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SPROGUE
THE MARK OF RELIABILITY
APRIL-MAY, 1965
T. F. Richardson New
Factory Manager
Thomas F. Richardson, formerly
Transistor Factory Manager at the
Concord Plant, has transferred to
Worcester to assume a similar position
at the new Sprague Electric Plant
there. Announcement of Mr. Richardson's appointment was made by
H. Kenneth Ishler, Vice President,
Semiconductor Division.
Mr. Richardson had served as
Transistor Factory Manager at Concord since 1962. From 1959 to 1962
he held various engineering and
supervisory responsibilities in the
Transistor Process Engineering Department at Concord.
A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Mr. Richardson attended local
schools and in 1952 graduated from
the University of South Carolina with
a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. While in college he
served as Chief Engineer for Radip
Station WACA, Camden, South
Carolina. Following graduation he
joined Sprague Electric in North
Adams where he held various positions in Research and Engineering.
In 1957 he joined Randco, Inc. of
Union Springs, New York as Chief
Engineer where he was involved in
the development of automotive electrical components. In 1959 he rejoined Sprague Electric at the Concord Plant.
Mr. Richardson is a Registered
Professional Engineer in the State of
New Hampshire and a member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE). He holds a first
class radio telephone operators license
under the Federal Communications
Commission and is a licensed amateur radio operator.
ARE YOU A DEFENSIVE
DRIVER?
See page 4 for details on
National Driving Test
8 Truck Drivers
Honored For Their
No-Accident Records
Sprague Electric truck drivers were
honored recently at their Annual
Dinner held at Taconic Park Restaurant, Williamstown. Eight regular
and two spare drivers were recognized
for their accident-free driving records.
Heading the list of accident-free
drivers was William Cooper who received an eight year pin and Walter
Maynard who received a six year
award.
Two drivers, Edward Bourdon and
Clifford Morse, were recognized for
their five year accident-free records.
They each received a pin and a $25
U. S. Savings Bond. For four years of
safe driving George Shurtleff received
a pin tie clasp. Three other drivers,
George MacDonald, William Matthews and Henry Knight, received one
year accident-free driving pins. Presentations were made by John D.
Washburn, Corporate Director of Industrial Relations and Frederick H.
Potter, Factory Manager.
During the past year, three regular
drivers were involved in minor accidents in which property damage
occurred. Since the truck driver's
safety program was inaugurated nine
years ago there has never been an
accident involving personal injury.
For record purposes the safety program runs from February 1 to January 31 each year. During the past
record year Sprague Electric drivers
accumulated 24,100 accident-free
Continued on Poge 7, Col. 2
Bruce R. Carlson
Robert E. Armitage
John S. Lowry
Bruce R. Carlson Named Treasurer;
Armitage & Lowry Assume New Posts
At the Annual Meeting of the
Sprague Electric Company held on
March 26 in the Building 9 Conference Room, stockholders electeJ a
new Treasurer of the Company replacing Robert C. Sprague, who continues as Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer. The new
Treasurer is Bruce R. Carlson, formerly Vice President, Corporate Planning and Systems. Mr. Carlson was
also elected a director of the Company. Robert E. Kclley, Senior Vice
President, Legal, was re-elected Clerk
of the Corporation and a Director,
and John S. Lowry was elected
Assistant Clerk. All other Directors
were also re-elected.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors immediately following the
annual meeting, all officers of the
Company were re-elected to their
1 '
Posing happily at the award dinner were drivers (left to right): George
Shurtleff, William Matthews, William Cooper, Walter Maynard and
George Mac Donald. Also Anthony N. Sacco, Corporate Safety Supervisor:
John D. Washburn, Corporate Director of Industrial Relations; driver
Henry Knight; Frederick H. Potter, Factory Manager; and driver Clifford
Morse. Missing when the picture was taken was Edward Bourdon who
was presented a 5 year accident-free driving award and a $25 U. S. Savings
Bond.
present positions except that Mr.
Carlson was not re-elected a vice
president as he will as Treasurer,
additionally continue his former responsibilities. In addition, Robert E.
Armitage was elected Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and Mr. Lowry
was elected Assistant Secretary.
A native of Chicago, Illinois Mr.
Carlson joined Sprague Electric in
April 1953 as Statistical Assistant to
the President, having been previously
associated witli Stein Roe & Farnham
Chicago investment counsellors as a
Security Analyst. In I960, he was
elected to the position of Vice President, Corporate Planning and Systems, and has also been serving since
that time as a member and secretary
of the Fourth Decade Committee, the
senior planning committee of the
Company. In addition to being responsible for the coordination of the
Company's long-range planning activities and market research, he has
been responsible for Companywidc
systems and procedures and data processing activities.
From 1954 to 1960, Mr. Carlson
served as assistant to the late Julian
K. Sprague in the latter's capacity as
Chairman of the Advisory Group on
Electronic Parts of the Department of
Defense. He also has been active
since 1955 in the Marketing Data
programs of the Electronic Industries
Association; he is currently Chairman
of the Marketing Services Advisory
Committee and Industry Director of
the Association's Marketing Services
Department. He is a member of the
Investment Analysts Society of Chicago, the American Statistical Association and the Operations Research
Society of America.
Mr. Carlson is a graduate of Stanford University, where he was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa. He did graduate
work in accounting and statistics at
Northwestern University, and served
Continued on page 7, Col. 1
Page 2
Peptic Ulcers
by Dr. William G. Heeks, Corporate Medical Director
Peptic ulcers, commonly referred to as stomach
ulcers, are lesions on the lining of certain parts of
the digestive tract and are most frequently found
in two locations, the stomach and duodenum.
The latter is the first portion of the small intestine
beginning at the phylorus or outlet of the stomach.
The lining of the stomach contains two types of glands whose secretions,
pepsin and hydrochloric acid are concerned with digestion. Should the stomach
lining become weakened, it can be digested by the hydrochloric acid and an
ulcer result. What causes the lining to become weakened? While not definitely proven, it is thought that severe mental and emotional stress and strain
interfere with the nerves controlling the blood supply to the stomach with a
resulting damage to the lining. When no food is present in the stomach the
gastric juices act on the mucosa or lining and digest it.
Ulcers occur more frequently in men than in women and most commonly are
found in tense, hardworking, worrying individuals. Strangely enough there is
an unexplained periodicity about ulcers - they are apt to become symptomatic
in the spring and fall.
The symptoms of an ulcer are characteristic - usually pain described as a
burning or gnawing sensation, often coming on an hour or two after a meal and
relieved by the ingestion of food or the taking of alkaline preparations. This
pain is located in the "pit of the stomach" technically known as the epigastric
region.
Complications which may arise are:
1. Perforation, always a surgical emergency.
2. Bleeding.
3. Healing with excessive scar formation resulting in obstruction to the
stomach outlet.
The treatment of uncomplicated peptic ulcer is primarily medical and consists of rest, medication to lessen the acid secretion, and diet. The diet is bland
and frequent small feedings are given to ensure a protective coating for the
stomach lining. Certain alkaline substances are given for the same reason.
With proper treatment, ulcer pain will usually be relieved within two weeks
although a longer period is usually required for healing.
People with ulcer symptoms should consult their physician promptly. The
typical symptoms just described may be a result only of an excessive amount
of acid in the stomach without ulceration. Although treatment for each condition is essentially the same, an accurate diagnosis is important. The majority
of ulcers will heal undena good medical regime and prompt healing is essential
if complications arc to be avoided.
Drury Commercial Students Tour
Marshall Street Office Departments
More than 30 Drury High School Gyurasz. Also Joanne Delislc, Dayle
seniors, members of the Future Busi- Bullett, Lynn O'Neill, Mary Fierro,
ness Leaders of America club, toured Eloise Burdick, Patricia Baker, Nancy
several Marshall Street offices re- Billings, Gayle Estcs, Michael Segala,
cently. Accompanied by the club Martha Millis, Linda Bcrgendahl,
sponsor, Miss Eleanor II. Tuneff, and Linda Lawson, Sheila Canale, Lynda
Maynard Mullholand, Drury Guid- Johndrow, Mary Ann Matrigali, and
ance Director, the group gathered at Louise Senecal.
the Gatehouse and were divided into
four groups to tour the areas designated.
Each group spent 20 minutes in the
department and in addition to seeing
the various operations, were given a
description of what the work entailed.
Many of the students in the tour were
interested in applying for office positions following their graduation from
high school this June. Areas visited
included General Accounting, Sales,
Data Processing and Sprague Products. Smaller office areas could not
be visited since time was somewhat
limited. Following the tour light refreshments were served in the Cafeteria and the students were requested
to ask any questions they might have
concerning job opportunities.
As part of the tour of Marshall
Students participating in the tour Street offices the girls visited the
were: Gail Bagdonas, Norma Briggs, General Accounting area where
Linda Davinc, Kathleen Field, Nancy
Christiansen, Assistant
Parker, Susan Rondeau, Carol O'- Donald
Neill, Jacqueline Senecal, Linda Chief Accountant and Paymaster,
Seeger, Sharyn Goodermote, Sandra explained the many office operaGregory, Nancy Tatro, Nancy Ful- tions. Shown with the girls is Miss
giniti, Nancy Koloc and Frances Eleanor Tuneff, sponsor.
Editorial . . .
The Meaning of Industrial Relations
Industrial Relations, which basically means relations between employer and
employe, is an evasive term which gains its meaning from the manner in which
it is used. Industrial Relations takes on its fullest meaning at Sprague Electric
Company where it encompasses a broad range of functions varying from processing of personnel to the implementation of the basic policies which guide the
Company in its everyday function. The measure of success of any Industrial
Relations program is the ability of management and employes to work together
toward common goals.
This twofold obligation is intensified in the extremely competitive electronic
components industry where optimum production at reasonable cost can only be
accomplished by a highly efficient workforce. The rapid growth of the industry
as a whole places an ever increasing burden on the employes to advance themselves along a parallel course of development. Sprague Electric Company,
through its Industrial Relations Department provides a vehicle for this development with both on-the-job training and cooperative educational plans.
Dynamic growth, such as that experienced by Sprague Electric Company,
also places a burden on the community to provide the basic workforce in ever
increasing 'numbers. Our ability to recruit competent employes is in direct
proportion to the image that our Company conveys. Each Sprague employe is a
personal representative of the Company in the community-at-large. Discontentment on the part of a very small number of employes can drastically constrict
the flow of available people. For this reason it becomes increasingly important
that each of us should be ever watchful for a breakdown in communication between employes and management - especially in those areas that breed discontent.
The free exchange of ideas between all levels of management and production
is a vital need in any organization. Sound policy and leadership cannot
prosper without the creative impulse of an interested working body. Industrial
Relations is a natural repository for these ideas since it is concerned with the
safety, progress, and development of every Sprague Electric employe. Its
many facilities such as suggestion systems, safety programs, wage and salary
administration, insurance, publications, and personnel are for the benefit of
all. However, each of these vital functions is dependent upon employe participation. Ultimately, the success of Sprague Electric will be measured by the
degree of cooperation of each and every employe and the resultant growth of
both employe and company.
John LePage, Assistant Manager of Data Processing, explained the work
done by computers in that department. Shown is the IBM 402, a tabulating accounter. Watching the demonstration with the girls is Mr.
Mullholand, Guidance Director.
VOL. XXVII
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
No. 4
MARION H. MANION
Manager, Corporate Publications
Circulation Manager: MARION CARON
Social Chairman: A N N I IEATII
Sports Reporter: ROGER DELISLE
Photographer: ALBERT HoRSFALL
Member
International Council of Industrial
Editors
American Association of Industrial
Editors
Massachusetts Industrial Editors
Association
Published by SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, North Adams, Mass.
-Page 3
L. Blair and R. Brant
Join Industrial
Relations Group
R. Brant
L. Blair
Two additions to the Industrial
Relations Department were announced recently by John H. Winant, Vice
President of Industrial Relations.
Lawrence K. Blair was named Industrial Relations Manager for the
new Worcester facility and Roy J.
Brant was named Assistant Industrial
Relations Manager for North Adams
operations.
Mr. Blair has extensive experience
in industrial relations having spent
the past six years as Personnel Manager of the Worcester Moulded Plastics Company. Prior to that he was
employed for 13 years as Supervisor
Plant Personnel Practices at General
Electric's Telechron plants and was
Assistant Personnel Manager at I leald
Machine Company during World
War II.
A native of Fitzwilliam, New
Hampshire, Mr. Blair was educated
at Amherst College and the University of Missouri. Following graduation
he was employed by the Chicago
Daily News as a reporter and later in
the promotion advertising department.
In 1935 he joined the American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup
Poll) and did extensive work in selling
the concept of public opinion polls to
newspapers.
Since residing in Worcester Mr.
Blair has been extremely active in
community affairs and is presently
Continued on page 7, col. 3
Sprague Employes
Praised For Part
In Gemini Launch ,
All Sprague Electric employes
could take particular pride in the
March 25 Gemini flight. As a critical
part supplier in the Martin Company's program for the launch vehicle,
we were vitally interested in the success of the mission.
The day following the launch
Robert C. Sprague, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer,
received the following telegram from
Vernon R. Rawlings, Vice President
of the Baltimore Division of Martin
Company:
"Please convey our appreciation to
everyone in your company who participated in the production and delivery
of critical components for the highly
successful GT-3 launch vehicle. Yesterday's historic space flight underscores our confidence in the devotion
and skills your employes bring to the
Gemini-Titan II program as we focus
on the big job still ahead of us."
A/1 zero Tech New
Sprague Affiliate
Controlling interest in Micro Tech
Manufacturing, Inc. of Sunnyvale,
California, manufacturer of semiconductor assembly equipment, has been
acquired by the Sprague Electric
Company according to a recent
announcement made jointly by Robert C. Sprague, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer,
and Edward C. Forcier, President of
Micro Tech.
