S P R A G U E E L E C T R I C

Volume VIII SPRAGUE ELECTRIC VICTORY LOG, FEBRUARY 23, 1946 Number 14

FEBRUARY MONTH OF FAMOUS BIRTHDAYSSPRAGUE GLASS TO METAL SEAL CAPACITORS

Three of the Wu~> <Iif-ferenl components pro-duced by Sprague Elec-Irie Employees in oneyear.

Recently, we asked Mr. Louis Shuey of Application Engineering Department, hisdefinition of a capacitor. He said the function of a capacitor in a radio circuitis much like the hairspring of a watch. This intrigued your editor, and so we askedMr. Shuey if he would give us a story on the capacitor from the Engineer's pointof view. Here it is. We are calling it Chapter I in a series of articles entitled.

WHAT IS A CAPACITOR?In the language of the scientist, a

capacitor may be defined as a negativereactance, a reactance as an imaginaryresistance, and a resistance as a circuitelement which hinders or restricts theflow of an electrical current. This isall somewhat obscure, however, andwould be quite difficult to express ineveryday language.

Stores Energy Like CloudDefining a capacitor by analogy, it

may be said that it is an electricaldevice, for tne storage of electricalenergy, very similar to the? familiarchemical device, the battery, whichalso stores electrical energy. The onlyoutstanding difference is that becausethe battery involves chemical reactionsit cannot be charged and discharged asrapidly as the capacitor, which storesits energy in the pure state exactly asa cloud stores up the energy for a light-ning discharge. Just as the energy forlightning is stored as a charge of elec-tricity on a cloud, so a capacitor storesits energy as a charge on one plate orfoil with the other plate or foil repre-senting the earth.

The bigger a cloud is and the greaterits distance from the earth the moredestructive is any lightning flash.Similarly, the bigger a capacitor is andthe greater the voltage across its ter-minals, the greater the energy it iscapable of storing. In other words,the amount of electrical energy whichcan be stored in a capacitor, may beexpressed in terms of its electrical sizeand the voltage at which it can beoperated without causing a destructiveinternal discharge. The unit of elec-trical size is the micro-farad, or itsbaby brother the micro-micro-faradwhich is one millionth as big. Thegreater the number of micro-farads,the greater the energy storage abilityof the capacitor. Likewise, for a givenvalue of micro-farads, the greater thevoltage, the greater is this storageability.

A capacitor may be used to smoothout fluctuations in voltage, as in thepower supply filter of a radio, by alter-nately charging, when the supply ishigh in voltage, and discharging this

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Interests of " H a m "Operators Considered

The Radio Manufacturers Associa-tion has been interested in the work ofradio amateurs for a long time, and attheir meeting in late January, theParts Division of this Associationorganized the Amateur Activities Sec-tion. The objectives of this newSection are to standardize equipmentand parts, and to support legislationfavorable to radio amateurs. TheSection will act in full cooperation withthe American Radio Relay League.

Require Government LicenseIn addressing the Section, Mr. W. J.

Halligan, president of HallicraftersCompany and recently appointed byMr. R. C. Sprague, Chairman of theRMA Parts Division to head up thisnew activity, stated that radio ama-teurs participate in the only hobbyknown to require a government license,and their members represent a tre-mendous backlog of skilled personnel.

Outgrowth of Amateur WorkThe broadcasting industry itself was

an outgrowth of amateur operation.KDKA, the first broadcast station,was originally an amateur stationbelonging to an engineer of Westing-house Company. The first broadcastlisteners were amateurs—naturally,since no one else had any receivingequipment.

Also, many technical developmentsof the radio industry are the direct out-growth of amateur work. Importantones are:

1. Discovery of practical value ofshort waves.

2. Introduction of low-loss coils,etc.

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PRESIDENTS, POETS, INVENTORS,

EDITORS AND GENERALSNames make news and ii would almost seem thai months

make men. February, al least, has played a heavy role inAmerican history. Take, for example, (ieorjje Washington,""Father of His Country"; and Abraham Lincoln, "TheGreat Emancipator"; men whose portraits may he foundon the walls in the homes of humble citizens in almostevery country in the world. To people abroad, and lo ushere, they stand for that never-ceasing, universal searchfor human freedom and political liberty.

BUFFALO BILL AND HORACE GREELEYOther Presidents of the I nitcd Stales who were horn in

February are William Harrison and Millard I ill more. GeneralTecumseh Sherman said what is now only loo well known:"War is Heir'; Horace Greeley, famous newspaper editor,

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Here Is The Room You FurnishedLook! Scrutinize closely the pic-

tures of The Sprague Electric MusicRoom at the Lovell General Hospital,Fort Devens, Mass. Observe thefurnishings of this room, which you,my good people, have made possibleby your many contributions.

The Committee is very happy to beable to print and thereby show whaithe employees of the Sprague ElectricCompany have accomplished, andmay well be proud of.

It is not necessary to say that manyhours are spent and enjoyed by the

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CAN RADAR CONTACTWITH MOON BE APPLIEDTO HOME RADIO?

Phe significance of the Signal Corps'recent contact with the moon by radaron January 10th, lies in the fact thatthis was I he first time scientists couldbe certain that a very high frequencyradio wave, sent out from the earth,could penetrate the electrically-chargedionosphere which encircles the earth36 miles above the earth's surface andextends some 250 miles. Heretofore,they had never projected radio waves

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The Music Room at Lovell General Hospital, completely furnished by Sprajjue employees—even lo dieStromberg-Carlson radio.

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S P R A G U E E L E C T R I C ELECTRONIC SOLDERING MADE POSSIBLETHROUGH HIGH FREGUENCY INDUCTION HEATING

Published by the SPRAGUE ELECTRIC CO., North Adams, Mass.

PUBLISHING STAFFEDITOR: E. S. Whitten MANAGING EDITOR: Evelyn FairchildASSOC. EDITOR: Mary Mathews CIRCULATION MGR.: Marion Caron

ASSISTANT EDITORS:Kit (\ir«im. Tom Cullen, Ida Fix, Laurence Haskins, Albert Horsf.ill, Pete

M.mniso, Clam Miller, Jim Oldham and Fml Windover.SPORTS

Walter Carpenter, Kenneth Russell and Bernard Bullet!STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Fred CrosierPLANT EDITORS

Marshall Street: Cecile Trudeau Brown Street: Bertha SalavantisDEPARTMENT REPORTERS

Beaver StreetJuliii Abniham, Juliette Bourjeois, Linda Brown, Rose Cilli, Josephine

Convery, Helen Corsi, Esther Driscoll, Frances Dobrowolski, Bob Garner,Hazel Goodale, Gertrude Hall, Ruth Haskins, Howard Isherwood, Rita Johnson.Barbara KinK, Josephine Kieltyka, Loretta Milisiewski, Cedo Remillard, DorisRoy, James Shea. Ralph Sherman, Vi Short, Florence Southgate, ClintonSweeney, Constance Urbano, Roseann \'igna, John Walsh and Priscilla Windover

Brown StreetMarie Barbulo, Francis Cole, Rose Corsi, Margaret Daub, Ann Heath, Betty

Jangrow, Helen Jobin, Elsie Leja, Antoinette Lavigne, Jane Marianni, GladysMarkland, Rita Mulqueen, Eleanor Rhodes, Marion Russell, Anna St. Cyr,John Swistak, l.vda White, Jessie Vallieres and Louis Yincelette.

Marshall StreetMary Daniels, Mary Dextradeur and Emma Mutart

"Every Sprague Worker an Assistant Reporter."

W. C. Clark Elected

1 Waller C. Clark, Head of Production

election .is Selectman of Williamstown,Mass.

