S P R A G U E E L E C T R I C

Volume IX SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG, FEBRUARY 22, 1947 Number 14

SPRAGUE EXHIBITS AT A.I.E.E. WINTER MEETING

The Sprague Exhibit at the 71st Regimental Armory,New York City, caused much favorable comment.

Greetings and Gifts AcknowledgedSchool in Holland SponsoredSend Letter of T h a n k s

Rhenen, HollandFebruary 1, 1947

Sprague Electric EmployeesNorth Adams, MassachusettsDear Friends:

This week we were made happy withtwo boxes we received from you. Weall were happy with them. We havefound in them, a box with candy andnuts, four rubber balls, 5 soft balls, onesoccer football, two boxes of leadpencils, 40 bloc notes and 3 packs ofwriting paper. You all have made ushappy and we are thankful and thankyou most heartily.

We thank you also for the card wereceived at Christmas. It is a fineone. We knew it was the custom inEngland, but we did not know it wasso in America. Here in Holland it isnot the custom, but your good wisheshave been fulfilled. We had goodChristmas days and fair holidays, nowin peace and without the Nazis.

In that card you told us of yourChristmas box, we have now received.But you were probably not able tosend us bicycle tires. We think it wasnot allowed to send them. But we areglad with what you send us. It is adifficult task to distribute all at school.With candy that will do. And everychild a lead pencil; we have 140 pupils.The bloc notes and balls we havedistributed by lot. The fine football

by Sprague E m p l o y e e sremains the property of the school andthe boys and girls can get it on the freeWednesday and Saturday afternoons.

We are glad that there are so goodpeople in the world who send us somuch and do not know us at all. Butwe hope we shall know each other moreand more. I hear tell that two teach-ers and I believe ten pupils of thehighest class have already written aletter to you. It is good exercise forour English.

We hope to hear soon of you, aboutyour work and your town and alsowhich things interest you most.

With kind regards to you all fromall your friends in Rhenen, Holland.

KoekmanGreggeweg 56

Sprague Personnelin Scout Appointments

Charles Wilson, a member of thefirst Scout Troop Organized.

Ed Fitzpatrick, Foreman of Micaand Molding Departments, and ofMaintenance Test will succeed TomCullen of the Factory Planning De-partment as District Scouting Com-missioner of the Trail District of BoyScouts of America. While Ed is a newman in scouting work, his many friendsfeel confident that he possesses thenecessary qualities to capably fill thisoffice. He will have as his assistant,Larry Dufraine of the Industrial OilTerminal Assembly. Larry has beenin scouting work for the past threeyears. Alex Petro of Time Study,

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Industrial SafetySprague Electric Company *to

sponsor Northern County Sectionof the Northern Berkshire SafetyCouncil . . . Art Mathews, SafetyEngineer of the Company is Chair-man.

Conferences Scheduledfirst meeting was held February 19thwith a large representation of foremen,supervisors, nurses and other interestedindustrial personnel in attendance fromthis area. At this meeting a pre-viewof the lectures to come was outlined

The ten meetings of this series ofsafety conferences will be held in theNorthern Berkshire Gas Company'sauditorium on Wednesday evenings,and will present many problems con-cerning the safety and welfare ofindividuals, not only in industrialplants, but in their communities. The

and Jack Washburn gave a short talk.The February 26th conference will be

addressed by Mr. R. C. Kean of theAmerican Mutual Liability InsuranceCompany and his talk will be onIndustrial Safety in general. Themeeting on March 5 th will be addressed

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Colorful Sprague Booth AttractsHigh Attendance at 71stRegimental Armory, N. Y. C.At the Electrical Engineering Exhihit held from January 27th (o .'W.st

inclusive at the 71st Regimental Armory, New York City, the SpragueElectric Company's booth was one of the important centers of attraction.

We show on this page a good size picture of the booth, but cannot doit justice in black and white. The big Sprague sign was serviced by achanging series of lights so that it stood out brilliantly, now in yellow,now in red, and then in white, each for about ten second intervals.

The carrier current coupling capac-itor was lighted internally and appearedto be a bright yellow in color.

The Exhibit was well attended, witha total of 7990 people during the five-day period. The Exhibit itself washeld in conjunction with the Wintermeeting of the American Institute ofElectrical Engineers.

The Sprague booth was supervisedby the following Sprague people:Robert Peters, P. B. Alger, JesseAllison, George Seidman, Louis Shuey,Sam Lubin, L. M. Meckler and G. F.Petry.

Many Sprague Men AttendDuring the Exhibition the various

visitors from the Sprague Companyincluded: Dr. P. R. Robinson, Mr. J.K. Sprague, Dr. J. Burnham, Mr. E. L.Ward, Mr. Stanley Dorst, Mr. LeonPodolsky, Mr. Neal Welch, Mr. WalterClark, Mr. Harold Brafman. Alsoattending and representing the Spra-gue Organization were representativesW'illiam Rutt, John Michels, G. F.Petry, L. M. Meckler, H. Reynolds, W.Arnold.

Sprague Display "Chieflyof Products For PowerEquipment Manufacturers

The Sprague display was primarilyof the products we manufacture forthose companies interested in electricalpower equipment. For example, ourMotor Starting Capacitor, widely usedin the motor industry; our TelephoneCapacitor, used by the telephone com-panies in their various communicatingsystems; our Power Factor Capacitors,which are used in Industrial plants;Sprague Fluorescent Capacitors, widelyused by well-known fluorescent fixturemanufacturers; and our Carrier CurrentCoupling Capacitor, which are used tocouple telephones in rural areas to highvoltage power lines arid then to un-couple them miles away, providingtelephone communication in ruralareas where no telephone lines nowexist, and where the cost of such tele-phone line construction is prohibitive.

Since the war and the early recon-version period, these industrial ex-hibits, expositions and conventionshave increased in number in every field.

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SCOUTMASTERS DISPLAY SCOUTS' CRAFTSMANSHIP

Robert Moors, Scoutmaster of TrooprNo. 42 with Harold Twitchcll,Scoutmaster of Troop No. 33, both Sprague e m p l o y e e s , appearin the Boy Scout window exhibit of camping which their respectivetroops set up for National Boy Scout Week. —Photo by Al Horsfall

FOR SPRAGUE EMPLOYEESBY SPRACUE EMPLOYEES asrvcC

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Published by the SPRAGUE ELECTRIC CO., North Adams, Mass,

PUBLISHING STAFFEDITOR: E. S. Whitten MANAGING EDITOR: Evelyn FairchildASSOC. EDITOR: Mary Mathews CIRCULATION MGR.: Marion Caron

ASSISTANT EDITORS:Kit Carson, Tom Cullen, Dan Kelly, Albert Horsfall, Pete Mancuso, JimOldham, Etta Owen, and Laurence Haskins.

