Evening star., 1916-08-27
NAVY YARD.

| Ndv1 YdhU.
| W. o. Cunningham. a tool maker. has
returned from ten days vacation spent
visiting relatives along the eastern
!! shore of Maryland.
N. o. Bennett. machinist. of the gun
shop, with his family and a few friends
has returned from a two-week motor
boat trip on the Chesapeake bay.
| Nick Girardi, machinist. of the west
gun carriage shop is confined to his
| home suffering from an injury received
| while at work.
| David Murphy, machfnist, of the
breech mechanism shop, spent the lat
ter part of the past week with friends
| in Baltimore.
D. J. Plass, a tool maker, entertained
the following friends at a party at his
| home Saturday evening, Margaret and
Helen Lombardy, Helen Kendrick, May
Henry, Camille Lombardy and c. E.
| Chapman.
James G. Hicks, leading man. of the
west gun carriage shop. is visiting his
parents at their home in Pittsburgh
| William j. Collins of the accounting
| office is absent on account of illness.
| At the examination. held June 21. for
+, the position of master mechanic of the
| forge shop, nine men competed for the
nation were w. S. Blankenship, William
| Boswell and johnson Hardy, all of the
local yard
Columbia Lodge. No. 174. 1. A. of NJ,
| will hold a special meeting at a place
near the navy yard Wednesday to re-
ceive ballots on the annual amendment
| referendum.
| George Hays of the cartridge case
| shop is visiting relatives and friends at
| his former home in Connecticut.
| Tim Hogan of the forge shop is spend
ing several days with his family at Laurel
Md
| c. E. Manglitz machinist Of the west
! gun carriage shop has left for the great
| lakes, where he will spend two weeks
| returning Labor day.
James Powell of the cartridge case
shop is on fishing trip near Ocean
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Last Tuesday W. s. Blankenship. lead
ing man of the forge shop, was a men,
Der of party that witnessed the test
ing of a sixteen-inch armor-piercing pro-
jectile at the naval proving grounds at
projectile of that rcaiber has ever
been fired at armor plate.
r. T Haskinson and G. w. Dushane
of the accounting office, with their fami
lies. are spending two weeks at West
River. Md.
c. Failing, a machinist of the west gun
carriage shop, is at Atlantic City.
J. NJ Steele and W. 3. Garner of the
coppersmith shop, with their families
will spend the next week on fishing
trip at Piney Point, Md.
Walter Richardson, machinist of the
breech mechanism shop, with his ram-
| ily is at Colonial Beach.
| NJ Brow of the cartridge case shor
| has completed a successful hSh1ng trlP
along the eastern shore.
Harry Rearick, machinist, of the
breech mechanism shop, with his fam
lily. has returned from a three-week
visit to friends in Pennsylvania.
Earnest West. machinist, of the west
gun carriage shop. with his family, is
at Piney Point, Md.
Joseph Venable of the coppersmith
shop is at home, where he is reported
to be in a serious condition and his
recovery is doubtful
F. o. Galloway. machinist, of the
breech mechanism shop has spent sew
eral days visiting his sister at Parkers-
burg W. Va
William Norriss, quarterman, OF the
cartridge case shop has returned to
work.
]. f. Mcclure, toolmaker. has left
the city for a month.
John Roth, leading man of the west
gun carriage shop, motored to Mar
tinsburg, W. Va.
w. W. Bates, machinist. of the car
fridge case shop has been absent for
several days during the past week,
owing to illness in his family.
shop, spent several days leave at his
home in Cherrydale. Va.
Samuel Hammond, a machinist has
been transferred from the west gun
carriage shop to the sight shop during
the past week
Harry Stewart, a tool maker, spent
the latter part of the past week in Bal
timore, Md.
T. T Donnelly, machinist, of the car
fridge case shop, has as his guest w. H
of 40 "a on taf fi1-aC ,f
the railroad brotherhoods, who are in
the city.
Richard Riggles, machinist, of the
west gun carriage shop, is on the sick
list
william H. wheatly, machinist, of the
cartridge case shop, with his family, is
on a trip through New York state
II. Duerst, machinist, of the west gun
carriage shop, is at Colonial Beach.
s. J. Martin, a toolmaker. left last
evening for a visit to relatives at Me-
chem River. Va.
Edgar Murphy of the cartridge case
shop has been absent for several days.
due to mashed thumb.
Thomas Bingley, machin1st OF the
west gun carriage shop. is at Colonial
Beach.
Mrs Harry Cox and three sons. wife
and sons of the oiler of the tool shop.
have returned from visit TO relatives
in Pennsylvania.
Joseph Cottrell, machinist, OF the
west gun carriage shop. has gone to
Richmond to attend the funeral of his
mother.
F. w. Sharp, a toolmaker, with his
family left last evening for visit to
relatives at Norfolk. Va.
Robert A. White. machinist. Of the
west gun carriage shop. is at Chesa-
peake Beach.
H. A. Miller of the ordnance drafting
room has resigned from that position to
accept an appointment in the Post Office
Department..
w. H. Labofish, stenographer and
typewriter in the ordnance Office, has
requested a transfer to the Treasury
Department.
r. A. Morgan. clerk in the allowance
Office, is on two-week vacation.
r. ID. Hare has entered upon his duties
as typewriter in the steam engineer
ing department
H. c. Dauterich of the planning divi-
sion left last Sunday for Norfolk. He
will take the trip from Norfolk to New
York by boat. and will remain away for
three weeks. visiting Philadelphia and
Atlantic City.
Max W. Fischer of the planning divi-
sion is contemplating a trip through
the mountains of Virginia.
Julins Jacobs, machinist, Of the west
gun carriage shop. returned to work
after a week a Ocean Viauy Ua