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Volume VIII SPRAGUE ELECTRIC VICTORY LOG, OCTOBER 13, 1945 Number 5

EXTRA " E " TO SPRAGUE EMPLOYEESNavy Bureau of Ordnance Makes Award for Work on "VT-FUZE"Spraguc Workers Take Part In MakingNavy Secret Weapon

In what the Navy Departmeni con-siders a "miracle of product ion skill",the Sprague Electric Company and itsemployees played an important role inthe success of the Navy's No. 1 secretweapon, regarded as second in im-portance only, to the atomic bomb.And it must be remembered that therewas a lot of war going on before therewas any atomic bomb. This is theproximity fuze, or V-T fuze.

A weapon was needed to combat theGerman buzz bomb menace to Englandand the Jap suicide planes. In ourMarshall Street plant, componentparts for this weapon were producedin a constant stream at the rate of over.100,000 per day.

Explains V-T Fuze

The V-T fuze, explains the Navyreport, is "an extremely rugged five-tube radio sending and receiving sta-tion which fits into the nose of aprojectile. Its heart is a vacuum tubewhich sends out electro-magnetic waveson impulses at the speed of light -186,000 miles per second. The impulsesare reflected back to the tube by anytarget giving a radio reflection, such asmetal objects, water, or earth. II theV-T fuzed projectile passes within 70feet of an airplane, reflected impulsesact on the fuze circuit to trigger a.switch. The switch causes an electricaldetonator to set off the main explosivecharge in the projectile."

Simply stated, during the suicideattacks, a plane might escape unharmedby the hear miss of an ordinary shell.Using the radio shell, however, itexplodes and destroys any plane com-ing within 70 feet of it, greatly in-creasing the efficiency of anti-aircraftfire. Artillery shells, instead of bury-ing themselves in the ground, go offin the air, causing great destruction.

Secrecy Exercised

Great secrecy was exercised in theproduction of the V-T fuze. Whenthe project was in the early stages, ourWiltiam M. Allison designed somecomponents which were used success-fully throughout the program. Later,when more information about specialrequirements became known, somespecial work was undertaken by Dr.Robinson and Gil Green in the labora-tory. To put these laboratory resultsinto production placed a very heavyburden on our executive staff, alreadygreatly loaded with a full share of thewar program. To make these newcomponents, which had to stand beingfired from guns, completely newfacilities and techniques had to be

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Many Sprague MenAir-Minded

Airways advertisements tell us thatsoon all of us will become air-minded,but Howard Sherman, "Mike" and"Bill" Pierce, Walter Rohane andFred Powers are ahead of the ads.They have studied aviation and ownplanes in partnership, while LaurenceHaskins is studying for his studentlicense. Croom Beatty had manyhours of flying experience to hiscredit, before coming to the Spragueorganization.

Two men who had private licensesare R. C. Sprague, president of theSprague Electric Company, and LeonPodolsky of our retail sales office(Sprague Products Company.)

Fliers InterviewedIn interviewing these air-minded

men, Fred Powers, Division Super-intendent of the Resistors, tells usthat he has had 125 hours in the air —more than twice the number requiredfor his private license. He started tolearn flying a year ago, in August,under the direction of Bob Sprague, Jr.His longest solo flight has been toBoston and return. He makes thetrip to Boston in an hour in his "PiperCub" which he owns jointly with RayBelding.

"What was your reaction, Fred,when you first soloed?" we asked.

"I was scared to death," he answeredtruthfully. He states that his wife isalso much interested in flying andpredicts that the activities of theWilliamstown Aviation Club again willbe resumed.

The brothers, "Mike" Pierce, Di-vision Superintendent of Mica, and"Bill" Pierce, Foreman of ResistorAssembly, took up flying a year ago inSeptember. They began instructionwith Bob Sprague, Jr. until he went

The Vincelette brothers look overthe "Peace" edition of the LOG.Louis, of Industrial Oil Stacking is•̂ lad to w»lco«*>e Claude a new-comer to the Sprague Company.Incidentally, they represent four-teen members of their family whohave been Sprague employees.

into Service, then continued instruc-tion in Adams, and finally, TurnersFalls. "Bill" says that the instrumentboard for a private plane as comparedto an army plane, is quite simple, withbut six important instruments towatch. The longest distance thebrothers have flown so far, has beenfifty miles as "the crow flies" in the"Aeronca" in half an hour.

First Spin"What was your greatest scare,

Mike?" we asked."When my instructor deliberately

put our ship into a spin," he repliedpromptly. We climbed to 6,000 feet,then he told me to watch the buildingsbelow — and every time I saw them,that would mean one complete revolu-tion of the plane. Honestly, I didn'tsee those buildings, I was so scared. . .All I knew was that Bob was counting- one — two — three — four. Four

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Sprague One of 36 Firms SelectedFrom 1000 Engaged on Navy's MostImportant Secret Weapon2600 Sprague Workers at One TimeOn Project to Speed War's End

This is a real "Five Star" Edition of the Sprague LOG!When Japan surrendered there were four stars in our Army-Navy "E" Flags flying above I he Sprague plants. Now, —dated Sept. 26, 1945,— has come a letter from the NavyDepartmeni, Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, I). (!.,awarding us the Bureau of Ordnance "E", which entitles usto get another star. Thus is a fifth star added, increasingin lustre the high record made by Sprague employees inWorld War II.

Due to the need for utmost secrecy in the development,manufacture and use of the kk\T Fuze", the award of theBureau of Ordnance "E" had to be delayed untjl all dangerwas past. Yet to all those who took part in this work atthe Sprague plants there still came the grand thrill of* ac-complishment and recognition. To all Sprague workersand friends came the pride of association with a companywhich has the "Know How" and the "Go Through" to lakeon the impossible and carry it lo successful solution, produc-tion and victory.

Williams In Tokyo Tyler DirectsElectronics CourseHello Friends:

I never dreamed of getting to Tokyo,but here I am.

Today certainly is a big day in thehistory of the world and I feel highlyhonored to have even a small part in it.I did not see the actual signing of thesurrender but heard it described overthe radio. I could see the battleshipMissouri from where we were anchored.When the planes flew over just beforethe ceremonies began it was indeedan impressive sight. I couldn't helpbut think as I looked heavenward atour air might, of the important part

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The "Aeronca", jointly owned by Howard Sherman, Walter Rohane, of the Beaver Street Plant, and'Mike" and ""Bill" Fierce of the Brown Street Plant.

The course on Radio and Electronicsunder the direction of Richard Tylerof the Beaver Plant Lab has begunwith an enrollment of twenty students.The classes which are held each Mon-day and Thursday night, and of threehour duration will cover a period ofsixty hours. These are divided intotwo ten-week courses. The firstcourse will end in December and thesecond course will start in February.

Mr. Tyler reports the classes havedisplayed most gratifying interest andthe instructing of them has been apleasure. It is his desire to introduceto the students, men of authority onthe subjects, who will deliver shortlectures and answer problem questions.

This is Mr. Tyler's second year asdirector of (his course and his earnestefforts to promote studies in the field ofelectronics is to be commended.

Sprague OrchestraIn First Rehearsal

The Sprague Orchestra held its firstrehearsal Wednesday evening, October10th, with a very satisfactory attend-ance. Further plans, and place ofrehearsal will be published in an earlyissue.

SPRAGUE ELECTRIC VICTORY LOG

"Of the Employees,-by I he Kmployees,-for the Employees."