At Institute MeetingAs prox} lor Dr. Robinson who is Ml,

Dr. John Burnhani of ihc Research milKnRinwtiiiK ' >*-|».-irt in«-n t. attended iheWinter Meeting oi the Industrial Re-search Institute, Inc. (founded underill'' auspices of National ResearchCouncil), held Wednesday, Thursday,and Friday, Kehruan 6, 7 and 8,ll>46 ai (he Deshler Wallick Hotel inColumbiis, Ohio. The purpose ..I ihe

manaKemeni of industrial research, hi

• is a force in ihe life of ihe nation, andi " promote hiKh standards in (he field• >f industrial research.

ihe entire Balelle Memorial Institute,

Attends R. M. A. MeetingMr. Lee, Podolsky, Research Knjji

neer, al tended the Radio ManulacHirers' Association meeting on FixedResistors, al Bellevue Stratford Hotel

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said: "Young Man, <io West!"; Buffalo Kill (William FredCody) rider of I ho Pony Express became hero to millions ofboys ami jjirls of an earlier generation; these and manymure wvrv born in February.

EDISON AND LONGFELLOW

In I he field of science and invention the name of ThomasAlvah Edison stands pre-eminent, the rifl of February tothe modern world of electrical marvels. Cyrus McCormick,inventor of the reaper was also a ohild of the second monthof the year. Among the several literary men horn in Febru-ary shines forth the name of Henry Wadswcrth Longfellow,New England's poet.

ALL FOLLOWED IDEALS

If you can't be born in February, von can at least studyand emulate the good works <if these well known Americans,[f you were fortunately horn in February, don't forget ihutthese men achieved success through their ability to thinkindependently, devote themselves to an ideal objective, andslick everlastingly at it, in spite of criticism, hardship, longhours of discouraging work, often in the face of seemingdefeat. Fame and fortune come only after the ideals havebeen followed through thick and thin. These Americanswere not born under a lucky star. They did not pick themonth in which they were horn; they did not even pick theirnames: hut they each DID pick a particular bright star andfollowed it, without flinching, to the end.

NEW HIGH FREQUENCY INDUCTION PROCESS

Gloria Urbano and Edith Dean intent on the new electric solderingprocess.

High Frequency Induction Heatinghas been used for a long period of years

ing the war. High Frequency In-duction Heating is used for a varietyof purposes.

example; using High Frequency forsoldering. (By using this method,soldering iron.* are eliminated entirely.)It can also be used for cooking purposes.Recently, a Company put on themarket a piece of High FrequencyInduction equipment which ccoks anddelivers hamburger and hot dogsandwiches from a machine somewhatsimilar to a cigarette dispensing ma-chine. From the description of thismachine, one simply selects the kindof sandwich he wan is, deposits hismoney, presses a button, and presto!out comes the sandwich completelywrapped and deliriously cooked.

High Frequency Heating is alsoused for the heal treating of metals.

INTERESTS OF HAM OPERATORS

Sprague Electric Company, whichwere attended by .SO or 60 inter-ested persons. These courses weretaughi by five members of the Engi-neering Department of the SpragueElectric Company.

How electronics might be tied inwith youth movements, such as theBoy Scouts, was another suggestionwhich has many possibilities.

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beyond the earth's atmosphere, norhad succeeded in generating sufficientenergy in the very high frequency bandof radio to attain the required range ofalmost half a million miles.

In this experiment at the EvansSignal Laboratory, Belmar, N. J. theradar pulse was directed at the risingmoon, and clearly and unmistakably,two and a half seconds later, the re-turning pulse was detected on a radarscope. The technique developed willbe valuable for studying effects of theionosphere upon radio waves, and pro-vide for new astronomical information.

Just how this achievement can beapplied to home radio — no one canpredict. But it provides an indicationof the ingenuity of radio scientists —the men who work quietly in theirlaboratories and make things "tick"engineeringwise.

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Phyllis Oi-lizlo demonstrates nn« soldering process at the BrownStreel Plant.

In our case, we are using, and havebeen using for quite a while, anelectronic high frequency inductionheating machine for soldering bath-tub-type capacitors. The assembled

which arc really electrical conductors;the purpose being to bring the highfrequency curreni as dose to the workas possible, thus melting or flowing thesolder. As the soldered units leavethe coil or electrical conductors, theymove out oi the "heated area" andenter room temperature; the solder••free/inn" in the same manner thatsolder cools when you remove thesoldering iron from the work.

High Frequency Induction Heating

ventional methods. It is clean, com-

fortable, and sale. We trust thai the

two photographs will give you some

idea of this method of soldering.By /•'. Burke

MARRIAGESForgette - Bachand

Miss Lea S. Bachand, daughter ofFelix I5.ich.nul ,m<l the l a i c M r s .B a c h a n d w a s m a r r i e d lo A d c l a r d A.F o r g e t t e , son ol M r . a n d M r s . W i l l i a mForgette Saturday, February 9th.The bride is employed in the Dry TesiDepartment.

Whitmore - RancourtMiss Lilly R. Rancourt, daughter ol

Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Rancouri be-came the bride of Warren C. Whitmore,son ,»f Guy Whitmore Saturday,February 9th. Lilly is employed inthe I'. A. A. Rolling Departmeni ai(he Brown Streel Plant.

Lefebvre - MorinMiss Florence R. Morin, daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Morin wasmarried to John I'. Lefebvre, son ofMr. and Mrs. Evereti Lefebvre Sat-urday, February <), 1946. Mrs. Lefe-bvre is employed in the I'. A A I )«•partmeni ai the Brown Streel Plant.

Arnold - DavisMiss Ruth L. Davis, daughter of

Mrs. Margaret Davis became the brideof Wadsworth A. Arnold, son of Mr.and Mrs. Henry E. Arnold Saturday,February 9th. Ruth is employed inthe Boxing Department.

Abuisi - DeMarcoMiss Ritta R. DeMarco, daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeMarco and PeterA. Abuisi, son of Bruno Ahuisi and thelate Mury Abuisi were united inmarriage Saturday, February 9th.Both the bride and bridegroom areemployed in the S imple Lai. a1 theHn.wn Streel Plant.

Labonte - RoulierMiss Madeline I. Roulier, daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. Philippe Roulier be-came i he bride of Francis J. LaBonte,son of Mrs. Rose LaBonte, Saturday,February 16, 1946. Madeline is em-ployed in the P.A.A. Departmeni atthe Brown Streel Plant.

Births

Daughter: A daughter was bqpiSaturday, February 9th to Mr. andMrs. Frank Gassett. Frank is theforeman of the PF Drys Department.

Son: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sey-mour are the parents of a son bornMonday, February 11th. Mrs. Sey-mour was the former Lorraine Dubreuiland formerly worked in the ProkarDepartment.

3. The Neutrodyne4. Single control superheterodyne5. Noise limiter6. First application of 100', mod-

ulation.Growth of Licensed Amateurs --Tremendous

Al the start of World War I, therewere about 6,000 licensed amateurs inthe United States. (About 25,000radio operators and technicians weretrained during that war period, how-ever). At the beginning of WorldWar II, the interest in amateur radiohad grown so tremendously that about60,000 operators were licensed, anddespite the ban on ham activities,over 7,000 new licenses were grantedin the war period. The Armed Ser-vices trained many thousands more inradio work. . and it is estimated thatat least 250,000 radio amateurs willpursue this hobby within the next few

At the January meeting, severalsuggestions were brought out to stim-ulate more persons to become interestedin amateur radio. Electronics couldbe taught in the secondary schools wasone such suggestion. Mr. R. C.Sprague, Chairman of RMA PartsDivision, spoke of the work which hadbeen done in North Adams in stimu-lating an interest in electronics. Hetold of the night courses offered atDrury High School, sponsored by

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SPORTS

Captain Francis Siiwlitieo of Drury shakes hands with Everett Unisof Si. Joe. before I he contest.

