SPRQGUE ELECTRIC

NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 9, 1951

Testing and Inspecting - Capacitor News About Sprague

Department

The Capacitor Department recently moved to Marshall Street.

f&t. (Patrick

On Saturday, March 17, the tradi-tional green will make its appearancein honor of St.' Patrick, the patronsaint of Ireland, who is famous for thelegend that he drove the snakes out ofOld Erin. Snake-removal, however,was not the only thing which occupiedSt. Patrick during his lifetime.

Although the exact date of his birthhas not been determined, it is believedthat St. Patrick was born about 389,the son of a middle class land pro-prietor and deacon in or near a towncalled Daventry. As a boy, he liveda fairly quiet life until he was sixteenand was carried away by a band ofmarauders into slavery. During hiscaptivity, he became subject to re-ligious emotions and .beheld visionswhich it is believed were responsiblefor his escape six years later. Afterhis escape, he joined a ship of Irishwolfdogs and remained with them dur-ing their crossing of the EnglishChannel and a land journey in France.Two months later, St. Patrick leftthem to go into the monastery ofLerins for a few years. Eventually,he left the monastery and the Mediter-ranean to return to his home. Whilein Britain, the idea of sending a mis-sionary to Ireland came to his mindand despite his own misgivings andopposition of relatives, he returned to

France to prepare for the mission. Hewent to Auxerre, a place having a closeconnection with Britain and Irelandwhere he remained for fourteen yearsand was ordained a deacon. His stayat Auxerre ended when there was alarge outbreak of heresy in Irelandand it was necessary to send a bishopto control the situation. St. Patrickwas selected and made his first entranceto Ireland on the shores of Strangford.He was granted a site of land and an oldwooden barn was utilized as a church.After a conflict with the reigning king,St. Patrick set about organizing theChristian societies which were partiallyestablished in Ireland, planting faithin regions not yet under the jurisdictionof the church and setting up manychurches.

He made several trips to Rome andbrought back many valuable relics,some of which are still in existencetoday.

His importance in the history ofIreland and the Irish Church was inbringing Latin into Ireland as thelanguage of the church and bringingIreland in touch with Western Europe,especially Rome.

He resigned as bishop shortly beforehis death which is believed to have beenabout the year 461.

Electric EmployesIn the Service

We have received many letters fromSprague Electric employes who are nowin the service. They are anxious tohear from their friends at home so we

j are passing along their names andaddresses so that you may write tothem.

Pvt. John H. ColeUS 51096074377 T.C. Maj. PortPlatoon 3Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Pvt. Cole went into the service atthe end of November of last year. Heworked in the Molding Department atthe Company and is lucky in that he isnot stationed too far from home.

P.F.C. Rene DuBois AF112040913815 P̂ ood Service Sqdn.Maxwell Air Force BaseAlabama

P.F.C. DuBois is now stationed inthe deep South. Before entering theservice, he worked in the F. P. Assemb-ly and is looking forward to returning.

Cpl. William C. FowlerASN 22872852Co. C 172nd Inf. Regt.43rd Inf. Div.Camp Pickett, Virginia

Cpl. Fowler was employed in theMaintenance Division of the SpragueElectric Company before going intothe service last August. He is anxiousto hear from friends at home.

P.F.C. Gordon LyonsASN 22872827Co. C 172nd Inf.43rd DivisionCamp Pickett, Virginia

P.F.C. Lyons and Cpl. Fowler areboth stationed at Camp Pickett andwe hope that they have managed tomeet each other. Cpl. Fowler was em-ployed in the Dry Rolling Departmentbefore entering the service.

Tool, Die and Machine Shop

Jonathan A. Brown onHearing FoundationBoard

Jonathan A. Brown recently waselected to the Board of Governors ofHearing Foundation, Inc. The foun-dation is carrying on a campaign toacquaint the public with new develop-ments made toward better hearing.

Mr. Brown is Commercial Managerof the Battery Division at the SpragueElectric Company.

The Machine Shop in new quarters at Marshall Street.

In 1930, when the Sprague ElectricCompany moved from Quincy, Massa-chusetts to North Adams, the MachineShop was organized with Mr. JohnSheehan as Foreman and three men towork the three machines which were inoperation in the Shop. At that time,highly skilled operators were requiredas it was necessary to make by handmany of the tools, etcetera which arenow made by machines.

The Machine Shop growth paralleledquite closely the general expansion ofthe Company as a whole. Two monthsago, the Shop moved from the BeaverStreet plant to much larger quarters atMarshall Street. About forty men arenow employed by the Tool, Die andMachine Shop. Most of these menwork at the Marshall Street Depart-ment but two or three are employedat both Beaver and Brown Street. Itis necessary to have a few men workingat each plant in order to service ma-chines. A small amount of equipmentmust be maintained for this purpose.

