SPRflGUE ELECTRIC

PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY FOR EMPLOYES OF SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY

NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, FEBRUARY 8, 1952

Sprague Electric Application Engineering Office Opened In Los AngelesJohn Greene

Brown Street GuardDies At His Home

John Greene, watchman at theBrown Street Plant, died at hishome on Adams Road in Williams-town on January 24. Mr. Greene,who was 80, had been in ill healthfor about a year.

Mr. Greene was born in Hath,England and came to this country,settling in North Adams, at the ageof 16. For 30 years, he was em-ployed by the Arnold Print Works.Later, he was with the formerArlington Mills, which was estab-lished in the Brown Street Plant.Coming to Sprague Electric in 1937,Mr. Greene served as a guard and inthe Maintenance Department. Forsome time, lie served as watchmanin the Brown Street gatehouse.

Mr. Greene won many friends atSprague Electric by his kindness andfriendliness. He will be missedgreatly.

Personnel of the newly-opened California office. Top row, left toright: Thomas S. Bills, John J. Fiske, Dana Grimly, George S.Kariotis. Bottom row, left to right: Paul M. Kuefler, Fred J.Niehols, and Lloyd E. West.

. . . Degreaser Session For Management . . .

Management personnel interested in the use of degreasers met in two separate training sessions de-voted to the use of degreasers and the use and hazards of triehloroethylene. The Conference wasconducted by Mr. Wilson II. Rice, district representative of the Detrex Corporation. From left to right:Clayton Collins, Frank Bush, Courtney Flanders. Mr. Rice, Joel Pierce, John Pierce, John Puppolo, GeorgeSaulnier, Robert Teeple, and Francis Wilson. This Conference, held on January 39 in the Em-ploye Relations Conference Room, was arranged in conjunction with the Management Training Program.

. . . Safety Training For Supervisors . . .

Establishment of a Pacific Coast application engineering office andradio noise suppression laboratory to heller serve the growing elec-tronics and aircraft industries of Southern California has been an-nounced by the Sprague Electric Company. *

Arthur J. Mathews, Safety Director, conducts a session on safety for- the benefit of a group of Super-visors. Monthly safety conferences for Supervisors are planned for Marshall Street, Brown Street,Beaver Street, the Bennington Wire Coating Department, and the Nashua Division. This Safety TrainingProgram is one of the training programs being conducted by the Training Advisory Committee.

"The importance of the Pacific'Coast, and the Southern Californiaarea in particular, in radar and elec-tronics production has increased to suchan extent that direct factory applica-tion engineering for our products hasbecome a necessity," said Julian K.Sprague, Vice President in Charge ofSales, in discussing the new move."We hope to improve our service toWest Coast engineers and designers bythis step, eliminating delays in corres-pondence with our general offices andEastern and Mid-Western plants."

Manager of the new Sprague Elec-tric office, located at 11325 Wash-ington Blvd., Culver City, Calif., willbe Thomas S. Bills. Mr. Hills, well-known as an expert on quality controlin electronics production, was, prior tojoining Sprague Electric, Manager ofthe Quality Assurance Department ofthe Sandia Corporation, a WesternElectric Co. subsidiary which is aprime contractor for the Atomic En-ergy Commission. A former assistantchief engineer of the Warner PatheNewsreel, Mr. Bills also served duringWorld War II in an executive technicalpost at the Applied Physics Laboratoryof Johns Hopkins University workingon Navy Secret Project "A", the

i proximity fuze. He also has handledmilitary electronic production prob-lems for the Crosley Corporation. Mr.Bills is a graduate of Cornell University.

Other members of the staff of thenew Sprague Electric office includeGeorge S. Kariotis, Fred S. Nichols,Paul M. Kuefler, Lloyd West, John J.Fiske, and Dana Grindy.

Mr. Kariotis, a war-time Navyelectronics officer, formerly was co-ordinator of interference filter applica-tion engineering at Sprague Electrichere in North Adams. He is a graduateof Northeastern University.

Mr. Nichols, a graduate of TexasA & M College, was, prior to joiningSprague Electric, research and develop-ment engineer in charge of the radiointerference laboratory of AiresearchMfg. Co. in Los Angeles. Previously,he was engaged in electronic researchon government projects at CaliforniaInstitute of Technology and ColumbiaUniversity.

Mr. Kuefler, a former Air Forcepilot, also was previously with theradio interference laboratory of Aire-search Mfg. Co. He is a graduate ofthe University of Southern California.

Mr. West has had wide experience inthe electronics industry for more than25 years, specializing in capacitor andelectron tube problems. He has beenwith RCA, Sylvania Electric, SolarManufacturing Corp., and the elec-tronics department of North AmericanAviation. Mr. West is a graduate ofCalifornia Institute of Technology.

Mr. Fiske, a registered professionalengineer, was with Westinghouse Elec-tric Corp. for several years after re-

ceiving his degree from the Universityof California at Berkeley.

Both Mr. West and Mr. Fiske wereformerly with Burgess Dempster Asso-ciates, who previously represented theSprague Electric Company in SouthernCalifornia.

Sales Administrator of the new officewill be Dana Grindy, who was formerlywith the Sprague Electric general salesoffices at Beaver Street. He holdsengineering degrees from Washingtona n d Lee U n i v e r s i t y a n d t he Un i -versity of Virginia. Prior to joiningS p r a g u e E l e c t r i c , he w a s wi th theA l u m i n u m C o m p a n y of A m e r i c a .

John Smith Promoted ToForeman Of Filters

John Smith has been promoted toForeman of the Filter Department.Mr. Smith's promotion was announcedby Mr. F. H. Potter, Plant Manager,on January 18.

The new Foreman of the Filter De-partment started his career at SpragueElectric in 1935 testing A. C. con-densers. He has worked in the Lab,in the Sample Department when it wasunder Howard Sherman, in PaperRolling, as a stock clerk in IndustrialOils, in Prokars, and in the Phase-LagNetworks. For many years he wasProduction Planning Clerk for theIndustrial Oil Department.

Mr. Smith spent some time in theFilter Department when it was atBeaver Street.

New Brochure IssuedA new catalog on military-grade

xiper dielectric capacitors has beenreleased by Sprague Electric. Catalog21 is designed to serve as a guide forDepartment of Defense engineeringind purchasing agents who have tesatisfy exacting performance require-nents in specifying and Inning capa-

citors.This 24-page, 2-color brochure is

made in accordance with the require-ments of military specification JAN-C-25. I t is available on business letler-lead request only.

Number L3Volume XIV

Page 2 SPRACUK ELECTRIC LOG February », 1952

Pet Deer Gets Kick Out of Television

Elsie Pellerin an.I Oscar. I nlikchis distant cousin Rudolph's,Oscar's nose docs not light up,hut his eyes do.

her of the household.

As it is against the law to restrain adeer, Oscar is allowed to roam at will.Well contented with his home, heshows no disposition to leave. Elsiestates that Oscar is very friendly andlikes at tention. When ignored, hecorrects the situation by sticking hiscold nose in the offender's face.

Although only a youngster, Oscarhas shown a disturbing fondness forcigarettes. He gives cigarettes themost thorough throat test in the annuls<;f cigarette history. Oscar will walkup to an unsuspecting human about tolight up, seize the cigarette, and pro-ceed to chew and swallow it.

Unfortunately for Oscar, life isn'tgoing to be a round of cigarettes andTV. Next spring, he will be turnedover to the New York State Wild LifeDepar tment and will be placed on areservation. But until then, UncleMilty will have a severe critic.

CHESS PLAYERSNotice

Plans arc being made for theorganization of a Sprague ElectricGame of Kings Chess Club. If youenjoy a good game of chess andwould be interested in joining sucha club, get in touch with Phil Hell,Extension 52, Beaver Streel.

Marshall Street News

Employe Relationsby Betty Burdick

We would like to welcome SueSlater and Norman McWilliams whohave joined our office staff. We hopeyou both enjoy working with us.

We are going to miss GeorgeMulcahy who recently left us to workin Puerto Rico. We wish you the bestof luck, George. The South Seas soundvery inviting when we glance at thenear-zero figures on our thermometers.

All Skiers Beware! Mary Gordonhas taken to the hills, with a pair ofskis, that is. Any suggestions as tohow to rise after falling flat on yourface would be very welcome, says Mary.

Joan Mulcahy recently spent aweek end in New York City where sheenjoyed a shopping tour and visitingwith friends.

Congratulations to Bill and MaryGordon who celebrated their secondwedding anniversary on January 28.Also to Dorothy and Bob Sprague,Jr. who will celebrate their ninthwedding anniversary on February 13.

Our ski enthusiasts—Joann Deans,Joan Mulcahy, Fred Whitham,Mary Gordon, and Katharine Ros-enburg really are pleased with all thesnowr which has been falling lately.They are hoping for a long winter.

Vitreous Enamel Resistorsby Norma

The Christmas party was held in ourdepartment on December 20 duringlunch hour. Lunch was served byMary Fern, assisted by the girls. Agift was presented to Edward Scully.A very enjoyable time was had by all.

Toni Richer's husband was homeon leave from Virginia, where he isstationed, for the holidays.

Happy birthday to Eddie Shaffner,Nina Rondeau, and Phyllis Brooks.Best wishes to all of you.

Sammy Dean spent New Year's inNew Hampshire.

John Shaker became a grand-father over the holidays. Congratula-tions, John.

Carrie Murach had her vacationfrom Christmas to New Year's. Hopeyou enjoyed it, Carrie.

Mickey Briggs, Toni Richer, andJoe Koczela have gone to new de-partments. We miss you.

Carrie Murach has returned fromher vacation. It was nice but quitecold.

John Shaker and Dona Harpinare new grandfathers. A girl forDona and a boy for John. Congratula-

We will all miss the smiling face ofClem LeClaire when he joins theMerchant Marines.

We are pleased that MargaretPerreault's husband is able to resumework after his long illness.

The winders quintet are looking forbookings. It consists of Ruby Morse,Sally Tallarico, Chips James, CarrieMurach, and Phyllis Brooks. Willsing all songs requested.

Helen Jones, Bronius Nakutis,Val Beauchamp, Al Readyhough,Kate Giguere, Carm Trisorio, JoeKoczela, Doris Richardson, MickayBriggs, Toni Richer, and JeanneGrasela have been transferred. Wemiss you.