SPORTSKenneth Russell and Bernard Bullett

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERFred Crosier

PLANT EDITORSMarshall Street: Cecile Trudeau Brown Street: Bertha Salavantis

DEPARTMENT REPORTERSBeaver Street

Julia Abraham, Anna Barbuto, Francis Bennett, Lillian Boyer, Bessie Brown,Joan Bryce, Josephine Convery, Esther Driscoll, Margaret Doherty, BobGarner, Hazel Goodale, Gertrude Hall, Ruth Haskins, Margaret Isherwood,Rita Johnson, Gladys Kirkpatrick, Lorraine Lussier, Ruth Martin, PriscillaNorthup, Emma Massaconi, Loretta Milisiewski, Cedo Remillard, Doris Roy,James Shea, Vi Short, Florence Southgate, Harry Trombley, Constance Urbano,Roseann Vigna, Shirley Thoros, John Walsh, Sophie Wilk and Rose Moresi.

Brown StreetFern Wright, Gloria Chiettini, Connie Davis, Laura Doran, Eleanor Felix,

Betty Jangrow, Delia Keating, Felixienne LaBrecque, Elsie Leja, GladysMafkland, Doris Morey, Rita Mulqueen, Rita Samia, Thelma Sherman,Dorothy Shepard, Louis Vincelette and Lyda White.

Marshall StreetAnita Wojnicki, Mary Daniels, Erminia Sweeney, Eddie O'Neil, Charles

Felix and George Trombley."Every Sprague Worker an Assistant Reporter."

Vol. IX February 22, 1947 No. 14

What Would Washington Say Today?If "The Father of His Country" were alive today he would find him-

self surrounded hy amazing and bewildering things. His whole environ-ment would have changed completely. But hecause people themselvesdo not change much, Washington would still he the high-mindedstatesman, the indomitable general, the inspired leader and the manof simple faith.

World has been TelescopedWe believe Washington would say the world has been so telescoped

in time and space that instead of avoiding permanent alliances we musttoday work'for a mutual alliance in goodwill and peace between all thepeoples of the earth.

Washington wpuld be proud that his country has grown from astruggling, inexperienced Republic of thirteen thinly populated statesuntil it is today the most prosperous and powerful country in theworld . . . and he would say that we must never fail those who died tomake it great, or those who have died to keep it great.

Importance of Free EnterpriseWe believe Washington would say that the business and industrial

systems on which this nation has flourished and become great shoult.be preserved, strengthened and improved . . . that free enterprise is asimportant as free speech; that freedom from want depends on fullproduction; that free elections under the secret ballot promote freedomfrom fear: and that a truly free and democratic society is the best guar-antee of freedom of worship.

The First Snow{The inspiration for the following

comts from an old Scotch poem.)

David in the window sat,Snug and warm with his little cat,And gazed out on a wintry dayAnd to his mother he did say:

"Mother see the crumbs are flying,Fast and thickly thru the airOn the branches they are lying,Here, and there, and everywhere.Oh how glad the birds will be,When so mayiy crumbs they see."

His mother looked at him with a sighAnd to David she did reply,

" No my child it is snowing,Nothing for the birds are hereCold the winter air is growing,It is the season of the year.Frost will nip the Robins' food,T'will no more be sweet and good."

—Dan KellyMaintenance Test

DUET AT LOG PARTY

Tall Stories HeardThis is the story of a "sympathetic"

alarm clock—a spring-wound tickerthat duplicated every action of anelectric model when a severe stormcaused a power outage.

The narrator, Frank Kiedinger, anelectric meterman, reports that theclocks were in the same room andstopped at the same instant. Hechecked and found that the spring jobhad not run down. It failed to re-spond to several vigorous shakings.Minutes later a resumption of powerput life into the electric clock. Hepicked up the alarm clock. It wasticking again—-"so help me."

"It could have been a coincidence,"Mr. Kiedinger concedes, "but I doubtit. I swear that alarm clock must besympathetic."

Montana dangles the following as acandidate for the best 1946 fish story.

in 1946A nine-inch catfish—-according t<

F. L. Steinbright, superintendent otelegraph for the Northern PacificRailroad—became lodged on the cross-arm of a 30-foot telegraph pole nearhere and killed the circuit by actingas a conductor between a live and agrounded wire.

Mr. Steinbright doesn't know howthe bullhead got there. "Maybe itclimbed," he suggests.

Good News!!ATOMIC ENERGY experts now

tell us that inasmuch as uranium 235will furnish as much energy as 10million pounds of gasoline and as muchheat as 20 million pounds of coal, pipesmay be laid under streets so that wintersnows may be melted as they fall.There need be no more traffic jamscaused by ice and snow. Heat mayalso be sent above airports to dispelthe heaviest fogs.

Ethel Lowe of Brown StreetDispensary, and Jack Washhurn ofthe Personnel Office harmonizeeffectively to the accompanimentof Mary Saulnier at the piano.

Pictured is a huge porcelainbushing being installed on powerstation apparatus handling 287,000volts. Through a bushing such asthis flows the electric power some-times for several entire com-munities.

Did You Know ThatElectric motors and generators,

turbines and engines of many types arerated according to horsepower. Doyou know how the word originated,and exactly what it specifies? Thefirst steam engines developed by JamesWatt were marketed to do the jobs ofhorses,consequently theirworking capa-city had to be rated comparable withthat of the horse. Watt found that agood dray horse could raise about 550pounds approximately 60 feet in aminute, or one foot a second. Hecalled this rate of work "the power of ahorse" or "one horsepower".

y*Country Editor

Says:-

The other day I went down to buy me one of those peace timesavings bonds at the bank and first thing I knew I was going'round in the revolving door too fast to get out and before Icould get my bearings I'd been clear 'round three times, -- andwhen I stepped out, I was on the sidewalk where I started.

I couldn't help thinking how the whole country seems to havebeen going 'round in circles the past year or so. What withthings being scarce and prices going up it was only natural forwages to go up in many industries to meet the higher living costs,then round the same circle everybody went 'till prices hit thehighest they'd been since 1920 with wages trying their best tokeep ahead of them. This would work out all right, if we couldget to producing things so there would be plenty for all. Havinga lot of money don't help much if you can't buy what you need.And what's more, you never saw prices stay up very high forlong when there was plenty of everything for everybody to buy.

Well, here I go again, running in circles myself. But what I'mgetting at is that nobody with a family to support, and bills topay, wants to see things get spinning so high, wide and hand-some they fly clean out of control and we all go smash! As faras I can figure, it comes right back to everybody settling downand teaming up to increase production so's to make more thingsfor everybody, here and everywhere,--North, East, South andWest!

- - Ye Country Editor{and that goes for ALL thecountry- all the way fromNorth Adams, Mass, toSan Diego, Cal.)

"SpeedUuf Up Production - WiUg/o€4A Jboiun tJnllaUan"..

Sprague Exhibits(Continued from page 1)

It is one of the modern methods forproviding a common meeting groundfor buyers and sellers, for technicians,application engineers,1 installation en-gineers and others. These meetingsprovide a quick medium of exchange ofideas as well as a means for keeping upto date with related branches of theindustry. In addition, such exhibitsas the one provided by the SpragueElectric Company are good advertisingfor the company and its products.

Industrial SafetyConferences

(Continued from page 1)by the Pittsfield fire chief, and that ofMarch 12th will be addressed by Mr.J. Maclver of the MassachusettsDivision of Industrial Safety. OnMarch 19th, Mr. John G. P. Milne ofSprague Electric Company will tellthe conference about Time Studyproblems.