—Photo by Edward Horsfall

MOVING AROUND THE SPORTS WORLD WITHKENNY RUSSELL

Local EventsSkiing: Pittsfield High won i heInvitation High School Skiing meet, atPittsfield. The Berkshire School fin-ished second and our local Drury HighSquad, coached by Ken Clark, of thehigh school faculty, came in third in afield of some 14 schools including twofrom New York Slate - - Mont Plea-sant, and Not I Terrace. Curran,Cardillo, Rosasco, and Murray San-ford won the points competing in theCross Country and the Slalom events.Top individual honors were won byBrendan O'Hearn of Pittsfield Highwho gave a sparkling exhibition.

Skating: Pittsfield was the sceneof some thrilling skating events runoff at the Clapp field rink. Miss MaryMahoney and Rachel Le Clair of thelocal skating club acquitted themselveswell and both copped prizes in theirrespective divisions. We will publishthe results of the City ChampionshipRaces in this city.

Bowling: In the City Dusty Bowl-ing League, the Ford and Malcolm teamreally hit the maples the other even-ing. The team total for five men was1709. Every member but one smashedthe pins for far better than 300. BillSweeney led the team with 364 followedby scores of 363, 360, 340 and 282.This is one of the finest scores recordedthis season.

The Northern Berkshire Leagueenters the 4th round and the CornerCafe still clings to the lead in thisleague, but are sorely pressed by theCrescents from Adams and the Bowl-itorium team from- Williamstown.

Basketball: Murphys' All Starsfrom Williamstown have won 9 straightball games in basketball and haveaveraged better than 60 points pergame. The Williamstown boys arelooking forward to clashes with theCrusaders of this city and the Kostkasfrom Adams. The team is coachedby Ned Walden former Williamstownstar, and Frank Santelli is the manager.

College SportsThere are no major undefeated

colleges in basketball in the countrynow, as Navy fell before NorthCarolina for their first defeat... NewYork Univ. really upset the applecart by downing a highly-toutedNotre Dame Five by the score of62-58 at the New York Garden. . ."Tony" Lavelli, completed his firstyear at Yale in rousing style by regist-ering 29 points against Holy Cross.In all, this tall rangy kid, scored betterthan 300 points and averaged betterthan 21 points per game. . .At theconclusion of the N.C.A.A. InvitationBasketball tournament in N. Y. it hasbeen suggested to have an All-Star

by Carpenter, Bullett and Russellbeen quite some time since a So. Berk-shire school has wrested the Berkshirethrone away. Capt. Everett Unis andhis St. Joe's mates have completedtheir season. Unis, playing with asixtli place team threw 188 points inleague competition which must besome kind of a record. . . ClarkieDinneen and Jackie Jones former St.Joe and Drury athletes made theirdebuts with the Norwich basketballteam in the St. Mike's game. Thelatter team won, but Jones andDinneen both made favorable im-pressions with the Norwich coach.Jones had 12 points, Dinneen 5 besidesplaying a sterling floor game... Thefamed Rennaisance basketball learn de-feated the Adams Kostkas 41-21 inAdams, Feb. 13th. The Rens put ona classy exhibition which delighted thefans for the better part of the evening.Incidentally this same Ren team wasdefeated twice by the Troy Celtics ingames played at the Troy Armory.You ians, who enjoy good basketballshould take a trip to New York Statesome Wednesday and see the club inaction. It will be more than worthyour trouble. By Bernie Bullett

PERFECT FORM --

aggregation from the East and thosefrom the West collide in an annualAll-Star Game such as enjoyed bybaseball and football players.

Professional SportsSpring Training Begins

Practically all of the major leagueteams are in southern climates prepar-ing for the coming season. Most ofthe war veterans, stars before enteringthe service, are back and ambitiouslyworking to get in shape and resumetheir pre-war baseball days. Very feware holding out this year with salarydifficulties and all of the former Yankeeand Red Sox players are back in thefold.

The Maple Leafs of the NationalHockey League, for a time, suffered aserious blow to their visions of anotherwinning drive for the play-offs when"Babe" Pratt, star defense man, wasexpelled from the league because ofgambling. However, his case was re-viewed and the hockey governors votedto reinstate him. The League, itself,is fairly sizzling as teams near a highlysuccessful season. At this writing,the Chicago "Black Hawks" are thepacemakers with the Boston "Bruins"tied with the Montreal Canadiens forsecond place. The fourth and lastplay-off position for the Stanley Cupis at present occupied by the Detroit"Red-Wings"—but they are beingseriously pressed by last year's StanleyCup winners, the Toronto "MapleLeafs" for that 4th position. TheNew York "Rangers" bring up thecellar position.

TO PICK ALL NORTHERNBERKSHIRE TEAM

As has been our customof the past several years,we again will pick ourchoices for the MythicalAll-Northern BerkshireBasketball Team. To bepublished in next issue.

Basketball Jottings . . . The win-ner of the Northern Berkshire leaguetitle will go to High School Invitationtournament which will be held inSpringfield during the early part ofMarch. This section's representativeis to be either Drury or Adams, orboth. Few fans however think thateither of these schools will fare intournament play as well as the latterteam, which went all the way to thefinals in the New England tourneybefore losing a heart breaking 31-29decision to Hillhouse High of NewHaven... There has been only twoschools ever to win the Northern Berk-shire league title without suffering atleast one defeat. One was the Druryteam of 1941, and the other was the1944-45 Adams High team. It has

Now, now, we are referring toskiing - - and Boh Slade of Eng-ineering Drafting Departmentshows how to make a perfect turn.

IMPRESSIVE RECORD FORCRUSADERS

The St. Anthony Crusaders, NorthAdams' leading semi-pro team hascompleted an excellent record so far,winning 10 out of 12 contests. Theirmost notable triumph came a week agowhen they defeated the Pittsfield Boys'Club Alumni on the latter's homecourt by the score of 54-53. GeorgeChampagne was the fair-haired boy inthis tussle as he split the nets with abeautiful set shot from midcourt withonly 19 seconds of play remaining towin the game. He also led the scoresby pouring 19 digits through thestrings. It is good to see George re-gaining his old-time form, because eversince he was a freshman at Drury,Champagne has been a favorite per-former with local hoop enthusiasts.

Another player with the Crusaderswho has been very instrumental in theteam's success, is Lou Iacuesse — run-ning mate to Champagne at forward onthe Drury team of '37 and '38, "Ike"has been playing good basketball andthe scoring column has found him indouble figures quite frequently thisseason. Rudy Colo, Milt Lipa, theWilliamstown flash — Billy Hart, theFarinon brothers, Bob Garner andPaul Magnifico round out the team.All are excellent hoopsters, and con-tribute to the excellent brand of sportsbeing furnished by St. Anthony'sParish under the capable guidance ofRev. Armando Russo. Red Crosier,mainstay of the old Company K. Clubis the team's coach, while Orrie Giustiis the alert manager. B. Bullett

Sprague Blood Donors Answer CallTwo Sprague employees have tin

distinction ot being the first personsto give aid in an emergency case, sinceemployees of this Plant were typed lorblood donations. When the call camefrom the North Adams Hospital forpersons to give blood for a particulartype, Louis Morocco of the MachineShop, and George Labombard ofDrafting Engineering Department re-sponded. A pint ol blood was givenby each ol the fellows. Two otherSprague employees responded lor thisemergency call, but since they hadgiven blood quite recently, it wasdeemed wiser not to call upon them

-I-so soon. They were: Larry Dufraineof Industrial Oils, and "Hank" Gamai iof Retail Sales. Matt Na//ewski olMarshall Si. Lab also volunteered.To Employees Interested inBeing Donors

Sprague employees .ire'always interested in tiding various causes. Tothose1 who would be interested indonating blood when needed we an-nounce that a technician will beat theplant sometime the latter part of themonth to type those who are willingto volunteer for emergency cills.Please leave your name at the BeaverStreet Dispensary il you are interested.

MARSHALLMUSICS

Shipping and CancellationBy Gold-Dust Twins

The day just wouldn't begin right ifwe didn't each one of us receive acheery "Good Morning —- and how iseverything today?". . .Just what keepsyou so good natured, "Brad" Palmer?

Which does the best job, Johnyou holding up the broom or the broomholding up you?