Micro Tech will continue as a
supplier of machinery and equipment
to the semiconductor industry, and
will provide design and development
services as well. It will also function as
an internal source of supply to
Sprague, according to the announcement.
Mr. Forcier said that it is his firm's
intention to further broaden its product line and to announce additions
to it from time to time. Forcier emphasized that the affiliation with
Sprague Electric should act to strengthen Micro Tech as a supplier to the
industry in general.
Micro Tech's backlog of orders is
currently at its highest point in history, and it is Sprague Electric's hope
that the newly acquired firm will continue to expand its industry-wide
markets.
Micro Tech was formed in August,
Credit Union Services Available 12-1
The Credit Union Office on Marshall Street is now open during the noon
hour to transact any necessary business. You may pick-up withdrawal checks
make a loan application or conduct any other business. The new policy was
approved by the Credit Union Board of Directors at their recent meeting and
was put into effect on May 10th.
The Directors also established the interest rate for the first quarter at 4J^%
plus an additional XA%. This is the rate which has been in effect since November 1, 1963 and represents one of the best interest rates paid anywhere.
As a further step in improving service to employes, the Directors voted new
liberalized co-maker requirements on personal loans. See the chart below for
co-maker needs.
If it is necessary for you to borrow money, consider the Credit Union - or
better yet compare the advantages of a Credit Union loan with that of any other
lending institution. The interest rates are low, the co-maker policy is liberal,
and you have the added advantage of having your loan payments deducted'
automatically from your pay check.
Seniority
6 Mos.
1 Year
4 Years
Co-Makers
No
1 - 150
1 - 300
1 - 500
1962 by Mr. Forcier, who was previously a design engineer with Fairchild Semiconductor Division. The
firm is located in a 13,500 square foot
plant in Sunnyvale and offers its
engineering services for design, development, and manufacture of any
desired semiconductor equipment to
customer specifications.
Requirements
1
151 - 500
501
301 - 500
501
501 - 1000
1001
2
- 750
- 750
- 1500
3
751 - 1000
751 - 1000
W. M. Adams To
Be Consultant
8 Successful Suggesters Share
$ 5 4 0 For Their Accepted Ideas
Eight Sprague Electric employes
received a total of $540.00 for accepted suggestions at the March and
April meetings of the Suggestion
Committee. I leading the group was
Pasquale Mazza, of Tantalum Formation, who received $225.00 for a plan
to construct a screen to keep side
shields from buckling in and shorting
elements.
Second high award of $80.00 went
to Roy Cook, of FP Assembly, for an
improved method of sealing Mylar
tubes and units. He suggested construction of a jig in which the units
will roll over the top of the tube and
straighten the mounting ring at the
same time.
In the $60.00 category, there were
three winners. Upholding honors for
the female employes was Doris
Mimno, of Engineering, who received
her check for an improved method of
submitting time reports in the Engineering Laboratories. Samuel Miller
of the Machine Shop, is $60.00 richer
for his idea on a new type welding
wheel with replaceable pins for foil
welding in the Etch House. This
wheel does not have to be discarded
when worn out. The final award in
this group went to Francis Wimpenny,
of Miscellaneous Assembly and Parts
Preparation, for his suggestion to wash
covers in a tank of phosphoric acid
and deionized water to remove oxide
film. This improved method provides
Continued on page 7, col. 2
This month's top winner, Pasquale Mazza of Tantalum Formation,
receives his check from his Foreman, Ernest Blondin. Pat's idea not only
provided him with some extra cash, but also improved the operation of a
machine in his area.
William M. Adams, who has been
in charge of foreign operations since
1947, retired on May 1 according to
an announcement made by Robert C.
Sprague, Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Adams will .continue to serve
the Company as a Consultant. Among
other duties he will have responsibility
for foreign acquisitions, joint ventures
in foreign countries, etc.
He will continue in his posts of
President of Sprague International,
Ltd. and the Sprague Ponce Company as well as his directorships in
both of these companies; in Sprague
Electric's Italian subsidiary, SpragueCREAS, S.p.a.; in its Canadian subsidiary, Sprague-TCC (Canada) Ltd.;
and in its Mexican affiliate, Electrocap, S. A.
Mr. Adams has had an illustrious
business career both in this country
and abroad. He served in World War
I as Assistant U. S. Military Attache
in London, and in World War II
returned to service in the Military
Intelligence and rose to the rank of
Colonel in the General Staff Corps.
Fie has been active in affairs of the
Electronic Industries Association and
has served as Chairman of its International Division.
Page 4
Garand Completes
Requirements For
Tool & Die Maker
Raymond L. Garand, Sprague
Electric Machine Shop employe, was
honored for successful completion of
the four year Apprentice Tool and
Die Making Course under the Company's educational sponsorship program. Approximately 35 members
of the Machine Shop and guests
attended the award dinner held at the
1896 House in Williamstown.
Consisting of a total of 67 lessons
by the International Correspondence
Schools, and correlated with on-thejob training, the course is approved by
the Massachusetts Department of
Labor as well as meeting Company
requirements.
Raymond Bass, President of the
local International Association of
Machinists, extended his greetings
and presented the state certificate of
completion. Courtney W. Flanders,
Corporate Manager of Training, presented the ICS certificate, and
Kenneth S. Brown, Assistant Corporate Director of Industrial Relations,
presented the Company certificate.
Each attendant extended his individual greetings to Mr. Garand as
he was introduced. A Company gift
of precision tools was made by
William Brown, Machine Shop Foreman.
Howard Bartlett, of the Machine
Shop, served as chairman of arrangements and master of ceremonies for
the evening's activities.
L. A. Felder Joins
Field Eng. Group
Leonard
A.
Felder has joined
the Sprague Electrie Company as
Mid - Western
Field Engineering Specialist and
will make his
headquarters in
J the Chicago regional office according to an announcement made by
Frederick S. Scarborough, Filter
Division Manager.
Mr. Felder is well known in the
electro-magnetic interference reduction field having specialized in RFI
noise services with The Hallicrafters
Company of Chicago, Cook Engineering Company of San Mateo,
California, the Government Division
of Webcor Corporation of Chicago.
Mr. Felder is a graduate of TriState College and holds the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He is a member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers and is a member of its
Professional Group on Electromagnetic Compatibility.
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Rotolo Promoted
In Control Lab
Frederick Rotolo, formerly a
Group Leader in
Quality Control,
has been promot;|
ed to the newly
"*
created position
^ ^ ^ of Technical As^^k^
^^^k
sisl.mi in the( :<niw/m £ j
| | trol Labs and will
report directly to
Harold Tourjee, General Foreman
and Assistant to the Manager of QC.
Much of his time will be devoted to
the coordination of special test programs and facilities between the various production groups and QAR.
He will also assist in the setting-up of
test costs on all Government contracts
and other special test programs, and
will assume responsibility for most
of the customer surveys of the Control Labs.
The National Driver's Test
Prove to yourself how good a driver you arc !
^*^—^^—^—*^m^^^^~
Have your television set tuned to the CBS network at 10 P.M., Monday,
May 24th and participate in the program with millions of others throughout
the country. Your test form is included in this LOG.
The "National Drivers' Test" will not transform bad drivers into good
drivers overnight, but it will have significant educational value and will call
attention to the need for already-licensed drivers to improve their skills to
survive in today's complicated traffic pattern.
Essentially the questions will test drivers on their judgment in two-car
collision situations, on their knowledge of the rules of the road, and on their
ability to perceive driving hazards. The person at home will grade himself
(answers will be given on the show) and compare his score with 1250 other
drivers taking the test at six different CBS studios.
Learn to Drive Defensively.
The Life You Save May Be Your Own!
P. Mancuso To Head
Pittsfield QC Group
...
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Peter Mancuso, of Quality Assurance and Reliability, has been
elected Chairman
of the Pittsfield
Section
of the
American Society
I for Quality Control for the 196566 term. He replaces Robert W. Traver, of Tansitor Electronics Incorporated Bennington, Vermont.
Mr. Mancuso has been active in the
A.S.Q.C. for the past nine years
serving on the membership, publicity,
libraries, arrangements, and nominating committees. He has also held
the office of Treasurer and last year
served as Vice Chairman. The Pittsfield Section of the Society was
founded in 1954 and is one of 116
sections organized in 15 regions in the
United States, Canada, and Japan.
The A.S.Q.C. draws its members
from various companies in Williamstown, Adams, North Adams, Pittsfield, Dalton and Lee, Massachusetts
and also from Bennington, Vermont.
Sprague Electric has approximately
24 members in the Society. Other
officers are Matthew J. Donnelly, Vice
Chairman; Harold F. Bode, Treasurer
and Daniel P. Kelleher, Treasurer.
All are from General Electric in
Pittsfield.
R. Calvi Returns
To QAR Here
Raymond Calvi, formerly associated with QAR activities at our Nashua
Plant, has returned to North Adams
to assume the duties of Government
Contracts Quality Control Coordinator according to a recent announcement by Anthony A. Tiezzi, Director
of Quality Assurance and Reliability.
His long experience witli many
different types of components and the
varied contacts he has had throughout Sprague Electric Company will
aid him in the performance of his
responsibilities.
Mr. Calvi was born in Boston,
Massachusetts and graduated from
Drury High School. He has taken
several courses at Williams College
and MIT. His wife is the former
Pauline Marchio and they have one
son, Bruce.
R. Smith Assumes
Duties at Visalia
Robert D. Smith, Union Street
Plant Manager, has assumed administrative responsibility for the Visalia,
California Plant of Sprague Electric
according to an announcement made
recently by David B. Peck, Vice
President, Special Components Division. Mr. Smith will continue with
all his present duties at Union Street
in addition to his new assignment.
Robert Shcchan, Visalia Plant
Manager, will report directly to Mr.
Smith.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC PROFILES
V
Gloria Hebert - Assemble and
Solder, Department 524.
Linda Armstrong - Senior Clerk,
Office Services.
Lillian Gainer - Assembler, Metal
Clad Department.
Harry Logan - Inspector - Gauger,
Department 681.
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SPRDGUE familyAlbum
Pretty Debra Lauth is the granddaughter of Carrie Wolkowicz of
Union Street and daughter of the
former Dorothy Wolkowicz.
Our handsome young man is
Thomas Ramsdell, son of the
former Leona Charbonneau and
nephew of Eunice Swartzer.
Smiling happily is little Adriene
Davine, attractive daughter of
Richard Davine of Production Engineering and Barbara of Tantalum.
A real grown - up young man of
three is Joseph Unis, grandson of
Mary Unis of Mica. He is the son
of Isabelle and the late Faye Unis.
Patricia and Joseph Prengruber will be among this year's graduates.
They are the niece and nephew of Tessie Czaja of Dry Tubular Assembly
and Angie Langner of Filter Labs.
Agnes Tatro of Filters is proud of her foursome,
are: Patty, Emma, Joseph and Richard.
James Dickie, son of Catherine of
Ceramics, will graduate from Mt.
Greylock High School this June.
Carmela Biros would like us to
meet her son, Anthony Piscioneri.
On April 24th he was married to
Pat Carlow of Adams.
These four bright-eyed children belong to Frank Fortini, of Maintenance. All pupils in Johnson School, they are: (left to right) Terry, 5,
Frank, Jr., 7, Lynn, 11, and Rose, 13.
Kim Marie and Deborah Lee Harwood are the very attractive daughters
of Phyllis Harwood of Ceramics.
From left to right they
Baby Jon David and big-girl Kelly
Ann Foster are the grandchildren
of Connie Lanoue of Clorinol,
Brown Street.
Our young charmer is Billy Brooks,
son of Betty Brooks of Miscellaneous Dry Test & Ship, Marshall
Street.
Quite the grown-up young lady is
Bette Ann Elias, daughter of Betty
Elias, Special Quality, Brown
Street.
AH boy is our little Danny Walker,
son of Gordon of Microelectronics
and Mary of the Credit Union
(nights).
These two young chaps, Edward
and Mark Lindner, are the sons of
Arline Lindner, of Sprague International.
This bright, vivacious little gal is
Donna Marie Barrett, 3\ year old
daughter of Shirley of Sales Order
Entry.
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SPRRGUE family Album
There's no mistaking the fact that this foursome is a family group.
Children of Alma Smith, of Small Orders, Union Street, they are: (left
to right) Paul, 10, Theresa, 9, Steven, 7, and John, 5.
What grandfather wouldn't be
proud! Meet Kim, Kirk, Robin
and Allan Davis, grandchildren of
recently retired Walt Gould.
Another handsome addition to our
Sprague album is Danny Collins,
son of Dan of Western Electric and
nephew of Kay Allard of Ceramics.
Another brother and sister team is
Kelly Ann and Dennis Teichert,
grandchildren of Edythe Teichert
of Miscellaneous Drys.
Big brother Robert John and little
Ann Marie Michaels are the children of Bob Michaels of High Quality, Brown Street.
A real bouncer is our little Raymond Felix III, son of Mary Ann
Felix of Tantalum Department,
Marshall Street.
A real charmer is little Larry
George, 2' year old son of Carol of
Credit Union.
Grandmother is
Jessie Kordana.
Bernie Thibert, of Plant Engineering, would like us to meet his two
boys. They are Craig, 6, and Brian,
6 months.
Dressed in his Sunday best for the
cameraman is
little
Richard
Lecuyer, grandson of Dorothy Marlowe, of Metal Clad Finish, and
Rose Lecuyer, of Marshall Street.
Looking most sophisticated for her five years is Tami Maselli (left) with
little sister Jani-Jo. Both are daughters of John Maselli, a Watchman
at Beaver Street.
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\
This happy young man is Michael
Montesanti, son of Pat of Purchasing, and grandson of Lucy Montesanti, of Dry Miniature Rolling.
