SPRAGUE ELECTRIC

Volume XVI NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, AUGUST 1954 Number 12

Victor VareschiWins $100 AwardFor Top Suggestion

Six new cash awards -including abig check for $100 to Victor Vareschiof Centrifuge Department have beenbestowed recently on Top Thinkingemployes by the Suggestion SystemCommittee.

Included among the winners, besidesMr. Vareschi, are Vito Navarro,Robert Hamilton, Ruth Haskins, JohnE. Murphy and Albert Barbuto, all ofwhom turned their good ideas for im-provements into solid cash.

Victor's $100 award, which is topmoney among 1954 Suggestion Systemawards, came about for his ingeniousmethod of eliminating wrinkles in foilon the electric etching machine.

Proving that it doesn't take an in-volved or major suggestion to garner atop award money, Victor worked out ameans of eliminating wrinkles by thesimple expedient of placing scotch tapeon the machine's rollers.

Mr. Hamilton, of the Network ..didFilter Development Department, Mar-shall Street plant, was awarded $20 fora new method of stripping formuasfrom coated wire'

President Eisenhower, Senate Group Laud Defense Study By Robert C. Sprague

THE WHITE HOUSEWASHINGTON

July 29, 195*+

Dear Mi*. Sprague:

I did not write you at the conclusion of the Meeting of theNational Security Council on July 1 because I understood that youwere to return for the Council Meeting on July 29 •

Now it is certainly fully time for me to thank you verysincerely for the services which you have thus far rendered tothe Council in connection with the field of Continental Defense.

When you and Senator Saltonstall called on me in the Springwith your Report to the Armed Services1 Subcommittee, I quicklyappreciated how rich was the knowledge you had acquired in thisfield during your six months of preparatory work. Your Reportwas an extraordinary compendium of accurate observation and in-tegrated understanding of a highly complicated subject. Theassistance which you have given to the Council, and its PlanningBoard, during June and July deserves our sincere appreciation,I think you must have sensed at the meetings the Council's interestin what you had to say.

When the next periodic Progress Reports are due In December,I shall hope you will be available to return as Consultant in thisfield where you have acquired so thorough and profound a knowledge.

This letter takes with it my personal thanks for the contribu-tion to your country which these services have represented.

Sincerely yours,

Victor Vareschi, Centrifuge De-partment. Stcff Photo

Mr. Navarro, who is with the FilterAssembly Department, Marshall Streetplant, received a $10 award for suggest-ing a tool to punch out small discs ofmasking tape. The tape discs are thenused to cover inserts and protectthreads from being coated with lacquerduring spraying operations.

Ruth Haskins was awarded $25 forsuggesting a new method of eliminatingexcess solder on operations in the Net-work and Filter Development Depart-ment.

Mr. Murphy, who is with the FilterProduction Department, received $10for his new method of potting withpolyester materials.

Mr. Barbuto, who is with the Mach-ine Shop, received a $10 award for asuggestion which modifies the foilcutter on rolling machines.

Mr. Robert C. Sprague2k Bulkley StreetWilliamstown, Massachusetts

Sprague Youngsters Given Invitation ToCompete In Eagles1 Boxcar Derby September 12

Sprague youngsters have been givena cordial invitation to take part nextmonth in the Fraternal Order of Eagles'first coaster car derby, which will takeplace September 12 on Church Street.

John Walsh, Machine Shop, who ison the committee in charge of the box-car event, outlined plans for the derby,which is aimed at promoting bothcraftsmanship and sportsmanship a-mong youngsters.

The event this year is open to NorthAdams youths between the ages of 11and I 5 who are school students. Eachentrant must build his own coaster carat a cost of not more than $10, ex-clusive of wheels and axles.

Mr. Walsh pointed out that goodsportsmanship requires that the car re-present the skill of the youngster aloneas a designer and builder, just as inthe race, performance will representindividual skill as a driver.

Details on regulations governingconstruction of the cars may be ob-tained from the Eagles' home at Had-ley Overpass. Application blanks foryoungsters who want to enter the derbymay also be obtained there.

A public solicitation for support of

the derby has been going on at the

Eagles' booth on Main Street during

the past few days.

Let's Makea Date!

SPRAGgjF ELECTRICJylhg hei

FAM t £DAYSEPTEMBER 18

Turn to Page Three

For Details

Cited As 'One Man1

Task Force ProbingContinental Defense

Outstanding work by Robert C.Sprague, Chairman of the Board andTreasurer, in assessing the state of thenation's Continental defense programhas evoked highest praise recently fromPreparedness Subcommittee Number 4of the Committee on Armed Services ofthe United States Senate.

The Senate subcommittee, in a re-port issued August 4 on the Investiga-tion of the Preparedness Program,which was initiated under Senate Reso-lutions 86 and 185, published the fol-lowing report on Mr. Sprague's work asconsultant:

"On October II, 1953, announce-ment was made of the inquiry of theInterim Subcommittee on Prepared-ness into the matter of continental de-fense. The subcommittee selected forthis task Robert Chapman Sprague,chairman of the board of the SpragueElectric Co., as a special consultant toundertake this complex study. Mr.Sprague began this work immediatelyand has continued it as a one man taskforce. During the course of his workhe has covered thousands of milesconferring with hundreds of scientists,military, and Government experts. Hehas inspected most of the importantlaboratories and major installationshaving to do with the continental de-fense problem.

"On January 16 and 17, 1954, Mr.Sprague made his first report to thesubcommittee and on March 25 and 26he reported to the full committee. Mr.Sprague's treatment of this problemwas recognized as being most thoroughand complete and felt to be of suchvalue that he was invited to appear be-fore a special combined subcommitteeof the Joint Committee on AtomicEnergy and the House Armed ServicesCommittee.

"After these oral presentations thecommittee delivered Mr. Sprague'stop-secret report to the President of theUnited States. The President referredit to the National Security Council foraction. As a matter of interest thePresident has appointed Mr. Spragueas a special consultant to the NationalSecurity Council to work on this prob-lem.

"Mr. Sprague again appeared beforethe subcommittee on June 22 and madea supplemental report. This reportmodified the basic report in the light of acareful analysis of the recent tests inthe Pacific and the latest intelligenceinformation..'

Meanwhile, President Dwight D.Eisenhower, in connection with Mr.Sprague's work on behalf of the Senategroup and as consultant to the NationalSecurity Council, has sent to Mr.Sprague the laudatory letter reproducedin the columns on the left.

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Publishing Staff

John H. WinantManager of Publications

Associate EditorSuzanne W. Slater

Circulation Manager: Marion Caron Social Chairman: Ann HeathPhotographer: Albert Horsfall

FOREMAN . . . Names In The News

Foreman of the month is LouisVincelette, who has many responsibili-ties in the Network Department, whichwas transferred to the Brown Streetplant several months ago.

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Kit Carson, Tom Cullen, Etta Owen, Jim Oldham, Rosemarie Tobin. PeterMancuso. John Davis and Kenneth Russell.

Marshall Street Reporters

Betty Bogus, Joan Paradis, Carmela Mancuso, Virginia Gallese, PatriciaSchabot. Audrea Bowen, Cecile Trudeau, Larry Hiser. Nini Sacco, FrancesBushika, Dolores Domenichini, Lois Lisee, Ralph Fressola, Julia Desrosiers,Nick Richardello, John Walsh, Emma Raithel, Ceil Risch, Mary Pat Riley,Edward Cook, Betty Fleury, Marjorie Richer, John Gallese, Jennie Garceau,Cora Ryan. Susan Cancro, Florence Clough, Isabel Jensen, Marge Hauptfleisch,Lena Hurlbut. Norm Miller, Mary Mathews, Joan Bryce, Mary Cantoni, EmilyGardzina, Virginia Haas. Jane Delisle, Joan LaPierre, Gladys Sullivan, MargaretChampagny, Jack Sullivan, William Martin, Mary Odell, Irene Dubreuil. LeaWalden, Betty Horsfall, Betty Recchia, Joan MacDonald, Lawrence Clark,Lydia Cobelli, Geraldine Macchia, Carole Clarke, Shirley Cardonnell, MarieDubreuil, Annabelle Mahar. Frances Kordana, Nora Christie and ChristineAndrews.

Beaver Street

Doris Monette, Gertrude Noel. Delia Keating, Marie Rose LaFlamme, RitaJohnson, Jane Paradise, Ann Mason, Leona Denault, Veronica Sobon, CliffordDomenichini, Dora Landry, Lillian Stahelek, Lorraine Duffy, Agnes Fitzgerald,Claire Seneca!, Joan Horn, Theresa Thomas and Esther Driscoll.

Brown Street

Isabelle Witherow, Rita Brooks, Jean Levy, Chick Currant, Sam Vince. AinuPratt, Jeanette Cady, Adella Smith, Corena Tatro, Mary Timothy, ErminieSweeney, Isabelle Fuller, Martha Clark, Mary Messier, Florence Lang, BlancheTatro, Justine Miner, Charles Felix, Frank Santelli, Marion Andrews, ActSamia. Betty Jangrow, Lillian Forbush, Ruth Richmond, Marge Green, ArlVan Sieemburg. Herbert Hafner, Marie LeMoine, Madeline O'Neil and Amelie

Lou came with Sprague Electric in| February of 1941, working in the In-dustrial Oils. In 1942 he was appointeda supervisor, and a year later was calledinto the Air Force and stationed atMiami. Due to an eye operation he wasdischarged after 5 months of service.

In August of 1943 when the In-dustrial Oils moved from Beaver toBrown Street, Lou worked in proauction in the stacking dry section.

Frederick S. Ralph has been promoted to Manager of the Rock of AgesCorporation's Capacitor Division in Barre, Vermont, according to recent ann-ouncement by the company. Mr. Ralph succeeds Bancroft Dwinell. who has beenpromoted and assigned to the Corporation's main office, where he will haveresponsibilities dealing with all manufacturing divisions. The Capacitor Divisionoperates by sub-contract from Sprague Electric and is a principal manufacturerof molded tubulars. Mr. Ralph has been associated with the division since 1945and has served for some time as plant superintendent.

Robert C. Sprague, Chairman of the Board and Treasurer, has been named

Chairman of the Annual Awards Committee of the Radio-Electronics-Television

Manufacturers Association. Mr. Sprague has recently completed a term as

Chairman of the Board of the industry association.

Your Spragus Electric LOG makes news this month with announcement

that it has received a citation for outstanding service in its presentation of the

Company's annual report in a special issue of Manch 23, 1954. The LOG special

issue, in competition with hundreds of other newspapers and reports, was classed

in the top 20' \ for excellence and was cited for "planning, preparation and

production of a distinguished financial report for employes." The employes'

annual report competition was sponsored by Newcomb and Sammons, public

relations firm of Chicago, and the panel of judges was headed by Dean Kenneth

E. Olson of the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.

On Familiarization Tour

Bennington Plant Reporter

Mildred Marchegiani

Sports Reporter: Fran Brazeau

"Every Sprague Employe a Reporter"

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

EDITORIAL

May, 1951 he was transferred to theoffice group where he worked underJohn Muldowney for nine months inProduction Planning. In January ofthis year Lou was made departmenthead. April 12 he was transferred to the

I Networks department after holding 1 3years service with the Industrial Oilsgroup.

