Muncie, IND.; News of Local 23, Hemingray has modified it's insulator machine and put two plungers on it; John Butler celebrates 3 score & 10 anniversary

MUNCIE, IND.

By Lawrence Carmichael.

The Hemingray plant is going along very nicely and the men are making the best of time, but we are still working divisioned time with satisfactory results. The company has made a few changes in the automatic insulator machine and has put two plungers on it and experimented with it on large ware, and it seemed an improvement over the other one. While it wasn't a success, it made some excellent pieces. The Chas. Boldt Glass Company is running one tank on bottles, and the tank is giving poor results, as it is burned out and the men are making poor time, but plans are drawn for a new tank, which will be as large as the Cincinnati tank. Muncie is on the verge of a wet and dry election, with no date set yet, but is expected to be April 28. We have a large number of members who have become birds, that is become members of the Eagles, namely Brothers John Lang, Joe Love, Edward Hice, Leo Wehrly, Robert Brady, and Edward Joyce, and they are learning to fly high. The Pierce brothers, formerly of old Local Union No. 2, are making good in the chicken business, and have some fine fowls. Thomas Clarke is in critical condition again and was compelled to take to his bed. We have but one member on the relief role at the present and the brother, Curtis Freeman, was compelled to go to Hot Springs. Brother Gus Fenska has returned from the hospital at Indianapolis, where he underwent an examination for a poisoned limb. Brother John Butler celebrated his three score and ten anniversary last Friday and he is still on the lever. One young delegate and secretary, Brother Ollie Barth, is a benedict; the bride was Miss Newkirk/ Last, but not least, the writer is the father of a big boy.