VOLUME 29 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, JANUARY, 1970 NUMBER 5

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Published for all employees of TheInternationa' Nickel Company of

Canada Limited

D. M. Dunbar, EditorD. J. Wing, Assistant Editor

Editorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont.

Material Contained in InCo Triangleshould not be reprinted unless permiionhas been obtained from The InternationalNickel Company o Canada, Limited,Copper Cliff, Ontario.

Huge ExpansionSeen in World'sNickel Industry

Free world consumption of pri-mary n1ckel in 1969 was expectedto reach a level of some 820 millionpounds - 10 million pounds belowlast year's - according to prelimi-nary estimates by The Internal-tional Nickel Company of Canada,Limited.

The cause of the 10-million-pound drop In consumption from1968, and a major factor in theinability of prothicers to meet in-dustry's 1969 n1ckel requirements,was a four-month strike at theOntario operations of InternationalNickel arid a three-month strikeat Falconbrldge Nickel Mines Urn-ited. Because of these strikes,free world production for the yearIs estimated at about 750 millionpounds, down 150 million poundsfrom the figure originally esti-mated.

Despite the production lossesresuiting from the strikes, a num-ber of factors kept nickel con-sumption above 800 million poundsfor the fourth consecutive year.They Include:(1) Japanese production (chiefly

from lateritie ores from NewCadedonia and Indonesia)lncrea.sed from 124 millionpounds to 144 million pounds.

(2) Producers in Australl, Greecean1 South Africa increasedtheir production in 1969.

(3) Consumer inventories of nickelwere reduced,

(4) The U.S. government released9% million pounds of Treasurynickel for defense uses.

(5) Nickel consumption during thefirst half (pre-strike period)of 1969 was higher than thefirst half of 198.

(6) In the first half of 1969, pro-duction rates at Inco and Pal-conbridge showed increases.

Since the resumption of produc-tion at Intematiorl Nickel, de-liveries of Inca nickel have in-creased at a rate exceeding initialexpectations. During December,they were about 50 per cent of pre-strike levels; in January, they willbe between 70 and 75 per cent. InApril, they are expected to reachabout 100 per cent. Production isexpected to continue to rise there-after.

Consumption by CountriesIn 1969, prImary nickel consump-

tion in most countries was affectedby lack of supply. Consumption ofprimary nickel in the UnitedStates decreased. According to the

INCO TRIANGLE

Inco

Hank Sydor (lefty,the J. J. Robbinsrepresentative, andRon Brown, formerInco diamond drill-ing superintendentand now area sup-erintendent ofCrean Hill andTotten mines, areshown with thebeautifully mach-ined model of araise-boring ma-chine presented tothe Company. Allworking parts areoperable by hand.

International Nickel's long-standing policy of extensive co-op-eration with manufacturing firms in the development and improvementof new mining equipment was saluted by the I. I. Robbins companyin the presentation at Copper Cliff of a working model of a raise-boring machine. Part of the revolution in mechanized undergroundmining at Inco, the raise-borer is capable of drilling circular openingsup to seven feet in diameter forservice ways.

'entilation raises, ore passes, and

The inscribed plate on the model states: "Presented to the Inter-national Nickel Company for an outstanding contribution to theunderground mining industry through co-operatively pioneering raise-boring machines with equipment manufacturers. Inco's educationalexchange with other properties has encouraged wide application ofthis art, the effects of which have been most prominently demon-strated by Inco themselves in a highly productive program of utiliza-tion and diverse application."

preliminary figures, the U.S. willhave used some 310 million poundsin 1969, compared to 340 millionpounds in 1968, Consumption inthe United Kingdom and Conti-nental Europe Is estiimated atabout 310 million pounds, com-pared to 198's total of 320 millionpounds. In Canada, consumptioninereaed from 25 million poundsin 1968 to 28 million pounds in1969. In Japan, whose industrywas largely unaffected by thestrikes, 1969 consumption will beon the order of 151) million pounds,about a 20 million-pound increaseover 1968,

Primary Nickel Price IncreaseTo sustain large capital expan-

sion programs and to compensatefor the large incre,se in costs ofall kinds, International Nickel inlate 1969 increased the price ofvarious primary nickel productssome 25 cents. Other producersalso increased their prices forprimary nickel products. The newprices are more in line with therealities of the world market pricefor nickel, It has been estimatedthat over one-third of all nickelconsumed in the first quarter of1969 in the free world was pur-chased at prices materially abovethe previous published price of$103 per pound for electrolyticnickel. Nickel purchased on themerchant market during thestrikes brought as much as $6 to$7 per pound, and peak prices fornickel-containing scrap were also

noted as users resorted to extrememeasures to help meet their re-quirements.

The producer price increase willenable the mining of lower gradeores and encourage the explorationfor and development of depositsthat would not be economicallypractical under the old price.

Huge Expansion PlannedThroughout the industry, 1969

was a year of expansion as nickelproducers continued their pro-grains to develop new facilitiesand enlarge existing ones to closethe gap between supply and de-mand. On the basis of announcedexpansion programs, which estab-lished and potential producers areendeavoring to achieve, maximumproduction capability of the freeworld nickel industry at the endof 1971 could be 1.1 billion pounds;at the end of 1972, 1.2 billionpounds, and by 1975, 1.6 billionpounds. The following siunmarizessome of the more significant pro-grains:

Inco will have spent $1.1 billionbetween 1966 and 1972 to moder-nize its facilities and expand itsannual production capacity inCanada from 450 million poundsto some 600 million pounds in1972. Of the total cost, 600 mil-lion will be spent in the period1970-1972.

Falconbridge Nickel Mines Lim-ited reports that its production isexpected to rise from 71 millionpounds in 1968 to 110 million

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pounds by 1971. In addition,Falconbridge has announced aferronickel project in the Domini-can Republic that is expected tobegin production In 1972 and reachits planned annual capacity of 60million pounds by 1973.

Outside of Canada, the greatestexpansion activity is in New Cale-donla, where several companieshave announced they are con-ducting studies leading toward theestablishment of nickel-producingoperations.

New Caledonia IncreasesSociete Le Nickel has announced

it will Increase its annual produc-tion, based on New Caledonlanores, from some 100 million poundsin 1968 to about 130 million poundsby 1971.

The Kaiser-he Nickel facility onNew Caled.onia is scheduled to becompleted in 1971, for the produc-tion of some 30 million pounds ofnickel per year.

Japanese producers, who processnickel ores principally from NewCaledonia, are expected to increasetheir production from 124 millionpounds in 1968 t) 185 mIllionpounds by 1971.

A large gain in nickel produc-tion, aside from the increase inInco's Canadian capacity, Is ex-pected to come from Cofimpac, aFrench company jointly owned byFrench nteret and InternationalNickel. Coflmpac is currently en-gaged in a feasibility study withthe objective of producing some100 million pounds of nickel fromNew Caledonlan ores in 1974.

Societe Miniere et Metallurgique(Continued on Page 15)

Chairman AnnouncesExecutive ChangesThe following executive

changes were announced at theyear's end by Henry S. Wingate,chairman and chief officer ofthe Company:

Louis S. Renzoni, vice-presi-dent, process research, hasbecome vice-president, specialtechnical projects, Inco, Can-ada, by action of the executivecommittee of the board of dir-ectors effective December 31.

Mr. Renzoni, whose officewill be located in New York,will provide guidance and coun-sel to the senior executive man-agement with respect to a widerange of technical matters. Hewill be involved in the furtherdevelopment of both existingand new plant facilities world-wide. He will report to A. P.Gagnebin, president.

Dr. William Steven, vice-president, process technologyand product development, hasbecome vice-president, processresearch and technology, Inco,Oanada, by action of the exe-cutive committee. He will con-tinue to be located in Toronto.

Dr. C. E. O'Neill has beenappointed assistant vice-presi-dent, process research, Inco,Canada, by action of the exe-cutive committee of the Com-pany.

Dr. O'Neill, whose office willbe located in Toronto, will re-port to Dr. W. Steven, vice-president, process research andtechnology.

Co-Operation Praised

o n e hundredacres of mixedfarm land and aherd of 19 Here-fords keep RudySzigeti, a bridge-,,ian at f/ic nickelrefinery in PortCo/borne, and hiswife Esther prettybusy. Rudy camefrom H u n ga r yand has been anincoite since1954. The onlytime Mrs. Szigetiwas ever On afarm is when herhusband boughtone - and sheloves the life.Their children areKatherine, 11Margaret, 9, Joe,6, and Ron, 2.Rudy built tilepicnic table withlumber from hisown bush.

A paymaster atThompson, JackBryson enjoyscommunity activ-ities,' he is a pastpresident of thel( in .c n e a, andnow treasurer ofh e Community

Club. He alsogoes in for curl-ing, fishing andgolf. He and hiswife Merle may-ed to Thompsonin 1960 with theirtwo Sons, Rich,-ard, 18, and Rod-miey, 15, and werejoined three yearslater by daughterSusan. ,,ow 6.

INCO FAMILY ALBUM

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A pipeman at Stobie maine since 1959, Raymond Mayottestarted with the Company in 1950 at Copper Cliff, thenmoved to Frood. He and his wife Jeannine were both bornin Field, Ontario, where together with their attractive familythey still spend holidays and summer week-ends at theircamp on Clear Lake. The youngsters are Lise, 9, Michiel.13, Pierre, 10, Ronald, 7, and A lain, 8.

It was in 1948 that Bert McRae left his home town of Baddeck onpicturesque Cape Breton Island to join Inco at Garson mine, wherehe is a sandf ill man. A pleasantly wooded half acre surrounds hisho,ne in New Sudbury. With him in this picture are Heather, 20,Melanie and Ferne, 8, Madeline (Mrs. Lucien Chaput), Keith, 16,and his wife Doris. Bert often provides musical entertainment forhis family when he fiddles some of tile old Down-East tunes.

Bill Koivu and his wife Aura have made theirhome in Lively since 1956. With Inco since 1947,Bill transferred from the mechanical to the safetydepartment in 1967, is a first-aid man at Creighton,nine. Their family are Brenda, 13, and Brian, 16,both musical. An outdoorsman, Bill lists golf, gar-dening and skiing as his favorite recreations.

Mother is outnumbered five to one in the family of CopperCliff mason Gilbert Perrin. Sue doesn't seem to mind, butthe boys wish f/icy had a sister to do f/ic dishes. Gilbert biosbeen an Inco man since 195!. Thu' boys are Claude, 7.Andre, 4, De,,is, 12, and 4fich,el, 10. Tizey live in Hanmer.

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-:APPOINTMENTS:-ONTARIO DIVISION

J. A. Pigott, general manager,announced the following appoint-ment.s:

Dr. M. D. Sopko as generalsuperintendent proce technology;

11. S. Judges, manager, staffpersonnel;

J. R. Beaver, assistant to thedivision comptroller.

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G. 0. Machum, assistant generalmanager (processing) announcedthe following appointments:

F. C. Svenson, assistant chiefengineer (construction), CopperCliff;

I. W. Laing, superintendent pro-cess technology (process control),Sudbury district exclusive of cop-per refinery;

I. R. E.awling, superintendentprocess technology, copper refinery.

o o 0G. R. Green, assistant general

manager (mining) announced thefollowing appointments:

R. J. Ludgate, superintendent ofdriliing;

F. Kelly, underground superin-tendent, Creighton mine;

R. H. Pettit, mine engineer,Levack mine;

J. J. Wylie, mine engineer,Creighton No, 5 mine;

A. R. McLennan, mine engineer,Garson mine;

H. J. Soltendiek, assistant mineengineer, Copper Cliff South mine;

1). G. Valentine, assistant mineengineer, Kirkwood mine.

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D. A. Frer, assistant generalmanager (processing) announcedthe appointment of:

Graham Byers, co-ordinator em-ployee training.

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R. G. Regimbal, superintendentor mills, announced the appoint-ment of:

R. Shore, alstant superinten-dent, Creighton mill.

W. V. Barker, manager, nickelrefinery, Port Colborne, announcedthe appointments of:

L. R. Schooley, assistant super-intendent, nickel anode furnacedepartment;

R. A. Harrlngton, assistantmechanical superintendent.

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MANITOBA DIVISIONJ. McCreedy, general manager

Manitoba division, announced theappointment of:

R. A. Carlyle, superintendent,process technology.

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DR. M. D. SOFKOBorn in Montreal, Michael Sopko

received his doctorate in metal-lurgical engineering from McGill

University in 1964,and came directlyto the InternationalNickel research de-partment at CopperCliff.