There art' two Foremen in the Department, Mr. A. B. Lindquisi whostays at Marshall Street and Mr.George Hall who lakes care of thingsat Brown and Beaver Street. Mr. T.J. Rondeau who has been with (lieMachine Shop since it started in \{)M)is Superintendent of the Machine Shop.

In I he Machine Shop, machines, dies,fixtures and tools are made accordingto specifications which I lie SpragueElectric Company has pa I en led.

To make a fairly large automaticmachine would take about 2000 hoursand at one time or another, almost allthe men employed in the MachineShop would work on the machine eachcontributing their different skill.

Building 8 which is right next to theMachine Shop at Marshall Street willbe utilized soon as a Toolcrib for suj>plies when a new floor in the buildingis completed. At I lie present lime,the Toolcrib is ai the Beaver StreetPlant.

William J. Lies DevelopsNew Process for Produc-ing Dielectric Sheets

The Sprague Electric Company hasbeen assigned a patent for a new processdeveloped by William J. Lies ol theCentral Laboratory at Marshall Streetfor producing dielectric sheets. Thesesheets are used as insulating materialin the manufacture of electric condens-ers. The process developed by Mr.Lies makes possible the production ofinsulating sheets no thicker than seven-thousandths of an inch. Previously itwas not possible to achieve a thicknessof less than one-hundredth of an inch.

Fred Scarborough to HeadNetwork and FilterDepartment

Recently a new Network and FilterDepartment was established which willbe located in Building 4 at MarshallStreet. Frederick Scarborough willact as Department Head and the de-partment will be under the jurisdictionof Frederick II. Potter, Factory Man-ager.

The department is being created toprocess both samples and productionmore rapidly than can be accomplishedthrough regular departmental pro-cedure.

Number L5Volume XIII

PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY FOR EMPLOYES OF SPRAG UE ELECTRIC COMPANY

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Publishing Staff

Editor

Patricia Welch

Circulation: Marion Caron Social Chairman: Ann Heath

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

Owen and Laurence Haskins.

SportsKenneth Russell

PhotographerAl Horsfall

Plant EditorMarshall Street: Cecile Trudeau

Plant EditorBrown Street: Bertha Vaughan

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

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

MARSHALL STREET REPORTERSIda Gigliotti, Laurence Hiser, Isabelle Hyndman, Virginia Kemp, Marjorie

Hauptfleisch, Barbara King, Mario Magnani, Emma Mutart, Edward O'Neil,Cecile Risch, Rita English, Jane Gordon, and Julia Desrosiers.

BROWN STREET REPORTERSRuth Bass, Mary Bua, Janet Cady, Charles Felix, William Currant, Ann

Heath, Elizabeth Jangrow, Dorothy D'Arcangelo, Gladys Kirkpatrick, HelenLesure, Blanche Tatro, Corena Tatro, Connie Tatro, and Isabel Witherow.

"Every Sprague Employe an Assistant Reporter"

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

T. V. TIDBITS

By John Davis

Bob Hope will return to your TVscreen on the Comedy Hour on April 8with what promises to be one of the bestshows to date. Sharing honors withHope will be such notables as JanisPage, Rex Harrison, Lili Palmer and"Sugar Chile" Robinson, the youthfulpiano stylist.

Bob has been touring militaryhospitals throughout the country re-cently and is doing a good job of cheer-ing up the boys as only Hope can.

Tuesday, March 6, marked the be-ginning of the third year of telecastingfor "Suspense" over CBS. Theiranniversary was a chiller; namely,"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Brrrr!

Last Friday night there was an excel-lent fight bout which brought togetherIrish Bob Murphy and Harry Mathewsin a thrilling ten rounder. Mathewstook the decision which, I believe, waswell-earned. .

Dorothy Collins who does the singingcommercials for the Lucky Strike pro-grams, was entered in an amateur sing-ing contest by her parents when shewas young and won first prize. Sincethen, she has come right up theladder. In 1942, she signed withRaymond Scott's orchestra and in1948, left Scott to star in a radio seriesfeaturing Herb Shriner. In 1950, shejoined TV's "Your Hit Parade." She

is blonde, five feet two inches tall andweighs 106. She is single, too.

Would like to take a spot to wish afellow reporter speedy recovery fromher recent illness. Get better soon,Betty Fleury.

BIRTHS

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Francis Wilson on February 17. Mr.Wilson is Foreman of the Ceramics De-partment at Marshall Street.

