Volume IX SPRAGUE ELECTRIC VICTORY LOG, SEPTEMBER 14, 1946 Number 3

INTEREST KEEN AS ATTENDANCE CONTESTSprague Employees' Sponsorship Acknowledged

WANTEDId Iti i^l i i Y o u n g M e n a n d

Women to Occupy

GRANDSTAND SEATS(on the stage)

In The Ili#

Sprague Annual Revueand Football Musical

Jamboree• • •

For further details call at theDispensaries and watch the

Bulletin Boards.

Berkshire Commuuity Oi-oliesti-aHolds Organizing Meeting

The first regular meeting of thenewly formed Berkshire CommunityOrchestra was held Wednesday, Sep-tember 11, at State Teachers Collegewith an attendance of forty-two.Twenty-six members who did not at-tend sent word they would try to bepresent when actual rehearsing beginsSeptember 18.

The director, Joaquin Nin-Culmellof Williams College, spoke at lengthto the group, explaining the selectionof the musical numbers to be rehearsedfor the concert on December 4. Healso outlined his system of rehearsals,as well as the methods for determiningthe make-up of the different sectionsof the orchestra and desk assignments.

Mr. Harry Barschdorf, manager,also addressed the meeting, going overthe rules and regulations for member-ship, rehearsals, concerts, attendance,care of music and instruments and otherimportant matters. He reported thatthere were ten auditions given duringthe evening and that the first meetingof the Berkshire Community Orchestra,which is sponsored by the SpragueElectric Company, was most satis-factory. Mr. Barschdorf also saidthat the program for the Decemberconcert will be publicly announced intwo or three weeks.

291 VeteransWith Sprague Electric

Of the 518 former employees whoentered the Armed Forces duringWorld War II, 189 are now back atwork at Sprague Electric. In addition,102 veterans—not former employees—are also with us, bringing to 291 thetotal number of World War II veteransnow working with us.

Donation AcknowledgedThe Sprague Employees Benefit

Fund Committee wishes to thankMr. Leon Podolsky for his recentcontribution.

Headmaster of School in HollandExpresses Appreciation

An example of gratefulness has been demonstrated in the prompt andvoluntary letter received from the school assigned to the Sprague Employees inHolland. The first donation was sent to the Save the Children Federation onMay 28th, following which the employees were advised where and what schoolthey were the sponsors of.

As the employees will note the letter is dated June 22nd and apparentlywritten soon after the Headmaster was advised of our sponsorship.

The Log Social Chairman on July 5th wrote a letter to the Headmaster andpupils of the school in an attempt to establish direct contact unaware that aletter from the school was already on its way.

Headmaster Koekman's Letter

Rhenen, June 22th, 1946Dear American Friends,

By means of "Save the Children Federation" I received the tidingsthat you were indicated as "vooea" (nr our school. We appreciate thatvery strongly.

I don't know if you understand our Dutch language, so I'll try towrite you in English.

We have at our school boys and girls from 13 till 19 years. In ourcountry it is called a "Ulo School." There are about 120 pupils—60 boysand 60 girls, with 4 teachers, 2 ladies and 2 gentlemen.

Rhenen, the place of our living is situated on the river Rhine. Duringthe war the English and the American soldiers were south of the Rhineand the Germans north of the river, also in Rhenen. The population wasevacuated from 1 October 1944 till 1 June 1945. During these eightmonths our houses were damaged and all that was in them had been stolenaway.

So you may understand that the children have special want of under-wear and other clothes and shoes. Because many of them come to schoolon bicycles—there are girls and boys, who live at 10 km (2 hours walk)from the school they miss especially bicycle tires. The young ladies (girlsof the school) would have much pleasure if they got a pair of stockings forour climate is generally too cold for bare legs. And both girls and boyswould like to have school bags and rubber boots for the raining time andthe winter. A football would be appreciated by the boys for their sports.

So I hope you can understand what is most necessary for the youth.As soon as we have heard from you, we shall write again and I'll ask theteachers and pupils to write you also.

There are many things to tell about the five years, the Germans werehere. It was a terrible time especially the last year. Then we have hadmuch hunger and were day and night in danger. The flying machinesalways came over and many a man was shot on the large roads.

It was a great feast when at last we got our freedom again and we shallbe always thankful for the help of your soldiers.

We hope to have friends in America. With our cordial greeting andbest wishes of all at our school.

Koekman, HeadmasterUlo School, Rhenen, Holland

Voluntary Fund Raised by EmployeesSpontaneous Gift for "Maureen" Nets $445.59

Yes, Sprague employees have aheart — and a generous one! Wheneveran emergency arises, where a fellow co-worker needs funds or assistance—•you can bet on it, that Sprague em-ployees will reach down into theirjeans to assist that co-worker. Suchan emergency case was recently broughtto the attention of the Sprague Plantsin the case of little Maureen Ostromeckisuffering from a rare disease, lymphaticleukemia, for which medical sciencehas not yet found a cure, but costly andspecialized treatment employing phos-

phorus activated by atomic energy hasbeen used for such cases. Maureen'sparents are not employed at Sprague's,but everyone at the Plants volunteeredto help, boxes were passed around, anda substantial fund raised to sendMaureen to Boston for required treat-ment. By Tuesday, September 10th,$445.59 had been raised, and moneywas still coming in. The fund hasbeen turned over to Mr. William Gil-man of Spring Street, chairman of aneighborhood fund being raised forthis cause.

ENTERS 5TH WEEKPerfect Attendance Wins Radios forGina Sauve, Eleanor Burr, Pearl Damonand Walter Burdick

As the attendance contest for Sprague employees entersits fifth week interest runs high and scores of employeeshave stepped up their effort for perfect attendance records.The contest has taken on increased life and color as theweeks have gone by.

Believing is seeing, — and the weekly announcement ofthe radio winners has whetted the desire of old timers andnewcomers alike to he eligible each Monday morning when

(Continued on pane 2)

A FIRST WEEK WINNER

Olive Coddaire of the F. P. Department presents a radio to the lucky"Perfect Attendance Contest" winner, Gina Vnfiai Sauve of Sales De-partment, while Lyola Fitzpatrick, "Bunny" Bloniarz and FlorenceSiciliano exclaim with "Ohs" and "Ahs."

WINNER FOR SECOND WEEK

Pearl Damon (center) was the lucky winner for the second week.With her, are a number of her co-workers of Industrial Oil Depart menl:Mary Santelli, Vivian Shaw and supervisor Orrie Roy, IVIildrcd IVIahoney,personnel manager Jack Washhurn, and (ieorgimae Joy.

Photos by F. Crosier

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

PUBLISHING STAFFEDITOR: E. S. Whitten MANAGING EDITOR: Evelyn FairchildASSOC. EDITOR: Mary Mathews CIRCULATION MGR.: Marion Caron

ASSISTANT EDITORS:Kit Carson, Tom Cullen, Dan Kelly, Laurence Haskins, Albert Horsfall, PeteMancuso, Clara Miller, Jim Oldham, Etta Owen and Fred Windover.

SPORTSKenneth Russell and Bernard Bullett

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERFred Crosier

PLANT EDITORSMarshall Street: Cecile Trudeau Brown Street: Bertha Salavantis

DEPARTMENT REPORTERSBeaver Street

Julia Abraham, Ann Barbuto, Lillian Boyer, Bessie Brown, Joan Bryce, RoseCilli, Josephine Convery, Esther Driscoll, Bob Garner, Hazel Goodale, GertrudeHall, Ruth llaskins, Margaret Isherwood, Rita Johnson, Lucille Little, LorettaMilisiewski, Cedo Remillard, Doris Roy, James Shea, Yi Short, Florence South-gate, Constance I rbano, Roseann Vigna, Shirley Thoros, John Walsh, SophieWilk and Priscilla Windover.