He was appointedsuperintendent ofresearch in 1968,and continued incharge when re-search received itsnew identity as the

M. D. Sopko process technologydepartment.

In his new position he will befunctionally responsible for allprocess technology in the Ontario

division. He will report directlyto the assistant general manager(procsing) and functionally willreport to the manager of processtechnology at Toronto.

A summer camp at Lake Penage,and skiing and curling, are hisrecreations. He is keenly interest-e1 in technical society activities.

H. S. JUDGESBorn in Toronto, Hugh Judges

received his degree in mining en-gineering from the University of

Toronto in 1959 and( then joined Inter-national Nickel inthe efficiency de-partment at Frood.

He went to Le-j vack as ventilation

.. engineer, and thenin 1961 was trans-ferred to the in-dustrial relationsdepartment at Cop-per Cliff as an in-

H, S. Judges dustrial engineer.He was appointed an assistant

manager, industrial relations, in1968.

He was married at Toronto in1957 to Marilyn Sargent, and hasone son and one daughter.

J. R. BEAVERBorn in Sudbury, Dick Beaver

received his chartered accountant'sdegree in 1964 from the Canadian

Institute of Char-tered Accountantsthrough Queen'sUniversity.

After public prac-tice at Pembrokeand Fort Erie he

• joined Interna-tional Nickel in Lheaccounting depart-ment at CapperCliff. His new ap-pointment was

J. R. Beaver made by W. A. Mc-Cadden, comptroller of the Com-pany.

He was married in 1960 at Cop-per Cliff to Gail Hashey, and hasthree sons. Curling, bowling andgolf are his recreations. He is aleader in a large non-denomina-tional youth organization at Cop-per Cliff.

F. C. SVENSONA native of Sydney, Australia,

Fred Svenson graduated from Syd-ney Technical College in 1951 with

a degree in civilengineering.

He was associatedwith the heavy en-gineering group ofAustralian Consoli-dated Industries,

-. and was responsiblefor its constructiorprojects in the Aus-tralia Paciflc Is-lands and NewZealand.

F. C. Svenson Coming to Can-ada in 1966 he was a member of aSudbury flrm of consulting engi-neers engaged on Inco construc-tion projects, and joined the Com-pany in late 1q68 in the generalengineering department.

His wife is the former PatriciaRussell. He has three children bya previous marriage.

Golf, fishing and curling are hisspare- time favorites.

L W. LAINGFour years' experience with an

Anglo-American group of com-panies in the Northern Rhodesian

copper belt was' part of the profes-sional backgroundof Ian Laing whenhe came to Inco in1957 as a researchengineer at Copper

_ Cliff. He was tech-nical assistant tothe consultingmetallurgist at Kit-

f we, then metallur-gist in the leach

I. W. Laing electrolytic plant atNchanga.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,Ian Laing received his degree inmetallurgy from Glasgow Univer-sity.

Coming to Canada in 1948 hespent three years in plant develop-ment and research with Consoli-dated Mining and Smelting atTrail, B.C. Following his returnto this country from NorthernRhodesia in 1955 he was extractionmetallurgist for Consolidated Sud-bury Basin Mines at Chelmsfordfor two years.

In 1958, the year alter he joinedInco, he became assistant plantmetallurgist. In 1964 he was ap-pointed plant metallurgist.

He was married in 1952 at itweto Audrey Bacon of Rossland, Brit-ish Columbia, and has four chil-dren.

J. R. RAWLINGHolder of a science doctorate in

process metallurgical engineeringfrom Massachusetts Institute of

which he received.4 Technology, Boston,

in 1960, John Rawl-ing came to Inco'sprocess technologygroup at CopperCliff in 1969 fromthe Noranda re-search centre atMontreal, where hewas head of the

S chemical engineer-ing department.

J. R. Rwling A native of Lon-don, he graduated first in miningengineering at the University ofBirmingham, to which he returnedin 1961 to institute a degree coursein minerals engineering and ex-tractive metallurgy. He also holdsa Master of Applied Science degreefrom the University of British Col-umbia.

He was married in Scotland in1961 to Molly McCallum, who hasa degree in medicine and practicespart time in Lively. They havethree children.

Skiing and camping are thefamily's favorite recreations.

R. J. LUDGATEFollowing his graduation from

Queen's University in mining en-gineering in 1948. Bob Ludgate

joined Internation-

Pal Nickel in theLevack mine engi-neering depart-ment, and latertransferred to theunderground opera-tions.

After three yearsin the "hot seat'as mines produc-tion engineer atCopper Cliff he be-

R, J. ludgate came a divisionalforeman at Garson in 1963. Hewas safety engineer at Frood-

Stobie, then general foreman atMurray, and returned to Levackas underground superintendent inMay, 1967.

His marriage to Joan Daubney,a registered nurse, took place atOttawa in 1949. They have threechildren.

Curling, golf, and the familycamp at Raft Lake are his recrea-tions.

F. KELLYNorth Bay was the birthplace

of Frank Kelly, who graduatedfrom the University of Toronto in

1951 in mining en-gineering followingfour years' serviceoverseas in the

,t . Canadian air force.Following experi-

ence in the mines1 standards and mine

.' efficiency depart-ments he went toLevack in 1956 asventilation engi-neer, then became

F. Kelly an undergroundshift boss. Transferred to Creigh-ton in 1964 he became a generalforeman at No. 3 shaft the follow-ing year. He saw service at No. 5shaft and Murray before returningto Creighton No. 3 at the first ofthis year.

Married at Timmins in 1949 toRita O'Callaghan, he has threechildren. The family has a sum-mer camp on Trout Lake, NorthBay.

R. H. PETTITDuring his university vacations

Ron Pettit prospected in the NorthWest Territories, and got mining

experience at theQuemont, SteepRock, and Sullivanmines. He gradu-ated in miningengineering atQueen's Universityin 1957. Heisanative of kitchen-er, Ontario.

Joining Interna-tional Nickel in1957 he worked in

R. H. Pettif the Stobie and Gar-son engineering departments be-fore transferring to Levack, wherehe became assistant mine engi-neer in 1968.

Joanne Holmes became his wifeat London, Ontario, in 1957. Theyhave three children.

He is involved in communitywork as chairman of the "Y" ex-tension committee at Levack, andalso enjoys skiing, badminton andgolf.

J. J. WYLIEJack Wylie was born at Bur-

wash, just down Highway 69 fromSudbury, where his father was the

CPR station agent.Following war

service in theRCAF as a navi-gator, he attendedQueen's Universityand later took ex-tension courses atthe University ofSudbury.

He sta.rted with

A International Nickelin 1946 on a re-

J. J. Wyhe search departmentproject at Coniston smelter, thenworked in the metallurgical de-partment at Copper Cliff. Trans-

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ferring to the mine engineeringdepartment in 1948, he later be-came assistant mine engineer atGarson.

His marriage to Kathleen Mc-Donald took place at Sudbury in1948, and they have four children.

He is an enthusiastic golfer,curler, and hunter.

A. G. McLENNANA. 0. "Gus" McLennan came to

International Nickel in 1941 afterfour years on the staff of the

Wright- Hargreavesmine at KirklandLake. He was withthe mine engineer-ing department at

-• Frood until 1948,• then moved over to' Garson where a

year ago he becameassistant mine en-gineer.

Born in Toronto,he studied mining

A. G. M1ennan engineering at Mc-Gill University, Montreal, for threeyears.

His marriage to Helen Barclaytook place at Toronto in 1933. Theyhave two children and four grand-children.

The family's favorite recreationspot Is a farm purchased 10 yearsago in the Blue Mountain countrysouth of Collingwood.

H. J. SOLTENDIEKSince j 01 n in g International

Nickel as an engineer at Murraymine in June, 1960, Herman Sol-

tendiek has workedat Frood and onthe development ofthe Copper CliffNorth mine. He

.r was engaged atCopper Cliff on in-vestigative projects

? in connection withthe application ofdata processing tomining operations.

Born in NewH. J. Scitendiek York City, he mov-

ed with his family to Germany atan early age. Coming to Canadain 1952, he attended Loyola Col-lege in Montreal and then in 1960graduated from McGill Universitywith a mining engineering degree.

His marriage to Norma Medinatook place in Montreal in 1961,and they have four children. Hishobby is stamp collecting.

D. G. VALENTINEFor a year prior to coming to

International Nickel in July 1969,Douglas Valentine was an insLruc-

tor a t Cambrian

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College, Sudbury. Agraduate of Qu3ensUniversity in 1954with a B.Sc. degreein mining engi-neering, he hadspent three years

, as manager of agold mine at Vald'Or, Quebec, andthree years assuperintendent and

D. G. Valenhn chief engineer ofthe Vauze mines at Noranda. Be-fore coming to Sudbury he wasemployed at the Milliken mine,Elliot Lake.

He has been engaged in develop-ment engineering for the CopperCliff South mine.

Vivian Barker became his wifeat Lachute, P.Q., in 1955. He hastwo children. Hi recreations arecurling, skiing and golf.

INCO TRIANGLE

G. F. BYERSSon of Charlie Byers, a veteran

Inco smelterman who retired in1963 after 32 years' service, Gra-

ham Byers wasborn in North Baybut has lived mo,,tof his life in Cop-per Cliff.

' Following warservice in the Ca-nadian air force hegraduated from anhonors sciencecourse at the Uni-versity of Toronto,then came to Inco

G. F Byers in the smelter ef-ficiency department at CopperCliff. He was relieving generalforeman at Conlston, returning toCopper Cliff in 1967 as safety su-pervisor of the reduction section.

Bette Maddock became his wifeat Copper Cliff in 1950. They havetwo children.

He has been a member of theboard of directors of SudburyMemorial Hospital since 1959.Skiing and sailing on the GreatLakes are his favorite recreations.

R. SHOREBorn in Kimberley, British Col-

umbia, where Consolidated Miningand Smelting has one of its major

- operations, Ralph________ Shore got his initi-

ation in the millinggame during three__ '•. years' experience inthe big home-townplant. He then at-tended the Univer-sity of British Col-umbia, graduatingin metallurgy in1959.

On graduation heR. Shore joined Internation-

al Nickel at the Copper Cliff mill,where he became a general fore-man in 1967 and assistant to thesuperintendent in 1969. Includedin this experience was 16 monthswith the safety department.

Norma Porter of Sudbury be-came his wife in 1960. He hastwo children. He built the firstsummer camp on Carlyle Lake,near Killarney, but now has about40 neighbors there.

L. R. SCHOOLEYA second-generation I n c 0 i t e

whose father, the late HarrySchooley, was one of the original

employees of thenickel refinery atPort Colborne andretired in 1946 with30 years' service,

- Lloyd Schooley isnow being secondedin the family's Incoservice by his ownson, Wayne, a fore-man.

• Born in PortColborne, L 10 y d

1. R. Schooley Schooley returns tosupervision of the departmentwhere he first worked for Inco in1933, on completing high school.He had been a plant general fore-man since 1960.

He spent four years with theRoyal Canadian Navy, attainingthe rank of lieutenant.

He was married to Mary Gravelle at Port Colborne in 1933, andhas two sons and a daughter.

A power cruiser docked at thePort Colborne Yacht Club is hischief recreation.

Honoring a 'Voyage of Explora-tion" that has spanned the cen-turies between the early venturesof sailing ships and man's con-quest of the moon, the modernday explorers of the explorationdepartment's Foot & Hanging-wall Society aptly named theirannual ladies' night the ArgosyBall.

In the picture, aboard the Vikingship designed and built by GarryMichalak for the occasion, are

R. A. HARRINGTONBorn in London, England, Roy

Harrington graduated in mechani-cal engineering from South-West

Technical Collegein 1955, and fol-lowing two years ofair force servicecame to Canada tojoin InternationalNickel at Port Col-borne.

He became assist-ant to the super-intendent of themechanical depart-ment in 1962.

R. A. Harrington Married at To-ronto in 1962 to Emlyn Murphy,he has one child. Gardening andlandscaping are his hobbies.

R. A. CARLYLEAfter attending high school and

Carleton College at Ottawa, Robert

Bill Semchuk Wins

scrap cleanup.

"I can't thinkof a better way tostart the NewYear," was theway that a veryhappy Bill Sem- -chuk expressedhis feelings when -'he received hisI n c o EmployeSuggestion P1 a naward of $1,000from J. B. Mc-Connell, managerof reductionplants.

A Copper Cliffsmelter converterdepartment blaster who joined theCompany in 1951, Bill is also in-volved in the operation of the de-partment's safety training school.