Happy to hear Mina Rondeau'shusband is on the road to recoveryafter his operation in Boston.

Has Sammy Dean ever heard thesaying, "Anyone who talks to himselfhas money in the bank".

What would we do without BillHermon to fix our machines. Hecertainly is an efficient guy.

Test EquipmentEngineering

by E. B. RyanWe hasten to make amends for hav-

ing neglected to offer birthday con-gratulations to our Supervisor, GeorgeDegrenier on January 1, and to BillChampagny on January 20. Belatedgreetings from all of us and may the

Shippingby C. T.

Rosetta Duquette is the proud Jowner of a beautiful new Ford.

Birthday greetings to MargaretTorrey who celebrated her birthdayJanuary 26. Jean Davis made abirthday cake for the occasion.

Ernest Gregory received a letter |recently from Robert Knox, a former jco-worker who is stationed in Korea, jWe are happy to hear he is well andexpects to be home for a visit thissummer.

A party was held recently at thehome of Claire Mancine in honor ofRena Meczywor, who is on a leave ofabsence. She was presented with anappropriate gift. A delicious lunchwas served by the hostess. Gameswere played and prizes were awarded tothe guest of honor, Rena Meczywor, JFlora Burdick, Betty Beckwith, and jJune Pringle. Everyone had a mostenjoyable time.

We are sorry to hear Clara Bond'sdaughter broke her wrist when she fellon the ice.

Welcome to the Heat-Sealing Sec-lion : Carmela Tobin, Mildred Tang-uay, and Angela Catrambone.

Our sincerest sympathy to FrancesPatenaude on the death of her aunt,Mrs. Paul Dilego.

Community WelfareSprague Electric People Active In Scout WorkMrs. Ralph Bullett Receives Eagles' Award

Among those who attended the third annual Girl Scout Councildinner at the Richmond Hotel were, bottom row, left to right:Mrs. Norman Schulze, Mrs. Ralph Bullett, Ralph Bullett, Mrs. HelenParisien, and Mrs. Ida Lovett. Top row, left lo right: Mrs. Zyga-mond Nash, Mrs. Julia Desrosiers, Mrs. John Raby, and Mrs. MarieViens. Mrs. Bullett was honored by being presented the framedcertificate of the Eagles' Civic Award in recognition of her con-tribution to community welfare through the Girl Scouts. She isthe first woman in the state to receive this citation.

new year be a happy and prosperous onelor both of you.

Spending her holidays in Providence,

stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. AnthonyYincenzo, has led Norma Luscier tobelieve good old Saint Nick is stillwatching out lor her. He certainlyout-did himself this year lor you,Norma.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lamphieralso held a family reunion, having as

law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lamphierof Tupper Lake, N. Y., and theirdaughter, Marjorie, a student at DrewUniversity, Madison, N. J., home forthe holidays. Incidentally, Marjorierecently was elected secretary of thefreshman class at Drew. Congratula-tions, Marjorie.

Enjoying a well-earned leave front hisduties aboard the U. S. S. Columbus,now at dry dock in the CharlestonNavy Yard, Michael "Sonny" Puppolo,Seaman First Class, son of Mrs. AliceGreen of this department, spent theholidays at his home in Adams visitingfriends and relatives and renewing oldacquaintances. Alice reports a won-derful holiday inasmuch as she helpedher husband, Harold, another Sprague-ite, celebrate his birthday on Christmasday. Belated greetings, Harold, fromall of us here and may you enjoy many,main- more double-feature holidays.

Richard Lamphier, son of EdwardLamphier, who has recently been em-ployed as band leader at Tupper's Lake,N. Y., resigned his position to acceptpart-time employment at the PhilSaltman School of Music in Boston as ateacher. While there, he will continuehis studies in music airangement. Heand his wife will make their home inBoston.

Birthday congratulations to CharlieLincoln who celebrates his on Febr-uary 16. It is interesting to noteCharlie can trace his ancestry backdirectly to our famous Civil War Presi-dent, whose birthday we also note thismonth. May it be a happy andjoyous occasion, Charlie, and greetingsfrom each and every one of us.

In cooperation with our LOG editor,who has asked us to bring to yourattention Brotherhood Week, February17 to 24, and to give it your whole-hearted support, we submit our ownhumble point of view for your con-sideration. Brotherhood of man is oneof God's instruments in the world fordoing good. It is a force and powerwhich, when used in inculcating lovingkindness and charity, will build up amonument of social purity such as willbecome the nation's glory. It must beuniversal, but it will only be that whenwe truly follow in the footsteps of Hewho came to teach truly the brother-hood of men, who was the forerunnerof the gospel of love in this world.When we carry the idea that Hetaught, then brotherhood in this worldwill attain to that highest ideal that thehuman heart can conceive, in doingunto others as we would have them dounto us.

Small Order Sby M. and N.

Welcome Vickie Testa, Ethel Cote,Clarence Maxwell, and Bea Per-reault to our gang. Hope you like us.

We would like to say hello to MabelSorel who is on leave.

Seems as if Mac Filiault has gone infor bowr ties in a big way lately.

Everyone has been enjoying dinnersChef a la Frances Morse style.

Wonder if we have ever mentioned

that Bob McDonough docs theCharleston quite well. Well, he docs!

Brotherhood is as practical and aslair and square as a traffic signal, ll'sas rugged and clean cut and it ought lo

of baseball.Eric Johnston

Miscellaneous Dry Test,Finish and Ship

by Ceil RischLillian Bingham and Henry

Samia had their vacations recently,Henry is leaving our department. Wewill miss you, Henry, and wish youluck in your new ven I inc.

George Lasage was in the hospitalrecently. Hope you feel much belter,George.

Emily Wlodyka was I he first auntof 1952 in Adams. Her brother, whois Staff Sgt. Andrew Wbdylca, was theproud lather.

P r i s c i l l a D o u g l a s spent the weekend in Boston. She enjoyed the IceCap ides with a few of her friends.

Our Christmas party which was heldat the Midway on December 1<) wasenjoyed by 26. We were entertainedby Ness Robert's orchestra. Singerswere Jane Windrow and DonaldLsvesque. It also was Mary JanePonti's birthday. We started oil ourparty with group singing. EdwardO'Neil, who was one of our LOG re-porters before he went to work in theGE, was our guest speaker.

Marshall Street PaperRolling

by Choo-ChooThe following enjoyed their vaca-

tions during December: John "Zeke"Ladame, Danny Donovan, and JimModena.

\'k: Pete Andognini dropped in tosee us while home on a ten-day fur-lough through Christmas and NewYear's. Pete is a cook, attached tothe Infantry Hospital at Fort Jackson,South Carolina. He expects to bepromoted to Corporal by the time thisissue is off the press.

PIC. I lerb Palmer dropped in to see uswhile home on a fifteen-day furlough,through Christmas and the New Year.Herb is a clerk in Personnel at ll<|s.Btry., 6th Armd. F. A. Bn., Fort Sill,Oklahoma. He expects to be pro-moted to Corporal, also. Herb wasable to see Oklahoma College play twofootball games this past season.

Pvt. Robert Sinderinann writes fromGermany that he is receiving and en-joying the LOG. In a recent letter toyour reporter, he compared the localitywhere he is stationed to our country.There are farms and mountains nearby.He says the German people are gettingahead, in business and rebuilding, andthat living conditions are gettingbetter. Merchandise is much morereasonable than here. ThanksgivingDay his outfit, the 4th Armd. Inf.Btl., moved into new barracks. Theyhad lived for months in tents withcandles for illumination. He safdthat: it was good to gel inside with amattress and sheets and electriclighting. On Thanksgiving and Christ-mas, he enjoyed a turkey dinner suchas he would have had at home. Onweek-end passes, he has gone to dif-ferent towns and cities on tours. Boblikes Heidleburg very much and goesthere to the theatre. Some of hisbuddies are to attend the Olympics atOslo, Norway. Bob declined the op-portunity. Like any other service-man, he is awaiting the day he cancome home. Bob is married to theformer Rachel St. Pierre, who is em-ployed at the Beaver Street plant.Don't Forget the March of Dimes.

I better than to relax and enjoy tele-

vision in the evening. Oscar's favor-

ite position is to gel as dose to the TV

set as possible. You see, lie doesn't

the capacitors in the set are probably

from Sprague Electric, where Oscar's

Oscar lives very happily on a farm

in Richmondville, New York. I It-

sleeps and eats with the cows, has made

friends with the family dog, and likes

The young buck was discovered in a

meadow last summer by Elsie Pellerin's

nephew who was mowing hay. (Elsie

works in the Bennington Wire Coating

Department .) Oscar was brought up j

on a bottle and is now a popular mem- ;

After all there is but one racehumanity.

George Moore

February 8, 1952 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG

Virginia Etnliry is llie daughter of Sophie, who works in Block Annex, and Ifarry, who is employed in Centrifuge. Her parents are proud to announce Virginia will graduatefrom Drury this .June. Blonde Allen Scott is 3J. His mother, Barbara, works in Metal Clad Nights. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Toromiuo have two fine boys. MrsToromino is al the right and holds Peatic, 3 months. Ross, Jr., at the left, is 3. Mr. Toromino works in the Bathtub Assembly. Kenneth Morris, a I the left, is 7; and Paul]at the right, is 1. Their mother, Roma, works in Metal Clad Nights. Linda Louise Poirot is 2. She is the pride and joy of Jean Pcirot of Small Order Metal Clad, and iheniece of Claire, Marceline, and Louis Poirot, and Marguerite and Reginald Rowett. All of whom work at Sprague Electric! Steven Horsfall's grandfather, Al, tookthis picture. Al works in t!n> PJu.li> Lab. David Rowett's mother and father, Marie and Reginald, both work at Marshall Street. David is I.

Filtersby Ginger

Birthday greetings from the gang toMable O'Grady, Edith Royal, andIrene Davis.

Bertha and Carl Oltsch celebratedtheir twelfth wedding anniversaryFebruary 2. We hope you have- mam

Margaret Isherwood, Claire Dan-is, and Arvilla Shand are enjoyingtheir annual vacations.

Mae Stratton, Florence Saulnier,and Alice Monette arc hack on theirdiets again. Remember, girls, no

looking.Marjorie Valotta always is eating.

Where do you put it all, Midge?We are sorry to hear Marjorie

Richer's mother hurt both her ankles.We hope she is coming along all right.

