SPRAGUE ELECTRIC CODIPDnV nORTH flDflfliS, mfiSSflCHUSETTS

VOLUME XIX JANUARY, 1957 NO. 5

msamLawrence Moreau Henry Doane

Credit Union Officers ElectedMr. Henry Doane of the Personnel

Department and Mr. Laurence Mor-eau of Industrial Oil Purchasing wereelected to 2 and 3 year terms re-spectively at the Annual Meeting oithe Credit Union.

Mr. Doane will serve on the Boardof Directors and as a member of theCredit Committee. Mr. Moreau willserve as the Brown Street represen-tative of the Car Loan Committee

Service Awards GoAnd Marshall Street

During the month of December,service award programs for 5 and 10year employes were held in thecafeterias at the Beaver Street andMarshall Street plants, with 62 re-ceiving 10 year pins and 71 receiving5 year pins.

Those receiving 10-year pins atMarshall Street were: Helen Folino,Madeline Januska, Rita McClintock,Olive Coddair, Alice Morcoux, AnneRoy, Cecile Tatro, Clara Shaker, IvisLewis, Helen Wisnowski, Celia Geb-auer, Minnie Les, June Lamoureaux,Mildred Pike, Dyoniza Kuczenski,Lillian Bingham, Rose Cantoni, Arm-and Beliveau, Giulio Brondoni, Ed-ward Crocker, Steve Murack, IrvingShea, Ernest Clermont, George Le-Sage, Louis Segala, Jr., Louis Perras.George Hull, Ralph Smith, GeorgeDonovan, and Gerald Lavigne.

Receiving 5-year pins at MarshallStreet were: Helen Krzeminski, MaryDunaj, Ruth Maynard, KathleenMaccia, Janice Chesbro, RomaSweeney, Catherine Giguere, RutheAllard, Rita Clifford, Laura O'Dell,Avis Hitchcock, Adeline Roy, AldaRoy, Gladys Jennings, Lillian Stef-fens, Celia Magnifico, Joanne Salta-martini, Dorothy Breda, George Dem-ing, Stanley Gawron, Richard Bar-beau, Philip Talarico, James Wil-liams, Valmore Beauchamp, WalterMartin, Stanley Pasierbiak, WilliamBlay, William Connors, and WardO'Dell.

On Beaver Street, those who re-

and as a member of the AuditingCommittee.

Continuing as Credit Union Of-ficers and Directors for 1S")7 arc LarsAndersen. President; Peter Mancus >.Vice President; Robert Armitage.Treasurer; Joan Durocher, AssistantTreasurer and Secretary; and'EmmaMutart, Marion Caron, Tom Dion.Howard Sherman. William Brundigewill serve as Directors and Com-mittee Members.

To 141 At BeaverPlantsceived 10-year pins were: JohnMurach, Charles Mulcahy, MarionAndrews. Doris LaBonte. ChristinePugliese. Francis Bennett. CarmelaTassone, Rachel Montagna, HelenBaxter. Lillian Rivard, Esther Sul-livan. Mary Sullivan. Raymond Mil-ler. Lauretta Scott, and DorothyTower.

Five-year pin recipients were: LouisBedard. Lola Briggs. Eva Chilson.Edward Diodati. Florence Dupre.Florence Gaffey, Jane Harding, PearlLuczynski, Blanche Mazur, Cath-erine Stefanopoulos, Emma Alongi.

Sprague Representedat Symposium onQuality Control

Julian K. Sprague, president, andWalter Lamphier, R & E sectionhead, had prominent parts in thepreparation and conduction of thethird National Symposium on Re-liability and Quality Control of Elec-tronics which was held in Washing-ton. I). C . January 14 and 15.

The symposium was sponsoredjointly by the Institute of RadioEngineers, the American Society forQuality Control and the Radio-Electronic-Television ManufacturersAssociation. The symposium, aim-ing to make possible a more rapidtechnological advance in the scienceof reliability, reviewed the progressmade and outlined the problems tobe solved in the field of producingbetter quality electronic components.

Mr. Sprague served as a member ofthe advisory board along with 10other leading figures in the fields ofelectronic production or in govern-ment agencies concerned with elec-tronics development. Mr. Lamphier.who has done important developmentwork in the small capacitor fieldduring his eight years with Sprague.spoke on "Reliability of MetalizedPaper Capacitors" at the conferencesession on "Reliability of ComponentParts".

Alice Bonneville, Marion Conroy.Esther Shea, Margaret Barry.Geraldine Bessette. Mary Cwalinski.Claire Daniels, Margaret Doyle.Dorothy LaBonte. Hazel Lowry,Gladys McBride. Harold Norcross,Florence Pellows, Blanche Bednarz.Mary Bua. Nancy Cook. MargeryCyr, Monica Cyrulik, GeraldineShartrand. and Yvonne Fountain.

In addition the following SpragueProducts employes received serviceaward pins during December. Forten years service John Thompsonand Richard Trottier. For five years:Lyle Armstrong, Mark Eskew, MaryBeauchamp, Robert Woodbury, JohnHarpole and Harry Moore.

New Educational ProgramLaunched by Company

With the advent of 1957. the Com-pany announced a new departure inits training program. For the firsttime it will offer a technical trainingevening school program for employes.

These courses will be on the tech-nical evening school level. TheCompany aims to train men andwomen for advancement in the tech-nical fields of electronics and chem-istry. The programs will be flexibleand can therefore be adapted to meetthe Company's future needs in thesecomplex fields.

The Franklin Technical Institutewill provide professional guidance andcounsel, administer entrance exams.

provide course syllabi, and will guideand assist the instructors.

The program will be under thegeneral direction of an administra-tive committee which consists ofCourtney W. Flanders, Manager ofTraining, who will be responsible forthe program, Dr. James Casey, tech-nical advisor and Mr. John Schim-mel, 3rd of R & L. who will act asa n a d v i s o r . T h e i n s t r u c t o r s w i l l b eSprague engineers.

1 he three courses offered will be-gin on Monday. Feb. 1. and will meettwice weekly (Monday and Thurs-day) from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.School terms will be for a duration of

Dr. James Casey, technical advisor, John Schimmel, 3rd, Researchand Engineering administrative advisor, and Courtney W. FlandersManager of Training, complete arrangements for the Company's newtechnical educational program which will begin in February.

Tantalum Department, Marshall Street, is well represented at theservice award ceremonies at the cafeteria. Waiting in line for refresh-ments are Adeline Roy, Madeline Januska, Ruthe Allard and CeliaMagnifico.

Employes Benefit FromLocal Heart Clinic

In 1951, the Berkshire CountyChapter of the American HeartAssociation was organized. A car-diac clinic was opened in Pittsfieldand in 1954 a Heart Station, workingunder the Pittsfield clinic, was startedat the North Adams Hospital.

The purpose of these clinics andstations is to provide the best pro-fessional care available for cardiacpatients who would not be able toafford this care privately.

A nominal fee is charged for X-raysand for the remainder of the exam-inations. Laboratory studies are doneat cost. A very small fee is chargedfor follow-up visits.

In cases where patients are unableto afford even the minimum charges,and if there is no public or privateagency to help, the cost is borne bythe local hospital.

All patients of the Heart Clinic orStation must be referred by their ownphysicians, who are sent a report ofclinical findings and recommenda-tions.

Cases requiring further diagnosticprocedures or surgery are referred tothe cardiac clinic at the MassachusettsGeneral Hospital in Boston.

Two of our own employes haverecently undergone surgery at theBoston Hospital for correction ofheart conditions. Both have madewonderful recoveries.

We are very fortunate to have avail-able, through the Heart Station, in theNorth Adams Hospital, the expertsupervision and advice of doctors,highly skilled in cardiology. Fundsfor helping carry on the work of theHeart Clinic are raised by a yearlydrive.

This clinic is here for your use. Ifyour heart bothers you, see yourphysician. Remember — heart dis-ease is the number 1 killer in theUnited States.

IB weeks, with the first one endingJune 7 The second session will be-gin after a summer recess on Sep-tember 16.. [pplications

The deadline for applications wasJanuary 10 and over 86 applicationshave been received for the new coursesto be offered. Mr. Richard A. Rossand Mr. Lester W. Dearborn, both ofthe Franklin Institute, will be incharge of the testing which will takeplace Thursday, January 17. Inaddition, these men will interview allapplicants for the courses on the fol-lowing Monday. The Company isproviding this program mainly to aidyou, its employes, in furthering youreducational training and at the sametime provide the Company with atrained pool of technical help soneeded if we are to maintain ourposition of leadership.

SPRAGUE CALENDARS

100 copies of the 1957 Calendarare available and may be obtainedat the Employe and CommunityRelations Division Building $12.

