Volume IX SPRAGUE ELECTRIC VICTORY LOG, AUGUST 24, 1946 Number 2

PERFECT ATTENDANCE CONTEST ANNOUNCEDSPRAGUE COMPONENTS GO TO ALL THE WORLD!

Sprague Components, expertly packed for export shipment, are ready to start on the first lap of theirjourney lo some 23 foreign countries. Al Benoni, Ernie llelleau and Cecile Trudeau check, in order to meetall export requirements. -Photo by F. Crosier

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SPRAGUE MEN WIN AWARDSIn Recognition of War Kllorl

Sponsored l>\ ihe AmericanStandards Association, tour awards otmerit were given to Sprague men inrecognition of excellence in war work.at a dinner held in Pittsfield on theanniversary of V-J Day. Mr. LeonPodolsky, Field Engineering Manager,accepted for himself, and in absentiafor Mr. Julian Sprague, Vice Presidentof the company; Walter W. Clark,Product ion Engineer; and Harry E.Rice, Application Engineer until Aug-ust of last year. The awards were

made in recognition ot the work doneon standardizing capacitors and re-sistors and other components.

Urig. Gen. Donald Armstrong inpresenting the awards said that thewar production record of Americanindustry was made possible throughthe voluntary co-operation of allindustry to accept industrial standards—"to stay in tune with the idea ofjoint mass production." In peace-time, he stated, "standards will in-fluence our life in every phase, everymoment."

WantedFIFTY MEN AND GIRLS

FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW

Plans are underway to put on the Minstrel in the early fall.

The Committee is looking forward to a Bang Up show under

the direction of George Kohinson of Williamstown.

Girls and hoys will he needed for the chorus, as soloists and to

assist with the stage properties . . . . in other words if you can or

cannot sing, you still can do your part. Names are heing taken

at the Dispensaries . . . . Don't delay sign up today.

23 Foreign CountriesOn Our Shipping List

Every Sprague worker will beinterested to know that many of thecapacitors, resistors and other com-ponents that they make are shippedto as many as 23 foreign countries—byboat and air express. These productsgo to their ultimate destinations bytrain, by horse and mule, and by humanpack carriers over rough country andmountains.

In the photograph above, taken inour Shipping Department at MarshallStreet there were 32 various shipmentsassembled and ready to be sent on theirway to the following 23 countries:Alaska, Argentina, Australia, Brazil,British Columbia, Canada, Chile, Cuba,Egypt, England, India, Mexico, New-Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, PhilippineIslands, Puerto Rico, South Africa,Southern Rhodesia, Sweden, Territoryof Hawaii, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Shipments for export are not sentout daily, like shipments to points in

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Photoflash Picture

You may be interested to learn thatthe very excellent photoflash pictureof the grounds and buildings at M.I.T.published in the last issue of the hog,was taken at an altitude of 5,000 feet.When this picture was taken, the WarDepartment was photographing anumber of various experiments.

WEEKLY WINNERS TO GETMODERN PORTABLE RADIO

CONTEST KINS ELEVEN WEEKSAUGUST 19th TO NOVEMBER 2

Eleven happy Sprague Electric employees are going to bethe proud possessors of the Last word in portable radios whenthe attendance contest just announced by the PersonnelDepartment comes to a grandstand finish on [November 2.

Phis novel contest has the employees who usually havegood to fair attendance records really up on their toes andstretching ~ making every possible effort to maintain theirgood records or to improve them. Many workers who fromtime to time have uneven records now have the opportunityto come through and gel a portable radio by seeing to itthat their attendance records are perfect from here in.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN

A Perfect Attendance RecordThis Week Puts You in the Running

Not only that, the good record you set this week will helpyou next week, because your good attendance records pileup in your favor for four weeks in a row. It's worth goingafter, that portable radio! As the announcement on thebulletin boards in all the Plants so well said :-**it\s a good one,the kind you plug into your home current, take on picnics,use in your car when driving, or parked somewhere watch-ing the sunset, or with the moon coming up over themountain!"

Remember, if you want a chance to win one of those hand-some portable radios, of latest design you can't be late orabsent. So, don't say we didn't give you the word, andwatch for the names of the winners and their pictures inthe next issue of your Sprague LOG... Yours for perfectattendance.

{Rules on Following Page)

SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE PLANTS

The Safety Committee is right on the hall - memhers rotate in thePlants every two weeks, and meel monthly to discuss safety prob-lems. They are (lop) Art Van Steemhurg, Art Mathews, Etta Owen,George Scarho. (Bottom) Frank Cordon, Jaek Sullivan, Hay Colo,and Dan Mussolani. -Photo by A. HorSfall

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

THE COOK'S TOUR

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

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

SPORTS

Kenneth Russell and Bernard Bullett

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Fred Crosier

PLANT EDITORS

Marshall Street: Cecile Trudeau Brown Street: Bertha Salavantis

DEPARTMENT REPORTERSBeaver Street

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

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

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

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

"Every Sprague Worker an Assistant Reporter."

August 24, 1946

"OBSERVE SAFETY RULES AT ALL TIMES"- Says Jack Washburn

Safety in industry has so manyangles to it that I would need to writea Jong article to cover them all. Toname a few will help however. Theyare: the well-being and happiness ofthe individual. The well-being andhappiness of the worker's family. Thewell-being and happiness of the otherworker and his or her family. Theloss of earning time on the job by theworker. The loss of production timeby the Department and the Company.All added up together, the total lossof time through accidents throughoutindustry slows down the progress andeconomic well-being of our country.

But to me it seems that the first

two points are the most important.Accidents destroy the happiness andwell-being of the individual worker.So that is why all safety campaigns,all safety instructions, and all safetymeasures and equipment are aimedat making the worker more carefuland cutting down his accident recordto zero if possible. Next time you seea safety sign or warning, please re-member it is meant for YOU first andnot just for the other fellow. If eachone of us will make every effort tohave a perfect personal safety recordthe totals will take care of themselves.Watch your step, play safe,—at alltimes, in all ways — ALWAYS! JjJohn D. Washburn—Personnel Director

What We Do After 5 O'ClockOf course, when we started to inter-

view Al Horsfall on his favorite hobby,or what he does after five o'clock, wethought he would mention his photogra-phy, since he is an ardent follower of thecamera, and has turned in some very-excellent shots to the Log desk in thepast twro years. "Put me down forwoodworking," said Al, when approach-ed—and we did. But like so mam- ofour Sprague workers, Al is versatile.He hunts, fishes, is an ardent camerafan—but most of all, he is proud of hisshop which he has built over the courseof ten years, and which is beautifullyequipped, with power tools.

"How did you become interested in awoodworking shop?" we asked. "Oh,I've always been interested in carpentryand tools," he answered. "Ever sinceI can remember, I liked to handletools, and hammer things together. Iguess when I went at it in real earnestwas when the jig saw puzzle rage hitthe country. It was then that Ibought a power jig saw to cut out myown puzzles. This proved very profit-able and I was cutting out puzzles formore customers than I could handle.Since then I have added other powerequipment. I have a drili press,lathes, double grinders, molding ma-chine, and all cutters that I can lay myhands on for each machine, and alltools that it is possible to buy."