Published by the SPRAGUE ELECTRIC CO., North Adams, Ma:

Vol. VIII October 13, 1945 No. 5

Another "E" To Sprague Employees

NAVY DEPARTMENTBUREAU OF ORDNANCE

Washington 25, D. C.Sept. 26, 1945

551 Sprague Employees in Service

18 Sprague Men Made the SupremeSacrifice

57 Veterans Now Working atSprague's

Can you spare a few hours a weekto help in the local hospital? All overthe country, women and girls are beingurged to take up the work of the NursesAides to help care for the thousands ofhospitalized servicemen returning tothe States. Here at the North Adamshospital, the need is especially acute.Miss Katherine Y. Shea, superintendenthere, states that if it were not for theassistance of the Aides, the hospitalwould not be able to carry on! Duringthe month of September, forty-fourvolunteer Red Cross Nurses Aides gave846 hours of service, which is a splendidcontribution, but many more hours ofaid is needed. It is estimated that theservices of thirty more women areneeded to help in the North Adamshospital.

To this end, new classes are beingstarted. To date, some nineteen womenhave registered, and it is hoped that

COMMUNITY CHEST PLEDGE

CARDS STILL OUT

At the present time there arc still aUrge number of pledge cards to bereturned. The Chairman and hiscampaign assistants urgently requestthose who have riol turned their . a i d sin, to do so as soon as possible. The

tion of the employees.Chairman Jack Washburn wishes to

s t r e s s t h e p o i n t t h a t t h e a m o u n t of

the pledge or contribution does nothave to be one thai will cause a largedeficit in an individual's wage. Small

sizely check. If each will giveregardless of the amount , then themission of this campaign and the com-mittee will be obtained.

T h a n k You N o t e F r o mWally Y o u n gFriends and Associates:

Words cannot express my grati tudelor the beautiful gifts I have had thehonor to receive from you. It is withdee]) regret that I leave you and wish

ances that I have made .lining myfour years will nol be forgotten.

So, I say thanks for everythingbin nol goodbye just 'til we meet

igaiWally Young

GOOD LUCK --SHOEMAKER

The main friends of Roberi Shoe-maker of the Marshall Street Lab weretreated to a surprise when " B o b "made it known that lie had accepted aposition as English teacher in the public-schools at Caribou, Maine. A loyalsupporter of the Sprague AnnualMinstrel Show and a veteran memberof the Sprague Radio quartet, he hasbecome a well known figure in theplants. Best of ' luck and success arethe- wishes of his friends .it the Spra-gue Electric Company.

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developed and put into lull productionvery rapidly. The team which Mr.Carey put together and which carriedthrough, had Eddie Goodman design-ing equipment, Paul Netherwood doingthe engineering, Tufty Rondeau, in-venting and building special machinery,Clarence Pratt setting the equipment•up, Bob Teeple devising productiontechniques and Bill Brundige put t ingthe stuff together and gelling il out.A new chemical plant was put up atBrown Street and run by Doc Beatty.

Al the peak of production, theMarshall Street plant, together withits sub-contractqrs at Chicopee, Mass.and Barre, Vt. employed 2,600 persons,most ol them women and girls. Manyof them had husbands and sons inservice. High School girls and grand-mothers worked on our victory shifts,contributing I heir share lo the successof the "Bat t le of the Bulge", the battle.against buz/ bombs or the victoryover J ap suicide planes.

SAFETY CORNERREMOVE THEIR

FANGSNAILS S1IVERSJACCED ENDS OFBANDING IRONSLASH ANDPOISON!

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complete revolutions, then he broughtthe ship out of the spin. 'How do youfeel?' he asked.

" 'I feel all right,' I answered, 'butgosh! I can't see a thing.' And thatis an absolute fact. Actually, duringthat spin, I just didn't see."

Walter Rohane, Howard Sherman,and the Pierce brothers are jointowners of the "Aeronca." They pass-ed their written tests for private pilotlicenses after they had attended a10-week ground school course atTurners Falls with grades of 90 orover, and they are very proud of thatfact. (Since taking these tests, threeof the more difficult subjects havebeen eliminated from the requirementsfor a private license). Those subjectsinclude Metereology, Navigation andTheory of Flight. Rohane and Sher-man were the first of the group study-ing at Turners Falls to be issued theirprivate licenses, and received them atthe same time, in August, 1945.

Walter Rohane, General Foreman,made his first solo flight a year agoin October. Asked if he was scaredwhen he made his first solo, he replied,"Not at all - in fact, it seemed goodto be at the controls myself. I hadno sensation of fear." Walter statesthat his longest flight to date was madewith Howard Sherman, when the twomade a quadrangle flight from TurnersFalls to Brattleboro, Vt. to Wards-boro, \*t., then back to Adams andTurners Falls, covering a distance ofsome 200 miles. They were in the airfor two and a half hours.

Howard Sherman, Specification En-gineer had hoped to make good use ofhis recent vacation for extensive fly-ing, weather permitting. He was ableto fly the "Aeronca" from TurnersFalls" to Keene, N. H. and return.His first solo was a year ago in October.

j When asked if this occasion was hisI greatest thrill, he replied: " N o , notthrilled — I was relieved to try it on myown without the continual cautionings'pick that wing up ' 'get that nosedown.' The thrill I get out of flying,on clear days, is to see the miles andmiles of country stretching out belowme.

"Flying, in my opinion is the safestmeans of travel. If I were asked togo to California tomorrow, if I shouldgo in a car, I'd probably have all thefenders bent, in getting in and out oitraffic jams if by plane, I wouldarrive perfectly intact, with no mis-haps — air travel is the safest and mostcomfortable means of transportation."

I Croom Beatty, Research Chemistat the Marshall Street Plant beganflying back in 1935 and owned hisship, a "Fairchild 24" while living inFlorida. At that time, he was a mem-ber of the Florida Defense Force, an

i organization which during the war,was drafted into service as the CivilAir Patrol. Mr. Beatty states thatat the beginning of the war, hours for"Sub" Patrol were from 3:30 A.M.until an hour after sundown. He putin 400 hours of flying time while withthe Patrol and feels that these draftedcivilian ships did help to minimize thesubmarine menace in our southernwaters. His ship carried a rack for a300 lb. bomb load. Previous to thewar, Mr. Beatty made a 15,000 milejaunt with his co-pilot, John Donat,flying up the Atlantic coast, over tothe Pacific coast and back to Florida.

These men are enthusiastic aboutflying, and predict a bright future for it.They say if such towns as Orange, orTurners Falls, Mass., Rutland, Yt. andKeene, N. H. are indicative of otherparts of the country, we can look for a

! tremendous increase in civilian flying.

Fred Powers of the Brown Street Plant and Kay Holding with their"Piper Cub".

Many Sprague Men Airminded

Sirs:It is my great pleasure to announce the award of the Bureau of Ordnance

"E" to your company and to other firms who participated in one of the mostimportant of our wartime ordnance projects — the successful developmentand manufacture of the VT fuze.

The Bureau of Ordnance has never underestimated the value of yourservices and has regretted the necessity for maintaining secrecy on yourproduct throughout the war and even beyond that, so long as there remainedany doubt that security restrictions could be lifted with safety. Maintenanceof these security safeguards unfortunately has prevented the award of theArmy-Navy "E" to producers on the VT fuze who otherwise would havebeen eligible for consideration. We have appreciated your understandingof the reasons why your excellent production job had to be performed be-hind a veil of secrecy.

Now that the story can be told, the Bureau of Ordnance wants to recog-nize publicly the importance of the part you have played. The Bureau ofOrdnance "E" is being revived exclusively as a means of paying propertribute to the Navy contractors who worked on the VT fuze.

Each plant receiving the award will be furnished with a Bureau ofOrdnance flag, a Navy "E" pennant and "E" buttons in sufficient quantity tosupply all workers who assisted in making the VT fuze. In the case ofplants which would have been eligible for renewal awards, stars will be affixedto the pennants, one for each six months of eligibility.

The Bureau of Ordnance is grateful for your devoted efforts and ishappy to congratulate you on the excellence of your performance of a war-time task of the first magnitude. A hearty "Well Done!"