$1,500 Gift Presented toSt. Joseph's High School

Through a gift of $1,500 from theCompany, new and modern equip-ment has been added to the chemicallaboratory at St. Joseph's HighSchool. The money was used prin-cipally to purchase a new hood, as asafety device, for experiments inthe laboratory and also for a newcabinet.

In the weekly bulletin distributedat the Sunday Masses at St. FrancisChurch, Msgr. John P. Donahue,pastor, thanked the Company mostwarmly for its generous gift on behalfof the entire parish, the faculty of thehigh school and the student body.

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Publishing Staff

MARSHALL STREET REPORTERSClaire Andognini, Barbara Armstrong, Betty Barcomb, Gloria Biondo,

Dorothy Boutwell, Jacqueline Brooks, Eloise Brown, Dorothy Buzzell, JeannetteCady, Barbara Campedelli, Mary Cantoni, Lawrence Clark, Virginia Cusson,Marguerite Daub, Julia Desrosiers, Irene Dubreuil, John Dudziak, Ella Duns-inore, Joan Durocher, Lillian Estes, Ralph Fressola, Jennie Garceau, EllaGenesi, Ida Gigliotti, Lena Grillone, Virginia Haas, Janice Harriman, BetsyHaskins, Margaret Hauptfleisch, Esther Hollaway, Betty Jangrow, CarolKnox, Amelia Koza, Lois Lacasse, Suzette Lemieux, Bernard Loncto, GeraldineMacchia, Carmela Mancuso, Barbara Martin, Grace McConnell, Agnes Mc-Donough, Doris McPherson, Alice Monette, Joan O'Neil, Helen O'Neill,Joan Paradis, Dominick Pisano, Sidney Reed, Marjorie Richer, ReginaldRowett, Kay Ryan, Russell Sacco, Jane Sartori, Patricia Schabot, BarbaraSolari, Cecile Trudeau, Lea Walden, John Walsh and Emily Wlodyka.

BEAVER STREET REPORTERSMarion Andrews, Ada Blair, Dorothy DeGraff, Leona Denault, Clifford

Domenichini, Lorraine Duffy, Pat Harding, Jean MacDonald, Jessie MeczyworFrancis Miles, Justine Minor, Gertrude Noel, Valerie Piantoni, CarmelinaRoy, Cora Ryan, Adelle Solari, Lillian Stahelek. Rita Sullivan, Nina Under-wood and Doris Williams.

BROWN STREET REPORTERSDorothy Baker, Martha Clark, Florence Clement, Mildred Conroy, Chick

Currant, Isabelle Fuller, Herbert Hafner, Ann Heath, Lena Kerr, DorothyLaDue, Jean Levey, Ann O'Dell, Madeline O'Neil, Irene Pigeon, Ace Samia,Frank Santelli, Dorothy Shea, Erminia Sweeney, Lorraine Tanguay, BlancheTatro, Art Van Steemburg and Isabelle Witherow.

Feature Reporters: Peter Mancuso and Kenneth Russell

Sports Reporter: John Gallese

Cartoonist: Harry Saunders

"Every Sprague Employe a Reporter"

Published by SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, North Adams, Mass.

EDITORIAL . . .

This Could Be You!

Are you "fat, dumb and happy"? This question is not meant as an

insult, but the shoe may fit. 1 956 witnessed the end of an era. The Salk

Vaccine, administered in large quantities, enabled man to begin the con-

quest of the dreaded disease — Polio.

Last February the serum was in great demand and parents were fret-

ful that their children would not benefit from this vaccine. But now America

has become "fat, dumb, and happy". The manufacturers of the vaccine

have reduced production because the demand is no longer there. Yet

many children have not received the three innoculations needed and the

majority of adults have not taken advantage of this vaccine. Polio may

no longer be a dread disease for our children, but you, the adults, are

becoming the prime target.

You have a chance to wipe this disease out completely. Take action

before your inaction becomes a permanent paralysis!

A Thought for the New Year

Names in the News

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'Where Our Products Go'

Robert C. Sprague, chairman of theBoard and treasurer of the company,was reappointed chairman of theboard of the Federal Reserve Bank ofBoston and Federal Reserve agent ofthe bank for a second year.

Ernest Purpura, has been re-namedchairman of the Y.M.C.A.'s annualmembership drive. Last year, underMr. Purpura's leadership, a total of653 new and renewed membershipswere obtained, establishing a newrecord for the local organization.

Julian K. Sprague. president of thecompany, recently attended a meet-ing of the Capacitor Industry Ad-visory Committee which told theDepartment of Commerce that capa-citor manufacturers have sufficientcapacity to meet an emergency;however, the exacting specificationsfor "high reliability" capacitors is re-ducing substantially the industry's abil-ity to meet mobilization requirements.

Nathan M. Levinson, head of the in-dustrial power factor division of thecompany, was honored at a jointmeeting of the Massachusetts Societyof Professional Engineers and thePittsfield section of the AmericanInstitute of Electrical Engineers. Mr.Levinson was honored for his serviceand contributions as a member of thePittsfield section. AIEE.

Business Administra-tion Courses Offered

For those who wish to earn aMaster's degree or undergraduatecredits in Business Administrationfrom the University of Massachusetts,the following courses are being offeredin February, at the Pittsfield HighSchool: Elements of Statistics andBusiness Law. These courses consistof fifteen lessons each, with a creditof three semester hours each. Thetotal cost is S60.

Thirty (30) semester hours of workare required to complete the BusinessAdministration course. The abovecourses and others will be offered onrotation over a period of three years.

The University Extension coursesare open to all high school graduatesand are not restricted to those whoare candidates for M B A degrees.

Registration will be held at thePittsfield High School on Monday,January 28, from 7-9 p.m. Massa-chusetts veterans and Senior Citizens(over 65 years of age) may qualify forfree enrollment.

Pictured above is the Bell Ranger, the latest commercial helicopterto be introduced by the Texas Division of the Bell Aircraft Corporation

It is a four-place, executive type machine, featuring deluxe interiorand a series of quick-change cabin arrangements including cargo, litterand internal hoist equipment.

Bell Aircraft has chosen Sprague components because of our provenreliability which is a result of your fine workmanship.

SPORTS...by John Gallest

Bowling League Standings at theEnd of the First Half

In the Men's Division the WesternElectric Team takes top honors.Standings arc as follows:

Western ElectricFilter Div. Lab.F. P. DrysTabulatingMaintenanceInspectorsCan ShopF. P. OvensSprague ProductsControl Lab.AutomationK.V.A.

High Team Total, Maintenance 1567High Team Single, Maintenance 587High Three Strings,

Mel Peck, Maintenance 370High Single, M. O'Grady, W.E. 141High Ave.. H. Saunders, Filters 104.6Most Strikes, H. Saunders, Filters 20

In the Women's Division the"Sprague Keys" took top honors atthe end of the first hall'. Standingsare as follows:

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The horns are silent, the paper hats are gone and the par ty is over;

the new year is upon us. Another year, another chance to reach your goa l .

It's resolution time aga in . But the trouble with most people is that they

look ahead when making resolutions but they never look back.

Last year had some good intentions too, didn't it? Wha t happened

to them?

You may think '57 offers a clean slate; wel l , it doesn't. It offers the , . j . „ • .« t ( tU . , . . , o a intrOdUCing MISS January... "Welcoming the New Year in is just too much for a litt le tyke like me and

chance to profit from the mistakes made in 1 956: to see yourself as others Vm t i r e d ! w h y j u s t , o o k a t t h e h o r n s , , v e b e e n b l o w i n g a n d a U t h e n o i s e ^ b e e n m a k ^ J , h k e m e ' a n d

see you. For like the bills that come with the first of the year, you can't Well, we seriously doubt if our Miss New Year did do any real celebrating but if she did, it was with good,

toss the experiences of last year into the waste basket. You can benefit s o l i d ™ i l k ' a n d s h e w a s f ^ " ^ * u c k e d i n b e d « t7 o'clock.At the same time, the LOG Staff, wishes each and every one of its readers greetings for a prosperous

by these experiences and bring your goal that much closer. and full new year.

KENNETH S. BROWNManager of Publications

ROSE MARIE CUR RANAssociate Editor

Circulation Manager: M A R I O N C A R O N Social Chairman: A N N H E A T HPhotographer: A L B E R T HORSFALL

Assistant EditorsJOHN DAVIS. GABRIELLA MANCINI, SYLVIA ORELL and ETTA OWEN

PATENT NEWSDr. Kurt Lehovec, - f the R & E

Department, has been granted apatent on an improved method ofmaking point contacts in transistors.

