Evening star., 1916-06-04
PRINTING OFFICE.

Norfolk. Va, one of the international
Typographical Union representatives,
| in which he states he has recently or
ganized printers unions In several
North Carolina cities, the new bodles
| being located at Elizabeth City. Rocky
Mount Wilson and Goldsbore-Kinsto
| The letter states that the chances are
| good for the establishment of union
at Danville Va. In addition to the or
ganization work in the Old North state,
Mr.. Cameron recently instituted unions
| at Charlottesville. Staunton and Peters
burg. Va. Mr.. Cameron is well known
to many of the printers in Washington.
| f. c. Saltzman, ma ker-up in the doc
ument thand) section. was a member
of the joint committee for the recent
successful annual rose exhibition held
| at Brookland
H. w. Whitaker of the editorial force
Of the proofroom took the week fol-
lowing Decoration day as the wind-up
of his annual leavN An automobile
! trip to Hagerstown. Md, and fishing
excursion to the upper Potomac were
| included in his itinerary.
Mrs. Mary Mcmahon, mother of Miss
Bessie Mcmahon Of the forwarding and
finishing section of the bindery, died
last Tuesday at her residence, 1852
Harvard street northwest. after a short
illness. Funeral services We're held
at the Sacred Heart Church Friday
| morning. when a requiem high mass
was sung. lnterment was in Mount
Olivet cemetery.
The following members of the watch
force are on leave of absence: John
Hayes. William Stark. George H. Gra-
ham. George Whittle, Henry T Houck
and Samuel T. Satterfield.
In the absence of Foreman Melick Of
the document thandD section Assista n t
Foreman Maurice Spencer was in
charge.
Charles Peake of the night monotype
keyboard section has gone to New York
city for a ten-day vacation.
James A. Scott a veteran employe Of
the proofroom and veteran of the
civil war. spent the weekend, includ-
ing Decoration day. at Gettysburg, Pa.
the town in which he learned the
printers trade.
On account of the congressional work
a large force was detailed for duty on
Decoration day in the various mechan-
ical divisions OF the office.
Among the employees of the document
'hand) section who enjoyed a portion
Of their unused annual leave were
oFreman F. II. Melck, David J. Rob-
erts. Murray Hackett, Wallace Brewer,
Sumpter j. Oliver, Ernest c. Saltzman,
William J. Weiss. f. II. Tabler. Samuel
Morris, Alfred Dietz, J. s. Burnside,
John J. Burns, William Hutchinson,
George a Robey. John Z. Hogan. Jo-
seph NJ. Thompson, John O'Neill, NJ A.
Mayors and John Tuite.
The joint committee of the Washing
ton Union Printers Athletic Associa-
tton and Columbia Typographical
Union are perfecting the program for
the excursion to Marshall Hal July 15
and are issuing tickets for that occa
sion. The subcommittee on events is
arranging an entertaining program
which includes base ball game be-
tween the printers team of the ath-
letic association and a team represent
ing the kallip6lis Grotto. Patrick n
Mccarthy Of the caster section of the
monotype division will captain the
grotto team. The proceeds of the out
ing will he devoted to the fund being
dlanapoiis. Ind. to participate in the
Printers Base Ball League
Editor John =. Murray of the night
proofroom is taking two weeks leave
Richard NJ. Calhoun, John c. Craven
and Samuel u. Howells Of the watch
force have been on the sick list the
past week
Neal u. O'Donnell of the presswork
division resigned the first of the week
to accept position in the steel plant
at Giesboro point, Nd
Fred T.. Henky. formerly employed in
the electrical section of the govern
ment printing Office now connected
with the lDu Pont munitions works at
Hopeweli. Va. is in the city on visit
He says there are $1,000 employees at
the works. only six of whom are WON
en-. employed as telephone operators
number of by-products have been de-
veloped in the process of nunition
manufacture which il is expected will
enable the continuation of most of the
force even after the close of the Euro
pean war
George Kraus and Lewis NJ. Shipley
of the engineers section have been tak-
ing part of their leave the past week
Readers Sarah +. Simpson and Nav
ID. White of the proofroom spent the
earIv part Of the week at Atlantic City,
y. J.
Many printers in the Office will take
in printers night in Odd Fellowship"
10 witness an exemplification of the
hrst degree of Odd Fellowship by a de
gree staff composed of members of the
order connected with the printing bust
ness IN this city on the evening of
June n in the lodgeroom Of Federal
City Lodge. No. 20 A smoker will be
held after the degree work. The COM
mittee in charge Is composed of John
H. Wood. Daniel V. Chisholm, Henry W.
Weber, Charles Garrels and j. T. Jones
w. l.. GUtelius, editor on specifica-
tons. is taking the remainder of his
annual leave
section delivered A lecture of Judaism
in It's Relation to Socialism" before
Argo Lodge. No. 413. B'nai Birth at
the Jewish Synagogue Wednesday
night.
julius c. DiehI was on the sick re-
port of the engineers section the past
week.
George A. Cross and Hugh O'Conor
are among those in the machine shop
section on leave the past week
Daniel a. Jones. in charge of the
pneumatic tube service in the proof
room, will begin a weeks vacation to-
morrow
James Jenkins. skilled Iaborer in the
document fhand) section, has been
granted three weeks leave and will be-
gin his vacation Thursday
Thomas J. McDonough Of the night
monotype section. who has been on the
sick list for several weeks. part of the
time under hospital treatment is able
to be out, but has not sufficiently re-
covered to report for duty.
Reader f. c. Grumley OF the proof
room, returned Wednesday from New
York city. where he went to attend the
funeral of his sister. Mrs Lydia A. Raj
ston.
Frederick NJ. Penn of the monotype
keyboard section has been granted If
his vacation Wednesday.
William T. Ring of the machine shop
section has been absent from duty the
past week, due to Illness
Eugene b. Welborn has been on the
sick report OF the sanitary section dur
ing the week
James X. Lacock of the linotype sec
tion has been on leave the past week.
Mr.. Maley of the document (hand)
section, who has been i'll for some time
is reported to be slightly improving,
but is unable to report for work.
Among those on the sick report of
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