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• H 'ngm(iary George, son of Arthur George of Formation, savs "nice kitty"

as he pets the wildcat his father shot in Vermont. Randy Trabold

For ages, Arthur George of Forma-

tion has been on the trail of a wild cat

which was roaming the Woodford area

in Vermont where Arthur did some

hunting. Two weeks ago, with a single

shot, Arthur killed the cat which

proved to be a sizeable reward for his

persistence and determination.

Water Safety CourseAnyone wishing to be a senior life

saver or a water safety instructor iseligible for enrollment in the WaterSafety Course which will open at theWilliams College pool, Williamstown,on April 20, at 7 p.m. The course issponsored by the Red Cross and will beunder the direction of Edmond J.Mongeon, Director of Safety at Wil-liams College. For further informa-tion, get in touch with Peter Mancusoat the Brown Street Plant.

And anything you tell a woman goesin one ear and over the back fence.

This particular "feline of the genus

Lynx" weighed thirty-five pounds and

measured five and one-half feet from

the forward shoulders to haunches.

Game Warden Jesse Watson of Benn-

ington, from whom Arthur collected

the ten-dollar bounty, said it was the

largest cat he had seen in years.

WATCHFOR I T !

In the next issue of the LOG, April28, you will find a colored bookletentitled, "Fight For Freedom", whichis the picture story of man's endlessstruggle for liberty. These bookletswere obtained from the NationalAssociation of Manufacturers whichoffers them as one of its services.

"You can't help men permanently bydoing for them what they could andshould do for themselves."

Abraham Lincoln

Can We See Straight?Art Mathews, our Safety Engineer,

has asked our cooperation in relieving

the parking situation at the Beaver

Street Plant. Because of the in-

creased number of cars, we are going to

have to "straighten up" a bit to make

room for everybody. Park STRAIGHT

and fairly close to tha car next to you

so the next man looking for a parking

space will find one. If you are tempted

to take one of the numbered places,

DON'T unless you have the matching

number which has been issued to the

man who is supposed to park in that

space. If we are careful to observe

these two rules, we will not waste time

looking for a spot to park and we will

all arrive at work in a good mood.

Easier parking — better work!

SUPERVISORS' CLUBA new club called the Sprague Super-

visory Social Club has been organizedwith the following officers at the helm:President, Peter Mancuso; Vice Presi-dent, John Fortini; Secretary, NancyPuppolo; Treasurer, William Spencer;Chairman of Social Committee, ArthurVan Steemburg.

The purpose of the club is to providea means for all supervisors in the threeplants to get together every so oftenfor a social evening. The next meetingwill be held on May 3. The committeeasks that anyone wishing to attend getin touch with any one member of thecommittee. A larger attendance willbe appreciated.

RIDE WANTEDIf you come to the Beaver Street

Plant from the vicinity of Massa-chusetts Avenue for the 6 o'clock shift,and want a passenger, call LeoneAlderman of the F. P. Drys, BeaverStreet.

FISHING CONTESTOPENS

WITH THE SEASONA l l Sprague Fishermen Eligible For

Numerous Prizes

To Be Awarded In October

I t ' s the same contest but not the same fish! So get on Iyour rods and reels and hie yourselves away lo I he ponds andstreams for the biggest catch of the year. Enter your recordwith your plant .judge and capture one of the many prizesoftered in the LOG Fishing Contest for 1950.

The contest opens with the fishing season on the morrow. Theprizes will be poles, reels, line, landing nets and other fishing equip-ment which will be awarded at the end of the season to the winnersin each class.

The classes of fish eligible for competition are:Trout — brook or native, brown and rainbow.Bass — large mouth, small mouth.PickerelNorthern PikePerchBullheads

The rules of the contest are the same as last year, but we repeatthem for the newcomers who may not be familiar with them:

Weight means dressed, leaving on head and tail.

All fish must be weighed on official scales, at your respectiveplant, in the presence of the judge.

Length will be the determining factor if two entries weigh the

same.Fish caught in states other than Massachusetts will be eligible.

To enter the catch, see the judge in your plant and fill out theofficial entry blank which he will give you.

