Evening star., 1917-01-21
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING.


The January meeting Of the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing Branch,
/ No. Al, Of the National League OF Gov
ernment Employees was held Wednesday
night at the unions headquarters. Ad-
| dresses by the leaders Of various fed
eral organizations interested in the
welfare of the league took up the
greater part of the evening. The prin-
| cipal speakers were: George L. Cain,
national president Of the league: E w.
Roe, president of the local branches,
and AIessrs Baxter Of the Interior De-
partment branch Of the organization.
Smithson and Smith Of the Post Oflce
Department branch and I. P. Tade of
the bureau branch. Mrs. Farrar. as
sisted by a committee. arranged a
splendid musical program. Several
new members were admitted into the
| league.
Owing to illness Miss NJ. e. Bealle
and Miss Mary DIinftor were absent
from the surface division during the
week past
Miss Jane c. Murphy Of section 10 Of
the printing DIVISION mas Dcou Cn AcdNc
of absence for one week.
The following employees Of the
bureau of engraving and printing were
| installed as officers by Potomac Coun-
Gil, No. 20s, of the National Union at
| the annual banquet held by the organ
| ization last Monday night: Samuel B.
Reeder, vice president: ]. Edward Bor-
| land, financial secretary; William H
vessels, recording secretary; Edward
| T. Diezel chaplain; William c. Heller.
of,r- n / "a
doorkeeper. Capt. Samuel H Jacobson,
custodian Of presses at the bureau, the
retiring president of the union, was
the recipient Of handsome gold watch
and fob from the members. The presenta-
tion speech was made by Frank =.
Ferguson, assistant director of the
bureau, with an appropriate speech.
| julius Militzer of section 2. power
presses, had his right hand badly in
/ 5ured while at work last Wednesday.
| Arthur Payne of section 10 Of the
J printing division has been absent for
several weeks and Is under the care
| of a physician.
| william H Vessels is confined to
his home with an attack of grip. Hs
is employed In section 10 OF the print
! ing division.
| Fred Ehling. pressman in the surface
division, has been called to his home
| In Minnesota on account of a death in
his family.
! The mother of Thomas Green, fore
man of the macerator in the engineer
| ing and machine division of the bureau,
| died at her home in this city last Mon
| day.
! I. J. Farley of the engineering and
machine division Is on leave of absence
| for one week.
| o. T. Viehmyer of section Of the
| printing division is confined to his
home suffering from the effects of a
| serious injury to his foot.
The following young women have
4 fA1 lot r{r ;e<
ants at the bureau: Misses Clara NJ
! jefferson, Clara W. Stiehl, Vashti Corn
well and Martha E. Stewart.
Plate printers assistants who have
| resigned during the past week are
Annie NJ. Horne. Evelyn C. Shea. Clara
Bardt and Annie Boose.
Robert L. MulhalI. william H
Friedman and John W. Thompson
! ers to their former positions as plate
printers
! Miss Mamie L. Dowd and Miss Nellie
! T. Fa11on have resigned their positions
as operatives in the bureau numbering
| division.
| Edward J. Leahy will return to his
duties in the engineering and machine
division tomorrow after a vacation Of
! four days.
John Reed was absent from the en-
| gineering and machine division last
| week owing to an injury sustained in
| the performance Of his duties in the
bureau.
| David Loughlin of the guard force
was absent last week because of sick
| ness.
A. N. Mcmillan. foreman of the cleo
trio shop of the printing plant, who
has been off duty for some time on
account Of sickness, returned to his
| employment last week.
| Several new members were initiated
into the bureau Watchman's Union
last Friday night. when the organiza-
/ tion held it's January meeting at Moose
Hall
Miss A. " Kline of section 10 Of the
| printing division has been granted
leave Of absence for one week.
! Misses NJ Bartels. A. volker and
Annie F'reas Of section 9, power
! presses, are detained at their homes
| by illness.
The delegates attending the conven-
| ton of the National League of Gov
erhment Employees were guests of the bu-
reau of engraving and printing branch of
the organization at the printing plant last
| Thursday.
They were welcomed. by Director
| Ralph and Capt. LIE Hane Of the guard
force. Later the delegates were con-
Quoted through the building. and the
| different processes of money-making
were explained to them by Miss Nano
! Riorden of the guide force.
Mrs. M. /. Thorpe of section 10 has
been reported unable to work on ac-
count of illness.
| Miss Isabella Edwards of section 10
has the sympathy of her friends on her
| recent bereavement. the death Of her
| mother
| Miss Dorothy NJ Guigon of section
| II has been promoted to the examining
division and assigned to section 10.
Among those reported sick during
| the week in section 10, printing di-
| vision, We're Thomas II. Gedney, John
| q. Woodwarth. F. L. Bradley and John
Ford.
The Bureau of Engraving and Print
| ing Rifle Club has elected the follow
| ing officers for the ensuing year:
| President, 8. Edward Beach; vice
president, w. H. Montgomery; treas
urer. II. c. MacFate; secretary, John
| f. Rhodes: executive officer, James H.
Windsor. and have entered a team In
the indoor gallery match of the Ma
tional Rifle Association. which COM
mences the week ending January 81,
1917, and continues for eleven weeks,
| at the Poll Theater range.