Saturday morning, Ward O'Dellcame in sporting a beautiful shiner. Ofcourse all sorts of questions were firedat him -- but no explanations fromhim. Monday morning, he came in —smiling smugly to himself, looking con-tented - - and minus the black eye.Ward says he gave it back to the guywho gave it to him. There must besomething special — besides those newroller skates that bring Bernard Leves-que to the Crystal Palace in Pittsfieldevery Sunday evening. Ah me! therejust aren't enough Sunday evenings.

And Then There Were None: ArthurKeens, from Signal Corps has beentransferred. Art, we'll never forgetthe good times we've had.

Familiar Cry in Shipping: Who'susing the needle and thread? I'vejust got another run!

Has Anyone Seen Blackie: Blackiebeing the kitten that John Mancini andPat Sanecki have been mothering inBuilding 11.

All Smiles: Marge McConnell -who leaves for New York to spend afew days with her husband, Larry, re-cently discharged from the Navy...and Marge — if you run across anynylons — please — please — rememberus.

Wanted: By Blanche Prendergastand Cecile Trudeau - - each 1 pairNylons. Size 10 preferred — but willsettle for 8^ if necessary.

Telephone Conversation Overheard:Voice: Hello — is Ernest Belleau

there?Answer: Just a minute, the Jeep is

going by — I'll see if anybody's on it.

Attention: Emma Mutart—If youdon't hurry with your knitting, it willbe summer before you finish thosemittens. .. Now how about it - - lesstalking but more knitting.

No Place Like Florida: for a Vaca-tion, says Jimmy Knox, who has justreturned from a grand one down there.

Retail Sales Dept.

By Little IodineIt's good seeing Teresa Cantrambone

back again — she is "still waiting foithe train to come in", — and as we allcan see, counting the days too.

Rita Zanett appeared with a gleamin her eye — which one was he, Rita —number eight or ten? Her boy friendsnever seem to have names.

We have two singers in our Departmeni whom we call the Retail SalesSisters. Can they harmonize! Some-thing that we all should hear is DorisPatenaifde airtl Marian Rondeau rais-ing their sweet voices to sing "In .1Little Spanish Town.". . II7/r> shouted" Not that againl"

Something to sec is Alice Malloycounting resistors, anil the bossshouting: "Are you sure (here arcfifty in that box?" Yes, folks, NedSparks counts them over. . .cheer-upAlice, it's all in a day's work.

Sorry to hear you had to buy a newgown, Doris Burdick the other onewas OK. What is one hole in a gown?It's hard lo buy anything that willmatch a pair of stockings, nowadays.

Rosalie Potvin has her troublesyou guessed it. No stockings. Sherushed into a store Saturday, and toher surprise the clerk said "Sorry, wedo not take names for stockings onSaturdays.".. .So, Rosalie, you stillhave Man lay through Friday.

A sign in our room reads: "If yonare a self-starter, your boss won't be acrank." My version is: If yon arc acrank, your boss won't be a self si trier.

ENGAGEMENTSMikkelsen - Pedercini: The en-

gagement of Miss Elizabeth Mikkelsenof Lynbrook, Long Island, N. Y. toSeaman 1st Class Louis J. Pedercini,(JSNR has been announced. No datehas been set for the wedding. SeamanPedercini was formerly employed inthe Impregnating Department.

Chaperon Vadnais: Weddingbells will ring out in June for MissCyrilla Irene Chaperon of the BathtubAssembly Department and Edward H.Vadnais.

Miller — St. John: Miss Ruth T.Miller formerly of the Prokar Depart-ment is to become Mrs. Norman St.John on April 27, 1946.

Wroblewski-—• Pevoski: The engage-ment of Miss Josephine Wroblewskito Adam Pevoski has been announced.No date has been set for the wedding.Adam is employed in the Dry Forma-tion Department.

Our Safety Corner

Keep Stairs FreeFrom Obstructions

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Recipe of the MonthGertrude Hall of the Tubular Assembly Department comes forth this month

with a recipe for the folks who do not have to count their calories.Fool Proof Fudge

2', pkgs. chocolate chips Place chocolate chips and chocolate in theI square bitter chocolate top of a double boiler. When melted add the' teaspoon vanilla vanilla and the condensed milk. Cook for 3I can sweetened condensed milk minutes. Remove from fire, add chopped1 cup chopped nut meats nuts. Pour into a greased pan to cool. When

cool cut in to squares.

* * S E R V I C E N E W S * *

Frederick S. Ciepiela, S2-<-, sla-(ioned al Shoemaker, Calif. Heis^ilu- brother of Jane, of B.T.A.Depart mcnt.

In Memory of Danny Mahoney

(Killed in action Feb. 25, 1945)He had tousled hair, eyes of blueA boyish grin and freckles too,A careless walk and cocky air,Was always ready to take a dare.He couldn't swim, but loved to

skate,His one bad habit sleeping late,His favorite tunes were of the West"You Are My Sunshine," he liked

best.His one expression, "Hey, what's

cookin,"Brought forth from girls, "You,

good-lookin'."He liked to laugh, so he would playA harmless prank or two each day.I could go on and tell you cfThe things that made everyone

loveThis boy that God just "took

away"On a trip along the "milky way."But the "above" is a picture I

have in mindWhich Danny Mahoney left

behind.by Bertha Salavantis

SYLVA MARCIL FETES SON

Sylva Marcil of the Factory En-gineering Department and Mrs. Mar-cil were hosts to their son Oliver at adinner party recently at the WilliamsInn.

The guest ol honor lias been honor-ably discharged from the armed forcesafter serving forty-one months, twenty-five of which were with the 444thBombardment group overseas.

Among the guests were six otherreturned servicemen, friends of Oli-ver's. Each of the men was presenteda gift with compliments of the hosts.Following the dinner an impromptuentertainment furnished by membersof the party was enjoyed.

Corp. Bernice M. Wade, WACstationed at Seattle, Wash., visited ather home recently. Corp. Wade wasformerly employed in the IndustrialOils Department.

Oliver IYIareil, son of Sylva ofFaetory Engineering, was recentlydischarged from service.

Yeoman 2nd Class Helena Suttonhas returned to her duties in Wash-ington, D. C. after a 10-day leave.Helena was formerly employed inCheck Inspection.

Pfc. Wayne Damon has arrived inthe States after being stationed inIndia lor the past two years. Waynewas formerly employed in the FiltersDepartment.

WelcomeThrough the medium of the Log a

welcome back is extended to Robert C.Sprague, Jr., who was recently dis-charged from the Armed Forces.

WHAT IS A CAPACITOR?(Continued from page 1)

energy back when the supply is low involtage. In this service it performsexactly as does the familiar pressurehead used on reciprocating waterpumps for smoothing out the pistonthuds and giving a smooth flow ofwater. Another way of looking at thefilter application is to say that when acapacitor is connected across a directcurrent voltage it can only charge upto a certain point, and offers, there-after, a very high resistance to current.

On alternating current voltage thecapacitor continues to charge anddischarge with each alternating cycleand so may be said to offer a lowresistance to alternating current.

Now an ordinary electrical resistor(like a wire wound unit) dissipatesenergy in the form of heat, and there-

fore is a resistance which loses energy.A perfect capacitor, however, does notlose energy by heat and therefore is aloss free resistance. As a consequence,capacitors are used wherever a lossfree resistance is needed for use onalternating current voltages. Exam-ples of this application are in motorstarters and fluorescent light ballasts.

By Louis S. Shuey

LOG DINNER - MARCH 4THLog Reporters and Editors will

gather for their third annual dinnerin the Blue Room of the RichmondHotel at 6:30, March 4th.

Jim Oldham will be Toastmaster.Mary Mathews, Social Chairman,

promises that everybody will have awonderful time as in previous years.

dlamea 3. iHattrineSincere sympathy is extended to tin.

family ol the late James F. Mancine,watchman, who was fatally strickenwhile at work Friday, February 8,1946.

