VOLUME 20 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, MARCH, 1961 NUMBER 12

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New Records SetBy Inco in YearOf Great Activity

The Inco family could well takepride in the review of the Com-pany's achievements and progressduring 1960 as set forth in the an-nual report to the shareholderswhich appeared over the signaturesof Henry S. Wingate, chairman,and J. Roy Gordon, president.

Nickel deliveries rose to newheights. The tonnage of ore minedalso set a record.

The huge new Manitoba opera-tion was brought to the verge ofproduction. Extensive plant andprocess improvements were beingcarried out in the Company's otherdivisions in Ontario, the UnitedStates and England.

Exploration for new nickel de-posits was continued in many partsof the world.

Important new fields of servicefor the Company's products werewon through intensified market de-velopment and research.

All in all, it was a year of solidimpressive accomplishment such asInco employees have long sincecome to expect of their Company.

Deliveries of MetalsInco deliveries of nickel in all

forms were 351,880,000 poundscompared with 317,040,000 poundsin 1959, and 205,800,000 pounds in1958, the lowest point in a decade.

Copper deliveries were 292,540,000pounds. These compare with 252,-450,000 pounds in 1959, a year inwhich the Company's deliverieswere down because of the 1958strike.

Deliveries of the platinum metals- platinum, palladium, rhodium,ruthenium and iridium-were 359,-300 ounces. compared with 384,600ounces in 1959 and the all-timehigh of 445.300 ounces in 1955.

Deliveries of iron ore were 192,-000 long tons, compared with 162,-000 tons in the previous year.

The accompanying table shows acomparative statement of the de-liveries of Inco's principal metalsfor the past three %,ears. In ad-dition, the Company also recoveredfrom its ores, and sold, iron powder,selenium, tellurium and sulphur.

Nickel Markets

Nickel consumption in the freeworld rose to a new hUll of ap-proximately 5t,5.000000 pounds in1960, about 20 per ctnt over theprevious record established in 1959.Consumption in 1960 was aboutdouble the annual rate in the yearsimmediately precedin the KoreanWar.

The increase in crltL.tinl pl iotl in

Pouring F Shot Makes Good Show at Port Colborne

to which some silica has been added to bring it to the specifications for F shot, ispoured from the ladle into a chute front which it falls on four jets of water, thendropping into the pit in the form of shot. Steve .Maier is shown operating the pouringladle, which holds 5.500 lbs. of metal. F shot is made four times a year at the NickelRefinery, each ran lasting about a month.

shot, one o . ie several forms in which Inco nickel is sent.to market. .Molten nicke ,ration in the Nickel Refinery at Port Colborne 7s t 'rail?

1960 occurred largely in WesternEurope, whose industries used anestimated 235.000,000 pounds ofnickel compared with 170,000,000pounds in 1959. This growth inEuropean consumption reflects notonly the rapidly expanding Euro-pean economy but also the greateruse of nickel in a wide variety ofapplications.

In the United States total con-sumption during the year was downslightly, the principal adverse fac-tor affecting this market being re-duced operations in the steel in-dustry during the second half of1960. Nickel consumption in Can-ada increased to an estimated 13,-000,000 pounds.

During the year the Companycontinued to acquire nickel atmarket prices under arrangementswhich eased the United StatesGovernment's procurement con-tract obligations and also reducedthe Government's stocks of sur-plus nickel in excess of strateicrequirements. These acquisitionsby the Company lessened the Gov-ernment's accumulations of sur-plus nickel without disruption ofthe market. Thee produced no pro-fit for tiie Cuutpany but made ad-

ditional nickel supplies readilyavailable to nickel users and en-couraged increasing industrialuses of nickel pending the newproduction from Thompson mine.

The use of nickel in most ap-plications throughout the freeworld advanced substantially dur-ing the year. The production ofstainless steel, particularly in Eu-rope, accounted for the largestgain. The electroplating industry

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in both the United States and Eu-rope also took substantially morenickel, mainly as a result of theuse by the industry of improvedtechniques using more nickel andproviding higher quality plating.

The Company's base prices fornickel remained unchanged during1960. The equivalent Canadiancurrency prices were adjustedslightly upward to reflect prevail-

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A sbift boss at Stable , Pentti Lindquist is shown in this photograph withhis wife and good -looking family . The eldest is Randy, 11; then comelRkk^, 9, Joanne, 7, the twins Karen and Christine , 4, and finally Nancy, 3.

Mr. and Mrs . Zolle Kovacs of Port Colborne with Danny, 7, Randy,6, and Carrie , 4. Zolle works with the bricklayers , helping keep thefurnaces in good repair at the Nickel Refinery.

INCO FAMILYALBUM

The George Suttons live inCreighton. but make theirhome at Black Lake duringthe summer months. George'stwo fine sons are David, 5,and Spencer, who will be 8in May.

Here are Mr. and Mrs . Alfred Paquette of Garsonwith Norman, 14, Louise, 9, and Roland, 3. Alfred isa slu%berman at Garson mine, where he has workedsince 1944.

A mrrhanical department sub-foreman , Len Tuckey came toTbump„ in from Orillia . Here he is with his wife and happy'amid': JoAnn, 15, Betty Jo, 13, Patsy, 10, Leonard, 8, andM[lehael, 5.

Bruce Kerr of the IronOre Plant is takingnight classes in draft-ing and his wife isstudying art. Theirdaughter is Mary, 14.They live in Sudbury.

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Our Copper Clifffamily this monthare Mr. and Mrs.Peter Hickey andtheir two youngchildren Louise, 4,and Hector, 2.Peter is a second-generation I n c oman; his fatherHector qualifiedfor the QuarterCentury Club backin 1956.

Typical of kid hockey wherever you find it are the accompanyingpictures taken at Stanley Stadium in Copper Cliff of the younggladiators who have their hockey future served up to them in big leaguestyle by the Copper Cliff Athletic Association . In this dressing roomshot Robert Salhani helps gird Andy Akey for the fray; standing at theleft is Dan Johnstone.

Riding the bench momentarily,these warriors intently follow theplay. In front is Reggie McGuire,next is Chris McLellan.

Kid Hockey Is BigBusiness PayingLong Dividends

Kid hockey in the Nickel Districtis still a-booming! In playground,school and other groups through-out the area an estimated 3,000boys played their hearts out onmore than 50 rinks, and went tobed dreaming - not of a whiteChristmas - but of someday be-ing called up to the N.H.L. "Inplayground hockey alone we hadover 2,000 of them," said Sudbury'sgenial director of recreation GeorgeKormos.

Recently the Triangle cameraspent a Saturday morning atStanley Stadium where Jay Mc-Carthy ably operates the CopperCliff Athletic Association kidhockey league. "I played hockeyin this same league over 23 yearsago," Jay said. He later went onto become a high scoring ace ofthe 1942 junior Copper Cliff Red-

Leading the race for the puck in this action shot are Rudy Taus (left)and Tommy Deacon . Saturday is the big day for kid hockey at StanleyStadium , some of the eager beavers crawling from their bunks withnary a complaint at the crack of dawn to get the tightly packed morningschedule under way. Running the show has become a happy way oflife for impressario Jay McCarthy.

What's this, men? Not a girl ! Sure enough , it's net nurse Peggy Oja,as slick a goalie as you could find , and pretty too. Here she robs MikeMcGuire on a close - in scoring attempt.

1. Action in the corner; Bob Gervais, Brian Bradley, and Ricky Rumney dig for the puck. 2. Red Wing goalie Robert Dumas gets a hand from

Tim Silver to fasten that back strap on his big pads . 3. The fortunes of war have caught up with Jackie Camilucci, who is seen getting minor

first aid from Cliff Wing; injuries are rare . FRONT COVER: "Just before the battle, Mother." Goalie Johnny Tarini is deep In meditation

while Bobby Little and Dan Johnstone help him into his goalie regalia.

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If there's one weakness in the Copper Cliff kid hockey setup, sayshead man Jay McCarthy , it's the small number of parents who turnout to see their sons in action . This sort of interest and encouragementgoes a long way toward the success of the operation . Here Jay pointsout a play to a couple of interested dads, Gino Zuliani and Ed Grace.

men and in 1945 a member of theNickel District champion Sudburywolves.