The committee in charge of planningthis series of conferences has given agreat deal of time and thought tomaking the program both interestingand valuable. It is not just "anothercut and dried" safety course, but willintroduce many special and unusualfeatures.

Sprague Personnelin Scout Appointments

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Brown Street, has been appointedScout Neighborhood Commissioner.

Of the many Sprague men interestedin the Boy Scout movement, we arevery proud to have with the Spraguepersonnel, a man who was with theoriginal Boy Scout Troop, first organ-ized in 1906 in England at ManursingIsland, Sussex. This man is CharlieWilson of the Salvage Department. Mr.Wilson tells us that this first troop wasorganized by Sir Baden Powell ofEngland, and from there the movementhas spread to many parts of the world.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Armata,married January 11, 1947 at St.Stanislaus church, Adams. Mrs.Armata is the former "Josie"Kieltyka. This was a Dry Rollingromance, since hoth "Josie" and"Bernie" are employed in thatDepartment.

Estes-Cook — Miss Theresa Cath-erine Cook became the bride of Mr.Loren S. Estes on February 8, 1947 atSt. Francis Church. Mrs. Estes isemployed in the Paper Rolling De-partment.

Hamilton-Morrissey — Miss EllenElizabeth Morrissey became the brideof Mr. Robert Wallace Hamilton atSt. Francis church, February 15. Mr.Hamilton is employed in the Main-tenance Department.

Young-Collette — Miss ShirleyMae Young, of Athol, Mass., becamethe bride of Mr. William AlfredCollette on Saturday, February 15.Mr. Collette is employed in the DryRolling Department.

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eM-ialt Jli^Utl ay the. Jlo-fy Patty—Toast to the Staff TOASTMASTER, JIMMY OLDHAM CONTRIVES

(On the occasion oj Us fourth Annual , | ( ) , m , N ( ; ^ANY GROUPS TO THE HEAD TABLEBanquet on February 10, 1947.When asked to give this toastI decided I could boast.Without trying.Without lying, I could boast'You may weep or you may laughWhile I toast the Sprague Log Staff,But a better crowd of workers.No hangbackers and no shirkers,Can be found on any papei you can

name.You may search the wide world over,Hire some famed reporting rover,Scour the international halls of writing

fame...But you'll never find a fairer,Or a finer or a squarerGang of gossip-shooting pals where'er

you go .All the gals are lovely beauties,And attend to all their dutiesIn a manner that is super, as you

know. .. .Though the men are not all handsome,They're all on the job, and then someWhen it comes to rolling out the Log

on time . . .So, I toast the whole Log Staff,And this is only halfOf what I'd like to tell you in my

rhyme... .But there's one thing 1 have learned,Turn your toast off,—'fore it's burned,So I'll stop and ask you all to give

three cheersFoi yourselves. . for you deserve it!Pledge to keep it . . .and preserve it'The Log\ I give you "May She

live for Years!" -Ed Whitten

Here, Jimmy has wheedled the group from table No. 7 to come up tothe head table (where he had been eating in solitary grandeur) andsinji a rousing song. Fern Wright, Mary Mathews, George Senecal,Emma Mutart, Kenny Russell and Rose Moresi respond

LOG Gavel Presented toMr. Sprague

Following the introduction of LogStaff members, Emma Mutart, EstherDriscoll, Rita Mulqueen, Kenny Rus-sell, Kit Carson, Mary Mathews andEvelyn Fairchild, there were briefspeeches by Mr. Ernest Ward andMr. R. C. Sprague, and an originaltoast to the Staff by Mr. Ed Whitten,Log Editor.

The climax of the evening camewhen toastmaster Jimmy Oldham, onbehalf of the Log Staff, presented Mr.Sprague with an enormous "log"gavel. W'hen we say enormous, wemean ENORMOUS. It was made oftwo sections of a wooden log neatlyjoined together to form the head andhandle of the gavel, and would havedone credit as a pile driver. Thispiece of craftsmanship was the work ofthree of our Maintenance men at the-Marshall Street Plant who took a greatdeal of pride in fashioning it. Thanksfor a very sturdy gavel, Albert Barriere,Hen Russell and Roy Caron, and itshould keep the Log staff well in handlffl

Next, he asks a representative from each table to come to the headtable and help distribute the souvenirs to each lady present, and MollyAvery, Erminia Sweeney, Doris Parrish, Doris Roy, Lucy Abuisi, RitaJohnson and Rose Moresi oblige

And at last, he prevails upon several guests to "say a few words."Among those who responded were Mr. Ernest Ward, Mrs. Esther Driscoll,Mr. R. C. Sprague, Jimmy himself, and "chairman" Kit Carson.

Party High Lights As I Saw Them

The way Jim Oldham sat all aloneat thathead table, you'd think he wasinquarantine! My, did he seek com-panionship and tried to inveigle peopleto come up. . .and the way Dan Kellyheckled Jim's carefully plannedspeeches! That fellow never runs outof words. . .We hear Jack Washburnen^oys»celery. . .we enjoyed the groupsinging of the tables as they wereexiled up to Jimmy's tab'e. . .and weliked Jane Windover's pleasing voice—•especially her rendition of the "An-niversary Song." We enjoyed MissLowe's and Jack Washburn's duet, andthe trio by Mi-s Avery, Mr. Whittenand Mr. Sprague, and Harold Carson(was his face red) as he fittingly read apoem. . .What a le.down ending!...How come Mr. Ward picked the rightside, instead of the left s'de, at histable. . . Miss Owen had a clever way ofhiding the evidence of those olive stones

. . . Al Horsfall took shots of the partyfrom every angle — we expected to seehim perched on the chandelier to get ashot of the party at any moment.. . .The presentation of an enormousgavel (log, we understand) to Mr.Sprague came as a climax to some wel'-presented speeches by staff membersand guests. Mr. Sprague should beable to hit high keyC withthatgavel. . .We were glad to have Mrs. MarySaulnier with us as our guest pianist. . .and to dance to Bill Campedelli's music. . .That spot dance caused quite acommotion and was a surprise whenthe dancers found the spot was onthe ceiling and not on the floor. Ourfavors were very pretty, and so werethe table decorations . . Hats off to allthose who helped to make this dinnerdance such a success.

—Connie Urbano

MatiUall MulicShipping Room

By The Gold Dust TwinsErnest Belleau dug deep in his

pocket and bought himself a new hat. . .an antique shop wants his old one.

When you going to treat, EsmondeManson? Phyllis and Cecile are notfussy, they say cream puffs will do.

Robert Kelly found that his laborswere in vain, the other day when stirringup a nice mess of sticky paste. Onmoving the barrel in which he wasstirring the paste, he found it minusthe bottom. Some Mess!

Emma Mutart, your numerousfriends at Marshall Street all miss you,but they wish you lots of luck in yournew job in the Purchasing Office at theBeaver Plant.

Bobby Knox is trying for his licenseto drive the "jeep." Ever}* chance hegets, he tries his skill, even if he onlyhas a small parcel in the jeep to deliver.Anyhow, it's much easier to ride thanto walk, eh Bob?