Lou's hobbies consist of fishing andgolfing. In 1953 he won a prize in theLOG'S fishing contest when he enteredhis 5 lb. 4 oz. Walleyed Pike.

He managed the softball team for8 years; member of the I.C.W. No. 2Grievance Committee for six years andsecretary of the company's golf league.Lou was one of the first to encouragethe employes that a golf team waswanted.

His wife Roselyn works in the Net-work and Filter Lab. Mr. and Mrs.Vincelette and their son Paul, who isnine years old, make their home at 57Holbrook Street in North Adams.

Lou is also an active member of theNorth Adams Country Club; the localorder of the Eagles; Adams and Grey-lock Sportsmen's Club.

Your Code of the RoadHe managed the softball team for

8 years; member of the I.C.W. No. 2Grievance Committee for six years and

Two million casualties—38,500 lives snuffed out—countless tra- secretary of the company's golf league,

gedies, endless heartbreaks: these are the prices we pay for the joy

of the open road.Without our even realizing what is happening, the columns of

figures add up into appalling totals. The lessons to be learned fromexperience continue unheeded.

Excessive speed was the most dangerous driving mistake againlast year. Speed killed 13,870 persons and injured 600,000. Threeout of four auto accidents happened to passenger cars driving inclear weather on dry roads, and 80 per cent of vehicles involved infatal accidents were traveling straight ahead. The death toll in-creased for the fourth consecutive year.

There are hundreds of splendid safety organizations in this coun-try dedicated to safety education. Many insurance firms make majorefforts in this direction at considerable expense. In hundreds ofcommunities, civic clubs have taken on the job of spreading safetyinformation and education. State and community authorities have

Sales and Field Engineering personnel, representing the Spragueorganization from coast to coast, have been taking part in a two-weekfamiliarization and training tour of North Adams and nearby branchplant production and office facilities. Here the group assembles in theEmploye and Community Relations conference room for a lecture byLeon Podolsky, Technical Assistant to the President, on the developmentof the Company's product line. Clockwise around the table, they areAnthony Ruscito, North Adams; George Norman, North Adams; EarlEnquist, Culver City, California, Sales Office; David Miner, also fromCulver City; Mr. Podolsky; Andrew Kariotis, Washington, D.C., BranchOffice; Paul Spillane, Nashua, N.H., Division; George Burbrink, NewYork Sales Office; Robert Potter, who headed the tour; and RudolphGraf, New York Sales Office. Also taking part in the tour was D. G.Pascua, Manager of Employe Relations and Personnel at Sprague CaribeCompany, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The tour was conducted by the Employeand Community Relations Department. Staff Photo

Mica Committee Members Meet Here

spent millions of dollars in an effort to provide safer and better roadsand highways. Driver training programs at all age levels are aimedtoward safer and saner driving.

State, County, local and Parkway Police are coa^^^ly patrollingstreets and highways. More and better engin'^^^^Rruways arecoming oil the drawing boards. It appears to wi Hj Monio.st every-one is concerned with this needless slaughter and its accompanyingwaste of human and property values.

Almost everyone, that is, but the drivers.

The problem starts and could ideally end with the drivers. Whoare the drivers?

Each one of us knows the answer to that question. Let each one ofus ponder these latest grim figures and then determine a proper andsafer and saner course of action.

Know Your

Meeting recently in the Com-pany's board room were a group ofmica experts, members of theSpecial Task Group of AmericanSociety of Testing Materials D-9,Sub-Committee IX, Section "A",Raw Mica, marking mica standardsprior to framing them.

Pictured from left to right,Mr. A.P. Blood, Chairman of theSpecial Task Group, Mr. Harold E.Brafman, Sprague Electric Co.,Chairman of Section "A":, Mr.Sam Rodvien, Manager of the OttoGerdau Co., Mr. Jack Faraci, Pres-ident of the American Mica Insula-tion Co., Mr. George Purcell, Rep-resentative of the General ServiceAdministration, Mr. Robert St.Peter, Representative of LeonardJ. Buck, Inc.

August 1954 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG Page 3

Sprague Electric Open House 'Family Day' Planned For September 18On September 18, the doors of the Sprague Electric Company will

be thrown open for Family Day, which will be featured by "openhouse" at the Beaver and Brown Street Plants from 9:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m., and at the Marshall Street Plant from 1 :30 p.m. until4:30 p.m.

A cordial invitation is extended to all employes and their families,including husbands and wives, motiiers and fathers, brothers andsisters, grandparents, and children aged six and over, to come andmake a grand tour of the entire North Adams plant organization.

Within a short time, invitations to

attend Family Day will be sent to the

homes of all employes. Along with these

will be a reply card, on which you will

be asked to state whether you will

attend and tell how many others will

be coming with you. It is requested

that these cards be returned by Sept-

ember 13.

In each of the plants, there will be a

well-marked central tour with many

special side tours. All tours will be

marked plainly by arrovvs. These tours

will give visitors a glimpse of virtually

all production, office and laboratories.

A token working force will be on hand

in all departments to give visitors an

idea of the functions and operations of

individual rooms, and to give a picture

of the work done by the Research and

Engineering personnel.

There will be displays in the Marshall

Street Cafeteria of company products,

safety methods and devices. A display

by the Employe and Community

Relations Department, including Pub

lications. Training, Flight operations,

will also be set up in the Cafeteria.

Before passing out the main gate of

the building, each visitor will receive

a souvenir of his trip through the Com-

pany. A new booklet, dealing compre-

hensively with the history and develop-

ment of the Sprague Electric Company

will be presented each visitor as a me

mento of the occasion.

Along the tour, there will be several

designated rest areas where visitors

may sit and relax and have a smoke if

they wish. The central tour will pass

through the cafeteria in each plant,

where refreshments will be served to

all guests.

The last Sprague Family Day was

held in 1951 with several thousand

persons attending. It is expected that

this year's affair will be a repeat success.

A recent survey showed that over

one-fifth of our population now owns

between three and seven radios —in use

in bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms,

children's rooms.

M A K E

•SHARE THE ROAD BY DRIVINGI N T H E P R O P E R L A N E . . . .

and keep your car in safe-drivingcondition at all times!

Art Mathews'

SAFETY SALUTE

This month we salute the Paper and

Prokar Department, Brown Street,

which for three years has had a perfect

safety record.

Since becoming Foreman of this

section, Adolph (Jimmy) Zabek can

boast of having had no lost-time acci-

dents or mishaps, and of maintaining a

clean, orderly department.

The section consists of girls who work

on ele ;tric-po<ver driven rolling mach-

ines. In rolling the prokar units the

workers are faced with the possibility

of a mandrel dislo l^ing. If the safety

catch is not tight enough the mandril

is likely to fly off and hurt the operator

or those around. Thus, the essential

rule and warning is for o le to keep her

Adolph "Jimmy" Zabak

mind on her work and be constantly

vigilant for this hazard.

One man is responsible for issuing all

the stock from the new stockroom

where one notes everything placed in a

tidy and orderly fashion. The girls are

not required to do any lifting since the

stock man handles that part, and the

services of a two wheel cart are used to

bring in the necessary daily supplies.

Mr. Chester Lesniak is in charge of

maintenance. Through his effort all

machines are oiled and greased regular-

ly to be kept in tiptop condition.

Being a strong advocate of neatness,

Jimmy believes in the idea of regular

house managing every minute.

"The shop is like home", he says,

"in that it requires daily cleaning and

should show a definite touch to its

appearance."

He also gives all the credit and

thanks to the excellent supervision of

Laddie Meranti and Chester Lesniak

for the well-ordered condition and sim-

plicity of the department, and for the

faultless safety record.

Jimmy has been with the Company

for 16 years beginning as a roller in

P.A.A. Rolling when it was situated in

the Beaver Plant. He was made super-

visor of that department in 1940.

Leaving to join the service in 1943 he

returned after his separation from the

Navy three years later. Within two

years he was made supervisor of P. A.A.

and Prokar Rolling. In 1952 he became

Foreman for that department as well

as Prokar Soldering. He now has

Bass Entries TopsIn Fishing Derby

A four-pound, six-ounce large mouth

bass—only one ounce lighter than the

record fish to date —takes top honors

this month in the latest installment of

the LOG fishing derby.

This fine large mouth was caught by

Oliver Richards, Western Electric De-

partment, in Hoosac Lake, Cheshire,

on a Hawaiian Wiggler and under ideal

weather conditions.

Hoosac Lake apparently is the spot

for lunker bass this season, for Oliver's

fish is the second entry topping four

pounds.

The four-pound . seven-ounce beauty

snagged by James Blair, Flat Midget

Assembly, last month, is still the leader

in the large mouth division.

Elsewhere in the derby, activity has

pretty well slowed down into a mid-

summer lull.

One entry of note during recent days

was the three-quarter pound rainbow

caught in the Mettowee River, New

York State, by George Scarbo, Machine

Shop, Marshall Street plant, on July

25.George's trout measured in at 11 and

three-quarter inches, and though it is

not a contender for top size honors, it

stands as good a chance as any entry

toward winning the $10 gift certificate

blind prize.

George reports he took the trout on

a two-way spinner, with a Montague

rod and South Bend reel. Weather con-

ditions were fair and warm.

Although there is no official compe-

tition this year for bullheads, two note-

worthy catches in this division have

been reported during the past month.

Stanley Bagdon, Research and En-

gineering, reports he took a one-pound,

two-ouncer in Hoosac Lake on July 18,

using a crawler for bait. Alice Senecal,

of Metal Clad, Beaver Street, brought

in a fine one-pounder at Grout Pond,

Vermont, also via a crawler.

It was decided that there would be

no prize competition this season among

bullheads because of the very light re-

sponse in that class during previous

years.

If, however, enough competition de-

velops, the LOG once again will include

this variety among those qualifying for

$10 certificate prizes.

Gold Award Pin For Top Thinkers!

New recognition is now being given

to Sprague Electric's "Top Thinkers"

who put extra cash in their pockets

through their Suggestion System.

The innovation comes in the form of

a gold Suggestion Award button, which

will be presented to every award winner,

to be worn proudly as an emblem of

clear and beneficial thinking for the

benefit of us all.

A facsimile of the pin is illustrated

above. The award comes in two styles

with both pin-on and button-on types

available.

Initial award of the pins has been

made recently to the six new suggestion

award winners whose ideas were re-

warded with cash at last month's

meeting of the Suggestion System

Committee.

