Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
Percy l. Lowd of this city and w. b.
and Hamilton A. Lowd Of New York

HeTCy i. Iowa OF tHlS City oiu
| and Hamilton A Lowd of New York
| city.
b. E. Harrison of the editorial force
, of the proofroom. who has been con
| fined to his home with an attack OF
grip for two weeks. returned to his
desk Wednesday.
The following have been on the sick
list of the press division the past week:
John A. Cunningham. Thomas 7: Ryan,
Mrs. Cecilia A. Moore. Miss Ella L.
Rollins. Miss Helen A. wilkes. Walter J,
Bennett. George NJ. Stembler, Mrs
Frences A. Stephens and w. B. Chris
tian.
John E. snowden (colored). who had
been an employee in the office for about
thirty years, suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis two weeks ago, death resulting
last Monday. The funeral services were
held Wednesday and the members of
the monotype Keyboard chapel. where
he was last employed, sent a floral piece
to be placed on his casket.
Don o. Byron, who has been given
probationary appointment as COM
positor. has been assigned for duty in
the correcting room of the monotype
section.
The following employees have been
on the sick list of the sanitary section
the past week: Mrs. Martha E. Man
gum. William W. Bullen, Mrs. Emily
Lee. John H. Fletcher. william H.
Harris and William Hawkins.
H. S. Sutton Of the night monotype
keyboard section has been absent from
duty the past week, due to an attack
of grip.
Sherman and T. Fitzgerald of the
specifications division have been on the
sick report the past week.
Proofreader William H. Cornish has
been detailed as copy editor in the
proof section owing to the large VOL
nf
William S. Smith of the presswork
division has been on detail in the rec
ord clerks office at the Capitol the
past week.
Matthew B. Harrer of the night
monotype keyboard section. who re-
Gently underwent an operation at Sib-
ley Hospital, is reported as convalesc-
ing.
J. Leman Of the caster room of the
monotype section has been on the SICK
list the past week.
Mrs. Mary A. Proctor of the job
pressroom died at her home in this
city Tuesday from an attack of pneu-
monia. The funeral services were held
Thursday, and interment was made In
Congressional cemetery. Mrs. Proctor.
who was seventy-seven years old, was
the widow of John c. Proctor of
Hagerstown. Nd. reporter and news
paper correspondent, and had lived
nearly all her life in this city.
Daniel C. Liddle Of the linotype sec
ton Is absent from duty on account of
illness.
o. A. Ca1kins, who has been employ
ed In the night document (hand) sec
ton, has been assigned to the day
force. document section.
E. W. Henry and Roy L. Bildman are
among those who have been on the
sick report of the monotype keyboard
section during the week.
Miss Lydia Herring of the presswork
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branch bindery the past week.
Edmund Shaw, I. D. Williamson and
r. S. Peed have been on the sick list
of the document (hand) section the
past week.
Charles E. johnson and Joseph E.
the machine shop section during the
week
Memorandum of appointments. sepa-
rations, transfers. etc. in the govern
Wednesday. January IL. 1916.
Appointments-Phil McMullen,
Waterman, reinstated; Oren J. Rudy,
skilled laborer, transferred from De-
partment of Labor; Miss Emma L. Full
ton, skilled laborer: Joseph A. Henson.
Ray Burdett, Harry Taylor. Charles w.
Glover and Frank Johnson, temporary
unskilled laborers; William II. OMeara
and Don c. Byron, probational compost
tors; Charles w. Smith and John F.
observation-disclosures B. Buchne, mes
senger boy. resigned: Walter r. Speake.
messenger boy, resigned; Joseph s.
Graves. unskilled laborer; William Will
liams, linotype operator, resigned; Miss
Dora NJ Yates, skilled laborer. resign
ed: Alfred r. Lowey. pressman, re-
signed: Grant Miller, temporary mes
senger boy. resigned.
Transfers, etc.-Randolph H. Page,
compositor, so cents per hour to proof
reader, go cents per hour. job section:
Fred A. Lohmeyer, Office helper. 80
cents per hour, to office helper. IS
cents per hour. job section; Carl ".
White, pressman in charge, 65 cents
per hour. to pressman in charge. 70
cents per hour, State. War and Navy
section; James Sprucebank, linotype ma
chinist. 60 cents per hour. to linotype
machinist in charge, 65 cents per hour,
Library printing section: Henry w.
Whitlow, skilled laborer. rs cents per
hour. to helper. 35 cents per hour,
Shellman, elevator conductor. 30 cents
per hour. electrical section, to skilled
laborer. 25 cents per hour, stores di-
vision: Charles A. Tweedale, temporary
messenger boy. Is cents per hour, to
probational appointment to messenger
boy. Is cents per hour, monotype sec
ton: Stanley A. Shaner, temporary
messenger boy, Is cents per hour, to
probational appointment as messenger
boy. Is cents per hour. linotype section,
night: George F. Saur. temporary mes
senger boy, Is cents per hour, to pro-
bational appointment as messenger boy
Is cents per hour, office of foreman Of
binding.