W. E. Wax PourersBy The Goldbrickers

Sorry to see you go: Anne Lynch,Mary LeSage, Rachel Lapine, MarieLemoine, Amelia At wood, Ralph Smithand Tommy Perras.Everyday Sayings:"Gina" Cellana—

What shall I do now, Leda?Phyllis Charron—Hurry up Joe, we

just have 15 minutes.Theresa Beaudin—I wish 1 knew as

much as I do now!Linda Cozzaglio—Don't bother me,

George, I'm on bonus."Jo" Collins is so used to working

tor bonus that even al home, she speedsup her cooking. Result *— her husbandis getting thin from eating burnedeggs and what not.

Larry Scott is looking around foranother car. It seems the Adams girlsfind it difficult to meet the buses andLarry can't stand their complaining!

Embarrassing Moments:Ernie Garofano spilling hot coffee

down the front of his trousers. . Jiggs,Leda King's dog pays the D.T.Q.'s anunexpected visit. . "Jo" Collins drop-ping a shaker of sa!'. in her mother'ssoup. '

That team, Trombley and Perras,Incorporated has broken up sinceTom decided to learn a new trade fixingautomobiles. (How about fixing myfenders you smashed New Years'.Good luck to you, just the same!

Marceline Poirot is "our little girlwho isn't there," and Walt Osborne is"our little man who isn't there." Youfellows who can't start your cars, seeWalt for tows or pushes.

Edna O'Neil surprised us when shecame in with a perfume costing $1.20per gallon.

Ernie Garofano benefited by it whenhe sat in a chair saturated with the"essence of Paris" or sumpin'.

Chuck Felix sure had a time gettingthe rink at Noel Field all ready for theskating contest — but he did it.

Gus Jammallo, after demonstratinghis ability on skates, is now gettingwhere he can sit down again.

See y o u n e x t t i m e . . . .

"W.E."-RollersBy "Smit ty"

In the limelight this month, we haveseveral engagements: "Julie" Bourgeoishas received a beautiful diamond fromher Joe, and "Dotty" Moore has adiamond from her Ed.

"Toot" Callahan also received ahoney of a diamond from her husbandfor their third wedding anniversary.

Let's take a tour through the W. E.Department and find out what ourfavorite sayings are. First we passthe spinners where Mary Currie is asbusy as a bee. All she says is "Work,work, and more work," and BettyCoulter says "I'm tired." MaggieTaft says in a quiet way "I'd like a newOldsmobile" and Fran Alderman re-plies: "Did you hear that one!"...Next is the spraying line. At thistable Hetta Thompson greets us with"Hi, dearie." On the other side of thetable Leona Walczak calls "Go-o-r-don!" And Gordon Ware, our person-ality lad, answers in a strong voice,"That's my name!". . .Then we cometo Rose Casuscelli, with an eye on herwork but also keeping watch on JohnniePeters who says "Funny, wasn't it?Ho! ho!" and Rose replies: "Shut up!—Nice guy, though.".. .And GeraldMcConnell doesn't know what to makeof it and says: "Crazy, huh?". . .Now,up to the desk where our supervisor,Julie Bourgeois is busy with her in-ventories, she answers "Why sure!" toanything asked her. . Then on to"Babe" Gibeau's line, we find MargaretSala who is having quite a time withher machine, but stops to say: "Anyjokes today?" and "Babe" can beheard saying: "That isn't a bad job —but!"

Miscellaneous DrysBy Eddie O'Ncil

What Would Happen If:Eleanor King—forgot her lip stickEleanor Perron met her "Larry"Joe Garceau was a "G" manGus Jammallo needed a haircutChuck Felix missed (he busLarry Scott -got a shockEddie O'Neil lost his pencilPhyllis Charron broke her mirrorLeda King got those inventory slips

on lime from EddieGeorge Trombley -forgot how to printLouis Daub lost his stencilAgnes Davis—was a foot tallerAgnes Fitzgerald losi her voiceMillie Rivers—

became taller than her daughterFrank Como—went to Tropical ParkAngie Perrault

forgot to heat her lunchMollie Ryan—got a higher efficiency

than "Jo" Collins

MaintenanceBy Umbriago

Thanks again to all you Log officialswho helped and planned such a pleasantevening as we had the night of our Logdinner and dance.

We think "Wash" Santelli is one ofour most popular members at Sprague'sseeing as how he made the Log inTHREE separate columns in theJanuary issue.

Welcome, Paul King and JimmyQuinton — hope you will enjoy work-ing with us.

If you need a good parking spotbetween here and Pownal, Vt., get intouch with Allan McLain, as he knowsthem all. (He careful Mac, her dadworks with us!)

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Filiault who are the parents ofa baby boy.

A Drowned "Boss"Paul Schwarzer and 'John Petro

were changing a check valve in anunderground pit in the parking lot.When the water had been shut off,Paul said: "John, you change it."John replied, "No, Paul, you knowmore about it than I do." So Johncrawled out of the crowded pit (roomfor one man, really) and Paul took offthe valve. But lo and behold! hegot a real shower bath — wet fromhead to foot, since Paul had forgottento release the pressure still in the pipes.(Now, John is accused of trying todrown his boss!)

The reason RICHARD didn't openthe door was ihat KILROY was on theopposite sidel

A KINK PRIZE

Carleton Perry of Maintenancehad a lucky day when he broughiback this nice catch of fish from\ \ l i i i i n u l i . i m D a m .

—Photo by Art Caron

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BoxingBy S. Wilk and C. Urbano

Best of luck to Hector Landry andLeo Lecuyer with their newly acquiredrestaurant. A delicious dinner wasenjoyed there recently l>> FrankBernardo's line.

No wonder Dick Morin has beenputting out so much production recent-ly - just look at the pin-up girl hehas before him!

Model CityIn a "Model City" election held in

our*Department, we elected the follow-ing:Mayor Billy Cuvette, salary $6000Treas. Norma Cardinal salary $4000Pvt. Secry Lib Abraham,salary $3000Head of Escort Bureau

"Red" JohnsonWelfare Head—Mary KrystonStreet Cleaner -Frank Bernardo

(Starting at 4:00 A.M.)Playground Aide Nash MorinMatrimonial Bureau

Will) BombardierBaby Sitter -Joe Zona

(for girls 16 or over)Advice to Lovelorn—

Henry NeidzwieckiGame Warden—Walt WestcotiCity Solicitor—Andy MontgomeryDoor Tender—Dick Kelly (Open the

door, Richard) at a salary of $5000.Liquor Tester-Leo Robinson (Salary

—all he can drink)City Clerk—Margaret DavisTruant Officer—Dick Morin (For those

who play hookey from work)Wolf Catcher—Eddy WaltonRed Cross Knitters -Ted Skouronski,

Betty Hamilton and Reggie ZabekCity Council—Al LeBeau and Stafford

Lewis (Dollar-a-year men)

City Painter—Irene SimonelliChief of Police—Margaret AllenFlight Instructor—Cliff RoyBugler for Memorial Da>—

Bob Bouchard at $5.

Welcome to Karl Baker, GladysKirkpatrick and Celia Shannon whohave joined us recently.

Sorry to learn of Norman Charron'sillness. The girls of the joining linewish him a speedy recovery.

Happy birthday to Sally Rohlmanwho celebrated hers recently.