Brown StreetLucy Abuisi, Rose Corsi, Laura Doran, Betty Jangrow, Elsie Leja, Gladys

Markland, Doris Morey, Rita Mulqueen, Eleanor Rhodes, Rita Samia, ThelmaSherman, John Swistak, Lyda White, Jessie Vallieres and Louis Yincelette.

Marshall StreetJuliette Bourjeois, Mary Daniels, Emma Mutart, Edward O'Neil and Erminia

Sweeney."Every Sprague Worker an Assistant Reporter."

Vol. IX September 14, 1946 No. 3

What We Do Alter 5 O'Clock

Appointed Treasurerof Aquatic Club

Congratulations to Mrs. Vivian Dal.'of tlie B.T.A. Department , who hasbeen app< inted treasurer of the NorthAdatrs Aquatic Club, She succeedsMr. Charles Pead who leases lor ,«,1

of the Club, participating in the watercarnival which the Club staged some

time in assisting and instructing new

The Club itself is an enthusiastic and

swimming parlies have been held this

and with Mr. and Mis. Dale acting aschaperons, several members of theClub spent an enjoyable Labor Da\week end in New York City. A fare-well dinner was held al the CheshireInn, September 11th for membersreturning jo college: Charles Pead,Henrj Pierce, Francis Lanoue andHoward Waterman.

Prtr Mancuso

His Hobby

Devine Chalks Up Some "Firsts'

Interest Keen in Attendance Contest(Continued from page 1)

a radio is awarded to som<a t tendance record (<> date .

rker who has had a perfect

THREE IS LUCKY NUMHKR

As we j;o to press, the L()(i reports that in the drawing forthe third week of the contest, Walter Burdick of MaintenanceDepartment was the winner. Walter's lucky number seemsto be three, as in the third week of the contest, his was thethird name drawn. Claire Anderson of Paper Rolling De-partment did the honors and drew the winning name.In the first week's contest, there were two winners: GinaPoggi Sanve of Sales Department, Eleanor Martell Burr ofDry Kollinjj. We hope lo jjive you Eleanor's picture as aprize winner after she returns from her wedding; trip. Thewinner of the new radio for the second week was Pearl Damonof Industrial Oils Department.

In the next issue of the LOG we will bring; you the story ofthe winners for the 1th and 5th weeks of the contest. Youare urged to keep up the good work, and who knows — maybeYOU will be the lucky winner . . . Remember, il lakesperfect attendance!

Knaux Safety Ruled, 9+i 1/aui 5bep,ait*ne*it

"Safety in Industry Begins in the DepartmentWhere You Work" - Says A. Mathews

Almost every week, the newspapersof our country carry articles urginggreater and greater efforts to cutdown accidents in industry. These areall to the good, because they impresson the workers and their families theimportance of a l w a y s observ ing allsafety rules. Accidents to workersalways bring distress to the family.This" angle can not be too greatlyemphasized.

The most important factor in pre-venting accidents in industry restsentirely with the individual RIGHTON THE JOB in his own Department.Each Department has its own safetyproblems. Each Department's pro-

duction routine differs from that ofevery other Department, makingspecial safety rules necessary. So Ihope that you will make sure thatyou know the safety rules which applyto your Department and to yourparticular job. . . It is not too much tosay that if every worker in the SpragueElectric Company's plants would ob-serve every safety rule at all times, wewould have practically 100% safetyrecords. I hope everyone who readsthis will try harder than ever to makehis own safety record for the next 12months — ONE HUNDRED PERCENT perfect.

—Art Mathews, Safety Engineer

9 Miles A Day, 2 552 A Yearplus his duties as traffic officer at noon

Renald Devine knows just exactly and evening, he covers nine miles perwhat 2,352 miles-a-year signify, since day. .Yes, he did lose weight the firsthe expects to walk that distance in his j few weeks on this job, but the incidentn e w j o b a s m a i l c l e r k in h i s d a i l y t r i p s ' t i n t r e a l l y Ra i l s h i m , is t o b e c a l l e d u p

t h r o u g h t h e B e a v e r p l a n t w i t h i n t e r - J i i t h e m i d d l e o f t h e n i g h i t o l , e b a b y -o.Tice m a l l . \W aI.-«, h a s m a m " f i r s t s " . . . . I k e , ! . . . O h , y e s , Rc-nald w a s m a r r i e d

to his credit. A former qualifiedmarksman of the Marines, he was thefirst youngest man to volunteer forservice from the Northern Berkshirearea, entering service when 17 yearsold in December of 1941. He was alsothe first youngest serviceman in thisarea to return to civilian status in 1943after being wounded and contractingmalaria while in Guadalcanal. He wasalso the youngest guard in the U. S.Engineering Depot, and the youngestguard to be employed at Sprague'swhen the Company was under govern-ment regulations. In fact, he was soyoung that he could not be issued apermit to carry a gun which was partof every guard's equipment, and wore itonly while on "company ground."He saw plenty of action in the Pacific,and at one time, of the 42 men in hisplatoon, he saw but 5 come out alive or :uninjured.

Renald has another "first" to hiscredit now. He is the first full-time imail clerk for the Beaver Plant, makingthe rounds of the offices and depart-ments, four times during the morning, |and the same in the afternoon. In jchecking the number of miles he coversdaily, he says that with the mail job,

.. year ago last August to Miss HelenBalir, formerly of Section Test, andthey are the parents of a baby girlnamed Cheryl Fay. Sometimes hethinks a couple of extra thousandmiles will be added to his record whenhe paces back and forth with hisdaughter!

-E. F. Man Made Meteors

intriguing adventure an actual firstat tempt to release one of his crea-tions from the earth. Although details of the project are lacking, definiteplans have been completed for launch-i n g " a r t i f i c i a l m e t e o r i t e s " t h a i wil l

escape the gravitational field and circlethe earth like liny moons. First tests,according to present schedules, may beheld as early as October 20 at the V. S.Army Ordnance Proving ('.rounds,White Sands, New Mexico.

The scientist who not only conceivedthe project but also designed themeteorite and launching system is Dr.Fritz Zwicky, professor of astrophysicsat California Institute of Technology.

As a technical representative of theUnited States, he toured Germany andJapan, after hostilities ceased, for thepurpose of ferreting out descriptionsand blueprints of plans for jet-pro-pelled weapons and planes.

The Zwicky Meteorite (it could becalled a satellite) will constitute asmall detachable part of a powerfuland complicated rocket-jet assembly.Small as the object will be, astronomersexpect to be able to track and photo-graph it with telescopes located overan area several hundred miles indiameter.