His windfall was the result ofan idea involving the building ofconcrete retaining walls beneaththe converters to facilitate easier

A single man who has netted

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shown some of the 83 couples whoattended the ball: Valda and ChipDuncan, Pat and Dick Agar, Dickand Jean Bruser, and Giselle andGarry Michalak; down along thewaterline are Doug and NonleTaylor, Brenda Lennie and BarryCarnovale (who won the spotdance prize), and Bunny and CarlGourley. Oranglzers of the fun-filled evening included chairmanLarry Arsenault, Doug Taylor,Garry Michalak and Dick Bruser.

A. Carlyle enrolled at Queen'sUniversity, King-ston, where hegraduated in 1959with a B.Sc. de-gree in metallurgi-

- . cal engineering.He was employed

'- by Noranda Mines,Limited, and Alu-mirlum Company ofCanada, beforejoining Interna-tional Nickel in

R. A. Carlye 1962 as a researchengineer at Port Colborne.

He was transferred to the Mani-tob division in 1967 as plantmetallurgist.

His marriage to Sally Elsen-hauer, a graduate nurse, tookplace at her home town of Bridge-water, Nova Scotia, in 1962. Hehas two sons.

$1,000 Suggestion Plan Award

$380 on two previous suggestionplan awards, Bill has no imme-diate plans for the use of his prizemoney.

Following the presentation, Billis seen here receiving congratula-tions from J. R. Feick, superin-tendent of smelters, and ElliottLawson, converter department su-perintendent.

Argosy Ball Was Annual Ladies' Night Feature

PEOPLE YOU MAY MEET ON A

IRMA BERNAUERSeen at her machine in the

purchasing department, Flexo-writer operator Irma Bernauer'sflying fingers have been workingfor Inco since 1967. A native ofGermany, she left her home townof Augsburg in Bavaria and cameto Canada in 1956. Irma andher husband Armin have a familyof two boys, and enjoy nothingbetter than cruising the locallakes in their 14-foot runabout.

DALE REDFERNAn Incoite since he joined the

Company at Thompson in 1967,Dale Red! em works as a carbon-ate man in the refinery, and isseen here checking the stringspacing on a nickel carbonatefilter. Dale was born in Mooso-mm, Saskatchewan, was marriedto Anne Davies early last year.

Tlømpioit WoS&Jout

RON CROSSLEYIt was in 1961 that Ron Cross-

ley left Montreal for Thompson,where he joined the Company in1965. A geological research tech-nician, Ron is seen polishing anore sample prior to microscopicexamination. He and his wifeAlberta are proud parents of ababy son. Hobbies are huntingand curling.

MERRALYN KIDDCurrently in charge of all the

plugs and switches on the buyyThom pson plant general officeswitchboard, Merralyn Kidd is nonewcomer to Inco. A native ofManitou, Manitoba, she came tothe Company in 1962, operatedthe teletype machine, then in 1966moved to the Company's em-ployment office in Winnipeg asreceptionist. Her favorite sportis rifle shooting.

GIBB WALLPhotographed while making ad-

justments to the pressure tripmechanism for electrode controlson the No. 2 electric furnace inthe smelter, Gibb Wall is a 1stclass maintenance mechanic. Gibbhails from Chamberlain, Saskat-chewan, and joined the Companyat Thompson in 1960. He and hiswife Dorothy have a family ofseven. His hobbies are curlingand fishing.

STEVE GALLOn the job in the smelter,

furnace operator Steve Gall isoperating the budding machineon the No. 2 electric furnace toplug a matte taphole. A nativeof Hungary, Steve came to Can-ada in 1957, settled in SnowLake, and came to lnco in 1961.He and his wife Anne live onEider Bay. Steve's favorite sportsare bowling and soccer.

DONNA HAWESA young lady who took geol-

ogy as a filler subject at universityand liked it so much that she'scurrently completing a B.Sc. cor-respondence course on the sub-ject, Donna Hawes joined theInco geological department atThompson early in 1969. Shehails from Fun Flon, and herhusband George, a geologist atThompson mine, comes fromSwan River. Common hobbiesinclude bowling, fishing and, notsurprisingly, rock collecting.

LAWRENCE CIIABOYERA man who worked on the

construction of the Thompsonsmelter, and then stayed on as anInco employee, Lawrence Cha-boyer is a counterman in thewarehouse. Born in CumberlandHou.e, Saskatchewan, Lawrencewas living in Prince Albert be/orehe moved to Thompson.

CARL JENSENAt the controls of an eight-ton

diesel locomotive on the 1600level of Thompson mine is motor-man Carl Jensen. Born in TunierValley, Alberta, he grew up inCalgary, and joined the Com-pany at Thompson in 1960.Carl's wife Lynda hails fromSwan River, and the couple havea family of three boys. Five yearswith the Royal Canadian Navyin the Far East preceded Carl'schoice of a mining career.

JACK WILSONJack Wilson has worked in the

mill since he joined Inco in 1963.A crusher operator, he is shownin the control room in the newcrushing and ore sampling build-ing that was constructed atThompson to handle the produc-tion from Birchtree, Soab, andPipe mines. A native of PrinceAlbert, Jack is a keen golfer. Heand his wife Eileen have fouryoungsters.

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New $84 MillionMill Going UpAt Copper Cliff

A new. $80 million ore-crushingand concentrating facility is beingconstructed a mile north of CopperCliff to increase Inco's millingcapacity, provide maximum re-covery of pyrrhotite, upgrade themetal content of smelter feed, andincrease overall metal recovery.

The mlU Is pert of a generalexpansion and modernization pro-gram begun by the Company in1966.

The new ClarabeUe mill wiU re-place the obsolete receiving, crush-ing and grinding equipment atCopper Cliff handling ores fromInco mines in the Sudbury districtthat do not have their own inter-nal miiiirig facilities. These Includethe Clarabelle, Copper Cliff North,Garson, Murray and Totten mines,as weU as No. 5 shaft of Creightonmine. It will also have the cape-city to handle ore from the Kirk-wood and Copper Cliff Southmines when they come into pro-duction. Operations will begin inlate 1971.

The project calis for instaijationof 12 crushers and 10 grindingmiils, thawsheds, a tripple, coarse-and fine-ore storage bin, 528 flo-tation cells, a 250-foot diameterthickener, a high-grade concen-trate dryer and other related andsupporting equipment.

The new mlU wiU be one of themct modern ore concentratingplants in the world, with highlysophisticated instrumentation andcontrols. Elaborate systems wlUbe lnstaUed for heating, ventila-ting, and dust and noise abate-ment. Exter1ve use will be madeof closed circuit television formonitoring critical process points.A process-oriented computer willbe employed to perform alarm andlimit functions and on-streamanalysis. Unloading of ore carswffl be done by rotary tipples sinil-

A Scoring BonanzaA bonanza that would make Phil

Esposito groan with envy were the12 scoring

-points youngPeter Kallio, 15,picked up in a

- Nickel Belt mid.• get hockey

league match.Nine goals andthree assists wasPeter's big bagas Copper Cliff

• annihilatedChelmsford 13.1.

- A graduatePeter Kallio of the Copper

Cliff minor hockey league organiza.tion, Peter has twin brothers playingjunior hockey and another playingpeewee.

All this family hockey activity hasthe boys' father, Arnold KalIlo ofthe Creighton mine maintenance of.fice, logging about 1,500 miles amonth during the season. They livein Waters Township.

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Chairman Gets Preview of Pipe Mine Developments

lar to tho8e used at crusher sta-tions in the underground mines.

Currently, International Nickeloperates four mills in the Sudburydistrict, at Copper Cliff, Levack,Creighton and Frood-Stobie.

Through its expansion and mod-ernzation program, Inco plane toincrease its nickel productioncapability in Canada to over 600million pounds annuaUy by early1972.

The New Lawon Drinkingand Driving

WUAT IS THE NEW LAW?The new law on drinking and

driving states that:IF you are in charge of a motor

vehicle while you have more than08 grams of alcohol per 100 mlffi-litres of blood, you are commit-ting a criminal offence.

HOW IS THE ALCOHOLMEASURED?

By a breathIizer - a simpleinstrument. You breathe into atube - the device indlca.teswhether or not your bloodstresmhas an alcohol content of morethan Point Zero Eight.

WUO MAKES THE TEST?Any peace officer, anywhere in

Canada, has the right on reason-able grounds, to require you totake the breathalizer test if youare in control of a motor vehicle.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU FAILTHE TEST'

If the breathahzer indicatesmore than Alcohol Point ZeroEight, you are guilty of a criminaloffence and liable on eonvlctdonto a fine or imprisonment or both.

SUPPOSE YOU REFUSE TOTAKE THE TEST?

Refusal to take the test is aLsoa crIin1nl offence - and makesyou liable to the same penuitiesas if you had failed the test.

This law is designed for your safe-ty - and for the protection ofeveryone on our roads.

PENALTIESIf you drive or have the care or

control of a motor vehicle whilethe alcohol content of your bloodIs over .08 grams per 100 millilitresof blood, you are liable on convic-tion to: a line of up to $1,000 ORImprfsorunent for up to 6 monthsOR both.WHY THIS NEW LAW?

Traffic accidents killed 5,254Canadians in 1968. At least 50%of these deaths involved alcohol.BE CAUTIOUS

Nobody knows exactly how muchan indIvidual can drink before

reaching .08. The quantity mayvary from day to day, even fromhour to hour. It depends on whatyou've had to eat, your size,whether you are tired and SOmany other factors.

A second drink may even betoo much. A few drinks can makeyou feel confident, sure of your-self, certain that you can controla car. Is this raUy true?

The law is designedto save lives- perhaps

your own.

"MAJOR LAND-MARK"A comment in a letter to the

Triangle from T. Patching, pro-fesor of mining and met,allurgyat the University of Alberta:

The most recent Issue of theTriangle contains a picture ofwhat must be a major land-markin Canada, the attainment of thefinal depth (7,137 feet) of No. 9shaft at Creighton mine".

A plexiglass model built by the planning group in the engineering deportment gave Inco chairman Henry S.Wingate an excellent overall preview of the protected open pit and surface plant of Pipe No. 2 mine about20 miles southwest of Thompson. On the left in the picture is mines manager Horace Boucher, and on the rightdivisional general manager J. McCreedy and executive vice.president Foster Todd. Development of the pit, whichwill have an ultimate depth of up to 700 feet and a production schedule of 15,000 tons per day, is now infull swing.

Its two.year contract for removing about 13 million cubic yards of muskegclay and gravel overburden for the Pipe open pit mine completed, the huge1,200.ton dredge is now a landlubber, taking a well-earned rest. In thebackground is the new concrete 275.foot headframe at Pipe No. 2 shaft,where sinking will commence in August. One of the two friction4ype hoistsin the headframe will be the largest in Canada; skip capacity will be 30 tons.

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'John Rickaby gave some expert bowling instructionto his young son Andy and (right) Scott Fyall; obli-vious to the bedlam about them, Brian Wood and VicTremblay played a quiet game 0/ chess; KarenMakela and a couple o/ her young friends weredefinitely in a party mood.

Club's Annual Family Party EnjoyeOff in a corner the little baby

pictured on the right slept bliss-fully through it all, but everybodyelse was happily involved in theflood of activities that made sucha success of the annual ChristmasFamily Party at the Copper CliffClub on December 29. Over 400

WINS DESIGN AWARDThe addition to Riverside School

at Thompson was one of 12 win-ners of national design awards,out of 183 entries, announeed inthe Canadian Architect Yearbook1969.

Simplicity and flexibility ofspace were basic considerations inthe judging. Accommodating 280chiidren, the Riverside Schooladdition includes teaching space,

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children and parents attended.Bowling, table tennis, billiards,and card games all got a big play.Jocelyn Akey and Maureen Mc-Guire organized games for thelittle tots and there was bcthsquare and round dancing, withMark Tugby as caller. A displayof ornamental swimming in the

resource centre, gymnasium, andstaff and administration facilities.One of the judges proclaimed it"a very fine plan, extraordinarilyrefined to suit the program andtechnology".

Architects for the addition werethe Winnipeg firm of Waisman,Ross, Blankstein, Coop, Giflmor,Hanna, who also designed addi-tions to the Juniper and WestwoodSchools at Thompson.

d by Over 400pool by a group of the club'ssenior class led by Joanne Wuiff,Bonnie Buchanan, and KarenTresize, with Jim Ku2niar as em-cee, was greatly enjoyed. And abountiful lunch was served by Mrs.Eileen Ferguson and other mem-bers of the club staff to put thefinishing touch on a great party.