DAUGHTER, Kathy Ann, to Mr.and Mrs. Robert Curry on February 15.Mr. Curry is employed in Check In-spection.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. RaymondHunicke on February 20. Mr. Hunickeis employed in the Planning Depart-ment.

SON, Chester John Trzcinski, Jr.,to Mr. and Mrs. Trzcinski on February16. Mrs. Trzcinski works in theRound Midget Assembly Department.

F. P. FinishBy Jan Robinson

Glad that Blondie Charbonneau andArvilla Williams are well and back withus after the accident. We hope thatDelia Grant, Stella Charbonneau andAlice Soldati will recover soon fromthe accident and be back to work.

Our best wishes to Ora Levesque.Hope you're feeling better Ora and areback soon.

Isabelle Ponti is in the hospital forappendicitis. Hope you feel bettersoon.

It is good to see Minnie Hamlin backafter her illness.

Best of luck to Isabelle Brundige inher new home in Pittsfield. We allmiss you.

Helen Parisien is to be a grandmothersoon. Her cow is going to have a calf.

Rose Celli's engagement to RonaldHopkins of Readsboro was recentlyannounced.

Good luck to all you girls who havebeen transferred. We miss you.

Norman Thomas and Arthur Hayesrecently left for the Armed forces.Best of luck to you fellows. WhenNorman left, he gave the money thatwas given him by the room to theHeart Fund. A very nice gesture froma very nice fellow.

Our deepest sympathy to PhyllisOlson, June Bunting, Roma Koch andHelen Bryce on the recent death oftheir uncle.

Battery DepartmentBy Julia Desrosiers

Francis Messina was transferredfrom our department and we wish himluck.

Tillie sure makes nice crochetedhankies.

We sure like our canary, it singsevery day. What kind of seeds doyou eat, Margaret Perrault.

Our household hint for this time is toroll pie crust between two pieces ofwax paper and this will save a lot ofsticky cleaning.

Machine ShopBy Nick and John

Mr. Rondeau has returned afterbeing out ill for several weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. George (Russ) Lanouequietly celebrated their nineteenthwedding anniversary on February 26.

Maintenance DepartmentBy A. Bowen

Raymond Favreau from the TinShop, brought his four year old son,Allen, home from the hospital where

he has been recuperating from anemergency appendectomy. Allen'smother, Eva Favreau, works in WesternElectric Department. Our best wishesfor a speedy recovery.

Albert Reopell,Jr.,aNaval Reservist,has been recalled to active service andwill report to Boston Fargo Barracksthis week. A farewell dinner was givenSaturday night by friends at the Annstrong Inn with John Slattery astoastmaster. A purse of money waspresented to Albert on behalf of thegroup. Albert hu,s been working as aplumber and will be greatly missed byhis co-workers.

Charles Van Doran is a newcomerin the Electricians' shop. Hope youlike it here, Charlie.

Electric Maintenance TestBy E. B. Ryan

Did you know that Pete Begiebinghas been transferred to Brown Street.We hope that he will find as manynew friends to welcome him as heleaves old friends here to miss him.Good luck, Pete.

Electric Test challenges any depart-ment to produce a more insatiablespaghetti eater than our own BillChampagny. Any match gladlyarranged. Please contact his managerEddie Shaker for details.

Our hobby corner this month dis-closes the talent displayed by RobertBardsley in creating authentic minia-ture grandfather clocks. Bob usespocket watches for the dial and hismodels are built in proportion to thesize of the watch. He shows remark-able skill in woodworking and thefinished miniatures are exquisite.

Many happy returns to Alice Green,Ronald Morse and George Remillardwho all have birthdays during themonth of March.

The department extends their sinceresympathy to Mr. and Mrs. JackFabricius upon the death of Mrs.Fabricius' mother, Mrs. John Hanne II.

Retail SalesBy Hit N' Run

First of all our welcome mat is outfor the new people in our department —Harry Pickwell, Eleanor Goff, EmmaTadiello, Jean Lisee and Marie Grande,our part-time worker from Drury.

A wonderful time was had by thegirls in this department when theyheld their supper over at the Springsfor the bowlers. Prizes were awardedfor bowling to the following: LucilleMatranga, with the high single, hightriple and high average for the year:

OUR SAFETY CORNER

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"In Peace" says the granite block

Sis Vadnais, tied with Lucille lor (hehigh single and Barbara King withsecond high single, second high tripleand second high average. Consola-tion prizes weni io Helen Morawiec,Dorothy Belangerand Bea Campedelli.

