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INCO TRIANGLE FEBRUARY, 1948

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l)ou M. l)unI,r, Editor

EI)IT0RI.L OFFICE ('OI'I'ER ('11FF ON'!'.

7 FEI(KttltY. 1918 XtIRER II

110W IS YOURBRAIN-POWER?

Addressing his letter to "Editor, ScrewballColunm, Inco Triangle," a Levack reader,whose name we mercifully withhold, wrote onJanuary 1: "Your problem is so simple this ___________month you oughter be ashamed. The solu-tion is impossible by using the balance only ______ ) 'twice unless you cheat a little, as the en-closed solution shows."

Brother Levack, prepare to eat them tharharsh words. Hearken to the following from •E. H. Capstick of the Concentrator: "Takeany six of the seven balls and put three oneach pan of the balance. If they weigh the Flome Never Likesame the odd hi Is th light, nn If t,hv

Groanweigh differently take the three balls of thelighter side and put any two of them on the Cliff \Vives, After Sweeping Lessonpans. If they weigh the same the odd ballis lightest. 11 they weigh differently, the When it comes to operating a broom, there's son, showed how to react when the skip roarclighter one Is lighter." See the light? a vast difference between whisking off the 'Never leave er!" and the few males who

Ted Dauchy of New York was another parlor rug and coaxing a lazy curling stone happened to be on the sidelines gaped inreader who opined that January's riddle was over the hogline. This fact of lLfe is being astonished admiration. The ladies taking thekindergarten stuff, but unlike Brother Levack learned the hard way by Copper Cliff ladies sweeping lesson, left to right, were Mrs. A'i-he sent in the right answer. Ted liked the who are being initiated into the unfathomable brey Wright, a Capreol player, Mrs. A. 0.December division problem because it looked vagaries, ph y s i cal agonies, and emotional McLean, Mrs. Bob Bell, Mrs. Charlie Byers,impossible but dissolved fast. The problem ecstacies of the roam' game. and Mrs. Alvin Nickle.of the 4's, published in November, he rated When 24 gals from Capreol came down on Wednesday afternoons for sure, and anyas a toughie. I Jan. 21 for a neighborly visit, It was just the other afternoon when there's free ice, the

Others who knocked off the January item second time on the ice for most of the Cliff ladies are welcome at the Cliff Curling Club.in short order were R. Pageau of the Orford curlers, and the scoreboard performed ac- The initial group of about 25 which wasDepartment, Bern Irvine of Smelter Research cordingly. After the matches some of the rounded up by Fern Toppazzifli, Lila Brown-(who says to throw the light ball away be- Capreol experts demonstrated fine points of lee, and Mrs. Bob Bell to get things goingcause it was just a lot of trouble and worry the noble art, as in the above picture. Mrs. will probably be doubled in size within ain the first place, and then make book-ends Mabel McKinnon and her sister, Mrs. John- couple of weeks.out of the other six), Phil Flewelling of thePolice, Bill Beckett of Copper Cliff Electrical, squares, using the same number of matches,Jack Anderson of Engineering, Myros Kineta by changing the position of only two matches. ./'fline Rescu,e 'J1eamsof Frood, and Joe Lafleur of Levack Carpen-ter Shop.

Replies to the December problem which Power Saving Is a In Front Cover Shotcame in too late for acknowledgment werefrom Bob Atherley of Creighton, R. J. Ed-wards of Frood Mechanical, Harold Scholtes "Ps'lust" 'T'hese E1)ays

The Triangle camera went underground toget the picture for this month's front cover.

of New York Accounting, J. R. Lewis of Oar- It shows two of Frood's eight Mine Rescueson an Australian miner abroad), and Dr.R. B. Harris of Port Perry. Nice to hear Inco employees on the job and also in their teams, listening intently while Supt. Georgefrom all of you and especially "Doc" Harris. homes can a s s i s t very materially in con- McPhail of the provincial government's Mine

For the next few issues, just to see how it serving electric power. Rescue station explains how to operate a fogworks, we're going to send our problems out In an inter-department memo Vice-Presi- nozzle.in pairs-one tame one and one tough one dent R. L. Beattie says, 'Owing to the overall Following the demonstration the t e a m 5each month, shortage of hydro-electric power in the pro- donned their McCaa oxygen-breathing ap-

TAMiE vince of Ontario, it is most important that paratus and made short work of an oil fireIf a butcher weighs 212 lbs. standing on one this Company's consumption be curtailed to in a practice session. We tried to get a pic-

foot. what does he weigh standing on two the lowest possible minimum. ture of that too but our flash bulbs got lostfeet? "Particular attention should be given to in the smoke or something, and so very nearly

TOUGHIE the unnecessary use of air caused by leaking did we, egad.Scrutinize carefully the five equal squares joints, valves. etc.. the improper use of high Th Mine Rescue teams oictured in the

of matches below.

[iTThe p r o b I e m is to form FOUR equal

prcssurea!r for ventilating purposes, and the cover shot are No. 5 and No.6, and are cap-consumption of power for blowers, air com- tamed by George Rob ins on and Jerrypressors. conveyors, heaters, and artificial Lemieux. Other members are Andy Salmi,lighting. Herman Buhr. Bill Hertlein, T. Tobin, Vic

We are faced with a growing need for Laporte. Joe Witty, Gordon Burmaster, Or-electric power, and only by confining its use ville Graham. Ed. OCallaghan and Rayto bare essentials can we hope to get sum- Dennis.cient to operate plants at desired capacity." Each Mine Rescue team in the district has

The co-operation of employees, both at a full day's workout with equipment everywork and at home, will give a real boost to three months, spending the morning under-this very important conservation program, ground on two practical problems of minethe success of which should be everyone's rescue work the afternoon is devoted to aconcern, discussion of the problems and a lecture.

FEBRUARY, 1948 INCO TRIANGLE

MacNEILL

YUKONTo R. J. (Jake) MacNeill of the Geological

Department at Copper Cliff goes the $10.00award for first place In Triangle's Januarypicture contest.

This ten bucks, Jake tells us, will come invery handy to purchase a pair of skis forhis son Donald, who was born on December22 and has been burning up plenty ever sincethey brought him home from the hospital,because the other kids in the neighborhoodhave skis but all he has for exercise are hislungs.

Jake took the prize-winning pic in 1945while he was spying on the rocks n theYukon with an Inco geological field party.The scene is just east of Carcaross, about 50miles south of Whitehorse.

That snap of the two youngsters in thebathtub in the December issue wasn't bad,not bad at all," concedes Ted Dash of Stobie,but when you get a picture of a 10-month-

old baby playing the piano. isn't that reallysomething?"

Bill Coo, 15, who attends Copper Cliff HighSchool, and the good-looking gal is his sisterBetty, 19, who Is studying physio-therapy atthe University of Toronto. Please though,Mrs. Coo, on behalf o our readers may weask that the next time you look through thatview-finder, get less Bill and more Betty.

Special mention should be made of an entryfrom Bill Hnidan of the Concentrator. While

We Had To Use Force his picture of two horses didn't quite makeFamous for his extreme modesty and his the money, his letter will have nostalgic ap-

unwillingness to discuss hIs family, Ted had peal to many. Bill wrote:to have his arm twisted by three strong men When I was at home (Albe1) last fallbefore he would admit that he was not only on my holidays, I saw these two ó1d faithfulthe fellow who took the picture but also the mares in the pasture so I just snuk' up onpappy of the lovely child. The young lady them with the camera. Their names arewith the Iturbi inclinations is his bright Nell and Dolly. Nell is the blonde.young daughter Margery, and into her piggy Faithful Nell saw me safely to the littlebank goes a shining silver dollar for first red schoolhouse through many western bliz-honorable mention in last month's lens derby. zards, and now she is enjoying a well-de-

The second $1.00 award was carried off by served rest. Her old side-kick, Dolly, besidesMrs. C. W. Coo of Copper Cliff, who submitted having turned many a straight furrow, hada fine snap taken last summer while on a remarkable sense of direction, and I owevacation at Banif. There's good photograpiy her a debt of gratitude for the way she usedas well as top-notch subject material in thIs to head unerringly for home after those goodshot o the two attractive young people attd old all-night western hoe-down sessions whiletheir scenic background. The husky lad is I was dead to the world in the driver's seat.'