The patent has been assigned byDr. Lehovec to the Company whichannounced last year that it had goneinto the manufacture of transistors,the tiny electronic devices that re-place vacuum tubes to control theHow of electric current in many typesof apparatus.

Transistors which employ the con-ductive properties of germanium,silicon or other related materials, in-clude two wires, the ends of whichmake c >ntact with the surface of acrystal of the e inductive materialused, but must be kept a few thous-andths of an inch apart. Methodsheretofore employed to hold thesecontact points in place on the crystalhave included use of a gel-like fillermaterial, employment of stiff fabric-like inserts, and use of a wall memberon which the contacts are mounted.Dr. Lehovec's invention involves anarrangement through which the point-ed portions of the wire are insertedthrough small insulation-sleeved open-ings in the crystal and are then bentover so that their points touch thesame surface of the crystal at the re-quired distance from each other andare held firmly in place.

Advantages listed for the methodof securing the wires developed byDr. Lehovec are that it is adapted t >

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"It is Better to Die Fighting Than Just to Die!"

Peter Sprague

By PETER SPRAGUE

{Editor"1!, Xote The story and pictures on this page were prepared by Peter Sprague. son oj Julian K. Sprague.president of our Company. Peter is currently attending preparatory school in Switzerland.

Peter had requested permission from his father to go to I 'ienna during his vacation for the purpose of inter-viewing Hungarian refugees who had been wounded and escaped to Vienna. However, after he reached Vienna, liewas able to obtain a ride directly to Budapest where he felt there was a better story.

Peter spent two days in Budapest during the short period that the Hungarians had gained then freedom. Hewas soon evaluated from Budapest with 25 other Americans but before they were able to reach the border, they wereall interned in the town of Magyarovar, Hungan by /he Russians. The group wai held for 38 hours under guardin an old school house.

While interned. Peter made quite a name for himself by locating coal and wood necessary to supply the neededheat. The grateful group placed him in charge of supplies during their confinement.

Peter has written several articles on his experiences which have been published in .\ew England newspapers,and some of the pictures and text on this page were previously published in the Berkshire Evening Eagle, where hewas a member of the photographic staff last summer.)

"Russians, Go Home!" This heartfelt plea wasthe slogan of the revolution. Because of it the tinycountry of Hungary suffered tens of thousands ofcasualties.

For five short days Hungary joined the free countries of Europe. 1 took these pictures in thecapilol city of Budapest during this period of precarious peace. Reminders of the rebellion wereeverywhere. Buildings were pockmarked with bullets and shell holes. The black Hag of deathwaved from hundreds of houses, grim reminders of the thousands who losl their lives. Streetswere littered with rubble gutted tanks and unexploded hand grenades and shells. The churcheswere filled with people mourning the dead and giving thanks for their new freedom Item tyranny.

It looked as if David had again triumped over Goliath. A country with fewer people- thanNew York City had apparently won a victory over a country with twice the land mass of the L nitedStates.

The whole nation had rebelled, but first among the ranks of the fighters were the children.

Even the Hungarians themselves refer to the revolution as "The Children's War". I have seenchildren as young as eight carrying machine guns. The hospitals were lull of boys and girls whowere wounded fighting the Russians. Some were not lucky enough to be- taken to a hospital andan now dead.

Children climbed on tanks with Molotov cocktails. One 14-year old girl was burned to deathafter she stopped two tanks, which were not designed to be conquered by teen-age girls.

The free world sat back and hopefully trusted the Russians. However, the Russians remainedtrue to form. They reorganized and returned to Hungary with thousands of tanks which the.people could fight only with raw courage. The five-day vacation from oppression is now overand the Hungarians are paying for it with their lives.

The Fighters

This determined 12-year-oldrebel was typical of the revolution.It was the Communist-trainedyouth who fought the hardest.His home was the village of Mag-yarovar, where the Secret Policeslaughtered 82 villagers, mostlywomen and children who weresinging the Hungarian nationalanthem.

This bravely smiling 16-year old Hungarian girlin Budapest's central hospital was wounded in thehead during the fierce street fighting. It was re-ported that when the Russians returned to the city,they deported to Siberia everyone in the hospitalwho could walk.

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Three "Freedom Fighters" stop for asmoke during guard duty on one of Buda-pest's main streets. The discipline of therebels was exceptional, with very few inci-dences of looting, drinking or rioting aftertheir victory.

Although farm production was very low this year,hundreds of Hungarian peasants like the one abovebrought into Budapest supplies which were given tothe rebels.

After many hours in line, the only foodavailable was bread and milk. Despite theseshortages, the people looked happy for theywere momentarily free before the Russiansreturned.

Women argue over a goose in Budapest's mainmarket. Food prices were twice normal as thesupplies dwindled and inflation began.

Hie Enemy

Students work to remove Stalin's boot from theinfamous Stalin Monument which towered abovetwo stories. The boot was a hated symbol of oppres-sion.

Hungarian freedom fighters in borrowed uniformswalk home carrying parcels of food, oblivious to thisRussian tank, one of many which littered the streets.

A uniform of a dead Secret Policemanhangs in effigy on the main street. Membersof this organization were hated even morebitterly than the Russians, as they hadbetrayed their own country.

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS . . .

Sprague International Ltd.By Suzzette Lemieux

There was no fire! The smokecame from Bertha Richards' knittingneedles which clicked like mad tofinish an angora bolero in time forthe Christmas ball her niece was at-tending. She finished with 20 min-utes to spare . . . For anyone who wantsa little variety, try secretly switchinglunches with someone sometime. Iknow! ! O n December 31, theLoPresto's—Marilyn and Joe—movedto Mason Hill Road in Pownal wherethey now rent their home. . .Tha tlittle Angora at the Sherman's houseis still acting up . Yes, indeed,Anastasia's latest experience was herat tempt to reach outside by the short-est route—through the window. Need-less to say, her leap met with bold re-sistance from the pane. Beverly re-ports that 'Annie ' is now ill and takingpills but that her condition is improv-ing satisfactorily. . . .Rose and AlRichard were hosts to Rose's familyfor Christmas dinner which we hearwas a very pleasant and successfulaffair. . .The Ferrans spent the holi-day in Cuba visiting Nilda's family.It was baby Cina 's first trip abroad.

to announce the engagements of herson Francis to Beverly Jones, and herdaughter Pat to George Lord of theFilter Dept . . . . Delia Grant spent hervacation at home while Jer ry Colespent her's moving on Church St.. . .J o h a n n a Kayser was surprised by abirthday party by her co-workers atnoon of Dec. 10th. The menu wasbarbecued chicken and bir thday cake,she was presented a practical gift. . .Dot Lewis went to Barre, Vt. oneweek end to visit an army friend of herh u s b a n d . . . O u r lucky people JackFaustini, Roy Cook and HazellRussell had the third week of theirvacation Christmas week. . .RonnisDean has returned to the I.B.M. dept.and gave his job to his pal LarryJowett . Welcome Larry . . . .DorisRoberts and Roma Koch have beentransferred to the Tan ta lum dept.Glad you still visit us. . . O u r dept.had all small Christmas parties, thepourers had one at noon. They hadtheir dinner sent in and had a grabbag. The solders and ring can girlswent to Florini's on Friday after work,the rest of us went to Petey Dink's onthe 20th. We even met our oldfriends who are now in the I.B.M.Their party was the same night . . . .O u r Foreman Zig Nash and hisfamily spent Christmas at his wife'sbrother 's in Hinsdale, N. H . . . .GraceCollin's son Phillip who is in thenavy, surprised his mother by cominghome unexpectedly at Christmas.

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This l itt le charmer is Lisa Adams10 m o n t h s old granddaughter ofLinwood Morse, ga teman at BrownSt . Her mother Shirley Adams,works in Dry Rolling.

They have not yet returned at thiswriting, but current AP reports wouldindicate that local fireworks wereadded to the festivities. . . Betty Salt-amart ini Sanguinet stopped in to seeus for a moment dur ing her Christ-mas visit to her family. W e hopethat she and Charlie were not hind-ered on their trip back to Roseville,Michigan, by the wintry weatherwhich brought in the new year . . .Some New Year's resolutions thatwere overheard: Jeanne Dupuis—"Iwill not sneak a couple more minutes 'shut-eye in the morning, after I turnoff the a la rm." M y r n a Harvey—"I ' l l find the culprit who left thosefootprints on my typewriter!" JackSilvia—"Next cold wave we have, I'llmake sure my own car starts beforegetting everyone off to work, and thenremaining stranded with a dead car ."Yours t ruly—"If I must have a flattire this year, I won ' t lose my trunkkeys beforehand to complicate mat-ters." William Adams—"I must getrid of the lease to T H A T room at thehospital ." Bertha Richards—"I ' l lbring more apricot tarts into my

• hungry friends."

