1959-60 Safety Report Shows Sprague A Safe Place To Work

1959-60 Safety Report Shows
Sprague A Safe Place To Work
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VOL.
AUGUST, 1960
XXII
NO. 12
TEN ADDITIONS TO NORTH ADAMS
MANAGEMENT GROUP ANNOUNCED
GEORGE CHAMPAGNE
Section Head.
Time Study, is a
native of North
Adams, joining
Sprague in October 195:5. Prior
to coining to
Sprague he was
employed at the
(iale Shoe Company,
General
Electric and Hunter Machine Company. He graduated from Drury High
School in 1939. Married to the former
Genevieve Pappas of North Adams,
they have three children. George is
active in the American Legion, past
president of the Freeman Parent
Group and currently is president of
the Sprague Softball League.
JOHN
FLAHERTY
Section
Head.
Employe a n d
Community Relations, joined
Sprague in May
1960 upon his retirement as chief
of police of North
Adams. He atte nded
St.
Josephs School
and later the FBI National Academy
in Washington. I). C. Starting with
the force in 1928 as a patrolman, hewas promoted to captain in 1936 and
in 194") was appointed chief. He was
president of the Massachusetts Association of Police Chiefs in 1951.
Married to the former Mabel Estes
of North Adams, they have two sons
and a daughter.
WILLIAM GAFFEY
Foreman, Quality
Assurance and
Reliability, joined Sprague upon
graduation from
D r u r y Hi gh
School in June
1950.
He'was
first employed in
the Dry Rolling
department and
later transferred to Quality'*' Control
as a technician. He subsequently
was made supervisor and general
supervisor in the same department
before being named to his present
position. He is married to the
former Marjorie Carpinello and they
have three daughters and a son.
JOSEPH LINDMAYFR - Section Head,
Research and
Engineering,
joined Sprague in
June 1957. Born
in B u d a p e s t,
H u n g a r y , he
graduated from
the T e c h n i c a l
University of
Budapest with an
electrical diploma engineer which is
comparable to a masters degree. His
experience includes work in radar,
electronic instruments and service,
radio isotopes, and television. Married
to the former Clara Boldvai of Buda-
pest. Hungary, and they have a son
and a daughter.
JOHN NEWMAN - Section Head, Research and Engineering Laboratories, came to
Sprague from the
Mixing
Equipment Company of
Rochester, New
York. A native of
North Adams, he
attended the LTniversity of Rochester and graduated in
1951 with a BS degree in Chemical
Engineering. He is currently employed in the Ceramic Laboratory.
Married to the former
Barbara
Malinowski of North Adams, they
have three daughters and a son.
JOHN
OGILVIE
-
Foreman
of
the
Special Products
Division at Bennington, came to
S p ragu e
in
March 1951 from
the National Carbon and Carbide
Company in
B e n n i n g t o n.
A native of Hoosi=k Falls, New York, he graduated
from Bennington High School in 1945
and from General Electric Night
School in Schenectady, New York in
1947. Formerly employed at the
North Adams plant, he transferred to
his present position in May of this
year. He is married to the former
Patricia Rogers of Bennington, \"t.
KTRT SCHOENI
Department Head,
Mathematical
Services, came to
Sprague in the
Fall of 1953 from
a position as actuary for the city
of Zurich, Switzerland.
He is a
native of Switzerland and graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology in Zurich in 1949.
Formerly employed as a mathmetician in the Research and Engineering Laboratories, he transferred
to his present position in June 1958.
He is married to the former Marthe
Pfister of Zurich, Switzerland and
they have two sons.
HENRY TESTA - Foreman, Quality
Assurance
and
Reliability, joined Sprague in
1951 in a production
department and transferred to Check
Inspection
in
1952.
He was
made a supervisor
in 1954 and promoted to his present
position in April of this year. A
native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he
attended Pittsfield schools. Married
to the former Victoria Candiloro,
they have a son and daughter.
(Continued on page 2, col. 5)
Regional Vocational
School Plans Outlined
By McCann and Burke
Company representatives and Regional Vocational School Director
Charles H. McCann met recently in
preliminary discussions leading to the
setting up of an advisory committee
for industrial electricity and electronic
courses for the new Regional Vocational School. The meeting was a
prelude to the visit to the Company
by James Burke. Supervisor of the
State Division of Vocational EducaThose attending the discussion
meeting with Director McCann were:
John Ortman. Manager of Engineering Services; Dr. James Casey. Section Head of Research and Engineering Laboratories; Courtney Flanders.
Manager of Training and Publications; Lewis Willbrant. Superintendent of the Machine Shop; and
Robert Howard, formerly of Purchasing.
The group reviewed the school
program and the Moor plans in an
effort to establish the physical relalation of the two courses to the rest of
the curriculum.
It was explained by Mr. McCann
that advisory committees are made up
of competent laymen to help the
school set up courses to meet the needs
of the students. The purpose of Mr.
Burke's visit was to determine how
the courses should be setup to train
future employes for the Company
(Continued on page 2, col. 3)
Sprague Director
H. C. RobbinsDies
Mr. Harry C. Robbins. a member
of the Sprague Electric Company's
Board of Directors since March 1945.
died suddenly on Monday. July 25.
1960. Mr. Robbins had just arrived
at the Detroit airport when he was
stricken.
Long active in investment banking
circles, he had been associated since
1912 with F. S. Moseley and Company, Boston, Massachusetts and was
for many years a senior partner.
Mr. Robbins served as a member of
the Board of Directors of many firms,
including the Nantucket Gas and
Electric Company. Bohn Aluminum
and Brass, the Manchester Electric
Company, and Gas Service. Inc.
He was a member of the L'nion
Club, the University Club of Boston,
the Eastern Yacht Club, the Dublin
Lake Club, and the American Newcomen Society.
During World War I. he served as
a Lieutenant of Field Artillery in
France, and also saw service in the
Mexican Border Patrol in 1916.
He was married on October 17.
1925 to the former Vera M. Mersereau of Medford, Massachusetts.
Also surviving is a daughter, Mrs.
Susanne deWolf of Washington, D.C.;
a son. Hollis L. of Nashua. N. H. and
5 grandchildren.
Sprague Electric- is a safe place to
work! With 6.055.285
manhours
worked in the period between July 1.
1959 and June 30, 1960 there were
only four lost time accidents, according to the recently issued report of
Safety Coordinator Arthur J. Mathews. This is a record of which we can
all feel proud since it represents each
employes'interest and pride in making
Sprague Electric the safest possibleplace to work.
Many departments worked tincomplete year without a lost time
accident. Mr. Frederick Potter's departments worked 1,272,623 manhours without a lost time accident;
as did the Research and Engineering
Laboratories which worked 323,713
manhours. All of the offices were also
in the accident-free category, with a
total of 1.584,994 manhours. The
Ceramic Department was also included, with 100.998 accident-free
hours worked.
Excellent records were posted by
other departments. Working a total
of 1.721.160 manhours. Mr. Robert
Teeple's departments had only two
lost time accidents, while Plant
Engineering Services under Mr. John
Ortman worked 491.766 manhours
with only one lost time accident. In
the Special Products Division under
Mr. David Peck, there were 560,031
Suggestion Committee
Announces New Program
The Suggestion Committee recently
announced that each employe submitting a suggestion between July 1
and December 31. 1960 will receive a
"Quikoin" plastic coin purse. The
purse can be used to carry loosechange and has a key ring attachment.
Be one of the first in your department to obtain one of these purses.
All it takes is a little original thinking
on your part and the time it takes to
write up your idea.
At its July-August meeting the
committee awarded a total of $265
to seven suggesters. This brings the
total dollars awarded so far in I960
to SI.320.00.
William Provencher formerly of
SPD Research and Engineering received a S60.00 award for suggesting
an improved production method for
pulse transformers. The recipient of
an award of $55.00 was Edward
Crocker of Clorinol, Brown Street.
His idea was related to the centering
of terminals on rubber bungs more
accurately during welding operations
on Clorinol units.
A $50.00 award was made by the
committee to Dominick Papas of
Tantalum. Marshall Street for his
idea to use a foot operated fixture to
insert gaskets into units. It is now
possible to do the job in one operation
rather than two.
(Continued on page 8, col. 5)
m a n h o u r s worked with only one losi
time accident.
steady improvement in the overall
safety record of the North Adams
Plants.
For 1957-58 the over-all
record shows 5,444,497 manhours
worked with six lost time accidents;
while the 1958-1959 figures show
5,704,403 manhours worked with
eight lost time accidents.
The 1957-58 breakdown shows that
Mr. Teeple's departments worked
4 lost time accidents. Plant Engineering Services had no lost time accidents in 486,567 manhours worked.
Also with no lost time accidents were:
Research and Engineering Laboratories for 282,591) manhours worked;
the Offices with 1,374,567 manhours
worked and Special Products with
117.761 manhours worked.
Mr.
Potter's department had two lost
time accidents in 1,202.597 manhours
worked.
Figures for
1958-59 show an
improvement in the production areas.
Mr. Teeple's departments again amassed the largest number of manhours. 1.799.429, with three lost time
accidents. Special Products substantially increased their manhours to
451,847 and had only one lost time
accident, and Mr. Potter's departments had only one accident for
1,276,980 manhours worked. The
Offices continued their record of no
lost time accidents and had a total of
1.327,155 manhours worked. Research and Engineering had one lost
time accident in 286,521 manhours
and Plant Engineering Services worked 562,471 manhours with two lost
time- accidents.
Safety on the job has become an
acquired habit for each Sprague employe, and this constant awareness of
the need to practice the safe way to
do their job has been largely responsible for the safety record of over
6 million manhours worked with so
few lost time accidents.
Names in the News
LAURA CARDINAL, Secretary lo Dr.
Lazier, and ALICE HERRMANN. Secretary to Leon Podolsky, represented the
Berkshire Hills (lhapter of the National Secretaries Association at their
recent convention at the- Pittsburgh
Hilton Hotel. Pittsburgh, Pa.
PHILBROOK
A.
WOOSTER,
of
the
Special Products Division, is serving
as an instructor for an electronics
technician course being given for
members of a Berkshire County Naval
Reserve unit. Mr. Wooster is a
member of the Reserve Surface
Division 1-14 with the rating of
electronics technician first class.
ANTHONY N. SACCO, Section Head.
(Continued on page 8, col. 4)
Angelo Vivaldi of the Control Lab on Marshall Street, is shown receiving one of the first "Quikoin" plastic coin purses from Suggestion
System Manager Francis Wilson. The Suggestion Committee recently
announced that each suggester from now until December 31, 1960 will
receive one of these purses.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
Poge 2
Publishing Staff
HENRY G. GOETSCH
Editor-in-Chief
MARION MANION
Associate Editor
Circulation Manager:
MARION CARON
Sports Reporter: L o u i s Z I T E R
Social Chairman: A N N H E A T H
Photographer: A L B E R T H O R S F A L L
Assistant Editors
JOHN DAVIS, ETTA OWEN and GERALDINE MACCHIA
MARSHALL STREET REPORTERS
Clara Belleau, Peggy Brule, Leo Cyr, Marguerite Daub. Julia Desrosiers,
Lucille I)iLorenzo. Harry Embry; Edith Fields. Ella Genesi, Herbert Hafner.
Janice Harriman, Nancy Harvey, Ruth Haskins, Sandra Isherwood. Betty
Jangrow, Emma .Jobin, Judy Reiver, Lucy Kenney, Barbara King, Amelia
Koza, Suzette Lemieux, Kay Mancini, Carmela Mancuso, Rita McClintock,
Grace McConnell, Gladys Moderski, Alice Monette, Carolyn Mullen, Barbara
Pierce, June Rock, Alda Roy, Dolores Shaker, Mae Stoeber, Sidney Taft,
Harry frombley, Cecile Trudeau, Lea Walden, John Walsh, Emily Wlodyka
and Marie Ziemlak.
Minuteman Guidance
System Test Finished
Successful rocket sled testing of an
inertial guidance system being developed for the Air Force Minuteman
intercontinental ballistic missile was
reported by the Air Force BallisticMissile Division and Autonetics, a
division of North American Aviation.
Inc.
The on-schedule testing of the
equipment at Holloman Air Force
Base, New Mexico, is another major
milestone in the overall Autonetics
program for development of the
inertial guidance, flight control and
ground support equipment for the
Minuteman.
The three-stage, solid propellantpowered missile designed to carry a
nuclear warhead over ICBM distances will represent a major economy
in such missiles due to its simplicity
and reliability. When operational,
economies in ground support facilities
and manpower requirements are expected.
Testing of the inertial system took
place on the 35.000-foot long rocket
sled track at Holloman. The components - consisting in part of gyros
and velocity meters - were subjected
to an environment which more nearly
represents that encountered by a
missile during flight than can be
duplicated in laboratory conditions.
Statistical information derived from
the tests will prove of value in the
development of the Minuteman's
inertial guidance equipment.
Used to gather the sled test data
were autocollimators including those
developed by Autonetics. The autocollimeters are located at measured
intervals along the rocket sled track.
In the case of the Autonetics'
photographic autocollimator, the
unit operates by taking a picture of
a mirror mounted on an inertially
stabilized platform on the rocket sled.
Measurement of the platform's angle
as it passes the autocollimator provides the principle data essential to
ascertaining performance of the
inertial instruments.
In addition to the regular Air Force
operational personnel at Holloman, a
staff of some 25 Autonetics engineers,
technicians and administrative personnel are concerned with the tests.
