The Washington herald., 1919-04-07
|. BUREAU Of
ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING
.Sz NEWS |
By DMc

The annual meeting OF the Bureau
Protective Association will be held
Tuesday in the lunch room at 400
p. m. There will be an election OF
officers, and all the members are
requested TO be present. This as
sociation is entering its fourth year,
and is reported as having seven
hundred members. The dues are Csc
a month. and the association pays
$3.50 death beneft.
II is worth a trip TO the roof gar
den at lunch time to see the young
sters from the Loans and Currency
Building drawing in their pipes.
telephone operator. accompanied by
ing a flying trip to New York to get
closeup" OF someone who is re-
turning from over there. They say
he is a devil dog.
Bart INLAND. bricklayer. has been
enjoying a weeks leave.
1t is reported that Herman Freud
berg. of the machine shop. is in the
hospital undergoing a minor opera
ton.
watchman Olsen, who is stationed
in the yard of the old bureau, has
been on leave for several days.
J. J. Williams. gardener and saXo-
phone player of the band. has a brand
new Chevrolet. which he IS using
every day. If bursting a new tire on
the curb is the work of a careful
chauffeur, Johnny is one.
Harry Donaldson, electrician. took
his second degree in the Lebanon
Lodge of Masons Friday night and
came through without a scratch. Many
Of his shop mates, who are members
of that lodge, were there TO see the
fun.
Jimmy King, OF the stamp book and
coil division. has taken to building.
Jimmy thinks he will dig the cellar
for his own little bungalow.
Mr.. C. R. Conklin is absent due to
the illness of his son, who is at Camp
Lee, virginia
Miss Rose Osin, of the surface divi-
sion, resigned her position. She was
presented with a box of candy by her
co-workers
Mr.. Raines, watchman in the Federal
reserve vault, is sick.
Frank ]. Larner is expected to re-
turn to his desk in the wetinig dl-
vision today. Mr.. Larner has spent
the week knowing the bricks from his
back yard in order to get to mother
earth for planting purposes. He is
willing to wager that the seed he
planted will yield a stock of vegetab ables
that, will not be excelled by an amateur
gardener
Blair Mckenzie. OF the rotary press
division, is a close student of the con-
stttution of the league of nations. II
you do not thoroughly understand it
all, We would suggest that You see
the aoove-named gentleman.
Mrs. Lillian Rust has resigned from
the stamp perforating division to be
married. She has the best wishes OF
her many friends.
Charlie Marx, former feather-weight
champion. will participate in boxing
exhibition Friday night at Walter
Reed Hospital for the benefit of the
soldier boys. He gave several exhibit
tons during the last Liberty Loan
campaign, and is experiencing some
dimculty at this time to secure a
worthy opponent. Charles is employed
in the photographers shop at the bu-
reau.
John Williams, foreman of the paint
shop, Is still on the sick list.
Wonder why Vernon Torney was
hanging around section 4 last Satur-
day?
The examining division reports the
following on leave: Mrs. Laura Doris,
Miss T. Freeman, Miss Bertha Speis-
er, Miss Catherine Cornot, Miss Mary
Knight and Mrs. AIatty Porter.
Harry Eisenbeiss, of the carpenter
shop, has been taking a few days
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