Volume XII SPKAGUE ELECTRIC LOG, AUGUST 25, 1950 N l l l l . I.. I 2!l

ICW CLAMBAKE

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The annual ICW No. 2 clambakewas held at laconic Park in Williams-town on Saturday, August 19. Aboutfive hundred people attended.

The scheduled events for (he after-noon had to be cancelled because ot therather wet weather conditions, but a

good time was had by all who werethere.

Throughout the afternoon there wasdancing, card games and singing whichoccupied the time of the majority.

It was agreed that the food was verygood and definitely the bright spot ofthe afternoon.

The Management Club Holds Its AnnualClambake At Wenzel's Farm

For the second year in succession,the weatherman has been very unkind.A year ago, the weather was extremelycold but at least sunny; however, thisyear it was warm enough but heavywith moisture and rain, rain and morerain.

Although the spirits were dampened,they were fortunate to have a roof overtheir heads and the clambake went onas scheduled on Saturday, August 19.

There is nothing unusual to reportthis year. Due to the weather, activitywas sharply curtailed and confined to

the area of protection — namely, thehuge shed where the bake was held.

Although the roof leaked in manyspots, still the boys were able to keepdry except for the more venturesomegroup who defied Mother Nature andproceeded to pitch horseshoes in a seaof mud.

Reports came in that JohnnyPuppolo and Charley Dean had de-feated all of their challengers and weredeclared the winners. This corner,however, wonders if old Mother Nature

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Charles B. FairchildCharles B. Fairchild died at the

age of 72 on August 12 in MemorialMission Hospital at Asheville, NorthCarolina after an illness of severalmonths. He was a native of Raleigh,North Carolina but returned to Ash-eville about two years ago.

Mr. Fairchild studied at City Collegein New York and started out asAssistant Editor of the Electric Rail-way Journal in New York. In 189° hebecame associate editor of the Electric-Railway Review in Chicago and openedbranch offices for McC.raw-Hill Pub-lishing Company in St. Louis andLondon. Mr. Fairchild published the"Electric Traction Weekly", his owntrade journal, from 1906 to 1909 inNew York and Cleveland and laterjoined Chicago City Railway as astatistician. From 1911 to 1923 hewas analytical statistician for thePhiladelphia Rapid Transit Company.In 1927 after a retirement of four years,he served as president and treasurer ofthe Letter Service Company of Ger-mantown, Pennsylvania until 1941when he retired.

Since Mr. Fairchild felt the need ofactivity during the war, he came toSprague Electric in 1942. He workedwith Mr. Walter W. Clark of ProductF2ngineering analyzing W7ar ProductionBoard orders and preparing data forGovernment reports for the procure-ment of material and priorities. Mr.Fairchild also aided Mr. R. C. Spraguewhen the latter served as Chairman ofthe Parts Division of the Radio Manu-facturers Association. Mr. F"airchildwas very well liked by everyone withwhom he came in contact. His wife,Evelyn, was Editor of the Sprague LOGwhile the Fairchilds made their homehere. In 1946, Mr. Fairchild went intoretirement later moving to Asheville,North Carolina where he made hishome.

Despite the mud Ray Calvi, Charlie Dean, John Puppolo and PaulChittenden attempt a game of horseshoes at the clambake.

ACCIDENT ANDHEALTH INSURANCE

If an employe is out of work becauseof illness or an accident from one tillfifteen days, upon returning to workhe should notify his factory clerk if hehas had more than one visit from thedoctor. The factory clerk will obtainthe necessary forms for the employeto fill out for compensation.

After an absence from work of morethan fifteen days, the employe is con-sidered to be on a leave of absence andhe should call the employment office.In this case, forms for application forhealth and accident insurance will besent directly to his home.

Application for health and accidentinsurance does not in any way affectthe three-day period in which an em-ploye is to call the Employment Officeif he is out of work for any reason.

THE NEW MOBILELABORATORY

S, A

Leo Dornbos , \\. C. Sprajjue and Mal l Levinson d i scuss lli«- Laboitory E q u i p m e n t .

Perhaps you have seen at the Mar-shall Street plant, a green stationwagon bearing the inscription:SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY

North Adams, MassachusettsField Engineering Department

Mobile LaboratorySprague Moduline

and wondered what it is and what itdoes. There is an interesting storybehind this vehicle, and it typifies theCompany's constant search for newproducts to manufacture or new usesfor the products it already makes.

