Just a thought. I wonder if this could have been the old Telechron Building that was on the northern end of Main St. I can't recall if this is the correct name for the building, but I believe that they had something to do with the development or manufacture of clocks or other parts. Bob Bartlett . ----- Original Message ----- From: "dickbolt" <dickbolt@his.com> To: <MAworces@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 3:50 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] WWII Rayethon Tubes Made in Worcester > To: maworces@rootsweb.com > > Well, now I have good information from my aunt Doris Clark (81) on the > WWII > activity. > She was living with several other girls in an apartment in Worcester > City. She was in > a team of 5 girls making Walki Talkie miniature tubes.As she had an > apartment & > walked to work each day, it was likely in down town area. Her part in > the tube > construction was to weld the 5 sections of the tube insides together > before it went > into the glass envelope. She said the tubes were abt 1 & 1/2 inches > tall. The 5 girls > were all in a row. She said they once went into a locked side room where > they were > supposedly making a tube for the atomic bomb project! Not to far fetched > as a > company in Springfield, Standard Electric Time, was making timers for > atomic bomb > project. > She aid the girls lived on the top floor of a large house and they apt. > was in a round > turret shaped top floor.She remembers a large cooper tub with claw feet > that she > loved to stay long times in! She said it may have been a house owned by > Putnams > department store folks. Putnan & Thurstan? > She worked there abt one yr till end of war. > She now lives in Sr. home in South Dennis MA > > Dick in MD > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1340 - Release Date: 3/23/2008 > 6:50 PM > >