VOLUME 30 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, MARCH, 1971 NUMBER 12

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Published for employeea of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada LimitedD. M. Dunbar, Editor

D. J. Wing, A1stant EditorEditorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont.

Authorized as second class mail by thePost Office Department, Ottawa, and forpayment of postage in cash.Material contained in Inco Triangleshould not be reprinted unless permissionhas been obtained from The InternationalNickel Company of Canada, Limited.Copper Cliff, Ontario.

Proven ReservesKeep Ahead ofRecord Output

Although International Nickeldelivered a record 518,870,000pounds of nickel in 1970, its ex-ploration program in Canada en-abled it to more than replace theores mined during the year. OnDecember 31 it had proven orereserves of 383,300,000 dry shorttons containing 12,500,000,000pounds of nickel and 7,900,000,-000 pounds of copper, almostidentical to reserves announced atthe end of 1969.

The Company spent $31,889,-000 on exploration last year, com-pared with $19,896,000 in 1969,and employed an average of 1,600persons on exploration projects inCanada and abroad.

Laterilic Projects Progress"Although we expect to look

for and develop sulphide orebodies in Canada, the great bulkof the known deposits of theworld are lateritic, found mainlyin the tropical areas of theworld," Henry S. Wingate, chair-man, said in a message to theCompany's shareholders includedin the annual report issued March8. "International Nickel, eitherin partnership with others or byitself, has rights in such depositsits Guatemala, New Caledoniaand Indonesia. In 1970, we madeprogress in moving all of thesetoward stages where constructioncould be launched."

Inco's record nickel deliverieslast year compared with 382,-170.000 pounds in 1969, when the12.8-day Ontario division strikecut production, and 480.840,000in 1968. Copper deliveries roseto 348,100,000 pounds in 1970,compared with 208,220,000pounds in 1969 and 314,160,000pounds in 19n8. Platinum-groupmetals and gold in 1970 totalled387,700 troy ounces, down from-'21.500 in 1969 and 440,900 in196$.

Record Net EarningsMr. Wingate described 1970 as

"a year of solid achievement" forthe Company. Its net earnings ofS"i)$,9t 000 reached 't levelessential to support the large

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capital expenditures it is makingto expand its production capacityin the light of the growing freeworld demand for nickel, whichlast year consumed an estimatedtotal of 985,000,000 pounds com-pared with 844,000,000 in 1969,the previous record year.

In Canada, Inco spent some$650,000,000 in 1966-1970 on itsexpansion and mcfdernization pro-gram, and expects to spend anadditional $450,000,000 in 1971-1972. Overall, it made recordcapital expenditures of $272,465,-000 in 1970, compared with$175,182,000 in 1969. It expectsto make capital expenditures of$300,000,000 in 1971, of which$255,000,000 is expected to bespent in Canada.

To help finance its large capitalexpenditure programs, the Com-pany increased its long-term debtduring 1970 from $184,314,000on January 1 to $286,660,000 onDecember 31. The year-end figurerepresents 21 per cent of theConipanys total capitalization of$1,119,195,000.

Huge Goals in SightInternational Nickel expects to

produce about cSo,000,00opounds in 1971. In 1972 it ex-pects to achieve the goals of itsexpansion and modernization pro-gram and be operating in Canadaat a rate of more than 600,000,-000 pounds of nickel a year. Theprogram to increase Canadianproduction capacity is basedlirgely "on the Company's faithin the growth of the nickel mar-ket, founded to a considerable de-gree on our demonstrated abilityto expand nickel uses," the chair-man said.

Rising nickel production, andthe softening of the economiec

in the principal nickel-consumingcountries, were cited as the rea-sons why "early in 1971, theshortage that had characterizedthe free world's nickel marketsince 1966 came to an end."

Mr. Wingate said that taxationprograms applicable to the miningindustry must recognize the factsof heavy capital expenditures,plus additional expenditures forenvironmental control programs- which International Nickel iscarrying out "at a rapid pace."

Not only did the mining in-dustry carry the risk of non-dis-covery, but the lead time requiredfor new developments, and thecapital intensiveness involved, ma-terially differentiated mining frommanufacturing industries.

He said he was hopeful thatCanadian tax reform legislation,now expected to be introduced

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this spring, "will be in the longCanadian tradition which recog-nizes the unique aspects of themining industry and its very far-reaching contribution to the coun-try's economic growth."

"Can Only Deter"He expressed regret that the

Province of Manitoba has in-creased income and mining roy-alty taxes. "Such high taxationcan only deter new mining in-vestment and expansion in theprovince."

Communities and nations thatbenefit from the wealth createdby mining "should not throughtaxation policies deter the veryeconomic progress from whichthey benefit," the chairman de-clared. "It is clear that ore bodiesmost likely to be developed willhe in the areas that, by taxationand other policies, encourage, orindeed make possible, their de-vel opment."

Honor "Native Sons"At Annual Dinner

Two Inco vice-presidents, Dr.I ouis S. Renzoni of New York,special technical projects, andJohn A. Pigott of Toronto, opera-tions, were among five Sudbnryarea "native sons" specially hon-ored at a banquet in the ItalianHall, Copper Cliff, on February12.

At its 75th annual dinner theSudbury and District Chamber ofCommerce presented the honoredguests with specially designed deskpen sets, created from ores fromfive Inco mines, showing the foursmoke stacks at the Copper Cliffsmelter.

James R. Meakes, publisher ofthe Sudbury Star, born in Sud-bury, Clifford A. Fielding, presi-dent of Fisher Construction andWavy Industries, born in WatersTownship, and Senator RhealBelisle, born in Blezard Valley,were the other three distinguished"local boys who made good". Mr.Pigott was born in Meaford butbrought to Coniston by his parentsas an infant, and Dr. Renzoni wasborn in Copper Cliff.

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About to embark on his first trip down a mine shaft, executive vice-president Edward Grubb smilingly asks Levack cagetender AlpheeMaflette for "a nice gentle ride". With International Nickel in manyexecutive capacities since 1934, Mr. Grubb. who has succeeded F. FosterTodd at Toronto. made a brief getting acquainted tour of some of theSudbury area operations last month, On the right he chats with Ontariodivision comptroller George Burns.

For a second there the Triangle's Derek Wing thought he had a horticul-tural miracle outside his kitchen window in Lively - a new bush spring-ing to maturity overnight in the middle of winter I But of course MotherNature's staff artist, J. Frost, had created this startlingly realistic illusionon the window panes, working silently while everyone slept.

NEW YEAR'S greetingswere special at the BobChaloux residence in NewSudbury-Bob's wife,Anne, gave birth to littleJimmy on New Year's Eve,a brother for Wendy, 7,and Davey, 5. Bob start-ed with the Company in1964 and is senior clerkin the yards and trans-portation department atthe copper refinery. Anne'sfather, Ainsley Rosebor-ough, is a shift boss at theCopper Cliff crushingplant. Bob's hobby isbuilding an impressive his-torical collection of mili-tary paraphernalia. Anneis completing studies insocial work at LaurentianUniversity.

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A ROASTER KILN bossat the iron ore plant, RayMayer started with theCompany in 1953 at thepIlot plant in Coniston,where the inco iron orerecovery process was de-veloped. He calls Noel-yule his home town, inthis attractive group withhim are his wife, Jean,Norman, 12, and Gary, 7.This summer, the Mayerswill leave their Sudburyhome for a campertrailer holiday on Can-ada's east coast, an ex-perience they're eagerlyanticipating.

QDICK LINDENBACH, who works in the ventilation department at Froodmine, came to inco in 1951 after railroading for four years in his homeprovince of Saskatchewan. Much of Dick's spare time these days istaken up by municipal affairs - he has been the reeve of Valley EastTownship for the past two years. An annual moose-hunting trip to theAtikokan, Ontario area, along with snowmobihng with his family aroundhis Val Caron home, are his favorite recreations. From left to rightn our picture are Donna, 16, Danny, 14, Dick, Niel, 3, Dick's wife,Ramona, and Pat (Mrs. Steven Szarko).

JOINING THE mer-chant marine atthe outbreak ofWorld War 2,George Stepan-chuk sailed thehigh seas and theinland waterwaysfor 12 years, thencame back to hishome town, PortCoiborne, andmarried 'the girlnext door", IreneSutherland. Withinco since 1955,he is a ladiemanin the anode de-partment, and verysports- minded.The happy Stepan-chuk children areDavid, 14, Brian, 9,and Janet, 8.

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WITH ALL THOSE gentlemen in the family, 13-year-old Cathy Cvarand her mother, Frances, should be well waited on at their Sudburyhome. Ivan, the father of this handsome brood, works in the salvagedepartment at Creighton No. 5 mine, in the back row with Cathy areivan, 14, Phillip, 15; in front with Mom and Dad are Tom, 7, Mark, 8,and Eddy, 11. ivan came to Canada from Yugoslavia in 1948, and startedwith the Company in 1949. His chief hobby is woodwork. Mrs. Cvaris the daughter of Creighton pensioner Frank Tanko.

SEVERAL TROPHIES around the Azilda home of Romeoand Marie-Jeanne Rouieau attest to their skill at bowling,a sport the whole family enjoys. Shown here with theirparents are Carmen (Mrs. Ed Laurin), Paulette, 20, andBernard, 14. A furnaceman in the Copper Cliff smelterroaster department, Romeo has been with inco since1941. He likes snowmobihng and going fishing.

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TOWN'S DREAiCOMES TRUE

iATAs many as 350 of all ages have turned out to the public skating sessions in the bright now rink.

Ginette Di Matteo, Linda Arsenau,Kathy Boyd, Nicole Laprairie.

Little Lori Henderson gets first lesson in the spiral from figure skating "pro Susan Metcalfe.Proudly wearing his Canadiens uni-form is David Wilkinson.

Con iston Rejoicing inCommunity Centre

Coniston people are walking tall these days, baskingin the satisfaction of haobjective. The b'February 8 whenassembly of councorganizations andbers of parliamendared the Conistobody's enjoyment.

Native Sons HonoredDone up in high style, the

opening ceremonies included anoverflow banquet at the ClubAllegri. Six native sons whomade the "big time" in hockeyover the years were presentedwith cuff links engraved with theTown of Coniston crest, and pensets mounted on nickel ore.

The Coniston Band, directedby Dan Totino, and Sam Lade-route with three of his pipersfrom the Copper Cliff Highland-ers, gave musical class to theoccasion. Two dances wound upthe big night.

Leading the parade of hockeyheroes was "Toe" Blake, memberof the Hockey Hall of Fame, whoafter a brilliant 12-year playingcareer with Montreal Canadienscoached the club to eight StanleyCups in 13 years, including anunprecedented five in a row from1956 to 1960. Other honored"greats" present were Andy Barbe,now of Pittsburgh, Ieo Lafrance,now of Duluth, George Blake,now of Waterloo, and ArmandLemieux of Coniston. The sixthbig-league native son, Noel Priceof the Los Angeles Kings, re-ceived his presentation by long-distance telephone in a conversa-tion with Mayor Solski which wasamplified through the Centre'sloud-speakers for all to share.