Sincerely yours,

G. F. HUSSEY, JR.Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy

Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance

PUBLISHING STAFFEDITOR: E. S. Whitten MANAGING EDITOR: Evelyn FairchildBUSINESS MGR.: Lawrence Madison ASSOC. EDITOR: Mary Mathews

CIRCULATION MANAGER: Marion CaronASSISTANT EDITORS:

Laurence Haskins, Clara Miller, Jim Oldham and Fred WindoverSPORTS

Walter Carpenter, Kenneth Russell and Bernard BullettSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Fred CrosierPLANT EDITORS

Marshal] Street: Cecile Trudeau Brown Street: Bertha SalavantisDEPARTMENT REPORTERS

Beaver StreetEmma Alongi, Linda Brown, Betty Bogus, Josephine Convery, Helen Corsi,

Margaret Daniels, Esther Driscoll, Frances Dabrowolski, Lucy DeFazio,Gertrude Gentile, Hazel Goodale, Ruth Haskins, Albert Horsfall, Barbara King,Josephine Kieltyka, Angie Langer, Lucille Little, Loretta Milisiewski, CedoRemillard, Doris Roy, James Shea, Yi Short, Constance Urbano, RoseannVigna, John Walsh, Priscilla Windover and Lena Zappula.

Brown StreetMarie Barbuto, Dorothy Boutwell, Frances Cole, Kay Corsi, Rose Corsi,

Evelyn Dodge, Margaret Daub, Ann Heath, Elsie Leja, Antoinette Lavigne.Jane Marianni, Gladys Markland, Rita Mulqueen, Ruth Morrissey, EleanorRhodes and Anna St. Cyr.

Marshall StreetIsabelle Brundige, Mary Dextradeur and Henry Gamari.

"Every Sprague Worker an Assistant Reporter."

Sprague Women Urged To Join Aides

can soon start. During the first sixweeks, the class will meet Monday,Wednesday and Friday evenings forclassroom work, while the remainingsix weeks, practical training will begiven on Saturdays and Sundays.Earn Service Stripes

Main- of our Sprague workers havegiven their time and energy to thiscause, besides holding a full time job atSpr-ague's. Many have passed theirinitial training and earned their caps,by giving 80 hours of service. Of thosewho have won their service stripes bygiving 150 hours of service to this workare: Mary Zona, Emma Underwood,Doris Hiser, Betty Alderman, RitaRoss, Rachel Filiault, Ida Scala,Jessica Warious and Marie-RoseLuscier. Mary Zona was second high-est in point of hours of service duringSeptember with a total of 41 hours.

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fynxun. Men 9H> Service

Never-to-be-Forgotten Sight Job Well Done

U.S.S. DeHavenSept. 2, 1945

I )ear Friends:We feel fortunate, because our ship

was among those chosen to witness theofficial surrender ceremonies.

One of the scenes we will remember isthe big naval base of Yokasuka withthe Japanese battleship Nagato...ly-ing there, harmless now with her"teeth" pulled. We dropped hookabout a thousand yards off the portbow of the Missouri - on which thesurrender ceremonies took place. Theclimax was when a great fleet of B-29sand carrier planes flew over theMissouri. It was a display whichmade us all very proud of our ArmedForces. Imagine 500 Superforts plus800 other types of Navy plane., allsweeping across the sky. It was asight that we shall probably neversee again.

Tokyo was only 15 miles further upthe bay, with a few of the landmarksvisible. When General MacArthurleft the Missouri after the ceremony,he and his Staff officers were out ondeck so we had a good long-distanceview of them.

As always,Thomas Ed. Dean

Pfc. Ray Maher has arrived inTokyo with the 1st Cavalry division,according to word received here. Pvt.Maher formerly worked in the Pro-duction Scheduling Department beforeentering the service in January of thisyear.

Matthew Stefanski, gunner's matesecond class, USRN, has been assignedduty aboard first of the Navy's newsuper carriers, the USS Midway.Matthew was formerly employed inthe Can Shop.

Middle of Nowhere

Sept. 16, 1945Dear Editor:

Just a few words to let you know mylatest address. We arrived here twodays ago in C-46's from the TroopCarrier Command. They're forminga new group here at McCook to gooverseas and my crew was one of eightto leave the B-29 transition base.

This place is in {he middle of no-where. It's just stuck on the flat windyprairie of Nebraska. Boy, it's deso-late! We will not be here too long,so we're not worried. I'll close now.Give my regards to Fred Potter,Wayne Davis and the rest of the gang.

Yours truly,Cpl. Paul Belanger

IN TOKYO

Sept. 20, 1945Saipan

Dear Friends:Just a few lines to thank the Sprague

Electric Company for the Log. It is awonderful paper and I enjoy readingall the news of the plant, and of myfriends in Service.

We were quite busy before, but sincethe ending of this disaster, we havemore time off and less work, so perhapsI'll be able to write more often. Isee Sprague's did important work onthe atomic bomb. They have donetheir part to end this war—and a jobwell done at that!

Hoping to see you all soon, and againthanks for the Log.

Ed. Luczynski, Sl-cSeabee

Japs Still Hold OutSept. 21, 1945

Dear Friends:Just a few lines to let you know I'm

still thinking of the folks at Sprague's.I'm in the Philippines about 75 mileisouth of Manila. It looks as thoughour Division would stay here a while.I guess because there are still quite afew Japs here. There are supposed tobe some 300 living in caves in themountains. They have food and waterenough to hold out for about a year.I hope this is only talk, and not a fact.

I hope that I'll be able to see some ofthe fellows who used to work atSprague's while I'm here in thePhilippines. I'll write and let youknow if I do. Well, so long, until nexttime and give my regards to the gangin Block Test.

As Always,Bill Beliveau

PALM TREES AND PAGODAS

A picture from Dick Johnson(left) whose ship landed troops intoTokyo. Dick is the husband ofLea, of B.T.A. Dept.

Hold those "Ahs" and "Ohs" .This is not a Geisha dancer, butour friend, Albert Blondin, EM3-C,formerly of the P.A. A. now station-ed at Pearl Harbor.

Quite a BattleGuam, PacificSept. 19, 1945

Greetings Folks:At the point, I'm having quite a

battle with our little winged friends.Vicous little devils, these Guam versionof the good ole' Mausert Pond mosqui-toes. . .That, however, is not thereason for this letter. I want tothank you sincerely for the consistentdelivery of the Log. I wondered fora while, after I left S. Carolina whythey didn't arrive, then it dawned onme that I hadn't sent you my newaddress!

I could go on for hours, telling aboutthis hole. . .oops, sorry,—island. Iwon't bother you with all the boringdetails. Best regards to all of my oldfriends—if they haven't forgetten me. .Five years is a long time!

Bill Richmond

MEET OUR RETURNED WAR VETERANS

On the job in the Receiving and Stock Depart incuts arc (seated) Gerald O'INcil,Gerald Cronin and Leo Wilcox. Standing arc Leo Bombardier of Incoming In-spection, Alfred Peters and Bernard Lepcra.

To acquaint you with servicemen,now discharged from the Armed Forces,we present these pictures and thumb-nail sketches. At the present time,there are fifty-seven ex-servicemen andwomen in our employ. We are gladto welcome new people to the Spragueorganization, and happy to see manyof our former employees back in theirold departments. We shall endeavorto publish more pictures of veteransfrom time to time.

Horst Reiprich of the NetworksLab. served with the Coast ArtilleryCorps for five years and has to hiscredit the Presidential unit citation,three theaters of war ribbons, fivebattle stars and one arrow head. Atthe time of his discharge he was aprivate first class.

Leo Wilcox employed in the StockRoom was a private for five monthswith the Medical Corps.