The judges will be: Fred Powers at Brown, Bob Boyerat Mar-shall, and Bill Brundige at Beaver.

GOOD LUCK! GOOD FISHING!

"Doc" Estes caught these thirteen beauties twelve years ago in fivehours. The smallest is 12" and the largest 19", a record catch whichstill stands.

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Circulation: Marion Caron

PUBLISHING STAFFEditor: Mary Connelly

KNOW YOUR FOREMANSocial Chairman: Ann Heath

ASSISTANT EDITORSKit Carson, Tom Cullen, Dan Kelly, Peter Mancuso, Jim Oldham, Etta

Owen and Laurence Haskins.Sports <^fe> Plant Editor

Kenneth Russell ' x^fW Marshall Street: Cecile Trudeau

PhotographerAl Horsfall

Plant EditorBrown Street: Bertha Vaughan

BEAVER STREET REPORTERSSusan Bishop, Annette Boudreau, Joan Bryce, Rita Cote, Harry Embry,

Mildred Faustini, Natalie Garafano, Doris Grinka, Hazel Goodale, RuthHaskins, Marjorie Hauptfleisch, Ruth Kelly, Joan LaPierre, Velma Lincoln,Frances Melito, Nick Richardello, Florence Southgate, Shirley Thoros, HarryTrombley, Roseann Vigna, John Walsh, and Marge Wittig.

MARSHALL STREET REPORTERSKxilda Callahan, Mary Daniels, Marie DeMarsico, Ida Gigliotti, Laurence

Hiser, Isabelle Hyndman, Virginia Kemp, Barbara King, Mario Magnani,Emma Mutart, Miles O'Grady, Edward O'Neil, Cecile Risch, Roma Rumgay,and Mabel Sorel.

BROWN STREET REPORTERSMarion Andrews, Carol Bellard, Phyllis Brooks, Mary Bua, Janet Cady,

Josephine Campedelli, John Davis, Charles Felix, Victor Gay, Ann Heath,Elizabeth Jangrow, Georgiemae Joy, Gladys Kirkpatrick, Helen Lesure, MariaMancini, Mary Markland, Rita Samia, Ceil Shanahan, Rita Siciliano, Anna St.Cyr, Blanche Tatro, Corena Tatro, Connie Urbano, and Isabel Witherow. George Senecal, Foreman of Formation at Beaver ami Marshall

Streets.

WHAT IS A BOY?Between the innocence of babyhood and the dignity of manhood

we find a delightful creature called a hoy. Boys come in assorted sizes,weights, and colors, but all hoys have the same creed: To enjoy everysecond of every minute of every hour of every day and to protest withnoise (their only weapon) when their last minute is finished and theadult males pack them off to bed at night.

Boys are found everywhere—on top of, underneath, inside of, climb-ing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Motherslove them, little girls hale them, older sisters and brothers toleratethem, adults ignore them, and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truthwith dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubblegum in its hair, and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.

When you are busy, a boy is an inconsiderate, bothersome, intrudingjangle of noise. When you want him to make a good impression, hisbrain turns to jelly or else he becomes a savage, sadistic, jungle creaturebent on destroying the world and himself with it.

A boy is a composite—he has the appetite of a horse, the digestionof a sword swallower, the energy of a pocket-size atomic bomb, thecuriosity of a cat, the lungs of a dictator, the imagination of a PaulBunyan, the shyness of a violet, the audacity of a steel trap, the enthus-iasm of a firecracker, and when he makes something he has five thumbson each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, the boyacross the street, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals,Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much forSunday school, company, schools, books without pictures, musiclessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else getsso much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can cram intoone pocket a rusty knife, a half-eaten apple, three feet of string, anempty Bull Durham sack, two gum drops, six cents, a slingshot, achunk of unknown substance, and a genuine super-sonic code ring witha secret compartment.

A boy is a magical creature—you can lock him out of your workshop,but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of yourstudy, but you can't gel him out of your mind. Might as well give up—he is your captor, your jailer, your boss, and your master—a freckled-face, pint-sized, cat-chasing, bundle of noise. But when you comehome at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams,he can mend them like new with the two magic words —"Hi Dad!"