The successful testing is another
step in the developmental program for
Minuteman. Through use of new
instrumentation and new analytical
methods, Autonetics expects the
rocket sled tests to reduce the number
of developmental missiles and shorten
developmental time for Minuteman.
August, 1960
Your United Fund At Work . .
One out of every two hospital beds in the U. S. holds a mental
patient
like this one. Over 1,300 Berkshire County people will need
psychiatric help this year. Expert c ounseling and treatment is offered
by our Berkshire Psychiatric Clinic, which is partially supported by the
North Adams United Fund.
It is estimated that about 17,- Appointments an- weekly and 80%
000,000 (1 in every 10) Americans of the patients make less than ten
are suffering from a mental or emo- visits. The service of the clinic
Marion Andrews, Helen Burdick, Ida Decoteau, Dot DeGraff, Cliff Domtional disorder requiring psychiatric psychiatrists are in such demand that
enichini, Lillian Gainer, Elaine Girard, Shirley Harris, Lillian Hartwig,
treatment. More people are in hosp- a waiting period is usually necessary
Cecilia Kozik, Evelyn Luczynski. Jean MacDonald, Jerry McClelland,
itals for mental illness than for polio, before an appointment can be made.
Janet Mahar, Jessie Meczywor, Ceil Mikuszewski, Shirley Noring, Joseph
cancer, heart disease, tuberculosis
This agency is just one of the 16
Pilling, Doris Richards, Barbara Rondeau, Pat Roy, Rita Sullivan, Veronica
and all other diseases combined. On agencies supported by your donation
Utman, and Wanda Wandrei.
any one day of the year, there are to the North Adams United Fund.
about 750.000 patients in our mental
institutions - as many as in all other
BROWN STREET REPORTERS
hospitals combined.
Martha Clark, Florence Clough, Dolores Davis, Richard DeGraff, Alice
Appalling facts? Yes, but true.
EDWARD YOUNGLOVE Section Head.
Dupuis, Lillian Flaherty, Frances Guyette, Ann Heath, Joan Hyndman,
However, Berkshire County has been
Research
and
Evelyn Jones, Ace Samia, Frank Santelli, Adeline Segala, Dorothy Shea.
fortunate in that it has had a psyEngineering LabErminia Sweeney, Mae Veazie, and Isabelle Witherow.
chiatric clinic continuously since 1919
oratories, joined
and was one of the earliest comSprague in May
Cartoonist: Harry Saunders
munities in the country to have such a
1955, coming to
service. The Berkshire Psychiatric
the
Company ,
Clinic has served 1,729 Berkshire
Feature Reporters: Peter Mancuso and Kenneth Russell
from Mica InsulCounty residents over the past ten
"Every Sprague Employe A Reporter"
ator Company of I
years, helping to keep them out of the
Schenectady,
hospitals and mental institutions.
New York. A naLocated in Pittsfield, it is staffed by
tive
of Gloversville, New York, he
Member
highly trained personnel, whose time
attended local schools and graduated
is partially donated by the Riggs
International Council of Industrial
from
Union College, Schenectady,
Editors
Center in Stockbridge.
New York whe're he majored in
American Association of Industrial
Its purpose is to develop and carry Physics. Married to the former Betty
Editors
on a program of mental health educa- Lesser of Johnstown, New York, they
Massachusetts Industrial Editors
tion and to help Berkshire residents have two children.
Association
cope with emotional and mental
problems before hospitalization be- D. JOHN ZEPPIERI - Section I lead.
Published by SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY, North Adams, Mass.
comes necessary. Since state mental Research a n d
hospitals alone cost Massachusetts Engineering Labtaxpayers $1,000,000 a week, the clinic oratories, joined
is a good dollars-and-cents invest- Sprague in Novment.
ember 1952. He
A concentrated effort has been ex- is a native of
tended during the past few years to Rome, New York,
make the clinic self supporting. It graduating from
has, for some time, belonged to the Rome Free Acad(Tax Foundation, Inc.)
five United Funds in the County emy in 1945, and
(Dalton, Lenox, North Adams, Pitts- from the American Technical School
field and Williamstown), which con- of Utica College at Syracuse, New
tribute
according to the proportion York in 1950. Starting at Sprague
Labor Day is a good time to recog- won't hurt any more than today's
of the service they receive.
as a technician, he moved along
nize that our economy must grow to taxes - or any less.
Vocational
School
The
clinic
works entirely through through apprentice junior engineer
create more than 13 million jobs in
(Continued from page 1)
and junior engineer to his present
interviews,
which
usually
last
about
But
it
is
currently
proposed
by
some
the next ten years. By 1970 the
United States is expected to have a that the government share of the and determine future needs for in- an hour. One or two appointments position in Tantalum and Tantalum
Formation Lab. He is married to
with
a
social
worker
are
needed
for
national
pie
be
substantially
increasdustrial
electricians.
population of 220 million. With emMr. Burke was accompanied on history taking before the patient the former Martha Ann Cardillo of
ployment topping 80 million, pro- ed. Government now takes about 28
duction of goods and services will in- percent of all the goods and services the tour by Director McCann, guided meets with one of the psychiatrists. North Adams.
crease by 50 percent to an estimated produced. If government takes a by Mr. Flanders and Dr. George
bigger portion - say 35 or 40 percent - Shirn, Section Head, Research and
$750 billion a year.
that inevitably will mean higher Engineering Laboratories. The tour
If a tight rein can be kept on in- taxes on everybody.
included visits to Test Equipment
flation, a big increase in production
Engineering and Construction, Switch
could provide not only the new jobs
Most American families now pay in Gear, Generator Room, Autonetics
but a substantial rise in income for taxes $1 out of every $4 of income. Installation and Rectifiers, Special
the average American family. But if If, as currently proposed, we "in- Products Division Laboratories, and
we permit continuation of the in- crease the government role in the Quality Assurance and Reliability.
flation that has halved the purchasing economy," that tax burden is sure to
Following the tour a conference
power of the dollar in the past 20 rise.
was held which was attended by Dr.
years, increased income will certainly
Those opposed to an increased Wilbur Lazier, Vice President and
shrink.
government share of the national Technical Director; Dr. Casey; Henry
Just as government fiscal policies, dollar also point out that private Doane, Industrial Relations Coordespecially too much borrowing, may activity has accounted largely for our inator; Courtney Flanders; Robert
Howard; John Schimmel III, Manlargely determine the future course unmatched standard of living.
ager of Scientific Staff Relations; and
of inflation, so also will government's
On Labor Day, 1960, the need for Dr. George Shirn. The group disrole affect other aspects of economic
growth, according to Tax Foundation, economic growth should get the close cussed employment opportunities with
attention
it warrants. There can be the Company in light of the school's
Inc.
little argument about the need for proposed curriculum.
Already, it is estimated the total tax growth; the big question is whether it
Mr. Burke also explained to the
Victor Gay, center, of the Clorinol Department, Brown Street, reburden (Federal, state and local) will should be left, as in the past, to our group the State's concept of the func- ceives his diploma for completion of an 18 month course in Supervision
increase about $125 billion in 1960 private economic system. The event- tion of an advisory committee. His from the International Correspondence School. Norman Chenail,
to some $200 billion by 1970. As ual decision on this issue will be most visit here is to be followed by similar Foreman, Industrial Oils, (right) made the presentation while Kenneth
long as this tax bite increases in pro- important to the 80 million or so per- ones to other area plants for the same Russell, General Foreman of Industrial Oils, is the first to congratulate
portion to total economic growth, it sons who expect to work in 1970.
purpose.
Victor.
BEAVER and UNION STREET REPORTERS
Economy Must Grow To Moke 13 Million
New Jobs By 1970
ICS Diploma Awarded
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
August, 1960
Page 3
Departmental News . • .
family for their vacation. While
there they went to Westerly, Rhode
Island to visit her sister. Mary, and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Piccolo. . .Bill Cone was at Camp
Drum for two weeks, but this was not a
vacation. Right. Bill???
Iran Livesey spent hers taking
Small Orders
short trips and relaxing at home..
by Julia Desrosiers
Vacations are still being enjoyed by We are all very happy to see Ron
Mr. and Mrs. William Wheeler and Sacco hack to work after being on sick
family at their place in Whitingham. leave . . . Best wishes to Nancy Tourjee
Their new cottage is coming along line and Leonard Lewitt on their engage. .Mr. and Mrs. Clair Murphy will ment... Also to Nancy Peat who is
enjoy a nice trip to see the new locks engaged to Rolland Daignault of
in the St. Lawrence Seaway, Quebec, Cohoes, New York... Rose Marie
Montreal and Maine
Mr. and Mrs. Sacco was married to Gordon Brierley
Ralph Sherman are going rambling on August 20th. She was a lovelyin their Rambler up thru the Adiron- bride. Our best wishes also to Pat
dack^, St. Lawrence Seaway and back Melito and Starr Baker of Adams who
thru Maine. -Sparky' is spending will be married on August 27th.
his vacation at the Will or Way dog The girls gave Rose Marie and Pat a
shower at the Crane Inn in Dalton . . .
k e n n e l . . . Dorothy Belanger has another week. She will visit Jean Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler in Whitingham and also the Clifton Thomas on the birth of a
races. . .Vacation is almost over for daughter. . .Jean Callan has left us to
the children. Leah Critelli has been stay at home and Joanne Filiault was
buying school clothes for her given a baby gift on her departure to
daughter. Linda
Everyone is en- await the stork. We will missjoanne
joying their garden. Vegetables and and her funny jokes. We'll also
miss Jean's sneezing and her pleasing
Miniature Drys
by Rita
McClmtock
It's deadline time again and here I
am with a blank mind. Not too much
news this time but here goes. . Vacations to report this month are:
Jeanette Trela one week at camp at
Windsor, Danny Collins - at his
favorite oasis the Greylock Club,
Elinor Hall
tiling her kitchen and
bathroom, Helen Folino - at home
resting. Miles O'Grady - at Old
Orchard Beach, Arvilla Williams
along with her husband and mother,
spent the Fourth ai Old Orchard and
York Beach, and 'Toot' Supernant is
resting at home these two weeks. . .
Incidentally, while Danny was on
vacation lie accidentally stumbled
upon a talent he never knew he
pcjssessed. It seems he and Lou
Vincelette attended the fights at
Meadowbrook and were called upon
to act as second and trainer. There
is some confusion as to whom won the
bout, but from all reports, Dan and
Lou stole the show. The IBC just
might come looking for these boys.
Our sincere sympathy to Faith and
Ziggy Nash on the recent loss of her
mother. . . Jeanette Trela and Peggy
Zepka entertained some of the rollers
recently. Jeanette had us up to her
camp and Peggy had us down to her
home for a Polish barbecue with
American thirst quenchers. Both
gals outdid themselves as hostesses.
We all had fun. and do let's have an
encore. The Transcript's layout on
the plant was most interesting. The
pictures were very good
especially
of our own Danny. Orella and 'Toot'.
The series the paper ran on our local
industries has been most educational
. . .That's it for this time gang.
Have fun! The summer is almost
gone.
p e r s o n a l i t y . . . W e hope D o H u r d .
Frances Therrien, Joanne Filiault a n d
Pat Melito had a nice birthday earlier
this month.
turns of the day to both of you . .
Francis Dargie spent two weeks at
Lake George tenting and his theme
song was "We're Tenting Tonight On
The Old Camp Ground".. .Jessie
Shafer spent her vacation planning
her son's wedding. Etta Senecal.
Betty Fleury, Mary
Benincasa.
Frances Biondo. Martha Lewis and
Joe Law enjoyed two weeks of rest on
their vacation . . . Mabel Williams
motored to Florida. . Bob Hamilton
went to Lake Shaftsbury and Marge
Richer
I don't know
Rita AraREMEMBER WHEN? Front row, third from left, is John Mahoney
gose will cover plenty of territory before her vacation is over... Andy of the Filter Department, Marshall Street, who used to play in the old
Pete
D'Amico orchestra.
Konopka spent two weeks at Lake
Champlain and C a n a d a . . . Alida
Heath also went to Lake Champlain.
. . .Arthur Cardinal will try to take in
a little fishing and catch up on a fewjobs for two weeks. Enjoy yourself.
Art. whatever you do. . Oh yes.
Yours Truly is going to Atlantic City.
Centrifuge
by Ham Embry
Welcome to John Georgini. We
hope you will like working with us. . .
Your reporter spent two weeks visiting in Boston and Westerly. Rhode
Island. . Jack Sullivan is vacationing
at the lake in northern Vermont. . .
Joe Murach and Walter Wolfrum
spent their vacations at home.
General Salvage
by Herb Hafner
John Waska has moved into his
new home which he recently purchased at 9f>2 East Main Street. He
moved while on vacation.. .Joseph
Danforth has returned from a oneweek vacation . . . Douglas Ostrande.r
is enjoying his vacation... Herbert
Hafner has returned from two week's
vacation which was spent at different
lakes fishing and enjoying life.
Purchasing
'
by Lea Wa Iden
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adams returned rested and tanned from a
week's stay at Plum Island. Newburyport. . Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fairbanks
spent a week at Bar Harbor, Maine.
. . Marion Langer. Betty Bogus and
Joan Haddad are now back to work
after two weeks of swimming, motoring and shopping. . . A farewell dinner
in honor of R. R. Howard was held on
July 27th at Taconic. Bob was
presented with an initialed brief case.
. . . Elaine LaFrance. who has transferred to General Accounting, was
presented with a sterling silver pin . . .
