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Mr.
William B. Schlomer, assistant meteorologist
at the Cincinnati station, died at his home in Cincinnati on May
19, 1942. He was born in Cincinnati on August 20, 1877. Mr. Schlomer
entered the Weather Bureau service at Cincinnati on July 1, 1895
and later served as assistant at Arlington, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.
He has been assistant at the latter station since February 15,
1899.
[Weather Bureau Topics and Personnel, July 1942]
Mr.
William J. Schnurbusch,
official in charge of the Brownsville station, was voluntarily
retired at the termination of June 30, 1942. He entered the Weather
Bureau service on January 14, 1910 as assistant observer at Washington,
D.C. He was later assigned to Wilmington, Milwaukee, St. Louis,
and Houston as assistant and to Brownsville as official in charge.
He has been in charge of the Brownsville station since July 18,
1922.
[Weather Bureau Topics and Personnel, July 1942]
Mr. Arthur H. Scott, first
assistant at the Atlanta station, died June 27, 1934. He was born
at Pawtucket, R. I., on August 11, 1880. Mr. Scott entered the
service on June 15, 1908, serving as assistant at Meridian, Galveston,
Houston, New Orleans, Charlestown, Vicksburg, St. Louis, and Atlanta
and as official in charge at Galveston.
[Weather
Bureau Topics and Personnel]
Mr.
James H. Scott, in charge of the Memphis
station, died suddenly on October 25, 1923, from heart trouble
caused by an attack of influenza some time ago. Mr. Scott was
born at Yorkville, Tenn., on September 15, 1878. He entered the
Weather Bureau July 21, 1902, and was assistant successively at
Galveston, Montgomery, Memphis, and Vicksburg. From 1909 to 1911,
he was in charge at Vicksburg, until 1920 at Charleston, and thereafter
at Memphis. -- October 1923
Mr. Dewey A. Seeley,
associate meteorologist, in charge of the
Lansing, Mich., station, died September 20, 1934. He was born
at Pontiac, Mich., on August 4, 1875. Mr. Seeley entered the service
on August 26, 1898, and served as assistant at Lansing, Albany,
Philadelphia, and Chicago, and as official in charge at Peoria
and Lansing, serving in that capacity at the latter station for
nearly 25 years.
[Weather
Bureau Topics and Personnel]
Robert
Seyboth
- Born October 15, 1846, at Hall, Wurtemburg, Germany; served
in Fourth United States Artillery December, 1867, to October,
1870; enlisted in Signal Corps October 21, 1870; appointed civilian
clerk October 2, 1888; transferred to Weather Bureau July 1, 1891;
and served since that time at Central Office, becoming successively
Chief of Telegraph, of Supplies, and of Printing Divisions. [Retirement
announcement.] -- July 1920
Mr. Robert Seyboth, who retired from the Weather Bureau last August,
after serving almost fifty years, died April 12, 1921, in this
city. Mr. Seyboth was born October 15, 1846, at Hall, Wurtemburg,
Germany. After nearly three years with the Fourth United States
Artillery, he entered the Signal Corps October 21, 1870, with
rank of sergeant; was appointed civilian clerk October 2, 1888;
and was transferred to the Weather Bureau July 1, 1891. Among
other assignments, Mr. Seyboth was in charge at Wilmington from
1870 to 1873 and from 1875 to 1877, at Pikes Peak from 1873 to
1874, and at Baltimore from 1879 to 1882. In 1882 he was assigned
to the Central Office, where he had charge of the Supplies Division
from 1908 to 1913, and thereafter of the Printing Division until
his retirement on account of age and illness, on August 20, 1920.
Mr. Seyboth was one of the pioneers of the weather service, being
"graduated" from Fort Whipple less than two months after the original
class of twenty-three men were sent out, in October of 1870, to
establish the first meteorological stations. -- April 1921
Mr.
Fred Shackleford,
assistant observer at the Due West aerological station, was killed
August 5, 1921, in an automobile accident while on leave. Mr.
Shackleford was born November 22, 1901, in Lee County, Ga. He
entered the Weather Bureau in September of 1918, and served at
Leesburg and Due West stations. --August 1921
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