SPRAGUE ELECTRIC

Volume XIV NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, OCTOBER 19, 1951 INumhcr 6

tompany-Owned and Operated Airplanes Contributing to Production and Sales,

1926-1951

May Assigned Two PatentsHarold V. May, who is employed in

Mr. Walter W. Clark's ProductEngineering Department, has assignedtwo patents to the Sprague ElectricCompany. One concerns apparatusused in the manufacture of ceramiccapacitors and the other pertains to acomponent design used extensively onradio noise filters.

Log Fishing Contest Ends, Winners Announced

October 6 marked the official clos-ing of the 1951 LOG Fishing Contestwhich opened on April 14. There wereten classifications and ten winners.

Walt Schroeder was the winner inthe Rainbow Trout class with a 2 lbs.,12 ozs., and 21 \ in. fish. Lake Trout1-.--:-..irr v;er? t?.kcf! b" Joseph W.Roberts whose catch weighed 9 lbs.,and was 32 in. long, and StanleyZiaja came up with a 1 lb., 9 ozs., and15j in. Native Trout. Charles Lincoln's2 lbs., 8 ozs., and 16̂ in. Small MouthBass won a prize, as did BernardLevesque's 2 lbs., 7 ozs., and 12^ in.Brown Trout, and Milton Lavigne's14 oz. Perch. Emma Underwood'sfish was biggest in the Walleye Pikeclass. It weighed 5 lbs., 8 ozs., andwas 24 in. long. A Northern Pike waspulled out of Lake Hortonia by SilasLancto which was 39 in. long andweighed 11 lbs., and 10 ozs. NickCarter is the Pickerel champ with a3 lbs., 4 ozs., and 24 in. fish, and theBullhead prize was taken by StanleyBagdon whose fish weighed 1 lb. and1 oz. and was 12^ in. long. The LargeMouth Bass prize went to John Davisfor a 1 lb., 11 ozs., and 14^ in. fish.(For more information on the winningfish, see Page 6.)

Each of the winners has beenpresented with a gift certificate whichentitles him to $10.00 worth of fishingequipment to be purchased at Bill'sSporting Goods Store in North Adams.

To add more interest to the FishingContest this year, the weight and lengthof tbr<?9 fish vas r̂ f>«e" v.v<i put in 3sealed envelope until the end of theseason. The entries whose catch camenearest to the selected specificationswon Blind Prizes. Edward L. Cookcaught a Pickerel weighing 2 lbs., 12ozs., and 22 in. long which camenearest to the Blind Entry Pickerelweighing 1 lb., 12 ozs., and 20f in.long. The Brown Trout caught bySilvio Volpi, weighing 1 lb., 12 ozs.,and 22 in. long, almost duplicated thestatistics of the Blind Entry, 1 lb.,12 ozs., and 12 in. Clayton Collettecame the closest to a Walleye Pikeweighing 2 lbs., 3 ozs., and 18 in. longwith a 2 lbs., 9 ozs., and 22 in. Walleye.The winners of the three Blind Prizeswere presented with tickets which canbe exchanged for $5.00 worth of fishingequipment at Bill's Sporting GoodsStore.

Congratulations, winners. And to theloser , thanks for entering your fish,and better luck next year.

The winners! Top row, left toright: Stanley Ziaja and NickCarter. Second row, left to right:John Davis, Emma Underwood,Silas Lancto, and Milton Lavigne.Bottom row, left to right: CharlesF. Lincoln, Jr., Joseph W. Roberts,Stanley Bagdon, and WalterSchroeder.

Robert C. Sprague, Jr. pilots one of the Navions used by the Com-pany. William J. Nolan sits beside the pilot; at the left in the backseat, John D. Washbum, on the right; Courtney Flanders.

Emphasis on Safety and Well-Organized Flight PlansAirplanes, the modern mode of travel, have claimed not only their rightful place in commercial

transportation and military aviation, but are invading the field of industry. The airplanes usedby the Sprague Electric Company' are kept busy shuttling personnel and light equipment be-tween Nashua, Barre, Kingston, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and other cities.By this fast and safe means of travel, the distant branches and subsidiaries of the Company arebrought within easy radius of North Adams and the whole Sprague Electric organization is weldedinto a more compact unit.

A leader in the use of airplanes forindustry, as it is in the capacitor field,the Company has been operating air-craft for some months. Even as earlyin the history of the Company as thelate 1920's, Sprague Electric owned aStinson which was used extensivelyfor business.

The Navions, aircraft now used bythe Company and hangared at theHarriman Airport, are, indirectly, agrca^ bocr-t tc the sale; of Spr»gu*>Electric products. Whether it is usedto save travel time for busy execu-tives, to promote more efficiency incontacting our out-of-town plants,to fly members of the Sales Depart-ment to meet customers, or rush lightequipment to a destination, the Com-pany-owned and operated airplanescontribute greatly to smoothly-runproduction and the promotion of sales.Although the airplane may not appearon the profit side of the ledger, theresults of its use are there.

The flying of the airplane is regu-lated by policies emphasizing safetyset up by Robert C. Sprague, Jr.,Director of Employe Relations. Mr.Sprague, Jr., a capable pilot himselfholding single and multi-engine land,commercial, instructor and instrumentratings, sees that the planes are oper-ated under higher safety minimums andoperating procedures than set up bythe Civil Aeronautics Administration.The Company flying policies in noway contradict CAA regulations, butmerely require safer and stricter regu-lations.

To guarantee the safety of thepassengers and the pilot, a maximumof safety procedures are observed. Thepilot has a flight check ride everythree months, and, in addition, an'instrument check ride each month.No flight with single engine aircraftis allowed under instrument conditionsor if a possibility of instrument con-ditions exists. Preflight and DailyInspection Reports are made out bythe pilot prior to using the plane.Either after or prior to each day'sflight, a general check of the aircraftis made by a certified mechanic at theHarriman Airport. When carryingpassengers, single engine aircraft arenot allowed to be operated after dark.However, the Company pilot is re-quired to make five take-offs and land-ings at night during each 90-day periodin order to be prepared for any emerg-ency. It is required that the ship beoperated at safe altitudes at all times

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Exhibit in North Station

An exhibit of Sprague Electriccapacitors, resistors, and Ceroc coatedcopper wire now occupies the Bostonand Maine Railroad display windowsin the North Station in Boston. Thewindows are assigned by the NewEngland Council to the B. & M. Rail-road for the exhibition of productsmanufactured in Massachusetts. TheRailroad, in turn, arranges for dis-plays of goods made along the B. & M.lines. Exhibits are changed periodical-ly giving the thousands who streamthrough the North Station a chance tosee the industrial produce of the state ofMassachusetts.

The Sprague Electric display, whichwas placed on exhibition October 1and will be shown through October 24,was arranged by the Advertising De-partment of the Sprague ProductsCompany.

Service Pin Dinner to FeatureProfessional Entertainment

October 30, the date of the 15, 20,and 25-Year Service Pin Dinner israpidly approaching. When you getyour invitation be sure to reply thatyou will attend. A completely in-formal and enjoyable evening has beenplanned for your fun and entertain-ment in honor of your service recordwith the Company.

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Tallarico Joins CompanyEffective October 8, Philip Tallarico

was made Foreman in charge of theShipping Department and all Trafficmatters. The announcement was madeby Mr. S. S. McClure.

