The Washington herald., 1919-04-27
BUREAU OF
ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING.
<Sx NEWS

fairly reeked with Victory Loan en-
thusiasm all day yesterday as
speakers, soloists and the band put
forth every effort to impress upon
the employees the Importance Of
making this drive a crowning sue
cess. To say that they met with
hearty response. is putting il
mildly
, The speakers were p. J. TIaItigan,
La s. Erwin. of the War Labor
Board. r. H. Mcneil. George c.
Jordan. Walter +. Smith and Z. L.
Merritt; while the soloists were:
Wilson Oliver. George O'Conner,
Miss Viola Schippert DIR. William
A Boyd and Miss Florence Girouard
The War Camp Community Serv-
Ice had charge Of the group sing
ing. and the leaders were Peter w
Dykema, R. w. Hills and Mr.. Star
nell Director Wilmeth, in address,
ing each group, stated that he COM
tempfated. upon request from the
liberty loan committee. making a
speaking tour during the last week
of the drive and had no doubt that
he would be able to boast that his
/ bureau had gone well ever the top
of its quota
At the close of business Friday
evening, sI31,o0O had been sub
| scribed. which leaves a balance OF
$4,000 to be wiped out by next
Saturday night. This means some
subscribing, but IL can and will be
oone.
The huge success of this rally is
! due largely to the untiring efforts
| of Maurice Calker, Charles Miller.
Walter Beller. Aldice Mills and Ed
ward Leahy. comprising the commit
tee on patriotic exercises.
| Custodian of presses, J. VI. Utter
bach, section 6. night, is spending a
couple of weeks at his old home in
Virginia. Mr.. Utterbach has been
looking forward to this trip with a
good deal OF anxiety on account of
the poor health of his father. Mr.. Ut
| terbach makes this trip annually for
the purpose of getting the farm in
| condition for spring planting.
The Plate Printers Union. Local No.
.. will hold its regular monthly meet
/ ing at Typographical Temple this aft
ernoon at 80. Delegates to the In
! ternational Convention will be elected.
The employees Of the surface division
! extend their sympathy to Mrs. Annie
J. Kennedy on account Of the death
I of Mr.. Kennedy.
T. A. Rooney. superintendent OF sec
tion 6. has been absent for the past
week due to an attack Of tonsilitis.
/ The girls Of his section and the tea
/ party" girls have sent him fruit and
7 n -g-l- a
Genoe has been subbing for him.
Mrs. Minnie Ebert. Mrs. Fannie
( Hulme. Miss Kate Robinson. Miss
( Mary Wilburn and Miss Blanche Wins
/ ton are on leave from the stamp per-
I foratinG division.
William T. Pierson. composer of the
song Garry Arms" accompanied DIR.
I Boyd during his rendition of this song
1 al the rally yesterday. Mr.. Pierson.
who is a Washington boy. but now
( located in New York. took a sight
I seeing trip through the bureau after
, the program.
/ Miss Viola Schippert, whose solos
( during the rally yesterday fairly
charmed her hearers, is the daUEh-
/ ter of Adolph Schippert. a well-known
undertaken in this city. Mr.. Schip-
pert was formerly a plate printer IN
/ inc bureau.
| William Doak. drum major of the
\ Bureau Band. was presented with a
beautiful bouquet of roses. a gift Of
the employees of section 4.
Billy Sunday has nothing on Peter
w. Dykema. of the War Camp Com
munity Service. who was some lively
/ leader for the group singing during