Test EquipmentBy Mary Cantoni

As the New Year rings in, it bringsa new son to Mr. and Mrs. BernardHover. Congratulations to you andthe Mrs., Bernie. . . Russ Hansen,Dick Peterson, and J o h n Adamsrounded out the old year with vaca-tions. Plenty of ambition is expectedfrom the engineering staff during theNew Year . . .Norm Roy's daughterwas married on the 29th of December.Norm is expected to be back to normalin a few weeks. . . Johnny Aldrich,how was the sun rise on New Yearsday? From what you tell us, "BonniesR i g " must be quite a place. . .Haveyou seen J o h n Adams ' replacementpatiently sitting in the river outsidehis window, waiting for some one tolet him in. " O p e n the door, R icha rd". . .We hear that Ed Lamphier triedto start the New Year off right but itseems his car wouldn' t let him.

F. P. Assemblyby Grace McConnell

Congratulat ions to Frank Segala ongetting a deer. Alice Soldati wishes

Retail Salesby Betty Jangrow

We miss Margare t Accetta whorecently returned to her own depart-ment at the Beaver St. plant . . .Ri taRowley is missed by all of us. Ri tais awaiting the stork, and we had aparty by the depar tment recently andher suggestion of the grab bag turnedout to be a complete surprise as itconsisted of baby things with her asthe sole recipient. Ri ta was present-ed with appropriate gifts from her co-workers. Good luck, Rita , you willmake a wonderful little mother . . . .The busiest girl in the depar tmentfor the month of J a n u a r y was DoloresDomenichini who moved to the newlypurchased home on Bracewell Ave-nue. The Domenichini family for-merly lived at the Project. GoodLuck in your new home. A Happy1957 to all.

Production Engineeringby Joan O'Neil and Barbara Martin

Now that the New Year has started,our hangovers are gone and our headshave cleared, we are ready to givewith the Holiday news. . . Santa Clauswas very generous this year. Cedarchests were received by ConnieRotolo, Lois Michaels, Betty Lancto,

Machine Shopby John Walsh

Louis Morocco has returned toMarshall Street's Machine Shopafter an operation on his finger atthe North Adams Hospital. . WalterBailment is confined to the NorthAdams Hospital for X-rays and treat-ment . . .A farewell party was held forEarl Williams at Petey Dink's restau-rant in Clarksburg. Thirty-five ofhis co-workers at tended and presentedhim with a purse. Earl, his wife andchildren, have left for Californiawhere he has arranged to take aposition as an experimental machin-

"It's nice to be here ." This l i tt lebundle of joy is Carol Ann Falcon,daughter of Bill Falcon, Jr., of theMaint .Dept . , and granddaughter ofCatherine Scott , Metal Clad Dept.at Beaver St.

Mary Ann Romeo and Donna La-noue. Diamonds are being proud-ly worn by Barbara Mart in andDonna Lanoue. (That Donna didall r ight) . . Your reporters and othermembers of this hard working P. & E.Dept. ushered in the New Year ingrand style with plenty of horn blow-ing and bell ringing. We hope every-one had as good a time as we had . . .Best wishes go with Mary Ann Romeowho is leaving Sprague's for newhorizons. . . Eva Faour's new hair do

The Lecuyer Boys! Michael, 5m o s . and Danny 22 mos . Grand-sons of Dorothy Marlow, BlockAnnex, Beaver St . and Rose Lecuyerof Metal Clad, Beaver St .

is very becoming. You should keepit short like that, Eva. . .VivianAccetta has joined our ever changingranks. Welcome, comrade. AnnDeMayo is a transfer from the DryDivision to the main dept. of Prod.Eng. Glad to see you again . . . CaroleFlaherty has been seen at the FalconHall quite a bit lately. What ' s thebig attraction?. . . See you next month,gang-

Filter Developmentby Julia Desrosiers

We wish all a Happy New Year . . .A party was enjoyed at TaconicPark, everyone had a very nice time.Marilyn Haley was our Santa Claus.Mrs. Jeannet te Konopka was incharge of the arrangements . . . NevilleToye enjoyed a weeks vacation. . .The office boys won the bowlingmatch over the sample makers, butwatch out next time. The girls willbe there to cheer them on . . . ArmandSenay in enjoying the train SantaClaus brought for his son. . .We likethe nice blue hat Neville Toye iswearing. . . Yvette Dubois really en-joyed Christmas, she has moved intoher new home. We all wish herloads of luck.

Prokar and Polyesterby Reginald Rowett

We are beginning another NewYear and here is hoping it will be ahappy and prosperous one for every-one . . . Nancy Doan has returned froma two week's vacation spent at home.. . .Norman Miller's son Norman R.Miller recently was promoted toAirman First Class at Pepperall AirForce Base, St. John ' s Newfoundland.. . .Yours truly spent New Years Evebeating the drums at Frank's Placein Adams. . .Belated bir thday greet-ings to Mat thew Krzeminski whocelebrated his bir thday December26th. Sorry I slipped up "Mickey" .. . .This is all the chatter for now.See you next month.

"You don't say!", cries 4 mos .old Dawn Marie Ferrari. She is thedaughter of Shirley, of Maint .Cost Cont. and Raymond formerlyof the Transistor Lab.

W. E. Misc. Drysby Ella Genesi and Emily Wlodyka

O u r Dept. had a very jolly Christ-mas party Thursday evening, Dec.13th at Four Acres. Judging fromall reports a good time was had by all.Ra lph Lewis had charge of allarrangements . . .Orella Kuzia, AngieLampiasi took their yearly vacationsduring the holidays (Smart Girls).Delia Remillard also took her 3rdweek of vacation (being a 20 yr.woman) during the holidays. Theyall spent their time doing you all knowwhat? (Christmas shopping, cardwr i t ing) . . . .Louis Angeli has left usfor a different job and warmerclimate. He, his wife and daughterwill establish their residence inTampa , Florida. After 2 months ofstudy (in Toledo, Ohio) he will takeu p meat cutting. We all wish himlots of luck in his new under taking. . .Dolores Shaker has left us for a newjob in Tanta lum. It was quite adecision for her to make and we hopeit was the right one. Lots of luck toyou Dolores!. . .Orville Patrie is outon sick leave. We wish him a speedyand complete recovery. .. I t 's nicehaving you back with us again,Victoria Senecal!. . . . Say, NelsonVachereau, it must be a wonderfulfeeling working days again! ! Nowyou can catch u p on some of those"movies and dancing" that you'vemissed for so long. . .Your reportersare not alone in saying that it's quitea relief that the holidays are over.

It'll take a while to get hack to nor-mal. 11 really was wonderful havingsuch a long holiday! ! Now we'lllook forward to Memorial Day andIndependence Day!

Bldg. 7 Officesby

Joan Paradis and Barbara CampedelliIt's good to have Selma Sabin and

Wes Raker with us again after theirtime out, due to illness. . .DonMeiklejohn is hack to work afterspending a week's vacation at home.

. Ed Goodman recently did someskiing at Stowe, \'t., during his vaca-t ion . Art Rock recently spent hisvacation polishing his new car.We've heard that Jim O'Neil is losingweight, but it can still he seen follow-ing him around.. .Our Christinasparty was held on Dec. 1:5th at thePine Brook Club in Cheshire. BohPetrie very capably played the roleof Santa Clans for us and distributedgrab bag gifts, dancing followed thedinner. A good time was had by all....After the Christmas holiday BobSmith and Frank Patterson weresporting new caps. We understandthat Frank's is genuine beaver, prettysharp. . . Leon Beverly saw the newyear with a bang. He fell oil' tin-sink while cleaning the ceiling. (Youfigure it out). Say Leon, you canshake hands with Joan Paradise,that same night, she fell backwardsover the card table and then fell uf>the stairs, (and you didn't have any-

This dark eyed lass is DeborahWendy Jones, 6 mos. old daughterof Betty of Prod. Eng. and DonaldJones of Filter Dept.

thing to drink, Joan). Bill Campe-delli and his wife celebrated their19th wedding anniversary and Bill'sbirthday on Jan. 15th at the ParadiseRestaurant in Bennington. . . Con-gratulations (not on the birthday,Bill, the anniversary). . . From all ofus to all of you a Very Happy NewYear! ! !

