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VOLUME 25 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY, 1966 NUMBER 11

INCO TRIANGLE FEBRUARY, 1966

Published for all employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada LimitedD. M. Dunbar, Editor

D, J. Wing, Assistant Editor

Editorial Offlce Copper Cliff, Ont.

Authorized as second class mail by thePost Once Department Ottawa, and forpayment of postage in cash.Material contained in inco Triangleshould not he reprinted unless permissionhas been obtained from The internationalNickel Company of Canada Limited.Copper CUff, Ontario.

Basic Principles OfInternational PolicyOutlined By Chairman

Noting that we are living in aworld where, increasingly, all busi-ness is becoming international inscope, International Nickel's chair-man Henry S. Wingate said "Howeffectively business performs inthis broadened role certainly willhave a great deal to do with itsown success. But I anticipate Itwill also have a great deal to dowith shaping the course of ourchildren and those who followthem over the next severaldecades,"

Mr. Wingate was speaking atthe Empire Club of Canada atToronto on February 10. Hisaddress which has been widelyquoted, was primarily concernedwith "Some Responsibilities ofInternational Business", He out-lined four basic principles whichthe Company attempts to followin its international operations:• Projects must be planned on a

long-term basis and must be ofbenefit to the nation involvedand its nationals, as well as theCompany. The quick profitsimply cannot be the foundation

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public with its attitudes on• As businessmen, we must recog- issues related to the treatment

nize that ultimately our success of investment, taxation, tariffs,is dependent upon the support I labor policy, and the myriad ofof the society in which we other matters affecting It.operate. Continuation of the I

Signilcant and Fateful Testsright to engage and try to Mr. Wingate said that "thesucceed in business ventures cohesion and strength of the

may depend crucially on our Western World will be greatlybeing acutely sensitive to local affected by whether we can con-

public opinion in fields which tinue to advance economically andconverge upon our business whether, at the same time, the gapjudgments, between the richer and poorer

• The international corporation nations can be narrowed signñ-and its representatives must be cantly and progressively withoutpermitted to identify with the sacrificing human dignity andaspirations of the people in the authentic national interests. Incountry involved. We must be these significant and perhaps fate-willing to dig deeply into the ful tests of our Western politicalsociety - to understand the I and economic system, internationalvalues and the hopes of the business will play an extremelypeople, to share their concerns important role,"and certainly to put our talents In the course of his remarks,to work to help solve their Mr. Wingate observed that "theproblems. central task of those of us in

• International business must business remains what it has beenscrupulously avoid interfering in throughout the modern era - tothe political affairs of foreign find profitable ways of linking re-countries. A corporation in sources in one place with marketsorder to function and serve in another, to assemble and puteffectively should present its to work capital from willing mdi-views to political authorities on viduals and institutions wherevermatters which directly or in- I they may be located and to direct

INCO NICKEL FOR INDIA'S STEEL INDUSTRY the fact that the inflow was de-pendent on both the developmentof the outside market as well ason the domestic production."

In conclusion, Mr. Wingatenoted that "Canada is a largeexporter, and thus Canadian firmshave for many years been doingbusiness in other countries inother parts of the world. This willcontinue and grow, and in manycases a straight export businesswill be complemented by opera-tions of other types in othercountries. The purpose of Cana-dian firms will be commercial, butin pressing our commercial endswe are bound to have a signficanteffect on how less developedcountries many of them newentities - will develop and grow

We will succeed to the degreethat we are sensitive to thelegitimate views of those involved,responsive to them, and are adapt-able and imaginative in findingmeans of reconciling the manyinterests."

Luther DraperCaretaker at the Conlston Com-

munity Club for the past 20 years,and with a total of 28 years ofservice with Inco behind him,Luther Draper retired recently onearly service pension.

"I've got a trick knee, an oldball game Injury, and it's been act-ing up for the last little while soI figured I'd better take It easyand rest up for a while," saidLuther, who is better known to hisfriends as Lou.

Born in Muskoka Falls, Lou wasa mill hand, a farm hand and amilkman before he joined Inco in1937, starting at the Conistonsmelter in the yard gang. Duringthe followIng years, he tended thefurnace slag chutes, worked In thesinter plant, and was a helper inthe electrical department in 1946when he was transferred to theCommunity Club. A bachelor for52 years, Lou inherited a ready-

people with the necessary skillsand talent from wherever they areto wherever they are needed.

"The central task remains un- .changed, but it has grown con- __ ,siderably more complex. Increas-ingly, the linkage is between re-sources in one continent orcountry and markets in another.Increasingly, investment capitalflows across international borders,and the ownership of internationalindustry is shared by a large num- Mr. and Mrs. Draperber of individuals and institutions Iin various countries. Increasingly, made family of three when hetechnical know-how, the ability to married Mrs. Alexine Gi-imard inefficiently organize an operation 1955. Son Henry Grimard Is aand the will to take decisions and maintenance inechan.ic at the ironget things done must be trans- ore recovery plant, Leonard lives inported to project sites far from Minnow Lake, and daughter Rita ishome." married to Arnie Martin who worksProblems of International Business in the reverb building at Copper

In commenting on some of the Cliff. Ten grandchildren completeproblems faced by international the family.businessmen, Mr. Wingate pointed Lou and his wife both enjoyout that "It is essential to a busi- country life, and plan to settle onness to have assurances of amor- a farm on Highway 935, some threetization of its investment and miles south of St. Charles. "We'vewithdrawal of profits not needed bought 160 acres with a farmfor modernization and expansion. house," said Lou with a gleam inYet many new or underdeveloped his eye. "I aim to get me a tractorcountries are desperately short of and grow vegetables and flowers.foreign exchange as well as of I The wife can have her chickenscapital and, quite understandably, but I draw the line at having awelcome the inflow, but not the cow .-.- I had enough of the 10-outflow, of funds -.- quite under- finger exercises when I was astandably they may lose sight of youngster."

This pure electrolytic nickel, coming off a shear at the Port Colborne refineryunder the watchful eye af Sevier Germain, is destined for India. Part of aregular shipment by the Canadian Government to the group of nations receiv-ing assistance under the Columbo Plan, it will feed the furnaces of India'sburgeoning steel industry.

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Mike Yaroschak is a skimmer on the nickel converters at Copper Cliff smelter.After a hailstorm wiped out his crop at Grand View, Manitoba in 1947, Mikesold the farm and moved his family to Sudbury. He and his wife Nellie areshown with their fine-looking family: Johnny, 2; Mike lunior, 3; Carol, 8;Danny, 12; Marlene, 17; Steve, 19, who will soon loin the Royal CanadianAir Force, and Tony, 20, who is attending the Northern Ontario Institute ofTechnology at Kirkland Lake.

Natives of Holland, Bill Bruins and his wife came toCanada in 1952. He is plant engineer at the CopperRefinery. A musical evening is a favorite with thisfamily, mother on the violin, Wilma, 16, playing the flute,and e:ther Harold, 11, or Bill, 5, on the piano. Fatherrecords the production on tape.

A stope leader at Thompson mine, Clarence Bear came to Manitoba'snickel capital from Prince Albert. Both he and his wife enioybowling, and he also plays a lot of fastball. They reside at 68Hemlock Street with their six lively "B's," Barbara, 5; Belinda, 8;Brian, 6; Bonnie, 2 months; Beverly, 21/2, and Brenda, 4

Rudy Sabourin loined the Inco mechanical department in 1956, andfor the past four years has worked with the roaster kiln buildingfitters at the Iron Ore Plant. He and his wife Rita live with theirfamily on the shores of Richard Lake in the pleasant green volleyof the McFarlane Lake district. The children are Louise, 5; David, 2;Joanne, 15 months, and Guy, 4.

The DeLucas are a happy family, enthusiastic aboutCanada and life in Port Colborne. Johnny has beena member of the yard and transportation departmentat the Nickel Refinery for 15 years. Here he issurrounded by his wife Dea, Rossana, 12, and Nino, 8.Nino wants to be a criminal lawyer when he grows up.

Gerry Potvin has been with Inco since1961, and works in the efficiency depart-ment at Creighton mine. Gerry's wife,Ann, hails from Timmins; the children areGerry junior, 2, and Kelly Susan, sixmonths. They live in Lively.

John Trainor, a shift boss at Frood mine, has been with Inco since 1948when he left his potato farm on Prince Edward Island, a change he hasnever regretted. John and his wife Jean, a native of St. Charles, live ina pleasant new home in New Sudbury. Standing with her father in thepicture is Ruth, 11; seated with their mother are Anne, 9; Glen, 4; Peter, 6,and Linda, 8.

