Robert C. Sprague Honored By Massachusetts Aerie of Eagles

VOLUME XXI JULY, 1959 NO. 11

Parrish Moves To Concord Plant;Sheets Acting Mgr. of Ashe County

As the result of announcementsmade late last month the Filter Manu-facturing Department on MarshallStreet and Manufacturing facilitiesfor the Special Products Division onUnion Street are under new GeneralForemen.

The appointment of Alfred Law asGeneral Foreman of Filter Manu-facturing effective June 22nd wasmade by Fred Potter, Factory Man-ager. Law comes from the SpecialProducts Division where he hadserved as General Foreman since itsestablishment in the Spring of lastyear.

Effective the same date David Peck,Manager of the Special ProductsDivision, named Robert Smith to re-place Law as General Foreman of theUnion Street plant. Smith also hasbeen a member of the Division sinceits establishment. Prior to acceptingthis new post he served as Head ofIndustrial and Test Equipment En-gineering as well as Foreman of theSample Department.

Mr. Law is a veteran of 23 yearswith Sprague Electric. He held

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ROBERT L. PARRISH

The transfer of Robert L. Parrish,former Factory Manager of the AsheCounty, North Carolina plant, to theConcord, New Hampshire plant asFactory Manager in Charge of Trans-istor Manufacturing was announcedby the Company earlier this month.The announcement, effective July20th. also named John Puppolo ofConcord as Factory Manager inCharge of Tantalum Manufacturing.

Effective the same date, Urcle M.

Law and Smith ReceiveNew Production Posts

URCLE M. SHEETS

Sheets of the Ashe County Plant as-sumed the position of Acting FactoryManager of that operation; andCharles E. Welch, Jr.. in addition tohis present duties as head of Researchand Engineering for Etching ar.dFormation, assumed the duties ofMr. Sheets to become head of theplant's Research and EngineeringSection. This is a new post createdby the joining of the two positions.

'The division of responsibility atConcord was brought about by a sub-stantial expansion experienced in bothproduct lines. Mr. Jesse Ault will re-main as the plant's General Manager.

Mr. Parrish served as Ashe CountyPlant Manager since he joined theCompany in 1953. His industrialexperience began in 1938 when hejoined the Tennessee Valley Author-ity as a development engineer.

In 1940 he joined the EngineeringDepartment of Merck and Company,Rahway, New Jersey; and three yearslater was loaned to the Kellex Corp-oration of New York for design workon the Manhattan Project, which re-sulted in creation of the first atomicbombs. He later transferred to OakRidge, Tennessee as an Area Super-visor with the Carbide and CarbonChemical Company. In 1945 he wasemployed as a Senior Processing En-gineer with Abbott Laboratories, Inc.,a position he held until he joinedSprague Electric.

Mr. Parrish was born in Grafton,West Virginia and is a graduate ofBiltmore Junior College in Asheville.North Carolina. He holds a Bachelorof Science Degree in Chemical En-gineering from the Georgia Instituteof Technology received in 1938, anda Masters Degree in Chemical andMechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Tennessee received in1939. He is married and is the fatherof three children.

Mr. Sheets assumes his new postwith some five years experience withSprague. He joined the Companyin 1954 in the plant's Research andEngineering Section. His duties werelater expanded to include Engineer-ing Quality Control and supervisionof the Sample Department.


Company To SponsorEmployes To U of MBranch In Pittsfield

Interested, qualified employes willbe given the opportunity, under theCompany's employe development andeducational sponsorship program, toseek graduate degrees from the newlyestablished Pittsfield Branch of theUniversity of Massachusetts GraduateSchool.

The company, recognizing the needfor personnel with advanced ed-ucational backgrounds, highly en-dorses the new facility and will add itto similar educational programs cur-rently in operation with the RensselaerPolytechnic Institute of Troy. N. Y.,and Williams College in Williams-town.

In an announcement made recentlyby President J. Paul Mather of theUniversity, it was learned that theschool will definitely conduct a grad-uate branch in Pittsfield with coursesleading to Master's Degrees: in Bus-iness Administration, Electrical En-gineering, and perhaps MechanicalEngineering.

Classes will be held evenings duringthe week in accordance with a sched-ule to be announced shortly. Lab-oratory work, where required, will beperformed on a week-end basis at theUniversity in Amherst, or in the stu-dents industrial plant if the space andfacilities are available.

Others interested in specific courses,though not working toward a master'sdegree will also be able to attend.

Classes are expected to begin a-round the 14th of September in thePittsfield High School. Accordingto present plans they will range insize from 15 to 25 students.

Sprague personnel interested in theprogram who desire company spon-sorship are asked to file form ER49"Application for Educational Spon-sorship" with the Training Depart-ment in Employe and CommunityRelations. At the same time Appli-cation must be made before theAugust 1st deadline to Mr. R. J.Doolan, Director of the Pittsfield Pro-gram for the University of Mass-achusetts, 100 Woodlawn Avenue,Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

For additional details, informationand applications call the TrainingDepartment on extension 389 or seeyour Foreman or Department Head.

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Robert C. Sprague Honored ByMassachusetts Aerie of Eagles

Principals at the award presentation ceremonies which saw RobertC. Sprague hailed as an "outstanding contributor to the civic life ofhis country, state, and city" were: Clayton Collins, of Research andEngineering, North Adams, and Chairman of the Eagles State Con-vention Committee; Mr. Sprague; Congressman Silvio O. Conte, whopresented the award; and Albert Rowett of North Adams, outgoingState President.

Highlighting the 51st annual con-vention of the Massachusetts Aerie ofEagles held the week-end of June 21stin North Adams, Mass., was thepresentation of the State organiza-tion's civic award to Robert C.Sprague. Board Chairman and Treas-urer.

The award was presented by Con-gressman Silvio O. Conti of Pittsfield.Massachusetts before some 200 Eaglemembers and guests at the conventiondinner held Saturday evening June20th.

In presenting the award, the Con-gressman recalled Mr. Sprague's con-tributions to the national defense, tothe state, and to the city of NorthAdams. He added that the Mass-achusetts Aerie did itself proud inselecting such a distinguished servantand industrialist for the award, whichis the highest single honor given bythe Massachusetts Order. It consistsof a plaque inscribed, "for outstand-ing contribution to the civic life ofhis country, state, and city."

Included among the five others whohave been so honored throughout theState are: Dr. James Phinney BaxterIII, President'of Williams College,Williamstown. Massachusetts; Fred-erick Fahey, Superintendent of thePittsfield, Massachusetts Boy's Club;Lou Perrini, owner of the MilwaukeeBraves, for his outstanding work onthe "Jimmy Fund"; and PhilipPhilbin, Congressman.

Devey to ChairEIA CommitteeGILBERT B. DEVEY, Product Man-

ager for the Company's Special Pro-ducts Division, has been appointedto serve as Chairman of the newly for-med Engineering Committee on Print-ed and Modular Components for theElectronic Industries Association. Theappointment was made by Mr. J. A.Caffiaux, Staff Engineer for the EIAin New York City. Mr. Devey statedthat he will appoint members shortly.

The new committee, which ispartially composed of former com-mittees on Printed Wiring Boardsand Ceramic Based Printed Circuits,was formed in response to requestsfrom several large companies in theelectronics industry. It is in linewith a general reorganization ofcomponent committees now underwayin the organization's Parts Division.

The tentative scope of the Com-mittee is to consider industry stand-ards on engineering matters coveringall types of printed wiring, modularcomponents and sub-assemblies used


in June. Mr. Sprague added to hislong list of honors by receiving hon-orary doctorate degrees from bothTufts University and the LowellTechnological Institute. He gave themain address at graduation ceremon-ies at both educational institutions.At the Tufts ceremonies, held June7th. he received the honorary degreeof Doctor of Laws, and on June 14, hereceived the honorary degree of Doc-tor of Science from the Lowell In-

Other similar honors held by Mr.Sprague include an honorary degreeas Doctor of Engineering from North-eastern University received in 1953,and an honorary degree as Doctor ofScience from Willia'ms College re-ceived in 1954. Last year he wasgiven the Distinguished CitizenshipCitation from Bates College and wasdesignated lor the Man of the YearAward of the Alumni Association ofthe Holchkiss School.

Management ClubAdditions For July

WII.I.IAM BROWN

foreman, Ma-chine Shop is a20 year veteranof Sprague ser-vice. B o r n i nHarrisville. Rh-

ode Island, hemoved to NorthAdams and was

educated in local schools. He grad-uated from the General ElectricApprentice School in 1932 and workedfor G.E. as an Apprentice and Tool-maker. He joined Sprague Electricin 1939 and has served as a Tool-maker, Diemaker, and Moldmaker.He is married to the former MargaretTrainor of Albany, N. Y.

JOHN NIXON

Section Head,Systems and Pro-<<LC'urrs joinedSprague Electric

'" X l l " '" M "' L i '>*'<" after serv-'"" a s ' SystemsA n ; i K s l |(" t h e

MetropolitanLifeInsurance Company. He is a native of 'Connecticut and holds a Bachelor ofArts Degree from Cornell Universityand a Masters Degree from ColumbiaUniversity. From June 1953 to June1956 he served in the U. S. Navy andwas separated with the rank ofLieutenant J. G. He is married tothe former Lea Paxton of Albany,New York.

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John Barbuto of Filters, proudly displajAlfred Law, a recently presented certificalrespondence School for a course in matheunder the Company's Employe Developmship Program.

> to his new General Foreman,s from the International Cor-latics. John took the coursent and Educational Sponsor-

Greetings to Herbert Stein of the Los Angeles Sales Office are extendedbyOdvar Ness of the Research and Engineering Department when Mr. Steinvisited our North Adams plants recently. After the greeting he wasescorted through the Research and Engineering Department as part of anindoctrination tour during which discussions with Sales, Product Engi-neering, Manufacturing, and Research and Engineering people were held.He also visited the Concord and Nashua plants as part of the tour.

The C. H. Cutting Company, one of the city's leading and oldestclothing establishments, recently purchased by the Roberts Co., hon-ored the Sprague Electric Company when they recently dressed one oftheir windows with a display of photographs showing U. S. missile andmissile ground support equipment in which Sprague components arefound. The window featured a few representative samples of thecomponents and production photographs of area Sprague employes atwork assembling them.

Edward Geissler, Jr., (left) of the Special Products Division andManfred Kahn (right) of the Research and Engineering Department arerecent recipients of Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering from theRensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Both completedthe course under the Company's Educational Sponsorship Program.

ParrishContinued from page 1

He graduated from JeffersonHigh School in 1945 as Salutatorianof his class. After a tour of duty inthe U.S. Navy he entered FairmountState College, Fairmount, West Vir-ginia, and graduated with a Bachelorof Science Degree in 1952. He workeda short time for the Pittsburgh Cokeand Chemical Company before join-ing Sprague. He is married and isthe father of two children.

Mr. Welch joined the Company inJune of 1956 in the plant's Researchand Engineering Section. He is anative of Lansing. North Carolina,and graduated from Lansing HighSchool in 1937 as Valedictorian of hisclass. He holds a Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Chemical Engineering fromTri-State College, Angola, Indiana.After a four-year tour of duty in theU. S. Naval Reserve, he joined E. I.Dupont de Nemours in Wilmington-Delaware. He has held other jobs withBayshore Industries of Elkton, Mary-land and with American Cyanamid.Piney River, Virginia. He is marriedand is the father of five children.

DeveyContinued from page 1

in radio and television receivers, andother electronic equipment includingthat used by the military. It hopesto answer the problems associatedwith electronic circuit packagingwhich recently has grown into aserious industry-wide problem.

Mr. Devey was appointed ProductManager of the Special ProductsDivision at the time of its establish-ment February of last year. Hejoined Sprague Electric in 1953 andprior to his present post was a memberof the Field Engineering Department.

His background includes servicewith the U. S. Navy as a RadarOfficer with the rank of LieutenantCommander. From 1946 to 1952 heserved with the Navy as an ElectronicEngineer. He attended Carnegie In-stitute of Technology, the U. S. NavalAcademy Post Graduate School, andholds a Bachelor of Science Degreefrom the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology.

Law and Smith

several production and supervisoryassignments until 1944 when he wasfirst appointed foreman. He thenheld a number of foreman positionsuntil appointed as General Foremanof the Magnetics Department onBeaver Street in 1955, a position heldbefore the Department was made apart of the Special Products Division.

Mr. Law is a native of North Adamswhere he attended local schools. Heis a past president of the GreylockCommunity Club and is the currentPresident of the Sprague Manage-ment Club. He is married to theformer Jessie MacDonald and theyhave two children.

