VOLUME 19 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, JUNE, 1959 'EMBER 3

Story on Page 9)Company for Dinner

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,.Wed for all employees 'af4T)litional Nickel Company ofCanada, Limited.

D. M. Dunbar , EditorEditorial Office Copper Cliff, Ont.

Authorized as second class mail, I'o:aOffice Department , Ottawa.

Written for the Inca Triangle byISABEL McLEAN

Chief Librarian, Sudbury Public LibraryWith Acknowledgment to

Norfolk and Western Railway

I was born on July 1, 1867,and the British North Amer-ica Act is my birth certificate.I grew to maturity with theStatute of Westminster in1931, and received the fullmantle of nationhood on myseventy-ninth birthday, withthe Canadian Citizenship Act.

I am 17 million peoples ofmany racial stocks. I bringtogether the cultures of theOld World and the New.While I speak many langu-ages, my predominant cul-ture is a dual one, a happyblend of the two great na-tions which gave me birth.

I am Sir John A. MacDon-ald and Sir Wilfred Laurier.I am Count Frontenac andJoseph Howe, Sir CharlesTupper and Samuel deChamplain. I am the Cavalierde LaSalle and Lord Selkirk,John Graves Simcoe andWilliam Lyon Mackenzie.

I am Lionel Conacher, Mar-lene Stewart, Lucille Wheeler,and Rocket Richard.

While still a stripling Ilearned to defend myself. Iproudly remember Louis-bourg, Queenston Heights,Lundy's Lane. In the causeof world freedom my valiantyoung men earned immortal-ity at Ypres and Vimy Ridge,Arnhem and Dieppe.

I am a voice at the UnitedNations, a partner with half ahundred other countriesworking to create a peacefulworld. I am part of the greatBritish Commonwealth ofNations, linked with 631,000,-000 peoples in far-flung cor-ners of the world by a com-mon loyalty to the Crown.

I am the Peace Tower of

Steel, Stack and Sky in Northern Manitoba

ey is se n'Ste_ f1jul i&e1 'Cb p

great new plant at Thompson. Steel workers can be spotted several placesin the picture, two of them fixing a block to the top of a flimsy gin poleand others straddling lofty girders with the supreme scorn for heighttraditional of their trade.

Ottawa, the atomic plant atChalk River, the gushing oilwells of Alberta, the bulginggrain elevators of Saskat-chewan, and the tall stacksby Sudbury.

I am 3,851,000 square milesof youth and vigour, standingat the crossroads of theworld. "A mari usque admare". I dip my left handinto the Atlantic, my rightinto the sparkling Pacific,rest my feet confidently upon4,000 miles of unguarded bor-der to the south, and stretcheagerly to the unknownnorthland.

I am a nation of contrasts.I am quiet villages in Quebec,bustling towns carved fromthe Canadian shield, thesmiling farmlands of PrinceEdward Island , the spreadingranches of Alberta, the gran-deur of mountain peaks inBritish Columbia. I amforest-clad hills, rugged seacoast , windswept prairies,mineral-laden rocks, turbu-lent rivers, a million lakes.I am the whispering pine andshimmering birch, the stal-wart Douglas fir and thegraceful maple.

Turning the pages of mypast you may see the Fathersof Confederation in theirwide Prince Albert coats andflowing beards, observe CountFrontenac as he strides thestreets of walled Quebec,imagine you hear the rustleof a black soutane as FatherLacombe and Father Br@beufcarry the cross into the near-by forest. You imagine thesplash of a paddle as a fur-laden canoe slips into the

river, see the beginnings ofagriculture, the schools, andthe hospitals, with Louis

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a Marguerite ourgeoyaand Jeanne I Thompson Armada Officially "Opens" Burntwood Rivere Manc

I remember the Boer War,the rush for gold, the comingof the United Empire Loyal-ists, the finding of uranium.

I am the railway builderswho forged links of steel toweld my--.people together. Iam the intrepid explorerswho crossed the tracklesswilderness, La Verendrye,Samuel Hearne and PierreEsprit Radisson. I am SimonFraser and David Thomson,Alexander Mackenzie andAdam Dollard. I am GilbertLaBine and Charles Camsell.

I am the men in thelaboratories dedicating them-selves to the service of man-kind, Frederick Banting, andWilliam Osier, William Saun-ders, and Alexander GrahamBell.

I am the music, the art, theliterature of my people, MarieChapdelaine and Sam Slick,Ned Pratt and Stephen Lea-cock. I am Emily Carr andClarence Gagnon, ErnestMacMillan, Gratien Gelinasand Yousuf Karsh. I am theShakespearean Festival, theballet, the symphony orches-tras, the free press.

Yes, I am Canada. I amthe vigour of my people. Iam the hardship, the self-denial, the valour and thefaith which have hewn anation out of the wilderness.I am the ideals and the as-pirations which have shapedmy history.

I have esteemed freedomfor myself and have sharedthat freedom with those flee-ing from racial intolerance,religious prejudice, intellec-tual bondage. God grantthat I may not only preservemy own liberty and demo-cratic way of life but that Imay have the integrity andthe resolution to respect therights of other nations. MayI not become so effete witheconomic prosperity that Idwindle in spiritual statureand intellectual vigour.

This is my prayer and mypledge as I observe my nine-ty-second birthday on July1, 1959,

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There are many "firsts" in Thompson , Manitoba , these days as the new town neighboring Inco 's great nickelproject gets Into stride , and one of the most enjoyable was the expedition of a group of power boat owners upthe Burntwood and Manasan Rivers . Purpose of the trip was to acquaint boaters with any hazards thatexist and to demonstrate safety measures in boating. The seven boats of the armada are shown above withtheir passengers : boat 1 , Roland Banville and son Raymond ; boat 2, Mrs . Jim and Edna Jaegar and herparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Duncan ; boat 3, RCMP constables Joseph Dittrick and Elmer Cutts; boat 4,Linda, Bill, Janet and Brian Clace ; boat 5, Bob Whelan , Marcel De Jonckheere , Fred Mullins ; boat 8, JimmyHlll, Polly Drohomereski; boat 7, Admiral George Firth , Frances , Tanis and Sherry Smith. Not shown, Charlie

Drohomereski , cameraman , and Al Smith , who covered the event for the Triangle.

Starting on the Burntwood , right in Thompson 's "front yard", the happy voyageurs travelled up this scenicriver , past the 25-toot Manasan Falls shown in the above photograph , and then on up the Manasan River.They found excellent fishing where they called a halt , eight miles from home. Three of the boats proceededto big Ospwagan Lake and also reported fine fishing of both pike and pickerel , as did one party which wenton through to huge , rambling Paint Lake.

The party was well organized , being provided with maps of the waterways on which points of interest.shallows, swirls and currents were clearly charted . The armada passed Walter Johnson 's homestead andbeaver ranch, and farther on the site of a winter diamond drill camp , and browsed around an old pros-pector's camp when they made the short portage around the rapids on Manasan River. In the abovegroup at the camp are Roland Banville, Kenneth Duncan , Linda Clace, Edna Jaeger, Jim Jaeger, RCMPconstable Joseph Kittrick, Mrs. Edith Duncan , Frances and Alan Smith, Tanis and Sherry Smith.

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Erkki HeikkilaStope miner, shaft inspector,

Levack and Copper Cliff Branches of Legion Open Handsome New Homes

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skiptender and all-round good Iman. Erkki Heikkila has retired onservice pension- Starting with theMond at Garcon back in 1928 hereturned to Finland in 1930 butwithin a matter of months wasback working at Garcon. Whenthat mine closed down he wasmoved to Frood where he workeduntil retirement.

"When I started in the stapesat Frood on 2800 level, Jack Cullenwas shift boss," said Erkki. In1936 he joined the late SteveYawney's construction gang, work-ing as a shaft inspector for 15years. He then went as skiptenderat No. 4 shaft, a job he faithfullyperformed until retirement.

