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Volumn X SPKAGUE ELECTRIC LOG, OCTOBER 11. 1947 Number 5
SPRAGUE EMPLOYEE COMMUNITY CHEST QUOTA $3500GOOD SCOUTSMany Spniftue IYIen SuperviseSeoul Activities in Area
Sprague Electric is proud oi thenumber of its personnel actively en-gaged in civic affairs. Not the leastof these activities, is the interest shownin teen agers and their problems. Onesolution offered is through the wt.rkof the Boy Scout Movement here inNorth Adams and \\ illian slown.
The past week end was a busy onefor Scouts and Scout Masters of thisarea. District Chairman for the Scouts,Tom Cullen of our Factory PlanningDepart men t, attended the AnnualRegional Meeting of Boy Scouts atSwampscott, Mass, on October 4,while a "Camporee" for the local scoutswas held at White Oaks en October 3,4, and 5 under the direction of AttorneyJohn I.. Hawkins oi v\ iiiiamstown.Two of our Sprague men— Kit Carson,Ass't. Chairman of Camping andActivities Committee for the TnDistrict, and Larry Dufraine, Neigh-borhood Commissioner, assisted At-torney Hawkins in putting the "Camp-oree" over. Scout Masters from Spra-gue's who participated in the "Camp-oree" with their troops were EverettBarton of Factory Engineering; LloydBulletl, foreman of Paper IgnitionAssembly; Robert Moors of Payroll;Harold Twitchcll of Methods Dept.;and Bill Lesure j r . of Paper SectionTest.
The highlight of the "Camporee"was the appearance of two honest-to-goodness Indians, who delighted theyoungsters with tales and knowl-edge of wood lore.
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£aaL'LOG FOOTBALL CONTEST
How Good Are You atPredicting Scores?
There are two tickets for the Spra-gue employee who comes nearest topicking the winners and the closestscores for the football games scheduledfor Saturday, October 18, publishedon the back page of this issue. Thesetickets will be for the Williams-Unionfootball game at Williamstown, Nov-ember 1.
If you think the game will end in atie, check both boxes, including thescore.
Fill out your entry that you findon the back page, checking your choicefor winners and your scores. Takeyour entry marked "Football Contest",care of the Log to ihe Watchmen atthe Brown or Marshall Street Plants, orto the Personnel Office, Beaver Plant.
All entries must be handed in, onor before 12 noon, Friday, October 17,1947.
Only one entry per employee.
Alhert Reopel winds up the clock in theMarshall Street tower, a process requiringone full hour to complete. The insertshows the 750 ll>. hell which sounds atquarter hour intervals.
THE OLD CLOCK IN THE TOWER
Story anil Photos hy Al Horsfall
Whenever we look toward the Mar-shall Street Plant, unconsciously wepause and check our time pieces bythe old clock in the tower—-for thatclock has been giving us the exact timeduring the past 52 years —• in goodweather and bad.
But how few of us realize the workinvolved to keep the clock going!According to Albert Reopel who keepsit running, the clock takes two menone full hour to wind it up. A bellchimes for the quarter hours, anotherfor the hours. The quarter-hour bellweighs 750 lbs., the hour bell weighs1000 lbs.—a neat half ton.
In the winding process, there arethree different places requiring suchlabor: one to wind up the quarter-hourweight; another for the hour; a thirdfor the time weight. One-thousandlb. weights are used for the bells, whilethe time requires a five hundred lb.weight. These weights are on cablesand must be lifted by the windingprocess to a distance of 80 feet beforethe clock can be considered fullywound —• and this, as stated before,requires one solid hour. The windingcompleted, the clock will run for sixdays. It is necessary to have two
cables attached to the quarter-hourweight, since this is in use more oftenthan the other; and the two cableshelp keep the weight from swaying.There are two fins or fans, on themechanism —• as can be seen in thepicture —• that are turning constantly
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More G.l.'s Visit PlantsOn September 29 and October 6,
the Sprague Electric Company againacted as host to two groups of G.l.'sfrom the Veterans' Vocational Schoolat Troy. The boys, soon to graduatefrom the School's course in electronics,had many questions to ask concerningthe manufacture of Sprague resistorsand capacitors. They noted that thetesting equipment in their laboratorieswas somewhat similar to that used inour Plants and were especially glad tosee textbook theories put to actualapplication, as the capacitors emergedfrom the assembly lines.
