NUMBER i iVOLUME 20 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY, 1961

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Canada, Limited.D. M. Dunbar, Editor

H. L. Meredith, Assistant EditorEditorial Office Copper Cliff, Ont.Authorized as second class mall, Post

omee Department , Ottawa.

Many pleasant post - Yuletideletters were received from Incopensioners acknowledging thegreetings of the Company'sexecutive officers and the accom-panying Christmas cheque.

Addressed to Mr. Waddington,the vice-president and generalmanager, a letter from CharlesHeale of Kingston went as follows:

"Sir: Pleased to say that I re-ceived your letter and cheque yes-terday. I sure appreciate it verymuch. Also the monthly pensioncheque keeps rolling in.

"It was a lucky day in March1906 when I arrived at CopperCliff. I started work at theCobalt plant. Then from there tothe smelter with John Schofield.Then, after a few years, on to thecranes where I worked untilpension time, September 1944.

"The times then were a littlerough but things got bettersteadily. Them was the good olddays, 15 cents per hour with all thegas and sulphur smoke included.

"Yes I am glad I worked forInco right through to pensiontime, and now I am very com-fortable in my old age. So I willclose by wishing you and thegeneral staff a very Happy Christ-mas and a Prosperous New Year.Sincerely yours."

Another nicely phrased letter ofappreciation and good wishescame to Mr. Waddington fromTiziano Tancredi of Coniston:

"It was a deep pleasure for usto receive the good wishes of Mr.Wingate, Mr. Gordon, and Mr.Parker which your letter expressedon their behalf.

"We were deeply touched byyour kind letter in which you showyour ever-present concern for us.

"We also had the pleasure ofreceiving the visit of Mr. Muirheadwho brought us your appreciatedChristmas cheque, and as usualenquired about our welfare. Hisvisit this year was even morepleasant as at the same time wewere honored by having ourpicture taken, which was publishedin the Inco Triangle.

"You may rest assured that ourinterest in all that concerns theprogress of Inco has neverdiminished and we are indeed veryproud of all the wonderful projectsthat are about to take place andwhich we sincerely hope will cometo a successful conclusion. Itmakes us wish that we still couldtake an active part in all thesewonderful undertakings althoughin our hearts we will always havethe satisfaction of knowing wehave been able to do our bestduring our active years.

"In thanking you and Inco forall your good wishes, may we too,

The Tr a tires sin course 7 a^year, covering a wide variety ofsubjects t es rar more eaS r or satisfaction than an Inco family photograph.And here's an unusually good one, we think, so we're moving it over from the Albumwhere it would normally appear, to this month's Page 2 feature spot. Shown are Mr.and Mrs. Bill Holmberg of Thompson, their son David 13, and daughter Sandra 8. Billtransferred from Copper Cliff to Thompson smelter, where he is a shift boss. "We likeskiing," he said, "because it's clean, it's healthy, and it's something we can do together."

send our good wishes to Inco for the hydro at Niagara Falls. Hea successful year 1961 and many also worked on the Welland canalmore years to come. a couple of years before going back

"To you also Mr. Waddington to the old land again in 1928.are sent our best wishes for a veryhealthy and Happy New Year."

Eugenio AdamoEugenio Adamo will be a happy

man when spring and summer rollaround so he can get at his campand garden at Larchwood. Retiredfrom the Copper Refinery thiswinter on pension he finds in-activity pretty boring. "I like towork," he boomed, "it's somethingI've been doing nearly all my life."

Born in Italy in 1896 he firstcame to Canada in 1907 andworked as water boy on the rail-road. He went back in 1913, servedfive years in the army, and after Things didn't look so good thisdischarge married Maria Bonifera. time, though, so back he came to

Returning to Canada in 1920 he Canada that same year and got aworked first at the steel plant in job underground at Timmins.the Soo, then spent five years with Coming to Copper Cliff in 1929 he

worked with a construction com-pany, then started at the refinerythe following year. He workedmostly in the casting building. "Ipainted moulds on the castingwheel for a long time," he said,"and I worked on the mould pressfor 12 years too."

His son Guido is a puncher onthe converters at Copper Cliff, andhis daughter Merina lives at home.Eugenio built his own home "onthe hill" about 15 years ago buthas lived up there for over 30years.

MIRROR, MIRROR , ON THEWALL .. .

"Can you send a full lengthuurror up to my room?" asked thehotel guest.

'But you have a half lengthmirror up there already," repliedthe clerk.

"Don't I know it! I've beenout twice already without mytrousers."

FEBRUARY, 1961

Harry SpaldingHis delightful burr still pro-

claiming his Scottish ancestry andbirthplace, Harry Spalding is oneof the youngest-looking 65-year-olds to retire at Inco in some time.Shift boss in the Orford buildingfor many years, he came to Cop-per Cliff when the Orford process Iwas moved from Port Colborne,where he started with Inco backin 1927.

"My brother Jim brought me tothis Company," he said. "Youmay remember Jim, he retired aspostmaster at Copper Cliff fiveyears ago." In 1927 Jim wasHarry's boss at Port Colborne. "Hemay have been my brother but hewasn't easy on me," Harry grinned,"but he was very fair."

"I hardly knew what it was allabout," he recalled, "I hardly knewmetal from milk. I soon learned,though, under Jim and DuneFinlayson."

Later a sub-foreman at PortColborne he reverted to skimmerfor a time when he came to Cop-per Cliff, but in 1936 became shiftboss and held that job until re-tirement. "Frank Morrow was myfirst shift boss at Copper Cliff,"Harry said, "and a good one too"He always found his departmenta good place to work, and pointedout that there were men workingfor him when he left who werewith him when he started as shiftboss. "That shows I wasn't theonly one who thought so," he said.

Serving in the East during thefirst war, Harry recalled the seavoyage from London to Baghdad."It took six weeks and was quiteinteresting, except there were rdon't know how many thousandsof us all packed on that convertedGerman liner." After the war heworked as a nurseryman untilcoming to Canada.