Born on a farm in Finland in1894. he came to Canada andSudbury in 1927. Despite his sev-eral friends in this area it wasalmost a year before he was ableto get a job in the mines. Erkkilikes mining and said he would dothe same thing again if he were ayoung man.

Lempi Peltomaki became hisbride in 1918 and they have oneson Paul, and two grandchildren.

Taking things easy and enjoyinghis retirement suits Erkki just fine.and if he gets bored there is al-ways the house to paint or thegarden to tend.

"Money Minters" WinsCanadian Filin Award

A Canadian color film producedfor The International Nickel Com-pany of Canada , Limited , has wonan award of merit in the 11thAnnual Canadian Film Awards, itwas announced recently.

Entitled "Money Minters." the10-minute 16-mm film traces themanufacture of coins from thetime the metal is extracted fromthe mines to the actual productionof pennies , nickels, dimes, quarters.fifty-cent pieces and silver dollars.

Designed as a general interestinformational film, -Money Mint-ers" is the first and at present theonly film devoted to the story ofthe Royal Canadian Mint. In ad-dition to the above award, it wasselected to be shown at the 1958Stratford Film Festival, Stratford,Ontario.

Produced for Inco by CrawleyFilms Ltd_. the film was cited bythe Canadian Film Awards "Forexcellent animation in a colorfuland well-photographed film," TheCanadian Film Awards are spon-sored jointly by the Canadian As-ociation for Adult Education. The

Canadian Ftlin Institute and the

LEVACK AND CCOPPER CLIFFAn "Appreciation Night" duringwhich Levack branch of the Cana-dian Legion expressed its thanks tothose who helped in various waysto build their fine new hall, was avery enjoyable feature of theofficial opening festivities . It fol-lowed by one week the formalribbon -cutting ceremony.The Triangle 's photograph showspart of the gathering , which num-bered 115 and included the assist-ant vice - president and. generalmanager for Ontario of Inco, R. H.Waddington ; the vice - president -production of Falconbridge NickelMines, R. C. Mott; the federalmember of parliament for NickelBelt, O . J. Godin ; representativesof the Dominion and provincialcommands of the Legion , and thepresidents of the Legion branchesin the district ; the mayor of Le-vack , Mr. Gilchrist , and the chair-man of the Onaping ImprovementDistrict , Mr. Jarvis ; the membersof the ladies ' auxiliary of the Le-vack branch , and other leadingcitizens of the community.

The excellent dinner , served bythe Onaping Anglican W.A., andother features of the program allwent off without a hitch and weremuch enjoyed by the guests.

Canada Foundation,"Money Minters" is available to

any interested person or organiza-tion free of any charge except pre-payment of return shipping toIneo_ Booking dates may be ar-ranged by addressing a request. toThe Library. The InternationalNickel Company of Canada. Ltd.,55 Yonge Street, Toronto,

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Officially opening the handsome new home of Copper C liff branch,Canadian Legion , 31rs . Beattie, wife of the late R . L. Beattie in whosehonor the branch was named , is seen about to cut the ceremonial ribbonat the main entrance to the building . Holding the ribbon in place areit. H. Waddington , assistant vice-president and general manager forOntario of Inco , and (back to cameral R. G. Dow , mayor of Copper ('tiff.Escorting Mrs . Beattie is the Legion branch president, Richie Dopson.Guest speaker at the banquet served by the Legion ladies' auxiliaryin the new building that evening was O. W. %Veichel , member of theVeterans ' A ffairs Committee of the House of Commons, who spoke on theduties and responsibilities of legionaires as Christian citizens.

Intricate Electrical Hookup Involved in Making Pillar BlastThe amount of careful preparation involved in making a pillar blast Inan Inco mine is indicated by these photographs , taken at Murray. Forthis particular blast 895 holes were drilled , a total footage of 65,274 feet;1664 cases of powder were used , and 250 ,000 tons of ore were broken.In the first picture the holes have all been drilled and loaded in thelarge area to be blasted , the circuits have been hooked up , and themain leads brought back to central terminal points . Bill Mottonen, theelectrical foreman , is shown at one of these terminal points, checkingthe circuits for continuity prior to making the final hookup to the mainblasting cables. Using a galvanometer he reads the resistance on eachcircuit , to make certain there will be no impeding of the electric currentto each drill hole.In the second picture Walter Sokoloski , the divisional foreman , is shownin one of the nine drill crosscuts involved in the blast . He is inspectingthe setup of wooden supports designed to keep the circuits clear of anyobstruction through grounding.

Eli Vukobrat"The plate shop was the best

place I ever worked," said Eli

Vukobrat. "Good boss and goodbunch of fellows. I liked it." Re-

tired now on disability pension Eli

misses the old gang at the Froodplate shop more than anything

ehe.Born in Jugoslavia at the turn

of the century Eli came to Canadain 1929. After

working a shorttime at Temis-kaming he cameto Sudbury andstarted withFraser Brace atthe new smel-ter.

That s a in eyear lie hiredon in the tim-ber yard :at

Frood. From there he went to thecarpenter shop and then spent 10

years in the steel shop before mov-ing to the plate shcp in 1941.

Always active, Eli already has

a job as a school crossing guard.He may also don a white apron

and put in a few hours at a localestaminet as a part-time dispenser

of the frothy brew to many of hisold cronies. In this way he figures

hell get all the latest news firsthand.

WHAT IS SAFETY?

Safety is not eye protection, rub-ber gloves, a divided highway, asignal light or a law enforcement.Safety is a state of mind underwhich everyone. realizing the im-minence or the consequence ofaccidents, is willing to accept thoserestraints necessary to prevent ac-cidents on the job, in the homeand on the highway. Safety is. ineffect, a way of life. Carelessnessis an invitation to be maimed. loseproperty, or die prematurely.

When the final check Is completed and the mine is clear , the switchesare closed , after which the main blasting switch on surface Is energized,firing the blast.

In this picture the division foreman , Walter Sokoloski . is checking thecircuit layouts with the assistant layout engineer , Don Obonsawin.Every detail of the blast is carefully planned by the mine engineering

department before the operating and electrical departments do theirwork.

The entire operation of blasting this pillar, from the commencement cgf

ring drilling until the main switch was closed , took approximately sixmonths.The same careful procedure , on a reduced scale, is followed throughout forthe smaller , more frequent ring blasts in which a quantity on the orderof 65,000 tons of ore Is broken.

ABOVE : Jim Donald of the insurance and retirement section at Copper Cliffwith his wife and their daughters Bonnie, 12, and Judy , 16. They live in Sudbury'swest end . RIGHT : Vic Baldisera, who was born In Coniston and works in thecarpenter shop at the smelter , with his wife and their daughters Jean, whosehusband Ron McNair works at the Iron Ore Plant , Elaine , 12, and Eleanor, 19.

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BELOW: Here are some nice looking Into people at Thompson,Manitoba: Mr. and Mrs . Jack Rutherford with Michael, 8, Janie,6, Jim, 4, and Neil, 2. They formerly lived in Lively.

ABOVE : John Boggio, who recently transferred to the iron workers in theNickel Refinery , Port Colborne , with his wife, Larry , 1, Bernice, 3, Leonard, 4,and Bonnie , 17. John is a second -generation Into man . LEFT: Mr. andMrs. Edgar Dore , Coniston , with Denise , 16, Francis, 17, Claire, 13, andDonald , 11; Edgar works at the Iron Ore Plant , and Francis Is in trainingfor nursing.

RIGHT: Mr.and Mrs.Frank Pal-mer of Car-son withtheir fine bigfamily, Mi-chael, 11,Linda, 6,Irene , 7, Pat,18, Terry, 20,Gary, 19,and Frances(Mrs. FrankKehoe).

