U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
________ Washington, D.C. 20549
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| FORM 4 | STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding
___ Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment
| | Check this box Company Act of 1940
|___| if no longer subject OMB Number: 3235-0287
to Section 16. Form 4 Expires: Sept. 30, 1998
or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See in-
struction 1(b).
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|1.Name and Address of |2.Issuer and Ticker|6. Relationship of Reporting |
| Reporting Person | or Trading Symbol| Person to Issuer (check all |
| | | applicable) |
| | ADE Corporation | (x)Director ( ) 10% Owner |
| Abbe, Robert C. | (ADEX) | (x)Officer ( ) Other |
|______________________|___________________| |
|(Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Social| President, CEO |
| | Security |_____________________________________|
| | Number of Re-|4.Statement for|7.Individual or |
| 80 Wilson Way | porting Per- | Month/Year | Joint/Group Filing |
|______________________| son (volun.) | |XX Form filed by One |
|(Street) | | 10/97 | Reporting Person |
| | |_______________|__ Form filed by |
| Westwood, MA 02090 | |5.If Amendment,| More than One |
|______________________| | Date of Ori- | Reporting Person |
|(City) (State) (Zip) | | ginal | |
|______________________|_______________|_______________|_____________________|
| | TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, |
| | Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
|______________________|_____________________________________________________|
|<CAPTION> |
|1.Title of |2.Trans-|3.Trans.|4.Securities |5.Amount |6.Owner-|7.Nature|
| Security | action| action| Acquired (A) or| of Se- | ship | of In-|
| (Instr. 3)| Date | Code | Disposed of (D)| curi- | form: | direct|
| | (Month/| (Instr.| (Instr. 3, 4 | ties | Direct | Bene- |
| | Day/ | 8) | and 5) | Benefi-| (D) or | ficial|
| | Year) |________|_________________| cially | Indi- | Owner-|
| | | | | |(A)| | Owned | rect | ship |
| | |Code| V |Amount|or | Price| End of | (I) | (Instr.|
| | | | | |(D)| | Month | | 4) |
|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C>|<C> |<C>|<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Common Stock|10/17/97| S | |30,000| D |(1) |308,153 | D | |
|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
| | | | | | | | | |By |
| |10/17/97| S | |30,000| D |(1) |119,900 | I |Spouse |
|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
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|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
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Reminder: Report on separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly/(Print or Type Responses)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v) SEC 1474 (7-96)
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible
securities)
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|1.Title of Deri- |2.Con- |3.Trans-|4.Trans-|5.Number of |6.Date Exer- |
| vative Security| version| action| action| Derivative | cisable |
| (Instr. 3) | or Ex- | Date | Code | Securities | and Expir- |
| | ercise | (Month/| (Inst.| Acquired | ation Date |
| | Price | Day/ | 8) | (A) or Dis-| mo/day/yr |
| | of | Year) | | posed of |_____________|
| | Deri- | | | (D) (Instr.| Date | Expi-|
| | vative | | | 3, 4 and 5)| Exer-| ra- |
| | Secu- | |________|_____________| cis- | tion |
| | rity | | | | | | able | Date |
| | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) | | |
|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|______|______|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C>|<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
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|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|______|______|
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|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|______|______|
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|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|______|______|
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Continuation of Table II.
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|7. Title and Amount|8. Price|9. Number|10. Owner- |11. Nature |
| of Underlying | of | of De-| ship | of In- |
| Securities | Deri-| riva- | Form of| direct |
| (Instr. 3 and 4)| vative| tive | Deriv. | Bene- |
| | Secu-| Secu- | ative | ficial |
|___________________| rity | rities| Securi-| Owner- |
| | Amount| (Inst.| Bene. | ty: Di-| ship |
| | or | 5) | Owned | rect(D)| (Instr.|
| Title | Number| | at End| or In- | 4) |
| | of | | of | direct | |
| | Shares| | Month | (I) | |
|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
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|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
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|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
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|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)The reporting person and his spouse sold the Common Stock in exchange for
an interest in a limited partnership. Each of such limited partnership
interests has a market value of approximately $1,008,750. Upon redemption
of such limited partnership interest, the reporting person or his spouse,
as the case may be, has the right in certain circumstances to acquire
shares of the Common Stock contributed to the Partnership at a price equal
to their then fair market value.
/s/ Robert C. Abbe 11/7/97
__________________________ ________
**Signature of Reporting Date
Person
**Intentional misstatements or omissions
of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed. If space provided is insufficient,
see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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SEC 1474 (7-96)