John Davis is pretty proud of hisson, Lance, and he has a very goodreason to be. Lance brought home hisreport card with all A's, in nine dif-ferent subjects. His first semesterreport card also was all A's. Nicegoing, John, or should I say Lance?

Mr. and Mrs. James Marshallhave announced the engagement oftheir daughter Hazel to John H.Crosby, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.Crosby of Readsboro, Vt. The wed-ding will take place in June.

We welcome the new ^irls to our de-partment and hope they will like work-ing with us.

Formationby Ed Cook

Larry Weld, anyone know him?Yes, we do. He has been around quitea bit longer than most of us. Larry,along with a lot of others who I know,is looking forward to spring and fishingagain. He is quite a fisherman andmay be seen along most any streamaround here or in Vermont. He tellssome good fish stories, too, but thispast week he brought in the proof of hisfishing, a nice 22-inch fish which, he

Network and FilterDevelopment Section

by

Gladys Dubie and Julia DesrosiersJulia Desrosiers enjoyed her vaca-

tion recently.

We hope everyone had a niceChristmas and New Year's.

Our department had a party at theTaconic Park Tea House. Everyonehad a good lime. We enjoyed singingby Loretta Lopardo and piano play-ng by Ralph MacDonald and afarming guest, Joan Walton. Fred

Scarborough and Mary Danielsprovided ;• duet.

All the girls went to Julia Des-rosiers' for dinner and enjoyed itvery much. The stuffed macaroni wasgood; also the pumpkin pie. We sentJulia a corsage of red roses and it madeher very happy.

We have four newcomers and hopethey like our department. They areGerry Gamache, Betty Senecal,Armand Seney, and Charles Gaut-sche.

Ralph MacDonald and EdwardWalton have been transferred. Wewish them luck.

James Copeland heads the manu-facturing and Paul Caudell the pro-duction. Let's all give them our best.

We enjoy the letters we get fromJack Dube. Jack is stationed at theSampson Air Force Base.

Sprague Productsby Myrna Lavanway

time to Batty Tisdale and DoloresLipinski. We hope you enjoy work-ing with us, girls.

Several of the girls already havebought some of their Valentines. The

j early bird catches the worm (man, tha! is), they say. Those concerned, takeheed.

We all send our get-well wishes toGeorge Ferran and hope he recoversquickly from his operation.

Two of our girls were among thosewho attended the Ski Ball. Jane's newpoodle cut must have looked verybecoming with her pink gown.

Virginia certainly appreciates thatbanana at lunch time—and also theamused audience.

Congratulations are in order torJanice Russett who celebrated herbirthday the first of the month.

Retail Salesby Barb and Mario

A birthday party was held in honorof Bea Campedelli at the home ofAvelina King on January 9. All thegirls in the department attended andhad a wonderful time. Lunch wasserved by Mrs. King and she wasassisted by Lorry Van Steemburg,Dorothy Belanger, and BarbaraKing. Mrs. Campedelli received giftsand a decorated birthday cake.

Congratulations and best wishes toJean Mahoney on the birth of her son,born January 14.

Harry Pickwell has been having alot of fun lately picking up the BostonChannel on his television set. Iwonder how he can do that. Most ofus have quite a time just gettingChannel 4.

W e h o p e M a r i o M a g n a n i will s i t ] )bringing candy to us. It throws thegirls off their diets.

The welcome mat is out for LacilleMatranga, our new department clerk.

Everyone misses Emma Tadiellowho is out sick. Hurry and get well,Emma.

Know Your EngineerOdvar Ness, engineer in charge of

the laboratory for electrolytic engi-neer ing , is one of the most enthusi-a s t i c c r o s s - c o u n t r y s k i e r s in t h i s

area. He and Dr. Robinson, VicePresident in Charge of Research andEngineering, have, for example,started in Bennington and finishedUp in Stamford or Williamstown.Mr. Ness' wife and daughter alsoenjoy cross-country skiing; however,for a very short: distance only.

Mr. Ness was born in Oslo, spenthis boyhood there, and attended thecity's technical school for two years.He completed his education withtwo more years in a German school,graduating as an electrical engineer.Vacations were spent workingaboard ships making trips to thisand other countries.

The first job held by Mr. Nessafter receiving his technical train-ing was for two years in Switzerlandwith Electric Brown Bovery Co. Heworked in various manufacturingdepartments with a view of apossible position with ElectricBrown Bovery in Oslo.

Shortly after returning to Nor-way, Mr. Ness received an im-migration visa to the United States.He spent a year in England, priorto coming to this country. Settlingin Williamstown with Mrs. Ness,whom he met in this country, heaccepted a position with SpragueElectric in 1935.

In his Marshall Street Lab at

Odvar IN ess

Sprague Electric, Mr. Ness directshis staff in engineering and develop-ment work on D. C. and A. C.electrolytic capacitors. This lab isresponsible for all specificationscovering the different manufactur-ing processes of these capacitors.Mr. Ness and his staff are inconstant touch with the actualmanufacturing of these products toassure our customers the bestquality product possible. Also, thedepartment conducts a continuousinvestigation of designs and ex-periments on products requiringspecial applications by the custom-

We would like to welcome CasimerGliwski to our department and hopehe likes working with us.

It's good to have Bea Campedelliback with us after her recent illness.

Barb King recently received a postcard from the gang at the WedemeyerCo. in Ann Arbor, Michigan asking forcorrespondence from this department.

Wedemeyer Co. is one of SpragueProducts' customers. It's always nice ,to hear from people in other parts of theU.S.A.

Patricia Donovan and BarbaraKing recently took pan in a playletput on at the Rosary Rooms of St.Francis Church. The play was called"Baby Sitting is Easy".

The Sprague Electric Lollypop Set

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From I.I I to right: Frankie Hewitl and his good friend, Bex. Frankie's mother, Nellie, is employed in Small Order S. Cathy Ann Delaghelfa is the niece of Red Delaghelfaof IMetal Clad. Cathy celebrated her birthday recently. Sue Ellen Johnson is 9 months old and her father, Chester, works,in Miscellaneous Paper Assembly. Mary Sullianof Molded T.il.ulars (Second Shift) and her three daughters. Rose Marie is on the left and Tamy Ann is holding Carla Jean. John Walsh, of the Machine Shop, has two

Patenauile who is employed in Shipping.

caught Sunday. He likes ice fishing,

Larry tells one story we all question.Everyone has had iced teainthe summerlime when il is very hot, but when ourfisherman tells of taking iced teatodrinkwhen he goes ice fishing and it is 0°outside, we wonder.

How about that, Larry.Wedding bells rung around here'

recently. Norris Jepson was married.

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Miscellaneous Dry RollingDG-24 Assembly

by Walter and WinchellDid you know the Western Electric

Bowling team finished one point be-hind the KVA in the first half of theMen's Bowling League. Better lucknext half, boys.

John Peters claims his favoritesong is "And So To Sleep Again". Wewonder why?

Walter Osborne and GeorgeO'Brien tell us Betty Coulter sings tothem all day.

Elmer Fountain keeps the de-partmeni happy with his jokes. Keepit up, Elmer.

Has everyone seen Bob Delisle'snew haircut". Wow, almost bald!

Joe Lipa looks like Martin Kanewith thai new pipe.

They tell us Bob Markland is learn-ing to play the piano. Is that right,Bob.

Our deepest sympathy is extended toTheresa B e a u d i n on I lie loss of herfather.

Beaver Street News

Miscellaneous PaperAssembly

by Marie-Rose LaFlammeBirthday congratulations to Ida

Scaia and Jeanne t t e Pinet te .Anniversary greetings to Norma

Labree who celebrated her fourthwedding anniversary on January 24,and to Jeanne t te Oleskiewicz, whowill celebrate her second anniversaryon February 11. Many more happyones, girls.

We didn't know the talent we havein our room. Our own little LorraineDesrosiers sang in the Eagle's minstrel.Heard she was good, too.

Better late than never, so we want towelcome our new Supervisor, AmenAttalla. Hope you enjoy workingwith us, Amen, as much as we enjoyhaving you.

Your reporter got a poodle haircutand sometimes I wonder if it was worthit. It's a pleasure and comfort to have,but I don't know if the teasing whichgoes with it is really worth it. It hasbeen freezing ever since I got it, but Istill love it and I'm sure when warmerweather prevails there will be manymore girls sporting the new hairdo.

Miscellaneous Paper Finishby Gert Noel

Happy birthday wishes to TheresaGarafano, January 21, and to EdnaCwiertniewicz, January 27.

Charlie Lincoln, Velma's husband,is the handsome constable you see upat the Stamford Grange square dances.Next day, if you should happen to peekinto Velma's kitchen window you wouldprobably see them doosy-dooey aroundthe kitchen.

Glad to see Betty Fletcher backafter her recent illness.

Anna Fortou's brother, who is inthe service, was a recent visitor at herhome.

Janet Haas looks cute with hernew poodle haircut. This also is trueof Adele Solari who had a short haircut.

The welcome mat is out for MaudeSullivan, Ann Laughlin, and ViolaDelisle. Glad to have you with us.

Ann Downey recently became agrandmother again. It makes fivegrandsons for Ann. Maybe it will be agranddaughter next time.

Our deepest sympathy to DorothyDunican whose mother passed away.

PASSENGER WANTEDFrom Adams to Beaver Street,

7:00 a.m. to 4:45 shift. Tele-phone 389-M.

76th Birthday(Happy Birthday Jean Drysdale)

was a happy seventy-sixth bin Inlay for Jean Drysdale onJanuary 29. At her work station on the Fold and Inspection Table onFoil Preparation, Jean was surrounded by flowers and a birth-day cake, gifts from the Inspectors. Jean is very active, enjoys her work(she has been employed at Sprague Electric since 1942), and reads agreat deal. And what were the birthday thoughts of one of Spra-gue Electric's oldest female employes? "Life has been i:oo<l ri<zhtalong. I still thrill to all that happens, keep up my interests,and keep loving people."

Bennington Wire Coating McWilliams Joins Companyby Spot Spofford A $ A d m j n # Assistant

Bessie Pascher recently underwentan operation at the Putnam MemorialHospital. We wish her a fast re-

Irwin Bradley I,.is been transferredto North Adams. A farewell gift waspresented to him by the employes.

Willie May Hoyt is home from thehospital. We hope to have her backwith us soon

Iona L s m i e u x has been transferredto the Shipping 1 >epartment.