-Unlink. iflurraijSincere sympathy is extended to the

family of the late John Murray a formeremployee of the Machine Shop, whowas fatally stricken at his homeSaturday night, February 16, 1946.

BUSY BEAVER NEWS

Co-Workers FeteMargaret McCann

On February 5th a farewell partywas held at the Williams Inn forMargaret (Peg) McCann, secretaryto the Plant Comptroller. The lucky-girl is leaving for the "land of Sunshineand Opportunity" — California. Shehas been with the company for fifteenyears and in that time has made manyfriends, who regret seeing her leave.

On behalf of her fellow workers, shewas presented a Remington-Randportable typewriter, and a GeneralElectric Radio. The presentation wasmade by Margery Dippold, who alsoconveyed the sincere wishes of all toPeg for the best of luck and happinessin her future life in Caliiornia.

Can ShopBy Sweeney a n d S h e r m a n

Welcome back to our former co-workers and ex-servicemen, Joe Spag-nola, Tom Dean, Walt Ragowski andRoy Chalifoux. To them and all otherservicemen we say, "Thanks for adirty job well d o n e " . . . .Speaking ofwelcomes some of the boys really wentout of their way to give Tom Dean anextremely warm o n e . . . . Glad to seeHelen Skowronski back. . . .Please tomeet our new co-workers, hope youenjoy being with us. . . . Don't take theantics of the gang too seriously theyreally mean we l l . . . . Glad to see BillFortini back after his illness. . . .betterget to bed early nights, Bill.We Wonder Why?

Anna White doesn't buy a new alarmclock. . . .Someone didn't think topaint the lines on the trucking lanes along time ago. The}' certainly are ahelp to the boys the morning after atough night, guiding them into theCan Shop.

Dry TestBy Vi, Rita and Loretta

Sympathy is extended to JeanetteBelch whose mother passed awayrecentlv.

Alice Pisano attended the weddingof her cousin in Patterson, New Jerseyand from all reports she certainly hada grand time.

Best wishes to Lea Bachand For-gette, who was married February 9th.

Dry Test welcomes back BettySecor, Marion Collins, Monica Fryc,Helen Lesage, Hazel Russell, RoseBlair and Blanche Boisvert. Good tosee Jennie Melito back and fully re-covered after her illness.

Mary Scieszka spent a most enjoy-able week at Sanford, Maine, re-cently. Is he your Valentine, Mary?

Birthday greetings to Loretta Mili-sewski.

Looking for the Answers: John For-tini, what about the bowling match ofJanuary 31, 1946, and what about thebet made with Dudzie?...Is it trueJack Faustini is planning a trip southsoon? Is he going to meet a certainsouthern belle he met while in servicesBy the way, Dudzie, how is that "Char-coal Burner? You know what wemean.

The happy chap who has to clap hishands every morning at seven o'clockis none other than A. C's., John Fortini.

Tubular AssemblyBy Gertrude Hall

Dot Blanchard has graduated fromher Nurses' Aide course - her firstpatient being her dog. Botli patientand Dot are doing nicely, thank you.

We have definite proot that Springis coming, for ROMANCE is bloomingin our Department . . Though progressis slow, we also know that Rome wasn'tbuilt in a day.

Thump - thump thump. Thenoise on the stairs in NOT a herd ofcattle — only us gals trying to race theboys from the Machine Shop to theline-up in the cafeteria.

Need aspirin - a soda tablet ? Needthread, needles, band-aid? See IreneServenti — she can pull more tilingsout ot her purse than a magician.

Speedy recovery to Charlotte O'-Brien's sister who recently underwentan operation.

Reason for Jeannette Foote's happi-ness: Her One and Only is home at last.To Ralph Blanchard

Friends come and go. Some leavesuch pleasant memories behind that itis considered a pleasure to have workedwith them. We of Tubular Assembly-feel that way about you, Ralph. Wehope you have a grand vacation andthat whatever you undertake in thefuture will be very successful. Whenyou look at the watch you received, re-member the good times we've had,and when you use your pen, remem-ber that it, like our friendship, willnever run out.

NEWS FLASH My brotherTech-Sgt. John H. Devine arrived homefrom Tokyo today (Feb. 12) to STAY!

F. P. DrysBy Rose Cilli

Good Luck: To Jerry Bourdon onyour new job at Brown Street — wemiss you, though.

The Partners in Crime: No doubtit's "Hi Pal," and "Hey Pal."

When will Rose Moresi take downthe "Too Busy" sign and put up"Business Wanted."

Welcome: To ex-serviceman, CarlKing, and all the new workers in ourDepartment.

She Had Him — Then She Didn't:"Phil" Belleau's husband returnedfrom service — only to go to work forthe railroad out of Gardner, Mass.

Congratulations: To Mr. and Mrs.Stanley Ziaja, whose marriage occurredFebruary 2nd.

Who's the proud father.. .FrankGasset, of course. (We're told thecigars were good smoking.)

Emma Yivori is very happy — herson, Gene, home now, and dischargedfrom service.

What makes Lil Boyer's hair standon end.. .a shock from "Cookie's"condenser?

We extend our sympathy to IreneGage on the loss of her father.

A BEAUTIFUL DOLL

Carol Ann Abbott, grand-daughter of Ernest Jones, our Pro-ject Engineer, and daughter ofRuth, formerly of the PayrollDepartment.

BoxingBy Connie Urbano

Daily, since reconversion, we havebid farewell to our co-workers whohavebeen transferred, and have welcomednewcomers. To them we say: Heartywelcome and hope y,oil enjoy workingwith us.A Prob lem of F rac t ions

Our Department lias turned into amathematical problem. At one limewe occupied 4-4 of this room theOvens moved in on one side, leaving us| . The Dry Rolling Department ac-quired the middle section, leaving 2-4.Since the new Cloakroom was built(forcing Johnny's and Maud's desks tobe moved) there is left to us about | ofthe space. The song "Don't FenceMe In" really fits. Even the timeclock is moved. Some morning whenyou come in, eyes half closed and lookloi" i he clock and don't find it I henyou remember. When you walk intothe room, you wonder where you arethere's the electricians plugging away,the carpenters hammering and pound-ing. Is it the Boxing Departmentor a madhouse. The crew of men in-stalling the wax pots arrive, uncratcthe machines from their wooden cases,in a jiffy they are installed and readyfor use. Two more minutes, the tablesare set up for electricity, gas and otherequipment. Everyone is hustling andbustling to get the job done. . Nothingis the same from one minute to thenext . . . . Perhaps even the elevatorwill be moved the next morning wecome in!

Emma Montagna's father promisedto buy her a cow if Emma and hersister learned to milk it. The topicwas discussed all morning. At noona demonstration was held, with one ofour new girls from Iowa showing howto go about i t . . . . Emma, do you thinkyou'll ever own that cow?Harold - "Cm ley"-call him what youmay -

He brings you work without delay -Our supervisor, ready with some sort

of hoax -Hear the girls laugh - He's pulledanother joke.

Production SchedulingBy Florence Southgate

Marie-Rose Lussier has been trans-ferred to the Shipping Departmentwhich means a lot she doesn't haveto climb four flights of stair to get toicr desk!

Ice is too much for Effie Bishop -she has been seen picking herself up alumber of times this year. (Whereire all the men on these occasions,Effie?)

Glad to see Lois Paradise back withus. (In case you don't know, Lois is>ur little ray of sunshine).

To Florence Gross, who has beentransferred to the Employment Office:we wish you much -happiness in yournew work.

BUNDLE OK llAPPIINKSS

Judith Ann Potts, 9 months olddaughter of Emma, formerly ofP. A.A. and granddaughter of Marg-aret Chaperon of Resistor Depart-ment.