Astronomers say thai if the projectsucceeds it will open a thousand doorsto invaluable scientific research, doorshitherto barred by man's inability tocreate laboratories in the sky. Shouldinitial attempts fail, it is anticipatedthat further trials will succeed; Pro-fessor Zwicky has the habit of success.

of our employees. This hoi,In is thecollecting of miniature elephants, andour fellow employee who has the col-lection is Kay Corsi of the ResistorsDepartment at Brown Street. Kay, asshe is known to all her friends has beenan employee of Sprague's for the pas;nine and a half years. Her hobtn

figure of an elephant as a gift. Sincethat time, her collection has con-tinuously grown and today, she is theproud possessor of some 350 (to you)tiny elephants. Mrs. Corsi must "dus t "her array at least once a month, hutthat just keeps her in close touch withher collection. She does not believein collecting just any kind of an e!.-phant—but only those which have thetrunks turned up. Most of her eleph-

ants haw been sent her b\ relatiwsand friends from various parts of theInitcl Stairs. One Htich gifl was sentdirectly from India by a cousin who wass t a t i o n e d in thai d i s t a n t land during the

cherished prize.Kay lias main interests besides her

collection. She has taken an activepart in the Sprague Minstrels tot-several years. She i sa l soa lover of theoutdoors and enjoys all sports such asswimming, tennis, basketball, baseball,football, skiing and skating to mentiona few. Mrs. Corsi says she will wel-come any further additions to her col-lection should anybody have anystray elephants they don't know whatto do wuh and "tell other hobbyists Ishould love to talk with them abouttheir hobbys and to show my col-lection to them." Ken Russell

floia the Gaak'4. ^aulRecipes are being received at the three plant Dispensaries for the

cook book being compiled to be put on sale in 1947. Rememberladies, your recipe if accepted will be printed and carry your person-al signature. Bring one or more of your favorite recipes in at once.Let's show the folks that the ladies at Spragues' not only haveestablished a place in the condenser field but also in the culinaryarts.

Ted Czerwinski'B hobby is horse-shoe pitching. This pose showshou he does it.

Renald Devine giving instruction for safety driving near the BeaverPlant. Photo by C. Thompson

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WeMuUf Belli

iVir. and Mrs. Edmond Vadnais,married April 17th. Mrs. Vadnaiswas Mi«' former Cyrilla Chaperonof B.T.A.

Sikorski - Dzierga: Miss JosephineMonica Dzierga and John WilliamSikorski were united in marriage at aceremony performed on Monday, Sep-tember 3rd. The bride is employed inthe Block Annex Department.

Sauve - I'ojjjji: Miss Gina AlycePoggi and Gerard Milford Sauve ex-changed their "1 Do's" on Monday,September 2nd. The bride is employedin the Sales Office.Zabek - Wronski: Miss Mary ReginaWronski became Mrs. Chester JosephZabek at a double ring ceremony per-formed on Monday, September 2nd.The bride is employed in the BoxingDepartment.

Krol - Bernini: Miss Doris MaryBernini and John Stanislaus Krol werejoined in marriage on Tuesday, Sep-tember 3rd. The bride is employed inthe P.A.A. Department at the BrownStreet Plant.

Brazeau - Bergeron: Miss AlmaMarie Bergeron became the bride ofEldor Girard Brazeau on Monday,September 2nd. The bride was for-merly employed in the Brown StreetLab.

Wandrie - Lepak: Miss Helen M.Lepak and Charles L. Wandrie weremarried Saturday, September 7th. Thebride is employed in the Block Annex.

Daughter: Mr. and Mrs. RobertGarner are the parents of a baby girlborn August 20, 1946. Proud papa isemployed in the Drafting Departmentand happy mother formerly worked inthe Sample Lab.

Daughter: A baby girl was born toMr. and Mrs. Henry LaBonte, August29, 1946. Dad is employed in theBlock" Test Department.

Daughter: Mr. and Mrs. ArthurVuillemot are the parents of a baby girlborn September 2, 1946. Mother,Evelyn, formerly worked in the PaperRolling Department.

Son: Mr. and Mrs. LawrenceDufraine are the parents of a baby boyborn Sunday, September 8, 1946. Dadis a foreman in the Industrial Oils De-partment.

Son: Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Blue areproud parents of a baby boy born Mon-day, September 9, 1946. The elatedmother is the former Ruth Bissaillonof the Employment Office.

St. Pierre - Foster: Miss GladysRuth Fester and Henry St. Pierre weremarried on Monday, September 2nd.The bride is employed in the P.A.A.Department at the Brown Street Plant.

Lewis - Farinon: The wedding olMiss Adelina Mary Farinon and I.William Lewis was solemnized at aceremony perft rmed, Monday, Sep-tember 2nd. The bride is employed asan instructor at the Marshall StreetPlant.

Roberts - Conrad: Miss MaryJoan Conrad and William JosephRoberts were joined in the hcly bonds <.fmarriage on Saturday, September 9th.The bride is employed in the MainOffice.

Pinsonnault - Cuddeback: MissJean Isabell Cuddeback and BernardAlexander Pinsonnault were united inmarriage on Saturday, September 7th.The bride is employed in the OvensDepartment.

Mastalisz - DePaoli: Miss Josephine Edith DePaoli became the brideof Stanley Mastalisz on Saturday,September 7th. The bride is employedin the Block Test Department and thebridegroom is employed in the DryFormation Department.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Canedy,married February 23rd. Mrs.Canedy (Rachel) works in DryTest.

Leonesio - Bissaillon: Miss EvelynBissaillon became the bride of HugoPeter Leonesio on Saturday, August24th. The bride is employed in theBlock Annex Department and thebridegroom is employed in the Main-tenance at the Marshall Street Plant.

Burdick - Hanlon: Miss GertrudeHanlon became the bride of RaymondWalter Burdick at a double ring cere-mony on Saturday, August 24th. Thebride was formerly employed in theMica Department at the Brown StreetPlant.

Bellows - Russell: The engagementof Miss Faith Bellows to Earl H.Russell has been announced. Thewedding will take place October 26th.Faith is employed in the ReceivingRoom.

Marceau - MacKay: Miss LorraineMae Marceau and Pvt. Donald GordonMacKay have announced their en-gagement. No date has been set forthe wedding. Lorraine is employed inthe FP Drys Department.

Hiser - Owczarski: Miss DorisHiser and Stephen Owczarski have an-nounced their engagement and thedate of the wedding is October 12th.Stephen is employed in the PayrollDepartment.

Trabold - Dempsey: The engage-ment of Miss Geraldine P. Trabold toEdward V. Dempsey has been an-nounced. The wedding will take placeon October 26, 1946. Geraldine isemployed in the Payroll Department.

S P O R T SHere and There in theSports World

With the advent of Fall, the suc-ceeding months will find sports ingeneral breaking all existing recordsas tans all over the nation quench theirthirst after the four years of droughtthe sports picture presented during thewar years.

Major League Baseball: This isthe stretch month in the Majors withall teams battling for pay-off positionsand a slice of the World Series take.The American League race is aboutsettled as the Boston Red Sox need justfour more victories to win their firsttitle in 20 years. The second posi.ionis a wide-open battle between the X. Y.Yankees and the ever-threateningDetroit Tigers. . In the Senior Loop,the race to the flag is still anybody's asfar as the first division is concerned.At present, the St. Louis Cardinals areout in front by two games over thescrappy Brooklyn Dodgers. At thiswriting, the Cubs are nine games be-hind the leaders with the Boston Braves14 games off pace.

In the Canadian American League,the Pittsfield Electrics lost the flag bypercentage points only and the pennantdrive was not settled until the very lastday. The first four clubs, Three Rivers(pennant winner) Pittsfield, Onenota,and Rome are now participating in theplayoffs. Pittsfield is playing Onenotaand thus far have broken even in thefour contests played.

In the Northern Berkshire Twilightleague, the Kostkas of Adams downedGreylock in the third and rubbertussle by the score of 7-4. HarryOuimet was the winning twirler whileCliff Taft was the losing pitcher for theWestenders.

Boxing: North Adams now has twoboxing shows each week, what with theNorth Adams A. C. club operating outof Meadowbrook and the Taconic A. C.holding forth at Noel field. Fans havewelcomed the return of this sport tolocal circles with fine turnouts. Wehope people in the Berkshires willpatronize these shows so they may con-tinue.