We wish lots of happiness to DorisPatenaude who became engaged toWalter Bakatis of Hoosick Falls, NewYork. Walt is a very lucky gentleman.

RIDERS WANTEDRiders wanted from Beckel or

Pittsfield to North Adams on the8 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift. Please callDavid Gore in the Factory Eng-ineering Department at MarshallStreet.

ENGAGEMENTS

On February 21, Mr. and Mrs.Lawrence E. Russett announced theengagement of their daughter, JaniceRuth, to Matthew Raymond Crawford,son of Mr. and Mrs. James Crawford.Miss Russett is employed in the Spra-gue Products Company.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur LaMarreannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Lorraine LaMarre to Pvt.1st Class William Pedercini, son of thelate Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pedercini, onFebruary 21. Miss LaMarre works inthe Miscellaneous Paper Assembly De-partment.

On February 17, the engagement ofMiss Rita M. Allard, to Joseph E.Moreau, son of Mr. and Mrs. EdwardJ. Moreau, was announced by herparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H.Allard. Miss Allard is employed inthe Paper Rolling Department.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Colletterecently announced the engagement oftheir daughter, Phyllis Margaret Col-lette, to Bernard G. Flaherty, son ofMr. and Mrs. John M. Flaherty of 3Center Street. Miss Collette works inthe Dry Tubular Assembly Department.

Shirley, daughter of Bertha Jennings, who is all ready to go to the "Silver Bell Ball." Eddie Dasatti, two-year old grandson of Annie iVlaroni of the Miscellaneous Paper FinishDepartment. Betty Ann Tomasi and Leonard Gigliotti, son of Frances of the P.A.A. Rolling Department. Rick, Eileen, Kevin and Baby Jacqueline, children of Ralph Boisjolie ofFactory Engineering. Weston Glenn Primmer, three-week old son of Gwendolyn of the P.A.A. Testing Department at Brown Street.

March 9, 1951 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG Page 3

D E P A R T M E N T N E W S

Industrial OilsBy Mary and Ann

Dot Pringle is back with us after herrecent illness. Keep it up, Dot, you'relooking fine.

Signs of spring—George Croninclaims he heard some robins the otherday, someone else heard crows butBill Sheldon takes the cake, he saw abumble bee. That's going too far,Bill, it must have been a snow flake.

Welcome to our new service boy,Red Hogan.

We had quite a surprise the othernoon when Dick Clark hauled outthat big pipe all by himself.^What wasin it, Dick, cornsilk?

We wish a speedy recovery to Lyda'saunt who is in the Plunkett MemorialHospital.

Hazel LeCuyer's grandson has viruspneumonia. Hope he will soon bebetter, Hazel.

We extend our sympathy to MargaretFoote on the recent death of herbrother, Raymond Timothy.

Molded Tubulars Second Shift

By Lillian Forbush

We are sorry to see Edith Hums andNellie Danforth leave us and we wishthem luck. They have been trans-ferred lo another department.

Dorothy Farinon has returned towork alter her vacation.

Einnia Falcon's number one dream iscoming true. Sin- is having herkitchen remodeled.

Alma Fox had quite an experienceand hasn't gotten over it yet. Thehot water tank broke and her kitchenwas flooded, I guess we all have badluck sometimes.

le can keep warm next winter.Donald Bourdon is seen sporting a

new car. More power to the WireCoaters and who will be the next luckyfellow?

We are happy to see that Eva Faours making use of her auto license. Its much easier to ride than walk.

Molded TubularsFinal Solderers

(Night Shift)

By The FlashRose L. and Evelyn C. wish to thank

all the girls for the lovely party andgifts. It was quite a surprise.

It's grand to see Sarah Brown backand looking so well.

Phil Errichetto is out sick. Get wellsoon, Phil, we all miss you.

We are sorry that Nita Cross hasleft us.

It's a good thing Ralph Kleinerdidn't drop that mirror he purchasedrecently. Seven years bad luck is along time. He is still shaking fromthe experience.

Easter is just around the corner,girls, do you have your new clothesready?

Florence's new house is reach' tomove into now. Best of everythingto you, Florence, Joe, Billy andRichard from all of us.

Industrial Oil RollingBy Erminia Sweeney

Sure and tis St. Patrick himself thatwe will be needing in our department.Snakes, popping up here and there,artificial but quite effective. At an\rate, the girls all have good lungs.

Liz Slattery is back after a one weekabsence. She suffered a severe case olfrost bite in both legs.

Someday Evelyn Jones is going tofind out Marqurite Walsh's age andwill she be surprised.