Youth Well OrganizedBut Coniston isn't leaning on

its star-studded past it's deeplycommitted to the present andfuture of its rising generation, as

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il and townspeople, officals of localneighboring municipalities, and mem-Et, Mayor Mike Solski formally de-n Community Centre open for every-

ving reaiizeu anotner majornt came on the evening of

the sparkling new Centre testifies.There are already 230 boys from5 to 17 registered in 17 minorhockey league teams of Squirts,Atoms, Bantams, Peewees andMidgets, with Sylvio Jean as presi-dent and a full complement ofdedicated volunteer coaches. Andthere are 185 enrolled in the skat-ing classes launched last year bythe YMCA and now under thedirection of a professional, silvermedallist Susan Metcalfe of theCopper Cliff Figure Skating Club.

Although it's the tag end of theseason, and rink activities won'treally hit high gear until next fall,the plant shift league, daily schoolhockey, and a daily two-hourperiod when mothers and theirtots have the ice to themselves,

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Chris Veno, at 9 already a real pro prospect, is shown giving goalie Jamie Boyer an anxious time as Wolves,coached by his father Charles, beat Eagles 3-2 In league game in Atom division.

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Coniston's all-time hockey great "Toe" Blake of Montreal, was honored.Posed beside his picture in Centre is young Jim McIntyre.

DArcy Olivier, Tubby Halverson and Aime Barbe turned on the adrenalin as Old-Timers whomped Rivardshift 9-4. Goalie Lionel Leclair (right), is cleanly beaten by Olivier's sizzling slapshot.

Mayor Mike SoIskI snips the ceremonial ribbon at formal opening ofCentre. Assisting s honored guest Andy Barbe, Pittsburgh.

At the end of another safeshift, miners at Murray ar-rive at surface nd headfor the dry to shower andchange. BELOW: Waitingfor their cage, a grouptakes a proud look at theAIlMines safety champion-ship trophy, Murray's tokeep for another year.

Iron Ore Plant and Murray1970 Inco Safety Champions

Iron Ore Plant and Murray Mine emerged victorious in the1970 annual safety sweepstakes for the Ontario Division.

In the race for supremacy among processing plants, IronOre repeated its front-running performance of 1969, followedby Copper Refinery in second place, Port Colborne NickelRefinery third, and Reduction Works fourth.

Murray, which had shared the All-Mines trophy with Levackin 1968, came on strong to nose out Creighton for 1970 honorsafter finishing second to Garson in 1969. Order of finish forthe rest of the field last year was: 3, Levack; 4, Crean Hill;5, Frood-Stobie; 6, Garson.

General manager John McCreedy extended warmest con-gratulations to both winners, and challenged all mines andprocessing plants to redouble their accident prevention efforts

There's a message for all the men atall mines and all plants In the Mur-ry victory banner shown above:PRODUCTION WITH SAFETY -

SAFETY WITH PRODUCTION. Acontinuing desire, dedication, de-terminatIon and team spirit will carrythe ball in 1971". Can Iron Ore andMurray stay on top?

LEFT: Representing every depart-ment, these Iron Ore Plant men posewith the All-Plants safety champion-ship trophy they and their fellow-workers won in 1970 for the secondyear in succession. BELOW: IORP'scontinuing leadership in Inco pro-cessing plant safety came in for alot of pleased comment in the lunch-rooms.

to make 1971 a banner ycar for safety throughout the Ontariodivision.

The two victors were presented with the handsome trophiessculpted in wood by Creighton's Charles Paxy for annualcompetition.

Awarding of the championships is determincd by the relativestanding for the year of each mine or plant in three categories,lost-time-injury frcquency per million man hours, all-accidentfrequency per million man hours, and allaccideiit sevcrity permillion man hours. The best overall performance in each caseis the winner.

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Basketball LoopToning MusclesAt Port Colborne

Sparked by a handful! of for-mer players itching to work offexcess energy in the wintermonths, and tone up those softmuscles, as well as having somegood fun, the Port ColborneMunicipal Basketball I eague wasformed last fall.

The four teams competing inthe 15-week season now drawingto a close represent City Hotel,Public School Teachers, City Mail-men and Inco. They each playone game a week on Friday nights,plus regular practices, at the IncoRecreation Hall

Playing coach and manager ofthe Inco team, No. 2 researchstation foreman Brian Ewing,checked over the ages of his

players and discovered that theiraverage is 27. "We're nospring chickens," he said, "andmost of us haven't played thegame seriously since high schoolor college. There was plenty ofhuffing and puffing in the begin-ning but we're all in pretty goodshape now." He expects theleague will be six teams strongnext season.

Inco team members not seen inthe above picture are: RogerAgnew, Gil Landry, Joe Tober,Bill Bilodeau, Nick Balliw, DougHoyle, Keith Colburn, Nick Mar-kovich, and John Wethrup.

Melodic MetalA pure nickel overwrap of very

fine wire is used on high-qualitystrings for musical instruments togive them the right pitch andresistance to corrosion.

In the final stages of assembly,with most of its internal movIngparts exposed, this 3550-hp Brown-Boveri centrifugal compressor willsoon be supplying air at the rate of12,000 cubic feet per minute, andat a pressure of 110 pounds persquare inch, for the operation ofpneumatic equipment at the CopperCliff South mIne. Developmentwork Is continuing at this newmine, and production has startedon a limited basis.

Seen at the left, the six-stageimpeller will revolve at 12,085 revo-lutions per minute, and at that ratewill claim the distinctIon of beIngthe hIghest speed compressor In

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are well-organized. Family par-ticipation is prominent in theregular public skating sessions.Outside organizations, like theAzilda church hockey league andthe Wahnapitae Recreation As-sociation, are applying for sche-cluled ice time.

Strongly SupportedThe $280,000 Centre has been

supported by subscriptions to dateof $116,000 from individuals andvarious organizations. When thedonation list is closed, the bal-ance will be covered by municipaldebentures. Leading the 40-can-

use in Inco's Sudbury area opera-tions.

The motor armature, seen at theright of the picture, will turn at amodest 1,800 rpm. The single heli-cal gear speed increaser unIt, lo-cated between the armature andthe impeller, has a ratio of aboutseven to one.

Heat generated durIng compres-sion raises the temerature of 70°Finput air to 350 F. CIrculatIonthrough an Inter-cooler and anafter-cooler maIntains a dischargeaIr temperature of 100°F. Waterused for heat transfer in the coolersis recirculated after its passagethrough a cooling tower located

yasser financial campaign withMayor Solski were CouncillorsTom Paradis, Joe Barbe and JohnFera, along with secretary ProsperOlivier, Tepper Caverson, TommyHoare and Fern Leblanc.

Except for seating for 1,500spectators, a heating plant, andsmaller details to be completedthis summer, the well-designedCommunity Centre is modern inevery respect. The regulationartificial ice surface, 85 x 185feet, is conditioned by a Zam-boni scraper and flooder. Open-ing off the entrance lobby is alarge hall suitable for meetingsand social functions, with a kit-chen and snack bar in connection.

adjacent to the compressor build-ing.

The lIghter-colored assemblyjust left of the large increaser gearis a direct-connected gear pumpthat circulates lubricating oIl at 71psi, with a system capacity of 350gallons.

Seen on the job, members ofgeneral engIneerIng's hIghly skilledelectrical-mechanical section instal-latIon crew are Bob Gardlner, fore-man MIckey Smrke, WillIs Burndt,Glen Johnston, and Brown-Boverlexpert Hubert Frel. Overall super-vision of the project is the respon-sibility of Inco's mechanIcal Instal-latIon specialist, Lloyd Johns.

Offices and dressing and storagerooms complete the layout. LeoPoirier and Loris Bardeggia of theInco general engineering depart-ment gave extensive assistance tosecretary Prosper Olivier in over-seeing construction.

Appointed manager of the Cen-tre is Earle Freeborn of Chapleau.'This town is just loaded withcommunity spirit," he said. "I'mgetting every possible co-opera-tion. We've got a great thinggoing here."

The trouble about many peoplewho boast about having an openmind, is that they usually have amouth to match.

In-Depth Studies of Human Relations MaiwgementAttended by a total Iof 30 members of Itop Inco manage- Iment from Thomp- Ison, Port Col- Iborne, Toronto and I

1.the Sudbury area,two week-long ___________executive sessIonson the skills ofHuman Relations

Management" wereconducted at theCompany's train-ing and develop-ment nstitute inSudbury February ..14-19 and Febru-ary 25-March 5.

Warren G. Orr,corporate man-ager, organizationdeveopment, and G. S. Thomas,staff manager, training and edu-cation, were in charge. Mr. Orrs shown in the accompanying pic-

ture during a session.Each group lived in' for its

seminar, keeping to a rigorous

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Highest Speed Compressor to Serve South Mine

Inco's Larry Torok leaps to grab arebound and dump It into the bas-ket. Others shown are Ralph WIl-liams, Inco, and Rod Scott, McKaysenior publIc school.

schedule of day and evening executives, supervision and em-studies. The course, involving ployees at the new institute.thorough discussion of all facets It was arranged under the dlrec-of modern human relations in large tion of Duncan A. Wallace, dtrectorindustrial enterprises, is part of of personnel, Canada and Leothe Company's broad ong-range Pevato, supervisor, training and de-program for skill development of velopment, Copper Cliff.

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RENE GAUTHIERA new house on the 160-acre

family farm at Whitefish ishome to Rene Gauthier, his wifeLorraine and their 5-year-oldson Pierre.

Rene started his Inco careerin the converter building atCopper Cliff in 1966, andswapped tuyere-punching formining at Crean Hill the follow-ing year. A trackless jumbodriller, he is seen at the controlswhile driving a developmentdrift on the 470 level.

Moose hunting is the favoriteof Rene's off-the-job activities,and he reports that his foraysinto the bush around Chapleauduring the past three huntingseasons have been successful.His prize last fall tipped thescales at 600 pounds. His

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RON AUTIORon Autio has worked at

Crean Hill since he came toInternational Nickel in 1957.

A surface craneman with themine's yard crew, Ron is pic-tured behind the wheel of a 115-horsepower diesel-driven Petti-bone Cary-Lift.

Before his move to surfacelast year. he worked on mostlexels of the mine as a diamonddriller, sliisherman, motorman,and diesel loaderman.

Born in Siidbury, Ron mar-ried Helen Tiiomiila of White-fish in 1960. Together withtheir 7-year-old son Brian andBuck, their German Shepherd,they live on a 33-acre farm onthe Fairbank Lake road nearworthington.

steady partner on the moosetrails is his father, an active andagile 71.

CHRIS DAVISIt could be said that Chris

Davis, who was born in Sydney,Australia, and is now a graduateengineer in the mine engineeringoffice, started his long journeyto Inco and Crean Hill at theage of four when his parentsmoved to England. He took aside trip to Lapland in 1969 towork as a summer studentbefore his final year of study atLondon University's R o y a ISchool of Mines.