Mary Grant Sparks became hiswife in 1921. Their two sons bothgraduated from the University ofToronto. Ronald is with the AirTransport department at Ottawaand Gordon heads the English de-partment at North Bay's AlgonquinComposite School.

A trip back to Scotland isamong Harry's plans, and homegardening will now get a biggerplay than ever. "I putter aroundin the basement a bit, too," hesaid. Meeting and yarning withhis smelter friends on his dailydowntown walks gives him a lotof pleasure.

"This is a fine Company to workfor," said Harry. "They treat youproperly at work and look afteryou wonderfully when you retire.Getting the Triangle and ourmonthly cheoue are just two of themany reminders we have that theCompany have not forgotten us_"

Could be, as The Chatham Newscomments, that nothing is openedby mistake as often as the mouth.

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HMS Pinafore Brilliantly Presented at Copper Cliff

Copper Cliff High School's enthusiastic young dramatic and operatic group took on real stature with theirpresentation of Gilbert and Sullivan 's immortal HMS Pinafore to capacity audiences . Many of the first-nighters came back for the second performance , delighted with the calibre of the production . The lovelyleading lady, Janyce Bain as Josephine , is seen here in a tender scene with her father , Captain Corcoran(Donald Henry ) and (right) as she rejects (but not too firmly) her humble sailor suitor, Ralph Rackstraw(Ed Rumney). The ship 's wheel in the first picture is from the SS Sagamo , late of the Muskoka Lakes.

Musical director was E . M. Rumney, stage director Mrs. G . M. McClelland, producer Miss H. J. Holmego,and accompanist Beverley Wharton , who won warm plaudits for her gifted handling of the entire difficultscore . Seen on the left here with Dick Deadeye ( Stewart Murray ) and one of the sailors (Ralph Lamacraft)are members of the chorus Colleen Orr, Ann Lilley, Pat Leclair , and Gloria Myronuk . On the right is SirJoseph Porter , KCB (David Savage ) with some of his "sisters and his cousins and his aunts" JoanMcAndrew, Marilyn Smith , Margaret O'Gorman , BetsyFox, and Pat Brannigan . There was a cast of 40 inthe show. Piano entertainment during the intermission was played by Linda Kostash and Janis Simms.

The producer, Miss Helen Holmego , is seen busy backstage putting last-minute touches to Pat Brannigan'scostume; looking on are Marilyn Smith and Ann Semler. The makeup gals in the other picture are GlennPiccini and Gwen Ferguson, working on Buttercup (Gail Duff) and seaman Don Clark. Others helpingwith the makeup chores were Dale Silver, Joyce Taylor and Ellen Long. Grips who worked on sets and light-ing were Fred Silver and Terry Beale. Master of ceremonies was the president of the Girls' AthleticAssociation, Sharon Crowther.

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Sheridan Tech Team and Lively' s Eileen Mahon Stars of Nickel Belt Nite

High-flying Bonnie Whiteside leads the Sheridan Tech cheerleading team to victory in the annual Nickel Belt Nite competition at Sudbury HighSchool . Other members of the team : Sheila McConnell , Elsa Jensen, Carol Robichaud, Mary Koskela, Marilyn Gibbsons , Pat Thurkill andCarol Paquet . On the right, surrounded by admirers, is charming Eileen Mahon of Lively High , newly crowned Miss Nickel Belt for 1961. WithEileen on the Lively cheerleading team were Marlene Pickering , Gall Girard , Nora Davidson, Velvett Jarbean and Ruth Angus . Warmly con-gratulating her are Stuart Young , Bob Jefkins, Dennis Crowder, Eileen, Gayle Girard and Marlene Pickering the captain of the Lively team.Take one average high school

gymnasium, about 1,000 healthy,atomic - lunged teenagers, eightcheerleading groups competing forthe most coveted secondary schoolaward, then add one loud bandand let 'er rip, and you have some-thing that must be seen and heardto be believed.

That's Nickel Belt Nite in Sud-bury, probably tops of all schoolevents for enthusiasm and fun.

For the occasion the Sudbury

THE SYSTEM'S OKAYTwo young ladies were discussing

their material prospects. One ofthem was pessimistic.

"You shouldn't be discouraged,"the other said. "In this worldthere's a boy for every girl and agirl for every boy. You wouldn'twant to change that, would you?"

High School gym was transformedinto eight gaily decorated sectionsliterally overflowing with fanati-cally loyal and exuberant teen-agers. The 11th time this eventhas been staged, it was certainlyone of the best.

Junior All-Star "Flukers" againtook the measure of the Teachers"Swishers" in their annual basket-ball classic. Then Sheridan Techcheerleaders walked off with theteam award for the second straight

"I don't want to change it," thepessimistic one said grimly. "Ijust want to get in on it"

Pleased with the result of somenew tablets, a woman wrote tothe manufacturers saying: "Sincetaking your tablets I am anotherwoman. My husband is delighted"

`Signs of the Times' at Nickel Refinery

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At Port Colborne's Nickel Refinery the "signs of the times" are Safetysigns, in line with the accelerated program which is resulting in greatlyincreased safety consciousness throughout the plant. "I sure hope everyone of those guys out there pays attention to what I'm printing," saidsign painter Ed Carver. "These things aren't just for decoration, theyare meant to be read and remembered."

year.Highlight of the evening was the

crowning of Miss Nickel Belt andwhen her name was announcedbedlam burst the dam. When thedust and din had settled prettyand very personable Eileen Mahonof Lively High School accepted thetrophy, the adoration of all Livelyfans, the best wishes of hundredsof others, and the title of MissNickel Belt for 1961. Eileen's dadis the well-known Jerry Mahon of

Copper Cliff warehouse who was amighty happy pappy when heheard the news. Eileen is a grade11 student at Lively and this isher third year as a cheerleader.

