VOL. V JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1943

Advertising Issue

SPRAGUE

THE SYMBOL of many outstanding/

engineering contributions, over a

period of many years, to the cause

of better, more reliable capacitors.

SPRAGUECONDENSERS -KOOLOHMQuality Components • Expertly Engineered «

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NO. 6

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NORTH ADAMS. MASSACHUSETTS

To help maintain the spirit of friendly co'operationand constant improvement which iias marked our

course from the beginning.

VOL. V JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1943 NO. 6

EDITORIALThe Sprague four-way program of advertising reaches

around the glohe, telling capacitor and resistor buyers themerits of Sprague products, thus bringing more andmore business to North Adams, which in turn keepsNorth Adams people employed and the city prosperous.

As far as subject matter is concerned Sprague Adver-tising falls into four divisions.

First is the Manufacturing Division. This is to reachmanufacturers who buy capacitors for use as originalequipment in all types of radio, electronic and electricalapparatus. Full pages are used in such technical publi-cations as Electronics, Electronic Industries, ElectricalManufacturing, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engi-neers, Army Ordnance, Technology Review, Radio and vari-ous others.

Second is the Resistor Division Advertising whichfeatures Koolohms. This has the same general appear-ance as the Manufacturing Division but concentrates onKoolohms to give them the greatest possible prominence.It appears in full pages in much the same list of magazines.

Third is the Jobbing Division (Sprague Products Com-pany) Advertising. This is designed to reach servicemen,dealers and distributors, and appears in such magazinesas Radio Retailing — Today. Service. Service Dealer, RadioNews, Radio Craft, Radio Jobber News, Parts and variousothers.

Fourth comes the Export Division Advertising withsmaller space in American Exporter and in UniversalCommerce, as well as in local radio magazines in the SouthAmerican market.

(Continued on page 5)

NEW DAY CARE CENTER FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDRENSeveral weeks a<;o it became apparent to the Sprague Specialties

Company that with the expanding war orders and a diminishingsupply of available workers it would he necessary to encourage newgroups of people to seek employment. At this time the local UnitedStates Employment Service mailed questionnaires to several thou-sand local women, asking them to register for work. This appealwas one of the first of its kind made in this country. It producedsome direct results as well as giving wide publicity to the .seriousnessof the situation. From the information received in this canvass andfrom the company's experience there seemed to he a need for addi-tional facilities for the care of children, whose mothers could thenaccept work in industry.

The Massachusetts office of the I nited States Employment Serv-ice, together with their local office, suggested that a Center or Centers

A scene in the Day Care Center. !Tke little boy is the son of Beatrice Gibe.

Another picture in the Day Care Center uhere children of wor\ing mothersare cared for

Your Government asks you tolend it 10 cents of every dollaryou earn if you possibly can.Join the 10 per cent pay rolldeduction plan.

BUYWAR BONDS

Buy War Bonds " 'til it hurts"' hurts nobody except the ercut-throats who want to take American independence away 1. __>fyou.

Celebrating the Fourth of July with bonfires dates back to thefirst observance of the holiday in Philadelphia in 1777. \ou can helpbuild a bonfire under the Axis every pay day by buying UnitedStates War Bonds. Each bond you buy adds fuel to the fires ofAmerica's freedom.

for the Day Care of Children be opened, and Miss Charlotte Pardeewas asked to supervise the work. She is a graduate of Mark II "kins School, Vassar College and Columbia University. Sheworked with students of all apes from nursery school through higtischool. Her experience includes two years of teaching at Drury.A committee of local women with Mrs.' Frank \ . Bond I s chairmanwas asked to work with Miss I'ardee.

After approaching the problem from many angles the committeedecided to open a Center for the Day Care of Pre-School Age Childrenin a large hrick house at 1 16 Church Street, hack of which is a play-ground. It is staffed with a janitor, an experienced cook, a graduatenurse, and a kindergarten teacher, who is also trained in nurserywork. It has been equipped with modern nursery school furniture,toys and cots for daily naps.

