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Dan Kelley operates both ends of this amateur set from his livingroom even though the transmitter is installed in the attic. Switchhut Ions d«> the trick.

Back in 1()27 Dan Kelley of Main-tenance Test was a Western Uniontelegraph operator down in Frostproof,Florida. All messages were relayedthrough the Tampa office so Dan andthe Tampa operator became prettywell acquainted and occasionally talkedaboul other things than business in itsstrictest sense.

One day the Tampa operator askedDan if lie ever listened in on theamateur "chatter" on the air. Danimmediately built himself a receivingset, learned the Continental Code, andset out to enjoy himself. It was onlynatural that he and the Tampa oper-ator should try their skill on each otherand only natural that: they should becaught taling in the wrong code overthe Western Union wires! That wasthe beginning of what is now a thriving,exciting venture on the part of DanKelly.

His amateur set is installed in twoparts of his apartment. The receivingset pictured above, reposes in his livingroom where, from his comfortable chair,he can press a button under the drawerto throw the transmitter on the aireven though it is located in the attic.Dan's call letters or station identifica-

tion are Wl-MJD. When he goes onthe air, he might sound something likethis, "Calling CQ, calling CQ, callingCQ. Come in CQ. Wl MJD stand-ing by." He then switches to thereceiving set and wails. If all goeswell, he will pretty soon hear some oneof his radio friends, whom he hasnever seen but whom he knows quitewell, say "Hello, Wl-MJD" and thefun is on for another evening.

Last October Dan was convalescingfrom a gall bladder operation and hisradio played a big part in his recovery.He found one young man out in Omaha,Nebraska, who was recuperating, too,and they talked every day at twoo'clock. One day he got a doctor inTexas who was recuperating from thesame operation. They discussed sym-ptoms and, finally, the doctor assuredDan that he was coming along quitenicely, had nothing to worry about andtold him how to go on taking care ofhimself. Dan says it was almost, butnot quite, a free diagnosis.

Other local hams who work atSprague Electric are Harry Barschdorfof (Wl-AVU), George Remillard ofMaintenance Test (Wl-JXY), GeorgeDeGrenier of Maintenance Test (Wl-

CANCER FUNDAPPRECIATION

Robert C. Sprague, Jr., Treasurer ofthe Sprague Electric Employe BenelitFund, has received the followingletter from John G. Reed, Chairmanof the North Adams Cancer FundCommittee:

"'The pledge of the sum of $600.00by the Sprague Electric Employes'Benefit Fund to the 1950 North AdamsCancer Fund makes it possible for usto exceed our quota of $2,300.00.Please extend to the employes theappreciation of the members of thelocal committee for their generosity."

The Benefit Fund also contributedS500.00 to the March of Dimes Cam-paign.

CULLEN CHAIRMANTom Cullen of the Planning Depart-

ment was installed as chairman of theTrail District of Boy Scouts at theannual dinner at Fort Massachusettslast week. Harold Twitchell oi Tabu-lating and Robert Moors of Tabulatingwere named to the AdvancementCommittee at the same dinner.

SUGGESTION AWARDSLester Esties of the Molding De-

partment and Amie Lessard of In-dustrial Oil Stacking are the mostrecent Suggestion Award winners.

Mr. Lessard was awarded thirtydollars for his suggestion concerning theconservation of flux and ten dollarsfor another suggestion as to a way tomake the dip solder operation safer.Mr. Esties' suggestion concerns coversto protect the surface of the Prokarmolds, and he received five dollars forthe idea.

NOTICE, GIRLS !Any girls who worked in P.A.A.

Soldering in 1940, attended the banquetat WenzeTs Farm, and are interestedin a reunion for 1950 please call MaudWaska at 2080-M or Adele Solari at2673.

SPRAGUE ELECTRIC SUGGESTIONSYSTEM REVIEWED

Employes Encouraged to Submit Sugges-tions for Improvements in Products

and Methods

In order to develop the most efficient suggestion system possible,the Sprafjue Electric Company is making the following plan effectiveon June I, 1950.

GKK), and William Allison of (Wl-FFC).

POLICYThe Policy of the Sprague Electric

Company with regard to the SuggestionSystem is to encourage its employesto submit suggestions; to consider eachsuggestion for improvements in pro-ducts and methods as well as for anysavings which may be effected; andto grant fair and reasonable awards foreach suggestion that is adopted.PURPOSE

In operating the system, the SpragueElectric Company does so witli theintent of providing its employes withan orderly procedure for the considera-tion of such ideas. The SuggestionSystem is further intended to provide ameans of recognition and award forindividual ingenuity.

It is not the Company's intention torequire employes to put in additionaltime outside of work insofar as the Sug-gestion System is concerned.RULES

The Suggestion System is operatedfor all employes subject to the rulesgiven below:1. Awards generally will not be made

to members of the ManagementGroup, Employe Relations, Person-nel, Supervisors for suggestionspertaining to their line of work, norto Planners, Time Study andMethods personnel, Cost personnel,Tool and Fixture Designers, Pro-duct Engineers or any other per-sonnel employed for the specificpurpose of maintaining or makingimprovements in methods, planningrates, costs, designs, products orother specific activities.

Should they submit suggestions out-side their specific line of work, theymay receive awards.2. Suggestions which duplicate pro-

posed improvements which are al-ready under consideration or per-taining to routine maintenance willnot be eligible for awards.

3. Suggestions on temporary or in-complete setups are not eligible forawards.

4. Suggestions should be addressed tothe Secretary', Suggestion Com-mittee and dropped in the boxesprovided. Their receipt will beacknowledged during the followingweek.

5. Committee decisions may be ques-tioned by the suggester if he is notentirely satisfied, but all secondrulings by the Commit tee shall befinal.

6. Any proposed changes in theSuggestion System must be approv-ed by the majority of the Com-mittee including the Chairman, andfinally approved by the CompanyPresident.

ORGANIZATION and OPERATIONThe Suggestion Committee shall be

composed of the following:Personnel Manager—Chairman, shall

be responsible for'coordination of theSuggestion System.

Factory ManagersDepartment Head of Time Study Dept.Department Head of Cost Dept.Secretary—Shall be appointed by the

Chairman. The Secretary must be

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SMILING FACES AT THE BASKETBALL BANQUET MAY 11

PUBLISHED S E M I - M O N T H L Y FOR EMPLOYEES OF S P R A G U E ELECTRIC C O M P A N Y

SPRAGUE ELECTRIC I AH, May 27, 1950

Cirtnlahon: Marion Caron

PUBLISHING STAFFEditor: Mary Connelly

Social Chairman: Ann Heath

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

Owen and Laurence Haskins.Sports

Kenneth RussellPlant Editor

Marshall Street: Cecile Trudeau

Photographer l£M Plani EdUor

Al Horsfall • Brown Street: Bertha VaughanBEAVER STREET REPORTERS

Susan Bishop, Annette Boudreau, Joan Bryce, Rita Cote, Harry Embry,Mildred Faustini, Natalie Garafano, Doris Grinka, Hazel Goodale, RuthHaskins, Marjoric Hauptfleisch, Ruth Kelly, Joan LaPierre, Velma Lincoln,Frances Melito, Nick Richardello, Florence Southgate, Shirley Thoros, HarryTrombley, Roseann Vigna, John Walsh, and Marge Wittig.