Weepy Perrott ' s howlers finallyhave broken the ice with a 3-0 verdictover the Commandos.

Marion Pot ter is working in theoffice.

All we wanted was to bring myhusband back for a quid burial nearthe open country he loved so much. Ididn't dream ii would lead to all this.But in a way I suppose ii is the bestthing that could have happened, ithink the trouble will help eliminatethat kind of feeling about racial dif-ferences. At least it should.

- -Statement by Mrs. John Rice, wifeof an Indian veteran of th Koreanwar, after Ins burial at Arlington

Upper Officesby Flo and Sue

We would like to welcome EddieWindover to the Upper Offices. Eddiehas started working in the MaterialControl Department. Hope he en-joys working with us.

Sorry E m m a Rol land has been ill.Hope you soon are back with us.

Paper Rolling (Nights)by Fran

Trying to get back to normal afterthe hectic holidays, and, as usual, thekiddos caught something. LorettaJames', Vi Rys', Art Demarsico's,and my two came down with thechicken pox.

Lesa Bormolini's little girl had hertonsils out, and Laura Benoit's littlegirl had an operation. Glad to reportall patients are doing nicely. Wish Icould say the same for the parents.

Celia Menczywor and Nellie Paci-orek went to a mother and son banquetwhich was held at St. Stanislaus Schoolhall on Thursday, January 17.

Margaret Dague received adiamond for Christmas. Congratula-tions, Margaret.

The girls on her table gave ErikaRoy a little party recently, plus somecute, tiny gifts. Loads of luck, Erika,on the coming blessed event.

It's good-bye to Roma Sweeneyand hello to Marie Richards. Hopeyou like our gang, Marie.

Loretta Galuska and Rita Hart-wig are on leave. Hurry back, wemiss you.

Some of the girls have been prettybusy for several weeks. Doing what?Moving! Corinne Simon, IsabelleDecoteau, Yvonne Simon, and AliceMajor have changed their addresses.Aren't they lucky with the housingproblem we have.

Also several girls are doing someexercising to get trimmed down forspring. But does it hurt.

Our deepest sympathy is extendedto Evelyn Eurbin and Yvonne Simonon their recent losses.

There is something disarming —whether in a family quarrel or in aninternational situation — resulting froma willingness to explore the otherperson's point of view.

•—Charles Sawyer

Bathtub Assemblyby D. Landry

Pearl Berti's daughter, Barbara,recently underwent a minor operationin the North Adams Hospital.

Josie Sikorski has been very proud

January 26.The saying "If you want a short

winter have your notes come due in thespring" was brought home to us thismonth on receiving our withholdingtax statements. March 15 will soonbe here.

We are very sorry to hear thatTheresa Paquin's son, Jimmie, is illin the North Adams Hospital. Wehope he will soon be well and home.

Eleanor Wojcik and Clara Lescar-beau celebrated their birthdays recent-ly. Happy birthday!

Everyone stands aside at the punchclock come 7:00 a.m. mornings to letHelen Kogut and Marge Fletcherzoom through.

Wre are very pleased to learn Berna-dette Lanois' father came throughhis operation successfully.

Chris Andrews' head says "no" toall the sweets and treats at the table.Trying to whittle off a few pounds,Chris?

Marjorie Brooks' daughter, Mar-line, is a cheerleader at Johnson School.

Francis Roy has the smallest lunchever. A tangerine and a letter fromher son is all she needs come noon.

Plating

Metal Cladby Dot and Jean

We hear Steffie Stefanopoulasmade quite a hit at the Eagle's Aux-iliary Minstrel. Congratulations toMary Lepera who was general chair-man and made it a great success.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Leo Moreau on their first weddinganniversary.

Mar tha Cardillo is going to spendher vacation house-cleaning. What fun!

Lorraine Moreau is spending awell-deserved vacation in Boston. Havea wonderful time, Lorraine.

Congratulations to Avis Dudleywho passed her exams to go in nurses'training in September.

Will someone please bring an extralunch so Mar tha Cardillo's heartyappetite will be satisfied?

Our sympathy is extended toPauline Barnet t on the death ofher aunt, Mrs. Rose Hebert.

by IsA daughter was born to Mr. and

Mrs. Joseph at the North AdamsHospital on January 29. She weighedeleven pounds and three ounces andhas been named Gail. She has a sister,Cynthia, who is five years old. StanleyBrown, known as Brownie in the depart men t where he works on electro-tinplating, is uncle to Gail and Cynthia.Our heartiest congratulations to theproud parents.

Eddie Sprague is out on his week ofvacation.

Loren Estes just had to get into thefashion spotlight. As all the girlsknow, poodle haircuts, poodle clothcoats, poodle sweaters, and poodle hatsare all the rage. Since he wants tokeep up with the times, he 1 (ought apoodle dog at the Phloxland Kennelsin Charlemont. Now Loren is wonder-ing if it would he loo obvious if lie puta fire red poodle cloth jacket on the dogwhen they go for a walk.

Metal Clad Tubular Finishby Rita Johnson

Best wishes for a speedy recovery toHazel Windrow and Pat Hartmanwho have been in the hospital recently.

Welcome back to Celia Flemingwho has been out on a leave of absence.

Congratulations to Kay Labombardwho has a baby girl.

We extend congratulations to Etheland Scotty Brown on their 171 hwedding anniversary. Scotty is em-ployed in Marshall Street Formation.The girls gave Ethel a surprise partyand a pair of gold earrings.

Marcia Greene was surprised at abirthday party and presented withgifts and a cake. We wish you manymore, Marcia.

Congratulations to Jane Richard-son who has a baby boy. Janeformerly was employed here.

Happy birthday to Bess Lacy. Thegirls gave her a purse of money and abirthday cake.

We are all envious of Vi Scott'spretty sweaters.

BirthsDAUGHTER lo Mr. and Mrs.

Pasquale Sacco on December <). Mrs.Sacco is Josephine of MiscellaneousDry Rolling, \H) 24 Assembly.

SOX 10 Mr. and Mrs. EdwardSlithers mi December 17. Both Mr.and Mrs. Slithers are employed inMiscellaneous Dry Rolling, DG 24Assembly.

SOX 10 M,-. and Mrs. JosephDanforthon December 26. Mrs. Dan-forth is Nellie of Molded TubularFinal Solder.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.John J. Kryston on December 27.Mrs. Kryston is Margaret of MoldedTubular Section Solder and Mr.Kryston is employed in Wire Coaling.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph 11.Hammann on Janu'ary I. Mr. Ham-mann is employed in Research andEngineering.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. William B.Mahoney on January 14. Mrs. Ma-honey is Jean of Retail Sales.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. LawrenceWood on January 16. Mr. Woodis employed in Molding.

Big Catch For Larry

Engagement

Mr. and Mrs. John Ordyna have an-nounced the engagement of theirdaughter, Stephanie, to John Paster-nak, Jr. Miss Ordyna is employed inPaper Rolling.

Larry Wells of Forma I ion notonly goes fishing but can prove it.He caught this 21-inch, 5-poundBlack Bass in lloosae Lake. Notbad!

February », 1952

Norman M<-\Y illiams

February »< 1952 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG Page 5

BROTHERHOOD WEEK, FEBRUARY 17-24, 1952Brown Street News

Industrial Oil Stackingby Ann Heath and Lyda Lewis

When Ann and Myles Heath in-vite Bill and Helen Sheldon todinner, they throw in a sleigh ride forfree. Bill thinks Myles uses skiisinstead of snow tires.

Welcome back, Charlie Sear, afteryour operation. I lope you're okay now.

•Sorry to see the girls leave who arebeing transferred. Hope you like yournew jobs.

Dick Clark is stationed al WestoverMeld. We see him more often now.

Sadie Champagne and Bill Shel-don are the Eskimo kids. They lovethe fresh breezes. Where do yon twothink you are? In Bermuda?

Hollywood row has a new addition.Welcome, Milly Reardon. Hope youlike torch soldering as well as we do.

Welcome back, Peggy Falvey. Weare glad you are feeling fine again.

Final Solderingby The Busy Bees

Congratulations to Sylvia Beaudinwho recently became a grandmother.

Belated birthday greetings to IdaFortin. Many more, Ida.

Margaret Cirone wanted her namein the LOG so here ii is. Hi, Margaret.Now do you feel better?

Dora Burns lias the new poodle

We welcome Dot Errichetto to theday shift.

Birthday congratulations to Bea-trice Denery.

The girls wish Mary Therrien aspeedy recovery. -

We hear Vera Davine is sporting a

Resistor Assemblyby Chick and Chuck

Althea Horn has left us and is nowon her way to California. Good luck,Althea.

Mable Amos and Frances Kord-ana have been transferred to MarshallStreet.

Welcome to the casting table (on theNight Shift), Edward Biros and LenoGallis.

Stella Baauchamp now is workingon the cement table. Good luck.Stella, on your new job.

Joe Brewer of the casting table wasmarried on February 9 to RuthBoyer. Good luck to both of youfrom the department.

Ski RaceYoung Ceely Winner In Giant Slalom

Wire Coatingby Betty Jangrow

Third ShiftWe hope Henry Parker is feeling

better.Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mahar are

the parents of a daughter born Jan-uary 24.

Mrs. Ralph Bullett, Girl ScoutDirector, has the honor of being thefirst woman to get the Civic ServiceAward given yearly by the NorthAdams Eagles. Ralph Bullett is am e m b e r o f t h e t h i r d s h i f t . C o n -gratulations, both of you.

First ShiftOn January 11, Stanley Dorst and

his assistants moved to Marshall Street.We miss all of you and hope you enjoyyour new quarters.

Jane Rudnick and Phil Gattuso.ire feeling better after short illnesses.

C. Earl Washburn tells us hisgranddaughter, Susan, is fine after heroperation.

Birthdays play quite a part at theLepage home in January. 1'eter waseight and Suzanne three the 28th. Bothhad parties.

KVAby Mary Bua and Frank Santelli

Elinor King have reason to envy herthese cold .lavs. Elinor tells of thewarm, sunny days when she strollsalong the beach in Florida and enjoyssunbaths, while we freeze.

A group of people from the de-partment enjoyed a spaghetti supperat the Santelli home one evening inhonor of Frank's birthday. Thespaghetti was deliriously made by theguesi of honor himself. Didn't havetime to count the candles on the birth-day cake. Frank dashed the cakeaway rather fast; I believe to concealhis age. He says he is 21. He oughlto know.

