Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
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and family. who have been at Orkney
Springs, Va, for the summer. returned
to the city Monday.
Walter J. Bennett of the presswork
division is seriously i'll in a local hos
pital.
Milton L. Letter and Marion f. Bull
| lock of the proofroom made an auto
| mobile trip to Atlantic City and return
| during the week.
| William r Council, maker-up in the
document hand) section. has been
| granted fifteen days leave of absence
and has gone to Waco. Tex, and New
| Orleans. La.
Miss Mary A. Connolly, who has been
on vacation for the past month, re-
| turned to work in the monotype Key
| board section the first of the week.
| H. c. Mclean. assistant foreman in
the linotype section. is taking fifteen
days vacation.
Maker-up d. L. SAMSON of the docu-
ment (hand) section has gone to Penn
| sylvania for a two-week visit.
Fred d. Netherland of the presswork
| division, who was injured some time
ago by falling form. is still unable to
report for duty.
| Stephen J. Ransom and Emanuel
Freeman Of the engineers section have
been absent from duty the past week
| on account of illness.
| Miss E. NJ. Eisenhauer of the mono
type keyboard section, who has been
visiting her former home in Illinois for
the past two months, has returned to
the city.
| David s.. Mcconnell and Emil
| Petersen, who have been on detail at
| the State, War and Navy branch, have
| returned.
i Mrs. Ethel A. Rowe, wife of Thomas
city September II. the end coming after
an operation at George Washington
Hospital The funeral took place last
Monday, and quartet of Mr.. Rowes
friends from the government printing
ofice-Messrs. Lineback. Purvis, Bird
Well and Fitzgerald-rendered vocal
selections at Christ Church. where
services were held. Burial was made
in Congressional cemetery.
Mrs. Florence NJ. Cullen, Miss Jennie
Nellie r. Grant and Mrs Agnes c.
Tierney of the press work division
have been detailed to the bindery.
Proofreader w. F. p. White left
Thursday for weeks outing in west
w. A. Roberts of the document
| (hand) section will have as his guests
during G.. A. R. encampment week
three brothers who were drummer
boys in the civil war.
| Albert d. Rust, jr.. of the proofroom,
who suffered an acute attack of in
digestion while at work Tuesday, and
| who was taken to his home after
| treatment by Medical Officer Manning.
has returned to work.
j. S. Burnside, chief imposer in the
document (hand) section. has returned
to work after a two-week visit with
| friends in Maryland.
John B. Foster. who has been on
twenty-one days annual leave, report
ed for work in the linotype section the
| first Of the week.
John B. Weitzel Of the monotype key
board section has been confined to his
home on account of illness.
| Mrs Mary L, Willis of the press di-
vision has sheen granted thirty days
leave of absence without pay.
Proofreader C.. M. Wright and family
have returned from a three-week va
cation at Colonial Beach.
The friends of E. F. Morrison of the
| document division will regret to learn
that he suffered severe attack Of APP
pendicitis while at Colonial Beach the
past week.
| Charles A. Moran of the press di-
vision has been detailed to the State,
| War and Navy branch
Appointments, separations. transfers
etc, in the government printing Office
for week ending Wednesday have been
announced as follows:
| Appointments-Mrs. Florence NJ Gull
len, pressfeeder. reinstated; Mrs. Rose
ID. Lawrenson. pressfeeder, reinstated
Miss Iona NJ Randall. probational cata-
loguer.
Separations-Frederi c. Gentner
compositor resigned: Flournoy C.
I =
p: Tompkins. compositor, resigned; Mrs.
Ella c. McCristal. clerk. resigned; John
g: Clemson, skilled laborer. resigned.
| Transfers. etc.-Miss Laura j. Grad
dick, skilled laborer, rs cents per hour,
pamphlet binding section, to machine
operator, 271S cents per hour, pamphlet
binding section; John R. Purvis, proof
| reader, so cents per hour. proof section,
to copy editor. IS cents per hour, legis-
| lative detail Congressional Directory
office OF the compiler; Miss Alice OPP
dyke. skilled laborer. ruling and sew
ing section, to folder. % cents per hour,
pamphlet binding section; Stephen
Davis. laborer. S626 per annum, office
of the superintendent of documents. to
unskilled laborer. 1925 per annum; Will
| liam Martin, unskilled laborer, s62S
per annum, office of superintendent of
documents. to unskilled laborer, Is
cents per hour. job section: Charles r.
Mccoy, skilled laborer. % cents per
hour, office of the foreman of bind
ing. laborer. 1926 per annum, office of
the superintendent of documents.