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

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

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

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

"Every Sprague Worker an Assistant Reporter*''

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

FOR CHILDREN'S HAYII youth had been willing to listen

lo all thai its grandfathers told,If I he gray-beared sage by the weight of his age

Had been able attention to hold,We'd be reading by candles and heating with wood,Arid where we were then, we'd have certainly stood.

If von 111 had been willing to listenTo the warnings and hints of the wise,

Had it taken as true all the best which they knew,And believed that no higher we'd rise,

The windows of sick rooms would be kept shutAnd we'd still use the cobweb to bandage a cut.

If youth had been willing lo listen,Had it clung to the best of the past,

With oxen right now we'd he struggling to ploughAnd thinking a horse travels fast.

We'd have stood where we were beyond question or doubt,If some pestilent germ hadn' t wiped us all out.

So, although I am gray a t the temples,And settled and fixed in my ways,

1 wouldn't hold youth to the limits of truthThat I learned in my brief yesterdays.

And I say to myself as they come and they go;"Those kids may find something this age doesn't know."

—Edgar Guest

R. C. Sprague Jr. WillServe On NAMCommittee

Robert C. Sprague, Jr., has been ap-pointed a member of one of the import-ant policy committees of the NationalAssociation of Manufacturers. Thecommittee will meet throughout theyear "formulating policy recommend-ations on industrial and economic-issues, both current and long range."The committee is composed of repre-sentatives of large and small industryin all parts of the country. Mr.Sprague has also been named Directorand Vice President of the North AdamsChamber of Commerce.

Buddy Poppy ProceedsUsed For Service

In 200 foreign countries our nation'swar dead lie silent in the soil on whichthey fought. In honor of these valiantdead and the courageous veterans whosleep in our own hallowed soil, theV.F.W. is again conducting the annualBuddy Poppy Sale to bring help tothose veterans yet living, to warorphans and to widows.

All Sale proceeds are used for welfareand rehabilitation: to provide a widerange of veteran welfare work; to carryon a nation-wide service and rehabili-tation program through the nationaland state organizations; to help main-tain the V.F.W. National Home forwar orphans and widows; and lo com-pensate the disabled ex-service men whomake the Buddy Poppies.

Approximately 70 percent of themoney contributed locally for the

the community in which it is given.One cent of each Buddy Poppy dimedoes to the National RehabilitationService of the organization; one cent,to the National Home; one and one-half cents pays for the handiwork of

' the disabled veterans who fashion thepoppies in government hospitals thr-oughout the country, the materials of

I which the poppies are made, and otherI necessary expenses.

All this fine service to America's warveterans and their immediate de-

t pendents is made possible by themillions of patriotic citizens who onMemorial Day each year respondgenerously to the appeal to "Wear aBuddv Poppy."

Our Safety Corner

William Grant, son of CarolineGrant of Miscellaneous PaperFinish, who was elected presidentof the 1951 senior class at Drury.

William Grant, son of Mrs. CarolineGrant of Miscellaneous Paper Finish,has been elected president of nextyear's senior class at Drury HighSchool. This honor is doubly greatin that William has served as presidentof his class right through high school —in other words, a three year term.Our congratulations and best wishes,Bill.

A man's intellect is judged by hisability to disagree without being dis-agreeable.

If two men on the same job agreeall the time, one is useless. If theynever agree, both are useless."

Personnel Journal

Counsel: "Do you wish to challengeany of the jury?"

Defendant: "Well, I think I couldlick that little fellow on this end."

TEA PARTY—A self-styled reform-er was watching a trench being dug bymodern machine methods.

He walked over to the superintendentin charge of the job.

"This machine has taken jobs fromscores of men," he said. "Why don'tyou junk this machine and put 100 menin that ditch with shovels?"

The superintendent replied promptlyand effectively. . ."Or better still, whynot put 1000 men in there with tea-spoons?"

A great many people think they arethinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices.

Wil I in m James

Many a man in love with a dimplemakes the mistake of marrying thewhole girl.

A depression is a period when peopledo without the things their parentsnever had.

There is only one endeavor in whichyou can start at the top — and that'sdigging a hole.

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Sprague Electric SuggestionSystem Reviewed

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lualified toattend toall details of theSuggestion System but shall be re-sponsible to the Chairman.

Disposition of all suggestions and

hall be made by this committee, sub-ject to the approval of the officer of theCompany under whose jurisdiction theemploye's department is assigned.

It is the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of t h e C h a i rman of the Suggestion Committee tosee that final awards follow a pattern ofUStifiable awards, subject to review

by the Company President if the Suggestion Committee Chairman deems ilnecessary.

The Chairman of the Committeew i l l b e r e s p o n s i b l e l o r s e e i n g t h a i a l lsuggestions art? investigated, and thePlanning Department will be re-spons ib le lo r the i n s t a l l a t i o n of alla c c e p t e d s u g g e s t i o n s .

S u g g e s t i o n s a n - w e l c o m e on all s u b -j e c t s r e l a t e d to the b u s i n e s s of t h eSprague Electric Company, but par-ticularly those of a nature outlinedbelow:

A. To improve the quality of ourproducts.

B. To rectify conditions that arehazardous to health and safe-ty-

C. To improve methods of manu-facturing.

I). To reduce the cost of pro-

F. To improve equipment, tools,jigs, fixtures, etc.

materials.

H. To select Letter materials.

Beaver Street Paper Rolling enjoying their get-to-gether at Clarksburg Sportsmen's Club on May 11. Elaine Theresa Letalien, daughter of Catherine I.etalien of BrownStreet Molded Tubulars. Dick Leja, two and one-half year old nephew of Margaret Torrey of Marshall Street Shipping Room. His mother, Klsie Leja, used to work in P.A.A.and was a member of the LOG Staff. The Sample Department of Marshall Street at a party at Petey Dink's on May 11.

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Do You Know the Man Who - -

Wrapped his watch in cellophane tokeep the ticks out of his pocket?

Cut his finger off so he could writeshorthand?

You can't keep your mind and yourmouth open at the same time.

Cherish all your happy moments,they make a fine cushion for old age.

Proud father, speaking of his newson: "Boy, is he some lungster!"

* * *

"Do you think the 'Old Man' willsmell my breath?"

"No, the alcohol covers it up."

May 27, 1950 SPKAGlK KLKCTR1C IAH,

Final Solderers - Day ShiftBy The Busy Bees

We welcome the new girls on the lineand hope they will like working with us.

The pin-up girl of the^month isLillian Rivard.

Congratulations are in order forJosephine Buda who is wearing abeautiful diamond.

Birthday congratulations go to JoeBuda, Irene Serventi, Peg Cirone andRachel Garner. Many more of them,girls.

We wonder if Theresa Mason is goingto keep up the Rood work on her diet.She lost 101 pounds the first week.Keep it up, Theresa. You'll have thatgirlish figure yet.

What do the Hollywood actors havethat our Mel doesn't have?

We hear that Martha Lewis is try-ing for her new license. Better watchout, everybody!

Bessie Paradis certainly knows howto handle a wheelbarrow. Just don'tget in front of her, please!