William G. Phelps, Manager of

Personnel Services and Suggestion

Committee secretary, has also announ-

ced that the pins are available to all

employes who have been presented

suggestion awards in the past.

These employes, he added, need only

make written request to him, in care

of the Personnel Department, Marshall

Street plant.

Sprague Electric wants good ideas

from all eligible employes or? any sub-

ject related to the business of the Com-

pany. All are given careful considera

tion for cash awards.

Particularly desired are ideas for

improving quality, eliminating hazards

to health or safety, improving manu

facturing methods, reducing costs, in-

creasing production, improving equip-

ment, eliminating waste, and selecting

better materials. '

Your Foreman or Department Head

will gladly give you more details.

Reporter . . .

Your Job IsMore Than Work

Your job means a lot more than the

work you do.

It also includes talking with your

fellow workers, earning your living,

developing your skills, following com-

pany rules, perhaps getting a promo-

tion.

To you, those things may seem even

more important than turning out the

work. And they are important.

But if sometimes your supervisor

seems concerned about getting out the

work, don't forget this fact. Turning

out work that customers will buy is the

one condition that makes possible all

those other things that are so important

to you.

charge of five departments, with the

addition of Prokar Test, Molded Tub-

ular Section Solder and Molded Tub-

ular Final Solder.

Mr. Zabek and his wife, the former

Frances Czechowski and their daughter,

Sandra, make their home at 6 Grant

Street in Adams.

The Company is proud of this de-

partment, the Foreman, the super-

visors, and each girl. All have been

willing to handle their responsibility for

promoting safety and we can see they

have handled it well.

Down from Building No. 15, home of

the Receiving Department, comes the

chatter and newsy bits of reporter

Shirley Cardonnell. Shirley has been

reporter for this building for approx-

imately five months.

Born in Adams, December 31, 1934,

Shirley attended schools there and was

graduated from Adams High in 1953,

where she was active in many school

affairs. She came to work here on July 9

of the same year. Shirley has been em-

ployed in Receiving all the time.

When the LOG comes off the press,

Shirley will be returning from a week's

vacation spent at Hyannis on Cape

Cod. She will be going with another

LOG reporter, Carole Clarke. Shirley

enjoys swimming, skating, skiing and

loves to go dancing.

Just recently, Shirley and sister

Barbara, who graduated from Adams

High this June, became the owners of a

40 Plymouth which has been dubiously

named "Shasta".

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omer

Cardonnell, Shirley lives at 40 Water

Street in Adams. She is a member of the

Credit Union and 'CWNo. 2 here at the

Company.

Keep up the good reporting, Shirley.

We all look forward to your notes!

To promote employe suggestions, a

railroad widely publicized the "mystery

word" FABWODI and won an award

for itself from the National Association

of Suggestion Systems. Turned out the

word was abbreviation for "Find a

Better Way of Doing it."

Shirley Cardonnell

A Moral HereFor Inventors

When Alexander Graham Bell,inventor of the telephone, wrote in1878 that some day "wires will unitedifferent cities, and a man in onepart of the country may communi-cate by wcrd of mouth with anotherin a distant place," people thoughthe was crazy.

Today we have 48,000,000 tele-phones, an average of 148,000,000"word of mouth" communicationsevery day and 700,000 people sup-plied with jobs, in 21 telephonecompanies.

Know Your

C O U R T E S Y

Page 4 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS . . . .

Filter and NetworkDevelopment Center

by Julia Desrosiers

Gladys Dubie spent her vacationseeing Canada and New York StateIrene Babcock also went to Canada . .Bob Hamilton is on his vacation. Havea nice time, Bob . . Frank Stawarzspent his vacation in Boston. . AlidaHeath and Janet Konopka spent theirsresting at home . Jean Wheeler spenther vacation camping. She almost miss-ed going as she nearly got lost one dayat a sale in a department store on EagleStreet . . Harriet Sherman is enjoying atrip through Maine. . .Peter Cicchettilooks fine after spending two weeks atCamp Drum with Company M fromAdams. He also spent one week atCape Cod . James Copeland is enjoy-ing his annual vacation. . .MaryCooney journeyed to Binghamton. . .We welcome James Blair to our de-partment. We hope he continues tostay with us. . .We hope Janet Konopkawill be back with us soon. We all missyou. . . Everyone is enjoying the cardsand snapshots people have been send-ing and showing of their wonderfultrips.

portant letter a few days ago and isnow making plans for a Septemberwedding. Best Wishes and Good Luckfrom all of us, Nancy. . .Agnes Mc-Donough is taking the first week ofAugust as part of her vacation and willgo to Lake Cassuyna near Cambridge,New York, and, says Agnes, "It's onlya few minutes from Saratoga."..Phyllis Welch is on two weeks vacationand will spend part of it at home andthe rest visiting here and there.

Field Engineeringby Carole Clarke

Joan Southgate spent a week's vaca-tion at Hampton Beach. . . Henia Or-lowski is vacationing for two weeks,and may possibly spend a few days atHyannis on the Cape. . . Clare Peder-cini and Marion Matney attended anouting at Winsted, Connecticut recent-ly, and from the sound of things theyhad a really wonderful time. . .Caroleand her friends are spending a week atCape Cod (traveling via "Blue Beetle"). . On July 20 Minerva Stevenson,secretary to our Sprague representativein Dayton, Ohio, visited the NorthAdams plant for the first time. MissStevenson was traveling through theeastern states on her vacation, and tookthe opportunity for seeing the mainplant of the company. While here,Minerva was taken on a tour throughseveral of the offices and productiondepartments, and in addition, metmany of the people with whom she hasbeen so friendly on the telephone andvia mail. We all enjoyed Minerva'svisit, and hope that she found it aspleasing as we did. . Joanie Russellis planning her vacation for October.Correction. Vacation? Honeymoon!Joan will be married October 16 toBob Murray.. . . Congratulations to"Speed" Theberge. He has a newgrandson, James Russell Slater, bornJuly 23rd. This also makes JoanRussell an aunt. Figure it out?(Speed is the father-in-law of Joan'sister, Peggy.)

Bernard, is the son of Blancheand Leo Tatro who both work, atthe Brown Street plant. Prior toBernard's enlistment in the AirForce, he worked at Brown Street.Today he is stationed at LawsonAir Force Base in Ft. Benning,Georgia.

Building No. 7by Joan Paradis and Betty Bogus

Vacationeers: Joan Paradis, Maine;Betty Saltamartini, Cape Cod; BarbaraCampedelli, Connecticut; Flo South-gate, at home; Stuart Pead, at home;Nan Witto, Cape Cod; John Puppolo,Hampton Beach; Kay Macchia, TedHilton's in Connecticut and Cape Cod.

Factory Accounting,Payroll and Tabulating

by Irene Dubreuil

Flash! Flash! The stars are back inMarlene Vokey's eyes again. Ronniecame home on Saturday, July 31st andit's a good thing he did too, becauseforty-minute phone calls from NewJersey can be a mighty expensiveproposition. . . Agnes McDonough hasrecovered from a serious eye infection.We're glad to see that it's under control,Agnes, and that you're back at yourdesk. . . Irene Chouinard has taken hertwo week vacation, spending one weekat home and the other visiting NewYork, Baltimore, Washington, andtheir son Jimmy at the Naval Train-ing Station at Bainbridge, Maryland. . .Mildred Ottman spent part of hervacation at home and visiting in Del-mar, New York and also cruising theThousand Islands. . .Shirley Girard isspending her vacation at Lake Georgeand from the card we received she's inno hurry to leave. . . Josephine Lamberthad a cottage at Hyannis at Cape Codand returned to work with a beautifultan. Jo boasts of having perfectweather and we believe her after seeingthat tan. . . Cecile Roy and her Harveyare touring the Gaspe Peninsula. . .Nancy Moore received a very im-

Employe and CommunityRelations

by Mary Pat Riley

Welcome is extended to LidyaAugstkalne who joined us recently. Wehope you enjoy working with us as

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This cute little girl, Eileen Marie,four months old, is the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Aime Delisle. Eileen'ssister, Mrs. Lorraine Maloney,works in the Employment Office.

much as we enjoy having you here. .Vacations are still going on in this de-partment. RoseMarie Tobin andMary Pat Riley report they had amarvelous time in Nantucket Island. . .Vassily de Samsonow is now enjoying atwo week vacation on the Island. Itseems to be a pretty popular place thissummer... Jo Brosseau and NancyPotter are getting excited about theirforthcoming trip to Hyannis. . MarleneDemo is at Hampton Beach . . Court-ney Flanders has just returned aftertraveling to North Carolina, Wisconsinand surrounding states. . . Fred Whit-ham spent his vacation at home. . . Thegirls of the office enjoyed a partyrecently at the home of Nancy Potterin Williamstown. A good time washad by all . . . Argyle socks seem to bethe rage around the office at this writ-ing, with Nancy Potter, Jo Brosseauand Mary Pat working on the same.

Sympathy is extended to PatriciaMarsh upon the death of her grand-mother, Mrs. Emilia Salamon, who diedAugust 4.

Ginny Kemp is back at work full ofenthusiasm for Mexico and the Mambo!. . Mr. Schimmel spent two restfulweeks at home just relaxing and enjoy-ing life. . . Evie and Lee Mendel spenta week at home and took one-day tripspicnicking, swimming and boating. . .

Lab Notes by Nora Christie:Joan Haskins was the prettiest bridewe had seen for quite some time whenshe was married to Harry Chesbro onJuly 17th. They held their receptionat the Williams Inn immediately afterthe wedding. Best of luck to Joan andHarry Your reporter just had a shortride in Bob Wagner's new car, alongwith Marion Folino. Wow! What abeauty, a Chrysler Newport, blue andgrey. . Bob Lamore spent his vacationat Lake George; Joseph Lescarbeauwent to New Bedford; Fred Millertoured the Boston beaches; Frank Bushwent to Lake George; Al Torchia visit-ed Cape Cod, Dick Konopka at CampDrum; Victor Boschetti is back fromLake George; Dr. Reinheimmer is backfrom his vacation; Lew Henry spent hisvacation in New York State, and visit-ed Niagara Falls; Nora Christie tooka trip to Canada, and was at Niagaraand saw the falls before and after therocks fell...Hello to James Hansonwho has just started working here, wehope he will enjoy working with us.

for the current crossword puzzle prize.We are all becoming better acquaintedwith Mr. Websters' masterpiece Wewelcome to the Pilot Plant: PeterPinsoneault, transferring from theCeramic Lab, and Bob Ceely, oursummer resident. . . Chris Andrewsspends her weekends at Camp Sunsetin Windsor, Mass, with her family.We miss our new field engineer, GeorgeNorman, while he is on a familiarizationtour of the plant.

