The Washington herald., 1918-12-08
G. P. o. NEWS NOTES

Shelton eteed. Of the pamphlet
Bindery. has resigned and win return
to bis home at Edinburg. Va
George Fischer, an employe of the
Bindery. is now soldering at Camp
Humphreys, Va Ernest r Taylor
says that II George is AZ good at
soldering as he is at cutting paper. II
Is good thing for the Kaiser that
the war is over.
Miss Mamie T. Mcdaniel president
OF the Women's Bindery Union, Local
&, reports that the organization has
admitted about 200 new members
during the past month, and that the
membership now numbers about 500.
The next meeting vii be held Decem-
Der ls at So Sixth street northwest.
when another large initiation is ex-
pected. The officers hope to have
every woman employed In the Bindery
enrolled in their union by the first of
the year
The arrival OF Charles Z. sickIes at
the Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs. Colo. brings the representa-
ton Of Columbia ioi 10 seven mem
bers in that institution Besides Mr..
sickles the local printers will remeu-
Ter Miss Eva c. Evers. James r.. Al
ford, Samuel E. Davies. Frederick NJ.
p. Montague. George w. shaffer. and
DR.. Eugene T. Stephenson when the
Christmas holidays roll around.
The executive committee of the
Bookbinders' Union has appointed Z.
r. Taylor to do the scr1bbiing for the
hfth floor. so mistakes are likely to
occur at any time now. Mr.. Taylor
says the bookies are all counting their
relief money; that as they do not get
paid on Hog Island basis. this
little pickup is welcome addition
TO the Christmas fund.
Harvey j. Hewitt a short time ago
resigned from the book Pressroom to
take charge Of a plant downtown
Mr.. Hewitt for q long time had charge
Of the Wynkoop- -Hallenbeck plant in
New York. and for a number of years
was superintendent Of printing for
the Cosmopolitan Magazine shop at IL
Observation-Disclosures He. of course,
hns the best wishes of his many
friends in his new venture
Hugh Campbell. pressman on the
Night force. is confined to his home
as a result of an operation a short
time ago.
Charles Wilhelm. after several
months in the Linotype section. is
again reading proof.
Fred Tarbox. of the Foundry force,
took half day of to harvest the
potato crop on his farm at Glen
Echo.
Archibald P. Maddox. formerly an
employe Of the Linotype section.
died December /.
Ernest c. Taylor says: Yes. we
are getting ready for something-
but we don't know what-in the RuI-
ing room.
We've been Frightening up the
corner for quite a spell. and still
the something hasn't happened. Ac-
tuslly saw Lou Allen with q cleaner,
too, but it was a pipe cleaner.
Go to IL. Lou; castor oil might
help the LAy-boy."
Miss Nadge Evans. OF the Proof
room is mourning the loss OF a
nephew. Gerald Martin. an cid en-
ploye OF the printing Office, who en-
listed in Canada early IN the war
and was killed in France.
Sidney J. Howell. secretary OF the
Progressive Reliefs IS handing the
members checks for moss and ssOSl
az the dividend this year. The other
officers of the relief are: President,
Thomas A. McNerney; vice president,
F. J: Herbeck: auditors, Robert Mer-
ritt, II. d. Keiser and Martin DreIs.
Norman X. Berry in the office Of
the purchasing agent has been on
leave for eleven days.
Charles O'ConneII, Of the Jacket
section. is at work after being at
home a day or two with congestion.
This illness has not affected Char
ley's proneness to swing his hammer.
Lieut. Michael ]. Keating. formerly
in the Machine shop section. now in
the Motor Transport Service. was in
the shop last Tuesday meeting old
friends before going TO New York on
his way to Siberis-
John E. McCracken. of the Elec-
trical section, left his work because
OF illness Tuesday and is confined to
his home. lo1S Seventh street north
east.
Miss Margaret Huss. daughter of
shorty Huss, the genial foreman of
the night Monotype section. is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Z. Monroe Zentz.
at Frederick. Nd, this week.
James NJ. Sweeney. OF the night
Pamphlet bindery, has resigned.
jefferson ID. Newton is excused from
the Proof section on account OF the
illness Of Mrs. Newton, who recently
suffered from a stroke of paralysis.
W. r. Carver. of the Job section, is
sick at his home on Florida avenue.
Compositors John S Beck. George
E. Ford, John L Krause, and George
G. White, of the Job section, are De-