—Allen BeckNew England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston

Presenting Foreman George Seneca^along with the opening of the fishingseason was not intentional but it is ahappy thought, nevertheless. Georgeworks when he works and fishes whenhe fishes and is successful at bothventures.

works in Check Inspection at BeaverStreet, and has a son, George 16, whois a student at Drury High School.

Two projects are on George's agendafor outside work. He is remodellinghis home and building a camp inHinsdale for summer use. The re-

Back in 1930, George came to workin the Anode Winding Department.He went along to the Laboratory andthen to Formation of which he becameforeman in 1942. The Formation De-partment has grown until now itoperates in two plants, Beaver andMarshall, and employs eighty men.

The casual onlooker finds himselfwondering just what does happen toall that foil that goes through the ma-chines in Formation. The shortestway to clarify the question is to saythat the machines put film on the foilwhich is used on condensers. Thethickness of the film determines thecapacity and operation voltage of thefinished condenser. It is a criticaloperation which requires much atten-tion. The men who do this particularjob have to be alert and meticulousworkers. From Formation, the foilgoes to Rolling where it is rolled intosections of sizes needed.

Formation is now working threeshifts in both plants. George saysthe men have to "sit pretty tight tohome work" but that they all like thisparticular job so it moves alongsmoothly.

George has lived in North Adamssince he was eight years old, is married

the former Miss Alice Deso who

modelling job sounds like a contractor'stask, but it: has been done by theSenecals. The entire downstairs hasbeen taken out and put back almostcompletely — four rooms have beenconverted into two to produce aknotty pine living room and sports den.The kitchen, too, has been revampedand a cellar dug under the house.

George's favorite sports are fishingin Lake Chainplain and hunting inMassachusetts and Vermont. Thelargest catch he can remember is a32" northern pike which was caughibefore we began having the LOG Fish-ing Contest, so he didn't get a prize forit. Perhaps, this year, there will beanother.

"In my day," says George, "I havedone a lot of dancing, but now I danceand puff. Everyone calls me ChubbyBoy around the plants, but I'm goingto fool them. Today, I go on a strictdiet."

Our only comment is that the dietshouldn't be too strict if the Senecalsare going to keep on with all that re-modelling, fishing, hunting and build-ing in their spare time. George mightbecome a mere shadow of his efficientself. We like him as is!

The futility of riches is taught veryplainly, both in the Bible and in theincome tax blank.

Coupons—Stockings

The Salvation Army would appre-ciate having any soap or cereal couponsand old nylon or silk stockings whichwe don't keep for our own use.

Wit: "So I told her 1 loved her andthat we'd be married in the summer."

Nit: "July?"Wit: "No, I meant it."

I'VE 6OT A TOUGHJOB ON MY HANDSIT'S UP TO ME TOPRODUCE A GOODBALL TEAM NOW

THAT I'M THEMANAGER...

WHADCVWA MEAN YOU'VEGOT A TOUGH JOB.'? IT'SPLAYERS LIKE ME WHO;

DO ALL THE WORK.'.'YOU'RE JUSTAL0N6 FOR

THE RIDE

LET /WE BE THEMANAGER.' I'DLIKE A SOFTSPOT LIKE

OKAY, BURRHEAD.YOU BE THE

MANAGER. YOURBIG JOB IS TOKEEP THE MENHAPPY AND WINGAMES

THAT'S EASY. I'LL HAVETHE HAPPIEST BUNCHOF BALL PLAYERS IN

THE LEAGUE . . .

LET'S GO.' T THIS WILLTHE GAME I REVOLUTIONIZESTARTS IN i BASEBALL te-'NO WORE

TEN " C > - - ~ . r-«iS§P SITTING ON/MINUTES Jr* r T y ^ T T H E BENCH

FORME

THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS.' PLAY IN ANYPOSITION YOU WANT.' WE WON'THAVE ANY TROUBLE FROM

..WE'LL &O PLACES.';JUST ONE BIGHAPPY FAMIL-i

ILL GIVEHIM MY OL'SCREWBALL

Good HousekeepingSometimes ii looks pretty silly when

a person trips or falls. The chancesarr you can think of any nun,her ofsuch situations which have caused achuckle. But did you ever slop tothink of the serious side of the picture?