Football: When the issue reachesyour home, most of the high schoolswill have opened their seasons. Inthe Northern Berkshire, Pittsfield Highwill be favored to dethrone AdamsHigh as the 1946 champions andironically, under the tutelage of "Art"Fox former coach of Adams. DruryHigh is a "dark horse", but coachJohnny Del Negro feels confident thatthe "Blue Devils" will give a goodaccount of themselves. September 14,Drury launches its season with an out-of-town game against Leominister.Last year, they tied in the first halfand lost a thrilling game 14-13. Evenwith the loss of its coach, Adams hasthe makings of another good team, andwill have much to say when the finalwhistle sounds.

Semi-Pro: The St. Anthony Cru-saders are due to launch their seasonwith the Saintsof Adams. Last year keenrivalry was noted between these twoclubs and fans poured in from allaround to witness the colorful, titanicstruggle. . .Watch the local gridironthis season for plenty of action.

Golf: "Slingin" Sammy Snead wonthe $10,000 Tarn O'Shanter, the richestpurse ever to be put up before golferson the winner-take-all basis. Sneadcarded two rounds of 69 each, whiletrailing two strokes behind was ByronNelson.

Tennis: Jack Kramer, ex-sailor isthe new 1946 National Singles cham-pion for men. Pauline Betz proved tobe the best woman player in the worldby winning decisively in the women'sdivision. —Ken Russell

Bullett and RussellSPRAGUE WINS OPENING TOURNAMENT GAME

The Sprague Electric Softball teamdefeated the Pleasant Lunch team ofNorthampton by the score of 8 to 5 inthe second round of the annual WesternMassachusetts Softball tourney. Bothteams drew byes in the opening round.

The Sprague club jumped off, to anearly lead and sparked by the hardhitting of husky Bob Garner, who had"3 for 4" including two doubles, provedto be too much for the ^Northamptonteam. George Benoit on the mound forthe locals, limited the losers to sevenhits and was never in danger. CoachTony Abuisi emptied his bench in thesixth stanza, giving all the playerswho made the trip, an opportunity toplay.

The next opponent for Sprague's willbe the winner of the Gordon BillVeterans—Fisk Rubber game whichwill be staged when this paper goes topress.

Other Northern Berkshire Teams

Show Well in Tourney

Three other teams from the NorthernBerkshire Softball league also madeauspicious starts in the tournament.The Corner Cafe defeated the StanleyHome Products team of Westfield 6 to 5with Ferris knocking in the winning runin the 7th. However, the Kostkas ofAdams put an abrupt end to anychampionship aspirations on the Cor-ner's part by shutting them out 4 to0 behind the brilliant pitching ofButch Kolis who allowed only 3 hits.Kolis also poled a long home run tohelp his own cause.

The other team from No. Berkshire,McKinley Square of Adams, woneasily over the Mater Delorosa team ofHolyoke, the score being 11 to 3. StanSanecki was the winning pitcher givinga grand account of himself on the hill,while his teammates distinguishedthemselves both at bat and in the field.Walt Liska hit a homer in the third.McKinley plays the Kostkas the follow-ing Saturday and the winner will playthe winner of the Sprague game. Anunusual feature of the tourney is thefact that each Northern BerkshireClub must face one another beforethey can advance to the semi-finalround. In other words, the tourneycould just as well be staged in Grey-lock..

May Find Triple TieIn Northern BerkshireSoftball Race

The next week's play in the NorthernBerkshire Softball League will tellthe story of who and how many willwin the second half championship. Asthe teams now stand, the Kostkas leadby one full game. In second {placeall tied up are the Corner Cafe,Sprague's and McKinley Square ofAdams. The Corner has to play the

K o s t k a s . If they win, it will put four

t e a m s in a lie for first p lace. II the

K o s t k a s win, it will m a t h e m a t i c a l l y

e l i m i n a t e the Corne r a n d the K o s t k a s

will have to play M c K i n l e y S q u a r e

a n d beat t hem to win the t i t le . T h e

law of a v e r a g e s should be with the

K o s t k a s as they have already lost 6

t imes to M c K i n l e y . II the K o s t k a s

win one out of two, they will t ie for

the second half a long with S p r a g u e ' s

a n d e i the r t he C o r n e r or M c K i n l e y .

It they lose t h e m b o t h , t h e y ' r e ou t .

And if t hey win b o t h , they will clinch

the second half. In the event of a

playoff, for t he second half c h a m p i o n -

ship t he season will be prolonged some

two weeks and will run well in to the

football season . T h i s y e a r ' s p e n n a n t

races h a v e been the t ightes t a n d most

in te res t ing in softball h i s tory a r o u n d

these p a r t s .

-by li. Bullett

ResultsSprague-Northampton Game

Sprague ab r bh po a

Vincelette, If. . 3 2 1 5 1

A. McPherson. 2b 4 I I 1 2

Vigna, cf 3 I I 0 0

Garner, c 4 I 3 3 1

N. Roy. ss 3 0 I 2 1

Magnifico. 3b. . 2 I I I I

R. McPherson. Ib 4 0 0 7 0

G. Roy, rf 2 1 1 1 0

Benoit, p . 3 1 1 0 1

Zennitti, cf-lf . I 0 0 I 0

Whelan, 3b. . I 0 0 0 I

McAndrews, rf-cf I Jd 1 2 0

*Bishop. 1 0 0 0 0

Fitzpatrick, rf 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 32 8 10 21 8

*Batted for Vincelette in 7th.

Northampton ab r bh po a

Cullen, 3b 3 0 0 3 1

Squiros, rf 3 1 1 1 0

Murphy, 2b 3 0 1 1 0

Kneeland, ss 3 I 0 2 2

McDonald, 1 b.. . 3 0 I 5 0

Pyrant. 2b 3 0 1 2 2

Funeroli, c 3 0 1 2 0

Tonet, cf 3 I 0 3 0

Notes, p 2 2 2 1 0

Meyers, If I 0 1 1 0

Totals 27 ,5 7 21 5

INNINGS

SpragueNorthampton

M 0 3 0 I 0 80 0 1 1 3 0 0—5

Errors: A. McPherson, Garner, Benoit,Kneeland, Cullen.^Funeroli I ,McDonald 2.

The Doran Trio

Dickie, Jimmy and Sandra Lu, children of Lora Doran of I*.A.A.

&+i<fa<f,e+fte*iti

*JU Stalk Glut.

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Maud Waska would rather pitchpennies than hay taken at theSavoy 150 Year Jamhorie.

Mabel Theriault of P.A.A. Roll-ing, taken on vacation at LakeSaratoga.

| Norma Cardinal and Lila Abra-ham enjoy their vacation at OldOrchard Beach.

Thelma LaRocca, •while on herhoneymoon at Niagara Falls. Thel-ma works in Miscellaneous Drys,Marshall Street.

Block TestBy "Mickey" Koczela

Vacationists: Bertha Jennings spenther vacation in New York with herhusband, who was recently discharged...Elizabeth Fleury also enjoyed hervacation in New York... Mary Zitospent the Labor Day holiday visitingin New Haven, Conn.... Helen Harr-ington visited the Rutland Fair...Frank Manns, our foreman, has re-turned from a two weeks' vacationspent in Virginia. He certainly lookswell rested.

Josephine DePaoli was feted at ashower recently in the Trentino Club.Everyone attending had a most en-joyable time. "Jo" was married Sep-tember 7th to Stanley Mastalisz.