By the way, camera fans, the mail for thisdepartment has been powerful light of late.Dont tell us we've got to put on our sulkingact again to pry some pix out of you. Comeon, send in those snaps and convince us that"Life Can Be Beautiful".

You'll find that if you're too far aheadof the procession you're just as much aloneas though you were way behind it.

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r ' drawing plaim in pen and ink, leaving noleeway as the job proreses for inspiration,

• imagination, errors, market fluctuations, oracts of God.

'. When they decided, nonchalantly 'nough,to enlarg the sitting room by knocking outa t'ouple of partitiolm. Al and Jean didn'treckon on the vision of the pioneers who putthe place together. Those solid log partitionswere built to last, come hell, high water, oratomic bombs, and eera1 times Al thoughthe might have to use dynamite to get Lhemout of the way. When it came to plastering.he and Jean ran smack-dab into anothercomplication - they discovered that in thecourse of 60 years the walls had received noless than 21 new coats of wall-paper, eachcoat applied with an old-fashioned mixtureof Triple-Lifetime Cement and Eternity Glue.

But they persevered, taking their time andenjoying a warm glow of pride and satisfac-tion as skill came to their hands and theproject took shape before them. Out of theirwork grew a gleaming new kitchen with lots

Lof cupboard space and Work counters, and asmart serving bar between it and the liningroom. In the dining room there's a neat newchina cupboard with scalloped trim, Daugh-ter Helen, 15, has a snazzy new bedroom witha Hollywood atmosphere to it. Arid the newL-shaped sitting room with its recess e dshelves and sun corner might have beenlift e d holus-bolus right out of AmericanHome magazine. New floors and a completeplastering job with spongette finish were thefinal master touches. It's really a wonderfuljob.

Jean Gets The CreditAl insists that Jean deserves all the credit.

He says she did most of the carpentry andall the plastering. Certainly her definite flairfor interior decorating is amply in evidence.She's an entire construction firm all by her-self.

Al and Jean were just .68 out of pocket formaterials, with no charge or all the funthey had. Magistrate Thomas S t 0 d d a rwouldn't know his old place now, but youcan bet your bottom farthing he'd like it.

Cost Them $68 toGive Their HomeEntire "New Look"

The contractor gave them an estimate ofS500 for doing the place over. You neverknew, he pointed out. how much grief youmight run into when you tackled job n anold building like that. So it would be atleast S500. probably a good deal more.

To Al Stoddart and his wife Jean, $500 ___________seemed like quite a bundle of lettuce, evenbefore lettuce stepped up there alongside

Iorchids. They decided to go solo on the ea1 ' I

rake a crack at it by themeIves.

They had done the average bit of putteringand fixing around the house but, once they . Iot up to their knees iii the constructionhusine. they made th Babes in the Woodslook like a couple of \vise old forest rangers,

It wa an ancient building nil right, likethe contractor said. Actually it was one of they thought they wanted. These plans werethe first log houses in Copper Cliff. built drawn in pencil so they could be changedmore than 60 %ears ago on Clara Belle Road from day to day, or from hour to hour, ortbout halfway up the bill even from minute to minute. Al nd Jean

Al and Jean drew up some plans of what think architects make a great mistake in

SACRED HEARTTOPS LEAGUE

Sacred Heart College wound up atop theheap in the regular schedule of the NickelBelt Hockey League, turning back SudburyWolves 4-3 iii the final game. It was theireighth win in nine starts,

Wolves made a strong bid, tiemg the tallytwice, but the Collegians had the necessaryedge to pull out a victory and are favoredto take the league title,

Wolves, who had won six straight beforebowing to College, will meet the winner ofCopper Cliff -Falconbridge in the playoffs, thewinner taking on Saci'ed Heart for the cham-pionship and the Swenson Cup.

As far as Northern Ontario senior laurelsare concerned, things don't look too brightfor the Nickel Belt this year. In an exhibi-tion match Sacred Heart absorbed a lopsidedlacing at the Michigan Soo. indicating thatlocal hopes will probably commit Sooicide inthe first round of the northern eliminations,

George Hastie, ageless ace of the Wolves.won the Nickel Belt scoring chanipionshipfor the season. With Fats Rogers of SacredHeart breathing right down his neck, Hastiepickd up an assist on Al Knapp's goal in thelast 40 econds of the final game, and thissingie point gave him the title. He had 10goa1: and 11 assists for 21 points, nd Rogerschased him to the wire with 15 goa1 and 5assi,ts. Rogers has been a tower of strengthto College all .'ea,'on.

, GENTLE HINTOb.er%er: 'How old are you, sirAged Mourner: "i'ni 98."Observei': 'Hardly worth going home, is it?"

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The informal family photos in our Christmas issue were sucha popular feature that we've decided to run a page of new oneseach month for a while to help Inco people get acquainted withone another. Here's the group for February: ID Mr. and Mi's,George Morin Garsoiu and their happy tribe of Ronnie, 10, andRaymond, 12, standing, and Harold, 8, Elaine, 5, George Jr., 18. andJean, 17. (2) Christmas gifts were demonstrated for us at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson Copper Refinery seen here withJoan, 14, Karen, 5, Cecil, 10, and Wayne, 15. (3) Mr. and Mrs.Clair McGowan of Creighton, who are to reside in Levack, are seenwith MarIlyn, 7, Terry, 6, Catherine ElIzabeth, 5 weeks, Richard. 16mos., and Sherrill. 11. (4) Mr. and Mrs. Carol Kanold Port Col-borne) with Paul, 6, and David. 3. )5) Mr. and Mrs. Harold BorlandCopper Cliffl with Andrea, 2 in May, and Walter, 72, complete

with brand new Wrist Watch. (6) Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haddow'Open P1t with Jim, 5, Rochelle. 4, Harriett. 3, and Beverly, 7.(7) Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hertlein Frood with Karen, 6, Martin, 9, andDiane, 14 months. A bunch of good-looking families. forsooth!

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Preparing Fuse For Use in Inco Operations

FEDRUARY, 1948

3000 Fuse PerDay ProducedIn Frood Plant

(PICTURES ON OPPOSITE PA6E

Ever pause to wonder, when youre busyloading a round for the next blast in yourstope, where the fuse comes from?

The pictures on the opposite page show thecareful procedure followed iii preparing [usefor use in Inco mines and plants.

These pictures Were taken in the Froodfusehouse, which supplies Frood, Stobie, andMurray mines, and also the smelters at Cop-per Cliff and Coniston. Other fusehouses arelocated at Levack, Garson, and Creightonmines.

Fuse arrives from the manufacturer woundon large spools, 3.000 feet to a spool, and thefirst step is to transfer it to a cutting reelwhich was built in the Frood machine shop.:This operation has been completed in thefIrst photo, and John Burmaster is cuttingthe fuse on the reel into 10-ft. lengths afterfirst painting on the '3-ft. mark' beyondwhich no fuse may be cut when it is beingtrimmed for blasting. Fuse is also cut into15 and 5-ft. lengths, although the 10-footersare the 'best seller".

Caps Are Crimped OnNext operation, seen In No. 2, Is to crimp

a detonating cap on the end of each fuse.The tip of the cap is filled with explosive.George Dikcyh says he can cap about 800fuse an hour on a steady run at his crimpingmachine.

Cut and capped, the fuse are then dippedin dye for identification purposes. Ends of10-ft. fuse are dyed red, 15-ft. fuse orange,and 5-ft. fuse green. Tins detail attended toin No. 3, George stacks the fuse on storageracks to dry.

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WINNERS IN SUDBURY 'SPIELL1 INU. ± ,JUIUI U1Lt p Copper Cliff rinks wore the victory grins

of the special wooden kegs for transport after two of the three events in the thirdeither underground or to one of the other annual Sudbury Motors bonspiel, blue-ribbonplants served by the Frood fusehouse. A keg mid-season feature at the Sudbury Curlingholds 150 10-ft. fuse. About 3,000 fuse of all Club, which was p 1 a y e d the week-end ofsizes are shipped out during an average day. January 18. Jess Morrison skipped his quar-

Safety precautions are rigidly observed in tet to triumph In the Buick, main event, andthe fusehouse. Smoking is not allowed, nor Jack Duncan came down in front with hisare hob-nailed shoes, team In the Pontiac.