BEST IN MANITOBANo. 737 Squadron, Thompson,

was awarded the Edward Vopnitrophy, presented each year to themost proficient air cadet squadronin Manitoba. It was only thefourth time this coveted distinc-tion had been won outside ofWinnipeg since 1956.

Presentation was made at theCanadian Forces Base at Rivers.On hand from Thompson were

Captain D. Henderson, command-ing officer of the Thompson squad-ron, Charlie George and RossPoulsen, respectively president andtreasurer of the squadron's civiliansponsoring committee, and GeorgeO'Neill, president of Royal Cana-dian Legion, Thompson.

Whenever I hear modern music,I endeavor to find out who decom-posed it.

Copper Cliff Wins First Inco International High School Tournament

Mayor Rkhard Dow presents the Inco trophy to captain Ivan McFarlane ofCopper Cliff High School Braves, tournament champions. At left is CamDesormeau, tournament director, and at right Rolly Wing, Stanley Stadiummanager. Picture on the right shows a piece of the torrid action in the final

Contested by eight teams, thefirst Inco international high schoolhockey tournament at StanleyStadium, Copper Cliff, on the NewYear week-end, wound up a bigwinner with the host club, CopperCliff High School Braves, defeat-ing Lockerby in the final match forthe new Inco trophy.

Entries came from Sydney Aced-emy, Sydney, Nova Scotia; BishopNeumann College, Buffalo, N.Y.;Sir Wilfred Laurier High Schooland Ridgemount High Scool, Ot-

tawa; Michael Power High School,Toronto, and three local schools,Lockerby Composite and Lo-EllenPark, Suctbury, and Copper Cliff.

Gross attendance of close to5,000 indicated the popularity ofthe tourney. Copper Cliff defeatedLockerby 6-1 in the final match,a much closer battle than thescore would indicate. SydneyAcademy took home the consola-tion honors. The most valuableplayer award went to Pat Digby,

Master-minding the ambitious

game between Copper Cliff and Lockerby, with Braves' goalie, "Mouse"Trudeau, and defenceman Mike Heaphy (4) under heavy attack by Lockerby'sDon Hanninen (14).

and highly successful event wasCam Desormeau, phys-ed teacherat Lockerby Composite, with exe-cutive assistance from Holly Wing,the live-wire manager of StanleyStadium, and a strong committee.

Referees were Charlie Akey, BillHannan, Dennis Hannah, Art Connor, Brian Hill, Jack Hill, HaroldHealey, and Gerry Wallace.

The visiting players were allbilleted in private homes. An icedance was held in their honor onthe Friday night.

The Town of Copper Cliff enter-tained all the teams and coachesat a chicken and spaghetti ban-quet at the Italian Hall, at whichDon Fraser. Inco asistant generalmanager (administration) exten-ded the Company's greetings andgood wishes. Guest speaker wasJack Porter, Laurentian University coach. Mayor Richard DOWwas master of ceremonies.

Individual trophies were pre-sented to the winning team, andparticipation trophies to all theother players.

January, 1970

There Is a fair amount of heatremaining in the furnace bed dur-ing an overhaul, and maintenanceforeman Andy Moxam and hismasons are well used to havingwarm feet and moist brows duringthe construction period.

After the last can is hung andthe roof has been sprayed with athin sealing grout, the furnaceready for fire. The reheating pro-cess to bring the unit up to op-erating temperature is done care-fully over a period of four or fivedays to dry out the mortar, mini-mize thermal shock to the refrac-tory, and allow expansion stressesto equalize. Corrugated paperspacers, placed vertically in care-fully calculated locations betweenbricks during construction, allowfor the expansion which otherwisewould result in a growth of morethan a foot in the length of thefurnace.

So, completely rejuvenated, thefurnace gets back to its daily jobof smelting 1,500 tons of roastednickel concentrates plus sand flux,during which it gulps over 200tons of coal - or its equivalentwhen mixed with natural gas -and inhales about 40 million cubicfeet of oxygen-enriched air.

This picture, taken inside one of the seven reverberatory furnaces at the Copper Cliff smelter following a majoroverhaul and prior to reheating, shows the firing wall and part of the suspended roof, 100 feet long. At lower centreis the water-cooled return-slag launder. The four rectangular nozzles, two on each side of the launder, feed combustionair and pulverized coal into the furnace, and the two circular nozzles are the water-cooled oxygen lances. A naturalgas burner is installed over each of the coal nozzles. When the furnace is operating, the refractory-filled "cans"hanging over the slag chute and burners can be replaced quickly and efficiently should a "hot repair" be required.At the left is mason Clark Gratton.

Refractory

Imagine an oven - a big brickoven with Inside measurement,s of100 feet long by 25 feet wide andeight feet high. Stretch the Ima-gination a little further, raise thetemperature to 2,900F, and you

have a mental picture of one ofthe seven reverberatory furnaceswhich are the heart of the reduc-tion process at the Copper Cliffsmelter.

Like any other piece of operat-

Varying Hanger Lengths Form ShouldersThe suspended roof of the reverb furnace is shouldered over the firing walland along the full length of the furnace on both sides. This view of Fhepartially completed overhaul shows how the slope of the shoulders is formedby varying lengths of steel rod hangers from which the cans of brick aresuspended. On the right can be seen two of the 44 six-inch Fahralloy-tippedfeed pipes Fhrough which calcine from the roasters is discharged into thefurnace. The mason shown here on the rebuilding lob, with a pair of the15 inch 45-pound cans of bricks enclosed in steel casings, is Angelo Facchin.

ing equipment, the furnaces needa regular overhaul, and averagelyevery two to three years each Isshut down for major repair in-volving demolition and replace-ment of most of the refractorybrick, amounting to some 1,100tons.

Thanks to efficient design, care-ful planning, and round-the-clockaction the overhaul, from fire-offto fire-on, takes about two weeks.In that time 55,000 chrome magne-site bricks 13 x 6 x 3 inches arelaid to form the furnace walls, and15,500 metal-clad brIcks 12 or 15inches long are hung to form thesuspended roof.

The suspended roof with itssloping shoulders is constructedwith "cans", so called because each35- and 45-pound unit is comprisedof two bricks enclosed in a casingof 22-gauge steel, equipped with ahanger. The cans are suspendedfrom pip attached to the furnaceroof beams. In the event of aburn-through in a section of theroof when the furnace is in opera-tion, as many cans as necessarycan be speedily replaced fromwalkways above to make the re-pair.

Cans containing plastic refrac-tory are used to form the closurebetween the side walls and theroof shoulders. Fifty of theseking-size units, each weighing 600pounds and nieasuring 42 x 18 x 8inches, are used on each side ofthe furnace. At the firing end ofthe furnace these special cans alsoform the wall over the burnersand the launder through whichslag Is returned from the convert-ers. Here again they greatly sim-plify the job of making a repair inthe wall while the furnace Is inoperation.

Suspending CansTaken from above the reverb furnaceduring an overhaul, this picture showsFhe steel beam supports and hangersFrom which the suspended roof ishung. Seen positioning some of the15,500 "canned" bricks that form theroof are masons Adam Finnigan andCy Young. After installation, the roofis sprayed with a light mortar mix toForm a tightly sealed ur,it and preventFree air infiltration.

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Santa WelcomedBy Thousands ofInco Youngsters

COPPER CLIFFAt the largest Christmas party

in the Sudbury area, with 3,300youngsters and more than 1,000parents In attendance at the onetime, the Copper Cliff Athletic As-sociation hosted children of em-ployees working at the smelter,Iron ore plant, and Copper Cliffpolice department.

Gathered In the Sudbury Arena,the partygoers were treated toan hour and a hail live showably emceed by Norm McGilvarywhich Included carols by Espano-la's talented young songbird MariaKozachanko, with piano accom-paniment by her sister Karen, thehilarious antics of skating clownAlan McPherson, songs by LorenaTrask and guitailst Bill Kokesh,and the twirling of Marg Ken-nedy's blazing batons.

The show climaxed with SantaClaus Jack Latreille, who aban-doned his sleigh and trusty teamfor the ice-making machine onwhich he circled the rink to greetand shake hands with his manyexcited admirers.

Each departing youngster waspresented with a Christmas stock-ing filled with candy and novel-ties.

CCAA prident Jim Kuznalr,party chairman John Taylor, andcommittee members Roy Maudand Ken Fyall are to be con-gratulated for organizing a highlysuccessful affair; they were grate-ful for the willing assistance ofmany helpers from the plant, payoce, and safety and personneldepartments.

PORT COLBORNEOver 850 public and pre-school

children of Port Colborne nickelrefinery employe packed theInco Recreation Hall Saturdaymorning, December 20. Their sing-ing of Christmas carols, led byLarry Roach and accompanied byReg. Steev on piano, was a joyto hear and a reminder of whatChristmas really was.

Their bright, shining eyes beam-ed with fascination as sighs andgasps of wonderment pierced theabsolute silence that prevailedduring the performance by Hugothe Magician.

And then pandemonium brokeloo€e at the first, faint, distantsoundz of sleigh bells heraldingSanta's approach. Jolly SaintNick's delegate, Wes Pierce, aridhelpers Bob Duke, Andy Sveda,Lovell Puttick, Ed Mitchell, DougLampman, Jack Burd, Grd Need-ham, Bob Caldwell, Jack Rodgers,John Bernard, Don Home, ZoltonBendas, Art Beflinger, Roy McIn-tyre, Elmer Somers, Chuck Ott andJim Walter appeared a little wearyafter the last child was shown outof the hall, clutching a big bag ofcandy. They knew and werepleased that this edition of theChildren's Christmas Party wasanother success.

WILLIS VILLEA hot turkey dinner was served

at the Willisville Community Hallfor the 60 children and 40 adultswho got together at the Christmas

party sponsored by the WillisvilleRecreation Committee for LawsonQuarry families, as well as theCrean Hill families now livingthere.

Chairman Gordon Matheson anda group of Willisville ladies madethe arrangements for the affair,and Lloyd Spry and Donnie Mac-Donald provided the tree underwhich Santa Gerry Brownlee heldcourt and distributed gifts to thechildren.

LEVACKThere was real snow on the tall,

gaily lit tree that welcomed thesmall fry and their parents to theLevack Athletic Association Christ-mas tree party.

Standing on the lawn in frontof the Levack Employees Club, thestately spruce greeted the arrivalof some 2,700 excited young Santaseekers and many parents who at-tended the afternoon and eveningsessions.

Movie cartoons were shown, roof-raising sing-songs were led by RitaZubac at the piano, and gifts andcandy were distributed.

Red-suited Sam Williams was onhand to accept requests, confes-sions, and promises. His manyhelpers included chief organizerHarvey Nadeau, Levack AA presi-dent Rollie Nadon, Johnny Bryant,Ron Matte, Ken Taylor, OliverRossi, Gerry Dinel, Ron Corelli,Ron Storey, Eli Maki and RonSmith.

Some 60 surplus gifts and manybags of candy were donated to theValley School for Retarded Chil-dren.

LIVELYThe wailing siren of the town

fire truck announced the arrival ofSanta Claus in Lively, and broughtkiddies running to the windows asthe jolly gent (Iron ore plant per-sonnel officer Pat Scott) touredthe town in a minor blizzard.

Delivered to the Lively HighSchool with his Ho! Ho! Ho! alittle subdued by the ehffling ex-perience hi whiskers glitteringwith snow, Our Hero was proppedbeneath the tree provided by townforeman Bill Fortin and his crew,and was thawing nicely by thetime the first of a steady stream of750 little visitors appeared to re-ceive their gifts and candy.

Members of the Lively AthleticAssociation, which staged thesmoothly organized party, were onhand to assist Santa, includingpresident Alan Este, vice-presidentJack Cooper, secretary John Pater-son, treasurer Mason Logan, alongwith Gary Foy, Colette Este, JohnTaylor, Harold Haas and chiefChristmas tree decorator EricFenton.

COPPER REFINERYA kiddie-count at the party for

children of copper refinery em-ployees revealed that a minorpopulation explosion has takenplace during the 12 months sincelast Christmas.

With their total up from 700 to800, the youngsters made an earlyevening invasion of the Inco ClubIn Sudbury, and were individuallygreeted by those two long-time ex-perts at the gift and candy-givinggame, refinery pensioners SantaJack Latreffle and his helperGeorge Furchner.