Have you noticed Lillian Blair's newhair-do — gained through the courtesyof "Red" Lesure.

The Upper OfficesBy "Do" and "Flo"

First of all, your Log reporters wouldlike to thank everyone in charge of thebanquet held February 10th—we hada swell time and will be looking forwardto the next one.

Sad news—The Upper Offices had adouble loss two weeks ago when RuthHarris and Joe Garvie left us. Every-one joins us in saying: "It was swellhaving you work with us, and you arenot forgotten by any means."

Skiing seems to be the main topic ofconversation nowadays, and by right itshould be after we have waited so longfor that snow.Dialogue

"Rog" LaPlante {limping his wayinto the office): "Boy! what a night!That night skiing up Bernards is sureterrific!"

John Alexander (painfully holdinghis back): "Well , Du tch Hill is no

slouch."

Yours Truly {Just too sore to mutter aword I)

The I'pper Offices extend their deepsympathy to Mr. Teeple on the loss ofhis father who passed away at hishome in Ohio.

Say, Bernie Bullett, you can takeyour head out of the clouds now. Weall know that St. Joe won over Dalton(Incidentally, that is the only game theyhave wonl)

Has anyone ever tried keeping upwith Helen Root's schedule? Besidesworking all day, she goes to BachChorus rehearsals, belongs to twolodges, and goes square dancing onFridays up at the Stamford Grange,and in between times manages to seea movie, sleep and eat. How she doesit, we'll never know.

Who's Sorry"I'm sorry I haven't a dime," said

the lady as she handed the bus drivera ten-dollar bill.

"Don't worry, madam," he repliedpolitely. "You're going to have 99 ofthem in a couple of minutes."

A fine young man, is FrancisAccetta, son of Margaret, of theMarshall Street Dispensary.

OUR SAFETY CORNER

Ovens DepartmentsBy "Dukie" Abraham

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davis arethe proud parents of a baby girl. Kenis employed in the Ovens Department.

We can scarcely wait to see RosePasotti as the maid of honor at hersister's wedding.

We were sorry to have Rita Tassoneleave us — but hope you like your newjob, Rita.

Blanche Chavarry — what's this wehear about you seeing stars and hear-ing birds sing. What will you bedoing next?

Sorry to have Dom Blasi leave us —but our loss is the Night Shift's gain.

Night Shift By Bessie BrownMarjorie Howland leaves us for a

trip to Florida. Have a good time,"Marge", we will miss you.

Johnny Miller has left our Depart-ment again, to work upstairs. . Makeup your mind, Johnny!

Alyce Crockwell and Ethel Hanna-leck have also been moved upstairs -we miss you!

Elouise Lewis is back with us after atrip to Florida where she was calledbecause of the serious illness of hermother. We're glad to know hermother is convalescing nicely1.

The gang is sorry to learn that BessieBrown's husband is in the hospital, andwish him a speedy recovery.

BRIGHT EYES

P A A ' s ENJOY A PARTY

Those who enjoyed the delicious spaghetti supper which Jane Du-fresne gave some of the Stove Solderers of PA A were: Blanche Cable,Nellie Morin, Veola Hazzard, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dufresne, Rose Corsi,Ruth Toniatti, Margaret Daub and Eva Thibodeau.

ALL FROM MAINTENANCE

Practical jokes are not funny -- especially if the joke should happento be on you -- so think of your neighbor before you start a joke whichmight prove injurious to some one else.

Pfc. Forist McLain, Jr., now sta-tioned in Korea. He was formerlyemployed in Maintenance, is theson of Forist McLain, Sr. of BeaverStreet Maintenance, and brotherof Allan of Marshall Street Main-tenance.

A. C. LineBy Lena Vicari

Sorry to hear about our clerk, ViShort, being ill, and hope she is feelingmuch improved.

We hope that Lionel (Frenchy)Richard will be back with us soon —he's been at a Veterans' hospital fortreatment. The gang sends you theirbest regards.

Want dancing lessons—consult theteachers of the A. C. Room—MarieDemarsico and Alberta Ziminsky.

We're glad to welcome Doris Robertsback after a leave of absence.

Welcome to all the newcomers in ourroom, and we hope you enjoy workingwith us.

What's this we hear about LouSiciliano, going from house to houseselling brushesl

Dry TestBy Rita Johnson

Since it would be very difficult tothank each one individually, I'd liketo take this means to thank all whomade the Log dinner dance possible.We had a wonderful time, and muchpraise goes to those who worked sohard to make it a success. The dinnerwas delicious, the decorations so appro-priate and the gifts were very useful.

The "Invite Yourself Club" wasentertained in the home of Mrs.Kathleen James, where a deliciousspaghetti supper was served, and alsoat the home of Blanche Boisvert whoserved a delicious lunch.

Mrs. Helen Lesage spent the weekend in Amsterdam, N. Y. recently.

Seems to me, everyone is losingthings lately. . .Who's hiding them?. . .just look to Bob Rivard.

Glad to welcome Vicki Doran backafter her illness.

Impregnating Dept.By "Red" Bennett

Our wolf, Joe Downey, seems to betaking lots of interest in the girls ofSection Test.

Welcome back to Clarence Bliss whowas ill for several weeks.

We notice Charlie Cyr of SectionTest has been visiting the F. P. Ovensa lot lately.

Bob Johnson is a man of few words,but you bet he is on the lookout foranything new and interesting. . .Whoare they, now, Bob?

Carl Prevey and Dave Trombleywent ice skating last week, and seemedto be the only ones on the ground—what's the trouble? Are your skatesdull—or was there something moreattractive than skating?

Best wishes, Lucy Abuisi, of SectionTest, from the fellows in Impregnating,on your wedding, scheduled for June.

Everyone had a very nice dinner andentertainment at the Log dinner—to-gether with plenty of laughs. We allhope that we may see many more ofthese good times.

Judy Ann Polak in an exploringmood. She is the daughter ofJanet, (the former Janet Wlodyka)and niece of Emily Wlodyka ofResistors.

Dry RollingBy "Shorty"1 and Ruth

It must be l - o - o - v - e the way EvaDaigrieault*waits up for her Paul atnight.

Welcome to our Department: Thel-ma Briggs, Amelia Atwood, RedMcKenna, Ruth Embry, Martha Davisand Elizabeth Van Valkenburg.We Dedicate:Five Minutes More toKay Battersby and "Chuck" MulcahyThis is Always to

Claire Denno and Walt SliwskiHow I Hate to Get up in the Morning to

"Gerry" BedardSooner or Later to "Fran" BennettRumors are Flying to Eva Daigneault,Candy to Art Molleur.

Ideal Man of Dry RollingBuild Adam NovakHair Lloyd KingEyes Art MolleurLooks "Fudge" KonatPersonality Bob Delisle

Ideal (iirl of Dry RollingFigure ,. . Kay DarlingHair Gerry BedardEyes Rae St. PierreLooks Ruth MartinPersonality Stacia Prejsnar

Ideal DateHere we sit, Hand in handHers in hers - - Mine in mine.

Co-Worker Engaged

Finally, with the consent of my co-reporter, I am allowed to announce herengagement. . .Around Christmas time,Ruth Martin reserved the third fingerof her left hand for Henry Szulc. Nodate has been set for the wedding.