Industrial OilsBy Ann Heath

Many happy returns to EleanorDeSanty, Agnes Houghton, and PaulBouchard on their birthdays. Pauland his wife, Ceil, celebrated by goingto Boston for the weekend. Theytook in the Red Sox game and thecircus at the Garden, a very pleasantweekend. What did you do, Agnes?Eleanor celebrated by doing somehouse-cleaning. She swings a wickedpaint brush and painted everything inthe house including the cat.

We had a surprise visit: from CharlieSlade who is just as chipper as ever.I low do Ceil Bouchard and Anna I Ieathrate a special big hug from Charlie?

We are glad to see Bern ice Plant ierback to work after a tussel with thevirus germ.

We all want to send our best wishesto Lucille Lachance and hope she willsoon be with us again.

Helen Lesure says she cut her finger,but we believe she caught it in a swing-ing door.

Ruby Pratt put her neck out theother day when she said she had a bedof violets. Since that day you alwayssee Ruby with some violets for the girls.

ResistorsBy Chick and Chuck

Maude Jones is on the sick list as wewrite this. Hurry back, Maude.

We are glad to have "Bucky"Williams back after a week's illness.

John Murchie is the department'snumber one Braves rooter.

Harry Haddad is teaching the finepoints of whist to Paul Bergeron andDouglas Shepley.

Wire CoatingBy Betty Jangrow

Congratulations are in store tor thefollowing folks:

Yes, Pete LePage is the new presi-dent of the DOR House. From all re-ports, it isn't as bad as it sounds forthey certainly have some wonderfultimes at their outings and meetings.Mrs. LePage was elected president ofthe Mother's Forum. Congratulations!

Ernie Gamache has been as busy asa beaver between the new home on theWalden School Road and his daughter's(Mary Ann) graduation from Druryin June. Good luck, Ernie, we'll be:wer to roll out the barrel and have awonderful time with you one of thesedays.

Benjamin Davis and Lorin Jangrowwere elected president and vice-presi-dent for next year's Junior Class at theTeachers' College. These young menhave been schoolmates since kinder-garten at Mark Hopkins School.Benny is Pete LePage's nephew. Lorinis the son of Betty Jangrow and workedin the Sample Lab during vacation in'49.

A belated birthday greeting to HelenBurdick who celebrated May 13. Wedidn't intend to forget you, Helen.

We are privileged to have in ourpersonnel Ralph Bullett who is verypopular with the Boy Scouts. Andwe can't slight Mrs. Bullett who isdoing such a wonderful job with theGirl Scouts. So to the Bulletts, keepup the good work. Our youth needsfolks just like you.

A hearty welcome to our youngestmember on the first shift, JackieMattimore. Guess you are the young-est wire coater.

Monday, May IS, a bouquet of whiteviolets on F:arle Washburn's table.

We also welcome Barbara Grovesand Frances Gauthier to our depart-ment and hope they enjoy workingwith us.

Adv. Anyone interested in havinghis house washed on the outside con-tact Corena Tatro. She was seenwashing her own the other evening.

We extend our sympathy to GeraldPessolano on the recent death of hisgrandmother.

Congratulations to Jo Ann Faour,youngest sister of Eva Faour, who is tograduate from Drury in June.

PAA RollingBy Lottie and Dottie

Did Bette Johnson get up in a hurrythe other morning or did she put herdress on inside out purposely? Itmeans good luck anyway, Bette, andwe wish that the best may come yourway.

Automatic RollingBy Choo-Choo

to the department: Bob Macek,Chuck Kovach, Joe Poissant, JohnChadwell, Newton Peck, Lester Dunionlin, and C. Kassner. We hope youhoys like it here.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Joe Rotolo on the birth of their twin

Joe Zona and Ellen Perras of theSample Department, Brown Street,have set the daft of their wedding asAugust 1<). 'Their engagement an-nouncement appeared in a Januaryissue of the LOG.

Joe Rosse and Nick Fulginiti haveboth returned from dishing Veteran'sHospital where they received treat-ment for service acquired injuries. Nickis still unable to come back to work.We hope to see you back soon, Nick.

Bill Pratt and Bill Hussey havebeen transferred to the first shift.Aldo Sartori and Joe Rotolo have beentransferred to the second.

Drivers and pedestrians, Beware!Bill Hussey passed his driving lest andhas a license. He also bought himself

Molded Tubulars--lst ShiftBy G. Kirkpatrick and C. Urbano

Attention, please! All comers arewelcome to try and beat Doris Stone'shusband's record. He can eat twopounds of spaghetti at one sitting.How about it, girls, care to try and dis-pute that?

That battle of the windows is onagain. On the sidelines you may hearGrace Miller, Frances Dami, BeatriceBoucher, Alice Bard, and Irma Allendiscussing the whys and whereforesof opened and shut windows.

Irene Pigeon, one of our new girls,brought in the most delicious maplecake. Judging from the comments,Irene, you should do it more often.Mmm.

Frances Bartlett's specialty is bananacream pie, and what a pie! WhenFran brings in a pie, there is no dietschedule for the overweights who areon the receiving end. Isn't that true,girls?

The girls on the wire and eyeletsections attended a greenback showerheld at the Vet's Home for Rita Samiawho is to be married in June. Dancingand group singing were enjoyed. Theparty ended with a group of girls goingto the Richmond Grill where several ofthem were in stitches over the goodstories being told.

Catherine Letalien is in her usualgood spirits again now that her son ishome from the hospital. We hope heenjoyed the lovely wrist watch thegirls sent him.

a Ford.The fishermen in the department who

have reported their luck are: AllieBates, Joe Vitro, Joe Rosse, PatMazza, and Howie Gay.

Your reporter has finally moved intohis new apartment after redecorating

it. Now, maybe I'll be able to get

the news in to the LOG.

CeramicsBy Ida Gigliotti

We were sorry to hear of Mr.Wilson's mother's accident. We sendher a cheery greeting and hope for acomfortable convalescence.

Greetings and salutations to the newemployes and the sincere hope thatyou will like it here in Ceramics.

Inez and Clara celebrated theirwedding anniversaries. Wre wisli youmany happy returns of the day.

Birthday greetings are extended toAnn of Ceramics and Frankie of CheckInspection.

Welcome back to Yvonne and Helenwho are back with us after bad colds.

Frankie's favorite refrain these daysseems to be, "Somebody else is takingmy place." Frankie of Check In-spection is going to leave us soon. Wewish him all the luck in the world onhis new job.

Even though you'll be out of sightyou won't be out of mind for we haveenjoyed being associated with you.Ceramics will miss you, not only foryourself but for those impersonationsyou are so popular for.

We are gaining two more fellow-workers. To Bernie and Bob we say"Hello" and we hope you like us.

SHIPPING ROOM - Marsha l l S t .

Everyone has "SPRING FEVER."The boys are all talking about fish

ing, baseball and new cars. The girlsare all wearing colorful cotton dresses,talking about new hairdos and planning

James Knox spent a week's vacationin Maine, fishing.

William Grogan has changed his carlor a much newer model.

Ernie Gregory is the proud owner «.la new television set. lie is not goingto miss any ball games.

lean Charon's motto: "CLEAN UP,PAINT UP, FIX HP." She took aweek's vacation to do all this. Now,they tell me, you cannot smoke in herhouse, of course, smoking is allowedon the porch.