Mary Gordon WNAW Guest

Mary Gordon, secretary to RobertC*. Sprague, Jr., was one of the guestson the radio program "Your GoodNeighbors" which was broadcast overWNAW at 3:15 on October 7.

Mary, Richard Hunter, Vice-Presi-dent of the James Hunter MachineCompany, and Ralph Lloyd,'Managerof the North Adams Chamber ofCommerce, considered the questions'Who Is Going to Win the WorldSeries?" and "Are You in Favor ofthe Community Chest?" put to themby the moderator of the program andowner of the station, Courtney Nicol.

Mary described her work at SpragueElectric briefly and expressed an un-dying faith in the ability of theYankees to come through when thechips are down and win the WorldSeries. On the Community Chestquestion, Mary had many constructivecomments to make because she wasonce a door-to-door canvasser in herhometown of Princeton, New Jersey.Because Mrs. Gordon spent so much,time wishing the Yankees good luck,the panel could consider only two of thefour questions on their agenda.

The program "Your Good Neigh-bors" is designed to give the citizensof this community from all walks oflife an opportunity to express theiropinions on general affairs. The pro-gram alternates between citizens ofNorth Adams and Bennington and isheard every Sunday.

Riders WantedBecket to North Adams or along the

route, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. shift.Contact David Gore, Factory Eng-ineering Department, Marshall Street.

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Anniversary

Publishing Staff

EditorKatharine Rosenburg

Circulation: Marion Caron Social Chairman: Ann Heath

ASSISTANT EDITORSKit Carson, Joann Deans, Tom Cullen, Etta Owen, Mary Gordon, Jim

Oldhain, Peter Mancuso and Larry Haskins.

SportsKenneth Russell

PhotographerAl Horsfall

BEAVER STREET REPORTERS

Betty Fleury, John Davis, Susan Bishop, Harry Embry, Joyce Harrington,Gertrude Hall, Marie LaFlamme, Frances Melito, Florence Clough, JohnWalsh, Marge Wittig, Clifford Domenichini, Delia Keating, Barbara Jones,Dora Landry, and Frances Partenope.

MARSHALL STREET REPORTERS

Audrey Bowen, Gloria Dragotta, Cecile Trudeau, Laurence Hiser, JaniceRobinson, Marjorie Hauptfleisch, Nini Sacco, Mary Bernard, Barbara King,Mario Magnani, Emma Mutart, Edward O'Neil, Rita English, Jane Gordon,Julia Desrosiers, Ralph Fressola, Elizabeth Ryan, Nick Richardello, IdaGigliotti, Ceil Risch, Ceil Shanahan, and Viola Levesque.

BROWN STREET REPORTERS

William Currant, Ruth Bass, Mary Bua, Jeannette Cady, Charles Felix,Ann Heath, Elizabeth Jangrow, Dorothy D'Arcangelo, Gladys Kirkpatrick,Corena Tatro, Connie Urbano, Bertha Vaughn, Laddie Meranti, Frank Santelli,Eleanor King, Marion Andrews, Lillian Forbush, Erminia Sweeney, and Georgi-mae Joy.

"Every Sprague Employe an Assistant Reporter"

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EditorialThe New York Yankees have won the series; Princess Elizabeth

2nd her consort are touring Canada. Those arc the two news itemswhich have made up the headlines of the majority of the dailynewspapers for the past few weeks.

Newspapers are run on a business basis. They are designed, incontent and lay-out, to sell. Those are the two subjects which weAmericans have been interested in reading about, or they wouldn'tappear in the prominent places on the first page of most dailypapers.

Step by step, detail by detail, supposedly democratic-mindedAmerica has devoured eagerly all the information available as tothe plans of the royal couple, what the princess was wearing, andwhat Philip was saying to her in solicitous undertones. Never wassuch interest taken in Margaret Truman's dress, career, or love life.Paralleling this fascination by the pomp and ceremony of royaltywas an immense appetite for the latest World Series news. Majorleague baseball, although this is a little more understandable as itis in the American tradition, occupied more than once the right-hand corner space, a spot reserved for the most important news.

A man from Mars glancing at the newspapers which reflectwhat we want to read about and what we are thinking about wouldnot have the slightest inkling that our planet was tottering perilous-ly on the brink of a third global war, a war which would threatendestruction to both victor and defeated. And not only would hebe amazed to find there was a conflict brewing, but that this con-flict would be a very important one being a war of ideologies, aclashing of two economic systems, the communist state versus in-dividualism. And he would be amazed to learn that Americanmen were fighting in Korea.

The news from Korea has been occupying a subordinate positionin our reading matter and in our minds. As we have pushed it tothe bottom of the page, we have pushed it down to our subconscious,an ugly and unpleasant thing only to be looked at now and then.It is only natural and human to want to be occupied with thepleasant things in life, but unless we begin to show some concernfor the forces threatening our peace and "peace of mind", we shallnot have an opportunity to lose ourselves in the excitement of com-petitive baseball or the splendor of royal capers.

Thousands of Americans are fighting, and, incidentally, dying inKorea. Over one hundred boys from Sprague Electric alreadyare in the service. Some are on the battlefields of Asia; the majorityare receiving military training at camps and bases here in the UnitedStates in preparation for combat. Periodically, their addresses arepublished here in the LOG in the hope that someone will recognizethe name of a boy they used to work with and will drop him a linetelling how things are going here at home and, more important,showing that the people here are interested in him and appreciativeof the sacrifices he is making. Go through some of your back issuesof the LOG, watch for the addresses which will appear in the nextissue; make use of them.

Let's get a proper perspective and put first things first.

Octoher 19, 1951

Anniversary

/ Airplanes Contributing To Production And Sales

William Benedetti, Company pilot, taxis Sprague Electric aircrafton to runway at Ilarriman Airport. _On the pilot's right is William JINolan. John Hyde, mechanic at the airport, left, and Robert C. Spra-gue, Jr., right, occupy the hack seat.

and that the pilot make use of a checklist before starting the plane, taxiing,take-off, after take-off, and beforelanding. At all times, the safety of thepassengers is considered first, and theaircraft comes second. Smoking inthe plane is not allowed during roughweather, take-offs, approaches, land-ings, or on the ground. To preventany rare possibility of an explosion oflighter fluid in a closed cockpit, anelectrically operated lighter has beeninstalled for the use of smokers. And

in the interests of safety, prescribedroutes have been set up for all trips,making use of less hazardous terrain.

To promote further safe operatingprocedures, the Company has lent andinstalled a VHF Unicom Unit atHarriman Airport which transmits andreceives on 122.8 megacycles. Thienables the aircraft to have radio-contact with the airport at all times.

Because the airplane is used almostcontinuously, conditions permitting,the Company has a full-time pilot whodevotes himself exclusively to the

Once again the Sprague Electric employes have done their sharein making the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit so highly successful here inNorth Adams.

To those who came to the Masonic Temple to give blood, and tothose who answered emergency appeals at the Hospital, our sincere thanks.

Also, thanks to the Sprague Electric Company and the SpragueElectric LOG for their generous contributions.