Metalized Papersby Lillian Forbush

Vacationeers are: Iris Jensen, LongIsland: Bill Houghton. Rhode Island;Marie Bissaillon, Saguenay River inCanada; Al Boyer, Camp Drum; DeanHolden, at home; Pat Lopreta, athome; yours truly. New Hampshire .Pat Lussier has taken an extended leaveto be with her husband who recentlyreturned from France. They willmake their home in Arizona. SamBua, Jr. has the most pep of anyone inthe department. No kidding Sam,where do you get all your vigor?

Lab Notes by Christine Andrews:Kurt and Barbara Lehovec, our mostenthusiastic tennis fans, enjoy the sportnearly every evening and week-ends.They call it a fair substitute for skiing.. . Kurt Schoeni returned from hishoneymoon to Niagara Falls. Hisbride, Marthe, came from Switzerland;has already made a name for herself asa wonderful pastry cook. Those coffeecakes we enjoy for our breakfast arefine samples. . . Charles Stoneham spentlast week-end in Lincolnville, Maine .Rheinhart Baars, Inge Kolterer andAlma Marcus motored to Lake Placidlast week-end. No skiing reported. . .

Judy Busby, age 10, is picturedwith her catch in Cheshire on theHoosac Lake. Her mother Bettyworks in Final Soldering andfather Edwin works in Molding.

Research and EngineeringLab Notes by Isabele Jensen:Celebrations in R & E! Arthur KellyHooks and his family made Newsweek,July 26. The cameraman got them ina relaxing pose at Tanglewood enjoyingmusic conducted by Munch. Arthurrecently joined the company and isworking for David Peck. . . Our observ-ing Matt Nazzewski made the head-lines by discovering the crack inNiagara Falls which developed into aa major event. Mat spent part of hisvacation showing his two sons thewonders of nature at the falls and theremainder working on his land invest-ment in Stamford. He's busy nowdigging a pond. . . Dave Peck, HerbHaworth, Mike Geroulo. Joe Moresi.Jack Ahearn, Jimmy Desanty, Larry IHobson and Norman Remillard sawBoston play Chicago at Boston onJuly 23rd. But the thrill really camewhen Jimmy Desanty saw Ted Wil-liams parked next to their car at a dairybar and got his autograph!. . .NormLambert believes in going all out on his

j birthday! He had a new son for abirthday gift. . .Vacation time is stillgoing strong: Larry Hobson spent hisvacation sightseeing at Washington,D. C. while Bob Lockhart and Bob

i Wagner motored through the Westernstates, visiting Yellowstone Park, SaltLake City and all points of interest. . .Dick Carpenter and his family spenta week at his hometown Barre, Vt. onLake Eligo. . Mary Bernard spent twoweeks with her family at the Cape. . .Jack Ogilvie and his wife enjoyed aweek at their camp on SearsburgMountain. . . Dolores and Doug Crosierhad a restful vacation at the beaches onConnecticut, especially Savin Rock. . .

Dick Powell has put in a request for asmaller desk, his ash trays take up solittle room... Tom Leary, his wifeNorma and small daughter, Cathleen,are enjoying their vacation visitingrelatives and friends in upper NewYork State. . Ray Hunicke, Barbara,Ray, Jr., and Susan, are spending theirvacation in Boston combining businessand pleasure. . Shirley Choquette, oursecretary, plans a seashore rest with herfamily in New Hampshire. The rest ofthe working crew longingly note thelovely weather outside. . . Mickey Stef-anski, is busily studying the road mapsin anticipation of his vacation lateron. . Our new bride, Jo Noetzel, isentertaining her new relatives week-ends with some of her newly-acquiredcuisine talent. . .John Zeppieri, RandyKezar, and Steve Zdon are contestants

Kathy is the daughter of LorraineCiepiela who works in Paper Roll-ing. She is also the niece of JaneCiepiela of Bathtub Assembly andHelen of Factory Accounting.

Prokar Polyesterby Norm Miller

Jim Dever, engineer from Barre,Rock of Ages Capacitor Division atBarre, Vt., was visiting in our depart-ment, learning the impregnationmethods for Impregnant D. Goodluck, Jim ..Mr. and Mrs. MathewKrzeminski celebrated their 15th wed-ding anniversary July 15. Mat tookthe week out as his vacation to cele-brate. He also spent some time atWindsor Lake and the Windsor Jams.. . .Nancy Doan's father has been onthe sick list. Hope he is well soon...Mr. and Mrs. Norman Miller vacation-ed the week of July 26th.

Nancy, 18 month old daughter ofErnie and Carolyn Means, is en-joying her summer in her privatepool. Nancy is the niece of Leo andBlanche Tatro of Brown St. Carolynformerly worked in the Resistor De-partment.

Purchasingby Lea Walden

Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Jenkins andfamily spent two weeks at the Cape. . .Miss Lorraine Stefanski left on Ameri-can Air Lines for a two week stay inChicago. . .Mrs. Fran Saunders spenther vacation at home and visitingfriends. One day was spent with KaySutliff, formerly of Purchasing, andfrom all reports, we hear that Kayhas a lovely boy. . . Emma Mutart islooking forward to another week —come August 9. Emma plans on motor-ing to Vermont and New Hampshire. . .Larry Moreau is now at Saratoga andvicinity — we all wished him lots ofluck.

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Material Controlby Florence Clough

It was so long to Bob Russett, whohas transferred to the Cost Depart-ment. Hope you will like your workthere. Welcome to Jack Silvia, whohas been added to our office staff. Wehope you will enjoy working with us.Vacations are here and everyone islooking forward to time off from theirwork. Bill Campedelli enjoyed hisvacation doing some work around hisnew home. . Well. Charlie Ryan has anew car, and you can guess what colorit is? You guessed it, green! A newChevrolet, and very nice looking too.Charlie is still having trouble driving it,he is always trying to put his foot onthe clutch! POWERGLIDE. . .Well,everyone is doing it. Getting theirlicense, I mean. Another one of ourgroup, Jimmy O'Neil, received hislicense last week. Good luck Jimmy,and just watch out for the personnelfrom this department. We bruise veryeasily. Jimmy has also purchased a1951 black Ford.

Shippingby Cecile Trudeau

Alfred Bourdon has returned to workafter two weeks of training with theNational Guard at Pine Camp, N. Y.. . . Vacations: Caroline Moser spent hervacation at home. Gerald Cronin wentto Glens Falls, N. Y. to visit his sister.Louis Testa spent his vacation restingat home. Andrew Ross is spending hisvacation on the Cape. William Shar-ron went to Hampton Beach, N. H.June Pringle enjoyed her time off atHyannis on the Cape. Claire Mancineand June Rock spent their vacation atLake George.

Flat Midget Assemblyby Carmela Mancuso

Laura Benoit and Isabelle Corbosieroare both out enjoying their vacation .Carol Busby and Carmela Mancusoarc both back from their vacation.Carol spent a few days at Old OrchardBeach and the rest of her vacationresting at home. Carmela spent aweek at Southbridge at her sister's

house, also a few days visiting her othersister who lives at Westerly, R. I..Amelia Couture is also back from hervacation which was spent at homeresting Speedy recovery is extendedto Corinne Simon who recently under-went an operation. Corinne is athome now convalescing We are allwondering how Bobbie Johnson is com-ing along these days with his game ofgolf? Maude Crews and Eva Jowetthave been enjoying swimming withtheir children.

Tantalum Departmentby Mary O'Dell

Welcome to Valerie Piantoni andLillian Crandall who recently joinedus Vacations: Patricia Brodacki,Cape Cod the week of July 19; DaisyMajor, at home the week of July 12;Walter O'Dell, at home the week ofJuly 26. . .Mary O'Dell enjoyed hervacation starting July 26 throughAugust 9 at Lake George and Spring-field.

Filtersby

Betty Fleury and Marjorie Richer

Leo Lamore, son of Emily Lamore,has finally returned home after threeyears of service in Germany. . MarthaLewis is dreaming about the Floridapalm trees The fishing trip JohnDavis, Ray Belding and Ray LaFrancewent on last weekend brought tallstories, but at least one of them caughta fish . So many people are vacation-ing now or will be soon that we'll justsay we hope all enjoy themselves ontheir vacations.

Dry Tubular Assemblyby Peg Champagne and

Gladys Sullivan

write about and are happy that every-one is having a grand summer. . Firstof all, Charles Sutliff is back from aweek's vacation spent at AtlanticBeach in Westerly, R. I. He enjoyedhimself bathing and deep-sea fishing.According to Charlie, there must havebeen 3000 beautiful girls on the beach.Now Charlie is sporting a beautifulsun-burn . . Others on vacation are asfollows: Lili Clark, Lake Lauderdale,N. Y., Rita Cardinal, at home andSpringfield, Mass., Ruth Boschetti,at home, Helen Drobiak, Long Island,Ann Fortin, Lake Champlain, DellBiagini, at home, Jeanette Rondeau, athome, Harold and Ceil Dufresne,Detroit, Mich., Margaret Davis, athome entertaining her daughter andfamily from Decatur. 111., Lessie Czaja,at home. New York City and Spring-field, Mass., Florence Lecuyer. NewYork City, Ruth Boucher, back fromtouring New England Florence Pel-lows and her husband are sporting abrand new Plymouth. Hope you have

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a lot of pleasant driving with your newcar, Flo . Stafford Lewis is on a dietand is really getting streamlined. Keepit up, Stafford, you're doing fine. . .Anyone who wishes to write to DickBoyer, here is his address: Pvt. NormanR. Boyer, U.S. 51276476, "C" Battery37th FABN, APO 248 c/o Postmaster,San Francisco, California.

Warehouse and Receivingby Shirley Cardonnell

Viola Spagnolo has returned fromher vacation which she spent at MyrtleBeach in Milford, Conn, with herfamily... Pat Sanecki has returnedfrom traveling through New York,New Jersey and Philadelphia . YoursTruly is spending her vacation atHyannis on the Cape Barbara Arm-strong is very excited about the forth-coming event: son, Bobby's first birth-day, August 1 1 th George Josephand wife are the proud owners of newtrailer situated on the Mohawk Trail .James Wynn spent his vacation visit-ing relatives in New York City andGeorgia. They also spent two days inWashington, D. C.. Charles Crippanis spending his vacation at LakeGeorge, New York; Jerry O'Neil spenthis vacation touring Cape Cod.

Harold St. Dennis of Researchand Engineering is pictured withhis big trout which he caught in theDeerfield River.

Small OrderWelcome to our department, Donata

Jacob, Betty Vigna, Mary Zajac andMildred Sniezik Our vacations arewell in hand. Chena Bushika stayedat home. . . Phylis Charron returnedfrom Lake Sebago, Maine. RoseMaroni, Lillian Steffens, and DorisLussier stayed at home Arlene Rabi-doux was at Crystal Beach and LakeBomaseen, Vermont Others on vaca-tions were Shirley Harris, HamptonBeach; Eloise Brown, Lake Lyme,Connecticut; Mary Dunjai, AtlanticCity; Bill Roulier, Lake Langly, Maine;Ned Walden, Canada; Gerry Lavigne,Windsor; Theresa Pedercini, at home;Stacia Sikorski. daily destinations; LidaKing, Connecticut; and Helen Cole, athome.