The Company is presently engagedin a development program on a newdevice for monitoring electric powerand transmission lines. By means ofthe Sprague MODULINE, as this

development is called, utility operatorscan oversee, at any central point, thecondition of their lines, fuses and otherprotective devices and determine in-stantly power failures anywhere ontheir systems.

Ilie mobile laboratory plays an

important part in this work since it is

completely equipped as a test vehicle.It is used in the installation and operation of the MODULINE equipmentand also lor performing various studieson the characteristics of power lines

and power systems.

Since joining the Company ' s fleet of

vehicles in June, the laboratory has

been a valuable aid in the installation

and testing of two MODULINEsystems in Virginia and Florida.

Leon Podolski, chief field engineer who played an importani part inequipping the truck.

PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY FOR EMPLOYEES OF SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY

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PUBLISHING STAFFCo-Editors:

Mary Connelly Patricia Welch

Circulation: Marion Caron Social Chairman: Ann Heath

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

KNOW YOUR FOREMAN

Owen and Laurence Haskins.

SportsKenneth Russell

PhotographerAl Horsfall

Plant EditorMarshall Street: Cecile Trudeau

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

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

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

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

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

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

istant Reporter""Every Sprague Worker an Ass

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

Wire CoatingBy Corena Tatro

Wedding bells are going to ring forMel Peck and Bill Fuller in Septemberso we have been told. Look out boys,when you say "I do", you don't any-

Lucille Miller, Earle Washburn, AlPeck and Helen Burdick are enjoyingwell-earned vacations. Eva Faour, PaulSanford and Betty Jangrow have re-turned from I heir vacations lookingpretty chipper.

We are always happy to welcomeour newcomers, hope you will like us,Bill Fuller, John Kryston and Ed

Harold Conlin is the man of thehour. We hear he gave a pint of bloodand hopes it will someday save some-one's life.

Another birthday has rolled aroundfor Geri Volpi. Happy Birthday,

It is nice to hear that Paul Sanford'swife and Sue Galipeau are on the mendafter their recent illnesses.

The party held in honor of Mel Peckand his fullire bride was a huge successand we wish them the best of luck.

MOLDED TUBULARS -- Day ShiftBy the Busy Bees

Bessie Paradis, Flossie Crews, BettyRomeo, and Marie Lemoine recentlycelebrated their birthdays. We ex-tend our best wishes to you and hopeyou enjoy many more.

The girls on our final soldering linereally did a good job in supporting theBloodmobile. We had six donors fromour department, Susan Pollone, MaryCollier, Marie Lemoine, Alice Dupuis,and Theresa Mason.

Congratulations are in order for BillGoodermote who recently became en-gaged. Best of luck, Bill, from thegang.

We all wish Rachel Garner a speedyrecovery from her recent operation.

Beatrice Gibeau enjoyed a visit toChicago on her vacation.

We are all glad to have Ida Fortinback after her recent illness.

We hear that Dick and Mel had agood time in Boston when they saw thegame between the Braves and theDodgers.

We all miss Eileen Bross.

Charles Desrosiers, Foreman of Miscellaneous

Paper Assembly and Paper Finish.

Charlie came to Sprague Electricin 1931 as a utility man in the PaperAssembly Department. Three yearslater, he went into the Formation De-partment and then went back to PaperAssembly where he was made a Super-visor. In 1935 he was made Foremanof Paper Ignition and since the warhas become Foreman of MiscellaneousPaper Finish and Paper Assembly.

In Miscellaneous Paper Assembly,assembling, testing, and soldering arecarried out while in Paper Finish,testing, inspecting, packaging andshipping are done. There are about a

Round Midget AssemblyBy Fran Millard

Agnes Chesbro is having her two-week vacation. Hope you are enjoy-ing it, Nan.

Helen Murphy and her family havereturned from a one-week vacation atHedges Lake.

Ida Tovani was kind enough to bringin some of her spaghetti and it certain-ly was good.

Helen Roe enjoyed a two-weekvacation with her sister in New York.

To the girls on leave, Ethel Lamon,Ora Boyer, Betty Berger, Ann Sacco,Laura Crews, Gert Bohl, and MaryFarinon, we sincerely hope you willall be back soon—"From the Gang."

Judging from the nice tan, JimmieZabek enjoyed his vacation.

Eighteen of the girls on cementinghad a delicious dinner at the Sport-men's Club after which they enjoyedgroup singing and dancing. Hopemore will join us on the next party.

We are very glad to see Ora Lesage

hundred people in the two depar tmentscombined.