John Burnia.ster, who started with Inco atFrood in 1928, has worked in the present The two winning Cliff rinks are picturedfusehouse ever since it was built in 1930. His above. In the top photo, receiving theirbuddy George joined him on this job three trophy from Jim Ruddy, are Jess Morrison,

Bill flyers, Johnny Cechetto, and Lud Ryski.years ago, after working underground since The lower shot shows the Jack Duncan crew:

1930. H. Hyland, J. Duncan, Gordon McLean, andBasil O'Brien.

The final match in the Buick event was aRyan Club Strong hair-raiser. Morrison was four up cominghome and seemed to have the jewelry In thebag when Hal Roseborough, his opponent,Basketball Contender fought back with a sensational four points totie the score. The 11th was a maiden. On

Working on the fairly safe basis that it the 12th end Roseborough came through adoesn't matter how many points your op- narrow port with his last rock to lie shot.ponents score, as long as you score more Morrison, cool and steady, followed the samethan they do, Ryan Athletic Club has racked path and took out his opponent's stone toup 10 straight victories in the City Basketball win the exciting match 10-9. That BuickLeague and has a four-point lead over Melody event is getting to be a habit with him -Music for top position. he won it last year too.

Mr. Big of the Ryan scoring machine is Jack Duncan also had his anxious momentsSteve Borovich, who works hand-in-glove in the final of the Pontiac event. His op-with Leo Roininen and Walt Shelby. They poflent, Charlie Roftey. pulled away to anconcentrate on a driving razz1e-dazzleattac1 early 6-0 lead, but Duncan and his men

with its nifty bag ot booty always producessome fine curling and is regarded as a good"warmer-upper" for the ann u a 1 NOCCAbonspiel, which will be played In Sudburyand Copper Cliff later in the season.

uuu wuy WU IIIUUU auuuu uc.euU. "u seiea aown to ousiness ana came oac witn His hunch to improve operations at thefine support from their mates, including Car- a great big 5 in the third end, followed it up Copper Refinery by eliminating the screeningbone, Woznow, Gasdic, D'Aloisio, and Wilcox. with 2 in the fourth, and won 10-6. of flitre slag paid off handsomely for Dominic

Sudbury basketball is enjoying one of its Dick Demorest of Sudbury captured the 'Scagnetti, who was awarded $41 by the Sug-best seasons in years. Other teams in the third event, the G.M.C., defeating George Von gestion Plan Committee for the idea. I1arriedleague, in the order of standing on January Zuban in the final 8-7. They were tied for nine years, during the last five of which27: Melody Music, C.Y.O., Y.M.C.A., C-M coming home.Heaters. Tech, Phalanx Club, Inco. Rinks from Capreol and Little Current, he has work e d at the Copper Refinery,

usually in the jewelry, went home empty- Dominic has two sons, Joseph, 8, and LoWS, 6.The history of the world is but the biog- handed. "It certainly came in handy for Christmas,"

raphy of great men. '-Carlyle. The smoothly run Sudbury Motors 'spiel he said with a grin,

MORRISON AND DUNCAN SKll

Hunch Paid Off

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New World Looks at SudburyAnd Says It Likes the View

A.' U)47 cr'w t) a ose, N €' \v VT or I dit/ii€ f 'F tOUO took a long look at,Siicburv, liked wliji it aiid said o in afive - C' PiC t ur( t oiv that got Cal iacla -wide c'ircuation.

'Cit' \Vli'C li)ht)cv'. bored' wa the titleNew World av to the S u d b u r v story.Tkin life easy isnt Sudbury" style," it

said. 'At tIle end of an eiTit-liour liift2Ot) feet b€'low the rocky surface of Ontario's

Nickel Range, a ii,ui nnglit be tempted olide into ii, depest arnicliair uid 'efwe o

Iic ' until his uext underground 'e,ssionb€'n.. Bjt as the typical Sudbury workerconic off tlic job lie dunip,' his cmpty lunchpail on the kitc lien table and eagerly startsan eight-hour 'recreation' lnft."

However accurately that niay reprcent thenrnial life of the race of upermcn NewWorld's reporters decided they had discoverediii the Nickel B€lt. the magazine was muchimpressed by the broad i'ange of pursuit, andze,'t for living it founT on every iand. Itsurveyed th sccn froni all angles-ultural.eduationil, social. 'eligious. ecreationa1, •uiieconotinc-and caine to the conclusion thatSudb-ry Diti'ict is a very ,ood plate o live.

Competent Rcprting TeamErlitorial work on the New World assign-

mnt was well done by Betty Towill. Photo-graphy was handled by Herb Nott of Nottan Merrill, Toronto, with the skill and tylefor whhli he is building an enviable reputa-ton in the professional field. On tlie,e pagesai'e some of the pictures he took:

1. A cageload of miners arrives at surfaceat the en:l of a slnf un1erground at FroodM Inc.

2. Ray Abram., driller t Frood Mine, iscaughi by the camera as he drills off a roundpreparatory to blasting. Ray was having atough time to keep his mind strictly on hiswoi'k that iiiorning-lie'd just beconie a father.

3. Students listen to a lecture in one of themining classes at the Sudbury Mining andTechnical school, which steadily feeds backinto the iiic'kel industry highly trained youngsecond-generation workers,

4. At the Well-Baby Clinic conducted re-gularly at the Inco Medical Centre in Sud-bury, Nurse Moi'oiiey "weighs in" a scrappylittle customer.

6. H I. 13(a t tie. vi,u - pi'u,icTtn t. ai id gen('ra Iiiianagei' of Inco, attcna€'cT t he swank annualU nu ier of t lie ra dua ting c'las at Creiglitoi iMine School and presented the certilicatu,Here li cliat d ii r iii the tudent-scrv€'Ubaiiquet with Jerry Gotro, tIn class president

7. To liow how peopk of Eui'opean originhave become thoroughly €'tbli.'lied in theSud bury Dst i'ic t a nct are enjoyii ig an iii -U'resting life of coiiifoi't and ,€'curity, lieNew World camera looked iiito the activiticof the Zaitz family. In this picture TommyZaitz. a econd-gencration Inco nian, pauseswith his wife to chat with oi'chesti'a-iaderJolniny Juryczak during a dance at the IncoEmployees' Club.

8. Carefree i'etirenient following y€"ars ofsteady service with Inco is synibolized in thisphoto of John Gribble, foi'mei' cashier atCopper Cliff and now a pensioiier. who,'efavorite relaxation is to slip into the peaceand quiet of St. Andi'ew's United Church oran afternoon to .spen an houi' at the consoleof the organ.

9. Chicken and ,paghetti. a favorite dishin Sudbury District, i,s being enjoyed here atone of the night spots by Mr. and Mrs.Tommy Zaitz and Mr. and Ir,s. Mike Yakiw-chuk, the latter Tommy's sister.

10. In the kitchen of his cosy home NickZaitz, head of the clan, watches vhile hiswife prepares "holubt,si", succulent dish ofrice, salt poi'k an1 ornon baked in cabbageleaves.

11. Like hundreds of Nickel Beltei'S, Tommyand his wife like bowling, do a lot of it. Herethey're having a game with friends at IncoEmployees Club,

Kids Get SpecaI Attention12. Organized sport foi' the youngstei's is

'onducted on a big scale in Sudbury andDisti'ict. TIns goal-scoring play is tn themidget hockey league at Stanley Stadium.Copper Cliff, where 153 kids of ages 9 to 15get coach iii g and training, von the 9,11-Ontai'io championship last year.

13. At the Ukrainian National Federationclubroonis Paul Shulha leads his Dnipro choirin a full-dress rehearsal for a concert,

14. gi'oup of young Canadian gii'ls iiicostume perform the koloniyka, a favoritedance of their Ukraiinan-orn parents.