Do you know that falls account forone out oi every five accidents on thejob? All too frequently these fallsresult from poor housekeeping in theplant or office.

A file drawer left open, for instance,may appear quite harmless. It might,however, cause someone to suffer aserious injury. That's why it is im-portant to practice good housekeepingon the job. Keep your working placeorderly and aisles and passagewaysfree from obstacles. After all, goodhousekeeping on the job is just as im-portant as it is in your home, and forthe same reason — your comfort andsafety.

MY EASTER PRAYER

A Easter time draws nigh once moreOur thoughts turn hack to days of yore;Days when our Father up on hijdiSent forth His Son to live and dieNot for the sins which He commitBut for my sins on trial to sit.And so, dear Father, Thee 1 askFor future days the noble taskOf sharing love which Thou dost KiveAnd, thus, lor others may I live.

Doris M. WilliamsPaper Ignition Assembly

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Industrial Oil Rolling

No, I didn't get lost in the hills ofStamford. I just took a little rest.Headlines are cluttering up the placeso I'll do a little spring cleaning in thatdepartment.

Grandmother Oakes is back to workafter spending a week with her newgrandson, Michael Lowe. From all

»gram says, she has started to spoilMike sufficiently.

Chcl Lesniak got tired of our com-pany in the Rolling Department andhas transferred himself and his affec-tions to KVA. Never mind, Chet, AceSamia has just as big a smile so thegirls are still happy.

Those Joneses are getting extrava-gant again. Ev and Dick have boughtthemselves a new Studebaker. Nowwe've all got to buy new cars if wewant to keep up with the Joneses. Ireally don't think it is very nice ofthem to install that change receiver init though.

Eda Pinsonneault is our latest TVaddict. She finally talked herself intotrying one out and, after seeing Hopa-long Cassidy, she's about to keep it.

We all wish our old friend, GradeVergunst, all the happiness in theworld. She's making a trip to thealter on April 15.

Welcome back to the fold, DollyWilliams. We hope you are feeling aschipper as you look.

The optometrists are doing a lotof business lately. Two more be-spectacled ladies walked in on Mon-day looking very dignified with theirnew eye finery. Ann Wabnig andMargaret Wohler are the girls whohave joined the glasses group. ChetLesniak has a new pair of spectacles,

Molded Tubulars

Virginia Thompson lias open housefor the neighborhood children everynight between five and seven-thirty.The reason television. One of theanswers to the capacity house may bethe delicious fudge Ginny makes sowell.

Mabel Williams has transferred tothe second shift. We hope you'll!«<• back, soon, Mabel.

Mae Goodemote, Alice Hard andGladys Kirkpatrick were presentedbirthday cakes and gifts in honor oftheir birthdays which occurred inMarch. Nice month!

We welcome Rachel Montagna wholias transferred to the day shift. Wehope you like us.

PAA Rolling

Rose Pasotti is an aunt again as isLaddie Meranti. Did you pay off yourbet, Laddie?

Welcome back, Connie and Jo.We're all glad to see you feeling wellagain. It's been a long time sincewe've seen Korky around. Hurry andget well — we miss you.

Wre're glad to know we have such aversatile girl in the department. Youdid a beautiful job in the Passion Play,Carm.

Everyone wants to know when theSprague Girl's Basketball Team isgoing to have their benefit game. Bythe way, who is known as "shotsy" onthe team?

Industrial Oils

It's a boy at the home of Mr. andMrs. Harry Lowe, Jr., the mother wasLorraine Oakes of Paper Networks.Congratulations! Grandma Alta Oakesis proud of this baby, too.

Wedding bells will ring for BillSheldon in the near future. Thebride-to-be is Helen Banks, daughter ofMrs. Grace Banks of Chase Avenue.They will be married on October 21.Our best wishes to both of you.

An orchid to the Children of MarySodality of St. Anthony's Church forsponsoring that beautiful play, "ThePassion of Christ." The members ofthe cast gave a splendid performance.