As one example of the thoroughnesswith which Al had equipped the shop,the picture shows the special niche inwhich Al keeps his saws. There are atleast 8 or 9 of them, and the best thathe can get. With the keen sense of theconnoisseur, Al believes in, and takespride in, good tools. He also believesin neatness—"a place for everythingand everything in its place." Andjust so he can lay his hands on the rightsize bolt or nail, he has built some 72cabinets and drawers along the lengthof the shop (which is 26 ft. long) abovethe work benches.

The shop, besides being well lightedwith fluorescent lights, is equipped withradio, a heater, and Al installedelectrical power which he brought in asa separate electrical entrance from themain pole. Each machine is poweredby a separate electric motor. He has a

Al Horsfall and his well-equipped woodworking shop. VI says it'sa family affair, sinee all members take a hand in turning out artielesmade here.

Appointed FieldEngineering Ma linger

* W JAFEOFF-THE-JOB, TOO

KEEP SMILI N}

An Engineer is said to be a man whoknows a great deal about very little andwho goes along knowing more and moreabout less and less until he finally knowspractically everything about nothing:'whereas,

A Salesman is a man who knows<ery little about a great deal and keeps

knowing less and less about more andmore until he knows practically nothingabout everything: whereas,

Vol. IX No. 2

To aid North Adams HospitalWe are compiling a Cook Book to be

put on sale in 1947. Net proceedsfrom the sale of this book are to beused to purchase equipment for theNorth Adams Hospital.

The material for the book is beingcontributed by the women of tht- cityand surrounding communities. Allrecipes are to be submitted to a HomeEconomist for approval. Recipes ac-cepted and printed will carry thepersonal signature of the contributor.

To the Women of the Sprague Elec-

trie Company: The committee espec-ially invites you to send in youifavorite recipes. It is hoped that thiscook book will contain many signaturesbelonging to the Sprague womenemployees.

Recipes may be left with one of tlufollowing: Mrs. M. Accel ta, K.N.Miss A. Costello, K.N., Miss K. LoweR.N., Mrs. E. Manson, R.N., Mrs. M.Mathews, Miss K. Owen, R.N., 01Miss L. Spencer.

test panel fur use in testing electricalappliances brought to him for repair.

Both of Al's sons, Eddie and Albert,are interested in the shop and in wood-working, and many pleasant hours arespent here by father and sons. Eddiestarted to help in the shop when he wasjust able to hang on to the tools, andAlbert is becoming skilled in runningthe jig saw and drill press. They spendmain- hours turning out toys. It's funand it is profitable, too. The trioturn out anything from puzzles tokitchen cabinets, from toys to gardenseats and trellises. Mrs. Horsfalltakes a hand in the work too, addingthe finishing touch in the paint job ofthe various articles.

Eddie Horsfall has many hobbies ofhis own. Like his dad, he too, isinterested in photography and was thestaff photographer for the "Academe",the Drury year book. He is alsokeenly interested in radio, and is pre-paring to take out his "ham" licensefor DX operators. But 17 years old,he is acting assistant scout master forBoy Scout Troop No. 42. Eddie willreturn to school this fall, to complete hissenior year at Drury High School andhopes to continue studying in radio andelectronics. Eddie has been a part-time employee in the Sample Labora-tory during school year, and Al be-longs to the Maintenance Department.

Iron Poclolnky

Mr. Leon Podolsky, widely knownfor his outstanding wartime develop-mental work on the Sprague Koolohmand other resistor components, hasbeen assigned Manager of the FieldEngineering Department of the Spra-gue Electric Company, l ie assumeshis duties with a splendid engineeringbackground, and under his supervision,his department will be responsible forall Sprague Electric engineering con-tracts with our customers and willprovide technical information whichthe Sales Department may need.

Mr. Podolsky came to North Adamsfrom Philadelphia in January of l'M.X,where he had been associated with theWiert Company as chief engineer, andas an independent consultant.

Mr. Podolsky has moved his officesfrom the Marshall Street plant, wherehe was in charge of the field engineeringwork of the Sprague Products Com-pany, to new quarters in the Beaverplant of the Sprague Electric Com-

HERE ARE THE RULES AND REGULATIONSOf the Perfect Attendance Contest

1. Who is eligible? Everyone who punches a time clock.

2. How does it work? Names of all eligible people will be put in abox and on the Monday following each work week, five nameswill be drawn. If your name is drawn first and you have notbeen late for work in excess of five minutes during each sched-uled work week, or absent during that period — you win theradio.If I lie first name drawn does not have a perfect record, thesecond name drawn will win if the records show perfection inlateness and absenteeism. It is possible that all five couldbe found ineligible.In case none of the five names drawn win,two radios will be drawn for the next week.As the contest progresses, each week will be added, untilfour have accumulated, thereafter the first week will bedropped and the last week added, so that a period of fourweeks will be used as the period on which the determininglateness and absenteeisms is to be figured.In other words, you may win the contest the first week if yourrecord is within the limits during the one week period, twoweeks the next, etc., until a four week period is established.

:5. On Vacation does it count? If you are out on vacation you willbe considered as having worked a perfect week.

4. Lateness — means you didn't punch in, on or before the houryour department is scheduled to begin. Your card must bepunched by the time clock, write in lime spoils the record.

5. Absence — irrespective of reason or circumstances is countedas an absence.

6. Scheduled work week means the number of days the de-partment is scheduled to work, including the number of hoursscheduled in each day. If your department is scheduled towork five eight-hour days and six hours on Saturday, that isthe regular schedule work week.

Eddie I Tors fa 11

A Purchasing Agent starts out know- ,ing practically everything about every-hing, but ends up knowing nothing

about anything, due to his associationwith engineers and salesmen,—from "The Foundation", official pub-ication of the Engineering Society ofDetroit.

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MARSHALLUSICJ

IVrky as her how, is little Cyn-thia [Marie Hall, niece of MaryZito ol Work Test.

(luggable, lovable Man I II. nDeFonzo, granddaughter of MaryZilo of Itlock Test.

Daughter: Mr. and Mrs. BurtonMoloff are the parents of a daughter,born August 16th. The father is em-ployed in the Etching Department.Son: A son Bernard Jerome was bornMonday, August 5th to Mr. and Mrs.Jerome A. LaRoche. The father isemployed in the F. P. Drys Depart-ment.Daughter: Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dustinare the parents of'a baby girl born onWednesday, July 31st. The dad isemployed in the Machine Shop and themother formerly worked in the ResistorDepartment.Son: Mr. and Mrs. George Roy are nowa family of three. A baby boy wasborn to them on Thursday, August 8th.Daddy George is Foreman of theCarton Stockroom at the Marshall.Street plant..Vow: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Astorino are theparents of a baby boy born SaturdayAugust 10th. Mother formerly work-ed in the Mica Department Office.Son: Mr. and Mrs. Edward McConnellare the parents of a baby boy bornTuesday, August 13th. Mother wasformerly Cecelia Grenier of the Re-sistor Department.