15. Ladies' champion of the thriving CopperCliff Skating Club is Dorothy Digby Mc-Cartliy. pictured here. The chub i,' well intoprepai'ations for it annual Figure skatingCarnival to be held in April.

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Sweeten KittyFor First AidChampionships

INCO TRI1NGLE FEB LRV, 1)4S

"That's Our Dish" Say First-A iders

A revised program for deciding Inco FirstAid championships will be given a tryoutthis year, it has been announced by R. H.Cleland, general safety engineer. New tro-

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phies and prize awards, in addition to thosepreviously offered, will add incentive for thosetaking part in the schedule, which is nowwell underway.

SFirst round, or Section A, in the series ofI.,.

eliminations culminating in the Inter-Plant -.championship will be sub-department compe- -titions at each plant. A team organized anddirected by each shift boss in the Mining,Smelting, and Copper Refining Divisionsstarted ti'aining "on the job" on a basis oftwo 30-minute periods per week commencing -January 21 and ending February 17. Train-ing follows an approved card, "Elements ofFirst Aid," issued by the Safety Department.

Expect 130 TeamsAt the end of this training period all teams

will be judged on the job by their plant's That all-expense trip to ToriSafety Engineer and a neutral party named Aid team from Bert Wood's shiftby the plant or department superintendent, rules for the annual competitions.The number of winners to be declared in CIark the others, left to right, aSection A for each plant is as follows: Mines: and Sub HilL New trophies arCreighton, 4; Frood, 4; Garson, 4; Levack, 4; Inco First Aid championships zooMurray, 3; Stobie, 2; Surface Plants: Copper -Cliff, 7; Open Pit, 4; Coniston, 3; Refinery, 4 be appointed until the winners in Section AMore than 130 teams are expected to take i have been announced. The shift boss shallpart in the Section A tests, a "take-your- be responsible for the coaching of the teamchoice" series of which will be set by Tom up to this point.Crowther of the General Safety Department. 2. The appointment of the team members

Winners of Section A will be determined by in Section A will be the responsibility of theFebruary 29. Then, from March 1 to 6, these shift boss concerned and will consist of menteams will each have four one-hour practices under his supervision. Team members shouldat their plant, after which, during the week be so chosen as to avoid any dislocation orof March 7-13, the teams at each mine or disruption of work at the time of practicessurface plant will compete to decide a cham- and competitions.pion for their particular plant. These com- 3. Team members, throughout the entirepetitions will be held at the local community series of competitions, will not include morehalls and employees' clubs b e fo r e public than one person who has previously competedaudiences. This concludes Section B of the in the R. D. Parker semi-final or final events.new program. Members and coach of each However, no limitation will be made on thewinning team in this section will receive a competition experience of the team coachwhite sweater with crest. appointed for teams taking part in Section B,

After a training period from March 14 tO Mutz, Finlayson and R. D. Parker competi-March 20, during which each team will have tio.three two-hour practices, the champion team Following the completion of Section A,from each mine and surface plant will pro- the team coach for Section B and subsequentceed to the third round. The mines teams competitions will be appointed by the team'swill compete for a shield and individual prizes shift boss in consultation with the p 1 a n tdonated by H. J. Mutz, general superintendent Safety Engineer and the department or plantof mines, and the surface plant teams for a Superintendent.shield and prizes donated by D. Flnlayson, 5. For Section B and subsequent competi-enera1 sunerintendent of smplters These ,, --

as a First Aid man or helper will be per-mitted as a team member. However, he mayhold the position of team coach.

9. Team members do not need to be holdersof St. John Ambulance certificates.

10. The judging of all competitions in Sec-tion A will be carried out by the plant SafetyEngineer or his assistant and a competentperson appointed by the plant or departmentSuperintendent. The winning team will bethe team with the highest average points asscored by the two judges conforming to thepoints allotted in the problems. The judges'decision will be final. In the case of a tie,another problem will be set for the tyingteams.

11. The preparation and carrying out of thecompetition in Section B will be the respon-sibility of the plant Safety Engineer. How-ever, assistance will be given by the GeneralSafety Department upon request. Appoint-ment of judges in Section B will be referredto Dr. H. F. Mowat in all cases.

12. The preparation and carrying out of thecompetitions for the Mutz, Finlayson andParker trophies will be in the hands of theGeneral Safety Department. Judging will be

-- --- tions, a team coacn may De responsible for as in the past, in the hands of Dr. H. F.are the semi-final events of the schedule, coaching one team only. Mowat.and will be held before the public in the Inco 6. The time a p p r 0 v e d for practices onShi1d contest about March22 and Finlayson Fellow Could Afford anShield event soon after. stances. This does not mean, however, that Appetite in Those Days$300 To The Winner a team cannot practice as much as it desires

The two winning teams will train from off the job on non-Company time. Somebody has sent the editor of bright,March 25 to March 31, two two-hour periods 7. At any time following the competitions newsy CIL "Contact" a copy of a menu fromper team, and then at the Inco Club on in Section A, changes or replacements in the the Clipper Restaurant, Virginia City, Nevada,April 1, they will lock horns in the final personnel of any team required by accident, dated 1871-1884. When it came to "clipping'showdown for the R. D. Parker Shield, emble- sickness, vacations, transfers or for any other their customers those old sourdoughs hìad amatic of the inter-plant First Aid champion- reason, including what may be considered to J lot to learn.ship. For the 1948 contest Mr. Parker is be an improvement in t e a m performance, Pork chops, mutton chops, tripe in batteroffering a $50.00 cash prize to each of the should be recommended in writing, describing etc., were 10 cents, but you had to spreadwinning team members and their coach. It the reason for such a change or replacement, yourself for 20 cents if you wanted a porter-is suggested that this money could be Used by the shift boss, team coach and plant hoUse or a tenderloin steak. A snack of threeto cover the team's expenses on a trip to Safety Engineer to the plant or department eggs, any style, was 15 cents. Hot cakes orToronto to see a professional hockey game, Superintendent and shall be initialled by the flannel cakes, with corn batter, were a nickel.as a victory celebration, but of cUurse each latter before the change is approved. A copy All the roasts were a dime but the brigandsman may use his prize money as he wishes, of such approved recommendation shall be were charging 20 cents for chicken.

Following are r u 1 e s announced by the forwarded to the General Safety office for A bottle of claret cost the playboys 20 cents,Safety Department for the 1948 First Aid record purposes. In the case of replacement, and a glass of beer was a nickel.competitions: as above, the spare man will be used as first Single rooms to rent above the restaurant

1. Teams in Section A shall be made up of replacement, unless he is the one being re- went for $1.00 a week.five team members, only one of which shall placed. They didn't have any atom bombs in thosebe a spare man, No official team coach shall 8. No person who is shown on the payroll days, though.

Dnto to see a pro hockey game looks good to the Firstup at the Mill, seen here in a huddle over the revised

Seated are Albert Charron, Bert Wood, and "Happy"e Maurice Beauchamp, Buster Martel, Ervin Tubman,id individual awards have sent interest in the 1948ming to the boiling point.

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Banquet Tops Off Season for Legion League]

Attended by all but five of the 55 boys whoplayed out the schedule during the summermonths, a banquet was staged by CopperCliff Branch of the Canadian Legion InMemorial Community hail to wind up inbig-time style their first boys' baseball league.

Pictured above are the budding geniuses ofthe diamond just before they piled into n.delicious dinner served by a group of theirmothers, and on the right are some of thcguests at the head-table: F. Carmichael, 0Racicot, Joe McDonald, G. Tellord, D. Fin-layson, Clarence Sinclair, I. J. Simcox, Rev.Fr. O'Leary, and Len Turner.