In his 10th consecutive seasonJay had over 200 whiz kids in ac-tion at Stanley Stadium, includingthe only girl goalie in the area.Petite Peggy Oja played goal forthe Peewee Maple Leafs in her firstyear is kicking out shots and re-fusing to be "deked" by breakawayartists with the aplomb of a Boweror a Hall . "She's as good as anyboy in her class," Jay said, "but Idon't think well be swamped bygirls wanting to play - hockey'sreally not a girl's game." Whennot on the rink Peggy plays shinnywith the boys every chance shegets and just loves the game, ac-cording to her mother.

Interested people willing to helpout with kid hockey are always indemand . "While actually we'renot too badly off, there is always aneed for coaches, managers andanyone who will spend a little timehelping out ," George Kormos said.At Copper Cliff Jay is fortunate inhaving a fine band of helpersWhich includes Bobbie Harkins,John Gilbert, Mike Grace, RolyWing, Danny Newell and "myright hand man Cliff Wing."We're always short of coaches,though," he added.

One sadly obvious weakness inthi, Program is lack of parental in-terest at games. "Unfortunately,parents just don't support theirboys that way," said Jay, "exceptk,r the odd few. We can providealma=t everything else, but notthat . It's a kid's biggest thrillwhen he knows Mom and Dad areWatching."

The Sudbury recreation commit-tee operated 50 rinks this season. "IW't , I'e we have more outdoor rinks1>'r Capita than any place in thenorth " Mr. Kormos stated. "andI think we provide more hockeyfor More boys than any communityIn this part of the country." With.m.. four months of ice-makingReathr r, hockey is definitely thebic^ rs* and most popular organ-t" ti junior sport in the area,

d^• far as equipment is concernedmore expensive items are pro-»Ided . In Sudbury the recreation

'4srtnlent supplies proper goalieand the playground as-

"at i"ns provide sweaters. OtherIx r Ou,,1 equipment is usually theb" )'ti responsibility. At Copper

Cliff any son whose dad belongs tothe athletic association may play,and all he needs to bring is a maxi-mum of desire and a minimum ofequipment. "Any boy who comeshere and wants to play hockey,plays," emphasized Jay. This poli-cy was supported by George, whopointed out that his committee'saim is not so much to make starsas to give every young lad a chanceto play organized hockey.

This is also the purpose behindother highly successful leaguessuch as Levack's and Garson's.

Two minor leagues operate in thedistrict in addition to playground,school and other leagues. Playersare normally graded by age intoPeewee (8-9), Minor Bantam (10-11), Bantam (12-13), and Midget(14-15) teams. Playgrounds thisyear have house leagues, and dis-trict playoffs are held in the Sud-bury Arena.

At Copper Cliff statistical re-cords are kept of all teams andplayers in a card-index system."When these fellows are ready forpro I'll be able to produce theircomplete hockey history," Jaygrinned.

Despite an odd sort of winter ithas been one of kid hockey's best."It's our biggest," said GeorgeKormos, "and I think possibly ourbest." The same applied at CopperCliff where - "enthusiasm washigh, we had lots of kids, good kids,who had a lot of fun and playedgood hockey."

Both of these leaders feel thatmost kids do appreciate the op-portunity to play, though their en-thusiasm at times inclines them tobe unintentionally thoughtless. Inaddition to learning the fundamen-tals of hockey, the character-build-ing benefits of discipline and teamplay are also instilled in theseyoung citizens of tomorrow.

NO COMPLAINTSAfter saying no words for six

years, the baby son finally said tohis mother at breakfast:

"Mom, the toast is burnt."His amazed mother shrieked

joyfully:"Juniorl You talked. How come

you never talked before?""Well," Junior replied evenly,

"up to now everything's alwaysbeen okay."

1 Red Lang of the Copper Refiner},

- THE ROVING CAMERA - west."Stopping near one of the big Red recently put the finishing

anode furnaces at the Copper Re- touches to his basement recreationfinery our roving camera came room - "I like working at that" -upon robust Red Lang preparing a and is ready to get his flower gar-batch of copper in a holding fur- den in shape, weather permitting.nace. Red was in the process of "We brought fill and manure fromskimming a 10,000-pound charge of the farm," he said. Both he andcopper preparatory to using it to his wife were raised near Troutcast billet moulds. Creek.

It wasn't long after Red started A former bowler and curler, Redat the refinery in 1948 that he may go at these sports again butknew it was the right place for right now he's been bitten by thehim. "I worked at Creighton and camera bug and is shopping aroundFrood," he said, "and while I en- for a movie camera to take alongjoyed mining I like the refinery on his big vacation trip.best. They sure are a good bunchto work with, too." A mould maker THE RULING VOICEfor many years, Red at first disliked The lodge meeting had to bethe job but now wouldn't trade postponed.with any man in the place. The Supreme Exalted Invincible

He married Esther Fraser in 1941. Unlimited Sixty-Ninth DegreeThey have a new home in Sudbury Potentate's wife would not let himand a brand new car they intend go out of the house again.putting through its paces this sum-mer. "We like to travel," said Red, ( A mistake is evidence that some-"and I think this year it will be the one has tried to do something.east coast and maybe next year the - Andrew Mellon.

Val McGauley's Rink Cops "Little Brier"The Copper Cliff Curling Club's fun-filled shift league wound up amighty successful season with Val McGauley's boys winning the trophyin what is fondly referred to as the "Little Brier." Val beat out RonGauthier in the playdowns. The happy skip is pictured here (centre)receiving the Ballantyne award from Harry Gilbert, who officiated in theabsence of Andy Ballantyne, the donor . On the left are Doug McGheeand Andy Chop, and on the right Earl McDowell . Electric jigsaws werethe individual prizes. One of the biggest and best seasons yet saw 14rinks entered in this event. The windup party, which the boys hadpainlessly paid for all season , was a real dandy and wound up late in theevening with miners and smeltermen listening sympathetically to eachproblems.

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Master Gardner Bert Squirell of'

loam to one part sand mixture forboth pots and flats in which seed-lings are set. Garden soil is some-what richer with a fair percentage

Lively "Tells All" for the Triangle of humus and fertilizer.

Seedlings are set out about 2inches apart in flats after the trueleaves begin to show and by mid-

totdob dil e move orsmay ouAprgreenhouse or coldframe. Thelatter may be simply made from a

may be seen on top of the fluorescent fixture , getting a head start fromits warmth , while begonias are set below to benefit from the light.

Getting an early start with seedsand bulbs is one sure way for theamateur gardener, or would-begardener, to enjoy a rich experienceand realize a rewarding show ofbloom in his garden come summer.

To help the novice and also re-assure the devotee, the Triangleput the question, "Just how do yougrow plants from seed?" to one ofthe Sudbury district's most success-ful gardeners, Bert Squirell ofLively. Year after year Bert andhis wife produce one of the finesthome gardens to be seen anywhere.He is in his second term as presi-dent of the Sudbury and DistrictHorticultural Society.

Specifically we asked Bert, "Whatseed do you buy, where and how doyou grow it, and secondly how doyou plan your garden for such aharmonious blend of colour andsize? " While some experts mighthave considered this as poking intosacred trade secrets, not so BertSquirell. "I'll be glad to tell youall I know," was his immediateresponse.

"I usually order seed for deliveryin early March," he said, and goodseed is available at any of thereputable seed houses. As far asspecific varities are concerned thereis such a wide assortment thesedays that it boils down to personalpreference and how you intendusing the flowers you grow.

"And that brings up the secondpart of your question," he smiled,"which should really be tackledfirst, that is how to plan and ar-range your garden for most pleas-ng results.

"Planning and arranging an at-tractive garden is a matter ofobservation, study and experience,"Bert said, He is strongly in favourof making a plan of each bed andnoting what type, size and colourflowers would be most suitable. "It'sa good idea to look around in thesummer and see what others aredoing, and if you like it make anote or You'll forget. I try to planour big back garden for height atthe ends and to the back. Some

beds I like to mass with one typeof flower. A person should plan forcolour and balance and try to useall early blooming annuals."

After amount and variety ofplants are decided and seed order-ed, soil for the flats or pots shouldbe prepared. Bert advises steriliz-ing to kill weed seed, etc., and hedoes this by placing the soil in apan and heating it in the oven atabout 200° for about 30 minutes."It comes out pretty dry," he said,"so I put the soil in pots -I likepots best for starting annual seeds- with a piece of broken pot overthe drainage hole, and stand themin water until soaked through"

On top Bert then spreads a layerof Vermiculite in which the seedwill be sown. Seed is then coveredwith a light coating of Vermiculite.

