The Washington herald., 1919-05-03
BUREAU OF
ENGRAVING
land PRINTING
80 NEWS |

Director Wilmeth made two notabl.
|, presentations on the girls roof gar
: den yesterday at lunch hour.
Miss Bridget Harrington. of Inc
numbering division. was presentco
Win $50 bond. a gift of the en-
pioyes IN her division. in appreciated,
: OF services rendered in putting The
numbering division subscription ror
victory bonds three times over It's
quota. A captured German beImer
was next presented to the Bureau
Band
Director Wilmeth stated that this
award was the first of its kind to no
MADE In this city by the Victory Loa.,
committee. and was given in apprecia-
tlon OF the fine work the hand Is
doing in this drive.
In behalf of the band, Presiden,
| Cllman accepted the gift with n
| snort speech. and emphaticaIIy stated
that the band was subject to the ca;
or the committee on patriotic work.
Talk about your novel joy rides.
saw Miss Simpson and Miss O'Dwyer
| taxing ride in one of the Iarp-e
| army tanks on Fourteenth street r1,r
other day.
Dave Ferrin. of the engraving dr-
| vision. Is taking a few DAYS Off to
trim his box hedge. Dave simp-v
| loves this kind of sport, and il is re-
ported that he handles the big shears
as gracefully as Leach does his from
bone.
Thomas Quantrille. Of the Federal
reserve vault. is now spending a Few
days on the banks of the upper Po-
tomac, trying to catch fish.
Harry Donaldson, electrician ;s orr
ior the weekend. and has gone to Co.
lonial Beach, Va, to get things in
readiness for the good old summer
time. Harry has a cottage at this
resort.
what's become of Willie McCauley?
Haven't seen him for several DAYS.
The following have been detailed to
the Treasury Department from the
stamp perforating division: Miss An
! gela O'Neill. Miss Effie Ricketts,. Miss
Lillian Fennell and Miss Blanche Pad
gett
The following have been detailed
from the examining division to the
Treasury: Miss Belle Daily, Mrs. Mar
garet Holden. Miss Roe Hanson. Miss
Catherine Roche. and Miss Annie
Kelley.
Fred Smith. plate printer of section
Z, is reported to be critically i'll.
Miss Della W. Peters has resigned
her position as an operative i'm the
surface division
Calrence Busius, of the electric shop.
who has had considerable experience
in baseball pitching, but had to give
it up when old charley horse deyeI-
oped. feels that he can do the Gomez
back stunt 1t is possible that he may
pitch the opening game Monday,
May ).
Mrs. Elizabeth Abendschein has
returned to her duties i'm the STAMP
perforating division after a long
spell of illness.
Director Wilmeth left town last
night to talk for the success of the
big bond drive, and will be gone
until the finish. In his remarks YES
terday he said that the bureau en-
ployes had furnished half of his ar
guments by going over the top, and
then some. and he proposes to let
his audiences know about it.
At the close of business yester-
day the bureau had subscribed
$31S,250 in Victory Bonds. with a
quota of S247.725. Four thousand
one hundred and nine employees have
subscribed SO far.
Mrs. Della Barrett. Miss Carrie
LaValle, Miss Catherine Mahoney,
Miss Mary Mould and Miss Irene
Swan. of the stamp perforating di-
vision, were out enjoying the sun
shine yesterday.
James ii. Connolly. of the wetting
division. has been on leave for sew
eral days.
"Iky" Schuyler. of the engraving
division, is looking for a good de-
tective. He wants to know what
became of that ten spot he gave
his wife the other day.
The Bureau Automobile Associa-
ton will hold another meeting in
the lunch room Immediately after
work Monday.