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R. C. Sprague Predicts FurtherGain For Electronics Industry

VOL. XXIII JANUARY, 1961 No. 5

GILBERT B. DEVEY NAMED GENERALMGR. OF VECTROL ENGINEERING

Gilbert B. Devey

The appointment of Gilbert B.Devey as General Manager of Vec-Trol Engineering, Inc., of Stamford,Connecticut, a leading manufacturerof thyratron and silicon controlledrectifier electrical controls, has beenannounced by David B. Peck, VicePresident, Special Products.

Mr. Devey will be responsible forthe commercial expansion of Vec-Trol's line of electronic and electricalpower control components as furnish-ed to end equipment manufacturers,working closely with Walter J. Brown,President and Director of Engineer-ing of the recently acquired Spraguesubsidiary. Mr. Brown will at thesame time undertake expansion ofVecTrol's custom design program forelectronic control users with a greatlyincreased engineering staff.

Mr. Devey's new responsibilities arein addition to those of his presentpost as marketing manager of Spra-gue's Special Products Group, whichmanufactures a wide line of digital

NOTICE!

1961 parking stickers are nowavailable for Marshall Street em-ployes at the Personnel Officefrom Miss Collins and should beplaced on the left rear window ofyour car by 1 February 1961.When applying for your stickerbe sure to bring your car reg-istration.

In order to simplify the park-ing of automobiles, the followingareas have been designated forMarshall Street employes:

Marshall Street Lot — Pro-duction Personnel

Holden Street Lot — R & Eand Office Personnel

River Street Lot — R & E,Office and Production Personnel

Walter J. Brown

electronic components, packagedcomponent assemblies, and high tem-perature magnet wires.

Mr. Devey first came to Sprague in1953 as a Product Specialist in theField Engineering Department, coin-ing from the Office of Naval Re-search in Washington, D. C , wherehe was an electronic scientist engagedin undersea warfare studies. DuringWorld War II, he was a lieutenantcommander in the United StatesNavy. Mr. Devey is a graduate ofthe Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology, and attended the UnitedStates Naval Academy Post-GraduateSchool specializing in electronic engi-neering. He was named ProductManager of the Special ProductsDivision of Sprague when it wasfounded in 1958, and was later pro-moted to his present post. Mr.Devey is a member of the Institute ofRadio Engineers, and is chairman ofthe Electronic Industries AssociationCommittee P-9 on Printed andModular Components.

Mr. Brown, well-known, English-born inventor, prior to foundingVecTrol was at various times sectionleader in radio research at Metro-politan Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.;chief engineer of the radio set divisionof Electric and Musical Industries,Ltd., the largest electronic equipmentmanufacturer in Great Britain; dir-ector of engineering at Philco ofGreat Britain, Ltd., and vice presi-dent in charge of production andassistant to the president at TheBrush Development Co., Cleveland,Ohio. He has a Bachelor of Sciencefrom the University of Manchester,England. Mr. Brown presently hasover 130 patents to his credit datingback to 1923. He is a fellow of theAmerican Institute of Electrical Engi-neers, and a senior member of theInstitute of Radio Engineers. He isa member of the Institution of Elec-trical Engineers, London, a registeredprofessional engineer in Connecticutand Ohio, and a chartered electricalengineer in Great Britain.

G. Bateman Named Ind.Relations Manager ForSpecial Products Div.

The promotionof George H.Bateman to Man-ager of IndustrialRelations for theSpc i d ProductsDivision at theU n i o n StreetPlant in NorthAdams, the Benn-ington, Vermont operation and Vec-Trol Engineering, Inc. in Stamford,Connecticut was announced recentlyby Mr. Robert C. Sprague, Jr.,Senior Vice President, Industrial Re-lations. Formerly Assistant Managerof Wage and Salary Administration,Mr. Bateman assumed his new dutieson January 3.

At these operations, Mr. Batemanwill oversee or coordinate all In-dustrial Relations matters which in-clude Personnel Selection and Place-ment, Employe and Community Rela-tions, Employe Benefits and Services,Wage and Salary Administration,Training and Education, Publica-tions, Food Services, Recreation,Plant Security and Safety.

He will report to Mr. John H.Winant, Director of Employe andCommunity Relations, and will close-ly coordinate his activities withDavid B. Peck, Vice President,Special Products, so as to give

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Swift & GarlingtonAssume AdditionalDuties In ICFS Dept.

R. Swift F. Garlington

The promotion of Robert E. Swiftto the position of Assistant Managerof the Interference Control FieldService Department was announcedearly in December by Frederick S.Scarborough, Manager of Inter-ference Control Field Service. Theappointment was made in a move toexpand the engineering services offer-ed to the designers of electronicsystems through assistance in electro-magnetic compatability problems.

Also announced was the formationof the Systems Engineering Sectionof the Interference Control FieldService with Frank E. Garlington incharge of the new group. Mr.Garlington is Manager of the NorthAdams Interference Control Field


In recent months, much attentionhas been given to the probable extentof the current downtrend in businessand economists are somewhat dividedas to the outlook for the near future.And yet, despite some disappoint-ment with the performance of thisfirst year of the new decade. 1960 liasbeen a good year in many ways, witlimany overall measures of businesshaving reached new peaks for theyear as a whole. The shift in senti-ment from excessive optimism earlyin the year to the present mood ofcaution has probably been a goodthing, in that it has prevented theaccumulation of the burdensome in-ventories that have characterized manyprevious swings in the business cycle.This caution has been particularlynoticeable in a tendency of retailersand distributors to shift the inventory-burden back on the supplier, and thefact stocks at retail are low in main-lines has escaped attention becauseof the presence of higher stocks atthe manufacturing level.

In the electronics industry, thistendency is well illustrated by in-ventories of TV sets. Factory stocksin recent months have been the high-est they have been in three years,while those at retail are below 1959.The total value of our industry's ship-ments, at factory prices, increasedfrom $9.2 billion in 1959 to approxi-mately SI0.1 billion as a result ofincreases in all of the major segmentsof our business — home entertain-ment, military, industrial, and re-placement. I believe a further gainis in prospect for 1961.

Home Entertainment Sales UpReflecting the largest percentage

of high-end sets such as consoles andcombinations since 1953, dollar valueof home entertainment electronics in1960 was about $ 1.9 billion, comparedto $1.7 billion in 1959. Sales of TVsets at retail ran ahead of the likemonths of 1959 through July; set pro-duction (excluding those destined forthe export market) also ran ahead inthe early months, but was curtailedafter the usual vacation shutdowns inthe face of growing evidence thatsome of the early production planshad been overly optimistic. For theyear as a whole, retail sales of TVsets probably came to 5.8 millionagainst 5.7 million in 1959; however,production came to only 5.6 millioncompared to 6.2 million.

In contrast to the lower turnout ofTV, total radio production increasedfrom 15.4 million sets to 16.7 million(excluding export). Both home andauto radios were in excellent demand,with retail sales of home sets ahead of1959 in every month of the first eleven;sales and production of home setswere about equal at 10.4 millionunits. Auto set production came toabout 6.3 million compared to 5.6million in 1959. Separate phono-graphs also had a good year, reflect-ing the growing popularity of stereosound and the same tendency on thepart of the consumer to upgrade thatcharacterized the radio-TV market.

The outlook for entertainmentelectronics in 1961 is certainly farfrom clear at present, but recentsurveys have shown a desire on thepart of consumers to step up theirbuying plans for durable goods. I

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Income tax instruction bookletswill be made available in limitedsupply again this year to Spragueemployes. For your copy contactyour foreman or departmenthead who will make deliveryarrangements for you with Em-ploye and Community Relations.

Robert C. Sprague

would expect that sales at retail inthe first half of 1961 might be below1960 by some 10-15% but thatsecond-half levels should show afavorable comparison, with a pos-sibility of quite strong demand latein the year if business conditions re-cover as some recent forecasts sug-gest they will. I look for TV salesand production to be approximatelyequal at 5.7 million sets for the year,but I look for some decline in radiosfrom the high rate in 19C>1 to morenearly the 1959 level of 15.0-15.5million sets. I therefore believe it isrealistic to assume a modest drop inthe total value of home entertain-ment electronics to about $1.8 million,slightly below 1960, but above 1959.

Military Electronics to Grow1960 witnessed another substantial

increase in our industry's shipments ofmilitary electronics, which totalledabout $5.4 billion compared to $4.9billion in 1959. It is interesting tonote that the present level of militaryelectronics procurement is greaterthan the industry's total sales to all


J. Nicol Promoted ToGeneral Foreman, ThreeNew Foremen Named

On January 4th jJames C. Nicol Iwas named Gen- Ieral Foreman of Ithe Union Street IPlant of the Spec- Iial Products Divi-sion in an an- In o u n c e m e n t 'made by DavidB. Peck, Vice President, SpecialProducts. Mr. Nicol will report toRobert D. Smith, Plant Superin-tendent.

Also announced were the appoint-ments of three new foremen and re-assignment of responsibilities for twoothers at Union Street.

Named foremen were WilliamTisdale for the new Hand WindingDepartment, Henry Ellsworth for theSecond Shift, and John Petri for the .Pulse Transformer Assembly De-partment.

Lloyd King was reassigned to be-come foreman of the MagneticFinishing Department. He had beenforeman of the Magnetic Core Wind-ing Department which is now sepa-rated into Hand Winding and Ma-chine Winding.

The responsibility for the newMachine Winding Department wasdelegated to Robert Marriott inaddition to his responsibilities asforeman of the Magnetic Sample andSmall Order Department.

Mr. Nicol joined Sprague inJanuary 1949, coming from theStrong Hewat Company. He grad-


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Co-Chairman of the Santa Fund,JamesOldham and WilliamCarltonof the Management Club, checkstocks of toys and games that werebrought together in the MarshallStreet cafeteria for wrapping andtagging. These toys were pur-chased with donations from gen-erous area residents.

Harold Tourjee was one of themany Management Club memberswho contributed their time to helpdeliver the many boxes of toys andclothing certificates. Many mem-bers made three and four trips toinsure that Santa would get toevery home before Christmas.

Corrine Gallup of Quality Assurance and Reliability smiles happilyat the thought of her $150.00 Suggestion Award. Corinne suggested achange in procedure in paper work for government orders. The stackof paper on her right represents a portion of the 9,000 spec copies hersuggestion saves in one year.

The Union Street Cafeteria was crowded to near capacity on its open-ing day, December 19. During the lunch hour 126 employes were servedand Union Street employes continue to patronize it at a high rate.

Adding the glow of the holiday season to the Company's propertywas this replica of Santa, his sleigh and eight reindeer which was perchedon top of Building No. 15 at Marshall Street. Easily seen from the East-West Artery, it provided lots of cheer for area children. Putting thefinishing touches on the scene are Dave Dickinson, Ben Russell and FrankMaroni of the Carpenter Shop.

to President Ken-

Dr. Wiesner NamedScientific AdvisorBy President Kennedy

Dr. Jerome B.Wiesner, who hasserved as a mem-ber of the Boardof Directors of theSprague ElectricCompany sinceNovember, hasaccepted appoint-ment as the topscientific advisornedy.

Announcement of Dr. Wiesner'snew duties, with the title of SpecialAssistant to the White House forScience and Technology, was madeearly this month by Mr. Kennedy inPalm Beach, Fla. Dr. Wiesner hasserved until now as Director of theResearch Laboratory of Electronicsat the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology.

Announcement of his appointmentto the Sprague Board of Directorswas made on November 30 by Mr.Robert C. Sprague, Chairman of theBoard and Chief Executive Officer.Mr. Sprague and Dr. Wiesner hadpreviously served together in severalimportant study groups for the gov-ernment.

In 1954, they were both membersof a special study group established byDr. James Killian, former Presidentof M. I. T., who also served Presi-dent Eisenhower in a capacity similarto that which Dr. Wiesner will fillwith the Kennedy administration.Later, Dr. Wiesner served as a groupleader in the studies conducted by theso-called Gaither Committee whichinvestigated national defense, andwhich was headed by Mr. Sprague asDirector.

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$460 Awarded to NineDecember Suggesters

Nine Sprague employes had addi-tional cause for Christmas cheer whenthey received a total of $460.00 as aresult of the December SuggestionCommittee meeting. This amountadded to the previous eleven monthsawards makes a total of $2,655.00 paidout in 1960 for accepted suggestions.

An award of $150.00 to CorinneGallup of Quality Assurance andReliability was tops for the nineaccepted suggestions. Her idea con-cerning a change in procedure inpaper work for special pack govern-ment orders resulted in a saving of 34hours a month or 51 days a year andmaterial savings of 750 specificationcopies per month or 9,000 per year.

Next were two $60.00 awards, oneof which went to James Mallory ofthe Bennington Plant for an improvedmethod of releasing resin from bottles,and the other to Andrew Zaluzny, Jr .of the Machine Shop for his idea of arevised method of tab insertion inclorinol rolling.

Fifty dollar awards went to Ray-mond Belding of Filters and PhilbrookWorcester of Special Products. Twen-ty-five dollar awards went to Alex-ander Borella of the Machine Shop,John Herzig of Autonetics TantalumFinish, and Julia Desrosiers of FilterSmall Orders. Joseph DeGrenier ofAnode Preparation received a $15.00award.