Another state heard from! AnnHeath had a note from Charlie Sladewho says they have shamrocks and theblarney stone in Stamford, Vt. Charliemy boy, when the snow clears away,you will find your blarney stone just abig pumpkin and the shamrocks justlittle pumpkin sprouts.

Eyelet and Wire Soldering

The Wire and Eyelet solderers hada birthday party for Alma Fox recent-ly. Every one brought along herappetite if we can judge by the amountof food we put away in one half hour.The meat balls that Anne Gentilebrought in took first prize and every-thing else was delicious, too. Almareceived a beautiful birthday cake,with twenty-one candles on it, and abeautiful silk slip, nylon stockingsand a lovely bouquet of daffodils.

Your new spring dresses are cute,Anne Adams.

We miss your jolly laughter down ourway, Caroline Frank. Why don'tyou come back to our table?

The new spring haircuts look snazzy-particularly on Betty Busby.

A m i n t j u l e p is a d e p t h b o m b w i t h a

southern drawl.

INDUSTRIAL OIL FINAL ASSEM.George Daub has been transferred

to the Shipping Department. We aresorry to lose you, George.

Roma King attended the basketballgames in Boston recently and reporteda good time.

Welcome to our department, LeoClairmont. We hope you enjoy work-ing with us.

Our sympathy to Gus Trahan onthe death of his brother, Alfred.

PA A Midget TubularsWe welcome Rose Mazza back to the

department.We are also happy to have Dolly Wil-

liams back after her illness. We missedyou, Dolly.

Final SolderingBirthday congratulations are in order

for Evelyn W'alden, Bell Dow, andAlice Miller. Many more of them,girls.

We are glad to have Irene Sirventiback after her illness.

Some of us are a little envious ofMary Collier getting a trip to Texas.Even so, we wish you a happy, safetrip, Mary, and we hope you enjoyyour daughter's wedding.

Janet Cady, we hope you are wellenough to be back with us soon, it'sdead without you.

We are going to miss Johnny Ghidottithe weeks he works the night shift.

Mel Scalise and Dick DiLorenzoshould be in Hollywood judging fromtheir performance in the "PassionPlay."

Marshall StreetRetail Sales

Welcome to Dot Belanger whojoined our department recently.

We wish Mary Lobardi good luckwith her new collie dog, Mickey.

Proud parents at the style show heldat the Armory were Mary Lobardi andMario Magnani. Mary's daughter,Patty, modeled for Lurie's and Mario'sdaughter, Myrna, modeled for Dargis'Beauty Parlor.

BirthsGIRL to Frank and Florence DeMarsico on March 24. Frank worksin the Stock Room and Florence isemployed in P.A.A.SON to Mr. and Mrs. John Sargent onMarch 30. The father is in the Main-tenance Department.

My lady, be wary of CupidAnd list to the lines of this verseTo let a fool kiss you is stupid,To let a kiss fool you is worse.

BEAVER STREETFormation

After an absence of several months,we now give a few of the many inci-dents that have happened during theinterim.

Bill Davis, on a sudden impulse,decided to remodel the kitchen in hisnew home. A collection was made inthe department to purchase a GoodHousekeeping edition of "Now toRemodel Your Kitchen a Thousandand One Ways." That was the onlysolution that would conserve paper inthe department.

Believe it or not! Els worth Griffin,after yearning for a television set formonths, received a telephone call oneday. He was informed that he hadwon a prize, and the prize—you guessedit — a television set!

Misc. Paper Finish

Birthday greetings to Gertrude Halland Ann Mallory from the gang.

Frances Gayda has gone to Long-meadow, California for a month's vaca-tion. She received from all of us atrain case as a present, and we hope itcame in handy even if Frances did goby bus.

Dora was voted the new Unionrepresentative from this department.

Elizabeth Kenny is on a two weeks'vacation — at home resting.

Gertrude Hall played hooky andwent down to the races at LincolnDowns in Rhode Island.

Production EngineeringTava Cloutier's new haircut is one

of the signs that Spring has finallyarrived although we haven't had toomany warm days. It's tres chic.Tava.