Charlie was born in Adams andattended schools there, l ie now makeshis home in North Adams.

From 1927 until 1930, Charlie servedwith the Thir ty-Third Infantry of theArmy in Panama and from 1933 until1937, he served in Maine with the FifthInfantry.

Charlie enjoys both baseball andfootball games and is a member of thelocal order of Eagles. Occasionally hefinds time for a fishing trip.

back with her usual smile.Bob Cutler is back from his vacation.Philip Keyworth has been called into

the Navy. We all miss you, Phil, andwish you the best Or luck.

Wre are very happy to welcome LenaVerhaeghe as our new co-worker. I [opeyou like being with us, Lena.

Angie Langer has returned from anice vacation to New York, Washing-ton, and Pennsylvania.

Molded Tubulars-l irsi ShiftBy Two Eyelets

Margaret Thomas Kryston enjoyedher honeymoon at a vacation resort inMoodus, Connecticut. She was quitebusy with swimming, boating, horse-back riding and golf.Vacations:Kay Ghidotti—Martha's VineyardYinnie Matranga—Hyannis and Cape

CodBeatrice Boucher—Nashville, Tennes-

seeDomenica Melchiori—Lake Elizabeth

and Troy, New York

Chris Pugliese Lake ChamplainI-orrainc Demo New York, New YorkJulliette Dupell Montreal, Canada

and Old Orchard Beach

Jersey and PhiladelphiaFrances Bartletl Holyoke, Mass.Gertrude LaFounlain Ai HomeDoris S t o n e Rhode Is landMary Maselli Myrtle BeachLillian Thomas Ai NomeAngelina Downs Warren, Vermont

! Ruth Williams Ai HomeI Connie [Irbano Saralo.ua, New YorkGladys Kirkpatrick York Beach,

MaineBertha Lafave Boston and HartfordHenry "Hank" Annaia fishing at

nearby lakes

Wire CoatingBy Betty Jangrow

A surprise party was held recentlyat The Midway Cabaret in honor ofMelford Peck and Jacqueline Millerwho are to be married on September2 ai Si. Francis Church. Pete Lepagepresented the couple with appropriategifts in behalf of the employes of theWire Coating Department.

Eva Faour visited her home lown,Youngstown, Ohio, while on her vaca-tion.

Jackie Mattimore is now engaged.We welcome our new recruits to

Wire Coaling. With three shifts andnew faces daily, we haven't had anopportunity to meet everyone. Hopeyou all enjoy working with us.

Bill Fuller is to be married onSeptember 2.

INDUSTRIAL OILS FINAL ASSEM.By Georgimae Joy

We are sorry to lose David Archambowho has had to retire because of poorhealth.

Mary Santelli, Peg Maynard andDorothy DeSanty have enjoyed their

We welcome Dorothy Erdesky,Gertrude Rusek and Ruth Beaudin toour department. Hope they will enjoyworking wi th u s . '

H a r r y S h o r e is enjoying his twoweek v a c a t i o n from Shipping a n d ArtLibardi is taking his place.

Red Lewitt w.is in Boston, on Augusi[) to the ballgame between the BostonBraves and the New York Giants.

Roma King and Molly Ryan haveslatted their two-week vacations.

JACKET FOUNDA man's jacket was found al Dr.

Gangemi's office recently. It be-longs lo a Sprague employe whohas been to the Doctor's officesometime during the lasl threeweeks. Will the person to whomthe jacket belongs call the LOGdesk or Miss Etta Owen a I theBeaver Streel Dispensary.

1 WONDER I F -J"AMY MASHUSTLED UP ANY /V\OREORDERS FOR OUR DOG-

WALKlNG BUSINESS

THAT JO& t> FINISHED-' HAVEYDU GOT ANOTHER ONE FORME. JIMMY?

AT ALL THE5E ORDER'5 A LOTTA BUSINESS,

HERE S ONLY ONEY TO HANDLE5 /V\AMY DOGS

DAY.'

AND WALK" 'E/V\IN BUNCHES /

IT'S A LCTTTADOG5., TOO/;

WHAT A V ^ Y TO XV\AKE A BUCK 7THE HECK WITH THIS DOB.' ILL

I*A\ ONLY HUAAAN.'.'j T^\

IVE WORKED AND PLANMEDAND INVESTED A\ONEY

A\ATERlALe>/ NOWWE'RE BOTH BETTER

B O Y / WHAT A DIFFERENCE.dW I T H T H E RIGHT / V \ A C H I N E TO

DO THE JOB, W O R K ISPLEA-SURE.