At the previous Suggestion meetingan award of $25.00 was made toJoseph Rosse of Filter Small Ordersfor an improved method of spreadingflux into the groove of insert rings.

Mr. Francis Wilson, SuggestionSystem Manager, suggests you make1961 a "Suggestion Year". By look-ing around and coming up with agood idea for improving a method ofdoing your job, you can win an award.Work 'smarter - not harder'!

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Now That You've Cast Your Vote

The votes have all been counted. As citizens of a democracy we haveinterviewed the applicants and made our selection of the men we want to workfor us in Government for the next two, four or six years.

This privilege of "hiring" the men we want to lead us is a more valuableright than ever before in a 1960 world that the new President has describedas "half slave and half free".

Nearly 70 million Americans expressed their choice for a new Presidentroughly three out of four who were eligible. From your votes the decision wasmade and the leadership established.

So . . . what happens now?Don't dust off your rocking chair! Just as popular vote decided the elec-

tion, so popular opinion must guide decisions to be made by local, state andnational government leaders. A government of - by, and for the peopledemands action on your part. The quality of government action in your bestinterests is in direct ratio to the amount of time you spend "a-rockin' " and not"a-talkin' ".

Your voice is needed.In the case of the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives, the

people will pay each of these individuals $6700 a year plus $400 expenses, plusmileage, for the next two years. Only one state pays its legislators better thanMassachusetts does. This means that the taxpayers of Massachusetts pay outnearly 2 million dollars each year in salaries and expenses alone, in returnfor the services of 40 Senators and 240 Representatives in the MassachusettsLegislature. Two million dollars is a lot of money, but it's a bargain if thecitizens of Massachusetts get good government.

Next year approximately 4,000 separate pieces of legislation will be filedin the Massachusetts General Court. This means that your Senator andRepresentative will need to make countless decisions in your behalf. Each ofthese bills will have a public hearing; many will go to a vote before the Houseof Representatives and/or Senate.

During this process, special interest groups will not fail to tell the Senatorsand Representatives what they want. It is up to you to tell your Senator andRepresentative what you want.

Legislators agree unanimously that they want and need the help of all oftheir constituents in making decisions concerning the thousands of bills onwhich they will vote in 1961.

Don't settle back in your rocking chair and wait for the next election.Voting is only the first step toward seeing that your tax dollar is wisely invested.Let your Senator and Representative know your feelings about legislative billsthat affect your job, your pocketbook, your everyday life.

In this democracy, legislators are paid by the people to spend their moneyin accordance with the voters wishes. It is up to us as citizens to guide them.

Democrat or Republican - they want and need your help.

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Dew Line Radar Scans Arctic SkiesSecured as solidly as human brawn

and mind could make it, on the sur-face of Greenland's treacherous ice-cap, sits a radar station designed toprovide America with a warning ofthe approach of enemy bombersarmed with nuclear bombs.

Beneath the station is 10,000 feet ofshifting, straining ice, seeking to findescape through the coastal mountainranges that trap it. The station ispart of what the Air Force call"Project DEW East". The projectconsists of four radar stations, two ontop of coastal mountains, and twoout on the icecap itself, with com-munication links to Canada and Ice-land.

Collectively, the system is a 1200mile extension of the now famousDistant Early Warning Line, whoseradars have scanned the Arctic skiesfor over two years to warn us ofenemy bomber attacks aimed atAmerica's people and productioncenters.

Sprague Electric was one of themany New England firms supplyingequipment for installation on DEWEast. Many Sprague capacitors suchas solid tantalum, aluminum elec-trolytic, high reliability paper andhigh voltage paper capacitors arebuilt into various segments of thestation's radar equipment.

Over the past months, much dis-cussion has centered on a question ofdeepest interest to all New England-crs - indeed, to all Americans - thematter of our interception capa-bility (aircraft and rockets) anddefense.

The ponderous structure picturedhere is an important part of the vastradar and communications systemlocated in the sprawling reaches of thefar north, extending from the distantfingers of the Aleutian chain, 6000miles across the frozen expanse of theArctic to distant Iceland.

Clearly, if it were Russia's desire todrop her array of nuclear destructiveweapons on the "States", the path herplanes would take would be across thefrozen wastes of the north. Ourearly warning system was obviously aprime necessity. Today, most Ameri-cans are familiar with the "DEWLine" expression. They know it is"there" - and why.

The structure above is one of sixstations (four have radar) that makeup what is commonly called the DEWEast Extension, running from CapeDyer on Baffin Island, across the ex-pansive Greenland icecap to Keflavik,Iceland, the Line's eastern anchor, adistance of nearly 1200 miles.

An idea of the construction prob-lems confronting the hearty souls whodug and hammered such structures asthese into place is found in a briefdescription of the terrain and climate.

Obviously, everything necessary tothe construction and maintenance ofthe center had to be flown into thesite. There are 6000 tons of steelalone in this building. A total of

23,000 tons of material and equip-ment — paper clips to huge construc-tion cranes — have been flown intothe "cap" sites since the summer of1959.

Due to the extraordinary move-ment of the icecap, (it varies frombarely perceptible to as much as 100feet per hour!) the problem of locat-ing such a station in areas of extremelyslow movement is readily apparent.

In order to keep the problem of icemovement to a minimum, the base ofthe building is secured approximately30 feet down in solid ice. It sitsabout 20 feet above the surface toallow winter snows to blow under thestructure.

Arranging to insure that the prob-lems of displacement were also kept ata minimum, an ingenious method ofconstruction was devised. The basicbuilding was hung on eight pairs ofsteel columns, four pair to each side.Hydraulic jacks attached to each

Santa Fund BringsJoy To Area Children

For the third successive year theSanta Fund, co-sponsored by theManagement Club and the NorthAdams Transcript, was a completesuccess. The purpose of the Fund isto insure every needy child in North-ern Berkshire at least one new toy orpiece of clothing on Christmas morn-ing. This year the Fund reachedover 865 children in 241 families.

The drive lead by co-chairmenWilliam Carlton and James Oldhamof the Management Club wound upits activities on December 22 and 23with the delivery of the toys and othergifts. The delivery of the gifts wasaccomplished by members of theManagement Club using their owncars and making as many as i or 4trips. In one instance a jeep waspressed into service to negotiate thesnow covered hills. Deliveries rang-ed over the entire Northern Berkshirearea including Hancock, FloridaMountain, and Pownal as well asClarksburg, North Adams, Adams,and Williamstown.

Voluntary contributions by gen-erous area residents totaled $2,158.96which well exceeded the Fund's goalof SI,200.00. This additional showof generosity enabled the Club topurchase further badly needed winterclothing.

"Wrapping bees" were held in theMarshall Street cafeteria several even-ings prior to the delivery of the toys.Here the toys were sorted accordingto age and then gift wrapped andtagged. Approximately 55 membersof the Management Club contributedtheir time to this part of the project.In addition $25.00 of the Fund wasturned over for gifts for the childrenof the inmates of the Monroe StateForest Prison Camp.

Perched on an icecap in Greenland is a radar station on twenty-fourhour alert to provide a warning of the approach of enemy bombers.This ponderous structure is securely anchored 30 feet deep in solid iceto minimize the shifting of the ice cap. It is one of six similar Arcticoutposts that make up the DEW line system.

New Cafeteria OpensAt Union Street Plant

The Company further broadenedits Food Service facilities for employeswith the opening of a cafeteria at theSpecial Products Division, UnionStreet Plant on Monday, December19th. This is the 4th cafeteria inoperation at the North Adams plants,the other three being located atBeaver Street, Brown Street andMarshall Street.

Located in the basement of theUnion Street Plant, it was formerly astorage area, but was remodeled withsteam tables, a grill and a Frenchfrier. There are 25 tables which canaccommodate 100 patrons. It is fullyequipped to serve hot meals andsandwiches.

On opening day it served 126 andits use continues at a high rate. Thesteady increase in employment at thePlant required that eating facilities beset up and the present cafeteria re-sulted.

The Company has had a cafeteriafrom the time it moved to NorthAdams into the Beaver Street Plant.In its early stages, it was mainly alunch room with a limited variety offood. Later as employment increas-ed, facilities were expanded to handlea complete food service operation.

In 1941 when the Brown StreetPlant was opened, a cafeteria also wasopened. Later when the Company-swung into war production, the factthat cafeterias were already installedcontributed greatly to the ease with


14 Students ReceiveHonors In Sprague-Franklin Fall Term

The Sprague-Franklin Programrecently completed the first semesterof the 1960-61 school year with 14students receiving honors.

Completing the fall term of thePreparatory Course with honors were:William Currant, Paul Horbal, Stan-ley Koczela and Robert Stachura.Earning honors during the same termin the Advance Course were: DavidAndras, William Burdick, WalterE. Clark, John Hebert, RobertHerzig, Ernest LaFlamme, KennethLeFave, Robert Lord, Fred Pinkalland Clarence Walker. There were19 employes enrolled in the Prepara-tory Course and 43 in the three yearAdvance Course.

With the start of the 1960 Fall Termthe Program was moved to class roomsin the new Science Building at StateCollege. Use of the College's facil-ities includes classrooms, laboratories,and lounges for two evenings a weekfrom 6:15 P.M. to 9:45 P.M. Therecent expansion of the College'sscience facilities made the switchpossible.

The Sprague-Franklin program issponsored by the Company in co-operation with the Franklin TechnicalInstitute of Boston, Massachusetts.The first semester curriculum con-sisted of physics, college algebra andtrigonometry, chemistry, mathe-matics, AC circuits, analyticgeometry, calculus, and advancedphysics.

Curriculum for the spring termwhich began on January 5th includesthe following courses: electronics I,advance and preparatory math, DCcircuits, and preparatory physics.Instructors for this term are: LeonardAdelson, Dr. Karl Busen, MichaelGeroulo, William Seeley, Dr. GeorgeShim and Edward Younglove.

Courtney W. Flanders, Managerof Training and Publications, is theprogram's Administrative Directorand Dr. James Casey of Research andEngineering Laboratories is the pro-gram's Technical Director.

Minuteman's Solid Fuel RocketPower Is Always On-The-Ready

Engineer demonstrates that solid fuel mixture for Minuteman enginehas consistency of peanut butter before it is poured into engine caseswhere it is baked and cured to a solid. Fuel ingredients are blended ingiant mixers such as would be used in a modern bakery.

than 1.100 miles.Another missile soon to make its

flight debut is the Air Force's inter-continental ballistic missile, Minute-

Like its War For Independencenamesake, Minuteman will be on-the-ready at all times. It can be storedfor long periods of time with minimummaintenance required. It can belaunched from an underground silowhich will cut down the expense ofcomplicated launching stations need-ed for the huge liquid fuel missiles.

The multi-stage, solid fuel Minute-man will have a range of more than6,300 miles (a quarter way round theglobe!) . . . will carry a nuclear war-head. . will travel at a speed of morethan 15,000 miles an hour.

Surprisingly, the idea of a solid fuelrocket is not a new one. The Chineseused them 700 years ago. But onlya few of today's men of science be-lieved the concept could mean a newdeparture in propulsion for our age ofweapons.

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In his hand the rocket scientist helda small "stick". It felt and lookedlike rubber. He slowly touched amatch to one end. In an instant, itburst into brilliant light.

"This is rocket power that is al-ways on-the-ready, simple, virtuallyfoolproof. This is solid fuel that willpower the Air Force's Minuteman.This is the force that may send manto the moon."

The scientist was addressing a Com-mittee of the House of Represen-tatives, demonstrating "the stuff ofhope", a fuel for rockets in solid form.

The ICBM Minuteman - onschedule, to be operational in 1962 -uses this rubber-like fuel. Minute-man, along with the Polaris, gives theUnited States its most effective futuredeterrent power. Together they arehelping us close the missile gap andclose it fast.

These are startling statements tomake, when we get daily news of theSoviet Union's advances in missilepower and space exploration. Butthere's plenty of evidence to backthem up.

A new family of weapons - not evendreamed of when we entered themissile race in 1954 - soon will be apart of the active United States de-fense picture, thanks to unsung workby the Armed Services and theirpartners in private industry.

One is the Navy's Polaris, firedsuccessfully on three different oc-casions from the nuclear poweredsubmarine, George Washington. Fastmoving Polaris-carrying subs, pro-tected by a cordon of attack subs, willfrom beneath near enemy .shores be

1 Names in the News |ROBERT C. SPRAGUE, JR.,

Senior Vice President, Industrial Re-lations, has been appointed a memberof the new "Industry and BusinessCommittee" of the New EnglandCouncil.

COURTNEY W. FLANDERSManager of Training, has beenappointed to a three year term as amember of the State Advisory Councilto the Division of University Ex-tension.

RICHARD F. POWELL, Head ofQuality Control and Reliability Engi-neering, took part in a discussion,"Ensuring Reliability in Paper Usein Defense Industry", at a meetingof the Pittsfield Chapter of theAmerican Society for Quality Control.Mr. Powell is a past chairman of the

THOMAS CULLEN, SectionHead in Planning, and JAMESWHITE of Research and Engineer-ing, received 20 years Veteran A-wards at the Annual Scouters Recog-nition Banquet.