SPRAGUE ELECTRIC VICTORY LOG Page5

BLOCK TEST TO PRODUCE A PLAY

By Barbara kin*;When members of Block Test put

on a play, I'm sure this is the way itwill he east:Hero Stanley Mastalisz

, I feroine Josephine DePaoliVillian Frank MannsHero's Mother Elizabeth KenneyHeroine's Mother Alice AllardHeroine's Friend and Confident

Frances SolariHero's Rival Jack Sullivan()fficers of t lie I .aw: Stanley Janik

and Roger VinceletteRedhaired Siren "Mickey" KoczelaMaiden Aunt Bernadette Bordwin

' T h e C h i l d Helen HarringtonI leroine's Strict Father Fred Suthers

On the opening night, the play willbe much appreciated by: Mina Estes,Annis O'Neil, Dolores Bailey, NellieJepson, Mary Zito, Lucille Beaudry,Anna Malloy, Adele Solari, AgnesParry, Doris Williams, Caroline Grant,Mary Sorel, ('.race Wyman, GraceCollins, Bertha Jennings, Ruth Arri-ghini and Eva Stone.

Birthdays: Josephine DePaoli cele-brated hers on February (>th; ElizabethFleury on February 24th.

Anniversary: Alice Allard cele-brated her .Us{ wedding anniversaryon February 6th. Mrs. Allard has adaughter Alice, in Block Annex, anddaughter Lucille works in \Y. E. De-partment.Welcome Back: To Muriel Ben/.we're glad you're back (Perhaps we cangel that recipe of yours for baked

111 forma I ion Please: for RogerVincelette the young lady's firstname is Alda, not Wilma.

Visitor: Pfc. Arlene Chalifoux paidus a visit recently. Our former co-worker is now stationed at Ft. Lamton,near Seat He, Wash. Sometimes, shemeets former Nprth Adams boys, asthey return from overseas duty. Onesuch boy was Peter Maruco whoformerly worked at Sprague's It wasswell seeing you, Arlene -you haven'tchanged a bit!

Check InspectionBy Linda Brown

Bathtub AssemblyBy Ru th Haskins

The engagement of Cyrilla Chaperonlo Edmond Vadnais has been an-nounced.

Dan Cupid musl be a busy little

sparkling all around us. Ruth Gifford,Rose Harrington, "Sis" Chaperon andMillie Embry are each wearing one onthat certain finger.

Welcome to (he new girls, ClaraPerry, Lillian Morgan and Helen Unis.

Our foreman, Earl Scerbo, has beenpleased with our very good attendanceon Saturday mornings. Let's keep itup, Rirls!

We are sorry lo hear that "Bob"Moors is leaving us lor another de-partment. But, our loss ]s another'sgain. Best of luck, "Bob".

Laura Crews and Helen l.apalm areback with us again. Both were on thesick list lor some lime.

Edith Dean is back to normal again.She has been having a grand time whileher sailor boyfriend was home on leave.

Network LabBy Helen Corsi

Lab Gab. . Millie Kolodziej's eyesshine and sparkle almost as much asher beautiful new diamond. It's love-ly, Millie. . koineo Scerbo failed toseethe joke when his daughter smearedm o m m y ' s lip s l ick all over littlebrother. . .Horst Reiprich vows from

didn'1 like the hangs his uncle c u t . . .Your reporter would like to see LeslieDus i in with the same s ty le h a i r c u t . . .Wauled: One vehicle (or bull-dozer)lor mountainous road climbing. CallStan BaKdon.

Heroine's Intellectual(but slow) Brother Alfred Hurley

Maid Alda MassariButler Casimer GliwskiCook Muriel BenzChauffeur Henry MeczyworSecretary Ruth BlanquartWaitress Elizabeth FleuryMuscular Prizefighter

Harry Embry, Sr.The Script was written by

Barbara KingThe play will no doubt be produced

and directed by Nick Carter of Pro-duction Control.Note: Any similarity to persons livingor dead is purely coincidental.

Our deepest sympathy is extended toCharles Blcuin in the death of hisfather-in-law, James Mancine.

Ethel Brown is beaming all over andwhy not, her husband is due back in theSlates sometime in March.

Frances Morse's son, Linwood of theMarine Corps, recently returned fromthe Pacific. We understand he hasre-enlisted.

"Yours t ruly" and her bet ter halfcelebrated their third wedding anni-versary the 13th of this month. Ho-hum time sure does fly!

Mary Walden spent a gala week-endin Ne\v York City recently.

Speech recovery to Rita Pedrin whois ill with the "flu".

Sample LabBy A. Sacco

A farewell party was tenderedDorothy Martin recently at the CornerCafe Restaurant by twelve of her co-workers. Dorothy was presented ablack onyx ring and her friends joinedin wishing her much happiness andgood luck. She left to make her homein Detroit, Mich.

Apologies to Billy Blay for inter-rupting his experiments with a "torch"-but Billy, the party would not have

Don Fortini, our glamour boy, wasthe envy of all (he department when hedisplayed the Valentine he received.It sure was a doo/ie, Don.

AND THEY WON'T GET LOST

Section TestBy Marparel Daniels

We welcome Rose Coyne, AngieDeMayo and Bill Lesure to our depart-ment Good luck to Lil Boschettiin her new position.

The favorite sport of the girls ofSection Test is eating. If you don'tbelieve it visit one of their noontimeparties.

Mary Walden and Kay Pappasspent a week end in New York Cityrecently.

It sure seems good to see the "Sal-vage Ladies" back to work.PEGGY SUTLIFF FETED

A shower was held on Peggy Sutliffrecently with Helen Devine as hostess.Helen served a delicious spaghettisupper and Peggy received many lovely-gifts for her new home. Entertain-ment was provided by Lucy Libarde,Norma Urbano and Eleanor Durocher.

"W. E." DepartmentBy Jul iet te Bourgeois

Congratulations and Best Wishes to:Vic Candiloro, who is to be married inApril. . Stanley Ziaja, a former super-visor, who was recently married. . .Bernice (Red) Owczarski a former co-worker who was married February23rd.. . Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Richardwho celebrated their 26th weddinganniversary February 17th.

Mary Curie, Betty Coulter am"Red" Walczak are sure happy thesidays . . . Reason being their husband:are back home.

By the way, "Toots" Callahan, th<next time you have invited guests foia chicken dinner — don't forget th<chicken. Of course we realize there i:a meat shortage.

Sixty-four Dollar Question: Who i:the biggest Wolf in the W. E. Department?

GOOD MORNING!

A FAMILY GROUP

William and Irene LaCross, both of Ovens Department, with theirtwo sons, Billy and Donald.

Ovens DepartmentBy "Dukie" Abraham

A warning to all the girls of this de-partment - Beware of "hotfoot'Freddie.

Who or (Whom) sent those mysteri-ous Valentines?

Attention! We have finally move,to the front of the room.

The girls of this department re-cently held a Valentino party. A goo<time was had by all attending.

We were all happy to hear of tinmarriage of Rita DeMarco to PeteiAbuisi. Rita was a former co-worker

Who is considered the best dancer iiour department? Ask Norman Deviland he'll gladly tell you.

Ml Duhamel ami Evelyn Sher-m a n find l l u i r way around Burl-i n g t o n , Vt. — iM-li.-xe it o r not .

A TOAST TO THE NETWORKLAB GIRLS

By Danny KellyHelen, Jessie, Mary, Millie and Gert,Network girls ru le and pert .Helen with her eyes popping and

brown,

Jessie with a smile and never a frown;Marx- as her name impliesNever a harsh word or a lie.Millie as sweet as they can come,Always a lady regardless of fun.Gert, quiet industrious, always the

Regardless what happens no one getsthe blame.

Machine ShopBy John Walsh

The boys of the Machine Shop ex-tend deep sympathy to T. CraigFerguson on the loss of his wife re-cently.

We of the Machine Shop were deep-ly shocked at the sudden death of ournight Foreman, John W. Murray. Johnhad worked continuously in the Ma-chine Shop for the past six years. Hewas well known in many of the otherDepartments, having come in contactwith them through his work—he waswell liked and esteemed by everyonein the Organization. Our heartfeltsympathy goes to members of hisfamily and to his son our co-worker- -John L. Murray.