F. P. OvensNight Shift-Bessie Brown

Arvilla Maxwell wishes to thank herfriends and co-workers for their manyexpressions of kindness during herrecent confinement in the hospital.

Welcome to our new-comers on theNight Shift: Delia DeGrenier, EthelHannaleck, Joan Soudak, "Terry"Richard, Loretta Tatro, and RussellWorthy.

Do you hear those song birds atnight: Helen Boyle and Joan Soudak?

A special medal for our smallest,quietest and most humorous man onthe shift: Jeff Duverney.

'Twas a dull spot without you, DomBlasi, while you were vacationing atLake Bomoseen, Vt.

Nominated for the best natured girlof the night shift: Margaret Fortier.

We're glad to have Bessie Brown and"Willie" Maxwell back at work afteran absence since May 16th.

Back with a smile from vacations:Donald Kelly and Johnny Miller.(Don also has something added—a newclub Chevrolet).

No wonder Alice Crockwell is allaflutter — she was a recent bridesmaid.

Don't you think Delia DeGrenier'snew name is appropriate—"Shorty."

If startled by a weird sound like awolf call, you'll know "Gil" Harris issomewhere around.

It's a miracle the way CharlieSutliff can be so good-natured all daylong.

Sorry — to learn that George Hall ishaving difficulty after having someteeth extracted.

Sorry—to have John Miller leave ourdepartment.

Ovens DepartmentBy "Dukie" Abraham

Sir Clovis Lambert proves thatknighthood is in flower when he goesto such extremes to get MargaretPedercini a raw carrot.

Larry Bishop had his annual vaca-tion—hope you had lots of fun.

Too bad we couldn't see our ownJoe Messina in the role of best man athis brother's wedding.

Rose Pasotti enjoyed a week end atHampton Beach.

Vacationers: Bertha Bourrie — atErie, Penna. - - Angie Granger atMontreal, Ottawa, and the ThousandIslands, while Staci.- Menty, MargaretPedercini and Florenc. Element spent aweek in New York City.

Connie Urbano of Boxing had quitea time finding the identity of the Ovensfellows who sent her cards while in thehospital — she must have enjoyed themessages—from the way she laughed.

Welcome to our newcomers: DonaldMorin, Mary Timothy, Hazel Carpent-er, Elizabeth Romeo. Hope you allenjoy being with us.

IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY STRESSED IN ALL PLANTS

Display table of safety equipment which the Company provides forthe protection of its employees on their various jobs.

Samples of safety posters, displayed on bulletin boards throughoutthe plants are constant reminders for employees to heed safety in-structions. Photos by A. Horsfall

Paper RollingBy Hubba! Hubba!

Vacationland Guests: Lena Solomon,Nantasket Beach . . . Rose Grynkiewicz,at home... Roma Sacco, travelingthrough the State. . .Jeanette Adams,visited in Pennsylvania. . . MargaretMalone, Springfield, Mass, and NewYork. . . "Enis" Montagna divided hervacation between home and New-York City, where she saw the stageshow "Oklahoma" . . . "Tony" Dupuisspent the Labor Day week end inCanada and "Vi" Scott enjoyed atrip to Newburyport.

Birthday greetings to Claire Ander-son.

Mary Dzierga's favorite song todayis, "Waiting for the Train to ComeIn," and we think it's because she isexpecting her very special boy friend.

Welcome back, Mary Templeton,it's good to see you around again.

We were all sorry to say goodbye to"Vi" Lampiasi. We will miss you,"Vi".

A. C. LineBy Lena Vicari

Department Patter:A recent visitor in our Department

was Dick Ferris, who is now* associatedwith his father in the fruit business. . .Billy Richards, a former test man hasreturned to school. (Hope to have youwith us next year, Bill}). . . Looks likeLeo Colo is getting back his girlishfigure. . Even though Jennie Chalifouxreceived a card from Miami, Florida(supposedly from Lou Siciliano) shestill wants more proof. IncidentallyJennie got a telephone call from Cali-fornia - - from her brother... DorisRoberts and Laura Rivard are back towork and it is nice having them withus again. . A hearty welcome to JohnMillis and George LaBonte, ex-servicemen...Ann Burgess spent her vaca-tion at home, just resting. . LillianColo enjoyed her vacation at NorthAttleboro. . .Lena Vicari spent a mostglorious week at Burlington and LakeChamplain.

Our deepest sympathy is extended toViola Short in the loss of her mother.

Main OfficeBy Whodunit

A shower part}' was held in honor ofMary Joan Conrad at the Sportsman'sClub. A delicious chicken supper wasenjoyed by all present. Mary Joanwas presented a beautiful rose-coloredsntin puff and a pair of hand paintedpictures. She was married September7, to William Roberts.

Margery Dippold was guest of honorat a shower party held at the 1896House. She was presented a pair oflovely white blankets and a haircorsage. Marge is to be married toThomas Conlon of Newark, N. J.

Joan Bryce and Vera Uberti spenttheir vacations in New York City.Incidently, "Jo" traveled to and froby plane.Other vacationers were:

Dot Boutwell who spent her weekcamping, as did Eleanor Martin, atLake Champlain, and Ruth Graves ather camp at Windsor Pond.

Vacationers at home included: DotJohnson, Mary Zona and "Lil" Cler-mont.

Block AnnexBy Esther Driscoll

We wish Helen Lepak the best ofluck—she was married September 7thto Charles Wandrie of Adams. Therewas a shower held recently in her honorat the home of Genevieve Bancroft.Helen received many lovely gifts andeveryone had a great time.

Best wishes are also extended toBarbara Elmer who was marriedSeptember 5th to Lyman Tefte ofWhitingham, Vt. She will make herfuture home in Whitingham. We'llmiss you, "Bobbie."

Emma Busby enjoyed her vacationin Virginia — lucky girl! "Midge"Fachini went camping at Heartwell-ville, Vt.. . . Helen Trayon stayed athome. . .and Frank Major traveled abit through Connecticut, Rhode Islandand Massachusetts visiting relatives.Glad to see you so rested, Frank.

To Sophie Embry, who is out on sickleave, we wish a speedy recovery. Hopeyou'll soon be back with us.

F. P. DrysBy Rose and I il

Welcome to the new co-workers, wehope your stay will be enjoyable.

Our boss, I1'rank Gassed has re-turned from his vacation which hesays was a pleasant one.

Ann Blasi speni thcLabor Day weekend in New York City. Hubba,hubba!

Belated birthday greetings to LilBoyer and Irene Burke.

Genevieve Morin spent the holidayweek end in New fersey and NewYork.

What Our Departmeni Mas:Ann Blasi's. . . . . PersonalityEmma Masconni's. WitJerry LaRoche's . . Foreign LanguagesFlora Smith's . SmileKen I (ill's SongsBeatrice Curtis' 1 [eight

Diamonds, Diamonds everywhere!I his week the following three youngladies proudly displayed theirs:Lorraine Marceau, Flora Smith am!Evelyn Gardzina.fc, Best wishes to Millie Tatro Pratt,who was married recently to GordonPratt.

Congratulations!Congratulations to Catherine Coody

and her husband who celebrated their28th wedding anniversary on Sep-tember 6th.

Look Pretty, Please

Pamela and Sharon Hutchison,nieces of Mabel Theriault of I'.A.A.Rolling.

Tubular AssemblyBy Gerl Hall

The welcome mat is out for "Buddy"Roy and our new stock boy, AlenMcKinney. Hope you enjoy workingwith us.

