SPRfiGUE ELECTRIC

Volume XIII NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 2.{, 1951 I N I I I I I I M ' I l<>

Left to right: JoAnii, daughter ofJosephine Celentano of the MoldedTubular Section Solder Depart-ment; Saundra, daughter of AngieCarlton of the F. P. Assembly;Meredith, daughter of NormanSchulze, Plant Engineer; and Cyn-thia, daughter of Ernest Purpura ofthe Specifications Engineering De-partment.

Girl Scouts CelebrateThirty-ninth Anniversary

Girls Scouts from eleven inter-mediate troops met at the Y.M.C.A.with their leaders on March 16 to cele-brate the Thirty-ninth AnniversaryBirthday. Mrs. Ralph F. Bullett, GirlScout Director, had charge of theprogram.

International folk songs and danceswere enjoyed by everyone present.

Each troop donated one week's duesto the Juliette Low World FriendshipFund. Juliette Low was the founderof the Girl Scout Organization.

After the entertainment, members ofthe Girl Scout Council served the re-freshments.

Henry F. Puppolo WinsPatent For Invention

Henry F. Puppolo, who is employedin Research and Engineering, has beenawarded a patent for a new processwhich he developed for producing resinfilms.

The process which Mr. Puppolo re-vealed results in a clear, flexible, tough,and superior resin film to be used ininsulating work. Previous to this in-vention, the film had been obtained byshaving from a block of insulatingmaterial. This resulted in the filmbeing very diverse and greater thanone-thousandth of an inch in thickness.By placing a mixture of resins, alcohols,and acids upon a copper or iron surface,5nd heating up to a temperature of 750degrees Fahrenheit, Mr. Puppolo ob-tained a resin film no greater than twoten-thousandths of an inch thick.

The inventor has been employed atthe Sprague Electric Company since1940.

NOTICEIt is requested that cars do not stop

to pick up or let off passengers onBeaver Street. This ties up traffic.Please drive into the parking lot beforestopping.

Company Expands WithPurchase of South Wingof So-called "Big Mill"

In Bennington, VermontThe Sprague Electric Company has

purchased the south wing, constitutingabout one-third of the space, of theso-called Big Mill in Bennington,Vermont. A four-story building, anoffice, and a one-story wing are in-cluded in the purchase.

The product to be manufactured atthis location requires a three-shiftoperation and the purchase of theBennington Plant was made necessarybecause the Company would not beable to obtain in North Adams a suf-ficient number of people who would beadaptable for this work in order tomaintain an around-the-clock opera-tion. With the addition during recentyears of ceramic condensers and auto-matic rolling, we now have six con-tinuous operations in our North Adamsplants. The others are etching, f®r-mation, impregnation, and wire coat-ing.

Renovation at the Bennington Planthas already been started and it is ex-pected that operations will begin inJuly. A relatively small working forcewill be required.

The Big Mill was previously the mainplant of the Holden-Leonard Company,manufacturers of woolen goods. Itwas recently purchased by the Ben-Mont Paper Company of Benningtonand the Sprague Electric Companyacquired its portion from Ben-Mont.

News AboutSprague ElectricEmployes in the Service

We have received many letters fromSprague Electric employes who are nowin the service. They are anxious tohear from their friends at home so weare passing along their names andaddresses so that you may write tothem.

Pfc. Donald S. MaharUS 1033603

Ser. Co. 8th Tank Bn.F. M. F. Atlantic

Camp Lejeune, North CarolinaBefore Pfc. Mahar went into the

service, he was employed in Wire Coat-ing.

Ret. Valmore F. Plantier 51095826491st Pet. Dep. Co.

Fort Devens, MassachusettsRet. Plantier went into the service

in October, 1950. When he was em-ployed at Sprague Electric, he workedin Wire Coating. Valmore is fortunatein being stationed so near his home.

Pvt. Herbert H. PalmerUS 51013298

Sv. Btry. 145 FA BNFort Hood, Texas

Pvt. Palmer has almost completedhis Field Artillery basic training atFort Hood. He left his job at Marshall

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SPRAGUEELECTRIC COMPANY FOR 1950

Every year, each one of us bringsout a checkbook, a pile of bills and re-ceipts, a list of figures, and attempts todetermine exactly what is our financialcondition. Most of us do this some-time in March when Uncle Sam de-mands a reckoning. But whenever wedo it, it is always good to know justwhat we earned, what we spent, andwhat we saved during the precedingyear. By this knowledge of the past,we can in some way prepare for thefuture.

In the same manner, our Companymakes a yearly survey of its financial©perations and general well-being.This study has been completed for theyear 1950, and the Sprague ElectricC®mpany wants all of its employes tobe informed of the facts concerningtheir Company.

1950 was a television year andbrought total employment in our fourplants elsewhere and three in NorthAdams to 4700 people. Meanwhile,although television output has suffereda 15% curtailment because of govern-ment orders restricting the use ofmaterials, the products you make havebecome very much needed for militarydefense. Our research department hasbeen developing better military pro-ducts than our competitors for sometime and this has helped in maintain-ing employment in spite of televisioncutbacks. So our team has movedinto line for the defense of our countryand there we will stay as long as we areneeded, giving our best.