Teams from Lockerby Composite,Espanola, Levack, Lively, Chelms-ford, Nickel District, SheridanTech and Sudbury High competedand the difficult task of judgingwas handled by Miss Trudy Man-chester, Mrs. A. J. Coulis andGerry Wallace.

Creighton Bowlers Get Mid-Season Prizes

With a rollicking dance at the Waters Hotel the Creighton EmployeesClub mixed bowling league celebrated completion of the first half oftheir winter 's schedule. Secretary Hurlie Hreljac masterminded theget-together and drew plaudits from all sides for a swell party. Thosepresented with trophies and prizes are shown in the above picture: inrow from the top down , Bob Bourgon , Harry Farrell, George Sutton,Milton Bruce , Kathy McCarthy , Charlie O 'Reilly, Helen Cassell , StellaVagnini, Vic Trembley, Leo Pevato, Marion Trembley, Gerry Wagner,Ivy Wagner, Violet Pevato , Sheilla Farrell , Vic Fabris. Santi Santoneand Irene Kasepchuk . There were 125 present.

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Dr. John Weeks"It was a rough life but I expect

to be quite homesick for it whenthe salmon start running in lateJune," said John Weeks in tellingof northern Newfoundland, wherehe and his wife Mari-Ann andtheir two daughters spent twoyears before coming to CopperCliff last October.

"It's typical Norwegian fiordcountry, rugged but very beautiful.And the fishing! The first timeI hooked a salmon I was so excitedI dropped my pipe, and that takesa bit of doing. But it all cameoff quite nicely. I not only gotthe fish but retrieved my pipe aswell."

The little village of Hampton,on the north coast of Newfound-land, was the base of Dr. Weeks'first general practice following hisgraduation in medicine from St.Thomas' Hospital in London.There are only 600 people inHampton but about 2,500 in the600 square miles he covered inthe course of his monthly rounds.The people were mostly fisherfolk

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"watching the beavers, and build-; ing their first snowhouses."

Son of a pharmacist in Bath,John Weeks joined the GurkhaRifles, and takes a good deal ofpride in his affiliation with thisfamous old fighting regiment. Heserved four years in India,Malaya, the Dutch East Indiesand Siam, and it was during thistime that he was impressed bythe need for doctors and deter-mined to become one. At St.Thomas' he specialized in indus-trial medicine.

Arriving in Copper Cliff he andhis wife were struck particularlyby the organized activities andthe high quality of the recreationfacilities available for young peoplethroughout the Nickel Belt. An-nika and Kristin were not longin heading for Stanley Stadiumto learn to skate.

But Dr. Weeks closed on a noteof loyalty to the country he'll bedreaming of in late June. "If youwant a rough but very satisfyingfishing holiday," he said as he lithis pipe, "you couldn't do betterthan the north of Newfoundland."

y gor ogger slisp background, most kindly and Lloydhos itable - "I was never wanting

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a bed or meal". "They feel quitehappy since they took overCanada," Dr. Weeks added witha smile.

To hold his clinics in the otherlittle outports of the district Dr.weeks travelled by dog team, skisand snowshoes in the winter andby boat and car in the summer.He'll long remember Princess Mar-garet's wedding day because hespent most of it trudging 26 mileshome on foot after a wheel cameoff the mail van in which he wasriding.

His daughters Annika, now 7,and Kristin, 5, liked their newlife. "They had a perfectly won-derful time," their father said.

loaded car of quartz down thegrade at Lawson Quarry is LloydWhite. "There's a good bunch ofguys, and it's a good place towork," said Lloyd, who has beena car loader at the quarry for 10years. Although he was born onManitoulin island he has lived allhis life in Whitefish Falls, wherehis father started the WhitefishHotel in 1940.

As a boy he attended St. Augus-tine Mission School on the hankof the Whitefish River which flowsthrough the village, and of courserejoiced in the excellent fishingand deer hunting for which thesurrounding district is famous.Nor did he have to go far as a

Espanola. -They1944 and have a family of three.

Working along with his brotherJim, who is a churn drill helperat the quarry, Lloyd is well pleasedwith the way life Is treating him.

Joe StundaJoe Stunda, who was snapped

at his job by the Roving Cameraas he stripped a pure nickel start-ing sheet from a mother blank,has worked for 12 years in theNickel Refinery at Port Colborne.He was born in Czechoslovakia.

Married in 1952 to Lillian Med-ves of Port Colborne, Joe, or"Julius" as he is known in theplant, is the happy father of twosons and a daughter.

This . m ill take upgolf a hanker-ing earn for quite some time.He's also looking forward to hisannual fishing trip up Callanderway with his friend Fred Banks.

A trip to Europe is an ambitionwhich Joe and his wife hope torealize within the next two orthree years.

Udger SimonUdger Simon is a flotation

operator at Levack mill and isseen here checking the pine oiladdition to the flotation circuit.

Starting with Inco at CopperCliff smelter back in 1951, he hasbeen at Levack since the millopened over a year ago, afterworking in the Creighton mill for:,even years.A keen outdoorsman Udger con-

fessed to being a failure last stun-

mer at his favorite sport, trollingfor lake trout. "I only got twoall year," he moaned. Kokagamiis his favorite lake to fish andChapleau his favorite moose pas-ture. "We got a big bull moosethere one weekend last season," hesaid, "but it was a poor year fordeer." After four days in theFrench River area and two moreat Manitoulin Island his huntparty's score was zero deer,

maFe-s commu ing to work a corn-parative cinch. He is a real hothockey fan and the Canadiens arehis bet with "Boom-Boom" hisno. 1 boy now that the Rocket isout of the picture.