Recruited by Inco representa-tives in England, he joined theCompany late last year.

Single and 21, Chris oftenthinks longingly back to thetimes when he and his pals actedas the university's unofficialwine - tasting committee. Askedif it is true that wine tasters donot swallow the sample butmerely rolled it around thepalate, he grinned and shookhis head. 'Not as far as I'mconcerned," he said, "therewouldn't be much fun in that.svould there!"

BERNIE SCHMACHTF.LA post clerk on the floor of

the Toronto Stuck Exchange be-fore he switched to Inco in 1967,Bernie Schniachtel changed jobscii account of noise. "You'dnever believe the racket that thetraders create," he said. "It's

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not so quiet in some parts ofthe mine either, but at least hereI can shut out the noise withearmuffs."

A long-hole driller, he isseen on the 1400 level whilepreparing to drive a slot for ablast hole stope.

Now 25, Bernie was born inSalzburg, Austria, came toCanada with his parents in 1952,and attended school in Winni-peg and Oakville. He and hiswife Cheryl and their twodaughters live in Whitefish,

Bernie is happiest when he'szooming around in the wideblue yonder. He qualified forhis pilot's license last year. Hisburning ambition is to own andcommercially operate a heli-copter.

CLIFF CORBIEREA Canadian Indian, Cliff Cor-

hiere lives on Manitoitlin Island,ui "Odawa-nilnis' the Isle ofthe Ottawas, as it is known byegend to the more than 2,00)members of the Oihway andOttawa tribes who reside there.

A diesel loaderman, Cliffravels close to 190 iii iles a day

comnimtiting between Wikwemi-kong, at the vest end of the

Nianitoulin, and Crean Hill. Hedrives with five others who workat the nilne.

Cliff started his Inco career atCopper Cliff in 1960. Hepunched his last converter tuyerethere in 1964, and took up thetools of a mine beginner atCrean Hill. Before taking overthe controls of a load-haul-dumpmachine, he filled the jobs ofskip tender, chute blaster,switchman, and motorman.

Home to Cliff and his wife -Stella Recollette before theywere married in 1964.- is ahouse he built in 1969 on hisfamily's quarter-section farmnear Wikwemikong where hewas born. They have four chil-dren, Roseanne, Harold, Allenand one-month-old Laurie-Anne.

GEORGE TALBOTA steady flow of drill steel

passes through the mine ware-house on its way to the under-ground working areas. Seenhere checking stocks of variouslengths and diameters is store-man George Talbot.

An Incoite since 1964, Georgejoined the Company at MurrayMine, where he was a slusher-man before his transfer to thesurface plant at Crean Hill inl97.

Married in 1964. he and hissvife l.orraine (Belanger) havetsvo children, Joanne, 4, andDonald. 3 months. Born inSudhurv. George still lives there.averaging about 45 minutes forthe 30-mile trip from the city toCrean Hill.

Bowling enthusiasts, Georgeand I orrainc can he found scat-tering the 10-pins four nights aweek during the season. Georgehas hen instructing youngstersin the game for the past twoyears.

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CAJHY HUNTERPcrsonncl records show that

there are 408 people employedat (rean Hill. Two of thattotal are female and one of thosetwo is attractive Cathy Hunter,records clerk in the mine's en-gineering department.

"I just love the work," en-thused Cathy, "and the guys arejust great. I never had so muchattention in my whole life."

A graduate of Lively HighSchool who later studied ac-counting at Cambrian College,19-year-old Cathy is the daugh-ter of Copper Cliff power de-partment distribution foremanJack Hunter. Her sister Rhoda isa key punch operator in the dataprocessing department at CopperCliff.

Cathy was photographed whileinking in long-hole drilling lay-outs, one of her regular dailyduties.

Off the job Cathy enjoys sew-ing, swimming at the familycamp on Lake Agnew - "anddancing - what girl doesn't!"She lives in Lively.

DAVE FROSTA first class maintenance elec-

trician, Dave Frost is seen whilemaking the daily inspection ofthe mine's drum hoist. Besidehim is one of the two 1,100-hphoist motors which are con nect-ed in tandem.

Dave spent the first year ofhis life in England, but grew up

trical apprenticeship "down-un-der", spent several years pryinghis trade, then in 19ô8 made ahoriday trip to Mexico that hadfar-reaching effects. nstead ofreturning directly to New Zea-and, 1)ave detoured to England.taycd there for IS months, and

then spent half a year in Ger-many. Back in England, hemade contact with an Inco re-cruiting team and late in 1970was headed for Canada andCrean Hill.

"I feel quite at home inNorthern Ontario," he said."The unspoiled bushland here isvery similar to what I was usedto in the old country." In his32nd year. Dave is still foot-loose and fancy free.

KAUKO MANNINFNA construction leader, Kauko

Manninen was photographedwhile installing a 36-inch ven-tilation pipe on the 500 level ofthe mine.

Kauko was born and grew upon a Beaver Lake farm near

Worthington, joined Inco atCopper Cliff in 1960, andworked at Creighton mine fortwo years prior to his move toCrean Hill in 1964.

He and his wife - SheilaKautiainen before they weremarried in 1965-live in White-fish, and are the proud parentsof 18-months-old Melissa.

Kauko has three brothers whoalso work for the Company,Ilmari and Albert at Crean Hilland Alec at Levack.

He's a keen ice fisherman; hisbest catch this winter includeda 9-pound lake trout which hehooked in Lake Penage.

PAUL PAASILABorn in what was then Port

Arthur, Paul Paasila came toCrean Hill via Copper Cliff,where he was an Orford build-ing skimmer, and the iron oreplant, where he was a cranemanfor two years. He joined theCompany in 1959.

A construction leader, Paulwas building a gangway chute

between a shrinkage stope andthe 1,400 level tramway whenthe Triangle paid him a visit.

Pushing 40 and still single,Paul confided that he finallypopped the question, Elsie Salosaid yes, and they will be walk-ing the aisle in the near future.

Paul loves the outdoors. Hiswinter activities include longcross-country ski hikes and icefishing; summers he enjoys atthe camp he has owned for thelast six years on Ella Lake."Sh&s a great lake for pike andbass," he said, grinning. "I don'tknow of any better in thisdistrict."

VIC CRAWFORDOn surface in the mine's weld-

ing and plate shop, the Trianglecamera caught this shot of welderVic Crawford as he was chip-ping a bead on a steel doorframe.

From his home town ofGuelph he came to Sudbury withhis parents in 1942, During his

three-year hitch as an infantry-man with the Princess Pats hewas stationed in Korea for 12months.

Vic started with Inco atCopper Cliff in 1954, andworked as a cranenian and as askimmer before moving to CreanHill rock house in 1965. Am-bitious to upgrade himself, heput five weeks of special leaveto good use in 1967 by attendingvocational school in Toronto tokarn the welding trade.

Marion Secord and Vic werewed in 1957. They have afamily of three and a home

beside Clear 1_ake, just south ofEspanola.

BRIAN LASHBROOKHand on the brake wheel, car

loader Brian Lashbrook is showneasing a loaded 80-ton ore cardown the grade from the minessurface bins to start its journeyto the Copper Cliff crushingplant.

A native of Parry Sound,Brian worked for the CPR at

Little Current before joiningInco at Crean Hill in 1969.

A 21-year-old, he was mar-ried to Beverly Berry of Es-panola last year; they live inEspanola.

The golf course claims muchof Brian's free time in the sum-mer. During the long winterevenings he enjoys writing shortstories and plays. "Nothing'sbeen published," he said, "Idon't write for profit - just forthe pleasure of putting mythoughts on paper."

SAFETY MAKES SENSEWear your glasses, the boss-

man said,Keep your safety hermet on your

head.Wear safety boots to guard your

toes,Near moving machinery, no

ragged clothes.crean up the place when the

job is done,Obey all signs and walk - don't

run.Some may resent these rigid

rulesBut safety was made for men,

not fools.

Let's face it boys, we're here tostay

To punch a clock and earn ourpay.

We may change jobs, and com-panies too,

But wherever we go there's ajob to do.

A job to pay our groceries andbeer.

The wife to dress, the kids torear,

So follow safety and use yourhead -

You get darn smalr chequesFrom a hospital bed.

Arnold ZimmermanGarson Al me

in Nelson, a town at the north-ern tip of New Zealand's SouthIsland.

He served a five-year elec-

Although they're madein much smaller

quantities, sulphideanodes also put on avery good show when

they're being cast fromthe travelling ladle car.

Anodes, weighing 500pounds each, are the

second-last stage in theproduction of pureelectrolytic nickel.

A technicolor dramathat's been running formany years at thePort Colborne nickelrefinery, the casting ofmetal anodes callsfor skills and intuitionthat rank it as an artas well as a science.

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Making iVickeL Anodcs at Port Colborne

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The Second-LastStep to Purity

A brilliant spectacle that never fails to stop a plant visitorin his tracks - especially at night when the contrast is morevivid - anode casting at the Port Colborne nickel refinery is afascinating display of metallurgical fireworks. Creamy whiteas it is tapped from the furnace at a blistering 2800 degrees F,the lively metal slowly cools in the casting wheel moulds, phasingthrough brilliant oranges into gradually deepening reds until itfinally subsides to a prosaic mottled gray as it solidifies.

The faces and figures of themen who carry out this smooth-flowing operation, and the entirearea in which they work, arebathed in a soft glow of varyingcolor that provides a dramaticbackdrop to the scene.

Nearing the End

Anode casting is the second-last step in the long and complexprocess that transforms raw 1%nickel ore into silvery 99.99%pure nickel. Each of the manysteps, some gigantic in scale, is amechanical or chemical proce-dure performed with the greatestpossible precision and safety, tosteadily increase the concentrationand purity of the metal. Anodecasting is getting right down tothe nitty-gritty of the business -the next stage is electrolytic re-fining to produce the finalproduct.

"The main function of this de-partment," said superintendentJan Van Dillen, "is to convertnickel oxide sinter and nickel sul-phides from Copper Cliff, alongwith sulphides from Thompson,into anodes for the electrolyticprocess. We make primary metalanodes and primary sulphide

anodes, by similar but separatemethods."

Metal anodes are 500-poundslabs of impure nickel, measuringapproximately 3½ feet high, 2½feet wide, and 2 inches thick.

"About 80% of our productionis metal anodes, containing 93%nickel, with copper, cobalt, ironand sulphur making up the bal-ance," continued Jan. "They aremade from nickel oxide sintershipped to us by rail from thefluid bed roaster department atCopper Cliff, which containsabout 72% nickel as we receiveit. So here is a clear example ofincreasing the concentration ofmetal in successive steps in ametallurgical operation.

"In making sulphide anodes, on

ON THE COVERFurnaceman Ugenio Comazzoloand foreman Bob Barton closelyexamine a quenched samplebutton of metal taken from ananode furnace. By the shapethese samples take after suddencooling, and their color and tex-ture, the experts can tell howsoon the furnace will be readyfor tapping.

