The Washington herald., 1915-12-04
purely personal

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Miss Herford Cowiing has returned
to Washington after visiting rela-
tives in Suffolk. Va.
the Public Utilities Commission Is
absent on tour OF Eastern cities.
! Jerry p. Johnson, of the adjutant
generals Office, War Department. was
recently promoted from clerk at $1,000
to clerk at $1,000.
ceived probationary appointment as
fourth assistant examiner in the Pat
ent Office at $500.
Ralph A. Philips. a clerk I'm the Gen.
eral Land Office Of the Interior Depart
ment. has been promoted from 81 10 to
81 400 a year.
Alexander Deussen. assistant geologist
;n the Geological Survey. has resigned.
Miss Minnie Thomas, principal of
the Fauquier Institute. warrenton.
Va. is visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toy Dickson Savage.
who were married in Washington
November 81. have returned to Nor
folk from their wedding trip and will
live at the weyanoke apartments.
Norfolk, Va.
Charles A. Greene has resigned from a
clerkship in the Reclamation Service.
Bernard l.. McGarvey. a clerk in the
General Land Office. has been promoted
from $1.0o0 to $l.aO year.
ferred from the Post Office Department
to clerk at 500 in the Bureau of the
Census.
James f. LewelIen has been rcinstated
as assistant keeper of the Newport News
Light Station. Va.
Mrs. Margaret stowe. Of Caldwell. n.
j.. il visiting friends in this city.
william Hines has been appointed a
clerk in the adjutant generals office
of the War Department at a salary of
sl,00o a year.
George W. Sullivan a skilled drafts
man in the adjutant generals office of
the War Department. has resigned.
Mrs. Banjamin Fairbanks of this city.
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. Frank
MacCormack. Of Brookside avenue. Cald-
well. n. J.
Rev. w. L. Calender. rector of the
Kensington IMdD Episcopal Church.
formerly OF the Church of the Ascen-
sion. Twelfth street and Massachu-
setts avenue northwest. has been i'll
for two weeks suffering from a car
buncle. He underwent an operation
at the Emergency Hospital and now
Is improving.
Edgar Priest. choirmaster of the
National Cathedral. Mount Saint Al
bans. Wisconsin avenue northwest.
underwent a minor operation at
Emergency Hospital yesterday. He
will he able to direct the choir again
in the near future.
Col. $ c. Jones. principal OF the New
York Military Academy. is staying at
the Ebbitt Hotel during the third annual
meeting OF the Association of Military
Schools and Colleges.
Gen. Leonard Wood. L.. s. A.. came to
Washington from New York yesterday
and is staying at the Ebbitt Hotel.
DIR. Thomas Fell. president of St.
Johns Military College, of Annapolis. Is
visiting in the city.
Col. J. G Woodward. president of
Georgia Military Academy. is staying at
the New Ebbitt.
Mr.. and Mrs Royal A. Ferris and Miss
Mary W. Knight, of Dallas, Tex. were
at the New Willard Hotel during the
gas convention.
Paul p Hastings. of San Francisco.
is sta wing at the New Willard.
George c. Greer. of Dallas. Tex. is
at the New Willard
Capt. Amasi j. Simpson. recently keeper
of the Southwest Point Royal station
on Pamlico Sound. \. C.. has taken
charge of the Pools Island light station
on Chesapeake Bay. He relieves Capt.
stephen Cohee resigned.
Arthur H. Bohb has been appointed to
takt charge of the Pools Island range
light. succeeding John r. usilon. re-
signed.
J. G. Aaron. representing the gas COM
IdnN tI ~ IL. s"N
recent gas convention. has returned to
Manchester.
John NJ Boyd, of 12l Pennsylvania
avenue has returned from two weeks
vacation spent in hunting in Richmond
County. Va. and Anne Arundel Co. Md
Three wild turkeys. 10 partridges, ! wood
cock and Il rabbits was his bag.