Mr. Smith has been with SpragueElectric since June of 1950 when hejoined the Methods and PlanningDepartment as a Methods Engineer.He is a native of North Adams,attended local schools, and graduatedfrom the University of Vermont in1950. He is a past Master of theGreylock Lodge of Masons, a pastPresident of the Northern BerkshireJunior Chamber of Commerce and apast Vice-President of the Massachu-setts Junior Chamber. He is marriedto the former Roberta Whitney ofNorth Adams and they have onechild.

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MARSHALL STREET REPORTERSBetty Bramble, Peggy Brule, John Buchanan, Dorothy Buzzell, Ma

toni, Lawrence Clark, Chick Currant. Marguerite Daub, Julia Desrosiers,Harry Embry, Edith Fields, Ella Genesi, Lena Grillone, Herbert Hafner, Jan-ice Harriman, Nancy Harvey, Ruth Haskins, Marjorie Hauptfleisch, BettyJangrow, Emma Jobin, Lucy Kenney, Barbara King, Amelia Koza, CarolynLataif, Suzette Lemieux, Bernard Loncto, Grace McConnell, Gladys Moderski,Alice Monette, Barbara Pierce. June Rock. Reginald Rowett, Alda Roy, KayRyan. Dolores Shaker, Sidney Tall. Helen Tatro, Harry Trombley, JaniceTrozzi, Cecile Trudeau, Lea Walden, John Walsh. Emily Wlodyka andMarie Ziemlak.

BEAVER and UNION STREET REPORTERSMarion Andrews, Eloise Brown. Helen Burdick, Florence Clough, Dot De-

Graff, Cliff Domenichini, Alice Filip, Lillian Gainer, Elaine Girard, AdaHarrington. Cecilia Kozek, Evelyn Luczynski, Jean MacDonald. Jerry Mc-Clelland, Jessie Meczywor, Ceil Mikuszewski, Shirley Noring, Joseph Pilling,Barbara Rondeau, Pat Roy, Veronica Sobon, Addle Solari, Lillian Staehelek,Rita'Sullivan, Nina Underwood and Wanda Wandrei.

BROWN STREET REPORTERSEileen Brown, Martha Clark, Florence Clement, Alice Dupuis, Frances

Guyette. Ann Heath, Evelyn Jones, Irene Pigeon, Ace Samia, Frank Santelli,Dorothy Shea, Erminia Sweeney, Celeste Tallarico, Mac Veazie, and IsabelleWifherow.

Cartoonist: Harr/ SaundersFeature Reporters: Peter Mancuso and Kenneth Russell

"Every Sprague Employe A Reporter"

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(/. 5. Chamber Warns - - Watch WashingtonAccording to the "Washington Report"', a weekly publication of the Cham-

ber of Commerce of the United States "The spenders are now making their bigplay in Congress."

According to the National Chamber's newsletter, Congressional spenders arcfrequently using camouflages, tricky bookkeeping and back-door devices toallay the taxpayers' fears and are bandying around billions of dollars andtabulating specific commitments for our great-grandchildren to pay off in theyear 2000.

The publication pleads that, "protests from back home arc urgently needed.If a halt isn't called you'll probably never get any tax relief. You'll get in-flation without end and government direction of more and more of your dailyaffairs."

The report adds that you should "warn your members of Congress". Youmay not be able to keep up with all the spending bills as they speed past theadjournment rush is about to begin. But you can let your Congressman andSenators know that you intend to check up later on the results and thai you willbe looking to them not only to hold the line on next fiscal year's budget, hut tooppose built-in spending schemes that automatically lone up all future budgets.

In addition to the $1,375 billion housing bill recently vetoed by the President,the Chamber publication listed the following examples of this "TricksterSpending".

a) The House, with most members apparently believing that they were votingfor economy, passed a veterans' pension bill that would cost $10 billion overthe next 40 years.

The Administration had requested legislation to overhaul the pension systemfor veterans with non-service connected disabilities, placing it more nearly onthe basis of need, and liberalizing it in some instances. The House VeteransCommittee unanimously approved a bill which had such provisions. Through-out debate and in all the attendant publicity it was specified thai the bill wouldcost $308 million the first fiscal year but would produce future savings thatwould total $12 billion by the year 2000. After the House passed the bill, Rep.Hoffman (R-Mich.) disclosed that the bill had an unmentioned provision, in-creasing benefits to World War II and Korean War widows at a cost of $22billion by the year 2000. Subsequently, Chairman Teague (D-Tex.) of the.Veterans Committee acknowledged that this was true.

b) A $1 billion community facilities bill entirely outside the budget, hasbeen approved by a House Banking Subcommittee. At present there is a $100million revolving fund from which funds are lent to communities to build waterand sewage facilities. This bill raises the fund to $1 billion and permits loansfor building non-profit hospitals and nursing homes.

c) As against the Administration's request for $53 million in aid to depressedareas, the Senate has voted $389 million and the House Banking Committeehas approved $251 million.

There are numerous other possibilities at the spenders' disposal, such asthe multi-billion dollar federal-aid-to-education bills which require watchingeven though no immediate action is scheduled.

The Report adds that, "on the other hand, there are a few areas where theeconomizers have made headway. The great $38.8 billion defense budget wasactually cut $319 million by the House. Strong pressures from the tax-payersare needed to hold the Senate in line on this bill.

The House also cut $400 million from the President's $3.9 billion MutualSecurity fund request.

July, 1959

THE TRADING POSTFOR SALE

I TON G.E. THINLINE AIR CONDITIONER, never used. Duo-Therm Space Heater, like new. Best offer. Call MO 3-9660 after 3 pm.SANDS ALL GLASS-LINED 55 GAL. ELECTRIC HOT WATERHEATER—$75. Was $180. Used only a short time. Reason for selling—a new heating system was installed. Call MO 4-9883.GLENWOOD KITCHEN RANGE, oil and gas combination. Whiteporcelain. Good as new. Call Adams 133OJ after 5 pm.2~BURNER ELECTRIC PLATE; also antique items—rosewood divan,combination desk and bookcase, folding screen. Call Ext. 364 or MO 3-3675after 5 pm.QUEEN ANN WRINGER TYPE WASHER. Call MO 4-9493.STERLING SILVER—4 place setting—"Fine Arts". Used very little.$250 new, asking $160. Includes mahogany chest plus 7 pieces of crystal.Call Adams 2143M anytime but Saturday.RCA WHIRLPOOL REFRIGERATOR—6 mo. old—$180; VernosisGas & Gas Range—10 mo. old—$150; Maple bed with spring and mattress$25; bureau—$15. Call Adams 2143M anytime except Saturday.NORGE WASHING MACHINE—$100; Baby car bed—$5; Crib mattress$6. Call Adams 982R.MOUTON COAT—size 11—good condition. Semi-formal dress—size 9,worn once. Hoop petticoat—small. Never worn. All reasonable. CallOX 4-1376 anytime.BOY'S SPORT JACKET—striped. Practically new. Size 18. Call MO3-3094.

CUB SCOUT UNIFORM—size 12. In very good condition. Call Adams1201R between 5-6 pm.BOSTON BULL TERRIER—male, 3 mo. old. Pure bred. Call Ext. 256Marshall St.FOR SALE OR WILL TRADE—one large English saddle for a Westernsaddle. Call MO 3-9587.MODERN SINGLE HOUSE—7 rooms, full bath; oil heat; two acres ofland; pleasant location; lovely view. 5 min. from center of town. CallWmstn. GL 8-3092 anytime.

FOR RENT

LARGE HOUSE—5 rooms and bath downstairs. 2 large rooms upstairs.3 acres of land. New forced hot air & oil furnace. Simonds Road. $110 permonth. Call Wmstn. GL 8-5329 anytime.STUDIO APARTMENT—Fully equipped. Private bathroom. Televi-sion. 3 miles from Main St. Call MO 3-3890.5 ROOM APARTMENT—upstairs and downstairs. 2 bedrooms andgarage. No objection to children. Call Wmstn. GL 8-4566 between 6-8pm.3 ROOM APARTMENT—heat, electricity furnished. Hardwood floors.Near Sprague Elec. Co. Adult or adults preferred. Available Oct. 1st.Call MO 3-6058 after 7 pm.

WANTED

LATE MODEL 7.5 OR 10 H.P. OUTBOARD MOTOR. Call MO 2-2232.WANTED TO RENT—3 bedroom house. Call Richard Lull. Marshall St.Ext. 695.

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RIDERS WANTED FROM ADAMS TO MARSHALL ST. 8:00 to 5:00shift. Call Adams 391W after 5:30 pm.

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EMPLOYE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS HOLDSSECOND COMPANY WIDE CONFERENCE Names in the News

C o m p a n y S p o n s o r e d CoursesC o m p l e t e d By Eleven Emp loyes

Management representatives from the Company's North Adamsplant and the various branch operations across the country are shownas they gathered for the recently held second Employe Relations andPersonnel Conference. Some 40 persons participated in the three dayevent held at the Williams Inn, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

About 40 management representa- Head of the Publications Section; andreptlives of the (lompany's manufacturingoperations from across the countryassembled in the Williams Inn inWilliamstown last month to partici-

The conference, aimed at dissem-inating and exchanging informationon the Company's programs on em-ploye and community relations andpersonnel activities, was the secondsuch affair the first being held at theInn in May of 1957. The sessionsfeatured talks, panel discussions, and

discussed.The conference received official

launching with keynote addresses byWilliam J. Nolan. Vice-President andSecretary and Robert C. Sprague, Jr.,Director of Employe and CommunityRelations.

Robert C. Sprague, Chairman ofthe Board and Treasurer, spoke beforethe group on Saturday to close out thethree day affair.

Speakers, also acting as panelchairmen included: Robert C. Spra-gue, Jr.; John Washburn, Director ofPersonnel; Robert Kelley, AssistantCompany Counsel; AldemA.Troltier.

John Winant. Assistant Director ofEmploye & Community Relations.

Speakers and discussion leadersfrom the North Adams plant included:George Bateman. Wage and SalaryAdministration; Marion Caron, Em-ployment Manager; Henry Doane,Assistant to the Personnel Director;Courtney Flanders, Manager ofTrain-ing & Publications; Arthur Mathews,Safety Director; Fred Whitham, Man-ager of Wage and Salary Administra-tion; and Francis Wilson, Manager ofEmploye Services.

Speakers and discussion leadersfrom the various branch operationsincluded: Robert Parrish, FactoryManager, Ashe County. N. C. Plant;Kenneth Brown. Manager of Indus-trial Relations. Yisalia, CaliforniaPlant: David Gates, Employe Rela-tions and Personnel Manager, Con-cord, New Hampshire Plant; HenryGoetsch, Employe Relations & Per-sonnel Manager, Sprague of Wiscon-sin. Inc., Grafton, Wisconsin Plant;Norman McWilliams, Employe Re-lations & Personnel Manager, AsheCounty, North Carolina Plant; andEdward Noel, Employe Relations &Personnel Manager, Nashua, NewHampshire Plant.


MARION G. CARON. EmploymentManager, and BLANCHE HARRIS.of the Magnetic Winding Department,Union Street, recently completed aDale Carnegie Course in effectivespeaking, leadership, and humanrelations. They were presented cer-tificates by Thomas F. Burke ofChicopee who organized and con-ducted the course.

JOHN L. SPRAGUE, of Researchand Engineering, received in absen-tia the degree of doctor of philosophyin chemistry from Stanford Univer-sity in California.

JULIAN K. SPRAGUE, CompanyPresident, was renamed president ofthe Springfield College Corporationduring its annual meeting.

PRESTON ROBINSON. ConsultantDirector, was awarded a patent for aprocess that involves polarizing cer-amics before and after sintering.

KURT LEHOVEC, Director of SolidState Research and Development inResearch and Engineering, was grant-ed a patent for a tubular monocry-stalline semiconductor. He was alsogranted a patent for a light dimmingdevice utilizing semiconductive com-ponents.

SIDNEY D. ROSS. Research Asso-ciate to Research and Engineering,was granted a patent on a polymeriz-able impregnant for capacitors thatemploys a porous spacer.

PETER MANCUSO, of ProductionEngineering Quality Control. Presi-dent of the Sprague Credit Union andARTHUR VANSTEEMBURG, ofthe Brown Street plant, directormember of the Credit Union, attendedthe Massachusetts Credit Union con-vention held at the New Ocean Housein Swampscott. Massachusetts theweek-end of June 20th.

The Credit Union celebrated the50th anniversary of the first CreditUnion laws in this state. The un-veiling of a plaque honoring PiemeJoy, the first Commissioner of Banksin the Commonwealth was dedicatedat the State House.

HATTAT OF BENNINGTON PLANT TOPS JUNESUGGESTION WINNERS WITH CHECK FOR $150

The month of June was a happy onefor seven Sprague employes whensuggestion award checks were present-ed them by their foremen. The group,lead by William Hattat of the Benn-ington plant with an award of $150,shared $375 as a result of ideas sub-mitted through thesuggestion program.