Antoinette Richer's husband spenta week end leave home recently.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Frank Sante l l i <»n their sixth wedding

Let's keep Brotherhood Week inmind, not just for one week but forevery week in the year.

Molded Tubular FinishA. Van Steemburg

Things m see:Louis Poirot's new poodle cut. IRolando Bernardara working and

Bucky Williams struggling it. at5:30 in the morning. All the wayfrom Stamford, Vt.

Jo Rosenburg with IHT rosy com-plexion.

T h e most ins id ious thing a b o u t th i sgerm of i n t o l e r a n c e is tha t it is p r a c -t ical ly imposs ible to ident i fy it w i th ino n e ' s self. W e a r e all c a r r i e r s , un-wit t ing ly , of th i s Ihing we a b h o r , a n dit is high t i m e lor t he physic ian to healhimself.

—Charles E. Wilson

Resistor Shippingby Blanche Tatro

We are wishing Kay O'Connors,Jennie Garceau, Flo Dupre, PhillisCilli, Helen Scarbo, Van Burnette.and Helen Drobiak the best of luckat theii new jobs. The room is veryquiet, but we will be waiting for yougirls to come back soon.

Hope Julia Sullivan is feelingbetter since she had her tonsils out.That corner of the room is lost without

Birthday wishes to Phillis CilKand our boss, Art Bissaillon.

Industrial OilsFinal Assembly

by Belle FullerWelcome to our new co-workers:

Alice Babula, Emma Barschdorf,Mary Bartlett, and Emily Gardzina.W e h o p e you will l ike us .

We miss Vivian Montgomery whohas been out main- weeks taking careof her sick little boy. Hope you'll beback with us soon.

Mary Santelli is back to work aftera siege with the grippe.

Malvina Brosseau also is back toworkafter b e i n g out s i ckwi th t he g r i p p e .

Miscellaneous ResistorAssembly

by Jennie and RitaGreetings to all. One month of the

new year is in the past and we aregetting the income tax return blues.

Our birthday list for January in-cluded Art Bissaillon, our Supervisor,and Phyl Cilli, who was feted by hercoworkers and presented with a birth-day cake by Marion Green.

Laura Roy is looking forward to

every day.

Fifteen-year-old John (.rely displays some of the winning formwhich placed him among the victors in the giant slalom for juniorsheld at Big Bromley.

John Ceely, son of Mr. Arthur G. Ceely, Assistant to the President, was a

winner in the Annual Junior and Interscholastic Giant Slalom Races held at

Big Bromley in Manchester, Vt. on January 26. John speeded through a 24-

gate giant slalom to make the best run in the 14 and 15-year-old group. His

winning time was 1:34.8.

Ceely, a sophomore at Williamstown High School, skied lor the Stony Ledge

Ski Club.

Recipes For Your ValentineSWEETHEART COFFEE CAKE

FOR VALENTINE MORNING

This Sweetheart Coffee Cake willsay a Happy Good Valentine Morning.If you have heart-shaped cake pansthey will mold the cake nicely. With-out them make the cake into a ringform; the heart-shaped cinnamonberries will carry out the valentinemotif.

This cake may be baked the daybefore you serve it. If you plan tokeep it overnight, don't ice it. Heal itlightly before serving and ice it whileit's warm, just before serving.

Sweetheart Coffee Cake

1 cake compressed or dry yeast

\ cup lukewarm water

Julia Sullivan is recuperating froma minor operation at her home. Getwell soon. Julia, we miss you.

Leroy Johndrow likes the newroller skating rink at Coltsville, but,oh, hoy, was he lame.

Our sympathy is extended to Van

Burnette on the death of her sister-in-

law, Phyllis Garvie.

Our sympathy is extended to the

Greene family on the death of John

Greene, who w.is our very nice gate-

man at Brown Street.

2 t u p milk

2 tablespoons shortening

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg

\ teaspoon grated lemon rind

Melted butter or margarine

2\ cups sifted flour

Soften yeast in lukewarm water.Scald milk. Add shortening, sugar andsalt. Cool to lukewarm. Add 1 cupflour and mix well. Add softened yeast,egg and lemon rind. Add enough moreflour to make a soft dough. Turn outon lightly floured board and kneaduntil satiny. Place in greased bowl,cover and let rise until doubled (about\\ hours). Punch down, cover and letrest 10 minutes. Divide in half. Rollout each half of dough to long narrowsheet about 8 inches wide and \ inchthick. Brush with melted margarineor butter and sprinkle with DateSurprise Filling. Roll jelly roll fashionand seal edges firmly. Place rolls ingreased heart-shaped cake pans, sealingedges together firmly. With sharpknife or scissors make cuts about 1 inchdee]) and 2 inches apart in the top ofroll. Let rise until doubled and bakein moderate oven (375°F.) about 30minutes. Ice with a thin confectioners'icing and decorate with red cinnamoncandies.

Births

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Donald S. Mahar on January 24. Mrs.Mahar is Janet of Flat Midget Assemb-ly.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Arcade J. Gibeau on January 22. Mr.Gibeau is employed in Formation. •

I DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs. EricW. Hannaleck on January 26. Mrs.Hannaleck is Beatrice of Dry Rolling.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. AnthonyVigna on January 26. Mrs. Vigna isthe former Mary Dzierga and is em-

| ployed in Paper Rolling.SON to Mr. and Mrs. John W.

Leonard on January 25. Mrs. LeonardJ is Barbara of Dry Rolling.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kirbyon January 27. Mrs. Kirby is I )orothyof Metal Clad Tubular Assembly.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. PrestonMorrow on January 29. Mr. Morrow

employed in the F. P. Assembly.DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.

(Albert Readyhough on January 28.Mr. Readyhough is employed inProkar Solder.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Joseph J. Gorczakoski on January 29.Mr. Gorczakoski is employed in Plat-

g.I TWIN DAUGHTERS to Mr. and

Mrs. Louis Socha on January 29. Mrs.Socha is Tessie of the General Account-ing Office.

| SON to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mill-man on January 30. Mrs. Millman

! is Eleanor of the Sales Office.SON to Mr. and Mrs. Albert J.

Chalifoux on January 31. Mrs. Chali-foux is Florence of Paper Rolling.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Walter R. Wolfrum on January 31.Mr. Wolfrum is employed in Dry-Rolling and Mrs. Wolfrum, Julia, isemployed in Dry Tubular Assembly.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. Harold A.Norcross on January 31. Mr. Nor-cross is employed in the Metal Clad De-partment.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. John Matti-more on February 1. Mr. Mattimoreis employed in Wire Coating at BrownStreet.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Z.Bourdon on January 16. Mr.' Bourdonis employed in Traffic and Export.

SON to Mr.and Mrs. John Delmolinoon January 21. Mrs. Delmolino isJulia of the Bathtub Assembly.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs. LeoW. Dupuis on January 23. Mr.Dupuis is employed in General Main-tenance.

Showers

Miss Evelyn Burdick was honoredat a bridal shower on January 29 atthe home of Miss Nancy Hillard. MissBurdick, who is employed in the Em-ploye Relations Department, is lobemarried on February 23 to Edward P.Beckwith.

Miss Ruth T. Boyer was feted at adinner party given at the CountySquire on January 30 in honor of herapproaching marriage. Miss Boyer'sco-workers in the Payroll Departmentgave the dinner. Miss Boyer will bemarried to Joseph Brewer, Jr., ofResistor Winding and KoolohmAssembly, on February 9.

Wedding

Miss Theresa Mary Mason, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mason, becamethe bride of William L. Cheney, Jr.,son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheney, onJanuary 5 at the city hall. The bride-groom is employed in F. P. CoverAssembly and Ovens.

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Sprague Electric Men's Bowling League Enters Second HalfSecond Half S t a n d i n g s

America)/ League

Inspectors

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Girls1 BasketballSprague Electric (iirls Defeat ScjHniis,. 52-14;

Lose Hanl-Kou<*hl Game To Pro-Druars

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StaffHowlers gather 'round to sec how they're doing. From left

to right: Ed Hinkell, John .Murray, Kill Fortini, George Sear-bo, < Hi IT' Domenichini, Joe Allard, and Pinky Sherman.

Four Skating ChampsLocal Boy Wins Silver Skates Derby Trophy;Son of S. E. Worker Reaches Finals

Four local youngsters took part in'the 17th Annual Silver Skates Derbyat the Boston Gardens. In the juniorclass for boys under 16 years of age,47 skaters competed. Bobby DunnIII, 14-year-old Drury Freshman,placed third in the finals of this eventand came home with his fifth trophy.

Dicky Simard, also 14 years of ageand a Freshman at Drury, won his

GIRLS' BOWLING LEAGUEJanuary 31

Second RoundTeam Standings Won Lost

1. Beaverettes 15 32. Industrial Oils 14 43. Western Electr ic. . . 13 54. Independents 12 65. Bloomerettes 12 66. Scatter Girls 117. Pin Pals 9 98. Scanties 7 119. Networks Amateurs 5 13

10. Sparkettes 5 1311. The Seabees 5 13

High Ind. Single, Olive Coddaire 127High Ind. Triple, Nancy Puppolo 313High Team Single, Beaverettes 480High Team Triple, Beaverettes 1398Strikes, Nancy Puppolo 7; Dot Dav-

ison 7; Vishy Wisnowski 7.

High Ind. Average on each team:Ave. Strings

N. Puppolo, Ind. Oils 91.2 48M. Senecal, Ind'ents 90 48H. Martel, Beaverettes 89.5 42I. Anton, Western Elec. 85.9 48G. Dennert, Sparkettes 85.6 48A. Masson, Pin Pals 84.6 33J. Gingras, Scanties 83.3 42D. Davison, Scat. Girls 82.6 48I. Davis, Net. Amateurs 81.3 33I). Daniels, Seabees 80.8 42J. Delisle, Bloomerettes 80.2 42

Sprague Electric bowlers tally their scores. From leftJoseph Nuvallie, Jimmy Valotta, iViike Morin, AustinDudziak, Raymond Johnson, and Louis Sejrala.

High School Basketball,

Adams Wins LaurelsThe fast-stepping Adams High Team

crossed the threshold to NorthernBerkshire laurels during the past weekby downing Pittsfield St. Joe, 45-38,Friday night and Pittsfield a week agoFriday night, 54-30.