Duncan Finlayson, president of the Legion,presented his championship trophy to Walt&r six-column report of the great floods and publication at 9 D'Aboukir St., and its sub-Podedworny, captain of Team No. 3, which storms which France was suffering at the J scription price was about $8.00 per year inwon the league title. Speakers were Joe Mc- time. All the factories at Limoges and Aixe, Paris, $9.60 in the provinces, and $11.60Donald, Rev. Fr. O'Leary, and Ralph McCabe. for example, were inundated. Floods were abroad. It was a four-page paper, six colunmsChairman was G. Tellord. also causing disaster in Hungary, and a land- to the page, the column width the same as

slide had destroyed the German village of the Triangle's, 15 ems.Caub, killing or Injuring most of the towns- J Please excuse the footprints on the back

1876 Paris Journal people. A Norwegian Vessel was wrecked off page," Jack Wulif said in his note. "The catBoulogne-sur-mer, with the loss of all hands made a detour to see if 'mt Nick' was listed

Interesting Souvenand passengers and a cargo of wines and in the stock market quotations." Which it

1r liquers. wasn't, of course.Joan of Arc was being played at the Paris

Jack Wulfi of Copper Cliff has loaned to Opera House. A firm advertised a sure-fire IT WAS CATCHINGthe Triangle, for a once-over-lightly, an in- cancer cure 'without medicine, operation, or The guest had just signed the hotel regis-teresting souvenir which he picked up near blood-letting," at a cost of about 50 cents. ter and the clerk was looking at the nameSt. Quentin, France, in February of 1917 when Another firm said it could make a set of false in some astonishment. "C C C Carl C C Che was serving in the First Great War, teeth in six hours, satisfaction guaranteed. Carter," he read. That certainly is an

It's a copy of a French newspaper, the A fine house" was for sale on St. Georges St. unusual name; must be a story back of it!"Paris Journal, published on March 17, 1876, in Paris for $2,500 (the line forms to the right, There is," agreed the guest. "It's my realwhich was a Friday in case anybody cares, gentlemen). name, The clergyman who christened meApparently the paper was preserved for its I The daily Journal was In its ninth year of stuttered a bit."

Copper Cliff Legion's baseball incubator sprouted these chicks in 1947: front row, left to right, Sleaver, Crouse, Strong, Johnson,Wainman, Sleaver, Lapierre, Podedworny; second row, Morrison, Livingston, Sutherland, Johnson, Bazinette, James. Rossi, Zanetti,Cavanaugh, Flynn, Duncan; third row, Casagrande, Luclw, Meaden, Frost, Biondi, Pernu, BaldellI, Weber, Merrifielci, Rogers, Topazzint;fourth row, Valentint, Kania, Doherty, MGhee, PhIffip, Morrison, Taylor, Williams, Signoretti, Rossi; fifth row, LeBorgne, Brannigan,

Martin, Phillips, O'Connor, Hall, Lugli. Martyn, Sanchioni, Disalle.

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Xmas PartiesScored BullseyeWith Kiddies

More than 8000 children from Inco fam-ilies were entertained at Christmas partiessponsored during the Yuletide season by theAthletic Associations at the various plants.

A lot of organizing genius and hard workwent into preparations for the big annualtreat, and the committees in charge did abang-up job on every front.

At several plants prize draws were stagedto raise funds toward the expense of theparties, and in each case the ticket sales re-flected the whole-hearted interest and .sup-port of the employees.

LEVACKAt the Levack entertainment, held in the

Employees Club, more than 400 kiddies re-ceived gifts from Santa, whose voice andlaugh sounded just like Bill Neal's. Treatswere nuts and fruit. The Levack JuniorBand, under Bandmaster Fred Dolci and hisassistant, W. MacCoy, played a fine programof Christmas music. Six Boy Scouts, directedby Scoutmasters W. Bushnell and S. Williams,did an excellent job of ushering. Committeein charge of the very successful event was:Lloyd Davis, chairman; Fred Spencer, sec-retary; A. E. Armstrong, treasurer; membersof the Athletic Association gave valuableassistance.

CONISTONAt the Nickel Club in Coniston 550 children

ranging in ages up to 12 years had a highold time at a party staged by the AthleticAssociation. Santa hanied out some realysnazzy gifts along with candies, oranges andapples. A singsong was held prior to Santa'sarrival under the leadership of Harold Sut-ton, the peppy new president of the ConistonA.A. Those serving on the committee whichstaged the happy event were: A. "Slim" Glib-bery, chairman: A. Gobbo, B. Taylor, D. KIdd,A. Eastwood, T. Zannutti, J. Houle, M. La-Prairie, and R. Boulay.

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L Waiting to Talk to Mr. Whiskers

The 10th annual Christmas Entertainment plant Athletic Associations, the affairs were so well organized that there was little or noof Frood Mine Athletic Association drew 2,500 confusion. The picture above was taken at the Erood Mine party in the Employees Club,children to Inco Employees Club in Sudbury. SudburyKiddies whose dads work at Murray andStobie Mines were guests of the Frood A.A. Dave Gilbert, assisted by gnomes of various

Each child received a toy and a bag of shapes and sizes. An Open Pit quartet, underpopcorn, candy and fruit. Lunch was served the direction and management of Dick Waide,to the parents in the club lounge. A motion sang Christmas carols in the best barber-picture was shown by Vern Tupling. shop tradition; the artists were Dyke Parker,

Hustling Eldred Dickie turned in his 10th Jack Garrett, Johnny Juryczak, and N. Rasp-successful effort as chairman of the com- berry. Another entertainment feature wasmittee. which was composed as follows; toys, the movie shown by Vern Tupling. Refresh-Mr. and Mrs. Baseden, Mrs. Northwood, A. ments were served to the children and theirCook; treats. A. Northwood, V. Leroux: lunch, parents, the total issue being 125 lbs. of hotH. Towns, Mrs. E. Dickie; traffic, J. Bell, B. dogs and 68 cases of pop.Meredith, B. Peal, D. Dixon. J. Deacon, W. Committees in charge, with Wally McIntoshRoss, H. Dunn, H. McGinn. The visit of in the control tower, were: receptionist.s,Santa was personally supervised by Ed. Cha- W. H. Poulson, J. D. Garrett, J. MacAlpine, L.teauvert. Morden, P. Stewart, L. Munro, G. Fleming;

CREIGHTON entertainment, J. S. Juryszak, L. G. Thornton,Sponsored jointly by the Athletic Associa- J. C. McAlister, R. Bi'yson. C. Nesbitt. R.

tion and the Employees Club committee, the Holub. F. Graham; refreshments, J. Keast,Creighton entertainment provided a big thrill M, Opaleychuk, A. Dockrell, T, Zaitz, G.to about 600 kiddies of ages up to 10 yeai's. Marcotte, R. J. Waide, C. Phillips; toys andEv Staples and Stan Dobson were in charge 'treats, J. L. Lemieux, Dyke Parker, J. I. Mc-of all ari'angements, assisted by the following: Neil. G. Holmes, G. Bulmer, J. Stanley, R.Norm Silverson, Ted Whiting. Mel Davis, W. Dow.Wellington, Jack Connors, Gord Luck, and (;ARSONJohn Krystia, with ci Gonnella entertaining The Christmas Ti'ee party at Garson, whichSanta. Valuable assistance was also given by is sponsored by the Garson Mine Athletic As-

Supt. Earl Mumford, Miss U. Black, and sociation, was handled this year by the fol-Club Steward George Rymer. lowing committee: chairman. A. Massey;

OPEN PIT treasurer, J. Donnelly; gifts, V. Stone, A.More than 1.500 children came early and Bowen, H. McKinnon: raffle, C. Dunsmore, M.

stayed late to have a Whale of a time at the Fluvian, G. Secker. J. Mclvor, E. Mills, R.Frood-Stobie Open Pit party at Inco Em- Beach; entertainment, G. Quilty, G. Sullivan,ployees Club. Toys, candy and fruit Were F. Desjardins; property, R. Jack, E. Simons,distributed by Santa and his No. 1 helper, H. Carr,

Santa, who proved to be much the samebuild as Marko Fluvian, distributed gifts andchuckles to 400 children. Fred Desjardinssupplied the musical background with localtalent, and movies were shown y VernTupling.

COPPER REFINERYGifts ranging from rattles to chemistry sets

were handed out by Santa at the Copper Re-finery's entertainment in the Inco EmployeesClub. When Jack Latreille's three kiddiescame up to see Santa, young Jimmy Washeard confiding to Mr. Whiskers that hisdad thinks Santa is an old billy-goat. Thisscurrilous suggestion received scant attentionfrom Jimmy or any of the other 500 childrenattending. Gloria Calandra did a swell jobof assisting in distributing the gifts andtreats.