Stephanie Szurek and Edna La-variere have returned- from a week'svacation during which they attendeda wedding in New York.

Birthday greetings to Dot Blanchard.Dot, by the way, has also returned fromher vacation, part of which she spentattending the races.

Maude Waska has two little Indiangirls from New York visiting her.

Everyone is envious of our malechoir. Their speciality is popularservice songs. George is practisingthat he may be in tune for "UncleSam" this fall. I wonder if they aren'thoping a talent scout might pass.

Whenever Clara Marceau attends ashower we can count on a sample of thelunch.

Boy! This attendance contest haseveryone right on the ball. VcraDavine and Gert Hall are going tobreak a wrist trying to reach the clockfirst.

Has anyone a spare rolling pin?Vera Davine will make an attractiveoffer for one. She says milk bottlesare a terrible substitute.

Best WishesCongratulations and best wishes to

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Messina, whowere married recently. (We miss you,"Ducky.")

VacatianeA,*,

SPRAGUE ELECTRIC VICTORY LOG Page 5

Engineering Specslt> Hazel Goodale

Welcome back, V'erna LamoreCribari, after your sojourn in Pennsyl-vania. She is on her former job—andwe're all glad to have her with us.Vacations

Elaine Goodrich and Jeanette Dennospent an enjoyable time at AtlanticCity, N.J., and Elaine spent sometimein Memphis, Tenn. as well. DorothyMancuso vacationed in Westerly, R. I.at the home of her sister, Mrs. JosephPiccolo and it was nice having OceanBeach but 5 minutes away. Harold

Cape Cod...Ernes1 Mason spent aweek in Boston... Joseph O'Brienspent his vacation at home as didRaymond Calvi...Emma Underwood,Rita Sladeand Rita Bishop flew on anexciting trip to New York. If you askthem the only way to travel now isby Air—especially to New York.Congratulations!

We, of Engineering, wish to extendcongratulations to • Bob Garner ofEngineering Drafting on recently be-coming the father of a young daughter,Madeline Ann Garner -Hi, Pop!

Mildred Forgea with her husbandand their friends had a pleasant weekat Hampton Beach.

Emma Underwood, oxer Labor Dayweek end found a trip to Hyde Park,N. Y. very interesting. She reportsthai over 10,000 persons saw the Mus-eum, and over 35,000 persons visitedthe Roosevelt home.

Jack Sullmm and Ray LaFrancework in Centrifuge. Jack has beenemployed with the Company for16 years, and Kay for 2 years.

Bathtub AssemblyBy Ruth Haskins

Josephine Dzierga was manic,! toJohn Sikorskiof Adams on Labor Day.The ceremony look place at St. Stanis-laus Church. Laura Cross of this De-partment was one of the bridesmaids...a group of Josephine's co-workers

sented her with appropriate gifts.Lillian Gainer claims she is no expert,

bul she certainly picked the winner atI he Saratoga racetrack recently!

Vacations: Helen Abbott enjoyed areal rest al Wesl Brookfield, Mass. andI'ven pui on a little weight, she claims

Paul Trudeau, we learn, caughi up

al shorl nips during his vacationMillie Kn.brv saw all the sights inBuffalo, N. Y.. , .Ann Sondrini enjoyeda rest al home, and we suspect, muchof her lime was spent will, her threegrandchildren. . .Stacia Wisniowskivisiled in Hartford, Conn... .MillieLetalien had a grand week at home,painting everything in sight by all

Welcome back lo Arsene Pandcll. Jr.who has returned to us from the Navy.

MaintenanceBy Umbriago

Your reporter, having been trans-ferred to Marshall Street, will endeavorto give you a bit of news from hen.and the Beaver plant.

We hear Art Giroux has purchased alarge c:imp site at Windsor Pond atPlainfield. This will be a swell placelo hold clambakes fellows.

Back from their vacations are: JoeSchneider, Hill Falcon, Dennis Gingras,Wally Daniels, Maurice Chounard,George Forgea and "Bus" Sherman.

Carl Perry, Bill Falcon, MialsRobson, Peter Jobin and Andy Girgentispent a Saturday afternoon recently atthe Saratoga race track. They allreport a pleasant trip. Sorry fellows,that horse, (Noon Hour) a 12 to 1 shotdidn't come in.

Marshall Street oil' with a Bang:Reconstruction is going on as sched-

uled.M arriages

August was the month selected fortwo of our co-workers to take untothemselves wives. On the 24th, HugoLeonesio of the Electrical Gang wasmarried to Evelyn Bissaillon of theBlock Annex Department.. and onthe 31st Albert Messina also of theElectrical Gang was married toJosephine Vitro. You know Al said hewas going to be different so he and hisbride flew from Albany, N. Y. toCanada for their honeymoon.

We welcome to our gang: FiorinoMessina, Mario Galli, Allan McLainand Earl Senecal. Allan is brother ofForist McLain,also of the Maintenance.Hope you fellows enjoy working with

Everett Brown and Jimmy Cozzagliohave both purchased building lots onthe State Road near the Williamstownline. The lots are side by side and nowwe are wondering who is helping whom,and who will have the first house-

Jimmy Dami, our painter, whosegang has increased, goes along paintingas usual and crooning softly all day-long. When asked why the musicalagony he told us just to keep harmonyin the gang.

"Bus" Sherman came back from hisvacation with a smile from ear to ear.He is sure proud of those new StoreChoppers but is having a bit of troublegetting used to them. . Good chewing,Bus!

Can Shop and PlatingBy Lucille Little

Walt Rogowski spent a quiet vaca-tion on Walnut Street while Tommy

I Dean spent a two weeks' vacation withhis family'.

Ithors

seems odd that one who loveses as much as Shirley Degere wasn't

at the recent horse show.Hats off to Lena Zappula—she found

an apartment."Ness" Roberts recently attended

a ball game in Boston. Did you missthe train, "Ness"?

Welcome to our department, Eliza-beth Van Valkenburg, Ben Martin andFrancis Dickinson.

Elmer Fountain is still spinning somepretty good yarns—interesting though.

Ed Shartrand had a vacation of' travel. He really covered the con-tinent, and at the same time attendedthe Rutland Fair. How are they grow-ing cows this year, Ed — big?

Billy Fortini has a very interestinglife—he can be found any night onMain Street watching the world go by.(World?)

Ruth Embry is always last in line topunch out at night and I assure youthat it is no fault of hers.

Francis Dickinson had a slightaccident with his Ford. I guess hislittle companion at the wheel distractedhim.

Who's the fellow who's always sing-ing, "Good, Good, Good", in ElmerFountain's ear?

Dry RollingBy Ann Barbuto

Sorry to hear Dot Gleba is leaving us.Dot says she is going down South tofind her wishing well. Here's hopingshe finds it.

Flo Danforth said her car broke down—that is why she was late, T understandshe is thinking of trading her car for ahorse.

Billie Lamberti is a busy man thesedays with Bobby Delisle on vacation.

I say now but Mary Mahoney's loveinterest certainly makes her eyesglitter.

Happy birthday Mary Girgenti—andmany of them.

Joe and "Spec" DeGrenier spent aday at the race tracks recently and bythe way, Joe, whose horse droppeddead?

Come, come, Edith Russell, youknow we start work bright and earlyevery Monday morning—not afternoon.

HOLLYWOOD -- OR BUST! SAYS THE PLACARD ON THIS CAR

BoxingByS.WilkandC.Urbano

Reporter Connie Urbano is backwith the Department after a tonsil-lectomy, and wishes to thank her co-workers for the flowers and manycards.