I'ojffji - Sauvc: The engagement ofMiss Gina Poggi to Gerard M. SauveMs been announced. The wedding isto take place on Labor Day. Gina isemployed in the Sales Office.Chalifoux - Bissaillon: The marriageintentions of Miss Adrienne Chalifouxto Russell P. Bissaillon has been an-nounced. No date has been set forthe wedding. Adrienne is employed inthe Boxing Department.Z;i|>l>ula - Rogowski- Miss Lena M.Zappula, clerk in the Can Shop hasannounced her engagement to WalterRogowski of the Can Shop. The dateof the wedding has been set for October26th.

Miscellaneous DrysBy Eddie O'Neil

Vacations"Fran" Royal and wife, Dot, spent

their vacation at the Cape..."Jo"Collins enjoyed the sights of NewYork City and Patterson, N. J . . . .Agnes Davis spent a week touringCanada . . . Agiu-s Fitzgerald's vaca-tion was spent in Newark, N. J. , . . .and Yours Truly spent a week and ahalf at Long Island. N. Y.Wedding

Thelma Burdick said "yes" toSalvatore La Rocca of Jersey City,N. J. on August 2nd. A receptionwas held at the home of the bride'smother, and was attended by CecileRisch and Mary Ziaja of our De-partment . . .Good luck, from all of us,Thelma.

Our ardent horse lover, "Chuck"Felix, spent two days at Saratoga,recently. Prank Como also visitedSaratoga on the 10th.

Larry Scott came to work with abig bruise on his temple. . .Got in anargument with his car door, says Larry.

Norman Scott claims he fell asleepin the barber's chair the other day. . .and came back a baldy.

"Pop" Paddock has come back withsome big fish stories since his trip tothe Adirondacks.

We understand that RowlandRoberts is making out pretty well inhis romance with a certain someone. . .ask Rowland who she is.

Shipping and CartonStockroom

By the Golddust TwinsMr. and Mrs. Casimer Sanecki

vacationed at Brant Beach, N. J., andsome of the time was spent enjoyingCass' favorite sport (nine ballgames!!). . and last but not least, he couldn'tleave New York without a visit to hisold haunt—the Latin Quarter.

Walt Burr, our "Jack of all trades",combined work with pleasure, andbuilt himself a garage while on hisvacation.

Whatever happened on Frank Cirul-lo's vacation, we will never know—buthe sure is a new man!

Gosh! we Gold Dust Twins, in around-about way, hear that Canadahas many attractions—even causinga week's vacation to be extended totwo. . .Just what is it, Ceil Trudeau!!!

Reggie Rowett: Please change thatfrown to a smile—remember, "Smileand the world smiles with you."

Problem—now that Miles Heath isworking at Beaver Street and MarioMagnani at Building No. 2, what arethe poor orphan geraniums going to do. . . Perhaps Ernie Belleau will takeover. . .Oh no! not that! Anythingbut that!!

Receiving Room — Building No. 16Miss Olive Dunn and Charles

Bourdon of Check Inspection, BIdg. 16,have chosen September 2nd as theirwedding date. They will be marriedin vSt. Josephs Cathedral, Manchester,N. H. '

Everyone wondered who theSouthern Belle was in Bob Boyer'soffice. Lo and behold, it was ViolaSpagnolo, displaying a beautiful coatof tan. She has returned from amonth's stay at Miami Beach, Fla.Her only comment was: "The only wayto travel is by plane."

Springfield, Mass, was the stopping-off place for Margaret Astorino, whospent an enjoyable week there.

SPRAGUE COMPONENTS GOTO ALL THE WORLD(Continued from page 1)

the United States, because it is neces-sary to build up the shipments toquantities of a definite total value tomeet consular invoice charges and re-quirements.

Packing for foreign shipment is quitedifferent than for domestic shipment.It is necessary to pack according tostrict specifications. Each bundle canweigh only a certain number of poundsso that it can be carried by mule pack—or on human backs. We also have topack carefully so that the loads willnot be jarred by shifting in the holdsof ships or by jolting over rough roads.

Many orders can not be packed inwooden containers although the latterwould help greatly as protection onships on rough seas. Instead, heavycorrugated paper with steel strappingsmust be used, because what we con-sider crude wooden packing cases aremuch in demand in foreign countries.Rough finished lumber, such as weuse for packing cases and crates, is very-scarce and high priced in most foreigncountries today. So the cases "might

be lifted" somewhere enroute. Inaddition, there is a heavy duty taxcharged on these wooden containersand just to make the headache com-plete, the steel strappings must becarefully and properly bound on by us,because if even one of them becomesbroken between here and the port ofshipment, there is a heavy cash chargefor each repair... So, you see, everyDepartment at Sprague's has itsindividual problems -whether in de-sign, manufacture, or shipment.

Incendiary Reconversion: Oneot the most important weapons oi thewar was the incendiary bomb. Some50 million pounds of the gelatinous,fast-burning incendiary made fromgasoline, known as Pyrogel, or "goop",was on hand at the war's end andthreatened to become a major problemof disposal. Now, it is being used toburn and crfean up the hazardous debrisleft after logging operations in U. S.forests.

Sprague components will journey to far-a-way lands as scenic as I hisview of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. They will jog over winding, narrowroads, by mule pack, will go by steamer, by plane, by rail to reach theirultimate destinations.

VITAL ROLE OF ELECTRIC TESTER STRESSEDTO HOME BUILDERS

That home you're planning to buildcan be "pre-shrunk" to precise andsafe specifications—as was your fav-orite shirt that still fits despite thelaundry and a changing world. Thefeat is accomplished in a little-knownbut vital construction routine, inwhich an electrical moisture recorderis used to make certain that buildingmaterials - - particularly lumber andplaster—are in proper condition.

One of thousands of different devicesproduced by manufacturers of electricalmeasuring instruments and automaticcontrols, the recorder is working over-time as the nation presses its giganticconstruction program to end thecritical housing shortage.Check on Black Market

Its role as a watchdog, lumber andelectrical manufacturers declare, isparticularly important now because ofshortages in lumber and reported blackmarket operations capitalizing on un-seasoned lumber.

"Lumber that has a proper moisture

content, as a result of various con-ditioning processes, has been pre-shrunk, in effect, and will not changeits form materially after the house hasbeen built," the manufacturers pointout. "If the lumber is unseasoned,or with too high a moisture content,and construction proceeds, the resultsalways are serious—and expensive.Wallpaper and Paint Guard

In addition to lumber and plaster,electrical recorders are used to testthe moisture of concrete, stone, brick,building tile and insulation materials.In the case of plaster, the recordersdetermine whether it is dry enough to bepainted without the risk of subsequentpeeling, blistering or discolorationwhether it is dry enough for the hang-ing of wallpaper, or the installation ofinterior trim and woodwork finish.