Roma Perrault. Some one Look herlunch by mistake and left her another.Says Roma: "Jusl because I hadturkey sandwiches, someone wouldhave to change lunches with me."How were the bean sandwiches, Roma?

Another day, Roma was talkingabout lire insurance. While talking,she burns a hole in her dress with acigarette. Now she is trying to settlewith the insurance company lor a newdress.

Retail SalesBy Hit and Run

First, we welcome Rita Morehouseback. It's good having you back,Rita.

Hank Gamari celebrates his birth-day on May M). Congratulations,Hank. The next time you go fishing,Mr. Gamari, don't forget your fishpole as you did, recently.

The girls are grateful to Dot Priorifor the swell hair cutting job she didfor them. Who's next?

Lucky Lorraine Lavigne has a newcar with nylon seat covers. I low abouttaking us all for a ride, Lorraine?

All the girls went to a "TupperWear" party at Avelina King's houserecently and had loads of fun. Hostesshonors were shared by Avelina and BeaCampedelli.

Doris Patenaude has another worryadded to her list a 1<)37 Dodge. Clearthe road lor Doris!

Rain or shine, Dot Belanger alwayshas a smile. Keep smiling, eh Dot?

Teacher: "Willie can you tell mewhere Cleveland is?"

Willie: "Yes'm. Cleveland is in NewYork today, and Bob Feller is pitchin'."

Better to keep your mouth shut andbe thought a fool than to open it andremove all doubt.

I

yAnthony Valotta, son of Marjorie Valotta who was formerly of Paper Ignition Assembly. Peter Choquette, 29 month-old son of Martha Choquette of Metal Clod at Beaver

Street looks as if he means business. Betty, Dorothy, Barbara, and Cynthia Giusti, daughters of Geraldine Giusti of Molded Tubuiars Eyelet Section. Adele Solari, ofMiscellaneous Paper Finish, will sing your favorite songs on the Friendly Program for Shut-ins over WNAW some Sunday morning.

Why do the girls think MabelTheriault is taking off for Floridaevery time she goes home early. Is itthe climate down there, Mabel, orwhat?

Anne Madden is starting to get hersuntan early. The other day she camein looking as red as a tomato!

We should have a fruit stand in ourroom for Laddie. You do like fruit.don't you, Laddie?

Who is known as "Cheesel Peezel" inour department?

We'll have to get Helen Cutler aschool bag so she can carry all theProkar Specs around with her.

Time is nearing for Carol At well'sbig day. Getting nervous. Carol?

We're glad to have Mary DiLegoback feeling well.

We also welcome all the new rollersto the department.

Everyone wants to know how youdecorated that beautiful birthday cakeIsabelle Lyons. It tasted as good as itlooked, too.

Mary Messier and Lil Rougeaushould get together about how to starttheir cars. They both have '34 Ply-mouths. These new fangled contrap-tions get anyone confused, don't they?

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Beaver StreetDry Tubular Finish

ByM. Hauptfleisch and M. Faustini

We extend belated birthday greet-ings lo Leonore Tarnuzzer, RuthEdmonds, and Helen LeSage. Betterlate than never, girls.

We would like to ask Mary Moruzziit she thinks Ted Dubie is ready forhis pilot's license yet. It seems thatTed has been driving high lately. How

about it, Mary?We want to congratulate Ruth

Edmonds on her fourth weddinganniversary. It must lie like Christ-inas for you, Ruth, having a birthday,Mother's Day, and an anniversary allin one week. Are you the lucky girl!

Misc. Paper FinishBy Velma Lincoln

Congratulations to Ann Malloy onher twenty-sixth anniversary. Keep itup, Ann — the next twenty-four yearswill be easy!

Adele Solari sang on the FriendlyShut-In program which comes on at9:30 every Sunday morning. Adeleis very obliging and will sing yourfavorite songs on request. Those olus who heard her sing "Rain or Shine"and "Sentimental Me" certainly en-joyed it. She has a nice voice.

Dora Landry had a big smile theother morning and she wasn't knittingas she is every morning. Instead, shewas all excited because she had wonthe five dollars which was given as thedoor prize at the Union meeting. Wewould all smile lor that amount.

Gertrude Deso is back after beingout ill for I wo weeks. That virus Xsurely gets around.

Caroline Grant becomes an aunt indouble lime. It seems her sister andsister-in-law are having a race. Thisis the second time. AH Caroline doesis keep up on new names—and thescore.

Product EngineeringBy Fran Melito

Our office has been changed and itseems as though everyone is going toneed a map to find where things are.Yet, we all agree that it is a lot moreconvenient.

Ann Kearns has been transferredfrom the Blueprint Department downto Product Engineering. We hope youlike it down here, Ann.

Ray Calvi has been out. sick for al-most a week. Hurry back, Ray. Weall miss you.

Priscilla Gebauer is planning toattend one of the Major League gamesin Boston this weekend. Have a goodtime, Priscilla.

Ann Kearns has set the date for herwedding. It's to be August 5. Thebest of luck, Ann.

Birthdays celebrated recently in thedepartment were Rita Slade and BarbCady. Belated birthday greetings,girls.

(The following article written by Jack Cluett and published originally in Woman's Day, is reprinted by permission ol Reader's Digest.)

One cold evening in Oak Park, 111.,Mrs. Ed Beane stepped out of thehouse to empty some trash. Thedoor^slammed shut, locking her out.She shouted and pounded but herhusband didn't hear her; headphonesglued to his ears, he was busy chewingthe rag with an airwaves friend inJohannesburg, South Africa.

Mrs. Beane went next door to theAshton's intending to phone. ThereWalt Ashton, headphones glued tohis ears, also happened to be in con-tact with Johannesburg. So Ashtonsimply relayed her plight 16,000 milesand, seconds later, Ed Beane wasamazed to hear the clipped Britishaccent announce: "I say, old man,your wife is locked out and freezingto death. Let her in."

Ed and Walt, amateur radio oper-ators, are just two of 120,000 "hams"- 85,000 in the United States, 35,000in foreign countries—who make up aclosely knit clique of some of the mosthobby-happy individuals in the world.While you and I spin our dials between550 and 1600 kilocycles hunting forentertainment, the ham works patient-ly across his government-allocatedshortwave bands transmitting the codeletters "CQ", plaintive call of thelonely ham looking for a mate. Manyof them have been talking to each otheroff and on for the past 35 years.Hundreds of small groups, made up oftwo to 20 hams, meet on the air atregularly scheduled hours and holdbull sessions far into the night. Al-though often half a world apart, theyprobably know more details of eachother's personal lives than they wouldif they were next-door neighbors.

Most amateurs are equipped tosend and receive by either radio-telephone (voice) or radiotelegraph(code). The difference in languagesbetween hams scattered around theglobe is overcome by two inter-nationally accepted codes. One is aset of 43 "Q" signals, which deal withessential technical information. QRS,for example, asks, "Shall I send moreslowly?" QRM reports, "I am beinginterfered with." The other code is aset of abbreviations and, though basedon English, is understood by hamseverywhere. Thus, NM NW OTCUL VY 73 ES 88 2 UR XYL CL isofficial ham lingo for "No more now,old timer; see you later; very bestregards and love and kisses to yourwife. I am closing my station."

