Evening star., 1916-04-16

room. who is in Georgetown University
Hospital. is reported TO be gradually I'M
proving. Mr.. Cross has been absent from
his desk for about two months on ac-
count of illness.
Philip : Steele of the document thand)
section celebrated his seventy-ffth ptrth-
day anniversary last Monday. and am
ner and reception was given in his honor
by his daughter at her apartment In the
Alabama The relatives present were:
, Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan l.. steele and son.
Edward Fenwick Steele: Mrs. Adelaide
Huson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert +. Rose,
Miss Grace Stevens. MIR. and Mrs. A. N
Gardner Philip Samuel Gardner and MISS
Helen Rose.
Owing to the increase in the volume
of work last week. William w. Frye. VII
liam IA. Cornish and Charles Stutsman
we're detailed to assist the regular force
of copy editors in the day proofroom-
f. F. Latham and E. F. Morrison OF
the document thand) section have been
George A. r. McNeir OF the proof
room was remembered in the will OF his
sister-in-law Miss Henning. being tne
recipient of a handsome gold watch
Miss Henning was an empioye III tle
office for number of years. she was
! :, sister of Mrs. McNeir and Mrs. Spotts-
wood.
Emil Petersen. John V. Baulsir Joseph
Z. Walch. pressmen, and Charies II. f-u
wards. skilled laborer. of the presswork
order division last week
w J. W. Bayly and Christian {. Han
sen of the engineers section are enjoying
{! fifteen days vacation.
The following employees of the sanitary
section were the sick report last
week Mrs. Imogene Saxty. Mrs Ellen
| Carson Nelson Toles, Joseph r. west
and Miss Ellen O. Smith.
| Homer J. Locking of the caster room,
monotype section. returned to work Tues
\ 3f absence
account of illness.
William r. Burgess, a veteran proof
reader and printer in the office. still Is
on the sick list
F.! Thomas II, Graves was on the sick re-
| port of the machine shop section uhe
| past week.
| Benedict krsch has been detailed as
press corrector from the job composing
/ room to the pressroom during the week.
| The q. +. o. Duckpin League closed its
| season last Monday night. when the
Clerks won two out of three games from
| the Foundry. the documents defeated the
| Pressmen two to one and the buildings
| took two out three from the Bindery.
| The teams finished for the season in the
| following order: Documents, Clerks.
! Buildings. Bindery. Foundry, Pressmen.
Lester t.liff. temporary messenger boy
| III the proofroom. resigned Monday to ac-
cept a permanent position in the De-
partment Of Agriculture. where he had
| formerly been employed
Andrew Lukei has been on the sick
report of the watch force the past week.
| George j. Schley of the specifications
proofroom has been absent from his desk
| the past week due to illness.
| Rev. Charles r. Mateer of the mono
| type keyboard section left last Wednes-
day for North East Md. to attend the
annual conference of the Nazarene
! Church. which will be in session five days.
! Harry K. Christie, assistant foreman
of the presswork division. was called to
Albany. y. Y. the first of the week on
account Of the sudden death of his
! brother.
! Appointments. separations. transfers,
cts, in the government printing office
for the week ended Wednesday,. have
been announced as follows:
! Appointments-Mrs. Fannie b. Meade
and Mrs. Eva F. Fisher. skilled labor
ers. transferred from Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, John Q. Nelson
and Charles +. King. temporary skilled
laborers; Miss Frances F. Terrell. pro-
bational linotype operator; William A.
! Schmitt. probationa messenger boy:
Karl Lerch, probational messenger
| boy: LLOYD Garrison. temporary COM
positor: Adde r. Turner. Bertha L.
Anderson, Miss Fannie l.. Madella Inez
l.. Jackson, Virginia NJ Offutt. Alice A
Topley. temporary skilled laborers
Marguerite NJ. Creager, temporary
skilled laborer.
| Separations-Ca H. MegilI Les.
ter f. Eliff. Oliver Drew. Richard T
/ Tracy. temporary messenger boys
Charles F. Cannon. skilled laborer. re-
signed: Harry c. Racoosin, messenger
| boy. resigned. enry II. Day. watch
| man: LLOYD Garrison, probational limo
| typ" operator, resigned: RrySon Ezell
| unskilled laborer, resigned.
| Transfers. etc.-Joseph r. Harding,
/ messenger boy. S420 per annum. to skill
| ed laborer. 20 cents an hour; Harold
! l.. Keys. messenger boy. $420 per an
| mum. office of the accountant. to skilled
/ laborer. 25 cents per hour, engineer
section: Stephen A. Miller. temporary
| messenger boy. - cents per hour, proof
section. to probational messenger boy,
| S4e0 per annum. office of the account
ant: Frederick J.. Davis, compositor.
J 80 cents per hour. job section. proof
| reader. 90 cents per hour, Library
printing section: John 5. Hambly book
| binder. so cents per hour forwarding
! and finishing section. to binder in
/ charge. 90 cents per hour. office of
foreman Of binding: Albert Lloyd help
| er. $3.50 :Der annum. to mailer. ss4O per
annum. office Of superintendent of doc
umentS: Harry SchWarz messenger
| % cents per hour. office of foreman Of
! printing. to assistant messenger S.20
! per annum. office of superintendent of
documents. and Thomas j. O'Connor
assistant messenger. s120 per annum.
office of superintendent of documents
| 10 helper, $3.50 per annum Office of
superintendent of documents