THAT LAST JOB DIDIT// I'M THROUGH/I'MTDO YOUNG "IDWORK /VNYSELFTO A FRAZZLE

Plant EditorBrown Street: Bertha Vaughan

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Our Safety Corner

Beaver StreetCan Shop

By CliffWe welcome to our depart men

Clarence DeMyer, Al Lanoue, an oldtimer in the Can Shop, and also MikeGangemi. Hope yon enjoy workingwith us.

Anna White reports thai her husbandis feeling fine and is gaining weightsince eating his dinner downs!reel.

Bob has another car he doesn'thave to stop at every gas station any-

1 wonder where Ted got so red, hemust have been lobster fishing.

Clad to see Leslie Dustin on his feelagain and hack at work.

Bill Fortini tells us his son is gettingbigger all the time, lie may be work-ing beside his father any day now.

Bob Columbus reported for workMonday feeling fine after his two-weektour of duty with Company K. Fromwhat he says, they really give the boysa workout.

Ray Chalifoux says he has ten Bantychickens which hatched out of ten eggs.

Bill, Harry, Kay, Yours Truly, Ted,and Larry all had a good time on theirvacations.

MISCELLANEOUS PAPER ASSEM.By Ruth Haskins

that Frances Roy enjoyed a motortrip to Canada, Vivian Dale alsotraveled through New York State toCanada; Jane Ciepiela was busy actingas maid of honor al her brother'swedding, Elinor Charboneau fished atLake Champlain, Millie Letalien drovelo Boston, Millie Brouillett also was inBoston to visit her husband who was apalient in a hospital there and "Cassie"Cliwski visiled in New fersey.

We extend a warm welcome to ournew co-workers, Florence Martell,Alvena Clifford, Anna Mae Boykin,Emma Banas and Marguerite Blan-

Misc. Paper FinishBy Velma Lincoln

More of the department girls areenjoying their vacations. Caroline(•rant went to New York, DoloresBailey enjoyed her vacation at CapeCod getting some of that good old saltwater, while Gertrude Hall and herfamily went to Lake Shaftsbury,Vermont.

Edna Cwiertniewicz and her sister,Stephanie Szurek, stayed at home andpicked some blueberries on BlueberryHill.

Bertha Jennings is remaining at homebut if her new car comes, it's going tobe a long, long road somewhere.

Adelle Solari is at home but we hearshe never gets up before eleven.

We have Alice Cronin working withGertrude Deso on Check Inspection.She will take over when Gertrude goeson her vacation to Bermuda.

Dora Landry is enjoying her vacationat Towanda, Pennsylvania.

Leonard Gottardi had a birthdayand was given a large lollipop.

Bertha Jennings returned with a nicetan. While on her vacation she took atrip to Albany and Bennington.

Stephanie Szurek enjoyed her vaca-tion in New York and Blue BerryHill in Savoy.

Edna Cwiertniewiez rested duringher two-week vacation, as did AdelleSolari.

Our bride, Joan Lewis, is back afterher honeymoon at Hampton Beach.

Betty Hunt went to Poughkeepsie tosee her daughter, Carol.

Leonard Gottardi left for the Navy.The department gave him a purse ofmoney. Lots of luck, Leonard.

There seems to be an exchange ofyoung men in the department. HenryLaBonte will be upstairs in Miscel-laneous Paper Assembly, and we willhave Roger Delisle in Paper Finish.

We have a Bing Crosby in our de-partment and he is none other thanCharlie Desrosiers.

Theodore Pierce is one of the gangnow. We hope he likes working with

Machine ShopBy John Walsh

Vacation time!James Cooper went to Hampton

Beach, New Hampshire.T. C. Ferguson visited relatives in

Pittsfield and Bennington.('.. W. Hall, Foreman at the Brown

Street Machine Shop, enjoyed hisvacation in Connecticut and Vermont.

Dry Tubular AssemblyBy Puss'n Boots

We are all very sorry to hear aboutClaire Andrews' recent operation andhope she recovers soon.

Tessie Czaja enjoyed her vacationat Myrtle Beach, Connecticut andSpringfield, Massachusetts. All herfriends are now calling her "Brownie."

John Blake went to Lake Champlainon his vacation.

Jane Windrow enjoyed her vacationat Lake Bomoseen in Vermont andwe've heard that she caught a 15-inchtrout. Nice one, Janie.