Lisa and Lynn Robert had a
wonderful Christinas. They are
the children of Mary of Beaver
Street, and Joe of Brown Street.
•
Gordon Edmonds, son of Ruth
Edmonds of Ceramics, will graduate from Drury High School this
June.
Little Lynn Mary Nassif is the
granddaughter of Helen Harrington of Miscellaneous Paper Assembly.
Shown here are five more of Helen
Harrington's grandchildren. They
are: (back) Gail Nassif; (front 1 to r)
Sharyn Nassif, Diane Richard,
Gary Nassif and Steven Richard.
Happy little Tracy Thomas is the
daughter of Sheila of Tantalum.
She is the granddaughter of Teresa
Thomas of Marshall Street and
Teresa Sanderson, of Beaver Street.
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REPORTERS . . .
Lillian Babcock, Martha Clark, Florence
Clough, Dolores Davis, Irene Drobiak, Alice
Dupuis, Emma Gould, Ruth Haskins, Ann
Heath, Evelyn Jones, Ace Samia, Frank
Santelli, Adeline Segala and Erminia
Sweeney.
DEPT. 681
by Emma Gould
Hello, everyone. As this is my
first attempt at reporting for the LOG,
please bear with me. . .Welcome to
all the newcomers. We hope that
you will enjoy your stay with u s . . .
Lots of luck to Norma Jamros who
has transferred to the night shift.
Now she will be able to get all her
housework done.
David Vergilio is sure happy these
days. Mis son Dave has returned
home from the service... A new
addition has been added to the Helen
Harvey home - three kittens!. . . Our
best wishes go out to Paul Bouchard's
wife, Ceil. . .Alice Lunney's thoughts
are far away these days. 1 Icr brother,
Father Al, is dedicating a new church
May 1 (the Feast of St. Joseph the
Worker) at Cordova, Alaska.
Rachel Champagne has sure pushed the sale of lifesavers up since she
stopped smoking, but, alas, she also
put on a few pounds. . .We understand that Alda Wood is looking for a
rabbit. . . Hang on to your coffee cups
folks, especially if Betty Elias is
around. .. Congratulations to Jean
Babeu and her husband Phil. They
will be celebrating their 20th wedding
anniversary April 14.
Alice Dupuis is sure happy and
proud. Her daughter and grandson
are here from California visiting her
. . . Anyone looking for entertainment?
Call on Arthur (Rudy) Boucher^who
can play any instrument and even
croon you a song. If you would like
a whistler, Noel Wells will go along.
INDUSTRIAL OILS OFFICE
by Florence Clough
First of all, we would like to welcome Terry Sebastino to the QAR
Oil ice. Incidentally, Ferry will be
getting married in May, and we wish
her the best of everything on her day
and in the future.
Bonnie Costine and her husband
traveled to Laconia, New Hampshire
for the Dog Sled Races. Bob and
Bonnie are the proud owners of an
Alaskan Huskie dog named "Shondo"
. . .We understand Larry Moreau's
daughter, Eileen, was having a grand
time during her stay in the hospital!
That is, after the removal of her
appendix. . .Yours Truly spent two
weeks in Florida trying to get a tan
and doing quite a bit of golfing.
Playing 18 holes of golf almost everyday did help my game a little bit! !
Howard Donovan kept himself
very busy watching the Drury High
School basketball team in their bid
for the Western Massachusetts Championship. We were all sorry that
they did not make it, but they
certainly played their hearts out and
each game was a thriller.
We certainly miss Paul Raedel in
the QAR Department. Paul spent
sometime in the hospital, but is now
home taking it real easy. The best
of everything to you, Paul, and we
hope to see you back real soon. . .
Marie Dargie is spending quite a bit
of time watching and waiting for her
flowers to bloom; she just can't wait!
Say, Marie, didn't anyone ever tell
you that a watched teakettle never
boils? ?
Between the mud in Lucille I leinricli's yard of her new home on
Canedy Lane, and her dog forever
getting loose, chain and all, "Lu"
has had her hands full these past
few weeks! !
DEPT. 679
by Lillian Babcock
Hi there! Well, here it is spring
again, and I know everyone is looking
forward to the nice sunshine and
warm weather. . .Well, let's get the
outdoor work clone, and also spring
cleaning so we can all enjoy the
summer.
Not much to talk about this time,
as it is the inbetwecn season. . . Dot
Shea is having a week's vacation.
Hope you will have a nice time. . .We
want to congratulate Jimmy Dami on
being a father of a nice baby girl.
Have fun, Jimmy, She'll keep you
awake!
We had our Log Banquet, and it
was a very nice affair. Everyone
seemed to enjoy themselves. . . Soon
we will be having our bowling
banquet, which is also a nice affair.
FABMIKA & MICA
by Irene M. Drobiak
We welcome Terry Pinsonneault
and Gloria Field to the Mica Dept. . .
Julia Sullivan and Kenny Martin
will be on vacation. . .Mr. and Mrs.
Carl 1 lurley will be celebrating their
21st wedding anniversary on May 4.
Congratulations!
It's rumored that Dave Chiettini
is the proud owner of a camp called
"World's End" at Hoosac Lake. We
are looking forward to the picnic
which is being planned there. . The
Fabmika bowling team congratulates
Dot Golonka on her score of 217 for a
single string. Keep up the good work,
Dot.
Filter Rolling Dept.
by Evelyn Jones & Ruth I la skins
Hello from Department 684. We
are new with this issue. We are a
Filter Department - with mostly
rolling being done here. We have
Ed Sprague and Mabel Williams, who
crack the whips... Mary Burzimati
and Mae LeFave are the artists with
the curly metallized j o b s . . . Frances
Biondo, who has just returned from
the vacation of a lifetime in Florida,
looks like a new woman with that
beautiful tan and new hairdo. . .
Florence Szafranski has her house in
a whirl with some Spring remodeling.
. . .Florence Fulginiti is our "newest"
grandmother. She is thrilled with
her new grandson, John. lie's so
smart and he's so cute are her
favorite descriptions of him. The
proud parents are John and Donna
Daub.
Eleanor Benoit is our newest
arrival. Eleanor and Cheryl Dupre
are both new to the company. You
have no doubt seen Cheryl's smile as a
checker at Central City... Ruth
Haskins has an "office" of her own,
where she does the testing of all
sections rolled. . .Walt Davis is our
"jack-of-all-trades". He was recently in the hospital with pneumonia. . .
We have smiling Tony DeGrenier on
the automatic rolling machine. Tony
will leave us soon for a new job. So
long and bet you'll miss all us old
ladies.
We've heard many stories about
redheads, but we believe we have one
that tops them all. Our Connie
Davis walked up one side of Main
Street and down the other and the
temperature on the bank thermometer
went up one degree. I low's that
one?... Happy Spring cleaning and
we'll see you in the near future.
Belated birthday wishes go out to
Jean Levy who celebrated her birthday on January 20th. She was also
lucky because Rosaline Potvin sang
three solos for her.
We congratulate Leslie Kent on
becoming a grandfather. His daugh- NETWORKS
ter Jean (Kent) Swift gave birth to a
by Martha Clark
baby girl, Jane Marie, on February
Thomas Doyle was surprised with a
24. . .On March 2, Mary Markland
was chosen queen of the Rosary retirement party in the Networks
Society March Gras. Congratulations! Department on Tuesday, March 23.
. . . We were sorry to see Helen Wager, Lunch was sent in for all who could
Teresa Estes, Florence Germain and attend, lorn was given a watch with
Mary Marra get transferred...Mr. and all our best wishes, and we know that
Mrs. Raymond Guyette will be cele- he will think of us often when hebrating their 15th wedding anni- looks at it. Enjoy yourself, Tom, and
versary on April 27. Congratulations do all the things that you used to
. . . Mary Li/ak is proud of her wish you had the time to do!
Congratulations to Francis St.
daughter Loraine for being made a
John on the safe arrival of Kenneth
Notary Public.
Michael St. John. . .We have five
serious bowlers in the department:
George Sliakar, a member of Western
N. E. Bowling League; Bill Saunders,
who recently broke the high triple in
the Men's League; Berriie Fitzpatrick, whose first year has been
quite successful; Tony Saliba with the
Untouchables and Eddie Kornn with
the B. M's.
Aha Oakes has a new Lark, and
we expect to see her driving before
the summer is over. .. Sonny Williams is anxiously watching for warmer weather so that he can get his
camp opened up for the season..
The rest of us are just waiting for the
warm weather to get rid of the colds
and the various aches and pains, then
we can plan our vacations. . .Most of
us will have three weeks vacation this
year, and what fun we will have
planning for it! !
BUSY
r~BEAyER_J
\A/euM-
REPORTERS . . .
Marion Andrews, Dorofhy Baker, Betty
Bogusz, Cliff Domenichini, Shirley Harris,
Evelyn Luczynski, Jessie Meczywor, Joseph
Pilling, Assunta Pollone, Doris Richards, Mary
Roberts, Pearl Sharpies, Nabeho Skorupski
and Veronica Sobon.
MISC. PAPERS
by Doris Richards
There is not too much news this
time, as far as our department is concerned. Things have been keeping
in the usual "rut" and the only tiling
that seems to change is our age.
Since our last Log, we have had our
annual Log Banquet which, as
always, was a huge success, and we
learned that evening that Walt Gould
is a pretty good (for nothing) barber.
We have also just learned that Walter
Rohane will be leaving us soon for the
"sunny South." Believe it or not,
only five years ago, our plans were to
settle in Orlando, Florida. May we
wish you the very best, Walt, from all
of your many friends and coworkers.
It's been wonderful working with you,
and for you. Please remember that
when the time comes for Edna
Cwiertniewicz to retire, we have a
special job for you, Walt. You
promised to present her with her chair
(she has used the same chair over
thirty years), and if the nuts, bolts,
wires, etc., that are holding it together will last that long, we'll be
asking you to do the honors.
Yours Truly has a new dog. I sold
Pierre, my little "lonesome" French
poodle, and have bought a toy
chihuahua (1 lb.) named Tippy Toes.
1 Ie is a lot of fun and keeps me busy,
especially when there are youngsters
around, as he loves to play.
Edna & Skunk
To folks this may sound like bunk,
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But Edna put a leash on Skunk
To take him for his evening walk.
When they came back she could hardly talk,'
For Skunk had got himself all "hep"
And chased a real skunk near the step.
The rest is just as you would think
It really raised an awful stink!
So if by chance Edna holds her nose
It will be just as you'd suppose.
Now Edna will more careful be
When she takes Skunk for a walk you
see.
For she says it smclled like the deuce
She even washed in V8 juice.
She had the dog all soaked and red
From tip of tail to top of head.
Billy laughed 'til he was almost sick
And said, "Dell, have Doris write
something quick."
This used to be the ranch known as
Edna's Pink Pantie
Now it'll be known as the Old Skunk
Shanty.
HIGH RELIABILITY
by Marion Andrews
We have some new girls who have
recently joined our department. They
are Barbara Dami, Mary Eou O'Ncil,
Ellen Tisdale, Nellie Krol, Martha
Zcppicri, Rose Marie Thomas,
Theresa Sanderson, Rita Sorel and
Charlotte Guttman.
Roma Morris is finally getting
water after waiting nine months...
Claire Robert and her husband
Ernest celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary on April 23. Congratulations and many more to both
of you. . .Our Check Inspector Marilyn Daub can't wait for the nice
weather so she can use her 17 ft.
Avalon Travel Frailer. It won't be
long either for Dot Davis and her
husband to get their boat out at Lake
George. . . Claire Robert was kept
quite busy getting ready to move in
their new home which they bought
recently on Eagle Street.
Elsie Andrews spent her vacation
in Salem, Mass, attending the Massachusetts State Guard Veteran's Auxiliary which was held at the Hawthorne
Hotel. Josephine Lamarre also was
kept busy moving into a new apartment. . .We were glad to see Leah
Gamache back after ten weeks from a
broken ankle . . . Sylvia Brayman's son
Ricky went to the Eastover Museum
in Lenox with other members of 5th
and 6th grades at Florida Consolidated School. . .Peggy Doyle's daughter
Paula, a Pro Mcrito student at Adams
Memorial High School, sure enjoyed
her week with other students on their
trip to Washington, D. C.
Some of the girls who have had
recent vacations were Vi Levesque,
Doris Monette, Chris Pugliese, Mabel
Bishop, and Marion Andrews. . . Alice
Bonneville's daughter Anita was awarded the National Nu Sigma
Award at Drury. Alice should be
mighty proud of all her three daughters. . .We all wish Bill Hattatlotsof
luck on his new job at the Union
Street plant. . . Mary Konieczny's stay
wasn't very long with us, but we know
that she is happy back on her old job
at Marshall Street.
High Reliability Test & Ship
by Evelyn Luczynski
HIGH RELIABILITY
by Mary Robert
Well, here we are once again. We
have a little news - like getting back
our girl with lots of spirit, Ruth Kelly.
Welcome back, Ruth, you had quite
a time but you sure didn't lose any
of your pep and spirit...We sure
would like to welcome an old girl
who came back to us - Jackie Andrews. We sure enjoy seeing her face
around again... We would like to
welcome all our new girls to our
room . .It's a moving time for Betty
Demers and Dot Bosley. We hope
they like their new places.
We would like to congratulate
Doris Roberts on her daughter's making the Dean's list. Congratulations
I'Al'Ell ism M M ;
also go to Betty Ferris whose daughter
by Nabbie Skorupski & Pearl Sharpies became Sister Elizabeth Anthony.
Hi Folks, here we are with some They both are proud mothers. We
news to tell. First we want to wel- would like to congratulate Toni
come the new girls. Hope they like Czubryt on the birth of her first
working with us. . . Mary Solomon grandson.
has a new car. Best of luck, Mary. . .