The Red and White were forced tocome from behind to deleat the Saintsof Pittsfield who, until losing theirthree stalwarts, Mahoney, Grady, andGleason, with less than 4 minutes toplay, were leading the Zabekmen by 4points. Adams took advantage ot thesituation scoring 9 consecutive pointsand emerging with a well-earned 45-38victory. Ed Zajac and little CarlCallahan were the spark plugs in thisuprising as they scorched the nets with7 of t i e 9 points which were made inthe timely rally.

In downing the Pittsfield Highsharpshooters, the colorful Red andWhite turned in their banner per-formance of the season. The Foxmenwere considered one of the strongestteams in the county and the decisivevictory by the Redmen show theMothertown may have another tourn-ament-bound team.

Team Records Won LostAdams 7 0Pittsfield St. Joe 2Pittsfield 4 2Important Games RemainingAdams at Drury; Pittsfield at AdamsPittsfield St. Joe at PittsfieldPittsfield at Adams

On January 1(), the Sprague Lassies(Ideated the Sepians at I he "Y"Gymnasium by the score of 52-14.The Sepians, a newly organized team,

gave the Lassies a hard tussle, but theexperience behind the 1-assies gavethem a 23-7 lead at the half.

'"Laddie" Meranti played a tremend-ous game for the Red and White, com-ing through with eleven baskets for 11points. " \ ishy" Wisnowski also hoop-ed nine baskets and one loul shot,racking up 1() points. Following is asummary of the game:Sprague Lassies H. F. I'.

V. Wisnowski , f ' . . . <) 1 1<)

J. Fowler, f •! 0 6

X. Briggs, f 1 1 3

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trial heat and reached the finals of thesame event, but a fall ruined hischances to win a prize. Simardplaced second in the juvenile class atlast year's Derby.

In the juvenile class for boys under14 years of age, Frank Rose, son ofChalmer Rose, electrician at theBrown Street plant of Sprague Elec-tric, reached the finals by finishingsecond in his trial and third in thesemi-finals, but was unable to makethe first: three in the finals.

Danny Foster, Jr. reached the finalsin the same event when a skater wasdisqualified for pushing him. He fail-ed to reach the starting line in timeand the race was skated without him.

All four skaters are grandsons ofLou Felix, veteran local speed skaterwho competed in past Silver SkatesDerbys. He did not make the tripthis year as he was recovering from aheavy cold.

James Brown of Pittsfield accom-panied the local group to Boston andtook first place in the Midget BoysDerby.

A total of 546 skaters competed forhonors in the various classes.

by C. Felix

Brotherhood Week is the time of theyear when those of all faiths whohonestly and sincerely believe in aCreator, in a moral law and in thefundamentally spiritual philosophy ofhuman life should unite not only toclasp hands but also to maintain thosesacred principles in view of the dis-solving and disintegrating influences ofthe modern world.

—Reverend John LaFarge, S. J.

Drury:Drury defeated a stubborn Williams-

town Team at the local Armory. Notmuch can be said of the Blue Devils asthey have shown little power on thecourt this season. Drury has beenstaggering through the season at anunpredictable pace; however they maymanage to spring an upset before thePennant is settled. Look out Adams! !

St. Joseph, N. A.:The St. Joe team has yet to turn in a

league win and are being shovedaround just about as their opponentsplease. They were scored upon un-mercifully by a much stronger AdamsTeam January 29.

The local boys may get tired of thisand start barking back at some ofthese powerhouses. They have a tallteam and it is my honest opinion thatthey have the ability to turn in at leastone banner performance. Againstwhom? That remains to be seen.

Williamstown and Dalton:These two clubs are living up to

expectations of being strong at home.They are playing a hard game ofbasketball and continue to give theleaders a run for their money. Wil-liamstown will have a chance to proveitself when it meets Adams at home inone of the season's finals.

by Fran Brazeau

Total 25 2 52

Lakewood Civics Downedby Sprague Electric Lassies

A fine show of offensive strength onthe part of the Sprague Electric-Lassies enabled them to defeat theLake Civics by a score of 39 to 13.The Lassies retained their lead through-out the exciting game with half timeshowing a score ol 7 to 25.

Much of the credit of the victorygoes to \ ishey Wisnowski who tallied21 points and to Laddie Mirante whosefine shooting netted 11 points. JaniceFowler was the only other SpragueElectric scorer with a total of 6 points.

Evelyn Robinson recently joined theLassies' squad and her playing im-proves with every game. All of theLassies welcome her addition to theteam. Other new players this yearare Gloria Amos, Nancy Briggs, AnnMasson and Janette Roy, who hadplayed formerly.

To date, the Red and White havecompiled 4 wins and 3 defeats, two ofthe defeats suffered at the hands of ourperennial rival, Pro-Drugs.

On February 9, the Lassies travel toHudson to participate in a benefitgame for the March of Dimes. TheHudson Youth Bureau is their oppo-nent and if they show the strength dis-played in former tussels, the gameshould be an exciting and close contest.A game is tentatively being scheduledfor February 17 here in the NorthAdams Armory, more about this later.

An invitation is extended to allSprague Electric employes and SpragueElectric Lassie Rooters to come outand cheer the team on. New uni-forms certainly have added color tothe team. Why not come out andenjoy their next game?

Following is a summary of the Lake-wood Civics game:

Lakewood Civics B. F. P.R. Deanagetis, r.f 0 0 0E. Thebolo, l.f 2 0 4L. Principe, c.f 3 3 9L. Gaudette, r.f 1 1 3R. Burbane, r.g 1 0 2M. Zafred, l.g 0 0 0D. Aptacy, e g 2 1 5

Total 9 5 23Sprague Electric Lassies B. F. P.J. Fowler, r.f 3 0 6X. Briggs, r.f 0 0 0G. Amos, l.f 0 0 0R. Robinson, l.f 0 0 0L. Mirante, c.f 5 1 11L. Damon, e g 0 0 0M. Wittig, r.g 0 0 0A. Masson, r.g 0 0 0V. Wisnowski, l.g 11 0 22J. Roy, l.g 0 0 0

Sepia iiM. ("reps, £. .V. I'ierson, g.

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At the Lenox High School Gym,

January 20, the Sprague Lassies laced

the undisputed " C h a m p s " of New Eng-

land, the Pro-1 )rugs of Pittsfield.

Pro-Drugs have previously proven

themselves a hearty opponent for the

Lassies. This game being the second

lilt ol the season between these two

teams, showed the purple and white

once again the victors.

The lir.sl quar ter opened up with a

bang, the Lassies' opponent going

ahead 15 to I; the second quar ter being

a blueprint of the first, increasing the

score 35-7. In the second hall, (he red

and white came back lo throw in I

Held goals, but in spile of the rally

the Pro-Drugs held their lead, ending

up in a score of 45-24.

Although the Lassies mel defeat,

they returned the second half and

gave the Pro-Drugs ; l great si niggle,

not only outscoring them in the last

iwo quarters , but also outpl lying them

defensively.

Outs tanding for (his game were

Meranti and Wisnowski on the offensive

and I )amon on the defensive for the

Lassies. Fitch and Kirby both played

their usual excellent game.

A box score follows:

LassiesV. Wisnowski, fN. Briggs, f oJ. Fowler, fL. Meranti, f 6S. Stephanopolus, g..L. I )amon, gM. WittigR. RobinsonJ- RoyG. Amos

B.3(i

26000(i

(i

(i

F.(I

0

o1(1

01000

1'.60A

130010(i

(i

Total 11 2 24

Pro-Drug B.

L. Bellair, g ()Zajhowski, g lN. Homich , g ()

M. Massery, g ()B. Jenks 3

N. F i t c h . . 6

I hieliarme |P. Kirby 6P. Zajhowski... 1D. Mattelo ()

F. I'.1 10 20 00 01 70 120 80 121 30 0

21 3 45

Bill Prevey NightPlans are just about set for "Bill

Prevey Appreciation Night."Here in North Adams, a committee

has been formed to represent all localfans. They are Capt. Anderson of thePolice Force, Bernard "Bucky" Bul-lett, sports commentator of WMNB,and former Capt. of a Univ. of Mass,basketball team, Eddie Nassif.

Anyone wishing to contribute tothe fund which will enable the com-mittee to present some appropriategift on the night of February 20, kindlycontact any member of the committee.

Bob Kately is doing a fine job at St.Michaels and is scoring constantly indouble figures.

We were mighty glad to hear thatVerne Goodwin, Pittsfield's r e p r csentative to the 11. S. Olympic SkiTeam, will be able to compete in theOlympic Games to be contested laterthis month. Verne suffered an attackof appendicitis but the doctors saidthe attack was a mild one and wouldnot necessitate an operation at thistime.

I'.. p. p.

5 I II

Total.

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Kenny's Williams CollegeWinter Sports RevueBaske tba l l : Now that the mid-yearexams are over all winter sport teamsrepresenting the Ephmen are launch-ing their second-half schedules.

Coach Al Shaw took his quintet toNew York where they met the talentedNew York A. C. The Purple netted63 markers but il wasn't enough asthe A.C. scored 75 digits. However,the Williams boys had this one con-solation—they proved to be deadlyfrom the fold line and this fact may wina close one when the chips are down.

By tlie time this issue is off the press,{lie Amhersi game will be past history.This is the banner attraction of the

Track: Coach Tony Plansky's Cin-der Men did not fare so well in theB.A.A. held in Boston. In a 5 college1-mile relay the Purple wound up last.Springfield was first, Kensselaer second,Worcester Poly third, Bates fourth,and Williams filth.

Skiing: The Williams skiers coppedtop honors in the Amherst Ski meetheld in Hadley. The While StagTrophy was assured the Purple whenin the Jumping Event the first threepositions were taken by Williams.Ed Collins featured in the jump with aleap of 134.2 followed by Tucker, andCallahan. Final poini score wasWilliams-290.52; Harvard-285.78; Am-herst-271.90;and Univ.of Mass . - lWJi

JokesT e

in tinflightped :way86 mspokeHereMilescame

ence and Timothy, newly arrivedj country, were walking along thefay when suddenly Terence stop-itockstill. He stared at a high-sign ahead of them. It read:

iles from Chicago. Then Terencesolemnly: "Timothy, tread aisy.lies the dead. His name was

. He was 86 years old. And hefrom Chicago."