Every ham refers to his equipmentas a "rig," his place of operation as a"shack." A girl friend in short-waveparlance is a YL (young lady), andthe wife is referred to as the XYL (ex-young lady). Earphones are "cans,"

a telegraph key is a "bug"; we of thegeneral public are referred to scorn-fully as "BCLs" (broadcast listeners).

In the early days the ham's "shack"- housed in kitchen, cellar, attic or

barn — was a veritable scrap heap oftwisted wire, scraps of tinfoil, andMason jars. Equipment in those dayswas makeshift at best. A ham'sappetite for oatmeal was more oftenpredicated on his desire for the roundcardboard container, soon to becomethe vital core of a tuning coil, than onhis passion for hot cereal.

But now the amateur's rig has movedinto a more respectable corner of thehouse, where it takes up no more roomthan a large-size television set. Theaverage amateur rig costs $588 — al-though the figure goes as low as $50and as high as $25,000 — while averageupkeep amounts to about $125 peryear. Ninety-five percent of all hamtransmitters are home-assembled, whilepractically all receiving sets are boughtready-made. Some amateurs have rigsin their cars as well.

Amateur Ken Moore was drivingthrough Pasadena, sending out ageneral CQ call on his mobile rig, whenhe got an answer from William Hart inGlenville, 111. "Since you're in Pasa-dena," Hart said, "would you mindtaking a message to my sister at 65South Orange Grove?" Moore glancedup and saw that not only was he direct-ly in front of that address but that agirl was backing a car out of the drive-way. Pulling over, he asked, "Do youhappen to have a brother in Glenview,Illinois?" She did. And she spentthe next half hour talking to him fromMr. Moore's car.

The ham wallpapers his shack withhundreds of "QSLs" - postal-sizecards exchanged through the mailsbetween hams who have contactedeach other. Every ham's QSL is asdistinctive as a woman's hat. Callletters are emblazoned across gaudybackgrounds. The amateur who oper-ates station YR6AA on Pitcairn Islandin the Pacific uses tropical leaves forhis QSL.

Although there's a lot of personalchitchat — the weather, politics, thegirl friend, grandma's lumbago -the foremost topic of conversationis the never-ending exchange of tech-nical information about such "trivia"as diodes, screen-grid amplifiers, ky-toons and superinfragenerator receiv-ers. If an amateur dreams up a newdevice to improve his transmitter, hespreads the news far and wide.

The latest such device is a gadgetdeveloped by Don E. Norgaard ofSchenectady, N. Y. Called a har-moniker, it reduces TVI (television

interference) from short-wave trans-mitters. Hams dislike being brandeda nuisance, and although such thingsas electric razors, trolley cars, dia-thermy machines and vacuum clean-ers cause more TVI than amateurtransmitters, the hams won't sleepuntil they're given a clean bill of health.

Hams' discoveries benefit commer-cial operations and techniques as well;the discovery of the limitless value ofshort waves, including FM and TV, isjust one example of the purely amateuraccomplishments. And most of thetechnicians and engineers now engagedin commercial radio and TV have beenrecruits from the amateur ranks. Dur-ing the war, when amateur radio wassilenced, the 25,000 American hams inuniform were put lo work designingmilitary communications equipment,setting up global networks of radionavigational aids and manning radarinstallations. At the war's conclusionthese same hams were quick to set upshort-wave stations in the theaters ofoperations, contact fellow hams inthe States and relay thousands ofpersonal messages from homesick ser-vice men to the folks back home.

On the Island of Cyprus shortlyafter the war S|Sgt. William "Pappy"Henderson, who was supervising anArmy installation, found he lackedsome essential supplies. On his short-wave transmitter he sent an urgentCQ call and was answered by stationD4AFE in Wiesbaden, Germany."Pappy" pleaded with the ham torush his request for needed equip-ment to Army headquarters. D4AFEdid better than that: he saw to it:personally that the material was ona Cyprus-bound plane that veryday. D4AFE, it so happened, washam operator Lt. Gen. Curtis LeMay,Chief of the U. S. Air Forces in Europe.

Ham ranks include people from allwalks of life. There are about 1500women hams in the United States.Both Herbert Hoover, Jr., and PrinceAbd el Moneim of Egypt are ardenthams. If you're one and want to talkwith "Amos," of the famous Amos 'n'Andy comedy team, just call amateurstation W6QUT.

The youngest ham on record waslittle Jean Hudson of Laurel, Del.Fascinated at the age of six by herdaddy's amateur outfit, she masteredthe International Code by the timeshe was eight and was soon operatingher own licensed station, built for herby her father. Edward P. Kingsland,age 84, of Herkimer, N. Y., is probablythe oldest living ham.

Any American citizen may becomea licensed operator provided he passesthe Government examination. He must

be able to send and receive at I lie raleof 13 words a minute by telegraph key,and must keep an accurate log of hisstation operations available at all timesfor Government inspectors. 11 is poweris limited by law to 1000 walls, andhe may not broadcast entertainmentor advertising, nor may he acceptremuneration for his services. Anyobscene, indecent or profane languageresults in immediate confiscation of hislicense. If (he FCC doesn't catch upwith infractions of these rules, brotherhams soon will. They have an en-viable record of self-discipline.

Watching over the radio hams asa mother cat guards her kit lens is theAmerican- Radio Relay League inWest Hartford, Conn. Among otherservices, the league operates as aclearinghouse and experimental lab t<>check all kinds of new and contemplat-ed radio devices, which are then re-ported in its monthly publicationQST, the hams' bible. But. its mostimportant work is its organization andmaintenance of a national emergencynetwork of carefully drilled volunteerhams who, in a communications emerg-ency, work closely with the disastercommunications service of the RedCross.

To provide substitute links be-tween the isolated areas and the out-side world during national disasters,many amateurs have stayed at theirstations for 30 and 40 hours at astretch, without food or sleep, sendingout urgent messages for clothing,medical supplies, nurses and doctors.Small wonder that ihe Army, Navy,Coast Guard, Forest Ranger Serviceand Red Cross have come to dependon them. Once during a Floridahurricane James T. Long, bedriddenfor several years, managed to crawlto his rig and with the able assistanceof his wife—while their house threat-ened to collapse—handled hundreds ofvital messages.

One night at Tillamook Rock, offthe treacherous Oregon coast, hugeseas smashed over the lighthouse,putting the light, foghorn and tele-phone out of commission. Using theingenuity he had acquired as a ham,lighthouse-keeper Henry Jenkins im-provised a rig with parts salvagedfrom a small battery-powered re-ceiver, a couple of brass doorknobplates and a handful of wire. Then hecontacted a ham on the mainland whonotified shipping authorities. Thusall ships in the vicinity were warnedand what might have been anothertragedy of the sea was averted.

Well—73CUL. (Or, to us ordinaryBCLs—Best regards, see you later.)

Frances Cayda on her vaeation in sunny California. Frances Gayda ropes one man for herself and one for Gert Hall. Frances Gayda with Heap Big Chief, her bi<i moment.Harry Francis Cillis, nephew of Hazel L'Ecuyer of Industrial Oils, Brown Street. Edward J. Brondoni, son of Giulio Brondoni of [Marshall Street Formation ami nephew ofMillie Letalien of Miscellaneous Paper Assembly. Beverly Ann Gebauer, niece of Priscilla Gebauer of Product Engineering.