Fannie Ross is all through collectingseashells and is now collecting grand-children. Her son, John, recentlyhad a baby boy.

We are all very sorry to hear aboutRuth Boschetti's recent operation andwe hope she'll be back soon.

Sophie Kelly enjoyed her vacationat home and came back with a nice tan.

Florence Lecuyer spent her vacationat Atlantic City.

If anyone saw a little figure in bluejeans, it was Sophie Bryda on hervacation at Windsor Lake.

Toni Connell spent her vacation atPlymouth, Massachusetts — not wait-ing for Pilgrims, either!

W7e are sorry to hear about BillBoyer's illness. Marshall Street missesyou — so hurry back.

Terry Worthington's marriage isreally fifty-fifty. Her baby was ill soin the morning Terry stayed out and inthe afternoon, her husband, Aaron,stayed home.

A pink and blue party was held inhonor of Doris Kennedy at the home ofher sister, "Puss". We all had a goodtime at the party but miss Doris inDry Tubular.

We wish to welcome all the new girlsto our department. Hope you all likeus—we're really not as bad as they say.

FETEDMiss Marcel Roberts and Normand

Joseph Remillard were feted August4 at the Lafayette Club at a combina-tion shower and bachelor party. Thecouple will be married August 26 inSt. Francis Church. Mr. Remillardworks in the F. P. Assembly.

Miss Claire McNine, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Willard A. McNine wasfeted at a linen shower on August 11.Miss McNine is to be married to LesterDumoulin on September 30 in St.Francis Church. Mr. Dumoulin worksin the Marshall Street Rolling Depart-ment.

Automatic RollingBy Choo Choo

On June 24, Joe Rosse and AnnaJohnson were married at St. JochamsChurch in Readsboro, Vermont. Be-lated congratulations. Joe received apurse from, the boys.

Those who vacationed for two weekswere:John Chadwell—at homeJoe Rosse—New England StatesLeon Richards—Saranac Lake, Fish

Creek Pond State CampsiteAl Gibeau—Chicago, IllinoisLarry Hiser—At HomeJoe Vitro—CanadaJohn Raby—MaineBill Hussey—Boston and Cape CodNorman Chenail, our Foreman —At

HomeThose who vacationed for one week

were:Chuck Mulcahy—At HomeJohn La Dame—At HomeMike Gagliano—At Home

A stag party was held for Pat MazzaJuly 15 and also on July 29. Patreceived a purse at both stags. Patwas married to Aileen Reil on August12. The couple is now back from ahoneymoon in New York City-

A combination greenback stag andshower was held July 22 for Joe Zonaand Ellen Perras at the AmericanLegion Hall. Ellen works in the BrownStreet Sample Department. They weremarried August 19 and are now inCanada.

Congratulations to our Foreman,Norman Chenail and his wife on thebirth of a daughter on July 19.

Clarence Wildman is the proud own-er of a new Chevrolet while PeteAndognini has just received his newPlymouth. Joe Zona recently boughtanother Plymouth.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Lawrence Hiser on the birth of a sonon August 4.

George Lesage is back after a two-week training period with CompanyK of the National Guard.

Ralph Gibeau is very pleased withhis new Nash.

We welcome Bob Sinderman who istesting sections in our department.

Retail SalesBy Hit 'n Run

First of all we would like to welcomeback Gertrude Donovan the sister ofour Patty Donovan.

Happy Birthday greetings to HelenMorawiec who celebrated hers onAugust 16. Helen is nineteen now.

Everyone was quite pleased on re-ceiving their cards from Dot Prioriwho was a former co-worker. Shenow makes her home in Alabama.

The Metropolitan Opera Company

department. There is Mario's baritone,Sis Vadnais' alto and Barb King'ssoprano from which to choose.

We all miss Bea Campedelli andAlice Malloy who are on their two-week vacation.

Sample Lab -- Marshall StreetBy Isabel Hyndman

We'd like to welcome 'TheresaBissaillon, Don Beliveau, John Galleseand Jimmy Heelan to the department.'This is a little late but belter late thannever. I really think we should wel-come Dora Rotolo also because sheworks here most of the lime.

Quite a lew of the girls have hadtheir vacations. Mary Bernard wenton a motor trip. Nini Sacco enjoyedvisits to Albany and Connecticut. JoConvery is staying at home and FrancisMorse is in Springfield.

