The Washington herald., 1919-02-08
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.


The usual community sing was held
yesterday in the sixth floor corridor.
MIR. LinebaCk has inaugurated a
whistling chorus, which seems TO take
well with the crowd. These social
gatherings every Friday at noon hour
are growing more popular each week.
as evidenced by the crowds attending
and by the enthusiasm displayed.
Miss Mary Hooper. who assists at
the desk on the fifth floor, is to bo
married very soon.
Jim Brodnax, foreman of the job
section. and Jim Sprucebank, in
charge of the Mergenthalers, held a
reunion on the seventh floor yester-
day.
\ sure sign of spring:
Dan Casey caught figuring how
many days before July l.
George Fischer talking baseball al
ready.
And. last. our champion fisherman,
Lou Allen, is getting his lines out
Nv 'iN illblOlN pc StNllpll - el-lltA
Up almost 100 per cent for subscrip-
tions to The Comeback. Mr.. Rid
inEs section is never slow when there
is work to be done.
Eddie Dore. seventh floor. says he
doesn't cat ice cream cones in one
hand with a hunk of pie in the other.
No. Eddie doesn't; he'd just like to.
William l.. Pierce. reader in the
day proof section, is i'll.
What has happened to the rumor
committee on the night linotype
section? John Cole should know
about this.
Mrs. Alice Silvers. one OF the
hustling young members of Wom-
ems Local. No. ~, and formerly of
the day force, has been transferred
to the ruling and sewing section
night.
John s. Burnside, makeup in
charge of the day hand section,
is on the sick list.
Joseph W. Cheyney is back at his
case in the job section after a short
illness.
Leslie Freeman is SO over-joyed
at the new addition to his family
that he is still celebrating.
S. X. Shockley, formerly of the
day linotype section. leaves tonight
for the Union Printers Home at
Colorado Springs for the benefit of
his health.
Joseph II. Brooks. a compositor
in the monotype section, received a
message yesterday morning an
nouncing the death of his father in
Marlboro, Md.
Ed. Flynn, bookbinder, has re-
signed his position to go into an
other business in or near Chicago.
Edward Coleman. a reader in the
night proof section, is on the sick
list.
John J. O'Brien. foreman in the day
foundry section, has been suffering
for several days with grip.
Charlie Nunzer, wha had a bad at
tack of pneumonia, is back at his
cutting machine on the fifth floor.
Yesterdays Congressional Recore
was the biggest of the session. One
hundred and twenty-seven pages
keeps the night forces busy.
John r. Lamson, a reader in the
Sah haS lato
press reviser in the night job press
section.
George Griffith discarded his vest
yesterday.
James w. Butcher, jr., Office helper
in the pamphlet bindery, is on the
sick list.
James Solomon Wallace. expert on
the linotype machines, returned to
work Thursday night after a short
illness.
Henry BetZ, a probational book
binder on the third floor. is i'll.
Anthony NJ. Baumgartner, keyboard
operator in the night monotype sec
tion. Is absent on account of illness
in his family.
Say George Hedges, at the Library
bindery. what seems to be the trouble
up there. or. have you lost your foun-
tain pen? Regards to Dick Lohmeycr.
Charlie Ruehl, seventh floor. says
the wv. K e. Co." sor "Packen-