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Strawberries are unusually good thisseason. Strawberry shortcake is sopretty to look at, so good to eat thai itseems almost unbelievable that it's sogood for yon. The flaky biscuit baseis a mine of B-vitamins and food iron.The strawberries are vitamin C sup-pliers.

If you're feeling generous and yourbudget doesn't mind, make the biscuitswith butter or margarine for a change.Add two extra tablespoons to therecipe, for butter and margarine haveless shortening power than shortening

Knead the biscuil dough lightly foralight, fluffy shortcake, then roll outand cut into squares or rounds. Squareshortcakes are easy and thrifty, for thedough is rolled into a rectangle, theneul into squares with a floured knife.There are no bits of dough left over.

When the fresh strawberry seasonends, serve biscuits or sponge cake withtoppings of fresh raspberries, black-berries, peaches, blueberries and cher-ries. And, of course, there are alwaysthe frozen berries, which require onlythawing to prepare.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE2 cups sifted enriched flour3 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salti cup sugar6 tablespoons shortening| to % cup milksweetened sliced strawberriesWhipped cream

Sift together flour, salt, bakingpowder and sugar. Cut or rub inshortening. Add milk to form a softdough. 'Turn out on lightly flouredboard and knead gently •£- minute.Pat or roll out into rectangle 8 by 6inches. Cut into 2\ inch squares.Hake on ungreased baking sheet in hotoven (450°F.) 10 to 12 minutes. Splitcrosswise. Spread bottom layer light-ly with butter or margarine. Coverwith sweetened berries and replace tops.Cover with more berries and whippedcream. Makes 6 servings.

Baked H a m a n d Caulif lower1 small cauliflower

2 slices crumbled bread2 teaspoons butterI cup milkBreak cauliflower in small sections.

Butler a baking dish and fill withalternate layers of ham, cauliflowerand bread crumbs. Dot with butterand season with salt and pepper. Add |milk and bake in moderate oven, 350degrees, one hour or until lender. Re-I

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party, one of the delegates slavered

a big Klass of tomato 'juice. ' '"Could I mix you a Bromo Seltzer?"

asked the waitress, who diagnosed thesituation by the pallor of ihe man'slace.

"lie.vctis, no!" he exclaimed, "Icouldn't stand the noise."

It's been well said lhat with addedresponsibility some men grow whileo t h e r s just bloat.

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With picnic season upon us, wemight consider an old-fashioned fishfry to combine the fun of picnickingwith eating the fish being brought homeby successful fishermen. There's justnothing that tastes better than fishcooked over a fire out of doors, whetherit be in your own back yard or on thebanks or a nearby river.

Food for a fish fry is always thesimplest kind and should be eaten"finger style". The following menu issuggested as one to make you a fishfry enthusiast:

Fish over the campfireHush Puppies

Chilled whole tomatoesWatermelon

CoffeeHush puppies have long been a

favorite food for a fish fry. Theyare little corn pones that are droppedinto the hot fat to brown after the fishhave been fried. Legend has it thatthese pones got their name at earlysouthern fish fries. The puppies,whining for their supper, were quietedwhen the cooks tossed them a friedpone and called "Hush, puppies!"Here's the way you make them.2~ cup sifted enriched flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 tablespoon sugar2 teaspoon salt1̂ cups enriched corn meal1 egg% cup milk

Sift together dry ingredients. Addegg and milk to dry ingredients,stirring lightly.

Drop a teaspoon of batter for eachhush puppy into hot deep fat, fryingonly a few at a time. Pry until agolden brown. Drain on paper. Makes2 dozen hush puppies.

For sale driving be sure all nuts aretight except theone.it the wheel.

This colorful bathing suit iseasily made by following direc-tions which arc avai lable at theDispensary .

Engagements

Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Sorel haveannounced the engagement of theirdaughter, Doris Lucille, to Kendall R.C. Trabold, son of Mrs. Lillian Cleaver.The wedding will take place on Tues-day, July 4 in Notre Dame Church.Doris works in the Sales Office.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Clark haveannounced the engagement of Mrs.Clark's daughter, Celia Mae Lord, toStanley Wojcik, son of Mrs. WalterCordonna. No date has been set forthe wedding. Celia works in F. P.Assembly.

Mrs. Evonne Boucher has announcedthe engagement of her daughter,Doris, to John Daniele, son of Mr. andMrs. Joseph Daniele. No date hasbeen set for the wedding. Doris isemployed in Dry Rolling.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Buda have an-nounced the engagement of theirdaughter, Josephine Rose, to LeoEdward Robinson, Jr., of Adams.The wedding will take place in Sep-tember. The bride-to-be works inP.A.A. Rolling.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Robertshave announced the engagement oftheir daughter Marcel, to NormanJoseph Remillard, son of Mrs. AdjuteurRemillard. The wedding is plannedlor August 26, in St. Francis' Church.Norman works in F. P. Assembly.

Mr. and Mrs. John Fie have an-nounced the engagement of theirdaughter, Doris Mary, to ArthurJoseph Tanguay, Jr. The weddingwill take place on October 21 in St.Francis' Church. Arthur works inFormation.

Weddings

BEEBE-DUBE

Miss Jeannette Geraldine Duby,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E.Duby, was married to Francis EdwardBeebe, son of Mrs. Orilla Arial ofWillow Dell and Edward Beebe, onMay 13 in the rectory of Notre DameChurch. The bridegroom works inDry Test at Beaver Street. Thecouple is at home at 37 South Street.

DeGRENIER-CONRAI)

Miss Catherine Anne Conrad,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeConrad, was married to Harvey O.DeGrenier, son of j Mrs. Virginia De-Grenier, on May 24 at the home ofJohn H. Quinn, town clerk of Williams-town. The bridegroom is foreman ofMiscellaneous Dry Rolling.

BERGER-ROTOLO

Miss Marie Antoinette Rotolo,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. TheodoreRotolo, and Donald Berger, son of Mrs.Elizabeth Berger, were married onMay 20 in St. Anthony's Church.Donald works in Dry Rolling.

FOSSER-HENDERSON

Miss Agnes Fay Henderson, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Henderson,and Phillip J. Fosser, son of Mr. andMrs. Julius Fosser, were married onMay 20 in the First Baptist Church.The couple is at home at 77 BracewellAvenue.

COLE-MARCIL

Miss Mildred Alice Marcil, daughterof Mrs. Eva Cardin, was married toMerrill Wesley Cole, son of Mrs. IdaCole, on May 20 in Notre DameChurch. They are at home at 86West Main Street. The bride works inPaper Rolling.

HAMELIN-BARIBF.AU

Miss Helen Anita Baribeau, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Baribeau, andHarvey Francis Hamelin, son of Mr.and Mrs. Francis Hamelin weremarried in Notre Dame Church onMay 27. The bride works in I )r>Rolling and the groom is in F. P.Department.

4?o* the Q(*kYour Child's IQ

A high school senior should not bediscouraged from going to college if hisIQ is a little below average.

An article in the May issue ofBetter Homes & Gardens magazine saysthat an IQ test — or any other test —measures so small a part of a humanbeing that no kind of action should betaken on the basis of the test alone.

A low intelligence quotient scoresimply predicts that college work willbe more difficult. 'The child will havemore than an average likelihood offailing.

