Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — Rensselaer Boy Gets Promotion In Shops At Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Boy Gets Promotion In Shops At Lafayette.

Claude Yeiter, son of Fred Yeiter, of this city, who has been working in the Monon shops at Lafayette, has received a promotion. The following account was taken from the Lafayette Journal: > '■ ■ “Claude Yeiter, of the Monon shops, has been promoted to succeed Harrison Raub as head clerk in General Foreman Scheumann’s office at the Monon shops. Mr. Yeiter was formerly timekeeper and clerk in the same office. Charles Long, night caller at the round house at the Monon shops, has been advanced to the position formerly held by Mr. Yeiter. Claude Yeiter is quite popular among the workmen at the shops, and all will rejoice in his promotion. He first worked at the Monon shops as a blacksmith helper and after giving up that position took a course in -shorthand and-stenography and held several positions as a stenographer unti ltaking the position as time keeper and clerk in Mr. Scheumann’s office.”