Walter Carpenter slipped and fellthe other day and a few days laterhis wife sprained her ankle. Guesstrouble really does come in bunches

We are glad to see you back, AgMiller.

Helen Lesure Shields is back with usonce more.

Someone should furnish Jack Shieldswith roller skates, what with all thenew help, he could certainly use them

Helen Unis is pretty busy these daysplaying bridesmaid.

Bathtub Assembly

By Dora Landry

At long last we are well establishedin our new rooms with Jim Nicol asour Foreman.

Congratulations to Lucille Falcoon her nineteenth birthday. We allenjoyed her cake.

Elinor Charbonneau, her husband,Margorie Ricker, her husband andPete Grande and his wifeen joyed theAmerican Legion Ball.

Bertha Jennings left Sunday for avacation in Florida and she is missedby all of us.

Evangeline Dupuis is wearing abeautiful smile because of her newgrandson.

Joan Pisano left for Marylandwhere she will join her husband, Corp.Joseph Pisano.

We are proud to claim one of thegirls who participate in the dancingcontest held at the Eagle's Hall everyFirday night. She is none other thanFlorence Lincoln.

Annis O'Neil's son, Robert, is now aP.F.C. stationed at Camp Rucker,Alabama. Her son, Thomas, a Corp-oral is at Eglan Field, Florida.

Rose Lecuyer's son is now a P.F.C.at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

Edna McLain welcomed her fourthgranddaughter on February 18.

Miscellaneous Paper Finish

By Velma Lincoln

We welcome to our departmentseveral new girls and hope they willlike working with us. The girls are,Janet Haas, Mary Benson, TheresaGarofano, Jeannette Bombardier andMarjorie Willis. Roger Delisle is alsoback working with us and our new clerkis Florence Hannaleck.

Gloria Amos, our Southern girl,wife of Timber Amos, the fighter, surehas a gift for keeping everyone happy.

Ann Downey went to a tea given inhonor of her future daughter-in-law.

Mary Zito's husband was operated onin the Albany Hospital. We hope he'will soon be well and back with youagain, Mary.

Catherine Marra is home sick with acold.

Amen Attalla, our check inspector,likes working with us but doesn't carefor our last hour rush.

Marjorie Willis comes all the wayfrom Charlemont each day.

Specification Engineering

By Fran Melito

Welcome to Evelyn Phelps and RussMarchio. Evelyn is in our Blue-print Department and Russ is up inDrafting.

Fran Faustini's diamond causedquite a commotion in our department.It's really a beauty, Fran. Goodluck to you and congratulations, Joe.

We understand Royal Scott shouldstart a grocery store. It seems he hashis future customers all lined up.

A farewell party was held forLaurette DeBlois at Heartwellville onFebruary 21. Laurette received alovely watch from all of us.

We'd like to know who the smartlad was that put a nickel in the timeclock and waited for a bottle of coketo come out. Too much overtime, Iguess.

Our children's story is told by EmmaUnderwood. It seems that she andher husband drove her father and theirniece downtown, and when Emma'sfather got out of the car the threeyear old looked up and said, "Geehe's a cute kid, ain't he."

Filter Department

By Ginger

Birthday greetings to MabelO'Grady, Rita Kent and Irene Davis.

We welcome Ruth Haskins to ourdepartment and we hope she willenjoy working with us.

We will see what we can do aboutadding a few more acres to the parkinglot for you, Rita Kent.

We have an artist in our midst. Youshould see John Davis draw picturesof a hound dog.

Mae Stratton has a hobby of col-lecting old dolls. If anyone has anyold dolls they would like to sell, Mae isinterested.

Edgar Remillard is certainly a busyman. Besides working here, he alsohas many outside activities, one ofthem being, a Cub Scout Leader.What do you do in your spare time,Edgar?

We extend our sympathy to EdithBassett on the recent death of hersister and granddaughter.

Block AnnexBy Delia Keating

A speedy recovery to Doris Williamswho is in the hospital.

It is nice having Al LaFountain andYvonne Day back after their recentillness.

Bunny Noel is busy these days buy-ing furniture. The wedding bellswill ring on June 16.

We miss Roger Delisle who has beentransferred to another department.Everyone enjoyed the delicious cake hemade and gave us before he left.

We hope Dot DeMarco will be backwith us soon.

A happy birthday to Jean Scarpittoand Jean Bancroft.

Filter DepartmentBy Betty Fleury

On Friday, February 23, the gangfrom the department went down tothe Hub during noon hour to honorBetty Fleury on her birthday. Goodcause! Good food! Good time! 'Null'said. In spite of the fact that weinsisted Betty was in her twenties, sheclaimed she was eighty.