This amount brings the total dollarsawarded through the program for thefirst half of 1959 to $1,140. The sameperiod saw 34 suggestions receivingawards for an average of a little over$34 per award.

Close on the heels of June's topwinner was Donald Fortini of Tanta-lum Formation who received a checkfor $100 for his idea. His suggestionconsiderably improved a productiontechnique in his department.

Checks for $30 were received by-Charles Gray of the Machine Shop,and Mary Santelli of Industrial OilFinal Assembly on Brown Street. Thesuggestion authored by Gray modifieda machine somewhat so that it is nowless apt to break down and is easierto repair and maintain. The Santelli

suggestion improves the assemblyoperation of Industrial Oil units.

Edward Mulvaney of Ceramics andJoseph Rotolo of Sandia are thewinners of $25 awards. Each auth-ored an idea to improve a productiontechnique in their respective depart-ments.

Closing out the June awards wasBeatrice Brown of MiscellaneousAssembly and Parts Preparation onMarshall Street. Her idea to im-prove a production technique in herdepartment netted her a SI5 award.

Spanish course graduates are shown chatting before the certificatepresentations. From left to right they are: Frans Fonteyn, Brown StreetPlant Superintendent; Beverly Sherman and Suzette Lemieux of Spra-gue International; and Harold Carson, Time Study Head. On the rightis Louis Perez of Williams College who instructed the course.

Statistics course graduates shown in a similar pose are: George Adams,Joseph Moresi, David Thompson, Daniel Mannheim, of the Research andEngineering Department; and Edward Coughlin of the Special ProductsDivision. Absent when the picture was taken: George Cormier andStanley Dorst of Research and Engineering, and Bernard Friedman ofMathematical Services.

At luncheon ceremonies held July1st in the Marshall Street Cafeteriaemployes in the photographs shownabove were the recipients of coursecompletion certificates given by theCompany.

The certificates marked the suc-cessful completion by four employesof a course in conversational Spanishand by seven employes for a course inMathematical Statistics. Both cours-es were inaugurated by the Companyat the request of the respectivegroups as part of its employe develop-ment and educational sponsorshipprogram. The Training Departmentwas responsible for administrativedetails.

Present to award the certificatesand for a few words of congratulationwas Board Chairman and Treasurer,Robert C. Sprague. Courtney W.Flanders, Manager of Training andPublications, acted as Master ofCeremonies.

Also present were: William J.Nolan, Vice-President and Secretary;Dr. Wilbur A. Lazier, Vice-Presidentand Technical Director; Robert C.Sprague. Jr.. Director of Employeand Community Relations; Robert E.Kelley, Assistant Company Counsel;and John Schimmel III, ExecutiveEngineer. Research and EngineeringDepartment.

The Spanish course, which con-sisted of 36 weeks of classroom workand home study, was given by LouisPerez. Assistant Professor of RomanicLanguages at Williams College. TheStatistics course, which consisted of16 weeks of classroom work and homestudy, was given by Robert Kozelka,Mathematics Professor also of Wil-liams. Classes for both courses wereheld in the Building 9 Conference

Beverly Sherman is shown ac-cepting her certificate from RobertC. Sprague, Board Chairman andTreasurer. Mr. Sprague was presentat the cafeteria ceremonies heldJuly 1st, where he gave congratula-tions and presented the certificatesto the eleven graduates.

Rooms on Marshall Street.The Spanish course, aimed at assist-

ing our Sprague International person-nel in their dealings with our PuertoRi-co operation, was open to all employes.

The mathematics course was laun-ched to help scientific personnelanswer the increasing flood of mathe-matical data connected with the de-sign and development of electroniccomponents and to assist them inanalyzing this data. It was, further,part of a policy to provide technicalknowledge and instruction commen-surate with the Company's overallprogram to supply our customers withquality components.

William Hattat, (center) of the Bennington Plant is one of the happyJune suggestion award winners as Francis Czerwinski, BenningtonForeman, presents him with a check for $150. Henry Mallory also of theBennington Plant looks on.

Donald Fortini (seated) of Tan-talum Formation, the second topaward winner shows his check for$100 to Foreman Art Molleur.


The LOG Staff Enjoys Annual PicnicWe Played Games We Just Watched

Current reports disclose that manyreporters on the Log Staff, as a resultof this year's outing, are practicingegg throwing in preparation for nextyear. Not to be outdone are the re-porters who had the highest cleaningbills as a result of this year's egg tossingcontest.

It all started at the Pine Brook Clubin Cheshire on June 23rd when some80 reporters and guests enjoyed theevent which has annualh suppliedthe ingredients for fun. laughs, andplenty of food the Log Pincic.

This year's event was by no meansan exception as most everyone enteredinto such games as: Softball, bad-minton, horseshoes, the three leggedrace, break the balloon, and manyothers. The prize winners are toonumerous to mention at this time.It should not be left unsaid, however,that many of the winners enjoyed theirprizes before returning home.

Before most of the games started ahearty picnic buffet was enjoyed bythe gourmets. The table included;hamburgs. hot dogs, lobster salad,beans and assorted extras. Manythird trip customers were seen at thefood laden table.

We Chowed Down

Departmental News . . .

Platingby Joe Pilling

Loren Estes spent a week in NewHampshire camping. He loves beingnext to mother nature with all theconveniences of home. . . Yours trulystayed at home and even though Iwatched all week I didn't see the sunonce. I had a good rest and that'swhat a vacation is for... HowieIsherwood spent his vacation at homerefinishing furniture. I understand heis quite an expert by now. . .We hadone single man in our department, butno more. Paul Martell has embarkedon the sea of matrimony. Here's hop-ing you have many years of smoothsailing, Paul. He used up his vaca-tion for a honeymoon. . . Al Chalifouxspent his two weeks at his camp atWindsor Pond . . . Charlie Kozlowski

took advantage of his vacation topaint his house. . John Murach hasfinally got a beautiful lawn after a lotof hard work and expense... TheYankees are still trying hard to stayin the first division. Harry Paesler'sCards are having a hot streak at thepresent. My poor Red Sox haven'tenough shovels to keep out of thecellar, but there's still time.

Metal Clad Finishby Wanda Wandrei & Pay Roy

The vacations really have reached apeak with the general conversationbeing about places to go and what tosee. Anna Lamoureux plans to bask inthe sun at Hampton Beach, Vi Scottis visiting Newburyport, MargaretO'Neil loves to visit Florida, YvonnePerras plans to go camping at LakeWilloughby, Vermont, and your re-porter, Wanda, expects to go to LakeSunapee with her family. CarmelaScalise wants to go back to NantasketBeach. Ernie Bradley is planning a tripto Detroit, Michigan, as are ClaraMarceau and her husband. Pay Royis all excited about going back home

to Iowa where her family is planninga reunion. Ann Spagnola, YvonneDavison, Lil Rivard. Maria Mel-chiori and Gladys Dyndor plan torest at home and enjoy short trips. . .We understand John Blair is goinginto the poultry business. Anyonewishing fresh eggs please contact him!. . Our deepest sympathy to JeanneDufresne on the death of her mother.

Small Ordersby Eloise Brown

Well here we are up at the good oldBeaver Street plant—my old stampinggrounds a few years back. We missthe gang down on Marshall Street.Hope they still think of us once inawhile. . . Arlene Rabidoux and DorisLuscier are enjoying their vacation.I'll venture to say that Arlene will bemaking that trip to Saratoga a fewtimes. . .We'd like to welcome LucyCozzaglio. Hope she'll enjoy workingwith us. . .Glad to see Mrs. GertrudeBrown's smiling face once agian. Mrs.Brown was out on leave and we allmissed her.

We really had a wonderful time at

our Log picnic. Yours truly took a few-spills playing Softball and participat-ing in a three-legged race.. . My goodness I nearly slipped upon this piece of news. Congratulationsto Mr. & Mrs. Ted Sprague. We areproud to announce that Fran gavebirth to twin girls on June 10th. Wemiss you, Fran, but I'm sure you arekeeping yourself very busy . . . AlsoTheresa Pedercini gave birth to ababy boy. Congratulations to Mr. &Mrs. Louis Pedercini. Hurry backsoon, Theresa... I'll be headed forPointo-Woods Beach in Old Saybrook,Conn, in two weeks. I trust by thattime we'll have some decent weather.

Bathtub Assemblyby Jessie Meczywor

Vacation time is here and first totake theirs are Karl Briggs and EdithDean. They both went to HamptonBeach... Ida Gaun and ElizabethSheehan are resting at home. . .Mildred Bathaway, Lucille Beaudryand Laura Skowron are sightseeingthrough the New England States. . .fane Ciepiela chose to spend hervacation at North Pole, Frontier Townand Storytown to give her niece andnephews a treat. . . Caroline Grant isspending a few days in Hartford,

Conn, while Jessie Meczywor is relax-ing and taking life easy at ThousandIslands, N. Y Connie Boschetti,the lucky girl, is spending her vacationin Florida. . .Happy Birthday greet-ings are extended to Betty Sheehanwho is celebrating hers on August9th and to Eleanore Durocher whois celebrating hers on the 28th.

Hi-Rel Test and Shipby Evelyn Luczynski & Alice Filip

Vacation time is at its peak .andHarriet Michaels started hers off byattending the graduation exercises ofher son-in-law at Worcester Instituteof Technology and then finishing it atLake George, New York. . . MaryMondia is just relaxing at home. Herson, Joseph, graduated from DruryHigh School in June...Alice Filipspent one week of her vacation atCape Cod and the other in Connecti-cut. Teddy Pierce went to a campat Lake Lauderdale for fishing, boat-ing and relaxing. . We hear that HelenPietras is getting to be quite a golfer. .Deepest sympathy is extended toEvelyn Luczynski on the death of hersister, Mildred Pike, who worked inthe Dry Rolling department on Mar-shall St... .


and was attended by your reporterswho enjoyed themselves immensely. . .Most of the girls in this departmentattended the wedding of GeorgeSeneeal and had a wonderful time.Carol looked beautiful, George andwe all wish you both the best of luckand happiness.

Film Productsby Nina Underwood

Film Products has moved into a newroom much larger and with wonder-ful air conditioning which we all en-joy. . . Marcie Poirot spent her vaca-tion at home . . . Mary Bishop attendeda family picnic on June. 28th at Wind-sor Jams in honor of the 49th anniver-sary of her parents and the birthdayof her daughter, Carolyn.. .NinaUnderwood attended the Log picnicand had a very good time.

Paper Rollingby Cecilia Kozik & Lillian Stachelek

Here are your "on the spot" re-porters bringing you the vacationhighlights: Tina Vareschi—RhodeIsland, Flo Gaffey— home, Alice Dami—Lake St. Catherine, Theresa Liv-ingston -Hampton Beach, CeciliaKozik Lake George, Roma SaccoCanada, Frances Miles Old Or-chard Beach, Nancy Cook—Arizona,Jane Pellerin—Revere Beach, RenaLivsey - Virginia Beach, Yvonne Le-onesio New York City and LongIsland, Olympia Dionne—Paintingher house, Joe Vitro- At his camp inRowe, Mary Pellerin—at home, andJames Zabek—Ocean Beach.

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Troia (Mary ofPaper Rolling) are planning a trip toEurope via TWA jet flight from Idle-wild Airport on July 24th. They planto stay five weeks. It will include atour of the following places: London,with a visit to Windsor Castle, thenon to Holland, Amsterdam, Brusselsand then to Germany, Switzerland,Vienna, Nice and Monte Carlo. Theywill then go to Milan, Italy wherethey expect to visit the Sprague plantthere and see Giocoma Giacomallo.This was arranged by Mr. Adamsof Sprague International. In Italythey will be met by relatives. Theyplan to return to this country onAugust 30th. A Bon Voyage partywas given in her honor at Tod Mor-den's. She received many lovely gifts.

Mary has been with Spragues for29 years.

Pat Harding and Viola Crofts areon leaves of absence. Hurry back, Patand Vi. . .Joe Swistak came back tovisit us and he looks well. . . You oughtto see Irene LaFleur. She needs a rest.

Metal Clad Assemblyby Lillian Gainer & Ada Harrington

Vacations are in full swing again.Pauline Barrett has just returnedfrom her remaining week's vacation.She and her husband, Bill, traveleddown to Warwick, Rhode Island tovisit their daughter, Zane Charronand her family. They also dashedover to Haverhill, Mass, to pay a visitto an aunt, and then spent the remain-

ing time just going different places. . .Alice Roberts and her husband spenta week of their vacation at that "funland", Atlantic City, New Jersey, andthe remaining week just travelingaround... Also New Jersey boundwas Sue Pollone, who with her 12year old niece, Mary Ellen Faustiri,visited her cousin at E l v r o n . O l dLyme, Conn., especially the beaches,beckoned to our Alice Lavariere forone week's stay in the company of hersister and her family... It seems asthough Gladys Kilbride had quite avacation in Canada, along with herfamily, where they visited friends atActonvale, Providence of Quebec,also on to Montreal and to Sherbrookewhere Gladys attended the St. Johnthe Baptist Day parade on June 24th.It was (i hours long and of a deeplyreligious theme. Gladys claims itwas truly so beautiful, it just held herin rapture. . Dorothy Sprague andhusband had a "whale of a time" upat Lake Champlain enjoying theirnewly purchased white 14 ft. CorySuburban outboard motorboat.