HARVEY BABEAU of Mainten-ance received the Arrow HeadAward and a Commissioner's Keyfor Training and Service.

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H. Brafman To HeadMica Standards Team

Harold E. Braf- Iman, Field Engi-1neering Product ISpecialist, has Ibeen named head Iof a team of eight jAmerican expertswho will help thegovernment of |India make surethat mica produced in that countrymeets the requirements of users ofthe mineral in the United States.

The American Society for TestingMaterials announced recently thatthe group had been formed with Mr.Brafman as its chairman to helpestablish visual standards for mica,in order to insure an understanding ofquality requirements between Indianproducers and American consumers.When the master set of standards hasbeen developed, it will be turned overto the India Standards Institute.

Mica, whose electrical insulatingproperties in particular make it oftremendous value to the electronicsindustry - must, for the most part, beprepared for use by hand. Afterbeing mined, the mineral is cleaned,the edges trimmed, and the layers ofmica spit into thin sheets alongnatural cleavages with meticulouscare. It often takes six months totrain a mica splitter in the art.Attempts to develop mechanical split-ters have been made, but for the mostpart, without success. The value ofthe mica depends on how free it is ofminor flaws, waviness, certain stains,



Departmental News • . .B0OWA/STRttT

Clorinolby Alice Dupuis

Hope that everyone had a MerryChristmas, and I want to wish eachand everyone a Happy New Year. . .We welcome to our departmentFlorence Danforth, Stella Maledeoand Gert Bohl. We are also veryglad to have Joan Brown, andFrances Guyette, our office clerk,back with us. . .We are happy tohear that June Cole's mother is mak-ing such a successful recovery from amajor operation. Good luck to you,Mrs. Cole. . We're glad to have ourold crew back with us. They areLorraine Tanguay, Catherine Kolis,Jean Nadeau, Corinne Bressette, LucyMontesanti, Florence Tremblay, RitaCharron, Ralph Burdick, and RonaldHurlburt. . Who is the little girlwho looks to be about sixteen in her

This little smiler is Mark Pat-enaude 6 month old son of LeoPatenaude of Special ProductsDivision.

knee socks and new hairdo? It'snone other than Bernadette Barbeau!Real cute, Bernie!

We would like to say 'hello' toDoris Paquin who was formerly aroller and is now living in Canada.Letty Demo gave us the news, Doris.We're glad to hear that you and yourfamily are well. Hope you see thisin the Log. I'm sure you will for Iunderstand you receive it. Goodluck to you from the Clorinol gang!

Ind. Oils Final Assemblyby Dorothy Shea

Oh, hum! Does everyone feel likeyours truly? The holidays are overand they were oh so joyous and happy.There was so much shopping, cook-ing, dining and wining, but let us notforget February 14th - Valentine'sDay. It is the day we should sendcards to our loved ones, proclaimingour appreciation and devotion . . .OurChristmas party was a frivolous affairheld at Taconic Park. The food wasdelicious, the decorations beautifuland everyone was dressed in holidayattire. What a happy time!

Orrie Roy is still undergoing treat-ment after being a patient at thehospital. Take care, Orrie, and wehope you are feeling better. . .TonySaliba went home to Barre, Vermontfor Christmas. . .Dot DeSanty tookher tree down real early. . . We shouldall take Lil Trombley's advice andget an aluminum tree. They arevery pretty and no muss. . Everyoneenjoys the way the room has beenchanged around. It's much neaterand there's more room... So longfor now!

Ind. Oils Final Assembly(Nights)

by Dick DeGraffHere we are - all back again with a

couple of changes. . .Tom Spllivan iswith us now. Tom will be busy thisfall picking and freezing mushrooms.He'll run short if he keeps bringingthem into work. Villa St. Pierre has

"Let's go", says David Kipp, sonof Sylvia of Sales and Clyde ofIndustrial Oils Final Assembly.

Debra Jean Lauth is the daughterof Dorothy of QAR and grand-daughter of Caroline Wolkowica ofUnion Street.

left us to take care of his boys at theD.K.E. House at Williams. Do theDekes need a sparring partner morethan we do, Villa?.. Bill Kuzadoesn't worry about these cold days.He heats his car by getting a bigcigar going with a Zippo with a foot-high flame. . John Wilusz is anothersparring partner who'll miss Villa.You can spar with 'Tiger' Al Folino,John. . . We all had a good timeChristmas Eve anyway. . .You don'thave to go back to Dalton, Rita.The coffee was good.

KVA Stockroomby Ace Samia

Well here it is 1961. It's a littlelate but I want to wish from thebottom of my heart a very happyNew Year and a prosperous one. . .Jimmy Higgins we hear you had awonderful time in New York Cityright before Christmas... . HaroldBrown is sporting a new topcoat, hatand suit which his wife and childrengave him for Christmas. You lookjust like a king, Brownie. . WaltKondej is finally smoking a new pipe.It's about time, Walt! Did you throwthe old one away. The aroma in theroom is much better. . .Phyllis San-terre received a beautiful necklace andearring set from her husband and son.Did you have them insured yet,Phil? . . . Charlie Zocchi was surprisedwhen Santa Claus left him a new carin his garage. Good luck with it,Charlie!. . KVA and Clorinol had awonderful time at their annualChristmas party held at TaconicPark. . . Happy New Year!

Networksby Dolores Davis

The Networks Department heldthe first of their two Christmas partiesat Taconic Park on December 3rd.Irving Ruhman played Santa Claus -and a very good one too. . . LouVincelette won the door prize andthen complained that the drawingwas rigged. We'll fix that next year,Lou. The broom dance was the hitof the evening. Everyone said it wasthe best party we ever had . . .Thesecond Network party was held in theCafeteria lunchroom on December21st. A turkey dinner was servedand a grab bag and Christmas carolsfollowed. . . The Department wouldlike to send its condolences to Adolphon the recent loss of his father.

Industrial Oilsby Erminia Sweeney

Liz Slattery enjoyed the Christmasholidays with her son and relatives. . .Alice Beauchamp had a house fullalso. . .Agnes Miller's daughters wereher guests. . Rose Delisle had herfirst Christmas in her new home.She had her father and mother asguests. . . Helen Falco has moved toWilliamstown. . .There hasn't beenmuch doing here lately, but we hopeeveryone enjoyed their holidays.

Little Linda I. B. .... is thedaughter of Larry who works nightsin Special Products. Her mommy,Pat, used to work here at Marshalland Beaver Streets.

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Check Inspectionby Walt Gould

Coming to work without shoesseems to be the new theme in CheckInspection. George Maxwell andPhyllis Parker both managed to do iton the same day. . .We have lostGeorge Senecal to the Marshall StreetControl Lab. We miss him and wishhim luck. . .Adella Gawron is havingtrouble trying to grow old gracefully.Ever since she bought the new houseshe has had nothing but aches andpains. . . Sam Unsworth does not seemto have any new projects on the fire,but then his extra curricular dutieskeep him on the go. . Things werevery quiet in Check Inspection on theday before Christmas, but the 'pace-makers' Harold Weyers, Dick May-nard, and of course Marilyn 'Monroe'Daub sort of led the parade and keptthings moving.

Bea Pierce and Alice Senecal arestill with us but have been very quietfor the last month - possibly the calmbefore the storm. . Your reporter hada nice week in the deep woods deerhunting. Good food, a good camp,good company - but no deer. Didn'teven sec the Rider Girls this year asthey hadn't finished digging theturnips. . .Helen Bryce is spending allof her money on ski equipment for thefuture Olympic champ - her son,Billy.

John and Jayne Crescimbiniwatch for the birdie! They arenephew and niece of Anita Cres-cimbini of High Quality.

Jerri, 20 mo., and Nancy, 1 mo.,of Newburgh, N. Y. are the grand-daughters of Louis Lewis of Clor-inol Rolling.

John Fox, 9, lives in Middletown,Connecticut and is the grandson ofMary Senecal of Pulse Transform-ers.

High Reliabilityby Marion Andrews

By all reports it seems everyonehad a very nice Christmas and now Iwish you a happy and prosperousNew Year. . . I would like to offerbelated anniversary congratulationsto Virginia Lancia on her 20thanniversary. Also to Marion An-drews on her 23rd. . .Eleanor Rennelland Florence Carsno also celebratedtheir anniversaries recently. Con-gratulations and many more of them,girls!. . . Some of the girls who recent-ly took their vacations were RitaSorel, Marcy Miller and EleanorRennell. . We are glad to welcomeThelma Bissaillon to our department.. . . I don't think Peggy Doyle willever live down the way she cookedbullheads.

We wish Evelyn Robinson a speedyrecovery and hope to see her back realsoon . . . If anyone wants to know howto decorate a Christmas tree the lazyway, just ask Florence Millette howshe does it. She really has somethingthere. . .Our buzzer has failed elec-trically and we have gone to themechanical whistle. The girls gaveone to our supervisor, Eddie Kon-opka, for Xmas as a joke and it surecomes in handy. . . Florence Carsnois a grandmother again, and a very

Angela Cimonetti, RN, is thedaughter of Ida of Pulse Trans-formers. She was recently pro-moted to 1st Lt. at Homestead AirForce Base, Homestead, Florida.

proud one. . Many Miller thoughtshe was putting dry gas in her car oneday and found out later she had put itin another car that looked just likehers. We sure had some good laughsover that. . .Loretta Menard movedinto her new home just before Christ-inas. She sure was a tired girl but avery happy one. . . Marion Andrew'shusband preached at the FloridaBaptist Church on Christmas. AlsoMarion took the Senior Hi-Fellow-ship of the First Baptist Church inNorth Adams caroling and visitingshut-ins. They also visited the Mon-roe Prison Camp and had an eveningof fellowship and caroling.

Eleanor Rennell and her familyalso visited the Prison Camp wherethe prisoners put on a Christinasshow for the community. A goodtime was had by all. . .At this timewe extend our sympathy to MaryGleba on the death of her mother,and to Rita Sorel on the death of herfather. . We almost forgot JimmyBrayman who took his vacation theweek before Christmas.

High Reliability (Nights)by Janet Mahar

Hello one and all: The holidayrush has come and gone and now wecan all sit back and rest. We rangout the old and rang in the new. Wehope 1961 will be the best - filled withhappiness and surprises and no moreblues. . Our department enjoyed allthe Christmas parties. In fact it wassaid by all that this was the bestChristmas party we ever had. Wewere all like one happy family. Wediscovered we have many good singersand dancers in our group. What weliked most was a dance done by twoof our co-workers - the dance of theseven veils, and a song, 'On Top OfOld Smoky', accompanied by Zekeand his Jew's harp. Keep up thegood work. Who knows - you maymake it to the land of the stars orTV someday, (ha h a ) . . . We alsoknow that our foreman has a verynice voice. You should do more of it.We enjoy hearing you. . .

We enjoyed hearing about Joe'svacation, and we're glad that you andyour wife had such a good time. Bythe way, Joe, we're still waiting fdr thetime you will take a maid, cook andchauffeur along with you. We'll beready any time. . .We'd like to wishZeke a happy birthday. Hope youhave a great many more. . .We'd alsolike to thank Harry, Joe and Zekefor the chocolates they gave us forChristmas. They were the greatest -even the rubber ones were enjoyed.Thanks a lot.. .Now we can settledown to another 365 days of work. . .We know it's going to be a greatyear for all with lots of love, friend-ship, and plenty of happiness. Peaceand friendship! What more couldanyone ask for?. . .Well I'll close forthis month with one last saying, "It'sbetter to be small and happy than tobe big and cast a shadow". . . Keepsmiling! It never hurt anyone.


Billy, 9, and Patty, 7, are the nephew and niece of Anna Toniatti ofDry Rolling. They live in North Bennington.

Platingby Joe Pilling

Welcome back to 'Speedy' Martel,Frank Mroz and Clayton Tatro. . .Harry Paesler had his usual lineChristmas display at his home.While he was waiting for delivery, heprayed it wouldn't snow. Now hewants a big snow storm so he can useit . . .Stan Lesnick and Loren keepdiscussing the merits of their respec-tive plows. I don't know who comesout ahead. . . We hear that HowieIsherwood has developed a talent formaking model airplanes. Why notb r i n g us in a s p e c i m e n ? . . . A n g e l oMazza has his car in mothballs.When he starts driving it again wewill all know that spring has arrived.