QUOTESThere is an hour wherein a man

might be happy all his life, couldhe find it. -George Herbert

• •Our human tragedy is that we

rest our importance on outwardprops rather than on the inwardvalues. -Brotherhood Journal

Home Is the dearest spot onearth, and it should be the centre,though not the boundary, of theaffections. -'Mary Baker Eddy

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He who is not grateful for thegood things he has would not behappy with what he wishes hehad. -Tit-Bits

The simple but difficult key tocontentment is to realize that lifein its entirety is a gift, and not aright. -Sidney J. Harris

TAoA charming trio photographed ata recent party at the Copper CliffClub: Merry Johnstone, daughterof the smelter's Walter Johnstone;Pat Chapman of Sudbury; JaniceBimm, whose dad, Leonard Bimm,works at Frood . Pat and Janicewere guests of Lynn 3feaden.

Senior vice -president Ralph D . Parker chats with L. S. Renzoni , managerof process research ( Canada ) and J . B. McConnell , smelter superin-tendent , at the Thompson Quarter Century Club banquet.

Glen Thrall , chief geologist (Manitoba ) with Al Smith , technicalassistant , and Stuart Simons, research superintendent.

Among the Guests at Second MeetingOf Inco Quarter Century Club, Thompson

Mills Austin, assistant to the comptroller , chats with Don Munn,superintendent personnel , and H. W. Peterson , superintendent of mines.

At dinner: Joe Church, area geologist , Horace Boucher , assistant minesuperintendent, and I. P. Klassen , chief metallurgist.

Herb Blais receives his gold Quar-ter Century Club badge from thesenior vice-president.

a P,1Harry Banasuik, general safetyengineer , chats with Joe Steele,electrical superintendent.

j1F. W. Dubery and R. A. LeBlanc,both members of the Inco QuarterCentury Club.

FEBRUARY, 1961

T. R. Dodgson , administrativeassistant , Toronto office, and W. J.Spence, refinery superintendent.

Gordon Armstrong, chief mineengineer, and P. E. Queneau, tech-nical assistant to the president.

--Leo Pilon and Bert King , both ofwhom wear the Inco badge for 25years of service.

Busy with the fried chicken : W. J. Spence, R. G. Regimbal , and WalterDaran, a New York photographer on special assignment.

Enjoying their cigars : Ray Puro, assistant mill superintendent , Carl Another table shot : G. W. Thrall, A. M. Cameron , mechanical superinten-Nesbitt , resident administrator of the Local Government District of dent , G. A. Gibson , assistant smelter superintendent . L. S. Renzoni andMystery Lake, and R . G. Regimbal , mill superintendent . D. E. Munn.

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who d the gold badgmeeting of the Thompson chapter , pose ere w executives of a ompany w o'took par t in the presen-tations. From the left are Herb Blass, James C. Parsee , vice-president and general manager of the Manitobadivision, Ralph Hawkins , Ralph D. Parker , senior vice -president , Gordon Armstrong , and Foster F. Todd,assistant general manager of the Manitoba division.

Quarter Century Club Banquet atThompson Keenly Enjoyed Gathering

Three veterans of Inco service,all well-known to the mining andsmelting departments at CopperCliff where they were formerlystationed, became members of theQuarter Century Club at thesecond annual dinner of theThompson chapter held January27 in the handsome Cedar Roomof the Thompson Inn.

Herb Blass, smelter shift boss,Gordon Armstrong, chief mineengineer, and Ralph Hawkins,chief engineer, were presentedwith their gold membership badgesand warmly welcomed into thedistinguished company of Inco25-year men by senior vice-presi-dent R. D. Parker.

Vice-president James C. Parlee,general manager of the Manitobadivision, also extended his heartycongratulations to the new mem-bers, as did Foster F. Todd, assis-tant general manager, who waschairman of the gathering.

A large number of guests, amongthem representatives of the Com-pany's offices at both Toronto andNew York, attended the muchenjoyed function.

The minutes of the first meetingof the Thompson chapter, at whichDr. John F. Thompson was presentto greet the new members, wereduly read by the secretary, RossHawkins, who was in charge of thesmooth and elegant affair.

After dining sumptuously onbarbecued chicken or deep friedjumbo shrimp, topped off by adessert of fresh strawberry short-cake, the gathering listened withkeen interest to an address byR. D. Parker in which he gave abroad review of the Company'scurrent activities in exploration,process research, plant and marketdevelopment, and other phases ofits progress on a far-reachingfront.

The senior vice-president saidhe was grateful for the opportunityto assure the Thompson staff ofthe Company's full appreciation oftheir tremendous achievement inbringing Inco's great new Thomp-son project into production, whichis scheduled to commence nextmonth.

The wives of the three newQuarter Century Club members

received bouquets of roses fromMr. Parsee, expressing the Com-pany's recognition of the importantpart they had played in the fineservice records of their husbands.

Sympathy is never wasted exceptwhen you give it to yourself.

-John W. Raper

Hilliard WattBorn on a farm near Perth some

60 years ago, Hilliard Watt didn'tjoin up with Inco until 40 yearslater. "I certainly wish I'd startedearlier," he said.

He has retired on disability pen-sion from the coal plant at CopperCliff where he enjoyed his work."If my heart was O.K. I'd still bethere," he declared.

One of his earliest jobs was on

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the electric railway between Buf-falo and Niagara Falls. Later hefarmed in New York state forseveral years, then returned toCanada to work in a feldspar minenear Perth.

Relatives in Sudbury inducedhim to come there in 1938 and heteamed up with the McKim town-ship public works department fora number of years. "We installedall the water mains in Gatchell,"he stated.

Starting at Inco in 1941 heworked as fettler for Was McNeice,then in 1946 went to the coal plantwhere he remained until retire-ment.

In 1931 he married Noella Seguinand their son Robert is also amember of the coal plant crew.They have two grandchildren whogive them vast pleasure.

The Watts spent the holidayseason "down home" and had afine time. Another trip to rela-tives in the States is in the offingbut their present plans are to livein Sudbury.

WELL SATISFIEDA man went to see a psychia-

trist."Doctor," he said, "my wife has

developed an inferiority complex.""Well, that can be difficult," the

doctor said , "but I believe I cancure her."