Metallic impurities rising to the top of the molten bath inthe furnace are skimmed off as slag, using steel rabble.Cover over pot was removed for photograph.

the other hand, our departmentcan take credit for only a smallincrease in the concentration ofnickel; the big boost takes placein the electrolytic process. Thenickel sulphides we receive comefrom the matte separation depart-ment at Copper Cliff, and fromthe Thompson smelter, and con-tain about 68% nickel."

Mixed with CokeThe finely particled nickel

oxide sinter used for makingmetal anodes is conveyed, on ar-rival at Port Colboine, to steelstorage bins, from which it isdrawn as required and, underpushbutton control, mixed in arotating drum in carefully weigh-ed proportions with petroleumcoke. An overhead 15-ton cranetransports buckets of this mixtureto hoppers positioned over smallopenings in the roof of the anodefurnace. From time to time slidesunderneath the hoppers are pulledand the charge drops into thefiery maw below.

Enough heat is generated dur-ing one 8-hour shift by the sevenoil burners in an end wall of the

Wheelman AlfieBurattini oper-ates compress-ed-air controlsto tilt pouringdrum and movecasting wheel.

furnace to keep an average housecomfortable for a whole winter.As the charge melts under thissearing flame, a chemical reactiontakes place by which the cokeremoves the oxygen from thenickel oxide, thus "reducing" thenickel oxide to nickel.

Made of firebrick, the furnacehas a floor area of some 700square feet. There are four fur-naces, each with a casting wheel;one furnace is usually on standby.

It takes about 40 hours to meltdown all the charge a furnace canhold. Near the end of thisperiod, when most of the chargeis molten, a layer of metallic im-purities has floated to the sur-face of the bath; this slag isperiodically skimmed off withsteel rabbles into a cast iron slag-pot through a door in a side wall.

200 Fiery Tons of MetalFinally the furnace is ready to

tap. It now contains about 200tons of white-hot molten anodemetal, a foot deep. A man needscolored glasses to see anything atall inside, at the same time pro-tecting his eyes.

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Feed to the anode furnaces is nickel oxide sinter from Cop-per Cliff, mixed in weighed proportions with petr&eum coke.

Second- LastStep

(Continued from Page 11)The furnace crew drills holes

through the fireclay buds plug-ging small openings in one of theside walls, whereupon streams ofthe brilliant molten metal flowdown chutes leading to an oil-fired pouring drum. Most im-portant man in the operation, thefurnaceman among his otherresponsibilities keeps a sharp eyeon the tap holes, either enlargingthem or trimming them withfreshly tempered fireclay to main-tain a steady flow of metal atjust the right rate.

Meanwhile the wheelman isready at his pneumatic controls,housed beside the 25-foot diameterrotating casting wheel on whichare mounted 28 watercooled cop-per moulds shaped like anodes.Every 45 seconds he tilts thepouring drum to fill a mould, hisexperience and sense of timingtelling him just when he haspoured a 500-pound anode. Hethen elevates the drum while heoperates the big wheel to movethe next mould into position, andrepeats the pouring procedure.During its trip on the wheel theanode cools and solidifies; crew-nien bolt a bar to its suspensionlugs, remove it with an air hoist.and prepare the mould for itsnext turn at the pouring drum.

Temperature PolicedThroughout the 10-hour casting

cycle the metal in the furnacemust be maintained at the righttemperature - if it becomes toocold it may "freeze", if too hotit may wash out the clay from thetapholes. The gasman takes itstemperature regularly with hisoptical pyrometer, and adjustmentof the oil burners is made ac-cordingly.

The hot gasses from the anodefurnaces first pass through awaste heat boiler where most ofthe steam required for the nickelrefinery is generated: then they'reused to preheat combustion airfor the oil burners. They arepassed through a cyclone dustcollector, and finally through anelectrostatic precipitator where a40.000-volt potential betweenclosely spaced wires and platesgives them a jolt that takes outalmost all the remaining dust.

Making sulphide anodes, limit-ed by the facilities to about a fifthof the department's production, isa much simpler operation. Nickelsulphides are melted in a smalloil-fired furnace at a temperatureof 1800 degrees F, and are tappedinto ladle cars travelling alongtwo banks of cast iron moulds,which are filled one by one.

Controlled CoolingAs the anodes solidify they are

hoisted into insulated boxes, 14 toa box, and left under sealed coverfor some 24 hours. It is duringthis period that the most interest-ing phase of the procedure takes

Suspension bar bolted to the lugs. a still-hot anode is hoisted from the casting wheel byfloorman Joe Zdelar. On the right, weigher John Mikolasek checks out a car of anodeson its way to the final refining process in the electrolytic department.

Molten furnace slag is poured on high-pressure jets of water which granulates it into shot,convenient to handle in further metal recovery treatment. On the right, anode departmentsuperintendent Jan Van Dillen (with pencil) confers with assistant to the superintendentLes Way and assistant superintendent Lloyd Schooley on a refractory probleni.

place. Under controlled cooling,as are the huge ingots in the matteseparation process at CopperCliff, the anodes have time todevelop a strong crystal structurewithout which they would be toobrittle for the upcoming treatmentin the electrolytic department.This is the process used in thThompson nickel refinery.

Superintendent Jan Van Dillenlays strong emphasis on safeworkmanship in his anode de-partment. "Like all people work-ing in the refinery, our men wearsafety glasses, hard hats, and steel-toed safety shoes. As extra pro-tection against the special hazardsf handling molten metal, fur-

nace crews engaged in skimmingslag and controlling the flow ofmetal wear fine-mesh face screens.All men around the tapping fur-naces wear leather spats to pre-%ent a splash of metal enteringshoes, and those handling anodesand firebrick wear metatarsalguards over their insteps.'

Successful operation of theanode department depends uponmany skills. But all through thisaction runs a strong influence ofintuition, born of careful trainingand experience - it might be

Sulphide an-odes must beslow-cooled insealed insulat-ed boxes. Op-erating thegantry crane isHenry Mascio-vecchio.

called a "feel" for metal - that insome ways sets anode castingapart as an art rather than a pre-cise metallurgical science. In thisall the men involved may takejustifiable pride.

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BILL BROWN SKIPS WINNERSIN COPPER REFINERY 'SPIELUp until this year he was "often a bridesmaid but never a bride"but last month Bill Brown finally made it to the championship of theannual Copper Refinery curling bonspiel, skipping his rink of BillBruins, Bruno Rebellato and George Batten to victory in the main

3event. Runners-up were Rolly Roy (skip), Wayne Wilson, MikeStencell, and Gord Shedden.

Another veteran Refinery curler, Wes Hart, master-minded thewinning rink of Gabe Prevost, Bob Montgomery and Russ Radford inthe second event, and Joe Halverson was the victorious skip in thethird, ably supported by Al Zandri, Dominique Chalopin and JoeVaillancourt.

Three charming young stenos added a lot of interest to the 'spiel,and were appreciated with special prizes. In charge of the always-

- enjoyable event were Larry Martel, Dunc White, the old master. WesHart, and Bud Eles. A round of applause went to Bob Sandberg forhis efforts in rounding up a fine array of loot. The turnout of 28

John Taggart rinks was the second largest in the history of this athletic associationGary Cotnam classic.Vic Spencer

Starving Deer Get HelpFrom Conservationists

The nearrecord snowfall in theSudbury area this year came as amixed blessing. Skiing and snow-niobiling enthusiasts were with-out complaint, but local conser-vationists were very concernedabout the heavy snow's effect onthe area deer population.

Although the above-averagesnow depth made travel difficultfor the deer, the real problem wasthe light crust of ice formed abouta foot above ground during mildmid-winter weather. Because theyget bogged down in the crustedsnow, the deer tend to stay onthe open trails in their yards; mostof the food within reach was con-sumed and problems were begin-ning to mount. Should theanimals have had to go com-pletely unaided right throughwinter, widespread starvationwould almost certainly have re-sulted. Furthermore, weakenedby the lack of food and restrictedto the use of established trails,the gentle denizens of the woodswere easy prey in abnormal num-bers for marauding woles,

Cheerful VolunteersTo help offset this distressing

effect of the heavy snowfall, localgame and fish clubs have taken

part in a deer-feeding program inco-operation with the Ontario De-partment of Lands and Forests.Deer yards in the High Falls andBurwash areas were selected assites for the program by depart-ment biologist Ken Morrison.President Armand Belanger'sTrailsmen Rod and Gun Club ofVal Caron and president DougOgston's Copper Cliff Rod andGun Club participated. Armandis a motorman at Stobie, andDoug, recently voted OntarioSportsman of the Year, is a main-tenance foreman in the CopperCliff smelter.

Lashing on snowshoes, andusing chain saws and axes, theconservationists cut down hard-wood trees, chiefly birch andmaple and dragged them withina deer's reach on the establishedtrails of the yards. Maple andbirch are best because of theirlarge number of edible sprouts.Shortly after cutting sessions atHigh Falls and Burwash, herds ofa many as O deer were obscredentering the yards to "put on thefeed bag".

Many a fawn will owe its life tothe cheerful volunteers who un-dertook this deer mercy mission.

A PUNNY PIGEONA mother pigeon and her baby

were preparing for migration toFlorida, however, the young onewas afraid he would not be ableto make it on his own.

"Don't worry," said the mother,I'll tie a string around my leg

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and around your neck to help youalong."

'But," said the young pigeon,"I don't want to be pigeon towed."

- The Transmitter

When a woman says she won'tbe a minute, she is usually right.

Linda Frantilla Frank MacKinnon Ann Grace Don Ley, Don BurkeBill Brown, Brian Rogers

Fred Wllkie has smooth slide delivery

Preparing for their mercy mission here are Copper Cliff Rod and GunC'ub members Max Ridi, Percy Morrison, Elmer Laakso, Ron Bertrand,and Buster Powell. The snow was hip-deep in the bush.

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Life and TimesOf Sudbury AreaGraphically Told

A fascinating photographicflashback of the history of theSudbury area, decade by decadefrom 1890 through to the presentday, has been published by Inter-national Nickel for local Inco em-ployees and interested citizens.

"The [and Above the Ore Be-low" is the title of the booklet.Pictures of early prospectors,pioneering mining camps and pro-duction methods launch the readeron a most informative and oftensentimental look at the life andtimes of the nickel capital of theworld. Through it runs a delight-ful leavening of now-amusingshots - sultry Theda Bara pro-jecting the feminine mystique asof the 1910 era - a quartet of1920 bathing beauties coylywatching for the birdie to popout of a cumbersome old Graflexcamera.

Historical events of both localand world impact that touchedthe lives of everybody have beenwell chosen to round out thecleverly edited pictorial presenta-tion.

Following the course of growthand development in the area, thescript for this 80-year reviewbrings into proper perspective asubject much in the minds ofmost people these days, local en-vironmental control.

