The Washington herald., 1919-01-13
G. P. o. NEWS

On Thursday, January 3, James A.
Gibbs. a veteran printer now employed
in the day linotype section. will oele-
brate his eighty-sixth birthady, hsv-
ing been born in Buckingham County.
Va, in 1888. At the age of II Mr..
| Gibbs commenced his apprenticeship
In the office of the Valley Wing in
Ffncastle County, Va, and after COM
pIeting his time he worked several
years in a job Office in Richmond
In 1873 he moved to Louisville, KY,
and took charge of the mechanical
department OF tie Richmond und
Louisville Medical Journal, where he
remained until 1851, when he ca ne 20
Washington Lld accepted a position
in the G. p. o. in 1852, and hE- been
in the Office ever since thaC time.
giving him a service record Jr thirty
six years. In spite of his age, Mr..
| Gibbs performs his work IN 1 satir
| factory rnannHr and loses very little
time from the office. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Gibbs reside at ;-3 c street nor -nsah'
They have a daughter, Mrs. ]. Kirby
Wade, and q son, James Gibbs,
also residing in Washington.
George w. Eyars. who uyss at 80
Rock Creek road, received a cart from
the public printer inviting him Il call
on the paymaster for a balance J0e
on pay roll. Ge~rge works in the
Bureau Of Engraving and says that
\ his name IS i.St on the G. =. @ pay
/ roll. II there is orphaned mopcy IL
| Mr.. Wilpurs office there are a lot Lf
| folhs in the office who wiz adc-t il.
Joseph H. Holland, OF the night
monotype keyboard room, chairman
/ of the grievance committee of CO.
! lumbia Typographical Union, will
have completed twenty years serv-
! ice in the Government Printing Of
/ flee in February. In all this time he
I has not been late to work once
which is truly a remarkable record
/ for which Congress will probably
: give him a service medal. He Joined
The Columbia Relief Society in Fob.
| Tuary, 1899. and has never had oC-
/ casion to draw relief in the twenty
Z years he has been a member. II Nj
/ Holland is successful in d0dginE aU-
| tomobiles there is no reason why n
| should not serve his uncle another
! twenty years.
Billy Hyde. another old timer wn0
never grows old. is leader Of bull
| gang. No. they are not scrappeTs
they are the bookies who york on
/ the gluing machine on the fifth Iloor
| Billy directs operations from his
. perch aloft and the men all agree
, that Re is some director. Billy knows
/ how 10 get the work on. all right
George H. VI. Dahl OF the night
| mCnotype keyboard room, is -c-
| ported on the sick list
Newton Odcll. paper cutter IN Mr.
. SHcetman section, has Just TC-
| turned to work after a long illness
/ He himself was cOnvalesCinC wh' I
! ne received a call 10 come home 70
| his fathers funeral
: Mrs. Nellie sherman. Of III.
pamphlet binding section las re-
/ signed.
/ Ei= Bill Rapier. puEcheI drIlIer
| paper ruler and bookbind'I extra
7 ordinary. has resigned Yes. Bill
SAYS it, too tame around these
parts. 50 he's OF TO the wilds again
You know Eli comes from Texas
/ where they do thinSs.
! Tho regular meeting OF Petit
! Camp No. 5. United Spanish War
. Veterans. will be held Tuesday
night. in their hall at Eleventh and
. + streets northwest at which the
/ newly elected officers will b. in
I stalled b. Past Commander s. q.
/ Mawsvr. veteran cmplo, OF thc
! printing oTice.
/ Peter Flanagan. who VAS Te-
/ ported sick in the hindery. has re-
( turned to his doubIc-dccker feeling
much better.
John !. Cournyn has been REIN
stated as a pressman and IS now
AT work in tho Tr-sswork division.
Elmer NJ. Webster received let
ter from Albert Stanley from over
there Albert expects to be homo
fhcrtly. He worked in the ruling
ana s,w;n- section.
Foreman Henry {. Mclean. Of the
dav linotype section. has placed q
tgn-iOOT screen AZ N4iF -iOl III tAAA VI
the room. to shield the men from
drafts from the elevator while work
ing at the cases there.
Miss Mildred J. Beach. OF the ruIinl
section of the bindery, Is reported tC
. be holding her own in her fiEh
against the flu. This is Miss Beach,
second battle with the disease. anC
her friends expect another victory.
! Miss Catherine {. Mead and Mrs
Rose b. Davis resigned their posi-
, tious in the ruling and sewing sec
1 ton.
Harry Wells. one OF the bookie> OF
the fifth floor. is some farmer Yes
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