Each child that is registered must he given a physical examina-tion by Dr. Gangemi. This service is free of charge. Breakfast,mid-morning snack and luncheon are served. The Center is openfrom 6.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The fee isS3.50 per week.

It is not intended that the Center be used only by Sprague work-ers. Its services are available to all who are engaged in tfie war effort.

Anyone interested may get additional information at the employ-ment office or dispensary.

January-February, 19-43 SPRAGL'E LOG Pa»e 3

Pvt. GERALD P. O'HEILArmy Air Force Technical Training CommandHe formerly wor\ed in the stoci( room. His wife

wor\s in the Mica Department.

Pvt. ROBERT GARNERFormerly employed in Dry Formation

Pvt. EDWARD BURT1746 Ord. Co. M.M. (Aw.) £>.

Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OJ^Ia.Formerly icorljcd in K.V.A.

WRITE OFTEN, WRITE CHEERFULLY, WRITE OFTENA Tip from Uncle Sam on How to Do It!

Imagine a soldier at a lonely outpost, or at a fighting front aftersome harrowing experiences, or at a training camp after the monot-

ions routine of a day's drilling or K.P. Mail call comes . . . his.me is called . . . he is handed his letter. His morale is restored!

Army men — from generals to privates — agree that a soldier'smorale is more important than any fighting weapon. It can hewritten by any acquaintance. The cheerful newsy letter. The letterthat makes him feel that he's not just No. 2386154 — but JohnJones who has a family, friends, anil a home. The letter about day-by-day events in his home town, the latest gossip. The letter fromone of the men who worked with him in the shop or oflice — withnews reports about Sprague's and the people he knows there.

W ives, mothers, and sweethearts, please note: Don't unburdenyour cares and sorrows on the stronger shoulders of your fightingmen. Don't write gloomv letters. Of course, tell him that you misshim. But do it cheerfully. Complaining about civilian restrictionsand rationing won't get you any sympathy from the service man.But news that you are buying more war bonds will he greeted withhurrahs. \ our war work activities (volunteer or otherwise) will heapproved. But most of all he'll be glad to know that life as he knewit at home still goes on — and that although he is missed, you'relooking forward to his return when the war is won.

Don't worry about grammatical errors. Write just as you'dtalk. You'll find it easier and he'll find your letters fun to read!

If you would like to write former Sprague employees now in theservice the Dispensary will be glad to supply you with the addressesif possible.

Recent visitors at the plant include 2d Lieut. FLOYD LESLRE,Pvt. ROBERT RIVARD, Pvt. JOSEPH DLNAJ and Pvt. DOMINICESPOSITO. Pvt. NELSON CHARRON has been transferred to theCavalry and is at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ROHERT FINNEY has been promoted to Staff Sergeant and isJW in Australia.

KAY BELLOWS BURNS, Sales Office, and AGNES HARRISON,Engineering Office, have joined the W AACS and are stationed atDes Moines, Iowa.

WILLIAM KIEL and EDWARD LARLE were recent visitors at theplant.

TEXT OF CITATION BY ADMIRAL NTMITZIn Awarding the Navy Cross to Log Editor's Son

UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEETFLAGSHIP OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF

In the name of the President of the United States, the Com-mander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, takes pleasure in pre-genting the NAVY CROSS to

SECOND LIEITENANT SLMNER H. W HITTEN,

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE

for service as set forth in the following

CITATION:"For extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as a

pilot of Marine Scout-Bombing Squadron TWO FORTY-ONE,during the operations of the L. S. Naval and Marine forces onMidway Islands against the invading Japanese Heet on June 4 anil5, J912. In the first attack against the enemy carrier, and in theface of withering fire from enemy fighters and anti-aircraft batteries,Second Lieutenant \\ hitten pressed home his attack to a releasealtitude of four hundred feet. On the night of June 4, 1912, IK; par-ticipated in the search anil attack mission again-t an enemy carrierand brought his plane back to its base under extremely adverseweather conditions. His courage and devotion to duty were in keep-ing with the highest traditions of the naval service."