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Besoni an' Stane Fever StrikesWith Fine Results At Port Colboruie

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The curling bug is on the bite in Port Colborne. With four fine sheets of icerecently installed in a handsome addition to the Port Colborne Club, that highlycontagious condition known as besom an' stane fever is already rampant in thecommunity. Many Incoites are included among those who so far have becomeblissfully delirious devotees of the grand old Scottish game. W. A. Hudgins,as vice.choirman to R. E. Dwor, and E. C. Lambert as secretary, are two oldcurlers whose experience and advice have been very valuable in getting thecurling fraternity established in Port Colborne.

Earle Lambert, 79 but active as a man20 years younger, is one of the newclub's greatest enthusiasts. He's shownplanning strategy with Fred Hebert.

A former Sudbury curler, WarrenKoth, Is a staunch booster of theroarin' game. BELOW, vice.skip JuneChristoff signals for the in turn.

A real stylist, Don Armbrust of theelectrical department shows fine formas he delivers a stone.

The broom slaps the ice with a pistolcrack when Curt Huffman of the Mondreducers goes to work on a lazy stone.

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Charlotte Berry, an ardent newcomerto the game, has Bonnie Brodie as hersweeping partner in this picture.BELOW, vice.skip Art Shaubel giveshis skip the broom for a take-out shot.

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New curler Audrey Ott gets set fora tricky take-out shot.

Len Richards of the instrument depart.ment and his wife Olive are keennewcomers to the game.

Teamed with Jim Hardy, Bob Carlyleof the research department sweepsmightily to bring a dying rock thatextra few feet.

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Campbell GirdwoodA man whose tremendous en-

thusiasm for machinery led himto become a "mechanical doctor"in a highly specialized way, Camp-bell Girdwood has retired asmaster mechanic of ClarabelleOpen Pit.

He knew the innermost secretsof the big open pit equipment.Just by listening to the hugegyratory crusher he could pick outthe sound of the rotating eccentricin the head shaft and judge whenit had to be replaced to avoid acostly breakdown.

A perfectionist as a result of histraining as a tool and die maker,he was as familiar with themeticulous tolerance of a bearingcap as with the set of a four-footring gear.

He backed up his judgment andexperience with carefully keptperformance logs of all the majoropen pit equipment, and was awalking encyclopedia on the pitmaintenance program.

Born in Glasgow 65 years ago.Campbell Girdwood came to Can-ada in 1909 with his mother andsisters to join his father, who hadestablished himself in Sudburytwo years previously as a buildingcontractor. They lived in the firsthouse to be erected on MorrisStreet.

After finishing his schooling theyoung Girdwood enrolled as amachinist apprentice at SudburyConstruction Company. His paywas 7 cents an hour, so heperiodically took time off to sup-plement his income by working afew shifts at the Canadian CopperCompany at Copper Cff. where hedrew $3.00 a day. "I was always

after the buck, you know," heconfessed with a grin.

His apprenticeship completed In1919, Campbell worked for the oldBritish America Nickel Companyuntil it was shut down, then wentto Dodge Motor Company atDetroit where he was soon pickedto learn die and toolmaking. Hereturned to Sudbury in 1924 tobecome shop foreman at theBritish American, which had tem-porarily revived, then took acontract to instal the machineryin the Spanish River Pulp andPaper mill at Skead. That donehe headed north, working at Lake-shore and Noranda. He later be-came master mechanic of theMcFadden Lumber Company atBlind River.

Keenly interested in sports hedid a good deal of amateurboxing and also dabbled In thepromotion end of the fight game.He trained both baseball andsoccer teams but it was as trainerof Max Silverman's famous Sud-bury Wolves, both junior andsenior, that he found his greatestenjoyment.

Devoted as he was to his sportsconnections, he never let theminterfere with his work. He joinedInco's mines mechanical depart-ment at Frood in 1935, wasassistant master mechanic at Le-vack in 1940, moved over to theFrood Open Pit in 1941 in chargeof all automotive equipment. Hesucceeded Jim Miles as mastermechanic there in January, 1950.

In 1961 he supervised the bigshift of Frood pit equipment tothe new Clarabelle operations, hassince made a model of the main-tenance program there with equalemphasis on efficiency and safety.

His marriage to Violet Fournier

of Sudbury took place in 1940.They have one son, Campbelljunior.

His summer place on LakeRamsey, winter trips to Arizona,oil painting and other hobbies, andclose contact with the Sudburyscene in general and sports inparticular - that's the pleasantprospect for Cam Girdwood as hesettles down to enjoy slipperedease after a long and fruitfulcareer.

Ted MeChesneyDisabled by a stroke in 1965, Ted

McChesney retired on disabilitypension recently from Stobie mineafter more than 35 years withInco.

"I've come a long way on theroad to recovery," said Ted as herose from his chair, "I'll.need thisstick for a while yet, but with restand the proper exercises I'll beatthis thing yet."

Born in 1910 in New Liskeard,Ted could barely see over the cookstove when as an eight-year-oldhe started to work at his father'slumber camp as a cookee. By thetime he was 11 he was driving theskidding horses, and at 13 he wasdriving the lead team.

Ted was hired at Frood mine in1929 as a trammer and was a tim-berman when he was transferredto Creighton as a shift boss. Heworked at Murray mine from 1946to 1953, then at Stobie. He wasa shift boss during his last fouryears at Stobie mine.

"I couldn't have worked with abetter bunch of men," said Ted. "Imiss them all very much, and Imiss the work, but I've got a goodpension and as soon as I can getaround I plan to do some travel-

ling. I've always wanted to seethe west coast so that will be myfirst trip."

Pete's wife was Irene Labellebefore their marriage in 1934.

They have raised a family of five:Uoyd lives in Toronto, Larry inSudbury, Dennis is a driller atMurray mine, Anita lives in Sud-bury and Teddy, 18, attends Sheri-dan Technical School.

Leo Gies"I don't have an all-time service

record," said Leo Gies, "but duringmy time I've done most of theunderground jobs, driller, powder-man, timberman, slusherman. Youname it and I've done it, and I'dbe doing it yet but for a heartattack in '01."

Leo retired recently from Froodmine on disability pension after16 years with Inco.

Born in Sudbury in 1914, Leostarted work at age 14 in theMcFadden Lumber Company millat Blind River as a sorter, 'andremained there until 1943. Hecame to Sudbury and was hired atFrood mine as a driller. After his

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heart attack in 1961 he returnedto Frood mine on light duty aspowderman for shift boss GeorgeO'Malley, and held that job untilretirement.

In 1934 Leo married a BlindRiver girl by the name of LilianFolz. Thirteen grandchildren haveso far been added to their familyof 11.

Son Leo lives in Sudbury,daughter Barbara is married toRay Levesque, a driller at Levackmine, Bill works in Sudbury, Sallyis Mrs. Harry Beute of Ottawa,John is a burner at Stobie mine,Lawrence works in Sudbury, Emmalives at home, Linda is marriedto Claud Ouellette, a driller atFrood mine, and Deanna, 17,Noella, 16, and James, 12, attendschool.

The Gies are planning a trip toArizona this winter after whichLeo plans to work on his houseand thumb through the seed cata-logues. There should be quite agarden out there on Keen Streetin Minnow Lake next summer!

'My husband has a very respon-sible position. When things gowrong at the office, he's alwaysresponsible."

Some of the guests attending hs retirement dinner at the Italian Club, Copper Cliff, posed with Clarabelle mastermechanic Campbell Girdwood for this picture, which also shows the gifts presented to him. In the front row are CharlieSandberg, Sudbury mayor Max Silverman, the guest of honor, mines mechanical superintendent A. M. Cameron,George Holmes, Ernie Smith, A. F. Brock; second row, general manager J. A. Pigott, R. H. Keast, Albert Wickie, Ray St.Pierre, John Eldredge, Jack Dawson; third row, Tom Zaitz, Campbell Girdwood, Jr., S. J. Sheehan; standing, Clarabellesuperintendent N. A. Creet, Norman White.

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Fred PentneyRetiring as master mechanic of

Creighton mine, Fred Pentney washonored by a large gathering offriends and colleagues at a retire-ment dinner at the Italian Hall,Copper Cliff.

Mines manager John McCreedyand other speakers highly compli-mented him on his record in keep-ing his department abreast of thebig mine's multitude of mechani-cal maintenance problems as well

as the manymajor experi-mental projectsand innova-

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become famousV over the years.• With a keen

insight intomine mech-anics, FredPentney hasalways been

Mrs. Pentney quick to size upa situation and

provide the answer. Fred's neverstuck," said one engineer.

He has a wide reputation in theindustry as a specialist on minehoisting, and his opinion has oftenbeen sought by the manufacturersof hoists and wire rope.

He has always been a strongbooster of the safety program.

Born in Newcastle - on - Tyne,England, in 1901, son of a carpen-

ter-cabinet maker, Fred Pentneycompleted grade school and thenapprenticed at the age of 14 as amachinist.