Nancy Cook parks her car away
Welcome back to Stella Belanger who from the other cars so she won't get
has been out on sick leave. . . Silvio hit. So what happens; she gets hit
Lemarre's son, Richard, broke his leg sitting in it. Oh well, she said the
skiing the first day o u t . . . W e wish woman saved her birthday cake.
Joan Sacco best of luck on her new Sure was an expensive one. . .Well,
job. We're sure to miss your smiling it's spring cleaning time again and
face. . .We do hope Joyce Therrien vacation time is coming. We hope
likes her new job. . .Sandra Kolodziej everyone is well when this LOG comes
has left our group and joined the out.
Testers. We do miss your singing
Mickey Mouse. . .Josephine Farley
finally saw her first grandchild Easter METAL CLAD
by Susan Pollone
Sunday, along with her son and
Wedding bells rang for Claire
daughter-in-law.
Poirot on March 12. She is now Mrs.
Marie Richer's son is going places Merrill Bur dick and is living on
with his band. Best of luck, Richard. River Road, Hoosac Funnel. Claire
was very pleased with the gifts showered on her before her departure.
Congratulations and best wishes from
METALLIZED BLOCK ASSEMBLY
all of us. . .Edith Noel just became a
by Dorothy Baker
grandmother for the 12th time. Her
1 li Folks! I'm sorry I had no news daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
in January, but I was on my usual Mrs. Francis Pierce, are the proud
winter vacation in Florida - Mountain parents.
that is! !
No time is wasted in our room!
Girls have been going and girls Noon hour Madeline Kaezowski is
have been coming. . .Goodbye and giving knitting lessons to Jennie
good luck to Florence Lincoln, who is Burdick and Alyce French. They arc
back home in Bathtub Assembly. . . making sweaters as also is Martha
Welcome and goodbye to Barbara LaValley. Frances Lepcra is making
Dami, Ellie Fitzgerald and Stacia hats and Sue Pollone is making anBirch. Sorry we didn't have a other afghan. Sue and Alyce have
chance to get acquainted!.. .Wel- also been making quite a few Barbie
come to Joyce Coolie - she likes us doll clothes.
Newcomers to our group are
for some reason, and wants to stay? ?
Martha
LaValley, Cynthia Loholdt,
We all want to bid Walter Rohane,
goodbye and the best of luck. Person- Shirley Dolle and Frances Lepera. . .
ally I think he's darn lucky going to Mary Cozzaglio took a week's vacation to babysit so that her nephew
the right Florida! ! !
and his wife could fly to Florida for
Harold and Theresa Noreross must their vacation... Frances Gajda is
be having a second honeymoon! ! ! also in Florida for 2 weeks. . .Alice
Every Monday he tells us lie has been Roberts and her husband just left for
dining and dancing Saturday night. Florida. Alice promised to take some
Happy anniversary, Harold and interesting pictures to show us on her
Theresa.
Also, Happy Birthday,
return. . . Rose Blair took one week
Harold.
visiting her son...Alice Contois is
Mary Koczela is taking Easter taking a week to enjoy her new car.
week out for one of her vacation
Clara Wilk is busy getting her
weeks. Making pirogis, Mary?... daughter Linda's dowry ready. Linda
Edie Ames is counting the days until will graduate from St. Joseph's High
her sailor boy comes home, no more School in September and will enter
to sail, in July. We tell her the the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph
honeymoon will be over then, but in Holyokc, Massachusetts. . . Agnes
she doesn't believe us! ! !
Fie is a busy mother, too. Her
Pinky Sherman is glad it's spring. daughter Barbara will be married this
He can't wait to get on the green with summer. . .Rachael Montagna's son,
all the new golf balls he got for Wayne, is serving his mortician's
Christmas. .. I can't wait to get in apprenticeship at the Deny Funeral
my flower garden.
Home in Pittsfield. Rachael makes a
1 Jcllo again everyone. Well, Spring
is finally here and vacations are being
planned already. . .Helen O'Donnell
is back with us after giving birth to a
baby girl, whom she named Maureen
Beth. Congratulations, Helen. . Jane
Pellerin is a grandmother again.
This time from Miami. Florida...
Happy Birthday greetings to Carolyn
Moser and Betty Chevalier.
We don't have much news this time
but when vacations come, there will
be more.
lot of trips to Pillsfield these days.
Leona Millard's son, John Michael,
is attending the U. S. Navy School in
Bainbridgc, Maryland. He was a
student at NASC for a year.
A lot of us at one lime or .mother
go on a diet for different reasons, and
for some ii is just torture. We get
disgusted and go oil and give a million
excuses why. I found this poem in
the Boston Globe; I enjoyed it and
thought some of you might also like
to read it:
Dieter's I )ileuina . . I counted calories by the score, and forfeited foods
that I adore. 1 gave up all the things
I like, while I was on this hunger
strike. . Each night as 1 trotted off to
bed, my stomach thoughl \\\ lost my
head. At least it thought my throat
was cut, for not much food went down
my 'gut.'...I didn't lose a single
ounce, and all that went was pep and
bounce. I simply knew I couldn't
win, so 1 let out seams and just
THOUGHT II UN.
REPORTERS...
Ti I lie Astorino, Carmela Brazeau, Peggy
Brule, Wanda Busse, Mary Cantoni, Carol
Conroy, Patricia Cowell, Julia Desrosiers,
Ruth Edmonds, Ella Genesi, Geraldine Giusti,
Herbert Hafner, Janice Harriman, Betty
Jangrow, Emma Jobin, Betty Jones, Judy
Kelyer, tucy Kenney, Barbara King, Amelia
Koza, Betty tavigne, Rose LeBeau, Grace
McConnell, Dorothy Mellilo, John Millis,
Gladys Moderski, Alice Monette, Carolyn
Mullen, Shirley Noring, Florence Richards,
Helen Roy, Betty Sharkey, Cecile Trudeau,
James Williams, Rosemary Williams and
Emily Wlodyka.
Sprodco Inventory Control
by Peggy Brule
A few of Lidija Augstkalne's friends
from Sprague Products held a farewell party for her recently at the Four
Acres Restaurant in VVilliamstown.
After a delicious chicken dinner was
served an appropriate gift was presented the guest of honor. A beautiful centerpiece for the'tablc was made
by Carolyn Mullen, and a good time
was had by all. Lidija has left us to
make her home in Wilmington,
Delaware with her son, Valdis, who is
employed by the Dupont Company
as a Chemist. We miss her very much
and wish her good luck and much
happiness.
Longvicw Terrace in VVilliamstown
is the setting for the newly-built home
of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Lull and their
five sons.. . Bonnie and Chuck Cahoon
also are new owners of a beautiful
house in Clarksburg. . .The best of
everything is wished for you in your
new homes.
Margaret Lasher's granddaughter,
Mary Beth Olmstead of Rochester,
New York, was baptized April 25 at
the First Methodist Church in North
Adams, Massachusetts. . .Margaret is
a proud owner of a new color TV
set. . .Behaving real well at eight
months old for his first hair cut at the
barber shop was Bob Burbank's son,
Brian.
Paul Casey, sixteen-year old son of
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Dr. James Casey of Research Department in Sprague Electric, won third
place; in the American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest
in Portland, Oregon. 1 le also won a
$1,000 scholarship. Our congratulations to Paul and we wish him a lot of
luck next year when he will be a
senior at St. Joseph's high school here.
1 lope everyone had a nice Easter. ..
Remember May 12 is Mother's Day.
. . .May 29, 30 and 31 are the days for
the excursion weekend (rip to New
York City and the World Fair. [''or
information, call 662-2682 or 6638670.
Best wishes lo Mary Wojtaszek and
Barbara Varcski who have transferred
to Sprague Electric. Mary is in the
Sales Office and Barbara in the
Advertising Department.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
by 11 'anda Basse
Things will soon be humming again
now that Spring is here and the snow
is a thing of the past - golf, basketball,
flower gardens and spring cleaning! !
We have several new faces in our
department since our last report. . .
We wish Claire Langner every success
in her new position, and a welcome
back to Gwen LePage, who now sits
in Claire's chair in the Insurance
Department. ..Also, Mary Vincelette,
who beams through the reception
window, and Roy Brant, a welcome
member to our office. Roy comes to
us from sunny California.
We had the pleasure of meeting and
working with Larry Blair from our
new Worcester Plant. At the week's
end we were sorry to see him return
to Worcester. . .Also enjoyed the visit
of Terry Tarkiainen, who will certainbe an asset to the new Worcester
employment office.
Lorraine Maloney exploited her
sewing talents by making Easter
outfits for her brood. The end results have the rest of us green with
envy.
CHECK INSPECTION
by Betty Jangrow
If I knew you were coming I'd Bake
a Cake is Norman Robare's theme
song. Yes, Norman has baked cakes
for the following occasions: "A Reservoir Cake" for the City Water Department; Special Altar Wedding
Cakes; Political Cakes for elections
and Birthday and Silver and Colden
Anniversary Cakes. The most interesting cake at the Easter season was
the Bunny Cake. All depicted the
occasion named. For the Tantalum
Department recently he made a cake
lor Frances Gigliotti's retirement that
was presented to her from Tantalum
friends. We also shared some of the
cake with her at a rest period on her
last day of work. A farewell cake
also was presented to Ann Delisle who
moved out of North Adams. Name
it and Norman can bake it. Congratulations Norman! Many of us
envy you; wisli we could be talented
in baking cakes.
Victor Modena spent the first day
of fishing on the brook even though
it was very cold. . Jim Lewis is sorting out the "Glad" bulbs and the first
chance he gets he will plant them. . .
Jo and Pat Sullivan have a planned
fishing trip in May . Andy also
hears that far distant sound of Lake
Champlain. . .Good Luck to our
fishing enthusiasts.
Jim Lord recently started to work
in the Tantalum Check Inspection
Group. Hope he likes the work
here. . .Hope Jane Gross enjoys the
flower shows, and Lil Grande her
grandchildren whose pictures we hope
to see real soon.
MACHINE SHOP
by Jim II illiams
Well, Spring has hit the Machine
Shop with all the fishermen making
plans for the upcoming fishing season.
. .John Murray and his brother,
Dave Brown, a retiree and Stan Ziaja
will all be heading into Quebec after
the elusive squaretail soon...Dick
Belford, a new member of the
"Friendly Campers", is going tenting
on the kill, where he probably will
run into Joe Lora shooting the white
water in his new canoe. . . I may even
try my luck! !
Best wishes are in order for Don
Law and Dale Blood, who are going
to be married June 5. Donald is a
Toolmaker at the Marshall Street
Plant, and his bride-to-be, Dale, is
employed as a secretary at the New
England Power Company.
Congratulations are also in order
for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Potvin on
their new arrival on April 6. A
healthy 9 lb. boy! ! !
A speedy recovery to Bud Bartlett,
who is convalescing after his recent
illness. . .Also, a welcome to our new
apprentice, Jimmy Horan, who is the
youngest and tallest member of the
crew.
Test Equipment
throw our pills overboard. Ed Lamphier laughingly produced a cartoon
from his wife on miracle drugs.
By this time I was in need of a cold
drink. 1 excused myself and went
into the large cool cocktail lounge. I
ordered my drink from Jack Hebert,
the bartender. Jack failed to hear
me, for he was explaining to Barbara
LaBonte the huge Rembrandt painting behind the bar. 1 finally got
my orange juice cocktail and asked
Barb where the rest of the gang was.
She checked her chart and said Don
Begnoche was the only one who had
signed out. 1 le was in the library.
I decided to see how Don was enjoying the cruise. Upon entering the
library, Don was on his way out. I le
said he had just gotten a call from the
top deck where Dick Peterson, Don
Hatin and John Pennock were designing a new refrigeration system to
keep their fish cold, so that their life
on the dream island would be much
easier. Lillian Alexander was there
taking notes. I said "Hello" and we
giggled just a little. I was chased
away for interrupting their thinking.
I then decided to go sit with Peg
Slater again. When I arrived, I
found Peg surrounded by Dick McKnight, Brad Marshall, and diet
Dalzell complaining to her about
there not being enough women on this
cruise. A sudden jar was felt all over
the ship. Joe Silveira was called.
Joe got his crew together, Earl
Sullivan, Bob Janes, Parker Truesdell,
Jack Scully, Mike Ouelette and Ralph
McWhirt. OK fellas, go calibrate
the engine room. Greg Johnson
strolled by then and I inquired how
his films were coming. He said as
soon as Warren Thompson adjusted
the electronic light meter, he would
take more slides, for his next showing.
Russ Tower and Bernie Robert
showed up and invited us to go below
to get something to eat. Suddenly
a loud blast to break the spell (the
telephone was ringing in my ear).
Our cruise was over. Oh, well,
back to work.
Our congratulations this month go
to Mr. and Mrs. John Pennock on the
birth of their son Paul Michael, born
February 26; to Mr. and Mrs. Anson
Mason, parents of a baby girl born
February 17; and to Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph McWhirt, parents of a daughter, Sonia Marie, born March 12. ..
Bernie Robert and John Aldrich are
both sporting new Chevies and rumor
has it that Fran Hajdas is next on the
list for a new car. . .Congratulations
also go to Sam Hutchings on his
recent marriage.
by Mary Cantoni
Every now and then, each and
every one of us has done some daydreaming. One day a few weeks ago,
an area of our department was marked off for a huge machine. During
the lunch hour someone remarked how
much it looked like ashufl leboard area.