Parents were treated to coffeeand doughnuts, and enjoyed amovie cartoon show set up and run

First 1970 Baby Won Two Contests"It was a pretty

fast ride," admit-ted Gerry Vachon,father of Sud-bury's first 1970baby, quietly de-scribing the hectic C\14 minutes and 18miles he drove be-tween his homen ear Chelmsfordto St. Joseph'sHospital in Sud-bury on NewYear's Eve.He delivered his -

wife to the nursesthere at 12.05am., and their10th child, chub-by little eight-pound seven-ounce son RejeanChristophe, wasborn with a lusty yell at 1.53 am.The attending physician was Dr.Edgar Leclair of Chelmsford,

Wise far beyond his age, youngRejean timed his debut to win notonly the Sudbury Star Stork Der-by, but also the Chelmsford BabyDerby event, both laden withprizes, a feat that gladdened thehearts of his parents and his fiveyoung brothers and four sisters,who range in age from Carmen,17, to Robert, 5.

An Incoite since 1948, Gerry isa Cottrell operator at CopperCliff smelter. He and his familylive on 70 acres in Balfour Town-ship, four mil north of Chelms-ford, where together with theduties involved in raising a familyof nine, his wife Louise also findstime to operate the Vachon con-fectionery store which is part of

Iwith his proud parents

the home that Gerry has beenbuilding for the last four years.

One of a family of six, Gerryis the son of 80-year-old Com-pany pensioner Fred Vachon, whoretired from the Copper Cliffreverb building in 1959 after 15years of service. Two of Gerry'sbrothers, Joe and Pete, both workas roaster department conveyoroperators at Copper Cliff.

A member of a pioneer Chelms-ford family, Louise Vachon is ac-customed to the hustle and bustleof a large brood after growing upas the oldest of a family of 15.

Gerry and Louise are agreed,five boys and five girls make awell-balanced family, "and 10 isa good round number."

They have no plans for a repeatperformance.

by club steward Vern Tupling andhis assistant Val O'Neffl.

Athletic Association presidentBob Sandberg and secretary BudEles were ably aided in organizingand running the very successfulget-together by such refinery stal-warts as Wayne Wilson, BillBrown, Bill McBain, Howard Cald-well, Jim Bryson, Jim To6to, andmany others too numerous to men-tion.

CONISTONGrease-painted clowns - no less

than seven of them - were turnedloose at the Coniston Athletic As-sociation party at the Club Allegri.

Arriving at the Club after a hec-tic tour of the town on sevensnowmobiles, the funny men lo6tno time in raising mayhem to thedelight of the 400 assembledyoungsters.

Hector Bibeau's good-naturedsubmission of a raw egg and whip-ped cream scalp treatment toppedthe performance. Concealed bythe crazy circus clothes were RayBidel, Gino Gobbo, George Ever-shed, Harley Gagnon, Rick Howatt,Clarence Fox, and Charlie Veno.

Master of ceremonies Ugo Co-macchio led some wildly enthusias-tic sing-songs, and the ear-ringingvolume reached a peak in the ren-dition of Jingle Bells, encouragingsack-carrying Santa Tibby Caver-son to sally forth for a gift andcandy giving session.

Roy Snitch, Reg MacNeil andTom Crowley headed up the com-mittee in charge, and were ablyassisted by a loyal band of helpers.

MIJRRAY MINEThe honor of being the most-

Double derby winner ReteanGerry and Louise Vachon.

visited Christmas tree in the Sud-bury area must surely have goneto the elegantly dressed sprucethat stood in the auditorium of theInco Employees Club in Sudbury.

Having three different Old Nickshold court beneath its branches atsucceeding Christmas partiesdidn't cause it to turn a needle,and it stood proudly until the lastof its more than 5,600 young visi-tors came under its spell.

Some 801) of those youngsterswere there to attend the MurrayMine Athletic Association party,which also hosted the children ofemployees at the Copper CliffNorth mine and the two Clarabelleopen pits.

The presiding Santa for thatoccasion was tIrels and smoothlybilingual Maurice Lavoie, who ap-peared to be getting just as muchfun out of the occasion as hismany young admirers.

The numerous helpers who dis-tributed gaily wrapped gifts in-cluded Ed TJdeschini, Bill Lang,Doug Dinnes, Stan Dobson, PatStone, Walter and Ann Sokoloskie,Pete Ladyk, and many other will-ing hands.

Association president ClarenceWeist and secretary-treasurer TonyBasso engineered the enjoyableparty, during which Ingrid Dobsonand Emma Byrnes were busy be-hind the kitchen counter servingtasty refreshments ti a host ofparents.

FROOD-STOBIECountless gallons of coffee and

tea, and no less than 48 squarefeet of iced cake, went to fortify

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Yuletide Spirit Prevails

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The Yuletide spirit took over in the general offices at CopperCliff as usual on the break-off of business on the day before Christmas,and informal receptions were quickly arranged in several of the depart-ments, at which coffee and cakes were served. Staff members movedfrom one group to another, happily exchanging greetings and goodwishes. Three of these pleasant gatherings are shown in the accom-panying photographs.

A jolly Santa, in the person of Copper Cliff pensioner AIf Mash,got a tumultous reception when he appeared in the accounts payablesection, and he was soon in demand by other groups. His visit wasarranged by his daughter, Mrs. Edna Walberg.

Among the visitors to the mines department coffee party werenew pensioners Harry Smith, ex-Clarabelle, Earl Mumford, ex-Creighton, and Archie Massey, ex-Creighton, who were given a warmreception.

As is their thoughtful annual custom, members of the data pro-cessing department each brought gifts, toys or cash toward hamperswhich were made up for delivery on Christmas Eve to two needyfamilies in the Sudbury district.

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the parents who accompanied themore than 4,000 youngsters whoenjoyed the Frood-Stobie MineAthletic Association Christmas treecelebration.

The five-hour party, held at theInco Employees Club In Sudbury,Included the distribution of glft,candy and fruit to the kiddies, whoa'so enjoyed a showing of coloredmovie cartoons.

Santa's able deputy for the oc-casion was Dave Gilbert, whocalmly withstood the siege, andpatiently turned a kindly ear toall who wished to be heard.

The large committee, whichmade a commendable success ofthe mammoth undertaking, waschaired by industrious EldredDickle, and included his wifeGrace and her staff of ladies whoorganized the buying of the gifts.Also on hand were pensioners BobBrown and Bob Christie, and minepersonnel Ron St. George, NormWhissell, Garry Chicquen, KenMarion, Wes Johnston, AndyR&yne, Bob Dickle, and many morewhose help was greatly appre-ciated.

CEEIGBTON MINEA wide range of entertainment

was lined up for the 450 childrenwho filled the auditorium of theEmployees Club for the CreightonMine Athletic Association Christ-mas tree party.

Forty members of the St. Mi-chael's Church all-boy choir, underthe leadership of their directorErmenio Cozzarini, sang a happyselection of Christmas songs. Themusical group of Martin Maloney,Barry Holmes, Mil McKay andMichael Glebe sang to the accom-panlinent of their guitars anddrums, and were followed by amovie show featuring the slapstickcomedy of the Three Stooges andcolor cartoons.

A group of eight local highschool students volunteered theirservices to bag the candy, fruit andnuts distributed to the youngstersas they left the building after avisit with jovial Ed Cayen, whohad replaced his regular suit ofpoliceman blue for one of scarletwith white trimmings.

On hand to give away thegoodies and keep the party mov-ing along at a brisk pace were As-soclation chairman Bruce King,party committee chairman MunroSmith, Bill Dumencu, and SaulSherbanuk. The profes$ional touchat the movie projector was pro-vided by Don Shannon.

Resplendent in his white whis-kers and taeled cap, GlynnClarke was the man of the houras he greeted the excited hordewho were treated to potato chips,a candy cane, a four-feature moviesiow, and then departed for homeclutching a gaily wrapped gift.

Association president Tom Scan-Ion and party chairman Milt Jow-sey arranged the details for thehappy event, and George Quiltycame through with the party treewhich received a very artistic trim-ming from Bruno Castellan.

Santa's many helpers includedHarvey Bangle, Sam Pataran, R&yJoly, Ollie Matson, Merl Currie,Harold Strutt, Alino Maki, FloydLaking, and projector operatorRon Watt,

At the beauty parlor the girlswere klddthg Doris.

Hazel: I certainly n't ee whatyou see in Jim. He .ioesn't dance,he doesn't swim, he doesnt go infor sports. What's he interestedin, anyhow?

Doris: Me.

At the second annual Christmas party of the development section, processGARSON technology department, 85 sat down to dinner at the Caswell Motor Inn and

A most enjoyable time was had afterwards danced away the balance of a most enjoyable evening to theby all at the Garson Mine AthleticAssociation party, when the Em- melodious music of the Stardusters. Seated around one of the tables were:

ployees Club was home base for Art Kennie, Jim and Betty Hewetson, Pug and Reta Hickey, and Janet and

some 900 Santa seekers on the af- Lawrence MuchizukL Brian Lyons and his committee arranged the party.

ternoon of the Saturday before John and Elizabeth Patterson, and Connie and Rose Schitka, were the luckyChristmas. winners of some extra Christmas cheer in the door prize draw.

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January, 1970 INCO TRIANGLE

HIGHWAY SAFETYEvery fleet, every individual

driver, has some sort of safetyprogram, but the effective pro-gram is one that places empia-sis on, and trains for, safetynot periodically but every dayof the year.

Safe practices may be devel-oped in many ways. Your per-sonal habits are a key. Thetendency to anger at over-aggrsive drivers Is a numberone hazard and should beavoided at all costs. Teachingthe driver to be more tolerantof the inconsiderate practicesof other drivers will help. Cour-tesy Is always a good practice.It works wonders in keeping thedriver out of trouble. Trainingwith constant daily reminderson driving courtesy helps keepone aware of its safety powers.

VISUAL ALERTNESSIn addition to improving the

driver's mental attitude, dailytraining can improve his physi-cal powers for safe driving aswell. The ability to see whatone Is looking at or alertness isimportant to driving safety.Check yourself on the principlesof better seeing every time youdrive. They will soon becomesecond nature In your driving.Here are five seemg jobs thatevery driver should fulfill:

1. Keep your vision high Insteering. Look for problems infront of the car ahead of you.

2. Get the big picture. Don'tget trapped into watchingwhat's Immediately ahead ofyou. Observe what's happeningin oncoming traffic at the sidesand belilnd.

3. Keep your eyes moving.Don't become hypnoUzed by theroad ahead.

4. Make sure others see you.Don't assume that a pedestriancrossing the street or a driverpulling out from a curb will seeyou coming.

5. Leave yourself an out -

Back in 1955 the Triangle had a picture of Clarence Spencer of the Creighton mill, keeping a lonelyvigil on Christmas Eve as he patrolled the pipe lines between Creighton and Copper Cliff. But Christmasmorning 1969 was a different story - he had lots of company when general manager J. A. Pigott, assrstantgeneral manager (mining) G. R. Green, and chief surgeon Dr. B. F. Hazlewood led the group making thetraditional rounds at Copper Cliff Hospital to extend greetings to the patients. Making a fast recovery froma hernia operation, Clarence was quite able to sit up and take a dram of cheer in honor of the occasion.From the left in the above picture are: Gordon Chapman, orderly, Dr. J. H. L. Jones, Ann Gower, RN,Beverley Card, RNA, Rochanne Mistry, RN, C. E. Varney, medical department assistant, Mr. Green, Mr.Spencer, Mr. Pigott, Dr. Hazlewood, Eileen Tobin, superintendent of nurses, Linda Dunn, RN, Dr. J. W.Sturtridge, Dr. Paul Martin.

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Huge Expansion Seenample spare to stop or swerve.

These may seem like obviousrules, but it can be surprisinghow many times a consciouscheck can catch the driver be-ing sloppy abcut his practice.Every driver thinks he seescorrectly in traffic. When hemakes errors in seeing, he Isnever aware of the fact at themoment. So he is apt to blamehis near-misses or accidents onbad luck or the errors of otherpeople.

Even with good seeing habits,we can get into trouble if ourmental habits are disturbed.For we look with our eyes, butwe see with our mind. Unlessboth our rormal seeing habitsand mental discipline are main-tained, we cannot avoid errors.Every driver has a "hurryhabit" to some extent andwants to find a way aroundanything that delays him intraffic. This fact alone explainsmany driving errors resultingin accidents.

DAILY ROUTINEEveryday training and con-

sciousness of safety practices inmental adthtudes and seeinghabits will let you "read" thetraffic picture in one fastglance and make the correctdecision with rapid accuracy.No matter how insignificantmental attitude and seeing hab-it may seem, be sure to in-clude these two classificationsof personal training in yoursafety campaign.

