Evening star., 1917-01-21
PRINTING OFFICE.

| Leroy u brandon Brandy OF the
night proofroom is a candidate for dele
gate to represent Columbia Union at
! the International Typographical Union
| convention to he held in Colorado
Springs, Colo, next August. Friends
| of Emmert NJ. Miller of the night limo
/! type section have placed his name in
the lists for delegate. but nothing def
mite has been stated by Mr.. Miller.
! Charles Henry, office OF assistant
! foreman of printing. is filling the posi-
! ton of Fred H. Berger. who is taking
several days leave.
| The Women's Bindery Union, Local
No. AZ. International Brotherhood of
Bookbinders, held installation cere-
monies last Monday night, when the
| following officers were installed: Miss
Mamie r. Daniel. president; Mrs. Ida
/ Dodge, vice president; Mrs. Flora c.
| Plumb, recording secretary: Mrs. Lille
V. Smoot, treasurer; Mrs. Nettie Kirch-
ener, chaplain: Mrs. Eva Fisk, ser
| geant-at-arms; Miss Mary Hutchinson,
| Inspector; Mrs. Mary Holmes, statis-
tician; Miss Emma Sparks. guide; The
| installation ceremonies were conducted
| by A. P. Sovey, president OF the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Bookbinders.
| The president announced the following
committees for the ensuing year: Ex-
ecutive 'committee-Nannie T. Daniel.
chairman: Flora C. Plumb. Lille
France, Kate " Smoot. Ida Dodge, Bes-
sic Mcnamara and E. A. Touse.
| Finance Communications g. Plumb.
! Carrie Isham and Agness Reid. Allied
| Printing Trades Council delegates
Laura Graddick, Lille France and Mrs.
Helm. Federation of Womens Clubs
| delegate-Laura J. Graddick. Commit
tee on egislaton-Kate V. Smoot, n. T.
/
Walsh and Minnie Bardwell.
| William ]. Delano of the day proof
| room has been absent the past week on
account of illness.
| GLADDEN. of the buildings division, who
| wre injured while doing repair work
| in the garage, after treatment by Medl-
cal Director Manning. returned to
| work.
The following employees Of the sani-
tary section were on the sick list the
past week: Tony Nerrosso. Mrs Jo-
| hanna Curtin, Mrs. Annie +. N1edfeldl'
; Mrs Emily Lee and Mrs. Ellen Carson.
/ The twentieth annual banquet and en-
! tertainment of the Knights of Momus
| CHKnockers'D will be held February
5 at Rauscher's. Application for tickets
| may be made to any member of the Or
| ganiZation in the various printing
/ chapels or name may be sent to John A
| Huston, financial secretary. night PROOF
room The executive committee Capt.
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| subcommittee on diversions CRANK D.
| Smith, chairman), the complete sub
F, committee on entertainment (Wll-
| liam Mclean, chairman). and the chair
men of all the subcommittee will meet
! this evening at Elks' Hall at O'Clock
! to complete arrangements for the ban
quet.
The Monotype bowling team won three
straight games from the Buildings team
in the G. p O. League Monday. Hixson
| of the Monotype had 1856. which is sec
ond high game. Beck had a set of 334
Two games now separate the clerks
and Monotype teams
Miss Mary Walsh of the map section
returned Tuesday from three-Week k
vacation spent at her former home in
! New York.
The following employees of the watch
force section were on the sick list the
past week: Lieut. David Il. Moore. Will
liam Stark. George w. Wilmington,
Christian Keiner and Charles A. Beatty.
| George p. Phillips. reader, who has
been on the sick list for the past three
weeks. has returned to work
The following members of the docu-
rnent (hand) section have been on the
sick report the past week: Thomas NJ.
/ Dom, C. s. Elder William Duling. P.
s steele and John c. Sullivan.
Joseph Goldstein, probationary mes
senger boy in the document Chand)
section. has been transferred to the
night monotype section.
l.. ]. Gilbert of the linotype section.
who has been the sick list for
week, has returned to work.
Joseph T Geraci of the document
| Chand) section has been detailed to the
state, war and navy branch office.
F. II. Berger of the office OF the
assistant foreman of printing has been
filing the position of A. +. Riddle of
the Office OF superintendent of work.
Chester Bid of the Office of assist
ant foreman Of printing has been alb
i sent from duty the past week on ac-
Nf
Cyrus L. Cook. secretary of the day
! proofroom chapel, has the sympathy
of his fellow employees in the loss of
his nine-year-old son. whose death oc-
Vincent II. Howard of the day proof
room is assisting the editorial force
during the rush of work.
Frank Platz has been appointed chief
of the fire department of the linotype
section. With V. H. Giffen, J. Fl. Will
kins, w. A. Murphy, A. e. Sullivan, W.
A Welch, Charles Z. Lattemer, Z. b.
BrammeIl and Nealy Bean assist
ants.
Moses Kaplan temporary messenger
boy in the night monotype section, has
been transferred to the document
| (hand) section, day.
John r. Morrison has been absent
from his desk in the day proofroom
for the past week on account of ILL
ness.
Richard b. Nelson of the engineers
Sectioit HAS peeH tdklHS part oI MS
annual leave.
Appointments, separations, transfers
etc. III the government printing office for
week ending Wednesday, have been an
nounCed follows:
Appointments-Aliss Dora NJ. Yates
| skilled ltborer, reinstated; Edward J.
Ha'ler and Joseph A. Reith. temporary
messenger boys; John W. +. Bell and
William III. Webster, skilled laborers, re-
instated.
Separatons-Mss Marguerite E. Root
James ii. Tayman, Karl Lerch, George D.
McCathran, Aigie II. Caruthers. Miss
Kathryn f.. Mack, Benjamin II. HouseT
Patrick F. Mccormack, James Nolan,
John +. O'Connor. Harry L. Staiey, Sam
Hurwitz, Mrs Marion Il. Kern, Wilbur
a. Macdonald. Harry J. Sullivan. Thomas
J. Fitzwilliams, Robert T. Bray Edward
w. Dawson, Robert G.. Orchard Paul A.
/ Dwyer, NJ. Fillmore Harrison, Oliver j.
Moore. Roswell ID. Morgan. Joseph Sill
verberg, Thomas n. Surguy. Robert f.
Youart, Otto L. Erdman, George j. Blum
dell. John T. Barber, Frank Bates. VIII
liam ", Baldwin and Henry II N N6itc0mb