William J. StackpoleChairman, Red Cross Blood Program

Roger W. GirouardCarolyn JustJack O'LearyGertrude FalveyCyrilla McKennaClementine TapellaHarold TwitchellBarbara DavineGerald BarshdorfDolores DomenichiniIda GaunIrene VareschiLeo PetersMarie LemoineKatherine StinnetteJoan BurnsAnna FortouPaul BergeronReal RemillardRichard GageantAgnes PerryWilliam MartinViola CrosierLorraine MoreauHelen ScarboMilton HattatEstelle CrossJosephine GaspardiJane MulcahyCharles TowijeeGertrude VolpiRobert J. BurnsProsper LussierDoris ShaffnerCarl VaughanRobert AndrewsBlanche HarrisFrancis CzerwinskiBernice BeverlyAlbert LorenzoBernard BeldingRose FavreauArthur ChristopherIrene O'HennNoella SheppardFrances MelitoLois ParisienAmen AttalaJames Crawford

Blood Donors Honor RollJoan O'I learnBenjamin BanulesJacqueline PoirotWalter EstesMichael JosephTheresa CoutouLila DickinsonWilliam FortiniAlyce FrenchHarry Green IanEthel LoweStanley GawronGladys KilbrideSydney CoulterCatherine SutliffFrancis MessinaLoran EstesRobert LoweEarl CrosierSam SpagnolaArthur HewittEva BrownJanice ChesbroCarl SullivanErnest BlondinClyde LevyFlorence HannaleckEllen ArmstrongDomenic BlasiRoyden DouglasCrawford BellowsLeo LaliberteDorotha SpragueMarion RolnickAngie PontierLena ShepardRuth RichmondLawrence JeffersJohn OgilvieJuliet DupellIrene BergendahlStanley DorstRobert SheehanBetty RobertsLaddie MerantiZygamond NashAdam NovakRena BuaWilliam Rowland

piloting and care of the ship. William('.. Benedetti, an ex-Navy Lieut., j .g .who flew fighters and dive bombersduring World War II, is employed asCompany pilol and is a member of theEmploye Relations Department. Billhas commercial pilol airplane single-engine land, flight instructor, andinstrument ratings.

Requests for the use of the airplaneare made by Department I leadsthrough Miss Hazel Chappie of JulianK. Sprague's oil ice or the EmployeRelations Department. Miss Chappiedear s with the Employe RelationsDepartment where the flights arescheduled.

When demands for the use of the air-craft are greater than it is possible forone plane to meet, Robert C Sprague,Jr. pilots the other Navion.

With two airplanes in the air,Sprague Electric, has taken to com-mercial flying in a big way with anemphasis on safety and well-organizedflight plans. And aviation is con-tributing to the growing business of agrowing organization, and to this endthe progress of the development of theNorth Adams Municipal Airport hasgreatly aided this important activity.

Service Pin DinnerContinued from Page 1

The affair will start -Ai with cock-tails at 6:15 p.m., i delicious smorgas-borg to be served at 7:15, followed bya short presentation speech by RobertC. Sprague and the awarding of theservice pins by Mr. Sprague. ThisService Pin Dinner will mark the firsttime that 25-year pins have beenawarded. Robert C. Sprague, MollinAvery, Julian K. Sprague, Samuel B.Darmstader, Harry'Kalker, and Wil-liam J. Nolan will receive 25-year pins.Mr. Darmstader, who is SpragueElectric's Chicago sales representative,is going to make every effort to bepresent.

The officers and directors of theCompany will be guests at this dinner,and Jack Washburn will be the cap-able M.C.

The entertainment after the presen-tation of the pins will feature TheTuckers, a talented young couple whowill present an hour and a half ofastonishing telepathy and spiritseances. The Tuckers promise if youfiave never seen a ghost, you will onOctober 30. The audience will benvited to participate in the show.

Sounds good, doesn't it? Get yourwife or husband out of that comfortablechair for this one evening and attendthe Service Pin Dinner. If you are notmarried, you are cordially invited toaring a guest.

King Promoted to Foreman

Vernon King has been promoted toForeman of the Mica Department atBrown Street. Mr. King, who is aparticipant in the Specialized Train-'ng Program, formerly was a super-

visor in the Mica Department.Announcement of the promotion was

nade on October 1 by Mr. HaroldBrafman.

ohn Davis-lelen MancusoAlfred BergeronVlerida BaldassariniHerbert FarnellRuth BassWilliam Trangritsabelle Fuller

Charles ConnorsEdmund SharronAlice LunneyCarl Butler

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Blood Donors Honor RollContinued from Page 2

Elizabeth RyanLawrence BrothersAlderic GamacheRaymond JohnsonAnna CroninFrank SegalaVictor ObenhausGeraldine DelisleDorothy GotzensCarl PauseExelia TatroThomas HurleyStanley BagdonArthur MolleurHerbert HaworthRay HunickeRaymond BrownFred ScarboroughCharles CarsnoEdward SuthersAngelo MastroianniWilliam PrattJohn CampbellWilliam CollierKenneth BrooksMalvina PrudhommeRichard CloutierCarl EstesHenry PepinGrace LambertDorothy DiSantiStella GraneyBarbara FortiniMarion ScottBetty BusbyClifford MorseJoan BohlJoseph AlongiArthur OlsonLivingston RicePaul NetherwoodPearl BertPaul CaudellEmma UnderwoodAlbert AllardCharles KozlowskiEdward MulvaneyConstance GordonJoseph BrewerMarian SenecalNorma La BrieWilliam MorehouseMargaret ColetteCourtney FlandersEthel FosserJohn AldrichMary SolomonAlbert HarveyWilliam ChampagnyMary MazzaFlora HaumuellerGeorge MulcahyChristine AndrewsGeorge PaquinVirginia DelisleClaire ChicoineSally ChannellRaymond ChalifouxMargaret GreenFrancis WinpennyEvelyn JonesHelen FolinoAlfred FolinoHelen LamoureuxEleanor Wojcik

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Anniversary

Los Holds Annual Banquetby Kenny Russell

Roberf C. Sprague, Julian K.Sprague, and Arpiar SaundersGuest Speakers At Affair

The Sprague Electric LOG held itsannual banquet on October 10 at theClarksburg Sportsmen's Club with 75people in attendance.

The tables wrere in keeping with theseason as beautiful marigolds and"mums" were set in shapely jardinieresthroughout the room. Later on, eacharrangement of flowers was taken homeby the lucky ticket holder whose num-ber was drawn by our master of cere-monies, Paul Fern.

The tables were set in the form of ahuge E. Oddly enough, the one whichheld a real miniature LOG set withthree candles was placed directly infront of Peter Mancuso and, of course,Peter was the lad who made it.

Paul Fern (King George) certainlycan make an evening a most joyousone. He is always alert, taking in every-thing, and when he ad-libs, look out.

After tossing out some of his usualsatire, Paul introduced Mr. R. C.Sprague. Mr. Sprague found that inlooking back over the thirteen yearsthe Sprague Electric LOG has been inexistence our paper was compar-able to a ship and her crew. We hadbobbed along on the high seas of tur-moil, but this hardy crew had stoodtogether and rode out the storm. Mr.Sprague remarked that it was always apleasure to be present and see theprogress made by the LOG staff andreporters.

Mr. J. K. Sprague was our nextspeaker and he too expressed hisappreciation of the fine job the staff,the reporters, and the employes as awhole were doing in making the Spra-gue Electric LOG the fine paper thatit is today.

Mr. Saunders, owner of the Grey-lock Photo-Engraving Company, ex-pressed his pleasure in doing businesswith the LOG. Mr. Saunders does thephoto-engraving for all the picturesused in the LOG.

