The Washington herald., 1919-01-25


letter from r. l. Aulhail. . former
plate printer and later an employe
Of the examining division Mr.. Null
hall 10 with Uncle Same forces In
France
Charles Cotton" Glib. former
plate printer. blew into town yes
terday from Fort Worth, Tex. Cot
ton hAs been In the aviation branch
of the service since the war started.
Several employees OF the Bureau
had been heard to say that they
would not contribute anything 10
the support Of the band, but when
Messrs- Miller. Williams and Cess
ford appeared on the scene with
that look of determine ton. they
proved to be "easy money" The
men left each division with their
faces wreathed in smiles. and their
good humor was CONTAGIOUS all over
the building.
Final arrangements for a ,lne "a
be rolled on the Grand Central
Alleys have been made for tonight.
between the team representing the
mn chine shop and one from the
numbering division. Great rivalry
exists between these two teams and
a good game is assured. Mr.. Leahy.
who pilots the machine division
team. says that after taking the
measure of the numbering division
team, he would like to hear from
other teams in the bureau which
could at least make things interest
ing. Games may be arranged
through this column.
Mrs Eta Burke, of the starnp
book room, has resigned TO accent a
position in the Treasury Depart
ment Mrs. Burke is one Of the old
employees, having been in the Bureau
twelve years, the last seven OF
which have been spent as a machine
operator in the stamp book room.
Miss Cora burst, of the wetting
division, is enjoying a short vaca.
tion.
ting division, has returned TO work
after an absence Of several days
Miss Nellie c. wilding has re-
turned to her duties in the STAMP
perforating room after a trip to At.
Iantic City.
Miss Myrtle Fitzsimmons, of the
stamp perforating room. was tsken
i'll yesterday and had to be taken
home.
Mrs. S. S. Fenwick. of the stamp
book room, is detained at her homs
with the influenza
Mss Virginia Miller. Of the ex-
amining division. has been called
out Of town on account of the ill
ness OF her brother.
Miss Bertha Collins. of the ex-
amining division, is absent, suffer.
ing with a severe cold.
Miss E. Russell. of the stamp.
book room, has been absent for sew.
eral months on account of illness.
Harry Eisenbeiss. of the carpenter
shop. had q very pleasant surprise
the other day when his boy uneG'
pectedly returned home, having beer
discharged from the navy. YoUng
Eisenbeiss was accompanied by hi,
cousin. who also had recently beer
discharged from the service. and. as
Mr.. Eisenbeiss thinks there is moth.
ing too good for these boys, ne il
going the limit in the way Of en-
tertaining them.
Samuel Elder, assistant foreman
OF the machine shop, is taking g
few days leave in order to have g
recent injury TO his foot attended to
Miss Grace Hopkins seems TO bt
taking a good bit OF leave OF late
from the examining division ShC
was absent again yesterday. Their
is a rumor that cupid is in the air
Miss Mary Lydon has returned tc
her work in the examining division
after an absence of several days. The
girls in sections three, four and f1v'
were mighty glad to see her back
Miss Ruth Jarvis, of the stamp book
room, is seriously i'll at her home
having suffered a relapse from the in
fiuenZa
The examining division reports Miss
Emma Dulin on the sick list
The Red Cross unit of the stamI
book division. of which Miss Blanch,
Nicholson is lieutenant, is doing won
derful work. Although organized n
September, 1918. they have finished 50
articles. including towels. sheets snC
pillow cases. forty refugee garment!
and thirty knitted articles. The unit
has a membership Of twenty real live
workers. and they expect to contnu
the good work as long as there 1
any need for IL
Miss Ethel Lockwood. Of the wettinl
division. took a couple of days lesy'
when she learned that Charles Cot
ton" Glib. former plate printer, haC
been discharged from the service an
was in town. Since they have beef
good friends for a long time, her CO
workers are wondering.
Charles Denison, Of the machtn'
shop, who rolled such a beautiful
game recently during his initial tria