"Cure her?" the man exclaimed."I don't want her cured. I wantto know how to keep her thatway.,,

boys Train the unit and crushing plant wlfc gathered 'round agreed cou happen to a l etter wormate. In the front row are also V . Stepsys, E. Pegoraro, H. Stoerk , S. Isotti, and G . Signoretti . Also inthe group are E . Capstick , shift general foreman , and J . Price, shift boss.

Crushing Plant's xllfonzo Bozzer Given a Hearty Sendoff by the BoysBorn on a farm in Italy nearly

61 years ago Alfonzo Bozzer firstcame to Sudbury back in 1920.There just weren't any jobs to behad then so we took off for Tim-mins and for the next seven yearsworked at the Hollinger.

Retired now from the crushingplant at Copper Cliff he enjoysrecalling those early days. '*I'menjoying my pension too," he said,"but I sure miss the old gang Iworked with,"

After leaving Timmins he went

to London and worked for a tileand terrazzo contractor until 1929.That year he returned to Italy andmarried Ida Salvadore, his sweet-heart when he left Italy 10 yearsbefore.

Returning to Canada in 1930with his bride, Alfonzo camedirectly to Sudbury and promptlylanded a job at Inco. Startingwith the transportation depart-ment he went to the crushingplant in 1934 and worked thereuntil retirement.

The Bozzers have two sons,Vincent, who worked during hisstudent summers at Inco andDennis, who spent five years atInco's research laboratory and isnow at university in Ottawa.

The boys from the mill andcrushing plant held a party forAlfonzo at the Italian Club andin typical fashion gave him a finefarewell. Mill superintendent J.E. Lee made the formal presenta-tion of a well-lined wallet.

Good housekeeping Is clearly In evidence here as Ade-lard Leblanc straightens the rows in the paint section.There are 140 paint racks, each holding 12 1-gal. cans.

Storeman Noss Kavanaugh Is checking the warehouse stock of Reflecting Inco's continuous gsafety boots. Other personal safety equipment carried by the stock of shovels and brooms.vast stores includes rubbers, hats, belts, rain clothes, gloves . Ing when he said, "Not much

Rush orders are filled at the front counter. The "customers" seen gettingservice from storeman Fern Laforge are George Renault, machineshop, John Luoma, converters, and John Piknewych, transportation.

Part of the oil house , separated by a brick wall and fire door, is shownhere. Oll, grease , kerosene, naptha , lysol, liquid soap and drums of paintare stored here . Henry Nelson is drawing off a can of oil.

Some 134 sizes of valves are stocked . Joe Beargings? Well, the warehouse sure has 'em . A contrast is Bill McDonald shows the contrastGauthier displays a 24 -inch gate valve shown here between one measuring 1% by 5/16 inches and its magnet wire, here almost invisible, sand a board of little fellows, great grandpappy which is 15 by 5 inches . tech cable which measures 1% inl

ousekeeping program is theton Crate wasn't complain-.,or snow shovels this year."

The warehouse face lifting and conversion project Is illustrated A section of the warehouse 's large stock of specialhere as Bruno Bartolucel letters new bin numbers in a freshly steels, destined for a multitude of uses In the mines andpainted area. These are a few of the 160 bins stocking nipples. plants, is checked for shortages by Ontario Zanetti.

werything from Axes to Zonolitestored in Vast Warehouse LabyrinthTo maintain the complex mill-1g, smelting, and iron ore plantst full operating efficiency thearehouse at Copper Cliff, anidustrial supermarket of giganticroportions, stocks a boundlessi,riety of parts, goods and ma-^rials, all available for regular ornergency use. Its hundreds uponundreds of bins, shelves andicks contain everything fromsking soda to big bearings, com-ron nails to castings, doors toiving suits, minute nuts and bolts

many tonned machinery, and1 and on ad infinitum.Give or take a few dozen, thearehouse continually carries some1,000 stock items. Some shoppingit!Receiving, checking, stocking andsuing this armada of goods is arge and endless task. Daily anierage of more than 200 separate

'een 34-gaugez reel of Incoin diameter.

boxes, crates, and cartons enterthe warehouse and on any weekday at least 500 requisition ordersfrom the plants are filled.

Material and goods are receivedby rail, transport, local truck,express and mail, and in many

! instances come direct from foreignlands. All goods are checkedagainst the purchase order as theyare unloaded and are then tem-porarily deposited in a holdingarea. Later they are uncratedand stored in the correct bin orrack. Packing slips are O.K.'d bythe checker, turned into the stores'office and held there for the in-voice, with which they are thenforwarded to the accounting de-partment. INNF ____

A railway siding services theheavy machinery storehouse where Stores foreman Bill Alder watches a truck of incoming material beingpipe, steel, big castings and unloaded while Leo Canapini keeps the book . Ernie Gilchrist and Ernie

( Continued on Page 13 ) Martell are seen unloading a 16-to - 12 concentric reducer.

About 70 sizes and shapes of light bulbs are stocked, in-cluding fluorescents . Contrasted here are a flashlight bulb,a common 60-watt house bulb, and a 1000 -watt clear bulb.

Comparing the sizes of gears and pinions for speed reducers isGerry Mahon with a 19-tooth pinion , a 100 - tooth gear , and a hugeconverter gear with 157 teeth and a 16-inch face.

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Reg Lyman Is sset presented twho made the presentation.Cec Austin, Art Prince, BillFred Longchamp.

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the world's largest freshwaterisland?

5. How many of Canada's homesare radio-equipped? Televi-sion-equipped?

ANSWERS: 3. More than twoand one-half million. 5. Radio-equipped, 96 percent; television-equipped, 75 per cent. 1. Averageis 36 employees per establishment.4. Manitoulin, in Lake Huron. 2.

--- t. I About 1 ,200 miles.F .A .s .

ale model motor generatorn the left Is Bill VanAllen,

er n the- picture are Barney Hamilton,Currie, Harold Diebel, Dave Aabin and

Was One of First in Royal Flying Corps."I think maybe we 'll visit Van-

couver now that I 'm retired," saidReg Lyman . "I started out to gothere back in 1924 but never didmake it. Got sidetracked inCopper Cliff ." But that was ahappy turn of fate and one hehas never regretted , he added witha smile.