Automatic Rolling Dept.by Larry Hiser

Vacationeers: John Raby, at home Iand at the Cape; Bill Pratt, at home;Allie Bates, York Beach, Maine; JoePoissant, at home; Chuck Mulcahy.playing golf; Joe Zona, at home; AlGibeau, around; Jim Modena, around;Mike Gagliano, at home and atWindsor Pond; Joe Vitro, at home;Bill Hussey, around; Larry Hiser, athome.

Advertising Ad Libsby Virginia Haas

We hear good news that Milt (Flash)Cohen is coming along just fine afterhis operation. See you in September,Milt. Bella Richardson is our Michael-angelo now, while you're gone ..Afarewell dinner was held at the Heart-wellville Lodge on August 4 for Jan

| Fowler, who is leaving us for Cali-fornia. It's been a lot of fun workingwith you, Jan, and we wish you all theluck in the world in your new venture

Francis Cancro is back after twoweeks at Camp Drum. How was your"vacation", Fran? Your reporterwishes to extend her thanks to Mr.Chertok for so ably finishing up thenews notes in this column for the lastissue of the LOG.

Betty Jones is the daughter ofElizabeth of Industrial Oils. Bettygraduated from the AgriculturalClass from Williamstown HighSchool June 22. Betty is one ofthose farmeretts who faints awayat the sign of dishes but can groomcows or horses all day and call itfun. She is planning on attendingthe University of Massachusettsthis fall for special training in be-coming a cow-tester.

Production Engineeringby Lena Hurlbut and

Joseph Brown is pictured with a m m a m Martinredwood tree which grew in Vallizo,California. Joseph is a friend of On August 5, a party was held atCorena Tatro whom she visited Heartwellville Lodge in honor of therecently. Corena is employed in following people: Doris Langer, AnnWire Coating. Lefebvre, Gen Melito; they are being

Executive Officesby Susan Cancro

Doris Harpin spent a week of hervacation at Hampton Beach and had avery nice time. Her nice tan is proofto us that the weather was marvelous.

Sally Hillard spent the week ofAugust 2 at South Chatham on theCape. Also, her brother Jack, (for-merly employed in R&E) is due backfrom Korea this month. August willbe a happy month for the Hillard family. Miss Avery spent a week of hervacation at Cape Cod Mr. and Mrs.John Hartigan are spending a week atTruro on the Cape. Cape Cod isbeing well inhabitated by Sprague-ites.. . . Bernie Hamberg spent a week'svacation at Wells, Maine. Had a nicetime Welcome to Donald Millberrywho is a new member of Mr. Pike'sCost Accounting Department. Hopeyou like working with us.

Maintenance Bldg. No. 17by Audrea Bowen

The main topic these days in the

around vacations, with detailed descrip-tions of happy days and nights too goodto last, and daydreams of those aboutto take off to the open road with mapsin hands or visions of restful backyards.The following are among the fortunatewho will forget clocks (alarm and time)for the next two weeks: Earl Sherman,Peter Jobin, William Falcon, CharlieDean, Everett Brown, Wallace LaPine,Arthur Caron, Albert Barriere, WallaceDaniels, Thomas Quinton, ForrestSherman, A Guerard. L. Bedard,Robert Burdick, Francis Falvey andCaroline Peat . Dorothy St. Hilaireand her daughter, Susan, accompaniedby Marian Beattie and Janet Buzzell,motored to Ocean Beach in New Lon-don, Conn, for a weekend on the beach.Their sun tans confirm their reports ofperfect weather for the beach andswimming. Clayton Hynes and Ray-mond Shields are enjoying their vaca-tions at Lake Ontario, where Ray has alodge. . . Robert Perry, formerly em-ployed in the plumbing department, hasreturned to Parris Island, S. C, wherehe is serving with the Marine Corps.Robert has been on leave the past threeweeks and paid us a short call during hisvisit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.Carl Perry. Robert expects to reportto California prior to being sent toJapan for duty Richard LaFlammehas completed two years service in theArmy and has resumed work with thecarpenters in Building 17. Dick washead drummer in the Army band whileserving in Japan. Welcome back tothe fold, Dick! Walter Burr reportsa wonderful week at Wellfleet, Mass.,on Cape Cod. After a fishing tripduring a sudden squall, Walter had to

Beach, Hampton, N. H. Bill Martinspent a weeks vacation in Hyannis onCape Cod. . . Russ Marchio spent hisvacation at Lake George, N. Y., andanother week recuperating at homeRay Lamoureaux spent his vacation athome working on his new house .Joan Curran was at the Cape for twoweeks Olga Vivori spent her vacationat home and in Salisbury, Mass. .Lena Hurlbut stayed at home her twoweeks Joan Blanchette went toAtlantic City on her vacationBarbara Martin also stayed at homefor two weeks Mary Maranti passedher two weeks vacationing in NewYork and at home . Jean Godfreystayed at home . Carol Flahertywent down to the Cape and PeteMancuso went to Plumb Island inRhode Island.

Miss Debra Anne, age 1, is thedaughter of Kennith Boillut ofMiscellaneous Resistor Assemblyat Brown Street and the grand-daughter of Mrs. Eva Thibodeau ofthe Beaver St. plant.

married on August 21, September 4,and September 25, respectively. Apurse of money was presented to eachof them Peggy Gomeau received aBenrus Embraceable and several souv-enirs from her boyfriend who just cameback from Cuba. A spaghetti supperwas enjoyed by the Blueprint Depart-ment girls on July 28. It was held inhonor of Betty Gray, who is leaving usAugust 23. A visit to Rita Bishop'snew home followed Ann Carlow'shusband, Bill, who is now stationed atCamp Devens is spending a two weeksleave at home. . Sgt. "York" Demospent two weeks of good solid vacation-ing soldiering at Camp Drum, NewYork Ed Catotti spent two weeks ofvacation at home... Dave Puppolospent a weeks vacation at Earthquake

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depend on Old Sol to dry his clotheswhich were thoroughly soaked. Youcan bet that the first thing to be placedin his camping equipment next year willbe a Sou'Wester. The girls in theMaintenance Office were seen poringover the sales advertisements duringNorth Adams Shopping Days. Netresult: four bright and colorful "SquawSkirts" located on a bargain table,complete with kerchiefs. After thisshopping spree, their skirts were wornto office and turned a dull rainy dayinto a festive work day. It was theconsensus of everyone who saw themthat they were really gypsies and notIndians as first thought. (Editors Note;Elsewhere in the Paper, you will find apicturesque photo of the gypsies.)

Office Servicesby Betty Recchia

Betty Recchia enjoyed a week's vaca-tion with her family at Lake Memphra-magog, Newport, Vermont, and alsovisited cities in Canada. . Lee Craseenjoyed most of her two weeks with herfamily on her beautiful back lawn. Shecame back to work with a nice tan. . .Bill Harris and Jim Robinson have re-turned to work after spending twoweeks at Camp Drum with CompanyK. I guess everything was o.k. atcamp for Bill, except that he had to getup so early. Knowing Bill as we do,it must have been quite an effort!. . .Bill Lord enjoyed a week's vacation atLake George. . . Ellen Horsfall spent aweek's vacation touring Boston with herparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hors-fall . We are waiting with anticipationas to who will win the $2.00 bet madebetween Bill Harris and Jack Boulger.. . Everyone is talking about EllenHorsfall's new figure and hairdo andhow they have transformed her into astunning new personality.

Round Midget Assemblyby Frances E. Kordana

Crash, Bang, I'm back again withanother round up of news from ourtopsy turvey room. Vacationers, haveyou "Pet Sitting Troubles"? Well, justtake your pets to the Chilson Farm andIda will be glad to take care of them foryou, won't you Ida?. . Kay O'Connorhas been sitting on top of "MockingBird Hill" for quite some time now.How about trying to sit "Under TheShade of the Old Apple Tree", Kay, it'smuch cooler there. . . Heard that MayHaas's son, Ernie, was home over the4th of July and the family had a won-derful time at Lake St. Catherine. . . Weare glad to see Mary Leja back to workagain after her sick leave. Welcomeback, Mary. . Don't be too surprisedif you go past Vi Bona's residence, inCheshire, and see her painting herhouse, because them's what a little birdietold me she is doing. Come on, Vi,let's get that paint brush swishing, Icouldn't think of a better way to spenda layoff. Here are some of the vaca-tion highlights. . .Helen Rose spent hertwo weeks taking in the sights in NewJersey and New York. . . Irene Konopkatried out her new BelAir Chevrolet andcruised around Springfield . . NormaSkorupski packed up her family,visited New York City, Rochester,N. Y., and relaxed at Lake Ontario be-fore coming home. . Midge Valottaand family made a trip to Westfield,Springfield and Look Park. . You'veheard the saying, "No Place LikeHome." That's just where FlorenceDean spent her vacation — at home —while Edna Mahar had a vacation atHampton Beach. . . Ida Tovani has leftus for a while and we are sorry to seeher go. Your laughter and those cutejokes Ida will be missed by all of us.. . .Did anyone notice the new hairdosStacia Meczywor and Peggy Daubare sporting? Very cute and becom-ing, girls . . Here's wishing all who havebeen recently laid off, a very pleasanttime. How about hearing from you?

Thelma Sherman, you haven't movedout of Windsor yet have you? . Weare all wishing Kay O'Connor's hus-band, Frank, a speedy recovery. Hehas been ill and we hope he will be backhome from the hospital real soon.Hurry, Mr. O'Connor or you won't beable to enjoy your new grandson. Wehear he's a very good baby. Con-gratulations Kay O'Connor, the proudgrandma.

Ceramics Departmentby Mildred Mativi

Josephine Dean, Helen Gould, PaulDanforth, Tom Quinn, May Riordonand Ida Gigliotti, Charles Sausville,and Foreman Mr. Wilson have beenenjoying their vacations. . Hugh Mac-Farlane was at training camp withthe Tank Company from North Adams.. . Welcome back to Julia Alfred andKitty Herzig. Good to see you girlsback. . . Lena Grillone has gone toSalisbury Beach for her vacation. . .Julia Martin spent the weekend inSaratoga and had a wonderful time. . .Olive had a nice time at the wedding ofher niece in Pittsfield . Your reporterhad the pleasure of attending the firstsolemn high mass of Father Cernau-shaus of North Adams and also FatherNaranjo of Pittsfield. It really waswonderful. . . Congratulations to BillHermon who was married recently. . .Irene Toniatti received a lovely giftfrom her boyfriend on her birthday. Itwas lovely, Irene. . The girls on thehydrophone line had a cake to cele-brate Ray's birthday last week. Con-gratulations, Ray!

Deepest sympathy is extended toMr. and Mrs. Raymond Favreau onthe death of their uncle.