Katharine Rosenburg, editor of theLOG, thanked all who had contributedto the LOG and expressed her apprecia-tion of the fine, cooperative spiritshown by the staff and the reporters.She thanked Ann Heath, Social Chair-man, who assisted by Emma Mutart,Ceil Trudeau, Fran Melito, and BettyJangrow, had worked very hard tomake the LOG party a success.(Editor's note: She also thankedKenny Russell for his loyalty to theLOG and the hard work which heputs in writing almost a full page ofsports copy for each issue.)

Al Horsfall was on hand, as he al-ways is, for those pictures that tellthe real story of any affair.

Entertainment followed the banquet.

Highlights of Log PartyTom "Mullin Head" Cullen led

everyone in group singing. Jack Wash-burn out-did Tom on all the musicalnumbers. E. L. Ward seemed to begetting a kick out of the entire pro-ceedings. Miss Lowe sang a fine solo.Tables led by Jack Washburn and Mr.Ward tried valiantly to out-sing each

other. Those fellows who don't wearhats now have shown us why they don't.Jim Oldham had a wonderful time laugh-ing at everyone. Joann Deans and FranMelito brought down the house wit lit heirCharleston. Entertainment included atheatre skit, the Charleston,a hula-huladance, and an appearance by Mae West.

Kenny Russell falls with his manypackages after disturbing a wholerow of people ''at the movies".

From left to right: Kenny Russell, Jim Oldham, John Davis, TomCullen, and Peter Mancuso. These gentlemen, under Kenny's direc-tion, put on the hilarious theatre skit. Complete with outlandishhats, popcorn, whisperings, and many disturhances, everyone enjoyedan evening at the movies. Marion Richards accompanied the ivct onthe piano.

Joann Deans and Fran Melito almost stopped the entertainmentwhen they went into their exuberant Charleston. The costumes areauthentic period pieces. After a few minutes of their routine, the fiirlhdidn't look as energetic as they do in this picture.

We think Mae West was the beat.Complete with parasol and furs,she slinks out to do her act.

From left to right: Ralph Fressola, Jack Washburn, Robert C. Spra-gue, Jr., and Chick Currant enjoy some close harmony. Standing atthe back are Ethel Lowe and Larry Haskins.

Julian K. Sprague was one of the guest speakers at the LO(J banquet.At the left is Emma Mutart, one of the members of the Social Commit tee,who helped plan the party, and on the right, Marion Caron.

Joann Deans shows how dancingwas done in the Charleston days tothe amusement of the spectators.

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Department News

Brown Street

Miscellaneous ResistorAssembly

October, November, December, oh,dear!

It nn't so far to winter from here,And Jean L. is very busy knitting

mittensFor Christmas — Get your orders in,

girls.Midge Lacross's little son is suffer-

ing from rheumatic fever. Get wellsoon, Buddy.

Vau Burnette spent her vacation atLake Sadawga. She had planned toanchor the "floating island", but some-body beat her to it. Too bad, Vau,you might have become famous.

The girls are all wondering whereJean Levy buys the lovely hot dogsshe has for lunch. They look sodelicious.

Best wishes for a happy birthday toLaura Roy, October 16. Hope youhad fun.

We are glad Janet J. decided to staywith us.

Sorry Marion Green is out on leave.Come back soon.

Clyde Hirst spent his vacation inSpringfield and Philadelphia. Believeit or not, folks, he has a little sunburn.It seems the weather was rather warmin that part of the country.

If anyone finds any parts of a 1941Chevrolet on any highway, they belongto Shirlene Lehman. Better take thebus or train, Shirl.

Kay O'Connor is very happy thesedays. Her son, Jack, is back in thestates after spending a few months onsea duty.

Jennie Garceau attended a FallFashion Show in Boston recently.

ELECTRIC October 19, 1951

Anniversary

KVA

Belated birthday greetings to RuthBeaudin, and anniversary wishes toAlbert and Josephine Messina.

According to the ring on JennieSchubel's finger, we'll soon be attend-ing a wedding.

Frank Santelli likes his job somuch that one morning, recently, hecame to work at three o'clock. Itseems the clock stopped and Frank,hearing the cars whiz by his house,decided that it must be time for work.Imagine the surprise he must havegotten when he arrived at work at suchan hour. From what we are told,Frank slept in his car for the next threehours. Bet that will never happenagain.

Now, more than ever, I'm con-vinced that Millie Mahoney's favoritebaseball player is Joe DiMaggio.

A certain baseball fan in our groupis so pleased with the Yankee successthat he's now sporting a new shirtwith "New York Yankees" colorfullypainted across the chest.

Dana Davis has returned from awell-earned vacation.

Frank Santelli wishes all the RedSox fans better luck in the next fifteenyears.

Industrial OilFinal Assembly

Martha Davis still is out recuperat-ing from her illness. Hope you'll bewith us soon, Martha.

Laura Lanoue is enjoying her vaca-tion. Have a nice time, Laura.

Georgimae Joy and Bill Druryare back with us after enjoying theirvacations.

Best of luck to our newest bride,Marion Loholdt, who is married toGouch Morin. They are residing at512 South State Street.

Margaret Malone was absent

Know Your Research StaffDr. Sidney D. Ross is in charge of the

Organic Chemistry research laboratory.It is the function of this laboratory toinvestigate the fundamental chemicaland electrical properties of thosematerials which are of interest to theengineering and production depart-ments and to develop new materialshaving special properties needed bythese departments. The engineeringdepartments more directly concernedwith developing new or better productsfor production turn to the organic labwhen materials having certain specificproperties are needed. The organiclab then goes to work and developsmaterials meeting the specificationssubmitted. The work of the organiclaboratory aims at developing newdielectrics, new insulating films, newplastic materials and new additivesto modify the properties of existingmaterials.

The director of organic research iswell qualified for his'job, having re-ceived a B.A. from Harvard in 1939, anM.A. from Boston University in 1940,and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1944.Dr. Ross, who was born in Lynn,Massachusetts, is a member of PhiBeta Kappa, Sigma Xi, the AmericanChemical Society, the Chemical Societyof London, and the Association ofHarvard Chemists. He was a re-search associate at Harvard Universityand worked on special projects for the

Dr. Sidney I). Ross

Office of Scientific Research and De-velopment. Just before coming toSprague Electric in 1946, he held thePittsburgh Plate Glass Company fel-lowship at Harvard University.

Dr. Ross is the author or co-authorof numerous scientific articles whichhave appeared in the "Journal of theAmerican Chemical Society."

A perfectionist, Dr. Ross brings agreat ideal of thoroughness to hisabsorbing job as director of organicresearch.

from work last week because of the ill-ness of her father.

Frank Lineberry is back to workafter being out ill.

Industrial Oil RollingAnyone wanting to buy artificial

flowers, contact Margurite Walsh.It seems she found some flowers on thetable and thinking they were for sale,sold them to Lorraine Bullett. Thenthey had to be returned to the originalowner, Connie Bush.

Hurry back, Goldie Shea, we missyou.

Albina Bouchard is back after aleave.

Vacation news: Evelyn Jones inthe Catskills, Francis Kolis to thefairs, and Helen Shields at home.

Frances Miles has retired to thewilds of the Mohawk Trail on an ex-tended leave.

Industrial Oil Rolling(Nights)

The battle of the bulge just didn'thave a chance this month. There weretwo decorated birthday cakes. Onefor Mae Szetela and the other forBertha Raymond. Also, a cake forFrances Pitoniak who left us to workdays, and a picnic supper for Ceil

Bolus who left us to await the storkCeil was presented with a nile greenbaby bunting from the gang.