At the same time the things youmake were growing in commercial use,so widely are electronic and electricdevices being used. With your at-tention to quality in the goods youmake and offer, with your regard foreconomy and with our research andinventiveness, our team has become thefavorite of customers in America. Thisis an important accomplishment. Foras you know, the customer is the boss.In behalf of your foreman or depart-ment head and of all members ofmanagement I compliment each of youand add my personal thanks.

Perhaps you would like to know theresult of your hard work in 1950. Afew simple figures will tell you a lotthat is complimentary to you. 1950was a very successful year and itssuccess was made possible by the hardwork and loyalty of the people employ-ed in the three North Adams plants,the Herlec Corporation, the Barreplant, and the Nashua operation. Byyour skill and labor, production wassuch that the Sprague Electric Com-pany sold 28 and 3/5 million dollarsworth of products in 1950. Probablyyour immediate reaction to this figureis that over 28 million dollars is a lotof money. It is a lot of money, butafter you have examined what has

happened to this income, you willhave a much better understanding ofyour Company and your job. Here isthe story in round figures. Here iswhat actually has happened to the over28 million which constituted the totalincome of the Sprague Electric Com-pany for the year 1950:

Sales made to customers. .$ 28,614,860Other income 125,973

Total sales and income. . $ 28,740,833Paid for raw materials,

power, fuel and otherpurchased items 9,543,069

Available for the balanceof the needs of the busi-ness and used as fol-lows: $ 19,197,764

Wages and Salaries 10,972,914Taxes 4,365,059Wear and tear on plant

and equipment. . . . 463,958Int. on borrowed money. . 50,429Dividends to stockholders 657,809Reinvested in business for

working capital, plantexpansion, and otherneeds of the business. . 2,687,595As y®u can see from the table,

$10,972,914 ©f the Company's totalincome was paid to the Sprague Elec-tric employes as wages and salaries.This figure represents an averagemonthly payroll of $914,409.50, and isthe largest single cost item.

During 1950, $9,543,069 was paid tomerchants and manufacturers fromwhom we purchased our raw materialsand supplies. This was about $3,000,-000 more than was spent for materialsand supplies in 1949.

Due to the national emergency,taxes have been getting higher andhigher and our Company was taxedover $4,000,000. These taxes representa figure almost four times higher thanthat of 1949.

Each year, plant equipment depredates in value against the lime whennew equipment must replace the old.In 1950, $463,958 was set aside lor ihispurpose.

The expansion at Nashua, plus theexpansion at the Marshall Street plantin North Adams, and I he purchasingof new equipment necessary to meetthe customers' and military demandsfor products meant thai the Companyneeded large sums of money whichwere not immediately accessible fromour own funds. Hence, we borrowed$700,000 which increased our presentloan to $2,000,000. We paid out$50,429 in interest during 1950.

After the expenses and taxes havebeen taken from the total income, theCompany is left with net earnings ofa little over $3,345,000. Of thisamount, $657,809 went to the stock-holders in the form of dividends. Thestockholders receive dividends on themoney which they have invested inorder to compensate them for the riskand use of their money.

After the dividends to the stock-holders have been taken out, a balanceof $2,687,000 is left. Tkis sum hasbeen reinvested by the Sprague Elec-tric Company in new plants, equip-ment and working capital. It is usedto take care of everyday expenses andfor expansion or other needs of thebusiness and to create new jobs.

A few comparisons will help toContinued on page 2

Business-Industry Education Day al North Adams was one of thehighlights of the year. Here is one of the groups of educators whoinspected the Sprague plants as a part of the program designed tofurther mutual aid and understanding.

PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY FOR EMPLOYES OF SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY

SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG March 2H, 1951

Publishing Staff

Editor

Patricia Welch

Circulation: Marion Caron Social Chairman: Ann Heath

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Kit Carson, Tom Cullen, Dan Kelly, Peter Mancuso, Jim Oldham, EtlOwen and Laurence Haskins.

SportsKenneth Russell

PhotographerAl Horsfall

Plant EditorMarshall Street: Cecile Trudeai

Plant EditorBrown Street. Bertha Vaughan

BEAVER STREET REPORTERSJohn Davis, Susan Bishop, Harry Embry, Ruth Haskins, Velma Lincoln,

Frances Melito, Nick Richardello, Florence Southgate, John Walsh, JoyceHarrington, Marge Wittig, Clifford Dominichini, Phyllis Olson, and JaniceRobinson.

MARSHALL STREET REPORTERS

Ida Gigliotti, Laurence Hiser, Isabelle Hyndman, Virginia Kemp, MarjorieHauptfleisch, Barbara King, Mario Magnani, Emma Mutart, Edward O'Neil,Cecile Risch, Rita English, Jane Gordon, and Julia Desrosiers.

BROWN STREET REPORTERS

Ruth Bass, Mary Bua, Janet Cady, Charles Felix, William Currant, AnnHeath, Elizabeth Jangrow, Dorothy D'Arcangelo, Gladys Kirkpatrick, HelenLesure, Blanche Tatro, Corena Tatro, Connie Tatro, and Isabel Witherow.

"Every Sprague Employe an Assistant Reporter"

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor:

Editors are so often subjected to such junwarranted and undeserved criticismthat it may seem add to you to receivethis letter of merited praise. I thoughtit might interest you to know of thereaction of this department to their firstreportorial effort in the LOG.