Block AnnexBy Esther Driscoll

Deep sympathy to Mary Cozzarionon the recent death of her father.

Frank Major had a narrow escapethat day his suspenders broke. Watchthat, Frank.

We're glad to learn it is unnecessaryfor Doris Williams to have thatoperation. However those terribleheadaches get one down!

Pat Marlowe is starting a "BetterHomes Club" does that mean youhave ideas, Pat?

Newcomers to the Department:Blanche Tatro, Rose Bombardier, AnnaBraman, Ruth Brewer, Colleen Bar-deau, Kathleen Lewis, Carol Bellard.Hope you like it here.

Raymond Blair—careful, how yougive out work to the torch solderers—aprons are still scarce.

Doris Charron recently had a birth-day and received some lovely giftsfrom the girls. Many happy returns,Doris.

Eunice Timothy Jarvis was a visitorrecently - - she is our very happybride of a few months.

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Just like a baby doll ~ WilliamGeorge Coody, son of George ofMaintenance and grandson ofCatherine of F. P. Finishing De-partment.

F. P. DrysBy R. Moresi

What Would Happen If:Wayne Damon—forgot his moron jokesEmma Vivori—never had rejectsArlie Hanky—couldn't eat"Chena" Bushika—didn't say "Al, may

I go home early—yes or not?"Grace McConnell—stuck to her dietMary Marra—ran out of witty sayingsEvelyn Sherman—worked a full weekJohanna Kayser—•

lost that sense of humorCarol Atwell—became very noisyMinnie Ilamlin—didn't say: "Oh dear,

are they still coming off!"Charlie Briggs—lost those dimples'"Terry" Worthington—

didn't have "Boogie"Genevieve Morin—couldn't singViviane Delisle—didn't say: "It's there,

but you can't see it."Russell Burke—

could be found when we want himDavid Brookman—•

brought a lunch of his ownDot Fowler—made her rate!

Good luck to Don Roy who left toattend State Teachers' College wherehe will major in history.

Speedy recovery to our co-worker,Mary Coody.

"Once a sailor, always a sailor" istrue of our Leo Pinsonnault who hasenlisted in the Naval Reserves.

Wonderful TimeA delicious dinner, a jolly crowd, and

a wonderful evening of fun were en-joyed by your reporter at the AnnualLog Banquet. Many thanks to thosewho worked to make it such a grandsuccess.

Check InspectionBy "Chick" Checker

First of all, I want to thank thosewho made the party for the Log Staffand reporters possible. I don't thinkI speak for myself alone when I say awonderful time was had by all. Thetables were decorated in valentinefashion. The meal was delicious andeveryone enjoyed their favors verymuch.

The Check Inspectors arc going infor shorter hair. Mary Walden lookscharming with her new coiffure... Idon't know about the "charming"part, but your reporter chopped off afoot of her tresses.

I hear two reporters turned one ofthe ladies' rooms into a Turkish bathso that they would look presentable atthe Log dinner.

Our three musketoers, "Gert" Deso,Ann Roy and Peg Doherty are goingin for new millinery — at lunch period,you should see the crochet hooks fly!

Our deepest sympathy to PeterMancuso on the death of his father.

Block Test and Tubulars

By Gertrude Hall

Here I am, attempting to cover thewhole Department — and hope all ofyou enjoy my reports as much as myown line does.

It's a bird, .no, it's a man. .no, it'ssuperman! You're all wrong, that isFlorence Lincoln with her sprayingmask on.

Speedy recovery to Caroline Grant'shusband who has been seriously ill.

Adelle Solari and Betty Fleury tookpart in a local minstrel recently. Weknow from previous samples, that any-thing Adele has part in, must be asuccess.

A lot of you, including the boss,would like to know where GeorgeParker spends Friday afternoons.

If you hear a hearty HO! HO! HO!you will know that Grace Wyman hasjust heard the latest joke.

Anyone believing that being a grand-mother makes one feel older, just takea tip from Dolores Bailey. She says(and I quote) "Why my goodness, Iwouldn't be surprised to find myselfcreeping on the floor one of thesedays!"

Lucille Beaudry received a beautifulbracelet for her birthday from acertain "someone."

. Clara Marceau is purring again—herRay is home now from an out-of-townjob.

Heard from Dot Blanchard on aMonday morning: "Gee, I wish itwere 4:30 P.M. Friday!

Annis O'Neil enjoys a full coursemeal at lunchtime, which she brings inin little glass jars. We envy you, butjust can't see getting up early enoughto prepare it.

Happy Birthday for'josie Mastaliszwho celebrated hers on February 7th

'RICKY" SEES HIS FIRST SNOW

Ricky" Davies, 7 months old son of Peg Sullivan Davies, enjoys theiw. His mummy was formerly on Check Inspection and his grand-

mother is Alice Bowen of Block Annex.

Machine ShopBy Trombley, Remillard and Walsh

Not much news, this time—the boyshave suddenly become very quiet. . .However, Barney Barnhart had to callhis home to check on his choppers.(He should be like us, and leave themhome all the time. . . And this is oldnews, but we just found out that John(Knobby) Walsh likes Martini's at75c per drink.

Ed Hinkell, George Scarbo, JimCooper and Bill Schink took in thesportsmen's show at Boston over theweek end.

Our good friend "Rocky" MoroccoJs doing a lot of voice training.

Bert Peters, our welder, makes firesat any opportunity — but goes home toput them out •—• for he's No. 1 Hose-man for the Pownal Fire Department-

Walter Baumert and son did a littleskiing at Dutch Hill — "Walt" lovesthat kind of sport.

Ed Dion's car has all that naturecan give it as far as air conditioning,s concerned — he carries a shovel to<eep the snow out of the inside.

In Cafeteria

Leaving our department and jour-neying to the Cafeteria, we give a paton the back to Joe Letalien. He re-members just how you like your tea,coffee or cocoa after you have oncetold him. Any time you follow theline,—there it is, waiting for you whenyou come up. Keep up the good work,Joe. (Hope you don't mind, Wally).

A ValentineOne of our reporters got himself a

real valentine •—• a baby daughter,x>rn February 14th. CongratulationsCedo and Mrs. Remillard!

Charles Doherty gives us hisnicest smile. He is the son ofMarguerite, of Check Inspection.

F. P. AssemblyBy Emma Massaconi

Which is hotter, Catherine Coody —•a hot seat or a hot foot?

We miss Viola Savage who is spend-ing a couple of months in Florida.

Evelyn Jones and that totem pole ofhers is quite an attraction.

To think that all this time, we'vehad a British war bride with us — andnever knew!

We wish a speedy recovery to StanleyZiaga's son... to Dot Potter and toAlice Russell.

Welcome to our Department: ConnieMurphy and Donald Gagne. Hopeyou enjoy working with us.

Hope you get that embroideringdone, Margaret O'Brien, since EvelynGardzina would like it for her hopechest.

The crimpers enjoy George Dono-ran's whistling — even though it is out

of tunelMargaret Blay's cooking certainly

agrees with her husband —• he's gainedlbs. Wow!

B. T. A.By Ruth Haskins

"Millie" Letalien has set the dateof her wedding—April 12th is the bigday.