Shortly after he finished hisseven-year apprenticeship hestruck out for Canada with hisbrother. At Stratford he workedfirst for General Electric, then forBrooks Steam Motors.

May, 1926, found him at Garsonmine where his ability as a soccerplayer was almost as highly re-garded as his skill as a mechanic.He was actually hired to work atthe mine by Albert McAllister, themanager of the football team.

The Sudbury District FootballAssociation was nourishing inthose days, with strong teams fromGarson, Copper Cliff, Creighton,Worthington, Errtngton, and twoSudbury entries, Sons of Englandand Sons of Scotland.

Fred usually played centre. JackTreasure, Jack Cullen, Tom Star-key and Bob Pascoe were amongthe worthies he faced on theCreighton team. We had somegreat games and some wonderfultimes," he says.

He remained at Garson untilthe shutdown in 1932, then foundwork at Kirkland Lake. DaveButchart brought him back to theSudbury camp in 1934, first toFrood, then to Creighton wherehe became assistant master mech-anic to Jim Miles. When thelatter moved to Frood in 1937 tosucceed Jim Ferguson, who be-came Dave Butchart's successor in

Fred Pentney is wished a long and happy retirement by a long.time friend andcolleague at Creighton, Ernie Smith. On the right, George Friel offers goodwishes, followed by Scotty Ferguson; as the guests filed past to congratulateMr. Pentney on his fine record of service with the Company.

the head mines office at CopperCliff, Fred was placed in chargeof the Creighton mechanical de-partment.

It's been a busy time, and oftena hectic one, but I have to admitI've enjoyed every minute of it.lye had some fine men workingfor me, and anything we've donehere is as much to their credit asit is to mine," the retiring mastermechanic commented.

Although he had fully earned arest, and had taken early retire-ment to get with it, the first thingFred Pentney did when he got onpension was to jump right backinto the harness, supervising the11-.,11.%4..-._% .-.f f.-.,-,..,.... ,.-.4.,f

John NovoselJohn Novosel retired recently on

disability pension from Frood mineafter 28 years with Inco. He hashad a long fight with arthritis.

Born in Johi, Yugoslavia, in1903, John was doing a full day'swork on the family farm by thetime he was nine years old, andcontinued to do so until he cameto Canada in 1929.

When he landed in Halifax, hehad barely completed half hisjourney, for northern BritishColumbia was his goal. The traintrip to Prince Rupert took sixdays; the last 80 miles to Anyoxand the Granby copper mine were

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to be used in sinking the newCreighton 9 shaft. But now thatjob is done, and he's settled downto long leisure with his dog Dukeand his cat Sam, both alsoveterans.

Ruth Passmore of Wlngham,Ontario, became Mrs. Pentney in1928, and at 29 Lake Street, wherethey have lived for 29 years, thishappy and popular couple raiseda fine family of six stalwart sonsWilliam, in the Royal CanadianNavy at Halifax; John, moteloperator on Highway 17 nearLively; Harry, buyer in the pur-chasing department at CopperCliff; James, miner at Creighton;Richard, teacher in Sudbury;David, electrician apprentice atCreighton.

John SiposJohn Sipos has retired on service

pension from the Nickel Refineryat Port Colborne with Inco servicedating from 193'7. He worked inthe leaching, calcining and sinterdepartment until 1950 when hetransferred to the electrolytic de-partment, where his occupationfor the past 15 years has beenstripper.

Born in Hungary 65 years ago,John came to Canada in 1929.After a short stay in Toronto hecame to Welland where he workedat Union Carbide until 1932. Priorto joining the force at Inco he was

farming at Delhi. During his 28years with the company he alwaysattended to his duties and was re-spected by his workmates andsupervision alike.

Married to Bertha Simon in 1922,John has two daughters and oneson: Helen (Mrs. Edward Yaka-bowskl), Elvira (Mrs. JamesMyfan), and Alex, of Grimsby.Six grandchildren complete theSipos family.

At a gathering in the electrolyticdepartment, John was presentedwith a purse of money from hisfellow workers as a token of theirrespect. C. H. Ott thanked himn behalf of the company and ex-

pressed the wish that he and Mrs.Sipos would long enjoy his retire-nent.

covered by boat. John stayed atAnyox until 1931, when he re-turned to the old country for oneyear. Back in Canada in 1932, hefailed to find work until 1935 whenhe came to Sudbury and was hiredat Frood mine. In his time atFrood, John was slusherman, dril-ler, and pillar leader. He has beenon light duty since 1956, and forthe past two years has been a signpainter.

John married Manda Segina in1928, and she joined him in Can&ain 1952 with their two daughters,Barbara, who died in 1953, andDanica, married to Tony Plosinjak,a driller at Creighton mine. Twograndchildren complete the family.

Eghert KentIllness has forced Egbert gent

to retire from Frood Mine on dis-ability pension after nearly 15years with Inco.

Born in Eganville, Ontario, In1912, Egbert stayed on at thefamily farm until 1935 when heheaded for Pembroke and washired as a splint drier at the EddyMatch Company. After severalyears he took to the paint brushand became a painter for the SteelEquipment Company In Pembroke.

Coming to Stobie mine in 1951Egbert worked there until 1954when he was transferred to Frood.He was a driller at the time ofhis retirement.

He was married to Alice Morats,also of Eganville, In 1937, and theyhave raised a family of six: Earllives in Sudbury, Laureen Is Mrs.Sam Wilson and lives in San Fran-cisco, Beverly is Mrs. Dan Deverand lives in Sudbury, Donna isMrs. Bruce Mayes, Bruce works atCreighton mine as a pillar leader,Terry, 15, and Brian, 12, both at-tend school.

A grandfather five times, Egbertenjoys having the grandchildrendrop in to see him. He can be surethat all his workmates wish hima speedy recovery and a long andhappy retirement.

Some folks have been so scaredby reading about the harmfuleffects of smoking that they havedecided to give up reading.

"I thought they must be talking about somebody else," quipped Fred Pentneyin acknowledging the many tributes paid to him at his retirement dinner. Onthe left are mines mechanical superintendent A. M. Cameron, assistant super.intendent J. Dyck, and (nearest camera) Creighton pensioner Bob Pascoe.

Mr. and Mrs. Novosel

Mr. and Mrs. Sipos

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Curling's Don Harry Undefeated in 28 Straight Games /

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grandchildren now complete thefamily.

With time on his hands Steveplans to rest, get well, and makea trip to the old country in 1967.

The Don Harry rink from Copper Cliff Curling Club emerged successful from the first round of the British Consolsplaydowns, defeating four other teams in the zone 1 round-robin. Shown on the left is the team that did the trick,skip Harry, Joe Sauve, Teedie Leclair and Doug Gathercole. On the right is the other rink representing Copper Cliffin the zone 1 showdown, skip Art Silver, Jack Hall, Mike Sharko and Con Jarretf. The Harry rink also demonstratedits class by taking the Doran event and the Grand Aggregate in the annual NOCA bonspiel at North Bay.

Also competing in the Consols zone 1 round-robin were (left) skip Ernie Hilton, Roger Crepeau, Jim Graham and DaleScriven of Levack Curling Club and (right) skip Jim Fitzgerald, Claude Paradis, Ken Fitzgerald and Gary Cresswell of theConiston Curling Club. The fifth team represented the Tam O'Shanter Curling Club, Garson. Never slackening stridethe Don Harry rink then went on to triumph in the inter-zone final at Espanola, scoring double victories over John Bellof Sudbury and Rudi Steske of North Bay to remain undefeated. Haileybury and the Northern Ontario final is the nextstop for this foursome, which is literally sweeping everything before it this year with an amazing total to date of 21straight victories in the tough Cansols competition, plus seven more in the NOCA bonspiel.

Skip Harry has had his troubles inkeeping a winning combination together. Along the playdown trail twoof his regular men were forced to thesidelines, vice-skip Joe Sauve withappendicitis and lead Larry Martelwith a blood disorder. Fortunatelytop-flight replacements have beenavailable to him; Vern Johnston (left)joined the team at Espanola andLarry Martel (right) was replaced inthe zone 1 series by Doug Gothercole.

Steve DowzukHeart trouble has caused Steve

Dowzuk to retire on disability pen-sion after 32 years with Inco.

Born in 1905 in Brestl-Etusk inWhite Russia, Steve worked onthe family farm until he Joinedthe Polish army in 1926. Demo-bilized in 1928, he returned to thefarm and tried to settle into theold routine. It wasn't easy and in1930 he decided to head forCanada.

After trying various jobs hecame to Sudbury in 1931 and gotwork as a tuyere puncher for Inco.Then the depression struck, andafter three months he was laidoff and headed West to the harvestfields.