Miscellaneous Papersby Doris Richards

Well the New Year is here and Iwould like to wish each and every oneof you a Happy New Year - seeingI did not have a chance to do it be-fore. Being back to work again seemsgood after a few days in the hospitalfor surgery and a few weeks "rest"at home. . .Belated birthday greet-ings go to Rose Lampiasi andTheresa Garofano, and belated an-niversary greetings from the gang toFrances Lepera. . . Leon and I cele-brated our first wedding anniversaryon New Year's Day by having myfamily in for dinner. We had agrand time, and as my folks say, 'mygoose is cooked'! We had a goosedinner. . .Can't say much about any-one else as there hasn't been muchgoing on lately - except getting readyfor the holidays. . .Those returningfrom vacations spent during the holi-days are: Yvonne Day. Amelia Dean.Ruth Arrighini. Jeannette Shambeau,Adele Solari and Helen Harrington.Welcome back girls. It was a lonelyplace without you. Now we can allsettle back and decide to work - ifwe can after eating all the good foodthat we did during the holidays. . Sountil next month when we hope youwill be feeling much better. DellSolari. . . We would also like to extendbest wishes to Mr. and Mrs. CharlesGraham for a very happy life to-gether. Mrs. Graham is our ownClaire Cantoni - now on lay off, andwhom we hope to see back with usbefore too long. Good luck, Claireand Charlie!

Metal Clad Assemblyby Lillian Gainer

Welcome once more after the busyholidays! Hope you all had happytimes, memorable reunions and theblessings of good health and pros-perity . . . First of all we would like towelcome the newcomers to our de-partment. They are: Agnes Fitz-gerald, Amelia Couture, BernadetteRichmond and Elizabeth Berger. . .December 8th was the date for theBeaver Street Christmas Party whichwas held at the Taconic Park Restaur-ant in Williamstown. It was afestive occasion amid Abe's beautifulhandmade decorations plus Mike'scongenial personality. . .For furthercelebration our room had a Christmasget-together on December 21st whichfeatured barbecued dinners from

Bateman's and grab bag gifts. TheChristmas carolers from this sectioncould be heard loud and clear. HelenLefebvre offered further enjoymentby presenting a surprise cha-cha-chafor the girls. But the best entertain-ment laurels go to our own ClairePoirot and her blue leotards.

Vacations were also the theme withJanina Dymek, Jennie Burdick andSue Pollone spending their vacationsat home. Helen Baxter traveleddown to Philadelphia to spend theholidays with her son, Rev. Harry N.Baxter, pastor of the Lower Provi-dence Baptist Church, and his family.. . .We wish to welcome back MariaZelasik who recently underwent eyesurgery in Boston, but whose Christ-mas was complete with son, Henry,and his wife, Judy, being able to behome for the holiday. . . Rose Blair iswelcomed back by her co-workers afterrecent hospitalization resulting from abad fall. Your devil-may-care humorwas missed, Rose. . .Still out on sickleave are Marion Marceau and BettyAllen, both of whom we wish a speedyrecovery . . . Our former co-worker,Mary Lepera Getz of St. Petersburg,Florida, wishes to be remembered toall of her old friends. Warm Floridagreetings are sent to us snowbirds upNorth.

May we at this time convey ourdeepest sympathy to Alice Contoiswhose 82 year old mother, Mrs.Julianna Cayer of Jachine, Canadapassed away on December 20th. . .Angie Nassif certainly was a veryproud grandmother the day she toldus about her lovely little 6 year oldgranddaughter, Roberta Ann Nassif,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. SaleemNassif who reside on Brown Street inAdams. Roberta Ann is Angie's 7thgrandchild. Her mother, the formerGeraldine Dutcher, used to work inPaper Rolling. . .For Christmas dayViola Miller went to her daughterMarguerite LaCasse's new home onPowers Street in Adams which reallyfeatured a family reunion. Viola'sjoy was completed by a long distancetalk with her son, John, Jr. who livesin Topeka, Kansas. . .Ada Harring-ton had all her family at home forChristmas - 18 in all. The day afterChristmas she and husband. Bob, andson, Arthur, went to Westfield wherethey had another Christmas atdaughter and son-in-law, Mr. andMrs. Bill Goodermote's home. . .Agnes Fitzgerald and husband spentthe holiday up in Laconia, NewHampshire visiting Mr. and Mrs. PatDeMarco and cute little 15 year olddaughter Kimberley Ann, daughter,son-in-law and granddaughter ofAgnes and Teddy. They also visitedthe surrounding vicinity and variousresorts. Little Kimberley Ann can feelat home visiting her grandparents forthey have a most appropriate nurseryin their home just for their baby...Andspeaking of babies, our Edie Noel wel-comed her 10th grandchild. LittleDiane Harwood was born at the localhospital on December 27th. She isthe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AustinHarwood of Williamstown.

Santa Claus was certainly good toour mischievous Lucille Cross. He

gave her the presents which she want-ed most - a new cedar chest and anelectric organ which Lulu has tolearn to play. . . Christmas day sawDora Johnson and husband. Jack,as the guests of daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Sprowsonof Adams at whose home an afternoonfamily reunion was held. . . The Druryclass ' play on December 3rd washeartily enjoyed by Jennie Thompsonand son, Gary, and Lillian Gainer.We thought the performers did aterrific job.

On December 28th our room helda pre-New Year's feast which featureda delicious menu of grinders and toss-ed salad which were secured for us byBarbara Campedelli. It tasted likemore. Barbara. . Amelia Coutureinforms us that she spent New Year'sEve with friends at the Lafayette Clubcelebrating the "Frenchman's Way".. . It certainly was a nice gesture onthe part of Helen Lefebvre, our goodsport, who made a mouth-wateringbatch of fudge just before New Yearsand passed it around to the girls. . .Lillian Gainer is still tasting thedelectable Turkish pastry and fudgegiven to her by friends... HelenKorzendorfer had as her New Year'sweek-end guest 1 1 year old nieceDonna Unis who thinks it is quite atreat to visit and sleep with AuntHelen. The Hi Pass girls are vervconcerned about Susie Pollone andare doing all in their power to find hera suitable husband so that Sue canstay at home and fully enjoy her newcolored TV set. Happy hunting,girls. . Alice Roberts had a wonder-ful time at Christmas with her threegrandchildren, Elizabeth Marie, 3years old; Dickie. 2 years old; andbaby Susan, 6 months old. Theyare the children of Richard andMarguerite Lavarierre. . .Wre mustnot forget to report that Jennie andDonald Thompson's holiday cele-bration was completed with son Fredbeing home for the holidays fromOttawa L'niversity, Ottawa, Kansaswhere he is a 3rd year student. . Solong for now, but we look forward tocoming your way again next month.

High Reliability Test & Shipby Evelyn Luczynski

Hello again everyone! Hope SantaClauS was good to all of you and thatyour holidays were the best yet. . .The department will settle down tonormal now that all the room partiesand grab bags are over. We drewnames, and needless to say. some of usreceived some quite surprising gifts.Valerie Piantoni was the luckiest ofall with Walt Gould drawing hername. The smorgasbord that every-one in the room took part in preparingfor New Years was certainly delicious,and even though some of us ate pickl- .ed herring for breakfast, it still didn'truin our appetites for lunch. Howabout having another one some timesoon?. . . We would like to extendhappy anniversary wishes to Mr. andMrs. Alexander Brown. Jr. and happybirthday wishes to Harriet Michaels.. . . See you all again next month!

UNION STREET

Magnetic Samplesby M. Shirley Soring

Congratulations to Ceil Biros. Ceilbecame engaged during the holidays.She received a beautiful diamondfrom Al Michalenko. No date hasbeen set for the wedding as yet. . .Gert Noel welcomed in a pretty wetNew Years. She had three pailsupstairs catching the water leakingfrom the roof, and low and beholdwhen she went downstairs, the kitchenwas flooded - the hot water heaterhad given way. .-.Bedelia Lilly andher grandchildren woke up the wholeneighborhood with their wild cele-bration on New Year's Eve. . A NewYear's resolution by Jane Martin"I'll never fib again!" Is that thetruth, Jane?We hope when the old year left youAnd the New Year did beginThat you swept all bad luck out your

door.And welcomed good luck in!

Pulse Transformersby Lucille Mineau

Hi everyone! Hope you had aMerry Christmas and I wish you all ahappy and prosperous New Year. . .Here's a poem we'd like to share aboutour gang working here:

MERRY CHRISTMASOur co-workers look very gay tonight,A Christmas Party makes things so

right.We forget we have worries or ever a

care.Tonight we relax and let down our

hair.Say Nellie Tash, you're full of pep,And Elinor Zagorski is always so hep.Hallick Briggs we're so glad you could

come.Aha, the men are outnumbered ten

to one.Lil Sherman what a pretty dress!Leave it to Maude she always looks

her best.Marv Senecal stands out in any

crowd.Now let's have a Christmas cheer

good and loud!Jessie you look especially nice;Alice Green is a gal you'd look at

twice.Blanche's smile is always so sweet.And doesn't Dolores Bailey look

pretty and neat?Here's Bernadette with (he million

dollar smile;Sonia Drawee has such lovely style.Claire Racine you look so pretty.And Anne St. Cyr you're so' darn

wilt)-.Mae Goodrich, you fairly sparkle

tonightThis party is really a special delight.Bernice Plantier is ever so chic,And what makes Barbara Rondeau

tick?Ida Chilson, you radiate cheer;Agnes Rivers your charm is felt here.Norma Morgan you look just line.We have a good turnout from our

assembly line.But now we take you to our leader

John.School is out the bars are down,But you look pretty special tonight

John, you know.And could it be Schenley's that gives

you that glow?All kidding aside, we're a pretty good

gang

Grown to be a big girl since welast saw her picture is MariaCiavarella, niece of Joanne Aragoseof Union Street.

Francis Maxymillian, 5, Tammy Daniels, 14 mo., and Laurie Maxy-millian, 3, are the grandchildren of Harriet Hyndman of the Aging Group.Their daddies work at Union Street.

A real pretty little lady is RobertaNassif of Adams, granddaughter ofAngie Nassif of Metal Clad As-sembly.

Little Susan Lavarierre is thedaughter of Richard and Marguer-ite and granddaughter of AliceRoberts of Metal Clad.

A real little cherub is WendyDuprat daughter of Jean Duprat ofStationery. What big eyes she has!


Russell and Lynne Chichester ofCorvalis, Oregon are the grand-children of Ann Joppich of DryMiniature.

All smiles is little Lisa Buadaughter of Sam of Ceramics andFlorence of the Sales Office, Mar-shall Street.

Sharron Arnold, 13, is the veryattractive granddaughter of Cath-erine Scott of the Aging Group.

So let's get going with a great bigbang!

We'll have fond memories of ourgathering tonight

It will make our tomorrows especiallybright.Congratulations to Theresa

Phaneuf on the birth of her daughter.. . .Our deepest sympathy to Mrs.Delia Caron on the lost of herhusband, and to Betty McConnell onthe loss of her sister. . .We have a fewlate vacations: Blanche Nazzewski,Barbara Roy and Millie Lepak. . .Aspeedy recovery to Maude Jones.We all miss you.

Magnetic Windingby Elaine Girard and Jean MacDonaldWith the holidays over and every-

thing back to normal, news is scarce,but herejs a friendly hello to all thenew girls. . . Welcome to Rachel Tatroand Frances Ordyna who are work-ing on the night shift. . .Best of luckto Emily 'Mickey' Suprenant whois on a leave of absence to await anew arrival... A fond farewell is sentto Jimmy Roberts, son of Peg Roberts,who is leaving to join the ArmedForces. . . Hope you all have a Happy-New Year!

Magnetic Finishingby Helen Burdick

Hello again! It seems a long time

All dressed up in her Sunday bestis Mary Anne Santelli, 15 mo.,daughter of Arthur of the Mill-wright Dept.

since I have written for this column.Hope everyone had wonderful holi-days and hope St. Nick was good toeach of you and that each and every-one had a very happy and prosperousNew Year. . .We hope Santa hadsome very special present for us.Especially we hope he brought MarySullivan some nice warm bed socksso she doesn't have to wear her othersocks to bed. . .While poor CarlOltsch is out shoveling snow, his wifeBertha is getting a nice burn and tan,but not in sunny Florida, but underher own sun lamp. You should putthe lamp outdoors, Bert, and melt thesnow for Carl. . . Nicknames are nicesometimes, but recently Ronald Bardwished he didn't have one. He wentto a store where he had a club and noRonald Bard was listed. There wasa Ronald Beard and a Donald Bard -so they called the club secretary andasked about this Ronald Bard* Shesaid, "Oh, that's all right, that'sChick Bard". Chick, did you everget your shoes? As long as theydidn't have you listed as Blue Beard,I guess it's ok . . . Mary Patrie is en-joying a well earned vacation at thistime. Hope you come back rested,Mary.

SPD Officeby Nicky Utman

Only another memory now is theChristmas holiday season. For EdGeissler is a memory of sitting by awarm fireplace (with the Fire De-partment outside). Were you ever aBoy Scout, Ed?. . . Departing with1960 was Clare Montesanti. Clare isgoing into a different line of business -motherhood. All our best wishesare with you, Clare. . . Speaking ofbabies, December brought quite afew happy additions to SPD families.The Vic Abates, Frank Maxymillians,and Charles Ulrichs received littlepink bundles, while the AlbertoPescatoris and Robert Smiths weresent blue packages. . .We would liketo welcome (a little belatedly) EvNewlands to the Division. And didyou see what Santa brought to thefirst floor! Judy Mahar - J u d y is asenior at Drury. Also among newfaces is Cynthia Tatro. Hope you

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Enjoying his first Christmas islittle Charles Cote, son of Rene ofR e s e a r c h a n d Engineering.