BELOW : Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boyd , Spruce St ., Sudbury, with Anita, BELOW : Harold Maloney of Creighton with his wife and Jim, 13,8, Sharon , 9, Jo Ann , 4, Alfred , 16 months and Ricky, 12 . Fred is a Martin , 6, Madelyn, 11, Jean , 16, and Mary Queen , who was named afterwell-known Stobie miner . Queen Mary, 2.

INCO 'I'RI.1\CLE;

Four Seconds

from

Certain DeathDiving at 1,140 ft. per

second with his controlsjammed, George Smith, in-spection test pilot for NorthAmerican Aviation, had tobail out.

At 6,500 ft., allowing 21z seconds for the seat to disengageand another 2'z seconds for the parachute to open, he had a'cushion" of only 4 seconds before it would have been too late.The instant he shot out of the cockpit, a force greater than 35hurricanes slammed him unconscious. As his flailing bodyhurtled through the air, a tiny instrument that would fit intothe palm of your hand automatically pulled the ripcord andsaved his life.

A fishing boat, piloted by a former Navy air-sea rescue man,happened to be cruising very close to where he landed. Within50 seconds he was picked up and turned over to a Coast Guardcruiser nearby. Five days later, Smith woke up in hospital,blinded and battered, but alive. The last thing he remembersbefore he jumped was a reading of a supersonic 1.05 on hismachmeter.

Today he is back testing jets for North American Aviation- thanks to a tiny set of Ni-Span C capsules that triggered hisautomatic parachute release in time. The important thingabout the nickel alloy Ni-Span C is that its elasticity (or to putit in more everyday language, its "springiness") is not affectedby temperature changes to the same extent as most othermaterials. It is therefore used for springs and other parts ofprecision instruments which must perform accurately over arange of temperatures.

In the automatic parachute release referred to here, whichSmith holds in our photograph, tiny capsules of Ni-Span C areused to sense altitude and trigger the mechanism which pullsthe ripcord and opens the parachute at any pre-set altitudebetween 5,000 and 20,000 ft. The operation of the capsules isvirtually unaffected by any changes of temperature which mayoccur during the pilot's fall. The second dial sets a time-delayswitch to allow the pilot's body to get clear of the plane.

Armas AndersonArmas Anderson has retired from

Creighton mine on an Inco ser-vice pension and will now be ableto devote all the time he likes tohis homestead camp at Whitewaterlake. He has 40 acres there andwhen not out on the lake fishingis busy in his vegetable garden.

A true outdoorsman Armas can'tremember the fall he didn't gethis deer as well as lots of goodfishing. Some of his true talesare better than most fishermen'swhoppers. An invitation several

years sec from a trapper friendto do a little ice fishing took Armason a 75-mile cross-country ki tripnorth of Chicago mine. Travellingalone he made it in two clays andhit the camp right on the nose too.On the return trip, Armas ex-

plained, "I hurried going back; leftcamp at 8 o'clock in the morningand got home at 5 o'clock nextmorning. I ski steady, ski all night.I was pretty good on skis when Iwas younger," he concluded witha masterful understatement.

Born in Finland in 1889 , he cameto the United States in 1910. Aftera year in the iron mines of Minne-sota and a couple of years at Duluth,Armas came on to Copper Cliff.He was hired at Mond in 1914, thenwent to Creighton. He moved toWorthington in 1921 and worked

` there until the closing of thatmine; he was one of the last toleave the mine the night it wentdown.

He next helped sink no. 4 shaftat Creighton and later no. 4 shaftat Frood. In 1933 he was rehiredat Creighton as a level timberman.The last five years he has workedas a toolfitter.

In 1916 he married HilmaVatanen and they have two sons,William of Montreal and Rein athome. Their two grandchildrenrecently had a visit from them.

A home just off the Creightonroad near a fine summer camp aremore than enough to keep this re-sourceful Finn happy and occupied.

The future may be gloomy butwe can still marvel at the past andpresent.-Lincoln Barnett.

Adelarde SauveEnjoying a comfortable service

pension Adelarde Sauve gives itas his opinion that this is reallyliving, particularly after a halfcentury of work.

It was in 1908 that he had hisfirst job in a bush camp nearEspanola. He was 14 years old.Born near Montreal in 1894, he wasraised on a farm near Renfrew.

After five years of axe and sawwork Adelarde got a job at thepaper mill in Espanola and ap-prenticed as a machinist. He cameto Frood as a machinist in 1929,transferred to Copper Cliff in 1932and worked in the shop there untilretirement. "That's a real goodshop," he said. "They can makeor do anything there." Taking akeen interest in his work, Adelardewas recognized as a capable andreliable tradesman.

In 1919 he married Exilia Car-riere and they have a family offive: Roly operates a well-knowngrocery store in Copper Cliff, Leo-nard works in Sudbury, Valieda isMrs. L. Gagnon and Fabiola isMrs. B. Paquette, both of Sudbury,and Noella is at home. They have10 grandchildren.

Helping his wife with the house-

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hold chores, enjoying the summersun at his son's camp, and playingMr. Fixit for the married membersof his family adds up to a life thatAdelarde is really enjoying.

Otto SaloWith a fine camp on Little Pen-

age Lake in which to spend halfthe year, and a fine house in Sud-bury for the other half, Otto Salofinds this new life suits him justdandy. Retired from Frood on anearly service pension he is in ex-cellent health and really enjoyinghis leisure.

Otto first came to this district in1925 where his boyhood friend,Eino Kanerva (father of the Cop-per Cliff electrical department'sAndy) was working. He put intwo years on construction at Er-rington mine and then alternatedin season between the Creosoteplant and the bush until 1929 whenhe went to work at Frood mine.

At Frood he worked as a timber-man building chutes and manwaysfor many years. During the last 12years he was a tool fitter, keepingthe miners ' tools in shape.

In 1930 he married Mrs. T.Makinen. They have no children.A trip back to Finland in 1953 wasso pleasant that they are planninganother, possibly next year.

Scouts and Cubs Get Going at Thompson

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6JW ,V `WOne of the first steps in getting community life on the go at Thompson,Manitoba, was the organization of a Boy Scout troop and Wolf Cub pack.So far there are nine Scouts and 20 Cubs In the new town , and thesenumbers will grow quickly from now on . A charter has been applied for.Picture taken at the community centre shows the secretary of the groupcommittee, Mrs. Agnes Bradbury (who also will be a Girl Guide leader) ;three of the Cubmasters, Derek Pass, Alfred Ford, and George Blair;two Scouts , Wayne McDougall and John Nesbitt , and five of the Cubs,Dayle McDougall, Owain Ford , Jack McDougall , Larry Williams, andBuddy Rohne . The Scoutmaster, not shown , is Matt Perih.

Like some ruin of ancient Rome stand these foundations of the old British America Nickel Company smelter , west of Murray mine . This plant, atNickelton as it was called , was abandoned in 1924 when the company went Into liquidation . Shown amid the still sturdy abutments is Joe McFarlane,who helped to build and run the plant , is now a maintenance mechanic at the Murray mine.

Moldering Ruins Recall Early Days of the Nickel Industry"Here stood their citadel, but

now grown over with weeds .. .now only an undistinguished heapof ruins."

Oliver Goldsmith's lament forthe splendor of the past comesoften to mind here and there inthe Nickel Belt, where manymoldering ruins can be found thatrecall the early trials and tribula-tions of the nickel industry. Butthey wear a cloak of dignity andhonor rather than a pall of melan-choly, for hard by those ancientfoundations has risen one of theworld's great enterprises.

Mute testimony to the vicissi-tudes that beset the nickel industryin its fledgling days are the con-crete foundations of the extensivesmelting operation launched by theBritish American Nickel Corpora-tion. Located a short distancewest of the present Murray mine,today the structural outlines re-semble some ancient Roman ruin.