Vince Tassone is back with us at
Marshall Street.
Filter Development
Bldg. No. 7 Offices
by Kax Mancini
The fishing at Grout pond in
Whitingham must be very gcod.
George Senecal has two black bass Mine". Jean Callan "So Long It's
weighing 4J/2 and 5J^ lbs. to prove it. Been Good To Know You". Joanne
In fact we even have the picture right Filiault - "Rock-A-Bye Baby". Madhere in the Log. .. Welcome to our eline Cuccia - "Sleepy Time (..(|"
group Larry Kupiec. Paul Paquin and Jane Slattery - "Love Is A Many
Walter Cwalinski. . . Ed Cook en- Splendored Thing". Phyllis Osterjoyed his vacation on an outdoor houdt
"Going Steady". Eileen
camping trip at Sebago Lake in New- Gillooly
"The . Party's Over".
Hampshire. . .Our sympathy to Jim Mary Lasson - "Moonlight In VerShea on his sudden illness. Hope mont". Priscilla Hayden "Around
you are back with us s o o n . John The World In Eighty Days". Carol
Marra. who is always doing some good Saunders - "Ring Around My
natured needling, will enjoy his vaca- Finger". Al Rysz - "The Kid With
tion at Lake George, New York. .
The Rip In His Pants". Joy IVmpscx
Henry Parker has moved into his new - "Joy To The World". Irene (ira\
home. This is only joking - but - "Ain't Misbehavin" ". Do Hurd Henry held the ladder while his wife "Dearie". Connie Dube "Eddie".
put the roof on ! . . . We were sorry to Joan Zappula - "Come Josephine. In
hear that a former member of our My Flying Machine". Millie- Butlei
group. Larry Wells, passed away. .
- "Many, Many Years Ago". Nancy
August vacations include: Arthur Richardson - "Gee. But I'm Bashful"
Hewitt. Frank Robare. George Hull. Anna Moors - "Sunday Driving".
John Zwiercan, Arthur Gibeau, Arm- Betty Beauchamp - "Pennies From
and Beliveau, Al Zepka and Mike Heaven". Nancy LIrquhart - "St.
Costal.
Louis Woman". Al Bourassa "Jailhouse Rock". Dot Stein "Bewitched. Bothered and Bewildered". Judy
Sprague Products
Bakey - "Purple People Eater".
by Carolyn Mullen
Song titles relating to Sprague Nancy Kordana - "Oh, You Beautiful
Products office people: Rita Farris - Doll". Marcia Lewis - "Swingin'
"Joey". Al Bascom - "Oh My Along With The Breeze". Rita
Papa". Kay Connors - "They're Morocco - "They Can't Take That
Off. They're Off. At Saratoga". Away From Me". Carol O'Brien Carol Burdick - "Jimmie". Rose "Teasin' ". Ronny Sacco - "SomeMarie Sacco, Pat Melito and Nancy body Else Is Taking My Place".
Torchia - "Those Wedding Bells Are Nancy Peat "Rawhide". ' The end
Breaking Up That Old Gang Of
bv "You'll never know."
Shirley Ann Valazza, daughter of
Mary of Paper Rolling, graduated
from Pittsfield General Hospital
on June 10th.
Robert Alan Davis, grandson of
Mabel O'Grady of Filters, graduated from Williamstown High
School in June.
At last - air conditioning in the
Bldg. No. 7 Offices. Isn't it wonderful?? No more problems with the
window fans and believe me they were
a problem. Looks like everyone will
be happy for a change. . Now to get
down to the business of vacations.
Fran Buisa spent her week taking in
as much sun as possible. She returned to work with quite a sunburn.
Fran also enjoyed a beautiful day
at Saratoga Springs. . . Carmela Trimarchi visited relatives in Ohio. She
made the trip with her sister. Nanette,
and her nephew, Michael. . Carol
Richardello is back to work after a
very pleasant week at Lake George. .
We'd like to wish 'Shorty' Belanger a
very speedy recovery. We all miss
him and hope he will be back to work
soon. . John Pierce was one of many
visitors who went to Camp Drum this
year. John's son. Billy, is a member
of the National Guard. . . Lyle Blanchard and 'Gordy' Kent left us last
month to undertake their new positions at the Sprague Plant in Concord.
We wish them both the best of luck.
. . .A very, very belated welcome to
Earl Fredericks who has joined the
QAR group.
by Lucy Kenney
It was on July 5th that Martha
Lewis shared her birthday cake with
everybody, and it was the 30th of
June when George Lord shared his
birthday cake. too. Many happy re-
Meet the 'old gang' from the Paper Test Department of Beaver Street
way back in 1939. Look closely you may be among this crowd or you
may recognize some of your old friends.
Formation
by Harry
Trombley
Sprodco Inventory Control
by Peggy Brute
Margaret Lasher and family spent
four days, recently, at Hampton
Beach. They also spent a day at
Salisbury Beach enjoying the rides at
the amusement area there. She
came back with a nice suntan. . .Nan
Petravice also went to Hampton
Beach with three of her girl friends
for a week-end. They had a real nice
time. Archie LoPresto and family
went to Misquamicut Beach and
Watch Hill, Rhode Island for part
of thejr vacation and spent the rest
of the time at home. Archie managed to get in a few games of golf. . .
Peggy Brule went to Watch Hill and
Misquamicut Beach. R. I. with her
Thomas Siciliano, a June graduate of St. Joseph's, is the son of
Frances Siciliano of Filters, Marshall St.
Shown on their wedding day are
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith. She
is the former Patricia Bartlett of
Blueprint.
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AH set for a big time are: (left to right) Penny LaFountain, niece of
Barbara Palmer of Production Planning, Beaver Street; Arthur Palmer,
son of Barbara Palmer; Mary Ellen Lauth, daughter of Peg Lauth of
Production Planning; and Steven Palmer, son of Barbara Palmer.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
Mass, and also visited her mother in
Detroit, Mich. ...Gert Yolpi vacationed at Lake George. N. V.. and
Flash and Dot Racette spent theirs at
the good old standby, Hampton
Beach. (It's a favorite of mine and
thousands of others). . . Celeste Beliveau spent some of her vacation at
home and taking many short trips. . .
Don Roy spent part of his at home and
at Duke's Windsor . . . Oliver Richards
and Larry Labombard spent theirs at
home. . Within a week's time Priscilla and Horace Greenlaw gave their
house a complete face-lifting. Yes,
they painted - and did a good job.
too.
Congratulations to Marianne Labombard (daughter of Marion of
W. E.) who acquired her license
recently. Most any evening and
week-ends will see them both burning
up the tires and the roads, too! Ha!
H a ! . . . W e have some very strong
Democrats and Republicans in our
department. Many a morning or
afternoon rest period finds them in
heated discussions!! (Mama mia)
It shows there is a lively interest which is as it should b e . . . Bowling
season will soon be upon us and many
of us will be parting company. About
half of the girls will be bowling at the
new alleys (big balls), and the other
half will continue with the Central
Alleys (small balls). There will be
many openings which should create
a lot of interest. Good luck to both
Ella Genesi (Central Alley's president) and Gerry Macchia (the new
alley's president).. .We leave you
now with this thought in mind, "It's
easy enough to find an excuse for
putting off a task today, but how thin
that excuse looks tomorrow."
August, 1960
read the Log. . By the time this goes
to press, Lillian Aubin's son, Alfred,
should be home from Germany.
He's been gone 2x/i years and is due
for discharge from the U. S. Army
very soon. Whatever your future
plans are, Al good luck.
Next on the agenda we have vacation news. Even though some of us
look a little wilted from the heat, we
will have to admit it's a nice lime of
the year. . Everyone seems to return
from vacations sporting a beautiful
tan. Is it all for real or could some
of it be coming from the highly advertised bottles of suntan lotion.
One can't help wondering a little.
But - getting back to vacations
isn't it wonderful what a person can
do with one or two weeks pay. the
time and the inclination. Here's a
for instance
your reporter, Grace
McConnell, and family motored almost across country to Texas and
South of the border to Mexico...
Marguerite LaCasse and family saxMiami Beach, Florida is as beautiful
as we've heard. Did I say something
about doing this on two week's pay?
Somehow I feel I'm getting some silent
opposition.
Rita and Jim Cooper made their
headquarters at Hampton Beach.
New Hampshire where they had
Millie and Jack Faustini as next door
neighbors. .. Marion Sherman had a
grand time at Long Island... Alice
Soldati took in parts of Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont. We don't
know if it's where she went or who
she went with, but this guy, Bill, must
fill the bill to put that heaven-sent
look in her eyes. . . Even the folks who
had no plans took in one and two
hundred mile daily trips. . . . Like
Frank Segala to Southbridge and
Benson's Animal Farm in Hudson,
New Hampshire. .. Harold Lowe
spent a week-end in Albany, New
York. . Julia Tash and Doris Roberts
enjoyed spur of the moment short
trips. . Lee Charbonr.eau is currently
on vacation. Destination??? It's anybody's guess.
Week-ends, too, are pretty important these days. Tony Connell
spent one in New York City recently
. . Doris Roberts went to Lake
George, New York and Mary (Sunny)
Cozzaglio to Hampton Beach, N. H. writing love letters in the sand?. . .
Well that's it folks. To anyone I
haven't mentioned - well - get busy
and make some news and turn it in
to your reporter, Grace McConnell.
. . . Glad to see Gerry Cole with both
feet on the ground again. Gerry
went boom one day and pulled a
ligament in her foot. Consequently
she couldn't go far without a crutch.
back to work after enjoying (wo weeks
vacation will) his family. While on
vacation he bought a new car
a
Plymouth. .Mildred Waterman has
returned to work after spending her
vacation al Lake Lauderdale and the
stair of Ohio. John Burdick is llyArizona to visit his sister and her
family. Peg Darling is going to
Lake Lauderdale lor her vacation
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
son on July 31st.
QAR Control Lab
by Clan, Britain
Marshall Street that is expanding and
we would like to bring you the news
from our group. Our foreman is
Harold Tourjee, our supervisor is
Verne Astorino and Diane Ferris and
Fred Windover, Jr. help with the
paper work . . . Vacationing are Jean
Ferris, Clara Belleau, Constance
Gordon, Larry Burdick. Eddie Spra-
battle with a power mower, but
managed to survive to go on vacation
at Lake George. . Joe Brewer was at
Lake George with his family, too. . .
gue, Hill Perreault, J u l i a Wolfrum,
Ed Catotti enjoyed one week golfBenny Oleskiewicz, Eleanore Bechard
ing and his last week at Salisbury
and Andy "Cuddles" Durocher at
Beach, Massachusetts. .. Ernie PurCamp Drum...Ida Gigliotti spent
pura made his annual trek to the
her vacation in New York City and
Gape, as did Harold May and Mickey
vicinity and is back in high spirits. .
O'Neill and family. . Les Dumoulin
Congratulations to Dick "Stitch"
had a cottage at Windsor Lake in
Stachura on his recent marriage.
Plainfield, and Ivis Lewis took the
You sure know how lo pick a bride!!
longest vacation (mileage, that is).
Everybody seemed to have a sweet
She went by jet to California. Lucky
tooth when Connie Gordon brought
girl!. . Rosalie Randall is back with
in
the fudge. It was very tasty and
us. as is Joe Boni who is now out of
hit the spot bill oh how fattening!!
the service. . . Carol Roy, of the Dry
. . .Happy 21st wedding anniversary
Division, was married on August 6th
to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tourjee. .
to Michael Porter. She was honored
Gayle LaVigne made her First with a shower on July 27th at Taconic
Happy birthday to Verne Astorino,
Lornmunion SLX. INiotrc Usmc in Park, by the girls of the office.. . .
Jean Ferris and Clara Belleau. . .
Adams. She is the daughter of Ginger Duda will become Mrs.
Wedding bells rang lor Fred WindGerry of Ceramics and Lorraine of Stavaski on October 15th, and Elaine
over, Jr. on August 13th. Good luck,
Small Orders. Her grandmother is Lebert will soon enter Anna Maria
Fred!!...Ron Grynkicwicz, a recent
General Accounting
Exilda Supernant of Min. Drys.
graduate of Drury High School, hasn't
College at Paxton.
by Lucille DiLorenzo and Sid Taft
lost his touch on the court at summer
Our little 'sunshine girl', Barbara
Quality Assurance and
The lucky vacationers for the month
basketball
senior division. J. T.