Douglas Greenlaw, son of Pris-cilla of W.E. and Horace of MetalClad, tells Santa what he wouldlike him to bring.

enjoy working with us, girls... OurDivision is also graced with thepresence of George Bateman. Wecouldn't have a nicer Manager ofIndustrial Relations.

Purchasingby Lea Walden

The Christmas season was a busyone for all of us. F* . > vone returnedto work after the hoi lav pleased withwhat Santa had lefi under the tree. . .Your reporter finally got herself aChristmas tree but only after puttingup a large green one also. . .EmmaJobin, Lil Adams, Arlene Jeffers,Betty Bogus and Yours Truly took inthe Christmas excursion to NewYork City. . . Our annual Christmasparty was held on December 17 atthe 1896 House. Everyone attend-ing had a wonderful time. Mr. F.W. McNamara made a very goodSanta. Special gifts were presentedto Vincent Tassone and HenryMallory. . Waiting all year for hisvacation to go deer hunting, LelandBuzzell was presented with a sum-mons for jury duty. We're glad theydidn't need you Leland. . . One of ourlucky hunters was Jim Oldham who isnow feasting on deer steak. Jim alsowas the co-chairman of the verysuccessful Santa Fund drive this year.

Formationby Harry Trombley

Since our last report, quite a few ofour boys have been on lay off, but weare glad to hear that they are workingin other departments. We hope yourstay will be short!. . .It was only acoincidence but on the coldest day inDecember we observed a Mainten-ance man rolling a hand lawnmowerthrough our department. . . .Whilevisiting at the hospital I learned thatLea Walden, one of our reporters, wasconfined for a few days. . . I alsovisited our foreman, George Senecal,who was confined with a bad case ofbronchial pneumonia... I hope theholiday season was pleasant for allmembers of the staff and our readers.

Field Engineeringby Sandy Isheruood

Your roving reporter was rovingabout the office the other day and Iunderstand she overheard a few quot-able quotes. After seeing them, I re-solved to check again with personsinvolved and see IF Why don'tyou take a look-see and see if youagree - will they or won't they????FOR MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLU-

TION, I INTEND TO:"Get to bed before midnight every

night of the week".. . Mary Field."Stop picking on Pierre".. JeanChenail. "Give all Mil Specs backto the Army". . .Mary Ann Maroni."Give up giving up smoking". . .Millie Bishop. "Polish my diamondring every day" . . .Barb Saulnier.

"Convince everyone my hair doesn'treally come off"....Lyn Bryant."Start a follow-up on my follow-ups"...Marion Conroy. "Get a Dicta-phone unit for everyone and thenhire a Dictaphone babysitter". . .Kay Ryan. "Do away with all coldbugs"... Margaret Elliott. "Designa car m a d e of r u b b e r " . . . SandyIsherwood. "Get a 300 bowlingscore (each string, that is) at least acouple of times a week".. . ElaineSkubel. "Bolt my adding machineto my desk".. .Agnes Labombard."Wear my new fur jacket to theoffice".. Joan Murray. "Go on adiet - after April, that is".. .JaneCuyler. "Tighten up Mary's draw-ers" . . .DeliaJones. "Get my paddleready for action" . . f Gloria Thibert.

Compliments of Slap-Stick Sandyand Jig-Jag Joan, Private Defectives.

Filter Development Centerby Lucy Kennedy

We are sorry to say that two of ourformer employes have been confinedto the hospital. They are Joe Lawand Fran Dargie. Get well boys.Things aren't the same. . .The FilterDepartment had a wonderful Christ-mas party at the Community Club,and a good time was had by all. OurSanta Claus was such a jolly one -she can have the job next year. Yes,Mary Burzimati that's you. . . Didyou know that Betty Battersby was on"Person To Person" last year? Letus know when you are going to be onagain, Betty. . Jean Maselli createsher own costume jewelry - she hangscoils on her ears.

Congratulations go out to MillieBlanchard and Helen Menard whoreceived their five year pins; also toJean Maselli who received her fifteenyear pin. Thanks for inviting me toyour banquet!. . .Welcome to FiltersMadeline Boner, Mae Lefave, HelenMenard, Eleanor Charbonneau andFlorence Fulginiti. We hope youall stay with us. . .Betty Fleury en-joys one good laugh a week. Whydon't you tell us the joke. We liketo laugh too. . . Veto Navarro, HelenMenard, Millie Blanchard, HelenaAdams, Tony Falco. Rose Lazarczyk,Warren Randall, Frances Siciliano,Ann Dubie, Altie Jillson. Gert Ped-ercini, Betty Fleury, Betty Battersbyand Maizie Foley all wound up tin-year with a vacation. . .AttentionMargaret Powers! Do you knowwho the two were who ruffled you upon Halloween night? The toquemust be returned to P. O. Box 492.Thank you!!. . . And to you MillieBlanchard - too bad she died - shemade such good doughnuts.

Centrifugeby Harry Embry

Happy New Year to all, andespecially to our co-worker OliverOdell who has been ill for the pastseveral weeks. We all hope you willbe back with us soon. . Jack Sullivanand his wife spent Christmas atVernon, Vermont and New Year'sat home...Your reporter and hiswife spent the week-end beforeChristmas shopping and sightseeingin New York.

General Salvageby Hah Hafner

Another year lias passed and fromwhat comments have been passed,Christmas was a good one lor all . .Thomas DeSanty vacationed over theChristmas holidays. He likes to beSanta's helper. . About half of themen in the Department are hunters,but none were lucky enough to get adeer although they did see and shootat them while out hunting in Dec-ember. . Robert Boucher, our newestman, is working at our Brown Streetsection. He says he likes it there.

Test Equipmentby Carmela Brazeau

"Happy New Year" Another yearhas come and gone and we all hopethe new year will be a good one.It seems Ed Lamphier had his fingersall cut up through the holidays.What were you trying to do, Ed? . . . Itseems one of our boys is having troublewith his car radio. Poor FrankMarmillo went to his car and behold,no radio. ..Welcome back OrlandoLupianez. He has been to PuertoRico for the past five months. . .NeilBuske and Harvey Kaplin arc quitehappy with our recent snow storms.They are already enjoyiifg. the skiingand sledding. . .Bowling is quite thetalk these days. Our boys are try-ing their best to make the top. Weall wish you luck.

Nothing like having the right coatfor our cold weather. John Seacordhas the one for us all. Nothing likeit. What is it John, a bear, St.Bernard dog or is it a raccoon?. . .Flash!! It seems that raccoon coatsmade a hit over the New Year'sholiday. Don Begnoche came inwith one. Anyone passing our de-partment, don't be afraid to say'hello'. They are quite harmless. . .Congratulations to our departmenthead, Dick Peterson, who recentlymade the 1961 Career Book.

Tantalum Finishing(Autonetics)

by Clara BelleauSanta's come and goneEmpty and forlorn,If by chance, he goofed againDon't feel bad - he will return!

After the hectic holidays it is atreat to get back into the routine ofthings and plan for the coming spring!. . .You must remember the GroundHog is just around the corner. I'msure he will shorten our winter and thewarm weather will be here before weknow it (Br-Br I hope so!) . . .Eleanore Bechard and MadelineKaczowski (our unseparables) aremost popular digging up news andkeeping the department sizzling,(personality is their business)... Itwas a short stay for Laura Roy whois now at the Brown Street Plant.It was nice working with you, andcome back soon!. . . Diannc Ferris'sshoes have disappeared over the week-end and if anyone knows their where-abouts please get in touch. Whoneeded them more than little Dianne?

Verne Astorino has a clean slateand keen mind for 1961 and I know

GUESS WHO? This thoughtfulyoung gentleman now works inQAR.

GUESS WHO? The young man onthe left also works in QAR.


Stephen and Robert Filiault are the sons of Lawrence of SpecialProducts and Emily who formerly worked in Material Control. Theyare the grandchildren of Rachel Filiault of Heat Seal.

you can live up to it. . Rose Murrayspent a couple of weeks in the NorthAdams Hospital recently for observa-tion, and we know now it all turnedout ok. So happy for your sake,Rose. . .One of our stampers, JeanFerris, certainly surprised us duringthe holidays and decided to have anoperation. Gee, you do things ina big way. We miss your pleasantsmile and hearty spirit, so do hurryback!!. . . We extend our sinceresympathy to Ida Gigliotti and MarionDavis on . recent deaths in theirfamilies. . .We congratulate our fore-man, Arthur Mollcur, on the engage-ment of his son. He will be marriedsoon . . We all enjoyed the movie onthe development and progress of theICBM Minuteman. It made usrealize that we have an importantpart in our country's protection in thecoming months. . Do your best -achieve success!!

Sprodco Inventory Controlby Peggy Bruie

Wasn't the December issue of theNational LOG terrific? I know all ofus here enjoyed reading it. . Nowthat the last gifts have been opened,and life slowly returns to normal, wehappily take inventory of our pleasantholidays. . .The Christmas party atthe beautiful 1896 House was enjoyedby all. Archie LoPresto as Santa andRita Morocco as Mrs. Santa, certain-ly should be commended for makingit a wonderful party. . . Dan Cupidsure had a busy year and our bestwishes to Rita Faris and JosephDeMarco, Mary Bettis and HarryBeverly, Carol O'Brien and RonnieSacco, and our own Bill ConeCongratulations to Phyllis Oster-houdt and Judy Bakey on theirbeautiful hope chests. . .After theholidays we had a fashion show ofbeautiful new hairdos. .. Fran Ther-rien's curls and Nancy Urquhart'sbeautiful pink coiffure. They certain-ly looked nice. . . We are all lookingforward to the Hay Ride. Hopeeveryone can make it.

Miniature Drysby Madeline Bayer

I will try and take up where ourold reporter left off. We sure do missRita, but we are glad that she is sopleased with her new job in Auto-netics. . .Ann Joppich flew out toOregon (he last week in October for athree week visit the occasion beinga new grandson. Congratulations,Ann!. . Your reporter also has a newgrandson born on November 20th.They sure are wonderful, aren't they,Ann. . .We all enjoyed the Christmasparty held at the newly remodeledGreylock Club. . . .Jeanette Trela,Helen Konlek and Bessie Garceauwent to New York on the excursionfor a week-end... We also had aChristmas dinner at work. Every-one brought a special dish. Thefood was delicious and everyone over-

Winding up (he old year with vaca-tions were Bessie Garceau, ArvillaWilliams, Helen Kordek and GerryLaFramboisc. . We're glad to have

Laura Benoit back with us again.She was ill and in the hospital. Staywell now, Laura. . . Welcome to ournew co-workers. Hope you enjoyworking with us. We're sure glad tohave you. . .Don't forget to passalong all the news and to everyone -a Happy New Year!

Tantalumby Amelia Koza and Gladys Moderski

With the holiday season passed wewish to extend our belated happywishes to all our co-workers, super-visors, and foreman for a prosperousNew Year. . .We had some veryfortunate people who saved theirvacation for the Xmas rush. Thosewho stayed happily at home withtheir families were: Betty Sharkey,Amelia Biondello, Blanche Hebert,Mary Crandall, Eva Ferris andJosephine Voight. . .Amelia Koza'sbirthday came as a big surprise to her-it came a little earlier because herco-reporter had too busy a schedulewith a planned trip to New York,and making Christmas goodies, etc.Making a birthday cake was too muchfor her exact birthday - which wasDecember 9th, but then it's more of asurprise when you least expect it,hey, Mela? On second thought -why rush it!

The Christmas holidays were happyones for many: For Eva Ferris - herChristmas decorations and the terrificyuletide spirit. For Gladys Moder-ski - her careful and original planningwith her rum, fruit and cheese cakes,plus her dynamic vitality. Also forall the mothers enjoying their childrenand families after Santa's visit.

Lena Ducharme, Viola Zepka andKate Marra all had the virus recent-ly, but all, after some rest, have re-turned to work again. . . Rita and JoeDecoteau are the proud owners of anew home. Many good wishes aresent your way and may you both havemany years together to enjoy it. . .We'd like to welcome the followingadditions to the Tantalum depart-ment: Frances Laghi, Mary Crandall,Pat O'Neil, Josephine Voight, AnnHitchcock, Aleatheabell Dow, ZitaPedrin, Rita Girardi, Delia Biagini,Laura Delisle, Lillian Aubin, AlvenaMoreau and Mary Benson.

Misc. Dry Test & Shipby Emily Wlodykd and Ella Genesi

Our annual Christmas party, whichwas held in our room on Monday,December 19th at noon time, was ahuge success. A smorgasbord stvlelunch was served with individualsdonating the different foods. EmilyWlodyka, Ella Genesi, Cecile Magn-ani and Gert Volpi were in charge ofarrangements. Several door prizeswere won by holders of lucky tickets.Our retired ladies, Mrs. LillianBingham, Rose Gravel and AnneKirby, were also present. It's reallya wonderful thing to be able to renewacquaintances and exchange pleas-antries with someone you've workedwith for so many years.. . It seemsgood though to settle down to normalafter the hectic whirl of the holidays.