Northup - Windover Miss Prise iliaMay Windover became (he bride ofMr. William Henry Noil hup, August17th, in a double ring ceremony, at theBaptist church. Priscilla is a memberol the Payroll Department, Beaverplant.

Bua - DiDonna Miss Mary ElinorDidonna was married August 17th toMr. Carmen Joseph Bua at St. An-thony's church. Mrs. Bua is employedin the P.A.A. Department.

Pitroff- Pevoski Miss Victoria MaryPevoski and Mr. Wilfred MartinPitrofl exchanged their wedding vowson August *17th at St. Joseph's churchat a double ring ceremony. The brideis employed in the Boxing Department.

Gagnon - Bordwin Miss BernadineAlice Bordwin became the bride ofMr. Leo Christopher Gagnon at St.Francis Rectory, August 17th, 1946.Mrs. Gagnon is employed in the BlockTest Department.

Poiroi - Sunnier Miss Ruth EmmaSumnei was married August 17th toMr. Louis Henry Poirot. Both areemployees of the Company — Ruth inP.A.A.'s and Lou at Marshall Street.

Frank - Blay Miss Yalida MarieBlay and Mr. Glen Theodore Frankwere married in a double ring cere-mony at Notre Dame rectory, August17th. Mrs. Frank is employed in theBoxing Department.

Ouellette - Wittig Miss MarthaRose Wittig became the bride of Mr.Eleric Francis Ouellette on August17th at St. Thomas' Church. Mrs.Ouellette is employed in the PaperRolling Department.

LaCasse - Miller: Miss MargueriteMiller of the Dry Test Department be-came the bride of Bernard LaCasse onSaturday, August 10th. The marriageceremony was performed al the St.Francis church.

Wolkowicz - Wysoeki: The St.Stanislaus Kostka church was thescene of the wedding of Miss LottieFrances Wysocki to Frank JosephWotkowicz on Saturday, August 10th.The bride is employed at the MarshallStreet plant and the bridegroom isemployed in the Dry Rolling Depart-ment.

Merlini - DaSacco: Saturday,August 10th Miss Doris DaSacco andSilvio C. Merlini exchanged their Ido's at the St. Anthony church. Thebride is employed in the Paper RollingDepartment.

Novak - Marueo: Miss Viola MaryMaruco became the bride of John M.Novak on Saturday, August 10th atthe St. Anthony's church. The brideis employed in the P.A.A. RollingDepartment.

OUR SAFETY CORNER

Germanium Inlays: Ultimately ause appears for even the rarest ofmaterials. Germanium, a metal thatcan be recovered from the wasteproducts in the refining of lead, hashad no uses because of its rarity andcost. Recently, the Battelle MemorialInstitute, Columbus, Ohio, perfecteda new alloy of gold containing 12 per-cent of beryllium which not only isharder and better wearing but also has alower melting point. Jewelers anddentists can make good use of it. Also,the electric properties of germaniummake it valuable for use in a newelectronic tube.

DON'T PULL BACKWARD

ALWAYS P U S H

I D O N T LEAVE TRUCKS IN ^AISLES « DOORWAYS

AlWAYS HAVE TWO WHEELTRUCKS STANDING (BRACED

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Introducing Ihr ihree sisters oimerit. Bifj sister is Mary Catheriisister is Jacquelin Rose.

PayrollThe Department and many friends

of Priscilla Windover Northup, lakethis occasion to wish her, and herhusband much happiness and luckduring the coming years. Priscilla,who became the bride of Bill Northupon August 17th, is a veteran Log Re-porter for this Department.

Sorry !Employees of Payroll, Time Study,

and other Offices, arc sorry to learnthat Kit ("arson lias had to undergoan eye operation. Yours for a speedyand complete recovery, Kit.

BoxingBy S. Wilk

We've missed our Department re-porter, Connie I'rbano who has hadher tonsils removed. It will be niceseeing you back, Connie.

"A-sailing-we-will-go" in Frank Ber-nardo's new, collapsible, spun glassboat. . Just wait and see all the fishhe'll bring home now.

Have you heard Henry Neidzwiecki"parle francaise"?. . claims he pickedii up in France. . .and by the way,Henry, what's this we hear about youtaking long, long walks down Ashlandstreet every evening, and refusingrides? Do you whisper those "sweetnothings" to her in French?

This column wishes to apologize forerroneously announcing the engage-ment of John Mancini to Miss PhyllisMaynard of Adams.

Best of luck, "Cacie" Martinelli, onyour new position. . hope you like it.Vacationers:

Walt Westcott went on a fishingtrip to Somerset Dam, \'t.. . .FlorenceLecuyer vacationed at Hampton Beach,N. H....Lila Abraham and Nor maCardinal at Old Orchard Beach, Me.. . .Elizabeth Hamilton at home, FeliciaSkowronski at home, Springfield andSchenectady. . Sally Rollman at home.

Best wishes and congratulations toour Victoria Pevoski who just recentlybecame Mrs. Martin Pitroff. Her'Department gave a miscellaneousshower in her honor and she waspresented with many gifts... Bestwishes from all of us, "Vickey."

Did you know that Andy Mont-gomery's favorite song is "To Each HisOwn?"

Ask Bill LaCross about his "initia-tion" into the art of riveting. Wegive you credit, Bill, for not even losingyour temper! Huh? ?

Kenneth Downs, William Robertand Francis Lussier are back at workafter spending a week on duty with theState Guard at Camp Edwards.

The Upper OfficesBy "Do" and "Flo"

A cordial welcome is extended toAlice Herman, who has joined ourfamily group as secretary to Mr. LeonPodolsky. We are also very proud thatMr. Podolsky selected this office floorfor his office quarters.

lias anyone noticed the absence otour live wire (Doris Roy) the past twoweeks? "Do" is enjoying her vacationat W indsor Lake.

Mary Jane Douglas is enjoying hervacation visiting her sister in Phila-delphia.

At this time we would like to welcomethree ex-servicemen back and say weare happy they are also one ot us:Renald Devine our plant mail man,whom you see busily attending to hisbusiness of delivering t he mail. . . RogerLaPlante has resumed his work in theFactory Engineering Departmentwhich he left to serve in the L. S.Navy. (Still as friendly and goodlooking as ever, Roger)...Bob Bis-saillon another Navy man has joinedthe rank and file of the ProductionOffice. (Aren't we the lucky peopleto have such charming male co-workers?)

Formation and CentrifugeBy James Shea

Vacations:—Leonard Bourrie spent hisvacation in Erie, Penna... .EdwardPringle is back after vacationing inNew York City. . George Beverly hasbeen trying his luck fishing at LakeChamplain... Harry Embry went toBuffalo, N. Y....and Ernest Footespent his vacation in the wide openspaces out on the farm.

Marshal Briggs went up to LakeChamplain to take lessons from "Bish"Goyette, the "Champion of the Forma-tion." "Bish," with his usual skill,was throwing back 17 and 20 inch pike—and yet brought home nine fish thatonly weighed ten pounds. . The pikemust be getting very thin this year.