This started the shuffleboard games
during the dinner hour using brooms
and an empty tape can. Going back
to my stockroom, I pretended I was
aboard a luxury cruise ship headed
for a Shangrila of my own. With me,
sitting on a deck chair was Peg Slater,
soaking up all the wonderful warm
sun. Peg laid down the book she
was reading and asked Bill Pratt,
Fran Ilajdas, Ronald Morse and Don
Bunting to stop their arguing over the
score. They had been playing Shuffleboard for three hours and the Tantalum
waiting team was standing by to
by Amelia Koza & Gladys Moderski
take their turn. The impatient team
Easter is over and spring is here.
was Jack Beverly, Stanley Broda,
Charles Lincoln and Ken LeFave. I We are all starting our house cleaning
couldn't stand the noise and walked chores. One consolation, summer is
around to the other side of the deck. just around the corner. . . Rita Belouin
At the swimming pool amidst tanks, had an enjoyable vacation babyfins, etc., was Chuck Betit giving a sitting for her new grandson. . . Ora
skin-diving lesson to Maurice LaFond, Boyer and her husband took a jet
Jerry Bunting, Len Lavendol and from Kennedy Airport to San FranWalt Hilchey. Sitting by on deck cisco where they visited relatives at
chairs, I saw Ray Collier and Ed Redwood City. It was their first
Lamphier. Spying an empty chair, experience flying and they enjoyed it
I sat down and Ray and I remarked tremendously. . .Kay Mendel and her
how good the sun was for our aches husband motored down to sunny
and pains. We both decided to Florida where they did quite a bit of
golfing. They came back looking
very healthy and beautifully tanned.
Trances Laghi is still on a sick
leave. I lope to see you with us again
very soon... Viola Zepka has a
problem - that is, a corn. Does anyone have a solution before she really
gets desperate.
FP Cover Assembly & Ovens
by Rose LeBeau
First of all we wish to welcome all
the new employes that have come to
work in our department. We hope
you'll enjoy working with us, both on
days and nights. ..With the skiing
and bowling seasons coining to an end
everybody is looking forward to nice
weather and vacations.
Our LOG banquet was a great
success. As usual everyone had a
wonderful lime. Our bowling banquet
is coining up, and we are all looking
forward to a nice time. . .We are all
pleased to h a v e M a r i e D u b r e u i l b a c k
after b e i n g in t h e h o s p i t a l . . . Y o u r s
Truly is feeling much better now after
my operation, and I want to thank
everyone for their kind thoughts
while I was out.
We wish to extend our deepest
sympathy to Emma Massaconi on the
loss of her father. . .Tillie Abuisi is
keeping quite busy these days. Cheer
up, it won't be for much longer. .
Austin Rogge is getting his springpainting done early. Now he'll be
able to relax on his vacation . . I hope
to have more vacation news for you
next time.
DEPTS. 570 and 572
by John Mi/I is
Before we get down to the who's
who and what's what, we will welcome the new men to the department.
They are Freddie George on the third
shift, Art Moran, James (Charlie)
McCarthy on the alternating shift,
and also Jeff Horn who helps keep
Horn's Beach down in Cheshire in top
shape. Jeff says to drop in some
time, the water is wet.
A lot of the boys are getting set for
the opening of the fishing season.
Frank Robare has just bought a new
14]/2 ft. aluminum boat, and he just
can't wait to get it up on Lake
Champlain. Some of the others are
buying new poles and lures and
getting their other equipment ready
for the start of the season. We
didn't have any good deer stories, but
maybe the fishing season will bring
some good ones.
Babe Gilbert is still making use of
what snow is left with his powered
snow sled. He say's there is a lot of
snow in the woods down in Cheshire
where he lives... Another baseball
season is also just about here. Yours
Truly will pick the Yankees again,
and I suppose Adam P. and Larry L.
will go along with the Red Sox again.
Our two rabbit hunters, Mike
I loran and George Perras didn't have
too much luck this year with rabbits.
'They had more luck with porcupines.
Bossman George Senecal is still out of
action, but is expecting to be back
shortly. Cheer up, George, the Walleyes will be running up in Champlain
pretty soon.
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Vacation time is here and Connie
Cronin, Art Hewitt, Len Bourrie and
Art Gibeau will be out in May. I'm
not sure but 1 think Art Gibeau and
Carl Estes are new car shopping. . .
Adam "Yeah, Yeah" Pevoski is still
trying to find out the culprit who is
putting the Yankee baseball schedules
on his bench.
SMALL ORDER and SAMPLE
by Julia Desrosiers
We welcome the new workers to
our department - Patricia White,
Mavis Hunt, Elenor Jones, Margaret
Garner and Agnes Tatro. . .We are
very happy to have Gertrude Pcdercini working with us. Gert is back
after being out a week with a bad cold.
. . . W e are happy to have Jack
O'Leary as our Foreman. Jack came
up from the Brown Street plant.
Every one is happy to see the warm
weather coining. . .We miss Del Gorman's singing "Hello Dolly."...We
say hello to the old gang we left
downstairs. . . Larry Folino is all ready
for fishing. . .hope he gets some.
OFFICE SERVICES
by Carmela Brazeau
At last spring has arrived. . . Linda
Armstrong and Ellen Horsfall are
back on the highway once again.
Ellen is sporting around in a brand
new white Chevy with red upholstery.
Farewell and good luck to Lidija
Augskalne who is leaving to make her
home in Wilmington, Delaware, with
her son Valdis, who recently was discharged from the Army. He is now
working for DuPont as a chemist.
Vacations have started and Chester
Gallup and his wife Corrine spent
two weeks in Florida. . . Our welcome
mat is out again to Bruce McLaren
and Joan Sacco. Bruce replaces
Elwin Holland who left for another
job, and Joan replaces Kathy Petro,
who took over Lidija's job. . .Belated
greetings to everyone who had birthdays or anniversaries in March, April
and May.
MAINTENANCE
by Judy Kelyer
News is better late than never. . .
although it may be slightly old! The
welcome mat is spread once again in
the Aging Group to Ruth Bernardi,
Gladys Jennings and Blanche Letalien. These girls have worked with
us before.
We hope Fernand Contois likes his
new job in Formation. Better known
as "Freddy," he worked in Fire Protection. Welcome to James St. Denis, his replacement. Hope you like
working with us, Jimmy. . .Everyone
wishes Ben Russell of the Carpenter
Shop a speedy recovery and hope that
he will soon be back with the gang.
Good luck to Don Corbosiero of the
Millwright Dept. who is getting
married on July 3rd and to Pat
Kleiner of the Office who is getting
married on July 10th.
Yours Truly wishes to thank one
and all for your thoughtfulness during
my unfortunate stay in the hospital.
It really made things much brighter.
H E L P . . . news urgently needed
from Maintenance employes. If you
have any news, PLEASE call the
office. This includes Beaver and
Brown Street Maintenance. With
the Easter holiday just over, you must
have some fancy pictures of your
families. I'm sure we would enjoy
seeing them.
How about some
whopping fish stories and pictures for
our next issue, Fishermen?
John Avery is the proud father of a
son, Scott, born December 2 9 . . .
Bernard Lewitt of Plant Engineering
became a father. I lis third daughter,
Debra, was born on December 31.
Our deepest sympathy to Earl
Burke in the recent loss of his wife.
Sprague International Ltd.
SHIPPING
by Cecile Trudeau
Philip Talarico's son, Phil, is home
from the army after serving two years
in-Germany. He is now working in
Sprague.. .Dolores Fletcher is back
to work after being hospitalized. We
are happy to hear that Philip Talarico's thirteen year old son, Ann
Trcmblay's husband, Stanley Pasierbiak's two year old son, and Dolores
Fletcher's father are all coming along
fine after been hospitalized.
We want to welcome Robert Rice
to the Shipping Department. We
hope you like working here. . .Emma
Jobin's son, Peter (Buzz), has been
discharged from the Navy after four
years. He is now working in Endicott,
N. Y.
Conversation overheard in the
Shipping Office:
She: How's your little heart?
He: Oh! It takes an awful licking, but it keeps right on ticking.
by Patricia Cowcll
With the arrival of spring, we will
drive around to see all the many
things that are taking place among
our co-workers. . .As we go through
Adams, we find Sandie I rumble and
Arline Lindner all settled in their
new apartments. . .Riding down Park
Street we stop to talk to Virginia
Zegarowski shopping for her daughter's First Communion dress, and
Mildred Germanowski shopping for
her daughter's Easter outfit. . .Strolling down Meadow Lane we sec little
Purina with her mistress, Janet Wilk,
and who just passed us but Wanda
Lebeau going to get a NEBA in
Pittsficld. . . On our way to North
Adams, we see Mary Roberts trying
out her new orchid Super Sports
Chevy! !. . .As we enter State Street,
who do we see but Sandy Segala
walking with her little poodle, Holly.
. . .Going up Main Street we pass
Rice's Drug Store and glancing in
the window we see Sandy Kleiner
having lunch with a certain someone !!
F. P. ASSEMBLY
by (Irace McConnell
Well, I imagine that everyone is
happy to see Spring here. . .The ones
taking their vacations in the spring
are: Ann Palmer and Lil Boyer; both
arc planning to stay at home.
Rita Rosch has a new granddaughter, born February 20, at Bcale
Air Force Base Hospital in Marysville, California. . .Among the new
car owners is Anne Gentile who has a
1965 Misl Blue Chevy II.
Well, we hope our former Foreman,
Frank Gassctt, feels better after his
rest. . .We wisli the best of luck to a
former co-worker, Ora Levesque, on
her retirement. It was very nice to
get together with many of our old coworkers at her retirement party held
at Fireside Restaurant in Cheshire.
Well, I hope people get the urge to
travel and take; vacations so that I
can have more news for my column.
Our deepest sympathy to Monica
Biros on the death of her brother,
Adam Novak on April 9.
Western Electric & Navy Office
by Betty Lavigne
The time has come again to give a
report on what we have been up to
in this office...We would like to
welcome Jackie Floury to our oil ice,
and hope she will have a long stay.
We bid farewell to Carol Haider, who
is on a leave awaiting the arrival from
the stork. Good luck, Carol, from
all of us.
Betty and Milton Lavigne enjoyed
two week's vacation in Nassau,
Bahamas. The trip by plane (BOAC
Jet) was a great experience. The
scooter rides around the island were
wonderful, and the scenery simply
beautiful.
Taking a ride up to Harrison
Avenue, we stop to see Janice
Duguay in her new apartment.
by Ruth Edmonds
After having coffee, we decide to head
Welcome to all the new fellows and for Clarksburg. On the way up, we
girls on all the shifts in Ceramics. stop to chat for a few minutes with
Lots of luck to Julia Martin and some of our co-workers, Jo Ferris,
Donald Langner on moving in to their Rose Richard and Margie Mcnew homes. . . Talking about moving, Conncll...We stop off at Natural
Dom Papas has moved in to his new Bridge Road, but find Ken Haskins
room, and he seems happy. Sure is not home as he is visiting the
miss all of the girls now that they are Sports Show in Springfield. . .Arrivout of the airconditioned room.
ing in Clarksburg we sec Myrna
Congratulations to Carmela Biros' Harvey busily helping her mother-inson, Anthony Piscioneri, who was law prepare the opening of the Dairy SPRAGUE PRODUCTS
married to Pat Carlow on April 24. .. Bar. . .Whoops, there goes Pat Cowell
by Carolyn Mullen
On our sick list this week we have zooming by with her husband on his
Once again Sprague Products is
Diane Butler. We all miss you, Di, new Yamaha motorcycle! ! !
bringing you news for several months.
and hope you hurry back soon. . .
. . . Milhe Butler has moved to FredOn
our
way
back
we
stop
to
see
Our sympathy to Grace Miller on the Wayne Ross, but find he is attending erick Street. Real hectic, huh Millie,
death of her brother.
the IEEE Show in New York City. when it comes to moving. . .More so
Along with Wayne are George than bowling? ?
Ferran, Nereo Agostinelli and Gerard
Barbara Vareschi and Mary WojBUILDING 7 OFFICES
Tremblay. . .Going along State Road taszek are leaving our department to
by Helen Roy
we stop to chat with Judy Spagnolo, take on new jobs in Sprague Electric.
Since my last report there have but are told that she has gone to Good luck, girls. We'll miss you
been many changes in Building 7. . . New Bedford for the weekend to be both!...There have been quite a
A new office has been constructed for fitted for a gown. She is going to be few changes in SPRODCO. . .We
Don Meiklejohn who has been pro- a bridesmaid for a friend in July. . . have a new IBM System which has
moted to Value Engineering and Continuing on to Williamstown, we proven quite sensational. We would
Inventory
Co-ordinator.
Glenn pass Pete LePage driving his daughter like to tell you some of the jobs: Bill
Remington has joined Don's staff as back to Fitchburg College.
Cone is in charge of all the Prohis assistant in V. E. Inventory.
Then we visit two of our new co- gramming for the computer. It's
Ed Godek, who was head of the workers, Esther Hartranft, Mr. Trem- quite a thing when you can talk back to
Beaver Street Methods Department, blay's secretary, and Ruth Goetsch, one of those machines ! ! Al Bourassa
has transferred to the Marshall Street Nereo Agostinclli's secretary. . . On runs the computer. Besides Al, we
Methods.
Chris deMarcken was our way to Albany we pass Brodie have Ceil Wilks who runs the sorting
transferred to Beaver Street. We all Mountain where a few of the girls machines for the IBM Cards... In
miss you, Chris, and the Beaver from the office were enjoying a the room across the way we have the
Street employes are fortunate to have delicious meal! ! ! . . . As we reach Key Punch Machines and Varificrs:
a great guy like you working with Albany we wave to Dot Bclanger Joan Zappula, Millie Butler, Madeshopping on Pearl Street... Passing line Cuccia, Phil Rosatti, Nancy
them.
A change of air is seen in William Shay's Bowling Alley we sec Bertha Tremblay, Ruth Wilusz and Joanne
Karp. He was married to Cele Richards and her husband bowling Volpi operate them.. .Judy Romano's
Goldman on March 14. They honey- in a tournament. Among those job is just about everything except
mooned in Bermuda and Canada. applauding arc Dot Russett and her running the Key Punch Machines.