Jokes To Be Endured"Most Sudburians," says the

booklet's introduction, "have

An "outstanding citizen" awardwas presented to Ken Fyall at theinnual Sudbury BrotherhoodWeek dinner in recognition ofhis community service as cam-paign chairman for the past fiveyears of the Sudbury Cancer So-ciety, and, among other activities.enthusiastic worker in the annualSanta Claus parade and the Cana-diana celebration. The presenta-tion was made by Uril Oko (left),vice-president of the Mayor'sCommittee on Fluman Rights.

the last century."After the lumber men had

taken away all the pine, leavingless marketable trees and othergrowth, the mineral prospectorsmoved in and burned off fallenslash and topsoil - often indis-criminately - to expose rock ofthe great Canadian Shield andglimpse its rich mineral deposits.

Heap Roasting Blight"Then came the practice of out-

doors heap roasting to obtainnickel and copper from the ores,and smoke rich in sulphur dioxidepoured over the countryside kill-ing what few trees and other vege-tation remained. In fact, thegas has a troublesome preservativequality that is evident in thethousands of dead tree stumpsthat still litter the district.

"With the rock exposed and thevegetation gone, erosion followedto complete the denuding process.

Golden Wedding oJ Copper Cliff CoupleMarried on Janu-ary 10, 1921,Donato and AmaliaDiSalle celebratedtheir 50th wed-ding annIversaryat a house partyheld in the Cop-er Cliff home of

theIr daughter,Mrs. Viola Marco-lini.

Forty relatIvesand friends wereon hand to con- -gratulate the -

couple, who werepresented withgold weddingbands by theirfamily of fivechildren and 12grandchildren.Don ato ex- -

changed marriage -vows with Amalia Cercone in Pacentro, Italy, left for Canada In 1924, andwas hired by the Mond Nickel Company at Coniston In 1925. He wastransferred to the Copper Cliff converter buIldIng In 1932. He and hIswife have lived in Copper Cliff since she came out from Italy to joIn Nmin 1934.

An Inco pensioner since 1960, Donato worked as a smelter balemanduring most of his long service with the Company.

Still quietly active at 73, Mr. DiSalle maIntaIns his interest In theplant at Copper ClIff through his son Con, a plateworker, and electrician"Tarchie" Tomassini, husband of his daughter Flo.

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learned to accept such slurs ontheir community as 'The back sideof the moon' ind 'Pittsburgh without the orchestra' in a spirit ofgood humour, although not a fewproud citizens, pushed beyondtheir limits of endurance, hatebeen known to 'blow their stacks'when hearing an out,ider compare their home to a hinterland.

'Sure, it's different; there i noother place like it in the world.Sure, it's rocky, barren and - tothe uninitiated - rather strangelooking. Sure, it could use a face-lifting to make it more 'ordinary',more aesthetically appealing.Much of the land in the districtis scarred, but one doesn't have tolook hard to find greenery, andeven exceptional beauty.

"There is much in the uniquequalities of the district to beproud of. It is the most import-ant nickel producing area in theworld, and nickel has been one ofthe most important - if not themost important-metals that havecontributed to 20th century pro-gress. The discovery and de-velopment of the Sudbury oreshas been ranked in importance toCanada to the building of theCanadian Pacific Railway. Hadit not been for the faith anddedication of the nickel pioneers,there wouldn't be a Sudbury andits substantial contributions to thenation and the world.

"It was the activities of the menwho developed the District thatprecipitated the problems of landerosion that have perplexed us inmore recent times. Actually,lumbering activities well beforethe turn of the century, to meetthe growing demand for timber,triggered the process of denudingthe Sudbury hills, which heldgreat stands of white pine andother species until the middle of

Sudbury StarKen transferred from the Incotransportation department to thepublic affairs department at Cop-per Cliff about a year ago.

Also honored was Sister MarieDubord for her work as founderof Sudbury's Half-Way House:she received her plaque fromRobert Recollet (right), a crusher-man at Copper Cliff North mine,

ho is president of the NickelBelt Indian Club and a memberof the Mayor's committee.

MARCH, 1971

"The devastation was completeby 1920, and since that time dam-age by sulphur dioxide fumes hasbeen relatively minor, and in facthas decreased as improved tech-nology has enabled better controlof gas emissions.

"There is still a lot to be ac-complished in the areas of re-clamation and pollution abate-ment. But, put in the properperspective, one realizes that thenickel mining industry has comea long way since those often reck-less, but always daring, resource-ful and industrious pioneerstrudged westward and northwardto chart and develop an import-ant new frontier."

Students and others wishing toobtain copies of "The Land Abovethe Ore Below" - a sure-fire"best seller" - should write toInco's public affairs departmentat Copper Cliff.

Picks Off $320 Suggestion Plan AwardRoy Carlyle, 2nd

-_class mechanIc at =Copper ClIff smel-ter, got right downto the nuts andbolts of a problem e iand came up wIthan Idea that wonhim a $320 Em-ployees Sugges-tion Plan award.He is shown (left)being congratulat-ed by sectIonmaintenance su-perintendent TomPrior (right) andconverter buildingare a forem an-iIiHarris Moore.

Roy's suggestion was to use larger diameter bolts on the converteruptakes to prolong their life. But he says he won't have t put on histhinking cap to figure out how to get rid of the $320- he'll just handit over to his wife Elaine.

In the past three months over $1,800 has been awarded for sug-gestions to improve smelter operations, more than half of it for ideasrelated to the converter department.

Receive Sudbury "Outstanding Citizen" Awards

MARCH, 1971

Ringette ProvingPopular Sport foiTeen-Age Lasses

Ringette, Canada's latest anfastest growing girls' team sporis getting an enthusiastic responsin Levack. Thirty girls, ranginin age from 12 to 15 years, arplaying on two teams coached bErnie Taylor and Gary ChaterThey play exhibition gameagainst teams from DowlinAzilda, Chelmsford and SudburyLast year, although it was thIevack girls' first whirl at tingette, they placed second intournament held at Azilda.

Stajied in North BayRingette was originated in 19&

by Sam Jacks, commissioner oparks and recreation for the citof North Bay. The game i:played on ice and teams consist otwo forwards, two on defencea centre and a goaltender. Thbroomsticks, or bladeless hocke)sticks, are colored according tcthe players' assigned positions orthe ice. The goalkeeper wielda pink stick. A standard rubbeideck-tennis ring from whicicomes the name of the game -replaces the hockey puck. Body-

d Mine Athletic Association. Next

g all communities between Levacke and Sudbury, and possibly far-

checks (and biting in the clinches)are not allowed.

Although it's only six yearssince ringettc was invented, thegame has seen a lot of growth.Sudhury, for instance, has 800girls playing. Interest is pickingup fast in the northern UnitedStates as well as in Europe, whereit was introduced by Canadian\rmed Forces personnel formerlystationed at North Bay.

Easy to Get GoingLots of fun, the game uses

cxisting ice hockey facilities, andrequires only a pair of skates, abroomstick, and protective headgear approved by the OntarioRingette Association. The in-clusion of ringette in municipalrecreational programs bringsabout a better balance betweenboys' and girls' winter athleticactivities.

The man responsible for bring-ing ringette to Levack wasplanned maintenance clerk RonCorelli, with an assist going toHarvey Nadeau.

The Town of Levack recreationcommittee provides the girls' icetime at the arena, and their teamjerseys were bought by the I.evack

year, there will be an organizedleague with entries expected from

ther afield.

Port Colborne StagedFine Winter Carnival

Lovely 15-year-old DianeBendes, daughter of ZoltonBendes of the nickel refinery ac-counting staff, was crownedqueen from among 18 prettycandidates from the high schoo',at Port Colborne's annual three-

day winter car-nival. Her prin-cesses wereJane Van Vie-gan, 18, andDonna Taylor,

Motorcycle,t snowmobile,

dune buggy

races, helicop- J ter, snowmo-

Queen Diane bile and hayrides, and a host of other attrac-tions kept a crowd of 3500 en-tertained on the final day of thebig event, February 7.

A rocket firing demonstrationby the Port Colborne RocketryClub, and a spectacular para-chute jumping exhibition by mern-bers of the Niagara ParachuteClub, Burnaby. were specialthrills.

Staged on Gravelly Bay, fromwhich the city got its originalname, the program was organizedby city recreation director ArtStead and Wesley Price of theInco research stations. Wes waskept exceptionally busy doublinga Porty the Penguin, mascot ofthe carnival.

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Appointments

The following appointmentshave recently been announced:

COPPER CLIFFG. H. Merriam, manager, mines

exploration;Grant Bertrim, mine superin-

tendent, Copper Cliff North mine;William I. Moffat, mine super-

intendent, 1_evack mine;Stanley Dohson, pit superin-

tendent, Clarabelle open pits No.I and No. 2;

A. I. Bentley, assistant minegeologist, Kirkwood mine;

N. Forlina, assistant mine geol-ogist, Copper Cliff South mine:

R. D. Martindale, assistant minegeologist, Murray mine;

A. A. Ryter, assistant chiefmines engineer (planning);

G. W. Johnston, area engineer,Frood-Stobie mines;

C. Barsotti, mine engineer,Copper Cliff North mine;

J. G. Rickaby, superintendentof safety (mines);

W. C. Buchanan, superintendentof safety (processing);

M. A. Luck, assistant manager,copper refinery;

F. H. Bracken, assistant to themanager, iron ore recovery plant;

G. C. Nowlan, superintendent,iron ore recovery plant;

A. D. Hansen, pellet superm-tendent, iron ore recovery plant;

B. J. McQueen, assistant pelletsuperintendent, iron ore recoveryplant;

D. R. Morrison, superintendent,process technology, iron ore re-covery plant;

W. A. Hudgins, superintendent,pressure carbonyl department,Copper Cliff nickel refinery;

S. F. Pinkos, superintendent,converter department, CopperCliff nickel refinery;

W. D. Schoenefeld, superin-

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tendent, maintenance department,Copper Cliff nickel refinery;

D. Wilkinson, superintendent.proceis technology department,Copper Cliff nickel refinery;

J. G. Paterson, superintendent(development), Copper Cliff pro-cess technology;

I. Matousek, supervisor, pyro-metallurgy development. CopperCliff process technology;

F. S. Homer, supervisor ofbenefits, staff and hourly em-ployees.

PORT COLBORNEW. T. Grefton, superintendent,

industrial relations and personnel,Port Colborne nickel refinery;

Charles T. Burke, assistantsuperintendent, electrolytic nickeldepartment, Port Colborne nickelrefinery:

Herbert W. Haun, assistantsuperintendent, shearing, shippingand yard department, Port Co!-borne nickel refinery:

I A. Rossl, safety supervisor,Port Colborne nicket refinery.

TORONTOL. Guglielmhi, manager, pro-

cess development;J. H. Walter, senior industrial

relations adviser, transferring fromPort Colborne nickel refinery,where he was assistant manager.

A. A. Wiebe, superintendent,assay stations operated by the ex-ploration department in Australia,Indonesia, New Caledonia, BritishSolomon Islands Protectorate, andCanada; he will continue to belocated in Sydney, Australia.