A taxpayer enclosed the charred re-mains of an income tax refund checkin a letter to Internal Revenue Col-lector George T. McGowan, Buffalo,N. Y. The letter read, in part: "I amsending you the ashes of a S44 checkwhich got burned up." McGowanpromptly quipped: "I occasionally hearfrom a burned up taxpayer, but this isthe first time anyone has sent me theashes."

FOR RENT — Three-room apart-ment, furnished or unfurnished, withbath located at the end of Park Street.

Pennington {Mo.) News

We will win the struggle that facesus today, as we won the struggle thatfaced us yesterday, and, if we keep ourdemocratic hopes strong and ourbrotherhood concepts shining, we willwin any struggle that may arise to-

—Dore Schary

St. Francis. . .Baptist

Holy Name.St. John's.. . .Sacred 1 [earlMethodisi .United Churchllolv Fainilv

Fashion News andHighlights of 1952

by Joanne Deans

Up goes a new calendar and 1952is here. It would be nice wouldn't itif along with that new calendar on thewall we could start the year off with anew wardrobe. There are so manynew clothes I would like and every timeI look in that closet of mine, I see thesame old things I've worn for ages. Itwould be so wonderful to see a wholenew wardrobe in the closet—don't youoften feel that way? With due con-sideration for the budget, however,we must figure on just a few new items—something that can perhaps be usedin an Easter outfit.

A clean-cut silhouette in shoes withtapered toes and heels is the new shoelook for the Spring of 1952. In allcollections, the medium heel is starred—but this year it has a delicate air forit is thin and tapered. Of course, theever-popular sandal is still in style.Many of the shoes this year are com-pletely bare at the back, with slingfastenings replacing the ankle strapthat has had popularity through somany seasons.

This new shaped heel applies to allheights—low, medium, and high. Bothfor comfort and appearance, thenarrow toe is soft adapting itself to asleek and glovelike fit. It creates adressy look that's a good companionfor that new dress or suit you'll havefor Easter.

Patent leather which is always afavorite with most of us is again com-ing out this season. However, thereis going to be an assortment of colorsto chose from, including chocolatebrown and pewter gray as well as thefavorite, shining black. In black, itgets touches of white in stitching andties. Should be good-looking, don'tyou think so? And patent leatheralways looks good and can be worn dayafter day without losing that new, cleanlook.

Drama's the ThingTwelfth Night To Be Presented In Adams,Performance For Benefit of Loeal School

Painting of the Flagpole

Scene Iron. Shakespearean playto be presented on February 24 atthe Adams Plunkett Jr. HighSchool Auditorium.

Amateur BasketballThe C.Y.C. Basketball team of this

city and the Cartier Club of Adams,arch-rivals in the amateur ranks, areplanning a home and home serieswhich should be interesting.

Although beaten earlier in theseason by the score of 41-40, it is theconsensus of opinion that the localbasketeers can take the measure of itsmother I own foe.

Another up and coming quintet is theCookie's Service Station, also ofAdams, who boasts of a victory overthe Strong C.Y.C.

The local National Guard team, Co.K., already has won the BatallionChampionship and will -tart competingfor Regimental Laurels in two weeks.The team also plans to enter tin-Divisional Tournament in March. TheGuardsmen won handily in Batallioncompetition averaging 80 points a gameand should fare pretty well in regi-mental and divisional play.

Another accessory that always isgood to dress up your Spring wardrobeof last year and give that additional

blouse. The very definite change inthe appearance of the 1952 springblouse is mostly a matter of sleeves.I t ' s t h e G i b s o n G i r l b l o u s e t h a t ' sg e t t i n g a t t e n t i o n , w i t h i t s f r i l l s ,feminine look and its voluminoussleeves. Remember the old fashionedp i c t u r e s o f y o u n g l a d i e s w i t h t h e f u l ll e n g t h s k i r t a n d w h i t e b l o u s e w i t h big

balloon-like sleeves—well, those blouses

are very good looking when worn witha full or straight skirt.

With these balloon, belled, or lanternsleeves, there is a new, natural shoulderline, often a dropped shoulder. Mostw e a r a b l e w i t h s u i t s is t h e l a n t e r n

s l e e v e t h a t h a s f u l l n e s s j u s t a b o v e t h e

e l b o w . T h e m o r e fr i l ly t h e b l o u s e ,

t h e b e t t e r it l o o k s w i t h q u i l t e d s k i r l s

When you look at the sleeve, you findruffs and fancy cuffs which .ire nearly

Neat, small black bows trim necklines

Most often, these blouses are done in

permanently crisp. These are wonder-ful because of their fresh cool look andtheir washability.

Novelty voiles and striped shirtings-el emphasis and so does woven-tueksheer cotton that seems to be pleated.The blouses this year have the sweetgirlish air - and appeal a great deal

-iris, if you want to look real feminineand appeal to that special some one -this is a wonderful way.

After all, in those hurried momentsbefore he leaves (or work, she does helphim comb his hat and put his breakfaston straight. Kansas City Star

SHORT SNORTS

In Komi recently, when an Armymule named Nellie -was suddenlykilled, some of the wits got togetherand carved this inscription on a make-shift tombstone:

"In memory of Nellie -

erals, three colonels, one major, fivecaptains, eleven lieutenants, forty

one bomb."

"Colly, did you ever hear anythinglike that," exclaimed the pr.lessor 'syoung daughter, as the record-playerground out the final notes of a jazzrecording.

professor. "And that, my dear, waswhen a freight car filled with liveducks crashed into a truck haded withe m p t y tin c a n s . "

In Korea recently, when a soldier

hardly wait to tell his buddies :ill about

"It 's from my wile." he explainedproudly. "And -he says I'm ihelather of a nine-pound baby box."

interested corporal. "Well, well. What,-lse does she say?"

"Oh, nothing much," replied thesoldier, pensively. "But I notice she'sunderscored "vours trulv!"

To be seen by the theatre-goers ofthe Berkshire a't C. T. Plunkett Jr.

j High School Auditorium this comingSunday will be such actors andactresses as have professionally dis-

I tinguished themselves on both radio| and stage, and particularly in louringunits of the country.

Henry Sutton, who plays Antonio isj no novice when it comes to theatre.

He has spent five years at the DenisonSummer Theatre as Business Managerand actor, he toured with the HanleyMarionette Company of MuscatineIowa, with Players Incorporated asDuncan in Macbeth. At present, Mr.Sutton lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Pat Barnett, of Sioux Falls, SouthDakota, has been acclaimed by Wash-ington, I). C. audiences for her per-formances in Christopher Fry's ThorWith Angels and Shakespeare's ()l hello.In addition to her acting duties, she isalso understudy for all of troupe. Shehas accepted an invitation to appear atthe Merrimack Playhouse, Concord,New Hampshire lor the coming Sum-mer to do The Skin Of Our Teeth,See How They Run, and Pigeons andPeople.

Mr. J. Robert Dietz, a native ofIndianapolis, Indiana, maintains hisreputation as a character actor whichhe firmly established during the 1950-51 tour of Players Incorporated. Ilisrecent performances of Dogberry inMuch Ado About Nothing, MajorPetkoff in Arms and the Man, amiBanquo in Macbeth pleased audiencesfrom Vermont to Texas. He also hasbeen featured with Zasu Pitts in theFalmouth Playhouse, Cape Cod, pre-sentation of Post Road.

Mr. Louis Camuti, Jr. is of MountVernon, New York. He is welcomed to

orated for 1951 for his highly originaland skillful comic characterizations.Among his most notable successeswere, The Barber of Seville, Grand-stand Play, Much Ado About Nothing,Alley Moon and Zeal of Thy House.Like true clowns, Mr. Camuti also canplay tragedy when occasion demands.

Theatre-lovers and all others seek-ing acquaintance with fine theatre areurged lo avail themselves of these and

wonderful performanceofShakespeare'sTwelfth Night. One night stand onlyon February 24th, Sunday al 8 p.m.The price is $1.50 per seal al theAdams Plunkett [r. High SchoolAuditorium.

For every peck of more equitablehuman relations we sow, we reapbushels in a healthier environment forour children ami plain peace of mindfor ourselves.

Dwighi R. G. Palmer

We'd like lo introduce PortlandHolla lo the writer of the FrancesLanglord-Don Ameche sow; his nameis Michigan Kroll.

New Phila. (Ohio) Daily Times

Unless we can e l im ina t e pre judicefrom Ihe home , il will never be s loppedin the s t r ee t s .

Basil O'Connor

Brotherhood should not be lookedupon as a luxury to be preserved foronly pleasant occasions. Brotherhoodis itself the greatest of all realities, andthe literal practice of it would be the

worst problems.

A man went down lo Washington,Ilis need-, were briefly slated:

lie had a simple problem thatlie wanted complicated.

Unless we make democracy andbrotherhood a social and spiritualreality at home, we cannot hope lo

Benson Ford

February 8, 1952

Church League BasketballActive In This Area

(As of January 24)

DID YOU KNOW. . . . ?Thai (according to a St. Paul, Minn,

tailor, who counted them) there are47,189 stitches in a suit of clothes —2 9 , 8 8 8 in t h e c o a t ; 9 , 5 6 1 in t h e p a n t s ;

a n d 7 , 7 4 0 in t h e v e s t ?

That it was illegal for anyone he-low the rank of baron to wear shoes!with leather soles in 15th centuryEngland?

That genuine Panama hats (whichare not made in Panama bill inEcuador!) are weaved under water?

That the tuxedo was so named inhonor of Tuxedo, York, the placewhere they were seen for the first timein this country (in I860)?

That , contrary to popular belief,the kilt is nol the national dress ofScotland? (It is worn only by High-landers and not by Lowlanders.)

That on hot summer days, whiteshoes are much cooler than black ones?

'lli.it ;ip to 175 different operations,requiring the skills of over 200 dif-ferent persons, go in the manufacturing

of just one pair of shoes?Th.it English gentlemen, late in the

18th century, wore high hats more forapurpose than a lad? (The tall chapeauswere usually used as "crash helmets"to proteel their skulls from the hardclubs wielded by strong-armed thugs!)

Wen Lost6 05 I1 24 24 11 41 51 50 6

Five Leading ScorersPoints

John Gouger (St. Francis). . . 123Irwin Kerson (United Church) 70Dick Anieen (Baptist). . 69John Begiebing (Congo).... 67Paul Farmer (St. Francis). . . 66

With two games remaining to beplayed, St. Francis leads the Leaguewith 6 wins, without a defeat, whileBaptisi remains dose behind with a5 and 1 record.