Betty Bogus, our "one and only"girl in the Department, is back fromHampton Beach with a beautiful tan.Betty claims there was no "HeartInterest" there — but the "boss" andYour Reporter do not agree withBetty's claim.Impromptu Party

The Formation boys held an "im-promptu" party on "Pete" Tash lastFriday night. George Senecal pre-sented "Pete" with a surprise gift of apair of over-size, lace-trimmed shortswhich measured 72 inches at the waist.".Pete" was so excited and overwhelm-ed, that he accidentally poured half aglass of beer down "Boney" Haley'sneck.

There is no truth in the rumor thatJoe Pevoski will take a job waiting ontables at the North Adams Sportmen'sClub.

All the boys in the Formation willsoon be riding around in "jeeps."

Tubular AssemblyBy (iert Hall

Frances Gayda, Jean Ross and yourstruly and family spent a very enjoyableweek at Old Orchard Beach, Me.

Best of luck lo Marty Flanigan andEddie Morin.

Best ot good wishes to Jeanette Footeand Wilfred Rondeau, who weremarried recently .

"Cassie" Gliwski received a veryspecial card from yours truly, but winthe blush. "Cassie"?

Happy Birthday greetings, RenaSoulpa and Adele Solari.

"Kay" Marra is beginning to wonderif she will ever stop peeling.

What Would We Do Without:Edna Lavariere's fresh eggs. . .JeanetteRondeau's blushing. . .Maude Waska'switty remarks . . . Frances Gayda'slaughter . . . Matilda Carter's per-fect French... Kay Marra's ability. . . Vera Da vine's new recipes. . . GertHall's good humor.... StephanieSzurek's quietness... "Cassie" Gliw-ski's, "Can I help you girls".. .ClaraMarceau's awed expression. . . DotBlanchard's pretty smile.

Block TestBy Mickey Kozela

Best ot luck to Josephine 1 )ePaoli andStanley Mastzlisz, who are to bemarried on September 7th...Also toBernadette Bordwin and Leo Gagnon,who were married August 17th.

A shower held recent 1\ on BernieBordwin Gagnon and attended b\ anumber ot her co-workers was a mostenjoyable affair. I lei sister, Mis.Charles Cyr, was hostess and everyonesure had fun including the "threeSmokers."

Birthday greetings to BerthaJennings, who celebrated hers onAugust 18th. .Congratulations to RuthArrighini who also celebrated herson August 19th.

Vacations: Adele Solari spent hers atManchester, N. II., Yours Truly hadan enjoyable time at Atlantic Citydi'spite a terrific sunburn. .Grace E.Collins toured through Chicago, Den-ver, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springsand Butte, Montana. . .Anna Malloyspent hers in Boston and NantasketBeach.

WIIKKK TIIK HSIIINC; IS (;<)(>!). . . .

S a y s B o l t ( . a r n e r o f I o i i i o i i i i n - ) I >i . i l i i n i ; . a s h e p r o u d l y d i s p l a y s

this catch of trout caught at Crooked Lake, St. Come, Canada.

PlatingBy Lucille Little

A speedy recovery to "Zig" Nazzew-ski, who recently underwent anappendectomy at the local hospital.

Lena Zappula got a nice tan at LakeChamplain, although we're wonderingwhy she didn't stay the entire week.

The fellows would like to thankClifford Domenichini for all the ridesthey have had in his "banana wagon",(car, to you.)

Tommy Dean and Jimmy Scarbo aregetting to be more alike every day.They both believe in getting plenty ofrest and sunshine.

Note:—Joe Spagnolo laughs like the"Great Gildersleeve", but Leo Bom-bardier wishes he could sing — we wishhe could, too.

If you want the latest dope on any-thing just whistle for Nick Mantello.

Ed Shartrand found a cat that hethought was a beauty so he named it"Flea Bag".

We were sorry to see Esther Barthol-omew leave us, but she got lonely forOhio. 1 wonder if she would likeabout twenty passengers on the trip?

Howard Isherwood's vacation wasn'tquite long enough for him. He was sotired all day the Monday after.

Shirley Degere eats the biggest andthe greenest apples in town. I hopeshe doesn't hurt herself climbing herneighbor's fence.

The quietest lady in the Can Shopcould be Anna White but beware whenshe decides to be noisv.

Deepest sympathy to Frank Morandion the loss of his brother, Peter.

F. P. DrysBy I il and |{osc

Will someone ask Millie Tatro win-she carries pliers wherever she goes?

Congratulations to Jerry La Rocheon the arrival of his new son. Timeto pass cigars, Jerry.

The co-workers of Esther Barthol-omew feted her at a farewell partyrecently at Petey Dinks and to wishher success and happiness in her newhome.

Congratulations to Bernie LaCasseand best wishes to Marge Miller La-Casse who were recently married.

Someone should tell Rose Moresiwhere to sit when taking drivinglessons or is it a gag?

The honor of being a modern RipVan Winkle goes to Elmer Maynard,who fell asleep in the parking lot andwoke up with the noon whistle.

Honor Co-WorkerA spaghetti supper was served

recently at the home of Pearl Dubreuilin honor of Bessie Leonard, who isleaving for California to make herhome. By the way, Pearl, whathappened to the first cherry cake?

Congratulations to Millie Gilmanon her engagement to William Wigginsof New York City.

11 Dotty Alderman doesn't stopyawning we are going to petition herdates to bring her home earlier.

Alice Senecal and Mary DelPonte,our aggressive check inspectors, certain-ly had Harold Taft "boxed up" theother day. We aren't using a figureof speech either.

Ovens DepartmentBy Lou i se Bass — P i n c h h i l t i n g

We'd be lost without :

('lovis Lambert \s teasing

Alice While 's pin curls

Irene Shcpard 's pranks

Margaret Pedercini's smile

Florence Clement ' s "I >ail> News. '

Joe Messina's disposil ion,

Rose Pasotti finds bus riding veryuninterest ing al ter a week's driving inthai 1946super Lincoln with that superduper chauffeur. . . Don't keep himsuch a secret, Rose, who is he?

Rose also has cause lor a celebrationher brother, formerly of K.V.A., has

recently been discharged from theArim .

We miss l.il Peck's lively talk sinceshe was transferred In the Rolling 1 ),•par tmeni .

Dress alikes Alice While ami DotSala.

F. P. OvensE. V. and E. S. — PinchhittingCongratulations on your new apart-

ment, Evelyn Sherman some peoplehave all the luck!

Loretta Milisiewski is taking it easyon her vacation at home.

Stop chewing your nails, JeanCuddaback better times are coining.

We are glad to see Esther Volpi backafter her recent illness.

It interested in underwater swim-ming, please notify Eleanor Dobbert.We almosl lost our mermaid.

Birthday greetings are in order forBeatrice Shepard who celebrates herson the 27lh and lor Clara Fitzpatrick,whose birthday occurred the 21st.

Have you ridden in your brother'sjalopy as yet, Leah Lesure?

