Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING.
BY Webster

The employees of the bureau enjoyed
| their first Saturday half-holiday Of the
summer season yesterday. Director
Ralph expressed qualification over the
fact that the rush of work at the blu.
/ reau had decreased to an extent where
he could allow his employees a halliday
| recreation each Saturday during the
hot months. He said that his army Of
workers alone had made the holiday
| plan possible. Had they not practicet
self-denial in working overtime or hat
failed to devote their entire attention
| to their duties the '.alf-holiday on Sat.
! urdays would have been indefinitely
postponed, he said.
Mrs. Amelia A. Stopper, daughter OF
Henry Martin, civil war veteran, ha.
accepted a position as operative in thu
binding division of the bureau of en-
| craving and printing. Mrs. Stopper.
| Iather served as an officer in the 9tf
infantry, New Jersey Regiment, during
the conflict of 1861. and afterwards per.
formed, clerical duties In several of the
federal departments in Washington fol
number of years. sz Ia
Miss Verna CARRIER, printers assistan,
| In section of the printing division, will
| leave Washington shortly for a vaca.
ton, visiting relatives and friends in
North Carolina and Georgia. Her young.
er sister. Miss Alma CARRIER, will ac-
company her.
Harry o'Meara, pressman in the sur.
race division. has resigned.
Clement j. Clergen of section 2 OF
the printing division resumed his du-
ties at the bureau last Monday, after
an absence OF five weeks due to q
serious illness.
Gustavus "a. Weckel, a plate printer
in section 2 OF the printing division, is
being congratulated by his friends in
the printing plant upon the splendid
performance on the piano given by his
young son in a recent concert held in
this city
Charles F. Miller is confined to his
| home as result of injuries received
recently when his automobile collided
with a passenger train He is EN-.
ployed as a plate printer in section 2
Of the printing division.
Plate printers on leave of absence in
section Of the printing division are
Clarence w. Swain, John ]. King and
A. p. Myers.
Mrs. Annie Boyle. plate ..inters as.
sistant in section of the printing di-
vision. has been granted a portion OF
oscar P. Anderson, custodian OF
presses in the printing division, is
spending ten days of his vacation with
his family in Maryland.
Jacob Rosenbaum has been confined
to Sibley Hospital for two weeks suf-
fering from typhoid fever. Mr.. Rosen-
baum is employed as a plats. printer
in: the bureau.
The following plate printers received
temporary appointments in the bureau
last week: John7H Roper, jr.; Thomas
E. Robertson, Sylvan A. Sheridan and
Joseph O'Connor.e
Temporary bookbinders appointed in
the bindery division during the week
are Fred L. Jones. Julius Griebel Claud
Wood, Archie j. Rose, William J. Hell
lar Charles Mower. John w. Ahearn,
George p. Aberle, John T. Thorsen.
John F. Cole. Lee r. Ashcroft and Max
Gross.
Following are the temporary press
last week and assigned to the surface
division: George w. Allen, Henry ].
Zuendel, Mario Ventura, William S.
Fenton. Louis II. Stearns and Hugh B.
Marsh,
James A. Barry and Edward H.
Schloerner resigned as temporary plate
printers in the money-making plant.
Elizabeth H. Watson, Mollie C. Jump
and Agnes E. Cummings have resigned
as operatives in the bureau.
Printers assistants who resigned dur
ing the week include Carrie L. Blick,
Helen L. Bradenburg, Annie NJ. Watts,
lnez L. Anderson. Mildred E. Myers and
Merrell K. Clark.
Printers assistants accepting en-
ployment in thu bureau last week are
Lama G. Goodwin. Grace O. cambridge,
Mamie NJ. Butler, Effie 1. Hill and Mary
c. Barnes.
Carrie B. Minor was appointed tenn
porary counter in the binding division
of the bureau during the week
The position of examiner in the bu-
reau was accepted by Lidia C. Hutch
inson last week. She was detailed to
the binding division.
Mary I. Kline has been appointed
temporary counter in the bureau sur
face division.
The bureau surface division last
week procured the services of oper-
atives Mabel Pugh. Lavinia A. New
man. Ethel L. Bolden Coyie James,
Bertha Gallagher. Maude D. /. Simpson,
Gertrude M. Clark. Ray " Washington,
Helen J. Pollard. Ada E. McLain. Nell
lie v. Brown, Virginia o. Robinson,
Mamie e. Stevens. Lena Ellis. Marie
e. Payne, Ethel C. Hamilton, Eiizabeth
Wilkins. Fannie E. Simmons. Alice p.
Fisher. Lorena Seldom. Martha L. over
ton. Blennie Hawkins, Elsie ". Carroll.
Carrie B. Queen, Gertrude H. Owens.
Mabel E. Thomas, Clara d. Cooke, Dora
r. Marlowe. Eleanor y. Coleman, JAMIE
Z. Poindexter, Ruth NJ. Smallwood and
Marguerite L.. Powell.
In the bureau binding division a
number of operatives received tenn
porary appointments. They are: Lille
Rust, Iriez Houston. Edna NJ. Rainey.
Georgette NJ. Parker. Amelia A. Stopper.
Ethel L. Payne. Josephine Z. Lewis,
Annie A. Larkin. Mary Campbell, Lizzie
r.. Haycock, Amy L. Donaldson. Mary
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