Leon DeGrenier spent the week endin Saratoga attending the races. OurMaude Gebauer tried her luck at theraces, and though she didn't comehack a millionaire, she had loads of fun.

Other week end vacationers included:Stafford Lewis who went fishing toLake Champlain, Andy Montgomeryto New York where he attended theYankee-Red Sox game, Mary Krystonat Ware, Mass., Colleen Barbeau andConnie Trbano at Greenfield, LeroyRichards at Springfield, Dot Polmatierat the Rutland fair, Helen Connelland Sally Rollman in Canada, LillianBlair at Cheshire, and Emma Mon-tagna at Charlemont.

VacationersVacationers were Helen Harrington

who spent hers in Syracuse, N. Y.;"Dodie" Godfrey, Sophie Bryda andMabel Benoit vacationed at home; andForeman John O'Connell spent hisvacation resting at camp in Lee.

Among our baseball fans were EmmaMontagna who saw the Red Sox playrecently, and Andy Montgomery whoattended the Red Sox-Cleveland In-dians game.

Thanks to: Margaret Davis for herdelicious fudge, and to Henry Niedz-wiecki for his chocolates.

The Department wishes the best ofluck and happiness to "Reggie"Wronski who became Mrs. ChesterZabek on Labor Day.

Good wishes to Frank Bernardo whoassumes his new duties as supervisor.

"Gert" Persons has returned to workafter a month's leave which was spentat her camp on Hoosac Lake.

We bid a fond farewell to SilvioLamarre, Richard Dilorenzo, andJames Teeple who resume their studiesat high school.

Frank Santelli, the Department's"Sinatra" has been transferred tempor-arily to Brown Street—we'll miss you

Good luck to Rita Rose in her newhome. . .hope you'll come back to workwith us again.

The talented musician in our midstis Ray Collier who plays trumpet withJimmy Haddad, and can be heard play-

ig at the Midway or the North AdamsArmory.

What's the matter, Henry Niedz-wiecki -you just can't seem to work,lately!

Happy birthday wishes to Dot Salawho celebrated hers on August 31st.

Dry TestBy Rita Johnson

Stank GluL MemUl*

Karen Ann George, niece ofFlorence Southgate of ProductionControl. Karen's mother, Grace,formerly worked in Mica Dept.

Sympathy is extended to Irene)'I)ell in the recent loss of her mother.

Kathy Ann West, niece of RobertDavison of Industrial Oils.

Wirt Dexter Walker III, grandson»fWtn. Ross of Engineering Dept.

"Gerry" Bedard, Kay'Darling, Kay Battersby, "Chuck" Mulcahy,Rachel St. Pierre and Bob Delisle enjoyed a week end visit in New York.They arc all in the Dry Rolling Department.

We also extend our sympathy t"Joy" Mancini in the recent loss oher grandmother.

Welcome to all the newcomers in oudepartment and welcome back, Marjorie Hauptfleish after a sick leave.

Vacationists at this writing areBernice Demarsco, Mary Patrie, GoldiStuart and Mary Fiorentino. PatriciRoy and Violet Shea have returned towork following their vacations. \'iattended the Saratoga races and visitedin New York.

Why does Arlene Godfrey listen soattentively while the music plays:The Last Time 1 Saw "Perras"?

What happened to Mary Boschettithe day Elsie LaBonte cast a spell overher? Too bad the table was so low.

We are wondering why ReginaMiliszewski is always saying, "Whatd'ya want to make those eyes at mefor?" "Reggie", we know why.

Your reporter recently celebrated herbirthday and was surprised by thegirls with some very nice gifts. "

Edward and Christine Ameen,sister and brother of Julie, ofP.A.A. Rolling.

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The famih of the laic Mrs. AlbinaLandry, through the medium of theLog, wish In thank their co-workers forthe many expressions of sympathy re-ceived during their recent bereavement:Harvey Vallieres, Irene ()' Dell, CliffordVallieres and Janet Roy.

Notice, ta Jlacf, Ganttibutai<i

We appreciate the articles, poems and items turned in for LOG

publication - - - but please sign your articles if you wish to see

them in print - - - we adhere to our rule established years ago:

"No Articles Accepted unless Bearing a Signature."

MaintenanceBy Little "I.u Lu"

Highlights and News: AI Cardinalspent his vacation in Conn.. . . CharlieDean spent a week end in Quincy,Mass, and while there he was a guestaboard a yacht. Now, we can't touchCharlie with a 10 foot pole. . "Wash"Santelli has a new car. The only thingit lacks is 4 wheels. Any one with aspare wheel see "Wash" and donationswill be appreciated. . .John Rosseclaims his eyes hurt ever}1 night. Theboys claim it is from watching ArtCaron and Hill Rivers all day. . .PaulBelanger spent a week end in NewBedford, Mass Pete Jobin wasseen at the races lately with a longface. What's the matter, Pete, didyour horse forget to run? . . . HarryEstes, formerly of Barber's Pond, isnow taking over the Men's Club atWhite Oaks on Saturday nights. Samecrowd, same fun but a new location,that's all -says Harry. . ."Pep" Martinspent Labor Day week end on his farmin Maine. The gang is still waiting forthose lobsters, Pep. . ."Limpy" DePaoli's wolf-trap back fired recentlyand now "Limpy" has two very sorefingers. Remember that old saying,"Limp",don't play with fire or you willget burned. . . Casey pulled a fast oneon us, folks. He hasn't said a wordabout his vacation. I guess he didn'tattend the Elevator Men's Convention.

Does Frank Cirullo always havesomething in his eye? Or is it justwhen a girl goes by that it gets thatway?. . .Tony Wolosky is trying hardto date a certain someone but no soapas yet. Keep it up, Tony, you'll winyet. . .Anyone wanting to buy a good1933 Dodge sedan see John Rosse.The price is very reasonable, $3.50.He also sells kitchen stoves and samemay be seen at Barber's Pond anyt i m e . The Maintenance boys heldtheir annual clambake in Cheshire. Agood time was had by all. . .Say, DocPlumb, the P.A.A. Waxing Depart-ment sure is interesting isn't it?

Sympathy is extended to DanielMossolani of the Machine Shop on therecent death of his mother.

P.A.A. Waxinglt\ Kiln Samia

"Vinny" Matranga and wife Lucillespent an enjoyable week at OldOrchard Beach. Nice tan, " L u " . . .Charlotte Exford and her husbandspent a wonderful week in Maine. . .We are glad to have "Pat" Bontempiand Jack O'Lear.y back with us aftertheir week in Barre, Vermont, instruct-ing. Both agree the folks up there arevery nice. . .What would the P.A.A. bewithout Bucky Bernardi's singing?Bing Crosby has nothing on you,Bucky. . Mr. and Mrs. Charles ClarkCelebrated their 14th wedding anniver-sary on August 15th. Congratulationsfrom the gang. . .Congratulations arealso in order for Olympia Gajda andher husband, who celebrated 19 yearsof wedded bliss. . .Could "My Buddy"be the cause of Jane Marianni's far-away look? It's okay, Jane, we under-stand — October 12th isn't very far off.This is one wedding we are all lookingforward t o . . . Harry Arbour spent anenjoyable time at Saratoga Springsinvesting his money in a little fun.From the looks of things he did alrightfor himself. Keep that smile always,uncle "Harry."

READY I OK Till; NIGHTLY AIR EXPRESS

Another shipment of Sprajjne capaeitors, resistors and componentsabout lo leave on the air express from Mhanv. Can you recognize theSprajiue labels?