Bill looks awfully tired lately, but he's husband. . .We finally decide to call Joe Davis is supervisor of this section.
it a day and return home.
Witli this new system, our work is
happy! ! !
CERAMICS
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caught up from day to day. . .Wonders will never cease! !
Sue Mitchell and Barbara St. John
are the proud parents of baby boys! !,
and Bev Little and Pat Saulnier of
girls! ! Congratulations to the new
mothers. . . Kaye Connors is back with
us after being on vacation for two
weeks. Glad to have you back, Kaye.
Rumor had it that Mr. llothan
came back to work one afternoon
with a teddy bear! ! Is this a new
addition to your Department? ?. . .
Ken Blanchard hasn't been saying a
word lately. Have you lost your
voice, Ken, or are you getting bashful
in your old age? ?
Now that Green Mountain Park
has opened for a new season, we hope
Carolyn Mullen will win the Twin
Double this year! ! How about it,
Carolyn?
Madeline Cuccia has been planning
a trip to Europe for July 3rd. I hope
you can wait that long, Madeline.
Time is getting near. OH, by the
way, how is your vaccination! !
Pretty worried there for awhile! !
A few of our co-workers went down
to the New York Parts Show. Nice
going, Archie, Dot and Al. Glad
to have you represent us. Pretty
hard work in the Presidential Suite,
huh you guys? Well, you only go
this way once, so live it up! ! !
The girl's Bowling Banquet is to be
held May 27, and' it looks like the
Leftovers might be left out again!
Well, we still have a chance, girls.
Wait until next year. . .Seems to me
I've said that before!.. . Fishing season
has opened and Eileen Zimba is sure
happy. Hope you have better luck
this year than you did last year.
We have a few people out sick.
Anna Moors and Carol Vallieres. . .
Speedy recovery to both of you. Get
well soon girls.
TANTALUM FINISH
by Barbara
King
A retirement party in honor of
Frances Giglotti was held at the
"Hob Nob Club" on the Mohawk
Trail. The party was held on March
9, and March 12 was Frances' last
work day. Everyone wore leis and
flowers in their hair to carry out the
Hawaiian theme of the party. Entertainment was provided by three hula
girls, Helen Hafncr, Bertha Lussier
and Ann Delisle, grass skirts and all.
Alice Dyndor served as toastmistress
and Yours Truly read a poem to
Frances, as follows:
TO FRANCES
by Barb
King
Frances has worked for quite a while.
Several places liked her style.
She started in the Arnold's, then Gale
Shoe Shop.
In 1949 at Sprague's she stopped.
She's a nice quiet worker and friendly
to all.
At her cleaning job, she's on the ball.
She removes goofed-up stamps with
dispatch.
Her polishing technique you cannot
match.
She claims she can't do the twist,
But she can remove a tube with a flick
of the wrist.
There's an old saying you must have
heard
About being too old to cut the
mustard.
Well, this little saying doesn't fit her,
Because she's quite a gal, yes sir.
So, Frances, when you get up each day
Think of us still working for a pay.
Think of how lucky you are to rest,
And remember we wish you all the
best.
Frances was then presented a gold
chain and charm and a purse of
money by our Foreman, Bill King.
The climax of the program was Ken
Brown's crowning of Frances as Queen
of the Islands with a crown of flowers.
Ken also served as guest speaker.
Almost all of Frances' co-workers
attended and many members of her
family. Among them were her husband Joseph and her son Paul. Also
attending was Roy Brant of Industrial
Relations. Everyone had a wonderful time and the hula girls were given
coconuts for their wonderful dancing.
Arrangements were made by Alice
Dyndor. Decorations: Barbara King,
Alda O'Neil, Marge Callahan, Kay
McAndrews, Ann Delisle, Evelyn
Prystas, Bertha Lussier and Bernadette Jones. Transportation: Alice
Dyndor. Entertainment: Yours Truly.
On Frances' last day of work she
was presented a beautifully decorated
cake from her friends, and everyone
enjoyed coffee and cake at break time.
So long, Fran. It was nice working
with you.
Betty Johnson became a grandmother again. A grandson named
Shawn Patrick was born March 30 to
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Johnson. . .The 1
"Tenpin" bowling team has a routing section in the persons of Tracy
and Tammy Lauzon, granddaughters
of Olive Crandall. Olive is now recuperating from a hurt knee she
sustained in a fall. She had to keep
it in a cast for several weeks. . .
We're glad to have Betty Demers back
to work after her session in the
hospital.. . .Gladys Costello is getting
better after her operation at the
Albany Medical Center. We're looking forward to having you back soon,
Gladys.
We were sorry to have Eileen
Koczela and Carol Rancatti transfer
to other departments. Welcome to
Carol Floriani, Kathy Robinson, Ann
Burdick, Virginia Andrews, Agnes
Comeau and Irene Kondej.
A luncheon was held on April 12
in honor of Judy Billings who is
getting married on April 24 to Edward
Duquette. The luncheon was held
at Florini's, and Judy was presented
some gifts from her friends and coworkers. Arrangements were made
by Alice Dyndor. . .We bid farewell
on April 9 to Ann Delisle who is
moving to Agawam. She was given
a cake and gifts from her co-workers.
We wish you luck and success, Ann.
Misc. Dry Test and Ship
by Ella Genesi and Emily
Wlodyka
Vacations got off to an early start
in our department this year. William
Mendel spent his at Fort Meyer,
Florida. Had a wonderful time,
played golf in the a.m., swam and
sunbathed in the p.m. and wined and
dined in the evening. What a life! !
. . . Marie Paesler spent hers at Daytona Beach, Florida, and also traveled
extensively throughout the state...
Retirement Parties
Frances Gigliotti reigned as
queen at her retirement party held
at the Hob Nob Restaurant. In
the picture she is dancing with
Kenneth Brown, local Industrial
Relations Manager.
Eleanor Pelletier took a week oil' to
rest up from the hustle and bustle and
hectic preparations prior to her
daughter's wedding.
Incidentally,
Eleanor was pleasantly surprised on
the occasion of her 25th wedding
anniversary on April 8, by her
daughter and new son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. James DeMayo at their new
"Colonial Gardens" Apartment in
Dalton. (some class! ! ) . . . . Emily
Wlodyka and Celeste Beliveau spent
their vacations spring cleaning, painting, etc.
Our heartiest congratulations to
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Lampiasi on the
birth of a son (their third) Andy, Jr.,
April 6. . .Congratulations are also in
order for Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Duquette who said their "I Do's"
Saturday morning, April 24 in the
Notre Dame Church in North Adams.
May you have many years of wedded
bliss and may all your troubles be
little o n e s ! ! ( 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - ? ? )
ha! ha! Is that enough? ? . . . Congratulations to Don Roy and Danny
Collins on their promotions.
We extend a sincere welcome to the
following new-comers to our department; Carmen Bassi, Betty Brooks,
Shirley Labombard, Aline Gamache,
Pauline Peck, Eddie Duquette, Dan
Ronan and Carl Briggs. It's nice
having you with us.
Francis Royal underwent surgery
in the North Adams Hospital recently.
We wish him a speedy recovery and a
short convalescence!. . .Jo Collins also
underwent major surgery in St.
Peter's Hospital, Albany, New York
recently and is now convalescing
very favorably at home. Come on,
Jo!
Hurry and get well. The room
just isn't the same without you!
Congratulations to the Sprague
Women's Candlepin Champs "Faye's
Team." Well done, girls! It was a
tough struggle, but it was worth it.
Bits of Wisdom!
If you sow a little kindness you will
soon reap a crop of friends.
Profanity is the effort of a feeble
mind to express itself forcibly.
Of those to whom much is given,
much is required.
Help others as you journey through
life. Those who live only for themselves run a mighty small business.
Lucille Beaudry (left) enjoyed
Hotel. With her in the picture are
Frances Roy (center) and Alice
Pedercini. Lucille was employed
in Miscellaneous Papers.
DRY ROLLING
by Dorothy
Mellilo
I think someone had better straighten Charlie Pedrin out! He doesn't
seem to know the difference between
the Coke machine and the coffee
machine (or did he get "shook-up"
over Dot Mellilo's shoes?)... The
welcome mat is out for our new
Western Electric Rollers, Joan Luczynski, Mary Joseph, Carol Michalski
and Melaine Anton. We hope your
stay with us will be a long and
pleasant one.
Don't ever believe the old saying
"You're Never to Old" because it's
not true. Your reporter knows. I just
returned to work after a bout with the
measles! ! So everyone BEWARE..
you're never to old for anything ! !
Joe DeGrenier is having trouble
dialing the telephone. Problem is he
was using the adding machine instead! ! !...Anna Toniatti is very
proud of her two brothers. Dr. John
11. Roch, Professor of English and
Liberal Arts at Glossboro State
College in New Jersey, has been made
President of the Glossboro Chapter of
the American Association of University Professors, and also Chairman
of the English Department. 1 ler
other brother, Charles Butler of
North Bennington, Vermont, recently
donated one of his modern art paintings to North Adams State College.
It is to be hung on the wall of their
new Art Room, which they are planning to build.
We suffered a great loss in our
department on April 10 with the loss
of our Foreman, Adam Novak. He
will be greatly missed. Our deepest
sympathy to his family.
With this I close. . .Truly mature is
the man who can admit he is wrong
without sulking and who can prove
the other fellow is wrong without
gloating.
Filter Department - Coil Winding
by Lucy Kenney
The nice thing about being nice is
that you're missed. Like we miss
Millie Moorman and she left us with
these words—Lady with a sweet
tooth never fits in a telephone booth.
Millie is now working at the Brown
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Street Plant. . .Delia Lilly Hew by jet
to Miami and took her granddaughter
Patty along for a two week vacation.
Delia also attended a beautiful ceremony at Mount Marie in Holyoke
when her other granddaughter took
her first veil. Her name is Sister
Michael John. We want to welcome
the new people who have joined
Filters. They arc Sarah Tomasini,
Elaine Kupiec, Gcrt Barrows, Rosalie
Roy, Billy Capari, Madeline Hover,
Ruth Burke, Irene Rowley, Gert
Archambeau, Philomena Guerino,
and Dorothy Belanger.
You can put your skis away, Billy
Sweet and wear a smile this summer.
Better luck next year. . .On April 10,
Betty Fleury celebrated 35 years with
the Company. . .It's good to see John
Mahoney back to work after a short
stay in the hospital. Don't shake the
Filters up like that again John (we
can't stand it).
Well, it won't be long now before
we all will be going out to those far
away places. Everyone is looking
forward to a vacation well deserved.
Twenty-five friends of Jean Maselli
gathered at the home of her daughter
Mary Jean Paradise in Pownal to help
celebrate and wish her many happy
years in her new home. Her gift was
a beautiful fireplace set. A wonderful time was had by all. . .When Ann
Dubie and Margaret Cirone fall, it
not only wakes them up, it shakes
them up. Never mind girls, summer
is coming. The Old Smoothies (Marge
and Benny Richer) attended the
Alert's Ball. They danced till the
wee hours of the morning and went
home singing "After the Ball is Over."
The Houghton School Minstrel
was another big success. With Tony
Falco picking on his banjo, it was
bound to be good. . .Well, we're all
betting on the ball games and may
the best man win.
lovely party at Taconic Park for our
two retirees: Edith Royal and Tom
Doyle. Each was given appropriate
gifts by co-workers. Dinner and
dancing was enjoyed by everyone.
Some dancers really could dance.
"Murray's
Dancing School" had
nothing on them. A nice hand goes
out to Zita Pedrin and Toot Supernault, co-chairmen for the affair, for a
wonderful job.
Josephine Basio's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Baroni, celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary recently. Jo
showed us some nice pictures in which
they were smiling and look happy. . .
Seems like Paula Floriani takes the
honors for breaking more mandrils.
Miles would just get one fixed, when,
oops, she broke another. . .Gary Pedrin was promoted recently which
made Zita very proud of him. He
was promoted to Airman Second Class
in the U. S. Air Force at Pittsburgh,
N. Y. He is serving as an Administrative Specialist.
People who have recently celebrated their birthdays are Mary V.,
January 31st, Tom Doyle, February
12th, Eleanor Hall, March 7th, Irving
Shea, March 17th, Zyg Nash, March
27th. The years roll around pretty
fast, don't they?
Sorry to hear that Margaret Dickinson is out on sick leave. Hope you
are feeling better. Greetings from
the gang. . .Ruth Pindick is back with
us. Hope you stay nice and healthy.
. . . Our sympathy is extended to
Bernice Gentile on the death of her
sister-in-law, Mary Richardello. . .
Also, I would like to express my own
thanks to the kindness shown me on
the recent death of my mother, Dora
Santolin. Many thanks for the Mass
Cards, Floral Bouquet and money
sent us.
Welcome to all our new workers.
Haven't had time to learn your
names. Hope you like it here with
by Gerry Giusti
us. . .Last but not least, Joan Maliar
St. Patrick's Day came and went, and her husband celebrated their 18th
but we'll never forget Miles' "dazzling wedding anniversary April 24. It
green shirt." Glad you're putting it won't be long till your silver anniaway for another year. . .We had a versary.
DRY MINIATURE
St. Patrick's Day At Beaver Street
Thoroughly enjoying the 'wearing o' the green' are (left to right):
Edna Cwiertniewicz, Helen Harrington, Amelia Dean, Walter
Tatro and Ann Malloy.
St. Patrick's day was a happy
occasion at Beaver Street and three
of the girls posed in the parking lot
on the way home. They a r e :
Stephanie Kulpa, Theresa Vono
and Adele Solari.
glad Sally's daughter is on the road to
recovery after a very serious illness. . .
Barb LeBlanc didn't know what she
would find when she returned home
in Bennington after her daughter
called during a terrible storm and
said the shingles were blowing off the
house.
REPORTERS . . .