The G.l.'s admired the speed anddexterity that our employees showed indoing their particular jobs, and wereimpressed with the size of the Plants.
Art Mathews and "Tank" Wilsonacted as guides on these visits.
DRIVE IN PLANTS STARTS OCT. 14TO MAKE QUOTA, INDIVIDUAL PLEDGESMUST AVERAGE $2.50
Now thai we know lhal I he quota set for Spraguc ElectricCompany in the Community Chest Drive is $3500, we realizethat all of us are going to hustle. It means $2.50 from eachindividual. While Bill Stackpole, Chairman of the In-dustrial Drive, is husy on the organization work of all plantsin the city, Plant Chairman Arthur Mathews and the De-partment Solicitors are working on the final details beforethe Drive opens al Sprague Electric.
Unless the amount of money required to carry on the workof the agencies sponsored hy the Drive is contributed by thepeople in the community, such organizations as the Salva-tion Army, the North Adams Hospital, the Y.M.C.A., Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Home for LittleWanderers, Riggs Clinic, BerkshireSchool for Crippled Children, Child andFamily Welfare, and Visiting NurseAssociations will not have adequatefunds to complete their programs forthe year of 1948.
Cooperation with the DepartmentSolicitors is urged. Fill oui pledgecards promptly and return to theindividual in charge so that the Driv<in the Plants can be cleaned up in theshortest possible time.
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RIGHT ON THE BALL WITH PLANT BROADCASTEmployees of the Three Plants j was Secretary to the Northern Berk-Hear Mimite-by-Minute Broadcast
of the World Series
Employees of the three SpragueElectric Plants were never in doubt fora moment as to the standing of theirfavorites in the World Series. Theplant system was hooked up to bringin the returns for each inning, and ourcapable announcers, Bernie Bullett,sports writer for the Log, and HankGamari, in charge of Retail Shippinggave a running commentary of eachplay made. Both Bernie and Hankare sports enthusiasts, with Bernieentering his sixth year as AssistantCoach for St. Joseph's and having his"hand in a couple of the SoftballLeagues," as he put it. Last year he
shire Basketball League. Just recenily, he has won additional fame, as hissports write-ups go ou1 over the air-waves for Station WKOB. Hankwas Manager of the Sprague BaseballLeague for the past three years, andprior to that was Manager of theirSoftball teams for another four years,and has been an ardent bowler in theBowling League for main years.Hank is an old hand at: announcing overthe "mike", having had plentj ofexperience in the Beaver Plant lor thepast ten years. He tells us that this isthe first time that all three Plants havebeen hooked up to receive the broad-cast of the World Series. 1 look-up wasdone by the Maintenance Test Depart-
Annoiincer.s Bernie Bullet I and Hank Gamari gave a detailed accountof the World Series each day over t he Plants ' broadcasting system.
BY SPRACUE EMPLOYEES cvrwC FOR SPRACUE EMPLOYEES
Page 2 SPRAGUE ELECTRIC LOG
L E C T R I C S P O R T S . . .
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 EDITORSKit Carson, Tom Cullen, Dan Kelly, Pete Mancuso, Jim Oldham, Etta Owen,and Laurence Haskins.
