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Eliza Maud Hay ward appointed clerk-stenographer (CAF-4) 

 September 6, 1944. 



Bertha M. Usilton appointed librarian September 25, 1944. 



Grace G. Barnett, librarian, resigned on October 19, 1944. 



Joseph H. Boswell, sergeant of the guards, who had been at the Freer 

 Gallery from September 1923 until he retired at his own request on 

 June 30, 1943, died at his home December 8, 1944. 



E. Harriet Link, clerk-stenographer (CAF-5), transferred to the 

 American Red Cross as hospital staff aide, for service abroad, February 

 19, 1945. 



John A. Pope, detached from the Freer Gallery to go on active duty 

 as Captain, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, April 7, 1945. 



Jewell A. Kidd appointed clerk-stenographer (CAF-5) May 7, 1945. 



Grace T. Whitney worked intermittently at the Gallery in the Near 

 East section between October 24, 1944, and June 15, 1945. 



Other changes in personnel are as follows : 



Appointments: Odell M. Brantley, guard (CPC-4), November 5, 

 1944; Rufus R. Thompson, guard (CPC-4), by transfer from Smith- 

 sonian Institution night force, January 24, 1945; Lynn V. Black, 

 guard (CPC-4), April 12, 1945. 



Separations from the service: Florence E. James, intermittent at- 

 tendant, September 24, 1944; Chauncey H. Houdeshel, guard 

 (CPC-4), March 8, 1945; Emil L. Zorn, senior mechanic (CPC-7), 

 by voluntary transfer to the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Depart- 

 ment, February 1, 1945; James W. Burns, guard (CPC^i), retired 

 on account of disability May 31, 1945. 



Respectfully submitted. 



A. G. Wenley, Director. 



Dr. A. Wetmore, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



