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Mr.
James W. Cronk,
official in charge at the Shreveport station, was retired
May 31, 1937. Mr. Cronk was born at Flint, Mich., on May 14, 1867.
He entered the Weather Bureau service on October 10, 1887, serving
as assistant at Atlanta, Boston, Norfolk, and Philadelphia, and
as official in charge at Columbus, S.C. Jupiter Fla., Port Huron,
and Shreveport.
[Weather Bureau Topics and Personnel, May 1937]
Mr.
Arthur W. Crosby died
at Boston on February 10, 1924. He was born in Macomb County,
Mich., on April 29, 1847. Enlisting in the Twenty-third Indiana
Volunteers when but seventeen, he served until the close of
the civil war. Mr. Crosby entered the weather service on December
27, 1890. Early in 1892 he was assigned to Boston, where he
was stationed until his death.
[Weather Bureau Topics and Personnel, February
1924]
Mrs.
Rose I. Cullen,
clerk
in the fiscal section of the Central Office, retired because
of physical disability at the termination of August 31, 1944.
She was born in Baltimore, Md., on August 22, 1884 and entered
the Weather Bureau on September 2, 1926, by transfer from the
Veterans Bureau.
[Weather Bureau Topics and Personnel, September
1944]
Mr.
Noble M. Cunningham,
observer, in charge of the station at Red Bluff, Cal., died May
19, 1918. He was appointed March 7, 1899. Mr. Cunningham was one
of the best linguists in the service. In addition to English,
he could speak French, Spanish and German, and could translate
Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian. On account of
these qualifications he was offered an assignment in the Central
Office a short time before his death, but he preferred to remain
at Red Bluff. -- May 1918
Mr.
William S. Currier,
who
was retired at the termination of May 31, 1934, died at Toledo
on May 6, 1944. A notice of his retirement and outline of his
services will be found in TOPICS and PERSONNEL for May 1934.
[Weather Bureau Topics and Personnel, July
1944]
Mr.
Frederick S. Cushing, observer, died April
20, 1918. Mr. Cushing was appointed on April 29, 1907, and served
at several stations. At the time of his death he was an assistant
at Philadelphia, Pa., where he had been on duty for nearly two
years. Mr. Cushing died as a result of an operation performed
a short time prior to his death. -- May 1918
Mr. David Cuthbertson,
in the Weather Service continuously for more than 53 years and
in charge at Buffalo for almost 42 years, was retired December
31, 1925. He was born at Greenock, Scotland, on June 17, 1851.
Enlisting in the Signal Corps on November 16, 1872, he was stationed
at New York from 1873 to 1877, and was in charge at Cleveland
until 1879, at Cape Henry until 1880, at Columbus until 1884,
and at Buffalo thereafter.
[Weather Bureau Topics and Personnel, December 1925]
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