Most important, do it daily.Safety Is a full-time job. Youcan't think about it or empha-size it today and then forgetit for six months. Keep re-minders in view. Read safetybulletins whenever possible.Practice good seeing habitswhile driving and, most im-porant, maintain a tolerantmental attitude for fellowdrivers.

(Continued from Page 2)de Penarroya S.A. of France, inpartnership with Amax, announ-ced preliminary agreement, if ap-proval Is obtained from the FrenchGovernment, for a new project inNew Caledonia that could add an-other 100 million pounds of nickelto the world supply by 1975.

Also, Patino Mining Corporation,in partnership with Societe LeNickel, has announced their inten-tion, subject to French Govern-ment approval, to undertake aproject on New Oaledonia to pro-duce some 80 million pounds ofnickel and ferronickel in 1976.

Activity in AustraliaIn Australia, Western Mining

Corporation Limited has announ-ced that its program to tripleproduction to 60 million poundsannuily is ahead of schedule, andwill be completed in 1970. In thePhilippines, Marinduque Miningand Industrial Corporation hsannounced it will bring into com-mercial production in 1972 a newplant to produce 75 million poundsof nickel anxlually. In Africa,principally In Rhodesia and Bot-swans, published plans call fornickel production on the order of40 million pounds annually by1972.

Assuming that all of these ex-pansion projects materialize asplanned, they could add about 800million pounds of iitckel annuallyto the free world's supply by theend of 1976, givIng a total of over1.7 billion pounds annually.

The figures do not include Inco'sGuaternalan project. A soon asfinal arrangements are concludedwith the Guatemalan Government,Inco will immediately start con-struction of mining and processingfacilities in Guatemala that willproduce at le.ast 60 million poundsof nickel annually by the mid-1970's.

In addition to the above an-nounced projects, there is muchpotential for new nickel produc-tion in the Southwest Pacific

area. In Western Autrali&, inten-sive exploration and developmentstudies are being carried out byInternatlonal Nickel and othercompanies, and Inco is conductingextensive exploration activit1e onthe Indonesian Island of Sulawesi.

Inco continues drilling on copper-nickel mining le&es it holds InMinnesota in the United States.

Nickel Consumption by ApplicatiOnConsumption of primary nickel

by field of application in 1969followed the traditional patternwith one exception: high-nickelalloys and nickel plating ex-changed places, and now ranksecond and third, with 16 and 14per cent respectively. High-nickelalloys and stalnle$s steel were theonly two fields of aDpllca'tion toshow an increase In nickel con-swnptlon over the previoUs year.

The reversal of positions be-tween nickel plating and high-nickel alloys, which resulted thisyear, sooner than expected, wasdue in part to the nickel shortageand the use of U.S. defense set-aside nickel for jet aircraft andother nickel-base applications.However, the continuing growthof high-nickel alloys for non-tnilitay applications is the under-lying long-range factor. More air-liners of larger capacity and thei ci sing use of the gas turbineengine as a source of power areexpected to result in the high-nickel alloy category representingan ever - growing percentage ofnickel consumption, according toInco market development special-

ts.The increase in ccrnsumption of

nickel for stainJe steel in 1969,which again topped the list at 39%,is due to a high outlyut of ta1n1esssteel in the United States duringthe first half of the year, andexpanded production by Europeand Japan.

The rich may not live longer, butit certainly seems like it to theirpoor relations.

Two Christmases in the Life of Clarenee Spencer

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Retired on jinco en iionEARL GILCHRIST

Known equally well as mineengineer at Levack, the positIonhe held for 26 of his nearly 35Inco years, and as the efficientmayor of that busy community1945 and 1964, Earl Gilchrjst hasretired on early service pension.

Born and educated In Toronto,where he graduated from the tJnI-

versity of Torontoas a mining engi-neer In 1931, Earl

1' • joined the Coin-pany In 1935 at

- Frood, was appoint-ed mine engineer at

- Levack In 1942, be-came area engineerIn 1964, and movedto Copper Cliff asmines planning en-gineer in charge of

Mrs. Gchist water supply andcontrol In 1968.

During his time at Levack, Earlsaw close to 33 mIllion tons ofgood nickel-copper ore hoisted tosurface, and engineered the work-ings as they dropped from the1400 level to the present 3600level.

At Toronto In 1936 Earl wasmarried to Marjorie Weeks, andthey have a family of two, a sonand a daughter.

Slowed down by a heart attackin 1964, Earl is looking forward toa retirement that will allow himto fish the cool clear northernOanadian waters In the summers,and seek the sunny south forwinter relaxation.

PAUL ZAMISKASA skiptender for the last 15 of

the 33 years he has been with Incoat Creighton mine, Paul Zamiskashas retired on special early servicepension.

Paul left his post office job inKolackov, Czechoslovakia, for Can-

ada In 1930, spent sIx years work- Visiting five grandchildren In Sud-ing at various jobs across his bury and Ottawa, and relatives inadopted country, and came to the northern Quebec, will be highlights

of what it Is hoped will be manyyears of pleasant relaxation for Edand his wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Zamiskas

Company In 1936. There was noname change for Louise Zamiskaswhen she married Paul in Sud-bury In 1939. She came from myvillage," explained Paul. 'Thereare lots of Zamiskas there." Theirfamily of two have presented themwith four grandchildren.

El) DESABRAISA timberman for 30 of his nearly

39 years with Inco at Frood mine,Ed Desabrais has joined the ranksof Company disability pensioners.

Mr. and Mrs. Desabreis

He was born in Worthington, andmining has been his life since hestarted on a diamond drilling rigat Shinlngtree at age 15. He cameto Frood In 1930.

A Whitefish girl, Blanche St.Louis became Ed's bride In 1931,and one of their family of two,Art, is a welder at Copper Cliff.

Earl Gilchrist Honored by Mining Colleagues

W. G. PILLINGGarry" PilIng came to Port

Colborne and the nickel refineryfrom Souris, Manitoba in May of1937. He and Mrs. Pilling, theformer Margaret Evelyn Rose,

Mr. and Mrs. PIIing

were married In Sours In 1928,where they farmed for 9 yearsprior to coming east.

Mr. Piling was appointed aplant security officer in 1941 andremained with the security forceuntil his recent early retirement.

Future plans are indefinite forthe PilIngs. Garry is an ardenthunter, and has been going backeach year to shoot ducks, geeseand grouse in Manitoba. He is alsointerested in woodworking and hasa well-equipped shop In his base-ment.

JACK BRADYAn Incolte since he joined the

Company at the Copper Cliff smel-ter in 1940, a maintenance electri-cian at the Iron Ore Plant since

It went Into opera-

(tion In 1955, JackBrady has retiredon service pensionafter 29 years of

a electrical construc-tion.

A native of Mar-mora, near Peter-

_______ borough, Jack mar-ried Helen Lynchat Copper Cliff In

I 1940. Their familyJack Rrady of two still repre-

sent them at Inco. Son Jim is atechnologist with Creighton mine'sengineering department, anddaughter Maureen is the wife ofFrood shift boss Bruce Fraser.One granddaughter completes thefamily.

They plan to move to SouthernOntario.

KEN LOYSTHaving returned to his home

town of Arden, Ontario, Ken Loystis enjoying the leisure days of re-tirement after working for Incofor 27 years. A disability pensioner,Ken's time with the Company wasspent in the converter building atCopper Cliff where he punchedtuyeres and operated the aislecranes before becoming a skimmer,the job he held at retirement.

Hazel Throop became Ken'swife In 1938. Their family of foursons live In Sudbury, Toronto andGermany.

ALF PHILIPPEAll Philippe helped to build the

Prood No. 3 shaft headframe in1928 and came back to join theCompany there in 1936. He becamea shaft inspector leader In 1949.

Mr. rsd Mrs. PhIippe

Born in Nouvelle, on Quebec'sBale des Chaleurs, Alf marriedStella Henry in Montreal in 1936.Of their family of four, two arewith Inco at Stoble mine VicIs a welder and Paul a garage me-chanic. They have six grand-children.

With 33 Inco years behind him,Alf proudly boasts that he can'tremember beIng sIck during hisworkIng lIfe.

RALPH GRANTWell known around the Copper

Cliff changehouses and at the re-search laboratory, where he hasoperated as a maintenance me-

Mr. and Mrs. Grarst

chanlc for the last seven years,Ralph Grant has retired on dis-abilIty pension after 22 years withInco.

Ralph joined the Company forthe first time at Frood in 1934, leftIn 1939, saw army servIce in Eng-land and France, returned to Incoat Copper Cliff In 1945.

A Sudbury native, Ralph mar-ried a St. Charles girl, Ruth Burn-ham, in 1946, and the couple havebeen blessed wIth a famIly ofthree. He plans to spend summersat his Grassy Lake camp nearRiver Valley, and will tinker withthings mechanIcal for wInter oc-cupatIon.

ELI PLECASA man who thought a lot of

Inco, and a man whom Incothought a lot of, best descrIbes

ElI Plecas, furnace-man, retiring onservice pensionfrom the portColborne nIckelrefinery.

J ElI was born in1905 In Divoselo,

! Gospich, Yugo-

Yji' slavla, and came

to Canada In 1926.He did raIlroadwork In Noranda,helped build the

E PIecs Peace BrIdge atthe International boundary atFort ErIe-Buffalo, and worked Oflthe Welland Canal prior to hIsfirst association with Inco in 1928.

The goldflelds of northern Que-bec caught ElI's fancy for nineyears but he returned to the nIckel

A handsome table lamp with a base of polished levack mine ore was aretirement gift to retiring Earl Gilchrist, who was mine engineer at levackfor 26 years, from his colleagues in the mines department. In this group atthe presentation are: back row, Art Silver, Ted Goddard, Ralph Bunfin(Coleman); front, Walter Dydyk, chief mines engineer Bob Hall, RaymondBouclin (Crean Hill), Al Ryter (levack), Earl Gilchrist, Jack O'Shaughnessy,ond assistant general manager (min(ng) Gar Green.

January, 1970 INCO TRIANGLE Page 17

Rousing Send-Off Given Popular Bob Brown Goudreault in 1930, and they hada family of sx Including Maurice,a Frood rigger, and Alice, the wifeof Copper Cliff welder Don Camp-bell. Mrs. Sigouin died in 1962.

Ri marriage to Mrs. CecileBro&seau took place in 196, adding

Mr. and Mrs. Marhne

Four of the six members of thegraduating class in mining engi-neering at Nova Scot4a Techx1calCollege in 1936 joined Interna-tion1 Nickel at Copper Cliff. Withthe retirement on early servicepension of Bob Brown, only oneof the quartet remath8, ArchieFrame, technical assistant to thegeneral superIntendent of processtechnology.

A big, colorful man of greatgood humor, Bob Brown is almotas famed in the Sudbury area forhis Finnish dialect stories as forhis solid competence as a leaderin mining.

Born at Falmouth, in HantsCounty, Nova Scotia, he attendedMount Allison University beforegMng on to Nova Scotia Tech.Starting at the bottom of theladder s a shoveller at Creightonmine, he was a shift boss a yearInter, became a dislona1 foremanin 1942, and a general foreman in1950. He saw service as a memberof top supervIsion at Murray,

Creighton, Orean Hill nd S'toiemines, eventually winding up hiscareer as area super4ntendemt ofCrean Hill and Totten mines.

His marriage to Bernice Dunn ofBonñeld, Ontario, took place in1943. One or their two daughters,Judith, holds a degree in medicineand is on the staff of MontrealGeneral HopFta1; the other, Mary,is attending business college inNova Scotia.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown have mod-ernized his old parental home bythe ocean in Nova Scotia and havetaken up residence there. Occupy-ing a position of honor is a beau-tifully mounted beaver, one of thegifts presented to Bob at his re-tirement party as a souvenir ofhis continuing war with that wilyand industrious rodent in main-taining water control in the CreanHill area, Bob won the upperhand, but the mounted beavernonchalantly holds a stick of hisblasting powder between its teeth.

refinery in 1944, having also work-ed for a time at CGpper Cliff. Hiswork experience has been in theleaching, calcining, sintering andanode departments.

Eli enjoys cars and is noted forhaving the cleanest automobile intown. Many of his friends residefurther north in the peninsulaand he thinks he will be movingto St. Catharines.

ARCHIE GRASSAMA cherished highlight of Archie

Perch" Grassam's 35-year careerwith Inco was the occasion of the

Mr. and Mrs. Grassam

visit to Frood mine in 1959 of HerMajesty Queen Elizabeth andPrince Philip. Perch was cage-

tender when the Royal party visit-ed the 1,000-foot level of the mine.