Ciolkowski, visited Hartford, Connec- were: Theresa Racette - at the Cape,
Reliability
Bus
Line's team can still be on top.
ticut and had a great time at G. Fox Julia Duffy - upper New York State,
by Mae Stoebcr
Fight, Ron, fight!. . .Always a helplooking over the Fall fashions - and
Our National Guard boys - Pete no one could model them better than Vera Uberti, Peg Lindner, Dot
ing hand in grayor blue skies is Rose
Horbal, Don Dodge, Ronnie Whitney, she. . . Carol Ross, who has been with Astorino, and Dot Marchio - all at
Murray. So nice to have you with
Fran Brazeau, Jim Robinson and us for 6 years, is saying good,-bye to home; Geneva Pratt - Canton, New
u s . . . Have a happy Labor Day
Ron Durant - are back in good form her many friends. Carol, with her York; Jan Yivaldi - Connecticut and
week-end.
after their annual 'deep freeze'. husband Bill of the Marshall Street Boston; Jane Howell - Maine; Ann
Sales
Bernice Brazeau missed her boy friend Labs, is leaving for Angola, Indiana Archambault and Sid Taft - Cheshire
by Marie Ziemlak and Barbara Pierce
who was there also...'Sis' Vadnais where Bill will enter college. We wish Lake boating and water skiing and
enjoyed the Sea and Surf at Cape Carol and Bill loads of good luck and also to Lake George; Marilyn Delisle We would like to extend'our conCod with her family for two weeks, smooth sailing! And how we'll miss Hampton Beach; Brenda Bush and
while Wanda Romaniak vacationed "the girl who is always eager to help" hubby - Salisbury Beach; Dot Boutwell - Boston and camping. That
at Atlantic City, and Marcia Harvey in our department!
sounds like fun, Dot. Isabel Peters
spent a week at Saratoga. . .We wish
visited her sister in Stockbridge for a
good luck to Lyle Blanchard and
few days. . . Sydney Stackpole spent
Gordon Kent who are now working W. E. Misc. Drys
a day at the University of Mass, preat the Concord plant. . Rita Chenail (Test and Ship)
paring herself for her first year at the
and Ruth Wellspeak are back with vis
by Emily Wlodyka and Ella Genesi
also after their trip to Concord to help
Continuing with vacations: Edythe college. Pretty nice, huh Sid!! The
organize the Tantalum group there. Teichert came back with such a glow- college, of course, not the exams.
Goodbye and good luck goes to
. . . Most everyone in the office en- ing account of her trip to Newfoundjoyed those giant strawberries from land where she attended the wedding Barb Tash who has left us to work in
Rita Bishop's field. The ambitious of her son, AE3 Robert Teichert to Advertising. A welcome to Elaine. Shipping Department
bv Cecile Trudeau
ones picked their own. These in- the former Helen O'Brien of New- LaFrance, our new addition to Credit
Welcome to the Shipping departcluded Corinne Gallup, Hazel Good- foundland, (Bob is stationed at the Union. . .Brenda Bush and Irene
ale and Vin Tomaselli. Milt Hattat Argentia Naval Air Base and his wife Gazaille took a week-end trip to ment Ronald Battis. Hope you enoy working here. . .Dolores Fletcher
wins the prize for persistence! He Helen is employed there.) that she Camp Drum to visit their soldier
picked 10 quarts in a driving, pouring made us all rather envious. Knowing boys. We hear they had a wonderful entertained friends from Pennsylvania
recently. . .We are happy to hear that
rain one night.
that the trip would be long and time. . . Welcome back to Don ChristShown after making his First
Dick Powell is quite proud of the complicated, it was with some mis- ensen who spent his two week vaca- Ann Tremblay is home from the
Adams
Hospital. She is convalesc- Communion at St. Francis Church
tion
at
Camp
Drum.
We
hear
he
paint job he did on his house while on giving that she (in company with her
ing
favorably
following
an
operation.
is David Daub, grandson of Marg'vacation'. . . Russell Marchio had a husband and younger son, Billy, and enjoyed his stay there. Peeling pota. . .Vacations: Stanlev Pasierbiak is uerite Daub of FP Ovens.
his girlfriend) started upon it. Never toes, rising at dawn, exercising, etc. it's
the
perfect
existence!
Right,
Don?
having been on a plane or boat, she
had to take both and enjoyed them . . . That's all for this month. Hope to
immensely. In fact Edythe claims see vou next month with more news.
that the only way to travel is by plane.
Naturally their car featured in the FP Assembly
biggest part of their trip. The
Carole Barslow substituting for
wedding was a beautiful affair which
Grace McConnell
took place at the Base Chapel. The
The welcome mat is out for Robert
bride looked beautiful and the brides- Saunders and Ray Vachereau. First
maids, too. The reception was won- impressions tell us you're pretty nice
derful. They saw some majestic and guys. Hope you like it here. Ray is
rugged scenery. All in all the trip replacing Bernard Lord who is now in
was a very memorable one and left the Miniature Drys. Good luck,
them all with lasting memories and Bernie. . .We are very sorry to hear
impressions.
of the illness of Minnie (Hamlin)
Lucy DePari spent her vacation at Harrington, a retired co-worker. You
the White Sands Beach, Old Lyme, are in our thoughts more than you
Connecticut. . . .Rose Coyne spent know, Minnie. Get well soon!. . .
In a real pensive mood is little some of her vacation at her camp at Speaking of retired people - here is a
Lisa Gerry, 3^ month old niece of Lake Ashmere and also attended the big Hi to Johanna Kayser from all the
Robin Anne, 3, and Robert Eugene Faucher, 2, are also grandchildren
Priscilla Greenlaw of Western police chief's convention (with her gang here. We hope that life is of Marguerite Daub. Robin is all dressed up in her Sunday best, but
being
good
to
you.
We're
sure
you
little
Bobby has work to do.
husband,
Chief
Coyne)
at
Cohasset,
Electric.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
August, 1960
gratulations and best wishes to Pat
Pozza on her recent marriage, to
Madeline Rougeau on the announcement of her approaching marriage,
and also to Florence Bua on the
arrival of a lovely baby girl. . .
Naturally with the summer months
upon us, we find many who have returned from well-earned vacations
and many anxiously awaiting theirs.
Among the girls who are anxiouslyawaiting their vacations we find: Jo
Anne M(Bride, Shirley Nadeau and
Connie Blanchard. All three girls
will be changing their names in the
very near future and best wishes are
sent from the off ice... Mary Zoltek
tells of a very enjoyable week taking
up the game of golf. There must be a
reason for the sudden interest, Mary!
. . . Eddie and Marie Ziemlak spent a
week at Cape Cod and a week at home
recuperating. . .Carol and Jack Severin spent their vacation in Indiana
visiting relatives. . .Also among our
lucky travelers is Stacia Soja who also
spent her vacation in Indiana visiting
her brother and his family.
Among the more rested vacationers,
we find Sandy Petro, Linda Tassone,
Sandy Scully and Rita Trudeau.
These girls had no definite plans, but
as we understand, visited various
places. . .In closing we would like to
extend our deepest sympathy to Peg
Morandi on the recent death of her
mother.
Retail Sales
by Barbara King
We are glad to have our three
National Guard members back after
their trip to camp for two weeks. They
are Bruce Bard, Donald Tatro and
Larry Williams.
I think I'll write about vacation times
The best I can in little rhymes.
Emma Tadiello wanted to go to the
beach.
The Gulf of Mexico finally she did
reach.
Eva Favreau wished to see the fabulous 'Mounties';
So she journeyed all the way up to
Canada's counties.
Helen Roe we sure did miss
When she went to New Jersey to visit
Sis.
Nancy Lebeau didn't care to roam -
"This isn't the way to take a
bath", says little Michael Bradley,
son of Angeline and John Bradley
of Western Electric.
A happy little fellow is 'Joey'
Delisle, \\ year old son of Helen
Delisle of High Quality, Brown St.
So she just decided to stay at home.
John Raby and family went to York
Beach, Maine,
And didn't even have one day of rain.
Did you ever go tenting in a state
park?
To Roma Koch that's a lark.
Doris Starr and Judy went to Cape
Cod on the coast.
Said Judy to Doris, "Gee, Mom, this
is the most."
Peg Dickie said, "What I need is a
rest".
"You can get that at home the best."
Cathy Bergeron visited her daughter
in a far-off" state
To get to Independence, Iowa, she
could hardly wait.
FP Cover Assembly and
Ovens
by Marguerite Daub and Edith Fields
We have a whole list of vacations
for this issue because I was on vacation myself when the news for the last
issue of the Log was due. I just rested
and took short trips here and there.
Also out during June and July were:
Jim Valotta, George Donovan, Rita
Stanton, Gilbert Harris, Prosper
Lussier, Angela (Tillie) Abuisi, Rose
LeBeau, Leona Haddad, George
Beverly, and Joseph Messina. George
Beverly went fishing at Vergennes,
Vt. and Joe and Mrs. Messina celebrated their wedding anniversary.
Marie Rohane spent part of her vacation with a lovely trip to Lake George
where she met Darren McGavin
(Captain of Riverboat) in person. . .
John Mancini was also out - but working very hard with the Tank Corps of
Co. K. . . Dom Blasi has been away
from our group also but not for vacation. He is working downstairs to
fill in for vacationers.
Summer is about gone, vacations
nearly over and things will soon be
back to normal we hope. . . Also enjoying vacations are Emma Massaconi
at Hyannis Beach and taking a nice
boat ride to Nantucket. . .Emma
McCuen enjoyed two weeks at home
with her grandchildren. . .Rose Mazzotta just rested at home.
Check Inspection
by Betty Jangrow
Mr. and Mrs. Ameen Attalla started on their vacation the rainiest
Saturday of this summer, but their
spirits were not dampened as their car
sped towards the State of Maine, the
lobster state, and that was their reason
to get their fill of the Maine delicacy.
. . Jim Lewis has realized his dream
with his gladiolas. He displayed the
Ace of Spades (color almost black)
and it was a beautiful sample of his
flower garden... As the month of
August has proven to be the most
popular vacation month with Check
Inspectors, we have many to report.
This year the Nowells will "Dart" off
toward the Connecticut beaches,
Bernie Barbeau will take short trips
around the Berkshires, while Rita
Fountain hopes to get to Canada.
Mary Odell had a wonderful time at
Lake George. Now she is very busy
Thomas Petro, Jr. is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Petro. His
grandmother is Rita Girardi of
Dry Rolling and grandfather is
Alex Petro of Time Study.
Page 5
picking her fresh vegetables from her
garden and rilling that freezer so that
they can enjoy them next winter. . .
Jane Gross just returned from a trip
thru New Hampshire. The Indian
names of the many lakes fascinated
her. . . When the August vacationers
return to their duties, Jo Sullivan and
I will have our chance during the
month of September.
Congratulations to the Rene Cote's
on the birth of a son, Charles Edward,
on Saturday, July 30th. Mr. and
Mrs. Cote moved to North Adams
from Rhode Island.
Tantalum Finish
by Dolores Shakar
Well people, I guess the Tantalum
Two young fishermen proudly display their catch of Pollock. They
Finish department is starting a
are Ellen Walden, daughter of Lea of Purchasing, and Peter Levesque,
vaudeville show - or that's what it nephew of Lil Adams, also of Purchasing. The fish were caught at Plum
appears to be. First of all we have a Island, Newburyport, Mass.
beautiful whistler by the name of
Alice Kawa; a ballet dancer by the at Walley's in Greenwich to boot),
name of Alda O'Neill - especially that Barbara Neville (who spent the entire
dance where she smoothly glides or week there, roughing it with cookslides to the floor; the camel-walk by it-urself concoctions). . .Ken Haskins
Mary Lou Parsons; the vocal duet by gets a gray hair when young dareDot Pringle and Phyllis Lapine - devil daughter stands up in one of
otherwise known as the 'poop-poop- the airplanes rides at the carnival
see-do' girls; and then we have the recently, as it goes spinning around.
greatest joke teller of all time - yours We may have a future space traveler
truly. Just when its time for the here... Our visitors, Raul Ayala,
punch line I just go blank. The best Rudy Lederhofer, Henry Loh, and
ever is that great dance by Phyllis Emilio Navarro are helping keep the
Lapine with that extra "something" party circuit electrified with their
on the last note! Any offers will be jolly presence. . .Not a peep out of
greatly appreciated. I'm sure they Sandy Segala who is, we understand,
are all willing to audition.
lounging around home with family
More people went on vacation this during her two-weeks' vacation. . .
past month. Eva Sarkis rested at Myrna and family report with bells
home; Mary Girard went to Cape on for "The Clan"'s reunion|atBrattleGuess Who? It's none other
Cod; and yours truly to Long Island. boro Memorial Park. Meanwhile,
Evelyn Prystas, Mary Crandall, Betty back at the job, she is finding strange than Marlene Bush and Cecilia
Kozik
of Paper Rolling (and a
Johnson and Al Deane stayed home creatures in the plant on her desk
and Daisy Kuczenski went to Connec- and is considering consulting an friend).
ticut. . .Quite often a group of girls exterminator. . .(All other plants are
He is now training at Great Lakes.
from this department go to lunch fine, thank you.)
Frances daughter, Carol, graduated
together. On one of these recent
Marilyn LoPresto entertains visitfrom St. Joe's grammar school in June.
get-to-gethers Dot Pringle asked Mary ing sister-in-law Angie and also
Helena Adams' son, Lawrence,
Lou Parsons if she would kindly buy brother-in-law's three young children.
graduated from Drury in June and
some cigarettes for her. She de- Ventures to carnival with them - No
will enter St. Anselm, Manchester,
posited the thirty cents and waited casualties. . .Christine Ameen comes
Vermont in the 'Fall. Lawrence
and waited - but alas and alack - in with a golden tan from a week's
shared in the I.C.W. Scholarship
music came out instead. You see, vacation at a beach in Lynn, Mass.
fund.