Honors ---To Louis Morocco, whohas (he distinction of being the firstperson to give blood in an emergencycase, since Sprague employees havebeen typed for blood donations.

Engineering SpecsBy Hazel Goodale

Welcome back to John Whitney,returned from the Navy. "Whit"served as Seaman First Class R. I). M.and received his discharge at San Pedio,Cal. The R. I). M. refers to the Radarwork lie did out in the Pacific on anL. C. 1. boat, and various places whilestationed in California.

Two more Nurses Aids from ourDepartment, Yerna Lamore and EmmaUnderwood, received their stripes for150 hours of service at the NorthAdams 1 lospital. . . Congratulat ions,girls keep up the good work.

Happy day, Mary Prengruber -andmain- more to follow. Thai long-awaited phone call from this side ofthe ocean was at last received fromCpl. Norman Cellana.Last Friday, six of the girls had apleasant little Get-together with dinnerat the Hub and a good show after-wards... More fun than a barrel ofmonkeys!

Block AnnexBy Esther Driscoll

Our deepest; sympathy to MargaretViall and her family on the sudden lossof her father, Michael Gorman.

Welcome to our department "Pat"Marlow and Dorothy Albrycht — wehope you like it here.

Bing Crosby and Van (need I tellyou his last name?) seem to be thedream men on the pack and test table. .Roma Perrault and Alice Allard havequite a time talking over their dreamsabout them.

Your reporter is very happy thesedays, .yes, you've guessed it. .myhusband is on his way home. . . .howthe days drag!

Time just flies for Flora Haumuller. .she thinks it's time to go home and itreally is breakfast hour. . . .we all wishthe days were that short, Flora.

If anyone wants to know the nameof a song, orchestra or singer, just askAlice Allard or Eunice Timothy....they seem to have them all down pat.

That wasn't a sunburn Mary Con-tois had on her neck. . . .1 bet she'll bemore careful with a mustard plasterfrom now on.

"Ronnie" Trottier, won of Arm-arid of Factory Engineering De-partment.

Engineering DraftingBy Bab Garner

Wanted: Two lumberjacks to chopup two large trees. Inquire of RobertPettibone, Church Street.

What a contrast*. Harold Rarick,after dreaming of a swell new car,wakes up, hops into his \().1() model.Wh-i-z-z - Chug-chug-psst-bang! andon to work. So -far, our I rapper,George Labombard has managed wellin getting a few beavers hope he gets

Musings: Our boss, Ernie Purpurathinks he owns a jeep, for his car wasseen wallowing in a field in Stamford —good thing the plow came along andpulled him out!. . . Bet. two girls' heartswere all aflutter when they receivedtheir valentines from our glamourboys — R. Windover and R. Slade. . .Bill Ross finds no end of amusementeach noon from the "Wishing Well"feature appearing in a daily newspaper.

Ducks Converse Down South1st. Duck: Belter keep our dis-

tance from Pittsfield and vicinity onour way down here next fall.

2nd Duck: Why is that?1st Duck: I hear Harold May is

already preparing for a banner seasonthen.

Under Control: Your reporter hasthe dog-jumping-out-of-the-pen situ-ation under control, but the problem isto feed the dog any spare sleaksaround, folks?

Paper RollingBy Hubba! Hubba!

Welcome, Alice Foote and MaryDzierga. We're glad to see you Lack.

Speedy recovery, Jeanet le Adams,and when will you be back, MaryTempleton. We "miss both of you.

We have a second Billy Gilbert(Howard Gaun) - Stop scaring us,"How."

Belated birthday greetings to Rose-inn Vigna.

Our Garter Girl of '46 EnisMontagna. (She took thai rope off herleg and got a pair of stockingsl)

' E v a Lescarbeau offers a compass tothe girls who were lost in Bennington.(And what would they do in Boston?)

The Rumba Queen to be an-nounced in the next issue. {So far.it's a close contest between Rnis Montagnaand Hubba-Hubba.)

" J o " Farley's favorite subject: " M ySon, My Son."

Are razor blades scarce, or does"Frenchy" Laframboise intend to jointhe House of David?

! What ' s the story behind the nick-j name - "Buckles" Harrington?

for the LOG, the answer is the same:"Sure, I'm going to be married." . . . I sthis the ambition of every girl in theRolling Dept?

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Get your ticket at your Plant Dispensary, or at the LOG Desk,Beaver Plant. $1.00 including tax.

The Room You Helped Furnish

MaintenanceBy Umbriago

We were grieved to hear of the deathof our friend and co-worker, JamesMancine, who passed away February 8,1946.

Welcome to our returned veterans:George Forgea, returned from theNavy, and Mill Mrundige, also dis-charged from the Navy. Frank Krol,recently discharged from the Navy hasbeen transferred to the Marshall StreetPlant. He and his Navy slang will bemissed at the Beaver Plant.

Wanted My Bernard Lepera. Potsand pans that are easily cleaned orpolished. Why the collection, Ber-n a r d . . . O yes, He's to be married inApril.

Our Painter and Deep Thinker:Jimmie Danii, the boy who almostmade Broadway, but due to his in-ability to tap dance, had to take uppainting instead.

Wanted at Once: Water-proof work-ing pants. . See Maurice Chonard -Must also be proof against soda pop.

Needed a Rule: Louie Damianoof the Electrical gang is in the marketfor RULES.

Our wishes for a speedy recovery areextended to "Pappy" Gamache of theCarpenter Shop.

Now thai Formation Departmenthas started three eight-hour shifts,Henry Bechard lias been put in chargeof the generator room. Keep 'EmRunning, Henry.

George "Gramp" Grant hopes someone will invent a universal flashlight —one he won't have to hold while eatinghis breakfast when the electric currentfails.

"Stubby" Caron of the Carpentergang purchased a new pair of whiteoveralls. . . Now "Stubby" is looking-for some one as short as he, to move inwith him.

Sorry to hear ol the illness of DorisBenedetti's father, i\ur to an autoaccident. We wish him a speedy re-covery.

BROWN ST.

BLURBS.

Industrial OilBy L. Vincelette and L White

Wanted: A good detective to helpBernic Fitzpatrick solve the "Case ofthe Disappearing Shorts".

Chit-Chat: To make a hit withMillie Conroy, folks, just call her"Deadwood". And did you know shejust loves red pepper on her spaghetti. .Quite a bowling match staged in Wil-liamstown by the boys and girls of thisdepartment and the K. V. A . . . Nicesupper following the match, t o o . . .Strange how parties affect JimmieCopeland, his hats seem too small thenext day. Tch-tch. . . Al Giusti surehas his problems. Hope he gets themsettled soon. . .The visit paid us byJessie Wilk recently was most pleasantand everyone enjoyed seeing heragain. . .Theme Song of the depart-ment, "It's Either Too Hot Or TooCold". Believe It Or Not: Thepet goldfish of Kenny Russell werefound dead upon his arrival at workFebruary 6th. They died of "heatprostration." We understand thewater became so-o-o hot the goldmelted right off their bodies. Deepestsympathy, Kenny.

Wire CoatingBy Betty Jangrow

1 he sweater girls have to take secondplace when they compete with a gen-tleman who wears a new suit withcomplete accessories. No, I won't men-tion names - but if you want plentyof attention try it sometime.

Last week's freezing weather causedPaul Sanford some inconvenience athis home. . .Anyway, he had to replacesome pipe. We thought we'd have tobring in liniment and mustard plas-ters — but he didn't develop any com-plications.

Wire Coating Mystery: Who leavesthe "whiskers" on the spools?

Congratulations to "Uncle" Laur-ence Haskins, on the arrival of his new-niece, born February 11th.

P.A.A. Inspect and TestBy Elsie Leja

That wasn't an "atomic bomb",girls. It was only Annie Mangancfalling off her chair.

