from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a
souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen" (part 168)
pp. LXXVI - LXXVII.
"FRANK HOPKINS SEARS - Born New York State Aug. 21, 1855; learned
printing on newspapers in Montgomery and Newburgh, N. Y., beginning
in 1869; admitted to Providence Union by card Oct. 12, 1874; worked
in this city about seven years, on the Journal, Bulletin, Press and
Star; went West in the fall of 1881, and Dec. 19 of that year
published one number of the Waverly Enterprise in Waverly, Coffey
Co., Kas.; went into cattle raising business and has not worked at
printing since 1881; was in cattle business at Eudora, Kas., in 1904.
FRANK H. SEFFING - Born Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1864; learned
printing in office of Register of that city, beginning Aug. 25, 1876;
admitted to Providence union by card Aug. 27, 1884, and again June
28, 1885; worked on the Star and Telegram. After enumerating the
names of the men on those papers when he visited Providence, Mr.
Seffing writes: 'The lapse of 20 years has not served to efface from
my mind the names of those old stalwarts of No. 33, and the rides
'down the river' and the 'Rhode Island clambakes' and the general
good times to be had in Providence.' Mr. Seffing represented
Cleveland Union at the Hot Springs convention in 1907.
P. A. SEIBERLICH - Born Philadelphia, Pa., May 13, 1860; he learned
the printing trade in that city in the offices of John P. Murphy,
beginning in 1875; worked in Providence on the Evening Telegram from
1894 to 1900, and has 'worked in nearly every large city in the
country;' now located in New York.
THOMAS C. SHANLEY - Died Providence Jan. 24, 1885, aged 25 years; he
learned printing on the Evening Telegram; initiated into Providence
Union Sept. 30, 1883. The funeral was an elaborate one. The bearers
were James H. Russell, Joseph N. B. Meegan, James Moore and George W.
Flynn. Mass was at the Pro-Cathedral.
JOHN A. SHANNON - Born May 10, 1863, in England; he began to learn
printing in the office of the News at Lawrence, Mass., finishing his
apprenticeship in Providence at A. N. Angell's; he worked in
Providence from 1887 to 1904; was an original member of the souvenir
committee; now located in New York city."
continued in part 169.