1 "Seed should be covered aboutthree times its diameter," Bertsaid, "and with petunia seed that'snot much."

The last step is to place a pieceof plastic or glass over top of thepot to retard moisture evaporation.Bert also finds that a very littlebottom heat does wonders for ger-mination. Average germination ofa week to 10 days can actually beshortened to a few days this way,he stated. During this period lightis not required, heat and moisturebeing the only essentials.

Along with many others Bertfinds that fluorescent light isideally suited for the home gar-dener, much better than a window.His serves a dual purpose in thathe uses the light to start his bego-nias and other tubers while thewarmth given off by the trans-former on top of the fixture acts asbottom heat for his seed pots,When the seedlings are startedBert places them under fluores-cents, "as close to the bulb as pos-sible so the plants don't have toreach for light and grow toospindley. Best temperature forstarting plants is around 65degrees," in his experience.

Type of soil used isn't anythingspecial. Bert uses two parts garden

few old boards and a couple ofstorm windows. A light bulb ortwo will provide any additionalheat required and frames should becovered on nights that frost ispredicted. A cold frame is alsouseful for toughening plants beforesetting in the garden.

"Thing to watch with seedlings,"

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said, but we did find our favoritepetunia that way. It came out twoyears ago, a rose and white doublecalled Cherry Tart that is a realbeauty, Expensive though, 100seeds cost $1.00 which works out toabout $1,500 an ounce. It is scarcetoo and Cruickshanks in Torontois the only place to get it that Iknow of."

In addition to annuals theSquirells have an outstanding showof begonias as well as canvas, hugedahlias, gold band lilies and otherperennials plus flowering shrubs,all so arranged to make a mostharmonious and pleasing garden.

UICK QUIZBert advised, "is that they getplenty of light and a fairly con-stant temperature. If too warmthey grow quickly and are soft; inpoor light they tend to growspindley and tall. With a littlecare though, most anyone can raisestrong, healthy plants."

The Squirells grow some 10 or 12different annuals, about 125 dozenin all, with petunias, snaps, mari-golds, stock, celosia, alysum andlobelia dominating. "We growabout 30 dozen petunias, all hybridof several colours, mostly ruffled,and use them as bedding plants.Snaps we grow in two sizes andseveral colours, and in marigoldswe prefer the Climax which growsall of 2 feet, and Spungold, whichgoes about 8 or 10 inches high. Forborders we use about 20 dozenRoyal Carpet and Carpet of Snowalysum plus lobelia. In scentedstock we like Trysonnic and we arevery fond of celosia in red or gold,both dwarf and tall."

With new varieties of plantsintroduced annually the Squirellsalways try a few each year. "Someare not worth the bother," Bert

1. Density of population in theU.S. is about 51 persons per squaremile. What is the figure forCanada?

2. To run all of Canada's govern-ments combined - municipal, pro-vincial and federal - does it cost$1 million per day, $15 million perday, $30 million per day?

3. Do women in Canada everserve on murder trial juries?

4. What is a Sasquatch?

5. What is Canada's leading ex-port commodity?

ANSWERS: 3. By unwrittenrule women never serve on murdertrial juries; in no province is juryduty compulsory for women. 1.Less than 5 persons per squaremile. 5. Newsprint, in 1959 $723million worth. 2. More than $30million per day. 4. The Sasquatchare legendary cave-dwelling giantsthat Indians believe live aroundHarrison Lake, B.C.

An empty life, like an emptykitchen drawer, soon gets filledwith all kinds of junk.

Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Tra-la I

Activity around a home on a delightful Springh 'toning scene confronting winter -weary eyes a ctnco Window at Sudbury 's Chamber of Commerce offices these days.The younger members of the family fly kites, fish in the fountain pool.or trundle a kiddy car while Dad brightens the house with a fresh coatof paint . Mother and Older Sister look with pride at the tulips, iris,narcissus , marigolds, daisies , morning glories and sweet peas that createa revel of color in their borders and window boxes. Alongside is arevolving display of large photographs of some of the fine gardens at(nco homes in the Sudbury district last year . Part of the cheery sightis shown in the above picture,

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120 Rambunctious Cubs Blow Off Steam inPage 7

Thompson A.A. Hockey League

A few of the great NHL stars of the next 10 or 15 years may well be included in this roundup of hockey cubs at Thompson . Sponsored bythe Thompson Athletic Association , with the eager co-operation of local business firms, the new nickel town 's kid hockey organization is a flourishingsetup in which 120 boys blow off steam. Some of the players are shown above . The chairman , Don Gray, says his committee is getting lots ofexcellent coaching help in keeping the rambunctious gaffers In line and teaching them the Importance of team effort . Don Bruce Is treasurer ofthe committee . Mary McBurney secretary, and Wally Leszczyszyn a right -hand man . Players are divided into four age groups : Tom Thumb16-7), Peewee (8-9), Intermediate (10-12 ) and Junior ( 13-16).

In this flash of action during aThompson kid hockey loop match,Midwest goalie Chris Sandelliclosely guards the short side whilehis defencemen , John Picard andWan Swanson , relieve the pressure.

The pass-hungry Beaver Lumberopportunist parked in front of thenet is Wayne Jordan , and his line-mates swooping in from the rightare Ricky Savoire and BruceGoodman.

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country," a laughing Hans admit-ted. Born on an Estonian isle in

Known to all at Frood at Sailor,the Baltic in 1898 , his early jobs

}cans Haggblom has retired on I were farming and fishing. After aearly service pension. He had been =year in the army during the firstat Frood since 1934. war and another year at war in

1920 when his country foughtl "Everybody called me Sailor after Russia for its independence, Hans-yid them what I did in the old shipped on a Norwegian boat for

several years."In 1922, off the coast of New-

foundland, we got lost in a snow-storm" Hans related. "The shipstruck and sank but luckily wewere close enough to shore thatall 32 of us were saved. Goodthing we were close, too," he add-ed, "as that was in November andit was 10 degrees below zero."

Making it to St. Johns by dogteam, the first he'd seen, Hans re-turned home and joined a Danishship plying the Baltic. Later, inBelgium, he signed on a CPR boatbound for Canada and neglected tomake the return trip. "I sailed for

over seven years," he said, "andwas in 17 different countries. Itwas time to try the land for awhile."

In Canada he worked in the bushand sawmills of the then boom-ing Blind River area for a numberof years. In 1934 he came to Sud-bury and hooked up with Inco atFrood. A miner for many years -"I worked in the pillars for 15years" - Hans was a fireguard andwas also employed on sandfill dur-ing his last couple of years ofservice.

He was married in 1939 to Mrs.Helmie Myllynen. Their daugh-ters are Mariatta, at home, andElsa (Mrs. H. Punkari) of Waterstownship.

A keen fisherman, Hans spends agood deal of time summer andwinter at that great sport. AnotherFrood oldtimer, Dan Mondstadt,has a camp at Lake Penage whereHans does a lot of his fishing.Gardening is another hobby Hansenjoys as evidenced by his finehome garden at his Donovan home.

Alex Yandon"I was born at the old East

smelter in Copper Cliff" said AlexYandon. "There was quite a bunchof houses there then, but you'dnever suspect it now. Some bits ofbrick foundations sticking out ofthe slag dump here and there areall that remain of those old days."Retired from the carpenter shop atCopper Cliff, Alex has the finerecord of over 38 years of Incoservice.

Born in 1906, he started withInco in 1920 as office boy. "E. C.Lambert gave me my first job," herecalled. In 1923 he transferred tothe carpenter shop, and took hisapprenticeship as a pattern maker,at which he served out his time."It's been a good place to work,"he said. "always plenty to do andlots of variety." Biggest changefrom when he started in the tradeis in materials, particularly theintroduction of plywood and plas-tics, Alex said.

Alex's father Justin, who was an

Inco man too, lost his life in thegreat fire at Dome in 1911. He wason loan to that mine at the time.Mrs. Yandon, the former IreneSargent, also had an Inco father,Harry Sargent, who worked for theCompany around the turn of thecentury and later operated abarbershop on Serpentine street for16 years.

The Yandons have one sonNorman, of the Copper Cliff payoffice. Their daughter Edna is Mrs.L. Humphrey of Georgetown, whomthey visit three or four timesyearly. Three grandchildren roundout the family.

A camp at Lang lake near Espa-nola is home to the Yandons muchof the summer, that is when theyare not travelling. "We tent outall over the country," Alex said."We've got sleeping bags and allthe equipment and we get lots ofuse and fun out of it."