President of MACF. Foster Todd, who retired as

executive vice-president of Inter-national Nickel on February 28but will continue in a consultantcapacity with the Company, waselected president of the MiningAssociation of Canada at its an-nual meeting in Toronto onFebruary 24.

He succeeded John Kostuik,president of Denison Mines, ElliotLake.

No Way He Was Going to Call This Play BackWell-known secon-dary school andminor hockeyreferee, Levack'sBill Hannan blewno offside whIstle

Chars Hews pre kIA TL'Asented him wIth a f$760 Suggestion

gd'

installatIon of avent on the down-stream side

under the sand plant tanks would reduce the consumption of valve linersand provide a smoother flow of sandf Ill. And that's just what happenedwhen his idea was put on trial. Here he's poIntIng out the details toMr. Hews and Levack area superintendent Dave Lennle. BIli and SandraHannan are planning a trip to Flonda in May with their son David.'Now won't have to take my whistle along when the wife goes shop-ping," he smiled as he pocketed the cheque.

Goal-bound, Levack's speedy littleJocelyn Albert, 12, breaks away.

Goalie Sylvia Hallet's stick Iscolored regulation hot pink.

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Retired on Jlnco en1onWITH 20 OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE

FRANK SILCWhen Murray driller Frank

Silc came to Canada in 1929from northern Yugoslavia, he wassupposed to go straight out westto work as a farm laborer; butfarming didn't appeal too much

ciMr. and Mn. SiIc

to Frank so he jumped off thetrain in North Bay and headedfor Sudbury.

Frank started with the Com-pany at Levack in 1929 but trans-ferred later to Frood and Garson,and in 1941 went to Murraywhere he remained for the restof his service.

In 1939 he married a Powassangirl, Minnie Thompson in Sud-bury. They have four childrenand one grandchild. Although heis on a disability pension with abad back, Frank and his wifewould like to repeat the Europeantrip they took six years ago ontheir 25th anniversary. Theirpermanent home is likely to beSudbury.

BILL ROBINSONWhen Bill Robinson and his

family moved recently fromLively to Kelowna, BritishColumbia, they left quite a gapbehind them. Both Bill and his

wife were active in Lively's com-munity affairs, particularly intheir church's youth groups.

Bill was born in Cooksville,Ontario, and although he startedwith the Company in 1939 atFrood mine, the last 19 years ofhis service were spent in theCreighton mill where he was a1st-class mechanic.

Bertha Millar from South Por-cupine, near Timmins, becamehis wife in 1948 in Toronto. Theyhave two children. On a disabilitypension after a bout of heartsurgery in 1969, Bill sums uphis retirement program as "enjoy-ing the western hospitality andtaking life easy."

LOUIS COGNIGNILouis Cognigni first came to

Canada from Italy in 1928 andworked as a freight handler at

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c,uuIlul.r.p__ \*

Mr. and Mrs. Cognigni

Depot Harbour, Parry Sound. Hereturned to Italy for Christmas in1938 and met Frances Cerquozzi,whom he married in Assisi thefollowing March. The newlywedssailed to Canada a few days later.

Louis returned to Depot Har-bour and remained there until itwas closed in 1942. He thencame to Inco at Port Colborne inSeptember of that year, startingin the leaching department, andwas a plant fitter at the time ofhis recent early service retirement.He and his wife took a two-monthtrip to the Continent (France,Switzerland and Italy) to celebratehis retirement.

Hunting, fishing and vegetableand flower gardening will now behis full-time job.- and he's notcomplaining one bit at the pros-pect.

ORVAL DUNSMOREAny future fishing or hunting

done by Orval Dunsmore will bedone in comfort. He converteda 30-passenger bus into a camper

this past summer,and it has alreadyproved its worth.

An early service- pensioner, 0 r v a I

• started with Inco

jin 1926. His father,the I a t e GeorgeDunsmore, worked__ for the Company

0. Dunsmore during an even ear-lier period, driving a team at theold O'Donnell roast yard west ofCreighton. Orval was born inthe Town of Mond but movedto Crean Hill as an infant. His44-year association with the Com-pany started at Creightor but hetransferred to the electrical de-partment at Frood a year laterand stayed there for 30 Years. Healso saw service at High Falls andlater the iron ore plant.

In 1935 he was married inSudhury to Adeline McNah. Theyhave three children and ninegindchildren. Orval is feelingpretty near A-l and wants to

ieuo'ate his Sudbury home -ir between fishing and huntingtrips in his classy big camper.

JOE MAROISAn Inco employee since 1930

and now an early service pen-sioner, Joe Marois started hisnearly 40-year Company career inthe stopes at Frood, moved overto the open pit as a churn drillerin 1944, and was a pit miner atClarabelle from 1961 to 1968.For the two years just prior tohis retirement Joe worked as adryman at the North mine.

A native of Creighton, Joe mar-ried a Noelville girl, Bertha Ber-

Mr. and Mrs. Marois

geron, in 1935. They are parentsof five and grandparents to eight.

With a 100-foot double drive-way at his home on Notre DameAvenue, Sudbury, Joe is verygrateful to his friends and associ-ates who presented him with asnowblower during a party held inhis honor at the Sorrento Hotel."As you may guess," he said, "it'sbeen on the go pretty steadilyduring the last little while." Hewas also presented with a purseby the more than 400 well-wisherswho attended the send-off.

"ARMY" ARMSTRONGElwood, better known as "Ar-

my" Armstrong, transferred froman underground job to become aplant security officer at Levack in1939; he had started with the

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Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong

Company in 1937. He had pre-viously taught school for sevenyears. "Army' was born atHannah, North Dakota, butmoved as an infant to the York-ton, Saskatchewan area. Hestayed at Levack until 1953 whenhe moved over to the Frood-Stobie complex, remaining inpolice and security work untilhis retirement.

In 1934 "Army" marriedMarion Perry in Pelly, Saskat-chewan. Mrs. Armstrong died in

954, leaving three children. In967 he was married in Timmins

to Mrs. Mary Prentice, who hadfour children and II grandchild-ren.

Living in Trenton, Ontario, andenjoying perfect health on his fullservice pension, "Army" likescoin collecting, fishing and watch-ing baseball.

DOLPHE pARADISWhen Dolph Paradis and his

wife Rita came in for theirTriangle retirement picture ap-

IMr. and Mrs. Paradis

pointment, their bags were all butpacked for a six-week holiday inFlorida .-.- "I'm just a little tiredof all this snow," moaned Dolph.

A welder leader since 1945, hestarted with Inco in 1929 atConiston after working for a yearwith the CPR. In 1932, he trans-ferred to the copper refinery, andmoved again in 1941 to the Froodopen pit for the remainder of hisservice.

Three children and three grand-children are the result of his mar-riage in 1934 to Rita Benoit. SonCleo is a 2nd class maintenancemechanic at Frood. Mrs. Paradisis the daughter of the late HarveyBenoit, who worked for the Com-pany for 35 years at the Conistonsmelter.

Enjoying good health as heeases into early service retirement,Dolph pians to spend more timeat his French River cottage; healso likes snowmobiling, fishingand hunting, and flower garden-ing. Although the winters mayfind Dolph and his wife in awarmer climate, they plan tomaintain their home in Sudbury.

VERNON LEE"I haven't any definite plans;

we'll just take it as it comes. I'min good health and hope to keepon enjoying life for a long time."Vernon Lee said goodbye to hismany friends at the nickel re-finery in Port Colborne on hisservice retirement.

Vern was born in nearbySherkston in 1906. His black-

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Mr. and Mrs. Lee

smith father later relocated hisshop at Bethel. Vern workedwith his dad before going intothe garage business in Port Col-borne with his brother. He thenbecame employed at the nickel

MARCH, !971 INCO TRIANGLE

p!ant in !936 in the mechanica! 937 while emD!oved in No. 2

grandchi!dren. Vern enjoys gar-

cars. He does a!! of his own re-

ward to a trip down east to Mrs.

Spring.

dcpartment, where he became a!st c!ass machinist in 1942.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee (the formerA!exis Chisho!m) were married in1938 in Port Co!borne. Theyhave two daughters and two

dening and puttering around with

pairs. The Lees are !ooking for-

Lee's part of the country this

JOSEPH MASON.After 37 years with the Com-

pany, Joe Mason is taking anear!y service pension. A!! his Incoyears were spent at the copper re-finery, where he was a shift fore-

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Mt. and Mrs. MUOM

man in the si!ver bui!ding. Bornat Quebec City, he grew up inSudbury and worked on govern-ment surveying parties in the Sud-bury area before joining the Com-pany in 1933.

Married in 1936 to Irene Lang-!ois, Joe is the father of six chi!-dren and eight grandchi!dren.Mrs. Mason was born in Manisti-que, Michigan, but a!so grew upin Sudbury.

For recreation, Joe wi!! takemore advantage of his 18-acresummer p!ace in Verner, which is"just a skip and a jump" fromthe go!f course at Sturgeon Fa!!s.With a successfu! arteria! opera-tion behind him, he is fee!ing ingood hea!th. The Masons wi!!maintain their permanent resi-dence in Sudbury.

DONALD RANDALLAfter 42 years with the Com-

pany Don Randa!!, head boxmanin the e!ectro!ytic department atPort Co!borne has e!ected ear!yservice retirement.

Born at Shis!er's Point, in the!oca!e now known as Sherkston,

Mr. and Mrs. Randall

Don had done a short stint onthe digging of the new We!!andCana! before becoming an Inco-ite in 1928.

He worked in various depart-ments before sett!ing permanent!yin the e!ectro!ytic department in1939. He received the Meta!!ur-gica! Institute Meda! for braverya!ong with six other emp!oyees in

hui!ding.Don spent over three years in

army service in Eng!and and Ita!y.He was married to Dorothy

Purcifer in 1929 at Port Co!borne.The Randa!!s have seven chi!drenand four grandchi!dren. One son,Fred, is emp!oyed in the e!cctro-!ytic department, and daughterBever!ey is the wife of GordHurst, supervisor, data process-ing.

Don enjoys tinkering aroundwith cars, as we!! as fishing. TheRanda!!s expect to continue re-siding in Crysta! Beach. They are!ooking forward to visiting a sonin British Co!umbia.

TOM BUCHANAN"Don't !ook for me this spring

- I'm going to be in Nova Scotiafor the !obster season." TomBuchanan wi!! ce!ebrate his retire-ment with a visit to his o!d homein New Waterford, on CapeBreton Is!and.

Tom worked eight years in thecoa! mines around New Water-ford before coming to Inco in

Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan

1948 at the Copper C!iff sme!ter.He transferred to the p!annedmaintenance department at theiron ore p!ant in 1966.

Married to Leona Edwardsonin New Waterford in 1948, Tomis the father of four chi!dren,and a grandfather twice over.Daughter Brenda is married toCopper C!iff North mine dri!!erVic Marcoux. Mrs. Buchananwas born in Sturgeon Fa!!s butgrew up in Sau!t Ste. Marie.