A few months ago, I inquired whythis department never seemed to havenews in the LOG. The answers werevaried and some even caustic. I wastold to try my hand at reporting andaccepted what I considered a challenge.It was with a "tongue in their cheek"attitude that our first combined effortwas submitted. Can you imaginewith what trepidation I awaited theLOG. But, because it was printedverbatim, my stock has risen 100%.The enthusiasm it engendered hassnowed me under with so much materialthat it is only a matter of gleaning the"wheat" from the "chaff".

This is meant to be a sincere thankyou for printing Mrs. Greene's son'spicture, for our article, and for having

made my job so much easier; for havinghelped me prove my point that theLOG has its being only for the em-ployes and that it is up to us to furnishyou with material to print.

Most of us are now LOG consciousand with your help — so help me — Ihope to keep them that way.

Sincerely,E. B. Ryan

Electric Maintenance TestMarshall Street

SON to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Shep-ley on March 5, 1951. The fatherworks in Molded Tubular Finish.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. Felix Szetelaon March 5, 1951. The mother isStacia of Miscellaneous Paper Assemb-ly-

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Charles Mulcahy on March 2, 1951.Mr. Mulcahy is employed in MetalClad Tubular Assembly.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Lawrence Jones on February 28, 1951.The mother is Rose of the PaperSection Test Department.

KNOW YOUR FOREMAN Annual Report

understand how the share of eachgroup helps the other group to gel itsshare. For instance, dividends, whicharc stockholders' pay, are equivalentto only S.I weeks of the year's wagesand salaries. This is less than lasl

The amounl turned over to publicofficeholders for their spending, how

the vear's wages, or 40%.

In the same year the cost of living,

Miscellaneous Dry Rolling — DG 24Assembly is under the very capablemanagement of Harvey "Specs" De-Grenier. In this department, which ismore rightfully known as DTQ, about100 people are employed in makingso-called "bathtub" type capacitorsand condensers for Western Electric.The foreman, "Specs" DeGrenier,came to work for Sprague Electric inAugust, 1931. Since then, he hascovered a great deal of territory havingworked in Anode Winding, Foil Prepar-tion, Dry Rolling at Beaver Street,Industrial Oil Rolling, and PaperIgnition Assembly. "Specs" was pro-moted to the position of foreman inFebruary, 1943.

On March 3, 1951, the engagementof Miss Esther L. Callahan to Mr.Edward Windover was announced byMr. and Mrs. Louis Callahan. Mr.Windover is employed by Payroll andCosts.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Pringle an-nounced the engagement of their

A look into his personal life revealsthat Mr. DeGrenier was born in NorthAdams and attended the local schools.Last May, he married Katherine Con-rad, who was employed at SpragueElectric ten years ago.

"Specs" has many interests outsideof his job. He enjoys horse racing andlikes all sports, especially pro-footballand big league baseball. He is anardent fan of the New York Yankeesand routs for Joe DiMaggio in par-ticular. "Specs" used to be very activein bowling, at which he is very pro-ficient, but has given it up of late.

Mr. DeGrenier is a member of theElk's Club and served as Chairman ofthe recent March of Dimes.

daughter, Dorothy Helen, to RobertE. Columbus on March 3, 1951. MissPringle is employed in Resistor As-sembly and Mr. Columbus works inProkar and Polyester Impregnation.

^ The engagement of Miss Rose Cillito Mr. Ronald Hopkins was announcedon February 27, 1951 by Mr. VitoCilli. Miss Cilli is employed in F. P.Assembly.

One stenographer to another: "You'lllike it here—lots of opportunity foradvances."

index," rose 6.5% for both employes

Your Company's remarkable growthin 1950 has clearly brought advantageto all groups of people who participated:

government personnel, our lenders,and our 1200 stockholders. Each ofthese five groups helps the oilier anddepends*(in the other.

It has been a strenuous war. You

well. All our executives, foremen,

research and office work deserve heartycongratulations. As a team you havedone a wonderful job, and all of us canjoin in expressing appreciation for such

With best wishes for another good

News About Sprague ElectricEmployes in the Service

Street Rolling to go into the serviceduring December, 1<)5().

Pvt. Ernest O'DellKA 11215903

1st Trng. Co. Prov. Trng. Regt. 2 Pit.Del. 11-1 82 Repl. Co.

82 A6N Div.Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Pvl. O'Dell was employed in V. \\Assembly until he went into the serv"in January, 1951.

A quick-thinking employe came upwith a new alibi when his foreman said,"How come you're sleeping on thejob?" "Goodness gracious, can't aman close his eyes for a minute ofprayer?"