To keep his hand in at his tradeAlex does a bit of woodworkingaround home, making tables. book-shelves and such. A happy man,he is obviously enjoying retirement.

BORN 20 YEARS TOO SOONA judge, whom we shall call

Smith, had just returned from atrip to Paris. He said he had awonderful time and Paris was agrand place. "But I wish I'd madethe trip 20 years ago."

"You mean when Paris wasParis?"

"No", was the answer. "I meanwhen Smith was Smith."

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Levack 's Young Hockey Hopefuls and Their Coaches Made Fine Picture for the Triangle Camera

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"It's getting bigger and betterevery year," beamed burly FrankDoyle in speaking of his belovedLevack kid hockey enterprise. "Thiswas our best year yet - and every-thing went dandy, just dandy."

Known officially as the LevackMinor Hockey Association thisannual investment in boys is thesports highlight of a highly sports-minded town. Close to 300 uniformswere issued during the season.

The hard working associationexecutive of Henry Bertrand, presi-dent, Frank Doyle, vice-president,and Harry Knight, secretary-trea-surer, got faithful backing fromthe coaches and group chairmen.as well as the moral support ofmany parents who turned out forthe games.

The players were as usualdivided into age groups with achairman and vice-chairman as-signed to each group and respon-sible for its operation. A total of25 teams participated, 18 from iLevack and seven from Onaping,which, at an average of 12 playersper team, works out to about 300boys.

Sweaters and .hocks in NHLcolours were issued to each boyand each team was provided withgoal tending equipment. Financial"angels" for this community enter-prise are the Town of Levack,Levack Mine Athletic Association,and the local service clubs,

Most week nights plus Weekendsthe Levack arena was just hoppingwith young fry in hockey ,ear, andgames were also played on outdoorrinks at onaping and Levack, thelatter built. last fall by the hockeyas-SO-if ion. Each team phtceti twogames a `reek. a total of 25 comesper a e.k ,f which 16 were playedin the ^:„na and the remainingnine on 11". outdoor rinks.

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March, just beating the soft iceperiod by a matter of days, with atrophy winner being determined ineach age group.

Referee - in - chief was HarryKoski , and his alert group of offi-cials included Fern and Jerry Ro-billard , Archie Cucksey , MickeyKay, Harry Knight , Bobby Mac-Donald and Jim Laberge.

A big banquet and trophy pre-sentation night for all who parti-cipated in the league plus guests,with an NHL star as speaker, isplanned for April 8 . Later in themonth the annual public meetingwill be held when financial reportswill be tabled and new officerselected . Thus the whole communityis brought into the picture andeveryone shares the responsibility,which appears to be a pretty goodway to run such an enterprise.

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Sid Stone of theMachine Shop

April 17 is a red-letter day asfar as Sid Stone is concerned.

That's the date that the firsttuberculosis mass survey of theSudbury district will be launched,and as president of the SudburyTuberculosis Association he's inthe thick of preparations for thisking-sized community service.

"X-ray examination will revealany active stage of tuberculosis,"Sid said in explaining the purposeof the project, "but this mass sur-vey has the advantage of detectinga t.b. bug which hasn't gone intoaction yet but is rust lurking inyour system waiting its chancewhen you happen to be run downor otherwise vulnerable."

So, in co-operation with theprovincial health department. the

MN"TMSudbury Tuberculosis Association pay the cost of the upcoming massis recruiting teams of volunteers survey; all Christmas Seal moneyto ring the doorbell of every house received by the Association isin the district and urge the people spent in the Sudbury district.to turn out for a test. Sid also spends a lot of evenings

"A pinprick in the forearm is all visiting the San patients, of whomthat's involved," Sid said. "It there are usually about 125. He'llonly takes a minute, but it could pick up a couple of the boys fromsave a lifetime of regret." Teams the shop to go along with him,of doctors and nurses will hold and they'll make the rounds ofclinics at various central points the wards. "There's always somein

hasn't a friend in the world. Apackage of cigarets makes his facejust light right up. It makes youfeel good, you know."

Born in Copper Cliff, Sid is theson of Bert Stone, long-time Incoman who died in 1960 after fiveyears on pension. His brother

{ Gordon is a shift boss in the coalplant, and another brother Roy,who apprenticed at Copper Cliff.is now an electrician at the atomicplant at Chalk River. His sisterGrace is married to Norm Cars-callen, president of the SudburyFigure Skating Club.

Forty-three years old andmachine shop foreman at CopperCliff, Sid has been married since1938 to Dorothy Cecile. a Cartiergirl. Their son Eric is attendingLaurentian University and theirdaughter Linda, married to ViauQuennville of Sudbury. made themgrandparents five months ago.

"That's enough on me." said Sid."What I want people to thinkabout is our big survey betweenApril 17 and June 2. As far asI'm concerned this is one of themost important things that everhappened around here."

survey, on dates to be announced."We're getting wonderful co-operation in setting up thearrangements," the enthusiasticassociation president declared.-Now if the public will only playball with us in this province-wideprogram, well have scored a greatvictory over an old enemy."

A "graduate" of Sudbury'sAlgoma San, where he spent fivemonths back in 1956, Sid has madeTuberculosis Association work hishobby ever since. Rehabilitationof ex-patients, education of thepublic on tb., and assisting theM.O.H., Dr. Cook, in carrying outthe regular mobile chest X-ravprogram, are some of the activitiesof the croup. The work is sup- iported by the proceeds of Christ-ntas Seals sales, which will also

the district to carry out the ^ poor guy in there who thinks he

There is no pure culture Allculture is affected by that ofothers, and national cultures canbe improved and refined by con-tact with The best of ether's.

- Sir Ronald (could.

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Rosemary Ovens and Bert Flynn Trophies Presented at Copper Cliff Club

One of the Company's few lady pensioners , Miss Rosemary Ovens,presents her trophy to the Copper Cliff Club ladies' 5-pin bowling champs.From the left they are Mrs. Dorothy Stone, Mrs. Sylvia Savage, Mrs. RayKing, and Mrs. Helen Taylor (captain ). Mrs. Duffy's team was runner-up. Miss Ovens first presented her trophy back in 1951.Displaying the famous Flynn grin, the ever-popular Bert Flynn ispictured on the right with the trophy he presents annually to the men's

Sudbury Was a Horse Town When Walter Came

2Carpenter shop foreman Charlie Silander presents Walter with anengraved watch on behalf of the boys In that department.

"I started work in Jim Rowat's the local veterinarian, Doc Young.livery stable in back of the Bal- "I worked with him a couple ofmoral," Walter Leach recalled. years too," said Walter "and with"All the hotels had livery stables horses all over town plus thethen and there was a horse-drawn lumber camps we were plentybus that took people around town." busy."Retired now on service pension Later Walter operated a store atfrom the carpenter shop at Frood,Walter enjoys reminiscing aboutSudbury's early days.

"We first came to Sudbury in1913" he related, "before Elm streetwas paved . You may think it

' com ddu y now in the spring - I veseen wagons mired to the hubsright on Durham street" In thosedays Walter said there were sevenactive livery stables in town, somewith over 30 horses on the go.,

"We were busy all the time," hesaid "and I've seen many a Sun-day when you couldn't even buy ahorse; we had Sunday drivers then

you know." A good liveryhorse was worth close to $200,cheaper than buying taxi cabs

but you had to rest them now andthen,

Walter was born at Smith Fallsin 1896 and his parents moved toIarchwood around 1902 andfanned there until coming to Sud-burry, where his father worked for

5-pin bowling champs at the club. Syd McCroome is on the left, thenJoe Dunnigan (captain), Flynn, Ray Faddick and Angus MacNeil. Theyoutscored Frank Bennett 's team in the playdowns. The Flynn trophywas put up for competition back in 1948.According to Copper Cliff Club steward Cecil Bissonnette, a definiteswing back to bowling was noticeable this past season , one of the best inyears.

Shiningtree, was barn boss at Er-rington mine when horses werethe main source of transport there,then in 1929 came to Frood car-penter shop - "Cecil Boucher wasboss then" - and remained thereuntil retirement. "It's been a goodplace to work," he said, "andthey're a good bunch of fellowsto work with."

The year he started at FroodWalter married Lillian Bishop andthey have one son Brian. Theirhome is in one of the new westend locations "where cattle used tograze when I was a kid," accord-ing to Walter.