A common sight to Levack roadtravellers are the foundations ofthe old No. 1 shaft and rockhouseof British American. Located be-tween the old and new Levackroads, they provided the ore for the

smelter. At one time that com-pany had mineral land which in-cluded the Elsie, Lady Violet,Gertrude, Whistle and Wildcatmines (to name a few) in additionto Murray. Previously, as early as1890 in fact, the H. H. Vivian andCompany had operated a blastfurnace at Murray mine and pro-duced a copper nickel matte.

In 1917 with World War I at itsheight, plans were made to erecta smelting operation at Murrayand a refinery in Quebec. Therecently demonstrated importanceof nickel in making armor plate

induced the British government toback the venture.

The British American Companyblew in their first furnace atNickelton, as it was called, inJanuary 1920, despite a marked re-duction in nickel demand with thewar over. There were then threesmelters in the area, the Mond,International and the BritishAmerican.

Early in 1921 the British Ameri-can closed down all its operations.They were reopened briefly in 1923but in 1924 the company went into

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In the picture on the left are remains of furnaces of the old Cobalt plant , originally the Ontario Smelting Company works , located at the foot ofCobalt Street in Copper Cliff. The young man philosophically surveying the scene is Peter MacN eil, a leading citizen of the neighbourhood. On theright are shown foundations of the first Mond Nickel Company smelter at Victoria Mine, which stood midway between Whitefish and Worthingtonon the old Soo highway . In the background is the huge heap of granulated slag that came from the plant, which was later moved to Coniston.

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Softball Wizard Is Apprentice at Copper Refinery

country. He plans a trio back thisyear for that purpose and also tovisit his six grandchildren that hehas never seen. He has twodaughters, Ivana and Maria, andone son, Ivan.

Plenty of walking, helpingfriends do home improvementsand landscaping, keep John ingood health and good spirits. "Ifeel good and I'm happy," de-clared John, and his looks cer-tainly confirm this statement.

A 20-year-old pitching prodigy from Windsor is standing them on theirheads In Royal Trading League softball in Sudbury this season. In-ternational 's are well out In front in the five - team loop, largely throughthe brilliant mound work of Metro Szeryk, lanky import who cameoriginally from Saskatchewan . To date (June 25) he has won nineand lost one, having pitched three one-hit games and struck out 188batters. It's not hard to guess what the conversation is about In theabove lunchroom shot at the Copper Refinery , where Metro works as anapprentice lead welder In the tankhouse ; the pitching ace is seen on theleft with Jim Morrison, Jim Smith , Joe Burns and Andy Martin.

John KambichHearing that they needed good

strong men for the mines in Sud-bury, John Kambich came northin 1929 and is mighty glad todaythat he did. He was employed bythe late Martin Horne at FroodNo. 4, and worked the stopes therefor several years.

In 1932 he went back to hissister's farm at St. Catharines butmining was in his blood so backhe came to Sudbury in 1933. He

forDinner

How a mother robin hasthe time, let alone theenergy, to find food forand feed three baby robinsis one of nature's mysteries.

If you doubt this ask the Norman Ripley family of Power streetin Copper Cliff. On June 5 they took in four baby robins thathad fallen from a nest, and started feeding them pablum andother baby food with an eye dropper. This, they soon discover-ed, became an almost continuous task for the entire family,although for young Marian (9) and Peter (12) it was anespecially pleasant and amusing one.

Regularly morning, noon, after school and at night theytended their robins. Their reward came in many ways - inthe genuine satisfaction of watching the young birds grow,in being the envy of most kids in the neighbourhood and finally,in the button-busting feeling of pride when their very ownrobins made their first solo flight !

Tragedy struck shortly after that great event, however,when three of the robins died, within a few days from whateverit is little robins die of. The fourth, however, is still healthy andmakes regular sorties around the town, but returns each eveningto his home on Power street. At night he sleeps in a coveredbox indoors, He has of course grown out of the eye-dropperstage. He shows no fear of any of the family, perching readilyon head or arm, and appears generally to have taken over theRipley home and family as his very own.

started at Frood on 2600 levelwhere Joe Ressel was captain.After working in the stopes for acouple of years he went chuteblasting. Later Norman Andersonmade him a level timberman andso he remained up until his lastshift, and retirement on an earlyservice pension.

Born in Jugoslavia in 1896 hecame to Canada in 1929. He wasmarried in 1920 to Maria Skalaand they have not seen theirchildren since leaving the old

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Much has been said about therelative value of happiness; butwrite it on your heart that hap-piness is the cheapest thing in theworld - when we buy it for some-one else.-Fleming.

Mines Use Stainless to Fight Corrosion

Nickel-containing stainless steeldominates this underground pump-room, located just below 3600 levelat Levack mine. Maintenancemechanic Sid Kemp is seen in-specting the stainless steel suctionline, which contains a stainlesssteel pump suction strainer, all ofwhich connects to an almost all-stainless steel main line pump. Inthe other picture John Johnsenchecks the flange bolts on a recent-ly installed 10-inch stainless steelpump discharge column also on3600 level at Levack mine, whichis equipped with stainless steel dis-charge columns right through tosurface. Frood and Murray minesalso make extensive use of stainless,as will Thompson mine, to fightcorrosion. In addition to pumpsand pumping equipment stainlesssteel is also being used in minecage walls.

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How to confuse everybody , including yourself : have four, or even five, Smiths in your lineup , like Frood Tigers. Here Henry Dunn and BillDemkiw try to get things straight ; on the left is Pepper Smith and on the right Don and Steve , who are brothers. Frood 's two other Smithbrothers are George and Pete . In the second picture are four Red Sox stalwarts who are helping keep Coniston in the running : Pitcher MoeBartolli , second baseman Ron Zanutto, and slugging outfielders Tubby Halverson and Noel Price.

Some New Faces and Lots of the OldSpirit in Nickel Belt Baseball Show

change. Henry Dunn has takenover the helm for the Tigers withBill Demkiw assisting.

Four of the clubs are showingnew or different faces, some im-

i ports, some oldtimers fresh from abrief retirement, and several ex-juveniles up for a chance in seniorranks.

A Creighton hard - hitting EvStaples is back behind the platewhile two of his badminton pro-teges, Eddie Hreljac and WallySaftic, are members of a snappyyoung infield that also includesLou Fazekas at second and LarryGonnella at first. A new pitcher,Frank Marintette, hails fromWindsor. In the outfield, coachBill Kasepchuk, Gerry Girard and

Giving the boys the signs before the game , Copper Cliff coach Moose Frank Hreljac are still consideredMcQuarrie shows flashy Bub Jewitt the steal signal for the evening . a triple threat by opposing pitch-Other Redmen in the picture are Dino Moroso , Randy Paris, Eddie ers. Snug Mynerich is still onGiacomin, Tommy Acheson, and Oscar Corelli. mound duty and in utility roles are

i

The same five teams as last yearare active again , with Frood theonly one sporting a coachingf

Ed Pagan, Gene Bryan, RonnieRheault and Cap Capelletti.

Copper Cliff Redmen boast twoimports this season in RandyParis, an outfielder from NovaScotia and Art Houle, a first base-man from down Leamington way.Coach Moose McQuarrie is still theace member of his mound staff but

I is getting good service from BobWein and two youngsters, JimHann and Jim Mclvor, both sonsof former nickel belt players.Young Mclvor travels from Levack,as do Tommy Acheson and youngBobby Sabourin. Three HockeyWolves are also in the lineup withJoe Malo being added this season,to Zorica and O'Grady. Otherregulars are the irrepressible BubJewitt, Dino Moroso and MaunoTaus.

I Coniston's line-up shows a gen-erous sampling of younger players,including catcher Pete Daypuk,Bryan Cresswell, Ron Zanutto,

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Creighton 's lanky Larry Gonnella reaches to make the putout a whisker ahead of Garson 's racing Roger ('ote. The Creighton first baseman got paidback moments later when Garson lefthander Mel Petrant struck him out ; catcher in the second picture is Tommy Byers . the man in blueis Albert Prete, and the hitter in the circle is Wally Saftic.