IT'S ABOUT TIME WE FOUNDA SPOT TO CAAAP, JIMMV.^£-

• f YE AH... AND SINCE IT'SWPU OP TO US TO DO THE3 / X PICKING LET'S MAKE

WELL,.WHADDA YA KNOW.' ' ^ HA COW/ THIS IS THE PLACE i « BFOR US r—, -—— " ^

±mmm . [ - ^ ( WHAT'S SO GOODW**—^" ^ — i ABOUT IT? J

you DON'T CATCH ^ r — - ^ mmkON SO FAST, DO YAT ) ^ f P H ]

A COW GIVES \THAT SOUNDS GOODMILK...SO...WE \NOW... BUT.. . ISTAY HERE... INTHE MORNIN&WE LATCH ONTO SOMEFREE MILK

DON'T KNOW. IDON'T KNOWMUCH ABOUT

COWS

IT WON'T HURT USTO LET HER WARM

UP HER NOSE.REMEMBER THAT

FREE MILK

I'reside,11

Harvey DeGrenier of Miscellaneous Dry Rolling — I)<; 21 Assembly

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CUT IT OUT,COW/THIS ISOUR TENT/

IT WASOUR TENT/

MOVE OVER, JIMMY.I'M PUSHED UP INTO

ONE LITTLE CORNER

WHY PON'TYOU SPEAK TOYOUR FRIEND

PINE THIN&/ WE LET HER STICKHER NOSE IN. . . NOW THERE'SMORE COW IN THE TENT THAN ,

THERE IS US you CANSAY THAT

AGAIN.' .

NOW IT'S ALL COWAND NO US. MAYBErHIS FREE MILK IDEA

WASN'T SO SMART

March 23, 1951 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG Page 3

JBeay er_ StreetFilter Department

By GingerWe welcome to our department

Maisie Foley, Ida Gianquinto, EffieColvin, Rhoda Pierce, Grace Sherry,and Claire Shaw. We hope you likeworking with us.

We are glad to have you hack withus, Millie Brouilett, and hope you arefeeling much better.

Who is (he girl in our departmentwhp looks like Clara Bow? Could itbe Dot King?

Some class to Henry l.abonte andJohn Davis with their brand-new(second-hand) cars.

1 am sorry, Jean Merrow, that Ineglected to welcome you, Dot King,and Gladys Griffen to our department.My deepest apologies to all.

Birthday greetings to Millie Letalienand Jim Blair who celebrated theirbirthdays recently.

I am taking this opportunity to

Block Annexby Delia Keat ing

The department held a party inhonor of the birthdays of Marion Scottand Jean Scarpetto. Each were pre-sented witli gifts and a good lime washad by all.

Best wishes to Jean Scarpetto on herrecent engagement. Her diamond islovely.

11 is nice having Dot DeMarco backafter her recent illness.

A happy sixth anniversary to Mr.and Mrs. James Driscoll.

Mr. and Mrs. James Scarpetto an-nounced the engagement of theirdaughter, Jean, to Donald Atwood,son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Atwood.No date has been set for the wedding.

Metal Clad DepartmentBy Barbara Jones

The thank you notice in the last issueof the LOG was from Millie and ChuckCurtis.

Everyone hopes that Doris Monetteis feeling much better.

Dot Sprague, who is in the NorthAdams Hospital, is feeling better, and ,we hope she will soon be back at work.

Congratulations to Helen Hadala on jher birthday.

We would like to welcome FredericGeorge to our staff. Hope you like usand that your stay will be a long andpleasant one, Fred.

We are sorry to hear little LindaKassner is ill and in the hospital. Herdaddy is Martin Kassner. Hope youare feeling better, Linda.

Helen Burdick again will hearwedding bells as her son, Bill, is to bemarried to Jane Menard of Adams onApril 7.

Bathtub Assemblyby D. Landry

Our list of absentees has been verylarge lately as we were not slighted by" T h e Thing" Hug, or whatever youchoose to call it. However, most of ushave recovered and the lines look quitenormal again.

We are all a little envious of BerthaJennings, who has returned from hervacation in Florida with a gorgeous tan.We an- all glad you had such a nicenip , Bertha.

Competition is not still enough dur-ing working hours so the solderers andtesters follow through Thursday even-ings at the Central Howling "Alleys.

Ida Gaun has a new grandson.We are glad lo hear Josephine

Sikorski has recovered from her opera-lion and is al home.

No wonder Norman Wright seems soproud lately. His daughter won apopularity contest, sponsored by (heEastern Star. Besides a miniature

watch and a glass slipper. Pamela is

Marge and Flo celebrated iheirbirthday Saturday, March 10, with hatfavors, cake, and gills. Thanks aredue lo I he assemblers.

Kay Andrews, Chris' daughter, wonthe "(iood Citizen" Award from AdamsHigh School which is given by theI). A. R.

Congratulations lo Pete Grande onhis recent birthday. We are glad losee he did get his new Cadillac.

Welcome l«. all our new help in thedepartment. We hope you will be ashappy here as we are.

Miscellaneous Paper FinishBy Velma Lincoln

Birthday greetings to Maud Waska,Frances Gayda, Ann Downey, Jose-phine Mastalisz, and Frank Major.Frank received a nice gift from thegang and knows by now that goodhings come in small bottles. Jose-

phine received a new sewing machine.Ruth Arrighini was out looking for a

dog sitter for her new pup.Velma Lincoln's Boston Terrier had

eight puppies. What fun! But theyare all gone now.

The new girls in the department areMable LeSage, Marjorie Verou, AliceShays, and Mina Estes. Welcome,and we hope you like our departmentand the gang.

Mary Zito's husband is still in theAlbany Hospital. We wisli him aspeedy recovery.

Clara Marceau left our departmentand is now working in the Metal CladDepartment. Our department gaveClara a gift of money. We are sorryto have her leave.

Brown Street

Our sympathy to Mrs. Alvina (af-ford whose lather died recently.