Viola Miller, in company with herdaughter Alice Beer and granddaugh-ters Nancy LaCasse and ChristineSt. John, journeyed to Topeka, Kan-sas the first 2 weeks in July. Theyvisited her son, John and his family.Alice Beer works in the Resistor de-partment on Brown Street. . . Hamp-ton Beach had two vacationers in thepersons of Lola and Carl Briggs.They were looking forward to seeingthe new singing sensation, ConnieFVancis. . . Marilyn and Roger Daubspent one week of their vacation atCape Cod and also traveled around toProvincetown etc. and then spent theremaining week at home . . . Cape Codalso had Florence and Dick Germainthere for a week of their vacation.The remaining time was spent athome as they had their son, Robert,and family to visit them from Thomp-sonville, Conn., and their daughterand son-in-law, Dorothy and BillBorowski, here for a visit from FortWayne, Indiana. . . Millie Curtis willbe Canada bound on her vacationalong with her family. They will alsobe thrilling to the call "They're Offat Saratoga" and perhaps, Milliesaid, Suffolk Downs.

Bertha Dupree is going away on avacation for two weeks with her sonand his family. . . Marion Marceau,Helen Lefebvre, Janina Dymek andLillian Gainer spent their vacationsat home going on short jaunts for aday at different intervals. . . ChuckMulcahy has the last two weeks inJuly for his vacation. He and hisfamily will travel around to variousplaces, and we suspect, also take histrailer with them. He had it fixedup in new style lately. . . Helen Kor-zendorfer, who had her vacation the2nd and 3rd weeks of July, had quitea thrill on June 14th. She attendedgraduation exercises for her nephew,Paul Frederick Hodala, at UnionCollege, Schenectady, N. Y. Paulgraduated magna cum laude, receivedthe Pullman award, and also a grantof $2,700 which he will use for grad-

Left to right are David Anthony, 4', years, Peter Alan, 3 years, and Kemberly Ann LaValley, 18 months.They are the children of Leo LaValley of Paper Rolling, Beaver Street. Their mother, Martha, is onleave from Union Street.

uate study at Harvard. He is the sonof Mr. and Mrs. John Hodala ofHerkimer, N. Y. Helen visited thereprior to and after the graduation ofher outstanding nephew . . . Robert,18 year old son of Maria and ClydeMacDonald, has been made a PFC atFort Campbell, Kentucky Army Base.He entered the service a year agoAugust, and at present is attendingsupply and typing school classes at thecamp. Needless to say his parentsare very proud of him. . . Anotherproud mother is our own Pearl Walkerwhose son, Clarence, Jr., employed inResearch and Engineering, graduatedfrom the Sprague -Franklin Instituteon May 27th.

June 28th was quite an eventfulday in the life of little Donna MarieZappone, daughter of the formerGioia Mancini and Tony Zappone ofWilfred Street, Adams. Donna wasbaptized at St. Thomas' Church withour co-worker Barbara Campedellias godmother and John Dabrowski(husband of the former TheresaZappone) as godfather. An outingand picnic was held afterwards at theConnie Mancini lodge at WindsorPond in Plainfield. There were anabundance of relatives and friendsin attendance including, as well asBarbara Campedelli, our Lillian Gain-er and Mary Bua—intimate friendsof the parents who were host andhostess for this great occasion. Theyare also the parents of a son, Jimmy,who will be three years old on Sept.9th. . Ada Harrington is very happyand quite relieved to have gotten backher dark green half grown parrottnamed Peter. He had flown out of thehouse when the front door was acci-dentally left open. After a few days of"roughing" it out in the cruel world,Peter was found by Mrs. Westcox ofWilliamstown and speedily returnedto Ada. . .

We all wish to welcome back AliceContois and Fred Suthers who arenow fully recuperated from their re-cent illness and hospitalization. . .In closing we wish to convey oursympathy to Helen Baxter on thedeath of her daughter, Mildred Pike.Mildred's dauntless courage in theface of suffering will not be forgottenby all who knew her.

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Bea and Mike Pierce are showncutting the cake at the party inhonor of their 25th wedding anni-versary. Bea works in Check In-spection and Mike is a superin-tendent at Marshall Street.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Troia are re-ceiving the best wishes of theirfriends prior to their leaving for aEuropean trip. Mary is employedin the Paper Rolling department onBeaver St.

Hi-Rel (Nights)by Veronica Sobon

When it comes to vacations some-times last minute changes are in-evitable. In Angie Downs case, forinstance. She, her husband, Mel, andthree daughters got packed and allset to take off for Vermont to visitrelatives when they were pleasantly-surprised with a visit from just thoserelatives. So they spent their vacationat home and still had their visit. . .Thelma Barber is spending a wellearned rest at home. In the lastfew months Thelma married off twoof her children and became a grand-mother. Take it easy, Thelma. . .Ronnie Sobon and her husband spentthe 4th of July week-end at LongPond, Willsboro, N. Y.

Lina Marie Livingston, 9 mo., isthe granddaughter of Lina Shepardof Metal Clad Finish, Beaver St.

spent her vacation on Long Island onLake George, N. Y. I hear Dot wasmarooned in a boat all one night be-cause of fog and couldn't find her wayback to the island. . . Peg Descoteauwent up to help Dot celebrate heranniversary July 4th and what acelebration. Dot burned two fingerson a sparkler. . . Olive Giroux spenta week-end in New Hampshire. Shewas disappointed because the weatherwas bad and they couldn't visit themany beautiful lakes. . . Edward Ko-nopka, our supervisor, and his familywill be vacationing in Detroit, Mich-igan. Margaret Bradley and her hus-band will also be visiting in Detroit. . .I hear that Leah Gamache and herhusband took a trip through Maine.. . .Sally Arabia spent a few days inBoston and alwo visited the CatskillGame Farm. . . Some of the girls whowill be on vacation in August areMary Gleba, Lilly Bush, MarionAndrews, Josephine Lamarre, JoanHarrington, Jeanette Andrews, MabelPietrzyk, Evelyn Robertson, LorettaMenard, Elsie Andrews, PaulineBeliveau, Florence Carsno, Eva Chil-son, Rosena DeMarco and EmmaAlongi. Later I will report on some ofthe highlights of their vacations. . .Florence Carsno's son, Ralph, wasmarried to Carol Ann Richards onJune 27th at St. Francis Church. . .Florence Dean had a nice week-endvisit with her daughter, Pvt. JudithDean, WAC, Dept. Judith is nowstationed at Dewitt Hospital, FortBelvoir, Virginia. . . Lucille Racine'ssister, Jeanine, was married to GeraldGagne on July 4th at Notre DameChurch in Adams.

UNION STREET

Hi Reliabilityby Marion Andrews

Let's continue with our safe andenjoyable vacation time. . . Dot Davis

Magnetic Assemblyby Dot DeGraff

We hear the Pine Brook Club hasspecial breakfasts advertised thesedays—scrambled eggs.. . If anyonewishes to know the time see Alfred(Pete) Law. However if his watchisn't running, forget we mentioned it. . . Having bought his dad a wheel-barrow, Leo Patenaude began to havehis doubts that it would fit in hisVolkswagen. The salesman came upwith the following suggestion, "Whynot put the car in the wheelbarrow?"

Lina Shepard would also like usto meet her grandsons, William,10, and Kenneth Lorett, 12.

. . . W h i l e driving home alter PeteLaw's farewell parly (which was agreat success), Dot Daunais hit abump in the road. (Jetting out (o look,she found a spring lying in the road.Worry, worry, what (o do? Well,perhaps hubby can fix it; so Doigroped around and picked up all thepieces and look them home. Yes,you guessed ii! The spring belongedto some other car. "Doesn't anyoneneed a spring?" says Dot . . .To AgnesChesbro, Myrtle Crofts, Emma Gold-en, Lena Kerr and Pete Law who haveleft the department we'd like youto drop us a line sometime for olelimes sake. . . I t ' s nice to see HelenFoote and Jane Pollock back againin the department happy and well. .

Magnetic Finishby Helen Burdick

Hello, this is station M i l ) , ofS.P.D. Happy vacations to all of youwho are enjoying them these hot days

. Welcome to all the new guys andgals who have joined our group. . .Mary Pinkall and hubby, Fred, tookMary's parents, Mr. c'v Mrs. SamuelBua, to Chicago. They stopped overat Niagara Falls to visit friends andwhile in Chicago they took in someball games while her parents visitedfriends. They also spent a week-endin New York recently. Quite a gad-about our little Mary is (alias littleAudrey)... We are all wondering ifTheresa Morin is trying to put thejunk men out of business. She collectsall the old newspapers and takes themhome. Maybe she lias a reason lor il.

. .We all enjoyed our dinner. Thatis all who went to the dinner given'forPete Law when he left this depart-ment to be general foreman atMarshall Street. Good Luck, Pete, inyour new job. Our best wishes go withyou. . .We welcome Bob Smith as ournew general foreman. Bob is nostranger to us as he's been foremanin the Samples for some time. We wishyou the best of luck in your job, Bob. . Myrtle Crofts and Agnes CheSbrohave retired from Sprague Electric.We miss you both and hope you enjoyyourselves. Myrtle was given giftsfrom the Pulse Cooler, Potters andSealed Lips Club and also a breakfast.Agnes was given a dinner at Heart-welville Lodge and presented gifts anda corsage by a group of her fellowworkers... Don Raina says there'squite a turnover in the Pulse Coolerbut not an apple one.


Magnetic Samplesby M. Shirley Noring

A warm welcome to Mary Lizakand Ceil Malloy who have joined ourlittle group, also to (lermaine Mineau,Rita Cardinal, Jane Pollock, ClaraBelleau and Peg Roberts who are nowpan of the Chassis Group. . .CeilBiros, who had a minor shoulderoperation, and Pat Duncan, who hada throal operation, have both returnedto ihe Told all well and happy thatit's over. . Janice Richards is backfrom her vacation all nice and tan.Her only comment was that it didn'tlast long enough. . Jane Martin'ssister and family came all the wayfrom California to visit Jane.. .Daytona Beach, Florida, is the vaca-tion spot says Norma Skorupski whospent two weeks there with her family. .Gerry Coyne is oil to Hyannis onthe Cape and Ruth Mulcahy is camp-ing way up in Vermont. . HamptonBeach and Boston are the placesFrances Solari will cover on hervacation... Good-by and good luckto Archie Munro who has joined theGK staff. . So long to Leo Patenaudewho has only gone downstairs to joinBill Button's group. Gerry Brown istaking up where Leo left off.

Mag Amp Productionby Barbara Rondeau

Glad to see thai Jane Pollock andCora Morandi are both back to workalter their illnesses. Jane Pollock, onher return to work, has been trans-ferred to the Sample & Small OrdersDept. Best of luck to you on your newjob, Jane...Your reporter had anenjoyable time at the Log picnic andis looking forward to the next Loggathering. . .The result of the dietbet with your reporter, Nellie Hewittand Jane Dobbert turned out verywell money-wise for Nellie and thethree of us are pleased with ourselvesbecause of the weight we lost in thatamount ol time. Seeing the results ofone month's dieting, we are extendingthe- bet for a period of two months soall three of us would have the samevacation temptation which is the onlyfair thing for all concerned.

Welcome back to Lil Colo who hasreturned to our line after her shortvisit at Marshall Street. . .The PinkyShermans had their daughter andgrandson for a whole week for a visit.I bet you hate to see them leave, huhPinky?. . Shirley Burnett is the proudowner of a 1954 Metropolitan whichlooks like a scooter compared to theirBuick . . . Congratulations to GwenGeary on becoming a grandmother. .Vacations were enjoyed at the follow-ing places: Gwen Geary LakeChamplain, Larry Hiser FrontierTown and at home, Delma Mroz —at home, Dottie Pennock — at home,Barbara Roy — Connecticut, Joseph-ine Celantano short trips, CoraMorandi short trips, Mary Roy -Detroit, Michigan, Betty CotaIsland Pond, Vermont. . .Congratula-tions to Larry Hiser on his promotionto supervisor on Samples and SmallOrders. Best of luck, Larry. You knowwe all miss you on the 526 line.