Too bad we weren't on Candid
Gertrude Noel, Norma Skorupski, Cora Ryan Camera when Priscilla Creenlaw and
Linda Kcllcy opened their thermos
and found (he one who was supposed
Hand and Machine Winding
to have coffee had tea. Helen
Scarbo, up to her old tricks, had
by Cora Ryan
Spring is here. The robins have switched bottles... Lorraine Demo
made their trip home from the South. will never forget her St. Patrick's Day
The crocus and daffodils are nodding birthday. 1 ler friends (Gloria i lebert
their heads in the Spring breeze. and Rita Stanton presented her with
The topic of the day is housecleaning shamrock covered unmentionables
plus a shillelagh... Irene Decoteau
and vacations.
The wheels of progress are turning joined the grandmother's club in
at a high rate of speed at Union Street. January with a bouncing baby girl.
The machine and hand winders have We are also very glad that both her
said adieu to Bill Tisdale and we wel- parents Mr. and Mrs. Boulerice are
come Bill Burdick as our new Fore- out of the hospital.
man. Bill Tisdale has been assigned
Ronnie Dean received so many
to the new department on the top radio and TV oilers after his Sprague
floor as B. R. M. J. and Delay line, Log of the Air debut, he's getting a
Number 526...There arc a great swollen head. . .Lloyd King has left
many of our girls being transferred to us to become Foreman of the Molding
that Department. . .The hand wind- Department temporarily. Bill Button
ers have lost Richard Daniels as a is filling in in his absence... Hazel
Group Leader, and William Hattat Daignault's son William was recently
has taken his place. We are happy married in Springfield to the former
to have you with us, William. . .Lots Lillian Aubin.. . Loretta Lyons modelof changes arc being made in nearly ed quite an Easter bonnet for us.
She is all ready to be the first lady on
every department.
Esther Sullivan has received an the moon.
announcement that her son, William
Joseph Sullivan, will join the faculty
of the Department of English of the Recent Arrivals . . .
Ohio State University for the acad- MARCH
emic year 1965-1966. . .A very large
6, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Potvin, son
and lovely retirement party was held
at Fireside for two of our co-workers, 10, Mr. & Mrs. Hewitt Rand,
daughter
Viola Gamari and Ora Levesque.
Margaret Cook and Fran Solari were 11, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wright, son
co-chairmen of the affair. The table 12, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Esposito, son
was decorated with colored tapers and 13, Mr. & Mrs. William Provost, son
spring flowers. A program was ar- 18, Mr. & Mrs. Allan McLain, son
ranged and the well-known T.V. show 25, Mr. & Mrs. Giles Boissoncault,
daughter
"This is Your Life" for Viola was read
by James Nicol. Robert Smith serv- 28, Mr. & Mrs. Richard O'Neil, son
ed as master of ceremonies. Gifts 29, Mr. & Mrs. James Dami, daughter
were presented and dancing was en- 29, Mr. & Mrs. Dieter Eveleth,
daughter
joyed. We wish Viola and Ora a
30, Mr. & Mrs. James O'Sullivan,
long and happy retirement.
daughter
Rachel Tatro was called home because her son Joe fell at school. 1 le 30, Mr. & Mrs. Francis St. John, son
sprained his ankle and has it in a cast. 30, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Bednarz,
daughter
We wish him a speedy recovery. . .
Lucy Tilton's daughter who is only 18 30, Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Johnson, son
months old fell over her kitten and APRIL
broke her collarbone. We feel so
2, Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Shade, son
sorry, Lucy. . .Dorothy Bessette is to 2, Mr. & Mrs. Warren Bcrner, son
be the desk clerk for the new depart4, Mr. & Mrs. David Robarc,
ment. We wish you lots of luck,
daughter
Dorothy.
6, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Lampiasi, son
Everyone seemed to have had a 11, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Rondeau,
very nice Easter. The children all
daughter
looked so nice. . .We arc all looking 13, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Banas, son
forward to the summer and all the fun 16, Mr. & Mrs. John Eagar, daughter
of golfing, swimming, fishing and, 16, Mr. & Mrs. John Robarc, son
above all, picnics.
17, Mr. & Mrs. Francis Alaraie,
daughter
SMALL ORDERS
17, Mr. & Mrs. William Peck, son
by Gert Noel
17, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Sherman, Jr.,
A delightful retirement party was
daughter
held March 25 at the Fireside in honor 18, Mr. & Mrs. Frank DcMarsico,
of Ora Levesque who was presented
daughter
some luggage and jewelry. It was so 19, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Sacco,
nice to see so many girls who formerly
daughter
worked with us. We wish Ora many 26, Mr. & Mrs. George Schwarzer, son
happy years as a senior citizen.
26, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Krzeminski,
Carol Smith spent a busy month
daughter
getting her daughter Juanita ready for 27, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Scarthe Houghton Minstrel. . .We're so
borough, daughter
-Page 5
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TRADING POST _k
<• PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS •
FOR SALE
1964 MGA ROADSTER—Wire wheels, whhewall tires, radio & heater,
tonneau cover. Soft top & hard top also included. Excellent condition. Call
663-5013 after 5 P.M.
1963 VOLKSWAGEN—Excellent condition. Call 663-3852 after 5 P.M.
1953 OLDSMOimj;--Super 88. Ne~ur7iics, no rust."(^c7crc7)7id[7io~iTrc:aTl
663-9587 after 6 P.M.
1951 CHEVY DOODLE BUG—$25. Also 1948 JEEP with 4-vvheel drive.
Good running condition. Half cab. Call 743-3539.
1959 VOLKSWAGEN CONVERTIBLE in excellent condition. $595. Call
Ext. 2437 or 663-9972.
TRAVEL TRAILER—TROTWOOD (19'). 1 las gas refrigerator, stove with
oven, heater, lavatory with shower, etc. Call 743-1571 after 4 P.M.
IN CENi RALTLORIDA ---(2) Bedroom House with Florida room; ceramic
tile bath; birch kitchen cabinets. Located on large lot near lakes and golf course.
No taxes. $9,500 or monthly payments arranged with down payment. Call
663-9857 anytime.
(8) RM. RANCH HOUSE on~Kemp Ave. V2 acre corner lot; (4) bedrooms;
newly decorated kitchen; 30 x 20 family room. Under SI4,000. Call Ext. 974 or
Mildred Conroy, of the Filter Division, recently completed a two week
663-6356 during noon hour.
NASA Soldering School which qualified her to teach new soldering techNEW HOME on Lindley Terrace Extension. Attached garage; full cellar; niques to other Filter Division employes. Classes offer a concentrated
aluminum combination windows & doors; baseboard hotwater heat. (2) bed- 40-hour program of instruction. The second class is now in process.
rooms; large living room; heated sun room; birch kitchen cabinets; tiled bath & Shown with Mrs. Conroy is Frank Garlington (right), Manager of the
shower. Village water & sewer. Front and back yards fenced in. Call 458- North Adams Filter Laboratory, as he presents her with her certificate of
3900 after 1:30 P.M.
completion. Waiting to offer his congratulations is Wilfred Johnson,
GIULIETI I AMPLIFIER, 30 watts dual channel (4 imputs) (normal & bass); Navy Inspector.
imput for additional speaker and tremolo with foot switch. Used 2 months. Call
663-6668 after 5 P.M.
VENETIAN BLINDS (white)—27i/2"; 27>/4"; 26"; 25"; & 26%". (4) Offwhite - 26". Also Men's Hockey Skates - Size 8. Call 743-3364.
40 GAL. G.E. WATER HEATER. Call 664-4301.
STAMP COLLECTION—Stampless covers; first day covers; plate blocks.
Call 663-7089 after 5:30 P.M.
PLAYPEN with new pad. Like new. $10. Call 664-4305.
~~
4x5 SPEED GRAPHIC CAMERA including Kodak Ektar F4.7 127mm lens;
Graflex Optar F6.8 90 mm lens; flash gun with 5" & 7" reflectors. Also k-2
filter; filter adapter rings; two close-up lens; cut film holder; film pack adapter
& tripod. 30 yrs. old. $175. Call Ext. 2638 or Bennington 442-5117.
40" FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC STOVE & Hotpoint Refrigerator. Both in
A-l condition. Call 663-5963 after 5 P.M.
REG. SIBERIAN PUPPIES from sled dog parents. Make excellent pets and
work dogs. Call Ext. 2363 or 663-3389.
COCKTAIL DRUM—10" head. $65. Reznor gas heater - 75,000 BTU. $75.
Also 250 asphalt shingles (3x1). Make an offer. Call Ext. 974 or 663-6356.
1961 FORD GALAXIE—4 Dr. Standard V-8. $1500. Call 743-5230 after
5:30 P.M.
1961 FORD GALAXIE (8-cylinder) 4 Dr. Sedan; Dark blue. Priced for quick
sale. Call 663-5002 after 4 P.M.
FREE
(4) KITTENS NEED A GOOD HOME.
Carroll G. Killen (left), Vice President, Industrial and Military Sales,
smiles at Barrett Border of the Barrett Border Company as he calls the
factory to secure additional information on a question asked by Mr.
Border during the recent IEEE Show held in New York City.
z^zzzmzzn
Call 458-4800 anytime.
WANTED
_______________
CHILD'S SMALL SEWING MACHINE. Please send information (make,
price & where it can be seen) to Box 277, Williamstown.
RIDERS WANTED
FROM ADAMS TO BEAVER ST. For 8-5 shift. Call 743-3539.
RIDE WANTED ~
FROM FIVE ROADS SECTION TO MARSHALL ST. for 5-11 P.M. Shift.
Call Ext. 2547 or 663-9603.
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Ads are published as a service for Sprague employes only, at no charge.
Ads are accepted from employes who are on lay off.
Ads will not be run more than once, unless re-submitted.
Unsigned ads will not be printed, names will not be published
If ad is for more than one article, combine on same form.
Application forms for ads are available from the Log Desk.
Peter Fuller, (2nd left), State Cancer Crusade Chairman, visited Sprague Electric during the recent campaign and spoke with John D. Washburn, Corporate Director of Industrial Relations; Donato Dagnoli, local
Chairman for the Cancer Crusade; and William Stackpole, a member of
the Sprague Electric Employes Benefit Fund Committee. Our Benefit
Fund contributed a total of $2,000 to area campaign funds in North
Adams, Adams, Williamstown, and Stamford, Vermont. In all instances
the contribution was larger than that made during the 1964 drive.
Page 6
News from Vandalia
The LOG Banquet Was Fun!
by Edna
Brown
and Betty
Dempsey
Spring has finally arrived, we hope,
bringing with it a new Reporter of
Vandalia happenings. Yours Truly,
Betty Dempsey, along with our good
old standby, Edna Brown, will try
to keep everyone well informed....
As usual, there is always something
going on at Vandalia.
Dore.is Mitchell had a real gala
time recently - well, not gala, but exciting. 1 Icr son was married on April
10th to a lovely young gal in Indianapolis, Indiana, and all was going real
well until Judith, her only daughter,
got stubborn and held up on plans
to go to the hospital to give Dorcas
another grandchild. For awhile Dorcas wasn't sure whether to go to
church or to the hospital and in what
order, but all turned out well with the
wedding on schedule and the new
granddaughter arriving on April 1 4th.
Tillic Mayer is a proud grandma,
for the sixth time. It's a lovely new
granddaughter. Carlene Marie, born
on February 19th. Congratulations,
Tillic !!\Ve hope you have six more even a do/en.. . Ruth Irvin is a
proud something - her Schnauzcr presented her with four adorable puppies.
This just added to Ruth's collection
of animals. We think you classify
them ALL as animals. Really, she
has an odd sort of zoo, but holds up
well under the strain.
Back again to our Janet Brown.
Jan gave us all a bit of a scare a lewweeks ago, but came through with
flying colors and is back on the job.
Nice to have her back, too.. . .Lillian
Behrens is vacationing - well, not
really. Lil had some very serious surgery, but we're happy to say she is
recovering nicely and is well on the
road to full recovery. Hurry back,
Lil. We miss you.
A fashion show was held in Vandalia and some of our gals were
models. Real pros, too. Our reporter,
Edna Brown's, lovely daughter Shirley was also a model. Edna's only regret was the empty billfold at the end
of the show. It was a real gala evening
until Bertha Smith cracked up when
Lou Via tried on hats.. . . Lynn Mullins had a real nice jewelry parly.
Women only, of course. It was a real
success and our gals are all decked
out in fine pins, earrings, rings - the
works.
Gary Young is now the proud
owner of a beautiful red Chevy Super
Sport Convertible, lie's having a fit
because he can't get the top down but it's noi mechanical trouble, it's
the weather, lie did manage to get
the top down on a beautiful Sunday.
and was just ready for the take oil
when the rains came. Maybe next
time!
You have all heard the song, I he
Apartment, the theme from the show
of the same name. Well, Bernie
Kuhse and Len Felder can testily to
just this. They have taken up residence, when in Vandalia. in their
own little "apartment". It left much
to be desired such as dishes, pots and
pans, TV, etc., but the Vandalia
team got together and supplied all the
necessary items - including a cook
book. We understand it's quite the
place now, and the menus that are
Here is the adorable product of
Irma Olson's leave. This is William
- a real heartbreaker already.
prepared in thai kitchen are out of
this world. We haven'I figured out
yet who is the best cook. I low about
ii Len and Bernie, care to share the
cooking hinls:'
1 hen there is Jean Morton, our
only single a,'\v\. But not for long. |ust
thirty days away, huh, (can:' She's
knee deep in paint and lixini; up their
new home. Completely remodeling
the honeymoon castle ! All will be OK
if someone doesn't get a key to the
dream cottage while she and Mike are
away on their honeymoon. Watch
out, Jean.. . .We have one new member with us - George V. Brickey or
Vein as he prefers to be called. Welcome to our crew. We're glad to have
you with us.