Steve returned to Inco in 1933and started to work in the Orfordbuilding for Frank Morrow on the

copper furnace. He has been askimmer on the Orford buildingacid shells for the past 20 years.

A confirmed bachelor until 1959,Steve then married a widow, Mrs.Mary Matichuk, who had a familyof two: Bill works as a draughts-man with the electrical departmentat Copper Cliff, and Rose (Mrs.Marden) lives in Kingston. Four

Tommy GervaisTancrede Gervais, better known

at the Port Colborne refinery asTommy, was born in Quebec. Onleaving school he went to work onconstruction and in lumber campswhere he was employed as a fireranger.

In 1941 he started at the NickelRefinery where he has worked atvarious jobs in the electrolytic andmechanical departments.

Tommy always attended to hisduties and was respected by hisworkmates and supervision alike.He has now taken his doctor's ad-

Mr. and Mrs. Gervais

vice to slow down and take a dis-ability pension due to his asthma.

In 194 Tommy married Geral-dine Lance, and they have a familyof three, Sylvia (Mrs. John Bar-well), Diane and Ronald at home.They have one grandchild.

All his friends hope thatTommy's health will soon Improvewith rest and care.

U of T Students Visit Shown during their two-day visit to International Nickel operations at CopperCliff are 15 third and fourth year undergraduates from the department of

metallurgy at the University of Toronto. They visited the mill and smelter, Clarabelle open pit, Iron Ore Plant and theCopper Refinery.H. V. Ross, associate professor of metallurgy at the university, is seen standing next to R. R. Saddington, manager ofreduction plants. Others accompanying the students on their smelter tour are superintendent of reverbs N Kneeshaw;superintendent of converters R. J. Neal; assistant manager of reduction plants J. N. Lilley; assistant superintendent ofreverbs H. R. Butler; superintendent of separation and sintering S. Merla; assistant superintendent of sepcration andsintering M. Kostash.

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Thompson Officially Opens Great Recreational Complex

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EIGHTEEN MONTHS of imaginative planning, resourcefulness and cooperative Bird, 150 miles west of Thompson, obtained at a bargain price through theeffort paid off in a big way January 29 when Thompson, Manitoba's nickel cooperation of local, provincial and federal authorities, were reassembled oncapital, proudly held the official opening of its huge new recreational complex. a 40acre site immediately north of Thompson High School to forn, the complexExterior painting and some interior fInishing have still to be done but the shown above, curling rink on the left, arena in the centre, and recreation hallcomplex is fully operational. Buildings from the closed DEW line station at on the right.

MODELS OF THE THREE buildings in the complex were used in the official toward the cost of the complex, and for the generosity of its original provisionsribbon-cutting ceremony held in the new recreation hall. Honorable Robert for complete municipal and educational systems which had made ThompsonG. Smellie, Manitoba minister of municipal affairs, and International Nickel's a model town of which Manitoba was proud. Some of the platform guestschairman Henry S. Wingate and executive vice president James C. Parlee, cut shown are Mr. Smellie, Mr. and Mrs. Parlee; Mrs. H. W. Peterson, wife of thethe ribbons. Picture shows Mr. Wingate expressing the Company's congratu. general manager of Inco's Manitoba division; C. A. Nesbitt local governmentlations to Thompson and its leaders on this splendid addition to the community's administrator; Otto Bindle, chairman of the opening ceremonies.facilities. Hon. Mr. Smellie praised International Nickel for its gift of $150,000

MEMBERS OF THE Thompson Community Centre Corporation, holding company Bindle (president), J. B. McConnell, Dr. Luke Rustige (now of Brantford, Ontario),of the recreational complex, were introduced and received hearty applause Arne Sorenson, Dr. J. Blame Johnston, D. E. Munn, Don Crummey. Unfortunatelyfor the countless hours of organizational drive they have poured into the omitted is Charles Clarke, an original member of the board.project, working along with local government administrator C. A. Nesbitt: Otto

HERE'S AN INSIDE VIEW of the new Thompson arena, which was the hangar atthe Bird DEW line station. The ice surface is full regulation size, 185 x 85 feet.Seating accommodation for 2,000 will be installed. The arena has a large waitingrcom and a lean-to 25 x 100 feet along each side providing change and showerrcoms, and space for the artificial ice plant to be installed later to serve both arenaand curling rink. Shown in action are two teams from Thompson's big minor hockeyleague.

WITH OVER 300 in attendance the dance staged by the Elks Lodge and the ladiesof the Royal Purple to signal the opening of the recreation hail was a completesuccess. A buffet dinner was served at midnight. The main room of the recreationhall measures 106 x 66 feet, and will be the hub of many community activities suchas basketball, badminton, gymnastics. Adjoining rooms will provide showers,storage, and meeting places for groups such as the arts and crafts clubs.

ACCOMPANIED BY J. C. Parlee, H. W. Peterson and R. G. Smellie, Henry S. Wingatetossed in the puck for the official opening hockey match at the arena between Iwominor league teams. Robert Benson of the Maple Leafs and Arthur Hughes of theBruins were the two players in the historic faceoff. During the official openingw3ekend there was a continuous program of both minor and senior hockey, broom-bull and public skating in which hundreds of skaters of all ages participated.

THREE HOUSING UNITS from the Bird DEW line station were combined into acurling rink with six sheets of ice and commodious waiting room, in which ThompsonCurling Club is enjoying a vigorous boom. Picture shows Mrs. Betty Parlee throwingthe first stone in the ladies' events, with Mrs. Ethel McIntyre and Mrs. Pauline Picardas sweepers. Winners of the opening mixed bonspiel were skip Larry Ewasiuk,Marie MacDonald, John McNevin and Dorothy Jarvis, who were presented withhandsome prizes.

BOTH SENOR AND JUNIOR sections of Thompson's smart Majorettes took part inthe official opening ceremonies. Here the Minorettes are shown in a baton.1wirlingpGrade led by Brenda Sangster that was warmly applauded. These young ladiesare one of the many community organizations that will keep the new recreationhcll humming with action. The broad recreational program at the centre will beurder the leadership of the Thompson Community Club, which has already doney€oman work in developing a wide range of activities.

NO COMMUNITY EVENT in Thompson would be complete without the KeystoneKops, a platoon of uninhibited pranksters from the Rotary Club and a featuredattraction of its annual cornival. Branthshing night sticks they descended on thecurling rink and took over the show. Ole Braedickow subdued curling club presidentRalph Cook while Dr. Blain Johnston, Len Paul and Armand Picard demonstratedthe importance of stern discipline in teaching a new curler the iiecessity of being"on the broom."

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New Ideas Launched at Crean Hill

Although low an the totem pole asfar as Inco mine seniority is concerned,having been in operation only sinceMarch of 1964, Crean Hill is verymuch in the limelight when it comesto new ideas.Two important mining innovationsrecently put into practice there willbe installed at other mines on the Incocircuit.Shown above is the new batterycharging station arrangement devel-oped by the Crean Hill productionside with a healthy assist from theirelectrical department. Motorman

Dennis Marcoux is operating thehydraulic jack to lift the battery offa locomotive and transfer it to thestand at the left for recharging.This setup is much safer and moreconvenient than the old one, in whichthe jack handle was located abovethe lifting rack. A shorter connectingcable is another feature improvingsafety and protecting the life of theequipment.Standing at left is Keith Henderson,mine superintendent R. H. Brown'sassistant.

Leo Gascon Leo was born in a log cabin atLeo Gascon has retired to his Garson Mine and at the age of 15

pleasant home on Vermilion Lake, started working on highway con-on disability pension, after years struction in the area. He Joinedwith Inco. Illness had kept him Inco at Garson mine in 1934 andoff the job for almost a year be- worked in the timber yard andfore his retirement. I rockhouse until 1939 when he was

One of a family of 18 children, transferred to Frood open pit.

Back to Garson In 1941, Leo work-ed as an underground crashermanuntil he made his final move toMurray mine as an undergroundcar repairman. His last sevenyears were spent in the machine

shop where he worked as a main-tenance mechanic.

Married to Mrs. Laurette Dubolsin 1934, Leo started married lifewith a family of four. Eugenle isnow Mrs. Peter Suffel of the Boo,George is on the Sudbury policeforce, Paul is at Stobie mine, andBert is with the mechanical de-partment at the Copper Cliff smel-ter. Two later additions to thefamily were Jean and Richard,both living in Sudbury. There are17 grandchildren who are welcomeregular visitors to the Gasconhome.

'It's a little lonely out here inthe winter," said Leo, "I miss theboys on the Job. The weatherhasn't been the best for ice fishingthis winter, and I'm Just waitingfor summer and a chance to goafter the big ones out there."

