Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
PRINTING OFFICE.

The friends of w S Sill of the mono
! type keyboard section have put his
name forward as candidate for dele
gate to represent Columbia Topographic
! ical Union at the convention of the In
ternational Typographical Union. to be
held at Colorado Springs. Col, next Au-
| gust.
| government printing office chorus, ar
| nounces that the organization will give
a program of music and speaking in
celebration of Washington's birthday
| The exercises will be held in the hall OF
the sixth floor at 1915 o'clock Wednes-
| day. February II. The public printer
| viii preside and a speaker from Con-
! gress will deliver the principal ad-
! dress.
| Capt. George Wilson, in command OF
Battery r, n. G. ID. c.. and former as
! sistant foreman of the night document
! thand) section. recently returned from
Mexico. where he has been stationed
| for several months, visited the office
| during the week and was warmly
greeted by his fellow employees.
| The California State Society hold a
| successful banquet at the New Ebbitt
| Hotel Wednesday night. Among those
attending from the Office We're c. T
/ Nogel of the Treasury, \. r. Nathan of
the proofroom. Ed. J. King of the
monotype section and Harry F. Ashton
! of the bindery.
Uriel c. Hays of the monotype key
| board section is in Sibley Hospital re-
| cuperating from a major operation
! which he underwent last week.
| 1t was reported last week that c. B
| Huse of the monotype keyboard sec
| tion had gone to Atlantic City, N J., on
account of i'll health. Mr.. Huse is con-
| fined to his apartment at the Bruins
wick and his friends report improve
, ment in his condition.
Mai. John +. Rasta1l of the monotype
section has been called TO Michigan on
account of the death of a relative
| sam S. Price of the linotype section
! who has been confined to his home on
| account of illness. reported for duty
| Monday
| The electricians, craftsmen, carpen-
/ tiers and employees of the buildings di-
| vision are preparing decorations for
the office for inaugural week
| Charles L. Etchberger, COPY editor
has returned to his desk after a weeks
| illness.
| round robin" numbering more than
! 100 names, which was forwarded to Ma
| than.C. Hawley. a recent worthy mem
Der of the document (hand) section, was
sent on st. Valentines day to his pres
ent address. 1889 East 1O9th street,
! Cleveland. Ohio. containing Fluctuations
of his former fellow craftsmen.
| Charles w. Williams and T. A.
Sweeney of the monotype keyboard
section We're on the sick list the past
! week.
The following employees of the sani-
tary section We're on the sick list the
past week: John H. Fletcher, Erasmus
! 7. Lewis, !an1es r Tate. Nelson Toles
and Miss Harriet A. Eagan.
! Charles =. farnes OF ,he electrical
| section is on leave of absence
! Robert y. Miles, who has been absent
| on business trip for a month report
ed for duty in the linotype section
! Tuesday.
! James l. Johnson of Annapolis, Md
brother of George Johnson, jr, well
/ known comDoSitor in the document
! thand) section, died recently The de-
ceased was retired oyster dealer. He
/ is survived by his widow and two chill
| dren.
| Isaac D. Williamson of the document
! (hand) section, who has been confined
to his home with severe cold has re-
ported for duty.
The funeral of Mr.. Renner, father of
Mrs. William NJ Leavitt and Mrs. E. s.
| Wild, took place Wednesday, interment
/ being in Congressional cemetery
| George p Dowell of the day proof
room has the sympathy of fellow work
men in the office in the sudden death
| Of his brother. Joseph E., at the Emer-
=ency Hospital, on the 10th instant
The deceased, who was a member of
| the craft. was buried at Mount Olivet
| cemetery Tuesday.
Charles Ferguson of the linotype sec
| ton, who has been i'll for the past ten
days in the Homeopathic Hospital, has
been granted one months leave
/ The Foundry bowling team won two
| out of three games from the MonotyDe
team Monday night. Seize of the
| Foundry was the star bowler of the
| evening. The Clerks still lead the
league by five games
Joseph R"ith. messenger in the day
| proofroom. has been appointed assist
L., of
rartment.
Daniel NJ. Jones. in charge of the
| pneumatic tube service in the day
proofroom, has returned to work after
Il weeks absence in Pennsylvania,
where he was called by the death of a
lSister.
William NJ. Hamilton of the docu-
ment thand) section is on the sick
list.
| Appointments, separations, transfers
etc, in the government printing Office
for week ending Wednesday have beer
announced as follows:
Appointments-Olive J. Moore TEN.
| porary compositor: James r. Mason
temporary skilled laborer; Joseph +
Caltahiano. temporary messenger boy
John T. Roberts. compositor. reinstated
eparations-Norris \. Lombard ant
David Kapian. temporary messenger
boys: Miss Mary E. Harvey folder: Ed
nund Shaw, compositor, resigned: ii
Glenn Wolstenholme and Otto Var
! Duyne, probationary skilled laborers
resigned; Thomas J. McGuire Simeon
L. Lindley. Robert A. Corbin, George J
| Stewart, James Rembert, temporary
! skiiled IaborerS.
I Transfers etc.-JoSeph T. Geraci, com.
positor, 80 cents per hour, to proof.
reader, 60 cents per hour; Frank +,
/ Mu.ray. messenger boy. Is cents pei
hour, to skilled laborer. - cents pei
hour: Bernard j. Corridor. messenger
boy $500 per annum, to skilled laborer
go DC in, IA IL. I
ed lahorer, 25 cents per hour, to helper
80 cents per hour: Harvey H. Graves
messenger boy, 1915 per annum. to mes
senger boy, Si20 per annum; Henry A
Sweeney, messenger boy, s420 per an
mum, to messenger boy. $500 per an
mum.