Millie Lepak is enjoying a vacation.Happy anniversary wishes to Jean-

nette Boucher and her hubby ontheir eighth wedding anniversary,jeannctte also i= enjoying a vacauon.

Frances Schmidt enjoyed a pleas-ant week end in New York recently.

Industrial Oil StackingWe hear that Walt Braman spent

his vacation "down on the farm" andhad a very nice time.

Paul Burdick is on the road again.Watch your fenders, folks, here hecomes.

It's a good thing sugar isn't rationed.Harold Alderman uses it in hisshower.

Tweedles Zanett and CharlieZocchi are giving the torch solderersinstruction in the art of playing base-ball.

Hollice Belding paid us a surprisevisit and we all wished him "BonVoyage". He is shipping out forGermany this month.

Margaret Kernahan is out ill.She is getting along very well. Wemiss you, Mary, and hope you will beback soon.

Bennington Plant NewsWe welcome back Charlie Bailey

who has been hospitalized.Our bowling team has been entered

in the City League at the Bowlaway.To date, the team has won two matcheswhile losing one. Reggie Perrottcaptains the bowlers.

To Ann Cross, we wish the best ofluck.

Harold Peters and Ralph Bloodare two familiar figures seen herelately. Both used to work at BrownStreet. Ralph has started a chinchillafarm at his place in Stamford.

Introducing to you YvonneThibodeau, Jane Clark, and GerryRacicat. Step right up, gents, andfocus your eyes on three high-steppingBennington beauties. Yvonne Thibo-deau is employed as a wire coater, andis married. For a hobby, she has avaried collection of knic-knacs. Shealso is an ardent Giant fan. JaneClark is the only single girl of thisglamorous trio. She also is a wire

coater who bowls during her free time.Gerry Racicat is married and has twosons. She is an excellent bowler andat work, you can find her busy checkingwire.

George and Harriet McClenithenhave two sons on Benhi's varsity foot-ball squad this year.

Office NewsSgt. First Class Frederic Marche-

giani, from Camp Pickett, Va., spentthe week end with his family at Wil-liamstown and Bennington, while be-ing transferred from the 43rd Divisionto the 2nd Army. He formerly wasemployed at the Marshall Street plant.Mildred Marchegiani, in the office, isFrederic's mother.

A newcomer to our office is IonaLemieux. She is our switchboardoperator "with a smile". Her hus-band, Prince, is a Bennington policeofficer and they have a daughter,Linda,

Resistor Assembly

Ceil Wilk is back at work afterseveral weeks of illness.

Steffie Leja recently underwent anoperation, and will be out for severalweeks.

Rachel Davis is back from hervacation.

Jessie Pike took a vacation lastweek.

Lucy Abrusi was married onOctober6 to John Kenney. Best of luck toboth of you from your co-workers,Lucy.

It's a girl for Gina Tomyl and a boyfor Doris Kozlowski, the two set-upgirls for the winders. Congratulationsto both of you.

Congratulations to Chick Currantfrom his co-workers on his promotion.

PAA Rolling

Christmas may seem a long way off,but actually it's only about ten weeksaway. At noon time, some of the girlsin our room knit furiously tryingto get their Christmas presents made intime.

If anyone ever has to go up-streetduring lunch period, Pauline Bulettialways is ready to offer a ride in her car.The only difficulty is somebody else hasto give you a ride up to where Pauline'scar is parked. Never mind, Pauline,you've been a good sport about all therazzing, and besides it's better to belaughed at than cried over.

If you want information on how toeat and stay slim, just ask H.:lenCutler. She may be small, but she caneat any of the bigger girls under thetable.

No matter how late in the season it is,Anita Crescimbeni always managesto bring a small bouquet of flowersevery week. Where do you get sucha variety of flowers, Anita?

Some of the girls went up to MaryDilego's house last week, and we hada swell time. I certainly like yourhats, Mary. Thanks for letting memodel them, but on you, they lookbetter.

Wire Coating

Some folks know how to pick a vaca-tion. Betty Jangrow decided to takea late vacation this year. Indiansummer is a nice time to visit Canada,and that is just what she is going to do.

Eva and Lurice Faour have re-turned from Atlantic City, New Jersey.The girls attended a convention whilethere. All in all, they had a very nicetime.

Who said house cleaning? It musthave been Gert Volpi who is knee deepin papering and painting her home.She certainly has pep.

Rumor has it that Lucille Millerand her family were seen zooming alongthe highway towards Plattsburg, NewYork last week end. The purpose ofthe trip was a pleasant visit withLucille's mother, Mrs. King of Scotia,New York.

Hollis Herrington is now a gob,bell bottom trousers and all. We allwill miss you, Hollis, and we are veryproud of you.

Joseph Gauthier has returned tohis home town, Bennington, Vermont.Of course, he will continue to work forSprague Electric only he is now at theBennington plant. We all miss you,Joe.

Beaver Street

Bathtub Assembly

We welcome back our co-workerswho have been on leave: SylviaSolomon, Ronnie Messina, DorisLussier, and Mary Bourdon.

Another belated birthday party was

held last week. The guests of honorwere Bertha Jennings and HenryMeczywor.

Rose Lecuyer and Chris Andrewsare the last of the vacationers. Bothare going to New York for a few days.Have a good time, girls.

We were sorry to hear of SophiaJaskiewicz's accident. We hope shewill soon be out: of the hospital andback with us.

Rose Lecuyer's son, Corporal Rol-and A. Lecuyer, is home on leave fromCamp Atterbury, Indiana.

Joan Bohl needs a ride from CurranHighway. Anyone able to oblige?

We see Bill Armbruster has hiswinter clothes out of moth balls. If histics keep his chest as warm as he claims,he need not worry about havingtonsilitb this winter. That new browntie certainly will keep his throat warm.

Thanks to Carolyn Grant, we havesomeone^ in our department who willrepresent us on a bowling team.

It's true Nero fiddled while Romeburned. It's also true Jessie Meczy-wor weeps while Pete Grande gloatssince the Yankees won the WorldSeries.

Metal Clad (Nights)

Theresa Thomas was presentedwith a beautiful cake on her birthdayanniversary. She also received severallovely gifts from the girls.

Pat Roy and Jeannette Beeberecently got their driver's licenses.Mary Chalifoux is learning how todrive also. Pedestrians, beware!

It's nice having Phil Smachettiback after her unfortunate fall downstairs.

We will enjoy having Gert Bobowicback soon. She is on the road to re-covery after a recenc iiiness.

Welcome back to Mary Shaker andMary Mallone. You were missed byall.

Congratulations are extended to Mr.and Mrs. Harry Haskins on thearrival of a baby daughter and to Mr.and Mrs. Franklin Williams who arethe proud parents of a son. Bothbabies were born at the North Adamshospital.

Mr. and Mrs. James Clarke cele-brated their twentieth wedding an-niversary recently.

Birthday greetings were extendedto Pat Roy from the girls.

Clyde MacDonald is looking for-ward to a well-deserved rest and vaca-tion. His plans are indefinite but weknow he will have fun.

Our sympathy goes to HarrietMorin and Shirley Lesniak on therecent death in their family.

Upper Offices

We would like to welcome EmmaRolland to the Upper Offices. Wehope you enjoy working with us.

