. l. at present recording secretary OF
his union and past president. being also
a delegate in the Trades and Labor As
scmhly. O'Brien originally joined the
union IN Minneapolis aud came 10 Den.
VI in 1909.
Rare Combination.
Mrs DBrien was Miss Clara Andcr-
Ion before her marriage to Paul a little
over two year. ago. She IL an appren-
tioe member OF Bindcry Womcn's Union
No. IS. and also was employed at the
Brock -Hasfner company up TO the date
OF her wedding.
The fact that thr father .is an Irish
lad and the mother S~s-de girl may
have had as much tc do with young
Paul winning the championship as their
both being healthy members of printing
t.h;a unions. Paul senior il q years
ofyae.,, and his wife n few years younger.
Moving pictures OF the baby cham
pion OF Colorado viii he shown all over
the world, but he will be seen in the
fIcsh at the next meeting OF the Denver
Trades and labor Assembly. Sunday.
October 20. providing the weather Is
prspiiious for the Young union label
king to travel out.
Near Perfect as Possible.
The expert physicians and graduate
uursc. who examined the more than one
thousand babies accepted a. competent
Ia test. declare young Paul William
o'Brien is as near perfect as II is pos
sible for one wear -old youngster to be-
The Judges who chose the champion
baby were; Dr. r. =. Gengcnbach. DIR
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William Wiley Jones. DIR. Edward Dele
hantv. DR. Z. ". Collins. DIR. !. II. Brown.
pr. II. w. Wilcox, DIR. II. II. Stiiwiil, DR..
Carl ID. Fisher aud DIR. Rea Mct.ec of
the dentists.
They were assisted in the final eS-
aminations by ten graduated nurses;
Mrs. Mary Bronson, Miss jean Mct;regor.
Mis-. Isabelle uondcr, MrS. I. Ord. Miss
WIihclmina Heller. Miss Jessie Esther.
Miss Maud Dahms. Miss Marie Drabb.
Miss Catherine Markwood and Miss
Edith Woodruff
High Championship Points.
Following are the measurements which
won the sweepstakes prize over all for
the union label baby; Height, 10 l-s
inches; weight. 81 Ia pounds; circum-
ference Of head, is Ia inches; circum-
ference of chest ut nipple line. 10 inches;
circumference of abdomen at umbilical
line. taken with child standing. II Ia
inches: diameter of chest. front to back.
"a inches: lateral diameter of chest.
ole inches; length of arm, IL Ia
inches: length of leg. - inches. The
champion baby has perfect eyesight, per-
feet hearing. and has no defect of any
kind.
The sweepstakes over all prize win
ncrS award was a gold medal; best boy
in Denver. n bronze medal; best baby he
tween the ages of and ID months, n
diploma. But perhaps the best of all
j. the fact that he is union label baby
and again proves the worth of organiza
tiou among the workers.