Retired from the electrical de-partment where he was the highlyregarded smelter maintenanceforeman, Reg is now anticipatingplenty of travelling.

He came to Canada after thefirst war and spent several yearson a job near Fredericton. In1924 , deciding to see the country,he started out for the west coast,stopping en route to visit his wife'srelatives at Niagara Falls. Oneof them spoke highly of a Com-pany called Inco at Copper Cliff.Reg promised to look in on it onhis way west.

Look In he did , saw J. B.McCarthy , then head of the elec-trical department , was offered ajob, first declined , then accepted."I remember writing the wife," herecalled, "and telling her not tobother writing me here as I didn'texpect to stay more than a week.That was over 36 years ago andI'm still here . Best thing I everdid, too."

His dad was an electrical con-tractor in England and Regstarted early in that trade. Afterthe war he attended the Poly-technical Institute in London tostudy electrical engineering.

Reg was one of the select fewwho formed the Royal FlyingCorps, which later became theRAF. "You needed four of thebest references to get in ," he said"and I had actually given up andwas being sworn into the infantrywhen accepted."

Most early flights were purely

for observation and photography,Reg said. Unarmed originally,they later had Lewis guns mountedon the top strut. "You fired overthe propeller then," he said. Somepilots carried rifles with them be-fore machine guns were installed.

Service in France where he hada couple of crack-ups in makingnight landings, and long tediousanti-submarine patrol, were amonghis assignments. "I was so sickof flying after the war that I havenever been up in a plane since. Iwas really fed up, in fact I turneddown a chance to join somefriends who were starting up alittle airport called Croydon. Andthat's the way things go."

Lillian Hampton became his wifein 1916. Their family are Leslieof Toronto, Audrey (Mrs. J. Smith)of Port Arthur, and Ethel, who ismarried to Harold Diebel ofCreighton time office. They havefive grandchildren and on January5 this year the first great grand-child was born.

A happy man is Reg who volun-teered this opinion: "They havebeen a fine bunch of fellows towork with, couldn't ask for better,and I don't think there's anotherplace that compares for varietyand interest of work. She's adarn good Company and I'llrecommend her to anyone!"

QUICK QUIZ1. In Canada's 38,000 inanufactur-

ing establishments is the aver-age number of employees perestablishment 36, 360 or 3,600.

2. Of the Alaska Highway's 1,500-mile length, how much lies inCanada?

3. How many of Canada's fourmillion families receive familyallowance cheques each month.

4. What island in Canada is

Ramsey LakeThe Triangle acknowledges with

thanks the interest shown byNickel Belt historian CharlesDorian in administering thisgentle but just reproof, of whichother local scriveners might alsowell take note:

"I enjoy reading every issue ofthe Triangle, and hope you willbear with me in objecting to Ram-sey Lake being spelled Ramsay, ashas happened occassionally. Ispent two and a half years estab-lishing the right Identity of thelake's name, and William AllenRamsey's daughter still lives inOttawa as far as I know. Thename is as important as Sudburyitself in writing about the city,and I wish everybody living herewould spell it correctly, althoughI know there are still many whodo not.

Ramsey it shall be henceforth,Sir Charles!

Commonly called stools, thelarge copper cakes pictured hereare used as bases on which alloymetal casting moulds are set.Made for one of inco's largestCanadian nickel customers, AtlasSteel of Welland, the cakes werecast at the Copper Refinery andmachined to specifications in theshop there.

A special "mother mould", as itis called, was constructed to castthese huge cakes.

Each cake weighed approxi-mately 7,000 pounds when cast,and about 6,000 pounds machined.

FEBRUARY, 1961

Curling Is a special subject forThompson school students, withPrincipal Stan Brickman as in-structor. Our picture was takenduring a class at the BurntwoodCurling Club , and shows RickeyHess getting away a takeout shot;in the back is Fraser McConnell.

Heard about the kangaroo whowent to a doctor because he hadn'tbeen feeling jumpy lately?

Finished dimensions were 17 x 34x 34 inches. The large centre de-pression, of which there is one oneach face, is to accommodate themould, and the smaller holes aredrilled for handling purposes. Thestools are machined on all sixsides, rough on four and finishedon the two faces.

These four stools were part ofan order of six recently completedat the Copper Refinery. Foursimilar stools had previously beenproduced.

Machinist shown operating theplaner is Oscar Raulfs.

Nelpha Lahale, of Levack , an operating shaft boss, is justly proud offine-looking family, and they 're equally proud of their parents . ClaudetteIs 21, Louis 20, Elizabeth 18, Roger 13, Isabel 8, Edmond 6, and Jules,the husky newcomer, is 1.

Grouped around the piano which Carolyn , 13, plays with a very nicetouch, are Mr. and Mrs . Harold Guse , Port Colborne , Brenda, 8, andDavid , 4. Harold Is a shift supervisor at the Nickel Refinery researchstation ; his sports are golf, bowling and curling.

Cliff Alguire of the warehouse staff at Thompson , and his son Hugh, 11,are outnumbered but undaunted by the charming distaff side of thefamily : Mother, Sharon , 10, Inez , 8, Catherine , 6, and Candice, 15 months.Mrs. Alguire was formerly a school teacher at Snow Lake.

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Mr. and Mrs. Liberale Marcon were both born and raised oCarusoStreet in Coniston , where they now have their own fine new home.Their sons are Alan, 6, Douglas , 5, and Christopher, 15 months.Liberale is a machinist at the smelter.

Here is our Creighton "delegation" for this month, the Floyd Hennedys.The children are Brenda , 13, Peter, 11, and Brian, 6. Floyd Is acarpenter at Creighton mine and also the busiest glazier in Lively,where the family resides.