Industrial Oilsby Mary-Ann

A bowling match took place Satur-day afternoon between the married andsingle girls. Shame on the marriedwomen; they were beaten.

Bessie York is back to work and feel-ing fine.

Betty Colman gave a party at herhome the other evening. Her housewas decorated in green for St. Patrick'sDay. Games were enjoyed and a nicebuffel lunch was served.

After bowling Tuesday night, wewent to Nancy Puppolo's house andfound Henry and Al Folino, with apronson, rolling pizza pies. 'They weredelicious. Thank you, Henry and Al.

A triple birthday celebration tookplace for Hazel LeCuyer, Marg Green,and Mary Cook with three birthdaycakes. There were too many candlesto count. Main- happy returns, girls.

We are glad Isabel Woodrow'smother is home from the hospital.

Mae O'Ncil will have a swelled headfor winning first prize for bowlingmixed doubles. Congratulations, Mae.

Mr. and Mrs. Emilio Marchegianiand their daughter-in-law have re-turned from Camp Picket!, Virginiawhere they visited their son, Sgt. FirstClass Frederic Marchegiani. Fredericis stationed with the Vermont Nat-ional Guard, 43rd Division. He re-ceived his promotion recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pringle attendedthe wedding of their son, CorporalWilliam Pringle lo Barbara Peters atCamp Lejeune, North Carolina. Thecouple were married in the post chapel.'The newly-weds are both from NorthAdams. 'The mother of the groom,Dot, works in Industrial Oil.

Wire Coatingby Corena Tatro

Our sick list is getting bigger andbetter. Just about everyone has had aday out because of sickness.

Spring cleaning is getting off to anearly start with Paul Sanford and JohnKryston doing a little paper hanging.

Resistor Dept.By Chick and Chuck

Anyone desiring free lessons in theart of falling gracefully, get in touchwith Yi Arnold. (Emma take notice.)

A son was born on March 5 at theNorth Adams Hospital to Mr. and Mrs.Douglas Shepley. Both parents areemployed in the Resistor Department.

Joe Brewer recently spent a day inSpringfield and came back with a IAclassification for the Army.

Chick Currant was recently inBoston.

Kenneth Gurney has returned towork after spending several days in aBoston hospital.

As we write this column, we find"Red" Czerwinski and Joe Brewer onthe sick list with the popular sicknessknown as "the Bug".

Art Bissaillon, Russell Gurney, andChuck Felix will have to find a dif-ferent car to get the NEWS at noon, asVic (iay is expecting a call into theArmy soon.

Blanche Frodyma is to be marriedin the near future to John Szymanski.A shower was held in her honor recentlyat the Summer Street Hall in Adams.

Art Van Steemburg spent a week-endin Boston recently. Art made the tripwith the members of the Sprague Elec-tric Safety Committee.

The first sunburn of the season hasbeen reported with Eloise Kaigle as theyoung lady sporting it. It seems thatEloise did her reading under a sun lamp,but stayed under it too long. Was herface red!

Dorothy Long, wife of Dale Long,who is a member of the PittsburgPirates baseball team, is now workingin the Resistor Department.

Industrial Oil RollingBy Erminia Sweeney

'The girls in the Rolling Departmentand also from Vitamin Q can well take alesson from Ida Pinsonneault's son inbowling. Young Pinsonneault, fiveyears old, threw a bowling ball andmade a strike! We certainly resembledour Indian brothers with red facesthat time.

Happy Birthday to Ida Manson.Mary Farnham was made happy on

her wedding anniversary by a call fromher husband who is in Germany withthe Armed Forces.

Dry Tubular AssemblyBy M. Haup t f l e i s ch

We welcome Toni Bombardier andMaud Sullivan hack alter their briefstay in the Heaver. Good Lo see youback, tfirls.

The grippe has taken hold of half thedepartment. We hope that everyonewill be well soon and things will be backto normal again.

Ralph DuBuc is back after a week's "vacation which he spent at his home.Wedding bells will soon be ringing for

Ralph and Joan.

Rena Koszelnik just became a proud

make it too long, Rita, we all miss you.Rita received her driver's licenseMonday.

We owe an apology to Charlie Suilitl.In a recent issue, we stated thai hehad a Pontiac. He is the proud ownerof an Oldsmobile.

Retail SalesBy Hit N'Run

The Chevrolet seems to be takingover this department. That is every-one owns one but me. Not only doeseveryone have a new car but also tele-vision sets. One of those to acquire aTV set recently is Dot Belanger.

Mario Magnani's favorite television

Angie Perreault is back to work afterher recent fall in front of the plant.Good to see you back, Angie.

Everything is clean in Marjorie Mc-ConnelTs house these days. She recent-

purchased a new Frigidaire auto-saying is, "I love the wide open spaces."Being a hunter, it would be his favorite j m a t i c washer.subject.

A dead ringer for Mindv Carson in Maintenance Testthis department is Lorraine VanSteemburg. BV E" B" R V a n

A fond farewell is sent to Marie I n 'h^ face of public, apathy towardBressette who was transferred l o a n - the Civilian Defense program, it isother department particularly significant that what max

If someone comes up lo you and says, . have been a neighbor's personal hobby"Are you happy?", it is probably lack should suddenly become an integralCallahan on his good will lour. " J P*rt of our defense, a bulwark between

Corinne Gallup and Dorothy Bel- ^ and possible disaster. We are proud' hat this department is well representedanger were recently models at trie styl'

show that was held at the Masoni-'Temple. And what lovely models the;made, too.