What a relief to gel rid of thosetimers!

Strolling through Central Park:Theresa I'isano, Anne \langanoand Mary Del I'onle.

Sample LabBy the Shadow

Don't feel neglected, "Nini" Sacco,about your name not being in the limelight. Someday when they write acomedy on your game, "Now you seeit, now you don't", you'll be famous.'

"Pete" Montagna and Emma Mar-ino are back to the dull grind of workafter spending a perfect week a IAsbury Park, N. J. Tough isn't il,girls?

"Gerrie" Reeves spent her vacationat various places of interest in Canada,Lake Champlain, Petit-Lac-Magog,St. Annes and Quebec. It's funlistening to her tell of the differentthings there. Do you still need a restafter all that traveling, "Gerrie"?

Did you know we had a chiropodistin our department? 1 wouldn't recom-mend him as he tried working on hisown feet and ended up by limping. Isthe toe better now, "Mac"?

A. C. LineBy Vi Short

Special to the LOGLucien Siciliano while vacationing

ai I lampion Beach the week ofAugusi 5th attended a show similar toVox Pop. Lucien was asked a ques-tion and answered correctly. Theprize was a round trip to Florida withall expenses paid. Lucien and his

(hex spent three glorious days visitingplaces of interest and having a wonderttil l i m e . T h i s m u s t b e w h a t is c a l l e d

( h e " thr i l l of a l i t e t i m e . "

,1 Friend IndeedPat Lesage asked Roy Trottier it

he 'would deliver two barrels lo hishome alter work one night recently!When RON went to gel (lie barrels hefound it impossible to gel them in hiscar, so with the assistance of RayQuadland he took the barrels apar t . '

Now Pat was waiting patiently forthe arrival of the boys and the barrelsat home. When Roy and Ray arrivedand Pat saw the condition of his barrels,well, my friends, the swooning of thebobby-soxers after listening to Sinatracroon was nothing to t he swoon of P a t .The Win mill I

It was a hot race this day on theA.C. Line between Dudgie andRichards. The scores: Dudgie 1330,Richards 1467. Yea! Who won Dudgie?Expenses Made

Ro\ Trott ier made expenses to St.Anne de Beaupre by doing his shoppingin Montreal . Bargains such as, 3cucumbers for a nickel, a 11 pound hamfor $2.20, etc. Nice financing, Roy.

Bathtub AssemblyBy R u t h Haskins

Vacations: Frances Roy enjoyed atrip to New York Ci ty . . .Edi th Deanvisited Canada and Rouses Point,N. Y . . . .Ethel Kosser took in the racesat Saratoga.. .Lucy Libardi enjoyedswimming at Ponhuisac Lake. . . .Evangeline Dupuis went to Amster-dam, N. Y.. . .Anne Palmer enjoyed arest at home. . Elinor Charbonneaumotored to Canada and your reporterspent her vacation at Lake Shaftsbury,Vi. Rose Dilego spent her honey-moon in New York City. She and herhusband had planned to fly fromAlbany but the plane was groundedbecause of bad weather. To,, bad,Rose, I am sure you would haveenjoyed tin. plane ride.

Block AnnexBy Esther Driscoll

Vacationers: Charles Desrosiers athome, Alice Allard at Springfield,Mass., Inez Tatro visited Springfield,Mass, and Bennington, Vt., MargaretPerrault at home, Marion Scott atWindsor Pond, Plainfield, Melva Heel-.111 went camping, Juliette Tash visitedin New Hampshire, Jimmy Dean athome, Florence Moreau went toCanada, Alice l.avariere journeyed toBoston and Alphonse I.aFountainspeni his, in Springfield and Holyoke.(Holyoke seems to hold quite a fascina-tion for him).

We are glad to see Ernie Barcombback with us.

Rose Simon lias a beautiful diamondfrom a certain boy in Adams. Wewish you the best of luck, Rosie.

MaintenanceBy Umbriago

News from this reporter will be shortsince many of our boys are workingnow at the Marshall Street plant —"Noisy Buster" Sherman, "Stuby"Caron and "Farmer" Ben Russell ofthe Carpenter Gang, Andrew Girgenti,Wally Daniels and Forist McLain, Jr.of the Millwrights, and Joe Schnieder,Jr. of the Electrical Gang. Keep 'emmoving, boys.

George Forgea, Henry Bechard,Harold Chilson, and our office clerk,Doris Benedetti, are on the vacationlist this issue.

We welcome back to work, AdrianPoirot after an absence of four weeks.

Car TroubleJoe Schnieder, Sr. is having his

troubles with that car again. Joe, Jr.says that springs just won't stay in thecar. Our advice to you, Joe, try someSandsprings.

Don't be surprised if you see BillFalcon's and Henry Roy's names onthe Boxing Card soon. They expectto make the semi finals any day.Henry is debating whether to take Billon. He accuses Bill of kicking hisfeet out from under him.

Henry Roy is not having any moretrouble with his new product, "FixAll", as he has got a new stick and itreally is doing the job. How about it,Henry?

Boy Wanted

He paced along the corridorHis heart suffused with dread;At length a smiling nurse appeared,"A nine pound girl," she said.

The second year he trod the hallHis head was in a whirl;When came the nurse and softly said;"A plump and lovely girl."

The third would surely be a boy,They meant to call him Earl;But when the tidings reached his earsThe name was changed to Pearl.

And when the fourth one was assured,They talked of John or Will;But when the baby came alongThey compromised on J i l l .

In fifth and last place came the twinsHe acted like a loon;Instead of Earl or John or WillHis wife said, "May and June."

Hugh Ballantyne( Uncle of Doris Williams of Block Test)

Zoo Visitor: "Where are the monkeys?"Keeper: "They're in the back, making

love."Visitor: "Will they come out for some

peanuts?"Keeper: "Would you?"

On Vacation

HOLD THAT POSE!

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"Pat ty" , Maureen, and "Butch" Bartlett take a how. They're thenieces and nephew of Eunice Timothy of Block Annex. Mother Francis,and daddy Howard, were employed here formerly.

Maintenance andMachine Shop

By "Little Lulu"

Another two weeks have rolled away,With the same routine followed each

day;Though our Machinists have nothing to

report that's new,We still have our mischievous Main-

tenance Crew.

Let's start with vacations: HaroldBohl spent part of his vacation un-successfully trying to get out of NorthAdams, finally gave up and camehack to work...Frank Cumberlandwent to New York and Hampton Beach. . ."Limpy" DePaoli stayed home andworked on his "wolf trap", (car).Hope it runs when you get through,"Limpy" . . . Mathew (Lucky) Brady,at Boston, Mass. Will have more totell about his vacation in the next issue. . .Art Caron also went to New York. .Doc Plumb, Bill Falcon and "Wash"Santelli week ended in New York.Due to a big Friday night "Wash-missed the morning train hut joinedthe boys in the afternoon. A goodtime was had by all.

John Rossi is buying and selling carswhile waiting for his jeep.