Eugene Marceau of the BoxingDepartment was in the Army AirForce and at the time of his dischargewas Staff Sergeant. In service threeyears and eight months, he has to hiscredit four oak leaf clusters, a goodconduct medal, an air medal, and twobattle stars. Before entering servicehe was also employed in Boxing.

Ernest Mason of Engineering De-partment and prior to service of CanShop was with the Signal Corps threeyears and five months. He was aTechnical Sergeant at the time of hisdischarge and holds the ETO ribbonwith three stars and the Good Con-duct ribbons.

Bernard Lepera who at the presenttime is in the Beaver Stock Room, hadbeen in service for three years. Heheld the rank of Corporal in the ArmyService Force Band.

Armand Trottier, employed in theFactory Engineering department was aSeaman Second class and was in servicefor seven and a half months beforereceiving his honorable medical dis-charge. He earned the Good Conductmedal.

Marrion Campbell, formerly ofthe Resistor department, and now withthe Etching department of BrownStreet, is our first WAC to return towork. She was in service two yearsand five months and possesses theW.A.A.C. ribbon and the Good Con-duct medal.

John H. Callahan earned the GoodConduct medal while in service with aField Artillery Division. He was aprivate, first class and served twenty-two months. He is now employed inthe Production and Scheduling de-partment.

Arthur W. Bacon of the TimeStudy Department was among the firstveterans to apply for work at Sprague's.He came to us in April of 1944, beingemployed at Brown Street and latertransferred to Beaver. He served witha Tank Destroyer unit.

RETURNED VETERAN GRELTS KMURNED WAC

Our first veteran of World War II to return to his former jolt at Spra-gue's was Gerald O'INcil of the Receiving Department, in I91,'{. Hegreets our first WAC to return, Marrion Campbell, formerly in theResistors, who is now working in the Etching Department after anabsence of two and a half years.

MARSHA1MJSICJProkar Dept.

By Minnie DextradeurBirthday greetings to the girls in

our department, born in the month ofOctober—Mar}' Burlingham and MaryHanley.

Wedding Anniversary in our De-partment: Mr. and Mrs. ErnestRisch—married 12 years on Sept. 25th.Ernest of K.V.A. at Brown St. Ceil issupervisor at Marshall St. Plant.

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Royal—married 13 years on Oct. 10th. Bothworking at the Marshall Street Plant.

Mary Kelly's son-in-law, WilliamDuffy, has returned home from thehospital. Get well soon. Bill formal-ly worked as Part Timer at MarshallStreet Plant.

I wonder what Mary Martin will dowith her friend and all the dogs?

Wedding bells sounded at the homeof Madeleine Robare. Her son, Wil-liam was married to Orella Tatro ofBeaver Street Plant, this October.

A few girls in our Department go tonight school. No wonder they can'tfigure in the daytime.

You never know what topic ofconversation the girls on the Scrapingand Gauging tables will have. It's anew story every day.

What has happened to MarionDardis. No our knows- How abouttelling us, Marion?

Louis Daub sure looks good in hisuniform. Don't forget to s:iy helloand write to us.

Honorable discharge Veterans whohave mothers or sisters in the ProkarDepartment:

Madeline Robare Son U. S. A.Laura Derosier—Son U. S. A.Doris Derosia—Brother U. S. A.Margaret Sacco—2 Brothers U. S. A.Yours truly Brother V. S. N.

Shipping andProduction Control

By Isabelle Brundige

Most of the tables in the OverseasShipping Department have been clear-ed away. A few of t lie girls are there—Dot Slade and Ora Boyer are backagain working on the same table withAngie Demayo and Frances Bushika.Doretta Blanchard and Rachel Merantialso are back. Cecile Trudeau is stillat tlie desk. A few new girls have beencalled in. Welcome to the ShippingRoom: Josephine Campedelli, Eliza-beth Sandiford, Mary Moran, Eliza-beth Miller, Sarah Heywood, WinifredKnowles, and Elizabeth Hermon.

Of course, things are far from thehustle and bustle of a few months ago.Those of us who are back, miss the oldRang.

John Callahan'a Section has justabout taken over the roon. Yourstruly has been transferred from Ship-ping, to work with John, Marge Mc-Connell and Melba Cooper.

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SPORTS By Carpenter, Bullett and RussellReturning Heroes FormBasketball Team

With the rapid returning of service-men, sports in North Adams are be-ginning to flourish. Proof of this liesin the statement that Sunnyside Rest-aurant will be represented on thebasketball court this season. Thepotential lineup consists of six warveterans, each one of them a hero inthe eyes of all sports loving fans.

Topping the list are Ray Bergeronand Billy Barry. Bergeron served withthe Marines in the South Pacific for30 months, and Barry gave 5 years ofhis life in tin- Army, 36 months ofwhich were spent overseas. Then thereare the Farinon brothers, Eddie andOrlando. The former was woundedthree times in the European Theater ofWar while Orlando is a veteran ofmany naval engagements. Still an-other is Stan Sanechi, formerly em-ployed in the Paper Rolling Depart-ment before entering the service, andwho also served and was wounded inthe ETO. Stan, a standout withAdams High teams of 1937-38-39, wasconsidered the best guard Adams everhad. Another is the very cleverGeorge Champagne, who recentlyreceived his discharge from the Navy.A navy man who really has beenaround.

There you have it, fans. It's a littleearly to be talking basketball, but let'smark the calendar for the comingwinter season. A good turnout atthe games will be a way to tell theseveterans we are still backing them.

Johnny Puppolo Manager of Si.Anthony Crusaders

For the first time in four years semi-pro football lias made its appearancehere on the local gridiron. To JohnnyPuppolo, of the Production SchedulingDepartment ar.d the St. Anthonyparish, goes a big pat on the back forfielding a team this fall.

The St. Anthony Crusaders openedtheir 1945 football season with a cleancut 12-0 decision over the formidableItalian American eleven of Springfieldat the Noel Field, September 30, before1500 interested spectators.

Busy

NEWS

Factory EngineeringBy Doris Roy

Who says love can't last a life time?Mr. and Mrs. Henry Anderson seemto think otherwise as, ole Mr. Cupidhas inhabited the Anderson householdfor the past twenty-eight years andaccording to Andy will continue to doso for a long time to come. Happyanniversary to both of you.

Is Laura Ferguson on pins andneedles or is it just my imagination? Ithink not, as "Red" has a very goodreason for being on edge. HubbyJames Ferguson Sl-c, who has beenaboard the Battleship U.S.S. Missouriis due home any time now. Here'shoping the fleet comes in soon, grayhair doesn't become a red head does itkid?

Another au revoir this month toWilliam Jette who has been with ourdepartment for nine months and wasliked by all. We'll miss you, Bill, butgood luck to you anyhow.

Farm want ad: "Wanted — hiredman to milk and run tractor." Marvel-ous what you can get out of modernmachinery!

"Bob" Garner Makes GradeIn Pro-Football Ranks

"Bob" darner, who formerly workedin the Engineering Specifications De-partment trying to dope out theintricacies of Sprague capacitors, willspend the months of October, No-vember and December, trying to finda way to wreck the many intricatefootball plays that will come his wayas a member of the New York ProGiants.

Garner, who has been very im-pressive in three exhibition jousts hassurvived the final cut made by CoachSteve Owen. This is a truly remark-able feat when one considers that theonly experience that "Bob" has had, iswith Drury High from 1937 to 1941.

For the benefit of "Bob's" friendswho may want to take in a game at thePolo Grounds the Giant's homeschedule is listed: Oct. 21, Pittsburgh;Oct. 28, Washington; Nov. 4, Cleve-land; Nov. 18, Detroit; Nov. 25,Green Bay; Dec. 2, Philadelphia. Forthe fans who cannot go to the games,I suggest they tune in on station WHNand get a colorful play-by-play accountby "Red" Barber and "Connie"Desmond.