Kathleen Collins doesn't say muchbut her smile speaks volumes.

ihe A.R.R.L. George Remillanl, an

cently built and installed in his car a

that at a trial lest held recently on theMohawk Trail, IK- was successful intransmitting and receiving messagesfrom Albany, Troy and Schenectady,N. Y. It is gratifying to know that inthese troubled times men like George

make life just a bit more secure lor the

Under the chairmanship of RillChampagney, a spaghetti dinner wasserved to the members of Electric Testin the rooms of the I loosac ValleyAthletic Club. Henry C.uisti catered.An exhibition boxing match was stagedfor the entertainment of the depart-ment, but what puzzles most of us iswhat happened to the referee. Forfurther information, contact JohnnyAldrich. We all hope I hat this may bebut the first of many.

We regret that March 17 did not fall.jn a working day lor 'tis sure that themost wilted shamrock would glow withrenewed life could it be in close proxi-minity to Norma Martin Luseier, who

from head to toe . such fervor doesSaint Patrick's day arouse lor I IKEmerald Isle in Irish hearts.

P.P.A. Round MidgetAssembly

By Ceil ShanahanJim Boner wears a big smile. No

wonder, he has a new Chevrolet Sedan.Ida Tovani celebrated her birthday

recently and was presented with a giftby the girls.

Mary Scherbo is on a month's leave-of-absence. We miss you, Mary.

The boys in our department arehungry for a banana cream pie. Anyone wishing to display their culinaryarts may do so.

Margaret Malone who is on amonth's leave-of-absence is to be backthe fifteenth. Don't disappoint us,Margaret.

Teresa Bum has promised us someIrish "Airs" for Saint Patrick's Day.

Arvilla Shand was minus her lip-stick the other day. Her dog, Rusty,

KVA DepartmentBy Eleanor King

andFrank Santel l i

Howard Burdick looks quite dashingwith his new moustache. Are you try-ing to give Errol Flynn competition,Howard?

We welcome Laddie Meranti and BillSmith to the KYA Department. Hopeyou will like working with us.

We would like to welcome the newgirls in our department: FlorenceHarrison. Barbara Beaudin, AliceLunney.

Marshall Street News

The department extends its sym-pathy to Phyllis LaPine on the recentdeath of her aunt, Mrs. Walter Bramen.

Ceramic DepartmentBy Ida Gigliotti

Your reporter is back on the job aftera leave and it certainly feels good tobe here with you once again.

Our congratulations and best wishesare extended to Mr. and Mrs. FrancisWilson who have become the parents ofa new pin-up girl named Dana.

It was with sadness that we presentedBeverly Eastman a farewell gift.Beverly, our department clerk, is leav-ing us to make her future home in |Saratoga. We promise to look you upduring the racing season, Beverly.

To those who have received trans-fers, we say, good-bye, good luck, andhope you're all back with us beforelong. We shall miss you.

Mr. Wilson has returned rested and jhappy from his vacation in spite of the Ifact he received a couple of cracked ribsskiing.

A Group From Eleclric Test Taken \t The Spaghetti Dinner Held AlThe Hoosac Valley Athletic Club.

Page 4 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG Murch 23, 1951

S P O R T S Kenny Russell

Sprague Royals vs. Renfrew Boys Club

SPORTS NEWSSpring is just about upon us, and

already spring baseball training is wellunder-way with all Major League teamsplaying in the Grapefruit circuit.

The weather this winter has beenvery unkind to all ski enthusiasts and,but for two or three weeks, would havebeen a complete wash-out.

Fortunately, enough snow fell so thata number of the operators of variousskiing areas were able to get partiallyout of the red (financially, that is), andon these particular weekends, hugecrowds thronged to their favorite slopesfor a few hours of fun.

Dutch Hill, on one weekend, had allrecords shattered as 3000 or moredotted the slopes in Heartwellville.Snow in late February or early Marchgives to the skier both the sport andtemperature that is very comfortable.

BASKETBALL:The basketball season is rapidly

drawing to a close and but for varioustournaments would be now at an end.

In the amateur circles—the NorthernBerkshire Amateur Tourney is nowunderway with teams from Adams,North Adams, and Williamstown par-ticipating.

The Sprague Royals entered thisaffair arad were beaten in the openinground, but only fell in the late stagesof the contest.

At this writing, two teams havereached the finals and both are fromAdams. They are the Simons SweetSfaoppe and the Renfrew Boys Club.

The St. Anthony Crusaders enteredthe Shelburne Falls Kiwanis Tourneyand fought their way into the finals.The Crusaders gained a lot of fans asthe tourney progressed for their styleof play was very pleasing to the fansthat packed the gym each evening.

However, in the finals with theTurner Falls Aces, the Crusaders wentdown to defeat, but only in the lastminute of play. The score was 61-53.

Ironically enough, it was anotherlocal boy who, playing with the TurnersFalls five, spelled this heart-breakingtoss for the Crusaders.