SPORTSKenneth Russell and Bernard Bullett
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERFred Crosier and Albert Horsfall
PLANT EDITORSMarshall Street: Cecile Trudeau Brown Street: Bertha Salavantis
DEPARTMENT REPORTERS
BEAVER STREETBelly Bogus, Joan Bryce, Doris Delisle, Esther Driscoll, Hazel Goodale,
Gertrude Hall, Ruth Haskins, Marjorie Hauptileisch, Walter O'Dell, PriscillaNorthup, Emma Massaconi, Loretta Milisiewski, Cedo Remillard, Rose Righi,James Shea, George Scarbo, Vi Short, Florence Southgate, Ruth Szule, CarmellaTassone, Shirley Thoros, Constance Urbano, Roseann Vigna and John Walsh.
MARSHALL STREET"Tools" Callahan, Phyllis Chartrand, Josephine Convery, Mary Daniels,
Eddie O'Neil, Mario Magnani, Faith Russell and Roma Rumgay.
BROWN STREETRose Corsi, Gladys Kirkpalrick, Ann Heath, Betty Jangrow, Delia Keating,
Mary Markland, Josephine Martinoli, Shirley McBride, Rita Mulqueen, RitaSamia, Rita Siciliano and Corena Tatro.
"Every Sprague Worker an Assistant Reporter."
A Greenfield pass, about to hecaught by Justin Moore, left end,in the exciting Drury-Greenfieldgame of September 27.
—Photo by K. Russell
Kenny RussellAlley Capers
John Tolmie, veteran bowler, oncemore has served notice thai he willbe a strong contender lor laurels in theBowling Averages. Although noi roll-ing such a high score in his second weekat the alleys, John smacked (lie pins fora fine. 322 the first time out.Prizes
To stimulate interest in the BowlingLeague this season, the Log and theI.C.W. No. 2 are offering prize moneyand trophies for the League. Also, theBowling Management is giving a $1.00prize for the high'string rolled eachweek. On September 25, John Tolmiecopped the buck with 111. OnOctober 2, a tie resulted when CobDeGrenierand Walt O'Dell both scored117.Come on Out and Watch Them
Spirit is running high this season andif you are a bowling fan, why not visitthe Central Bowling Alleys on a Thurs-day evening and watch (he fun. Gamesstart at 8 o'clock promptly — and
October 11, 1947
FREEDOM PLEDGEI am an American. A free American.Free to speak — without fearFree to worship my own GodFree to stand for what I think rightFree to oppose what I believe wrongFree to choose those who govern my country.This heritage of Freedom I pledge to upholdFor myself and all mankind.
{This is the Freedom Pledge of the American Heritage Foundation, sponsors ofthe Freedom Train now on tour throughout the country. The Train will be in Pitts-field, October 3\st. Many of the country's newspapers are displaying the Free-dom Pledge daily-, and asking readers to sign it.)
Bowling League Standings
(As of Oct. 2, '47)
Won Lost Pa.I.C.W. No. 2 5 1 .833Centrifuge 5 1 .833Machine Shop 4 2 .667Lunch Room Champions 3 3 .500Can Shop Pressmen.... 3 3 .500Can Shop 2 4 .333Mach. Shop Apprentices 2 4 .333F. P. Drys 0 6 .000High Team Total—Lunch Room 1440High Team Single, I.C.W. No. 2 508High Individual Single* 117High Individual Triple 322*Tie: C. DeGrenier and W. O'Dell
FIVE KING PINS (As of Sept. 25)
J. Tolmie 322 jL. Segala 298 :
J.Lipa 293F. Fortini 292F. Santelli 288
COMMUNITY CHEST QUOTA - $3500(Continued from page 1)
In making your pledge, let your ownconscience determine the amount youfeel you can give, keeping in mind thatthe $2.50 average must, be attained inorder to meet the Quota assigned us.The $2.50 which you donate means acontribution of 5 cents a week for 52weeks . It is suggested that eachindividual give 25 cents a week for aperiod of 10 weeks ....that weeklydeduction is just about half the price of
a movie, or a nickel more than onepackage of cigarettes yet the smallamounts, when totaled up, give reliefand aid to so many worth-whileagencies.