A star in earlier years with theFrood soccer team, Perch laterserved for several seasons asreferee-in-chief of the Sudbury &District Football Association, anexpert and highly respected official.

A native of Falkirk, Scotland,Perch came to Canada in 1928,and joined Inco at Frood in 1934.Now on special early service pen-sion, he worked as skip and cage-tender at 3 shaft for the last 10years.

Hanna Munro and Perch" ex-changed marriage vows in 1934.One of their family of three. Mar-garet, is the wife of Creightonmaintenance electrician Jack Kos-merly. Three grandchildren com-plete the family.

ALEX SIGOUINNow a service pensioner, Alex

Sigouin rolled up his 36 Inco yearsat Greighton mine, where for thelast 10 he worked as a constructionleader.

Born in New Glgow, Quebec,he came to Sudbury as a pros-pector in 1926, and joined Inco in1933. He was married to Isabel

Mr. and Mrs. Sgouin

six more to his family. DaughterIdola is the wife of Levack pipe-mn Jean Paul Brosseau, Ovelineis married to Levack powdermanJean Frappir, and Diane is mar-ried to Wyman MacKinnon whoworks at the Coniston smelter.Grandchildren already on thescene total 16.

LOUIS MARTIEI was born in Sudbury but

came to Port Colborne with myparents as an infant," said LouisMartine, a disability pensioner ofthe leaching and calcining depart-ment at Port Colborne refinery,with 34 years' service.

He and his neighborhood sweet-heart, Carmela Fraracci, weremarried on May 15, 1937. They

have three daughters and fourgrandchildren.

Louis is an ardent fan and sup-porter of local ball and hockeyteams. He is a1o reputed to bea vigorous armchafr coach of theNHL Boston BrulflS.

The Martines presently have inmind an extended Europesn tourthis coming summer,

KOSTI ETTALAFor the last 17 of hs 29 years

with Inco, Kosti Ettala worked asan re pass tender

- at Murray mine.Now service pen-sionr, Kosti cameto Canada fromFinland in 1927,

j '* made his ñrt con-neotion with theCompany in 1936 asa carpenter at thePort Colborne re-finery, and startedat Creighton in

Kost Ett&a 1942, the year afterhis marriage to All Laaxo. They

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Maintenance Planner fill Bell Farewelled

Chief maintenance planner atCrean Hill mine for the last threeyears, Bill Bell's retirement onearly service pension ends a 33-year moo career that started inOrmiston, Saskatchewan, in 1937as a shift boss with the HorseshoeLake Mining Company, which pro-duced sodium su1phte for theCopper Cliff smelter.

Born in Yellow Grass, Saskat-chewan, Bill moved to the mech-anical departmnt at Frood openpit in 1942. He became mechni-cal foreman at Levack in 1943,master mechanic there in 1949,and had the same job at LawsonQuarry in 1958 and Crean Hill in1966.

A man with a great knack forquickly resolving tricky mechani-cal problems, Bill attributed thisskill to his youth on the farmwhere "there were no rnechn.iCsfor miles, and we hd to keep theequipment running the best waywe could figure for ourselves."

Bill was married to Anne Lemkea Weyburn, Saskatchewan. in1936. Their family consists oftwo sons and four grandchildren.In excellent health, and nat in-clined to sit and twiddle histhumbs, he plans to dust off hisstationary engineers papers andspend part of ii.s well-earnedretirement on a light job wherethere's machines to keep runningsmoothly.

At the big retirement dinner in his honor, Bob Brown is shown (centre) withossistont generol monoger (mining) G. R. Green, generol monoger J. A. Pigott,Creon Hill shift boss Ilmer Monninen ond ossistont superintendent KeithHenderson. Behind them is one of the gifts presented to Bob, o pointing ofthe Creon Hill plont by solvoge mon Joke Shigwodjo. In foreground is themounted beover he received.

Disploying the gold pocket wotch thot wos presented to him together withtwo pieces of luggoge, retiring Creon Hill mointenonce plonner Bill Bell is seeneoted between Mel Young, Ontorio division monoger of mines, and general

superintendent of mointenonce Al Comeron. On the right is Creon Hill ondTotten mines oreo superintendent Bob Brown, since retired, ond stonding behindhim superintendent Bill Tilston of Lowson Quorry, where Bill Bell worked priorto his move to Creon Hill in 1966.

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have one daughter who lives InToronto. Kosti will now take onthe full-time Job of housekeeperand caring for his wile who hasbeen Iii for the past few years.

VAINO MINKK.ILACarbide hat lamp6 that blew

out around blasting time, and wetfluits that refused to re-ignite theflame, were things that serv-lcepensioner Valno Mthkkfla remem-

Mr. and Mrs. MInkkiIa

bered from the early days of his39 years with Inco at Frood. Hecame to Canada from Finland in1929, and started at the mine's No.4 sha!t the me year.

He and his wife, Lempi Rantawhom he mzrIed in 1934, have afamily of three. An Inco scholar-ship winner, daughter Elaine isenrolled in the arts and sciencecourse at the University of To-ronto. She ws aLso a winner ofthe Inco stho1arh1p at the Sud-bury Musical Festival, emulatingher sister Ella, who won thisaward twice. Two grandehuidren,in Georgetown and Toronto, com-plete the family.

CUES MCGTLVARYA recent early service pensioner,

Che McGilvry has retired afternearly 29 years with Inco.

A native of Mount Forest, Ohecame to the Budbury area on afthing trip in 1939, liked whet he

Mr. and Mrs. McGilvary

saw, and returned in 1940 to startwith the Company at the Froodopen p1.

During the ye-s he worked withthe Ixstrument departments atCopper Cliff and the iron oreplant, was promoted t electricalforeman in 1982, and made hisfinal move to the copper refineryin 1966.

He and his wile, Rosalie Fad-dick of Copper Cliff when theywere married in 1946, have oneteenage n.

A well-known team, Ches andhis brother Norm were in demandas vaudeville type comics, andentertined at local functon formany years.

Enthusiastic travellers, Ches andhis wife will be wintering in Spain,and will be heading for Japan andExpo 70 in the spring.

CHARLES GIVENForty-one of Charlie Given's

43 years of employment at thenickel refinery in Port Colbornewere with the sampling depart-

j411 d'

Mr. and Mn. GIvEn

ments. Now he has retired onservice pension.

Charlie was born in 1905 atWiarton, in the Bruce Peninsula.He grew up there and marriedMyrtle Hardman in Wiarton in1925. He brought his young brideto Port Colborne later that yearand joined Inco in 1927.

The Givens have three children,one of whom, Edgar, is a locomcj-tive engineer at the nickel refinery.They have five grandchildren.

A nostalgic poession, a bicycleof considerable antiquity on whichCharlie has long been a familiarfigure riding to and from work,has been honorably retired fromactive service. Charlie has set itup in his garage as an exercisemachine, after he bought himselfa brand new bike to get aroundtown with.

CHARLES ROGERSUpon his retirement at Port

r1,. ..11.. n ..a

Mr. and Mrs. Smithreceived best wishesfrom a host offriends at a retire-ment dinner at thetalian Hafi, Cop-per Cliff.

HARRY SMITHAlthough it was his outstanding

abilty as a baseball player thatoriginally broutht Harry Smith toInternationai Nickel in 1929, hetoik to the m1nIr game like aduck to water and over the yearsassumed increasing responsibilityuntil he became a mine uper1n-tendent.

"He was just about the slickestinfielder that ever came to theNickel Belt," say baseball old-timers like Lige Beaver and BertFlynn. It was the latter wholured him to Copper Cliff fromSchumaoher, where he was thestar of the championship Mc-Intyre team.

Before he took his final vowsas a mther he led the Frood teamto the Northern Ontario cham-pionship.

Starting in the mines engineer-ing department at Copper Cliff,under chief engineer Harold Keast,he moved to the efficiency depart-ment at Frood, then in 1935 em-

barked on his underground careeras a shift boss there. By the endo 1937 he was a general foremen.touehed base as underground sup-erintendent in 1940, and a yearlater was assistant mine super-intendent.

It was in 1950 that he movedover to Murray mine as super-intendent, the posit4on he helduntil 1959 with the exception of ayear ixterval at Frood open pit.He transferred to Clarabelle openpit in 1967 s superinitendent.

Scotland, Omtario, in the heartof the baseball country aroW)dBrartford, was his birthplace. Hismarriage to Margaret Greig tookplace at Sudbury in 1930. Theirson John is a general foreman atCreighton.

A generator for his camp atLake Penage, where he has beena summer resident since 1939, anda statuette of Duke, his faithfulcanine companion, were among thegifts presented to him at hisretirement party.

.flJSWLflC ..#flflhL1V L.JgVIO XVtö .tjJ

his po8itlon as an analyst inthe FRED CAMPBELLgeneral lab., but also the d.tInc-

Welland was Fred Campbell'sbirthplace in 1907. After com-pleting his schooling, Fred workedat plumbing and heating for overeIght years before he began hzlong association with the nickelrefinery in Port Colborne in 1934.

Mr. and Mrs. Rodgec

tion of being the longest-serviceemployee at the Port ColborneRefinery. Charlie's grandfatherstarted with Inco at the BayonneWorks in New York in 1884,launching 84 years of continuousservice by the Rogers family withthe Company.

Born in New York on November10, 1904, Charlie moved to PortColborne in 1922 when his fatherwas transferred from the BayonneWorks to the Port Colbornerefinery.

Charlie and his wife, formerlyMay Noble of Welland, were mar-ried in 1929. They have threechildren and two grandchildren.

Long service seems to be a tradi-tion with Charlie. He has givenyears of his time in helping andguiding the youth of Port Col-borne through his devoted effortsas a Sunday Sebool superintendentand president of the Boy ScoutAssociation. Although he has nodefinite plans for his retirement,there's little doubt that the com-munity will continue to enjoy thebenefits of his good citizenship.

Mr. and Mrs, Campbell

His entire service was in the elec-trolytic department, working in allareas, including 14 years as cemen-tationman before becoming headmasticman in 1982, his classifica-tion at the time of his specialearly service retirement.

An accomplished clarinett andsaxophone player, he is a meni-ber of the Welland Ctlzens Bandand the 57th LAA Band of NiagaraFalls. He first started playingwith the Alert Fire Company bendof Port Colborne when he was 14years old.

July 16, 1932, saw Fred andOlivia Whm united in marri&ge inPort Colborne. They have twochildren and four grandchildren.

Fred likes hunting and fishingand is a member of the area con-servation club. Mr. and Mrs.Campbell both enjoy winter sports

and ice skate regularly on thefrozen bay in front of their home.

DON STICKLESWell known in Copper Cliff

through his activltie8 as townplumber, Don Stickle has retiredon specii early service periOnafter a near-record tota1 of 46years and six months on the moopayroll.

Born in Folkstone, England, hecame to Canada with his familyat age three in 1908, greW up inToronto, and joined the Company

Mr. and Mrs. Stickles

in 1923. During tha,t year heworked as a mson a cranelflall,and a painter before startir* hisapprenticeship as a plumber.

Don was niarried to MinnieAtlas in 1930, and of t?heir fam-ily of three, Doug, Is an elec-tronics specialist at the Froodhangar. Five grandchildren com-plete the family. Ir excellenthealth, the pensioner plans tospend his well deserved retireflefltyears between his Sudbury homeand his Long Lake camp, both ofwhich will now be receiving thefull-time attentions of a veryexpert plumber.

January, 1970

January, 1970

ANDY PLEICHA converter building blaster for

the inst 27 of his 36 years atCopper Cliff, AndyPleich has retiredon service pension.

A Yugoslavianwho came to Can-ada in 1928, Andystarted with Incoat Frood in 1929,broke his service,and returned to theCompany at thesmelter in 1933. HIsmarriage to Albina

Andy Peich Levar took place in1937, and they have a family offour and two granddaughters. Ingood health, Andy plans to whileaway the winter in completerelaxation, and then go to workon his garden in real earnest.

BOB ELLENA powderman for the last five

of his 35 Ineo years, all of whichwere spent at Frood, Bob Ellen hasretired on service pension. Anative of Sunderland, England, hecame to Canada in 1922, settledIn Toronto, and worked as a

Mr. and Mrs. Ellen

plumber until he joined the Com-pany in 1934. His marrIage toAudrey Arnold took place in 1931,and they h&ve a family of two.An ardent coin collector, Bob feltright at home recently picking thegreenbacks from the branches ofa money tree preented to him ata surprise party held by some 35of his friends and family to markhis retirement.