Welcome to "Larry" Bergeron whorecently joined our group.

Ann Sondrini is one of the proudestgrandmothers we've ever seen (Andto look at her, you would never suspectshe is a grandmother). She has threegrandsons — and just to make itcomplete, her oldest son and his wiferecently presented her with a littlegranddaughter.

It's not "Open the Door, Richard",but open the tool cupboard, Paul, aroundthis Department. There are timeswhen that isn't so easy — especiallywithout a key!

"300 to 29 to 1"Safety records tell us that a person

has a serious injury once in a series of330 unsafe acts. They also tell usthat from each 330 unsafe acts come29 minor injuries. From this angleperhaps you think "taking chances"doesn't seem too hazardous. But

//, in a bottle of 330 pills, you knewthat one was deadly poison, 29 werelikely to produce sickness, and 300were mostly harmless, what would youdo if someone told you to reach in andtake a pill?

Remember: No one can tell before-hand which careless act will be thedeadly one. So the wise person willlabel all unsafe acts "POISON". Let'snot try to beat this law of averages bytaking chances.

In the long run, good wages, fullemployment and sound business profitsmust depend upon management andworkers cooperating to produce themaximum volume of goods at the low-est possible price.

— Harry Truman

WITH HElTPET

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Hold on to him, Shirley ~ hemight get away. This is ShirleyLeja with her collie. She is thedaughter of Elsie, of PA A. Depart-

Daughter — Mr. and Mrs. KennethDavis are the parents of a daughterborn February 9, 1947. The father isemployed in the Ovens Department.

Son — Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Langloisare the parents of a son born February8 at the North Adams hospital. Thefather is employed in Industrial Oils.The mother is the former Rita Cham-pagne of the PAA. Department:

Daughter — Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ^Gorczakoski are the parents of adaughter born February 6. "Joe" isemployed in the Plating Departrnent.

Son — Mr. and Mrs. Najib Davis \are the parents of a son born February10 at the North Adams hospital. Thefather is employed in the ShippingDepartment.

Son — A baby son arrived February11th for Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lepera.The mother was employed, in the F. P.Dry Department.

Daughter —• Mr. and Mrs. EdgarRemillard are the parents of a daughterborn February 14th. The father."Cedo" is employed in the BeaverMachine Shop.

Son — Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lemaireare the parents of a son born February.13 at the North Adams HospitaLMrs. Lemaire is Helen, of the Dry Roll: ,ing Department.

Miss Gloria Anne Accetta of theDry Rolling Department has an-nounced her engagement to Mr. Wil-liam T. Martin. The wedding will takeplace in April.

Miss Mildred L. Satko of the Sales "Office has announced her engagementto Mr. Charles Richard Shanahan.No date has been set for the wedding.

I. O. ImpregnatingBy Thelma Sherman

We welcome two new members:Louis Poiret and George Grant. . .Glad to have you with us, boys.

Our "Lone Ranger" has left us. . .hope you like your new position,Jimmie Hancock.

We have a proud daddy in ourmidst—Congratulations, Art Langlois,on your new son.

Many happy returns for your birth-day, Harry Lovett.

One of our members had his rubbersimpregnated in wax...Want to pre-serve them, huh?

It took quite a while, but BobDavison is at last sporting his new car. . .having trouble with the girls, yet?

Are those birthdays pulling on yourpurse strings a bit, "Red" Grew?

FUN TO MAKE

One of the snappiest sweaters we have seen, with cables down thesleeves and front, and deep ribbing at waist and cuffs. Outline theballet slippers with sequins, if you wish. Directions may he obtainedat the Beaver Street Dispensary.

BIG DOLL

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£alt Gall tf-o* i/auA, decibelWe need more of your favorite recipes, Sprague women, for the cook

book we are sponsoring. It will soon be on the press — so send your

recipes IMMEDIATELY to the LOG Desk or the Dispensaries.

I. O. Final Assemblyt§& •""!£.* By Fern Wright

Welcome to our department, BilBeliveau.

Has anyone noticed that far awaylook in Dot Bellard's eyes?. . .What isthis I hear of Mary Santelli and DavidArchambeau— shopping for a radio?..Girls, if you have anyycooking problemsconsult Leticia Colbert. . ."Milly" Ma-honey was a spectator at the NewEngland Western Skating Matchesheld at Noel's Field Sunday, the 9th.Her son, John was one of the particip-ants in the Senior Men's Division.Harold Shore says he is a better Sun-day bowler than a week day bowler.

Upper K.V.A.By Brown Eyes

It seems that Bill Pasotti shouldbrush up on his salesmanship. HisFord was for sale for $5.00. . .What'sthe trouble, Bill, I see you are stilldriving your truck. . .is the sellingprice still too high?

We have a talented s i n g e rin our room. She sings all the populartunes softly and sweetly while workingsteadily at her job...isn't that so,Evelyn Therrien?

Aime Morin, please don't come towork again with a darkish streak onyour upper lip—you frightened us. . .for a moment, we thought you weretrying to raise a moustache. . . No, no,not that! Please!

A cheery hello to Rita Abuisi,Florence Ray no and Lena Deso, ournew co-workers.

P.A.A. Inspect and TestBy Elsie Leja

Our heartfelt sympathy is extendedto the family of the late ElizabethMarkland. Her smiling face will besadly missed by all of us.

Stella Charbonneau certainly lookssnappy with her new permanent.

We welcome Elsa Dickinson back towork.

Jennie Skubel blames the coffee formaking her nerves so jumpy—but wewondtr about that.

Hey, Kay Ghidotti, have youanswered that $64 question of RomeoGagne's yet?

Welcome to Russell 7. Chenail onCheck Inspection,working with us.

Hope you like

P.A.A. WaxingBy Rita Samia

Fifteen years of married bliss forMr. and Mrs. Leja. Can you imaginehow they spent the night on this happyoccasion? Poor Elsie, up until twoin the morning draining water fromthe cellar. All joking aside we extendcongratulations and wish you manymore.

Now girls don't be alarmed, it wasn'tmumps that Charlotte Exford had.It was only a mild case of swollenglands.

By the way, Jack O'Leary how didyou like the piece of fudge (or waxshould I say) that Alice Pedercinigave you? It comes in two flavors,dark or light. You sure are a goodsport, Jack. . .What two girls wereseen shopping for baby clothes recent-ly? ? ? Don't get excited girls weknow you were doing it for your sister-in-laws and we won't say a wordfurther... I say girls would you liketo try a brand new dish? See AlmaKent. She has a wonderful recipe for"Steak Soup" A-la Kent. . .Welcomeback Dot Garceau, nice having youback with us.

P. A. A. SolderingBy "Dot" and Gloria

"Open the Door, Richard",—-We'reback again.

Mary Ann Trottier has taken as herprotege, "Red" Kovwalski, whom shepromises will become a great "Torch"singer. We wish she would hurry andstart the lessons. (We can't standmuch of that noise.). . . Doris Krol isreally a city girl at heart. She alwaysdoes her shopping out of town. Doyou walk or take the bus to Adams,Doris?...Eva Thibodeau turned intoquite the glamour girl at the Police-mans' Dance held recently. You surelooked nice, Eva.