Vacations are still going on. BillCampedelli is spending the secondweek of his vacation at home, CharlieRyan just returned from his vacationlooking quite rested, and JaniceBlanchard tells us she and her husbandhad a marvelous time traveling toNiagara Falls, the Thousand Islands,and Boston.

We were very sorry to have FranButler leave us on October 6. Thegirls had a farewell party and get-to-gether at Heartwellville Lodge onOctober 3. Fran received a purse ofmoney. All reports indicated a goodtime.

Sylvia Golka had herself a realvacation when she went home to visither parents in L'Anse, Michigan. Wecan imagine how glad everyone was tosee her.

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October 19, 1951 SPRAGUE

Upper OfficesContinued from Page 4

Farewells were also in order a fewweeks ago when Fran Gatto came backfrom her vacation and reported to hernew job in Factory Engineering. Wesincerely hope that she likes working"downstairs".

Happy birthday wishes to FloClough.

Paper Rolling (Nights)Your reporter also was a very in-

terested spectator at the Family Day.And it was nice greeting old friends,meeting new friends, and seeing thenew departments. My two little In-dians got foot-weary and Mommie andDaddy had to stop, much to our dis-appointment. Hope we have another,soon.

And lias anyone noticed the bigsmile on our boss, Al Bergeron.Of course, he is a Yankee fan.

It is "so long" to Wanda Mazin-ski who has left us, and Ruth Steelewho was transferred.

And "hello" to Zita Pedrin andMary Spagnolo. Hope you like ourgang.

A son was born to Dorretta Varieurand her husband. Congratulations.

Miscellaneous PaperAssembly

Alice Nichols has been smiling a lotlately. Reason? Her son, Jimmy, was

Ida Fowler's son, Bill, recently en-joyed a furlough at home with his wifeand two children I le visited our roomand we think he certainly looks good.

I lope von will soon be home for IMHKIBill.

We hope Mary Baldassarini'shusband will be feeling belter soon.He has been seriously ill.

Marshall Street

FormationLen Bourrie is sporting a new car

these days. Some class, I'll say.Baseball is still the chatter, but

where have the Red Sox fans gone?Those Giants certainly picked up a lotof supporters in the last days of thegames. How about that Jim Shea,Adam Pevoski, and Napoleon Pat-enaude?

What would happen if Bish Goyetteand Bill Schink went fishing in thesame boat with Art Hewitt's bait?

What would happen if our two"Coffee Kings", Connie Cronin andBabe Gilbert put coffee in the* coffeepot.

What would happen if "Singing"Sam Spagnolo shaved every day?

Art Hewitt, a supervisor with ;i

smile, has a little farm up in Clarks-burg that takes up much of his time.He grows many types of vegetables,also, some very fine squabs. Art isnow going in for live bait. So if youlike to fish, remember he has shiners.

Network and FiltersFirst of all, we would like to say

welcome to the two new girls in our de-partment. We hope they like workingwith us.

Now that Catherine Bergeron isback from her vacation, the room isnoisy again. Glad to see you back,Kitty.

Marie Lemoine is on her vacation.Have a good time, Marie.

Congratulations are in order forMiles Heath on buying his new house.We certainly hate to have you leaveNorth Adams, Miles.

Sylvia Kowalski is back with usagain. Glad to have you back, Syl.

We extend our deepest sympathy toMr. Foote on the recent death of hisbeloved wife and our co-worker,Margaret Foote. She will always be

Marshall Street RollingPfc. John Reilly, Jr., a clerk in the

U. S. Air Force, was a recent visitor.John is on a ten-day furlough fromSampson Air Base, Sampson, NewYork. When his leave ends, he willreport to Barnes Air Base, San Antonio,Texas. He formerly was employed inthis department.

Pfc. Robert Sindermann has arrivedin Germany. Bob was a former employeof this department.

Bill Richard is ill at his home. Hopeyou have a quick recovery, Bill.

Danny Donovan took part in thehuman Holy Rosary at WahconahPark, Pittsfield, at which BishopWelden officiated.

CeramicsIda Gigliotti is taking a much-

needed rest at home on her vacation,with a week end trip to New York.Here's hoping the weather will befavorable. Your reporter will see youall when she gets back.

I want to announce to our friendswho have been looking forward to thequartet's appearance on "Teen-AgeBarn" that we were told we were tooyoung for that program. They re-ferred us to the "Juvenile Jamboree".

If you never saw a non-smokersuddenly devour cigarettes by thecarton, drop in at the Ceramic Laband watch Frank Recny. Why aregrooms so nervous?

Ann Little attended the WorldSeries. It was especially exciting for

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her because her nephew is a pitcherwith the Giants.

Test Equipment Engineering

In our column of May 18, we servedwarning that this department was outto win one of the prizes in our fishingcontest, and have spent the interveningtime harassing our fishermen on togreater efforts and keeping our fingerscrossed. And so it is with happinessthat we congratulate Charlie Lincolnas the winner in the small mouth bassdivision and say thank you, Charlie,for making our prediction come true.Incidentally, Charlie has purchased aneighteen cubic foot Harper deep freezeunit to store his fish and in anticipationof the fruits of the hunting season.May you fill it to capacity, Charlie.

Michael Puppolo, Seaman FirstClass, and a former Sprague Electricemploye now serving aboard theU.S.S. Columbus which docked recent-ly at the Charlestown Navy Yard, isspending a four-day furlough with hismother, Mrs. Harold Green. Sonny,as Michael is popularly known, is homefor his first visit in nine months. Hisship has been cruising in Mediterraneanwaters for a year and on its return tothe states was delayed by the hurricanealong the eastern seaboard. Alice hasbeen the envy of the department girls,due to the gifts Sonny has sent her fromeverj' port he touched. From thisvisit, Alice is the proud possessor ofChanel No. 5, direct from the perfumehouse in Paris. Best of luck, Sonny,and fair sailing.

Mary Mazza spent her annual vaca-tion fall house cleaning and so hasfinished a detested job ahead of the restof us. No gloating, Mary, it isn't fair.

Bob Bardsley is one of those rarepersons

Whose friendly and thoughtful waysHave left a mark of gladnessOn countless pleasant daysAnd so he's wished a birthdayThat's extra bright and fairWith happiness and pleasureAround him everywhere.

Machine Shop

Welcome, George Maxim of Benn-ington and Harold Field of Green-•field to our newly-established sampledepartment in the Marshall StreetMachine Shop. Hope you boys en-joy being with us.

John Murray enjoyed his last weekof vacation moving his family fromHall Street to Holbrook Street.

Richard Mazinski is repairing hisrecently-purchased house in North

Bernard Barnhart spent his vaca-tion, accompanied by Mrs. Barnhart

Prokar and PolyesterImpregnation

Fletcher Morgan was installed onOctober 3 as Master of St. John'sLodge of Pittsfield, affiliate of PrinceHall Grand Lodge of Masons. Mr.Morgan also is an active member ofthe Thomas Chapter, Royal Arch

Engagements

of the Metal Clad Department, visit-ing "Honeymooners' Paradise", Niag-ara Falls, and Canada.

Nick Richardello wishes to thankthe person who found his car keys whichwere lost in the parking lot.

John Murray, George Scarbo,James Cooper, Edmund Hinkell,Jr., Earl Williams, Bernard Barn-hart, William A. Brown, RudyDrobiak, and Louis Morocco makeup the Machine Shop Bowling Teamthis season.