The committee which looked after selectingthe toys was headed by Jim Bryson. Thoseon hand to assist at the Tree were Bob Rod-ger, George Smith. George Furchner, MikeShadow Shamley, Hugh McPhail, Jeff

Aurie, Gar Fallon, Bill McBain. Pete Boluk,and Mel Luck, the live-wire president of theAthletic Association.

%VILLIS%'ILLEWillisville School Board sponsored the

Christmas entertainment, which took theform of a very enjoyable concert followed bySanta's arrival and the distribution of giftsto all kiddies. H. Searle, the school teacher,organized the concert and Mrs. Searle at-

"Mob scenes' like this were familiar during the Yuletide Season when kiddies ofInco employees got that super thrill, a good close look at Santa, as well as gifts andtreats. Although more than 8,000 children were entertained at parties sponsored by the

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Talented Choir at Coniston Continuation School

tended to purchasing the gifts. Music forthe con rt i [ E1 7ACI( BEST' two lost-time accidents during the year on

ce was prov ded by Mrs. Stevens, 1 v the Ryan score-sheet.pianist. Supt. Jack McAndrew of the Quarry Even more impressive than Levack's excel-says it was a very nice party. F iro i1IINES lent prospects for Dominion honors is the

if not alltCOPPER CLIFF ,,very strong possibility that mos

It took three Sudbury theatres, the Regent,

''Inco mines will rate better than any other

Grand, and Century, to handle the Christmas JJ ] AJ i E Canadian mine in the final scoring...movie treat provided for all kiddies between4 and 10 years of employees at the Copper Rod and Gun ClubRepeating their brilliant 1946 achievement,Cliff plants.

the men of Levack led all other Inco minesF Reviews Successful Yearor children not residing in Sudbury, trans- to the wire in the 1947 competition for the

portation by street car or bus was provided Ryan Award. P1 a n t i n g in district waters of 44,000from Copper Cliff, Gatchell, Coniston, Mm- Whether or not Levack's performance will speckled trout as well as pickerel and bass.now Lake and Lockerby. Fruit and candy enable it to retain the Ryan Trophy, emblem-were distributed at the theatres and Santa

completion of a skeet range, arrangements, atic of the Canadian safety championship,managed to put in a welcome appearance at which it won in 1946, will remain in doubt

for an indoor rifle range, and an interestingprogram of education and ,ntertainment or

each party. until all returns have been received fromThe smoothly handled entertainment was the membership, were among the activitiesmines across the Dominion. Reports todatesponsored by Copper Cliff Athletic Associa- "

of the past year reviewed at the annual meet-onceindicate, however, that Levack is intion with A G McLean as chairman and the ing of Copper Cliff Rod and Gun Club.. . more. What a feather in the cap of Supt.following lendnig a helping hand, Alvin Charlie Liveley and his super-crew

A large group of school students attendedthe meeting at the Club's invitation, part ofNickle, Bill DeSoto. Bob Boudignon, Earl

On the basis of lost-time accidents per-McMullen. R. Doucet, S. McBeth, A. Busby its plan for spreading the gospel of conserva-,R. Eadie. R. Dixon. L. Jennings, F. Hannah, 1,000-men-employed, which is the system on

'tion and good sportsmanship.

Reports were pven by Hugh O'Connor, ishs howR. Brown. A. Carroll, E. Romagna, J, Maltby, which the Ryan contest is scored. hereInco mines stacked up in 1947:M P hk k A i committee: Norman Temple. rifle; James Lee,. us aren o. . McG bbon, B. Stemp,

' skeet; Jock Livingstone, ame: Clair Young,O Riordan. A. McGhee. A. Gullen, K. Boucher, Levack ,..,.......,,,.,.... 1.14and others

education: Charlie Michener. entertainment.. Garson 10.59 The 1947 slate of officers was re-elected:

10.60- Stobie president. Paul Queneau; vice-president, W. J.GRANNY IS HEP ('reighton 13.68 Ripley: secretary. Adam Watson: treasurer,

The home reminded you of those photos Murray 15.39 Clarence Buck.of homes in the Gay 90.s. Grandma was Modestly omitted from the reports was therocking as she did her knitting. At her feet Frood . 15.17 heroic spirit of .'elf-sacrifice shown by execu-sat her four-year-old grandson. It was a Up until Oct. 14 it wa Murray. in its first tives in the line of duty. After noVing apicture Whistler could paint. Suddenly the year of production, which led che Ryan 'ace shack into position on the skeet range. theylittle boy looked up and said: 'Grandma, among Inco mines, but then accidents dealt were all laid up with wrenched backs.why are you knitting?" a body-blow to the Murray hopes and Levack

Granny paused, smiled and replied: 'Oh, pulled into top spot. never to be headed. The A winner ntver quits axid a quitter neverjust for the hell of it." Liveley organization was charged with only wins.

Highly favorable reports reach us of the talented and well-knit m u s i c a 1 ensemble, centre row, Olga Drill, Aline Martin, NoraConiston Continuation School choir, pictured under the popular leadership of Miss Mar- Falcioni, Margaret Ladurante, Miss M. J.here, which sang at the Coniston Band con- garet Ferguson. Ferguson, Jane Macdonald, Evelyn Lalonde,cert In December and also at the school's From left to right the singers are: back row, Joyce McLean, Florence Rivais; front row,commencement exercises. Dorothy Shreeve, Laurette Mayhew, Mary Carmella Sottile, Shirley Gagnon, Vera Gen-

Organized some years ago, the choir is Geoffery, Patricia Murphy, Janet Rogerson, tile, Edith Squires, Mary Werstiuk, Geraldineadding to its reputation as a good-looking, Olga Hrycay, Betty Gibbons, Therese Poirier; Squires, Claire Rivais, Viola Steele.

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PRiESIDErT ST\rLE'Y IRE'VIEVVS equipment. It is expected that as more con-sumers become familiar with the savings ac-cruing from constructions with these steels.their use as a replacement for the carbonstructural steels will increase.NICKEL INDUSTRY'S PROGRESS

Increases in the use of heat and corrosionIn a recent letter to the shareholders of tion of nickel-chromium tainless steels in re.sistant cast steels for industrial applications

the Company, Robert C. Stanley, chairman the United States account&I for a major have continued to expand these markets forand president of Inco, i'eviewed the current portion of this consumption. The applica- nickel.progress of the world nickel industry, reveal- tions of nickel-containing stainless steels in Post-war activities both in the Uniteding many new uses which have been devel- the various industries continue to be numer- Kingdom and on the Continent of Europeoped by research for alloys of nickel. ous and diversified. The chemical, petroleum point to a continuance or an extension of the

Text of Mr. Stanley's letter, of vital interest and transportation industries remain impor- use of nickel alloy steels. A point of interestto every Inco employee, was as follows: tant users of stainless steels. Popular and In this connection is the extensive use of nickel

World deliveries of Canadian nickel in all well-known uses are in such home appliances steels in the British Railton Mobil Specialforms for the year 1947 will be in excess of as sinks, refrigerators and deep freezers, as racing car, which exceeded a speed of 400those of 1946, although considerably under well as cooking utensils. Likewise, stainless miles an hour at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah,the peak war-time high reached in the year ste e 1 s serve in industrial and restaurant in September.1943. equipment for the processing and handling Nickel steels are being employed in light-

Canadian nickel deliveries this year in all of foods and beverages, weight tractors which are particularly impor-markets will approximate those of the indus- Nickel Alloy Stls tant to United Kingdom agriculture. Thetry's greatest peace-time year of 1937, and The so-called triple alloy steels, containing new Rolls Royce piston type engine, one ofshipments in the United States and Canada nickel, chromium and molybdenum, continued the most powerful aircraft engines of its kind.Will show an increase of about 50% over 1937. to be extensively employed this year, parti- makes extensive use of nickel steels and other

