The Washington herald., 1919-01-20

committee on patriotic exercises and
chairman Of the executive committee
of the Bureau Band. desires to ac-
quaint the employees of the bureau
with the fact that the members of the
band are furnishing their own instru-
ments and that the proceeds of the
canvass which starts today will be
used only for the purchase of uni
forms and the employment Of COM
| petent instructor.
Miss Anna Harding. clerk of the
engraving division, has gone TO Coles
VINE, Mo, 70 attend the funeral of
her friend Mrs. Moore. who died last
Friday.
Miss Karkhurst, a member OF the
4gufde force, is absent from the bureau
on account Of illness.
Mr.. Chambers. Of the watch force
Is reported on the sick list.
Mrs. Emma @. Conner. Of the stsrn-
cumming division. is back on the fob
after spending a week in Baltimore,
John Hickey and Jimmy c1inton
both plate printers in section Is, Wis
ited friends in Baltimore Saturday.
+, Two new .elevating trucks are heinr
installed in the examining division no
take the place Of the old four-wheel-
ers.
Mrs. Allisood, Of section ,, has re-
turned to work Her husband De
II lfaNffxra AIIfCrdd a.
the injury he received recently while
making an arrest
Robert schoheId. plate printer. sec
ton . day. is reported 70 be suffering
with influenza
| 5. l. Lytle. horseshoer in the ma.
chine division. his been absent from
work for the past week suffering with
a very severe cold.
The examining division displays q
service flag containing thirty-twc
stars. three OF which are gold. Two
| Of the gold stars are in honor OF
James r Goggins. who died October
80 from wounds received in action
and William Slattery. who died in
this country. Franklin Butler is tht
only other former empIoye of the
examining division who has beer
heard from. He is reported to be
well and still with the Field Hos.
pital unit in France.
J. J. little. of the wetting division
has returned to work after spendins
a most enjoyable three weeks vacs.
7 tion.
A letter TO the writer from Thorn.
as p. Adsmson from Chicago, state.
that he is well and back on his old
job in the Windy City" Tom was
a power press operator in section
le. night, and resigned the latter
part OF December.
The new power presses in section
16 are being limbered up in order
that they may be ready when the
rush on liberty bonds comes.
Julian c. Gray. assistant yard
foreman. is reported to be recover
ing from an attack of the FLU" and
| expects to report for duty within
a few days. Although he is pretty
weak from the attack, he is wear
ing the smile that won't come of
as the stork recently left a fine
4 baby girl at his home. Mrs. Gray
has also recently weathered an at
tack OF the flu"
Robert l. Lambert. custodian of
presses in section I6. day. was again
called to his home in Virginia on
account OF the illness OF his mother.
Clarence o'ConneIl has been sp-
pointed as a skilled helper and as
signed to the machine shop in the
machine division.
There is considerable speculation
! in the stampgumming room as to
whether Z. W. Snow resides in
Baltimore or Washington. He seems
to spend about as much time in one
place as the other.
| Robert wickes, employe OF the
wetting division, is seriously ill
having suffered a relapse from the
influenza
Clyde V. DeBinder. plate fnishcr
in the engraving division. is suffer
ing with a bruised hand. caused by
4 the blow of a hammer.
| J. Louis Costa Of the surface di.
vision, says the climate in wash
| ington disaCrees with him in the
cold weather, so Louis has gone tc
! Florida for a couple OF weeks.
Miss Nettie Siegel, OF the surface
division. is on the sick list
Edward Lawson. superintendent Of
section 4. will spend the next two
| weeks visiting relatives in Phil
| adCIphia-
William Doak. drum major Of Tho
| Bureau Band, the other day per
formed the diEicult feat OF carry