By Bcrnie Bullett

Athletic AssociationClambake Notes:

The clambake was a huge success asall those who attended will testify.There was plenty of food and plentyof fun. . .but financially, it was a flop.

Our own Art Giroux was so busyeating his favorite "Cherry Stones"that he could not find time to answergreetings from friends. Genial FrankManns, the popular foreman of theBlock Test was always near the chowline.

While there were not too manysporting events, a few people enjoyedswimming and softball. (A few peoplealso had the enjoyment of a cool dipin the brook, fully attired.)

The next meeting of the Associationwill be held at the Lafayette Club,Wednesday, October 24th at 7:30 P.M.

SpragueBowling League Notes

The Sprague League for men bowlersushered in its 1945-1946 season October4th at the Olympian Alleys. Thereare ten teams in the League this year,and it is predicted that there will beplenty of opposition if the matchesbowled at that time are bowlingbarometers.

By Walt Carpenter

PLENTY OF FOOD AND FUN AT FIRST ASSOCIATION CLAMBAKE

SPORTSRKPORTKR

When the Chow line formed for the main hake.

MACHINE SHOP NEWS By J. Walsh and E. Remillard

{Continued from front page)that Sprague's and all its employeesplayed in making this spectacle pos-sible. It made me feel good to knowthat I was a part of that organizationbefore entering the Navy.

My best regards to both the nightand day shift of the Machine Shop.

I hope it isn't long now before I canget home to stay. I'll drop in to seeyou and the old gang when I do gethome. So long for now and, ThanksFor Giving Us The Tools.

Earl Williams Sl-c

MET AT IWO JIMA

Eddie Dion, Rl-c has arrived inTokyo according to information re-ceived from his mother. Upon hisarrival there he received his mail, thefirst in two months which included theSprague Log. Eddie wrote the Logwas sure appreciated and sends histhanks. He also sends best regards tothe fellows in the Machine Shop.

Observe Wedding AnniversaryHarry Trombley and Mrs. Trombley

quietly observed their 23 weddinganniversary with a dinner at theSprings on September 23rd.

Mr. and Mrs. Trombley are theparents of five children, three boys andtwo girls. Their son, George, who isin the service and at present stationedin England, formerly worked in theBlcck Annex. A message of con-gratulations from him was the high-light of the day. Their daughter,Lorraine, is employed in the PaperRolling Departments.

Twenty-three years of married bliss,remarkable Harry, and the boys ex-tend their sincerest wishes for manymore and congratulations to you andthe wife.

Navy Seahees, David Cassidy andAuhrey Brown (formerly from Ma-chine Shop) meet on Iwo Jimawhere this picture was taken.David, son of Henry of the MachineShop, will he remembered as at onetime working in the EngineeringSpecification Department.

The fellows of the Machine Shopextend sympathy to "Rudy" Drobiakin the recent loss of his brother.

Your reporters humbly admit amisunderstanding about Garner andhis broilers.

It was not the price which hit theceiling but the fellows when "Red"presented them their bill.

Kenny Russell gets some prettyslid" assignments from the LOGdesk, hut he is always ready tohelp and comes through with copy,plus a sunny smile no mailer howtough the assignment.

Versatile "Ken"

"Ken" Russell, the assistant fore-man of the Industrial Oils Departmentat Brown Street is our nominee for themost energetic sports enthusiast of theSprague Electric Company. "Ken's"knowledge of sports is not only baseball,basketball and football he is also afirm authority on such activities asbowling, hockey, track and the twopopular indoor sports, boxing andwrestling.

"Ken", this summer pastimed withthe very formidable North Adamssemi-pro baseball club, and gave a verysatisfactory account of himself in theoutfield and at the plate. He hit inthe neighborhood of .300, which is allany manager can ask for.

Now that winter is approachingKenny is getting ready to bowl forthe K.V.A. team of Brown Street. Avery clever bowler, Russell annuallyranks with the leading pinners of theSprague League.

By Bernie Bullett

Engineering SpecsBy Hazel Goodale

Congratulations to Howard Shermanon earning his private license for flying.We are willing to bet that you were"up in the air" during your vacation —isn't that right, Howard?

Congratulations also to Paul Teeplewhose son was born at the NorthAdams hospital on September 18th.Mother and baby are doing nicely,thank you.

Our sincere sympathy and bestwishes for a complete recovery toBetsy Haskins who is ill in a Wash-ington, D. C. hospital.

Welcome to Bob Slade of Stamford,\*t. Bob is a Senior at Drury Highand works for Ernie Purpura afterschool hours.

We were all very happy for NaomiAnderson when we learned that herhusband was expecting to return to theStates. Naomi received a cablegramfrom him telling of his plans, sent fromCairo, Egypt. Four days later, shereceived a telephone call from him,stating he had arrived in New York!

Mary Jane Bombardier has returnedfrom a visit at Burlington, Vt. to seeher brother, Capt. Gerard Bombardier,who was home on furlough after threeyears' serving with the army in theEuropean theatre of war.

Congratulations to Ted and RitaSlade, who celebrated their fifthwedding anniversary on September29th.

Congratulations to Lorin and EmmoUnderwood, who celebrated their tenthwedding anniversary on Columbus Day—October 12th.

Block AnnexBy Esther Driscoll

The lights are bright in our room, butwith the dazzle of diamonds — it seemsmuch brighter. That ring certainly isa beauty, Eunice. Yes, the engage-ment of Eunice Timothy and Pvt.Leonard "Sonny" Jarvis has beenannounced. When Sonny comes homethe great event will take place.

We wish to extend our sympathy toCatherine Donovan on the recent deatliof her sister, Mrs. Francis Donovan, ofBoston.

Alice Allard is simply floating onclouds. Yes, you guessed it, herfiance, (whose name is also Allard)Edmund Allard is home from theE.T.O. and is discharged. Thai'swonderful, isn't it, Alice?

Clara Genesi is another happy girlthese days the boy friend lias justcome home with an honorable dis-charge from the Army. Wedding bellswill be making plenty of music aroundhere soon.

We wish Sophie Embry a speedy re-covery—and hope you'll soon be backwith us.

Welcome back, Millie O'Grady.Glad to learn that you are fully re-covered from your operation.

Bathtub AssemblyBy Ruth Haskins

It was a twosome which visitedWashington, I). C. recently IdaDecoteau accompanied Helen Abbotton the trip.

Another twosome Helen I )udaand Dot Lavigne chose New York Cityfor their vacation. They enjoyed theIce Follies and saw the Andrew Sisters.

Mary Cilli certainly gets around!She visited Hampton Beach, SterlingBeach, Springfield and Clinton, Mass.She also took in the races at Rocking-ham.

VacationsMillie Letalien—Hartford and Lake

Compounie, Conn.Alice Bowman—New Haven, Conn.Vivian Dale—Lake George, N. Y.Jane Ciepiela—Hartford, Conn.Jean McLagan, S 2 - c, enjoyed a

leave from Uncle Sam's Navyrecently and visited her former co-workers at the Plant.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery toRose Harrington, who underwent anoperation recently.

Deep sympathy is extended toFrances Roy and Norma Urbano,whose mother passed away recently.

Dry TestBy L - B and V.

Millie Biondello vacationed at sev-eral places of interest—in particular,the Ford plant at Detroit, Mich., whereshe saw cars in the process of beingmade.

Hide your toes, Pearl Walden, herecomes Blondie Charbonneau—she nev-er misses them.

Bill Mahoney, commonly known asVan Johnson, constantly vacationsweek ends in Readsboro, Vt. What'sthe attraction?

Leonore Tarnuzzer vacationed inProvidence, visiting her brother andfamily.

Marie Sherry, who enlisted in theWAVES recently, visited with friendsin the plant.