Prevey racked up 6 points in the last40 seconds to ice the contest for TurnersFalls. All told, Prevey connected 6times from the floor and 6 more fromthe free throw line.

SPRAGUE LASSIES:

The Sprague Lassies have won 3more games, the latest being over theAmherst Acerettes.

Mearawhile, the Pro-Drug Girls fromPittsfield are enroute to Dallas, Texasto take part in the National GirlsBasketball Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL:The tournaments are now past his-

tory and we will not elaborate on any,but will recap briefly and say thatSearles, after defeating Tech. in theWestern Massachusetts Tourney, wassoundly trounced by St. Johns ofWorcester. St. Johns went on to winthe Western Massachusetts Tourney.

In the Small School-Boy Tourney,both Lee and Williamstown won theiropening round matches. Lee won withease, but the College Towners put onone of the most thrilling come-backsever seen in the Massachusetts Cagewhen they roared back from some 15points to edge out Deerfield. Keepingtossed the winning points with secondsremaining.

In the semi-finals, Lee clearly out-played Williamstown to reach thefinals. The finals were typical ofTourney play and Mary Wells edgedout our Southern Berkshire neighbors,47-45.

However, Berkshire County showedthe fans a fine brand of basketball andgood sportsmanship.

Adams High lost out in the openinground of the Assumption Tourneyheld in Worcester to Chicopee. Thescore was 37-31. Foul shooting by theMother Town lads was all that savedthem from a worse defeat.

However, Chicopee up-held WesternMassachusetts prestige by comingthrough with two more close wins toupset all and cop the Class "A" title.Congratulations to Coach Moge's ladson over-coming all disadvantages towin such outstanding laurels.

WILLIAMS COLLEGE SPORTS:Basketball:

The "Ephmen" after winning 16 of21 games dropped their last three gamesof the season. Two of these were inthe New England Tournament held inMedford, home of Tufts.

The big loss was to arch rival Am-herst and the loss was suffered on thehome surface. After winning 13 in arow in Lasell Gym, the string wassnapped by a never-say-die Amherstfive who roared back from an 11 pointdeficit at half time to win late in thefray, and thus tied Williams for LittleThree Honors.

The first half of this all-importanttussle was all Williams, as they ledwith ease and seemed apparently ontheir way to victory and the LittleThree Crown. But the "Lord Jeffs",bent on winning, threw up a tight de-fense and uncorked a varied offensiveattack that not only cooled off thePurple but left them some 8 points be-hind at the end. Big Harry Sheehy

was bottled up effectively and held toa pair of baskets. It was a well-earnedAmherst win. Larson played a whaleof a game for Williams.

This defeat may have had a lot to dowith the poor showing displayed byCoach Al Shaw's boys as they werebeaten by Tufts, a team that theyswept off the court in a previous en-counter. Later in the consolation playagainst Rhode Island State, they againfell to defeat in a high scoring gamethat saw Larson toss some 30 points.Again the inability of Harry Sheehyto score was a big factor in both losses.

But all in all, this past season sawWilliams rise to contention for NewEngland honors and sport a very goodover-all record.

SPRAGUE LASSIESDEFEAT AMHERST ACERETTES

The North Adams Armory providedthe setting for a preliminary game be-tween the Sprague Lassies and theAmherst Acerettes on Sunday after-noon, March 11. The splendid play-ing by the Lassies gave them a 13-11lead over the Acerettes at half time andenabled them to defeat the Acerettesby a score of 26-22. This game turnedout to be one of the most exciting andclosely fought games all season and theSprague Lassies showed definite im-provement over their earlier seasonplay.

The high scoring for the Lassies waspretty evenly divided with Miss Wis-nowski tallying 7 points, and MissFowler and Miss Meranti each scoring6 points. Following is a summary ofthe game:

Sprague Lassies B. F. P.

V.^Wisnowski, If 3 1 7D.'D'Arcangelo, rf 1 0 2C. Shaker, rf 1 0 2J. Fowler, c 3 0 6P. Gilmore, c 1 0 2L. Meranti, lg 3 0 6L. Green, lg 0 1 1M. Wittig, rg 0 0 0

TOTALS 12 2 26

Amherst Acerettes B. F. P.

L. Moakler, rg 2 0 4B. Lawson, rg 3 0 6Bridges, rg 3 0 6M. Britton, lg 2 1 5R. Fitts, lg 0 0 0C. Dickinson, lg 0 1 1C. Linier, c 0 0 0E. Dickinson, c 0 0 0

TOTALS 10 2 22

SWIMMINGBy Pete Mancuso

The Northern Berkshire swimmingchampionship for boys and girls isscheduled at the local "Y" for April 8.

David Trombley of the Resistor De-partment has walked away with theprizes in the past two years. Thisyear, he is going to have some keencompetition. Norman Tatro, whosemother, Blanche, works in the Re-sistor Department and whose father,Leo, is a guard, is training very hardfor a state meet that is being held inSpringfield in the near future, and hasentered the Northern Berkshire meet.Last year, Norman placed third at thestate meet. David did not enter.