JUNE, 1959 INCO TRIANGLE Page 11

Inco Club's Mixed Boivling Loop Champs Pick Up Loot at Closing Ceremonies

Originally launched by the Copper Refinery in 1956 , and carried on last season by the Inco Club, the mixed bowling league ran out a keenlyenjoyed schedule and is already making room for a record entry next fall . More than 100 bowlers attended its closing banquet and dance at LegionMemorial Hall and applauded the presentation of trophies and prizes . In the picture on the left are the winners of the playoff for the Inco Clubrose bowl, which was presented to them by Val (Red ) O'Neill : Jen McNichol , Mary Price and Hattie McCrea, Sven Rautio , Mel McNichol(captain ) and Tony Hebert; not shown , Ruth Martin and Joe Price. In the second picture are the winners of the league with the Stan Dobsontrophy , presented to them by the genial Stan himself , who was master of ceremonies for the evening : Lorraine Poulin , Dot McIntyre, MaymeGorday , Gert Hughes, Sandy McIntyre ( captain ), Johnny Killah , Joe Hughes and Fred Fiorotto.

Muskie Is HighlyPrized Game Fish

The big, wary, fighting maskin-onge (Ontario record, 61 lbs. 9ozs., length 59 in., girth 31 in.) willchallenge the skill of a good manyfishermen in the province againthis summer. Two in one day isthe limit of catch, and they mustbe not less than 28 inches inlength. Fishing for the big ones ,opens June 20 in the north andJuly 1 in the south, except for theSt. Clair River, Lake St. Clair andthe Detroit River where the open-ing date is June 25.

The June 20 to October 15 sea-son is in the area north and westof and including the French andMattawa Rivers and Lake Nipis-sing and that part of Georgian Baynorth of a line from the northernextremity of Fitzwilliam Islandnortheasterly to the southeasterlylimit of Travers Township.

Distribution range of the mask-inonge is Lake Champlain, the St.Lawrence River and the GreatLakes basin, north to Lake Abitibi,west to Lake of the Woods andsouth to Iowa and Illinois. Themaskinonge is predacious and es-sentially a fish eater. It preysupon a wide variety of fishes, forexample perch, suckers and shiners.It also feeds extensively on frogsand crayfish. Its appetite is al-most insatiable, and it has beenestimated that 10 to 15 pounds offood are required to add one poundof fish flesh to it or any othermember of the pike family.

One of the most highly prizedgame fish, a 20- to 30-lb. muskieis it tough tighter. exhibiting almost

consin, U.S.A. - weight 69 lbs. 11ozs., length 631:, inches, girth 311;inches. The record Ontario muskie,61 lbs. 9 ozs., was caught in EagleLake in the Kendra District in far

Eldred Dickie, perennial promoter of Inco Club bowling , gave out thetrophies to the individual stars of the mixed league : Frank Chirka, highaverage, 226; Frank McKain , high single , 367; Ingrid Dobson , who wonall three for the ladies , high average (220), high single (330), high triple( 786); and Frank Fiorotto, high triple, 856.

a bull-like tenacity when hooked,making furious dashes for libertyand, if not stopped in time, willtake to the weeds. It exhibits greatpowers of endurance in its effortsto escape, depending chiefly on itsstrength. A black bass rod of 8or 9 ounces is regarded as sufficientfor the largest maskinonge one islikely to encounter, and answers allemergencies in skilled hands, ac-cording to officials of the Ontariodepartment of Lands and Forests.

Heavy casting tackle, they say, isinvariably used because of thegreat strength of the fish. Largewooden plugs, spoons, combinationspoon and feather, huge bucktailbait and surface lures are employ-ed, and large bass plugs have beenused with success.

The largest maskinonge ever re-corded was caught October 20,1949 in Chippewa Flowage, Wis-

Dan SajatovicOne of the elite of Frood's old

time raise and drift drillers, DanSajatovic, has retired on servicepension. An expert miner, Danwas liked and respected by part-ners and supervision alike.

Dan came to Canada in 1925 -"I had three kids and I needed

the money." Hewent all theway to Trailand back toSchumacherbefore landinga job. That wasat the Hollin-ger where heworked until1928. He re-turned to theO 1 d Country,

then came to Canada again in 1929and became a Froodman.

Said Dan, "I started drivingstope drifts on 2800 and I workeddrifts, raises and boxholes on every

northwestern Ontario in 1940. level up to 1000." About 10 yearsBishop Lafleche, a recognized ago the doctor suggested that Dan

authority on Indian customs and relinquish this type of work todialects. and in his early life adevoted missionary to the North-west, stated that the name"maskinonge" was derived frommashk 1deformed) and kinonje (a

some of the younger bucks andDan, rather reluctantly, took ajob as fireguard. Today he is sleekas an otter and brimming withhealth.

pikes, because it appeared to the Dan's family have remained inIndians as a different kind of pike Jugoslavia and he plans on makingfrom that to which they were a trip there later this year Heaccustomed. married Dragica Kekic in 1918 and

The original spelling of the they have three sons, Dan, JohnIndian name was undoubtedly and Eli."ma:;kinonie," and this is the With plenty of walking to keepofficial spelling given in the sta- him in shape and visits with oldtutes of Canada, in which country cronies to keep him in goodthe fish was first known and the humour Dan is putting in it pleas-name originated. :ittt rune.

rage 12 (N('O 'FRIAN(;LE JUN E, 11)59

Superintendent Fred Murphy of Coniston smelter stands beside abutments of the old sinter plant built byMond Nickel Company during its 1911 -1913 Coniston construction program . In the background is the newmain stack , 400 feet high , which Inco built at the Coniston plant in 1955 . In the picture on the right GraceWatanabe , a visitor from Kamloops , B.C., poses above a well-preserved monument to the old East smelter atCopper Cliff. The corner of what appears to be a brick chimney was uncovered at the slag dump on theCopper Cliff Road . Supervising removal of slag from the dump for railway ballast , Mike Popolinski , generalsuperintendent of Fisher Construction Company, says he noted many places where the slag bore the imprintof brick foundations of the old smelter , in which the first furnace was blown in the day before Christmas in1888.

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liquidation and its plants aban-doned. Shortly after, dismantling

began.One of many Inco men who

worked for the British Americanat that time was Joe McFarlane,now a maintenance mechanic atMurray mine. Joe helped withthe construction of the smelter,worked in the plant as an appren-tice and a locomotive engineer,then when the plant closed helpedthe wrecking company salvage thesteel and machinery from thebuildings.

Joe recalled that when he workedin the smelter Jack Latreille snowgeneral foreman at the CopperRefinery) was his shift boss. Threeother Incoites he well remembersare Jack Black (retired), SteveSmith and Pete Stewart of Frood.

The operation then had a steampower plant, Joe said, with asteam hoist and compressors.They had three locomotives to haulore and slag and the smelterboasted two converters.

"Cobalt" PlantIn 1900 the Ontario Smelting

Company, a subsidiary of theOrford Copper Company. erected anew plant to treat and upgradethe Canadian Copper Companymatte before shipment for refin-ing at the Orford Company re-finery at Constable Hook. NewJersey. In straight line calciningfurnaces and cupola smelting fur-naces the matte was upgraded atCopper Cliff from 35': to an 80`rcopper-nickel content.

Located at the foot of what isnow Cobalt Street in Copper Cliff,the plant is now familiarly re-ferred to as the old Cobalt plant,although it never did producecobalt.

After the formation of the Inter-national Nickel Company in 1902this plant was taken over by theCanadian Copper Company, a pre-decessor company of Inco. Later,in 1904, it was partially destroyedby fire, the same year that theold West smelter suffered a similarfate.

In 1905 silver ore from the Cobaltcamp was purchased and smeltedin the then restored OntarioSmelting works, which becameknown as the silver plant and hada daily capacity of 30 tons of ore.It continued to treat Cobalt oresuntil 1912 when arrangements weremade to discontinue this operation.