We are glad to learn that "Red"Lewitt's daughter, who is confined atthe North Adams hospital is recuperat-ing nicely from an operation.

Nice seeing Gladys Sullivan, EvaJames and Barbara Toney back towork.

Lillian Colo received many lovelygifts from her co-workers in honor of herbirthday. Happy birthday, Lil.

We're sure happy to have LillianTisdale back working with us again.

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WeMutCf, BelUGROSS - HARVEY: Miss DorothyHarvey, daughter of George Harvey ofClarksburg and the late Mrs. Mary-Jane Harvey, became the bride ofEdmund Gross, son of Mr. and Mrs.Robert Gross of Adams, Mass., Satur-day, September 22, 1945. The brideis employed in the Industrial OilRolling Department at Brown Street.

DESCOTEAU - GALLESE: Mrs.Bertha LePage Gallese, daughter ofMrs. Mary Rosi of North Adams, andWilliam J. Descoteau, son of the lateMr. and Mrs. Herman Descoteau,were married Monday, October 8,1945. Mrs. Descoteau is employed astelephone operator at the Brown StreetPlant.

Corp. and Mrs. Leslie Swartser, married August 2:5, 1945 m Si.Patrick'schurch, McCook, INchr. Mrs. Swartzer is the former Eunice Charbon-neau of Production Scheduling Department.

Paper RollingBy Hubba Hubba

Congratulations and besi lurk toAlice Martel, Bride-of-the-week, whowas married September 29th 10 ErnestFoote.

VacationsMary Zajac

an enjoyable time at home.Doris DaSacco

a week end in Connecticut.GOOD NEWS: Lucy Ciempa's

brother, Joseph Smulewicz lias beenliberated he had*been a prisoner .»(the Japs.

W e h a v e a n e w w o r k e r w i t h us -

"Doc" our sweeper, is with us again.He has been in Service lor 4* years.Sit tight, girls!

Jeannette Roy lias been absent be-cause of illness. Glad to hear you'refully recovered, Jeannette.

A question everyone is asking Sarais: "When are you going to take yourvacation." By the way, "When areyou?"

Good luck to Kathleen MorrisseyWe miss VOU.

Formation and CentrifugeBy J. Shea

The Formation held a party at theSportsmen's Club recently in honor ofEd Ducharme. Your reporter actedas toastmaster, and everyone presenthad a try at speech making. All thespeeches were good because they werebrief. Ed was presented with a purseof money and a lot of good advice.Everyone had a good supper and anenjoyable evening.

Harry Lanoue has bought a farmup in Vermont, and all the boys plan tovisit him during hunting and fishing

WANTEDThe night shift in the Formation

hold regular forums every evening, andall sorts of subjects are discussed —but nothing is ever settled. If anyonehas a set of extra law books, maps ofthe world, copies of the game laws(Vermont and Massachusetts, especial-ly) or a few copies of the EncyclopediaBrittanica that they would care tosend down to the Formation, perhapsthe supervisors could settle some ofthe questions.

We arc glad to sec Joe Pevoski backmi the job after recovering from anemergency operation last month.

"W. E." DepartmentBy Emma Alongi

VACATIONS: Bernice Suprenantspeni iwo weeks in New York City.Angie DeGrenier spent hers "at home.md also ai the race track. I'.S. Shewas one of the lucky ones.

The Department was honored recent-

Donald Roy, Gunners Male Striker,

w h o had s p e n t n i n e m o n t h s in t h e

P a c i f i c a r e a . D o n s a i d : " I t ' s g o o d to

lie h o m e . "

Just Wondering:W h a t t h e j o k e w a s t h a t g a v e I >an

C o l l i n s a n d W a l l C a r p e n t e r s u c h a

l ine B a z i n e t e n j o y e d t h e i r s w i m at t h e

Athletic Association clambake.

HOW LONG WILL IT I.ASF?That is the question being asked In

everyone in our Department since our

we know several previous attemptshave failed.

Lab GabBy Carmel la Cioffi

Unanimous best wishes to TommyDufraine who recently underwent anoperation at the House of MercyHospital in Pittsfield. We hear thaiTommy is the most visited, andwritten-to patient that the hospitallias had in a long time. You're reallymissed, Tom, and when I forward our

valescence it's a 'case of having athought for ourselves as well as for you.

We're a little late in expressing ourheartiest congratulations to HaroldSt. Denis who has become a lather forthe third time.

Good bye and good hick to HobShoemaker who has recently accepteda teaching position in Maine. Bob'sreputation lor doing many things wellmust have reached Aroostook County,because they've assigned him four

Manx- thanks to my co-workers fortheir gift to me of a Fanny FarmerC o o k H o o k . 1 n e e d e d t h a t a lot m o r e

t h a n y o u t h i n k .

To Alice Mlllvanev: We hope the

and waiting can be so nerve-racking.

Sfit. and Mrs. Armand Lively,married September 10, 1945. Sgt.Lively is with the U. S. MedicalCorps, and Mrs. Lively, our formerIsahelle Paquet le , is reporter forthe Dry Rolling Depar tment .

RIVARD - ST. PIERRE: Miss EmmaCecile St. Pierre, daughter of EdmireSt. Pierre of North Adams, and Pvt.First Class Joseph Rivard, son ofWilfred Rivard of Clarksburg, wereunited in marriage Monday, Sep-tember 24, 1945. Mrs. Rivard isemployed in the P. A. A. Departmentat Brown Street and Pvt. Rivard wasformerly employed as a guard at theBrown Street plant before entering thearmed forces.

KAIGLE - CHALIFOrX: MissSylvia Alice Chalifoux, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Louis Chalifoux, andMr. Roger Kaigle, son of Mr. and Mrs.Harvey Kaigle, were married October 1,1945 at the Notre Dame church inAdams. Mrs. Kaigle was employedat the Marshall Street Plant.

ROBARE - TATRO: Miss OrellaLouise Tatro, daughter of Mr. andMrs. Joseph Tatro of Clarksburgbecame the bride of William H. Robare,Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. William II.Robare of North Adams, Saturday,October 6, 1945. The bride is em-ployed in the Boxing Department andthe bridegroom recently received hisdischarge from the I'. S. Army.

BIRTHSSON- Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baileyare the parents of a son, born Sep-tember 23, 1945. Mrs. Bailey is theformer Doris, of the Main Office.

SON Mr. and Mrs. Harley Andreware the parents of a son, Peter Olivierborn September 18, 1945. Mother isPatricia Siciliano Andrew of the BrownStreet plan,.

SON Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul L.Teeple of Massachusetts Ave., a son,September 18, 1945. Paul is employedin Engineering Specification Depart-

BoxingBy L. DeFazio and C. Urbano

A number of our girls enjoyed a hotdog roast at the home of Mary Roberts.You will realize that they had ahilarious time when Emma Montagnasays: "Lots of things happened, butwe can't tell you what."

Welcome to the Boxing Department,Elizabeth Hamilton, Lea Walden,"Tony" Germaine, the charming twins—Lorraine and Elaine Fountain, Re-gina Miliszewski, Mary Marra, DorothyDupuis and Lucy DeFazio.

A shower and dinner was givenhonoring Orella Tatro, a recent bride,at the Italian Gardens on September28th. A purse of money was given tothe bride and everyone had a good

If you are interested in knowing whothe "Cover Girl" of our Department is,ask Anne Sweeney.

Who is the little fellow who stops toadmire "Peanuts" Braman these days?

Norma Cardinal, Lila Abraham andAnne Blasi took a hike up Greylock,and were very grateful when, on re-turning, four kind and quite handsomegentlemen offered them a lift back tothe city.

Our deepest sympathy goes toConstance Urbano, in the recent loss ofher mother.

Speedy recovery to Irene Gage whois at the Plunkett Memorial hospital.