Congratulations!. . .Virginia
Mary Lou, a juke box is for music Also seen trying her luck at driving
Delisle took a 2200 mile motor n i p
and you just can't squeeze cigarettes golf balls but retreats to the miniathrough C a n a d a . . .Pauline Perreauli
out of it no matter how hard you try. ture golf links. . .Humberto LIquillas
is ,i!;.iiii entertaining her son. Brothei
We were sorry to see Bob Kurley comes and goes at such a speed there's Gilbert, from Joliet, Illinois while on
leave but we hope you will come visit no time for an interview. . Beverly her vacation. . .Bertha Roy spent a
us when you can. Good luck, Bob. Sherman is seen with her mother at week at home with her son, Robert,
. . .A welcome mat goes out to Paul the elegant Williamstown Summer and his family and (hen went to
Ross who returned to the fold after Theatre. . . Also espied fishing in the Nashua and Lowell to visit interesting
being in the service for six months. rain with husband Bruce - No fish. . . spots around there with them. . .Effie
Glad to have you with us again. . . Some of the offices sport a cool new Colvin spent her vacation in Missouri,
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. coat of paint, including the contro- but the best part for her was the welWilliam King on their fifth wedding versial "export green" originally- come home she got from her grandanniversary. . . Certain people in Tan- introduced by Col. Adams. . .Barbara children. . .Al Marsh spent his vacatalum are pretty prosperous. Lillian Neville is seen carrying off a big tion at home with visiting relatives
Trimarchi has a new 1960 Chevrolet stuffed dog won at the carnival. . . from New Jersey. Al has been lookand Shirley Burnett is sporting around Goes picnicing at Look Park. . . Mary- ing forward to this ever since his new
Roberts is welcomed as the newest
with a 1960 Renault.
patio was finished. . . Look out Saramember of the "foreign crew". . .No
toga - here comes Mary Burzimati's
sign of George Ferran. . . The word is
vacation,
and she is headed your way!
Sprague International, Ltd. that he's watching every minute of
by Suzette Lemieux
the Conventions.
Maintenance
Production: P I C N I C
Place: The Richards' vacation cottage
on Cheshire Lake.
Time: One lovely Sunday afternoon
in July.
Producer: Bertha Richards
Director: 'Jo' Ferris, with assistance of
Associate Director, husband Harry,
and trusty movie camera.
Starring: 'International' set plus husbands, kiddies and kiddies' friends that is, everyone of any consequence.
Action: Badminton, eats, summer
frolics of various kinds. The plot
thickens as Gayle Levenson exits
from main scene to investigate the
lake, inside and out. Production
nearly loses Gayle as she flips under
without her oxygen mask.
Finale: Enter heroes of all sorts at this
point, to pick up the deep-sea divers,
tow in all strays (boats, swimmers,
etc.), and generally steal the act.
Supplementary newsreels: July 4th
week-end and other week-ends find
Lake George infiltrated with our
'set'; to wit, Nancy Kelly (who otherwise is keeping 'mum' about her
activities), Dot Belanger (with dinner
Filters
by Ruth Haskins and Alice Monette
Vacations are still going strong:
Betty Fleury enjoyed a trip to Hartford, Conn, and Bolston Lake, New
York. . .Marie LeMoine had a wonderful two weeks in St. Louis visiting
her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. She enjoyed a boat trip on
the Mississippi River. . .Roger Brown
spent his time off at his family's camp
in Rowe. . . We were sorry to hear that
George Lord was ill while on his vacation . . . Alice Monette spent a week in
Lynn and another week entertaining
her out-of-town relatives. . .Frances
Siciliano enjoyed a trip to Cape Cod
. . . Robert Davis, grandson of Mabel
O'Grady and a 1960 graduate of
Williamstown High School, received
an award for the best football player
of the year and the one who did most
for the team... A correction in a
recent Filter news report - Frances
Siciliano's son, Tom, graduated from
St. Joseph's High School in June
and joined the Navy a month later.
by Judith Kelyer
Your reporter recently entertained
the girls of the Maintenance Cost
Control and Maintenance Office at
her summer residence. Swimming,
Another nice little fellow is Gary
Michael Fletcher, Z\ year old son of
Dolores Fletcher of the Shipping
Department, Marshall Street.
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'Jo" Mastalisz, Margaret Sebastino,
Celia Esposito. Anna Spagnolo, Harriet Conway and Bert Sherman enjoyed our own beautiful countryside.
. . . Carmela Scalise is now a resident
of Williamstown and we understand
she likes it very much. . .We would
like to offer our sympathy to the
families of Horace Greenlaw, on the
death of his stepfather, Lil Rivard, on
the death of her father-in-law, and
Harriet Conway on the death of her
granddaughter. . Our sincere welcome to Walter Davis who is a new
member of this department.
»
/
Mary Mazza of the Ageing Department, Marshall Street, would
like us to meet her two lovely
grandchildren, Richard, 4, and
•John, 2, Simon.
boating and a lot of fun was enjoyed
by everyone.. Since vacations are
nearly over for another year, we are
looking forward to the Fall Foliage
Festival and deer season. This year
the theme for the Festival is "Spirit of
Progress". Lei's all show our enthusiasm and oui community spirit to
move forward with progress.
Can Shop
by Cliff Domenichini
Harold Vallee, formerly of the Can
Shop, is doing very well at the Blue
Benn dinex he purchased in Bennington...Glad to see Walt Rogowski
back after his operation and looking
and feeling very good. . Bob Pedercini, with a real sharp car, has slowed
down lately. No one in the Can
Shop will ride with h i m . . . Frank
Morandi spent his vacation improving
his home and looking for water at his
camp. . Larry Daignault placed second recently in the flying pigeon
event. . .Thaddeus Dudziak's car
burns so much oil lately that he is
thinking of buying an oil well. . . Cliff
Domenichini has one week of vacation
coming and is waiting for the Vermont deer season to open.
High Reliability
by Marian
Metal Clad Finish
Andrews
Well back again with more vacation news. Florence Gosselin took a
Vacations are si ill I he biggest news trip to New Jersey. While there she
in this department. Anne Patenaude went to Monmouth Race Track and
had her son and family from Terra at home she went on picnics. By the
Haute, Indiana as guests for two weeks way, Florence, you haven't told us
during her vacation.
They also how much money you won on the
journeyed to historic Washington, horses or are you still waiting?...
D. C. for some sightseeing, as did Gladys Kilbride spent a week in
Susan Labelle and her husband on Canada taking in the sights. . . Peg
their vacation.. .The Connecticut Doyle went to Connecticut and
beaches were very popular with Doris Rhode Island beaches to get more
Luchini, Helen Sikora, Sophie Embry, tan. Her daughter, Paula, returned
and Kay and Rill Godek. . .Alma from California where she was visitKent spent a week at Wellsfleet, Cape ing in San Francisco, Hollywood,
Cod...Joe Brien took to the hills of Mexico and Lake Tahoe. . . BernaVermont to do a little fishing. . . dette Richmond had a visit from her
Gladys Dyndor, Hazel Camadine, son in New London, Conn, and then
went to Hampton Beach... Rita
Sorel took one week of her vacation
to take short trips and picnic with her
family... Pearl Chilson took a trip
thru the White Mountains. Can't
blame you, Pearl, that is sure one nice
t r i p . . . Pauline Beliveau stayed at
Newfound Lake in Bristol, New
Hampshire. . .Edith Jones went to
Washington, D. C. with her family.
They took in a sightseeing tour all
over Washington. Then she went to
Maryland to visit her sister. She
said she sure had a grand time.
Elsie Andrews vacationed at home
resting . . . Napoleon Levesque went
to Montpelier, Vermont for the
Legion Convention with the drill
team from Readsboro, Vermont.
They
are known as "The Golden
A real sweet little girl is Sheri
LaFrance, daughter of Elaine La- Glators". The convention took place
August ll-13th. After the convenFrance of General Accounting.
by Wanda
Wandrei and Pat Roy
£*
m.
Meet our 'little soldier' John
Gaspardi, son of Friscilla and
grandson of Josephine Gaspardi of
FP Ovens.
Looking very grown-up in his
First Communion suit is William
Francis Rohane, son of Marie of
FP Ovens.
tion, Dan took his family to his uncle's
camp in New York State. He did
some fishing and just took life easy. . .
By the way, I never thought there
were such large trout in the Deerfield until 1 saw some of them that
Danny caught. I just couldn't believe it. Danny is quite a fisherman.
. . Louise Zito recently spent a weekend visiting relatives in New Haven
and Hamden, Connecticut. Louise,
we still haven't found out how old
you are!
Mabel Pietrzyk recently went to the
Cape to see friends. What a trip for
one day. In order to catch up on her
sleep, she said she had to take 'cat
naps' all day Monday.. .Ronnie
Sobon spent a few days in Montreal,
Canada and at Lake George. . Lily
Bush's son, Gary, played on the AllStar Team in Williamstown. That is
the Little League. She sure was a
proud mother. . . .Someone should
hang a bell on Dot Davis so she won't
scare Chris so much. .Guess who
eats the biggest ice cream sundaes at
'Gibby's Driv-In'? They taste good,
don't they, Hazel?. .. Mildred Sherman is out on vacation now and we'll
write later where she went. . .Jackie
Dostie is recovering from a gall
bladder operation. It won't be long,
Jackie, before you will be back with
u s . . . I wish to congratulate Chris
Pugliese on a belated 20th anniversary
on August 10th. . .Marilyn Daub, our
check inspector was sure a busy girl
for two Saturdays in a row. On July
30th she was bridesmaid in her
brother's wedding.
Clinton Hall
married Barbara Brunzell. On August 6th she was matron of honor for
her girlfriend, Elaine Harris, who was
married to James Pierce. . .On July
16th the High Reliability department
had a picnic at Choquette's Pond. The
picnic was just a get-together for
Loretta James who left us to become
a check inspector. She was presented a gift from the room and she sure
was surprised. By the way, Rita,
that was some hairdo you had that
day. The food was so delicious. A
good time was had by all.
Mary Blair has something on her
left hand that makes us all blink.
Congratulations,
M a r y . . . . Marion
Andrew's husband is well on the road
to recovery after his gall bladder
operation. . .Our foreman, Charles
Mulcahy, is on vacation. I don't
know where now, but will find out. I
imagine he is camping. He also has
joined the list of campers in our room.
. . .We'll see you next month with
more news. . .Drive slow!
Plating
by Joe
Pilling
Vacations are coming and going all
the time. . .Al Chalifoux enjoyed his
two weeks at his camp at Windsor
Pond. . .Angelo Mazza stayed at
home and rested for a week. . .Loren
Estes spent a week tenting out at
Lake George. . . Our Tuesday night
soldier, Speedy Martell, is back from
Camp Drum looking hale and hearty.
Speedy now is a truck driver in the
National Guard. . . Stan Lesnick and
his wife were Godparents in Rome,
New York during his vacation. Stan
said they have good chow out there.
One dish he especially liked was wild
rabbit. When it was cooked it tasted
like the domestic kind. . . Mike Becker
took a trip to Maine and New Hampshire over the 4th of July. He must
have gotten lost as he didn't get back
to work until Wednesday*• • .Frank
Mroz covered over 1000 miles on his
vacation. He visited relatives in
Lowell, Mass, and went to New York
City. While there he visited Freedomland. He also journeyed to the
Adirondacks to see Ghost Town,
Frontier Town and the North Pole.
He also went to the Catskill Game
Farm. I bet his children were the
bosses most of the vacation as to places
to visit. Frank gained 7 much
needed pounds during the week.
August, 1960
Debbie and Mike Jones are the
children of Betty of Blueprint, and
Donald of Tantalum Formation.
They are the grandchildren of
Lewis Cronin, Superintendent of
Ind. Oils.
Mark and Mary Ellen Murach are
the children of Jenny Murach,
formerly of Dry Rolling, and niece
and nephew of Esther Poplaski of
Network Rolling on Brown Street.
High Reliability (Nights)
by Janet
Mahar
Hello everyone! Well vacations
are still going on — some are back
looking tan and rested while others
are still out enjoying the fine weather.
. . .Out are Rita Morehouse who is
spending her vacation at camp.
Mamie Guerino is spending a few
days in Canada, but most of her vacation will be spent at home with her
son who has arrived from Alaska for
thirty days. . . If any of you girls come
across a long black whip while you
are on vacation, please bring it back
for Zorro. (We're just kidding, Joe.
We know you wouldn't use it anyway
— or would you?). . . Helene Filiault
took in a ball game in Boston with her
Even with his disguise, we know
family on her vacation. A good time this is little Billy Provost, Jr., son
was had by all. Helene really looked of Joan of Data Processing.
rested when she came back. . .
Lorraine Andrew spent a few days at the wedding of her nephew who reLake George. Glad to see you got cently graduated from Annapolis. . .
rid of that one sided tan. Ha! Ha! Irene Perreault went to Syracuse,
. . . Carolyn Chalifoux is settled in her New York, Agnes Fitzgerald spenl her
new apartment and likes it very much. vacation at Weir Bead), Laconia,
Have you had anymore late visitors, New Hampshire. While there her
Carolyn?. . . Roma Morris' son got his son-in-law's car was stolen and they
driving license. Now she'll be hear- had an exciting time, bul all turned
ing that same old phrase, "Ma, can I out well. She was also pleased beuse the car?" More fun, hey mother! cause she was with her granddaughter
Birthdays and anniversaries are who celebrated her fust birthday.
being celebrated in our department. James Dean took his family to the
First we would like to send birthday Catskill Game Farm and Lake
greetings to Lorraine Andrew, Bomaseen . . . Rose Lampiasi travelBlanche Paciorek, Olga Lie and ed through New York State with
Jeannette Oleskiewicz. Happy birth- stopovers at Binghamton and Syraday, girls! Have many, many more. cuse. . .Ruth Arrighini went camping
Anniversary greetings go out to on Florida Mountain. . Eleanor ChaiThelma and Morgan Barber on their bonneau went to Mt. Mansfield and
25th, Shirley and Chester Lesniak on Stowe, Vermont. . Lillian Peck wen!
their 12th, Carolyn and Henry to Frontier Town and Montreal,
Chalifoux on their 3rd, Irene and Canada.