Molded Tubulars, FinalSoldering

byMarion Andrews and Jeanette Cady

We hope that when Marion Andrewsgets her driver's license she will knowher car and not get in the wrong oneas she did a few days ago. Was herface red!. . Anne St. Cyr has somehidden talent. It seems that she doessound effects that sound like horseshoofs. . Dora Burns is back with usonce more after her leave and it seemsgood to see her. . .We have quite a fewgirls that are enjoying their vacations.Anna Deeb is enjoying her new car.Jeannette Cady went to the Cape onher vacation and got a goo d tan.Blanche Nazzewski went to NiagaraFalls on her vacation and enjoyed thetrip. Peggy Bartlett went to NewHampshire on hers. Mary Roy took atrip to Connecticut. Marion Andrewsis staying home for a change. ElaineGirard spent her vacation at home.Agnes Rivers enjoyed fishing on LakeChamplain, but I guess they all gotaway. Ida Fortin went to Canada fora week. Sarah Brown stayed at homeand rested up a little. Alice Contois isspending her vacation at home takingcare of her husband, who just returnedfrom the hospital. Susie Pollone islooking for an old-fashioned glass chinacloset for her hobby. . . Wanted: onemillionaire for Jean M. How aboutthat Jean! !. . . Mabel Lewitt is taking atrip to Seattle for her vacation. . .Eleanor Hall is enjoying her vacationat home. Florence Clemente is goingvisiting in Ashburnham. FlorenceSiciliano is spending her vacation inNew Jersey. Jennie Battory spent hervacation at home.

Our deepest sympathy to JennieBattory on the recent death of herfather.

K V A Stockroomby Ace Samia

The girls in the stockroom headedby Marie Dargie, under the name of"KVA Stockroom Sewing Circle", hada wonderful time on their recent picnic.They invited the fellows of the sameroom and everyone had a great time

Marie Ducharme went on a picnicSunday with her husband, Moe, andthey hired a boat. While they werefar out on the lake, the rain came andMoe had to give the oars all he had andfinally reached shore. While descend-ing a hill, Marie slipped and fell on herelbow and bruised it slightly but notseriously. . Evelyn Laliberte came inMonday morning with a nice whitedress and even though there were noblue skies, Evie cast a bit of sunlightin the stockroom Frank Osterhoudt,Dean Brown, Fran Dargie and RalphBurdick went golfing Saturday. Frankfurnished the car, Dean the gas, Franvolunteered to caddy, and Ralph hadto be coaxed to carry the refreshment!Your reporter was at the course whenthe boys made their exit and I felt sorryfor Ralph, sitting under one of the treesby a pond with a cold, refreshing case ofbeer. Cheer up Ralph, next time youcan play golf!. . They're Off! ! ! and it'sTiny Mancine in the lead with HowardDonovan reaching for his neck and PhilSprague trailing behind. They're outof the stockroom, down the aisle in theshipping room. Their destination?You guessed it — the telephone. Any-time the public phone rings, you can Jbe sure it is either for Tiny, Howie or [Phil Marie Ducharme and husband,along with Alcide Guisti and wife, went :

horseback riding recently and Al andMarie haven't been able to sit downsince. You probably have read a lotabout Al and Marie. The reason?Marie took care of Al when he was justa little tot! . . Recently, Pat Monte-santi was picked from a sizeable groupas the boy with the nicest hair and nobetter guy could have won. Con-gratulations, Pat . . Harold Brown, AlFerrara and Ace Samia went to theCatskill Mountains for the weekend inHarold's new car. We took in somefishing and sightseeing and then headedfor home. Our next destination will beNew Hampshire. But before we makethat trip, Harold, Al and I have decidedto do the driving, 'cause your eyesaren't what they used to be in youryounger days. When we reached asign saying Catskill, Harold got outand started to look around in the darkwith a flashlight. Your reporter askedhim what he was doing The reply —looking for dead cats.. . . Happy birth-day to Del Brisboise on his 56th year.To see Del, you'd think he was 30 yearsold the way he hops around. Del isrebuilding his barn all alone. Your re-porter was helping Del shingle his roof,but due to something I drank, I wasunable to continue. . . Happy birthdayto Vivian Nadeau also. . We have anew face in our rocm and although shedoes not work for the stockroom, wewish to say with people like CharlotteHaas, the stockroom or any depart-ment would be perfect. . Cheer up Pat,some day the phone will ring and itwon't be the baseball scores Vaca-tions are here now and I'll start withDean Brown who spent his at his campin Rowe. . . Marie Dargie and husbandwere at seashore in Rhode Island. .Del Brisboise journeyed to Canada. . .Marie Ducharme and husband enjoyedtheir vacation in Rhode Island. . .Lifeis pleasant with people like Evelyn andher sunny disposition, Marie and herlaughter, Vivian and her seriousness,Marie Ducharme and her giggles, AlGuisti and Ralph walking down theaisle "Mutt and Jeff" style, Harold andhis cousin Dean talking over familyaffairs, Tiny Mancini, Howard andPhil racing for the phone, Frank andFran talking over golf, and Pat justtaking everything in stride; Al and Delworking side by side with never anargument. Always a laugh; yes sir,it sure is a pleasure to be a Log reporterin the KVA stockroom.

General Salvageby Herbert Hafner

Our foreman, Charles Wilson, isenjoying his vacation. Also ThomasDeSanty and William Collier. HerbertHafner has returned from his vacationwhich he spent at home. . Bill Collier'swife, Mary, returned from the hospitaland is making a very satisfactory re-covery. . Frank Jones went to Bostonand Fenway Park on the Elks' excur-sion. Frank had charge of the liquidrefreshments and took good care of all!

Sympathy to William Collier uponthe death of his Aunt, Mrs. WilliamDickinson and brother-in-law, Mr.Ernest Phoenix.

Networks Dept.by Marie LeMoine and Mae O'Neil

Jack MacFarlan has struck up anacquaintance with a little Southerngirl via mail. From the picture heshowed us she's "All right". Is it afact John, that she is a red head?. . .On vacation is Julia Gregalis, AnnRyczck and Doris Krol, Clara LeScar-beau and Margaret Green . . The per-sonality kid, Mae O'Neil, has just re-turned from her vacation; also PatJoseph, Rose Walczak and "Legs"Tom O'Neil. . . Good luck to RoseWalczak, who has just purchased a newhome. . One happy mother was VirgieMorin, who this weekend drove toCamp Kilmer, New Jersey to bringhome her daughter Barbara, and herhusband Theophil Malinowski. Philand Barb just returned from Casa-blanca, Phil having spent the pasttwenty months there and Barbara thepast fourteen. Barbara was formerlyemployed by Sprague Electric in theWestern Electric Department. Philworked in the Windsor Print Works. . .We are happy that Virgie and herdaughter are together again. . .Con-gratulations to Mr. and Mrs. BernardStackpoole on their 26th anniversary.

panded considerably. New recruitsare Albina Cirone, Teresa Wright,Constance Gordon, Mildred LePak.Lorraine Pierce and Gisele Del Negro.. . .Daisy Meland and Aime Morin hadtheir vacations at the same time. Aimerode his motorcycle around, which isprobably the reason Daisy decided toremain at home, relaxing. By the way,Daisy knows where there is a goodmotorcycle for sale. Lena Deso wentcruising up the St. Lawrence and Sag-uenay Rivers on the S. S. Richelieu . .Maskina Morin played hostess to visitors . Emma Barschdorf camped atWindsor Pond; I sa belle Witherow,Niagara Falls, North Pole. N. Y. andCanada; Harry Rondeau, Lake Pleas-ant, New York; Lillian Flaherty. LakeSeymour, Vermont; Catherine Griggs,Taunton, Mass, and Newport, R. I.;Katherine Marchio, at home. . Caro-lyn Caudle and Mrs. Kt-lly are so de-lighted with their new 6 a.m. to 2:30p.m. shift they want to share their goodfortune with your reporter, but we arenol having any, thank you. Unless, ofcourse, Mr. Russell and Guido decreeotherwise. However, we do wish theywould remove their smug expressions at2:30 because we are certain that"Those Two" look more dead than alivewhen they drag themselves in for 6 a.m.So there!. . The girls have been helping Teresa Bedard collect "little things"for that "event in the fall."

Industrial Oils CoverAssemblyby Flo Lang and Isabelle Witherow

We wish to thank Gladys McBridefor the wedding cake, complete withminiature bride and groom which shebaked for Claire Thomas Farinon, ournew bride. It looked beautiful andtasted better. . Henry Armata is in acheerful mood again, but we don'tknow if it's that tonic Isabelle broughthim, or is it because his "GuidingLight" is back?. . Jeanette Pinette hasmoved to Luther Street. No moreworrying about drivers to and fromBlackinton.. . Our night shift has ex-

Wire Coatingby Betty Jangrow

"We are the travelling kind!"Some of us travel North; some South,but Corena Tatro and husband, Ed,topped all the trips as they sped intheir merry Oldsmobile across thecountry to California. Corena wasgone a month, and nine days werespent in the sunny state with herbrother, while the rest of the time wasspent travelling and stopping at pointsof interest. Her stories the first dayincluded cowboys, Indians and wildhorses typical American! When weasked her what she liked best, shecouldn't say, as it was all wonderful,including the hot drive through thedeserts. We all forgot our diets on herreturn as she persecuted us with abox of assorted candies from Iowa.There wasn't a single mishap on thetrip to either person or the car — a verygood record for going over 4,000 miles.Hope we all can enjoy a trip to sunnyCalifornia someday. . Helen Foote andBetty Jangrow enjoyed trips throughNew York State and the Adirondacks.. . Mr. C. Earle Washburn enjoyedlittle Rhode Island. . Marty Kasseneris really enjoying his vacation and says

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there is nothing like wearing shorts to of the girls have had very interestingget the sunshine!. . Helen Burdick ones. Helen Kordek went on a veryl-lans to spend much of her vacation J restful cruise up the St. Lawrence inwith daughter Betty at Rosenalt, New Canada. . Laddie Meranti spent partYork. She can't wait to play with her of her vacation and all of her money inlittle granddaughter, Lynn Carol and New York City. . Marie Martel jour-of course, Eddie "Ceramic" RayDickinson, our solution man, is takingoff to parts unknown. . just travelling.We know he'll have many tales to tellon his return. Happy driving, RayLucille Miller toured to Canada Weare glad to hear that Mrs. Unsworthis fine after her recent operation, and aspeedy recovery to Mr. Unsworth, whohas been a patient for the past month

neyed to St. John, Canada, to driveher sister and family back here for avisit... Mary Matranga toured theNew England States... Helen Cutlerloafed around at her cottage at CheshireLake. . . Pauline Buletti traveled toSt. Anne's, Quebec... Viola Dupuisenjoyed her vacation at Lake George.. .Theresa Jamallo, Jr. Petrovich, RosePassotti, Frances Biondo, Isabelle

many gifts and a wonderful time washad by all. Mary and Sam are now ona European tour. . Tillie Mendel andMary Valazza should read signs beforethey enter doorways. Your faces surewere red when you came out! . . .Welcome back to Marion Falcon andShirley Martin. Glad to see you hereagain. . Joe Swistak was presented abirthday cake by the Dry Testers onhis birthday. How many candles didyou count, Joe?. . A speedy recoveryto Lucy Banas' daughter, Edna, whorecently underwent an operation at theNorth Adams Hospital.