A hockey fan with a yen forChicago, Walter watches or listensto all games. His favorite activesport is fishing and with a car,boat, motor and trailer, figures hehas it made. "I can fish in dozensof lakes" he said, and he does.

QUOTESSuccess is getting what you

want; happiness is wanting whatyou get. - Dale Carnegie.

. . *All great alterations in human

affairs are produced by compro-mise. - Sydney Smith.

An unforgiving person is littlemore than a row of hooks uponwhich to hang grudges.-Defender.

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Every time a man puts a newidea across, he finds ten men whothought of it before he did - butthey only thought of it.

- Advertiser's Digest.! R R

The first day of spring is onething, and the first spring day isanother. The difference betweenthem is sometimes as great as amonth. - Henry Van Dyke.

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Nothing can work me damageexcept myself. The harm that Isustain I carry about with me, andnever am a real sufferer but bymy own fault. - St. Bernard.

Know thyself is right good ad-vice, but it's more fun to watchthe rest of the folks.

A. W. Quattlebau.

I would much rather that pos-terity should inquire why nostatues were erected to me, thanwhy they were. - Cato.

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Our character is but the stampon our souls of the free choicesof good and evil we have madethrough life. - Geikie.

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Winners of the Cochrane -Dunlop trophy for the first event in ladies' curling at Thompson are shown on theleft here, Merle Bryson (skip), Fern Eccles, Marie MacDonald, and Pat Boucher. They were presented withcarving sets by Manager R. J. Freed. On the right are the victors in the second event for the Hudson's BayCo. trophy; they received prizes of electric shavers from manager Zonneveld.

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One of the first things musicianPaul Nyeboer did when he arrivedin Thompson as a member of theaccounting department in 1959was to get an orchestra going.Gradually among the new arrivalsin the growing community hefound a wealth of talent, and thefollowing June the ThompsonNickelites played their first dance.

Here they're shown at a recentpractice session, giving forth witha very smooth rendition of VayaCon Dios, Maestro Nyeboer stands

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Gerry Pilon of the IronOre Plant

Shown checking the controlpanel in the pelletizing building atthe Iron Ore Plant, Gerry Pilon isa man happy with his work. Raised

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on a farm below Ottawa, Gerryfigures that joining Inco was thebest thing ever happened to him.'Where else could a guy with mylack of education get such a goodjob," he asked, and then addedand this is a good job, especially

when production is high and prob-lems low.'

To help improve his knowledgeand make up for lack of schooling,Gerry has developed into quite areader, An encyclopedia set re-cently purchased is his latest pride."I read everything in it," he enthu-^;ed. "I guess you could say thatrcadin ! is aiy favorite pastime"

A house in New Sudbury and hisfamily are his other main interests.Chess is a game he enjoys verymuch, and he's now in the process

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at the left; in the front row areMaurice Chaychuk, trumpet, GrantHambley, trumpet, Bill Hayes,trumpet, Joe Steele, alto sax, Mar-cella Waschuk, tenor sax, BobFreed, alto sax, Norm Guttormson,baritone sax; back row, JimmyDawson, trombone, Danny Larson,drums, Cec Spaan, bass, Mrs. WillyBaker, guitar, Mrs. Myrna Saw-chuk, piano.

Latest entertainment develop-ment in the community is forma-

of teaching his wife how to play."When I was younger I used to goout and play fiddle at dances," headded, "but I don't seem to havetime for that now."

Gerry started with Inco backin 1947, working first in the Orfordand then in the separation buildingbefore moving to the Iron OrePlant when that operation startedup in 1956. His wife was formerlyJean Deschene and their youngfamily are Diane, 4, Paul, 2, andAnn, 1. "I enjoy my family," Gerrysaid, "and like staying home withthem."

Life at 'Flionipsou

tion of the Thompson Overtureand Dance Club, for which theNickelites will play dances in May,July and October, and outstandingtouring artists will be brought infor concerts in September, Novem-ber and January. Club member-ship fees are $14 per couple, $10single; 300 memberships will besold, and they're going fast. P.H. Nyeboer is chairman, A. R.Smith vice-chairman, J. A. Dickietreasurer, and Mrs. D. E. Munnsecretary.

He did it with the worst handi-cap a skier can have, lack of train-ing because of lack of snow.

A first in the slalom, his spe-cialty, and sixth in the downhillgave him the Alpine crown; this,coupled with 13ths in both theNordic events, jumping and cross

Levack Lad ChampionCanadian Junior Skier

Fulfilling the promise of hisform over the past two or threeyears. Lynn Cullis of NickelteenSki Club came through with abrilliant performance in the Cana-dian junior championships atJasper, Alta., sweeping both thefour-way and Alpine combinedtitles.

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country, won him the big four-waychampionship.

Lynn, 18, is the son of Mr. andMrs. Al Cullis of Levack; hisyounger brother and sister, Gordonand Linda, are also top-flightskiers.

To celebrate his victory on hisreturn to Levack, they elected himprincipal of the high school for aday, upon which he promptly de-clared a holiday; the school boardhastily called a meeting that nightand fired him before he could sub-stitute skiing for history in theschool curriculum.

Treasured KeepsakeAs a memento of his long servicein the old Orford building at Cop-per Cliff smelter , George Strakawas presented by his work palswith a cleverly made miniature ofone of the acid shells he knew sowell. Here he proudly displays itfor the Triangle camera. He firstworked for Inco at the Port Col-borne nickel refinery.

31 Successful in Royal Life Saving ExaminationsIt was Exam Day at the Copper Cliff Club and this picture shows someof the candidates who had completed the training course and were tryingfor their elementary and intermediate Royal Life Saving Society awards.

Thirty -one were successful , and their instructress , Dale Silver . qualifiedfor the award of distinction. The examiners , Mrs. Mary Maki and Mrs.

Marion Fitzjohn , warmly congratulated the successful candidates. Seen

in the pool are Barry McQuillan , Michael Armstrong , Douglas Sioxam,

Sue Chadwick, and Sharon O'Neill; kneeling are instructress Dale Silver,

Peter Roy, Brian McQuillan and Roy Conley; standing, Mrs. Maki, Mrs.

Fitzjohn , Janice Orr , Sharon Taylor, Marion O'Connor, Lynn Wadge,

Ann Scanlon , Joan Clarke, Linda Godfrey, and Martha Peters.

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LEFT : Skip Sye Wasyluik calls for a guard while Fred Birchall looks for a loophole in his opponent 's strategy . CENTRE : Hustling into hissweater just in time to make the 9 o'clock draw , Mel Hrytsak gets some pre-game kidding from John Murray . RIGHT : Bringing in a pay-offrock ; the husky sweepers are Rod Tate and Wally Cresswell, and their approving skip is John Malin.

GARSON A.A. DRAWS TO THE BUTTON 1So successful was Garson Mine

Athletic Association's first bonspielthat many of the curlers who en-joyed that weekend are trying hardto have another serving of thesame this season. While this isunlikely there's no question butwhat it will be on next season'sprogram . "We fully expect tomake it a yearly event," said TomScanlon.

Held on February 24, 25 and 26the three events saw a total of 18rinks entered, a comfortable drawfor the Tam-o-Shanter Club's threesheets of ice. Capable hard work-ing George Fish was drawmaster aswell as skip of one of the rinks, -losing rinks that is.

Everyone had a dandy time andMonday morning's sore muscleswere but pleasant reminders of thefun of bonspieling. Many newcurlers were introduced to thegame as most leads and someseconds were throwing rocks forthe first time.

Blakey Johnson took the firstevent , beating out Vic Gomm in agood match. Blakey had LesChayka, Dave Latendre and HarryWilliams with him while on Vie'steam were Harold Strutt, Al Leclairend Roger Richardson.In the second event Ted Flanni-

gan edged out Bruce King's four-some in a close game. Playing withTed were Earl Hoffman, PeteGoegan and Maurice Martin, andwith Bruce, Fred Birchall, VicStone and John Wiltshire.

Big Gus McLennan toted off thesilverware in the third event withhis team of Ray Beach, Jack Wylieand John Chokan; runner-up wasSam Pataran's rink of Glen Strutt,Roger Gillies and Jack McDonald.

Mine superintendent B. T. Kingdisplays his western heritage inhis curling form.

Sandy BrideauA familiar figure at Frood for

many years, Sandy Brideau has re-tired on service pension . "I missthe job and the gang," he said,Time is pretty long now but I

guess III get used to it."Born on a farm in New Bruns-

wick 65 years ago, Sandy left homein 1923 and followed the construc-tion trail with Fraser-Brace. That'show he got in Sudbury.

