Evening star., 1917-10-07
PRINTING OFFICE.

l
A. Galleher, for many years an employe
of the day proof section. has been
commissioned as captain in the ord
nance branch Of the United States
Army and has entered upon his duties
Capt. Galleher is a graduate of Central
High School OF this city and was cap
tain of Company l Of the High School
| Cadets. He was a student at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. graduate Of
George Washington University, and has
| been 4 member of the District bar for
several years.
| Clarence J. VIiet was called to Michi
gan the first of the past week on ac-
count Of the death Of his father. in his
eighty-fourth year. Mr.. Vliet is an
employe of the monotype section. night
| Emmert NJ Miller of the linotype
| section. night. who went to Sibley Hos
pital several days ago for a minor op
| eration. is reported to be rapidly con-
| valescing.
| L. l.. Dixon Of the monotype section,
night. is reported to have been the
first subscriber from the printing Office
| to a liberty loan bond, securing one for
500 early last Monday.
The Government Printing Office
Duckpin Bowling Lea que has been re-
organized for the season of 1S17-1S. At
a recent meeting the following officers
|
| Otto Hermann. secretary-treasurer.
and w. r. Starr, official scorer. The
roster of the league will be made up
OF the following teams: Monotype.
| Linotype, Press, Clerks, Foundry and
| Buildings. Bowling will start Wednes-
day night at 5 o'clock at the Grand
| Central alleys.
Copy Editor John Il. Purvis went to
| Providence Hospital Tuesday to un-
| dergo an operation.
| The ninth annual exhibition of flow
ers. >fruits. vegetables and canned
| goods of the Brookland Brotherhood
Tuesday and Wednesday nights en-
gagged the attention of many employees
of the printing Office. which included
| f. c. Saltzman of the document thand)
| section as secretary and a member of
the committee on exhibition. and Lee
]. Runyan, deskman in the night proof
| room. an exhibitor.
/ Michael J. keating. machinist in the
machine shop section, has been admit
ted as student in the College of En-
| gineering at George Washington U-ni-
| versity. Mr. keating had just COM
pleted successfully a high school pre-
paratory course at the Emerson Insti-
| tute
| Delegate W. A kinsolving returned
to work in the night proofroom Mon
| day. after an absence OF several weeks,
| during which he attended the Interna-
| tional Typographical Union convention
| at Colorado Springs. Col. in August
and southwest. travelling 5000 miles.
E. w Henry of the monotype key
board section returned to work last
| Wednesday. after two-month illness.
/ The marriage of Mrs Pearl II.
| Schwarz. who has many friends in the
| printing Office. took place September
F2S, in the home OF the bride, to How
ard G. Brown of the estimating section.
(, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. James S Montgomery. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Brown left for a several-week
! trip north and east. They will be at
home later on at 1920 Harvard street
! The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Clara
Albee of this city.
| Stevens NJ. Simpson. makeup in the
document (hand) section has been
transferred to the hand section (night)
!, In similar capacity.
| Joseph G. Fritts. Richard B. Nelson
and William H Smith. engineers sec
| tinn, are on annual leave of absence.
! Ira Cole of the main pressroom on
September % was presented by his CO.
workers with bouquet OF American
the occasion being his eight-eight
birthday. Though one of the oldest
| employees, in point OF years. in the
printing Office, Mr.. Cole is to be found
| daily at his work.
w. H. Barringer of the monotype
| keyboard section returned Thursday
from an extended trip in the south and
west.
| John J. OHern of the day linotype
section. who has been ill for several
weeks. is reported to be but slightly
| improved.
| Edward Forrest. John w. CIrseen
Herbert s. Tolson and Aloysius F.
Smith of the electrical section are TAX
ing part of their annual leave of alb
sence.
w, ]. Scarborough. who resigned
from the printing office recently, is
/ running a monotype machine in Phila-
! delphia.
/ Wade II. Brown. proof collater on the
day force. was absent from his desk
during the past week on account of ILL
| ness.
| George o. Atkinson. makerup in the
document thand) section night has re-
turned from his annual vacation trip to
! his former home town. Newburyport,
Mass
James Boyle of the watch force sec
| tion is on annual leave of absence
! William Crawford. Alexander Spinks
William F. Ulbrich. Charles w. Hale.
| Thomas Wilkinson and Frank +. Whit
| ted of the same section were on the
| sick report during the past week.
! Joe NJ. Johnson. agent of the Union
| Printers Home, was delegated the task
of presenting to the home through the
! international convention recently a
book compiled by Miss Julia NJ. Burke
of the monotype keybord section.
being a complete history and union
record Of Columbia Unions printing
events covering a period of many years,
which Will no doubt prove one OF the
! interesting exhibits of the printers
home library.
Alhor. Whitacre, Elias Wolfe ana
George A. Cross Of the machine shop
I section were reported on the sick list
during the past week.
! Compositors Carrie A. Robbins and
/ Samuel G. Wise of the document (hand)
section were on detail to the proof sec
t1on as readers the past week.
/ Charles koontZ Of the monotype key
board section underwent an operation
! for Il minor trouble during the past
week.
| l.. II. Post. until two years ago re-
wiser in the printing office, when he
went west to join his son. a successful
newspaper publisher at Anacortes,
Wash, has written Harry L. Murray
| of the night proof force an interesting
| letter of how he lis enjoying life in his
declining years..
Assistant Purchasing Agent Charles
H. Hummel returned to work Tuesday
after two-week stay at Atlantic City.
Charles w. Bouvet of the carpenter
and paint shop section is enjoying
portion of his annual vacation
Readers Charles T. Cooke Owne L.
Carter, e. ]. Graf and ]. Fred Orth of
| the night proof force were on the sick
! list during the past week
| Hugh +. Griffin of the "Y'' document
| thand) section has been granted his
annual leave of absence
E. +. Emerson of the Office of the pur-
chasing agent has returned to duty aft
er an illness of several months
| Charles S. Dennison of the document