Paper Rolling -- Night ShiftBy Dorette Varieur

Welcome to all the new girls and wehope you will enjoy working with us.

Happy anniversary to PaulineDupuis, and may you have many moreof them.

Thanks for the cake, Pauline La-plante, it sure was good.

Metal Clad DepartmentBy Barbara Jones

To the many new girls who havestarted work in the department, wesay welcome.

Rita Martell, Rachel Kleiner andRuth Hannaleck have left the depart-ment. Rita is to remain at home andRuth and Rachel are going to travel.We all will miss the three girls.

Congratulations to Mary Lou Par-sons on her fifth anniversary.

Everyone was glad to welcomeFran Fierro back to work.

We hope all the girls who are ill willsoon be better and back at work again.

To the employes of the Brown andBeaver Street plants, we wish to saythank you for your generous aid.

Wire Coating

By Betty Jangrow

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Louis Babeu who are the parents of ababy girl born on February 28. Theproud grandmother is Lucille Miller ofthis Department.*,We send best wishes to HelenBurdick who is on a sick leave. Wemiss your hearty laugh, your bubblechewing act and well, we just miss you,so hurry and get well.

Ernie Gamache is busy digging hiscellar these days. It seems that he isgoing to buy a furnace for his home so

Sharon Mulcahy, seven-month old daughter of Charles Mulcahy who works in Automatic Rolling. Dona Marie Unis, niece of Helen Unis of Industrial Oil Rolling and grand-niece of Virginia Morin of Molded Tubular Section Solder. Dona Marie Unis in a less formal pose. Gary Olson, four years old, with his hrother Lennie, who is nine years old.They are the sons of Phyllis Olson who works in the F. P. Drys Department. Ceil Wegrzyn's two year old niece, Suzette. Ceil is employed in the Dry Tubular Finish Department.

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S P O R T S Kenny Russell

BOWLINGOn February 24, mixed doubles were

following scores:First

Mae O'Neil (First).. . 77J. Spagnola 84Ann Heath (Second) 85John Ghidotti 95Eleanor Peron 81Albert Volpi.... 99Margaret Wohler 87Tweedle Zanett 78Dot DePavli 81Lou Segala 95Rose Grynhiewiz 80Ernie Blondin 103Vishy Wisniowski 77Frank Segala 87Betty Beckwith 93Joe Pilling 78Kelly Crawford.. 69Harvey Vidal 99Elaine LaBonte 74Eddie Ames 119Mary Dextrauder 74Frank Livesey 98Lena Solomon 78Mel Peck 97Ike Roy 91Butsy Harvey 87Susan Bishop 83Dave Reed 86Gert Volpi 68Miles Heath 89Lena Nicola 78Bernie Barbeau 102Pat Gilmore 76Don LaBonte 97Lorraine Damon 73Al Folino 89Marge Wit tig 83Bill Spencer 75Phylis Lepine 80Hank Gamari 83Janice Robertson 75Bob McClelland 69

held in the bowling league with the

GIRLS BOWLING LEAGUESTANDINGS ON FEBRUARY 27

Team. Standings:Won Lost

Alley Cats 57 9Industrial Oils 50 16Metal Clad 45 21Independents 36 30Beaverettes 33 33W. E. Rollers 22 44Dry Rolling 19 47The Sharpies... .• 2 64High Ind. Single—Lucy Gilmore 124High Ind. Triple—Hazel Martel 323High Team Single—Alley Cats 509High Team Triple—Alley Cats 1456Low Ind. Single—R. La Versa 41Low Ind. Triple—D. Gendron 171Strikes—Mary Dextradeur 11High Individual Average onEach Team Av. Str.H. Martel, Metal Clad. . 93.5 66N. Puppolo, Ind. Oils. . . 90.8 63Dot DePaoli, Alley Cats. 90.5 66C. Shakar, Beaverettes.. 89.3 57A. Mason, The Sharpies. 89.4 57I. Anton, W. E. Rollers.. 86.3 60M. Kawa, Dry Rolling. . 84.7 57E. Perron, Independents. 84.2 63

BASKETBALLChurch League:

Congregational defeated St. Francisto win the City Title—33-27, but in aplayoff with St. Thomas of Adamswas edged out in their first encounter—26-25.

Below is a list of outstanding playerswho saw service during the regularseason.

FIRST TEAMForwards: Moulton of Congrega-

tional and Boschetti of Holy Name.Guards: Crocker of Congregational

and Rodaelli of St. Francis.Center: Gouger of St. Francis.