Hollywood may have its bright starsbut the PAA Stove Solderers have afew twinklers:The Voice Nellie MorinThe Look Al BergeronThe Big Sleep Millie BourellPersonality Gal Veola HazzardThe Brain Joe MartinoliThe Body ? ? ? ? ? ?

Deepest sympathy is extended toPeter Mancuso on the recent death ofhis father.

Sympathy is also extended to VeolaHazzard on the recent death of her

ResistorsBy Delia Keating

If you are feeling blue just lend anear to Vi Gamari as she sings. Shesure can make you forget your troubles.You're ok, Vi. . . I t was nice havingAngie Bona and Ruby Cross with useven if it was for just a short time.Hope you like working down stairs,girls. We miss you...Who is theheart throb Lillian Campbell looks foreveryday? It was nice of MaryCarnohan to wash the window, wasn'tit, Lil?...What ever would we dowithout our handy man, Harry Had-dad? ? ?.. .Interested in learning todance? See Emily Wlodyka. . .she'snot bad at singing either. . .A verynice personality is Blanche Tatro, shealways has a smile and a helping handfor everyone. . .Chick Currant surelias a lot of aches and pains since hehas been on the grievance committee.Cheer up, Chick, it is all in the game oflife.

If there were a contest for proud:athers I am sure Bill Pierce wouldsure win first prize... A busy person isDelia Remillard, always in a rush. . .Bertha t Salavantis^attended the LogBanquet and had a grand time. FranMancuso went skiing up to Dutch HillSunday, the 9th but said she didn'tnjoy herself as it was too cold.

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Eddie Horsfall of Sample Laboratory, cutting a fast one at DutchHill. This action photo was taken by his younger brother Al.

Winter Sports in the Berkshires

Action inThird Heat)i vision.

a turn, during theof the Senior Men's

Start of Third Heat of the Senior Men's Skating Division. Louis Felix is the starter in background atright, and Pete Mancuso may be seen in a plaid jacket at the left.

SkatingThe curtain is nearly down on the

skating season. This year, more peoplethan ever donned the blades to enjoythis outdoor sport. The WesternNew England Championship races heldat Noel Field were fairly successful,though a financial loss. Weather wasgood in some respects — bad in others.First it was cold enough to make thetrack rink erected in front of the grand-stand, then a severe wind swept in fromthe west and with penetrating furylashed at every brave soul who eitherparticipated or watched the meet.But with the combination of weather,the meet progressed smoothly and theNorth Adams Skating Club can feelproud of this achievement and—whoknows—next year, maybe the year ofyears. The trophies were beautifuland many of the out-of-town skatersfelt that the trys here to compete forthese prizes were well worth while.The only event that our local skaterscould cheer about was in the MidgetRaces for Boys, when all NorthAdams entries topped the field. "Bob"Dunn, "Norm" Blair and "Dick"Simard all placed in the finals.

SkiingWell, fans, the boards have the

weather they have ' been craving."Dutch Hill" has been the scene ofmuch activity over the last couple ofweek ends and the course is well liked.A few casualties have occurred such assprains and bruises and a couple ofbroken legs, but the die-hards feelthat this is the "breaks in sports"(that's a joke, son). But seriously, thelovers of skiing have really enjoyed thefacilities that are to be had in this area.

Alley EchoesThe Sprague Electric Bowling

League is fairly sizzling these days asthe leading Prokars keep staving offthose repeated threats of the Selkarsand Cerocs. Finally, on February 14,Cupid took a hand in it and shot a newlease of life into the Selkars and bydowning the lowly Koolohms who hadbeen' "hot" until this match, movedinto first place as the Atoms took twoof the three points from the leaders.Sparking the Selkars attack was thefine bowling of Walt Rogoski who rolleda fine score by mowing down the maplesfor 321. With the exception of the twocellar dwellers, the pace is now torridand should be a "honey" to watch fromhere on.

lamb OL -Basin}At this time, we wish to extend our

ympathy to the Hosley family on theoss of coach "Dave" Hosley who,randled the major share of the Druryports programs after coach Sullivaneft. The loss of "Dave" will beceenly felt, but his memory will beherished not only by his pupils, but)y the community in general.

High Basketball BriefsPittsfield High, under the capable

utelage of "Art" Fox has finally takenover the top position in the NorthernBerkshire Pennant race. Adams has

dropped to second while the Drury fivelas begun to disintegrate and nowlolds fifth position. The hottest clubn the league (excluding Pittsfield) isWilliamstown.

MaintenanceBy "Little Lulu"

Well folks, the Maintenance gang ismad because they didn't get an invitation to the Log banquet and so-o-othey refused to give me any news thisissue. But, see if I care fellas, 1*1write about the banquet, so there.

A good time was had by all and therewere no dull monents. Every once inawhile there was a flash! ! Lo ancbehold! there was Al Horsfall with hiscamera. Al climbed up on everythingbut the chandelier to take pictures.Too bad there wasn't another cameraaround, Al, a few of your poses wouldhave made interesting shots. . .Hiddentalent was discovered when EthelLowe, the nurse at the Brown Streetplant and Jack Washburn sang a duet.The Met talent scouts sure missed upon this. . .As for Mary Daniels' singing?she sure can throw anyone off key. Ifyou doubt my word try and sing withtier. Oh, "Chloe" what she did to you\. . .As toastmaster, Jimmy Oldham istops. Nice work Jimmy. I thoughtat first you had "B.O." when I sawyou seated at that big table all alone,Hit found out later it was just to giveyou elbow space. Well, you certainlylad it. . .The day after, Dan Kellywas seen holding his head. It must haveseen the smoke Dan, it affects me thesame way!. . . Poor Richard gets blamedor every door that won't open lately...

and when the door could not be openedn the Blue Room and the fellow fromthe orchestra was giving it a toughight, a chorus of voices sang out,'Open the Door, Richard." Somefun folks, believe me\

Little Lulu appreciated very muchthe kind thought when she wasjresented the flowers at the banquet.

I. O. StackingBy Vincelette and White

Ann Heath is the only one we knowof who has found out why, "Richard"won't "Open the Door." Give out,Ann, tell us why. . .We are wonderingabout that "smug" expression onVliHy Conroy's face lately. What'sthe cause of it, Milly?. . .It seems that'Richard" isn't the only one having

door trouble. Evelyn Morton haddifficulty getting the shop door opennot too long ago.. . "Sweater Girl",Vlarie Barbuto. When there are pret-tier sweaters to be worn she will wearthem. . .Will some one please donatesome tan yarn and volunteer to mend3ill Spencer's sweater? The holes aregetting bigger and bigger, really is a5ad case... A welcome to all you newgirls. Hope you will likeusandlikework-ng with us. . ."Black Boy" Stackpolele was knowed as. We know you'llmake a hit as an "End Man", Bernie...^ddie Bury claims that he is "womanjroof." Come on girls — let's findout if he really is. . .Beauty has beenadded to the wit, style and intelligenceof the Networks. Yep, folks, we meanVenice Folino. . ."Lucky" Martin —always winning something. The poolthis time, wasn't it, Pauline?. . .Theremust be something in the air. AnnWatts is buying furniture. Can youind a place to put it, Ann?