It's nice to see Emma Busby back
Joseph Barrier on their 41st, Mamie
and Alfred Guerino on their 26th. with us after a few days in the
Happy anniversary to one and all. hospital. Hope you continue to keep
Hope you have a great many more. . . up the good work, Emma — and enDoris Horbal spent the week-end in joy the vacation you have coming up.
. . .We say so long to Ronald Burdick
Connecticut. Fun was had by all —
wouldn't you say, Tex?... Claire who has left us to work in the Lab.
Andognini took her daughter, Nancy, Good luck, Ronnie — hope you like
to the carnival. She's only two, but your new job. Now who am I going
afraid of nothing. She just had to go to feed my stale angel food cake to???
. . Welcome to Robert Holmes who
on that 'big wheel' — and she did,
thanks to her daddy. What's the has started to work with us. Hope
matter mother don't you like big you can stand this gang, Bob. . .Those
of you who read this are all wished a
wheels? Ha! Ha!
Well we see where Jane Dobbert nice vacation and a good rest.
So long to Joseph Wilk who has
made the headlines in the local papers.
Someone's having a little fun, she returned to his own room after workthinks. Boy what a way to have fun, ing with us a short while. . Who do
hey Jane? I bet that's the fastest you suppose has taken up the 'ait of
you have moved in a long time. Have fishing' in our department? None
fun — and keep moving. . .Well, I other than Adele Solari and Helen
guess we have covered all the news Harrington. Pictured elsewhere in
for another month — so 'til then — so this Log is Adele's first 'catch'. It's
long and keep smiling not frowning. better than some men do, Dell. Keep
it up.
Misc. Papers
by Doris
Richards
Summer is almost over and the
vacation list is getting closer and closer
to the finish line. Those who have
been on vacation lately are: Catherine
Scott — at home, Stephanie Kulpa
spent a whole week in the Adirondack
Mountains, Yvonne Day spent 3 days
in Philadelphia where she attended
Production Planning Ofiice
by Gerry McClelland
Well, here we are
all one big
happy group again now that the vacation season is drawing to a close. . .
Everyone looks tanned, healthy and
dog tired...Jean Kustra spent a
wonderful two weeks under the
Florida sun with her pride and joy,
August, 1960
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
spent their vacations at home resting.
. . . Carl Briggs and his wife, Lola,
spent their vacation at a dude ranch
in Warrensburg, New York.
High Reliability
Test and Ship
by Evelyn Luczynski
We are still in the midst of vacations, and as of now, most of us have
had ours. . .Ethel Brown enjoyed
hers at a New Jersey beach and
Ivonette Choquette went to Lake
George. . . Frances Laghi has been
resting at her camp on the Mohawk
Trail. . .Birthday greetings to Ethel
Brown who celebrates her birthday
on August 26th.
"I'm not sleepy", says little
Linda Marie Randall, daughter of
Rosalie of Blueprint and Truman
of Incoming Inspection.
Bob Markland of Quality Control, Marshall Street is very proud
of his four handsome sons. They
are: Jerry, 6, Jeff, 5, John, 3, and
little Randy, 9 mo.
her son Tommy. She came back
looking like we should enter her in
lhe. Miss America Contest... Peggy
Lauth had one week of taking four
children to the carnival, the dairy
bar, and the old swimming hole.
We write to her every day now at the
sanitarium. . .The two new girls in
the office, Barb Palmer and Aline
Vachereau, held down the fort while
the old soldiers whiled away their
time at various and sundry beaches.
'Ward' Gawron is very happy thinking of all the 2" fish he will catch up
in Canada. Of course when the story
is related to us the fish will have
gained at least 15" in length.
Well, everyone in the office is
eagerly anticipating Peggy's birthday
party at the 1896 House. We all
expect to have a wonderful time since
we are all blessed with very healthy
the resemblance between Barb Palmer
and the cute little Campbell Soup kid
on TV. Have you had your soup
today, Barb?. . Laura Odell is faced
with a very puzzling mystery. Someone puts' cigarette ashes in her
gladioli. This is a case lor Peter
Gunn. Laura is all lor it. Pete is
quite a doll
Well I guess that's all
the news lor now Iron, our plant.
It's getting close to live and our flying
saucer is waiting at ihe door. II' we
don't all stop gaining weight, 1 think
we're ^oint; lo have to look around lor
a Hying plate. See von later!
Small Orders
by Shirley Harris
Irene Odell finally taught her pet
parakeet, Pepper, to speak three
words, "pretty, pretty, pretty", and
up ..Mar) Ziaja spent her vacation
seeing her favorite team, the Boston
Red Sox, play and also visitino
beaches. l.il Steffens is breaking in
her l%() station wagon by taking a
nip i«. Long Island and by traveling
during her vacation... After two
weeks at Camp Drum, Fran Stawarz
decided he needed his two week's
vacation to rest up. How's that army
'chow', Iran?
Mac Tiliault. another one of on. Red Sox fans, took
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get tan. Henry Armata might. Hehas a big yard to take care of. Marty
and Guido can use Tanorama. . .
Isabelle Witherow will be back to
work by the time this goes to press and
we hope Millie Garner will join us
soon. Glad you are feeling better,
Millie. . Well' it's time for the buzzer,
so I have to scoot or else. Bye for
now!
High Quality Coolers
by E',elyn Jones
Ah, vacation! What a wonderful
word. Rose Mazza spent hers at
home resting. . Esther Poplaski took
two out of town trips — one to Mt.
Park and one to Connecticut...
Lucille Miller spent hers at home carMrs. Mary Rose Horsfall, wife of
Kathleen Ciepiela, niece of Helen
ing for her grandchildren... Dot Al Horsfall of Office Services, feeds
Ciepiela of Factory Accounting
Lowe
went
to
the
beach
and
came
a
hungry little friend who has
and Jane Ciepiela of BTA, and
home with salt water taffy for us. . Jo come to visit.
granddaughter of Oliva Richards of
Petravich
spent
hers
at
home
cleaning.
Western Electric.
Really, Jo, you're going to wear that Orchard Beach; Alice Beauchamp
house o u t . . . Gerry Giusti went to and husband went to Connecticut and
his family to see THE team play and
Hampton Beach to visit her daughter, Helen LJnis Trozzi and husband went
WIN. He also visited friends and
Dorothy. Dorothy is working there to Old Orchard. . .Your reporter was
relatives in New Bedford and Boston.
for the summer... Ann Fortin spent at home entertaining her son who
. . Betty Vigna's son. Tommy, spent Industrial Oils Offices
two weeks at the Cape — sleepin', had the holidays free. We had an
two weeks at Boy Scout camp in
by Florence Clough
Westfield, Mass, and was quite
Everyone is on the go around this swimmin' and suppin'. What a life! enjoyable trip over the mountains
. . Amy Bryant and Linda Cozzaglio and visited Ml. Greylock. . .Agnes
thrilled b y t h e e x p e r i e n c e . . . M a r y
time of year and we see that Marie
Gajda and family are spending their Dargie is no exception. Marie and enjoyed Cheshire Lake. . . Bea Marsh Miller and Your Reporter spent a
vacation in New Hampshire visiting her family spent a week camping at rested at home. . .Welcome back few days at Lake George. The Gasrelatives and at Cape Cod just to have Lake George and a week at home. . . Laura Roy, Gerrv Giusti and Ceil light Village is as pretty as a picture.
fun and rest.
Lucille Heinrich and her family took Maxymillian. Hope your stay will ...Louis Bastien is enjoying a two
week vacation away from the 'SnakeDoris Lussier is spending a quiet a trip to Rhode Island, and Carolyn be a long one.
1
Umbrella, Umbrella who has the Pit ... Happy birthday to Nancy
vacation at home — no doubt under Damiano spent her time at home. . .
the shade of her lovely trees. Is that Belated birthday greetings to Deane umbrella todav? Better put a bell on Habel on August 12th.
right, Doris?... Helen Cole is also Brown. Sorry I goofed. Deane. but I it, Bea Marsh. . We do enjoy Lydia
spending a quiet vacation at home. . . hear tell you don't observe birthdays Spooner and Angie Pontier singing Ind. Oils Final Assembly
opera. These girls are certainly (Nights)
Stacia Sikorski is going to spend her anymore.
wasting their talents here. . . Now we
vacation touring Canada by auto. . .
by Dick DeGrqff
know
where to locate Angie Pontier
Yours truly's son. Michael, spent a Clorinol (Nights)
Big expectations in September
when she's downtown. What's the
week at Camp Ashmere. Hinsdale,
by Adeline Segala
Wall Cwalinski, of our department,
Mass. . .Come next month, with
Well, here we are
vacations are attraction behind Newberry's, Angie? and his wile, Mary of Metal Clad at
. . .Did you ever see a white sweater
vacations nearly over, everyone will just about over and school is just
Beaver Street, expect their son A2C
be either rested or exhausted.
around the corner... Not too much with a suntan? Really!! Esther Walter home for the month of Septnews this issue as I have been away. . . Poplaski has o n e . . . Well the paint ember on leave from Hamilton Air
so we'll leave you
Check Inspection
None other than Bill (Cochise) Bakey brush is waiting
Base in California. Young Walt
and Dick (Tonto) Szurek and their until next time.
by Ceil Mikuszewski
worked at Metal Clad before entering
With Ceil Mikuszewski infanticipat- white headbands. Woo! Woo! Woo!
the service three years ago. His
ing it becomes necessary for someone . . .Sure was quiet around here with High Quality
father and mother are taking their
to pinch hit for her or Check Inspec- Roseanne Shakar and Corinne Button
by Mae Veazie
vacations while he's home. ..Bob
tion will be forgotten. . .We have on vacation. Nothing like sudden
Hi everyone! I have just returned Lamore is also taking his vacation
Hank Testa as our new foreman, and outbursts of song to perk us up. No from a nice week's vacation
with a sometime in September. He- doesn't
have, lost Chuck Wilson... Helen more Cha-Cha. Roseanne? . . . Vera little tan and no fish. . . We still have know just when yet, but it'll be the
Bryce is on vacation
gone to Long Davine and Adeline S. sure have been a few people out enjoying the sights week of the new arrival. Is Bev
Island to see how the other half lives. living the outdoor life. It is great to and resting. . . Gert Schmidt is at Lake...George Senecal, one of our camp, but it takes will power to come George, Julie Morin here and there.
Country's defenders, has returned down to work on a nice hot sunny day. and Gene Gamache, when- did you
from Camp Drum with a very bad Just call them the 'Camp Fire Girls'. say you were going? Lucky boy!. . .
blister on his finger caused by opening
Amy Bryant is at Cheshire Lake with
beer cans. .Hank Testa returned Ind. Oil Cover Assembly
her little boy. . . Helen Delisle is
from a week at Nantasket with his
by Isabelle Witherow and Lil Flaherty puttering around and George Grazfamily. . Bea Pierce neglected to tell
iola
is just traveling this way and
If you ever get the stamina to climb
us where she is spending her vaca- to the. top
you will find us — better that . . Hope you all have a good
tion, but she is gone... Marilyn known as Cover Assembly. We are time...We of High Quality would
Daub really roughed it on her vaca- only a small group, but a nice one, I like to say welcome lo Mr. Fonteyn
tion. Phyllis Parker has developed think. . This year so far we have had whose office has been moved to our
into a very good fisherman. She can our share of sickness, but we can still department, and to Mr. Potter who
wind a line around a twit; or tree with, find time to do our work and smile . . . has moved his office lo Brown Street.
the- best of them. She nearly caught
. . Well friends, not much news this
If you hear a lot of banging at 7 A.M.,
a fish too!... Sam LTnsworth has a that's Daisy Meland making sure month
maybe better next time.
new project
picnic tables
and there aren't any pigeons in the fan
arc- they hard to get home!. . The before she Hips the switch. Never
Industrial Oils
rest of us are just carrying on and mind Daisy, there are a lot more
by Erminia Sweeney
doing the- work lor the group!
where they came from...! think
Vacations are. almost over. . . Helen
Marge Callahan of Dry Rolling,
•Marty' Kelly should become a Falco returned from hers as brown as Marshall Street, seems to be a
politician. No one would stand a a bear. . .Rose Delisle and her hus- little displeased with the cameraBathtub Assembly
chance against him. He'd have band spent their vacation at Old
by Jessie Meczywor
and the
Vacation time- is here and if you every woman's vote
should travel down State Road and youngsters would be demanding their
,-;
sec someone selling blueberries, don't right to vote. Then you can throw
be surprised. It's none other than the green grass. 'Marty'. . Ann Odell
our supervisor. Jeff*Barry. He spent is back lo work after her recent illness
and looking as good as ever. Lil
his vacation on blueberry hill
I'rankie James, our other supervisor. Flaherty has decided to get a station
is building himself a new porch while wagon just in case Bea Hill wants
on vacation
Jane Ciepiela vaca- her to take over her riders again. .
tioned at Idlewild Park in Wells. We would like to take this opportunity
Vermont for one week and spent a
leu days sightseeing in Boston. Mass. in our ladies room. We do appreciate
[•'ranees Roy spent her vacation it. . .We could use a lew of Pete
at Lake George and Old Orchard Grande's beagles to help us use up
some of these dog-bones.
