December 30. Holidays. This is the holiday season when young people are home irom schools and colleges on their vacations. The and Lawrence Academy boys are away ifom Groton on their vacations. Families are busy with Christmas and all the activities connected with it, with young folks home and with lew Years.

Conductorlab's cornerstone. On the-i7th of this month the cornerstone was laid for an add- S ition to Conductorlab on North hain Street. This corporation began business in 197 in a small way here in Groton an d has grown fast. The cornerstone for the new addition to this laboratory was laid by Governor Endicott Peabody, the grandson of Rev. Endicott Peabody, the founder and headmaster for many years of the Groton School.

Church Silver. 'he silver of the First Parish Church has been on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston this month. This is in a way an honor as tie church silver of many churches in and around Boston is kept at the Museum but can not be on display all the time so eacnh church has to await its turn. This fact has been advertised in the Boston Herald every Sunday this month.

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this occasion possible." Started In Horse Barn Goveror Lays Cornerstone At Conductorlab Conductorlab started in a re- modeled horse barn which is still a part of the overall operation and the governor observed as he elos- ed his remarks that he could not "get over the use of a horse ern as a part of a modern space age facility which will eventually em- ploy 150 people." Currently employing 88. people, Conductorlab was founded in 1957 by Charles E. Thibeau, president, and Rudy V. Comtois, vice presi- dent operations. It became a! Mas- sachusetts Corporation in- 159 and in 1960 employed 12 people including Warren G. Abbott who joined as vice president sales. Proprietary processes have been developed over the past four years which have seen Conductorlab sales approximately doubling each year and to include firms like Raytheon, Sperry-Rand, Bur- roughs, General Dynamics, I.B.M., Honeywell, Lockheed, Control Data and General Electric. As- sisting in the development and production of Conductorlab's Mul- ti-Con multilayer, Con-Weld weldable, CU-SIL high tempera- ture, and FlexiCon flexible print- ed circuit processes are William A. Campbell, engineer, and John A. Poole, chemist. Both joined Conductorlab in 19;61. Thomas F. I Champion became controller and! manager of purchases in 1962 and Lester Gagnon was .promoted to plant foreman. With current pay- - Charles Thibeau, ConductorlAb Fresifent ; iv Pesbody, R. P. Mahan of the R. P. Mahan Com pany, and roll at the rate of one third of a Rudy V. Comtois, vice presidenti f operations. Imilion dollars a year, about half of Conductorlab employyes are By John McMaster fior are they-to us. We have a deeo Governor Peabody referred to Groton residents, the others from appreciation for the governor's the new construction and growth i neighboring towns. "This was one GROTON-Last week Thursday grandfather who scent 50 years at of the company as "an example of factor affecting our recent deci- at 11:30 a. m. Governor Endicott Groton School and while he was i ingenuity that has sion to remain and expand here. Peabody,accompanied by Commis- there did so much for this commu- existed from 1620 to 1964." He Although other communities, both: sioner Lester Hyman of the Mas- pity in which th school is locat- said, "I am pleased that the De- in -and out of Massachusetts, had sachusetts Department of Com- partment of Commerce offered a made attractive offers," said Mr. merce, used a gbld plated trowel full hand of partnership in this Thibeau in a recent interview.; [to place into position a cornerstone development, many people have "The offices of the Massachusetts to begin the consftruction of a new In exolaining the need for the felt that the New Frontier had left Department of Commerce and De- !4,000 foot addition to the existing new building, Thibeau stated: us here in .New England and gone velopment gave their invaluable 7,000 foot facility at Conductorlab, "although miniaturization trends West, but during the past four assistance and the Board of Se- The governoi arrived on the in the electronics industry mean years it has certainly returned to lectmen of Groton have also made building site by helicopter and af- snialler printed circuits, our our Old Frontier here in Massa- us feel that our decision was a * rter being greeted by Representa- steadily increasing volume has chusetts where we have such an good one," he added. tive-Elect George Shattuck, and made it necessary to increase the abundance of knowledge and ed- Overnight Delivery |Selectmen Dana Norris and Fred working space. Need for tighter ucational facilities that are essen- A new division will be formed' 'Martin, he was taken on a: plant controls, more sophisticated en- tial to our space program. Expan- on completion of the added facil- tourof the present Cmiduictrlab gineering, new processes and pro-. sion and development will most ities scheduled for February, 1165. by the company president, Charles eess-documentation under milj. certainly continue and increase in SThe Short Circuits Division is IThibeau and other executives. tary and industrial specification new and old1d industriesut aikalike." Splanned to provide customers hav- requirements with SUpon returning to thes.ite and requir«es aiffl«onal facilities an beabety lad ing short-run duringhis remarks-prior to intro- ore ~spe for support servic be able to lay thisthis conrtue rnewrsn and ! virtually overnight delivery serv- | | ices. The total of nearly 1.8,000 'ducing the governor, Thibensaid I such as quality assurance syste the initiative and foresight dis- square feet of completely air con- "We in Groton are cert ainly no tooling, photography and inspec played by company, community- Sditioned manufactufing space will anerto the bodfaiy n. and state officialsalike in mkig 'be adequate for Uip to 150 employ- ees and is designed for further ex- pansion. ,: . . :*