Maintenanceby Dorothy Buzzell

Your reporter would like to wisheveryone in the depar tment a VeryHappy New Year . . .We have beenexpecting to see either Melford orNewton Peck of the Millwright,Dept.wearing a black bear fur coat beforenow. You will remember the boysshot a good sized bear during thehunting season!. . . We have startedvacations in this depar tment . FrancisBourdon of the Paint Shop and EmileJobin , Supervisor in the MillwrightDept. are on vacation. . .DolphusDupuis of the Millwright Dept . issporting a brand new Plymouth.A good looking car Dolph . . ' .Con-gratulations to Bill Falcon and hiswife on the birth of a daughter, Dec.11 th. Bill works in the Electric Shop.

Ceramicsby Ida Gigliotti and Lee Grillone

W e want to wish our co-workersHarselia Malloy, Ju l ia Alfred and

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Ruth St. John good luck on their newjobs, for they have been transferred.To Yvonne Carlisle, who hasn't beenplaced as yet, we hope she will besoon. The Dept. isn't the same with-out them, there seems to be a void andthey'are missed... It certainly wasgood news to hear that Julia Martinis home from the hospital and fromall reports is coming along just fine.We wish a speedy recovery for IreneToniatti's mother who is ill, also toTom Quinn, we hope his wife willbe home soon from the hospital...Our congratulations and best wishesare extended to Dover Owens on hisrecent marriage. . .It was nice to seeLeo Cyrs looking so trim and fit in hisuniform and our congratulations andbest wishes are extended to Leo alsofor he has just become a new groom.. . .Happy Birthday greetings to ourChristmas babies, Alma Haley andTheresa Paquin, may they both havemany, many more such happy days.Our welcome and greetings to RobertMalloy who has grown up now and isemployed in the Ceramic Lab. Bobused to be my paper boy, it's nice tosee him working here. . . The old yearis gone and so is the excitementassociated with the holidays, believeme I shan't complain about our olddaily routine for a while anyway. Itseems good to get back to normal.They tell me it's a sure sign of oldage—could be. Everyone seemedquite pleased and happy for Santawas real nice to all of them.

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Ready for her bath is CynthiaBooth 1 year old daughter of AliceBooth who works in Special Pro-ducts, at Beaver St.

Employe and CommunityRelations

by Gaby

To wind up 1956 the Employe andCommunity Relations Departmentheld a gala Christmas party at TwinBrooks in New Ashford. The affairwas a regular fashion show of mater-nity wear and cocktail dresses. Giftswere presented to Mr. R. C. Sprague,Jr. and Mr. Nolan. There was also agrab bag and everyone ended up withjust what they always wanted? MaryGardzina insisted she would IK- thefirst to leave, but from reports she andDanny closed up the place. KenBrown cracked a window while laugh-ing at one of Mr. Sprague's jokes.Mustn't get carried away Ken. . .Agnes Douglas lias returned to herold job, and Mary Gardzina is leavingus, lor the same reason that Agnesdid to be a mother of course. . .Ruthie Roy look (he big step and wasmat ricd the Saturday alter Christmas.John Winant, substituting for Mr.Sprague, presented her with a giftfrom the department. . .Welcome,welcome, Nora Jaeschke, who hasjoined the flight department... Con-gratulations and Best Wishes to GabyMancini, she came in the day afterChristmas sporting a diamond. Iguess the Wire Inspector finally brokedown. We understand Page Clag-gelt is also considering taking thestep???:' How about it Page, you'renot getting any younger!

iMelwood and Angie Downs are the proud parents of these two

charming girls, Juanita Jean, age 7 and Frances Marie, age 9. Melwoodworks in Surplus and Angie in Hi-Rel.

Filtersby Marge Richer and Alice Monette

Welcome to 1957! We hope it isas good to us as 1956 was to BillyCurrant. He shot two deer—one inVermont and one in Mass., luckyboy!. . . Claire Danis's eyes are spark-ling lately, we wonder why. . TonyFalco has signed up for a trip to theMoon or was it California? We'reconfused; he has planned both trips.. . .George Lord is quite nervousthese days, could it be that June isalmost here?. . . Our news items aregetting really brief and we couldcertainly use some interesting itemsfrom all of you Filterites. If you haveany hobbies or anything that could beof interest to the rest of the depart-ment, please contact either of yourreporters... So long until the next

Purchasingby Lea Walden

Our Christmas party for membersof the Purchasing Dept. and theirinvited guests was held Dec. Oth, atthe Four Acres. Mr. F. H. Me-Namara served as Toastmaster for theoccasion. Following the dinner a fewwords were spoken by Mr. F. G.Jenkins and Mr. R. A. Fairbanks.The tables were decorated in theChristmas theme with blue and whitecenterpieces and lighted blue andwhite tapers. Each guest received ablue and white angel and matchingplace card. An exchange of giftsfollowed the dinner. Games wereplayed and prizes were won by Mrs.Jenkins, Mrs. McNamara, LelandBuzzell, William Walden, Mrs.Howard, Ken Hamilton and LorettaLopardo. . . Emma Mutart spent hervacation at home.

Executive Officesby Lois LaCasse

A New Year — a new and deter-mined group. . . 1957 is welcomed byall of us with our many resolutions andpromises that are typical at this timeof year. . . We are all looking forwardto another 365 days of pleasant, happyand hard working times as we hadin '56. . .Of course we have manymemories of last year which will re-main with us throughout '57 and formany a new year. . . Top in our mindsright now is a very happy joy, a beau-tiful baby girl was born to AliceBratcher on Christmas Day — we allhave missed Alice and will continue tomiss her around the office, but we allknow that she and Jr. must be veryhappy with that very very "special"Christmas gift. . .Our other memoriesare very numerous, our ups, ourdowns have for the most part beenshared, deliberated upon and settled,odd, how small some of our troublesseem now. . . now, is the time to lookover the past year, then start right offand make a real new year, one whichwill bring us even more happiness,knowledge and a deep sense of wellbeing. . .We are typical, yes, in ourresolutions, but firm in our stand. . .To all a Happy New Year, let's getgoing and make sure that it is one.

F. P. Ovens and CoverAssembly

by Marguerite DaubWe are all very glad to hear that

Lena Ducharme is home from thehospital again. Good news like thatis fine Lena, keep it u p . . . News not sogood, Joe Messina, one of our ovenoperators got hurt quite bad in anaccident just before Christmas. Al-though we hear he is out of thehospital, we are all sorry, Joe, andsure miss you. Hurry and get wellagain. You have all our good wishes.. . . Our annual Christmas party washeld on Dec. 6th at Petey Dinks inClarksburg. Everyone had a grandtime. Our foreman had to miss itbecause of illness. Stay healthy nextyear, Frank. . . Our Catherine Coodyjust became a grandma again for thefourteenth time. The new baby is theson of Arlene Estes, Arlene used towork with us before her marriage. . .Marie Maxymillian took her vacationand was too ill to celebrate it. That'ssure tough luck Marie, vacations onlycome once a year. Others who justenjoyed their vacations were AustinRogge, Doris Harris, Rita Clifford andLorraine Landry.

Florida Mt., an on the spot witness ofthe jet air crash over Charlemontreally intrigued us with his vividdescription of the events that hap-pened. He was the first one to reportthe crash to our local police.

Field Engineeringby Jackie Brooks and Kay RyanOur annual Christmas party was

held on Dec. 19th at the Dinner BellRestaurant in Williamstown, withabout forty people in attendance. Agood time was had by all. . JimDrummond entertained us with hissinging, and dancing was enjoyedby everyone. . . Ginger Gallese spent afew days in New York before the holi-days. . .We extend a welcome toSylvia Richardello who has joinedour department. We hope you en-joy working with us, Sylvia. . . MarionSegalla has moved into her new apart-ment and from all reports we hear it isreally beautiful!. . . Fred Scarboroughhas returned from a vacation whichincluded skiing in Canada and Stowe,Vermont. He reported the temp-erature one day at 37 degrees belowzero in Canada. Good weather tostay by the fire. . .Jim Galbraith andArt Christopher also enjoyed a littleskiing over the holidays. . .ClarePedercini attended the New YearsEve party at the Masonic Temple. . .We hear that Henia Orlowski whotransferred from our dept. to theWashington Office became engagedto Stan Truskowski of Adams, Mass.,over the Christmas holiday. Ourcongratulations and best wishes toyou!. . . As for your reporters —"NUFF SAID".