"I worked on lots of power plantsand dams," he recalled. "I workedat LaTuque, Broken Falls, Chelseaand some smaller plants before wecame to Sudbury to build for Incoin 1928 ." He worked with theriggers during the smelter con-struction and after it was builtwas out of work for a time beforejoining the Company at Frood in1933.

Sandy worked underground asslusherman, ore pass tender, chuteblaster and pipefitter before comingto surface about seven years ago.He worked on surface until retire-ment.

Emma Losier became his wife in1933 . They have a strong Incofamily. George is at Garson andIvan and Roger are at Levack as isIrene's husband Roger Arsenault;

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Aurel is at Crean Hill and Ger-trude's husband Walter Morrisonworks at Murray. Carmen is nowMrs. U. L'Auillier of New Bruns-wick and Emelda is Mrs. E. Demp-sey of Wahnapitae. Besides 33grandchildren they now have twogreat grandchildren.

Sandy is planning to spend acouple of months in New Bruns-wick this summer and also do abit more travelling around thecountry.

The distance on life's journey ismeasured, not so much by thenumber of leaves torn from thecalendar, as by the tasks faithfullydone, by the lives touched forgood. - Grace Lindsey.

LEFT . Checking the draw sheet , Gus McLennan shows Hector McKinnon where he intends ending up - and did - winner of the third event.CENTRE: Looking after the inner man ; Fred Ellis makes short work of a hot dog while John Chokan and Roger Gillis wait for their orders.The lunch counter was a very popular service . RIGHT : The man with the can is Bill Huluka, busy pebbling between draws; he got manyCOmpiiments on his ice.

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Three Inco Mines Each Score 100,000 Safe Shifts in Spectacular ShowingSeptember 27, 1960 to February 15,1961 to rack up the reuired num-

EVACK: o demonstration at vac mine. In 102 slope on vac s level shift boss Pave Simpsonis seen demonstrating to a group of his men the safe method of scaling . Safety engineer Jim Vettorel maybe seen at the left of this group . Demonstrations such as this are another regular feature of the mine safetyprogram.

STOM U. 2. 121. PPUF&UHILY L5 -motto and here George Inkster , assistant safety engineer stationed atStobie, does Just that with assistant chief electrician Norm Miles andelectricians Richie Gallagher and Louis Flor during a , routine checkof the slops. 11

Garson, Frood-StobieAnd Levack Hit MarkAlmost Within Month

While setting safety records is byno means new at Inco, recently arather unique record was establish-ed when three mines each passedthe 100,000 safe shifts goal almostin the same month.

Garson, Levack and Frood-Stobiewere the safety-conscious minesthat achieved the high distinction,and while all three have since hadtheir long no-accident runs broken,each is more determined than evernow to get out and do it again.

For Garson it was their thirdappearance on that grgat safetyplateau since the 100,000 s4fe shiftsaward was introduced back in 1944.On this occasion it took them from

ber of shifts. All ranks at the minewere mighty happy and proud oftheir achievement. Their last100,000 safe shifts award was wonback in 1957.

At Levack, to reach the 100,000safe shifts mark required workingfrom November 26, 1960 to Febru-ary 8, 1961 without a lost-timeinjury. It is the fourth timeLevack has earned the covetedaward and both supervision andsafety are now shooting for arepeat performance before theend of this year. Levack last hitthe high spot in April of 1960.

The big Frood-Stobie organiza-tion worked accident-free fromJanuary 14 to March 3, 1961 in or-der to step into the charmed circlefor the 15th time. It was back inJuly, 1959 that Frood-Stobie lastmanaged this fine safety feat butindications are that it won't bethat long before they do it again.

To date the 100,000 safe shiftsaward has been won a total of 60times. Frood-Stoble is tops with15 followed by Creighton andConiston who have each won it11 times.

The all-time Inco safety recordwas set at Creighton last year whenthat operation worked 242,503shifts without a lost-time injury.Previously, back in 1953, Conistonheld the record with 232,769 shiftsand before that the Copper Re-finery was tops with 215,240 con-secutive safe shifts set in 1950.

END OF CEREMONIESThe little old lady entered the

department store. Instantly a bandbegan to play, an orchid was pinnedon her dress, she was handed a $100bill and found herself being photo-graphed from all sides and takenbefore the TV camera.

You are the one-millionth cus-tomer," the master-of-ceremoniesbeamed at her. "And now can youtell us what you came here fortoday?"

"Why, yes," the little old ladysaid. "I'm on my way to the com-plaint department."

FROOD NO. 3: Assistant safety engineer John Lennie on a regular timber yard inspection stops to stress a point of safety with Joe Zloty and thefork- lifttruck operator Harry Marshall . Yard foreman Dave Fortin is seen behind Lennie and in the background is no. 3 shaft . LEVACK: Minesuperintendent F. McAteer stops in the warm room to chat with Robert Brightman , Wilmar Aelick, Doug 11cCullough and Gord Wilson andcongratulate them on their part in helping reach the 100,000 safe shifts goal.

STOBIE NO . 7: Teaching safety awareness is a never -ending task andone of several methods used at Stobie are eye-catching signs drivinghome safety slogans. Proud of Stobie 's safety record , undergroundsuperintendent Casey Jones here calls the attention of assistantsuperintendent A. P. Olive to the signs in the bright , spacious newwarehouse and refuge station on 1600 level.

Mike MirichMike Mirich has retired from

Creighton on disability pension.With a heart condition giving himsome trouble Mike accepted hisdoctor's advice that a pension wasthe wisest move.

Born on a farm in Jugoslavia in1901 he came over in 1927 and

spent threeyears out weston farms andin the bush.Coining east heworked on rail-road extragangs all theway to NovaScotia beforeswinging backto Sudbury in1933.

Finding no job immediatelyavailable Mike hit for the bushnear Kapuskasing, but a card fromInco brought him back on thedouble and right after the newyear he was at work in Creighton.

For 11 years at no. 3 shaft Mikeworked as timberman, shaft in-spector, skiptender and cagetender,

At an impressive special presen-tation ceremony, held on March 18in the Levack Employees Club, AnnBragg of 1st Levack Girl Guidecompany received Guiding's high-est award, the gold cord. SecondLevack Guide to reach this pin-nacle (June Hutchinson wasawarded the gold cord a few yearsback) Ann was lauded by manyof her past and present leadersduring the ceremony.

In this picture Ann is seen re-ceiving her gold cord from districtcommissioner Mrs. J . Clark ofOnaping, with local Girl GuideAssociation president Mrs. M.B au h assistine cam

FROOD NO. 3: Assistant mine superintendent Gar Green conducting one of the regular formen 's safetymeetings. From the left are general foreman Stan Dobson, underground superintendent Norm Anderson,general foreman Guy Ennis, Mr. Green , safety engineer George Fleming and divisional foremen DougReynolds and Stan Snider . Through these regular meetings the mine supervision keeps in close touchwith the safety program.

then in 1945 moved over to no. 5shaft as cagetender. He later wentto no. 6 shaft as toplander wherehe worked the last 10 years.

Mike has lived at Creighton allthe time he worked there and hasno intention of moving now. Atrip back to the old country nextsummer is a possibility, and a lotmore fishing is also on his calendar.`I find the time long now," Mikeadmits. "but it will be better insummer."

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Captain of 1st Levack is Mrs. B.Benoit, who took over at the be-ginning of the year from Mrs. F.McAteer.

GARSON MINE : In Garson rockhouse safety engineer L. Nicholls points out to rockhouse foreman Jack Eldridge and conveyorman Gerald McBridethe reason why it is dangerous to clean under a moving belt . Regular reviews and explanations of existing safe practice standards is an importantfeature of the Inco safety program . (Right ) The reason for the broad smiles here is not hard to find if one looks at the sign. Mine superintendentB. T. King congratulates a representative group of men on attaining the 100 ,000 safe shifts mark . John Svajka of the yard crew Is shaking handswith Mr. King and others in the group are assistant superintendent Dave Lennie , Alex Raymond from underground , Voito Toivoia of themechanics , and Ken Stone of the electricians.

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New Records SetBy Inco in YearOf Great Activity

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inc r•vchange rates,

Market Development

Asa marketing as well as a fnin-

ing =npany, International Nickelcarj i^ d forward during the yearman, programs designed to fur-ther Tile growth in demand fornickel. These programs includedproduct research, advertising, tech-nical services and the publicationof technical and trade literature, aswell tic special promotions and de-velopment work with present andpotential nickel users.