Sales OfficeMrs. Doris Rennell has left us and

we certainly miss her. We lost onebut have gained two. We welcome MissDoris Sorel and Miss Barbara Pinson-neault to the Sales Office. Both girlsare seniors at Drury High School. Wehope they will enjoy working with us.

"Flo" Siciliano is right in style withthe 1950 parade of cars. Her newgreen Mercury is right up front.

Celeste Duffy and Fritz Windovercertainly would make good opponentson a debating team according to theireveryday rivaling. Neither wins butit's all in fun.

F. P. DrysWe are glad to have you back,

Adella Krol, after your illness.Happy Birthday to Marguerite La-

Casse.Congratulations to Albert DiLor-

enzo and Lorraine Thorns whose engagement has been announced.

And congratulations to Vivian De-lisle and Dick Maynard on their en-gagement, too.

We welcome all the newcomers toour room. We hope you like workingwith us.Main Office

Everyone had a wonderful time atthe farewell party for Helen Phelpsheld at The Springs. Even the EasterBunny was there.

We would like to say "Welcome" toour new co-workers, Nadene Lane and

I Joan Blanchette. We hope you willlike it here with us. And we mustn'tforget Dot tie Bout well "Welcomeback!"

Our sincere sympathy is extended toRay Lameroux whose sister-in-law-died recently.

HA: "I'd like to get some shoistrings."

SK2: "OK. How long do you wanIhem?"

HA: "1 want to buy them, not renthem."

Mary L. Messina, daughter of Francis Messina of the Battery Department. Ronald and Richard Catelotti, sons of Olympia Catelotti of Molded Tubulara. LouisCampedelli, son of Bill Campedelli of Material Control. Lynn Forgea, daughter of George Forgea, supervisor of the Electrical Gang and Mildred, formerly of Blue Print.Leo A. Barriere, son of Albert Barriere of tin- Carpenter Shop, who has recently finished the apprentice drafting course at General Electric. Vincent Michael lvi,,?j,so,, of Barbara King of Retail Sales and grandson of Dolores Bailey of Miscellaneous Paper Finish. ^Uncle Cliff" is the Can Shop LOG Reporter. Billy Swartzer, sonof Eunice who used to work in Payroll, Sharyn and Michelle Charbonneau, nieces and nephew of Leona Charbonneau of F. P. Drys.

The maple syrup industry going full steam ahead as the winter breaksin the Berkshires.

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SPORTS Kenny Russell

The last of the season's skiing at Dutch Hill: Charlie Lincoln of Main-tenance Test, J ames Smith of Western Eleetric, and Rohert Delisle.

Anyone here at the Plant interestedin joining the Sprague Men's Soft-ballteam please contact L. Vincelette.Everyone is welcome to try out and ifyou have the stuff we at SpragueElectric want it.

So let's make this club one that canpit itself against the best of oppositionon an equal basis and something thatSprague Electric can be proud ofWe have the material so let's produce.It can be done.

BowlingFinal Standing for Sprague Elec-tric Girls Bowling League:

Won LostBeaverettes 54 30Paper Ignition 52 32Alley Cats 51 33Industrial Oils 51 33W. E. Rollers 43 41Independents 37 47Dry Rolling 25 59D.T.O 21 63

High Ind. Single—M. LeFebure 124High Ind. Triple—V. Wisniowski 326High Team Single—Paper Ign. 489High Team Triple—Alley Cats 1393Strikes—Hazel Martel 18

High Individual Average on eachteam are:Name and Team Aver. Stgs.H. Martel, P. Ignition 92.8 84C. Shaker, Beaverettes 90.8 60M. Wohler, Independents 90.7 83E. Stack, D.T.Q. 90.2 45I. Witherow, Ind. Oils 89.6 54D. DePaoli, Alley Cats 88.1 81I. Anton, W. E. Rollers 85.7 72C. Gebauer, W. E. Rollers 85 .7 66J. Roy, Dry Rolling 85.1 69Low Ind. Single—I. Lowe 37Low Ind. Triple—I. Lowe 163

SoftballPlans are all ready underway to re-

organize the City Softball League.