Small Orderby Eloise Brown

Well here we are folks starting an-other New Year with a lot of newyear's resolutions. . .Dolores Lipinskiand Betty Vigna are enjoying twoweeks vacation.. . . We are glad tohave Shirley Harris back with us onceagain. She has been out on leave ofabsence and now has another babyboy. . . Farewell to Donald Dickinsonwho left us to accept a position withhis father. And welcome to Alex-

. ander Grove who is back with usafter completing 4 years of militaryservice. We hope he will enjoyworking with us once again. . .Aspeedy recovery to Mary Dunaj andFlorence Bua. We hope they will beback with us real soon. . . I've beentrying to get a girl of the month in ourdepartment, but I've discovered thatthey are very bashful and shy andshun publicity of any kind. . . We allenjoyed our Christmas party whichconsisted of a pot luck dinner and grabbag. . . Louis Poirot, a resident of

home. . .Cynthia Booth celebratedher first birthday on December 28thwith a big birthday cake. She is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward'Booth of Stamford.

Metal Clad Finishby

Steffie Stefanopoulos and Audry Bur dickAnother Christmas party has come

and gone and a big head was had byall. What we mean is a good timewas had by all. It will be a partylong remembered as everyone was ina Christmas spirit and there is nothinglike a little Spirit. It was held atPetey Dink's where the food is idealand a long nuff-bar to supply all.Truman McClain's band suppliedthe music, and there was a lot ofentertainment to be had. A muchenjoyed hula dance was done byDoris Monette's son, who was laterassisted by Marie Oliver "Ah

Marie". Much enjoyed duets weredone by Ida Decoteau and DorisMonette. Canadian Sunset was sungby Steffie Stefanopoulos. It was agood song. . .Our congratulations toShirley Charron on her engagement.Ah love, we hope her bubble neverbursts. . . Florence Desmond spent hervacation in New Haven, Conn., andSpringfield, Mass.. . . See you in thenext issue.

Miscellaneous Paper Finishby Gertrude Noel

Ho-Hum, I trust you all hear this

Flat Midget Assemblyby Carmela Mancuso

Everyone is back in the full swingof things after their two big holidayshave come and gone. It seems every-one in the room was very pleasedwith Santa this year also with NewYears. Hoping that the new yearwill be even better than last year,here's wishing you all a very HappyNew Year. . .It is farewell and" goodluck to our dear friend Adrian Darlingwho has left us to take up his dutieswith the army. Adrian was draftedlast month. You are sure going to bemissed around here. . . The welcomemat is out once again to Claire Fitz-patrick. We hope you like workingwith us. . . It seems we have a few poetsin our midst. Here is one of the poemsthe boys wrote: "I shot an arrow in theair, and where it landed I know notwhere. A scream of pain filled theair, from the mouth of Jimmy Blair."(Unfortunately Jim did injure hishand with an arrow. We hope hishand is getting better.)

Special Products Dept.by Nina Underwood

Bill Lauth spent his vacation at

The Landry Clan. Beverly, age 7,Peter Jay, age 2 and a half. TheyOvens.

Gary, age 6, Janice, age 5, andare the children of Lorraine of F. P.

This blond-haired fellow is Bar-ton Baldwin, age 6, son of AliceBooth who works in Special Pro-ducts at Beaver St.

sigh now that the holidays are over,but tell me, will we ever get straight-ened out on what it is. . . From all re-ports Santa was very good to every-one. . . .Congratulations to EdithScrivens and Theresa Garofano whoreceived five year pins. . .It's a greatbig "Hello" to Margaret Accetta andFrances Gayda who are with us again.Also a great big welcome to MildredSniezek, hope you enjoy workingwith us. . .Clinton Hall spent a tenday Christmas leave with his mother,Gertrude Noel. He is stationed atDonaldson Air Force Base, S. C.. . . Agay time was enjoyed at the Christmasparty held at the North AdamsSportsmen's Club. Adele Solari wasin charge of arrangements. . .Steph-anie Kulpa's stepson Seaman Thea-dore Kulpa also enjoyed a Christmasleave at home from his ship inVirginia.

Block Annexby Doris Williams

Well, here we are at the end of an-other year, Christmas over, and every-one tired out as usual. It was ourprivilege during the Christmas seasonto play the role of "Santa"' to thechildren of a former co-worker. . .Belated Birthday Greetings are inorder for Mary Jo Bergeron who cele-brated her 3rd Birthday lately byappearing on the Breadtime StoriesTV Program. Proud Daddy of MaryJo is Al Bergeron. . . I would like tothank, on behalf of the Salvation

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Army and myself, Lena Deso, a co-worker, and Marie Bissaillion of theMarshall St. Plant for giving us a"Helping Hand" in preparing 350Sunshine Bags which were deliveredto patients in the Nursing Homes andHospitals in this area. These weredelivered by the Corps Cadet Brigadeof the Salvation Army, along withcorsages which were presented to eachnurse on duty. . . Welcome hack toHelen Aliprandie who has been ill forquite s >me time, also to Yvonne Dayand Catherine Simon who have beenon vacation dining the holidays. . .Best wishes to each and everyone for aHappy and Prosperous 1957.

Hi-Reliabilityby Valerie Piantoni

Everyone had a wonderful time atthe Christmas party. Evelyn Luc-zynski and Ted Pierce did a "jitter-bug", or was it a "juterbug"?. . .Thegirls in the Department are going on adiet. The food during the holidaywas too good to give up. .. HarrietMichaels was very pleased to be ableto ride to work one morning in apolice cruiser. Vim keep very goodcompany, Harriet.. .George Senecallias acquired a nick name, "Frosty".. . Alice Albertazzi had a New YearsEve party at her home . Alice Filipdid wonders to an inventory ticket,ll took a lot of scotch tape to put theticket back together again.

Hi-Reliabilityby Marion Andrews

I would like to extend belated

wmmm

Celebrating their 25th Anniver-sary are Mr. and Mrs. RaymondDickinson of Pownal, Vt. Ray worksin the Bennington Plant.

birthday greetings to Chris Puglieseand Evelyn Trueheart. . . ] under-stand that Mary Duprea had justfinished trimming her Christinas tree,when it fell over. She said that she'llmake sure il will never happen again.. . .We have been told that RitaSoicl has a new way of making pump-kin pies. That's alright Rita, onetime or another some of us had somekind of experience in cooking that wewon't forget. . .Marion Andrews wastelling everyone that Jan. 1st was her

was only her 19th. .We would like to

Dostie to our line.. I haven't muchnews this month but will try to havemore for the next issue. . .P.S. SylviaBrayman could have cried a few weeksago. Il seems her little boy threw

sisters into the washing machine, whileSylvia was hanging out clothes. Hethought he was helping "Mommy".

Shift Registersby Dot DeGrqff

Having just gazed into my 8-ball, 1can tell you exactly what's going tohappen in 1957. Bob Marriott willbecome the polka King of 1957.(Were von one of the lucky ones tosee him dance at the (Ihristmas party.)Madeline Domenichini will composemany songs mostly lullabies, l.orct-la Piantoni and Alice Badorini willbe singing diem and Hells Kleiner willbe much too busy by then. Ronnis

Dean will go en a very severe diet,and gain 20 pounds. Annie Maroniwill reign as"Queen of the Solderers".Don Raina will become president ofthe "Polar Bear Frozen Food Corp-oration". . .Congratulations and bestwishes to Ethel Trudeau who wasmarried to Bob Delisle Dec. 21 . . . Itcertainly was nice to see Doris De-Lugan, Sunny Cairns, Mildred Tatro,and Merle Burdick at the Christmasparty. We hope they will be backwith us real soon. . To all we wish avery Happy and Prosperous NewYear.

BPOUMJsrmr

Industrial Oilsby Dorothy Shea

Now that Christinas and NewYears have both been celebrated"Properly" everyone in our Dept. ishappy but very tired. . Our Christ-mas party, that was held Dec. 20thwas a very happy and joyous affair. . .Claude Jones "the Fred Astaire" ofInd. Oils is enjoying his vacation inGreenville, South Carolina. . .KateHaley has been absent with a verybad cold, hope you are well soon.[Catherine. . .Pearl Damon is on sickleave, convalescing from an operation.we all miss you and will be happy tohave you back with us real soon. . .It seems that Lillian Trombley is col-lecting Panda Bears. The grand-children really enjoy it. eh Lil?. . . Tony Saliba spent part of the holi-days in Canada. . . Chuck Connorskeeps everyone in our department wellinformed by telling us the latesthappenings in the news every morn-ing. Don't stop Chuck. We reallywould miss your report.

Misc. Resistor Assemblyby ./ran Levy

Here we are in 1957. "HappyNew Year" and a prosperous one toeach and everyone. . Blanche Tatro'sson Bernard who is stationed with theAir Force in Maine, spent the holi-days at home with his wife...Marguerite Todd's daughter, Patricia,of Washington, 1). C. and her husbandand new daughter Valerie Ann spentthe holidays at home. Margueritemet her granddaughter for the firsttime, and they all had a pleasantvisit. . Knitting of hats is the fad inour department. There are all colors,sizes, and styles. Those busy knittingare: Mary Markland, Julia Sullivan,Blanche Letalien, Eva Bergeron andyours truly. . January is the birthdaymonth in our room. 'The followingare celebrating: Julia Sullivan. ArtBissaillon, Jean Levy, and BlancheLetalien.