Some of the girls from the depart-ment recently attended a shower inhonor of Mabel Sorel, a former em-ploye and co-reporter on the LOG. Itwas nice seeing Mabel .again.

Alice Marchio and Don Beliveaureceived their driver's licenses recentlyand are driving like veterans now.

Sprague ProductsBy Jane Gordon and Rita English

Janice Fowler is back with us after atwo-week vacation. She spent a weekin Atlantic City and a week in Pennsyl-vania. We understand she remember-ed her co-workers with some cute cards.

Bertha Richards spent her vacationat Lake Shaftsbury.

Dot Stein and Rita English vacation-ed at Oakledge Manor on LakeChamplain.

Word has been received that JudyMarche, one of our former co-workers,is now living in Bloomfield, New Jersey.

Whenever anyone has a birthdaythey are greeted with poems. BerthaRichards recently celebrated her birth-day and received some very appro-priate poems which were written forher.

Sgt. Linwood Morse, Jr.In Korea

Sergeant Linwood Morse, Jr., sonof Linwood Morse of Marshall StreetMaintenance, arrived in Korea a shorttime ago with the First Division of theMarines. Sergeant Morse has beenin the Marine Corps since 1942 andduring World War II he received thePurple Heart and Good Conduct Medallor his activity in the Pacific area.

Before he went into the Service,Sergeant Morse worked in the Im-pregnating Department of SpragueElectric.

Nancy Embry, twelve-year old daughter of Harry of Centrifuge and Sophie of Paper Ignition Assembly. Kathy Bartlett, three-year old niece of Isabell and Lorraine LaMarrewho work at AC Dry Assembly in Heaver Street. Linda Maruco, daughter of Phyllis of the Metal Clad Department. Linda is fifteen months old. William <;. Bcliveau, Jr., nephewof Mary Lefebvre of the Metal Clad Department and grandson of Bill Beliveau of the Formation Department. We regret that the picture of this little girl was sent in without aname. W ill the person who sent in the picture please call the LOG desk.

Y\V extend our sympathy to thefamily of Rose Kerrara, a former co-worker in iliis department.

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SPORTS Kenny Russell

An exciting moment in (lie game between the Red Sox and theSenators.

CLAMBAKEC o n t i n u e d f r o m P a g e < >n<-

didn't win over all. Those who played

the game were: Kit Carson, Ralph

Boisjolie, Paul Chitlenden, Hank

Gamari, and the referee, Ray Calvi.

Quiet card games were in progress

during the afternoon and a radio report

of the game between the Red Sox and

TV TIDBITS

By John Davis

Your writer is siill chuckling over theantics of Jerry Lester and MoreyAmsterdam who appear on BroadwayOpera House Monday through Fridayfrom 11:15 til 12 midnight. If youwant plenty of laughs, see these twocomedians mi Broadway Open I louse.

We hear from a fairly reliable sourcethai the TV airways are going to bejammed with well-known stars this fallincluding such people as Eddie Cantor,Hob Hope and Groucho Marx.

The following television regulars willbe back at their old posts in September;Ken Murray will be doing a weeklyshow instead of every other week, andKukla, Fran and Ollie have promsedto be back l<> wow the kiddies as well

as a great ma in ' g rownups .

Not new to T V are Deane Mar t in

and Je r ry Lewis, who, as rumors have

it, may get a regular top spot . These

two mas te r s of hi lar i ty appea red on the

Milton Berle p rogram a couple of t imes

this spr ing and really ran oil with the

show.

Last but far from least will be old

" U n c l e Mil ty" Berle, the king of

comedians himself. The eight til nine

spot on Tuesday n ights has been p re t t y

dry since Mil ton left on vacat ion earlythis sununer . I, for one, am looking

forward to seeing him back again .

Oh, lest I forget, Fred War ing for

those who like music at its best will

re turn to the a i rways in six weeks.

Sena to r s l ivened the affair.

Al llorsfall, LOG Photographer,

came down and attempted to "Shoot up

the Place."

Ilie bright spot was not only the

lire, but the delicious lood. Once

more the bake was a real treat for all

ol the 35 members who braved a soak-

ing to be at the 1950 water session.

WEDDINGMiss Irene L. Lecuyer, daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. George Lecuyer, wasmarried to Ralph E. Davis, son ofMrs Francis Davis and Earl Davis, onAugust 11 in Notre Dame Church. Thebride works in Metal Clad TubularAssembly.