RIGHT : Mr. andMrs. Robert Chatwellwith their daughtersBeverly Anne , 12, andJudy , 6. They live inWiliisville, and Bobis a policeman atLawson Quarry. Boththe young ladies wereactive In the Christ-mas concert at Wil-Ilsville School. BE-LOW: Mr. and Mrs.Oliver McCoy withtheir twin sons Clay-ton and Clarence,who will be 9 onMarch 4. Oliverworks at the CopperRefinery and lives atNaughton.

BELOW: Mr. andMrs. Dymtro Lemegaof Sudbury and theirchildren make ahappy group. Annais 13, George 8, Paul9, and Steve 14.Dmytro has workedin the sinter plantat Copper Cliff for10 years. His hobbyis racing pigeons, ofwhich he now has 30.

First Coniston Boy Scout troop meets regularly at the Community Club.

The Coniston YMCA committee is one of the organizations using the club.

The Club is also a popular rendezvous for teenagers and headquartersfor Second Coniston Girl Guide company, of whom some are shown below.

Table tennis and badminton are also enjoyed by Coniston 's young people,which is also a hub of many other community activities.

Coniston ClubA Busy Centre

The accent is on youth at Conts-tons' Community Club.

Although various adult organiza-tions of the town make regular useof this busy centre, its biggest -and certainly most vocal - activi-ties are for the young people.

Boy Scouts and Girl Guides makeit their headquarters. The bright-eyed young leaders of tomorrow inthe accompanying Scout pictureare members of First Conistontroop, and are being instructedby assistant scoutmaster RonaldSquires in how to fold a tent. TheGuides shown in a first aid demon-stration are members of SecondConiston Company; seen rolling abandage is their leader, Mrs. LeoQuesnel, and the "patient" isBarbara Quinlan.

Table tennis, badminton anddancing are enjoyed by the groupsof teenagers for whom the club isa popular rendezvous.

A ladies' group and a mixedgroup also have regular spots onthe schedule for use of the fine,well-lighted badminton court.

The Coniston Goodwill Club, theFrench Club, and various other or-ganizations of the community holdtheir meetings at this popular hub.The ladies' auxiliaries of the vari-ous churches serve their teas andpot luck suppers there, and con-

Well-known steward of the Com-munity Club Is Lou Draper.

siderable use of the banquet fa-cilities is made by such organiza-tions as the Canadian Legion, whostage the annual banquet andtrophy presentations for theirmidget hockey league at the club.Another prominent activity at theCommunity Club is conducted bythe Coniston YMCA committee,shown here in session: from theleft, Mrs. C. Goedhard, DaleWilson, the Y secretary of com-munity services, Don Summon, RoySnitch, chairman, Jack Stacey,Mrs. W. Pigott, and Mrs. W.Haddon. Its Saturday morningsession for 75 registered young fryincludes gymnastics, games andtable games. Other regular Yactivities are a girls' gymnasticgroup, a slimnastic class for oldergirls, a square dance group, and acamera club. As soon as a leaderis lined up a hobby group will beput on the schedule.

Opened in 1947, the CommunityClub comes under the personalattention of smelter superintendentF. G. Murphy, who takes keen in-terest in its success as a communitycentre.

Coniston branch of the Cana-dian Legion has its clubrooms onthe second floor, and once a monthgives a special party for the wivesof the members.

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Garson's Tam-o-Shanter Curling Club Has 135 Members

Saturday night mixed curling is a highly popular feature of the busy program at Garson 's Tam-o-ShanterCurling Club. On the left above Vic Gomm lines up a shot with his wife Eva , who was his vice-skip in aninter -family joust with the Langtrees , the Lakings , and the Pettits . The second picture shows Lloyd and

Pauline Laking vigorously putting the whisks to a sluggish rock . The Tam -o-Shanter has three sheets of

artificial ice and a keenly enthusiastic membership of about 135.

etc., and machine parts by thehundreds.

For streamlined copper tubingalone the warehouse stocks 78 dif-ferent fittings; bolts come in over350 sizes from 3/16 by % inchesto 1% by 24 inches, with washersand other fittings also in scoresof sizes.

Keeping a record of goods insuch a vast storehouse is a tre-mendous job, and inventory Isactually in progress all year round.At present a face-lifting and con-version is in progress in the storagearea where bins and racks arebeing freshly painted and cata-

logued to conform with the newIBM recording system to be in-stalled. Areas are so organizedthat it is possible to determine ina moment where any article isand how much or many of itthere are.

Rarely does a requisition comein that can't be filled on the spot;sometimes a substitute is necessaryand on rare occasions material isbought, via the purchasing depart-ment, outside. Orders at the ware-house are filled promptly by coun-termen who know the corridorsand bins like the back of theirhand.

Part of the daily warehouseservice is to put up large ordersof supplies which are deliveredby truck to the smelter depart-ment requiring them. In additionempty oxygen bottles are collectedtwice weekly from near the work-ing areas and returned to thewarehouse. Parts and equipmentfor repairs are also trans-shippedto the Company's plants in thedistrict, and still another serviceis in providing articles from stockto maintain adequate stores at thevarious mines. Copper Cliff ware-house it seems, is always able toprovide.

One of the most important fea-tures of an operation of this natureis good housekeeping. Clean andorderly surroundings, a place foreverything and everything in itsplace, are precepts closely followedat the warehouse, and the resultsare better efficiency and workingconditions for all concerned.

A huge and highly interestingplace is the Copper Cliff ware-house. There they actually dohave everything from A to Z -from axes to zonolite insulation- and are mighty proud of it!

Eddie Lavigne Takes Quick Trip to Cloud 9

Except for perhaps one exception , there's nothing like a good cup of hotcoffee after a rousing curling game . Here the eightsome relaxes andtalks over the club's activities. Seated are Eva Gomm, Pauline Langtree,Joanne Pettit and Joyce Laking, and standing are Vic Gomm, BobLangtree , Floyd Laking and Ron Pettit . George Fish and Tom John-ston were president and vice- president of the group of about a dozenhustlers who got the Tam-o-Shanter going five years ago . They obtaineda charter and sold shares, then got busy and built their rink, mostlywith volunteer labor as did Coniston . An artificial ice plant was installedthis year . Garson can well be proud of this notable community enter-

Present officers of the club are Ed Lebel , president , George Fish,prise .vice-president, Bob Langtree , secretary , and Aldo Dolcini and BillHolouka , directors.

