Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
PRINTING OFFICE.


| the document (hand) section, cele-
| brated his seventy ninth birthday Sun
| day, January 81, having been born in
! Poughk eepsie, y. Y, January Fl, 1853
He learned the printing trade in In
| dianapolis, Ind, and has at various
times worked on the large city dail!es
! He was employed on the Inquirer,
| Philadelphia, Pa. at the outbreak OF
| the civil war, and enlisted first in the
! goth Pennsylvania Infantry for three
months. afterward in the 6eth Pennsyl-
vania Cavalry (Col. Rush's Lancers)
! for three years. 1t is of record that
F.! this was the only cavalry regiment in
| the war that was equipped with lances
| During its term of service under Gen.
| Phil Sheridan it participated in sew
| enty-eight engagements. At the eN-
| piration of his term of service Mr.. Will
| hanson was restored to his sit on
| the Philadelphia Inquirer. He mas been
| for many years member OF the Ii A
| guard of Phil Sheridan Post. Depart
ment of the Potomac. He has been
employed in the government printing
Office and its branches for the past
eighteen years, and his birthday was
the occasion of many CONGRATULATIONS
from his fellow mployes.
William NJ. Leavitt, maker-up IN
charge, document thand) section, has
been detailed to the office of the as
sistant foreman of printing during the
absence of J. c. Lesher. officeman, who
has been called to Windsor Locks
Conn, on account of the death of his
mother-in-law. Mrs. Mary Nugent.
David ]. Roberts. compositor iti the
document (hand) section, has been pro-
/ noted to reader and transferred to the
day proofroom.
A B. Battor. chief carpenter. and
Matthew Williams of the carpenter
section are enjoying their annual leave
| The following members of the watch
! force have been on the sick list the
past week: William Bierley. John C.
Craven, Hiram S. Hyde. James Boyle,
James c. Hardness. Alexander Spinks
Samuel n. Colvin and William F. I'll
! rich.
! Mark II. Bynum of the jacket sec
ton. secretary treasurer of the Wash
! ington Union Printers Athletic Assoc
! citation. announces that there will be
| a meeting of the organization this
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock at Topographic
cal Temple, when plans will be dis
cussed for sending the base ball team
to the st. Paul tournament next sum-
mer W. K. Love, manager of the team.
and President c. u. Deming will be in
attendance and outline plans and sug
| gestions.
Harry A. Waymire. skilled laborer in
/
during the week to accept Il position
with the Remingtons.
John J. Sweeney of the watch force is
taking part Of his annual leave.
Riley A. Sweet and Charles d. Barnes
have been on the sick report of the
electrical section the past week.
Thomas Miller. laborer on the 'Y,
document thand) section. has been on
the sick list the past week.
Frank D. Smith. chairman of the
diversions committee of the knights Of
Momus t"knockersD, announces that a
meeting of the committee will be held
this afternoon at Elks' Hall for the
purpose of rehearsiEg the stunts to
be presented at the annual entertain
ment and banquet of the organization
to be held at Rauschers on the even
ing of February ).
James D. Mahoney and Samuel II.
Houston of the electrical section are
on leave of basence.
Compostor Carroll Harbaugh of the
document thand) section has been de-
tailed to the press division as press
corrector
William +. Maher of the engineers
section has been absent from duty the
ID. w. Bruce and 2. Fairfax have
been on the sick report Of the build
ings division the past week.
| Richard 5. Peed has been on detail
as maker-up in the document (hand)
section.
Balsey f. Sauter. who had been on
the sick list for more than a week. re-
ported for duty in the document (hand)
section Monday.
| The president of the Government
! Printing Office Pressfeeders' Relief AS
! ISOLATION announces euchre and dance
at the Elks' Club Tuesday night. The
dent Mrs. Nora Bechtel: vice president
Mrs. Della J. Dreamer: secretary treas
I urer. Miss NJ. f. Rooster.
William +. O'Brien. assistant fore
/
Gently returned from his home in Bay
| City, Mich. where he was called on ac-
count Of the death of his mother, had
as his guest last week his cousin, Dan
I O Brien, chief of the United States
appraisers office at Detroit. Mich. who
recently attended a meeting of the ma
tional body at New York city
! After several weeks of Illness John
| c. sullivan, compositor in the document
! (hand) section, reported for duty Mon
day.
, c. Il. Taylor has been on the sick re-
port of the machine shop section dur
Mrs. Martha Mangum, Garfield Lar
| kinS and Jarrett 5. Berry of the sani-
| tary section have been absent from the
office the past week on account of ILL
ness.
| Competitors William H. Dulng and
Joseph T. Geraci of the document
/ (hand) section have been detailed to
the State. War and Navy branch office.
| day proofroom. has the sympathy of
many friends in the death Of his wife,
! which occurred last Sunday. burial be-
| ing made in Glenwood cemetery We'd
| nesday.
! Maker-up Daniel L. SAMSON of the
| document (hand) section has been su-
| pervising on the ''Y the past week.
| Appointments, separations. transfers,
| etc. in the government printing Office
| for week ending Wednesday have been
| announced as follows:
| Appointments-Wilve Conner, skilled
/ laborer. reinstated; Alfred J. Boyer,
! compositor, transferred from Post Office
/ Department; William H. Brown. proba-
| tionary fireman.
/ Separations-Miss Dora NJ. Yates. re-
| signed; George S. Davis. resigned;
| Harry f. Waymire, resigned; Joseph
/ Goldstein. resigned; George c. Lang. re-
! signed: William E. Smith.
! Transfers. etc.-William S. Jackson,
| George w. Butler, Lindsay Lewis. Abe
| i. Hawkins. Jordan c. Bergens. James
! f. Russell. Daniel Brooks. Jesse H.
| Thomas. temporary unskilled laborers.
| to permanent unskilled laborers; Frank
| Johnson and David J. Roberts, COM
positors. to proofreaders; Charles ].
I Tracy and John F. Burgess, messenger
boys, to skilled laborers; Miss Stella NJ