Old Orchard Beach for a few days
We have decided that we are glad
and also spent a few days at Hampton Mr. Cronin is our boss and not our
Bead. Jessie Meczywor went to chef. His soup doesn't appeal to our
Thousand Islands. New York and sense of smell... Emma Barschdorf
Adventure Town in Alexandria Bay. agrees you don't have to go away on
. .Vivian Dale motored to Vermont vacation to spend money. At least
A group of girls from QAR pose with the former Carol Flaherty and
and Canada to do some fishing... you have something to show for it the her husband, Bill Ross. Left to right they are: Mr. and Mrs. Ross,
Mickey Sniezek, Margaret Powers, rest of the year. Emma. Tans do Cynthia Millis, Barbara Ciolkowski; 2nd row: Joni Williams and Joan
Lucille Beaudry and Alice Pedercini fade away. . . I wonder if Guido will O'Hearn. Back row: Sis Vadnais, Mae Stoeber and Ruth Wellspeak.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
Page 8
T2ae IL©g Tna?sa§ H£s
P&gss JBae'Js to
Fishermen Take Notice!!!
First catch! These trout were
caught by none other than Adele
Solari of Misc. Paper, Beaver Street.
hoping for a little sister for Robbie?
Bill Kuza went to Lake George
while on liis vacation. He says he
had a good time, but what prices.
He paid twelve cents for a cup of
coffee, and cigarettes were thirty-five
cents a pack. He's going to bring
plenty of his own cigarettes next time.
. . .We're just back from our vacation
too. We went to Hampton Beach,
and I never saw such hot sand and
such cold water. We crossed the line
to get a Maine lobster. The next
day we looked like that lobster after
falling asleep on the beach. Please
don't give me any more sure remedies
just let me die!. . .Leo Muldowney
doesn't seem quite so jumpy lately.
(rol new earplugs, Leo? . . . Our 'BuckA-Week' is piling up fast. It won't
be long now. With at least four
different batches of homebrew just
about ready to go, we can spend all
that dough on steaks. Mark your
bottles, boys, so there won't be any
arguments about which is best. We'll
have a full report on the 'melee' next
month. . . Until then remember, comrade
"He who laughs — lasts."
George Senecal, Foreman of
Formation, proudly displays a 4^
and a S\ lb. small mouth black
bass caught at Grout Pond.
"UNION* "STREET""
JOHN MARSHALL
1, Beverly Williams
1, Louis Floriani. Jr.
1, Mary Mondia '
1, John Murach
2, Jane Howell
2, Ronald Burdick
3, John Winant
3, Shirley Roberts
3, Kay Collins
3, Dorothy Shea
4, Betsy McLain
4, Marilyn LoPresto
4, Joseph Bianchi
4, Margaret Sebastino
5, William M. Adams
6, Mary Roberts
6, Roma King
6, Joseph Pilling
Failed in business
Defeated for legislature
Again failed in business
Elected to legislature
Sweetheart died
Had nervous breakdown
Defeated for speaker
Defeated for Elector. . .
Defeated for Congress
Elected to Congress
Defeated for Congress
Defeated for Senate
Defeated for Vice-President
Defeated for S e n a t e . . .
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Engagements
by Nicky
SEPTEMBER
MlillllMN
•
We know of a man who failed in
business in the "thirties." In fact he
failed twice. Here are some of the
milestones in his life:
Theresa DelNegro (now of DX
Assembly); and Edward Czaja.
Ida Marceau (now of Time Study)
and Harry Lovett (now of Industrial
Oil Impregnating).
Mary Pieropan (now of Dry Rolling) and Nicholas Richardello.
Lillian Chase (now of R. & E.) and
Franklin Estes.
SPD Offices
Utman
Cjvlnq yHif
•
Who Is A Failure?
This issue of the "Log" marks the
beginning of the third year of publication.
Pictured in the news
1 Billy Pierce, (now of R. & E.)
2 yr. old son of John Pierce (now
Superintendent of F. P. Assembly
and Test).
2 In a group of production clerks
are Lillian Chase (now Lillian Estes
of R. & E.); Ida Fix (now Section
Head of Time Study); Agnes McDonough (now of Payroll): June
Lamoureux (now Mrs. Xorman Chenail of Advertising); Ida Marceau
(now Mrs. Harry Lovett of Time
Study); John Walsh (now of Machine
Shop).
Fishermen and their catches
3 Charles Bourdon (now of Incoming Inspection); Alice Senecal
(now of Check Inspection); and
husband. George (now Foreman of
Formation).
The first floor office is quite settled
now after the recent renovation and
rearrangement, but a few strains of
"Tin In The Jailhouse Now" can still
be heard from Ed's corner. . .Along
the vacation line — Pauline Sniezek
It 'eddings
is back from Hampton Beach. Judy
Sukel had a lovely time in New Jersey, May 30, 1940
Ahda Aldaman is 'baack frahm the Margaret Roberts (now of Paper
Richard Mazinski
Sauth' and Bill Button is about to Rolling)
write a book entitled, "House Paint- June 29. 1940
ing Can Be Fun."... Will Harris Bertha Scarbo (now of Tabulating
Laurence Jennings
found his way back from the woods in Dept.)
his trusty Jeep and gave his razor the July 20, 1940
2 week beard test. . Leo Patenaude is Mildred Clark (now of Filters)
Henry Blanchard
now an expert on changing diapers
and is thinking of giving a home August 8, 1940
extension course in baby care. . . Our Philomena Bernardi (now of Paper
Alfred Nimmons
world traveler, David Peck, is back Rolling)
with many tales of sights and happen- August 17, 1940
ings in England, Germany, Italy and Roma Beauchemin (now of Paper
Ralph Sacco
France. . . Was that a fire engine going Rolling)
by? No, just Bill Button in his rfed sta- August 31, 1940
Industrial Oils
tion wagon. Pretty sharp, Bill. . . Also Ida Marceau (now of Time Study)
by Ann Heath
Harry Lovett
Irene Pigeon was guest of honor at a driving a different car is Clare Montdinner given by her co-workers. She esanti with her lovely 'pewter' Dodge. (now of Impregnating at Brown St.)
was presented with two pieces of
Birth
luggage and a billfold with a sum of
July 25. 1940
money. Irene was married at Long
A daughter. Jean, to Alma (now of
Beach, California on July 29th to
Metal Clad) and Leslie (now of
Robert Ames. We miss her but we
Molding) Kent.
all wish her the happiness she deserves. The best of everything to
you, old pal!. . .Ag Houghton is enjoying her vacation in Washington . .
Joe Richards had a wonderful two July
weeks at camp. He didn't exactly
9, Jean Hespelein and
Madeline Rougeau and
remain in camp — he hit all the spots
Richard Stachura
Ronald Prentice
at night. New York saw a lot of Joe.
9, Lois Lafave and Donald Rancatti Nancy Tourjee and Bernard Lewitt
. Sally Talarico is relaxing at home. 29, Irene Pigeon and Robert Ames
Nancy Petravice and
. Since we lost Irene Pigeon, Phil August
Raymond Rousseau
Brooks is the wooden Indian at the 6, Carol Roy and Michael Porter
Mary Ordyna and Donald Merlini
card game at noon time. Frank
13, Joan McClelland and
Goloski and Clem Mossolani sure
Fred Windover III
miss her. . . Congratulations to Sam 20, Stella Beauchamp and
Dean on the new little granddaughter.
John Battersby
•
August, 1960
•
*
*
WILLIAM H.TAFT
6, Ada Tallarico
6, Pearl Chilson
7, Lorraine Andrew
8, Martin Kelly
9, Alice Monette
1 1, Rose Murray
1 1, Stella Beauchamp
13, Courtney Flanders
14, Jean Gardzina
16, Judy Bakey
1 7, Nancy Richardson
19, Richard Massey
20, Nancy Kelly
21, Ora LeSage
22, Eleanore Bechard
22, Viola Crosier
22, Robert Armitage
23, Thelma Bissailion
23, Emma Busby
23, Frank Mroz
24, Bertha Decoteau
25, Jeannette Oleskiewicz
25,'Vera Uberti
25, Kathleen McAndrews
25, Olga Lie
26, Bernadette Fern
26, Rachel Champney
27, George Daub
27, Blanche Paciorek
28, Loren Estes
28, Ethel Roy
29, Helen Delisle
30, Gwen Geary
30, Mario Magnani
30, Judith Kelyer
l/Vaif
July
8, Mr. & Mrs. William Bell, son
8, Mr. & Mrs. John Cardinal, son
13, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Filiault.
son
20, Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Bua,
daughter
24, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Gaffey, son
25, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ahola,
daughter
27, Mr. & Mrs. William Tower,
daughter
28, Mr. & Mrs. Russell Wimpenny,
son
29, Mr. & Mrs. William Davis,
daughter
30, Mr. & Mrs. Davis Thompson, son
30, Mr. & Mrs. Rene Cote, son
31, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stewart, son
31, Mr. & Mrs. Norman Davignon,
son
He never admitted
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defeat.
His name, Abraham Lincoln
The most successful firms we know today never
admitted defeat. They used every selling and advertising tool available to help build business.
fmVERSHMES
for Sept.
1. Mr. & Mrs. Fred Rotolo, 4th
Mr. & Mrs. Lionel Delisle. 36th
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Wandrei, 15th
2. Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Baldassarini,
3. Mr. & Mrs.
Mr. & Mrs.
4. Mr. & Mrs.
5. Mr. & Mrs.
Alfred Guilino. 26th
Edward Skubel. 26th
Allyn Bascom. 6th
Robert Urquhart,
7th
8. Mr. & Mrs. William Saulnier,
29th
9.
11,
14.
16.
Mr. & Mrs. William King. 5th
Mr. & Mrs. George Daub. 16th
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Chalifoux. 3rd
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Melchiori.
38th
18. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Chalifoux. 15th
19. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ferris. 7th
20. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wilk. 2nd
Mr. & Mrs. Chester Lesnick. 12th
21. Mr. & Mrs. John Davis. 20th
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Lanoue, 20th
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Millette. 20th
22. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Barriere, 41st
23. Mr. & Mrs. George Roy. 40th
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Charbonneau.
21st
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Lesnick. 10th
24. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Kulpa, 5th
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Odell, 5th
25. Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Barber. 25th
27, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kurley. 2nd
28, Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lamoureaux,
25th
29, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Alderman.
16th
IT TICKLED ME
But Not To Death
A lady was entertaining the small
son of a friend. "Are you sure you
can cut your own meal, Tommy?"
she inquired.
"Oh. yes. thanks." answered the
child politely. -I've often had it as
lough as this at home."
*
*
*
As assistant director of a B. (). W.
Sportsmen's Club encampment, it
was my duty to inspect the living
On my first inspection trip. I found
a large umbrella hidden in the bed <>l
a small boy. This was not a required
item of equipment and I asked the
lad to explain.
He looked at me for a moment, and
solemnly asked: "Sir. did you ever
have a mother?"
*
*
*
Gas station attendant (pointing to
choke lever): "You say your car uses
too much gas? Know what this is
for?"
Woman (airily): "Oh. that! I
never use it, so I keep it pulled out to
hang my handbag on."
Suggestion Committee
(Continued from page 1)
Awards of $25.00 each were made
to James Cooper of the Machine
•Shop, Helen Folino of Miscellaneous
Assembly and Parts Preparation,
both of Marshall Street; Ma'ry
Marchio of Industrial Oils Final
Names in the News
Assembly. Brown Street; and Frank
(Continued from page 1 )
Morandi of the Clan Shop. Beaver
Personnel, was admitted as an Asso- Street.
ciate Member of the American
Mr. Cooper received his award for
Society of Safety Engineers in August suggesting the use of a knockout to
1960.'
prevent material from sticking in a
dimpling machine. Helen Folino
DR. PRESTON ROBINSON, Director-Consultant, was awarded a patent for an earned her award by suggesting the
electrolytic capacitor electrolyte hav- use of one meter as a plug-in unit for
ing a solute of a molecular adduct dis- ageing ovens rather than each oven
having its own meter. For an imsolved in an electrolyte solvent.
proved technique of touching up soldA patent was awarded to the late er on Clorinol units following impregnation, Mary Marchio received
WALTER H. TAYLOR, long-time member of the R & E staff, on an elec- her award. Frank Morandi suggesttrolytic capacitor electrolyte, com- ed a method of inserting the eyelet in
prising an ionizable compound dis- covers of Clorinol units which will
save time and parts.
solved in a nitrile solvent.
August, 1960
- THE TRADING POST FOR SALE
(:l< A.M. B( )ILRR complete with gas burner and controls for 8 room house.
Call Marshall St. 420 during day or GL 8-3784 after 6 P.M.
USED BICYCLES—(2) girls, (1) boys. Very good condition. Call MO
4-9547 or 4-9507.
(2)-MEN'S SUITS — (1) light blue flannel tweed size 36; also (1) size 38.
Call MO 3-6293.
THREE-QUARTER LENGTH TAN & BROWN WINTER SPORT COAT
in good condition, size 12. Nice for young high school girl. Call MO 3-7434.
COMPLETE BOY SCOUT UNIFORM (cap, neckerchief, belt, etc.) Size 12.
In very good condition. Call Adams 1201-R between 4-5:30 P.M.
BOY SCOUT UNIFORM —like new. Size 12. Reasonable. Call Adams
1530-J.
15 VENETIAN BLINDS with fixtures. 34" size. 140 for all 15. Call
MO 3-7740.
FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATOR, FREEZER — 10.2 cubic ft.—$200.