Lyons and Mary Messier enjoyed justbeing at home.

at 'the North Adams Hospital. .NIGHT SHIFT. . George O'Brien hasreturned from his vacation. . "Buster"and Mrs. Bullett have returned from atwo week stay at Camp Eagle. . .AlPeck is out this week — Canada is hisdestination . . . "Wimpy" HowardWright is enjoying his vacation travel-ing.

Misc. Resistor Assemblyby Jean Levy

Blanche Tatro enjoyed her twoweeks vacation at home this year, butit was most enjoyable for her son,Bernard, was home on an 18-day fur-lough from camp in Georgia. JuliaSullivan is spending her two weeks insunny Florida. Hope you and yourhubby, Pat, have fun, Julia DottieNewman is vacationing with relativesin New Bedford Jennie King en-joyed her time by taking day trips, andhaving a good rest at home. . . Yourstruly and hubby, Clyde, of RetailSales, enjoyed two weeks in Maine atCape Elizabeth . Boy! what a life,down by the sad sea waves! MaryLaDame is having her two weeks rest-ing. Have fun, Mary. Congratula-tions to Dottie and Ed Newman ontheir anniversary August 18.

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>athy to Rose andi Denault on the death of their

by Sam Vince

We would like to welcome to our de-partment Beatrice Meranti, AmeliaLewis, Shirley Maxwell and Katharine

' Roedel, all of whom were transferredfrom Power Transformers. Beatriceand Amelia are working on the stackingof mica sections and Shirley andKatharine are punching mica. . Therehave been a couple of rocks seen in our jdepartment. To you people that don'tjive, I mean diamonds! They belong toMarg Madelin Folino who became en- Iengaged to 2nd Lt. Joseph S. Domeni-chini, who is in the air force and isstationed at Washington D.C. Mary G. jBua has become engaged to Fred Pink-all of the engineering department atBrown Street and Suzanne Winslowand Wilfred P. Rose are also engaged.Suzanne is the daughter of Mrs. BettySears who works in our departmentEveryone is glad to have our boss,Rocco Vigna, back with us after beingout for a month for an operation. Wehope you don't have to go backWith vacation time here, most of ushave been having a couple of weeksrest just layii

Bathtub Assemblyby Jessie Meczywor

Vacationeers: Pauline McCuen, athome; Flora Niebling, at Lake Cham-plain; Jeff Barry, our supervisor,traveling around; Mildred Bathaway,Messisquoi Bay, Montreal, Canadaand Hampton Beach; your LOG re-porter, Jessie Meczywor and her hus-band at the Thousand Islands, N.Y.. . .Dora Landry, our former LOG reporteris convalescing after a serious operationat her daughter's home in Cleveland.We hope you are recovering fast. .Laura Skowron spent a weekend atWindsor Lake.

Industrial Oil Rollingby Erminia Sweeney

Francis Delisle, wife and childrenhave hied themselves to the woods.Francis has bought a tent and they areroughing it Indian-style. . MargueriteWalsh had her knee operated on, andshe is making steady progress toward

taking steady progress towardcomplete recovery Margaret Wohlersuffered quite a gash on her wrist whichrequired 7 stitches. She received itfrom diving into the water and landingon a broken bottle, which proves howcareless some people are with theirrubbish ..On vacations are MillieKearns, Alda Ariazi, Kate Patterson.Charlotte Haas, at Lake St. Catherine,Vt.; Helen Unis, Canada, Boston.Maine and New York; Ruth Pindick,at home and Rena Maroni, at home.Kenny Russell has found out that kidsare sure smart nowadays. He was hostto two of the Fresh Air Fund kids whoknew all the answers... Back fromvacations are Margaret Wohler, LakeGeorge, Agnes Miller. Poughkeepsie,NY., Erminia Sweeney, at home,Dorothy Baker, at home, Rita Fournier,

ind home, whileothers have been taking some longtrips. Eleanor Bechard has left us fortwo weeks to vacation in Alabama.Eleanor has a brother there whom shewill be visiting... Lucy Sinclitico isleaving us for a month. She is flying toSan Diego, California, to visit relatives

Ruth Bass and family are driving to [Indiana to see Ruth's sister. Don't lose |your way back! ..Jerry Gamari will

n<j be spending most of his vacation inFenway Park and Yankee Stadium.Without doubt, he'll have his son Mikewith him. Mike is quite a baseballplayer. He plays in the Little Leagueand is doing a good job. Jerry will bedriving his new Ford, so they shouldenjoy themselves Al Bressette was*working with us once again for twoweeks. Wish we could see a little moreof you, Al, you sure put some life inthe crowd. Al's job is molding on thethird shift We would like to welcome !

Gertrude Wein to our department.

Misc. Paper Finishby Gertrude Noel

Vacationeers: Lillian Peck, Phila-delphia; Theresa Garofano, Brant LakeN.Y.; Frank Major, home; Gert Noel,Sampson, N.Y. and home; Art Spencer,home and the Mohawk Trail; JanetHaas, home and Pownal, Vt.; EdithScrivens, home; Mary Lataif, home;Stephanie Szurek, New England coast;Edna Cwiertniewicz, Cape Cod and area;Rose Bombardier, Rutland, Vt.; Bea-trice Pierce, working on her new home

Gert Noel spent the week-end ofJuly 24 at Sampson Air Force Base,Geneva, N.Y. where Gert's son, BudHall, is a recruit. Janet Haas is theproud owner of a 1953 Plymouth. . .Nice to have Edna back after her re-cent illness Now that Edith Scrivenhas been called back the noon hourgame of pitch is going full blast again.

Paper Rolling (Night Shift)by Lillian Stachelek

All the girls who were on vacationhave finally returned, and it is veryobvious because their colors certainlyhave changed. Among those are:Nancy Lebeau, New London, Conn.;Claire Fitzpatrick, Lake Champlain;Ceil Menczywor, New London; Vi Rys,North Adams; Doris Scrivens, LakeLauderdale; Phil Nimmons, the beach;Helene Filault, various surroundings;Joe McCarthy, a touch cf everything.

jGert will be taking over Ruth Bass'clerk's job while on vacation. However,Gert will not be with us very long asshe will be attending college in the fall.We all wish you luck, Gert.

New York City, Kenny Russell, athome, Dorothy Daunais, at home and jMae Szetela. at home We are glad tohear that Rose Murray is making aspeedy recovery after her operationParker is in the hospital. . .GraceNovak is still on sick leave. LizSlattery is sporting a special brand ofperfume these days-Channel No. 16.Ask her about it! Happy birthday toMargaret Wohler.

friends, attended the Red Sox-WhiteSox game in Boston, July 25 . . . ArleneEstes was a visitor at Camp Drumwhile her husband was on maneuvers.. . Claire Pettibone will be out for twoweeks while her husband Floyd, will bein training in North Carolina. Floydis a member of the Marine Reserves . .Everyone is telling about enjoyablevacations — we're sorry they are allover with.

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Two-year old Linda Critelli is theNetworkSection.

Special Products Dept.by Nina Underwood

Thelma Barber and family spenttheir vacation visiting relatives inBaldwinville and Rochester, New York.. . .Toots Choquette had her vacationat home on Union Street Bertha | daughter of Leah of theMoreau and husband visited relatives and Filter Developmentin Montreal. While there she went to jthe shrines of St. Joseph and Cape jMadeline . . Jimmy Shartrand's son, |Raymond, was married to Claire jVarieur at Notre Dame Church onJuly 3. Jerry has taken up fishing ina big way. Recently she went on afishing trip to Vermont, and as usualthe big one got away. Better luck nexttime, Jerry. Richard Clermont, sonof Laurette Clermont, celebrated hisI Oth birthday on July 21. His sister \Carolyn made and decorated the birth-day cake We recently had dinner to-gether in honor of Ida Decoteau'sbirthday. She was pleasantly surprisedwith a cake and gift. . What's the mat-ter that Walt Gould can't find his carwhen he gets out of work?

P.A.A. Rollingby Mary Messier

We are happy to have Gladys Mod-erski back with us after an extendedsick leave. . Many of us have had ourvacations and have come back to worklooking forward to our next one. A few

Paper Rolling (Day Shift)by Joan Horn and Claire Senecal

Vacations are still in full swing.Those who enjoyed theirs were GladysChase, Asbury Park, N. J., Jane Roy,at home, Jane Harding, at Wesley,R.I., Ethel Gilman, Old Orchard Beach,Maine, Eva King, Stison Lake, N.H..Yvonne Garvie, Providence, R.I.,Irene LaFleur, Cape Cod, Carrie Mur-ach, at home, Tina Vareschi, workingon her new home and Celia Meranti,at home. Mary Troia and husbandSam were given a bon voyage party atthe home of her mother. They received

Metal Clad (nights)by Theresa Thomas

Cassimer Donaj who recently moved,is enjoying his new apartment.Norma Buzzell is wearing a big smilethese days. Why? She is the proudowner of a lovely new Chevrolet. ..Weare glad to hear that Mabel Ryan'shusband who has been sick, is well onthe road-to-recovery The happiestgirl in our department is JeannetteBeebe. She is waiting the arrival ofher husband Francis, who has beenoverseas in the service. Fran has alovely surprise waiting for him becausehe has never seen his 10 month old son,Francis, J r . . . Some of the girls gotsome fine bargains at our recentbargain day sales We will greatlymiss the girls who have been transfer-red. They are Rita Abuisi, Rita Rosch,Martha Chocquette, Lydia Cama-dine, Julie Pevoski and Gaye Allard.We hope you like your new depart-ment. I'm sure we shall meet againsoon... Leo LaValley w.th four of his

Metal Clad Small OrderSurplus

by Rita Johnson

Nearly everyone in the departmenjoying the summer. Those retufrom vacations are Yvonne Perras;Lillian Guisti and Lillian Rivard whospent theirs at home; Shirley Keating,at Lake St. Catharine; Anna Lamour-eaux, at Hampton Beach; FrancesKryzeminski, Atlantic City; ErnestBradley, at home and motor trips, oneof which was to Hyde Park, the home ofthe late President Roosevelt; YvonneDavison, returned from a beautiful tripthrough New York state, up to theThousand Islands. Enroute, she visitedFrontier Town, North Pole, WhiteFace Mountain, McDonalds Farm andmany other points of interest. . MaryBator is vacationing at Lake George. .Rita Johnson recently visited at LakeGeorge, stopping at Storytown near thelake. Marion Conroy has returnedfrom her vacation spent at home andon daily trips which included LookPark, Indian Village at Lake George,and the Catskill Game Farm. . AnnDowney visited Storytown at LakeGeorge over the weekend and reporteda wonderful time Ora LeSage visitedthe Auresville Shrine at Auresv;lle,New York over the weekend . Weextend a welcome to the newcomers inour department and hope they enjoyworking with us Hazel Windrowspent a restful vacation at home. . .Casmer Ziemlak has returned from atwo week vacation at Windsor Lakewith his family. . Paula Pappas, DorisLuchini and Roma Sweeney are athome and on short trips for their twoweeks. Margaret Sebastino is vaca-tioning at Revere Beach and otherplaces near Boston, Mass MargaretO'Neil is enjoying herself at Cape Cod

Kay Godek has returned fromOcean Beach in New London Conn-ecticut. Ceil Esposito is enjoying twoweeks at home and on trips throughNew Hampshire. . Ora LeSage is en-joying herself at a beach in Connecticut

Theresa Keil is at home for twoweeks Anna Patenaude has returnedto her work following a two week visitwith her children in Indiana MarySatori of Final Inspection is enjoyinga two week vacation at home . Happybirthday to Susan LaBelle.