Welcome to all new comers in thisdepartment! Hope you enjoy work-ing with us.

Your reporter, Elsie Leja, and herhusband celebrated their 14th weddinganniversary on January 30th. A groupof Elsie's co-workers presented her witha lovely pair of ear rings. A mostappropriate gift.

Our heartfelt sympathy is extendedto Romeo Gagne on the death of hisfather.

Annie Mangano is quite an artist.That certainly was a nice picture ofClara Beauchamp.

Mary DelPonte has a very contentedlook. Reason - "Red", her hus-band, was recently discharged.

This department has lost a good man,Ralph Blanchard, who has been withthe company for ten years and duringwhich time, he made many friends.Ralph was presented a Gruen wristwatch, a Reynold's pen and a purse oimoney at a farewell party given in hishonor at the Hotel Richmond. Wewill certainly miss Ralph and know hewill succeed in any thing he undertakes.

Mica Molding andImpregnation

By Jessie Vallieres

" Catch as Catch Can": -That 's "Tra ' s"and "Gert 's" by-word. The counter-sign: "Beware Wolverines".

"Breakfast at Sardi's"—you haveheard about. But "Breakfast atScottie's" is a lot more fun. It'seasier on the pocketbook and theentertainment is super.

"Peanuts" doesn't get lonesome any-more since we have had the girls fromMica as our gues ts . . .Or is it visa-versa?Rest Periods

The clock says tenIt's time againTo meet the other kidsFor jokes and storiesOf fun and horrorsAnd maybe a little "rib."

It's worth a dimeTo spend the timeJust listening to the GangTell of aches and painsTheir losses and gains—They seem not to give a hang.

It's almost quarter afterSo put aside the laughter."Au Revoir" 'til quarter of three.The day will soon passThen again at last—We'll continue our repartee.

Servicemen at Lovell (General Hospital an1 grateful for this roomfurnished by Sprague employees. Here they write letters, listen tomusic and find relaxation.

(Continued from pa^c 1)

boys in this inviting and attractiveroom. To enumerate the furnishings:there is a wool rug of taupe color-—itmakes a perfect setting tor the variouspieces of furniture. Arranged aroundthe room are three maple club chairs, jtwo maple platform rockers and asleepy-hollow chair. In one corneryou will note the maple knee-hole deskand chair, while in the center of theroom is a table and four chairs also ofmaple. There are two smoking sets,

three floor lamps, one of which is acombination lamp and smoking stand,a desk lamp, and tour end tables.These are placed conveniently for theboy's comfort. Of course the mostpopular piece of furniture is the superbnew Stromberg-Carlson combinationradio and phonograph, oi the latestmodel. The listening pleasure af-forded by this excellent instrument haswon many friends for the SpragueElectric Room and they have becomesincere devotees.

MaintenanceBy Marion Russell

Perhaps some of the Maintenancegang will take pity on "Wask" Santelliand provide him with roller skates forhis numerous trips to the warehouse.

Is there anyone coming from Wil-liamstown about 7 o'clock in the morn-ing who would be willing to look outfor "Wask" and see that he makes itsafely to work? I hear he has a littletrouble with his Chevrolet truck everymorning about that time.

We are glad to have Harry (Pepper)Estes back with us after a slight illness.And there is quite a story in connectionwith his new nickname.

Ray Shields came to work one ofthose stormy days, wondering w'hy onefoot was warm, the other cold. Ontaking off his rubber, he found he hadworn only O N E . . . Ray definitelystates he stayed home the night before.

Resistor Navy LineBy Bertha Salavantis

Art Missaillon is sporting a newthumbnail — he's very proud of it.

There's probably a dozen ways toget out of bed in the morning. . DotWells has one all her own -— just fallson her knees. . . (Ask her about thatwildcat she saw — it's a thriller-dillerof a story).

Lucky Name: Charlotte Appleton'sd o g . . . is h er pet — also a lucky poolname — it brought her $9.00 last week.

Sure, Spring's Around the CornerWhen: "Casey" startstalking/tsA. ..

Walt Maynard takes the chains off hiscar. . Art Bissaillon talks about buyingpullets. . . "Pa t" Shaw discards herovershoes. . . Helen Jobin and "YoursTruly" start talking about "our"camp. . Get that, Johnnie, 0 UR camp.

Glad Ann MacEwan is getting alongnicely — hope you'll be home soon.

I. O. Final Assembly

A snow-bound brook looms black against the white of snow.—Photo by Fred Crosier

By J. SwistakWanted a Helper: Every morn-

ing inquire of Matty Witherow.Happy Birthday to the Cold Dust

Twins: Our Vivian Shaw and MarySantelli who become "o lder" thism o n t h .

Welcome Back: To Leticia Colbertwho returns after a short leave.

Good Luck: To Bob Rivard wholeaves us lo go to sunny California.

Who Ate Up all the Porridge andeverybody's lunches Don't you everRet filled up Ed Lau /on?

Sample LabBy the "Eyes and Ears"

Dear "Snuffy":Like all letters we begin by saying

how sorry we are not to have writtensooner. Things have been happeningdown here in the "Bargain Basement".One of our liule blondes, Riita De-Marco has been claimed by Peter,"What a Man", Abuisi. The remain-ing two males were given a pound ofbutter and a pair of nylons.

Say, "Snuffy", do you rememberSally Sherr? How could you forgeiher. She is still leading the fashionparade down here, expecially wherehats are concerned. Your good friend,Helen Burzimati, wants you to takecare ol that mean person who splashedher tin- other morning. Lesa Bormo-lini was in back ol" her at the t ime andwhat she called him didn ' t sound likesweethear t .

Remember when we were like "peas

in a pod"? Well that descriptioncertainly fills those two inseparable

pals Ann W a t t s and Ellen Perras.Alma Finardi and Mary Marklandhave started something new. Wecan't tell you what it is, but, anywaythere'll be some changes made.

Sure looks like nice weather outside,that is - - what we can see of it throughour windows. Well, getting back tothe gang, we must tefl you about yourgal from Adams, Blanche Bourdon.She really isn't as quiet as she looks.

You just didn' t get Lo know her well

enough. \ es, to your inquiry about

Dora (".rant, she is still with us and a

grand sport.(iuess tha t ' s all the news, old pal,

except lor us and we're just the same,

still trying to write a good column for

the Lot;. We close now and hope to

hear Irom you again. Lake (-are of

your rheumatism and lumbago.I\ S. We almost forgot to tell youthat Thelm.i Carney's husband ishome to stay, and she is so happy.

ResistorsBy Helen Jobin

"I'm Always Chasing Rain hows:"W h y d o e s E l l e n D i c k i n s o n g o i n t o a

trance on hearing this'song? She used

to (lance to ii on Broadway, when

billed on the same circuit with theDolly Sisteis. For many years, she

and her husband lived a colorful life,

f o l l o w i n g t h e br ight l i g h t s of t h e G r e a t

W h i t e W a y , w e u n d e r s t a n d , a n d n o w

r e c a l l s w i t h p l e a s u r e , m e m o r i e s of t h e

" M a i n S t e m " a n d i t s g a y t u n e s .

Fine Facts: If t h e r e ' s a s p e c k of d i n

a r o u n d , O r a T r o m b l e y wi l l f i n d i t . . .if

you get "Bea" Campedelli's version of -hie, you've got .something. . .try bounc-ing Eleanor Carlow around and see whoends tip on the bottom.. . What was"Henri" Senecal drinking to mistakean improvised cobweb sweeper for ahornets' nest?. . .When Mary Carno-han reads a novel, she gets a lot out ofit — she's just read "Forever Amber"fcr the third lime.

We extend our deepest sympathy to*Jean and Claire Mancine on the loss oftheir father.

Gloria Decoteau is making a sweaterof baby yarn. . .(hope it fits him whenhe returns from the Pacific')

The way Art Van Steemberg and"Red" Czerwinski head for the lunch-room — you wonder if they will makeit in lime!