Wlio went fishing up at Somerset oneSaturday recently and saw a rainbowat 10 P.M.? Better watch thatliquid diet "Chick" Currant , it makesyou see funny things after awhile.

Funny SightSix-foot Charlie Dean driving five-

font Harry Estes' 1921 Packard. Theseat is jacked up for little Harry andwith Charlie behind the wheel, helooked for all the world like "King

lie: "What would you do if I kissedyour

She: "I'd call my brother."lie: "How old is he?"She: "Two years old."

Come on in: sa\ Kolurta Martin,Alice Morrison, and June Ma honeyat Hampton Beach.

Dry RollingBy Ann Barbuto

Not much news this time, just a fewflashes: Did you hear about AmieDesgrand's new job of sign work?. . ."Pat" Boucher and Cecile Rondeau aresuch hard workers. Trying to makebonus, eh girls?. . Carmela Tassonehas been giving the girls a few dance

it's safer on dry l and . ) . . The ranishark of the Department is none otherthan " R e d " Lewitt.

Clayton Collins of (lit- Labora-tory, and his wife, "Jo" of D.T.Q.Department, stroll along the"Great White Way" while in NewYork.

MAYNARD-ROBERTS WEDDING

Mi. and Mrs. Lawrence Roberts (center) married on May 25, 1916.Lawrence is from Ovens Depl., and his bride, the former Helen Maynard>wis from the F. P. Department. Their attendants, (left) were herbrother, Richard Maynard of Dry Hulling and Bernadette Choquette,her sister, (right) Mary Ziaja, of Misc. Drys, and Robert Senecal.

Recipe of the MonthCONSERVE WHEAT

MOTHER GOOSE PUDDINGPutting Every Last Crumb of

Bread to Good Use is an everyday 4 s l i c ^ b u t t e r e d h r t ' a < l

\ cup raisinsway to aid the other nations of the | c u p N e w Orleans molasses

world some now existing on fewer Grated rind of £ lemonCut bread in cubes. Heat molasses

calories a day than we like, lor dinner. ^ ^ . ^ to ^ ^ ^ ^

Simple as a nursery rhyme, when lemon rind, and pour over the bread.

there's stale bread in the box, is Toss ^ £g*«Jjthfpp«l Vream'delicious Mother Goose Pudding. (Four'portions).

WE KITCHEN ENGINEERS KNOW that the flour ami flour products we getnowadays -ain't what they used to be" because of the flour extraction rate havinggone up from ~'l to 80 per cent. I ndl things are normal again, here are a fewmore tips, straight from the home economics experts in l\ ashington, on how toget the most out of "shared" flour and bread: First, heat your flour in a 250* oven,to kill an v infestation and keep flour from going bad. H ash your bread and cakeboxes with vinegar, dry thoroughly, and air in hot sun, to retard molding of bakedproducts stored in them. Of course, bread stays fresh longest under refrigeration,if you've room to keep it cold. Either way, don't neglect to twist shut the end ofthat bread wrapping.

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Brown Street News(Continued)

Sample Lab GabBy the Mars and Eyes

Our Brown Street editor politelyinformed us reporters to "got on theball", so here we arc again. We likeIn write our news but we need a littlepep talk once in a while.

Our vacations are all over now andall seemed to enjoy themselves, evenif they looked twice as had when theycame hack. A couple of them couldn'teven make it so they took an extra day.Ahem.

During the week of August 12th amiracle happened in the Sample Labone of our men, the one with blue eyes,actually helped to empty the paperbarrel and sweep the floor.

Gosh, Anne Watts, can't you re-member that the soldering irons arc-hot? Please watch out.

1! Helen Burzimati asks you for amatch don't give it to her. She hasplenty of her own but hates to usethem. Take it from one who knows.

With much sadness we bid adieu toPeter, "What a Alan", Abuisi. Solong pal, we'll miss you and so willthe king, -you know who.

A hearty welcome to Eddie Macksey,who has joined us.

Notice to the strong men! When-ever we have a thunderstorm, rush tothe Sample Lab. Most of the girlshere are afraid of storms and wouldwelcome a pair of arms to protect t hem.If you can't find them look under thetable.

"Just Like This" - -

Larry Weld shows how he eastsin gel those hig ones, at LakeDun more, Vl. Larry works in theWire Coating Department.

Wire Coatinglly Het ly Jangrow

I5>

Bees in your bonnet,

Bees in the trees

Two men in our Department

Can't let the little bee be.

Helen Burdick's son, Robert of theU. S. Navy, is stationed at the SummitRadio station, Canal Zone. He saysthat he is enjoying the country andhopes that some day he can have hisfamily down for a visit. . .it is only 8hours by plane and 6 days by ship!

Lucille Miller and family are enjoy-ing a vacation at Stinson Lake, N. H.and at Plattsburg, N. Y.

Helen Burdick and her husbandspent an enjoyable vacation at Hamp-ton Beach, N. IL, and also took in theraces at Rockingham.

Hope that 'Pete' LePage gets plentyof out-door exercise this week!

Paul Sanford's son, Robert, left forWake Forest College, N. C. He en-listed in the V-5 Div. of the Navy AirCorps after graduating from Drurythis spring.

ResistorsB\ LII<-\ Abuisi

We are glad to have MariannaHanafin back with us again after hav-ing been absent four mi nths.

Vacationists: Lucy Abuisi, AtlanticCity. . .Jean Donovan, Lake Bomo-seen, Vt . . . Maude- Jones, Boston,Mass. . Helen Jobin, camping. . Ber-tha Salavantis, camping (Bert hadto call her lather to come alter herbecause, "Pa, I'm lonesome.")

P. A. A. RollingIty Brenda and Cohina

We have several more new girlswith us and wish to extend them acordial welcome at this time.

A party was held recently in honorof Laura Doran, who celebrated hertenth wedding anniversary. She waspresented a lovely cake by several ofthe girls and later in the day she wasagain surprised by the- gift of a lovelyorchid from her husband. That or-chid sure made many of us envious.

We wonder why Peter Marucojourneys to Springfield so often — whythree certain young ladies carry um-brellas when the sun is shining?

Helen Scarfone attended the racesat Saratoga and won $1.70, butdidn't reveal what her losses were.Maybe she actually came out ahead.

Vacationists last month: Gena Di-Lorenzo at Atlantic C i t y . . . HelenCutler in Detroit and Chicago, VirgiePiaggi at Asbury Park, N. J.. . MaryMatranga at Atlantic City.

I. O. ImpregnatingBy Thelma Sherman

Some guys are called handsome, butwe have a "cutie" working with us.Wonder who it is? The P.A.A. De-partment knows.

How was your vacation, GeorgeCoody? Did you have a wet one?

The $64 Question: Should we buyRobert Bishoj) new pants or a needleand thread?

I say. "Who stole "Red" Grew'spants and shoes?"

Bob Davison spent a week at campwhere he played a game called tennis.In what part of the game did you haveto use your knees, Bob?

Have you heard of the new roofer,who hangs from the kitchen ceiling?See Arthur Langlois for details.