SECOND TEAMForwards: Roy of Methodist and

Mattimore of Baptist.Guards: Bullett, Holy Name and

Wood of St. Johns.Center: Russett of Holy Name.Honorable Mention: D. Orr, Congre-

gational; Lowe and West, St. Francis;Duval and Chalifoux, Sacred Heart;Less and Kerson, United Church;Wright, Baptist; Collins of St. Johns.

High School Basketball:

Searles High, winner of the SouthernBerkshire trimmed Pittsfield High intwo straight games to cop the Berk-shire Crown and win a place in theWestern Massachusetts Tourney.

Searles deserved the win and haswon 20 out of 21 games played thisseason and this is an impressive record.

High School Tournaments:

The Berkshires are well representedin various tournaments staged in allparts of the state.

First, Searles is in the WesternMassachusetts Tourney and all Berk-shire County will be pulling for theSouthern Berkshire entry.

In the Small School Boy Tourney—both Northern and Southern Berkshireshave entries. They are Williamstown,and Lee.

Adams High has been invited toparticipate in the Assumption CollegeHigh School Tourney held in Worcester.Adams is paired against Chicopee.

Pittsfield St. Joseph has alreadyplayed in the State Catholic Tourneystaged in Lawrence.

The Shire City lads fell beforeMission High of Roxbury but not be-fore they had all but overcome a 12point deficit. The final was Mission48, St. Joseph 42. Broderick starredwith 19 points.

Skiers return at sunset to Diamond Head Chalet in Garibaldi Park,British Columbia, Canada.

Skiing In CanadaThe incomparable winter sport of

skiing nowhere enjoys more advantages,both natural and otherwise, than inCanada. Most devotees seek theirski fun in Quebec, Ontario and theCanadian Rockies.

No part of North America laysstronger winter emphasis on skiingthan the ancient province of Quebec.From December to March the prov-ince's famed Laurentians and the pine-studded slopes of the St. MauriceValley and Gatineau Hills extend anopen invitation.

The center of attention of visitingskiers is Montreal, largest of Canadiancities. About 40 miles north ofMontreal the Laurentians officiallybegin. These great ski mountainsin the heart of French Canada rollnorthward for another 50 miles, cover-ing about 2,000 square miles of superbski country, the most highly concen-trated ski development in the NewWorld. The Laurentian area is ser-viced by major railways, airlines andwell-cleared highways. Several skiresorts have their own private landingfields with regular daily air service.

Ninety miles north of Montreal isMont Tremblant, with its Swiss-stylevillage and a network of noted trails.Its ski hills include the celebratedKandahar and the Flying Mile. Al-ways there are dependable ski con-ditions plus two chair lifts, rope towsand an Alpine lift.

Turning westward, the CanadianRockies are the North American centerof Alpine skiing, with snow 20 feetdeep and powder-fast. Spectaculartwo-mile downhill ski courses are notuncommon, and from December toMarch, in some areas until May andJune, the swish of skis can be heard onthe mountain slopes of Alberta andBritish Columbia.

The Rockies themselves tower inthe sun to provide a spectacular back-drop for the sport. For winter scenerythe Rockies' snow-covered peaks andplunging valleys are unsurpassed.

Banff is the doorway to Alberta'sgreat ski playground that rangeshundreds of square miles north beyondJasper, on the Athabasca river. Fivemiles from Banff a new chair liftcrawls up the eastern slopes of MountNorquay, lifting skiers and theirsightseeing friends to an altitude of6,850 feet. The chair lift is supportedby 13 giant steel towers, brilliantlyfloodlit for after-dark operation.

Lake Louise, a few miles northwestof Banff and the showplace of BanffNational Park is the center for some ofthe best downhill running in theRockies. At Jasper skiers have morethan 4,000 square miles of JasperNational Park to roam. One down-hill course borders the sensational,dropping 4,600 feet in three miles.

In the park skiers can tour 100 milesof trails through wooded valleys anddown sharpdropping slopes.

Spacious Garibaldi Park, 20 milesnortheast of Vancouver, is Western

j Canada's newest and most diversifiedski zone. Snow often lies 30 feet deepthere, and the season has been knownto last from November to June.Diamond Head Chalet, 5,000 feet upon a plateau, is the focal point forGaribaldi Park skiers. There areabundant short steep downhill runs.Alpine ski touring through the countrycovers miles of scenic trails overmountainside meadows, timbered val-leys and snow-packed frozen lakes.Cabins are scattered through the parkfor use on all-day jaunts from DiamondHead.

That's the Canadian ski story inbrief form. The sport has proved im-mensely popular with Canadians andtheir tourist guests alike, and bothaccommodation and facilities havetaken giant strides to match themounting favor it has found.

