Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
PRINTING OFFICE.

| Robert w. Congdon. compositor In
the Job section, Is in the city hospital
Albany. N Y, suffering from injuries
sustained in an automobile accident re-
Gently.
| Mr.. and Mrs. M H. Snyder and daugh-
ter of Philadelphia are spending sew
eral days with Charles T. Davis OF the
monotype keyboard section.
| William ]. Delano OF the proo1rooIn,i
is visiting with his brother. who is Ill
at Altoona, Pa.
Mrs. ]. +. Slater, mother of Howard
C. Slater of the linotype section. was
buried at Savage. Md. August ~. MIS-
| The Brentwood. Nd, City Band VIII
give q patriotic concert in the town
/ hall on Labor day under the leadership
of Andrew Gravatte of the day proof
| room.
| The following employees of the cleo
trical section have been granted leave
of absence: A Goodloe. William a
Jones, Dennis A. Manson. Gregory J.
Bussink and John N. Dorster;
Intelligence has been received OF the
death of the mother of Miss Carrie A.
Robbins, compositor in the document
| (hand) section. recently at her home
Amesbury. Mass. The deceased Is sur
yiyed by her husband and daughter.
George Burklin of the proofroom, VINO
has been spending his vacation in At
lantic City, returned to his desk Mon
day.
pher in the office of the superintendent
Of documents, has accepted transfer
to a similar position in the War De-
partment at an increase in salary.
w. F. Tappan and A. J. Wadswortn
ton have been absent from duty the
past week on account of illness.
George W. Newell. compositor. docu-
ment (hand) section. who met with an
automobile accident two weeks ago IS
slowly improving and has returned to
Harry E. Faust of the night docu-
ment (hand) section and family are
spending a months vacation at MT.
Faust's former home. Indiana. Pa
Charles L. Simmons and w. ]. w.
Bayly of the engineers section are on
leave of absence.
Mrs Mamie McMichael. c. B. Huse.
Wilbur Copeland, F. F. Brandt and J.
ton have been on the sick list the past
week.
Maker-up Harry S. Gum. document
(hand) section, has been on the sick
list the past ten days.
Robert w. McGrath and Evan +.
Forbes of the carpenter shop section
are taking part of their annual leave.
Samuel Morris. compositor in the
document (hanD section, having re.
turned from the G. A. r. encampment
thirteen days leave of absence.
Joseph Griffin. James d. Pettiford.
Tony Verrosso and Francis p. Cooke of
the sanitary section began their an
nual leave of absence the past week.
Charles E. johnson Of the linotype
section is taking months vacation
and is visiting his former home. Can
ton. y. Y.
monotype section is spending his vaca-
ton in Boston. Mass.
Compositors Talbot and Mckenna OF
the document (hand) section are on
leave.
Mrs. Nellie V. Ramey. who has been
spending a seven-week vacation with
her daughter. in Atlanta, Ga, is back
at her desk in the proofroom.
Edward Heidingsfeld of the linotype
section, Col Fred Hahn and Carter B.
Keene are taking an automobile trip
through Maryland. Pennsylvania and
New York.
Makers-up Butler and Love of the
document (hand) section returned from
their vacation last Wednesday.
George y. Butler of the buildings d.
vision began his leave of absence Mon
day.
VI. L. (.'Larry') Pierce of the proof
room. who has been spending two
weeks vacation in Atlantic City, re-
turned to work Wednesday.
Thomas ]. McDonough of the night
monotype section is spending his vaca-
tion at Truesdale Heights, near Oak
land. Md.
George A. futile of the Office Of the
purchasing agent is spending a months
vacation at his former home. Wau-
sau, Wis.
o. A Calkins of the night document
thand) section Is spending a ten-day
vacation at his former home in Michi-
gan -
(hand) section has been granted fifteen
days annual leave.
Mrs. Annie Maynard. sister of Henry
S. Ady of the linotype section, was
buried at Forest Hill. Md. August %.
John H. Carr. John Sullivan and Alex
ander A. Carr of the watch force have
been granted leave.
David S. Mcconnell. compositor,
document (hand) section. will pass a
ten-day leave at his home city.
Elmer Dement, was transferred from
the monotype section to the document
(hand) section this week.
John s. Meehan of the office of the
purchasing agent resigned Wednesday
and has returned to his home in Scran-
ton. Pa.
Miss Minnie B. Hegeman. cataloguer
in the Office of the superintendent of
visit at her former home. jamestown,
N Y
Mrs. Ella G. Broas. wife of John
Broas of the linotype section. and
daughter, Miss Helen B. Broas. are
spending several weeks at their former
home, Ellenville, n. Y.
Compositor c. NJ. Evans of the docu-
ment (hand) section has been trans
ferred to the linotype section as an OPP
orator.
Thomas ]. Connington. Elias Wolfe
and Harry c. Whalley of the machine
shop section began their vacations the
first Of the week
G. O. Atkinson OF the night document
(hand) section is spending his vacation
with his family at Newburyport. Mass.
+. A. Hurdle has been transferred
from the presswork division to the
document (hand) section as makerup.
Miss Ola Mallory of the monotype
keyboard section left Friday for trip
to Boston and New York On her re-
turn she will visit her home city, Rich
mond. Va.
Miss Rosamcnd K. Stickney, cata-
loguer in the office Of the superin-
tendent Of documents, will be enjoying
the breezes around Cape Cod, Mass,
for the next two weeks.
Otis ]. Singleton of the proofroom,
who has been spending his vacation in
Atlantic City. returned to work the
first of the week
Eugene Andrew of the jacket writing
the week from two-week visit In
Atlantic City.
Comrade. l. d. Williamson of the doc
ument (hand) section has returned
from the G. A. X. encampment at Bos-
ton.
w. H. Ellis Of the night monotype
keyboard section Is confined to his