Hi-Quality Lineby Mar O'Neil

Hi Folks! Here's hoping everyonehad a very Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year. . .Welcome to DonMarkland. Mary Burlingham and

"Our Girl"

God blessed us when he gave usOur darling little girl.Her hair conceals a treasureIn every golden curl.

Her eyes are blue and sparkling,Her cheeks are like a rose,Her lips are small and tender,And she has the sweetest nose!

Two chubby arms enfold you,Two small lips cling to yours,Just an armful of sweet heaven,She's a treasure, and she is ours.

The above little poem was written sometime ago about the little girl in the pictureto the left—the girl? None other thanSarah Blake of the Filter Department.

Mary Scieszka who are now workingwith us. . .Farewell to Ann Fortinwho is leaving our Rolling Dept. to goback to her old room. . .Vacationtime is still in swing as Millie Patryn,Jackie Mahar, and Gerry Cummingsare proving. Lucky Girls!... Getwell wishes go to Jo Ann LaFrancewho is in the hospital. Her daddy,Ray. is our Check Inspector.

Ind. Oils Assemblyby Isabel Witherow and Ann O'Dell

Barbara Crandell sent a card fromFlorida and she is having a wonderfultime . . . Martha Davis is in Californiavisiting her daughter. . .The girls hada good time at Lillian Flaherty'shouse yvhere we had a Christmasparty. We had a special bartenderwho mixed special drinks for specialpeople. Ask Millie Gorman whather special drink is made of?.. . We allwish Alexander Murach luck for he isleaving us to go into the army. . .Everyone had a wonderful Christmas,and we wish everyone a Happy NewYear. . From Alma Pratt: "I wouldlike to thank all the girls on Bathtuband Cover Assembly for the verybeautiful gifts they gave me yvhen Ileft. Also for the lovely bath robeand pajamas they gave me yvhen I wasin the hospital. Thank you verymuch."

Sandia Coolersby Dorothy Bell Baker

Now that the holidays are over yvecan relax until spring cleaning time.. . .We welcome Laura Delisle forSandia and Mary Cooney and LauraFortin for Netyvork Rolling, May yourstay be a pleasant one. girls. . Yourstruly had a birthday celebrated witha cake baked by my good friendEleanor Alibozek and given a lovelyfigurine by the girls. Eleanor alsobaked Alcide Giusti's birthday cakeand we gave him a sport shirt.Lucille Miller's birthday cake wasbaked by Francis Pitoniak and wegave her a snack plate. . . VioletMcCelland and husband celebratedNew Year's eve at the British Ameri-can Club in Manchester, Conn.. . .Mary Satko is very thrilled over hernew home that her husband justfinished building for her. . .Ask LauraRoy how she likes the record BobSimon sent her after?. . . Olympia

Gayjda we n't need her umbrella nowwhen she rides with Bob Simcn, asSanta Claus gave him a new top forhis car. Christmas. . .Ruby Hubbardspent the hclidays with her s n inWalpole. . . Anyone wishing fcr a nicewarm sweater for their dog pleasecontact Irene Perreault or Irelle Gar-ello.. . . Cooler No. 2 celebrated CeilKrzanek birthday with a cake madeby Olympia Gavjda, Ceil Bouchardscake made by Connie Bush, each re-ceived a gift. . .The girls in CoolerNo. 2 had a feast en the cookies thatFlorence De Marco brought i n . . .Linda Cozzaglio has rabbits for saleat last count there were seven.

Industrial Oil Rollingby Frmtnia Sweeney

Congratulations to Gerry Pessolano,on the birth of his son, his first. Thegirls presented him with gifts for thebaby. . .The girls in the Dept. en-joyed a Christmas dinner, after whichthey gave Kenny Russell a gold caddy,which pleased him a lot. FrancisDelisle received several gifts, as didyour reporter, for which we allthank the girls very much.. MaryCocney and Dot Lowe have signed upfor new jobs, and will be leaving ussoon. Good luck, girls!... Liz Slat-tery enjoyed the Christmas holidayswith her daughter in New Jersey. . .Dot Bastien, Cathey Patterson, andAlda Wood, are enjoying a weeksvacation... Clarence Goddard suremust have caught up with a wildcat,judging by the scratches on his face.Our suggestion, is to wear a mask,yvhen out courting, Clarence. . . Yourreporter's sen has been promoted toS/Sgt. and made an inspector at theCloves Air Force Base... If FrancisDelisle leses any more weight, we aregoing to call him "the Shadow".

Small Orders and Samplesby Millie Conroy

The holidays are through for an-other year and sincerely hope theywere enjoyed by everyone. Our de-partment had a Christmas partyduring our noon hour and the foodwas luscious and a good time was hadby all. Even Helen Murphy andAnnette Hinkell came in from theirvacations to enjoy it with us. . . Helloto Albina Burdick who is out sick, yveall miss you, hurry and get well... Asad goodbye to Margaret Perreaultwho has left us. It's so quiet withoutyou, come and see us and be sure tosing the Chinese song for us. . .Hi!,to Tiny Knights we are waiting for thenews, keep watching the papers every-day-hope it is a girl.. . . Hello toLarry Doyv who is ill in the hospital,hope you are feeling stronger every-day . . . We miss the girls who used toplate roll in our section, stop by to sayHello, once in a while.

Premold Case Assemblyby Florence Clement

First of all yve wish everyone a veryHappy New Year. . .The Christmasparty was enjoyed by everyone, thedinner also... Ethel McLagan andMary Burro had a very nice time inNeyv York, the only drawback was therain. Marv also had a very nice time

for her Christmas vacation. . .Wehope that Milly Canino will be backagain soon. . . Not much going onright now, but we are only a small de-partment. . .Angie Cardimino andMary Harvey enjoyed the Christmasholidays at home. . .Now that theholidays are over, we can settle downfor awhile... Some class Art Perrasporting a new car, and yve all like 'the color, two shades of green... Ofall things Bea Gibeau lost her Santa,Claus, the yvind blew it away, butthank goodness it was found forChristmas. . .We understand SteveBradford got a train in his stocking,better late than never.

Clorinolby Dot LaDue

Hi Everybody! Well here it is1957, another year, and a happy onefor all, we hope. . . We had ourChristmas party at the Eagles Hallthis year. Everyone had a wonder-ful time. We had a very nice 'TurkeyDinner and after a grab bag, then aband and what dancing, WoW!! Wereally have some Fred Astaires downhere. Almost all the girls had sheathdresses, all the good looking girlsaren't in Hollywood!!!. . Right noweveryone is talking about the wonder-ful New Years Eve they had. . Well,drive sknv, and see you all next month.

K V A Stockroomby Ace Samia

'To start, yve all would like to yvcl-come John Petrie into our depart-ment. We wish him loads of luck. . .

A family to be proud of is George Coody's of the Maint. Dept.: WifeAlice, Jeanine, Michael, Marilyn, Phyllis, Edward and William.

This lovely miss is Patricia Wab-nig, 15 year old daughter of Mar-ion Wabnig of Hi-Reliabi!ity.

Hate to see Ralph Burdick leave us,but we hope he has success with hisneyv job. . .Well. Christmas has comeand gone, but will never be forgotten.Marie Dargie received many wonder-ful gifts from her husband andchildren. Vivian Nadeau also re-ceived some beautiful presents fromher boyfriend. Harold Brown is in-cluded in this category also. . JohnPetrie's yvife has been sick, but we allare glad to know she is feeling a lotbetter. . .Ace Samia spent (he Christ-mas weekend at his in-laws in Mcth-uen, Mass, with his yvife and son. . .Everyone in our department wouldlike to wish the rest of the employesin Sprague Electric a very happy andprosperous Neyv Year.

Filter Development andCoil Winding

by Jearmette CadyA great big sigh was heard from

our gang when the holidays wereover. They are a lot of fun. but ofcourse a lot of work, too!. . .RoseO'Brien spent New Years visitingrelatives in Boston. She reported yvewere lucky up this way, as weatherconditions'while she was down therewere pretty bad . . . Lucy Kenneywent to her sister's in Pittsfield toenjoy the holiday. . .Virginia Delislespent Christinas Day as a guest at thehome of her daughter in Clarksburg.. . .Stella Beauchamp spent Christ-mas at the home of her sister inWilliamstown. The only trouble with

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spending a holiday at someone else'shome, is that everything looks so good

you eat too much!... But, yourstruly spent the holidays at the homeof her parents so there you are!. . .Anne Scully's grandson had histonsils out and we're glad to hear he'sgetting along line... Betty Battersbyjust can't seem to get up in the morn-ing anymore and now has a privatealarm clock to try to do the job. Allwe have to say is that Harry hadbetter hurry up and get better andcome home from the hospital so hecan get her vip in the morning.