SHINING BLADESBy Charles Felix

There is more than the usual amountof interest among the skating fans ofNorthern Berkshire over the trip toDetroit, Michigan this week of BobbyDunn, III, thirteen year old juvenilespeed skater, to compete for theNational Championship in the juveniledivision. Bobby was selected by the

Northern New York Skating Associa-tion to make the trip to Detroit alongwith four other skaters fr®m theAssociation. Dunn has been coming a-long slowly but has been winning medalsin New York State meets pretty regular-ly. During the past couple ol weeks,he picked up four more medals. AtRye, New York, he took first place inthe 440 yard dash and third in the 660yard event, scoring 40 points. At theindoor championships at Lake Placid,Dunn scored two seconds in the i ol amile and 440 yard events to win runner-up laurels. The meet at Detroit is anindoor affair.

"THE SQUARE RING"

By Peter Mancuso

That match between Bob Satterfieldand Rex Layne certainly was a badbreak for Satterfield. Bob was lead-ing all the way, and then he steppedinto a right hand punch ot Rex Layne,which caused a knockout. This isRex Layne's second upset victory.His fight with "Father Time", JoeWalcott, was the first; he beat Joe to adivision.

Ray Robinson's victory over JakeLaMotta and gaining the middleweightcrown left the welterweight champion-ship open. The N. B. A. had JohnnyBratton, rated second, and CharlesFusari, rated fourth, battle it out, withJohnny winning the fight. The winnerwill be acclaimed the new welterweightchampion.

Rex Layne wants to get a crack atEzzard Charles. Charles will cut himup.

Joe Louis has been rematched tofight Omelio Agaramonte the 28th ofMarch. Joe beat Omelio to a decisionat their last meeting.

Harry Mathews and Bob Satterfieldshould fight it out in the light heavy-weight class. This bout would be asellout.

Lee Savold ought to have a crack atthe heavyweight title. Since beatingBruce Woodcock, he has only foughtexhibitions. Lee is the only worth-while challenger in the decision.

According to reports on attendanceat the fight arenas, they are all mostlysellouts. This shows that if managersget good boys to fight, the fight fanswill pay to see it.

After fighting a ten-rounder, thestate Commissioner declared it a "nocontest" between Bert Lytell andBilly Smith. Both boys were holdingtheir punches and talking t® eachother in the clinches.

Joe Louis claims that he is in topcondition. His match with Agara-monte should prove it and the resultsshould be interesting.

My guess is that by Doc Williams'introduction on T.V. the other night,he will be shown fighting in the nearfuture.

BASEBALL:In one more month, the national

pastime, baseball, will be in full swing.All clubs are in the midst of serioustraining and a good many of them aredotted with new faces — yes — manyrookies are receiving a golden oppor-tunity to perform in the Majors. Wehesitate to forecast, but may do so priorto the opener in mid-April.Fishing:

Imagine, in another four weeks theMassachusetts trout season will beunderway. All you Isaac Waltonswill be in your glory popping outvarious lures to attract the coveted andwily trout. How about some interest-ing fishing stories?Swimming:

In the New England swimming meet,the Purple "Ducks" placed third be-hind Trinity and Brown. Both ofthese mentioned teams tied for firstplace and the showing of Trinity was a

surprise and very outstanding. DonJones was outstanding for Coach HobMuir's natators.Squash:

The National Squash Tournamentwas held at Williams, and Harvard,the Number 1 team in the nation,placed two lads in the finals. Foster ofI larvard defeated one of his teammates(o annex lop honors. Williams waseliminated in the quarter-finals.Wrestling:

Wrestling honors went to Springfieldand Williams was runner-up as two ladsrepresenting the "Ephmen" won in the135 and 147 classes.

SPRAGUE ELECTRICGIRLS BOWLING LEAGUE

Team Standings: Won Lost1. Alley Cats 63 92. Industrial Oils. . 53 193. Metal Clad. . 50 11i. Beaverettes W ,<,A5 . Independents.. . 36 366. Dry Rolling. 23 497. W. E. Rollers. . . . 22 508. The Sharpies, . . 2 70High Ind. Single —Lucy Gilmore 121High Ind. Triple—Hazel Mattel M.iHigh Team Single -Alley Cats 509High Team Triple -Alley Cats 1456Low Ind. Single—R. La Versa 41Low Ind. Triple—D. Gendron 171Strikes—Mary Dextradeur 11

High Ind. Average on Each Team:Av. Sir.

Hazel Martel, Metal Clad. .93.6 72Nancy Puppolo, Ind. Oils. 00.8 69Dot DePaoli, Alley Cats.. . .90.5 72Clara Shakar, Beaverettes. . 8°. 2 63Ann Mason, The Sharpies. .89. I 60Irene Anton, W. E. Rollers.. 86. 2 66Mildred Kawa, Dry Rolling.84.8 60Eleanor Perron, hid 84 . I 69

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOWYOUR SPORTS

You sport fans might be interestedin seeing how many of the followingquestions you can answer. The ans-wers will appear in the April 6 issue ofthe LOG.

1. What major league pitcher wonmore games than any other pitcher inthe history of the two leagues? Howmany games did he win?

2. What position did Joe DiMaggioplay when he first broke into profession-al baseball with the San FranciscoSeals?

3. Who won the National AmateurGolf Tournament of the U. S. in 1950and whom did he defeat?

4. Who was the New York Yankeefirst baseman preceding Lou Gehrig?

5. Charley Caldwell of Princetonwas coach of the year in 1950, who wascoach of the year in 1949?

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