On March 30, 1950 the first of suchmeetings took place. This was heldat the Y.M.C.A.-

At this session, officers were elected,They are President, Orrie Giusti-Secretary, Louis Vincellette, and Treas.urer, George St. Pierre. An attemptwill be made this year to have anArbitrary Board designed to handleall disputes that might arise duringthe season's play. This board's deci-sions will be final and binding with thefull support of the entire league.

At this first meeting were represen-tatives from the following: HaydenOil, Pete's Tire Shop, Sprague Electric,Hunters Machine Shop, Trentino Club,North Adams American Legion (Post125). It was later announced thatBelouin will be in the league.

SEMI-PRO BASKETBALL:

St. Stanislaus Team of Adams WinsEastern Semi-Pro Tourney.

The St. Stanislaus team of Adamswon its own tourney conducted at theAdams High Gym.

Joe Anton of Adams was chosen themost valuable player in the tourneyand it was his 20 points in the finalgame that led his team to victory andthe crown over the Albany Senators.

Joe was a mainstay for the NorthAdams State Teachers this past season.Good luck fellows for the win and yourcoming trip to the Nationals in the nearfuture.

SKIING:For the past several weeks the slopes

in this area have been blanketed withplenty of snow and ski lovers from allover New England have patronizedDutch Hill, Jiminy Peak and neigh-boring slopes by the thousands. Thiswill at least help some of the skioperators who have had to suffer severefinancial losses over the past two years.However Spring is officially here, andthe snow is disappearing rapidly, sofollowers of the boards you had bettertake advantage of the present con-ditions while they still exist.

A young widow commissioned amonument cutter to inscribe on herhusband's tombstone: "My Sorrow IsMore Than I Can Bear."

Before the work was finished, thewidow married again, and the cutterasked her if she still wanted theinscription.

"Yes," she said, "but just add theword 'Alone'."

Before we talk of the different clubswe would like to say at this time thatto be able to hear from the GrapefruitLeague in Florida by means of radioand especially WMNB relaying thegames is a treat that we know all inthis area thoroughly enjoy. On behalfof all Sprague baseball fans and allbaseball rooters in Northern Berk-shire, thanks a million.

Well, fans, each year at this time weattempt to pick the final standings ofboth Major League Clubs. Last yearwe took the Red Sox and the Dodgers.We hit for .500—Yes the Dodgers wonthe National League and the Red Soxlost to the Yankees on the final day.

Once more we step out on the pro-verbial limb and stick our necks out totry again to look into the magic crystaland forecast the following.

American League National LeagueBOSTON BROOKLYNNEW YORK PHILADELPHIADETROIT BOSTONCLEVELAND ST. LOUISPHILADELPHIA NEW YORKCHICAGO CINCINNATIWASHINGTON PITTSBURGHST. LOUIS CHICAGO

Frank Santelli of the Ind. OilsK.V.A. Dept. a rabid Yankee fansubmits his predictions of the outcomein the Major Leagues. Here they are:

American LeagueNEW YORKDETROITBOSTONPHILADELPHIACLEVELANDCHICAGOST. LOUISWASHINGTON

National LeagueBROOKLYNPHILADELPHIABOSTONNEW YORKST. LOUISCINCINNATIPITTSBURGHCHICAGO

HAIL! SPRING . . .FISHING:

O.K. all you Isaac Walton's theseason is on. Yes - all lovers of theoutdoors, in early spring, enjoy theclean crisp air—and the merry rushof the water tumbling over rock andrill for there is a singing in the heart,when the rabid trout fisherman goesout on opening day to toss that firstline out, on turbulent waters.

All ready the N. Y. State Troutseason has opened (April 8, 1950).Here in Mass, we get underway (April15, 1950). And what's more this yearthe opener falls on a Saturday. Whata mad stampede to the various streams.

The weather will be the main sourceof interest to all; it has been quite awhile since a real ideal opener and weneed warmer weather.

The stocking of streams this year ismuch better than in the past severalyears according to the reports thathave come in. We really hope so, forin a very few weeks most of thesestocked trout will have fallen prey tothe persistent angler.