And speaking of these agencies, it iswell to bear in mind that while theremay be ONE agency which you maynot favor —• by failing to contributeyour share because of it, you penalizeall the other agencies that you do favor!
Out The Log Creel
Five "Dubbers" (as of Sept. 25)L. Daignault 207F. Segala 226J. Pierce 236J. Gifford 244C. Domenichini 249
FIVE KING PINS (as of Oct. 2)G. Forgea 310C. DeGrenier 301F. Santelli 294B. Fortini 290Three Ties: W. O'Dell, L.
Siciliano and N. Richardello 288
Five "Dubbers" (as of Oct. 2)J. Cooper 225P. Davis 229R. Levesque 235H. Trombley 237L. Dustin 240
Another and better fish tale — as re-lated by Frank Isaac Walton Chilson.
While vacationing at Jobin's camp a.Lake Sadawga, Frank, when catchinghis first bass became excited. He putit in a net at the bottom of the boatwhile he lit: a cigarette. And rightbefore his eyes, Frank says, the fishand net disappeared into the water.Not to be outsmarted by a fish, herowed furiously back to shore, dashedto his car and drove 30 miles to hishome. Frank grabbed his huntingknife and in great satisfaction, wentback to Sadawga, determined to gethis bass and keep it: this time. . The 6pound bass Frank so proudly tellsabout, is the one he stabbed to death.So, remember folks, the next time yougo fishing, carry a hunting knife withyou, so "that big one won't get away."
When bigger and better fish storiesare told, Frank Isaac Walton Chilson willtell 'em.
A Fisherman's PrayerThe prayer which Frank Chilson
said before he caught and stabbed that6 lb. bass to death:O Lord, give me strength to catch a fishSo big that even I,When speaking of it afterwardMay never need to lie.
THE YOUNGER SET
"Cowboy" Wayneserious mood. He'sof Gertrude Hall ofFinish.
Blair in a f Larry and Jimmie Royds, James and Sharyn Daughton, William Coody, son of George ofthe nephew nephews of Emma Underwood of nephew and niece of Gina Trenti of Maintenance, and grandson ofMisc. Paper Production Engineering. Sons of PAA. Rolling Department. Catherine Coody of F. P. Assembly.
Jeannette L'Ecuyer Royds.
Marshall Meinos
Shipping RoomBy The Gold Dust Twins
There is never a dull moment in theShipping Room, especially with a
Roberts. After shouting, "There's abumble bee in here! Somebody gel it
dropped her pocketbook and sal on thelap of one of her co-workers. Said he:"1 wish bumble bees would come in heremore often!"
Last week Marie-Rose l.ussier's eyeswere bright as stars and she had aPepsodeni smile. The reason: herheart throb from the Marines washome on leave.
Welcome back to work, GeraldCronin and Robert Knox.
Watch out for Marie Rose Lussierwhen I here's a cat around. You neverknow what she'll do. Recently, whena cat walked by, she let out a terrificyell and kicked the girl nearest to herin the shinsl
MaintenanceBy Umbriago
The BIG NEWS: Miss Shirley King,our office girl, is lobe married October25th. Everybody is invited, so comeone, come all!Clearing Bee
Art Giroux has purchased a Io1 atWindsor Pond in Savoy and plans tobuild a camp, so he asked the boys lohelp him clear the lot of shrubs andtrees on September 27th. Art wassurprised at the number of boys whoshowed up to help. A good job anda big one was accomplished by ourlads from Maintenance. A nice feedwas put out by Art. 1( consisted ofhome-cooked baked beans, clam chow-der, hot dogs, hamburgers and all thaigoes with such a feed. All wen! welluntil Buster Sherman drank his coffee,then he insisted he-got a mouthful ofbattery acid and his mouth was burn-ing. Scotty Graves of the Lunchroom,we are told, ran to gel sonic water lopui the fin' out, but by the time he gotil, Buster was all right again.. . ArtGiroux wishes lo thank all the boyswho so gladly gave him a helping hand.