But the IQ test doesn't predict fail-ure by any means. And it doesn'tprove that a boy with a lower one willget less out of college than other stu-dents. He may have many other im-portant qualifications of character andpersistence — and special talents —that others lack.

A below-average IQ test in a young-ster, however, should be a warning toparents. He should not be forced intoa situation where failure is probable.If he doesn't want to go to college,chances are that he is right. Brightstudent or dull, college won't hurt him.Failure may.

IQ test, along with those of schoolachievement, job aptitudes and allsorts of mental, physical, social andemotional qualities, are among thefastest growing of educational tools.And like any tool — from a pocketknife to a bulldozer —a mental lestcan do 10 times more harm than goodif used carelessly.

An IQ of 99, or 81 or 152, seemsprecise^and definite. Actually, it isnothing of the sort. Any mental test.is a sampling process. It estimates aboy's or girl's ability, much as you mightguess the quality of a field of corn byhusking an ear here and another there.

The youngster's score on vocabularyand other items gives what, is called his"mental" age. Dividing mental ageby actual age, and multiplying by 100to get rid of fractions, gives the mysticalfigure, the IQ. The average is 100.Any figure above 100 means betterthan average. Anything below meansless than average capacity.

A child with an IQ much below thenormal range of 90 to 110 is likely tohave trouble with ordinary schoolwork.He may be able to repair a broken-down tractor that would baffle mostadults, but lie probably won't havemuch success with irregular verbs.

Many employers have found that

intelligence tests don't tell much

about aptitude for any particular job.

T h e y c a n ' t m e a s u r e m u s i c a l or a r t i s t i c

talent. They hardly touch on interests,

balance. An [Q test doesn't even tell

how much an individual knows. There

school achievement to do this job.

Further, the probable error of oneof the best [Q lesis is about three per

scores 90, his real [Q may be between87 and <M. II also means llial smalldifferences don't mean anything.

The IQ should be looked at in .yenDirections for making these era! terms, in ranges or approximations.

summer gloves may be had at the You can't, with any lest devised so far,Beaver Street Dispensary. pin-point the human mind.

Two ways to turn a man's head are

Strawberry shortcake time is coming up soon. Doesn't this lookKood enough to wil?

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May 27, 1950 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG

SPORTS

The Sprague Lassies at their banquet at the Clarksburg Sportsmen's Club on May 11. Standing,left to right: Cass Sanecki, coach; Lois Greene, Joan LaPierre, Mary Gordon, Pat Gilmore, MargeWit tig, Katherine Perenick, Jeannette Roy, Art Mathews, manager.

Seated, left to right: Fran Melito, Claire Chalifoux, Vishy Wisniowski, captain; Laddie Meranti, co-captain; Dorothy D'Areangelo, Natalie Garofano, scorekeeper.

The girls basketball banquet washeld at the Clarksburg Sportsmen'sClub May ll^XSO^with about 17 inattendance.

Art Malhews introduced the Masterof Ceremonies "Bucky" Bullett, ablesports commentator of WMNB, whothen took over the leadership of theevening program. After everyone hadeaten their fill (steak with all thefixin's) "Bucky" who had raced upfrom his 7:15 radio program called onthe first speaker, Jack Washburn for afew words. Jack responded and onbehalf of the Sprague Electric Co.congratulated the girls, the coach andmanager, on the outstanding seasonthat had been so successful. Heregretted to inform the gathering thatthe Sprague family and Mr. Wardwere unable to be in attendance.

Our next speaker was George St.Pierre, Athletic Director of the Y. M.C. A., who also served in the capacityof an official referee at all of the homegames that the Sprague "Lassies"played. He wondered why he had

been invited at all when his officiatingat times did not favor the Lassies.He was joking of course.

On behalf of the Sprague Log Staff,yours truly, then spoke briefly on thefine work the girls had done and how—taking care of the publicity was theeasiest job, much more so than coach-ing or booking games.

Coach Cazz Sanecki was our nextspeaker and he spoke with a great dealof sincere feeling when he told the girlsthat he never enjoyed anything morein his life than to coach these girlsand see them improve week by week.He hoped that he did not cause anyhard feeling but that a Coach only didwhat he thought best and that itwould be an impossibility to pleaseeveryone.

Miss "Vishy" Wisnowski, on behalfof the Sprague Lassies thanked every-one for the fine cooperation and for allthat had been done for the squad, toArt Mathews for his time bookinggames and setting dates, to "Cazz"for his tireless efforts to improve the

team play, and to Ken Russell forcontacting the newspapers for thepublicity.

At this time she presented CoachSanecki a gift on behalf of all of theteam members. Mr. Sanecki respondedvery briefly.

Mrs. Mary Gordon then arose andalso on behalf of the Sprague Lassiesbestowed a gift on Manager ArtMathews, who also found it extremelyhard to find words to express histhanks.

It was a pleasure to have "Bucky"Bullett again with us and to sec him sohappily engaged in his present job.

Also at the party was YernonDurocher and Romeo Scerbo whofurnished transportation during theseason.

Lorraine Damon was missed at thebanquet but only illness could keepher away. We are happy to reportthat she is quite well now.

Dancing wound up the evening'sentire affair.

Ken Russell

SPRAGUE TAKES OPENER

Sprague showed considerable prom-ise in its opener, taking an early leadto force the Legion nine to trail all theway in and winning, 7-3. T. O'Neilopposed I). Whitney on the hill and re-ceived a lot better support than hisrival. Four runs in the third inningproved enough for the Sprague team tocop the victory. The summary:

Sprague

ab r h po a eEstes, If 3 2 1 0 1 0DiLorenzo, If 0 0 0 1 0 0Ziter, ss 3 1 2 0 0 0Lies, ss 1 0 0 0 0 0B. O'Neil, 2b 4 0 0 1 2 1Ariazi, c . . . : . . . . 4 2 2 2 0 0Dami, rf 2 0 1 4 0 0Lavigne, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0Kline, cf 3 1 0 3 0 0Cunningham, 1b.. 4 0 0 7 0 0Lewitt, 3b 4 0 2 3 2 1T. O'Neil, p 4 1 1 0 0 0

Totals 33 7 9 21 5 2

FISHING CONTEST

Entries in the Fishing Contest thistime are:

Ernest Robert, a bullhead; JosephRoberts, horned pout; Jack Sullivan,perch.

Legion

ab r h po a eVigna, c 4 0 2 2 1 0B. Whitney, ss... . 4 0 1 2 3 4LeClaire, If 3 0 0 2 0 1St. Pierre, cf 2 1 1 0 0 0Charon, 3b 3 0 1 0 4 0Saunders, lb 2 0 0 8 0 0Sprague, lb 3 1 2 5 0 0Racette, rf 3 0 1 0 0 0Reardon, 2b 3 0 0 1 1 1D. Whitney, p . . . . 3 1 2 1 3 0

Totals 30 3 10 21 12 6Sprague 0 1 4 1 0 0 1—7Legion 0 0 0 1 1 1 0—3

Runs batted in: Cunningham, Ziter,Ariazi, Lewitt, B. Whitney, Sprague.Two base hits: Estes. Base on balls:off Whitney 2, off O'Neil 4. Struckout: by Whitney 1, by O'Neil 1.Double plays: B. Whitney to Saunders,Lewitt to Cunningham. Umpires:Bulletti and Gamari. Time of game,.SO minutes.