Magnetic Windingby Jean MacDonald and Elaine Girard

A 25th wedding anniversary party

lor Grace and "Mack" McConnellwas held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.Talie Lewis, Stratton Road, Wil-liamstown. Approximately fifty guestsattended. Mr. and Mrs. McConnellreceived a bouquet of 25 roses and abasket decorated with 25 silver dollars.Before a delicious dinner was serveda Softball game was held with RitaTheberge receiving the ball in the eye.Some of those who attended wereViola Gamari, Minnie Hamlin,Johanna Kayser, Cora Ryan, "Pinkie"Sherman, Dot Blanchard, LauraLanoue, and Marion Sherman...Everyone says "hello" to all the newgirls. We are all glad to have youwith us . . . Congratulations to Helenand George Schwarzer who have abouncing baby girl. . (Jet well wishesto Rena Dixon on her recent illness.Hope to see you back soon. . .ClaraBelleau and Blanche Harris shouldnot go to weddings. We believe thatthey are still celebrating.

Incoming Inspectionby Alda Roy

A wonderful time was had by allat the Log picnic. Many thanks tothe people who made it such asuccess. . Phil, don't eat any moresnacks before bedtime, especially ifyou have such dreams as the oneabout the micrometers and caliperssprouting arms and legs and chasingyou. . .Mr. "Fix-it" (John) had betterhave unbreakable windows installed ifhe intends to clean any more. Thelast one he cleaned turned out to bequite an expensive job. They don'tbounce, John!...We would like toextend our deepest sympathy to TomMartin and his family on the recentdeath of his mother-in-law, Mrs. A.( 11' I i 11 a s .

Overheard so often in IncomingInspection:Bill Fortini—"Why not"Frank Chilson- "Hello, George"Bill Bourdon—"I've got to be in

Bennington by 6 o'clock."Tom Martin— "Yup, uh, uh."Jack Brooks "You're so goofy!"Phil Collins—"When I was in the

Navy"Charlie Bourdon —"Nupe"Phil Sprague- "Wheeee!!"Ruth Morrissey—"That's what I

mean"John Cantoni—"I'm telling you"Alda Roy—"Mr. Chilson's office"

Salesby Barbara Pierce and Mane Ziemlak

This month we would like to wel-come Linda Brafman to our office.Linda will be working with us for theremainder of the summer. Seemsgood to be back, Linda?. . .We'd alsolike to extend our welcome to MaryLou Shields who is also back with usagain for the summer, and to BarbaraLaw who is working in the orderoffice. Hope all you girls enjoyworking here. . . We bid farewell toHelen Perry who left to await the

Michelle, age 3, and Richard, 11, are the children of Ernest St. Cyrof the Filter Department on Marshall Street. »

stork. Helen was presented num-erous gifts from the girls in the office.. . . Congratulations to Ann Mahar onher engagement to Teddy Conroy. .Congratulations are also in order forJeanette Clairmont on her marriageto Elzear Vincellette, Jr. on the 4thof July. . .Joann Mann, CynthiaMorin, Barbara Law, and Jean Mait.oare all extended best wishes on theirgraduation from high school this year.

Production Engineeringby Eileen Brown and Helen Tatro

We are happy to welcome backPat Montesanti and Felix Puccio forthe summer. Both are spending theschool vacation working with us. . .Roberta Quirk was recently trans-ferred to Tabulating and to replaceher we are happy to say hello to CarolRoy. We hope you like workingwith us. . .Barb Herzig and RosalieRandall have both left us to await thestork. We'll be anxiously awaitingthe good news. . . Eleanor Abuisi andDoris Delugan have been on leaves ofabsence. Eleanor recently returnedto work and we're glad to see thatshe's looking her normal self. Dorisis still on leave and we are lookingforward to seeing her back with us.

Vacation time certainly is here.Taking recent vacations at home wereSis Vadnais and Norm Rougeau.Shirley DeMarco went to New YorkCity and Phyllis Faustini traveledhere and there. Jeanette Cozzaglioenjoyed a two week vacation andEmily Sacco and Carol Flaherty eachtook a one week vacation. . .We arehappy to say hello to a new girl whohas joined us in blueprint. Hello.Sandy Scully!.. .Conine and ChetGallup are certainly a proud andhappy pair this past month. Theirson, Skip, was graduated from col-lege and Corrine and Chet celebratedtheir 25th wedding anniversary onJune 16th. They were presented acake from their co-workers. Con-gratulations are certainly in order. . .Last month Mr. and Mrs. JosephFaustini celebrated their 13th weddinganniversary—on June 1st to be exact.Phyllis works with us at Brown Street.. . .Also joining the staff at BrownStreet we are pleased to greet GeneBaker. Gene came to us from theImpregnation Department. . .

George Schwarzer recently becamethe proud father of a baby girl. Con-gratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Schwarz-er. She certainly sounds like a littledoll.

Wendy Ann, 1 mo., is the daugh-ter of Eva King of Paper Rolling.

Kim and Joseph Cozzaglio are the great niece and nephew of EuniceGentile of the Tantalum Department on Marshall Street.

Twenty-five years ago—and now. Mr. and Mrs. Adelor McConnell areshown on their honeymoon (left) and at the party celebrating their 25thwedding anniversary. Grace is employed in FP Assembly.

Filtersby Ruth Haskins

Vacation time finds co-reporter,Alice Monette, going to Lynn, herchildhood home and bringing hersister back here to enjoy their vaca-tions together. . . Mary Zona enjoyeda trip to New York City and Patter-son, New Jersey. . .Martha Lewisspent her time off at camp on CheshireLake and getting acquainted with hernew car. . . Tony Falco and his familyspent their vacation at Lake Lauder-dale. . .Betty Fleury took a 3,000 milemotor trip along the coast of Maine,New Hampshire, and out to the tipof Cape Cod, visiting all the beaches.. . .Joe Morin had other plans, but

unfortunately, we were sorry to hear,he spent a few days at the NorthAdams Hospital... .When GeorgeLord was asked what he did on hisvacation he replied, "Slept, mostly!"

Mary Zona's co-workers helped hercelebrate her birthday with a cakemade by Rose Lazarczyk. Mary alsowas guest of honor at a birthday partygiven by her daughter-in-laws and re-ceived a lovely grandmother's bracelet. . . Best wishes for a speedy recovery toFlorence Saulnier who has been apatient at the North Adams Hospitaland at Log deadline is still on leave . . .Welcome to Francis Robare, Jr., thenewest member of the department.Francis graduated this June from St.Joseph's high school... .Norman"Skeets" Monette, son of Alice, wasalso a member of this year's graduat-ing class at St. Joseph's. . .MarieLemoine received her blood donorspin for giving a quart of blood to theRed Cross. . .Marie's son, Raymond,stationed with the Army in Germany,has been promoted to PFC. Con-gratulations to you both!. . . . AlMarsh's daughter, Carol Ann, grad-uated from Houghton School in June.Your reporter saw her lovely gradua-tion dress and remarked to Al what abeautiful young lady she is. "Looksjust like her old man", replied Al. . .Your reporter had a great manylaughs at the Log picnic!

W. E. and Misc. Dry Testand Ship

by Emily Wlodyka and Ella Genesi

Vacation time is upon us in fullswing in our department. Don Tatro,Delia Remillard and Ceil Magnanispent theirs at home. . . Lucille La-bombard spent hers at home also.Lucille's vacation will also start her"waiting period" for the arrival of"Mr. Stork" in the not too distantfuture. . . Ella Genesi spent some ofher vacation at her camp in Rowe,Mass, and some of it at Lake George,N. Y.. . . Emily Wlodyka at HamptonBeach, N. H. and Rowland Bom-bardier motored to Virginia to visithis brother and from there, in com-pany with him, flew to Milwaukee toattend one of the games of the Mil-waukee Braves. Rolo is certainlyone public spirited person. He isscout leader for Troop 64, NotreDame Church, North Adams, andauxiliary policeman, and what sparetime he has he helps out in a garage.Keep up the good work, Rolo. . .Floyd Johnson spent one week fishing

in (lanada and one week at (!ape (!od.. .Clyde Levy saw a game between

the Red Sox and Yankees and went toSebago, Maine, the White Mountainsand points Last. . .Congratulations toMr. and Mrs. John Bradley on thebirth of a son. July 2nd. Say John,you must have grown 2 inches uponhearing the glad tidings, "I t's a boy!!"

We wish a speedy recovery to MarionLabombard's husband, Wilfred, whounderwent eye surgery at Massa-chusetts General Hospital recently. .Clyde Levy and Eugene Goodrichwere so engrossed one Saturday morn-ing watching "two young and prettyfemales" going to work in Bermudashorts, that they passed right by themain gate- without noticing it (andthey were on their way to work, too).

..Say Maggie Fait, you certainlycan get yourself into more predica-ments!! The way your legs werebandaged up, not too long ago, re-sembled one- of those "trotters" (racehorses) that you're so keen on (wemean no offense, Maggie!) Yes, she isthe most ardent horse racing fan inour department. . .To Benny Parrino,Walt Osborne and George LeSage—you are thought of often by all ofyour co-workers.

Maintenanceby Dorothy Buzzell

Welcome to Sadie Mcrcicr andMerida Baldassarini to the AgeingGroup. Hope you like working withus, girls. . .We have a few new carsin the department. Clayton Hynes,supervisor of the tool crib, has a newMercury; William Matthews, a Chev-rolet station wagon; Al Blondin, aChevrolet station wagon; and WilliamChampney a 1959 Rambler. . .TomDion, head of the Cost Control office,

Karen Gajda, 1, is the daughterof Mary of the Small Order Dept.on Beaver Street.

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Ronald Odell, son of Mary of Al Horsfall, Company photographer, and his family enjoy a campingCheck Inspection, is shown with trip over the 4th of July week-end. Back row (1 to r) are: Debbie, Claire,his prize winning trout caught at Steve, Mrs. Albert Horsfall. Front row: Beth Ann, Eddie, Peggy and Al.Sherman Dam, Vt.

Alice Green thinks her little grandsons are very special andwhy. They are Rodney and Perry Puppolo. Alice works in the MDepartment on Union Street.

can seeagnetics

is spending his vacation at LakeChamplain. . .Carl Shepard, of thePaint Shop, recently acquired a son-in-law when his daughter, ]ean,married the Rev. Lawrence Hill ofJewell City, Conn. . Peg Slater andher family are vacationing at Old( )K hard Beach in Maine. Peg worksin (he Cost Control office. . .SiLam to, of the Sheetmetal depart-ment, is touring New York State onhis vacation. . .Your "reporter andJean Ma< Donald, of the SpecialProducts Division at Union Street,(hove up to Ml. Snow over the

Filter Small Orderby Julia Desrosiers

We would like to welcome Lawr-

ence Folino and J a m e s Blair to our

d e p a r t m e n t . . Yvctle Dubois has en-

joyed her vacat ion . . J i m Blair nets

us wishing we had some of those trout

heca t c l . e s . . J o h n and Lee C a s e and

children arc going to Louisville,

Kentucky to visit J o h n ' s family.. .

Jeannette Konopka came in nice andred from (hat boating on Cheshire

Lake. J e n got a nice sunburn but no

f i s h . B e t t e r l u c k n e x t t i m e . . . W e

wish our new foreman, Pete Law,loads of luck . Harriet Sherman hadher daughter, Barbara, and grand-General Accounting

by Sid Taj I and Janice Trozz'iHi, all! Here we are back again

with a little office news. First wewant to welcome Don Christensen andKathy Calvin who have joined ourgroup. Don will be working with

Filter Developmentby Lucy Kenney

In the good old summer time! !And this is what it brings — a vacationfor Fran Dargie and his family with acottage on Lake George. . VirginiaDelisle a camping we will go. . .Jeannette Cady and Mabel Williamsround and about. . Betty Fleurymotored to Maine and Cape Cod. . .John Davis fished way up in Canadaat Val d'or Gulf. P.Q. and the fishweighed 8 to 12 pounds. Whoof!That's catching them ain't it. . .ErnieSt. Cyr attended a wedding in Bostonand Jeanette Cady attended a wed-ding'in Whitehall'. New York. . .JoeMorin, while on his vacation, woundup in the hospital. Cheer up, Joe.It will all come out in the wash. . .Bob Stanton enjoyed his vacationrelaxing. . .Roger Brown is all shookup these days. Simmer down, Roger,you'll be all right. . Joe Moreauspent a week-end in New York andit was at the Yankee Stadium, ofcourse. . .Virginia Delisle's daughter,Barbara, delivered a wonderful pack-age — only 1 1 lbs. — and this makesthree.

Welcome to the staff, Larry Folino,Edward Clark, and George Barone. . .So we'll wind up this month's news withTeddy Sprague — turn the twins up-side down, then they'll sleep at night.You still look pretty good, Ted, con-sidering all the commotion. Oh yes,the twins names are Michele andMelissa Sprague.