P.A.A. Inspect and TestElsie Leja

The girls in this Department havebeen kept busy lately attending show-ers. The most recent was the green-back shower held for Gladys Foster,who was married September 2nd toHenry St. Pierre. Best of luck to them.

Beatrice Boucher can't quite getused to this morning shift. Fiveo'clock rolls around early, "Bea".

Lucky for Eva Brown the races areover at Saratoga, new perhaps shewill keep her mind on what she is doing.

We are all glad to have MarthaPhillips back with us after a threemonths' absence.

Here's hoping for a speedy recoveryfor Isabel Jones.

Where was Elsie Leja's mind theother day - - she forgot to take herrest period.

Wonder what Mike Grande meanswhen he says, "If I knew then what Iknow now."

Sample Lab GabBy "The Eyes and Ears"

We dedicate this poem to HarryNolte, who is leaving this month.Oh Harry, our Harry, you are going to

leaveThe thought of your going makes us all

grieve,There's so much about you we are

going to missThe girls all say it's that "Good morn-

ing kiss."Those little things you often called

jokesThey smell worse than those cigars you

smoke;Your half closed eyes you can't make it

for eightTrying to convince us you weren't out

late.Though you have faults, you have good

points tooThat wavy blonde hair and eyes of blue.But we know you'll miss us when you

leaveFor who'll sew the buttons on your

sleeve?And when you get hurt, who'll come to

your aidWith a bottle of mercurochrome or a

handy band-aid?

And when you yell for a stick of gum,

Who'll come across and give you some?

So Harry, it's not good-bye it is just

adieu,

Because forgetting you is somethingwe'll Never Do.

The Gang.

Don and^ Ray LaFrance, sons ofRay of Centrifuge and Pearl ofDry Test. Don is enjoying a fur-lough at home, and Ray has jus treenlisted in the Navy for 2 years.

Wire CoatingBy Betty Jangrow

A Toast to the Five Girls in SlacksHere's to the girls who need to wear

slacks—And not because it's pretty legs they

lack.There's only one reason they wear

this attire—•And this is because they are working on

wire.If some other job, sitting at a deskThese pretty girls could wear their best.But seeing their jobs require much toilThese fine little girls their good clothes

they can't soil.

We extend our sincere sympathy toEarle Washburn on the recent death ofhis sister.

We envied Peg Durnin on the morn-ing of August 27th. Wish that all ofus might have gone with her on her tripto the "sidewalks of New York."

Harold Peters took his son to theball game at Boston while he was on hisvacation.

Helen Burdick says that the waterwas too cool for that daily dip while shewas at Hampton Beach.

The girls were going to have a treatlast Thursday, for Mr. Washburn hadpromised all of them a ride down street.But surprise!—there was a flat tire onone of the back wheels. Oh, well, thewalk did us a lot of good!

MARSHALLUSICjl

Rollers and StitchersB y I i i n i i i i : i S u » c i i < ' \

Mary Goodman wore out a |>;iir olsliocs a l i c r a Saturday nite date.

Frances Goodman is back to wink,after a slight accident. She eaujjht herfinger in ihe car door. Glad you'reback, kid.

Mamie Farinon is back as Mrs. I.William Lewis. Best wishes to you.

Phyllis King and Pol Mellilo, Red

ResistorsBy Lucy Almisi

Now thai wo arc all back I nun ourvacations let us bend your car andtell you where we have been: AliceHaddad, Springfield, Mass.; "Steffie"N o v a k , A t l a n t i c C i t y ; S t e l l a B e a u -champ, Saratoga Lake; Kit Roedel,Hedges Lake, Cambridge, N. Y.; BettyBattersby, Asbury Park; Theresa Pis-ano, New York ( i t \ ; Kay Corsi,Hampton Beach; Mary La Dame,Maine; Harry Haddad, Boston; MaryScarfone, New York; Red Czerwinski,Montreal; Julia Sullivan, WindsorLake; Margaret Blair, Windsor, Vt.;"I 'a t" Shaw, High Gates Springs;Margaret Todd, Jennie King, ArtBissailon, Lillian Campbell, EthelLamon, Ora Trombley and MargaretCutler at home; Tommy DeMarco,fishing; Mary Carnohan, touring;Maud Junes, Boston; Dot Wilbur,Helen Jobin and Bertha Salavantis,camping; Jean Donovan, Lake Bomo-seen; Jack Shields, on the ("apt1; BillPierce, Washington, 1). C ; Fred Pow-ers, "In the Air"; Marianna Hanafin,Lowell, Mass.; Ceil Duda, DudeRanch; Art VanSteemburg, toured theeastern States; "Chick" Currant, pick-ed pears; Gert Deso, Montreal andQuebec; Gloria Decoteau, Lake Bomo-seen; Lucy Abuisi, Atlantic City (withno trunks). That winds up the vaca-tions for the year and everyone had awonderful time.

Anyone interested in taking singing |

Garner and "Sliver" I.apine arc barkfrom vacations. Sliver wi'iil to Lake('hamplain.

Mill Brundige sure settles things in ahurry.

fant'1 Carswell expects a visit fromher sister in Canada.

Miles ()'(irady sure is a quid man.We will miss yon Phyllis C\\\\.Margaret Gardzina is quite a cut-up.Wedding hells will peal for Frances

Goodman, sometime in February.Rachel La versa writes poetry. Please

bring us some of your poems."Tony" Marino spent the week end

in Boston.Eleanor Stack has a new seven-roo

lessons at 6 o'clock in the morning g e t j apartment. Expectine a lot of boardin touch with Chick and Art on tinCasting table. Rehearsals are to beheld in the office.

Delia Keating has left us for a whilebut we all hope to have her back againsoon. Delia was a swell co-worker andwill be missed.

P. A. A. RollingBy l>.<ml.i .iiui Cobina

No, we didn't leave town, just busy,very busy - production you know.

John Raby enjoyed his vacation verymuch although he did miss the fastboat from Albany to New York. Ohwell, he made the next one.

I say, folks, you should have seenZabek as he strutted his stuff down thechurch aisle. No, he wasn t gettingmarried — he was only the best manfor his brother Chester Zabek, whoformerly worked here.

Why does Ellen Dickinson's eyessparkle so-o-o? Could be — can be —yep it is —Limpy. Right, Ellen?

No more measles, no more mumps —nice to have you back on days, ConnieVecellio. No, she didn't have them—the children did.

Ann Madden sure has a lot of griev-ances, but they could be her ownfault. Perhaps it's the way she sits.

Vacations: Kay Romeo at Boston . . .Julia Gattuso at Chicago and InizBenoni at Boston.

ers?

Miscellaneous DrysBy Eddie O'Brien

The "Love Bug" has got our "Pop"Paddock down. He goes around in adaze all day.

We came in the other noon and foundRalph Prince sound asleep on a bench.

lie had a big smile on his face.Dreaming of that certain blonde again,Ralph?

Thelma Burdick has stopped reduc-ing. Got your man, Thelma?

"Gus" Jammallo has been seen goingup Union Street every night recently.What is the attraction, Gus?

"Flash" Racette took a girl home theother night to Burdickville and afterleaving her, ran all the way to BrownStreet. Need exercise, "Flash," orare your afraid of the dark???

Shipping UiMim andCarton Stockroom

Ernie Belleau and Jack Callahan areenjoying a week's vacation.

Our deepest sympathy to EmmaMutart on the death of her mother,Mrs. Louis Mossolani.

Also our deepest sympathy to MabelMaxwell on the death of her father,Mr. Denis O'Brien,

FUN TO MAKE - LOVELY TO LOOK AT

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