Recent VacationsMary Fulginiti—BostonBertha Bourrie—Hartford and New

London, Conn.Angie Granger—Missignoc Bay and

MontrealThere are plenty of smiles for Ann

Mariani, since her husband has arrivedhome from overseas.

Dry RollingBy Jo Kieltyka

This chicken farming must be catch-ing — Eric Hannaleck turned fanner,buying a farm in Center Savoy andintends to raise chickens, come spring.Here is hoping everything goes yourway, Eric, so then you can invite us toa fried chicken dinner.

Billy Lamberti is also thinkingabout chickens — of another kind.

"Izzy" Lively us back with us andlooking very happy. She has goodreason to be, since her husband hasjust received an honorable dischargefrom the army. Gladys Costello isup in the clouds for the same reason. . .and the long awaited moment hascome for Alice Bennett. At last herhusband came home!

Hey, Stan whatever became of the"Volga Boatman?"

Jim Gonyea has gone into the lighttrucking business. He moves notfrom coast to coast, but from post topost - very light indeed!

What some people won't do to getinto the news. Now that he has triedchicken farming, Art Molleur has de-cided to sell wood, and sold his car andbought a truck. Whenever anyoneneeds Art, they can find him near awindow showing it off to someone.

A "hello" to the new girls and manin our Department. We hope thatyou like working with us.

We hope that Margaret Wohler andMarion Jordan will be back with ussoon. They recently underwent opera-

Thai much publicized ash tray inwhich a booby trap was found, wassent to ROM. Joseph by her husband.All I can say is that she had better lookthrough her other souvenirs before shefinds her house blown up some day.

We were recently visited by LloydKing of the U.S. N., who used to workwith us. It certainly was good to seehim again.

Congratulations to Kuth Lei age whobecame Shuefilt recently.

Network LabBy Helen Corsi

The Laboratory had a clambakelast month. Harry Barschdorf wasthe chef and a good one too. "Booby"Heidenian played his guitar until hewas almost thrown in the lake. . . toomuch playing. Fran Savage gave us areal Irish jig and it was a sight to see!Jessie Wronski took a dip in the lake—but not of her own accord! Well, boyswill be boys!

We hear Stan Bagdon likes earlymorning exercise. But Stan—don't ,you think that running after 12 pigletsis going too far for early morningexercise?

Dick Tyler doesn't seem to appre-ciate the finer arts of painting,—atleast he didn't like the beautiful chairsomeone sent him. It was a verydifferent shade of green- -there isn'tanother chair like it in the plant.

We extend our best wishes to FranSavage and wish her luck.

MaintenanceBy Umbriago

We are glad to welcome back to theCarpenter gang, Harold Chilson whorecently received his honorable dis-charge from the U. S. Army. Haroldis glad to be back with the gang afterspending three years in the Service,most of which was in Italy.

Norbert Tanguay has answered thecall to the Service, and was inductedinto the Army in .September.

Glad to see Larry Dow back again,and well after a recent illness.

WANTED AT ONCE: One rubberhammer that will bounce. Apply GenePyke of the Electrical Gang.

Best wishes are extended to FelixGamache of the Carpenter Shop lor aspeedy recovery.

Glad to see you back from BrownStreet, George Duby. We missed thesight and aroma of your pipe when inthe lunch room.

In a recent letter received by yourreporter from Joe Schneider, Jr., who isstationed at Bainbridge, Md., Joetells of receiving his edition of the Logand how good it seemed to be able toread about the people he knew. 1think much praise is duv to our nurse,Miss Owen, in the way she takes care ofthe addresses of all our men in serviceand see that they gel their edition ofthe Log. I might add, that the oneJoe received was the first edition print-ed after Joe had entered the service.So you see, the boys got their Log justas soon as it is possible.

During the recent moving of Mr.Mancuso's room, our supervisor andgood fellow, Joe Schneider, acquired asmall table only to lose it shortlyafter he had gotten it. Joe reallydid some tall scouting. He finally gaveup hope until he almost fell over it. althe close of the day. The picture

As you s<-«- from the picture, Jo«took good care of that table whenhe got his hands on it,

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Production SchedulingBy F. and E.

Here we arc again, with our De-partmeni news- this time without oneof our reporters, Alice Swartzer. Shelias been transferred to Brown Streetas office clerk in the P.A.A. Depart-ment. Several oi her co-workers helda dinner party for her at the BerkshireRestaurant in Pittsfield and presentedher with a gift. We miss you, A!,and know that you will add much tothe atmosphere in your new depart-ment.

Wallace Young, a member of theorganization for the past four yearsleaves to make his home in Bondsville,Mass. Mr. Young was a guest at theForemen's dinner and at that time waspresented a pen and pencil set. Thepresentation was made by OrvilleCarter. Good luck from all of us,Wally.

Marion Pinsonnault of ProductionControl, is temporarily working in theSales Office.

Mary Jane Douglas recently spent aweek end in Boston and while there shewitnessed the Red Sox lose a game.

Florence Southgate informed us thatshe enjoyed the Great Barrington fair.

Eunice Swartzer is back with usafter spending five weeks in McCook,Nebr. with her husband, Cpl. LeslieSwartzer.

BEHIND THE SWINGING DOORSOF THE P. A. A.

By R. Morrissey and A. St. Cyr

This is Station W.A.X.:Weil, Hail, the gang's all here, in

P. A. A. after doing our bit in Selkar!And it is a pleasure to work for ourcongenial foreman, Mr. 'Hucky' Wil-liams.

Anyone interested in wrestling shouldcome and watch the contests. Itpromises to be a knockout! Girloperators vs. Jigs.

WANTED: Just one more passengerto ride in Bertha Watson's car.

If you have a problem, see ExiliaGirard. She specializes in "Advice tothe lovelorn."

Surely, you've all heard of the holein (he "old oaken bucket." Well,that doesn't compare with the holesthe night inspectors have to till. Butjust have patience, ladies, we'll learn.

Don't throw your money awray ondancing lessons, girls. Just take a fewtips from Joe Macksey. He know-ssome mean steps. Of course the onlytune he dances to is "in and out theovens."

The old greeting "Hi Kid" can nowbe heard at the P. A. A. Ora Lesageis back again with the gang. She'sas happy and as agreeable as ever.

Ode to AnnamaeRound and round the wheel goesAnd when Annamae works, production

flows.With busy hands she works like"a beaverIs it bonus that makes her so eager?

We are glad to see Elva Burlinghamback with us after her recent illness.

Flash: Helen Vincelette took N. Y.by storm over the week end.

Suggestion: A filing system to beinstalled in the music room to enableVictoria LaMore to find requestnumbers.

Scoop of the Week: The telephonecall received by Ruth Morrissey fromher husband, T-Sgt. Owen W. Mor-rissey, who is in Switzerland.

Signing off,Ruth and Anna

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lazarczyk,married September 1, 1945 at theNotre Dame chureh, Adams. Mrs.Lazarezyk is the former RitaDaifinault of I he Resistor ShippingI >< |>i-. and husband Frank hasrecently returned from overseasduty.

Resistor ShippingBy Evelyn Dodge

T-5 Lester R. Dustin, husband ofClarice, was honorably dischargedfrom the Army, September 23rd. Heserved 28 months in the EuropeanTheatre.

Katherine Coody's son, George, wasmade Coxsw?ain in the Navy. He ex-pects to be home on a leave soon. Hiswife will accompany him.

Seaman Ellen Lambert, daughter ofEileen, is expected home on leave, thisweek, after boot training at HunterCollege in the Bronx, N. Y.

Walter Lamphier, son of Louise, isexpected home on a 30 day furloughfrom the Navy Air Corps. He hasbeen on many missions and his crewand he are credited with crippling andsinking many Jap ships.