Victoria Mine SmelterOn the old Soo highway at a

point about midway betweenWhitefish and Worthington, thereis a right angle turn in the roadwhere once was located one of thedistrict's early smelting operations,Victoria Mine. Today's small pilesof black, granulated slag and thefootings of the old Mond smelterare all that is left of this onceflourishing enterprise.

It was way back in 1899 that Dr.Ludwig Mond started clearing asite for his smelter there and itwas in May of the year 1901 thatit went into operation. Ore wastransported via aerial tramwayfrom Victoria urine to the smelter,which at that time had two blastfurnaces and two converters. Theplant produced a Bessemer matteof about 30'r copper nickel which

was shipped to England for refin-ing.

The aerial tramway station atthe roast yard was destroyed bylightning in 1901 , and later opera-tions were greatly curtailed pend-ing completion of a new refineryat Clydach, Wales. This was com-pleted in 1902 and operations wereresumed at Victoria Mine butsuspended later that year.

In 1904 the Victoria Minesmelter was leased for a time bythe Canadian Copper Companyafter fire had partially destroyedits Copper Cliff smelting works.

The capacity of the smelter wasconsiderably increased in 1909 andthat same year electric power fromthe newly completed power plantat Wabageshik was used to operatethe plant.

The death knell of the VictoriaMine smelter was first sounded in1911 with the start of constructionof the Mond Nickel Company'snew smelter at Coniston. Whenthis plant went into operation inMay 1913 the Victoria Minesmelter was abandoned.At that time Victoria and Car-

son mines provided the majorityof the ore treated by Mond, theWorthington was developed formining, and the Levack mine hadbeen bought and explored,

Coniston SmelterThe old foundations at Coniston

smelter date back more than 45years to the time when a new plantwas opened and smelting opera-tions were moved from VictoriaMine That was between 1911 and1913. Later, after the Inco -Mond merger of 1929, a new six-unit sinter plant was located on amore convenient site. A new 175-

foot brick stack was also erectedat that time to serve this plant,that stack being supplanted lastyear by a new concrete stack rising375 feet above its base. This wasthe second new stack to be erectedrecently at Coniston, the concretechimney shown in the accompany-ing picture having been completedin 1955.

The Old East SmelterA small corner of brickwork.

almost engulfed by the mountainof slag surrounding it, is all thatremains visually of the nickeldistrict's first smelter. This wasknown as the East smelter. Drivingalong the Copper Cliff road onemay see this interesting landmarkwhich in 1888 heralded a brightnew day for Sudbury, for Canadaand for the world.

It was in 1887 that the CanadianCopper Company decided to builda smelter. J. D. Evans, the Com-pany's first engineer, supervisedthe construction and Dr. EdwardPeters, an experienced coppersmelting metallurgist, was engagedas general manager.

The first furnace was blown inthe day before Christmas in 1888.It had a daily capacity of 100 tonswhen operating satisfactorily. Thefollowing year a second furnacewas erected and blown in, andbetween them that year the twofurnaces smelted about 41,000 tonsof ore and produced about 5,000tons of matte. Now Inco reduc-tion works handle in one day whatthat early smelter processed in oneyear.

In 1891 a Bessemer plant wasadded to the smelter. This pro-cess removed a large percentageof the undesirable iron from thematte. At this time ore for thesmelter was being produced fromseveral properties including theEvans, Copper Cliff and Stobiemines.

In 1897 a third blast furnacewas added to the East smelter,giving it a capacity of some 350tons of ore per day. The follow-ing year two more furnaces wereadded.

Construction was almost con-tinuous in those days and in 1899a new smelter with three furnaceswas erected near where the oxygenplant now stands. It was ex-panded to four furnaces in 1901,the same year that ore shipmentsfrom Creighton commenced. Thenew plant was known as the Westsmelter.

When the International NickelCompany was formed in 1902 planswere commenced for a huge newsmelter , and a start was made atdismantling the old East Smelter.The enlarged West Smelter, nowwith eight furnaces , carried mostof the load during that time. Thefollowing year construction startedon the new smelter and demolitionof the East smelter continued. Itdid continue to live for a shorttime, however , with two of itsfurnaces being used in experi-mental smelting tests.

All operations gradually ceasedshortly thereafter and the old Eastsmelter , its pioneer work done,finally gave way to a new andmodern slag dump.

The great problems of the age.international, national and cor-porate. have to do with the re-lationships of people. One mustbe skilled in getting along withothers. Robert N. Hilkert.

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It's All Over for Another Successful Year in Gerson Employees' Club Bowling

To top off their 10th consecutive season of bowling at the Garson Employees Club with a proper flourish , the men 's and ladies' leagues held a fine

banquet , with trophy presentations at the Club Allegri , Coniston . Pictured above are the winning teams in the ladies ' section : left, winners

of the Roy Groceries trophy for the playoffs , Mary McFarlane , Grace Brankley , Hilda Ashick ( captain ), Liz McKinnon , Anita Morrow; right,

winners of the Garson Employees Club trophy for the league , Stella Reid , Jean Zimmerman , Doris Laking (captain ), Alice Brethauer , Theresa Malin.

President of the ladies ' section was Jean Zimmerman , who had executive help from Hilda Ashick , Alice Brethauer and Grace Brankley.

Cecil Ace was president of the men's section this year, Ollie Matson was secretary - treasurer, and Tom Scanlon vice -president . Despite the short

season the league had a dandy run , with six teams in the A section and seven in the B. Shown above on the left are the winners of the Garson

Mine Athletic Association trophy, Don Teahan , Dave Lennie making the presentation , Lloyd Morrow , Ford Dittburner ( captain ), Matt Laking

and Ray Ceaser , with Wally Dittburner not shown. On the right are the winners of the A section receiving the F. F. Todd trophy from Ollie

Matson : Cecil Ace (captain ), Dick Durocher , Elde Durocher , Jack Laking, Jim Armstrong and, not shown , Noel Durocher.

Only three of the winners in the B section were on deck to receive the DeMarco trophy , Tauno Perala , Charlie Rollings (captain), and Bob

Lehto; the other members were Herb Rollings , Fred MacWilliams , and Gaylord Cull. In the centre picture is Edith Matson , the gal who picked

up all the chips in the ladies' section individual awards: high average ( 211), high single ( 328) and high triple (797). Shown on the right are

the individual stars of the men's section : Jeck Laking , high single B ( 367) ; Joe Cull, representing his son Gaylord who scored high triple

A (1016) and high average B 1 236); Vern Kallio , who had high single A (393) and high triple B (860 ) ; Tom Rollins , who had the high average A (238).

JOE KURCKJoe Kurck worked with the mines

mechanical department at Creigh-

ton from the day in 1929 when the

late Charlie Lively hired him for

the rockhouse. Later he worked 13

years in the steel shop, and then

with the riggers, before moving intothe new No. 7 shaft concentrator

on maintenance. He remained

there until the doctor suggested

that retirement would be the bestmedicine for his heart trouble.

Born in Austria in 1894 Joe

'.worked in a furniture factory be-

fore coming to Canada in 1926,and tried both railroading andfarming before signing on atCreighton.

Joe married Joanna Sikora in

1921 and their two sons are very

eligible Inco bachelors: Louisworks at the Creighton concen-

trator and Joe at the Iron OrePlant.

The Kurcks built a new home inthe Salo subdivision near theCreighton road and this year

should see the completion of thelanciscanine For the nrisent Joe

is taking things easy and gettingin all the rest he can.

NICE PLACE TO REST

When Mrs. Grey called for Ellen

after her first day at school, thelittle girl beamed proudly at her."Tommie." she announced, "now Iknow why they build schools so('lose to playgrounds...

"Why is that:" her mother asked.

"So that when the children get

tired," the youngster explained,

"they can all go back in and learna little.'