Automatic Washer, 2-cycle — $100. Both items 2 years old and like new.
Call GL 8-4295.
PERFECTION OIL HEATER — 4-way control. Heats 4 rooms. Good
condition. Call MO 3-7201.
KOHLER & CAMPBELL PIANO in good condition. $15. Call MO
3-9226 anytime.
(1) HERITAGE HEIRLOOM GENUINE MAHOGANY COCKTAIL
TABLE with hand tooled leather top and (2) matching end tables. Excellent
condition. Call Adams 746-W.
(3) OVAL ALL-WOOL BRAIDED RUGS — (2) 4' x 6', (1) 2' x 4' — $15 lot.
Traditional style brass base table lamp with shade, $3. Light maple bookcase
suitable for Early American living room, den or student's room. All in good
condition. Call Marshall St. Ext. 668 mornings or GL 8-3864 after 3 P.M.
daily.
ELECTROLUX VACUUM CLEANER including attachments. In good
condition. $15. Call MO 3-9739.
"
PORTABLE SEWING MACHINE—used only a few times. Dish closet.
walnut, glass door. Excellent condition — $8. Call Adams 1465-J.
1951 FORD 2-DOOR SEDAN — overdrive transmission. Runs good and
has good tires. $50. Call MO 3-6378.
COTTAGE with attached garage. Private back yard. Electric stove included. Located at 88 Beaver Street. Call MQ 3-9573.
GIRL'S FALL DRESSES & COATS—sizes 6 & 7. Call MO 3-7951 anytime^
WOMEN'S WHITE SHOE ROLLER SKATES with case—size 8. $10.
(2) pr. nurse's white shoes size 7A. 1 pr. worn 2 wks; 1 pr. never worn.
$10 both pair. Call Bennington 5064 after 6 P.M.
1954 CHEVROLET 4-DOOR SEDAN; R & H; Standard Transmission:
body clean; good mechanical condition. Very dependable transportation at a
reasonable price. Call Ext. 623.
MEN'S WOOL SUIT, tailor-made, 38 long. Excellent condition. $4.
(2) Ladies wool coats & (2) ladies suits—sizes 9-10. All in excellent condition.
$4 each. I Girl's 100% wool tweed coat size 14-16. $5. Nylon ski parka.
medium size, $3. Ski pants, size 12. $2. Short pile-lined short fall jacket.
medium size. $2. Lightweight coat, size 9-10. $3. Call MO 2-2259.
FOR RENT
(2) SLEEPING ROOMS — (1) front master bedroom with telephone; (1)
good size back room. Call MO 4-9542.
LADY'S WRISTWATCH, area of Sprague's Marshall Street to Marshall
Street parking lot. Call Marshall Street Ext. 515.
Trading Post Rules 1.
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Ads are published as a service for Sprague employes only, there is no
charge.
2.
Ads are accepted from employes who are on lay off.
3.
Ads will not be run more than once, unless re-submitted.
4.
Unsigned ads will not be printed, names will not be published.
5.
If ad is for more than one article, combine on same form.
6.
Application forms for ads are available from the Log Desk.
THE TRADING POST
LOG DESK
Marshall Street
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Wanted
•
For Rent
•
Ride Wanted
•
Riders Wanted
•
Lost
Name
Home Address
Home Phone..
Department
Dept. Ext
Extra Copies can be obtained from your Department Reporter or by calling the LOG DESK. Marshall St. Ext. 383
Can You Find 10 Traffic Hazards fn This Picture?
Look sharp! This quiz checks
more than the acuteness of your vision.
It also tests your judgment of what's
right and wrong on the road. Look
again—then rate yourself against the
list. But keep in mind that perceiving a traffic hazard is not enough. A
good driver is always prepared to take
instant action to avoid trouble.
We urge you to be alert, drive carefully, know the rules—and obey them.
Remember: about 75% of all accidents are caused by the driver—not
the car.
(Each hazard is located by letter and by number. For example. F8 indicates
the location of the station wagon at the lower right of the picture where
lines from F and 8 would cross.)
1 Boat on station wagon is improperly secured (F8, lower right)
2 Driver's rear vision blocked by
packages (J8. lower right)
3 Parked car not completely off
highway (C10. center right)
4 Car attempting to pass on the
right (D7. center)
5 Car with trailer is cutting in on
car at left (B8. upper center right)
6 Car crossing divider (A6. top
center)
Your Car Has Built-in Safety-
7 Child losing ball from car (E4.
left center)
8 Driver reaching in back ol car.
his eyes off road (Gl, lower left)
9 Car following car ahead too
closely (D2. left center)
10 Car with one door not coinpletely closed (15, bottom center)
(These are major hazards, there are
others if you found more than ten.
congratulations)
YOU!
Prepared by the Shell Traffic Safety Center in consultation with Dr. Leon Brody, Research Director. Center for Safety Education, New York University, and in cooperation with the Automotive Safety Foundation.
© Shell Oil Company, 1960.
Members of Former 645-655
Department Hold Reunion
By Retired Reporter Jeannie Garceau
The report is a bit late but we would
still like to tell you about the get-together which the former co-workers of
Dept. 645-655. now discontinued, had
at Taconic Park Restaurant on June 9.
There were 40 guests present and a
welcoming address was given by
Stacia Menczywor who with Violet
Bona and Jane Gross were in charge
of the arrangements — and did a nice
job of gathering us from the four
local plants and out of retirement.
We were happy to have Frances
Kordana. RX of Pittsfield General
Hospital with us and also Ceil
Shanahan and Daniel Donovan who
both vowed they would not miss any
more of our parties. Dan had lovely
pictures of his beautiful grandchildren, and of course is very proud
of them. We were so glad to hear
his Missus is feeling much better.
Our greetings go out to you Gertrude.
. . Our Francis K. is very happy and
is to be a bride in October. Our
very best wishes for a long and happy
wedded life to her and her mister. .
Ida Tovani, Agnes (Mama) LaRoche,
Edna Mahar and Betty Berger all
looked very well and happy. . Edie
LTnis and Marlene Bush were telling
us about their cute babies. And thev
certainly are cute! Alvina Moreau
and Bernie Jones are proud of their
graduates.
Congratulations
to
Richard who plans to be a teacher.
We were glad to hear that Madeline
Boner is feeling much better now.
Keep up the good work, Mad. . .Our
congratulations to Kay O'Connor
and her Frank on their anniversary —
there are many more ahead we hope
and pray. . .It was nice to see Esther
Poplaski', Adrian Darling. Bob Barbuto, Jim Boner, Evelyn Prystas and
Lillian Goff. They were all as good
natured and smiling as ever. Just
keep that way!. . . Mary Leja reported
that her young daughter is much better following her eye surgery. .
Yvonne Ross. Maude Crews, Amelia
Couture and Jeannette Shambeau are
four whose friendship is still good and
strong. .Marie Dean, Viola Levesque,
Olive Crandall and Norma Skorupski
are as much fun to be with as ever.
The table centerpieces were arranged and donated by Jane Gross and
were awarded to Adrian Darling.
Delphina Regaioli and Laura Benoit
. . . Missing because of illness were
Dolly Rowett and Ramona Turgeon
. . The next party will be in October and will be a dress-up Halloween affair. The committee in charge
includes Doris Gaudette, Mary Maria
and Esther Poplaski. . I'm happy to
report that I also will be there in
October.
Here's A Hot Tip
On A Winning Bet
If you want to make a bet you're
sure to win, wager your friends that
September 5, I960, is the 208th
anniversary of absolutely nothing.
You can go further and bet they
can't lird anything that happened in
America 208 years ago on September
4 or September 6 or September 3
or September 10. Even the sun
didn't rise 208 years ago on those
dates, as far as the United Stales goes.
Don't you believe it?
The fact is that on September 2.
1752 - 208 years ago this year
the colonies changed from the Julian
calendar to the modern Gregorian
calendar. To take up the slack it
was decreed that the day following
September 2, 1752 should be designated September 14.
So almost two weeks were dropped
out of the history of the United States,
and there was no September 3, 4. 5,
6, 7, 8, 9. 10, II, 12, or 13 in the year
1752.
Now go ahead and bet.
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
Page 10
Sports —
SOFTBALL
BOWLING
GOLF
LOU
By
ZITER
Three More Sprague Softball Teams Bowlers Take Note!!
GIRLS1 BOWLING LEAGUE
Any girls interested in howling at
the Ml. Greylock Bowling Lanes,
please contact Jerry Macchia, Personnel Dept. Ext. 382
Any girls interested in howling at
the Central Alleys on Main Street,
please contact Ella Genesi. c o Bill
Mendel. Marshall Street.
MEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE
LAB TEAM
Mondia, Lorin
Saunders, Dick
Jack Barry and
Front row (left to right): Al Sarab, Rene Lesage, Joe
Jangrow, Jim Mazzu and Bob Kove. Back row: Harry
Vanasse, Vin Sweeney, Ray Petersen, Stan Bagdon, Jr.,
Dick Filiault.
Men howlers are needed for the
new teams which will play at the Mt.
Greylock Bowling Lanes starting
September 7th from 8:30 to 10:30
P.M. Anyone who is interested
please contact Harold Brafman, Marshall St. 544; Armand Senay, Marshall St. 326; or Bob Burr at Brown
St. 71.
Additional members are welcome
for the teams playing at the Central
Alleys. The season will begin September 15th at 7:30 P.M. Those
interested please contact Frank Santelli at Brown Street 39.
August, 1960
Softball
The Sprague [nterplant Softball
League is well into the second half of
their schedule. The first half was
won by the OAR team which wenl
undefeated, thus edging out tin- Sprague Products nine, which suffered defeat only ai the hands of the champions.
Highlighting the first half, without
by the OAR pitchers. Fran Brazeau
a n d Armand Delisle. The latter displaying ability l>\ shutting out a
s t r o n g C o n t r o l L a b t e a m in t h e final
-<iine of their schedule.
The second half is being played in
three round robin series. The winners of the first series was the Sprague
Products nine, coached byJoeAllard.
Again the pitching stole the spotlight
as Joe Nuvallie chucked all lout wins
for the Products and limited the
opponents to a total of three runs lot
all the games played. The winner of
each round robin series will play each
other and the eventual winner will
play QAR for the league title.
2.
BROWN ST. TEAM
Front row (left to right): George Beckwith,
Howie Donovan, Lindy Farinon, Guido Libardoni, Sterling Hewitt. Back
row: Deane Brown, Don Tanguay, Art VanSteemburg (coach)/ Norm
Rougeau, Bob Diodatti and Ted Sprague.
Match the following:
a. midfielder
1. rowing
b. puddle
2. lacrosse
c. trudgen
3. swimming
3. Name the states where the following race tracks are kxated.
a. Rockingham
b. Xarragansett
c. Bowie
4. What is the most points scored in
an NBA Basketball game for one team,
and what team scored them?
by Jim Bonet
The Tuesday evening golf league
recently completed its II week schedule with the Wingfoot team capturing
lirsi place honors. Members of the
Wingfool team include: Ralph Fressola. Ro\ Douglas, John Oilman.
Paul Netherwood. Ed Younglovr.
Mill Hattat and John Hewitt.
tween the teams that finished in the
first four positions will now be held to
climax another successful .season.
In the 18 hole playofl matches the
league winning Wingfool team will
oppose Walt Schroeder's Indian Creek
Irani. In the other semi-final match,
the Rockledge team, captained b>
Pinky Sherman, will compete against
Oakmont, captained by Don Morris.
The Oakmont team was in seventh
place at the end of the first half but
finished strong to win a playoff berth.
Wingfoot
Rockledge
Indian Creek
Oakmont
Sports Quiz . . .
Test your sports knowledge and
grade yourself as follows: 0-5 poor.
6-10 fair, 11-15 good. 16-20 excellent.
Each part of each question is worth
one point.
1. Who holds the record for hiuing
the most grand slam home runs in a
lifetime in each major league?
Wingfoot Team Tops
Employes Golf League
Softball - 1st Half Finals
Team
Won
Lost
QAR
9
0
Sprague Products
8
I
Brown Street
6
2
E
Won
Lost
)l
33
1 1
1 1
40
II
43
•11
42
42
42
45
^uinox
Pine Valle)
42
laconic
39
Pinehursl
31
"My wife says if I don't i;ive up golf,
Control Lab
6
2
Labs
5
4
'"I say, that's hard luck."
Management
4
5
"Yes, I'll miss her/'
Union Street
3
6
1
8
R & E
Western Electric
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5. Whom did each of the following
men knock out to win the heavyweight
UNION ST. TEAM
Front row (left to right): Dick Daniels, Jack
Lavigne, Jim Heelan, Jack Burdick, Larry Burdick and Vic Abate. Back
row: Bill Burdick, Roger Brown, Bob Genesi, Ronnie Dean, Ray Wellspeak, George Champagne, Bob Smith and Hewitt Rand.
a. Primo Camera
b. jack Dempsey
C. Joe Louis
6. What are the real first names of
the following baseball players?
a. Pumpie Green
b. Whitey Ford
c. Duke Maas
7. Match the following New York
Yankees farm teams with their league
classification.
a. Amarillo
1. D
b. Modesto
2. AA
c. Auburn
3. C
8. What pitcher holds the National
League record for pitching the most
shutouts (90)?
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With the last big Summer holiday, Labor Day, rapidly approaching,
Mary Lynn Harrison of Factory Accounting, plans to do lots of relaxing
and sunning. 'Min\ as her friends call her, is a 1959 graduate of Adams
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