On a disabi!ity pension with aheart condition, Tom is keepingmoderate!y busy doing commit-tee work for the Lockerby Legionbui!ding program. The Buchan-ans wi!! remain Sudbury residents.

WALTER COLISIf Phoenix, Arizona ever needs

a g!owing endorsement for itspub!icity handouts, it might we!!contact retiring Garson divisiona!foreman Wa!ter Co!is. Wa!terhas been there 16 times, and p!ans

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Mr. nd Mrs. Coi's

to spend future winter months inthat city's kind!y c!imate.

Born at Renfrew, Wa!ter cameto Inco in ! 930 after five years of

farming in Saskatchewan. Hestarted with the Company atFrood, transferred to Garson in1946, and was a divisiona! fore-man from 1951, unti! his retire-ment.

In 1937 he was married in Sud-bury to Marie-Antoinette St. Jean,who was born in Pembroke. Theyhave one chi!d. For recreation,Wa!ter enjoys bird hunting, fish-ing and watching hockey.

Wa!ter is fee!ing great - "I'mfine the doctor says I'm good'ti! 1997."

CHARLIE STEMPLongtime genera! foreman in

the Copper C!iff sme!ter, Char!ieStemp has been side!ined with adisabi!ity pension as the resu!t ofa stroke he suffered !ast Febru-

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Mr. and Mn. Stemp

ary. Born in We!!and, he startedwith the Company in 1930. Withthe exception of three years inthe reverbs, a!! his !ong servicewas in the Orford bui!ding.

In 1938, Char!ie married IngaRiutta in Copper C!iff; Mrs.Stemp was born in Fin!and. Theyhave two chi!dren and twice asmany grandchi!dren.

Former!y a very active hunterand fisherman, Char!ie wi!! haveto restrict his outdoor activitiesto puttering around the fami!y'ssummer cottage on Manitou!inI!and's Lake Manitou, but he'srea!!y !ooking forward to it. Hea!so enjoys attending cur!ing andhockey matches. Char!ie and hiswife p!an to remain in CopperC!iff.

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FRANK HAWKINSFrank Hawkins who started

with Inco in 1937 at the CopperC!iff mi!!, had worked for theCompany during two previouswinters when he wasn't needed

as engineer on his( father's fishing tug-boat based at B!indRiver. In 1953, he

- transferred to theNo. 1 substationfor the remainderof his service,

• 4 working on thecompressors as a

Mrs. Hawkins third c!ass station-ary engineer.

Married in 1945 to Eve!ynZinkie, Frank is the father ofHarry Hawkins, a computer oper-ator in the data processing de-partment at Copper C!iff. Mrs.Hawkins is the daughter of the!ate Wi!!iam Zinkie, who retiredfrom the Company in 1942 withover 49 years service.

Enjoying good hea!th on hisspecia! ear!y service pension,Frank !ikes to read and wa!k, andis considering a motor trip toVancouver this summer. TheHawkins wi!! remain in CopperC!iff. Frank wound up his in-terview with the Triang!e by say-ing, "My association with theCompany has a!ways been ap!easant one."

ARVI MAENPAAA too! fitter for the !ast 17 of

the 40 years that he worked atInco, Arvi Maenpaa has retiredon service pension.

A Frood miner since he joinedthe Company for the first time in927, Arvi broke his service in

!929, and wi!! be remembered bysome of Sudbury's o!d-timers asthe genia! proprietor of the NewOntario Hote! p00! room on E!ginStreet. He quit the estab!ishmentin 193 and returned to Frood tostay.

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On his last shift, Frank Hawkins was presented with a cheque from hisCopper Cliff substation workmates. In the back row; left to right, areJohn Kozak, Roy Maud, utilities superintendent Jim Wharton making thepresentation to Frank, Tracy Hobden, and Charles Dampler, assistantutilities superintendent. Kneeling from left to right are Len Kutschke,Norm Lyons, Stan Dorllng and Art Richardson.

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P Retired on .inco PeniionWITH 20 OR MORE YF%RS OF SERVICE

(Continued Trom Pngt 17)

Born in Kauhajaki, Finland,and a single man when he cameto Sudbury in 1927, Arvi ate mostof his meals at Latila's restaurant(since demolished) on LisgarStreet. He liked the food there

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Mr. and Mrs. Maenpaa

so well that he courted the cook- Helmi Ranta - popped thequestion, and they were marriedin 1930. One of their family oftwo, son Wilhard is a drift drillerat Crean Hill. They have fivegrandchildren.

A regular visitor to Wilhard'sfarm at Worthington, Arvi enjoysfiring-up and using his son'ssauna. "Cutting the wood out inthe fresh air - that's just the ex-ercise I need now that I'm notworking for a living," said Arvi,who intends to remain in excellenthealth for a long time to come.

RENE LACASSEA picture of Rene Lacasse

should be familiar to most Froodminers - Rene was a dryman at

Mr. and Mrs. Lacass.

Frood for 21 years, after workingunderground for eight years.

Born at Rockland, near Ot-awa, he worked in sawmills and inthe bush in the Blind River areabefore coming to Inco in 1942.

Married to Cecille Ouellette onChristmas Day in 1945, Rene isthe father of three children: Mrs.Lacasse was born in Bonfield nearNorth Bay. Rene's pastimes in-chide gardening and keeping tabsof his pigeons at his New Sud-bury home. Taking a full servicepension, he is enjoying goodhealth.

GEORGE GIFFORDGeological department sampler

George Gifford is retiring on anearly service pension with close to32 years service. He came toCanada from his birthplace ofDeonshire, England, as a boyof three.

His father, the late Fred Gif-ford, was at the controls of the

Mr. and Mrs. Giffod

tirst streetcar running from Sud-bury to Copper Cliff beginning in1915, on which the fare was fivecents; the old trolley line wentout of service in 1950. Georgefarmed with his dad on land nowpartly occupied by the CassioMotor Hotel.

Married in 1930 to BerthaCroteau of Copper Cliff, Georgeis the patriarch of a large family- 13 children and 19 grandchil-dren. Sons Bob and Harold areInco men, working at Clarabelleopen pit and Creighton mines re-spectively, and three of theirdaughters are married to Incoites,Frances to Copper Cliff smelterbricklayer Andy Pringle, Eileento Bill King of the Copper Cliffmill and Jean to Tom Zuliani ofthe transportation department.The Giffords plan to stay inSudbury.

ROMEO LAFLEURBorn in Mattawaki, Quebec,

Romeo Lafleur grew up in Stur-geon Falls where he learned thecarpentry trade from his father.He joined Inco in the shops atCopper Cliff in 1946 after work-ing on plant construction at Le-vack, Port Colborne and CopperCliff.

Married at Sudbury to AnnetteRenaud in 1940, Romeo is thefather of one daughter and has

Mr. and Mrs. Lafleur

two grandchildren. On a dis-ability pension, Romeo spendsmuch of his time reading me-chanical periodicals - anythingwith a blue print in it." Mrs. La-fleur, who also came from Que-bec. is a skilled dressmaker.

The Lafleurs plan to stay inSiidbiiry; they are planning a visitwith their daughter in Indiana thissu mnier.

ARMAND BELLEFEUILLEArrnand Bellefeuille was born

at Badgerow in the Sturgeon Fallsarea but grew up in Parry Sound.Starting with the Company in1948 at Coniston he transferred

Mr. nd Mrs. Bellefeulll.

to the Copper Cliff smelter in1950, and then to the iron oreplant in 1957 for the remainderof his service. He was a main-tenance mechanic in the recoverydepartment.

Armand married a SturgeonFalls girl, Blanche Armitage, in1946. One of their seven chil-dren, Alan, is a machinist appren-tice at Frood, Three grand-children complete the Bellefeuillefamily at present. Armand hastaken a disability pension follow-ing lung surgery last year. Al-though he has to slow down thepace, Armand likes to get outon his new six-wheeled land-and-water vehicle, and is looking for-ward to full time summers at hisNepawassi Lake cottage. TheBellefeuilles will continue to maketheir home in Sudbury.

ALFRED RIVARDThe Triangle had to photograph

Fred Rivard and his wife, Stella,early in the day - they didn'twant to cut into the time allotted

i-

•t :Mr. and Ms. Rivard

to one of their frequent card-playing sessions at the Conistonsenior citizens' club. They alsoenjoy reading and the occasionalvisit with a daughter living inSaskatoon. Fred was born in St.Charles but grew up in Conistonand Sudbury. He started with theCompany in 1923 at Conistonsmelter, left in 1929 for a brieffling in the construction industry,and returned to Inco at Coniston,where he was a locomotive en-gineer for 27 years of his service.

Stella Kirwan, from VilleMarie, Quebec, was married toFred in Markstay in 1930. Theyhave four children and 13 grand-children. Both Mr. and Mrs.Rivard are in good health and en-joy bowling regularly. They willcontinue to reside in Coniston.

KEN MADILLAfter farming in Manitoba

and working on elevator construc-tion in Saskatchewan, Ken Madillcame east in 1933 and started thatyear with the Company in theCopper Cliff smelter. He was askimmer on the converters until1947, then spent 23 years in thewinding shop.

Both Ken and his wife, the

MARCH, 1971

former Elsie Snowdon, whom hemarried in 1939, came from Al-tamont, Manitoba. They havetwo children and one grandchild.

Ken is enjoying good healthon his full service pension and

Mr. and Mrs, MadlIl

will keep busy with renovationsand gardening at his Copper Cliffhome. In summer, look for thishappy couple at the cottage theyhave enjoyed since 1958 on TroutLake, near Alban.

JOHN JAMIWSONWhen John Jamieson trans-

ferred from Creighton to theClarabelle open pit in 1968, hisson John, Jr. carried on in hisfootsteps as a shift boss at Creigh-ton No. 3 mine.

He was born at Alliston, On-tario, and started with Inco in1939 after driving truck and

IMr. and Mn. .JamJ.son

operating a garage in Sudbury forthree years. He was a shift bossfrom 1951 until his retirement.

In 1942, he married KathleenRiley in her home town of Bristol,Quebec, and they have three chil-dren and two grandchildren.

John enjoys gardening, tele-vision and playing cards. He istaking a disability pension aftera heart bump in the summer of1970. The Jamiesons will maketheir home in Pembroke.

GERALD McBRIDEDuring some 30 years with

Inco, Gerry McBride first workedunderground at Garson, movedover to the churn drills at Frood

open pit where hewas also a garagemechanic, and

- wound up his ca-= - reer in the Garson

machine shop. He

'- has retired on dis-

ability pension.During five years

of army service heGerald McBride suffered a leg

wound overseas, which still giveshim trouble, "but I guess I wasfairly lucky just the same". Abachelor who spent most of hislife in Sudbury, he is now makinghis home with his married sisterin Hamilton, and his favorite re-creation is 'trying to beat thehorses".