Operations of International Nickel at Cop- cularly in the automotive, construction, rail- nickel-containing materials. On the Con-per Cliff, its mining and smelting center, were road, tractor and machine tool industries. tinent, where war-time controls resulted insubstantially higher than in 1946, despite a Their tonnages, as in 1946, were again the the employment of "ersatz" alloy steels, nickelcontinuing labor shortage. largest of any single class of engineering alloy alloy steels are once more taking a prominent

Nickel prices in the United States and the steels. Two notable applications of compara- part in the new steel specifications.United Kingdom remained unchanged during tively recent origin for these alloy steels have Lightweight nickel alloy steel mine cagesthe year. On November 21, The International been for structural aircraft tubing, and for in coal mines have proved very successful inNickel Company, Inc., announced a reduction hot coiled and leaf springs by the railroad, Belgium and further cages are being con-of 1c per pound in its price for refined automobile and tractor fields. Nickel-chrom- structed in Belgium and France.nickel in the United States. The reduction ium and nickel-molybdenum steels of the MIII and Foundry Nickel Alloysbecomes effective January 1, 1948, simultane- pre-war standard types have also re-estab- The past year saw a further broadeningously with a like reduction in the United lished salient positions in industry, of the use of Monel", "Inconel" and otherStates import duty on refined nickel provided Of great interest is the growing utilization nickel alloys, as well as rolled 'nickel, forfor in the recently signed reciprocal trade of high s t r en g t h low alloy steels. The special duty purposes involving resistance toagreement between the United States and majority of these steels contain nickel and heat, corrosion, wear and other dimcult con-Canada. The prices of nickel outside the now contribute materially to the over-all ditions for which their versatile propertiesUnited States are not affected by the duty consumption of nickel by the steel industry. are Important. As in the past, the chemicaland remain unchanged. They are used principally for engineering and associated industries took the ma 1 or

Stainless Steels applications to permit appreciable reductions share of the tonnage, but increased use wasin deadweight. Industries which have found noted in other fields, such as power and

The largest consumer of nickel during 1947 theIr use of advantage include transportation, electronics.continued to be the steel industry. Produc- materials handling, earth moving and heavy Important applications were found in the

production of modern drugs, such as strep-tomycin and penicillin, in the manufactureof synthetic detergents, and In the handling

- . of fluorine, a highly corrosive agent which is. being used on a coi1tantly increasing scale

- for many new industrial procees.- '.. The rapid advances in jet engines accounted'u. - - for an increase in the use of Inconel" be-

cause of the ability of this high nickel-.. chromium alloy to withstand the high tem-

peratures and corrosive gases. The s a m ealloy has also assumed further importance

.) for heat-treating equipment. A potentiallylarge market for high nickel heat resistantalloy steels for jet engines and rocket devel-opments is indicated by the continuing searchfor materials to withstand higher tempera-tures.

The Nimonic" alloys, particularly Nimonic80," continued to be the standard turbineblading material for all British jet-propulsionengines. These alloys, developed by MondNickel's Development and Research Depart-ment, are employed for this application be-cause of their high creep-strength propertiesat red-heat temperatures. In the UnitedStates International Nickel has developedanother high temperature alloy, Inconel X,"which is being used experimentally for gasturbine wheels, forged turbine blades andg e n e r a 1 sheet metal applications for jetengines.

There was an increase in the applicationsMurray Miner 1948's First Pappy of r o 11 e d nickel, "Monel," Inconel' and

At 12.16 o'clock a.m. on January 1 a Mur- the sponsors of the Stork Derby, including nickel-chromium stainless steels as a claddingray miner, Henry Paquette, was the 'newest" one each for her father and the doctor, for ordinary steel. Included were applicationsand proudest father in Sudbury. His wife in such diversified industries as brewing andhad just presented him with a daughter, the Picture shows the Paquette family at their the production of pulp and paper.

home, 319 Frood Road. Nestle d in her One of the standard uses for "Monel" forfirst child to be born in the city in the New mother's arms, Jeannine is wearing some of more than a quarter of a century has beenYear.

Baby Jeannine Paquette, who Weighed 8 lbs. the finery which her beautifully-timed arrival on board ship for applications ranging from2 ozs. when Dr K. J. Bromley of the Inco won for her. Her brothers, all tickled stiff to pump parts to boiler equipment. Despite theMedical Centre ushered her into the World have a baby sister, are Giles. 3, Claude. 2!. fact that new construction in American ship-at St. Josephs Hospital, was hands-down and Robert, . yards was considerably curtailed during the

year, the conversion of war-time vessels towinner of the 17th annual Baby Contest con- Henry Paquette operates a mucking mach- peace-time use continued to provide an outletducted by the Sudbury Daily Star in co- me on 15 Level at Murray, has been an Inco for this nickel-copper a 110 y produced byoperation with Sudbury and District merch- man since 1939. He is a member of the Mine International Nickel.ants. She' rivd 37 handsome gifts from Rescue team. Chemical nd food industries in Great Bri-

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tam, France and Belgium have placed sub-tantial or d e r s for pure nickel, 'Monel,"

"Inconel' and nickel silver, Applications in-clude caustic soda equipment and large saltdriers. Further developments have t a kenplace with nickel-clad steel, particularly inconnection with the soip industry.

The expanding field of electronics hasbrought many new uses of nickel and nickelalloys, such as in television.

There has been a continuing use of Monel"for hot water storage tanks. For the sheath-ing of heating elements in electric cookingranges, "Inconel" continues its commanding:position.

The use of NI-Rod", a welding rod for:making machinable welds in cast iron, wasexpanded remarkably throughout industry.

Electrical Resistance AlloysThere has been an important growth in the

use of nickel-chromium electrical resistancematerials, The increasing utilization of elec-trical energy in the home for domestic ap-

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Cupro-Nickel AlloysThe high post-war demand for nickel by

wrought copper base alloy manufacturers hascontinued. It is estimated that 1947 pur-chases will compare favorably with last year.The nickel silver alloys are expanding their

.•L.L' 'k..markets as base metals in the silver-platedtableware field; for springs in electrical andcommunications equipment such as the dialtelephone system; and In slide fasteners.The 70-30 cupro-nickel alloy has proved itsposition as a superior alloy for heat ex-changers and is now being more widely em-ployed in marine and coastal installations,power stations, and the petroleum industry. As they file through the clock alley onCupro-nickel for condenser tubes and other their way to work, Copper Refinery employeesnickel alloys for various purposes continue to get a practical daily reminder of the value

of safe workmanship and equipment frombe employed in the large shipbuilding pro-gram now in hand in the United Kingdom. this display board, beside which Safety En-

Coinage gineer Lionel Roy Is standing. Underneathan old shoe, cut away to show how a nail

Throughout the world the general trend has gone through, is the caption, "You can'thas been toward further use of nickel and expect your sole to save you In a case likenickel alloys for coinage purposes. Many of this." A dirty switch tag is labelled, "Thethe countries w hi c h employed emergency _________________________________________alloys during the war have already returnedto the minting of nickel-containing coins, permeability nickel alloy core that is periodi-while others contemplate an early resumption cally saturated. The changes in the intensityof the use of nickel and nickel alloys for of the earth's magnetic field alter the output

from this device and are continuously re-their coinage. corded, ma king possible the detection of

India and the United Kingdom are re- magnetic anomalies in the earth's surface.placing silver with pure nickel and cupro-Nickel-Platingnickel, respectively, as the standard coinage

of those countries. Spain recently adopted Although the record high 1946 volume ofpure nickel for the 5 and 2' peseta coins, nickel for plating purposes in the UnitedNew Zealand is replacing silver coinage with States included purchases for re-equippingthat of cupro-nickel. Ecuador has returned the facilities of the plating industry, 1947to the use of pure nickel for the one-sucre sales will be still hi g h e r and are a truercoin, and monetary reforms now under con- indication of the increased consumption ofsideration by a number of Latin American nickel for plating. However, consumption incountries contemplate the introduction of all fields has been limited by the scarcity ofpure nickel for their standard coins as well other base metals for fabrication.as for various minor denominations. The automotive industry with increased

Nickel Alloy Cast Irons plated area and specifications fot heavierProgress in the field of nickel alloyed cast deposits is still the largest consumer, although

irons has been well maintained during 1947. demands from all other fields have increased.Such specialty nickel-containing a 110 y s as Considerable interest has been aroused in'Ni-Resist" and "Ni-Hard" have advanced at steel pipe lined with electro-deposited nickel,a sharper rate than that of the over-all which was a result of a war-time develop-development. Sales of nickel this year for ment. More attention has been given to thethe production of "Ni-Resist" are expected to salvage of worn and mismachined parts bybe 45- greater than the best prior peace-time building up to size with nickel-plating, thusyear and "Ni-Hard" production, exclusive of saving on replacement parts.rolls. will use almost 90 more nickel than There has been continued research duringhas been consumed in any preceding year. the year on methods for nickel-plating on

In addition to very satisfactory progress in aluminium to simplify and improve prevailingthe development of "Ni-Hard" in the mining practices. This will expand and diversilyfields of the United States and Canada, this uses, which at present are largely in domestic

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many industries which nickel serves indicatesa continuance of the favorable showing madeby the nickel industry in 1947.