Exemplifying Inco's market de-velopment activities, was a full-scale demonstration in the UnitedStates of a 9 per cent nickel steel,developed by the Company's re-search .staff, for use in the storageand transportation of liquefiedgases at temperatures as low as--320'F. Named "Operation Cryo-genics," the demonstration wascarried out co-operatively withone of the large steel mills and amajor fabricating company.

Another project which gainedwide attention was the Company'ssponsorship of an architecturalprogram in Europe which outlinedcurrent developments in architec-ture with particular reference tocurtain wall construction utilizingstainless steel. Some 20 lectures,attended by 5,000 architects, weregiven in 17 capitals or other ma-jor cities on the continent.

In the United States, an oppor-tunity to expand the use of nickelwas provided by an importantchange in commercial practice byautomobile manufacturers. In-stead of guaranteeing their pro-ducts for 90 days or 4,000 miles, themanufacturers' new warranty guar-antees them for 12 months or 12,-000 miles. In view of the highstandards of performance whichthe new warranty foreshadows,automobile manufacturers will beencouraged to turn to thicker nick-el plating and to use greater quan-tities of nickel-containing steels.

Exploration

The Company's search for newnickel deposits was continued dur-ing the year. Exploration expendi-tures amounted to $8,873,000 in1960, compared with $7,989,000 in1959.

Exploration activities in Mani-toba accounted for slightly lessthan half of the total expendituresand work in the Sudbury Districtaccounted for approximately one-third, Underground exploration atthe Thompson mine continued toproduce satisfactory results, andsurface drilling was employed toexplore many other interesting oc-currences in the Thompson-MoakLake area. In the Sudbury Dis-trict both surface and undergrounddrilling programs were continuedwith the objective of finding newore bodies and extensions to knownoccurrences Construction was cotn-menced on site preparation andnecessary surface plant for a newshaft to be sunk north of copperCliff, permitting exploration atdepth of The geological formationknown aj the Copper Cliff Offset.

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Exploration programs, or the ex-amination of ore occurrences, werealso carried out in Northern On-tario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, andthe Northwest Territories of Can-ada, and in Africa, Australia,Greece, Guatemala, the South Pa-cific Islands and the United States.

Sudbury District MinesAll of the Company's producing

mines operated at capacitythoughout the year. Tonnage oftotal ore mined, the highest on re-cord, is shown in the followingtable with the same data for thetwo previous years.

At year-end, underground de-velopment in the operating minesreached a cumulative total of 2,-449,000 feet, or about 464 miles.

Development of a new miningoperation, the Clarabelle open pit,was commenced during 1960. Locat-ed on an outcropping orebody inthe Clarabelle and Lady MacDonaldLakes area, the new open pit issituated southwest of Murray.Scheduled for production in 1961,this operation will replace a part ofthe tonnage now being obtainedfrom other mines, including theFrood open pit where ore recoveryfrom surface is approaching com-

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pletion.Development and surface con-

truction at the Crean Hill minewas continued.

At several mines, work was un-der way to provide access to lowerhorizons for deep level exploration,At Creighton mine one shaftreached a depth of 6,750 feet be-low surface, the Company's deepestworking. The shaft will serve asan airway in future deep miningat Creighton, but will temporarilybe used for development and initialore production from the lower partof the mine.

Plant and ProcessImprovements

In the United Kingdom, the pro-ductive capacity of the MondNickel Refinery at Clydach was in-creased substantially as a result ofplant modifications designed totake advantage of improved pro-cess techniques. At the Mond Ac-ton Refinery, alterations and ad-ditions to buildings providedincreased platinum metals refiningcapacity and improved process effi-ciency.

In Ontario, construction wentforward on the new plant at Cop-per Cliff for the fluid-bed roastingof nickel sulphide, which is ex-pected to come into operation in1961, and a number of plant andprocess improvements for increasedefficiency were made. In the pro-cess research laboratories and pilotplants the development of processespermitting improved recoveries andgreater utilization of the Company's

16,036,000 13,798,000 8,863,000 ores was under active investigation.

732,000 1,518,000 594,000 Pilot plant facilities were also

16,768 ,000 15,316,000 9,457,000 being expanded.At year-end preliminary work

Wheaton's Marauders, highly regarded in the inter-plant circuit for their fast clean hockey, ran into

more than they could handle when they tackled McGinn's Creighton Vigilantes in an exhibition match

at Lively. Drawn from Creighton, Iron Ore Plant, and Copper Cliff, the Marauders perhaps carried

respect for old age a little too far, for they were soundly beaten by the vigilante veterans 10-3. Not

half enough people turned out to witness the hassle, which was a good one despite rough ice. In the above

action 60-minute defenceman Joe Mulligan is skating off Toivo Saari, who has just sent a shot whistling past

goalie Lyall (Fearless) McGinn. The defenceman on the right is Arnold Kallio, and the clutch of players

straining to catch up with the play are Bob Freeman, Lynn Gord, Joe Hodgins, Tauno Saari, Fern Roberts,

and the third Saari brother in the game, 'faisto.

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was commenced on a major ex-pansion of the Company's iron orerecovery plant at Copper Cliffwhich will triple its capacity. Inaddition, larger quantities ofnickeliferous pyrrhotite, whichotherwise would have to be handledby the nickel section of the CopperCliff smelter, will be diverted tothe expanded iron ore recoveryplant. This change in practice inthe nickel smelter will result inimportant smelting economies andwill provide a basis for further ma-jor advances in nickel extractivemetallurgy . Entailing an estimatedcapital outlay of $50 , 000,000 , the ex-panded iron ore recovery plant isscheduled to be in full operationin 1963.

Employees andShareholders

At the end of 1960, the Companyand its subsidiaries had 30 ,477 em-ployees in 14 countries, as follows:Canada, 20,825; United Kingdom,5,678 ; United States and 11 othercountries, 3,944 . The total num-ber of employees at the end of1959 was 28,195.

The number of shareholders ofrecord at December 31, 1960 was64,942.

Inco-MondOn February 28, 1961, the name

of the Company's United Kingdomsubsidiary, The Mond Nickel Com-pany, Limited, was changed to TheInternational Nickel Company(Mond) Limited. The change ofname, identifying the activities ofthe United Kingdom and con-tinental organization more closelywith those of the Company in allother parts of the world, and at thesame time retaining the good willassociated with the Mond name,will strengthen European market-ing and development programs.

The Outlook"The year 1961 marks the start

of a new era for our Company,"Mr. Wingate and Mr. Gordonstated in their concluding remarks."A major and wholly separatenickel mining and refining enter-prise and a new community comeInto operation in northern Mani-toba. It brings high hopes andPromise for a stable and prosper-ous future.

"Now we have accomplished amajor increase in total capacityand have established multipleSources of nickel supply. This,coupled with the building of astrong stock position, confirms tothe consuming industries the relia-bility of nickel supplies, on whichdepend the maintenance andgrowth of future demand. Also,we will now be able to relax thePressures on our facilities, to haveelasticity in our operations andmake better progress with effici-encies, and to maintain sound long-range mining programs. These areall of great importance, particular-ly against the background of hav-ing for 10 of the past 11 yearsStrained our producing facilities tothe maximum in response to thePressing needs for nickel for de-letise and civilian purposes.

"All of our new output fromManitoba must go outside of Can-ada to find uses in the diversifiedWarkets we are building in theUnited States, Europe and othercountries abroad, We are stronglyequipped in these markets with

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Toni Gjunlin Honored on Retirement byr Creighton 5 Shaft Workmates

ta^li^"^tl^N lid t3' t g cure lent,there was a very pleasant surprise awaiting him in Creighton 5 shaft 's warm room . A group of his work-mates on 62 level north were gathered to shake his hand , wish him and his wife many happy years ofease, and present him with a suitably embossed wallet of money. Bob Jefkins , motorman , and George Morgan,timberman , did the honors. Tom Is seen in the centre of the above picture, showing some astonishment atthe stack of "long green" that Bob has fanned out before his eyes. A pillar leader , Tom rolled up aservice record of 23 years and 6 months . His home is in Creighton.

commercial, service, development,technical and research organiza-tions. The culmination of theManitoba project, providing uswith more nickel to sell than everbefore, will stimulate and requirethe intensification of all these ac-tivities.