"You're Never Too Old"

This little tyke is Denice MarieRolland, niece of Josephine Voigtof the Tantalum Department onMarshall Street.

Round Midget Assemblyby Jennie Garceau

Now that Santa Claus has comeand gone, and the pretty packagesthat we enjoyed wrapping and makingup pretty bows have been opened,and oh'd and ah'd over, we are nowturning our thoughts to New Yearresolutions, which we all make butseldom keep. But we have fun mak-ing them though, don't we know!. . .We had our Christmas party atPetey Dink's and all had a wonderfultime. We started the evening off by-having a group picture taken by AlHorsfall, then our meal with gracesaid by Robert Barbuto, after whichgifts were given out with muchlaughter, but more came when specialgift was presented to Ray Wellspeakand Adrian Darling. Yours trulywas presented with a beautifulcorsage from the ones attending.Group singing and dancing wasenjoyed until a late hour, with allhoping for another party next year. . .Di Bona enjoyed the holidays with herparents in Pawtucket, R. I.. . .AloniaMoreau had her son J.N.S.K. Nor-man Moreau home for a 10 day leave.. . .Vi Leveque had 'a new grand-daughter as of Christmas day andElizabeth Hamilton a grandson Dec-ember 17, born in Frankfurt, Ger-

Proving that it isn't only possiblefor the young people to get adiploma for completing studiesoutside of school is Edward R.Lamphier of Test Equipment, whohas just received his diploma forsuccessfully passing the Inter-national Correspondence School'stwo year course on "IndustrialElectronics In-Plant TrainingCourse". Congratulations are ex-tended to Mr. Lamphier, who hasbeen with the Company six years.

many, and are both very happy.Ceil Shanahan had a Hying trip toNew York recently and reported avery good time. . .At the present timethere are a few of us absent but hopewe all will be together again soon . . .Rita DiSanti is at the N. E. MedicalCenter, Rehab., Boston 1 1, and if thegirls would send her a card now andthen, I am sure it would make hervery happy. . .Don't forget the NewYear's resolutions, as by now they areonly a month old as you read this"Log". Be firm and strong minded,eh!

Happy Birthday...January 1 Rose Coyne

1 Lucy Montesa-nti3 Bernie Roberts4 Alice Bratcher4 Grace Collins5 Betty Daugherty5 Albert Shepard7 William Currant

11 Mina Rondeau14 Sally Hillard15 Elizabeth Ryan15 Julia Sullivan18 Ceil Shanahan18 Mary Farinon19 Art Bissillion20 Jean Levy21 Dorothy Buzzell23 Ida Fortin25 Betty Berger26 Roger Girouard27 Anna Pugliese27 Frances Saunders29 George Messina31 Reginald Rowett

*9 2>o" MotelDecember 29, Ruth Ann Roy and

Dino R. MoncecchiDecember 31, Carol Ann LeMoine

and Edward J. Vallieres

Anniversaries . . .Dec. 9, Mr. and Mrs. Edward

Booth, 2ndDec. 27, Mr. and Mrs. Albeit

Moreau, 30thJan. 1, Mr. and Mrs. William B.

Andrews, 19thJan. 5, Mr. and Mrs. Frank

Chilson, 7thJan. 8, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo

Mazza. 7thJan. 15, Mr. and Mrs. William

Campedelli, 19thJan. 16, Mr. and Mrs. Erminia

Sweeney, 24thJan. 25. Mr. and Mrs. John Pratt.

5thJan. 27, Mr. and Mrs. William

O'Neil, 6th

Q*ni<j yl/ltj l/tLjGabriella A. Mancini and

John R. Law-Helen Jensen and Theodore LanoueMargaret St. Germain and

Richard PowellJanette Reopell and Richard HamlinBarbara Martin and

Wayne D. Caned\Marilyn Hall and Roger DaubShirley Charron and Edwin BrownPatricia Soldati and George LordEleanor Mohl and Andrew VachereauBeverly Jean Dodge and

Robert L. LamorePatricia Ann Call and

Lawrence BoldiMarguerite Cote and

Harold F. Peters. Jr.Donna Lanoue and

Herbert H. PutnamFrances O'Neil and Sam UnsworthBarbara Mezzanotte and

John F. Quirk, Jr.Jane Clara Dunn and

John W. Battersby

SAVE AT YOUR CREDIT UNION

on loans for — Cars — Insurance Premiums — Real Estate — HomeImprovements — Household Appliances — Educational Expenses —or any personal loan that will help you to have a better 1957.

Pisano, daughterDec. 25, Mr. and Mrs. Henry

Bratcher, daughterDec. 27, Mr. and Mrs. Walter R.

Estes, sonJan. 2, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J.

Harrington, sonJan. 2, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haver.

sonJan. 3. Mr. and Mrs. William J.

Lauth. daughter

Bab/ Talk---Dec. 11, Mr. and Mrs. William

Falcon, daughterDec. 14, Mr. and Mrs. Edward

Clifton, daughterDec. 19, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph

SPORTS . . .(Continued from page 2)

Sprague Keys,Western Electric, In-dustrial Oils, Metal Maids, Nicolettes,Merriettes,Dandies,Filtercttes, I.B.M.,Mixettes, M. C. Tabs, Dry Rollers andFlat Midget RollersHigh Team Single, Sprague Keys 520

High Team Triple W. Electric 1402High Ind. Single, Merrieltes

Dot DeGraff 131High Ind. Triple, Metal Maids

Edie Jones 330High Average, Sprague Keys

(Jerry Macchia 95.7Most Strikes, Metal Maids

Edie Jones 10

FOP FEN BOWLERSGerry Machia 95. 7Gert Volpi 95. IEdie Jones 94.5Dot DeGraff 92.3Clara Shaker 91.9Hazel Martel ' 91 .2Doris Harpin 89.9Vishy Wisniowski 89.1Agnes Vanuni 88.9'Ann Urquhart 88.&

White and black combination gas and gas stove, reasonable. Make an offer.Dial OX-bovv: 4-1335 after 6 p.m.

GE combination sandwich grill and waffle iron, perfect condition. Whennew — $15, selling price, $12. Dial MO: 3-3323 anytime after 5 p.m.

1950 Pontiac convertible, green, radio and heater, hydramatic. New top,four new tubeless tires, used four months. Snow tires. Good condition.Dial MO: 3-9427.

GE cake mixer, with juicer and bowl. Good condition. Price only $5.00.

Call Williamstown 364-N.

Three piece Maple Den Set. Call Adams 1571-W.

Brown gabardine topcoat. Zip in lining, size 16, like new. Only $5.00. CallAdams 389-M after six.Lionel Electric train set and accessories—$50.00. Contact Doris Mimno,Beaver Street Ext. 25.

1956 Ford Ranch Wagon. Only driven 2000 miles. If interested see KateField's in Cover Assembly (Brown St.) or call MO: 3-7027 after 5 o'clock.

Large tent 14 x 16, 9 ft. high. Sleeps 8. Price $30.00. Call MO: 3-3284 orsee Francis Delisle in Industrial Oils Department.

Norge Refrigerator. $15.00. Large roll top desk, $4.00. White porcelainKerosene camp stove, 3 burners and oven, $5.00. 4 odd chairs 50 cents each.Call 3-9461.

1 pair of Hickory Skiis with binding's 6^ ft. long. Like new. Can be seen at29 Quaker St., Adams.

24 cu. ft. deep freezer, good condition, must be seen to be appreciated. Callany time after six. Williamstown 1133. Bill Don, Green River Road, Wil-liamstown.

WANTED: A good used piano. Call Williamstown 1046 after 4 o'clock.

WANTED:Pair of snow shoes — willing to pay fair price. Contact Lou Vincellette,Marshall ext. 407 or call Williamstown 1359 after 5 p.m.Riders from Pittsfield on 8-5 shift to Marshall Street. Dial 408 or call Pitts-field 2-6280.Ride from 494 North Eagle St., Clarksburg, to Marshall St. 8-5 or return onlyat 5. Please call Myrna Harvey, Extension 337.

FOR RENT: Five room flat on West Main Street. Call MO: 3-9679 after-noons.

"Wait for a left turn, then park 'em anpowder 'em!"

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