C. W. NTMITZ,Classified Citation. Admiral, U. S. Navy

Admiral \imitz presents the ̂ \.axy Cross to Lt. Whittenwho has more recently been promoted to Captain.

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THESE RESISTORSDO THE JOBS TH/sr COUIDNT BE DONE

SPRAGUE ADVERTISING IS FLASHEDTO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLDMuch money is spent for this advertising year after

year, and one basic reason for sending out our messageevery month to so many buyers through so many mag-azines is that the list of buyers is constantly changing.Thousands of new engineers in these war times havejust come into the picture and may never have heardof Sprague before. Thousands of concerns are usingcapacitors who never used them before. Our job is tomake sure that the Sprague man who calls onthem comes not as a stranger but as a welcome repre-sentative. Advertising is one of the quickest ways wecan use to inform the buyers of the many new develop-ments Sprague is making. Whether it is dry electrolyticsfor airplanes or high voltage resistors to stand highpulse voltages Sprague Advertising tells them where tofind them.

Our big advertising job is to make our companyname and our Capacitors and Koolohm Resistors wellknown to thousands of engineers and others who aretoday busily engaged in war work but at the war's endwill be scattered with private firms all over the country.Thus our advertising will help to insure a steady flowof peacetime business tomorrow when orders will beharder to get and competition will be tougher. Adver-tising by Sprague is thus doing its part to build con-tinued employment and prosperity in North Adams,not only now but in the future. Advertising, like con-densers, is based on scientific experiment, inventionand hard work. The Harry P. Bridge Company. Adver-tising Counsellors in Philadelphia, have for several yearsprepared our advertising. Samples of recent adver-tisements, including a "rough layout" of one yet toappear, are shown here and on the front cover.

January-February, 1943 SPRAGUE LOG Page 5

Elaine Goodrich of Brown Street singing at the Christmas dance at the Armory

This picture was ta\en while the baskets were being filled which are sentout at Christmas time. Mary Fachini, Frances Di Turci and Kay Hyndmanare the busy basket fillers. These Christmas baskets are paid for with moneyraised by the Annual Minstrel Show.

THE FIFTH ANNUALSPRAGUE CHRISTMAS DANCE

Tommy Reynolds and His OrchestraFeature Gala Holiday Gathering

On the evening of December 23 between eight hundredand nine hundred Sprague employees and their friendsrelaxed and stepped out at the Fifth Annual SpragueChristmas Dance held in the Armory from 9 p.m. to1 a.m. The dance was as usual sponsored for the Spragueemployees by the company and each employee wasentitled to invite one guest. Admission was free and allmen in uniform in town were guests of the company.Elaine Goodrich sang a solo with the orchestra. Thedance was voted a great success and a much needed breakin the strenuous round-the-clock routine.

YOU CANT HOODWINK SPRAGUE WORKERS

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MARION TAFT of Boxing Department is engaged to JamesRondeau, not employed here. No wedding date has been set.

ALICE MULVANEY of Western Electric Department, and Pvt.JOSEPH FILIAULT, formerly of Boxing Department, are planning tobe married. No date has been set.

The engagement of DENISE PELOQUIN of Brown Street, and Pvt.Albert Coenen, not employed here, has been announced. No dateof the wedding has been set.

The engagement of OLGA SOMNER of Brown Street and Dr. JohnKennedy, not employed here, has been announced. The weddingdate has not been set.

GLADYS LAPERLE of Paper Rolling Department has announcedher engagement to Harry Jones, not employed here. No weddingarrangements have yet been made.

On December 2, 1942, at the Methodist Church, ANNE WILLIAMSof Brown Street Plant was married to Norman Petterson, notemployed here.

MARY SANTOLIN of Dry Test Department and Pvt. GerardPaquette, not employed here, were married December 13, 1912 atSt. Anthony's Church.

JOAN COUTURE and ERNEST HALEY, both employed at BrownStreet, were married in North Adams on December 24, 1942.

ISOBELL BROWN of Block Test Department was married toValmore LaFontaine, not emploved here, on December 26, 1942.The wedding took place at St. Francis Church.