Don't forget to send in reports onyour catches and any interesting ex-perience encountered on any fishingtrip will be welcome and printed, withyour permission, in this column.

Williams College Spring Activities:

Now that Spring has been officiallyentered in, let's turn to the SpringSports.

With vacation holding sway atWilliams, the annual Southern trip isunderway for the various College teams.

Golf: Coach Baxter's golf team hasfared very well with their Spring tourthrough the South.

Tennis: Coach Chalice's tennis teamis having a rough time of it for in theSouth opposition is extremely good.North Carolina crushed the "Purple"and Duke did likewise. Another powerhouse down there is William and Maryundefeated in 68 straight matches.The experience gained on this trip willput the net-men in a better positionwhen they play the New Englandteams.

Lacrosse: The lacrosse team is reallyflying high and the present "Purple"team plays a great game. They havedone very well to date and will giveany team on this present trip a realrun for it.

Baseball*. Coach Bobby Coombs hasbeen holding practice sessions for thepast few weeks in preparation for thecoming season. If the baseball teamcan take the "Little Three" the Eph-men will have completed a grand slamin Football, Basketball, and Baseball—the three Major College Sports. Theloss of George Owen will be keenly felt.

Spring Football: Coach Len Wattershas called out candidates for springfootball drills and with the tune-up andearly conditioning—the "Purple" arelooking forward to a wonderful Fallseason. This may be the Big Year.What an opener—Princeton.

At a children's party, the cookbrought in a heaping platter of jellothat quivered and shook as she put iton the table. One of the childrenstarted to leave the table. "None ofthat for me," he said firmly, "It 's notdead yet."

A young man had a pair of pajamasThey were made from the hair of the

llamas;But their feminine airMade his friends all declare

They were made from a pair of hismama's!

"How come a man's hair turns graybefore his mustache?"

"That's easy. It had a 20-yearstart."

THE SQUARE RINGBruce Woodcock and Lee Savoid who

arc in the heavyweight class arc goingto light ii out sometime in June.Ezzard Charles who holds the un-crowned heavyweight title will fightthe winner. Lee Sa'vold will be theman.

Joe Louis lias called it quits, liehas joined the circus where he is givingexhibitions ol his training.

Harold Johnson, a light heavyweight,tried to enter the heavyweight class bytaking on Jot' Walcott who kayoe'dJohnson. I his defeat places Johnsonin eighth position in the light heavy-weight class; he had held fourth place.

Kid Gavilan, by his defeat to BillyGraham, was dropped from post num-ber one in the welterweight class he'snow fourth.

The Docusen brothers both sufferedlosses in the ring rating. Bernard1 )ocusen's defeat by Otis (iraham in thewelterweight class forced him out ofthird place to tenth place. Hisbrother, Maxie, who was knocked outby Guillermo Giminez was dropped outof the lightweight class.

Enrique Bolanos who was stopped byArt Aragon, not rated sixth, also hasbeen dropped from the lightweightdivision.

Archie Moore and Bert Lytell wentat it and Archie came up on top in a10-round decision.

Steve Belloise rated fifth in themiddleweight class stopped AntonRaadik in the seventh and won overBurl Chavity in ten.

Lee Sala, rated eighth, knocked outSammy Secreet in the fifth round.

Sammy Walker who has appeared inNorth Adams several times won overLarry Villenevoe and Jimmy Taylorin ten rounds each and knocked outHorace Bailey in six, rounds.

Sandy Saddler is anxiously waiting toget a crack at Willie Pep. Sandflattened Paulie Jackson, Pedro Firpoand Chuck Burton in the first round.

Can you blame Joe Louis for re-tiring to join the circus where he willreceive $1,000 a day for ninety-fourdays.

Peter Mancuso

"You can ask me one more question,"said the exasperated father, "but makeit the last one."

"Well," said his small son, "when adoctor gets sick and another doctordoctors him, does the doctor doing thedoctoring have to doctor the doctor theway the doctor being doctored wantsto be doctored, or does the doctordoing the doctoring of the doctordoctor him his own way?"

Bruce Baumart, son of Wall Ban mart of the Machine Simp, comesin to win one of the three trophy races he won at Dutch Hill.

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