Harry Beverly is the lucky one

when it comes to hunting. On hissecond try he bagged a 9 pt. buckweighing 182 lbs. (that's the luck ofthe Irish). Incidentally Harry be-came engaged to Mary Bettis ofSprague Products during the holi-days. We had rather suspected thatsomething like that was going tohappen for a long time. Con-gratulations! Here's hoping all yourtroubles are little ones. . John Brad-ley took his second week of vacationthe week before Christmas and spentthe time at home. He enjoyed him-self very much being baby sitter forhis young son, Michael . . . . StellaZieminski also took her vacationduring the holidays and spent thetime with her son and daughter whowere home from school for the holi-days. (Her son, Bob, attends theUniversity of Massachusetts, and herdaughter, Barbara, attends Our Ladvof the Angels Academy in Enfield,Connecticut. . Gert Volpi has left ustemporarily to await the arrival ofMr. Stork. We hope it's a girl. . .It seems good to have you back withus Bernie Fern. We missed youwhile you were gone. . .Both of us(Ella and I) are very proud of ourteam - IBM in the Candlepin League.We attained 1st place for the 1sthalf. We're hoping we do as wellin the 2nd half. As captain (EmilyW.) I would like to offer my sincerecongratulations to each and everygirl on the team. They contributedmore than their share in bringing the1st half to such a successful conclusion.. . .We leave you now with thisthought in mind - "One of the great-est boons to mental health is a clearconscience".

Small Ordersby Julia Desrosiers

We are happy to hear that every-one enjoyed the holidays - we hearthat the grandchildren did too. . .Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Donald Belanger who will celebratetheir 9th anniversary on February23rd. We wish them many more. . .We wish to welcome Joseph Rosseto our department. . Mr. and Mrs.Ralph Sherman spent the Christmasholidays on Long Island. Biff washome and went along also. . Jean-nette Konopka entertained the girlsfrom our department. They all hada nice time.

Check Inspectionby Betty Jangrow

The annual Christmas party was asuccess! From all reports everyonehad a very enjoyable evening. Wewelcomed Milton Lavigne as ournewly appointed supervisor. Ourguests were: Mr. and Mrs. MiltonLavigne, Mr. and Mrs. HaroldTourjee and Mr. and Mrs. ChuckBelouin. Mary Odell had charge ofall the arrangements. . The Inspec-tion Group would like to wish NemrodNowell luck in his new positionand we wish everyone a happy andprosperous New Year. . Jane Grosshas returned from her vacation. Sheenjoyed it by taking trips to NewYork City. Albany and Pittsfield withher daughter, Judy. Bet it was nice

to do just as you pleased for a coupleof weeks.

Jim Lewis spent the holidays visit-ing friends in New York City. . .Stella Zieminski wound up the oldyear with a vacation that ended inthe New Year. Good planning,Stella. . .Now we'll join everyone inbreaking all our New Year's resolu-tions. . . .Congratulations to MaryOdell on the birth of her secondgranddaughter on December 14th.Now the Odells have two birthdaysto celebrate on the 14th - the sisters'birthdays are only a year apart.

FP Assemblyby Grace McConnell

Well 1960 is now behind us so Iwill report the end of vacations andholiday activities, and hope that 1961will see us a little busier. We missour friends who were laid off or trans-ferred. Lil Aubin, Beatrice Meranti,Dot Lewis, Doris Roberts and MarionSherman - we hope you will be backwith us soon. . . We also wish a happyand healthy New Year to our retiredmembers Minnie (Hamlin) Harring-ton and Johanna Kayser... MinnieGeddes went to visit relatives inProvidence, Rhode Island. Theyreturned the visit over the Christmasweek-end. . . Rita Cooper and family-spent the week-end of December 1 7and 18 in New York taking in showsand seeing the Christmas decorations.

Arthur Heyes took a vacation tobaby sit for his two sons while his wifewas at the North Adams hospital withtheir new daughter, Cathy Ann. Imust tell you about a little incidentthat happened to him. Art took ataxi home one night and the taxidriver had a little dog. Art made be-lieve barking - thinking he wouldscare the dog, but imagine his sur-prise when the dog bit the end of hisnose. . .Jack Faustini had a week'svacation so Millie took a couple ofdays off to get ready for Christmasand they went shopping in Albany,New York... Roy Cook spent hisweek catching up on odd jobs. Well,Roy, I hear you are quite a repairman. . . Hazel Russell went to Man-chester, New Hampshire to visit herdaughter. . .Jimmy Todd and hismother went to visit Jimmy's sisterand family in Maryland. . . FlorenceLecu^er spent Christmas week on

Long Island visiting her sister. . .Toni Connell went to New York tomake arrangements for a lovely tripshe is planning to take in March. . .Yours truly went to New York for afew days after Christmas.

Marguerite LaCasse has movedinto her new home on Powers Street,Adams. She entertained her familyand in-laws on Christmas Day. . .Carol Barslow went to visit herfamily in Merrimac, Mass, for Christ-mas. It wouldn't be Christmas forCarol without her family and grand-daughter, D a w n . . . On December20th we enjoyed a little Christmasget-together at lunch time. We wereglad to have the Sample Department,Stafford Lewis and Harold Dufresne'sdepartments join us. The lunch roomcatered and we exchanged grabbaggifts.

Filtersby Ruth Haskins and Alice MonetteOur Christmas party this year was

held at the Greylock CommunityClub and we think everyone agreesit was one of the best we have everhad. Andy Konopka's band playedfor dancing after a delicious roastbeef supper. Santa, in the person ofMary Burzimati, did a wonderfuljob of distributing the gifts. . .We'reglad to have Grace Sherry back withus after her stay at the hospital. Graceenjoyed a visit from her son, Jimmy,

Adeline Berry, formerly of Tan-talum, would like us to meet herchildren. They are (1 to r): Charles,3 mo., Joseph, Jr., 8, Lynn, 2, andBonnie 4.

Michael Ames, son of Edward ofWestern Electric, is a little bit shyas he meets Santa Claus.

Marcia Harrington is the grand-daughter of Merida Baldassarini ofthe Aging Group. (See below)

These three handsome boys are the brothers of Marcia, shown above, and of course also the grandsons ofMerida Baldassarini. No wonder she is such a proud grandmother.


and his wife who flew here fromPuerto Rico. . . Marie LeMoine alsoenjoyed a holiday visit from her sonwho flew here by jet from Germany.. . . And speaking of Germany, MabelWilliams has a new granddaughter,her first grandchild, born in Germanyto her daughter who now lives there.. . .Rose Lazarczyk, Altie Jillson,Florence Fulginiti, Edith Bassett andBetty Fleury enjoyed holiday vaca-tions.

Effie Colvin spent Christmas withher son who has been stationed atWest Point since his return fromGermany. She spent one day watch-ing a Parachute Drill which shefound very exciting - especially sinceher son was directing it. Effiefound West Point very impressiveeven in winter, but hopes she willhave the opportunity to go again inthe spring or summer when it must befabulous. . .Anyone who needs but-tons replaced see Henrietta Senecal.She has promised to replace some forWarren Randall and Alice Monette.Maybe you'll be lucky too. . .Wel-come to Eleanor Charbonneau andWilliam Fix who recently joinedFilters.

Quality Assurance &Reliability

by Mae StoeberHere we are with winter half over,

and everyone but the skiers is happyabout that!. . .We are quite proud ofour Corinne Gallup who recently re-ceived an award of $150.00 for a sug-gestion which saves the Companyloads of paper, and many man hours.Congratulations from all of us,Corinne!... We also want to con-gratulate Ray Lamoureaux on re-ceiving a patent, and while we arecongratulating, we'd like to say,"Good work" to the editors of theNational Log. We feel they did anexcellent job. It was very interest-ing, and we've heard many favorablecomments.

Eleanor Abuisi attended the Gov-ernor's Inaugural dinner and re-ception in Boston with friends, andenjoyed it as much as she enjoys herfavorite operas. . .We're glad to haveDot Lauth back with us.. .HelenTatro is now on leave. . . CarolFlaherty Ross returned from Indianafor the holidays. She visited thedepartment and everyone was de-lighted to see her once again. . . Wewould like to welcome our newcomers,Nemrod Nowell arid George Bey-louny, who are now working withRichard Powell. . . Marty Sokolove,Rita Bishop, Ernie Purpura and RayCalvi returned to work recently afternice winter vacations. . .Bill Martinhas left our group and is now in theSales Office. Good luck to you, Bill.

Salesby Marie Ziemlak and Barbara Pierce

With the holidays behind us, wefind many of the girls sportingdiamond rings. Among the luckygirls are Arlene Decoteau, KarenBlake, and Jean Maino. Congratu-lations, girls. . .Congratulations arealso in order for Sandy Scully andEleanor Brown. Both girls are anxi-ously making plans for their comingmarriages and both are planningspring weddings. . .We're glad tohave Sandy Petro and Mary O'Brienback with us. Both girls have beenout on sick leave. . . We are also look-ing forward to having Pat Pozza backwith us soon. Pat is recovering froma recent stay in the hospital. We'reglad to hear you're feeling better,Pat. . .Among the new members ofour office staff are Sandy Zatorski andCarol Fields. Sandy is replacingConnie Tanguay who is leaving toawait the stork. Carole is workingfor Jim Drummond.

The chatter around the office isnaturally about Christmas presents.Connie Tanguay is quite excitedabout her new pocketbook from'Santa'.. .Barb Pierce hasn't hadtime for anything else since she re-

ceived her new electric organ. . . LindaTassone and Marie Ziemlak seem tobe sporting identical jackets. . .RitaTrudeau has been spending her 'spare'time just relaxing and listening to hernew Stereo. . .Sandy Scully is spend-ing her week-ends skiing. Of courseher new ski outfit helps a bit.

Maintenanceby Judy Kelyer

Hello everyone ! I've just returnedfrom the holidays with a little news!Our girls in the Aging Group arequite a group of sports. They are theonly ones who have come up withanything exciting. . . .Mary Mazzaspent the holidays in Baltimore,Maryland visiting her son and hisfamily. . .Elsie Carpenter visited herson and his family in Plattsburgh,New York. From all reports theyboth had an enjoyable holiday. . .Merida Baldassarini entertained herfamily over the holidays. . .CatherineScott and Mary Mazza were surprisedin December with a birthday partyin their honor. A good time wasenjoyed by everyone . . .'On December30th your reporter had the pleasure ofbeing a bridesmaid for her cousin,Sondra Cary, who was married toDavid Geffeorion of Fairview, Mass.. . . We would like to express our sym-pathy to Sadie Mercier on the recentpassing of her mother. . .It was niceknowing you Anna Mae Jammallo.You have been so much fun, and I'msure the girls will join me in wishingyou good luck wherever you may go.

Tantalumby Dolores Shakar

Anyone for a party! We've had somany parties that it doesn't seem rightto just have everything becomenormal again. Starting off with abang was our very nice Christmasparty held at the Taconic ParkRestaurant with Alice Kawa as chair-man. Phyllis Lapine served as mist-ress of ceremonies. Christmas songswere sung and a few brought inminiature musical instruments toaccompany our beautiful , voices!Grab bag presents were exchangedand everyone still talks about thenice present Phyllis Lapine received.She liked it so much that she dis-played them for everyone to see andto share her pleasure! Prizes werewon by Alda O'Neil, Betty Jangrowand Mary Crandall. Later in theevening dancing was enjoyed. Thebeautiful poster announcing the partywas made by Alice Kawa and herartistic niece. We all thank themfor their fine work in making thisparty a most successful and enjoyableevent.

Another luncheon party was heldduring the Christmas and New Year'sweek. The food was scrumptious -especially all the homemade cakes andsalads. We ate so much that most ofus were full to the gills for the nextfew days. Grab bag presents werealso exchanged. . .A few of the gangwent to Florini's for dinner duringChristmas week so we really had ourshare of parties - but there will alwaysbe room for more.

Welcome to Theresa Garofano,Gladabelle Ross, Janet Bruno, Marj-orie Callahan, Nelson Montgomery,Mildred Patryn, Kathleen McAn-drews, Rita Rosch and GladysCostello. . .Also a fond farewell toJohn Shaker. We were sorry to seeyou go. . .Belated happy birthdaywishes to Theresa Garofano whosebirthday was in January and to RitaRosch whose birthday is on February24th. . . Congratulations to Adeleneand George Roy whose anniversaryis in January, and to Mary Lou andGeorge Parsons, and Mary andStanley Ziaja whose anniversaries arein February.. . . Mary Girard took apaper cup and wanted to drink somewater. She just couldn't understandwhy she couldn't get any water - thenshe looked down and her shoes weregetting wet. Later she inquiredaround as to whom was the culprit

who jabbed a hole in the bottom ofher cup. Well, Mary, it's a goodthing it wasn't that strong stuff. . .See you next month.

