The Washington herald., 1919-04-08
BUREAU Of
ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING
50 NEWS
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William Foley. superintendent Of
section 5, night force, is going TO give
the good people OF Washington their
first opportunity TO hear his lecture on
THE Making Of Paper Money" which
he delivered twice dai at the San
Francisco Exposition. and. again, for
a wek at Camp Lee a short while ago.
Through the courtesy of the Treas
ury Department, this lecture. with
pictures, will be given at the United
Brethren Church. North Capitol and
r streets, at S o'clock Friday night,
April IL. under the auspices of the
Crusaders Glass. of which A II.
Mills, plate printer. section s. is the
leader. A cordial invitation TO attend
is extended to all bureau employees.
John Hahn, who has been absent for
a couple of weeks with an infected
foot reported for duty yesterday
morning in section s. Judging from
the shoe ~ he wore, he is not entire
IL over his troubles.
There will be meeting Of the
Women's Union OF the Bureau tonight
at Typographical Temple 423 G. street
northwest. for the installation OF
new officers. An entertainmcnt will
follow the business meeting. the main
feature being a playlet by Billie Gee
and Joe Morse. from the Navy Yard
Pleasure League, with Miss Rernice
Dorsey at the piano. Mr.. Edward
Keating. ex-Rcpresentative. will
speak on reclassihcation. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
J. r. Brewer. who had charge OF
the bureau Bowling Tournament. is
also interested in the District Duck
pin Tournament He has entry blanks
on hand for the convenience of en-
ployes of the Bureau who wish 10
participate I'm this affair. Mr.. Brew
er can be found in section l..
A committee consisting of J. c.
Reeves, A ]. Mayhem, J. Haley. J.
Stanton, and NJ. Kindsfather. has
been appointed by W. D. Clark, presl
dent of the Plate Printers Union. for
the purpose of promoting athletics
among the members of this organ
ization. The first move along this line
has been to arrange for a plate print
ers' bowling night in the near future.
ers. has returned to work after an
absence OF three weeks. Jack has
been quite i'll. and seems mighty
happy to be on the job again. Now
the baseball team can get down TO
business.
Besides being a boxer of some
repute. Charles Marx, who spends
his time in the photographers gal
lery in the bureau, intends to try
for an outfield position on the
baseball team. Charles has played
with the Holy Names, First Pres
byterians, Bureau Athletic Club
and the Waverleys. and should
know something about the game.
Miss Platt, telephone operator.
who took a flying trip to New York
to meet a friend just back from
of devil dog" as applied to him,
even though he was a terror TO the
huns. She can call him anything
she plcases.
There was plenty of pep in the
fellows at the band rehearsal last
nlSht. several OF the trombone
rockies made their first appearance
with the regulars.
Julius Stats spent considerable time
last week stocking the farm, which
he recently acquired, near Seat Pleas
ant, Prince George County. Nd. He
purchased ~ COW. a calf and a flivver.
and is having his troubles with all Of
them. though they were purchased uu-
der the practiced eye of his lifelong
friend, Ed Zernia. Nevertheless. he
has secured his operators license for
the car.
]. W. Weber skilled helper in the
machine shop, has resigned to accept
a position on the outside as a metal
worker. Mr.. Weber has had consid-
cradle experience along this line.
Jimmy Gessford, of the engraving
division, after one "sit-in'' with the
regular band. was telling all his
friends what he was going to do this
time. They were there in full force
last night, but Jimmy was not. Now
they are figuring on good excuse
from him.