Tony F'alco spent his vacation atLake Lauderdale. . .Welcome backMabel O'Grady. We hope this willbe the last time you are out underthese conditions. . A get-well messagegoes out to Altie Jillson from all of us.. . . Angie Damiano is on her vacationand enjoying her grandson.. JaneLanzo spent a week at home and shealso cleaned up on the fights... Inclosing we would all like to say wel-

. come to our new General Foreman,Pete Law.

Mary Ann Dassatti, grand-daughter of Annie Maroni of Mag-

Duncan McNaughton and Kathy isreplacing Mary Ann DiLego. Alsowelcome back on days to Vern Spra-gue and on nights to Pat Boulger. Toour summer help — Lee Murray,Beverly Miller, Adeline Sacco and BobHenry—we hope you enjoy your stay.. . . Nancy Price was given a personalshower and the girls had a good time.Nancy was married July 1 1 to CarlSweeney. After their honeymoonthey will live in Plattsburg, N. Y.where he is stationed. We'll all missyou, Nancy. 11 has been fun workingwith you. Best of luck to you both . . .Sid Taft has a good start on her sun-tan. She spent her honeymoon inMiami Beach. Florida.

Vacations: Eileen Zavattaro wentto Long Island. . .Vera Uberti andGeneva Pratt spent their week inNew York City...Lil Schwab wentto New York and Storytown . . . BunnyWegrzyn spent one week at home andthe other at the Cape. . .Bob Arm-itage, (the boss), is spending his withhis family at Salisbury. . Jane Howellwent to Amherst. . Bertha Decoteauand her husband had a nice rest in thecountry up in Canada and stopped at(ileus Falls for a couple of days ontheir return... Chet Gallup spent aweek at home, and George (Speed)Thebarge went away for his twoweeks... Bev Miller is sporting abeautiful diamond she received fromDon Ziter. Best of luck to you..Peggy Lindner is looking forward toAugust. Could it be that a certainMarine is coming home?

Retail Salesby Barbara King

Vacation news: Doris Starr spenther vacation at Lake George. . . RomaKoch went tenting at the various stateparks. . Helen Roe visited a sister inNew Jersey.

Donald Tatro ushered at the wed-ding of his friendsErnieSupernant andJoyce DiGennaro on July 4th. . .Nowthat school is over, everyone washappy to announce that their childrenall passed into a higher grade. . .Wewould like to welcome two collegestudents who are working with us forthe summer. They are Peter Jobinand George Hamer. . . .AntoinetteBombardier's son, Norman, is spend-ing a month at (lamp Wioma inHinsdale. . .We hope Shirley Maxwellenjoys her new home on HoughtonStreet in North Adams.

Ceramicsby Lee Grillone

Vacations have been enjoyed byIda Gigliotti, John Andrews, AlMartell, Ed Mulvaney, NettieMurphy, Mary Roscoe. and LeoPeters. Starting vacations the weekof the 4th were: May Riordan, Lor-raine Wittig, Pauline Dean, CharlesLandry and Ernest Gamache. . .Theweek-end of the 4th was beautifulswimming weather. . . Nina Buda andyours truly got a nice tan. Theweather was grand and I hope ourweek-ends are all like this. . .AmyBryant took her son. Ronnie, fouryears old to play miniature golf andbelieve it or not he made two holesin one. Watch that boy. Amy. Hewill be a second Sam Snead...CeilShanahan holds the attention of allthe girls at break time when she startstelling of some of her experiences. It'sall in fun. Ceil has quite a sense ofhumor. . .Sorry Pat Dowling, Lor-raine Wittig, Sophie Duda, EdithScriven, Pauline Dean, and DanielEllsworth are laid off. We hopethings pick up so you all come back. . .Glad to see Jean Ferris back on daysagain.

FP Assemblyby Grace McConnell

Toni Connell entertained twelve ofher co-workers and friends at a de-licious dinner at her home. If Tonitells you that she can't cook, don't be-lieve her. Toni also went to CapeCod for a week's vacation . . . A re-tirement party was held at the homeof Dot and Talie Lewis on July 2ndin honor of Johanna Kayser who re-tired after working 1 7 years in Spra-gues. She was presented a pair ofearrings and a purse of money. Anenjoyable time was had by everyone.. . . Minnie Hamlin was also presentedwith a lovely birthday cake at thesame party. . .We were surprised tohear that Hazel Russell is moving toPownal, Vermont. . . .Rita Cooperspent a week-end visiting her brother-in-law's family in Providence, R. I.. . .We extend a welcome to the four newmembers of our department. Theyare Pauline McCuen, Stacia Mec-zywor, Hallie McCullock and RoseTassone . . .Those enjoying their vaca-tion resting at home and taking daytrips are Gerry Cole, Doris Robertsand Rose Tassone. . . Emma Vivorispent one week of her vacation rest-ing and getting ready for the familyreunion held at her home on July 4th,and the second week she returnedwith her daughter and son-in-law,Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gassett, toHartford, Conn... . Minnie Hamlinsaid that her vacation was spent do-ing things she had wanted to do for along time — visiting her home townof Burlington, Vt. and touring CapeCod. . . Irene Pratt had a week's vaca-tion and went to visit her sister inConnecticut. She has a new car — a1953 Nash Rambler. . .MargueriteLaCasse had a lovely trip to Topeka,Kansas where she visited her brotherand his family.

A lovely party was held on July 5on yours truly at the home of Mr. andMrs. Talie' Lewis in honor of our 25thwedding anniversary. We were pre-sented 25 roses and a basket containing25 silver dollars. . .Carol Barslow hadguests over the July 4th week-end.Her daughter and son-in-law, and theapple of her eye, little Dawn, came tovisit.

Shippingby Cecile Trudeau

Welcome to the Shipping Depart-ment, Walter (Skippy) Gaiiup. Wehope you enjoy working with us.Skippy is a graduate of NorwichUniversity. Vacations: MildredWaterman spent her two weeks vaca-tion in Orlando, Florida. . WilliamSharron is visiting his daughter inCalifornia on his vacation . . . ErnestGregory went to Lake George. Othervacationists who took short trips dailywere: Alfred Bourdon, George Shurt-leff, John Burdick, Betty O'Dell,Gerald Cronin and Stanley Pasier-biak. . .The Log picnic was a hugesuccess. The food was wonderful andplentiful. Everyone enjoyed playingthe many games and dancing after-wards. The door prize was won byour June Rock of Heat Seal.

FP Oven and Cover Assemblyby Marguerite Daub and Edith Fields

Vacations are the big thing in ourdepartment now. Those who en-

joyed theirs in June were ClarenceScrivens, Ronnie Tatro, Rose LeBeau,Austin Rogge and George Beverlyand it rained just about every day, Iguess. . .By the way, George, you'revery quiet about your anniversary.We found out anyway - Mr. and Mrs.George Beverly celebrated their 25th'wedding anniversary on June 27th.Congratulations! Hope you enjoyat least 75 more years together. . .Weare all sorry to hear about DeliaGrant. She fell over something andhurt her foot quite badly. Hopeeverything is ship-shape soon again,Delia. We miss you. . .Marie Dub-reuil and Evelyn Lyons exchangedplaces for the summer. Marie isback on days while Evelyn is onnights. It's nice having you, Marie,and don't forget us, Evelyn...Wewish to welcome our new girls: PhilGuerino, Blanche Paciorek, RoseLeBeau (Rose used to work with usbefore. It's sure nice having youback again), Joyce Socha, VeraDavine, and Rena Braman. Renais also back for the second time. . .Others out on vacation at present areour foreman, Frank Gassett, DomBlasi, Gil Harris, Edith Fields, andour Mickey. I almost forgot her.Have a nice time everyone.

Sprague International Ltd.by Suzettc T. Lemieux

And what is so rare as a day inJune. Well, I'll tell you: it's news.Even old news is hard to find. . .Atleast, everyone looks fairly healthywith colors ranging' from a rich tanto a lobster red. . .To improve evenon that, Peter Kraehenbuehl cameback from one week-end with ascratched-up nose accompanied byan exclusive story which we mayoffer as a feature sometime whenthere really is no news. . .Then,there's the tale of the falling plasterwhich nearly crowned George Ferranas he sat peacefully meditating in hisoffice. A little man promptly vacu-umed away the nasty stuff and peacewas duly restored. . . Sandy Segala'sdaughter, Donna, made her thirdBirthday Appearance on the FreddyFreihofer Show recently. She wassix years old, and all ready she'saccumulated more TV experiencethan most of us. . John Adams, sonof William M., received his Bachelor'sDegree from Yale University on June8. Congratulations and good luck,John . . . Marilyn and Joe LoPresto'svacation trip to Virginia, visiting herbrother, Norman Chenail, and toWhite Lake Beach in North Carolina,was really enjoyable, due no doubtto that good ole Southern hospitalitywe hear so much about.

One noontime recently, we "Ex-port" gals headed for the hills forluncheon in honor of Shirley Robertswho left us July 'A to await the arrivalof another Roberts' heir. Her Spra-gue Products friends got together withus to present her with the usual nicelittle things so appropriate for suchoccasions; and yours truly with somuch experience in these matters (?)served as general consultant, withMyrna Harvey supplying the morepractical ideas. . .Incidentally, Mari-lyn LoPresto's bows added thatcertain touch to the occasion. . .Dorothy Blake is the newest member

IAM Clambake is enjoyed by members of the Machine Shop. Theannual outing was held at Trudeau's Grove on June 27th.


Frances Alibozek, daughter ofEleanor of Sandia, is a member ofthe Women's Air Force.

she'll like ii here and won't mind theoccasional Monday morning moods.etc.. . .Barbara Putthoff may have toopen a menagerie for all the teddybears Norm Davignon won for her atthe Clarksburg J a m b o r e e . Nothinglike a lew sturdy teddy bears a roundthe house. I always s a y . . . BeverlySherman was quite proud of herbrother , Joe DuBois, who gradua tedfrom Adams High School on June l!».J o e came out in the top 5% of 1,400students who took a mathematics testgiven by the University of Massa-chusetts. He plans to enter BostonCollege in the Fall. . Beverly herselfwas awarded a grant with which sheplans lo enter North Adams StateTeachers College in the Fall. Con-gratulations. Bev...While on thetrend of scholastic achievements.

July I lor the students who had com-pleted two Sprague-sponsored coursesd in ing the year. Next stop Spa in!

elegant new home on Buxton Hill atthe end of June. Bet they're happy!. .'.In closing, just a comment that

and that all picnics should have three-legged races, as it's one of the Fastest

Check Inspectionby Betty Jangrow

Did you say, "girls"? Yes. thatwas the answer the doctor gave toTeddy Sprague on J u n e 12th twindaughters to Mr. and Mrs. TeddySprague and their names are MelissaAnn and Michclc Karen. We arc-sure that you'll be- very happy withfour girls and also outnumbered.All your fellow workers wish yourfamily the best of luck. . . Mary O'Dellis at Lake George enjoying her vaca-tion fishing. . Andy Konopka spentholiday boating at Cheshire . . . RitaFountain spent the holiday picnicking

a beautiful week-end for that . . .Pal Sullivan finished painting hishome while on vacation. A belatedbirthday wish to Pat. His birthdaywas July 12th.O u r hats arc oil' to the Town of Reads-boro, Vermont Volunteer Fire De-partment. Every year the 4th iscelebrated with a parade. This year'swas outstanding as it honored our

newly admitted 49th state and ournewest state. Hawaii. The firemenhave games for the children of allages and water polo for other fire

was won by the Stamford Fire Com-pany. In the evening fire works andconcerts climaxed the day's celebra-tion...Lil and Pete Grande arc- en-joying their annual vacation touringthe country. Have fun!

TantalumIn Amelia Koza and Gladys Moderski

Vacation time is at its peak in ourdepartment. Marion Beer went toNew Hampshire. Ceil Magnilico toOld Orchard Beach, Maine and visit-

Jane Buchanan , of ProductionControl, ana Roy Jones weremarried on May 23 at the FirstCongregational Church, NorthAdams.

Francis Alibozek is the son ofEleanor Alibozek. He graduatedfrom Adams High School in June .

ing in Brooklyn, N. Y., Irene Konopkawas at home and took short trips,Evelyn Ciempa went to Lake Cham-plain, Corinne Sears went camping atWindsor Pond, Catherine Scott wasat home. Helen Gould went to LakeLauderdale, X. Y., Jennie Melitowent to Boston and Natick, Mass.,Bernadette Jones went to Well'sBeach. Maine, Anna Dassatti. DotTatro, Theresa Paquin. and AmeliaKo/a were- at home, Gladys Royand Eleanor Tourjee went to theircamps at Windsor Pond. MarieRowett traveled to Lake George andStorytown, Viola Zepka stayad athome and Providence, Rhode Island,Lena Ducharme went to Barre, Ver-mont and Providence, Rhode Island,and Rita Styczynski went to NewYork and Maine.