Miss Jean Estes is the daughterof Helen of the Mica Departmentat Brown Street. Jean graduatedfrom Drury High School in June.She will attend Burbank School ofNursing in Fitchburg this fall.

Five Generations! Mrs. Filion,95 years old is holding her great,great grandchild, Robert Dempsey,Jr., 9 months old. His father is Cpl.Robert Dempsey. Seated on the leftis Robert's great grandmother,Mrs. Theodore Burns and hisgrandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Demp-sey.

Danny Darling, age 4 months, isthe son of Mr. and Mrs. RobertDarling and the grandson of Doro-thy Baker of Industrial Oils Rolling.

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FOR SALEFurnace, hot water, with blower. Will heat nine rooms. Also I hot water tankand Hod-a-day stove, reasonable. Joseph Barrieu, dial MO-3-7180 or call Auto-matic Rolling, 3 to I I shift.

Black and white gas stove with top. Contact Maggie Perfect, dial MO 3-7678.

One combination door -34x80 -lock and Venetian blind all for $5. Dial MO4-9493.

Toastmaster, automatic pop-up toaster $7.50; Universal dial control iron,$2.50; Faberware electric, 8 cup percolator, chrome-plated, $3.50; hand-hairclippers, $1.25 ; typewriter table, $4.50. All items in good condition. Call MarshallSt. plant, extension, 351.

Girl's black ice skates, size 5. Very good condition. Will sell for $5.00. Dial MO3-6241 after 5 p.m.

Four white wall (U.S. Royal) tires, 1954 style (non-screech) 7.10/15. Driven800 miles. Guaranteed $135 value for $75. Call Marshall St. plant, extension 578,John Stewart.

Collie, brown and white -thorough bred, nine months old. Call Peter Mancuso,Brown St. plant, extension 38.

Kitchen-set ideal for camp—maple set with leaf top. Call Charlotte Haas after6 p.m. Adams 806W1.

Westinghouse electric roaster will hold 20-22 lbs. (everything with it)—neverbeen used. Asking $30. Contact Chet Lanoue, Maintenance, Marshall St. plant,extension 212.

RIDERS WANTED:Adams to Marshall St. or Beaver St.—8 to 5 shift. Call Doris Mimno, BeaverSt. office.

RIDE WANTED:From Beaver St. to the Brown St. plant 7 to 3:45 shift. Call MO 4-0357 after4 p.m.

LOST:Wallet—finder please contact Dick Patterson, Marshall St. plant, extension, 261,Machine Shop.

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Katherine Marchio

Norma Buzzell

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Irene Konopka

Helen Roe

Pamela Christopher

Rosemarie Tobin

Irene Toniatti

Roma Sweeney

Norman Lambert

Adele Solari

Marion Falcon

Ida Decoteau

Mary Koczela

Joe Swistak

Gen Melito

Raymond Scerbo

Edward Goodman

William J. Nolan

Barbara Armstrong

Flora Burdick

Agnes LaRoache

Gladys Sullivan

Norma Skorupski

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Servicemen's NewsJohn Dube who is with the U. S. Air

Force in Chateauroux, France, hasbeen promoted airman first class.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Edward H. Dube. His mother, Mary,is employed in the Miscellaneous DryRolling Department.

Prior to his enlistment in the AirForce, John was employed as a drafts-man at the Marshall Street plant.

Navyman, Hollis Herrington, son ofMr. and Mrs. Frank H. Herrington hasbeen assigned to shore duty at Norfolk,Virginia.

Prior to his enlistment, Hollis wasemployed at the Brown Street plant inthe Wire Coating Department.

For the past two months he has beenon a temporary assignment with BoatUnit 2 at the U. S. Naval Amphibiousbase at Little Creek, Norfolk.

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June 15—Mr. and Mrs. RonaldKelly—Son.

July 2—Sgt. 1st Class and Mrs.William Fowler—Daughter.

July 6—Mr. and Mrs. StanleyMastalisz—Daughter.

July 12—Mr. and Mrs. ArthurLemaire—Son.

July 17—Mr. and Mrs. EdwardClark—Daughter.

July 18—Mr. and Mrs. GerardSauve—Son.

July 23—Mr. and Mrs. ThomasSlater—Son.

July 23—Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Lam-bert—Son.

July 26—Mr. and Mrs. BernardTatro—Son.

July 28—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Den-ley—Daughter.

July 28—Mr. and Mrs. MarshallBriggs—Son.

August 1—Mr. and Mrs. AllenMiller—Son.

August 2—Mr. and Mrs. ErnestRondeau—Daughter.

August 3—Mr. and Mrs. EdwardTatro—Daugh ter.

August 4—Mr. and Mrs. PaulBelanger—Son.

August 5—Mr. and Mrs. JohnGumbleton—Son.

Servicemen's Addresses

Pfc. Kenneth A. DeanUS 21-269-505Wildflecken Installation7811 Army Unit A.S.P. No. 3A.P.O. 26 c/o P.M.New York, New York

Pfc. Richard L. Giroux 13515194J. Motor Company 5th Marine1st Marine DivisionF.M.E. c/o Fleet Post OfficeSan Francisco, California

Louis Hodgdon S.N. 43634491st Division U.S.S. Cadnus (AR14)Norfolk, Virginia

A/3c Francis L. KingA.F. 1125673091st Field Maint. Sq. Box 199Lockbourne A.F.B.Ohio

A/3c Paul J. MaynardA.F. 112683393399th Student Sqd.Keesler A.F.B.Mississippi

Robert A. Petitt DC 3U.S.S. Hunt DD 674c/o Fleet Post OfficeNew York, New York

Pfc. Stanley Tworig US 512-160158th M.R.U.Fort McPhearson, Georgia

Pfc. Andrew H. Bushee1248625 USMCVMJ-1 F.M.F.1st M.A.W. c/o F.P.O.San Francisco, California

A/2c Edward J. Goff, Jr.AF 11-169-74477th Ftr. BMr. Sq., Box 174A.P.O. 120 c/o PMNew York, New York

Robert A. Groves BT 2B-DivisionU.S.S. Yosemite A. D19c/o F.P.O.New York, New York

Cpl. Ernest St. Cyr R.A. 1 1237551Co. A 7I4T.B.R.O.D.E.Fort Eustis, Virginia

Pfc. Walter A. Braman, Jr.U.S. 51215428Hq. Co. 1st Bn. 14th A/CA.P.O. 26 c/o PMNew York, New York

S/Sgt. Peter F. Esposito3610th Maint. Sqd. (FLT Line)Harlingen A.F.B.Harlingen, Texas

Pvt. Ona R. Lyman US 512764959301 T.S.U. Ord.B.R.L. Det.A.P.G.Aberdeen, Maryland

This is the gang, from RoundMidget Assembly, that had aspaghetti supper at the home ofMidge1 Valotta. Sitting left toright: Vi Bona, Peggy Daub, AlvinaMoreau, and Agnes LaRoache.Standing in same order are; RonnieCrockwell, Ida Chilson, MidgeValotta, Romona Turgeon, Made-

line Horrigan, Laura Delisle, DorisGaudette, Norman Skorupski andKay O'Connor.

Missing when the picture wastaken were Jennie Garceau, Thel-ma Sherman and Vi Levesque.Looks like all the gals enjoyedthemselves.

People still go to Bargain Days—even in this Modern Age! This wasproved recently when four girlswho work in the MaintenanceOffice on Marshall Street returnedto work one day dressed like gypsies.Their costumes consisted of bright,multi-colored skirts and smallhead kerchiefs which they had pur-chased in a local store at a bargain

sale. Appropriate jewelry complet-ed the outfits. The girls, picturedabove, and their "witchcraft"specialities are: Audrea Bo wen,expert at reading cards; DorothySt. Hilaire, who specialized in tealeaves; Dorothy Buzzell, gazer ofthe crystal ball and Marian Beattie,palm reading wizard.

Anniversaries...

July 4—Mr. and Mrs. Silvio Volpi18th.

July 7 Mr. and Mrs. Gordoni Harrington—25th.

July 11—Mr. and Mrs. NormanSweet—3rd.

July 28—Mr. and Mrs. MelvinHaas—42nd.

July 28—Mr. and Mrs. Konopka—18th.

July 31—Mr. and Mrs. HenryBratcher—6th.

August 23—Mr. and Mrs. FrancisRomeo—7th.

August 30—Mr. and Mrs. HowardShippee—7th.

Joan Haskins—July 1—at Spencer'sDairy Bar—given by Mrs. GeraldMundy.

Gloria Ferrara—July 1 1 —at thehome of Mrs. J. Vitali.

Doris Langer—July 24—at St. An-drew's chapel social room.

Carolyn Cicchetti—July 25—at herhome.

"I DO" NOTES

July 3- Mildred Lemay andFrances Meczywor

July 3 Claire Varieur andEdward Shartrand, Jr.

July 6 Dorothy Plumb andCharles Oakley

July 10 Dorothy Germain andWilliam Borowski

July 10 Marilyn Chenail andJoseph LoPresto

July I 7 Greta Stuckens andWilliam Brennon

July I 7 -Erna Goman andRobert Meacham

July 1 7 -Joan Reopell andWilliam Curran, Jr.

July 1 7—Joan Haskins andHarry Chesbro

July I 7 Claire Thomas andErnest Farinon

July 31 Carol Pignone andWalter Bruce Baumert

Going My Way!

Priscilla Douglas and Horace GreenlawBeverly LaBombard and Bernard TatroGenevieve Melito and George BeckwithMary Bua and Fred PinkallJoan Russell and Robert Murray

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