The Washington herald., 1917-06-21
PURELY PERSONAL.

Morgan H. Gregg, of the Interior
Department, has resigned to take up
the practice Of law in Cleveland, Ohio.
Clarence e. Digs has received q
probational appointment as clerk In
the Bureau Of the Census.
Clinton G. Baer has received a tenn
porary appointment as stenographer
in the War Department.
Walter T. Raines, Of Cumberland,
Nd, Is visiting friends in Georgetown.
Chester F. Driesbach, Of the Navy
Yard. is on sick leave
Morton H. Groby, of the Indian Of
fice, has resigned.
Howard G. Heinrich, OF the Govern
ment Printing once, has resigned.
Hugh F. Durham has received an
appointment as clerk in the Patent
once.
DR.. Arthur H. Kimball Is attending
the commencement exercises and re-
union Of his class of 81 at Amherst
College, Amherst, Mass.
E. P. Alexander. policeman of the
Seventh precinct station, IL suffering
from a sprained ankle.
Second Lieut.. Roy c. Smith, of the
veterinary officers reserve corps, has
been ordered to report to Fort Sam
Houston. Tex.
LII H. JdhuCy mas DCCn
elected president of the District OF
Columbia Dental Society.
Francis Perry. eighth grade boy OF
the Gonzaga School, has been awarded
a scholarship or four years tuition in
the GonZaga High School.
F. C. Stelzer, of the local Master
Plumbers Association, is attending
the convention of the National Master
Plumbers Association in Evansville,
Ind, this week.
William Meeler, Of the Navy Yard,
expects to leave soon for Seattle
Wash, where he has accepted a posi-
tion.
John W. Foster. who worked In
the proofroom of the Government
Printing Ofce twenty years ago, and
is now a successful lawyer in Texas,
called at the office last week.
Frank Hurley, an employe at the
Navy Yard, is spending his vacation
touring New England.
Harry E. Hunt has been appointed
pressman in the bureau surface di-
vision of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.
F. H. Melick, foreman of the doc
ument section of the Government
Printing Office, has returned from
Indiana, where he was called by the
death Of his father.
Charles Flint and ]. Martson, tool
makers at the Navy Yard, have re-
signed and left for their former
homes in Boston.
Samuel McCallister has been ap-
pointed a skilled helper in the ex-
amining division Of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing.
Miss Lulu E. George, of the Post
o1ice Department. has resigned.
! J. Wesley Birch, of the Postofrice
Department, has been promoted.
W. Harold Smith, of the Depart
ment of Commerce, has been pro-
NOTED.
Miss Flora W. Patterson, of the
Department of Agriculture, has
left Washington for a tour of the
Southwestern States TO collect data
on the cultivation of mushrooms.
T. W. Wilcox, of the Department
OF Agriculture, has left for points
in Maryland to study diseases OF
fruit trees.
Prof. l. c. Corbett, of the De-
partment of Agriculture, has hft
conference with representatives
Of the American Fine Arts Com
mission, with a view 10 mapping
out plans for the Improvement OF
the grounds at Arlington farm
Rosslyn, Va.
Miss Dorothy Wilhite has been
appointed to a temporary position
in tho Department of Labor.
General Manager James Thatcher
of the Poll theatrical interests, was a
visitor to Washington last week,
making his usual rounds of the TWEEN.
ty-nine Poll theaters.