Surrounded by scores of friends, baskets of flowers, and a purse of gold coins in her hand, Miss Emma S. Brown retired last week from having been in the employ of Uncle Sam for 59 years. She will be 70 years old on April 24. Her record is perhaps the most unusual of the thousands of government employes at Washington.
Miss Brown began work in the bureau of engraving and printing when only 11 years of age. Her father died and her brother was killed in the Civil war, and her help was needed to support the mother and two younger sisters. For a number of years she has been forewoman of the trimming section of the bureau.
On behalf of her fellow employes Superintendent Robert B. O’Hara presented Miss Brown with a purse full of gold. Flowers from friends were all about her desk. A committee from her church also was present to extend felicitations.
She retires on a government pension. When she arrived home that evening Miss Brown discovered another shower of flowers and gifts from the neighbors.
From page 6 of the Durham Morning Herald, April 22, 1924
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