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After their trip to the underground workings at Frood on June 5, 1939,the Royal party visited the hoisthouse and saw the hoist which gavethem a smooth ride down the shaft . In the left foreground , above, HisMajesty King George VI is seen chatting with Donald MacAskill, thenvice-president of Inco , and in the centre of the picture Her Majesty

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Queen Elizabeth hears a description of the hoisting operations fromRalph D . Parker, then general superintendent of the mining and smeltingdivision and now vice-president of the Company. Second from the leftis Frank Eager, then superintendent of Frood mine . Manning the hoistwas Tommy Joyce, now a hoistman at Garson.

Visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth to Frood Is RecalledWhen Queen Elizabeth II and

Prince Philip go underground atFrond on July 25 to see a modernCanadian metal mine in opera-tion, they will retrace the footstepsof the Queen's father and mother20 years ago.

It was on June 5, 1933, that KingGeorge VI and Queen Elizabethwere guests of International Nickelat the famous Frood, then thelargest producing nickel mine in

Of the Inco employees who were on duty during the first Royal visitto Frood mine, the majority are still with the Company. The abovepicture from the Triangle files shows Louis Reif, motorman, and LeoBourgeois, switchman, with the locomotive that hauled the Royaltrain on ?800 level. Louis still works at Frood. Leo at Stobie. in theother picture Miss Rosemary Ovens (right), now cashier at Copper Cliff,tells the other girls of the Inco office staff about the thrilling experienceshe shared with Rita Price of being ladies-in-waiting to the Queen atFrond, assisting her when she slipped on a silk waterproof coat and

the world. It was the only mineor industrial plant visited by TheirMajesties during their tour ofCanada and the United States.It may well be that the presentQueen is thought to have had thissentimental association in mindwhen she requested that Frood beincluded in her itinerary on hercurrent visit to Canada.

The quiet, gentle King George

and his radiantly beautiful Scot-tish queen, on arrival at Frood,entered the mine changehousewith their party to prepare forthe trip to the underground work-ings. Her Majesty donned a whiteslicker, goloshes, and of course theregulation safety hat, which shewore at a jaunty angle. She carrieda flashlight. His Majesty and themen of the party wore coveralls,safety hats and battery lamps.

Crossing the collarhouse theyentered one of the cages regularlyused for transporting men andsupplies underground. The cage-tender shut the steel door, the bellsignal for the hoistman was given,and slowly the cage with its Royaloccupants commenced the descent.Down through the solid rock itwent, travelling 1500 feet perminute.

At the 2,800 level the cage slowed

safety hat prior to going underground . Others in the group, and theirpresent whereabouts, are: back row, Eileen VanAllan (Mrs. AndyGreenwood, Sudbury), Stella Watson (Mrs. Sid Pellet. Montreal), OliveLee (Mrs. J. I. McNeill, Sudbury), Norine Regan (Mrs. if. Woodroffe,Ottawa), Mary Hickey (Mrs. Garnet Milks, Sudbury), Naomi Perras(Mrs. L. J. Ryski, Sudbury ) ; front row, Emma Kennedy (Mrs. LinusTackney, New Orleans), Lyla Trezise (Mrs. Terry Bradbury, Burlington),Jean Bell (paymaster's department), Rita Price (Mrs. M . K. Dennis,Sudbury), Betty Jenkins (Mrs. C. Rogers, TIlbury).

Jt;NE, 1959 [NCO TRIANGLE Page 15

Nurses of Copper Cliff Hospital, Past and Present, Dine at Idyltvylde Club

a „,i

Almost 50 past and present mem- Barbara Mellow, Lively. 8. Missbers of the nursing staff at Inco's Barbara Marshall.* 9, Mrs. PhyllisCopper Cliff Hospital attended Carley, Sudbury. 10, Miss A. A.their fifth annual dinner at Idyl- Walker, superintendent of nurses.*wylde Golf Club, thoroughly en- 11, Mrs. Bessie Linington, Sudbury.joying the pleasant opportunity to 12, Miss Susan Sullivan.* 13, Missrenew old friendships. Bessie Simone Blais, Garson, GarsonLinington and Phyllis Carley were medical centre.* 14, Mrs. Ruthin charge of arrangements, which Simard, Chelmsford medicaleveryone agreed were just about centre.* 15, Mrs. Verlie Umpher-perfect; Marg Longfellow and son, Sudbury.Betty Hazleden were appointed to 16, Mrs. Audrey Saville, Sudbury.plan next year's party. 17, Mrs. June Ganton, Sudbury. 18,

Those shown in the Triangle's Mrs. Muriel MacEwan, Coppergroup photograph can be identified Cliff. 19, Miss Mary MacLoughlin.*by the numbered key at the right; 20, Mrs. Barbara Cramer, Lively.names of present members of the 21, Mrs. Betty Leclair, Coniston. 22,Inco nursing staff are marked with Mrs. Dorothy Nolan, Lively. 23,an asterisk: Miss Madeline Armstrong.* 24, Mrs.

1, Mrs. Marie Mulligan, Copper Frances Muraska, Coniston medicalCliff. 2, Mrs. Janina Saar, Lockerby. centre.* 25, Mrs. Beverley Martin,3, Mrs. Virginia MacMaster, Lively. Copper Cliff. 26, Mrs. Pat Sudbury,4, Miss Nell Shamess.* 5, Mrs. Jo- Sudbury. 27, Mrs. Ruth MacMillan,Anne Coulter, Lively. 6, Mrs. Lor- Sudbury. 28, Mrs. Dorothy Foster,raine Saville, Port Colborne. 7, Mrs. Copper Cliff. 29, Miss Barbara

to a smooth stop and the party chine responsible for their safestepped out to find themselves in journey underground.the concreted, whitewashed, bril- Those who guided Their Ma-liantly lit shaft station, which jesties on their tour of Frood weremust have reminded them of a Donald MacAskill, vice-presidentLondon underground railway depot. and general manager; Ralph D.

Since the drilling operation to Parker, general superintendent ofbe inspected was some distance mines and smelters; mines super-along the main crosscut, the Royal intendent H. J. Mutz, chief surgeonparty took seats on special cars Dr. H. F. Mowat, Frood super-while a battery locomotive drew intendent F. J. Eager, A. E. O'Brien,them to a point opposite 23 cross- T. M. Gaetz, J. Cullen, H. Smith,cut, in which they watched two G. M. Thorpe. With the exceptionminers operate a drill. of Mr. MacAskill and Mr. Eager,

The King and Queen stood for who have died, and Mr. Cullen, who

several minute , listening to ex- has retired on pension, all are

planations of the mining system prominent members of the Inco

by their guides and examining the organization today.

gleaming and glinting orebody The visit of Their Majesties tofrom which, as the Triangle stated Frood in 1939 was a surprisein its accounts of the historic visit, package. Few knew of it in ad-"no less than 11 different metals vance. Since the day had beenare recovered." As a result of declared a mine holiday, a skeletonInco research in the interval, the = crew was quickly recruited. TheseRoyal visitors will be informed this men were at first keenly disap-time that the number of elements pointed at the prospect of havingrecovered from the ore has been to go to work when the King andincreased to 14. Queen were coming to town, but

Having Seen the rotary tipple when the word spread with prairie-

dump cars of ore into the crusher fire speed that they would actually

the party returned to the shaft be helping to entertain the Royal

<tation and then heard the roar of guests. their gloom soon changed

the mining operations fade away to grins.into the rock-bound s ilence as the Most of the men who were on the

tee whisked them noiselc'<;.ly up job for that great occ vsion 30 yearsthe shaft to the collarhou:e. ago are still with Into. Danny

Entering the hoirthotte they Fitzpatrick, who was one of thepawed to iu.spect the powerful cagetenders in charge of the cagehoist and saw the pion and rna- in which Their Majesties travelled

Smith.* 30, Mrs. Molly Bright,Sudbury.