The League is composed of boysunder the age ol 18 who <l > nol havethe opportunity to play High SchoolBasketball, li is being handled nicelyby IVcs. Judge Ruby and AthleticDirector George St. Pierre.

by Fran Brazeau

KIDDIN" I Ml-: KIDSHalf an hour after a triumph,ml

liissle with Junior, aged seven, Bobbytwo sears younger, knelt to say hisbedtime prayer. With rapt, angelicexpression he was asking divine bless-

Junior's slipper,'thrown from the rear,made an unerring landing. "Excuseme. Cod," the suppliant continuedwith undiminishcd reverence, "whileI ge t u p a n d bea t t h e s t u l l i n ' o u t o1

Junior."

An advertising salesman boardedihe Super Chief and took a roomette,lie carried with him only a small grip,and the porter inquired of his other jluggage.

"I have none," said the man."Why, I thought you were a sales-

"That's right, I am. But I don'tneed :i lot of luggage. I sell brains."

The porter scratched his head andfinally said: "Well, you are the firsttraveling salesman that ever rode this

This is a fla^-pole sitterascending to his perch. It is LorenKsl.s painlitiK a newly-erected flanpole. |{,-,,,i.,,ls ,,s of the story ofHi. man who luiill a hoal in hiscellur.

Page 8 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG February «, L952

Publishing Staff

EditorKatharine Rosenburg

Circulation Manager: Marion CaronSports Editor: Kenneth Russell

Social Chairman: Ann HeathPhotographer: Albert Horsfall

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Kit Carson, Richard Cloutier, Tom Cullen, John Davis, Joann Deans, MaryGordon, Jim Oldham, Etta Owen, and Peter Mancuso.

BEAVER STREET REPORTERS

Jean MacDonald, Dorothy Pretz, Betty Fleury, Susan Bishop, FlorenceClough, Harry Embry, Marion Duprea, Gertrude Noel, Frances Melito, MargeWittig, Clifford Domenichini, Delia Keating, Dora Landry, Marie Rose La-Flamme, Frances Partenope, Theresa Thomas, Ethel Chilson, Isabel Parent,and Genevieve Pisano.

MARSHALL STREET REPORTERS

Gladys Kirkpatrick, Audrea Bowen, Cecile Trudeau, Larry Hiser, NiniSacco, Mary Bernard, Marjorie Hauptfleisch, Barbara King, Mario Magnani,Emma Mutart, Julia Desrosiers, Ralph Fressola, Elizabeth Ryan, Nick Richar-dcllo, John Walsh, Ida Gigliotti, Marie LeMoine, Madeline O'Neil, NormanMiller, Ceil Risch, Betty Burdick, Priscilla Northup, and Edward Cook.

BROWN STREET REPORTERS

Ruth Richmond, Jennie Garceau, Justine Miner, William Currant, CharlesFelix, Ruth Bass, Mary Bua, Jeannette Cady, Marion Andrews, Ann Heath,Betty Jangrow, Corena Tatro, Laddie Meranti, Frank Santelli, Lillian Forbush,Erminia Sweeney, Isabelle Fuller, Rita Brooks, and Blanche Tatro.

BENNINGTON PLANT REPORTERAvery Spofford

"Every Sprague Employe an Assistant Reporter"

Published every two weeks by SPRAGUE ELECTRIC CO., North Adams, Mass.

BROTHERHOOD WEEK, FEBRUARY 17-24, 1952

Time For School Again

No, it's not September. The school bells are ringing urgently

in the month of February. It's time to unlearn the ill-taught lessons

which threaten the well-being and the very existence of mankind.

Brotherhood Week, February 17-24, is a period devoted to the

re-education of peoples. An attempt is being made to wipe out the

prejudices planted in young minds by misguided adults.

"But I'm tolerant," a voice rises in protest.

Tolerant of what? What's the meaning of the word tolerant?

Why does such a word exist?

It all seems to boil to this. The word tolerant had to be coined

because there are people with different religions, skins, body types,

personalities, ideas, idiosyncrasies than ours. We in our supreme

egoism think everyone should be like us. Whether we are Jewish,

Christian, Negro, agnostic, Republican, Buddhist, or Seventh

Day Adventist, we think this.

For some reason, the human being strongly resents all things or

people who aren't exactly kosher, strictly according to the indi-

vidual's particular pattern. Perhaps that is why we're so satisfied

with the chair we bought at the furniture store, or the item of cloth-

ing purchased at the local apparel shop. It's like every other

person's.

But people are not made like items by modern, mass-producing

industries. A pattern only is used once and human beings are

amazingly different. For peoples to live together in peace, these

differences must be accepted and respected.

The hardest lesson to learn is the one which contradicts all we

have been taught. Those who recapture the spirit of brotherhood,

born with everyone but painstakingly destroyed, have a prize

infinitely precious.

Ed Lyons Says Candy,

And Cigarettes Plentiful

At Base in KoreaIVt. Edward J. Lyons, U.S. 51043694Service, Btry, 176 Armd, F. A. Bn.A.P.O. 301, c/o PostmasterSan FYancisco, Calif.

Ed Lyons, formerly of Dry TubularAssembly, has written from his basein Korea. Let's send as many answersas possible to his letter.Dear Friends:

Just writing to let you know I amfine and getting along fine.

I am now in Korea, having reachedhere December 30, 1951. Our outfitreplaced some fellows who were herefor over a year. They were very happywhen they saw us come. I just hope Idon't have to stay here as long as theyhad to. If everything goes all right, Ishould be here only a few months, Ihope.

The weather is not too bad, yet.During the day it gets warm and thenights are cold, but we have enough ofeverything to keep warm and to eat.We eat the best of everything. Andthey give us plenty of cigarettes andcandy.

I have a good job. They gave meduty as a truck driver. I bring foodfrom Seoul to the service camp I amstaying in.

I'm just hoping I can come backhome and to Sprague Electric soon. Ienjoyed it when I was working there.With lots of luck, I should be back homeworking with you again, soon. I willwrite again.

Lots of luck,Edward J. Lyons

Just Around The Office

So you're the new girl. Well, we have a few rules and regulations here

' While you have your address bookout, putting Ed's name in it, you mightadd the following addresses:Pvt. Leonard E. Lewitt, R.A. 11237415c/o Alaskan Communication System550 Federal BuildingSeattle 4, WashingtonPvt. John P. Dube, A.F.I 12382053691 Trng. Sqdn—Flight 1280Sampson Air Force Base

Sampson, New York

Pic. Robert Knox, R.A.I 121625215 Btry. 555 F.A.B.N. 5th R. C. T.A.P.O. 301, c/o PostmasterSan Francisco, California

Lloyd J. King, VP-861Box 29Naval Air StationJacksonville, Florida

George DeGrenier Enjoys Radio as Hobby;Makes Many Contacts in Distant Countries

The Pucusan-Dream Boat, the B-29*which flew non-stop from Pearl Harborto Cairo, Egypt via the North Pole,had radio contact with a ham radiooperator in the United States. Theham radio operator was George De-Grenier. From his radio room in theattic of his Gallup Street home, Georgetalked with the Pucusan-Dream Boatseveral times while it was in flight.

Making radio contact with peoplehalf way around the globe is nothingnovel for George. He has been doingit since 1932 when he became interestedin ham radio as a hobby. It all startedwhen George visited a friend who wasstarting to build a radio set. Georgejoined forces with his friend and theymade up a set together. The friendhad to withdraw because of businessdemands, but George kept on with hishobby. He now has the most power-ful station in operation in this sectionof the Berkshires.

George's station, WIGKK, is reallypotent, possessing the maximum legallimit allowed by the FCC, 1000 watts.This figure is very impressive when onerealizes that local radio stations operateon about 250 watts.

Mr. DeGrenier's radio equipment isintricate and extensive. WIGKK hasthree separate transmitters, one on codeand.two on voice. And he built it allhimself. Starting out with no knowl-edge of electrical engineering, Georgehad to learn the hard way. But helearned quickly and well. His job atSprague Electric, as a Supervisor inTest Equipment Engineering, makesuse of the knowledge he gained as aham radio operator.

Ham radio is a very fascinatingpastime, which the 80,000 hams in theUnited States will confirm. There are30,000 ham radio operators in the restof the world. Most of the hams inforeign countries talk English, butmany converse in French and Italian.George is able to speak French to hisFrench-speaking friends and took Span-ish lessons so he could talk with hams

south of the border. He has contactedmany foreign countries, so his linguis-tical talents get quite a work out.

One of the most interesting contactsGeorge has made was with the Kon-Tiki expedition. He spoke to the menon the raft several times, discussingthe weather and their activities.

George's radio set has been referredto as a hobby, but it is much more thana hobby. He has generously placedit at the service of his community andfellow men whenever the need hasarisen.

Immediately following the close ofthe war, George contacted boys in theservice from France and West Africato Japan and the islands in the SouthPacific. Often, the DeGrenier homewas filled with families who had cometo speak with their relatives overseas.

In 1948, North Adams partly wasisolated by a severe flood. George'sstation served as a means of com-munication between the city and therest of the world. He handled alltypes of emergency and relief calls.

Again, George has put his radio at

the service of I he community in con-nection with the C'ivil Defense Pro-gram. Chief Flaherty asked the RadioClub lo organize to work with thepolice in case ol any crisis. TheHoosac Valley Radio Club was formed,WIFTS, with transmitter and receiverset up in the police station. Thisstation can contact any area stations,such as in Pittsfield or Albany. Radioequipment has been installed in severalcars giving two-way connection withthe police. In an emergency, thesecars can cover the city, reporting to thepolice whenever it is desired. Georgeis the Emergency Coordinator inNorth Adams; and Livingston Rice, ofResearch and Engineering, is theEmergency Coordinator in Williams-town.

By his active role in Civilian De-fense, by the part he has played inemergencies, by his patriotic activityduring the war period, by his willing-ness to place his radio and radio skillsat the service of those in need, we feelGeorge DeGrenier exemplifies thespirit of Brotherhood Week.

George DeGrenier sits at his radio station in the attic of his home.George's radio equipment is servieed by a 65-foot pole. At present, lie isengaged in building another set, a project which lakes up much of histime.