Stanley Rusek, Seaman 1-c, brotherof Kay Szurek, is spending 30 days athome. He served 1 year in thePacific area and received the BronzeStar.

Kay Szurek is back with us againafter a twro months leave. It's greatto have you back again, Kay.

P. A. A. DepartmentBy Elsie Leja

We are happy to have with us,Elizabeth Catrambone, our new super-visor. With that smile of hers, weknow we are going to enjoy wrorkingfor her.

Lt. Edward Horahan who has spent16 months in the European Theatre, isenjoying a 30 day furlough with hisfamily. Lt. Horahan is the husbandof the former Thelma Baker, who, atone time, was employed in the PayrollDepartment at Beaver Street. Healso is the brother of Hazel Belisle ofthis department.

Theresa D'Amico is willing to swapjobs with anyone. Interested personsmay contact her at the inspection table.

Pauline Les finds that Polishweddings are too much for her.

Were the Dead End kids too muchfor you, Frank Stawarz? We seeyou've passed them on to someone else.

Sorry to see Jane Marlowe leave.We're going to miss you, Jane.

John Moderski, husband of Irene, isexpected home soon, from Germany.

If signs mean a thing, we can expectmost anything now, as Flora Gaudettecaught the bridal bouquet at a weddingrecently.

Clara Beauchamp has a very goodrecipe for banana cake. Anyonewishing to get it, ask Clara.

Our Philippine NeighborsDearest Rose:

Maybe you will be surprise uponreceiving my epistle, because I amin a far country. Let me firstintroduce to you myself. I amfifteen years old. I got one brotherseven years old, and a sister seven-teen years old.

We are all fine new and happy, asthe whites have deliferated us. Ifthe Americans have not comemaybe we die of hardship andhunger. Really, we suffered fromthe Japanese. They have treatedus tyranically and cruelly. There'sno love at all. Even we girls areslapped by them. We give ourfood and fowls to them—even ourclothes But the Americans!Oh! just the vize-verza.

I have known you thru' yourbrother, Joe who lived near ourplace. I washed his clothes andbecame a friend to him. He oftencomes to our house and have a nicechat. Sorry, they moved north-ward. They are now preparing togo home. Rose, sometime, I'll sendyou a picture of mine_ _Will yousend me one of your pictures too.I wish I could go to the States andvisit you sometimes. How aboutyou? Have you cared to go to thePhilippines too?

Maybe sometimes when Joe goeshome, he will illumerate all what hehad seen here. Hope he enjoyedour company Well, enclosed ismy tender love and warm embraceto you. Tell me, too of your feel-ings toward us, your poor Filipinofriends.

Love from your friend,Rose Terranio

(The above letter was received byRose Messina of the Dry Test de-partment. The letter refers to JoeMessina, stationed in the Philippines,and formerly an employee in theOvens department.)

We extend deep sympathy to StellaBeauchamp wrhose mother passed awayrecently.

Walter Lamphier AMiM.'i-c is the

son of Louise, of Resistor Shipping.

Walter is stationed in the Philip-

pines.

THE EYES AND EARSOF THE SAMPLE LAB

Really, gang, we didn't know youmissed our column so much, but every-one slips up on things, now and then.

Dora Grant was lucky in more waysthan one, when she won that walletand that little surprise something fromHarry Nolte.

Rain or snow, Sally Sherr can alwaysthink of something to protect herselfwith, be it an apron or that contrap-tion she calls an umbrella.

Why don't you surprise us someday,Blanche Bourdon, and wear all thosebracelets at one time. But, then, youwrouldn't have enough arms, wouldyou ?

Remember, Helen Burzimati, thatyou are only a little girl, so please becareful at the time clock.

No, Peter Abuisi doesn't belong onthe House of David's team, he justhates to shave every day.

What would our Sample Departmentdo without that dream book?

We're cutting it short, gang, becauseas usual, we waited until the last minuteand there isn't much time.

P.A.A. SolderersBy Rose Corsi

Dan Cupid has been very busy in ourDepartment recently. 1 Iis darts foundour Mary Walsh, who announces herengagement to Raymond Mousseau ofDetroit, Mich. He is a salesman forGross Point Quality Food Co.

Eva Boillai also was a target forCupid's darts— she has announced herengagement and forthcoming marriageto Henry Thibodeau of Adams. Mr.1 hibodeau is employed at Briggsville.

P. A. A. PouringBy Jane Mariani

W7e extend our sympathy to IreneDrobiak over the recent death ot herbrother.

The P. A. A. line looks like old timesagain. We hope the newcomers willenjoy working with us.

"Pat" Bontempi is enjoying her twoweeks vacation with her son, who hasrecently returned from overseas.

Rita Nadeau was one of our luckynewcomers who had the pleasure ofwinning our weekly pool recently.

P.A.A. -- Second ShiftBy Frances and "Toinette"

Welcome to the Paper Rolling De-partment at Brown St. For the fewof us who have previously worked atthe Brown Street Plant, we are happyto be here again. And to the newrollers, well, don't be too disillusionedwith gummed up fingers and all.You'll soon be going at it like old-timers.

Although "Bucky" Williams is onthe quiet side, he is always ready tolend a helping hand, be it machinetrouble or what have you.

W'e welcome the Supervisors,Beatrice Asdikian, Connie Davis andFlorence Gaffy to our Department.

We are glad to see some of our oldrollers back on the job. Connie iskept pretty busy being Supervisor andStock girl.

That's not Catherine's going awaybag, girls, it's just her lunch.

Delphine, the meters test betterwhen plugged in.

Ask Vickie LaMore why she changedher tune from "Don't Fence Me In" to"You Belong To My Heart."

We learn that Guy Artioli is expectedhome from Mitchel Field. His motheris Anna, of P. A. A.

Paper RollingBy Eleanor Rhodes

The personality kidLaddie Miranti

Saw Laura Doran and husbandJimmy, in the Grill, the other night.Hubba, Hubba, Hubba.

Hollywood may have iis tempera-mental actors, 1 MIt we have somethingdifferent, a temperamental machinist,"Vic" Lampiasi.

If you want your potatoes dug, justcall Jean Cuddeback of Paper Rolling,or "Po Po" Douglas of Soldering.

If you want to know anything, justask Dot and Gloria.

K. V. A.

"The United States Marine"

Remember us?We're MarinesWe helped to win this warOr maybe>it doesn't matter to youWhat we are fighting for.We fought for life and libertyTo make the whole world freeBut now the damn war is overWe're still across the sea.We're stuck on an isle, far from home.Far from the ones we adore,Now, if we can't get back to themWhat the hell we're fighting for?Surely, not just spuds and bransOr mutton, liver and cheese,They say they gave us the best they have,Do their best to please.

But what must we do to gel home againBeg on bended knee?Well, now you know just how we feel,Still it doesn't mean a thingI'm just one of those forgotten men"The United States Marine."

(The above poem was written bythe Marines of the 9th Amph. Tk. Bn.on Guam, and received by Mrs.Edna Jillson of K.V.A. from her son,Cpl. Donald W. Jillson.)

Peace Time Use ForNavy's Secret War Weapon

The Navy's No. 1 secret weaponwhich was known as the proximity fuze,and considered as the second most im-portant weapon to be developed duringthe war, will be pui to peacetime use.

It played a large role in hailing thedeadly attacks of the Jap suicide planesat Okinawa and also was used tonullify the German buzz-bomb attackson England. From this wartime use,will spring the peacetime possibilities:cheap and sturdy pocket radios nolarger than a package of cigarettes,small civilian walkie-talkies and im-proved hearing aides.

TALKS TO DADDY IN SWITZKKLAIND

Michael Owen, young son of Kutli and S^l. Owen Morrissey, tellshis Daddy to hrinjr him home a jjun. Sjjl. Morrissev called his familyfrom Switzerland. Ruth works on P.A.A. second shift.