The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING NOTES

James Beller. brother Of Walter Bel
Ter, plate printer, branch seven ana
secretary to Senator Owens, of okla
homa, is just back from a two months
visit TO France. Mr. Beller did not
bring any relics with him, because
he did not want any reminders OF the
horrible things he saw over there
He reports considerable influenza on
board ship on the homeward journey,
several unfortunatcs having been
buried at sea, victims Of the disease
Elizabeth Santry. Maggie Feeney.
Annie Stewart. Josey Browne, Carrie
Linkins and Mary J. Murphy have
been detailed TO the T~"asury Depart
mcnt from the numbering division.
Ellis II. Mayo, pressman in the sur
face division. has resigned and gone
TO his home in Georgia
Who is the most popular girl in
the stamp perforating division? Why
Miss Brosnahan, by all means. You
call on her at 10 o'clock, a nice hand
out; go to her at IL o'clock, another
hand-out: then again at o'clock
same thing. another hand-out. and
always something good 10 cat. Who
wouldn't want to visit No. SO?
Mrs. Grace Mooney. Of the stamp
perforatng division, IS reported very
sick.
Miss Bessie Brunsman has resigned
her position in the numbering di-
vision.
Once more the wedding bells will
ring. Tuesday is reported to be the
date set for the ceremony, and Miss
Mary Tripp, Of the wetting division,
will be the bride.
J. Daniels. of the hanlmcring room
engraving division, put in u pretty
hard day last Friday. Can you be-
lieve he did not miss his teeth until
he got to work? However. he stayed
all day, but when lunch time came
simply watched the others eating
theirs.
There has been a noticeable short
age of chairs at the band rehearsals
of late, but the situation has now
been remedied. The executive COM
mittee has purchased about two dozen
folding chairs, thus affording COM
Portable accommodations for the mu-
sicians during rehcarsaS.
Theodore Rooney, superintendent OF
branch 6, was presented with a very
useful and appropriate sit by the
girls in the Tea Club Of the exar1in-
Ing division. in branch e, last Fri
day. 1t was tea ball.
Clude DeBinder, plate finlsher in the
engraving division, has again resumed
communication with st. Paul, MINI.
He was all smiles the other day when
letter arrived from that burg"
The following have received ap-
pointments in the examining division
Roland NJ. Marks. Maurice T.. Win
gate, Adrick c. Dnilev. William =.
Stevens, Elmer A Moran, Earle
Moore, Cornelius ]. sullivan and Rob-
ert B. Spicknall.
Miss Emma NJ. Souder has resigned
from the numbering division.
Raymond Ted" Burrows, plate
printer and citizen OF Clarendon, Vir-
ginia. is a red hot worker for the
success Of the bureau band. being one
of the first cornetists and also SeCrc-
tary of the organization. He is en-
thusiasdc over the prospects of a
large band by summertime, and never
misses an opportunity to help the be-
ginners along. Ted has been connect
ed with the Clarendon band for sew
eral years, and one rehearsal week
over there, with two at the bureau.
keeps him pretty busy. 10 say nothing
Of his work as recording secretary of
the Plntc Printers Union. There are
seven litile Edrrew5 over i'm ClaTcu-
dcn. and, if Ted can instill some OF
his musical pep into them. he will
have a band of his own some day.
There are soms others i'm the band