Evening star., 1916-08-12
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
COON AN OUTING
Washington Office Clerks and
Carriers Spend Day at
Chesapeake Beach.

Clerks and carriers at the Washington
city post office are back at work to-
day, refreshed by their successful out
ing at Chesapeake Beach yesterday
when several train loads of friends par
ticipated in the annual outing of
Branch is, Association of Post ONCE
Clerks.
With John Book acting as toastmas-
ter, one of the most enjoyable features
of the festivities was the dinner served
to officials and special guests. There
were more than thirty at the dinner,
and half of them were called upon for
speeches. Frank T. Rogers. president
of the National Association of Postal
Clerks, told of the value of such cor
dial good fellowship as exists among
the employees of the Washington office,
and said that the outing then In prog
ress was the finest example he had ever
seen of how the people OF any COM
munity appreciate efficient service in
the handling of mail.
Telegram From Postmaster.
The occasion was enlivened by the
receipt of a telegram from Postmaster
NJ o. Chance, who is on his vacation
in the Maine woods, and walked eight
miles to send the following greeting to
his boys:
today. Hope you will all have nne
time"
William Gardner. who has been con-
nected for a numbeC.of years in con-
fdential positions with the Post ONCE
Department commended the spirit of
. gin and smoke naTtiCnlaTly OF
the growth Of the postal savings de-
partment under the direction of Carter
Keene.
Winners of Contests.
The athletic events brought out lively
contests. and practically, every event
had to be run a second time before the
prizes could be awarded. The winners
were: Boys under eight, William
Wheeler. pair of sandals; girls under
eight, Margaret Growbarger. parasol;
boys over eight. Layton West, roller
skates: girls over eight, Louise Brede-
camp, box OF candy: boys over twelve
John Smith. scarf pin; girls over
twelve. Alice Mackey. three-pounc box
of candy; young men over sixteen
Hayden Terry. penknife; single women
over sixteen. Helen Lynn, waist, and
Helen Sweeney, gold. pins; married
women, Mrs. David FarIow. rocker. and
Mrs Catherine Bredecamp. jardinier
married men. first heat. Charles Pin
Cell and Charles Maschauer; second
heat, Francis Mccoy and Bernard
Kelly. These latter won the finals
Mccoy received an umbrella. and Kelly
two bottles of wine.
The officers in charge of the races
were: Starter. Capt Oliver Smith
clerk of course, John Simmons: referee
Edward w. Turner: timer. Harry Sher-
wood; judges at finish. David Brown
George Kinsey and Arthur s. Brown.
Many of those attending the outing
were disappointed because one. of thu
principal entertainment features which
had been advertised had to be omitted
because the entertainers missed theiI
train from Washington
The Guests.
The guests were: Dorsey r. Beane, su.
perintendent Chevy Chase branch; Da.
vid Brown, foreman delivery section
c. r. Williams. foreman, mailing sec
ton; Cloyd TaveDner. foreman, mail.
ing section: George C. Eondurant, su-
perintendent station c; Edgar Church
superintendent station H; Louis f.
Barnard, superintendent Brooklant
station; John II. Collier, Morton w
Stevenson. finance clerk; William w
Day. in charge miscellaneous section
Frank Rogers. president United Ma.
! tional Association Post Office Clerks
| George Winkelman. president Letter
! Carriers Association; Charles Long
| w. p. Kennedy, w. II. Haycock, super
| intendent of mails. Fred N. Book. ex
| aminer of stations: o. II. Smith, fore
man of carriers; s. G. Bursley, assistant
/ superintendent of mails; Philip otter
| back, in charge of registry section
Clarence w. Nohe, assistant book
| keeper: Frank w. Burrows, assist
! ant postal cashier; T. B. Mack, presi
1 dapt National Eederafion of Post OfHc.