ENGAGEMENTMr. and Mrs. Osias Contois an-

nounced tin- engagement of theirdaughter, Miss Yvette Contois toRene DuBois on August 3. MissContois and her fiance both work inthe F. P. Assembly. No date has beenset for the wedding.

Junior City League Baseball Teams

One-Day Outing Attending Major

League Game in Boston

At the Boston Braves-New YorkGiants baseball game, 150 eager andenthusiastic young boys, members ofthe Junior City Baseball League, wereguests.

The large group made the trip with acaravan of cars and was headed byJohn McConnell, a prominent figurein sports in this area, Coach John Del-Negro, from Drury High School, BuckyBullet t, Sports Commentator lorWMN'B, Orrie Guisti, assistant toCoach DelNegro, and Father Russowho ever since his assignment here inNorth Adams has been keenly interest-ed in clean sports and young people.He originated the teen age "BlueI laven."

The day was ideal and both goodweather and a line ball game mingledwith plenty of eats, made the affaircomplete. The topper of all was thethrilling Boston Braves 3-2 victory.

Along the route one car temporarilybroke down but after minor repairsresumed the journey and eventuallyjoined the parade.

Another amusing incident (not soamusing at the time) was the fact thatthe car bringing the refreshments be-came separated from the main body,got on a wrong route and for some timewas lost. Everything was rightedonce more, however, when the partybecame one unit in Ayer.

At the close of the (rip it was agreedthat this affair, that will undoubtedlybecome an annual one, was a hugesuccess.

A few days after the trip, theManagement of the ParamountTheater had the entire group as gueststo the picture "Kill the Umpire"starring William Bendix.

SOFTBALL:

The Sprague Electric Soft-ball clubsuffered its initial defeat in the secondhalf race of the City Soft-Ball Leaguewhen the Belouin aggregation humbledthe Spragueites 10-3.

Belouins scored six times in the fifthto ice the contest. They belted Ferri

with a barrage of hits and deserved thewin. By winning, the Belouin entry isdefinitely in the picture for second hallhonors.

On the other hand this set-backsuffered by our boys can be extremelycostly. Yes, especially with two gamescoming up with the leading TrentinoClub.

The Adams County Squires defeatedthe Trentino Club for the right torepresent the Northern Berkshire in theWestern Massachusetts Tourney. Eachclub had won first half honors in theirrespective leagues. The Mother Townlads used Winston, the Pittsfield ladwho can really pitch, and the TrentinoClub countered with Ferry anotherPittsfield hurler who rates very highly.

A low scoring contest was the resultwith Ernie Bissallion's grand slamhurling being the big blow that decided

the game . Final was 4-1.

Major LeaguesAmerican League:

The Detroit Tigers continue to leadin the Junior Circuit but only by threegames over the surging ClevelandIndians.

The New York Yankees are now inthird spot only two full games aheadof the Boston RLH\ SOX who are 61games off the pace. At this writingthe Sox are at home for a lengthy stayand this stand will determine whetheror not tlie Bosox are to remain in thetitle race.

This race in our estimation is goingto be much closer than that in theNational League.

Al Rosen of Cleveland has clouted32 home runs to date, while GeorgeKell has regained the batting lead overDoby. Zarilla and Goodman of Bostonare now well up with the leaders andat present are swinging a meanstick. Walt Dropo has been tempor-arily lost to the Sox as a result of abeaning by Wyse of Philadelphia.The benching ot Joe DiMaggio was asurprise move on the part of ManagerCasey Stengel who is striving mightilyto get New York into the top rung.

Cleveland recently sent Jesse Floresto the hill and he turned in a four-hitshut-out over the Browns. He former-ly pitched with the A's.

National League:

The up and coming Phillies are show-ing their heels to the rest of the fieldas they now sport a seven game leadover their nearest rival. Unless acomplete collapse occurs the Philliesshould hold that lead. They arehabitually knocking off teams com-prising the first division. When theremainder of the division is playingeach other the Phillies only have tosplit with the lower division clubs.Andy Seminck and Del Ennis arewielding mighty bats for the club.

The Boston Braves are now havinga time of it to fend off the Dodgersfor second place. Bickford, afterpitching a no-hit no-run game againstBrooklyn has been belted hard by thePhillies.

Since the Braves have taken to theroad they have been on the toboggan, soto speak, and this is no time to bog ondown.

The Dodgers have been set back byboth the Braves and Phillies. TheGiants have been a thorn in their sidesas well as Cincinnati and the Cubs.Robinson has shown signs of a definitehitting slump and this coupled with

only fair hurl ing is showing iis effectson ihis club.