Our ('• real Lover and Pigeon Catcher,Arthur (Wash) Santelli, received aticket for double parking. When hereported at the station, he was askedif he had his license with him. PoorWash fumbled around and had to
IVlyrna, daughter of Mildred[Vfagnani of [Molded Tubulars, sec-ond shift.
answer "No." But, luckily for him,one of the boys with him had not for-gotten his. . It must he great lo he inLOVE.
We welcome back to the Test De-part ment, Mr. Robert Bardsley. Bobformerly worked in the NetworksLaboratory.
On one of the recent cool mornings,'Hot Shot" Bohl was seen carrying into
work, a large thermometer. . .No won-ier Bohl couldn't get warm that day!
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Wire Coating
Resistors and Midget Tub.By Ihlla Keating
Margaret Cutler attended theEastern State Exposition in Springfield.
Theresa Pisano is lonesome now thather boy friend attends State College atAmherst. Cheer up, Theresa, he'llbe home week ends.
"Steff" Leja is planning a week endin New York a third honeymoon, sheterms it and she's been married onlysix months!
Emma Montagna is planning tomake a fortune on her two angorabunnies -bui as yet is in doubt about
It's nice having Viola Gamari backwith us she's our favorite soprano.
The stove solderers elected "Vicky"Doran their sunshine girl.
The Midget Tubulars have a hand-some new supervisor—-and they likehim very much—"Bucky" Williams.
Congratulations to Sophia Zwiercan,our recent bride. She became Mrs.Frank Pado on Oct. 4.
Reggie Zabek lives only for the weekends when her husband comes homefrom St. Raphael's Academy where heis acting as coach.
Regina Milis/.ewski knew how to betat the races at Great Harrington, com-ing home $6.40 richer.
A coming romance -Emily Wlodykaand "Rip" Messina.Vacations:
Mildred Pike PitisfiddMary Marra—Springfield"Chena" Bushika—AdamsRegina Miliszewski Gl. Harrington
By Corena TatroIf you should meet Freddie Miller
with his chest way out, it's because heand the Missus are celebrating thebirth of their first-born son. Weunderstand he's been named FrederickBoyd Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs.Miller.
"Pete" LePage has returned fromhis vacation and looks very rested.
If things should go favorably withRalph Blood on his hunting trips, theWire Coating Department won't needto worry about high meat prices.He's spending his vacation huntingmoose in Canada . Here's hoping,Ralph.
We all congratulate Helen Foote onherbirthdav.
Resistors—Night ShiftBy Shirley McBride
What we like about the Night Shift:Joan Bushika's—cute laughAngie Bagdona's—God bless youBeatrice Asdikian's—
pre-8:00 lunchesBetty Berger's—fortune tellingMargaret Pedercine's—gumTheresa Tassone's fondness of spa-
ghetti, with Mary Scerbo to help hereat it!
Our gang is getting bigger and biggerevery day. Added to our increasingnumbers is Carmen King. Hope youenjoy working with us, Carmen.P.S. Boy, are the solderers glad to
see youl
Holland Letter ReceivedDear Friends,
As a pupil of the ULO-school atRhenen, I herewith express my thanksfor all you have done for us. Every-thing was welcome and we could makegood use of it. We all contributed alittle to pay the duty expenses.
We cannot be grateful enough forwhat your country and other countrieshave done for Holland during the dif-ficult years which are behind us. Wealways will remember this with greatthankfulness.
With kindest regards for all co-workers, I remain, Sincerely yours,
Corn Keyman
"BUTCH"
M o i i l l |{ AND DAUGHTER
There are many mother-daughter combinations working at Sprague's.Here is Shirley MeBride, of PAA's, and her mother Agnes McBride ofthe Resistors.
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Cordon Raymond Kdmonds, sonof Ruth, of PAA. Soldering.
PAA. Soldering —Day ShiftBy Bernadette Crowl«y
Conic in with some more stories ofyour trip to New York, Delima Lewis,we'll enjoy them just as much as ever.