Our boss spent his vacation at Joe'sPond in Vermont. Did you save thatbig whip for next year, Harry Lovett?

P.A.A. WaxingBy Rita Samia

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.Tony Davis, who were presented witha son weighing 6 pounds and 7 ounces.The mother is "Peanut", who formerlyworked with us.

Another bride of the month from theP.A.A. is none other than our MaryDiDonna, who became Mrs. CarmenBua on August 17th. Best of luckfrom all the gang.

Welcome back, all vacationers, hopeyou are rested and ready to resumework again.

Have Alma Kent, who spent an en-joyable week in Connecticut baskingin the sunshine, tell you of some reallyinteresting experiences she had.

Marge Kernahan had to spend threeof her days in bed, but the rest wasspent enjoying herself in Maine andNew Hampshire.

Ruth Williams spent her two weekscatching up on her sleep.

Has anyone seen Dot Bussy's prideand joy, her "32" Plymouth she justbought. Harry wants to know whenyou are taking it to work, Dot, sohe won't have to take the bus anymore.

Clear the road folks, here comesCharlotte Exford down the- stretchtrying to beat the other autos. Yourdoing darn good, kid, keep it up. Ifyour husband can stand it I guess wecan.

What three girls were seen going intoCandyland the other day when theredestination was really State Street?Signs are awfully confusing aren't they,girls?

S P O R T S . . . . Bullett and RussellSoftball LeagueNearing Finals

As the- Northern Berkshire SoftballLeague goes into its final round of thesecond half, it appears that Adams willhave the playoffs all to themselves,this year. McKinley Square, whichwon the first halt, is currently tied withthe Kostkas tor first place, each havingsuffered only one defeat. Meanwhile,the Corner Cafe and Sprague Electrichave dropped four, and three- gamesrespectively and will have to play1000 ball if they figure- to get into theplayoffs.

Sprague Baseball Team Holds Banquet

Baseball Stars

"Walt" O'Dell, the veterancatcher for Sprague Basehall team.

Looking over past Sprague games,we find that they defeated Hunter's andStrong-Hewat rather soundly, and thenwere trounced 9 to 1 by McAndrews,another Adam's team which haspennant aspirations.

Softball Notes

The Sprague Electric team sufferedthe loss of one of their key men whenNel Roy, ace shortstop, turned hisankle recently. Roy has been asparkplug all year. . . Cebula, McAn-drew's pitcher, turned in a neat 4-hiteffort to whitewash the Kostkas's fortheir first defeat. . Ray Bergeron, theCorner Cafe's new pitcher, lost hisfirst game of the season when Spra-gue's beat him 4 to 2. . .Cozz Sanecki,the McKinley Square coach intro-duced a novel idea when he proposedthat the competing teams engage in apost-season tournament to help swellthe League banquet fund. . .New back-stops have been bought and are readyto be installed at the Greylock andBraytonville fields.. . the recreationcommittee lost little time in puttingthe city council's appropriation of$450 to good use.

What!No Industrial League!

North Adams is the only city whichthis writer knows of, that has noIndustrial Athletic League. As ameans of preparing one for the future.I believe it would be a good idea if, atthe conclusion of the regular N.B.S.A.,the rival industrial plants engage inan elimination softball tournament. Ifeel certain that this tournamentcould easily be the foundation ofregular inter-city competition betweenour industrial plants. This mattershould be given considerable thought,for the want of athletic recreationamong "shop workers" of North Adamsis, and has been for several years,lacking in this field. —B. Bullett

Carl Hanson and "Hank"1 Browninfielders for Sprague team.

All eyes on batter-up, in therecent Greylock game.

M a n y office girls we know are•what m a y be called old-fashionedgirls. There are also some whodr ink m a n h a t t a n s , m a r t i n i s , a n dscotch a n d soda.

Manager F r a n k Santel l i wi th his Wil l iamslown Amer iean LegionT e a m , which has b r u s h e d wi th t h e Sprague Baseball T e a m . F r a n k ,(top left) is employed in Boxing. Sprague workers will reeognize thefaces of several of t he i r relat ives, as well as W. O'Dell of Centrifuge De-p a r t m e n t (front row, t h i r d player) .

While the Sprague Baseball Teamhas not officially closed its season,nevertheless, the mvmbers got togetherlor a banquet at the "18Q6 House",Williamstown, on Tuesday evening,August 13th. Everyone had a swelltime-. "Bob" Sprague wittily introducedthe guest speaker, Jack Washburn(one ol our few faithful followers)who seriously discussed the Club itspresent and future. "Next year, theClub will be one- of the first to lake thefield and with the Company solidlyin back ol us, we shall endeavor togive the employees of Sprague's andall sport fans, the spirited and rightkind of ball game that will be a crowd-better and pleaser, at the same time.". . . t h a t was the gist of the re-marksgiven by our Personnel Manager.

Our next speaker was our coach, aformer Williams star athlete, FieldingSimmons. I [is remarks were brief andto the- point. He- felt that the boyshad played well and (hat next season,the boys would have much to say inthe race for the flag. . . Last, but notleast, "Hank" Gamari, our manager,was called upon for a few remarks.One important thing, he said, was wellworth mentioning: the idea of organiz-ing an Industrial League. With shopssuch as dale, Wall, Hunter, Strong-Hewat, and others, getting togetherbaseball nines, and with the backing ofthe various concerns, everyone shouldenjoy a great year on the diamond.

In concluding my covering of theBaseball banquet, here are some itemsthat might be interesting to look intosuch as asking Jack Washburn aboutthe sale of jeeps, or "Hank" Gamari,as winner of the first prize blue ribbon.

Here and There

in I he Sporls World - -

Basehall — Major League TheBoston Red Sox have now played tomore than a million cash customers inFenway Park, the home of the Sox.This sets a new high for the boys fromthe "bean town." At this writing,they are sporting a 13 game lead overtheir nearest rivals, the N. Y. Yankees.The Keel Sox have 40 games left toplay. In the National League, theamazing Dodgers have stunned theexperts by continuing to cling to tin-lead in the league. They are sorelypressed by the "Keclbirds" from St.Louis who were tabbed by the expertsas the team to beat for the flag.

Local Ball — The boys from Grey-lock have clinched the second half ofthe Northern Berkshire Twilight Lea-gue and will now play the Kostkas ofAdams — winners of the first half forthe title. This playoff promises to bepack-jammed with thrills. . so turnout fans, and see the fireworks!

Golf — The North Adams Country

Club is staging a tournament for

women only. This is something new

in this section, and all women golfers

should welcome this opportunity to

show their skill.

Football - - Well, fans, autumn must

be just around the corner - - why?

The St. Anthony Crusaders,—great

team of a year ago—once more dons

the- mole-skins and starts practicing

for the opening of the season. . .Drury

High is about ready to start practice

sessions as Coach Johnny Del Negro

has already issued the call. . .more on

this in our next issue.— Ken Russell

I). Sanecki

Pilots Team to

Victory in

First Half