The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
BUREAU OF
ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING
So NEWS

A testimonial banquet was given to
Honorable Edward Keating Tuesday
evening by the Joint Conference Re
tirement Committee at the Ebbitt
House. A number of bureau employees
were there, among them Mr.. John
Deviny. superintendent of works;
Miss Nora James, Mrs. Mary Cans
horn and Miss Marian King of the
numbering division; Miss Tillie Lind
say, printing division; Miss Kathryn
| Tracy. of the bindery division; Miss
Blanche Nicholson, of the stamp book
division; Mr.. Crocker aI.d Miss Flor
ence Tracy, of the stamp cumming
division. and Miss Birchead. of the
surface division.
! Miss Elsie NJ. Simons, of the num-
bering division, was painfully injured
| yesterday. She received treatment in
the medical office of the bureau, and
was then taken to her home in the
bureau ambulance. accompanied by
Mrs. Longley.
Robert Hanneman, of the machine
! division, had hurry call to his home
| yesterday, on account of the illness
Miss Mary Elizabeth CoushIan, the
| bright little niece of Mrs. Mary Lowe
of the examining division, is spending
a week with relatives in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Mrs. Philah De Neale. of the exam
lining division, is absent. nursing her
daughter who is ILL
Mr.. Campbell. chief of the stamp
| book and coil division, is entertaining
relatives from New York.
The girls of the stamp book division
have received word from Miss Mar
garet Boose to the effect that she
is improving and hopes to be back on
the job soon.
Mrs. Mamie Reming, who resigned
her position in the numbering division
on account. of ill health, has been re-
appointed.
The machine division will be well
| represented in the bowling tournament
to be held on March "a and 25. The
following men have signified their in
tention of participating: C. Sims. o.
Swain, l. Swain. II. Freudberg, G. o.
Drew. Thomas Nugent, J. ]. Frank
and c. Dodge.
Miss Mary c. Fitzgerald surprised
her friends in the examining division
yesterday by requesting to have her
name changed on the records to Mrs.
Griffin
Miss Barbara Eubank and Mrs. Ma
bel Tharpe. of the stamp p-perforating
division, are on the sick list
Some things are belated sometimes.
but the stamp-perforating division can
boast of belated Christmas. 1t has
Just passed out.
Miss Lottie McGlue has returned to
the examining division after a spell
Of illness.
A vote of thanks is due a number
of young ladies in the examining
division, for the very efficient man
ner in which they. as ushers. hand
led the large gathering which wit
messed the unfurling of the service
flag in the examining division Tues
day afternoon. They are: Miss
EspeS' III CndTSf. MISS IOlley, Mrs.
Elsie Winter, Miss Margie Sherrier.
Miss Catherine Curran. Mrs. Ella w.
Stork. Miss Lillian Popkins. Miss
Annie c. Kelly. Miss Marie Tromb-
ley. Mrs. Rae Coffren. Miss Binnfe
Kady, Mrs. Ethel Allsworth, Miss
Isabelle LanEford. Miss Lillian GRAY,
Miss Pearl Cook. Miss Myrtle John
son. Miss Emma Coffren read the
roster and Mr.. Sidney Sharp un-
furled the. flag. All the girls wore
their Red Cross uniforms.
Mrs. Sadie Hays is reported to be
ill.,
The following members of the Red
Cross unit in the wetting division
attended the Red Cross rally in Com
tinental Hall yesterday: Mrs. Berge-
win. Mrs. Limerick, Miss Mawn. Miss
Carrick. Miss Jaeschke. Mrs. Hickey,
Miss Johnson. Mrs. Glascock, Miss
Hewson. Miss Jarvis. Mrs. Butt, Miss
Fry and Miss McCann.
James Kehoe, jr., of the wetting
division. is on the sick list.
The chiefs of all the divisions in
the Bureau attended the exercises!