One thing is assured. Henceforth,the vacation weather will be ideal incomparison to what our GladysModerski encountered on her vacationat Cape Clod. The first day she leftit was pouring rain and in the courseof her vacation she had but a peekat the sun and came back in the samepouring rain !! One would think shewould complain, but with her greatsense of humor, she made a joke of itand was satisfied resting and travelingto Hyannis, East Sandwich, and thevery Bohemian, artistic Province-t o w n . . . While Marion Beer was onher vacation she had an opportunityto go sightseeing and see the SpragueElectric Plant in Concord, NewHampshire. The pictures she hadtaken of it show that it is a mostmodern s t r u c t u r e . . . Eunice Gentilewith her two children traveled toHyannis and spent a delightful week-end with the intention of visitingbeautiful Cape Cod again. . Hello tothe new workers who have joined usrecently Theresa Briggs, Eva

Trombley, Frances Laghi, and AliceFoster. . .Alice Pisano is still out onsick leave. Hope you are improvingsteadily and will be with us shortly.We all miss you! . . . Belated con-gratulations are being sent to Mr. andMrs. Joel Pierce who celebrated their25th anniversary on J u n e 2nd. Asurprise party was given in theirhonor May 3()th at the Fireside Innwith members of the family and inti-mate friends present.

Tantalum Finishby Dolores Shakar

Welcome to Gladys McBride.WalterDavis, Frances Gigliotti, ClaireCantoni, Eileen Leeming, Lydia

Spooner, Jeanette Trela and ClaraS c n e c a l . We were sorry to seeCarmela Mancuso and Gladys Mul-cahy leave. Each was presented alovely cake and gift. We wish themloads of happiness and success. . .Hope everyone has a wonderful andgay vacation in safely.

Machine Shopby John Walsh

The IAM'Clambake was held atTrudeau's (hove on Saturday, June27th. The committee in charge wasmade up of Bernard Barnhart. AlfredBarbuto and Robert Potvin. Thirty-five members of the Machine Shopattended. The menu consisted ofsalad, fried chicken, hot dogs, ham-burgs, hot sausage, and relishes andwas cooked by chef Bernard Barnhart.Sports were under the direction of AlBarbuto. Games included Softball,badminton and horseshoes. Ray Bassclaimed to be champion in horse-

Lewis Willbrant, superintendent ofthe Machine Shop, spent the week ofJune 29th at the Cape and HamptonBeach. . . Edgar Remillard has leftthe Machine Shop and is going toCalifornia. . Modesto Maselli has re-tired from the Machine Shop after3\ years. He is planning a trip toItaly . . . Louis Morocco has returnedafter spending his vacation at theNew Hampshire beaches.

Georgiana (Gigi) But ton grad-uated from the 8th grade at NotreDame in June . Her father, Bill,works in Special Products and hermother , Corinne, in Hi-Rel.

B0OWNsmtr

Sandia Coolersb) Evelyn Jones

Looks as though the girls spent allmonth eating. First Eleanor Ali-bozek went to a tea for Mrs. Furcolo.The next day she couldn't rememberwhere she went. All she could tell uswas that they ate at the FlorenceDiner on the way home. NextPauline Buletti dined at the 189<>House. Dot Lowe attended a dinnerat The Manor . Then to top it all offwe had a cook-out at Bea Marsh'shouse. This was also a stork showerfor Rita Zoito. Rachel Champneyand J o a n Giroux. After a deliciousmeal, cooked by Al Marsh and hisassistants, movies of Florida and LakeChamplain were shown. I guess thenext thing we'll be hearing about thosediets. It sure is an awful strugglewith all that good food a r o u n d . . .Congratulations to all our Junegraduates. The best of luck for theirfuture. . . Welcome back to RitaRosch, Laura Fortin and MarySatko. It 's nice to have the wholegroup working. Mary Satko cameback all tanned and rested. Shemade us all wish our vacations weredue. Speaking of vacations. LauraRoy is spending her vacation visitinga friend in Royal Oak. Michigan.Joan Giroux is undecided. She maygo to Hampton Beach or just stayhome. Esther Poplaski is planningonly short trips. Evelyn Jones is on

her way to Maine in a new campingtrailer . It 's nice to have our smilingIr ishman back after her bout with thebug we mean Mary Cooney, whoelse!. . .Ever hear of a cow thai likesroses? Dot Baker has one Hello toMartha Choquette. Glad to hearthat you are feeling better, and areback to work.

K. V. A.by Frank Santelli

The K.V.A. gang went on a deepsea fishing trip and Frank Kolis wonthe grand prize with a 6^2 Ib. had-dock. Frank Santelli got the mostfish seven in number . Bill Pasottiand Nello Zanett split the booby prizewith a fish that was all of 6 inchesWe're glad to welcome Mike Shields.H o p e y o u e n j o y y o u r s t a y w i t h u s . . .

Happy vacation and sale motoring toall.

High Qualityby Mae Veazie

Hi. everyone! Happy vacation toall those out such as Ella Nary, goinghere and there, and Gert Schmidt atLake George. . Best of luck to MaudeWaska who just purchased a newhome. By the way, Maude , what 'sthis we hear about your built-in bath-tub?. . Has anyone ever heard of themoth rock and roll? Well just askMary Burlingham. She's really upto date on dancing. Better watch it.Mary, those flying objects are gettingthe best of you . . .George Graziolareally enjoyed the 4th of July withshooting off firecrackers and all ' l oobad it doesn't come around moreoften, huh George?

Clorinolby Frames Guyette and Alice DupuisThere is very little news this month.

With a very large group on vacation,things arc a little quiet. We hearthat Eleanor King has discovered anew beach - Porch Beach. PleaseEleanor, slay out of the water. Thewaves are very r o u g h . . . Your re-porter, Fran Guyette, is spending hervacation at Bar Harbor in Maine.There will be- lots of fishing andswimming. . .Connie Davis is wearinga big smile these days. Her son is

Gigi But ton shares her gradua-t ion day happiness with her twobrothers, Mike and Guy.

home on furlough. . .We want tothank the Log social committee for alovely p i c n i c . . . We also want tothank J u n e Cole for the use of hercamp so that a group of us girls couldenjoy it for an afternoon. It certainlyis a lovely spot, June , and we enjoyedevery minute of it.

Ind. Oil Cover Assemblyby Isabel I Wither ow

We are very happy to see E m m aBarschdorf back with us after her ill-ness. She looks real good. . .Li lFlaherty is on vacation and theweather is just right for the lake. . .Isabell Witherow is very proud of hernew granddaughter that she had thepleasure of naming. . .We miss Annand hope she will be back with ussoon. . . Ask Guido and Henry whatthey think of Ted W i l l i a m s . . . KayFields sure looks good. . . Daisy Me-land is looking for a cool spot. Itwon't be long now, Daisy.

Peggy Cozzaglio, niece of EuniceGenti le of T a n t a l u m , made herr irst v.'Ommunion recently.

Anniversaries for August1. Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeGraff, 1 7thI. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Godyn, IOth1. Mr. & Mrs. John Racette, 6th2. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Gliwski. 12th2. Mr & Mrs. Alvin Marsh. 20th2. Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Gaffey, 33rd3, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sears. 2nd3. Mr. & Mrs. Placido Dassatti,

13th4. Mr. & Mrs. Dominic Pisano, Sr.,

Mist4. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Chilson,

22nd4, Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Roberts. I IlliI). Mr. & Mrs. Albert Trcmblay,

10th6, Mr. & Mrs. George Ferran, 4th8, Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Nimmons,

19th10. Mr. & Mrs. Victor Pedrin, 19th10. Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Puglic-sc-,

19th10. Mr. & Mrs. Bernard LaCasse,

13thU. Mr. & Mrs. Louis Toniatti, 8th11. Mr. 6< Mrs. Eugenio Dami, 27th1."). Mr. & Mrs. Val Roberts, 5thIf). Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bradley, 10th16, M r . & M r s . J o h n C a n t o n i , 1stl<>. M r . & M r s . E r n e s t B r a d l e y . N t h17. Mr. & M,s. Mario Magnani, 2nd17. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Germain,

33rd17. Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Pigeon, 19th17. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Sacco, 19th18, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Noel, 8th20. Mr. & Mrs. James Williams. 9th21. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Koniccznv.

22nd22. Mr. & Mrs. Elbert Becker, :57th22. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Vivori, 38th23, Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Devcv. lf.tl.2!5. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Hiser, 12th2:5. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ciempa, Sr.,

24th23. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Lincoln. 29th25, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Lampiasi, 3rd25, Mr . & Mrs. John Lilly, 7th25. Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Chevalier.

I Oth27, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mulcahy,

10th27, Mr. & Mrs. fames Zabek, I lth28, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dean. 43rd29, Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Lamarrc.

22nd29, Mr. & Mrs. James Cooper, 27th30, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Thompson,

2nd30, Mi . & Mrs. Max Kleiner, 18th31, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Harrington.

4th31. Mr. & Mrs. Clyde MacDonald. -

3rd

Donna Lee Cardonnel, 7 m e , isthe daughter of Bernard of theClorinol Dept. , Brown Street .


* * * August Birthdays * * *Former Employes of 645-655 Hold Get-Together

by Retired Reporter Jennie Garceau Recent Births1, Jeannette Bradley1, Bertha Richards1, Dot Blondin2, Eva Brown2, Daniel Maloney3, Casimer Gliwski4, Arthur (ieorge4, Corinne Sears(..John McKeon<>, Francis Miles7, Bernie O'Neill7, Eleanor Patenaude8, Marie Lemoine8, Dorothy Davis9, Lydia Spooner9, Betty Romeo

10, Marion Beei10, Mary Fulginiti10. Robert Lapine11, Alcie BonnevilleII, Amy Bryant11, Harriet Ferrara

12. John Sears13, Gladys Dyndor13, Grace Dupuis14, Vassily de Samsonow15, Leah Critelli16, Michael Woodward16, Betty CarlowHi, Florence Gaffey1 7, Isabell Witherow18, Phyllis Schmidt18, Robert Hamilton18, Emma Tadiello19, William Fortini20, Eugene LaCroix20, Geraldine Giusti20, Effie Colvin21, Sunny Cairns21, Jack Faustini22. Fernand Contois24, Doris Gaudette24, Ceil Magnifico

24, Alice Contois25, Lois LaCasse25, Chuck Mulcahy25, Yvonne Daunais26, Margaret Sears26, Ethel Brown26, Ann Smith26, Mary Satko26, Evelyn Jones26, Nancy Harvey26, Florence Millette26, Aline Giroux26, Myrna Harvey27, Sophie Bombardier28, Lillian Stachelek29, Hazel Windrow29, Marie R. LaFlamme30, William Hattat30, Mary Girgenti30, Virginia Lancia31, Vivian Mould

Conference

Attending as participants were:Ernest L. Ward, Executive Vice-President in Charge of Manufactur-ing; Carroll Lufcy, President of Dyna-cor, Inc., a Sprague subsidiary inKensington, Maryland; Harry Rubin-stein, President of Sprague of Wiscon-sin, Inc., also a subsidiary; MartinDaigneault, Factory Manager, Vis-alia, California Plant; John Ortman,Manager of Engineering Services;David Peck, Manager of the SpecialProducts Division; Fred Potter, Fac-tory Manager, North Adams; FredRalph. Factory Manager. Bane,Vermont plant; Alvin Schils, FactoryManager, Nashua, New Hampshireplant; Robert Teeple, Factory Man-ager, North Adams; Arlene Judge,Project Coordination Manager, Em-ploye & Community Relations; JohnLeland, Assistant Employe Relationsand Personnel Manager, Nashua,New Hampshire plant; Monica No-wak. Section Head, Employe & Com-munity Relations; Jose Roman, ofSprague Caribe and Anthony Sacco,Assistant Safety Director.

JUNE "9 2>o" A/ate*3, Judith Smith and

Harvey Kaplin13, Carole Brooks and

Norman Favreau13, Melissa Hodgdon and

Andrew Darling20, Nancy Spohn and

John R. Schimmel20, Barbara Butler and

Robert Wagner20 Dorothy Braman and

Anthonv Mazza

Dennington By-Linesby .Iran Blanchard & Henry Mallory

K. those enjoying (his wonderful timeof year . J e a n Blanchard is spendingher time in Burlington enjoying theChamplain Festival and spendingsome lime al the B e a c h . . . Also spend-ing time at Champlain will be FrancisClark and Carl Allen. I lope thefishing and boating are the best. .Bill Houghlon has got the inside trackand he knows the last two weeks ofJuly will be the besl weather. Bill,how long has Frank Sninner been inthe weather bureau: ' . . Hob Olin,alter leading the lasi I . ( )( ; . went on astrict diet and has made good progress.He losi three o u n c e s ! . . . MarleneLanglois, daughter of Arthur Lang-lois, graduated sixth in her class atI5.C.II.S. Very good, Mar lene . Popis very proud of you . . . Francis "Red"Czerwinski w i l l ' be headed for CapeCod for his vacation. Have a goodtime and don't eat too ...any clamsand sea f o o d . . . W e are not going tomake any wise remarks about PegSears and Ann Smith's slacks. San-forized is a very good t rade . . .ark! .Congratulations to Bill Hattat forbringing a suggestion award toBennington to the tune of $150. Also

Bill, your garden hasn't got a weed init. Florence has done a good job. . .We haven't found out where PeteLePage is spending his vacation yet.