Hope our team continues the oldMachine Shop winning tradition andbecome the "champs" of the 1951-1952season. Good luck, boys.

Masons and Van Horn Commandery,Knights Templar of Springfield and theImperial Council of Shrine, HolySepulchre Consistory of Boston.

We are sorry to hear RobertColumbus is leaving us. We wishhim luck in his new position.

Network and FilterDevelopment Section

We extend our congratulations toMr. and Mrs. Ralph Lesure on thebirth of their daughter, and to Mr.and Mrs. John Campbell on thebirth of their son.

We are wondering if Ralph Mac-Donald will ever find enough parts toget his car running.

Congratulations to Raymond Val-lieres and Carol Norman on theirmarriage.

We wish Michael Joseph success onhis new job. We miss his singing.

Beatrice Marsh is enjoying hervacations.

We offer our sympathy to StephanieDriscoll on the death of her father-in-law.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Giroux haveannounced the engagement of theirniece, Ruthe Janet Jones, to JosephA. Allard. The wedding is plannedfor November 10.

Joe is employed in the Can Shop.

Mr. and Mrs. John Skubel have an-nounced the engagement of theirdaughter, Genevieve, to John Ariazi.Genevieve is employed in KVA andJohn is employed in the Etch House.

Shower

Alice Ann Flaherty was the guest ofhonor at a greenback and miscellaneousshower held on September 27 at thehome of her parents. Alice's fiance,Pvt. Edward Lyons, is stationed atCamp Chaffee, Arkansas.

Alice is employed in Filter Assembly.

Weddings

Genevieve Alice Pisano, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Dominic Pisano, be-came the bride of Joseph AnthonyNuvallie, son of Mrs. Mary Nuvallie,at 9 o'clock on September 29 in St.Anthony's church. The bride is em-ployed in Paper Rolling.

Isabel Z. Jones, daughter of Mrs.Elizabeth Wilcox and the late RayCalvin Jones, and Ardent Paul Jensen,son of Mr. and Mrs. Axsel Jensen,were married on^October 1 at ,7 o'clockin the evening in the First Congre-gational church. The bride is employ-

ed in the Central Laboratory.

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Whitneyhave announced the marriage of theirdaughter, Joan Bardsley Whitney, toDonald Robert Millberry, son of Mr.and Mrs. Robert Millberry of Marble-head. The wedding took place inSt. Joseph's church in Providence,R. I. on July 23. Mrs. MillbeTy isemployed in General Maintenance.

BirthsSON to Mr. and Mrs FmdenVL-

Lavigne on September 28. Rita isemployed in Brown Street Paper Roll-ing.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Wilfred Bombardier on October 2.Cecilia is employed in Filter Assemblyand Wilfred is employed in F. P.Assembly.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Harry E. Haskins on October 3. Harryis the night supervisor in Metal CladTubular Assembly.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Earl Leonard on October 4. Lorraineis employed in Miscellaneous DryRolling—DG 24 Assembly.

SON to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin A.Williams on October 5. Mary is em-ployed in Metal Clad Tubular Assemb-ly, and the baby's grandmother, AliceGomeau, works in the office at BrownStreet.

DAUGHTER to Mr. and Mrs.Vernon Shippee on October 9. Vernonis employed in the Beaver Street BoilerRoom.

Ronald Brooks'mother is Marjorie Brooks of the Bathtub Assembly. Ronald plays the saxophone£in the*Drury High School Band. Laura Roy's daughter, Donna Marie,practices a few dance steps on the front lawn of her home. Laura is employed in Miscellaneous Resistor Assembly. Corena Tatro's three sons and her grandson line upfor a family portrait. From left to right: Ronald Tatro, FA, Cpl. Edward Tatro, and Bernard Tatro, MM Second Class. Bernard served in World War II. In front is Bernard,Jr. Corena is employed in Wire Coating. Dale Louise Angeli pushes a wheelbarrow of flowers in her Sunday best. Her father, Louis G. Angelo, works in the Can Shop. Pattiand Alan Green are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Green, both of whom are employed at Sprague Electric. Harold works in KVA and Alice is employed in Test EquipmentEngineering.

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Williams College WinsSecond Victory of Season

Fresh from its win over ConnecticutUniversity, the "Ephmen" continuedtheir winning ways by downing astubborn eleven, the University ofMass. Score 14-7. This game wasjust the opposite from the encounterof a year ago. A tight, well-playedgame with Williams just a little better.

Once again, Paul Cramer guided"The Purple" to victory and his toeaccounted for those all-importantpoints after touchdown. Big JohnKulsar played a whale of a game andfor thai matter so did the entire squad.Too little praise is sung for the fellowson the line who make possible the star'sheadline in the news.

Everyone is looking forward to thetitanic struggle that will be unfoldedon Weston field, October 20. Fortiat day will see the undefeated andvery strong Bowdoin "Polar Bears"in action. Williams will have to utilizeeverything to stem the high offensiveof the charges of Coach Walsh. Theyhave defeated Tufts, Wesleyan, andAmherst in that order and haveamassed better than 100 points inthose three games.

Belter be there, fans, and "Followthe Purple".

ELECTRIC October 19, 1951

Anniversary

Blood Donors Honor RollContinued from Page 3

Mary CozzaglioDorothy CardenAnna St. CyrBlanche CyrEdward SpragueWilliam ArmbrusterRoger Carpenterr,.,,,„- u/^r.

j • • • • • j ••••

Linwood Morse, Sr.Dorothy ShortSusan PolloneArvilla MaxwellMary CookGeorge PerrasArthur SpencerFrank SegallaRuth PindickCarl VaughanDonald RossJohn WashburnFrederick GroganWilliam Falcon -Walter CarpenterErnest LussierNancy PuppoloRobert Howard, Jr.Francis BrazeauKatie BryceHelen CloughNorman SchulzePearl McCreaRichard HosleyCeil MagnificoRobert FountainHelen UnisAgnes HoughtonEdward CookGeorge HullHelen KrzeminskiRichard BemisWilfred RondeauLawrence BrothersLillian AdamsWilliam J. CollierDoris RobertsAlbert DupuisHarold BrafmanGerald SullivanElizabeth Hamilton

WALKING DONORS

Richard BemisWilfred RondeauLillian AdamsJames NicolHarold BrafmanGeorge PerrasArt SpencerRuth PindickJohn WashburnWilliam Falcon

S P O R T S Kenny Russell

Yankees Win World Series — 4 Games to 2 — Defeat the Cinderella Team

High School Football —

Adams Defeated by Ptsfld.High, Drury Upsets Ptsfld.High, 19-12; WilliamstownIn Surprise Win

Yes, the "Blue Devils" rose to theheights to shackle the "Purple Ele-phants" from the Shire City. Leading13-12 at half time, the charges of CoachJohnny DelNegro completely dom-inated the last half and scored theclincher in the third quarter.

The game was won by Drury be-cause the hitherto weak ends refusedto be turned and raised havoc all after-noon with the Pittsfield running game.The Drury offensive clicked well andpaid off with three scores.

With this win, Drury, the defendingchamp, is assured of at least a tie forthe championship even if they bow toAdams.

Meanwhile, Adams was pastingPittsfield St. Joseph, 25-6, at Renfrewfield in Adams. Once again, "Chet"Bury led his team from the quarterback slot and Trottier scored threetouchdowns.

A real ball game between Druryand Adams is shaping up for theNovember date.