Manson Labs & SE
In Joint Program
1 he Sprague Electric C Ion
lpany
and the Manson Laboratories Division of Hallicrafters Company, Wilton, Connecticut, announced ,1 joint
program for the manufacture and
marketing of pulse assemblies for use
in radar modulators at the opening of
the annual Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers Convention held
recently in the New York Coliseum.
The joint announcement was made by
Carroll (;. Killen, Vice President,
Industrial and Military Sales, and
Sanford Jacobson, Vice President of
the Manson Laboratories Division of
the Hallicrafters Company.
The program involves utilization of
technical capabilities of both companies. Sprague Electric has been a
leader in the manufacture of pulse
capacitors while Manson has been
pre-eminent in the manufacture of
magnetic components for modulators,
including high-voltage pulse transformers, charging chokes, filament
transformers, etc.
The new Sprague-Manson line of
pulse assemblies and matched pulse
components on display at the Sprague
and Manson booths at the show represented a new market approach by
both companies, it was said by Messrs.
Killen and Jacobson. They said that
the joint engineering and manufacturing effort being pioneered by the two
organizations should end long-continuing problems on the part of
equipment manufacturers in matching components for modulator assemblies procured from various vendors.
The Sprague-Manson pulse assemblies
will be completely integrated with all
components matched to give optimum
performance.
Page 7
Annual Meeting
Continued from Page 1
for several years as an instructor in
Business Statistics in the Northwestern
University School of Commerce in
Chicago.
Locally. Mr. Carlson is a Director
and Past President of the North
Adams Y.M.C.A. and is a past director and treasurer of the VVilliamstown
Hoys' Club, lie is currently serving
his second term as Chairman ol the
Mt. (ireylock Regional District School
(lommittee.
Mr. I ,o\vry is a graduate of I larvard
College, where he received the A.B.
degree and of the I 'niversity of Michigan Law School, where he received
the L.L.B. in 1953. I Ie is a member
of the American liar Association,
Michigan Bar Association and Detroit
Bar Association. Following graduation from law school, he served lot"
three years in the U. S. Army at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia where he was engaged in Legal Assistance and Claims
Work.
Mr. Armitage is a native of Lawrence, Massachusetts and is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts. He has been serving since
November 1953 as Chief Accountant
of the Sprague Electric Company.
Prior to that time he was employed
by Patterson, Tecle and Dennis of
Boston as a Senior Accountant. At
Sprague Electric he is also Treasurer
and a Director of the Sprague Electric
Credit Union.
Mr. Armitage is a graduate of the
Bentley College of Accounting and
Finance and is attending North
Adams State College, lie is a Director
of the Massachusetts Credit LInion
Share Insurance Corporation, and a
member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, the
Massachusetts Society of ('citified
Public Accountants, and the National
Association of Accountants.
Active in civic affairs, Mr. Armitage
is currently serving as a Corporator
of the North Adams Hospital and a
Director of the North Adams Y.M.C.A.
He is also a former Treasurer of the
North Adams Kiwanis.
Suggestions
Continued from page 3
a clean tinning with no loss ol covers.
At the March meeting, John Davis,
of Filters, was awarded $25.00 for his
idea to purchase a stamp each month
which includes both the date code and
the parl number. I his eliminates the
double stamping formerly done on
certain units.
In the final group of awards, two
employes received SIS.00 each lor
their accepted ideas. Fred Curtis, of
filters, suggested that two leads, instead of one, can be formed at the
same lime in the Bending Lead operation by using a horseshoe shaped
device with a pointed end. A $15.00
award was also made to Ernest
Johnson, of the Machine Shop, for an
inproved method of hermetic wet
sealing.
Figures compiled for 1964 show that
during the year there were 68 accepted
suggestions for a total of $4,535.00,
an average of $67.00 per accepted
suggestion. A total of 133 ideas were
submitted with 65% of them being
approved for an award. Throughout
the Company a total of 245 suggestions were accepted and over $13,000.00 paid to the idea-producing
employes.
Truck Drivers
Continued from page 1
hours on the road, and 133,743
accident-free miles. During the nine
year period they have driven 216,364
accident-free hours and 1,566,709
accident-free miles.
Speaking to the group, Anthony N.
Sacco, Corporate Safety Supervisor,
complimented ihe drivers who had
maintained an accident-free record.
I Ie also congratulated the inplant
forklift drivers who are not a part of
the outside truck driver's safety program, but who have compiled a good
record. In the future inplant drivers
will be the recipients of safety awards
based on rules which Mr. Sacco
announced.
Inventory Control Studies To Be Headed
By Meiklejohn As Special Assignment
Donald J. Meiklejohn has been
given a special assignment with the
Company as Inventory Reduction
Coordinator, and in his new position
will report directly to Ernest L.
Ward, President.
The problem of in-process inventory
has been given much thought during
the past several years, but ordinary
methods of dealing with it through
regular line organization have failed.
As a result it was decided to set up a
special staff and line effort which is
aimed at bringing about a radical improvement in our work-in-process
inventory during 1965.
Based on the Value Engineering
groups which have provided many
improvements in manufacturing operations, a series of study groups have
been established to deal with the
problems of Inventory Control. The
groups are currently meeting in evening sessions and studying specific
areas to which they are assigned.
Blair & Brant
Continued from page 3
President of the Industrial Management Club of the Worcester YMCA,
and a Director of the Central Massachusetts Employer's Association, lie
formerly served as President of the
Worcester Industrial Council and the
Personnel Director's Council.
Mr. Brant is a native of Palo Alto,
California and a graduate of the
University of San Francisco. Prior to
joining Sprague Electric he was
associated with the National Labor
Relations Board as a Field Examiner.
While in college he held various jobs
with a pipeline construction firm, a
drayage company, and a diesel
supply company.
Mr. Brant is a member of the University of San Francisco Alumni
Association and the Holy Name
Society. He and his wife, the former
Joan Barry of San Francisco, and
their five children reside at the Knolls
in VVilliamstown.
Company Sponsorship Continues To Aid Students
Donald Meiklejohn
The results of these studies will be
reported to Mr. Ward as each area of
study is completed. A series of discussions on the new Inventory Control program are currently being
presented on the LOG of the Air with
men in each major affected area discussing their area of responsibility.
As a result of Mr. Meiklejohn's
new assignment several changes have
been announced in the Methods Department by Edward H. Goodman,
Department Head of Planning and
Methods. Louis Scalise has assumed
the position of Section Head for all
North Adams Aluminum Electrolytic
and Ceramic operations. Mr. Scalise
and William Karp, also of Methods.
will continue to assist Mr. Meiklejohn
in Value Engineering work.
Christian de Marcken, formerly
with the Marshall Street group, has
been named Section Head of all
Beaver Street Methods.
Edward
Godek, formerly at Beaver Street, has
been assigned to Marshall Street to
head Methods responsibilities in I antalum and Filters. Charles Jaeschke,
in addition to his Brown Street
Methods work, has assumed overall
supervision of Beaver Street activities.
Messrs. Godek, Scalise and Jaeschke
will report directly to Mr. Goodman
for the duration of Mr. Meiklejohn's
assignment in Inventory Control.
RECENT RETIREES
Donald Raina (center), Union Street Group Leader, is presented his tuition refund check following
completion of a course in General Electronics
through the International Correspondence Schools.
James Nicol (right), Plant Superintendent, is presenting the check as Don's Foreman, John Petri
waits to offer his congratulations.
David Gilmore, of the Filter Division, smiles
happily as he receives the congratulations of Frank
Garlington, Manager of the North Adams Filter
Division Laboratory, upon completion of a 2 year
course in General Electronics. Dave completed the
course ahead of schedule. Waiting to present the
certificate from ICS is Courtney W. Flanders, Corporate Manager of Training.
ELBERT BECKER, of Plating, retired from active service on February
26 after 14J/2 years of service.
WILLIAM COLLIER, JR., of Salvage, left the Company on February
26 after 16 years of service.
WALLER COULD, of Check Inspection, completed his duties on
February 26 after 12 years with
Sprague Electric.
JOHN BATTERSBY, of High Reliability Filters, retired on February
26 after tfJ/> years with the Company.
THOMAS DOYLE, of Sub Miniature Dry Assembly, left active service
on March 5 after 14 years with
Sprague Electric.
FRANCES GIGLIOTTI, of Tantalum Finish, completed her duties
with the Company on March 12
after 15'/2 years with the Company.
ORA LEVESQUE, of Samples and
Small Orders, Union Street, retired
on April 4 after IS years of service
VIOLA GAMARI, of Magnetic Coil
Winding, retired on April 16 after 23
years with Sprague Electric.
Page 8
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Requested
Return Postage
Guaranteed
WESiifflm*®*
BULK RATE
U. S. POSTAGE
PAID
North Adams, Mass.
Permit No. 94
Repeated Hem . . .
PUBLISHED WORKS
The Girl's Candlepin League had an exciting year of play at the Valley
Park Lanes. Ceil Kudla (2nd right) checks her high score as other League
members look on in admiration. Shown with Ceil are: (left to right)
Ruth Sheldon, Harriet Sherman, Mildred Conroy and Opal Norcross.
Pro Baseball Returns
To Berkshire County
After ;t lapse of fourteen years, professional baseball returns to the Berkshires this year with the PittsfieldBfrkshire Red Sox holding forth at
Wahconah Park in Pittsfield as an
entry in the Class AA Eastern League.
The last time there was pro-baseball
in the Berkshires was in 1951 when the
Pittsfield Indians were members of the
Class C Can-AM League, which has
long since gone out of existence.
The Eastern League is one ol the
oldest leagues in professional baseball.
Its AA classification is the highest
rated baseball ever to play in Pittsfield. Other city leagues are Springfield, Massachusetts; Reading, York
and Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and
Elmira, New York. The president and
owner of the Club is Joseph ). Buzas,
a Bucknell University graduate and a
former New York Yankee infielder.
Mr. Buzas will devote his full time
efforts in the operation of the Club.
Pat McKernan, a Niagara University
graduate, is the business manager.
The Red Sox will play a 140 game
schedule, of which 70 are home games
on 68 scheduled dates. Opening date
was April 24 with a home game
against the Springfield Giants. Wahconah Park was built in 1949 and has
been improved this year. It has a fine
lighting system and a seating capacity
of 5,000 persons. I he playing field
dimensions are 348 feet in left field,
337 feet to right field, and 352 feet
lo dfA<.\ centerl icld. I lie deepest part
of the park is 396 feet in left centerfield. There is also ample free parking
for those attending games.
The Club has a working agreement
with the Boston Red Sox who will
assign them some of the best collegiate
and professional players in their farm
system. 1 he manager is Ed Popowski
who has been in the Red Sox organization as a player, coach and manager for 25 years.
A professional baseball club should
LIKE THIS, DAD?
During each year many articles prepared by Research and Engineering
personnel are accepted for publication.
The following is a list of publications
from J a n u a r y through April of this year.
Dr. II. I'. Anderson, "Initial Sintering Kinetics of Barium Titanate Compacts," J. American Ceramic Society, 48, 118-21- (1965).
Dr. K. M. Busen and Mr. J. Lindmayer, "Effect of Impurities and Structural Parameters on Silicon/Silicon Oxide Interfaces," Trans AIME °33 .536-39
(1965).
Dr. R. Dreiner, Dr. K. Lehovec and Mr. J. R. Schimmel, "Growth Mechanism of Thin Anodic Oxide Films on Tantalum. I. Self-Anodization Using
an External Load Resistor," J. Electrochemical Society, 112, 395-401 (1965).
. Dr. M. Finkelstein, Dr. R. C. Petersen and Dr. S. D. Ross, "Electrolysis of
Phenyl and Benzyl Quaternary Ammonium Salts," Electrochimica Ada 10
465-69 (1965).
Mr. J. Lindmayer, '"Current Transients in Insulators," ]. Applied Physics
36, 196-201 (1965).
Mr. J. Lindmayer and Mr. W. North, '"Inductive Effect in Transistors "
Solid-State Electronics, 8, 409-415 (1965).
Mr. J. Lindmayer and Dr. K. M. Busen, "Semiconductor-Oxide Interface
as a Heterojunction," Trans. AIME, 233, 530-35 (1965).
Dr. J. J. Randall, Dr. W. J. Bernard and Dr. R. R. Wilkinson, ""Radioactive Study of the Composition and Properties of Anodic Oxide Films on
'Tantalum and Niobium," Llcctrochimica Ada, 10, 183-201 (1965).
MEETINGS
Little James (Jimmy) Darling is
anxious to learn the art of bowling.
His father, Adrian, is giving him
his first instructions prior to the
League bowling session.
PASSING THOUGHTS
Hard work is nothing more than
an accumulation of easy things you
didn't do when you should have.
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When all's said and done, more is
always said than done!
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To get to the top requires that you
get oil your bottom.
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Nobody suffers in silence unless the
telephone is out of order.
provide excellent entertainment for
area residents and tourists. It will give
national publicity to Berkshire County. The team can provide a valuable
recreational outlet for the community,
a healthy influence on the young
people, and a priceless feeling of
community spirit.
In addition to published works, many papers are presented at technical
society meetings throughout the year. Since the first of the year papers have
been presented at: 'The American Physical Society Meeting, Washington, D. C ;
Int. Conference on Solid-State Circuits, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; IEEE
International Convention, New York; Conference on Physical Electronics,
MIT; IEEE Meeting on 'Thin Film Active Devices, Baltimore, Maryland;
Electronic Components Conference, Washington, D. C ; and Williams College
and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Research Center Authors Make Presentation
Joseph Lindmayer (left) and Charles Wrigley (right) present a copy of
their newly published book, "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices",
to Bette Gargal, Research Center librarian. The book will be available
at the library for anyone interested in reading and studying it.