Ivor Oman'1 miss all my friends in

Levack," saId Ivor Oman as hesat by the kitchen window of hisnew home on Lake Penage andwatched the blue Jays at his feed-ing station beneath the tall pines.But this is a lovely place to re-

tire to, a little lonely In the wintermaybe, but a real going concernduring the summer."

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Ivor retired from Levack minerecently on early service pensionafter more than 30 years withInco as a carpenter. On his lastshift his friends and fellowworkers presented him with atranistor radio, and mine superin-tendent Vern Ritzel observed, "Youcan be sure of one thing Ivor'stools will never be rusty."

Born in 1904 in Puro, Finland,Ivor set out for Canada in 1923and landed his first Job with theGreat Lakes Paper Company atFort William. He left them in1929 and worked on general con-struction until he came to Sud-bury in 1935 and was hired as acarpenter at Frood mine. Trans-ferred to Garson in 1949, and toMurray in 1962, he made his lastmove to Levack in 1956.

Ivor married Julia Mangs in

Mr. and Mrs. Oman

1931, and a family of four sonshas resulted from the match.Ralph lives in North Bay, Robertis a driller at Frood mine, Roylives in Sudbury and Roger is anelectrician at Stobie mine. Fivegrandchildren complete the family.

"I feel as fit as I did when I was20 years old," said Ivor, and helooks it too.

BURGLAR CATCHERTo trap burglars and to detect

fires, devices are used which In-corporate special nickel alloysmade to vibrate 50,000 tImes eachsecond. Abnormal heat or thepresence of a prowler In the vici-nity of the ultrasonic signalstriggers an alarm.

Mike Mulloy Honored for His St. John WorkFor loyal and out-standing service tothe Sudbury St.John AmbulanceBrigade, cadet divi-sion officer MarilynRiva and lnco first-aid expert MikeMulloy were pro-sented with plaquesconveying the thanks -of the Priory of theOrder of St. John.A first-aid man withthe Inca safety de-partment since1944, Mike is cur-rently employedwith the Internation-al Nickel medicaldepartment as anaudiometer oper-ator. For severalyears he has made an importantcontribution in giving training in firstaid to St. John Ambulance Brigademembers. Miss Riva is the daughterof Terry Riva, former employee far12 years at Frood-Stobie mine.Shown in the picture are Pat Burnell,

provincial staff officer, St. John Ambu-lance; Doctar Brent Hazlewood, chiefsurgeon of International Nickel anddivisional surgeon with the brigade,who made the presentations; MikeMulloy and Marilyn Riva.

Also on view at Crean Hill is a slick dumping the load into the chute.new car dumper which replaces the More compact than the old rampold ramp used in dumping Granby arrangement, the pneumatic devicetype ore cars. In the new device, requires less chute opening and givesshawn abave, air cylinders lift a step a cleaner dump. The operator shownthat engages the dump wheel of the is motorman Amie Desabrais.car, lifting one side of the car and

Mr. and Mrs. Gascon

FEBRUARY, 1966 - JNCO TRIANGLE

Ductile Iron isSetting RecordsAs Uses Broaden

Fast going by the boards is theold notion that an iron castingis something brittle and of ex-tremely limited use in modernindustry.

Ductile iron, developed in theresearch laboratories of Interna-tional Nickel and now producedunder license by some 630 foun-dries all over the Free World, haspromoted the lowly iron casting toa position of prestige and steadilybroadening importance.

Ductile Iron, also known asspheroidal and nodular cast iron,is produced by adding smallamounts of magnesium to certainhigh-carbon iron compositions.Retention of magnesium In theIron causes the free carbon totake a spheroidal form rather thanthe flake form found In gray Iron.This metallurgical phenomenongives ductile iron toughness andhigh strength while maintainingthe processing advantages and cor-rosion resistance of gray cast Iron.

Because nickel is the most effi-cient carrier of the magnesium,nickel-magnesium alloys are beingused in increasing amounts forproduction of ductile iron. Thesealloys provide the best and mostconsistent magnesium recoveries inproduction, while the nickel re-mains In the melt to improve thecharacteristics of the ductile iron.

Nickel enhances the harden-ability and the wear resistance ofductile iron castings and it assuresa high yield and tensile strengthwith maximum impact properties.

Free world production of ductileIron castings in 1985 set a newrecord estimated at 1,825,000 tons,The International Nickel Companyannounced, This is an increase of475,000 tons, or 30 per cent, overthe previous annual peak produc-tion of 1,350,000 tons in 1964.

Protecting the Water SupplyWith water in desperately short

supply in many parts of NorthAmerica, and water loss throughmain breaks less tolerable thanever, water mains are a large andgrowing market for ductile ironbecause of its excellent impact re-sistance and high strength. In arecent demonstration a 30-inchwater pipe of ductile iron was un-broken by the blow from a three-ton weight dropped from 20 feet.

The strength and ductility ofductile iron enable the design ofpipe lighter in weight, facilitatingits handling both in delivery andlaying.

A growing number of munici-palities are specifying ductile ironpipe to replace existing watermains or for the construction ofnew mains.

The other big field so far de-veloped for ductile iron is auto-motive castings, including crank- i.shafts, differential carriers and ccases, clutch pressure plates, etc.

The automotive industry is usingmore and more ductile iron. Chev- erolet is building a huge ductile riron foundry that will melt about

Massive Die Of Nickel Ductile Iron Had Long Run

foundry, all indicating a great dealof confidence in the future of ironcastings.

International Nickel's InfluenceWith its development of ductile

iron, and its subsequent researchwork in new products, quality con-trol, and market growth, Inter-national Nickel has been a bigfactor in revitalizing the foundryindustry. The general manager ofthe American Foundrymen's Soci-ety recently stated, "I would saythat our technological develop-ments of the past 10 years surpassthose of the previous 200 years."

International Nickel's traditionaltechnique of broadening its ownmarkets by helping nickel - usersbroaden theirs, has again beenhighly successful. The foundryindustry has become a majormarket for nickel, using some 70million pounds in 1964 in themanufacture of iron and steelcastings.

Nickel, with its corrosion-resistant and high - temperatureproperties, is a major element inmost alloy castings. Castingswhich are resistant to corrosionat ambient or slightly higher tem-peratures are widely used Inequipment for the production ofchemicals, paper, petro-chemicalsand synthetic rubber, as well asin nuclear power plants and re-rrigeration machinery, in foodprocessing and pharmaceuticalmanufacturing. In the two latterspplications, where even the mostninute contaminants cannot be:olerated, their ease of cleaningtspecially recommends stainless;teel castings. Heat-resistant cast -ngs, which may contain anything'rom about 7 per cent nickel to 68er cent, are widely used as com-)onents in industrial furnaces and)vens for heat treating equipmentised by the automotive, farm ma-hinery and other metal-fabrica-ion industries, as well as in gasurbine engines, steam boilers, andquipment for oil refining, orerocessing and cement making.

2,600 tons a day. Ford, too, is COINAGE POUNDAGEexpanding its ductile iron produc- During the past 75 years moretion. Chrysler is building a brand than 150 million pounds of nickelnew foundry, and Caterpillar is have been used for coinagealso putting up a very large iron throughout the world.

Olaf EdenWhen I started mining in 1915,"

said Ole Eden, "we had some prettyrough tools. Those were the daysof dry drilling, and drilling a dryup-hole was an experience the old-timers were very glad to see dis-appear."

Olaf retired from Stobie minerecently on service pension aftermore than 36 years with Inco.Born in 1902 at Sundsvall, in cen-tral Sweden, he was two monthsold when his parents came toCanada and settled down to farm-

ing at Kipling, a few miles northof Warren. One of 11 children,Ole left home at 14 to work onthe Mond power plant at NairnFalls and started his mining careerone year later at the Raven Rivergold mine at Larder Lake. Duringthe next few years he worked forKerr Addison and Hollinger gold

Mr. and Mrs. Eden

mines. In 1929 he came to Sud-bury and joined Inco as timber-man at Creighton mine.

Transferred to Frood in 1930,Ole started there as a stope boss,was promoted to relieving shiftboss, became a junior foreman in1937 and a divisional foreman in1943. He was transferred in 1961to Stobie where he worked as adivisional foreman until his retire-ment.

He was married to Ester Nielsonin 1929, and the happy couple haveraised a family of two: Henryworks In the mill at Levack andAlfred is with the CPR in SudbUry.They have two grandchildren.

When not on his skis, ice fishing,Ole is busy in his basement work-shop. He plans to spend summersat his summer camp on LakeWahnapitae, where he can fishand enjoy the outdoors to hisheart's content.