February Birthdays

February Anniversaries1, Mr. & Mrs. Carl Oltsch, 21st2, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Ziaja, 25th2, Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Brown, Jr.,

26th3, Mr. & Mrs. Euclid St. Peter, 9th3, Mr. & Mrs. Russell Giroux, 21st4, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kolis. 4th6, Mr. & Mrs. John Grady, 1st6, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Kupiec, 1st7, Mr. & Mrs. Felix Dupre, 51st8, Mr. & Mrs. Loren Estes, 14th

10, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Law, 25th11, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shaeffer,

22nd12, Mr. & Mrs. Alphonsus Tallarico,

19th13, Mr. & Mrs. James Livesey, 1st15, Mr. & Mrs. George Parsons, 15th17, Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Richards, 41st20, Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Cuyler, 1st20, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Moreau, 18th25, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond James, 15th28, Mr. & Mrs. Frank DeMarsico,

24th

EngagementsArlene Judge and Robert ArmataCecilia Biros and

Aloysius MichalenkoMary Bettis and Harry BeverlyBarbara Saulnier and Clifton PochopSandra Scully and David GilmoreArlene Decoteau and John LawJean Maino and Alan TaylorMargaret McKee and

Donald ChristensenEleanor Brown and Macy CookisJanice Gooch and Robert CarliEngelke Frey and Robert HeggieNancy Kelly and Francis Lanois

New ArrivalsNOVEMBER

9, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Postle,daughter

21, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Kozik,daughter

22, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bush, daughterDECEMBER

3, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hatin, son5, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Brown, son5, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith, son6, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Heyes,

daughter8, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ulrich,

daughter24, Mr. & Mrs. Victor Abate,

daughter28, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Maxymillian,

daughter31, Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Pescatori, son

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Service Laboratory. Mr. CharlesLamont has been named the SystemsEngineering Section Manager report-ing to Mr. Garlington.

In setting up the Systems Engineer-ing Section, Mr. Scarborough statedthat the country-wide nature of therequirements for system engineeringservice was responsible for the forma-tion of a single, coordinated unitcapable of handling electromagneticinterference and integration problemsin electronic systems. The new groupwill function throughout the countryand abroad as a team, and renderassistance to subcontractors of largesystems in meeting contractual re-quirements.

Mr. Swift joined Sprague Electricin 1955 coming from Bell AircraftCorporation. Until recently he wasthe Manager of the InterferenceControl Field Service Laboratorylocated in Dayton, Ohio. He willcontinue in that capacity, assisted byMr. Jack McGail, who has beennamed Assistant Manager.

Mr. Garlington joined the Com-pany in 1955 and has been Manager ofthe North Adams Interference ControlField Service Laboratory since 1957.Mr. Charles Lamont, who joinedSprague Electric in 1959, was former-ly with the General Electric Com-pany.

1, Tony Falco2, Angie Damiano5, Rose Dupre5, Mary Lasson7, Nellie Hewitt7, Millie Rivers7, Elbert Becker

10, Clare Montesanti11, Ronald Bard

II, Jean Bancroft11, Orlyn Bryant13, Beverly Juby13, Carol Tash

20, Geraldine Cole20, Marion Davies23, Marilyn Wojiecli24, Rita Roscfc

14, Harriet Michaels 25, Gloria Thiber16, Robert E. Kelley 27, Anna Barbuto18, Emily Wlodyka 27, Angelo Mazz;18, Eileen Gillooly 28, Francis Wilsoi18, Jane Cuyler

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uated from Drury High School andattended Bliss Business College. Sincejoining Sprague he has held variouspositions as supervisor, productionplanner and foreman. He is alsosecretary of the Sprague Manage-ment Club.

William Tisdale came to Spraguein November 1959 in the MethodsDepartment. He is a native ofClarksburg, Massachusetts and grad-uated from Briggsville GrammarSchool and Drury High School.

Henry Ellsworth, a native ofWilliamstown, joined Sprague Elec-tric in September 1952 in production.In 1958 he was made a supervisor.He graduated from WilliamstownHigh School and came to SpragueElectric a short time later.

Employed by Sprague in November1956, John Petri has held variouspositions in Check Inspection, In-coming Inspection and as a super-visor. A North Adams native, hegraduated from Brayton GrammarSchool and Drury High School.

A North Adams native, LloydKing joined Sprague in 1937 inproduction. He later was trans-ferred to supervisor of Shift Registersat Union Street and then promoted toforeman of Magnetic Coil Winding.

Robert Marriott joined Sprague inAugust 1952 in the Formation De-partment. He later was a produc-tion scheduler-expeditor, supervisorof Pulse Transformers and foremanof Shift Register Department. Mr.Marriott is a native of Plainfield,Connecticut and graduated fromAdams High School. He also at-tended Air Force Pilot TrainingSchools.

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maximum effective assistance to theSpecial Products Division.

A native of North Adams, Mr.

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and other defects which impair itsresistance to the flow of electricityand its temperature properties.

Mr. Brafman lias been associatedwith the mica capacitor industrysince 1926 and is recognized as oneof the leading specialists in the fieldin the United States. He has longserved as chairman of the raw micasub-committee of the AmericanSociety for Testing Materials and in1958 represented the United Stateson a committee of the InternationalStandards Organization, a technicalbranch of the United Nations, whichmet in England to prepare a set ofinternational standards for mica. Hehas been cited by the Materials Ad-visory Board of the National Academyof Sciences of the National ResearchCouncil for his work on a joint in-dustry-government project to improvethe quality of mica.

Mr. Brafman joined Sprague Elec-tric in 1941, first as superintendent ofthe Company's mica manufacturingoperation and later in charge of thepilot plant operation for new productsmanufacture before he was madeField Engineering specialist on micacapacitors two years ago.

He is a member of the AmericanStandards Association and the Insti-tute of Radio Engineers as well asthe American Society for TestingMaterials.

Bateman graduated from Drury HighSchool in 1948, and received aBachelors Degree in Governmentfrom Bates College in 1953. Hejoined Sprague Electric in June 1955in the Time Study department andshortly thereafter transferred to Em-ploye and Community Relations.

He is married to the formerJacqueline Desnoyers of NorthAdams, and they and their twochildren reside in Stamford, Vermont.

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markets in 1950-1953, which weregood years for our industry withtelevision enjoying its initial period ofrapid consumer acceptance. It hasbeen correctly pointed out by well-informed people in the industry thatit is probably unrealistic to expect acontinuation of the yearly growth of15% or better that characterized thedecade of the 1950's, and that ourmilitary markets may be enteringupon a new phase in which procure-ment of multiple weapons systemswill give way to concentration of stillundeveloped areas of our defensecapability. While this may well betrue in general, I believe it is also im-portant to keep in mind that somerecent developments suggest thatover the next year or so militaryelectronics may be one of the moststrongly growing areas in an economywhich is not expanding rapidly inother directions.

Among the items scheduled foracceleration in the near future arethe POLARIS and B70 programs,strengthening of the airborne alertsystem of the Strategic Air Com-mand, and improved battlefield sur-veillance systems. Research and de-velopment expenditures connectedwith the reconnaissance satelliteSAMOS •and the future developmentof ballistic missile defense systemssuch as NIKE-ZEUS are expected toincrease substantially. Research, de-velopment test and evaluation funds,devoted to missiles in 1960 were 3 to 4times as large as those devoted toaircraft, and actual missile procure-ment is expected to exceed aircraftprocurement by 1963. Still later,the realm of space technology willshow substantial gains; it has beenestimated that spending by theNational Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration will rise from less than$500 million in fiscal 1960 to morethan $2 billion by 1967, and that theelectronic industry's share of theseexpenditures will be closer to 50%than the current 20%.

The stepped up defense procure-ment called for in the 1961 Budgethas already begun to make itself feltin an upturn in orders for militaryelectronic equipment and the com-ponents that go into it, and it liasbeen suggested that an additional $2billion increase in total defense spend-ing may be requested for fiscal 1962.Although the impact of these in-creases on our industry's shipmentswill be gradual, on balance I lookfor another good increase in shipmentsin the coining year, to at least $6billion.Industrial Electronic Equipment

Paced by the continuing rapidgrowth of electronic data processing,sales of industrial and commercialelectronic equipment totalled SI.8billion compared to $1.6 billion in1959. 'The market for computersand other data-handling continues toexpand at the rate of about 30%annually, reaching some $450 millionin I960. Informed estimates lookfor this market to approximatelyquadruple by the late 1960's, underthe stimulus of new applications inthe fields of banking and retailing,industrial process control, and in-formation storage and retrieval. Inthe industrial field, prospects forhigher expenditures on electronictesting and measuring equipment arc-also quite bright. For the near term,however, it must be realized that tin-industrial and commercial marketis somewhat more sensitive to generalbusiness conditions than is the militarymarket, and for this reason I wouldexpect that any gain in 1961 may besomewhat smaller than those ofrecent years; sales should slightlyexceed 1960, however, and reach $1.9billion.Replacement Tarts

In addition to the three majororiginal equipment segments of the

electronics business, the steady growthin the market for replacement partscontinues year by year. This is nowa $1.0 billion business, up from $0.9billion in 1959, and should reach$1.1 billion in 1961.

The markets for electronic partsin 1960 have reflected the changingpatterns of the various end equip-ment segments of the industry. De-mand for parts for home entertain-ment was strong in the first half, butpurchases were cut back to lowerlevels during the fall as set manu-facturers reduced their own operat-ing rates. In the military field, in-coming orders turned down early inthe year, and remained rather slowuntil late fall when the upturn inprocurement of equipment began tomake itself felt in rising orders forcomponents.

Sales of transistors in 1960 exceeded$300 million, compared to $222million in 1959 despite substantialprice reductions in virtually all types.Production totalled about 123 millionunits against 82 million in 1959, andI look for a further gain to 188million units worth approximately$380 million in 1961. Sales ofpassive components, such as capa-citors and resistors, although notgrowing as fast as those of semi-conductors were ahead of 1959 thisyear, and should increase again in1961.

In sum, I look for another goodyear for the electronics industry in1961, with total sales increasingabout 7% to $10.8 billion, despite theuncertainties in the business outlookgenerally. As I have indicated above.I base this feeling on a belief thatcurrent weakness in the market forconsumer durable goods may con-tinue through the early months of theyear, but will give way to a sufficientlystrong recovery later on to bring thefull-year figures close to those of 1960;on prospects for continued increasesin defense spending; and on con-tinued growth in the applications ofelectronics to the complex problems ofmanufacturing and trade in the ex-panding but competitive economy ofthe 1960's.

New CafeteriaContinued from page 3

which the Company converted to awar time basis. Overnight the cafe-terias were required to serve manymore employes who were not able toget home for lunch.

The Marshall Street cafeteria wasopened in 1944 when the Companyacquired these properties. Periodi-cally over the years each of the cafe-'terias has been remodeled and newequipment added as their increaseduse demanded. In 1953 an entirelynew kitchen was installed at MarshallStreet. It was also sound proofedat the same time to eliminate some ofthe factory noise and provide morepleasant surroundings.

The Brown Street cafeteria was re-decorated in 1956. In I960 theBeaver Street cafeteria was repainted.It had been moved in 1955 to a newlocation on the main floor. Also inthe Fall of 1960 the Marshall Streetcafeteria received a new paint job anddrapes were added to give a morehome-like atmosphere.

The rest period lunch cart programwas started in 1949 as the time re-quired standing in line at the cafe-teria mounted witli the growing em-ployment. This enabled employes topurchase coffee, rolls, doughnuts.

work area.The Siosal Corporation has oper-

ated the North Adams cafeteriasunder Company guidance since July1957. President of the Siosal Cor-poration is Mr. Sidney Chisholm whois also Director of Dining Halls atWilliams College. The North AdamsCafeteria Manager for Siosal is Mr.George Whipple.

Dew Line Radar

pair of columns enable the entirestructure, all 600 tons of it, to beraised and leveled as required by themere pushing of a button no largerthan that found on a man's shirt.

These "cap" sites, and thoseanchored high up on the rock cliffs ofthe western and eastern coastal ranges,were put there under conditions un-paralleled in the experience of mostconstruction men. Temperaturesrange down to -80 degrees (F) in thewinter. Area winds reach upwardsto 150 miles per hour. Blowing snow,high overcasts, ice fogs and "white-outs" are common.

What of the role played by in-dustry? The Western Electric Com-pany, working under the supervisionof the Air Material Command, wasassigned the responsibility of engi-neering and implementing the com-munications and electronics systemsfor DEW East. Upon completion,the line will be turned over to theFederal Electric Company who willoperate and maintain it under con-tract to the Air Force.

The DEW East project is one ofthirteen major electronic systemsunder active research or implemen-tation by the Air Force. They in-clude the revamping of Air Forcecommunications networks through-out the world, new and improvedradar systems, both for the U. S.and for our overseas air defenseforces, and such space age svstems asthe billion dollar Ballistic MissileEarly Warning System and theNational Space Surveillance ControlCenter which keeps an up-to-the-minute tracking of the ever-increas-ing earth satellites.

Center of this Air Force activity isMassachusetts' own Hanscom Field,where a newly organized complex oforganizations directs and monitors allfacets of these vital programs. Col-lectively they have been tabbed"Command and Control" systems,because they have the ultimatemission of providing Air Force com-manders throughout the world with amodern means of being able to com-mand their farflung forces and theirnew supersonic, and even hypersonic,weapons.