WILLIAMS COLLEGE SPORTSWrestling:

Coach Ed Bullock's Grapplers an-nexed the "Little Three Title" with aclose win over Amherst by the scoreof 14-11. Things looked pretty badfor the "Purple" when they droppedthe first three matches by decisions,but the "Ephmen" rallied to take thenext 4 by decision.Swimming:

Coach Bob Muir's "Purple Ducks"won the coveted Little Three Cham-pionship by dunking Amherst inLasell Pool 45-30. This was the eighthstraight "Little Three Win". Inci-dently Williams in winning set Amherstin the loss column for the first timethis season. Previous to this meetAmherst had won 10 straight. A newWilliams record was set in the opening300-yard medley relay. Oddly enoughtwo of three in this race were later inthe afternoon elected co-captains fornext year. They are John Belash andRick Jeffrey. Don Jones the sopho-more sensation was the only doublewinner, copping the 220 and the 440.Hockey:

The "Purple Puckman" have notfared too well this season but CoachFrank Bell's boys have had to playtheir home games in the R.P.I, rink.

In the game with Amherst which wasa real rough one, the Lord Jeffs shutout their arch-rival 3-0.

However, the "Purple" trimmedHamilton 5-4 at Clinton, N. Y. intheir last outing.Basketball:

3 up and 1 to go. That is the storyfor Coach Al Shaw and his Purplecagesters, for they have downedWesleyan twice and Amherst once.

riiai will over Amherst assured thePurple courtmen at least a tie for the

Little Three."1 his game was a hum-dinger and

played before some 2600 fans jampacked in the Field I louse in Amherst.1 lie final score was 54-42.

1 he final score does not give a l ine

picture ol the tight tense play that wasdisplayed in iliis crucial encounter.Score ai hall lime found the LordJells on the long end of a 19-17 count.

However the final hall" showed thePurple ai their best and they finishedred-hot .is they ope le I up that final12 point margin.

Don Speck was an offensive starespecially in the third quarter, whileLarson outscored all on the court with18 points. Hit; Harry Sheehychimedin with 11 dibits besides playing a

whale ol a game oil the boards. Lit lieWinn Shudt was the defensive sliiras he held Magee the Amherst star to4 points. Fisher and Hawkins ledthe Amherst attack with 10 and 13points respectively.

Squash:

One ol the best squash squads ever

seen in Williams won the " L i t t l e

T h r e e " with lit lie t rouble as theyt rounced Amhers t 8-1. Only team l<>

triumph over Coach Clarence Chaffee's"Ephmen" was Harvard.

By the way fans, Williams will playhosts to the National College SquashTournament. Some 16 teams willpar t i c ipa te including the H a r v a r d s ta rs

who a re r anked No. 1 in the country.Coach Chaffee is to be congratulated,as well as his boys for they currentlyrank No. 2 in the country. For thosewho attend this tournament, beginningMarch 8 to the 11, a real l i c i t is in

store for the best and outstanding starswill be seen in action.

SHINING BLADESBy Charles Felix

Junior skaters recently had their dayat Noel field when the North Adamsrecreation commission held its annualspeed skating championships for boysand girls under sixteen years of age.In the 220 yard dash for girls undersixteen, Antoinette Trisorio, 15, of 26Francis Street took first place whilethe Woodard sisters, Caroline 14, andNancy 12, finished in that order totake second and third place awards.

In the boys under sixteen class DickSimard 13, placed first while RobertMezzanotte 14, of 163 State Streetwas second and John Preite 13, of 335Walnut Street took third place.

In the 10 to 12 year class for boys at11-years, Daniel Foster 11, of 103Eagle Street took top honors. Insecond place two youngsters tied forrunner-up laurels; they were CalvinCanedy 11 years old of 1015 StateRoad and Frank Rose 11, of 14 NorthHolden Street.

Bobby Dunn III of 92 Galvin Roadadded five medals to his fast growingcollection in the past couple of weeks.At Lake Placid young Dunn placedsecond to National Champion KenLebel at 440 yards while in Norwalk,Connecticut, he received two thirdplace awards for the 440 and 660 yardevents. At the Brooklyn Ice Palace,Dunn also placed third in the 440 yardand the £ of a mile events against someof the fastest skaters in the East. Hecompeted in the juvenile division.

Edgar Dame who has competed bothhere and in Pittsfield on severaloccasions had tough luck at the Nor-walk, Connecticut meet, after qualify-ing in two trials he broke his left legin his third trial and will be forced tothe sidelines for some time. It washis first meet since his Olympic tryout.

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