A career unique in Canadian hockey annals was honored when John McCreedy,Inco manager of mines, was the guest of the well.known commentators JackDennett and Ward Cornell on the "Hockey Night in Canada" telecast fromToronto's Maple leaf Gardens. Picture shows them as the CBC camerarecorded the very enjoyable intervew. John McCreedy s the only man tohave played on winning teams in all three of the big hockey trophy events:Memorial Cup (Winnipeg Monarchs, 1937), Allan Cup (Trail Smoke Eaters,1938, and Kirkland lake Blue Devils, 1940), Stanley Cup (Toronto MapleLeafs, 1942 and 1945). He was also with Trail Smoke Eaters when they wonthe world's championship at Zurich in 1939. Many other greats of the game,such as Syl Apps, Pete Langelle, Wally Stanowski, Nick and Don Metz andBngo Kampman, were recalled as the velvet'voiced Dennett and his guestchatted for the televison audience about the hockey of yesteryear.

A typical application of nickel ductile iron is this upper punch for rear quarterpanels in a Chrysler Corporation car line. The two, upper and lower die,turned out 206,000 panels for the 1964 line without failure or having to bebolstered at critical areas. This is an unusually long run for such a massivedie, and illustrates the versatility of ductile iron in combining the processadvantages of cast iron with the mechanical properties of medium carboncast steel.

John McCreedy Guest On Hockey Telecast

Stefan KohanI don't know how many bricks

there are in the Copper Cliff brickstack," said Stefan Kohan witha wry grin, but I do know thatI was one of the six men that un-loaded them all from boxcars andhauled them to the stack site."

Reminiscing for the Triangleafter his recent retirement onearly service pension from the

Copper Cliff

p

smelter after 31• years with• Inco, Stefan

recalled thathe left hishometown ofDravice in

I Czechoslovakiain 1928 and set

. sail for Can-ada.

Farmwork,bushwork and

Mrs. Kohan constructionfilled his early

years here. He was employed bythe Fraser - Bruce ConstructionCompany at the time of the stackbuilding at Copper Cliff.

He went back to Dravice tomarry Helen Hovanec in 1931. Re-turning to Canada in 1934, he washired at Copper Cliff as a con-verter tuyere puncher for skimmerFrank Matte. During the follow-ing years he worked in the Orfordbuilding, the brick shed, was atripperrnan on the sandbins, andwas a portholeman on the reverbfurnaces at the time of his retire-ment.

Stefan's many friends and fellowworkers presented him with a well-filled wallet at the end of his lastshift.

The Kohans have raised a familyof two; Joe is a craneman in theOrford building, Johnny lives inToronto. They have two grand-children.

Stefan will not be icfle duringhis retirement years, he and hiswife own and operate a boardinghouse in Sudbury, and plan tomaintain business as usual.

Behind every successful manthere stands a devoted wife anda surprised mother-in-law.

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Pete SamarichAfter 26 years with Inco Pete

Samarich has retired from GarsOnmine on service pension. I don'tthink I'll have any trouble keep-ing busy," said Pete, who likes tostay close to the television withsports as his favorite fare.

Born in 1901, in the village ofAdzamovci in Yugoslavia, Peteworked on the family farm untilhe came to Canada in 1926. Heheaded for the mining areas inNorthern Quebec and worked asa driller there until 1934. Hear-ing of the prosperity in the Sud-bury area, Pete headed south andwas hired as a driller at Creightonmine. During the following yearshe worked as a shaftman atLevack, Murray, Stobie and Gar-son mines.

'Shaft sinking was pretty rug-ged in the old days," said Pete.The mucking machines we have

these days sure beat the old stoop-and-shovel method."

Pete got himself both a wife anda family of four when he marriedMrs. Anna First in 1935. Son Emilis a well-known Sudbury musicteacher, Walter lives in Toronto,

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Mr and Mrs Samarich

Angela (Mrs. Jackson), also livesin Toronto, and Edward lives inSudbury. Three grandchildrencomplete the family.

Ignac SmukavicDryman at Stobie mine for the

past 15 years, Ig'nac Smukavic re-tired recently on service pensionafter more than 25 years withInco.

Ignac was born in Croatia in

RIAN GLE

1902 and left there in 1926 tocome to Canada in search of ad-venture. Harvesting, railroading

and bushworkfilled his earlyyears in Wes- Itern Canada,

a andin1928hewandered Eastand found em-ployment as a

/sawmill hand

\ - in Blind River.The best

I, move I evermade was theone to Sudbury

Ignac Smukavic when I joinedInco in 1935."

He worked as a driller and atimberman at Frood until he waslaid low with arthritis in 1948. Re-turning to work in the timber yard,he remained there until 1951 whenhe was transferred to Stobie mineas a dryman.

Ignac was married in 1921 toTheresa Katarincich, who died in1965. His son John operates theBelvedere Hotel in Sudbury,daughter Mary (Mrs. Zvonkovlch)lives in Whitefish, and daughterMildred (Mrs. Podrebarac) lives inSudbury. His three grandchildrenkeep Ignac on the hop. An ama-teur electrician, plumber, carpen-ter and gardner, Ignac plans tospend summers with his hammerand saw at the family camp onLake Penage, and winters watchingthe world go by from his comfort-able home on Lorne Street inSudbury.

Fred HalliwellAs a first class mechanic with

the reduction mechanical department at Copper Cliff, Fred Halli-well has spent most of his timewith Inco at the pumping stationson the tailings line.

Afflicted with heart trouble forthe past 15 years, he finally de-

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cided to take a disability pensionand retire to the side lines.

Born in 1910 in Montreal, Fredfirst came to Inco in 1929 and washired by Alex McIntyre to workas an electrical apprentice, Thenext year he went with the CNRat Capreol, then to work on Trans-Canada highway construction, re-turned to Inco in 1933. In 1934 he

transferred to the mechanical de-partment at the Copper Cliff mill.During the years that followed,Fred worked on the tailings line atBeaver station, E station, and wasworking at Hill station when heretired.

In 1936, Fred exchanged mar-riage vows with Nina Steep ofSturgeon Falls. Of their familyof three, Albert is studying civilengineering at McGill University,Wayne attends Middlebury Collegein Vermont, and daughter Judy isin nursing training at TorontoEast General Hospital.

Fred has a wealth of musicaltalent, and some will rememberthe local Rhythm Aces of the mid-thirties, with whom Fred playedpiano. I still enjoy tinkling theivories," said Fred, flexing hisfingers, and the power tools inmy basement workshop are alsoa good hobby."

There's no fool like an old fool.Just proves that experience paysoff.

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The birth of another new International Nickel mine had some distinguishedwitnesses when executive officers of the Company visited the Soab site 40miles south of Thompson one nippy day in January. Preliminary drilling forthe collar of Soab North shaft was seen by executive vice-president J. C. Parlee,assistant vice-president (Inco Inc.), W. H. Sparr, and chairman H. S. Wingatestanding on the left in the above picture with Manitoba division officers H. P.Boucher, superintendent of mines; H. W. Peterson, general manager; R. 1.Hawkins, chief engineer; J. K. Diebel, chief geologist. They also visited thesite of the Soab South shaft, one mile distant where collaring is also inprogress.

Saying his goodbyes on his last shift before retirement, Steve Kohan waspresented with a wallet of money by his workmates on Pete latta's shift onthe reverb furnaces at Copper Cliff smelter. Jacques Montreal Pelland isshown making the presentation.

Mr. and Mrs. Halliwell

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350-Foot Concrete Giant Felled With Thunderous Crash At Port Colborne

An awe-inspiring sight at the Port Colborne plant February 5 was the fellingof a 350-foot stack to make room for an extension to the shearing and shippingwarehouse. The sequence pictures show the 2700-ton chimney as it toppled,commenced to fall, broke in half a second before it hit the ground, then crashedwith a thunderous impact, At the extreme right of the fourth picture can beseen a section of the stack's steel ladder, flung into the air like a chip. Built

Victor SavageIt seems that there may be

something to the old saw thathard work never killed anyone.Victor Savage, who recently re-tired on service pension fromFrood mine, can back the state-ment up. After a working life of53 years, nearly 35 of which havebeen spent at Inco, he's as spryand as agile as a man half hisage.

Born in 1900 in Castleman,Ontario, Victor was 12 years oldwhen he started working full timefor his father on the family farm.Three years later, at the age of15, he was on his own when heLeft home, travelled to Cochrane,and became a clerk in Morrison'sGeneral store. Two years later hestarted his mining life at theHollinger gold mine in Timmins,and one year later moved to theMcIntyre at Schumacher.

Little did he know at the time,

but he made his first contact withInco there when he worked undermine captain R. D. Parker. Leav-ng the McIntyre in 19'22 Victor

worked in Timmins and NiagaraFalls until 1930, when he came toSudbury and was hired at Froodmine. A level boss for many years,he retired as motorman, a job hehad held since 1964.