I he Card ina l s arc now in the throesol a disastrous road trip. They havebeen general ly spanked by nearly all

i along ihe circuit. Onlv Musia l ' s bathas been ihe bright spot in an otherwisedrab eastern i rip.

The New York Giants until a lew

days ago were ihe holiest team in

either league as they compiled a

stMisatioii.il record ol IS wins in _'1

s ta r i s . This lasi spurt has moved theG i a n t s i n t o l i l i h p o s i t i o n j u s i t w ogames behind the fourth place Cardinals.

Ralph Kinci" ol ihe Pirates has

whacked 34 home runs lo da l e lo keep

abreas t ol his 194") record. Musial is

leading with ihe slick in the ba l l i ng

department while Sam Jethroe of ihe

Braves is way out m front in ihe stolen

base department with 29 sacks pilfered

to date.

GOLF:

The North Adams Country Club wasthe scene of ihe annual North AdamsInvitation Tourney.

" B i n g " H u n t e r won the medalistround with a sparkling 69 to lead a field

ol some 75 golfers.

His father, J a m e s I . H u n t e r also

qualified in the firsl division. His

score was in the low 7O's. Hugo

Begiebing who is employed ai the

Marshall Street Plant displayed a re-markable game and also qualified inthe first division with a line 71.

Wal t Schroeder who was ihe medal-

ist failed lo make the firsl division and

was also eliminated in the second

division.

Hugo Begiebing was knocked out of

further t ou rnamen t play when his

opponent edged him out one up on ihe

20th hole. "Pete" had a chance lo win

out on the 18th only lo d u b a short put I

on the green. " T o u g h luck, Pete but

you did m a k e an excellent showing . "

" B i n g " I Iun le r cont inued to play ex-

cellent golf and succeeded in beat ing

all comers including his Dad in the

semi-finals. This ma tch was a give

and take affair with no quarters asked.

Y o u t h was not to be denied and finally" B i n g " won the ma tch on the last hole

after his Dad had come from behind

to square the ma tch on the 16th green.

In ihe Finals, " B i n g " had an easier

time and won by a score ol live and

four. This was the fifth l ime I hat

young H u n t e r has annexed the crown.

His Dad has won it three t imes.

M a n y fellows from this plant par-ticipated in the tourney which was held

under ideal weather conditions. Noalibis could be forth coming from thisscore. We will refrain from carryingthe scores as we would not like toembarass a number who were near thecentury mark.

THE DIAMOND

By Peter Mancuso

Baseball Definitions;I ) i a m o n d : a s p a c e in w h i c h t h e g a m e

ol b a s e b a l l is p l a y e d a n d w h i c h h a s a

square with 90 fool sides.

Base Lines: mark ings on the fieldwhere the p layers niiisl run from base

to base.

I loine I ' l a ic : a block ol wood, iron,

rubber or marble about a fool squaresunk into (he ground and leveled.

Box: the area where ihe pitcher,balsin.Mi or coach is stationed.

Ton I Lines: i lie white lines extendingfrom the home plate through the firstand third bases lo the end of the field.

Back S l o p : a fence or a ball s lop

about 90 feel behind the home plateu s e d l o r s t o p p i n g b a l l s t h a t p a s s t h e

catcher.

Catcher: a m e m b e r ol the team who

catches the ball thrown by the pitcher.

Pitcher's Box: area 60 feet fromhome plate on a straight line with [hehome plate and second base.

Right Field: area back of firsl baseand lo the right ol second base; playeris known as ihe right fielder.

Short Field: area between second andthird base; player is known as theshort slop.

Lei I Field: area behind the third baseand short slop; player is known as theleft fielder.

Center Field: i he area ol ground backol second base; player is known as thecenter fielder.

Field: the area or ground where thegame is played, it is usually about 350feet wide by 500 feet long.

[nfielders: ihe first, second, andthird basemen and ihe short s lop .

B a t s m a n ' s Box: the place on eitherside ol the home plate where ihe man

al b.u must s t and to play.

I h e P layers : two nine-men t eams .

B a t t e r y : the pi tcher and ihe ca tcher .

Umpire: a nonpartial person whosees that the rules of the game are

observed by both teams .

BIRTHS

SON to Mr. and Mrs. Yirginio Righion August 8. The mother is Rose ofthe I'". P. Assembly.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. James Famellon August 4. The father is in theCentral Laboratory.

Dancing was enjoyed at the IGW Clambake