Whitall Tatum, Millville, New Jersey

BRISTOW'S PERSONALS.

(Unavoidably ommited in last week's issue)

Whitall, Tatum "Glasstown Plant.

Execative [sic] Executive Officer F. M. Edwards, who blows on a small ware shop, is sporting a new Ford auto.

Winfield Robinson, who is working a one-man machine here, attended the preliminary conference as a representative from the machine bottle department.

William and Fenton Pennington are blowing on a shop on the color tank.

Jas. Eames, who was a delegate to the Rochester, N. Y., convention of the G. B. B. A., has invented an ash tray which is fastened underneath the arm of a chair. It is a very useful invention. He has it patented and will put it on the market if he can get someone with capital to take hold of it.

Walter G. Barber, who was one of Branch No. 7's delegates to the Rochester, N. Y., convention, is blowing carboys here.

The boys says there is a wonderful attraction for Edgar Hann, the machine worker, down at Leesburg, N. J., and something is liable to happen one of these days.

Ed Bacon, the machine worker, is the energetic captain of the Glasstown baseball team. They have some warm games with the South Millville team, the latter having the lead in a number of games won.

Char. Booz, Thos. Eames, Wm. Herman, Chas. Kears, Jr., and Roy Gandy are among the blowers doing duty at this plant.

Guy Fisher, Bert Royal, Belford Cox and John Ferretta are some of the machine workers that are feeding the iron man.

Floyd Robinson is one of the grinders employed in the stopper grinding department.

Wm. Syfer, known as "Uncle Bill," the veteran bottle blower, has not been able to work for some time, as his eyes are in bad shape and he had to undergo several operations.

Whitall, Tatum's South Millville Plant.

The bottle workers and stopper grinders employed in the different factories in Millville are members of Branch No. 7, G. B. B. A., and the officers of this Branch are: Chas. Vanaman, president; Frank Swain, vice president; Sheppard McHenry, corresponding secretary; Jos. Shields, financial secretary; Jos. Doughty, treasurer.

The officers of Local Union No. 7 A. F. G. W. U., which is composed of moldmakers, are: Jerry Martz, president; August Clark, vice president; Ovid Hay, recording and corresponding secretary; Ralph Chard, financial secretary and treasurer; Jos. Pancoast, inside guard; Philip Robbins, chairman of shop committee.

The officials of Local Union No. 46, A. F. G. W. U., of Millville, are: M. J. Kane, president; John Fath, vice president; Wilson Homan, corresponding secretary; Chas. Pepper, financial secretary and treasurer.

Sam Carter, John J. Adams and Nathaniel Gifford, well know bottle blowers who have attended a number of conventions of the G. B. B. A. and who will attend the Atlantic City convention next month, have quite a remarkable record. They have blowed on the same shop for the past 20 years.

Harry J. Edwards, who was a nominee at the last election for executive board from the machine press department, is working a machine on the opal tank.

D. T. Lord, who is one of the bottle blowers employed here, is also a Methodist minister, having two churches in charge. Rev. Lord is considering entering the evangelistic field in the near future.

Jas. Caden is working a one-man jar machine on the opal tank.

Chas. Lutes is among the pressers doing duty here.

Fred Branin, Andrew Shultz, Benjamin Walker, Jr., Harry Reed, Carlton Parr, Geo. D. Adams, Thos. Garton, Peter Dankelman, H. N. Brooks, Horace Young, Frank N. Getsinger, Chas. C. Powell, Wilson Johnson, Lewis M. Johnson, P. A. Kerrick, Louis Van Hook and John Waldman are among the bottle blowers on the roster at this plant.

Philip F. Robbins, the well known mold maker who is one of the letter cutters employed in the mold shop here, was a nominee at the last election for conferee and executive and was also a delegate to the Columbus, O., convention last July.

Dodd Martin, Chas. Montgomery, Hugo Olsen, Fred Fosburg and Norman Boyles are among the beaker blowers employed here.

Freeman Robinson, Reso Brown, Judson Compton and Matie Kuhns are some of the gatherers on the roster.

Wilson J. Homan and Jacob Hoffnar are gaffering on caster place shops.

Harry Hoffman, who was a delegate to the Rochester, N. Y., convention of the G. B. B. A., is still employed here as a stopper grinder.

Mike Kane, the veteran tube drawer, is still on the job here.

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