All high school football teams in theNorthern Berkshire League now havemet defeats. Yes, Adams High wasthe last school to end up on the shortend of the score. Pittsfield High down-ed the "Red and While" in a torridstruggle in the Shire City by the scoreof 14-7. This was rather unexpectedas Adams had shown a terrific offensein past games.

Although Chet Bury's passes werenot connecting, he played a stellar rolein ground-gaining and defensive meas-ures.

Meanwhile, Drury won its first en-counter with a Berkshire opponent bydowning Pittsfield St. Joseph, 19-0.Both teams played erratic ball withnumerous fumbles cropping out duringthe fray.

And how about this one? Williams-town-33, Deerfield 0. Yes, fans, thecharges of Coach Mickey Smith finally

hit the win column after four years ofcomplete famine.

The College Towners ran rough shodover their opponents and capitalizedon mistakes made by their opponents.

On October 6, Williams launched itshome season and defeated the Uni-versity of Connecticut in as thrilling afinish as has been witnessed in recentyears when they nipped the"U-Conns",7-6.

Williams did not start its sustaineddrive until the clock showed just threeminutes of playing time remaining.The "Purple" started out on its own23-yard line and finally, with but 55seconds left in the game, climaxed thisdesperate drive with a touchdown passtossed by Paul Cramer.

Then with both sides of the stands intense silence, Cramer sent the pigskinover the up-rights with a pretty place-ment that sent the Williams rootersinto wild glee. Shortly after the nextkickoff, the whistle sounded denotingthe end of the struggle.

Incidentally, the try for the extrapoint for the Connecticut eleven wasshut and hit the cross-bar. Thisvictory was a feather in the hat ofCoach Len Watters and his lads as theywere the decided underdogs.

Although at times the Williamssquad looked a trifle slow on the offense,the moral of the entire squad got a realshot in the arm with the win.

Men's Bowling Standings

National LeagueWon Lost

Dry Rolling 5 4Machine Shop 5 4Can Shop 5 4Lunch Room 4 5K.V.A. Stock 4 5A. C. Drys 4 5

American LeagueWon Lost

Automatic Rolling 6 3Western Electric 6 3Inspectors 6 3K.V.A 5 4Molders 3 6Food Service 1 8

At this writing, the fabulous NewYork Giants, who wrote story-bookhistory this year, are leading the New-York Yankees two games to one.

The winning of the National LeaguePennant by the Giants is now pasthistory and recorded in the recordbooks, but fans will long remember theincredible surge of the relentless Giantsas they closed the season with a rushto tie the Dodgers and make a play-offnecessary.

And what a play-off! First gamewon by the Giants; the bouncing backof the Dodgers to whitewash theDurocher men in the second encounter.

The third and final play-off game willlive in the annals of great major leaguebaseball forever. The ninth inningwas dramatic with the Dodgers lead-ing, 4-2, and within 2 outs of thepennant and a trip in the World Series,then Bobby Thomson stroked a mightyhome run with two mates aboard,blasting the hopes of the Dodgers andlifting the blazing, red-hot New YorkGiants into the pennant and the WorldSeries.

In sports, and life itself, there hasto be a winner and a loser.

The game was a heart-breaker forthe Brooklyn Dodgers to lose and atremendous climax for a team whichnever gave up and deserved the crown,the New York Giants.

Yes, fans, 1951 will go down inBaseball History as one of the greateststretch duels both leagues ever wit-nessed and ending in true "FrankMerriwell" style with the "Cinderella"team, the Giants, stealing the entiresportslight.

It's all over until next season andfor the third consecutive year theYankees reign supreme. They play-ed the better game and deserved theCrown.

In our book, little Phil Rizzuto,at shortstop for the Yankees, andMonte Irvin, outfielder for the Giants,were the outstanding single stars.

Little Phil sparkled afield andcame through when that timely hitwas needed.

Monte Irvin got off to a sensa-tional hitting streak and all togetherracked up 11 hits. He would have

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broken the World Series Record fotmost hits garnered by a player, butGene Woodling made two sensationalcatches in left field to rob Monte.Monte himself played a stellar de-fensive role in the outer garden.

We can't leave out the other brilliantjobs performed: Ed Lopat winning twogames; Alvin Dark smashing out 10hits including three doubles in onegame; Rookie Gil McDougald hittinga grand slam home run for the Yankeesand the fine job of pitcher Dave Kisloin the opener for the Giants. Oh, yes,Stanky kicking the ball out of Rizzuto'sglove.

Girls' Bowling Standings

The Sprague Electric Girls' BowlingTeams are well launched into theiiseason. Here is how the teams standas of October 12:

Won LostBeaverelles i i iThe Seabees } 9Industrial Oils. . . . ' . . 7 5The Pin Pals 3 9Independents 9 3The Filter Fillies 7 5Western Electric 6 6Network Amateurs. . . 3 9Scatter Girls 8 4Bloomerettes 3 9Sparkettes 7 5Scan ties 5 7

High Ind. Single, O. Coddaire.... 127High Ind. Triple, M. Wohler 294High Team Single, West. Elec.. . . 467High Team Triple, Beaverettes.. . 1285Low Ind. Single, I. Dobiak 39Low Ind. Triple, F. Luscia 136

Winner

WalterSchroeder

Joseph W.Roberts

StanleyZiaja

Charles F.Lincoln, Jr.

BernardLevesque

MiltonLavigne

EmmaUnderwood

SilasLancto

NickCarter

StanleyBagdon

JohnDavis

^ Winning Catches In Log Fishing ContestWeather Place

Kind of Fish Weight Length Conditions Caught Lure Rod

Rainbow Trout

Lake Trout

Native Trout

Small MouthBass

Brown Trout

Perch

Walleye Pike

Northern Pike

Pickerel

Bullhead

Large MouthBass

2 lbs., 12 ozs.

9 lbs.

1 lb., 9 ozs.

2 lbs., 8 ozs.

2 lbs., 7 ozs.

14 ozs.

5 lbs., 8 ozs.

11 lbs., 10 ozs.

3 lbs., 4 ozs.

1 lb., 1 oz.

1 lb., 11 ozs.

21J in

32 in.

15 | in

16^ in

18^ in.

\2\ in

24 in.

39 in.

24 in.

12£ in

14J in

Fair

Cloudy

Cloudy

BrightSunshine

Clear

Cloudy

Cloudy

Cloudy,Warm

Warm,Cloudy

Cloudy,Cold

Sunny,Warm

Battenkill

Cressman,Canada

Canada

Somerset,Vermont

SouthBranch

Burnett'sPond

HighgatesSprings, Vt

LakeHortonia

Cheshire

Mallet t'sBay

Cheshire

Grey Ghost

Davis Rig

Streamer

GardenTackle

GardenTackle

Live Bait

Johnson's Sil-ver Minnow

LiveMinnow

Daredevil

Large Red &White Spoon

LiveMinnow

SchroederSpecial

Marlin

Haddon

Trout Rod

Sunbeam

AtlanticCity

Steel CastingRod

Fly Rod

Laurentian

Benson

Steel

Reel

Monte

Marlin

Shakes-peare

CommonReel

Higgins

Pflueger

SouthBend

SouthBend

OceanCity

Benson

OceanCity

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Line

French Nylon

JapaneseSilk

Nylon

JapaneseSilk

H I

SilverStreak

CastingLine

Silk

()ceanCity

Nylon

Casting