IIU.Y PIIU m appliances and plumbing tixtures. Each year at the annual banquet of theSouth America, Mexico, South Africa and Plastic and other non-metallic units With Mechanical Dept. at the Copper Refinery.India, for grinding, milling and other mining a nickel deposit possess increased rigidity and Matt Bell has rounded up an orchestra toapplications, strength, yet retain lightness of construction, put the finishing touches to the program.

In Great Britain, as in the United States, In addition, the nickel provides resistance to Last year was no exception, although it wasmost of the rolls in rolling mills now contain abrasion and moisture absorption. Matt's farewell appearance prior to retiringnickel. Nickel anode consumption is still main-

International Nickel in its constant search taming a steady high level in the United on pension. He's seen above with his violin,for new mineral deposits has employed the Kingdom, being some 100% gre a t e r than leading a melodious four-piece ensemble ofairborne magnetometer which is revolution- pre-war. which the other members were Paul Daoust,izing prospecting methods. The heart of this Outkk guitar, Len Bedard, mandolin, and Bill Yeo,device Is a magnetic detector utilizing a high The encouraging outlook for business in the piano.

tag that no one can read the print in yourobituary will be clearer."

Other safety "quickles" from the Refineryboard:

"Hooks that spread won't save your head.""Broken glass is hard to remove; Use safety

lenses and get in the groove.""Emery wheel pieces may fly, and the chip

Is quicker than the eye."

FAREWELL APPEARANCE

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Garson Footballers Collect Swag;Cliff Bowlers Dine Before the Battle

Llie c.,arson looLDall team clurmg a dancegiven in their honor by the Athletic Assoia-tion on Dec. 12. In the first of the abovepictures some of the Garson players are beingmeasured" for windbreakers by their wives

prior to the presentations. Left to .ight areseen Taffy Davis Vic Stone, Mr. tnd Mrs.Tauno Perala, Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Grassam,Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Matson, Mr. and Mrs.Hughie Rorison, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Arm-strong, and Mr. and Mrs. Andy Muir.

It was 'Just before the battle, Mother."in the second of the above pictures, as thetwo finalist teams in the annual 10-pin tour-nament at the Copper Cliff Club vied withknife and foi'k before taking to the alleys todecide the championship. Looking up thetable on the left are the Winders from theElectrical Dept.. Howard Thompson. TommyAcheson. Bill Beckett Jr., and Bill Beckett.while on the right are the Research team ofArt Wittenberg. Danny Killy. Alex Illis, 'hidGordon Harry get a load of that nifty newbiscuitduster. lads. Host and peacemakerat the head of the table vas Am Ross. chair-man of the Clubs entertainment committee.The two crack lineups fought an excitingbattle for the P. F. McDonald Trophy, theResearch boys inning by a margin of 14pins.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY"Look, dear, how picturque! The Smiths

ir bi'ingfiig In a Yule log.'"Yule log, my eye. That's Smith'

and GordonBecome AssistantVice Presi1ents

Vice-President R. L. Beattie announced inDecember that R. D. Parker and J. R. Gordonhad been elected assistant vice-presidents ofthe International Nickel Company of Canada.Limited.

Coining to Inco in 128 from McIntyre Porcupine Mines. R. D. Pirker became .uperin-endent of Creighton Mine and in 1930 was

F;uRu.\Rv. 1948

appointed to lns present posit ion of genei'aluperuitendcnt of the Mining and Smelting

Division. He gi'aduated fom the Universityof California, Berkeley. in 1921.

As.ociated with the On t a r i o ResearchFounciation tt Toi'onto from 1929 to 1936,J. R. Gordon joiited Inco as director of theResearch Department created at Copper Cliffiii 1936. and became technical assistant tothe 'ice-preident in 1946. In 1943 PremierDri'w appointed him a minbr of the OntarioM i n i n g Commi.ion. He graduated fromQueens, University. Kingston. in 1920.

Other Itecent AppointmentsOt4r recent c h a n g e s and promotions

tmong Inco personnel includeJ. B. Fyfe. formerly superintendent of both

i Stobie and Murray Mines, is now devoting hisfull attention to the Murray as it swings from

I the development to the production column.A. E. OBrien. superintendent at Frood, is

now Stobie superintendent also.E. P. Reed. formerly assistant superinten-

dent at the Open Pit, is now in charge atStobie as aistant superintendent under A. E.O'Brien.

W. Vannanen and C. C. Jones, who weregenei'al foremen at Murray and Levack res-

'pectively, are now general foremen at Stobie.Al Olive, who was a general foreman at

Creighton, is now a general foreman at Mur-ray. Ralph Gomoll, who was foreman atNo. 2 Shaft Garson, is a general foreman atLevack. Bruce King has been promoted fromforeman to general foreman at Creighton.Bill Armstrong, who was foreman at Murray,s now foreman at Creighton. E. Conroy,

foreman at Stobie, is now a general foremanVat Murray. Norman Wadge, who was an

assistant foi'eman at Frood, is now a generalforeman.

At the Open Pit George Fleming, formerlyblasting engineer, and Dick Dow, formerlysafety engineer, have joined R. Britton asforemen. C. Phillips is the new safety en-gineer.

R, Burford is now mine engineer at Murray.John Gregg, who r e 5 g n e d as master

mechanic at Gai'son to enter private businessin Sudbury, has been s u c c e e d e d by RayBeach, who was assistant master rnechnic3t Creighton. The latter post lias oeen Lakenby Roy Serpel, who was £irst class machinistat Frood.

In the Geological Department F. P. Zur-brigg has been appointed chief mines geolo-gist and C. E. Michener chief explorationgeologist.

In Accounting, Mills Austin of Copper Cliffhas been promoted to assistant works auditorat Port Colborne, replacing C. R. Howard.who succeeds J. R. O'Donnell as works audi-tor. Mr. O'Donnell goes to the New Yorkoffice as assistant comptroller. 0. E. Penmanhas been transferred fi'om Levack to Froodas mine clerk, replacing Howard Ringer whois on sick leave of absence. Clair McGowanof Creighton has taken over as mine clerkat Levack.

GRATEFUL STUDENTSFrom Derek 1. Ottley md W. F. Scriminger.

students at the Royal School of Mines. Lon-don. gland. came a letter last month ask-ing the Ti'iangie to extend their appreciationto In"o personnel for hospitality ana co-operation shown to them during their three-month stay in the Mill and Smelter t CopperCliff last .sunimer,

'We are deeply indebted to those who m -parted to us some of their knowledge of heworks operations and controls. making ourstay of trcmen'ious technical value,' the stu-dents wrote. will tll be of immense valueto us in the near future in our careers asmetallurgical engineers.

JEKYLL & HYDEAlice and Ellen were discuing the Sunday

School lcs.on. "Do you really bvlieve thereis a devil?' asked Ellen.

"Oh. I don't:' m tvred Alice. I guess it'slike Santa Claus its really your fathei'.''

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J. R. GORDON R. U. PARKER

Three of the four trophies offered for an- Inual competition in the Sudbury DistrictFootball Association, and classy new wind- ar erbreakers, were presented to the members of