VVilli another person as jovial asBeatrice Boucher around, we couldcharge admission on this line.Vacations:
Mary Dean, Lena Cuccia, RuthWilliams, Mabel Maxwell, Helen Roe,Rose Casuscelli, Bucky Bernardi andYours Truly vacationed al home.
Florence Clement Springfield FairAlice Mas, Hi At hoi, Mass.Ellen Paris Gardner, Mass.Has anyone heard of Mary Moran's
trip to New York on the hobby horses?especially the ones al Coney Island.
Lila Beaudette and ML Melchiorihave deserted us to "be alone" at theother end of the room.
Welcome to all t he girls now on PAA.Soldering.Famous phrases:
Lila Beaudelte Thai reminds meBucky Bernardi Furthermore
Check!
PAA. WaxingBy Rita Samia
We want to welcome all our oldgirls back to the line, and also the newgirls who have come to join us. Hopeyou have an enjoyable time with us.
Believe it or not, it was AlicePedercini who came in the other morn-ing at 5:00 A.M Do you really likethe PAA. line that much, Alice — orwere you afraid you wouldn't make thetransition back to Standard Time?
A little belated, but here goes anyway:Best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. CarmenBua on their first wedding anniversary.(I told you, Mary, I wouldn't forget.)
Peg Maynard spent her vacation inNew York. (Warning, girls, don't getfriendly with the sailors there Right.Peggy?)
Here's wishing Helen Pooling Roeloads of happiness on her recent mar-riage. Helen works on the new line in
Every afternoon, promptly at 2:15.a radiant smile appears on Alma Kent'slace. Reason: Her Leslie comes overto talk before going to work.
We're happy to learn that Bea Hill'smother is well on the road to recovery.
Jack O'Leary advises: Don't go upto Bear Swamp for hunting. With coldweather setting in, the hunting isn't sogood. Well, well!
Molded Tubulars—2nd ShiftBy Gladys Kirkpatrick
Have you heard "Pep" Campedellising some of her latest songs? They'reworth hearing.
Smart appearing — Chris Pugliesein her new slack outfit — and lookslike a sixteen year old.
Rachael Montagna was given a partyrecently •— and after the gifts had beenpresented, she turned around andinvited the girls to her home for refresh-ments — and they all had a grand time.
Romeo Gagne brought in a box ofapples for the girls the other evening.Thanks, Romeo, it was nice of you.
Yvonne Ross has become jittery overthose mysterious telephone calls shehas been getting.
Frances Rocray, Mary Sullivan,Alice Crockwell, Helena Gagnon,Lillian Forbush, Gladys Kirkpatrick,Bessie Brown, Alice Burdick arc backon the job after enjoying vacations.
Sympathy is extended to AliceCrockwell on the recent death of hergrandfather.
Congratulations to Ann Spagnolowho has a new addition to her family —a black cocker spaniel.
How confusing it is at limes, withtwo Romeos in our Department! Atleast, we should have one Juliet.
IN SERVICE
Francis Perenick, nephew of Pete Mancuso, and formerly^n^Ovens,is stationed in Japan; Paul J. Crowley, formerly of Shipping, is sta-tioned at Parris Island, S. C.j Philip Fosser, son of Ethel of Misc. PaperAssemhly, is at Great Lakes Training Station.
PAA. Rolling^By Rita Siciliano
Mary Messier, Theresa Jammallo,Marion Parrino and "Toni" Lavignejourneyed to New York with theItalian Girls' Club of this city ...By thechatter in the "Ladies' Lounge" thefollowing Monday morning, the weekend was a grand success.
John Raby and wife were in the BigCity for a week's vacation.
Something to hear: "Jo" Petravichsinging Polish songs.
Lorraine Richards has been promot-ed — she's running "contacts." andnot; happy, Lorraine? Why that's agravy job.
Wanted: Julia Ameen's secret for herlovely complexion.