Victor married Blanche Beaudoinin 1923, and they have raised afamily of three boys. Armand andLen work in Sudbury, Clifford is

in 1917 the big calciner chimney had not been in use since January 16, 1937,when the 500-foot stack was put in service alongside it, Hundreds of spectatorsfound vantage points overlooking the International Nickel property to witnessthe death of the concrete giant. One man, his camera loaded with color filmand carefully preset, was so fascinated by the spectacle that he forgat to takeany pictures. Unfortunately for him there was no encore,

fires were lit there was a loud crack and the stack commenced to fall, WilliamC. Wilkin, the former Canadian Custodis Chimney Co. expert who was broughtbock from retirement to handle the Port Colborne job, was naturally elatedat the way it came off. His calculations were so accurate that the huge stackfell exactly on target.

a high school teacher in Ottawa. ful country you could imagine."Alter a well-earned trip to Born in Nicholson, 20 mIles

sunny Florida this winter, Victor northwest of Chapleau, in 1919,plans to settle down, stay busy, Joe retired recently from theand enjoy a long retirement. Copper Cliff smelter carpenter

shop after 21 years with Inco. A

Joe Lalibertie heart attack prompted him to

"The job that I enjoyed most"

take a disability pension.Joe stayed on as cookee untilsaidwas the first one I ever had,

16 f hJ L L b ti "I 1937, and then spent three yearswas , resoe a i er e. at a lumber mill at Pembroke. Inout of school,and a brand 1940, he worked for a short while

new cookee for, at the Glen Eagle Inn on the

the Austin Gatineau River.

j Lumber Com- Coming to Sudbury in 1941 Joepany at Nich- was hired as a helrer in the

- and onolson carpenter shop. At the time of his,- -

- a 1 o g d r i v e retirement he was a second classdown the Win- carpenter.dermere River 'I may be down, but Fm notto Dalton It out," said Joe, a bachelor. "I think.was only a 30- J I'll find myself some light workmile drive, but somewhere as a cookee - and just

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I t too k u take it easy,"

Joe Lalibertie three months,a n d i t w a s Diet The penalty for exceeding

through some of the most beauti- the feed limit.

Preparing to fell the stack, workmen breached it at the bottom using half-stick charges of explosives and chipping away the reinforced concrete andflrebrick lining. As this work progressed wooden supports were inserted.Picture on the left shows the flnal widening of the breach. When all prepara-tions were complete piles of wood both inside and outside the stack wereignited and the wooden supports were burned out. Thirty minutes after the

Mr. and Mrs. Savage

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John BilowusW(th almost 35 years of service

with Inco behind him, JohnBilowus has retired from theConiston smelter on service pen-sion.

Born in 1O1, in Dauphin, Mani- Ftoba, and raised on a farm, Johncame East in search of adventurein 1925 and was hired by the MondNickel Company at Coniston. Aftera year and a half among the rockshis heart yearned for the sight ofthe prairies and the girl he leftbehind, so he quit the Mond, re-turned home, married JustineSyrnyk and settled on the farm.When the price of wheat dipped to

32 a bushel, however, the lure ofthe prairies faded and John packedhis bags and brought his bride toConiston where he was rehired bythe Mond in 1928.

During the 35 years that follow-ed, John worked as a feeder tender,motorman, brakeman, and for thepast 10 years has been blast fur-nace feeder boss.

John and Justine have raised afamily of five. Ann (Mrs. Al Dol-chewskl) lives in Powell River,British Columbia, Angela is thewife of Paul Behun who workswith the mechanical departmentat Coniston smelter, Sonia is mar-ried to Slawko Hucal who is amechanic at the Copper Cliff5 m e I t e r, Olga (Mrs. RomanErawec) lives in Toronto, andJohn lives in Burlington. TheBilowus find great enjoyment intheir nine grandchildren out there.

A recent trip to see daughterAnn in Powell River resulted in astay of some six weeks. An ardentgardener, John was in his element.Just before we left, at the end of

January, believe it or not, I wasplanting onions! B.C. is the placefor me," said John. If he can sellhis smart new triplex on CochraneStreet in Sudbury, he'll be on hisway back to the West.

CIwrh?s SchooleyCharles Schooley, who was born F

in Wainfleet Township, farmedand worked for the Maple LeafMilling Company, then in 1941Joined Inco at the Nickel Refineryin Port Colborne. All of his yearswith the company have been spent

Copper Cliff electrical department,completing a great year of safeworkmanship, w o n the ReductionSection annual Safety Award ndwere presented with the trophy bygeneral manager .1. A. Pigots. iheelectrical department nailed down itsclaim to the 1965 championship bypassing the 3,000,000 safe-man-hourmark, itself an outstanding distinction.

in the electrolytic departmentwhere he performed various jobs.He has now retired on a disabilitypension.

Charles married Belva Green in1930. Marion (Mrs. Charles Tarz-well) and Irene (Mrs. Ron Dilts)are their daughters. Seven grand-children complete their family.

Best wishes for a long and happyretirement are extended to themfrom Charlie's friends at the plant.

Dave BrosseauA vigorous 65, Dave Brosseau has

retired from Garson mine on serv-ice pension after 26 years withInco.

Living on the peaceful shoresof Vermillion Lake, Dave and his

Mr. and Mrs. Brosseau

snowmobile are constant com-panions on the trapping and fish-ing excursions that now fill hisdays.

We never have a dull momentout here," said Dave.

Born in Chelmsford in 1900, hewas 12 when he started working asa cookee, and 14 when he joinedthe Mond Nickel Company andhelped to cut the timbers usedduring the sinking of the firstshaft at Levack mine. During theWorld War I Dave served inFrance with the 87th Canadian

Shown above proudly receiving thetrophy from Mr. Pigott is chief elec-trician Bob McIntyre. Others in thegroup are Barney Hamilton, assistantto the electrical superintendent; AlAlton, first class electrician; electricalsuperintendent A. E. Prince; safetyengineer Tom Antonioni, and P. R.Saddington, manager of reductionplants.

Standings in the 1965 competitionfor the Reduction Section award were:1, Copper Cliff Electrical; 2, CopperCliff Mechanical; 3, Separation andF.B.R.; 4, Copper Cliff, Creighton andLevack Mills; 5, Copper Cliff Trans-portation; 6, Coniston (last year'swinner); 7, Copper Cliff Orford; 8,Copper Cliff Converters; 9, CopperCliff Reverbs.

Frood-Stobie Retains All-Mines Award

Grenadier Guards and saw serviceat Hill 70 and Vimy Ridge. Hewas wounded in 1918 and discharg-ed in 1919. Firing on the GreatLakes boats kept him busy until1926 when he joined Inco for ashort while at Levack mine.

Then I started trapping withmy two cousins," said Dave. Wewere getting real good prices then.A good beaver skin would fetch asmuch as $80, there was a $55bounty on wolves, and a fox fur

sold for $30. We made around$4,000 a year each."

Dave returned to Inco in 1939and started at Garson mine wherehe worked at shaft sinking, be-came a rigger, and for the pasttwo years has been an undergroundcar repairman.

He married Alice Morrow in1936. Their son George is an elec-trical engineer working in Toronto.Two grandchildren complete thefamily.

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Electrical Department Wins Reduction Section 1965 Safety Award

Mr. and Mrs. Bilowus

Topping off a year in which they rose to the heights by setting a world recordfor underground mining of 3,047,774 safe man hours, Frood-Stobie minesucceeded in retaining the All-Mines Safety Award by turning in the bestall-ciround safety performance among Inco mines in 1965. Creighton camesecond, Murray third, Garson fourth, Levack fifth, and Creari Hill sixthPicture shows general manager J. A. Pigott congratulating Frood-Stobiesuperintendent S. J. Sheehan (right) and safety engineer R. J. Moss, whoreceived the handsomely carved trophy on behalf of the mine.

Mr. and Mrs. Schooley

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Producing Nickel Starting SheetsAt Inco's Thompson Refinery

In the vast area of plating tanksin the nickel refinery at theThompson plant a total of 16000nickel cathodes are constantlygoing through the nine-day growthfrom a thin starting sheet to afull 145-pound slab of pure nickel,half an inch thick and 78 by 40inches in dimension.

Production of the starting sheetsthat are the nucleus of this finalstage in the transformation fromraw ore to refined metal is athriving little industry In itself,set apart at one end of the longrefinery building.

Thirty six of the refinery's 608plating tanks are reserved forstarting sheet production. To theseare charged "long" anodes whichhave a greater surface area thanthe "regular" anodes. About 6%of the anode casting department'soutput Is in the form of these"long" anodes, which are used ex-clusively in the production ofnickel starting sheets where theadditional width and length en-sure smooth plating and provideprotection against anodic corrosion

of the stainless steel blanks usedas cathodes.

