Evening star., 1917-11-11
PRINTING OFFICE.

Miss Amanda Craig of the office OF
the superintendent of documents has
been visiting relatives in Indiana and
West Virginia the last two weeks.
Miss Gertrude Stern of the comput-
ing section has resigned to accept a
position in the internal revenue bureau
Treasury department.
The following persons in the docu-
ment (hand) section enjoyed portions
Of their annual leave during the week
just ended: E. H. Tabler. w. II. Duling
August Paland. Frank NJ. Roller. Will
liam E. Lewis. D. L. SAMSON. I. Wood
ward. James Jenkins. William A
Mayors, George Lomax. /. D. William
son, E. D. McKenna,' Charles J. Duffy
William H. Davis. John A. Phillips. T.
H Collins. D. Miller. L. c. Frey. o. c.
Boteler, ]. L. Garrett, F. S. Lerch
F'loyde A. Herndon and A. Thompson.
Albert E. Doe, jr.. who resigned about
three years ago from the monotype Key
board section. was visitor last week
He now is travelling salesman for auto
mobile supplies.
Richard F. Carter and John A. Cor
don of the sanitary section were absent
during the week on account of illness
Henry S. Ady of the linotype section
reported for work Monday after
Maker-up Ernest A Hurdle OF the
floor brigade" document (hand) sec
tion, has been detailed to the library
branch printing office.
Edward Burkholder. chairman OF the
memorial committee of Columbia Typo
graphical Union. has called meeting
Of that committee this afternoon at 3
o'clock at 317 East Capitol street. Ar
rangements will be completed for the
annual memorial services. which will
be held in typographical Temple Sum
day afternoon, December 2.
Philip B. Harris of the sanitary sec
tion Is on leave.
Charles Peake of the monotype key
board section was transferred to the
night force Wednesday.
A meeting has been called this after
noon at 3 o'clock, at Typographical
Temple, to form club to promote the
interests of E. W. Morcock. who is a
candidate for president of the lnterna-
tional Typographical Union.
Ralph Harris of the Office Of the pur-
chasing agent. who has been absent Tor
a week on account of the Illness OF his
returned Tuesday.
Imposer T. ]. Daily Of the document
(hand) section has completed eighteen
days Of his annual leave.
W. E. Grimes Of the night monotype
section, who has been on vacation, re-
turned Monday.
Joseph A. Scannel, for a number of
years employed in the proofroom, and
promoted to a position in the
office of the superintendent OF documents.
resigned a short time ago to accept a
position with the shipping board.
George W. Montgomery. who has been
employed in the night monotype Key
board section for some time. was trans
ferred to the day force last Tuesday
Charles Richter is among those In the
engineers section who are enjoying an
nual leave.
The Washington Union Printers Ath-
letic Association is making financial plans
for the participation of the base ball team
held in ST. Paul, Mimi. next summer.
Manager w. r. Love has been selecting
a number of printer ball players for a
try-out in the spring, and says that he
has enough good material to make team
that will be a credit to Washington.
Herman G. Sumner of the monotype
keyboard section. who has been in poor
health. has been granted extended leave
of absence and has gone to his former
home in New Hampshire to recuperate.
Charles F. Allison and Ovilup H George
were on the sick report Of the engineers
section the past week.
At the recent annual election Of the
Document Relief Association. the follow
the ensuing year: o. C. Boteler. president:
Charles S. Elder. vice president; Wilfred
E. Garlick, recording secretary. and
Charles NJ. SiZer. secretary treasurer. The
following constitute lle governing DOdTu.
o. C. Boteler. c. s. Elder. w. F. Garlick.
c. Y. Perry, L. ]. Clements and John H.
Hogan.
A number of printer members were
present Wednesday afternoon to witness
the degree work of the King Solomon
Lodge Cdaylight'D. No 81. F. A. A NJ.
when A. c. Webb Of the document (hand)
section. night, presided.
Charles NJ Johnson. John H. Lee. AL
fonso E. Williams and Thomas S. Wills
n a electrical section leave Of
absence
Charles S. Koonce. Charles Stanton and
Ed Henry Of the monotype keyboard sec
tion were absent from duty the past week
on account of illness
l.. G. Genus of the monotype section
who has been on the sick list for some
time. is reported to be improving.
Alexander Spinks. William Avis. James
force section were on the sick report the
past week. Emanuel NJ. Castle of the
same section is on leave Of absence.
James Kilbourne of the night monotype
keyboard section. who recently suffered a
painful injury to his foot. is still confined
to his home.
The officers of the Home Defense
League in the printing office report
Capt. Herbert E. James. First Lieut.
George G. Wilson and Second Lieut.
Hubert Newscn inaugurated practice
drills several days ago at the terminal
station L.. NJ. Y. "a, anu ItpOEl tudl dp
plications are being made every day
for membership. The officers are con-
sidering the establishment Of two drills
a week instead of one.
Memorandum of appointments. sepa-
rations, transfers, etc, in the govern
ment printing Office for week ending
Wednesday:
Appointments-John NJ. Butler. un.
skilled laborer: Ottawa ]. Saunders
probational skilled laborer; William
Bierley, watchman. reinstated: Abra
ham Silverman. Claude o. Wood. Fred
erick E. Craddock. John r. Hanlon
Harry NJ. Heck. Lee r. Ashcraft. pro
bational cylinders. SO cents per hour
Miss Agnes b. Garry. assistant tele
phone switchboard operator tempo
rary), $500 per annum. Dudley Tucker
Richard Harrison. John H. Wellington
George L. Shirley, Motto Moody, Ed
ward T. Cook, David NJ. Watson. Rober
Winkey, temporary unskilied laborers
25 cents per hour: Mrs. Lillian f. Alex
ander, emergency pressfeeder. 25 cent
per hour; Joseph B. Mccartney, Thoma
F. OConnor. Joseph p. OLone. jr.
emergency messenger boys. Is cent
per hour, George F. Brown, Matthew
]. Burke. Emery F. Brown. Richard w
Cant, Elmer S. Spriggs, John ]. Buck
lev, Samuel E. Jackson. Michael J
Malone William B. Yates James Miles
Leon r. Payne. Sharden b. Hoyle
Henry v. Paganelli. John ]. Ward. viii
liam A. Crawling. James p. Fitzgerald
i Daniel O'Connell. Alton d. Anderson
Benjamin d. Giddings. John W. Dyer
Harry NJ Rryan Thaddeus r Roddv