About 35 of the former co-workershad a get-together at the Four Acres.Here is some of the news I gathered.Evelyn Prystas has a new car. . JaneGross has beautiful flowers. . EdnaMahar has retired to spend her timehither and yon. . . Theresa Burro iswandering where there are pinkladies and purple cows. Where'sthat? . . . Dolly Rowett is very proud ofher driver's license. . . Peggy Daubstill is taking her daily walks back andforth to Clarksburg. . . Madeline Bon-er is happy at her parent's returnhome after their auto accident.. . .Laura Delisle is busy, as usual, withher summer sewing. . .Amelia Cout-ure received good wishes on her newhome.. . .Adrian Darling looks welland happy and quite settled. . . BobBarbuto is very proud of his children.. . .Rita Disanti joined us and waswelcomed by all. . Kay O'Connor isstill the busy little lady. . .JeannetteShanahan was moaning the lack of acamera on a recent trip. She lostsome good scenery for her souvenirs . .

Yvonne Ross was all sympathy for her 111 KI pas she would have liked some too. . .Mary Maselli was looking very happy 3, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Miller, sonand feeling fine she said as our lady- 7, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur McAdams,in-waiting. . .Bernie Jones got a few daughtergrey hairs on her daughter's night out 1 1, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Mariani,to her first dance.. . Delphine Regioli daughterand Rose Mazza had a trip to New 1 1, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rotolo,York and report a fine time. . . Lil daughterGoff was looking her usual smiling 12, Mr. & Mrs. John Sampson, sonself. ..Agnes LaRoche's account of 12, Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Sprague,her daughter's tricks were most twin daughtersentertaining. . . .Emmy Lescarbeau's 16, Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pedereini, sondays are full of sparkle and tinsel 16, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Adams,these days. What's doing, Em?. . . daughterVi Bona went home for the long week- 1 7, Mr. & Mrs. David Thompsonend to see Pa and M a . . . Doris daughterGaudette and Charlie were kind and 19, Mr. & Mrs. William Sakowski,gave yours truly a lift to the party . . daughterWe missed Vi Levesque, but she was so 21. Mr. & Mrs. Leo Cyr, sonbusy getting ready for the Chicago 22, Mr. & Mrs. (ieorge Schwarzer,Elk's Convention. She also hoped to daughtersee the Queen of England.. . .Had the 22, Mr. & Mrs. Leo Cyr, sonpleasure of seeing Bina Cirone, Steffi 22, Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ellsworth,Leja, and Mary Leja^all former daughterco-workers also. . .Hope I didn't for- 2, July, Mr. & Mrs. John Bradley,get anyone. So long till November. son

BY DORIS SHAW BLANCHE PRESCOTT

LYNN CARANGIO LILY WOLFENDEN

CATHERINE ANSALDO

Around the PlantLee Hermansen came in third

place in the Sports Car Club of N. H.Gymkhana. Good going, Lee!. . .What is Maggie S. measuring thesedays, inches or what?. . . Dee Woodand her family are vacationing inupper New York state visiting hermother and father. . .Jeannette Meyeris vacationing in Atlantic City, andGarfield, N. Y. . . .Stu Potter, trans-istor lab. is "vacationing" with theAir Force for two weeks summertraining. . .Walt Buswell is with theNational Guard for summer training.. . . I guess Barbara (transistors) betteruse some heavier thread for her backseams! !. . . We are sure sorry to hearthat Irene Nichols has the measles.Now we are waiting to see who hasthem next. . Welcome to all new-comers to transistors. . There arequite a few vacations taken in Junein the Transistor department 2ndshift. Dot Severance, Leona Lake-vicious, Betsy Keniston. PriscillaPellitier; and in July Pauline Duguay.Elsie Coapland, Dot Come, BarbaraTownsend, June Brusa (we're gladyou got moved) Theresa Delisi,Beverly Ham, Ann Etchellis, JeanDavis, Kathy Hanson, Diane Thurs-ton, Mary Skivington, Maddy Annisand Helen Simard, all reporting agood time. . All of us weie relievedto hear that Sandy Hildreth's sonis going to be well again. He had usworried lor awhile.'. .We are glad tohave Evelyn Gallaher back with us. . .Irene Nichols is back on second shiftagain. . . . Corine Benoit graduatedfrom Penacook High in June. Con-gratulations to her! She was pre-sented with a gift of jewelry by thesecond shift people. . .Thanks go toBob Dandy for the use of his tape

1, Amelia Constant1, Robert Gagne4, Carleton Rand6, Myrtle Hardy7, Jesse Ault7, Roberta Chase8, Alberta Gibb9, Margot Hasek

10, Irene Martel10. Charlotte Slatunas10. MalizzieRiel1 1. Claudia Foster1 1, Patricia Little12, Gordon Estep13, Mark Skivington14, Henry Smith

August Birthdays15, Sherman Elliott15, Shirley Marier16, Sandra Mancini16, Herman Roy1 7, Marjorie Lawreni18. George Colby18, Robert Dandy19, Donovan Heinz19. Ruth Ordway20. Bernice Boodsell21, Harriet LeBlanc22, Louise Jacobs22, Shirley Minery23, Robert Chase23, Elizabeth Fournier23, Sheila Troy

24, Leona Daneault24. Richard Winsor26, Thelma Brofman26, Carroll Dodge26, Neal Whicher26, Gerald Whitman27, Roberta Cantara27. Mabel Geer28, Kenneth Demain28, Arleen Reynolds29, Barbara Saltmarch30, Nancy Hebert30, Maxrene Patten31, Lawrence Fournier

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recorder at the company outing.Bob spends many hours taping musicfrom the radio for these occasions. . .We have a girl with us from Copen-hagen, Denmark and the Netherlandsby name of Sonja Swart. She wasalso an Olympic track star. We canlook around us and find almost anycountry in the world represented here,sort of like our own League of Nations.It makes you stop and think aboutwhat a wonderful place we live in.Welcome aboard, girls MurielChampagne has just returned froma week's vacation in Canada. BlanchePrescott, with her daughter Sandraand son Joseph, visited her aunt inNewport, and also enjoyed a visit inCanada. . Jeannette Fifield spent aweekend in New Jersey visiting hermother... Hope Bessie Bresaw isenjoying her vacation . . . A speedy re-covery goes to Rita Sweeney's mother.. . We understand Junior Hebert isswapping his merry Oldsmobile for anew Hedstrom or Thayer model. . .Betty Wescott has been transferred to3rd shift. We all miss her on the

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SportsAs of June 30th, the standings in

the Men's Golf League are as follows:

Flight No. 1 Team 3 won 20 lost 8Team 4 won 14 lost 14Team 1 won I I lost 1 7Team 2 won 1 1 lost 1 7

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One of the best shots in the leagueoccurred June 8th when Doug Maceyeagled the 400 yd Par 4, 3rd hole- atBeaver Meadow. He holed his secondshot from about 130 yards with a ()iron. Each week 3 golf balls areawarded to the low net player.Winners so far are Frank Trask,Norm Pease, Pete Wayne, Herm Roy,Syd Yeaton and Bernie Smith.

first.. .Dotty Baker is traveling a-round these days in a little "yellowbug", also Polly Rand is sporting anew chewy. . . Our annual outingwas held on June 27th at Bear BrookState Park. A real good time wasenjoyed by everyone. The highlightof the afternoon was a Softball gamebetween Transistors and Tantalum,with Transistors being the winningteam by a decided margin! CoachRon Giles of the Men's Softball teamhas "no comments" to make at this James Ham, III, son of Beverly.

He is 7 years old.

Congratulations are in order toPeter Gilbert and his bride, theformer Marie Brunnhoelzl. Theywere married recently at St.Theresa'sChurch in Henniker. Peteis in the Transistor Department.

The young lady taking the snoozeis Sheryl Ann Bernard, grand-daughter of Toni Distadio. Toniwas surprised by her many friendsin Transistor Testing with a newsilver "Grandmother Bracelet".

The handsome young man prop- Mary Philbrick's son, Michael, isped up on the pillow is Keith shown trying out for the band.Andrew, 1 month old son of Ken Mary has left us to be home withand Jean Waterman. Dad works him full time. We don't blame youin Quality Control. Mary, he's the cutest!

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Sports — ByLOU ZITER

SOFTBALLGOLF

The Sprague Products Team—Front row: Bob McDonough, Joe Allard,Andy Darling, Adrian Darling, Gerry Lavigne, and Lou Ziter. Back row:Armand Delisle, Tom Petro, Al Groves, Don Esposito, Joe Nuvallie, andBud Anderson. Mascot—Jimmy Nuvallie.

The Management T e a m - F r o n t row: Bob Wlodkowski, John Ariazi, AlBergeron, George Champagne, Bernie Fitzpatrick, and Dave Beighley.Back row: Jim Weatherman, Stan Koczela, Ronnie Durant, George Roy,Jack Gumbleton, and Harold Bilger. Mascot—Eric Gumbleton.

Softball League Remaining2nd Half Schedule

July27 Management vs Thirty-fives28 Drafting vs Magnetics29 R & E vs Labs30 Control Lab vs Hy-Rel31 Sprag. Prod, vs Brown St.August

3 Sprag. Prod, vs R & E4 Brown St. vs Thirty-fives5 Hy-Rel vs Labs '6 Magnetics vs Management7 Drafting vs Control Lab

The R & E Team—Front row: Don Davis, Gen Kuzia, John Zeppieri,Aime Thihert, Jark Battersby, and George Beckwith. Back row: MurrayMcGlynn, Cal Walker, Bob Mancini, Joe Gajda, Bill Pfister, Al Roy, andChuck Mattimore. '

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Social Security:Come Clean —JustHow Old Are You?

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Since ihr inception of the socialsecurity program establishing one'sage lias taken on added significance.Proof of age. as you may know, is one

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shown by a church record, certifiedby the custodian of such record;hospital birth records; an old lamihBible record; military record, schoolrecord; an old insurance policy whichshows age or date of birth; and amarriage record showing age or dateof birth, l l 'vou happen to be foreignborn, immigration and naturalizationrecords can be used. One more sourceis a census record which can be ob-tained from the Census Bureau inPittsburg, Kansas.

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UNITED FUND AGENCY SPOTLIGHT . . .NORTH ADAMS COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE

Mrs. Alberta Whidden, Director, and Mrs. Edmund Larkin, Presi-dent of the North Adams Community Nursing Service are showndiscussing future plans for the organization. The service has providednursing care in area homes for some 47 years.

(Editors note: This is the first ina series of articles to appear in theLoo on the various agencies in the areawhich subscribe to the North AdamsUnited Fund. With the series we hopeto better acquaint you with the histories,purposes, and activities of the variousorganizations which through your gen-erous contributions are serving our com-munity).

The North Adams CommunityNursing Service, a 24 year memberof the United Fund, was first or-ganized in 1912 by the late Mrs.Mary (Bridgman) Quinn of NorthAdams. In these early days Mrs.Quinn travelled mostly on foot anddespite a 30 cent fee seldom collect-ed over $10 in any month eventhough as many as 192 calls weremade per month.

The simple but important pur-pose of the service is to provideskilled nursing care on a part-timebasis for persons ill in their homes.To accomplish this purpose thenursing staff:

1. Gives nursing care and treat-

ment to people of all ages invalids,sick or crippled children, newmothers, convalescents, and all whorequire skilled care at home.

2. Changes dressings, gives in-jections, helps with special exer-cises, and supervises the care ofcontagious diseases.

3. Instructs and guides mothers,of infants and pre-school childrenin the essentials of healthy living.

To secure these services all thatis required is to ask your physicianto send a nurse to your home or callthe Nursing Office Mohawk 3-9630. For morning visits call be-fore 8:30 A.M. and for afternoonvisits call before 12:30 P.M. Satur-day and Sunday visits are madeonly by special request of a physi-cian.

Current leaders of the organiza-tion include: Mrs. Edmund Larkin,President; Mrs. John Morgan, FirstVice-President; and Mrs. WilliamHorn, Second Vice-President. Thenursing staff includes: Mrs. AlbertaWhidden as Director and MissMary E. Dal ton.

Robert C. Sprague Honored By Massachusetts Aerie of Eagles

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