MARCH, 1971 INCO TRIANGLE Page 19

New Trophies and ZonesIn First Aid Competitions

division, and Tom Crowther andBert Debney, long-time leaders in

Four new trophies will be upfor grabs when the 1971 Incointer-plant first aid competitionsreach the quarter-final stage earlyin April.

Mines and plants have beengrouped geographically to stream-line organization of the contestas new operations in the Com-pany's expansion program swing!nto production. "This nove willprevent unwieldly numbers ofteams qualifying for the semi-finalevents, which otherwise wouldhave been inevitable," said safetysuperintendent M. C. Kossatz.

The West Mines group, whichincludes Levack, Creighton, andCrean Hill, will send their win-ning teams into a quarter-final forthe new C. F. Hews Trophy onApril 5. This group will bejoined later by Coleman and Tot-ten.

In the East Mines group, withthe new T. D. Parris Trophy atstake, winning teams from Gar-son-Kirkwood, Frood-Stobie, andMurray-Copper Chff North-Clara-belle, will compete in their quar-ter-final April 12. Included inthis group later will be LittleStobie and Copper Cliff South.

Iron Ore Plant and Copper Re-finery will match splints and ban-dages in the West Reductiongroup on April 8 for the new B.Debney Trophy. A future com-petitor in this group will be Cop-per Cliff Nickel Refinery.

The East Reduction group,composed of Copper Cliff Plant,Coniston Plant, and Port Col-borne Nickel Refinery, will holdits quarter-final on April 15, com-peting for the new T. M. Crow-ther Trophy.

Honored by the naming of thefour new trophies are Tom Parrisand Charles Hews, assistant man-agers of mines for the Ontario

dcveloping the Inco first aid com-pctit!ons into classics of their kindin Canadian industry.

Winners of the Hews andParris trophies will tangle onApril 19 for the H. J. Mutz Tro-phy, emblematic of the all-mineschampionship, and victors in theCrowther and Debney events willbattle it out on April 29 in theother semi-final, with the D. Fin-layson Trophy and the reductionplants championship going to thetop team.

Then on April 29 the grandfinale takes the spotlight when themines and reduction champs willmatch wits and skill for the ven-erable R. D. Parker Trophy andthe first aid crown of the Ontariodivision.

All seven competitions will bestaged at the Inco Club, Sudbury.The Parker event will get under-way at 7:30 p.m., the others at7:15 p.m.

Mr. und Mrs. L4p1n0 60 Years WedFebruary 14 was

no ordinary Valen-- * tine Day this year

for Mr. and Mrs.George Leino ofLevack - it wastheir 50th wed-ding anniversary.George (his givenname is Yrjo) andhis wife AiII wereboth born in Fin-land. she in Saina-joki and he inForssa. They metwhile working ina dairy in Forssa,and were marriedIn 1921, five yearsbefore coming toCanada. Georgestarted work withthe Company atGarson, transfer-

on Company pension In 1953, with

The Leinos have their own home in Levack, where they tend a verygood garden in spite of their respective 83 and 75 years. George likesfishing the year 'round, and taking a weekly steam bath at the cottagehe has had on Windy Lake for 30 years. Mrs. Lelno likes to knit andcrochet. They have a son Nlilo, a motorman on 1700 level at Levackmine, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Enjoyingexcellent health, they plan to remain in Levack.

Now They're Talking Stadium RoofsMade of Nickel Si

"Soon tests will begin on abright idea for roofing stadiumswith stainless steel balloons. Andnickel's helping to make ithappen."

So read a headline in a recentInternational N i c k e I advertise-ment appearing in leading maga-zines and other periodicals.

Caption for a closeup actionshot of a football game is "Grownmen shouldn't have to play inthe mud".

As imaginative as the revolu-tionary concept it discusses, theInco ad goes on to say:

"It sounds like something out ofJules Verne. Actually, it's freshout of our advanced designstudies.

"A gigantic, inflatable metal lid

Training for theirdebut in the an-nual first aid com-petitions, a Kirk-wood mine teamof captain EldonCarmichael (kneel-ing right), DanGaudette, KenSpencer, and DanSt. Germain (re-moving ladder) gothrough theirpaces under theeagle eyes of safe-ty supervisor PercyPilatzke and firstaid man Andy Luy-ten. The practicevictim was the fifthteam member, Syl-yb Legault.

ain less Balloonsthat can be stretched across afootball stadium without anypillars or posts of any kind.

"The idea is so mind-bogglingthat most people have a hardtime visualizing it.

Like a Hollow Pie"Think of a pie that's hollow

inside, with the bottom and thetop made of a metal skin only1/16th of an inch thick. Whenthe air is pumped into the pie, thewhole thing gets so rigid it canbe jacked up into place over thefield and never even flutter duringa windstorm.

"The weather stays outside, theplayers don't slide around ontheir backsides, and the spec-tators don't drown. Somehow,the whole thing seems a littlemore civilized than a public mudbath.

"And the cost could be as littleas 1/3 of a conventional trussedroof.

"The metal is nickel stainlesssteel. The nickel is there to makethe skin easier to work, and togive it the necessary toughnessand strength. Plus corrosion re-sistance.

"It's a fascinating idea, thisrevolutionary roof of ours, andscale models are about to bethoroughly tested.

"But the point of the story isthis. Just as our metal is ahelper, one that makes othermetals stronger, or casier to workwith, or longer lasting, so Inter-national Nickel is a helper.

"We assist dozens of differentindustries all over the world inthe use of metals. We offer tech-nical information. And the bene-fit of our experience. Often,Inco metallurgists are able to

anticipate alloys that will beneeded in the future, and to setabout creating them. Sometimes,we come up with whole new con-cepts - like a stainless steelballoon for a stadium roof.

"This kind of genuine helpful-ness, we figure, will encourageour customers to keep comingback to us.

"And that helps all around."

"What a Winter!"Groaned Citizens

A thunder and lightning stormin the middle of a howling bliz-zard?

That apparently was the pheno-.menon taking place on Sundaymorning, March 7, especially atCopper Cliff, but the disgruntledburghers, already sorely tried byplugged and re-plugged drivewaysand one storm after another,could be pardoned for shruggingit off with "What a winter!"

The weatherman at the Sud-bury Airport wasn't buying thatstory, though. He called the"thunder and lightning" very un-likely. "We just haven't theright conditions for it," he toldthe Triangle. "I think the flashesare caused by arcing hydro lines,swinging and contacting in the45-mph winds, and the rumblingis from the rapid expansion of airby the heat of the arcing. just aslightning produces thunder."

One consolation, the tempera-ture was a moderate 1 7 degreesabove.

District snowfall up to 7:00oclock on the morning of the 8thwas 94,6 inches, far short of therecord 121.4 inches in 1950-51,hut well above the average of 78inches- and it obviously wasn'tover yet. Spring seenied a longway off.

ring to Levack In 1937. He retired27 years' service.

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Concrete Hull and Deck onWinston Bushnell's Ketch

There's nothing novel aboutboat-building projects iii the Sud-bin-v area - many a home-builtcraft is being pushed to com-pletion in district garages andbasements for the coming season.But Levack mill maintenancemechanic \Vinston Bushnell, anInco man since 1959, is buildingno ordinary run-of-the-waterwaysboat. In a shed beside his homeat Dowling he's about midway tocompletion of a 32-foot two-niasted ketch, with hull and deckof steel-reinforced concrete, orferro-concrete as it is called.

As in most fields, you have towalk before you run in boat-build-ing. Winston had built "about"eight boats before tackling his cur-rent big project, starting with apunt he and some other Levackkids made when he was 8. Herecently completed a 24-footsloop which he sold at Port Credit.A lot of his savvy was picked upfrom his father, Bill Bushnell,an electrician at Levack mine anda boat-builder of long experience.

Many Advantages

Although unusual for a "do-it-yourselfer", the use of concretefor boat hulls dates back to Hol-land before the turn of the cen-tury. On the professional sceneCanada is the current worldleader, with 12 manufacturersturning them out.

"Concrete has a lot of thingsgoing for it in building a boatlike this," Winston said. "It costsabout a quarter as much as woodor steel, is fast to work with,requires a minimum of mainten-ance, and its great strength savescabin space usually occupied byreinforcing members. Most peopleare surprised that this boat, whichwill weight about 7 toils including

2 tons of ballast, will actually heno heavier than if it were builtof wood -- and it will take a lotless damage in a collision,"

Winston's ketch is a three-yearproject; he plans to launch her inthe spring of '72. Total cost willhe approximately $7,000, plus hiswork of course. Boats of similarsize and no better finish or ip-pointnients sell on the market forabout $27,000.

A sailing vessel of the sizeVinston is building becomes a

miniature geography lesson: Bri-tish Colombia supplied the Sitkaspruce for the two masts and yel-low cedar for the cabin interior,Nova Scotia the dacron sails,Ontario the cement and steel re-inforcing rods, Sweden the dieselinboard auxiliary engine, Japanthe gas-driven electric powerplant, and England most of therigging. The teak trim comesfrom Burma. cabin mahoganyfrom Honduras, and original de-sign from the United States.Nickel in the stainless steel forthe standard rigging perhaps camefrom Levack mine, But work-manship is 1007 Canadian forsure.

Improved the Design

By removing the boat's steeringmechanism from the cabin andby stepping the masts on the deckinstead of on the keel, Winstongreatly increased living space onhoard. Complete with radio,toilet, refrigerator and stainlesssteel sink, the craft will comfort-ably accommodate four adults onlong cruises. His wife Carolynne.as interior decorator, added aquaint touch with a little 4 x 3-foot Cape Cod coal stove, withoven. It will be a true homeall oat.

Building a concrete hull takesa lot of doing. As Winston de-scribes the procedure, the over-turned wooden form was firstcovered with four layers of stand-ard chicken wire, followed by ¼-inch high tensile steel rods spaced2 inches apart, and then anotherthree layers of chicken wire. Thetricky job of pouring the concretethen began. "Placing" might bea better word, for to ensure thatthe concrete gets through thechicken wire maze to the woodenform, every square inch of con-crete has to be pounded by hand.

No Coffee BreaksThere's no time for coffee

breaks - once the pour begins ithas to be completed without in-terruption. or weak points will re-salt in the 's-inch hull. Winstonand six of his friends workedsteadily for six hours to completeconcreting and moulding of the"wine glass" shape . ,After threeweeks of curing under water-soaked burlap, the 2-ton hull withits smoothly moulded keel wasturned upright, using come-alongs.and a special epoxy finish applied.

The graceful, slender craft, 9feet 6 inches across the beam,will have a cruising speed ofabout 8 miles per hour under her

MARCH, 1971

500 square feet of working sail,6 with the auxiliary engine.

She'll represent at least 3,000hours of Winston's spare time,but with him boat-building ismore than a hobby - it's prac-tically a love affair,

Checking the fit before installing the tie-down on the bow.

Making the two Sitka sprucemasts, 37 and 25 feet long.Sanding the hull so she'll slide smoothly through the water.