The Hanscom Complex was locatedin New England largely because ofthe tremendous concentration of thenation's scientific and productivecapability in the electronics field.

Dr. WiesnerContinued from page 2

Dr. Wiesner's acceptance of theappointment by Mr. Kennedy willrequire his temporary withdrawalfrom other activities, including hisaffiliation with the Sprague ElectricCompany. He had served, prior tohis appointment to the Board, as aconsultant to Sprague Electric since1957.

Dr. Wiesner most recently headedMr. Kennedy's special space taskforce, which made its report publicearly in January. The task forceconcluded that it is "very unlikely"that America will win the race withRussia to put the first man in orbitaround the earth.

Dr. Wiesner has been a leader inthe rapid development of communica-tion sciences and is a member ofPresident Eisenhower's Science Ad-visory Committee. In 1948. he wasawarded the President's Certificateof Merit, the second highest civilianaward, in recognition of "outstandingservices to his country." He wasalso a staff director of the Americandelegation to the 1958 Geneva'Con-vention on the prevention of surpriseattack.

Dr. Wiesner was born in Detroit,Michigan, in 1915, and received thedegrees of bachelor of science, masterof science, and doctor of philosophyfrom the LTniversity of Michigan in1937. 1938 and 1950 respectively.

- THE TRADING POST -1958 CHEVROLET, 4 dr. sedan, V-8 turbo-glide transmission. 2-tone blue;radio and heater; snow tires. Call Adams 1498-R.1951 MORRIS MINOR Convertible - $100. Call Adams 1898-M after6 P.M.1950 DESOTO STATION WAGON — 4-door; all metal body. Fullyequipped; excellent condition. Reasonable. Call Marshall St. Ext. 449.1955 OLDSMOBILE Super 88, Hydramatic. 4-door; gray and white. Cleaninterior; very good overall condition. 5 tires (2 snow). Call MO 3-7348after 5:30 P.M. -1953 CHEVROLET — Std. Shift; 2 doon Metallic blue; radio and heater.Excellent condition. Best offer. Also Boy's English Bike. Jet black.All accessories. $20. Call MO 3-9197.BOY'S WINTER COAT — dark gray with zip-in lining; size 14. Ice skates -sizes 7 and 3. Ski shoes - size 6. Call Adams 1068-J.STOP WATCH — Can be used for timing different things. Call MarshallSt. Ext. 686 or Bennington 2924.17 JEWEL, SWISS MADE, MAN'S WATCH — never worn. RonsonElectric Razor — used 2 years, but in excellent condition. Call Marshall St.Ext. 235 or GL 8-3931.RCA VICTOR ORTHOPHONIC HI-FI excellent condition. 4-speeds.3-speakers. Blonde. Stands on legs or can be put on table. S50. CallAdams 574-J.2 GOWNS — size 9. $10 each. (1) orchid chiffon; worn twice; waltz length.(1) pink net strapless; ballerina length; worn twice. Both in very good con-dition. _CaU_MO ^7348 after 5:30 P.M.DETECTO BABY SCALES — beam type. Sterilizer and bottles. Dollcarriage. Small Push-Type Sled. Call GL 8-3594.WOMEN'S BOWLING SHOES — size 8. Worn twice7~Reasonable.Call Adams 975-M after 5 P.M.BLONDE HIGH CHAIR; Baby's Sleigh; Mahogany bookcase; and alsoGirl's Dresses, Coats, Sweaters and Skirts. Sizes'4, 5, and 6. Call MO3-9747. _ 'ZENITH COMBINATION RADIO & TELEVISION — 14!/2" screen.Call MO 3-6896 after 5 P.M.HFATHKIT (SIXER) - 6 vol. power supply; crystal. $50. Call MarshallSt. Ext. 351 or MO 3-6254.GIBSON "LES PAUL" ELECTRIC GUITAR. Dual pick-up; solid body.Cost $200 new. Used only 3 mo. Will sell for best offer. Call MO 3-7297.ELECTRIC STOVE — practically new. "sTooT Call Adams 294-W."WRINGER WASHER — good condition. $ lo Also Electric Baby BottleSterilizer — used only 3 mo.; $4. Call MO 3-5042 after 5 P.M.MAGNUS GRAND ELECTRIC CHORD ORGAN and stool. Excellentcondition. $125. 6' Skis with Clamps. Excellent condition. $25. Mapledrum table. Good condition. $8. Call MO 3-6241 after 5 P.M.2 BOY SCOUT UNIFORMS — complete with hat and neckerchief. Size12 and 14. Call MO 3-7582. _____SILVER GRAY MUSKRAT COAT — % length. Size 14. Very goodcondition. $35. 5-skin Russian Mink Fur Piece. $50. Call MO'2-2781after 5:30 P.M.HOLIDAY MANSION MOBILE HOME (46'xlO') - used 2 yrs. Excellentcondition. Completely furnished. Set-up at Turgeon's Mobile Park. CallRobert Utman, GL 8-4354 after 5 P.M.

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ROOM FOR RENT in private home. Central location. Call MO 4-9542.3 ROOM APARTMENT — kitchen furnished; hot water. Adults preferred.12 Hudson St. Call MO 3-7294 Anytime.6 ROOM FLAT at 104 Beaver St. Call MO 4-9541 Anytime.

RIDE WANTEDFROM CHESHIRE TO MARSHALL ST. PLANT — Monday thru Fri-day. 8-5 shift. Call Adams 2675.

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FROM ADAMS TO BEAVER ST. 7-3:45 shift. Call Adams 8:51-|.

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AM INTERESTED IN OBTAINING AN ANGORA KITTEN. CallMarshall St. Ext. 544.USED CANOE — Call GL 8-3705.SNARE DRUMS OR FULL SET in good condition. Call Adams 834-J.

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Sports — BASKETBALLBOWLING

ByLOU ZITER

IBM-First Half Champions in Women's Candlepin League. Membersof the team shown left to right are: Delia Remillard, Nancy Harvey, EllaGenesi, Bernadette Fern, Priscilla Greenlaw, Mary Unis and EmilyWlodyka.

ELECTROLYTICS — First Half Champions in Men's Ten Pin League.Shown left to right are: Rene Cote, Jack Burdick, Bob McDonough, FranLanoue and Chick Thompkins.

The Sprague Basketball League is the newest addition to Spraguesports. Shown above is the Union Street team. Front row (1 to r):Jim Heelan, Ron Bard, Don Esposito, and Ron Grynkiewicz. Back row(1 to r): Jack Grady, Jack Burdick, Ralph Fressola, Dick Daniels, LarryBurdick and Hewey Rand.

Men's Ten Pin LeagueINFORMATION REQUIRED FOR 1961 — 1962 SEASON

Now that we are in the first successful season of the Ten Pin BowlingLeague race, we must look toward the next season. Many more men areinterested and it looks like additional teams will be added. We must alsoreserve the exact number of lanes at the Greylock Bowl.Preferred Night (Week day only) Preferred Time (Check one)1st Choice 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM2nd Choice 9:00 PM to 11:30 PM Q3rd Choice

Name (Signed Signature)

Dept. and PhoneReplies must be received no later than February 28, 1961. Send to

either Al Richard, QAR, Marshall Street, or Robert Burr, QAR, Brown St.

Form 3 5 4 7Requested

Return PostageGuaranteed

BULK RATE

U. S. POSTAGE

PAID

NorthAdams,Mass.

Permit No. 94

BowlingThe Sprague Bowling Leagues are

moving at a rapid pace and interestseems to be running high as the heartof the season is in effect.

Both Ten Pin and CandlepinLeagues have had many upsets andsuperb bowling by several individuals.

Highlight of the leagues is theMen's Ten Pin League. Althoughthe Ceramic team finished in lastplace in the first half, they never gaveup, and with a fine team effort theynow hold down first place in thesecond half.

Men's Candlepin LeagueStandings as of December 15:

Team Won LostWestern Electric 24 12Sprague Products 22 11 *R & E 19 11*Shipping 19 17Incoming Inspection 18 12*FP Ovens 17 19Management 14 19*Industrial Oils 13 17*Can Shop 12 21*KVA 4 26**Schedule IncompleteIndividual High Average

George Shaker-R&E 100.4Individual High Single

Ed Ames - Western Elec. 138Individual High Triple

Jim Lynch-Sprague Products 345High Team Single—Shipping 518High Team Triple—Shipping 1465Individual Most Strikes—10Mike Pierce ManagementJohn Murray ShippingPete Desnoyers Sprague ProductsHarry Shore, Jr. R & EHarry Saunders Incoming Insp.

Men's Ten Pin LeagueStandings as of December 28:Team ~ Won LostCeramic Lab 30 10R & E 24 16Field Engineering 23 17Sales 22 18Production Engineering 20 20Filters 20 20Tantalum 20 20ICFS 17 23Electric Shop 16 24Personnel 16 24Test Equipment 16 24Electrolytics 16 24High Individual Single

Voc Boschetti 244High Individual Triple

Harold Brafman 591High Team Single—ICFS 941High Team Triple—ICFS 2476HIGH AVERAGES(30 games or more)Ray Lamoureaux 167Jim Crews 166Ralph Lesure 165

Women's Candlepin LeagueFirst Half Standings:Team Won LostIBM 39 17Filterettes 37 19Casettes 35 21HiRel 32 24Clorinol 32 24Merriettes 28 28Rolling A's 20 36Johnettes 0 56High Individual Triple

Hazel Martel—Clorinol 316High Individual Single

Angie Bradley—Filterettes 120Most Strikes

Dot Belanger—Filterettes 5High Team Triple—Filterettes 1348High Team Single—Filterettes 479TOP TEN BOWLERSEdie Jones HiRel 93.2Hazel Martel Clorinol 92.5Ann Heath Clorinol 89.1Dot Belanger Filterettes 88.4Evelyn Robinson Hi Rel 88.1Adella Kosche Casettes 87.9Loretta James Rolling A's 87.0Dot DeGraff Merriettes 86.7Bernie Fern IBM 86.2Lucille Racine Hi Rel 85.4

Women's Ten Pin LeagueStandings as of December 29: High Team Three (JamesTeam Won Lost Sprague Keys 2052Sprague Keys 43 13 High 'IVain AverageWestern Electric 35 21 Sprague Keys ' 638

Seven-Ups 32 24 High Individual Single GameTantalum 29 27 Sidney Taft Sprague Keys 238R & E 28 28 High Individual Three GamesCoolercttes 27 29 Phyllis Schmidt Tantalum 530Nicolettes 26 30 High Individual AverageKing Pins 24 32 Phyllis Schmidt Tantalum 152Film Products 23 33 HIGHEST AVERAGESMix-Ups 13 43 Phyllis Schmidt 152High Team Single Game Carol Severin 115

Sprague Keys 789 Jerry Macchia Ml

MinutemanContinued from page 3

Among these was solid fuel expertDr. Harold Rkchcy of Thiokol.Working closely with foresighted anddedicated military people, he directeda development program that provedthe feasibility of building large solidfuel missiles with intercontinentalcapability.

In 1958, Thiokol set to work on theMinuteman first stage engine, largestsolid fuel rocket engine ever built.After only 8 out of the 18 scheduledground test firings the scientists andmilitary had most of the answers theyneeded. In a few months, at CapeCanaveral, the Minuteman will makeits first flight tests. By the summer of1962 the Strategic Air Command willtake over a fully operational weapon.

Firing can take place, not only fromthe underground silo but from mobiletask forces traveling over the nation'stransportation network. Carriers willinclude special railroad trains.Imagine an enemy trying to knock outmissiles traveling at random about thecountry.

Available at lower costs than liquidfuel missiles with the same capabilities,Minuteman also represents a majoreconomic breakthrough in the missileprogram. Less expense will meanmore Minutemen on-the-ready.

Military experts agree that here is

January Girl of the Month

could not afford to ignore.But solid fuel propulsion holds an

even greater promise for the futurea promise that has set scientific brainshumming. We may have finally hitupon the rocket power that can send

In fact a solid fuel rockei enginewith such capability has already beenproposed by the same Dr. H. W.Ritchey... a 10,000,000 lb. thrustengine, powerful enough to send aman to the moon and back, morethan thirty times as powerful asICBM missiles in operation today.

Names In The NewsContinued from page 3

FREDERICK W. McNAMARA,Department Head of Purchasing, wasreappointed to a three-year term as amember of the North Adams AirportCommission.

FRANK J. WELLCOME, JR.,of Purchasing, and BERNARDFRIEDMAN, of Purchasing, werepromoted to Lieutenant Colonel andCaptain respectively by the 1004thMilitary Intelligence Company of theUnited States Army Reserve. Theceremonies were conducted by Lt.Col. FRANCIS G. JENKINS, Di-rector of Purchases.

We nominate Judy Sukel as mascot for the newly formed SpragueBasketball League. A 1958 graduate of Drury High School, Judy is anavid Boston Red Sox fan. She enjoys bowling, swimming, tennis and iceskating, and plans to take up skiing this winter. During working hoursJudy may be found at the Union Street Plant where she is secretary toMr. David Puppolo.

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