On December 26, 1942 at St. Thomas Church, Adams, DOROTHY'HENNESSEY of Sprague Products Office became the bride of FrancisMclnerney, not employed here.

MILDRED CHENAIL of Brown Street was married to HomerGiroux, not employed here, at Notre Dame Church, December 26,1942.

The wedding of EILEEN CYR of Brown Street Plant and FrederickKoczela, not employed here, took place January 2, 1943 at NotreDame Church, Adams.

At. St. Stanislaus Church, Adams, January 2, 1943, BLANCHEKOZA of Brown Street was married to Edmund Gritz, not employedhere.

On January 6, 1943, at Portsmouth, Va., PAULINE SUMNER of theBoxing Department was married to Pharmacists Mate Arthur LaPlant, not employed here.

FRANCES PERRAS of Beaver Street Plant was married January 13,1943 at St. Francis Church to VERNON KING of Brown Street Plant.

KATHERINE DOWNEY was married on January 16, 1943 in St.Thomas Church, Adams, to Lawrence Scott, not employed here.

IRENE MEYETTEofthe K. V. A. Department and ApprenticeSeaman Nicholas Mele, not employed here, were married on Febru-ary 4, 1943.

JlJSXARRIVED

December 13.December 14.

December 14.

December 16.

December 16.

December 21.

December 25.January 3.

January 6.

January 15.

A son was born to EMIL and HELENE FILIAULT.A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. ARTHURLIBARDI. The mother is MARY of Paper RollingDepartment.A son to Mr. and Mrs. Rocco TRIM VRCHI. Motheris RAPHILLA of Paper Assembly.A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. ANTHONY CANALE. ADAof Paper Assembly Department is the mother.Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR HEWITT became the parentsof a son.A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. DoMENICTASSONE. The mother is CAKMELLA of Paper RollingDepartment. Anne Marie has been chosen forbaby's name.A son to Mr. and Mrs. DORIS CARON.A girl, Bonnie Isobell, was born to Mr. and Mrs.ALBERT WIMETT. The mother is ISOHELL of BlockTest Department.A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. JOHN MUL-DOWNEY of Materials Control Department.

A son to Mr. and .Mrs. EVERETT BROWN. Dad worksin Maintenance I )rparlment and mother, DORIS.worked in D. C. Rolling Department.

WHAT

COULD

ASK AT THE DISPENSARY FOR FREE PAMPHLETS WITH DIRECTIONSfor crocheting this set, consisting of baby sweater, cap and bootees;or for knitting baby's sweaters and scarfs; or for making buttonhole9, cutting out and fitting dresses. Available to any reader ofthe LOG.

Jimmy Oldham of the Purchasing Depart-ment is apparently a crac\ shot.

PROTECTIVE GOGGLES...IDONT SEE WHY INDUSTRIALWORKERS HESITATE TOWEAR *ri f ( « !

Play SafeBe CarefulThe man hourslost throughaecident andillness — if saved— might shortenthe war awhole vear

January-February, 1913 SPRAGUE LOG Pa-e 7

THE VALUE OF TIME STUDY IN MODERN INDUSTRY(Continued from. December Loo)

Modern Mechanical ChangesIn any discussion of Time Study we must realize the wonderful

changes taking place in industry which demand more precise knowl-edge than did older ways. Invention follows invention almost daily.What is standard today is outmoded tomorrow. What used to bedone by hand is more and more being transferred to complicatedmechanical operations.

This constant change is unavoidable. A company to be successfulmust study what every new mechanical change or improved type ofmachinery means to its own business. Time Study methods play amajor role in evaluating these newer set-ups. In peace time TimeStudy is important to help meet competition. In war time it isimportant to help beat the enemy.

Time Studies Include Personality-Time Study is not just a cold, mathematical process. It includes

the study and appreciation of the human endeavor and the characterand personality of each individual worker. It studies carefully hisaptitude, skill, intelligence, physical qualifications and his resource-fulness. It evaluates them as they apply to the proper completion ofhis job. In short. Time Study measures the requirements of the taskand then tries to judge fairly the worker when placed at that task.