Helen DeMers was the lucky personto win the jacket from India. Too badMary Matranga didn't—after all thetrouble she went to, modeling for thegirls.
Mary Gerry has the distinction ofb^ing the youngest grandmother in ourDepartment. Mary was just thirty-seven when her daughter, Mrs. AlfredBurk gave birth to a baby girl recently.
Back From EuropeCapt. Kathleen (Bellows) Burns
visited the Plant the other day, afterreturning from many months of servicewith the WAC detachment in Germany,where she was in charge of all womenbeing processed to come to this country.Capt. "Kay" was formerly employedin the Sales Office, leaving the Com-pany to enter service in January 1943.
Old Clock(Continued from page 1)
during the striking period and keepthe striking even.
The pendulum for the clock weighs60 lbs. The faces—four of them—area little more than four feet in diameter.The minute hand is two feet long, thehour hand, one and a half feet long.There are four lights in each face sothat it is possible to see the time atnight or on a dark day. The tower isalso equipped with steam coils whichare turned on in cold weather to preventfrost from forming on the clock's faces.
During its span of 52 years, the clock Iwas silent for a three-year period, due to •wear of the mechanism. When thebuilding was purchased by the SpragueElectric Company, the clock wasshipped back to the Howard factoryfor overhauling, new gears and partswere put in and new cable installed.Now, the clock is "as good as new"as Albert Reopel says. Mr. Reopelis an authority on the clock, andhas been employed by the old ArnoldPrint Works, the Beacon RealtyCompany and the Sprague ElectricCompany for the past 25 years.
Keep it running, Al.Next issue we'll publish a view of
North Adams, photographed from the
iloarph A. SashaSprague Electric Company and em-
ployees express deep sympathy to Mr.William J. Nolan and Mrs. Nolan onthe death' of Mrs. Nolan's father,Joseph A. Dasha who passed awayrecently.
Good Scouts(Continued from page 1)
City of North Adams CooperatesThe City of North-Adams Public
Works Department, cooperated bysolving the problem of water supply forthe event. When informed thai nowater was accessible for the "Camp-oree" the Department donated the citywater wagon, which adequately furnish-ed all necessary water.
(Our Kit Carson found thai bygetting on the wagon, he could directsome of the events very effectively.)
h
ely.)
Interest in theBIu-Haven Organization
Another community project in whichNorth Adams parents will take a greatinterest, is the newly organized teen-agerecreational center in the RobertsBuilding which opened its doorsSeptember 27th. Here high schoolboys and girls from ages of 14-18 willfind plenty to do in the way of deansport and fun. There are no restric-tions on race, color or creed.
Parents are assured thai theiryoungsters are being properly enter-tained—and supervised—without anyattendant fear as to the nature of theentertainment. Rev. Armando Russoof St. Anthony's church is heading thisproject.
Celebrate Silver AnniversaryThe Harry Trombleys have com-
pleted twenty-five years of married life,and their children and relatives gather-ed at Trombley's home September 27thto pay their respects and wish themmany more years of happy married life.The couple received a fine silver servicefor eight as an appropriate gift.
Harry is our genial reporter fromthe Can Shop, and his wife, Lillian,
employed in the Paper Rolling De-partment. Our best wishes to you.
OUR SAFETY CORNER
Allan (Butch) Goodrich, Jr.,grandson of Doretta Blanchard ofF.P. Drys.
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Dry RollingBy "Shorty" and "Carm"
Beginner's Luck:Jot' Rosse had just been with our
department a few short hours -when hewon our pool - lucky boy!Joke of the Week:
Dorsey King's mind nuisl be failinghim, for last week he entered the cloakroom and couldn't find his sweater.He looked and looked. When twofellow workers appeared, he asked themwhere it was and they began tolaugh, for, you see, he had it on all thelimel He was such a nice guy, too!Production Increase:
Ceil Rondeau's pal is back — HazelBabcock and it seems good to havelist her Bemis and Ruth Kelley backagain Now we know the fun is justbeginning