COLIN HARROWERJust old enough to remember the

voyage, Cohn Harrower was fivewhen he came to Cand fromScotland with his family In 1912,and 15 when he landed his flrstjob in the rockhouse at Garsonmine. After breaking his service,he returned to the mine in 1937and stayed to rack up nearly 33

IN APPRECIATIONThe Master Craftsman of all

design,Fashioned this wonderful coun-

try of mine:Piled up the mountains shroud-

ed in snow,With roaring cataracts tumb-

ling below:Guided the rivers down to the

sea,Planted the pine and the maple

tree;Flatt -ned the prairie with His

mighty hand,Called it Canada, my Native

Land.- Helen Cleland

(Mrs. C/c/and is the wife ofRalph C/e/and, retired generalsajety engineer, Copper Cli!!.)

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Company years. Now a specialearly service pensioner, he workedthe last 19 years as a powderman

Mr. nd Mrs. Harrower

on the 2400 level. By an unusualcoincidence It was Harrowermarrying Harrower when Rubybecame Cohn's wife in 1955. Asa well-earned retirement gift tothemselves, the couple will betravelling to bonnie Scotland.

Winnipeg Man IsNew Director of Inco

Peter D. Curry, chairman anddirector of The Investors Group,[ has been elected a

director of The In-ternational NickelCompany of Can-ada, Limited, it wasannounced byHenry S. Wingate,chairman.

A resident of Win-nipeg, Mr. Curry ischancellor of the

,t University of Mani-toba, from which

he holds the honorary degree ofdoctor of laws.

A member of the board of direc-tors of The Banff School of Ad-vanced Business Management, Mr.Curry is also on the board oftrustees of the Winnipeg GeneralHospital and the North AmericanWildlife Foundation. He is adirector of many Cand1an cor-porations and finsnciai institu-tions.

THOMPSON QUEEN SCOUTSIn an investiture at Winnipeg,

six Thompson boys were presentedwith Queen Scout awards, BrianCalce and Keith Nebitt fromThompson 1t Troop and BarryLevesque, David Dimmonds, ErnstHellrung, and Gordon (Sandy)Clarke.

All but one, Barry Levesque,began their Scouting aotivities inThompson, working up throughthe Cubs, Scouts and Venturers,and reflect great credit on theirleaders and the Thompson Scoutmovement as a whole.

They were guests at a luncheonin the Fort Garry Hotel at whichthe speaker was the lieutenant-governor of Mnltoba, HonorableRichard S. Bowles.

Dates Announced forFirst Aid Contests

Dates for the annual semi-finaland final competitions for Incofirst aid teams have been announ-ced by T. M. Crowther of thesafety department as follows:

H. J. Mutz trophy for the miningsection, Monday, Apr11 6, at 7:00p.m.; D. Finlayson trophy for sur-face plants, Thursday, April 9,7:00 plm; R. D. Parker shield forthe championship, Thursday, April23, 7:45 p.m.

For the first time the Finiaysonshield contest will be staged atPort Colborne, with the winning

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"Demolition Derby" New Thompson SportBehind the wheel

of his nearly com-pleted stock car,Thompson MotorSports Club presi-dent Brian Swain,an lnco materialscoordinator, teststhe newly installeddual safety har-ness, and discussesthe installation ofa four<orner rollbar, with Club com-petition chairmanArt Hesle, whoworks in the Com-pany's metallurgicaldepartment, a n dtreasurer Laird Ir-vine of the smeltersafety department.

A Demolition Derby? It's whatyou might call the reverse of therecommended defensive driving -in fact it's downright offensivedriving with no holds barred andjust one thing in mind - clobberthy neighbor's car before he wrecksthine. The winner of the derby isthe only car that leaves the fieldof combat under its own power.

The drivers are, of course, fullyprotected with dual safety harness,crash helmet and roll bar, allabsolutely mandatory by club rules.

A demolition derby will be partof the 1970 program planned bythe Thompson Motor Sport Club,which has recently introducedstock ear racing to that northernManitoba community.

Formed in mid-1968 by 10 autoracing enthusiasts, club member-ship currently stands at around50, with founder Brian Swain aspresident and an executive of viceWes Stevens, secretary Sh&rronStevens, treasurer Laird Irvine,and competition chairman ArtHesje.

Initially a rally club, the group

h&ve held several successful gym-khan events over plotted coursesaround town, have the use of adrag strip for time trials, and insummer use the Thompson PowerToboggan Club's banked track forspeed events.

"We're just a sports-minded,fun-loving, safety conscious andresponsible group - and not abunch of hot rodders," stated viceWes in a recent issue of the Club'snewspaper, Wheels North", alively monthly put together byedFtor Wendy Rowley.

Indeed, a club of this kind pro-vides a community service," com-mented president Brian with awinkle in his eye. "We rid the

town of the broken-down, going-to-be-fixed-one-day wrecks thatwould otherwise lie around foryears as permanent eyesores."Known in the game as junkers",the tired old cars can usually beaOqUfred for around $10, and witha little expert tinkering by themembers can be coaxed into goodenough shape to make stock cars,eventually heading for the dumPvia a demolition derby.

team among Sudbury area surfaceplants meeting the nickel refinery'sbest at the Inco Recreation Hall.The other two contests wili beheld as usual at tie Inco Employ-ees' Club, Sudbury.

TWO-BILLIONTH POUNDThe two billionth pound of copperpurchased by Anaconda AmericanBrass Limited from Inco since pur-chases began in 1930, was presentedat Toronto to Donald F. Cornish,Anaconda president (left> by K. H. J.Clarke, assistant vice-president ofInternational Nickel. The metal disc,sawn from a billet, will be suitablyengraved and mounted for display.

Inco FellowshipsMiss Huguette FlaMe of 1261

Suzor Coté, Quebec City, a post-graduate student at the Universityof Toronto, has been awarded anInternational Nickel Fellowship inCanadian-American relatior. Aco-recipient, also at the Universityof Toronto, is Nandor AlexanderFred Dreisziger of 13 LyndhutCourt, Toronto, who received thesame award last year.

The fellowships are part of athree-year $21,000 grant by Inter-national Nickel to the universityfor postgraduate research andstudy in the field of Canath.flAmerican relations Each awardannually provides a $3,000 stipendto the recipient plus a $500 sup-porting grant to the university forresearch materials.

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Captain George C. NaylOr, Dir-ector of Canadian Forces Schoolof Music, Esquimalt, BC, has beenawarded the 1969-70 $3,000 Inter-national Nickel FellOWSh.iP in edu-cational administration. A formerdirector of the princess Patricia'sCanadian Light Infantry regimen-tal band, Edmonton. he has com-menced a Ph.D. program at theUniversiy of Alberta.

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- - _ .". IjView of the $3,500,000 236-dwelling housing project, consisfing of townhouses and a high-rise apartment, scheduled for completion inOctober at Copper Cliff. The private development is being undertaken by a Sudhury company, Copper Cliff Gardens Ltd.

Large HousinAt Copper Clii

Major strides to ease the criticalhousing shortage In the Sudburydistrict are now being taken byprivate interests at Copper Cliffand Lively.

Scheduled for completion byOctober 30 Is a $3,500,000 projectat Copper Cliff, in the area corner-Ing on Power Street and Highway17, where 236 new dwelling unitsare under construction - 136townhouses and a 100-unit high-rise apartment building. Some ofthe townhouses are expected to beready for occupancy in late March.

Attractively designed, the three-and four-bedroom townhouses willbe among the most up-to-date inCanada. Offset in rows, each willhave its own front privacy area.

The apartment building willhave an exercise room and recre-tion are

Rentals will be slightly lowerthan those prevailing for com-parable accommodation in theSudbury district.

The development Is being under-taken by a new Sudbury companynamed Copper Cliff Gardens Ltd.,of which Willard Evoy Is president.The land has been made availableby International Nickel under along-term lease. Over 100,000 cubicyards of fill will be required tobring the site about four feet upto grade level, after which it willbe fully landscaped. The mainroad within the development will

Soo Scholar First toWin New Scholarship

Karl A. Strom of 344 Pine Street,Sault Ste. Marie, was recentlyawarded a $6,000 InternationalNickel university scholarship afirst prize for his performance inthe First Canad1n MthexnaticalOlympiad.

The Olympiad Is sponsored bythe Canadian Mathematical Con-gress in coUaboratioi with theCanad}an Society of Actuaries ndthe canadian Association ofMathematics Teathes. It is anabion-wlde competition at thesecondary school level for studentswho have up to 12 years of school-ix. The first national competi-ton in CQnada at this level in anyfield of study, the Olympiad is

DevelopmentsEL and Lively

be named Dow Drive, in honor ofCopper Cliff's mayor. All otherstreets will be named after flowers,in keeping with the name CopperCliff Gardens. All services suchas power and telephone will beinstalled underground.

A creek adjoining the propertyis being straightened by Inco andencased in a covered arch culvert,to be suitably landscaped.

DEVELOPMENT AT LIVELYPlans are now in an advanced

stage for a private housing devel-opment at Lively, on propertymade available under long-termlease from International Nickel.

Immediate plans are for con-struction of 36 single and semi-detached dwellings, with another120 to follow as soon as possible.

Studies are being made on thecapacity of the town sewage plantto determine what further housingdevelopment will be allowable. Theplanners are prepared to proceedwith a many as 500 new units, in-cluding townhouses and a high-rise apartment, on the basis ofthese studies.

The apartment would be builtat the west end of Ninth Avenueon a high knoll adjacent to theplaying field, and other dwellingsin the undeveloped southwest por-tion of the Lively ares within themunicipal boundary.

Permission has been granted byWaters Township to build a new

designed to test the student's abil-ity rather than the amount ofpreparation. Entry Is restricted tostudents who have previously com-peted in the mathematical compe-tltons which are normally held inall ten provinces eh spring. Themrnther of entrants allowed fromeach province Is apportioned ac-cording to population.

The award Is made in four a -nual in.stalnients of $1,500, Condi-tions of tenure require the recipi-ent to register for a full-timedegree course a a Canadian uni-verity wd to obtain satisfactorystanding eh year the scholarshipIs in effect. There are rio restric-tions on field of study.

Mr. Strom Is completing Grade13 at Sir James Dunn Collegiateand Vocational School in SaultSte. Marie prior to eitering un4-verity in September, 1970.

ro&1 across Inco land in the town- the size or Lively H1fl Seflool, aeship to provide access to Highway veloping it into a fully composite536. This road will loop through school accommodating 1,100 stu-the development and connect with dents as compared with the pr-the west end of Third Avenue. ent 400. It will have 27 more

Sudbury Board of Education Is teaching areas, a library resourcesundertaking additions and alters- centre, and a new gyinna.siUxfl,tions which will more than double together with a playing field.

During the month before Christ-ma there were many wrinkledbrows a r o u n d the yard andthroughout the underground levelsat Frood - Stobie. Hard - hattedminers could be seen muttering tothemselves and scribbling notes atlunch-time.

Shopping lists? Unlikely. Poetry?More than likely, because Decem-ber Is the time for the mine's an-nual safety slogan contest, andjingle fever was rife among theran1.

Once again the safety depart-ment was swamped with stanzasand odes, and had a hard timeselecting the best from a lot ofexcellent material from bardsbeating their brains for the $100.00in prize money.

Repeating his 1968 performance,Stoble powderman Cliff Bennettcopped the $25.00 top prize, andis seen above receiving congratu-lations from ares superintendentS. J. Sheehan and safety super-visor Jim Hatch. His winningverse appe&rs on the signboard.Also taking bows and the $15 run-ner-up money is Frood trackmanAndy Rayne (second from right),who turned in this catchy rhyme:

May the bright lights of YuletideContinue to shine,

On all the safe workers at Frood-Stobie mine."Third prize of $io.oo went to

Stobie construction leader LeoCartier for this very wise piece ofadvice:Carols ring out loud and clear,

As we come to the end of anotheryear.

Start the new one, do it right,Never let safety out of your sight."

The 10 winners of $5.00 consola-tion awards were: Cliff Bennett(he submitted no less than eightverses), Gerry Renkers, Len Web-ster, Alan Lafleur, Bernie Boyland,Yvon Sauve, Dave Barron, DonNadorozny, Don Robertson, andRodrique Vienneu, who came upwith this pithy two-liner:

Yuletide blessings,Are no dressings."

One day a p1no tuner wsboasting about his two sons, whowere identical twins.

HOW do you tell them apart?"asked Mrs. Miller.

It's easy. AUIhavetodOiSpinch them," he replied. Herbieyel in high C and Willie afull tone lower."

Christmas Safety Jingles by Poetic Miners