"Our conviction in 1961, as it wasfifteen years ago when we startedour long exploration venture fornew nickel deposits in Manitoba, isthat the demand for nickel will beprogressively lifted. The positionof nickel in both the establishedand newer fields of applicationholds out the prospect that the pro-gress of future nickel consumptionmay more than keep pace withthat of the over-all economy.

"During 1961 we are continuingour search in Canada and the worldover for economic nickel ores. Asin the past year we will expect in1961 to expend over $8,000,000 inexploration.

"Our assessment of the short-range outlook shows the demandon us for nickel in the first fewmonths of 1961 at about the sameaverage monthly rate as during thelast six months of 1960, or aboutfive to ten per cent under the ratefor all of 1960. European nickel de-mand continues strong. Thelooked-for improvement in UnitedStates demand, particularly fromthe steel industry, has not yetcome but we expect that it willduring the year. For the entireyear our present view therefore isthat we are likely to deliver asmuch nickel produced from ourown mines and plants as we de-livered in 1960, as well as againdelivering a substantial quantityof nickel, not contributing to earn-ings, which we will have acquiredunder arrangements lessening theUnited States Government's ac-cumulations of surplus nickel,

"We expect our copper deliverieswill not contribute as much to pro-fits as in 1960. The prospects areencouraging for our sales of roll-ing mill products and platinummetals.

"Altogether we look forward to ayear of great activity and satisfac-tory results."

Joe Faje"You're looking at a man who

sat on the Czar's bed," grinned big,amiable Joe Fajc. "It was a goodbed too, and the mattress wasstuffed with some kind of finehair." Retired from the crushingplant at Copper Cliff on servicepension Joe was enjoying someearly memories.

"I was a prisoner of war inRussia for four years, and spentsome of that time in Siberia. Iwas in Russia during all three revo-lutions before Lenin got control."

It was on his way home to Hun-gary that Joe managed to stop offat Leningrad to view the Czar'spalace. "Beautiful paintings andstatues everywhere," he recalled,"but our food ration was only sixapples a day plus a little wheatsoup." It took them some threemonths to reach home.

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rAS14WJFEW th it ofwooden candle sticks that Joemade , There are 10 separate piecesof wood in each candle stick,

Born in 1896 Joe came to Canadain 1927 and soon joined Fraser-Brace Construction Co. He work-ed first on a power plant on theOttawa river, then in 1928 camenorth and helped build the newsurface plant at Frood. He alsoworked on Copper Cliff mill andsmelter construction. "I drilledthe first holes in the rock to blastthe foundation for the crushingplant," said Joe, "and when theplant started up I got a job thereand that's where I've worked ever

'Recent' RetireePressure of space last month forcedus to carry over this picture of Mr.and Mrs. Hilliard Watt of Sudbury.After 20 years with Inco at CopperCliff, 15 of them as a valued mem-ber of the coal plant crew, wherehis son Robert is carrying on thefamily name , Mr. Watt has retiredon disability pension owing to aheart condition.

since." A tripperman and crusher-man of the greatest dependability,Joe liked the crushing plant andthe feeling was mutual.

Married in 1923 to ElisabethZupko, Joe has been blessed withtwo sons, both of whom work atInco. Joe junior is with themechanics at Copper Cliff and bigLouis is a popular member of thegeological department. Four grand-children are also a source of muchpride.

Joe's plans for the future includea number of things, including a tripback to the old land. A summercamp at Fairbanks Lake, wherehis two sons also have camps,gives Joe a great deal of pleasure,as does his woodworking. Lampstands, bowls, ash trays and candlesticks are among many works ofhis woodcraft art,

"I've started playing chess too,"he said happily, "at the Inco Club "Joe readily admits that his old gangat work is what he'll miss the most,and that old gang misses Joe tooand wishes him all happiness inretirement.

But, he is doing a "lot."lie always has at least half-a-

dozen paintings on the go andspends every spare minute atthem. He isn't sure of his weeklyturn-out but figures on about onepainting a week on an average.

Several of Zygmunt's paintingshave been displayed in a Montrealart gallery but so far he has hadlittle success with sales.

"I think there's a living inpainting right in the Sudburyarea," says the artist. "Manypeople here are building lovelynew homes and a painting to fitthe new home is the finishingtouch. But it takes time for people

Zygmunt Cymbaiski is shown with his wife and two sons, Paul and Walter, beside his masterpiece, a 6 x 10-foot winter woodland scene that took him two years to paint . Actually he's still working on it, changing a

detail here or there; the horses were originally black , then white, and just now they 're brown . Over $500

worth of materials went into this striking effort , which Zygmunt would sell if the price were right. The

thickly encrusted paint gives such a realistic effect that the bark on the trees not only looks but also feelsjust like bark.

Mill Worker-Artist Has PaintingAccepted by the National Gallery

A Copper Cliff mill worker if he could match his presentwhose passion is art has had one wages,of his oil paintings accepted by theNational Gallery for an exhibitionof Canadian contemporary artthat will go on tour across thecountry.

Zygmunt Cymbaiski is the manwhose gift and dedication havethus been recognized. A dramaticseascape called "Rebellious" is thework that is certain to win acclaimfrom the newly art-consciousgeneral public.

Interviewed in the comfortablebig home at Val Caron he'sgradually finishing when he cansteal time from his beloved paint-ing, Zygmunt talked freely andhappily of his hobby to DaveBrown, Sudbury Daily Star writer.

"Can a painter who specializes

in contemporary art make a livingthese davs?"

Zygmunt thinks there is a livinein painting. But he also thinks ittakes time and patience. Only adeep love for art can keep a manpainting without recognition.

Does it painter have to slash his

wrists, cut off an ear and die be-

fore he is recognized as a greatartist?

"Who wants to be a greatartist:"' Zygmunt answe:s that

question with another. "There is

nothing I like better than painting

and if I could make a living paint-ini . . well, that's my dream."

He s.zvs he would not hesitate aminute to turn entirely to painting

"I love painting. I spend everyspare moment with my painting.If I can't sell them I'll give themaway."

From the looks of his home hehasn't given too many awayand he definitely spends a lot oftime behind the brush. His home,started three years ago, isn'tfinished yet and every room in thehouse has its walls covered withoil paintings.

"He has always spent all hisspare time painting," says Mrs.Cymbaiski. "I don't complain be-cause he doesn't work on the housemuch any more. He's very happy."

He's happiest when he can showhis paintings. During a two-hourinterview, Zygmunt worked him-self into a joyful sweat as he ranup and down a step-ladder chang-ing paintings he wanted to display.

He has used up just about everyavailable inch of wall space in hishome for paintings and has othersstored in his basement. He likesto show his work under variouscolored lights and each paintinghas to be in a frame to be properlydisplayed.

"It's not a trick." Zygmunt said

as lie started working with the

multi-colored lights- "A differentlight will give a painting an en-tirely different character so why

not display paintings, even in art

galleries, with proper colored

lighting?"

When Zygmunt found he hadan appreciative audience whiledisplaying his paintings, his con-versation dropped to short sent-ences repeated several times. "Nowlook at this. Watch now. Seewhat that light does for the paint-ing. Now watch what this lightdoes." He was furiously flickingswitches on and off.

"I must get around to putting inthe plumbing," he laughed as hepulled out several paintings in hisbasement studio. "Guess there'sa lot I should do."

to start thinking of you as anartist."

Zygmunt was born in Woloczyski,in the Ukraine, in 1924. When warinterrupted he was studying art inKiev.

Along with thousands of otheryouths, he was hauled off tolabor camps in Germany. He spentthe war working on a Germanfarm. Among the workers on hisfarm was a girl that caught hiseye. He married her as soon asthe war was over.

The Cymbalskis came to Canadain 1951. They have two sons, Paul,14, and Walter 12. NeitherZygmunt nor his wife had anysuccess in tracing their parents,brothers or sisters after the war.

Zygmunt hopes to interest hissons in art but says he "won'tpush them." Both show theirfather's talents in drawing butneither is interested in making acareer of art.

"They want to be jet pilots now,"says the father. "They changetheir minds every week. Whenthey change to art they'll get a lotof encouragement from me."

The boys do spend a bit of timecriticizing their father's art.

"I don't care who it is," saysZygmunt, "I like to have somebodycriticize my work and tell mehonestly what they think."

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In this photograph Zygmunt Cymbaiski is seen in the field as he workedon the painting of Onaping Falls, near Levack, which hangs at top left

in the above picture taken in the living room of his home at Val Caron-