31, Mrs. Bea Stephens, Lively. 32,Mrs. Leona Ritchie, Garson. 33,Mrs. Lee Acheson, Levack. 34, Mrs.Margaret Longfellow, Copper Cliff.35, Mrs. Norma Darrach, CopperCliff. 36, Miss Clothilde Bergeron.*37, Miss Beverley Beattie.* 38, Miss

down into the mine, has becomean operating shaft boss at Frood.He'll never forget the charmingway in which the Queen shookhands with him and said, "A lovelyride. Thank you so much." Andhe still gets a kick out of herlaughing enquiry when they weregoing down in the cage , whetherthere were any Canadian mosquitosunderground.

Tommy Joyce , who manned thehoist for Their Majesties, is nowa hoistman at Garson mine. LouisRelf and Leo Burgeois , the motor-man and switchman of the Royalunderground train, to whom thestandout of the visit was Her Ma-jesty's smile , have also continuedwith the Company , Louis a levelboss at Frood and Leo a surfaceswitchman at Stobie.

On the pilot train which pre-ceded the Royal `express" on itsshort underground trio, the motor-man was Joe Morris , still at Frood,and the switchman was GeorgeTurner , now at the CopperRefinery.

Cagetenders of the second cagecarrying the Royal party under-ground have both remained In-coites: George Hammond is nowan operating shaft boss at Froodand Bill Snaith is a topman atStobie.

One of the drillers who per-formed for Their Majesties. BillSitup..<on, is now a truck driver at

Rita Lapalme.* 39, Mrs. NoreenScheuer, Copper Cliff. 40, Mrs.Elaine Ettinger, Copper Cliff. 41,Mrs. Dorothy Tuttle, Lively. 42,Mrs. Beryl Dunn, Lively. 43, Mrs.Betty Hazleden, Copper Cliff. 44,Mrs. Corinne MacConnell, Sud-bury. 45, Mrs. Mary Wing, Lively.46, Mrs. Gladys Dand, Elliot Lake.

the Open Pit. The other driller,D'Oyly Hadley, left the Companyand is believed to have returnedto his farm home in Saskatchewan.

Bill Gamble, who operated therotary tipple, is now a rockhouseforeman at Murray, and DesireMartin, who was the ore passtender was re-employed at Garsonin 1947 after leaving the Companyfor a few years.

Wherever they are, and whateverthey're doing now, it's a sure betthey'll always remember June 5,1939, as their counterparts willsoon be prizing the memories of anhistoric day in July, 20 years later.

One of the HardestNi-Hard nickel abrasion-resist-

ing cast iron is one of the hardestcommercial products produced bythe foundry industry. It is usedextensively by the mining and ce-ment industries for grinding ballsand liners in grinding mills.

CHARLIE GETS HIS(Catholic Digest)

The will of the eccentric million-aire was being read, and all therelatives were listening intently,especially the old tycoon's playboynephew, Charlie, At long last thefamily lawyer same to that passagewhich read, "And to my nephewCharles Jones, whom I promisedto remember in this, my last willand testament: "Hi there, Charlie!"

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Lots of Fun As Gerry Mahon Emcees Distribution of Lively Bowling Loot

Fred Harvey IsA Vimy Veteran

"I missed only three battles inFrance during the first world war,"Fred Harvey said , "and I camethrough without a scratch." Fredjoined up in 1915 with the 2ndPioneer Battalion and later served

executive f o rmany years. OnVimy night he

shares the spotlight with the smallgroup of other Sudbury districtveterans of that historic Canadianvictory.

Retired last year from Froodmine electrical department on anearly service pension. Fred isthoroughly enjoying life. Yarnspinning at the Legion is one ofhis favorite hobbies.

A true Sudburian, Fred was bornthere in 1895. His parents weremarried at Stobie village, his dadworking in the old Stobie mine atthat time. When Fred was ninethey moved to Cobalt, which herecalls as being a tent town. Hisfather built the first frame build-ing there, Fred said, a hotel.

In the electrical field almost allhis working life, Fred started withthe Ontario Light and Power com-pany and worked at several powerplants including Niagara beforegiving farming a fling. He tilledthe soil near New Liskeard front

in the army ofoccupation inGermany in1919. A lifemember of theSudbury branchof the Canadian

h Legion Fred,served on the

Bringing to a happy close an-other high class season of strikes,splits and spares, members of the

1923 to 1929 but gave it up to moveSouth and join the Frood electricalgang . He worked on many con-struction installations but likedmaintenance work at the minebest.

In 1919 Fred married CecilleBelaire and members of theirfamily are Adie ( Mrs. S. Withers)of Pronto , Rita and Marilda (Mrs.G. Patterson ) of Barrie . Sylviawhose husband Frank Prueggerworks at Copper Cliff , and Sandraat home. They have eight grand-children.

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John Price, Gino Caverson and EdSanti. Coach Keith Boyd hashimself alternating between theinfield and the mound, and TubbyHalverson appears to be almost

Lively mixed bowling league turnedout in full force to their annualbanquet at Sudbury's Caruso Club.Once again the presentation oftrophies and prizes proved to be areal funfest with Lively's ownGerry Mahon as rhyming emcee."Smoother than Hollywood's Oscarshow, and a lot more entertaining,"was the way Alex Godfreydescribed it.

Winners of the President's shield,presented by Wes McNeice on be-half of the athletic association, areshown in the top left picture: Peteand Liisa Dumencu, Al and TerryMcCoy, and Jean (captain) andTom Roy. In the top right pictureare the winners of the James C.Parlee trophy, presented by AlexGodfrey, Breezy and Chubb Dodd,Ruth Roberts, Kay Martin. andFern Roberts (captain) ; not shown

coverted to first base. Other regu-lars include Noel Price, Bill Morri-son and Moe Bartolli, along withex - Garsonite Gold Cull. Boydhopes to have brother Burt backin action soon along with pitcherRay Muise.

Garson are going along with al-most the same club as last year,with coach Gil Benoit still a potentforce at the plate. The pitchingstaff has Snider, Petrant, Dss-jardins and Cull, with TommyByers doing the receiving. EldonCarmichael, Mentis, Cote andBenoit make up the infield and inthe pastures big George Armstrong,Oscar Cole. George Holmes andGuy Bergeron hold forth.

Frood Tigers. with probably theyoungest club in the league. havecome up with a four-brother com-bination to outdo Creighton'.,;three Hreljacs or Coniston's Boydtrio The Smith brothers of Frood

0I is Bob Seawright. The group at

the left won the Archibald trophy,which was presented to them byJohnny Spec: Joe Moyle, DollyShoveller, Hilton (captain) andAnne Fowler, Herb Shoveller.

In the first picture below are theseason's high scorers among theladies, Jean Roy, high average(199), Helen Cassell, high triple(719), and Joyce Wulff, high single(313). On the right are the in-dividual stars among the males,Alex Timeriski, high single (338)and Pete Dumencu, high average(223) and high triple (812). TheMagill award for high triple waspresented to Pete by Len Turner.

More than 200 attended the verylively affair. Alex Timeriski madea good chairman and Marion Mar-low, the league's secretary-trea-surer, was his charming assistant.

(no beards on these boys) are Donand George who are pitchers andSteve and Pete, infielders. Andjust to keep things from gettingdull, Frood also has a PepperSmith (no relation) at third. Anew second baseman from Wind-sor, Sammy Beaugrand, looks goodto manager Dunn, and Leo Ber-tuzzi is another new addition thisseascn. Last year's regulars in-clude Bill Demkiw, Wayne Eadie,Eddie Marynuk, Nick Sosterich,Red Hill, Andy Paradis. MartyPuro and Don Stack.

With playoffs scheduled to getunder way by the end of July atthe latest. boosters for the short.,chedule argue for once the frostwon't be on the pumpkin, theplayers or the fans when the cru-cial games are played. And for themany who have sat through thosechilly late September contests thisdes have much to commend it.