In the stress of war we must train people quickly for the new warjobs. Time Study decides the best methods and motions and thestandard time for the work to be completed. Time Study also revealsthe need for sert factors, or discovers personal factors that willpermit additional time allowances to the worker. It also makes itpossible for the worker to study his job himself and find out in whatpart of it he has difficulty, so that he can try to improve.

Again Time Study reveals the effect of other conditions on theefficiency of the worker, including light, temperature, noise, posture,old or outmoded tools or machinery, and non-uniform materials withwhich to work.

Twelve Achievements of Time Study1. Increased earnings for employees. 2. More output per unit of

time. 3. Lower direct and indirect costs. 4. Increased morale ofemployees. 5. Lower labor turnover. 6. A more scientific basis forsound training. 7. Improved quality and precision of work. 8.Much lower percentage of spoiled work. 9. Better control of produc-tion. 10. Better control of costs. 11. A plant in which workingconditions are greatlv improved. 12. The maintenance of a soundand stable profit so that the business can continue.

Training ClassesOnly persons having trained skill, thorough technical ability and

attractive personality should attempt to become Time Study work-ers.

Mr. Charles Pickup, who is head of the Sprague Time StudyDepartment, announces that a number of classes will be held thatwill give any employee of the Company an opportunity of becomingan applicant for a position in the Time Study Department oracquainted with the method and procedure used for taking timestudies and settling rates.

A series of five classes will treat with the why, wherefore and howof time study. To those employees who attend these five classes withthe intent of qualifying for positions in the Department an examina-tion and aptitude test will be given. Those who pass may attend afurther series of training classes which fit the student for a positionin the Time Study Department.

Guess Who on the Drury High Victors of 1926. Two in the fourth row.One in the third row, and one in the second row.

JANET and MARION RAY have returned from a two weeks' vaca-tion in Lincoln, Nebraska visiting Corp. CLIFFORD RAY, formerly ofthe Boxing Department. He is Janet's husband and Marion'sbrother.

How many remember the old saying learned in our school booksyears ago?

LOST: Yesterday — somewhere between sunrise and sunset,two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No rewardis offered. They are gone forever.

How much tragic truth there is in this "Lost but not Found"notice! Especially today! Let's not lose or waste precious minutes,for they can never be recovered. Minutes well used and hours wellsaved may bring back one of your friends or loved ones safe andsound. That's all that we here at home can do. MAKE EVERYMINUTE COUNT! ! ! !

GUESS WHO in the December, 1942, issue of THE LOG. The twins wereDora Landry and Cora Herman. The youngster in his coaster cart is Jac\Shields, and the little lady with the bouquet is none other than Ruth Veazie.

DOA'T BE CARELESS! BE CAREFUL!

MAKE THEM LAST LOGGER!

Photograph ta\en of the Farewell Party given to ACHES HARRIA[GTOA[ (in light dress) and to K A T BELLOWS (in dar\ dress) when they left to jointhe WA.A.CS. Forty girls from the office floor too\part. The party was held at the Richmond Hotel.

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Guess Who. He looked like this when twoyears old but now he and his wife work in PaperAssembly.

The Children's Page(Left to Right)

Second Row: Ethel Joyce Thayer, daughter of Frances Strafaci. Colleen J.Fitzgerald and Edward J. Fitzgerald; their father is Edward of the MicaDepartment. Phillip Norman, son of Pvt. Zenophil Bleau, formerly of CanShop, and Betty Bleau of Brown Street. Third Row: Rose Frances Strafaci,daughter of Frances Strafaci. Mifford Peter Wright, son of Margaret ofPaper Rolling. John Ladue, son of Lillian of Dry Test and John of Block,Test. Donna Roberta Shaw, daughter of Catherine Shaw of Boxing Depart-ment. Lower Left: Greta Gotzen and "Pal"; Greta's mother is Dorothy ofK.V.A. Lower Right: Nancy Jane McNulty, daughter of Imogene of PaperAssembly Annex and Charles of the Impregnating Department.

Guess Who. The girl Holding the doll works in Paper Assembly.