PITTSFIELD INDIANSHome Games at Pittsfield

May 30—Schenectady

June 1-2—Three Rivers

June 3-4—Rome

June 7-8—Oneonta

NORTHERN BERKSHIREHIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

With Pittsfield St. Joseph for thesecond straight time knocking offDalton, Pittsfield High was handed thePennant. Don't get me wrong, theShire City boys earned it all right andthere was never any question about itin this writer's mind. But a great dealof praise should be said about Daltonas they invaded the Shire City andhung a neat 3-1 loss on the Purple.Both encounters with Pittsfield wereclose and low scoring with hitting at apremium. However the PittsfieldParochials took to the Paper Townpitching as if they owned it and easilylowered the colors of Dalton.

Meanwhile Pittsfield was subduingAdams 10-6 in a loose encounter onethat saw the Mother Town commit 12errors a field that helped no endin the loss. Both sides were weak inhitting.

Drury has just two wins in leaguecompetition to date and both at theexpense of WiUiamstown who have yetto win.

Drurys' inexperienced team wassoundly thrashed by Pittsfield as the"Shire City" lads blanked the "BlueDevils" 20-0. Gorman hurled a no-hit, no-run game. Meanwhile histeammates made 12 hits and with theaid of 11 costly errors and plenty of freetickets, waltzed to their easiest winof the season.

Williams CollegeTrack

At the New England IntercollegiateTrack and Field Championship meetheld on the Bowdoin Campus atBrunswick, Maine, Capt. Kevin De-laney, Williams one mile track star, wonthe feature event in the excellent timeof 4.23:1.

Bowdoin, a surprising dark horse,won the championship by a comfort-able margin over Holy Cross. Finalteam standings: Bowdoin 28 2|7;Holy Cross 20; Boston U. and thefavorite Rhode Island State 15 3|7;M.I.T. 13 3 | 7; Connecticut 12; North-eastern 11; Middlebury 8; Tufts andWilliams 7; Providence College 6;Boston College and Maine 5; Wesleyanand New Hampshire 3; Amherst 3 |7 ofa point. Bates, Univ. of Mass., Ver-mont and Worcester Polytech all failedto score.

Tennis

In the New England IntercollegiateTennis Tournament held in Cambridgethis year, two Amherst lads have wonfinal berths and will meet for thesingles crown. They are defendingchamp Billy Smith and teammate EdWesley.

Charley Schaff and Hank Norton ofWilliams did a very commendable job.Ed Wesley of Amherst dropped Schaffin the semi-finals in straight sets 6-1and 6-4. Hank Norton was eliminatedin the quarter finals by G. Mont-salvatge of M.I.T. in a grueling threesets affair 6-3, 6-8, 3-6.

However in a return match withAmherst Coach Chafees' net menturned in a surprise win over a verygood Amherst team 7-2 and therebyclinched the "Little Three Crown."Both Smith and Wesley, AmherstAces, won their single matches with the"Purple" but else where the "Eph-men" dominated the play. Williamsthis season has certainly had the bestof its Little Three opponents and mostof the titles for 1949-50 have come torest in WiUiamstown.

Lacrosse

The powerful Williams lacrosse teamcontinues to roll over the opposition.Latest win was a rout over M.I.T.by the lopsided score of 22-5. Oudinled the attack with 5 goals. O'Connellagain did a great job at goalie. Hiswork has been outstanding all seasonlong.

Baseball

Williams made it a clean sweep inthree major sports by taking the"Little Three" baseball title. Foot-ball, basketball, and now baseball.Coach Bobby Coombs' charges humbl-ed Wesleyan twice in a home and homeseries, and have just defeated Amherstfor their third straight "Little Three"contest. Meanwhile Amherst andWesleyan split in two contests. ByWilliams 9-3 win over Amherst the"Little Three" Crown is in the pro-verbial satchel.

It was a well played Contest withGeorge Ditmar playing the stellar role.He limited the opposition to 8 hits andbut for some loose playing by his team-mates would have yielded less thanthe three runs that Amherst scored.Going into the top half of the sixthDitmar had not allowed a hit, howeverhis control had bothered him especiallyin the opening frame when he walkedthree to load the sacks but he bore downand escaped serious damage. Hisdefensive play a field was great andhis squeeze bunt in the third was abeauty. George has the distinction

Kenny Russellof playing in all "Little Three En-counters" since he became a sophomore,lie lias yet l<> meet defeat. Veterancatcher Fritz Zellar suffered a mishapin the 8th inning when he smacked upagainst the grandstand in an attemptto catch a foul ball. I le was unable t<>continue and how serious his injury waswas not then determined.

A local Williamstown boy, RayMason acquitted himself well at thirdbase for the "Purple" and made twoimportant hits.

Our congratulations to the entireteam and its coach, Hobby Coombs.

Softball

Well, fans there is no doubt aboutit - softball is last taking the limelight away from baseball in this area.

Semi-pro baseball has been dying forthe past several years and this year isabout dead. There is no league playand only a couple of Semi-pro clubsare fielding a team to play an inde-pendent schedule.

The newly organized City SoftballLeague has all-ready started its season'srun with Belouins' Boys Club, defend-ing champs showing the way with lop-sided triumphs. The latest being ourown boys the Sprague Electric team.However until the roof fell in in the 6thframe our lads were showing the way3-2. Better luck next lime fellows.Oh! Yes. The final score was 11-.}.Nine tallies were pushed across in thefateful 6th.

Outside of (he Trentino Club andSpragues the Belouins Club will havenothing to fear in league competition.

THE SQUARE RING

In looking over I lie list of the world'sfighting title champions, there are,I'll say, three vacant titles. In theheavyweight class, Ezzard Charles isnot recognized as the title holder. Inthe welterweight class, Sugar KayRobinson is too heavy to defend histitle in the 147-pound class. Ray isfighting in the middleweight class and israted post number one. In the fly-weight class, champion Rinty Mona-ghan has retired because of illness andhas given up his crown.

Joe Baksi's body punching againstEzzard Charles was so damaging thatCharles was told to rest for threemonths. I think that, soon, Charleswill call it quits.

There is talk that Sugar Ray Robin-son and Robert Villemain will fightand that the winner will claim theworld's middle title. Jake LaMotta,who now holds the title, hasn't put. thetitle up since he won it. from MarcelCedan.

When Rocky Marciano won thedecision over Roland LaStarza, it wasRoland's first loss in 37 bouts.

Bob Satterfield, in the light heavy-weight class, ranks next to ArchieMoore. Archie has post number oneand Joey Maxim holds the title.

Honore Pratesi and Terry Allenwill be matched. The winner ' willclaim the flyweight title.

Willie Pep, the featherweight champ,is now manager of Doc Williams.

Lee Oma, who rates third in theheavyweight class, lost to Hob Satter-field by a k.o. in the sixth round.Satterfield will now be matched for atitle fight against Joey Maxim.

Yours Truly is going to attend aboxing clinic which is being conductedby the Massachusetts Boxing Com-mission in Boston. At the clinic therewill be discussions and talks on boxinglaws, rules, and regulations.

Peter Mancusu