The edges of the stainless steelblanks, or mother sheets, aremasked with wooden strips so thatthe thin nickel sheet plated oneach side can easily be strippedof! by hand.

After 24 hours in the platingtanks the electrolytic process haspicked up pure nickel from thedissolving impure anode and de-posited it evenly over the surfaceof the stainless steel mother blankto a thickness of .04 inch, the de-sired thickness of the startingsheet.

Withdrawn from the tanks thethin nickel sheets are readily strip-ped from the blanks, trimmed tosize in a shear, fed to a roller level-ler, then passed through a hydrau-lic press. The press applies a forceof 660 tons to imprint the sheetwith the INCO trademark andwith lines from corner to cornerwhich serve to stiffen it.

From the hydraulicpress the imprintedstarting sheets aredelivered by con-veyor to the opera-tors of a battery ofspot-welding mach-ines where eachsheet is fitted withtwo nickel loops bywhich it will besuspended in theplating tank.

In the hydraulicpress the INCOtrademark is im-printed in the start-ing sheet which,when it has grownto a full cathode,will still clearlyshow this symbol.The press also im-prints lines fromcorner to corner ofthe starting sheetto stiffen it. Shownfeeding a sheet tothe press is LesHanson.

finds out, however, she'll break hisneck.

Two suspension loops cut fromother starting sheets are then spot-welded to each pressed sheet.When they are inserted in theplating tanks to commence theirnine-day growth to full cathodes,the starting sheets are suspendedon bars of copper pipe passedthrough these loops.

The starting sheets are treated

Heres a closeupof a spot-weldingmachine. Oneoperator positionsthe starting sheetwhile the other(facing camera)spot-welds the twonickel suspensionloops to the end ofthe sheet. Theoperators s h ow nare Paul Havellantand Earl Dodd.

in an oxidizing acid solution, con-taining copper and nickel salts,in order to prepare the surfacesfor bonding with the nickel to bedeposited on them in the produc-tion plating tanks.

Some husbands, married forfifteen years, have never ceasedto be romantic. If the wife ever

Frank SundayFrany Sunday, who retired from

the Nickel Refinery at Port Col-borne on a disability pension wasborn in Western Canada in 1903.

- In his early- teens he ar-

rived in Port'-.. Colborne and

started to workfor P. Beam

e,

Construction,learning thebricklayer andcement finishertrade. He was

I employed atthe Nickel Re-

- finery severalFrank Sunday times prior to

1939, and sincethen has been a steady employee,working as a bricklayer rebuildingfurnaces in the anode departmentand doing maintenance workthroughout the plant.

His friends join in wishing hima return to good health and a longretirement.

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Steve Horvath strips a pure nickelstarting sheet from the stainless steelmother blank on which it has beendeposited in the plating tank.

A starting sheet is here trimmed tosize, 281/2 by 40 inches. Operatingthe shear is Garry Ward.

Paul RiskoPaul Risko has retired on service

pension after nearly 29 years withInco.

Born in 1901, In Boskovca,Czechoslovakia, Paul was raised

on a farm andat the age of27 sailed forCanada. Dock-Ing In Mont-real, he took a

c.. train for theWest. "I was

- headed for afarm in Al-berta," ex-plaIned Paul,"but got putoff in Moose

Mr5. Risko Jaw by mis-take. I figured

that one place was as good asanother, so I stayed there andworked on the harvest."

HarvestIng, lumbering and con-struction work kept Paul busyuntil 135 when he came East andstarted with Inco on the Or!ordstripping floor at Copper Cliff. In1948 he became a blast furneehelper, and for the paat 15 yearshas been a baleman In the Or!ordbuilding.

The boys from the Orford build-ing gathered to wish Paul well onthe completion of his last shift,and presented him with a fatpurse.

Paul was married to MaryMichael in Boskovca in 196, andhis wife joined him in Canada in1937. They have two sons, Joe inSudbury, and Paul junior, atMoMaster University in Hamilton.

Tending the landscaping andgeneral handyman jobs aroundthe attractive new Risko homeon Hillcrest Crescent in Sudburywill keep Paul both happy andoccupied.

Roman PodedworneyThe boys from the Orford build-

ng were on hand to wish RomanPodedworney all the best for along and happy retirement as hefinished his last shift after morethan 35 years with Inco. Theypresented him with a well-filledpurse. I

Born in 1901, in Hleschewa inWest Ukraine, Roman came toCanada in 1927 and worked onconstruction projects before hestarted with Inco at the CopperCliff smelter n 1928. In 1932 heLnueti .0 the Orford building as abaleman, six years later became a

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skimmer on the acid shells, andworked at that job until his retire-ment.

Roman married Annie Kalmoin 1931. The couple have one son,

Dune White SkipsBroad grins and acurling traphy tellthe story about thisfoursome - skipDuncan White, CarlLenti, Wayne Wil-son and Gil Cotewon the main eventin the annual Cop.per Re6nery bon-spiel. With 24 rinkstaking part in adraw smoothly han-died by HowardCaIdwell andGeorge Young, therefinery 'spiel wasogain a great success. Second eventhonors went to skip Bill Brown, FrankMacKinnon, Dick Chubb and BillThoronto, and laurels in the thirdevent to skip Joe Halverson, Andy

John Shelegey"And why shouldn't I be

happy?" asked John Shelegeywith a broad grin. "I'm healthy,I've a good pension, I've had agood job all my life, and I live InConiston where I know everybodyand everybody knows me."

Born in 1900 In the UkraIne,John, on arriving In Canada in

Walter, an eye specialist practisingIn Hamilton. Three grandchildrencomplete the family.

Mr. and Mrs. Podedworney, whohave lived In Copper CUff, will nowmake their home in Sudbury.

Alex LungulAlex Lungul was a bridgeman

and pipefitter helper at the NickelRefinery in Port Colborne untilill health forced him to retire ona disability pension.

Born in Saskatchewan, Alexfarmed until 1937 when he cameto Port Colborne and worked forthe C'NR, then for Beam Building& Supply.

It was 142 when he entered theemploy of Inco. He worked in theelectrolytic department as a

Mr. and Mrs. Lungul

bridgeman until 1948. For the past17 years his job has been in thepipe shop as a fitter.

Annie Phillips became Mrs.Lungul in 134. They have onedaughter, Annie Mrs. Alex Ata.maniuk), and one grandchild.

Best wishes are extended to Alexfor improved health from 1u2workmates at the plant,

Mr. and Mr5. Shelegey

1926, came straight to Conlstonwhere he found employment with

FEBRUARY, 1966

Refinery 'Spiel Victors

the Mond Nickel Company on thelabor gang. After three years onthe gang he became a furnacepuncher, then baleman, then spent11 years as craneman, after whichhe was transferred back to hisbaleman's job.

Sickness laid him low a coupleof years ago and following surgeryhe returned to work to the jobof dryman.

John was married in the oldcountry to Mary Miechkota In1923. Their son Walter is a clerkIn the shop's time office atConiston, and daughter Annie isa registered nurse at St. Joseph'sHospital in Sudbury. Three grand-children already grace the scene.

John plans to stay In Coniston."Where else is there better?" heasks. His garden and fruit treeswill keep him busy in the summer,and he'll just take life easy In thewInter.

New Sudhury Guides Earn Gold Cords"The aim of guidingis to prepare girlsto lead happy, use-ful lives, ta becomegood home makersand capable citi-zens." So states themanual of the GirlGuide movementThe three GirlGuides in the pic- -ture are members of1st New Sudbury N.Company, and haveproved that theyare well on theirway to fulfilling thisaim. The girls werepresented with thecoveted gold cord,the highest awardin Guiding, at animpressive ceremonyheld at the Carl Nesbitt public schoolin New Sudbury.Seen receiving their gold cords fromfarmer divisional commissioner Mrs.Norman Hayden are Vivian Romano,Mary Job and Judy Linney. Divisional commissioner Mrs. Richard Lanzwas an hand to witness the ceremony.Mary Job is the daughter of "Wib"Job, chief chemist with the Incometallurgical department at Copper

Cliff. Judy Linney is the daughter ofJim Linney, a security guard at Garsonmine.The gold card is earned over a fiveyear period of Guiding during whichthe girls must qualify for some 15designated prociency badges, prepare and present a speech on aforeign country, and obtain five let-ters of recommendation.

Printed in Conodo.

Surrounded by some of his workmates in the Orford building, and firmlygripping his sample spoon, Paul Risko receives a gift and good wishes an hisretirement. Making the presentation is chute blaster Alfred Venedam.

Casas, Bob O'Haro and Alec McCall.The skips of the three runnerup rinkswere Wes Hart, Gord Poultan andCece Matthews.

Mr. and Mrs. Podedworney

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