Everything fromAxes to Zonolite

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machines are unloaded and stored.To provide service for handlingthe in and out material requiresa staff of some 14 storemen andhelpers.

A big building, the warehouseis divided into several sections.Main floor centre is where moststandard items are stocked andthe office is located Flankingthis on the west is the holdingarea plus some storage space, andon the east the heavy equipment

storage. In back is the oil house.Second floor front is exclusivelyelectrical, with the back areagiven over to ropes, cable and ahost of other material.

Among the more commonarticles issued are bolts, fittings,bearings and oil seals, speed re-ducers, brooms, shovels, electriccable and castings. Other ma-terial stocked includes acetylene,brushes, canvas, doors, fittings,grease, glass, hose, insulation, light

i bulbs, nails, oil, oxygen, paint,parts for pumps, compressors,locomotives and ore cars, rubberbelting, roofing, radio tubes, soap,safety wearing apparel, specialsteels, salt, sheeting, tools, tubing,valves, water softener, weldingrods, wire and hemp rope, etc.,

A very happy man was Eddie Lavigne when this picture was taken.Reduction plants master mechanic Walter Ibbotson had just handedhim a suggestion award cheque for $625.00 . A complete surprise, itput him right up there on Cloud 9. A maintenance mechanic at CopperCliff, Eddie suggested that a conveyor belt replace the screw conveyortransferring brick dust in the revert crushing building . "There'll beno problem getting rid of the money ," he beamed . "I'm just finishingup my home at Stinson and this will come in mighty handy right there."Married and with seven children , Eddie has worked at Inco since 1948.This was the first suggestion he had submitted . "But it sure won'tbe my last," he said with a big On.

Page 14 INCO TRIANGLE FEBRUARY, 1961from Levack station to the mine.Those who remember the manytwists and turns in the old roadwill believe Paul when he said"We just followed the easiest path,there was no blasting and we filledthe muskeg with logs. No roadbuilding equipment on that job,

rLhe itr-ft ^^IAAWNWFI"Russ Convery Is flanked by Yacker Flyn and R . Romagna ; standingare Riley Gallagher , Ralph Regimbal , Jack Frost , Russ Chambers,smelters superintendent Jack Lilley , Ray Forth , Art Healey and CharlieByers.

POPULAR RUSS CONVERY RETIRES"He got things done in his own

quiet way ; he was a good manand I'm going to miss him," saidreverb superintendent Russ Cham-bers when bidding farewell togeneral foreman Russ Converyon his retirement . The severalhundred friends who had gatheredin the Copper Cliff Legion hall tohonor him echoed this feeling witha round of applause.

About the only thing that reallyraised Russ 's dander was a spillon the backtrack . Then the wiseones quickly went about the taskof cleaning it up - and with aminimum of remarks!

Born near Kingston 60 yearsago, Russ worked on the familyfarm , on the railroad and in thebush for many of his early years.He also spent a couple of years InDetroit but found that city toobig for his liking.

In 1929 he came to Sudburv -"I had a brother - in-law here" -and worked on house constructionfor Carrington until laid off in1931 . He managed the Gatchelldairy for a couple of pears, thenioined Inco in 1933 , when opera-tions were just starting up afterthe shutdown.

He started on the roasters andremained in the reverb depart-ment all his years with the Com-pany. Made a shift boss in 1941.he became relieving general fore-man in 1947 and general foremanin 1957. `It has been a good placeto work," Russ said. "I got alongwell with everyone and enjoyedit.,,

He was married in 1928 to VioletDeyo and the members of theirfamily are all Incoites. Their sonGarry. and with their daughterGrace's husband, George Smith,are in the electrical shop at CopperCliff: Dave is an electrician in thesinter plant and Doris is marriedto Graham Denmark of the CopperCliff machine shop. They havesix grandchildren.

Russ lives in Gatchell where he

built his own home over 25 yearsago. Gardening is one of hisfavorite hobbies, along with fish-ing. "I'd be out ice fishing now ifthe doctor hadn't ordered me totake it easy for a while, he said.

A packed hall at the CopperCliff Legion paid tribute to Russat a farewell party at which he waspresented with an easychair forhimself and a lamp for his wife,along with a good time for every-one present.

Paul Langevin"Into has been a good Company

to work for - I'd like to be youngand start all over again," statedveteran smelterman Paul Langevinas he retired on early service pen-sion with almost 37 years to hiscredit.

He went to work at Copper Cliffon the blast furnaces back in 1923."They were just starting up afterthe shutdown," he recalled, "TomHawkins was boss then, Jim Law-

Mike was a sailor in his youth,in fact that is how he landed inCanada. Back in 1924, after miss-ing his ship in England, he chasedit to Halifax, then to Montreal, butlet it sail for Boston without him."

son was first feeder and I was I liked the looks of Canada."second. I guess I worked for Jim

After a couple of months inPaulmoved

more thanover to

25 y thehe ereefor

LaterToronto Mike came north, working

and worked as a on the railroad and in the bushand tapper there for` oI was with White and Plaunt formany rears. The last few yearsa number of years," he said, "onhe spent at no. 3 dry.sleigh hauls and river drives." He

A job he helped with in the early was also a fire ranger for severaltwenties was opening the road seasons and still hunts and fishes

just horses and men."Paul later worked briefly at

Levack mine and also at Murray.Born near Ottawa in 1896 he

came to Chelmsford In 1914. Hemarried Laudia Langis in 1920 andtheir family are Jean tMrs. E. Cle-ment), Rita, wife of Levack's Albert

Soucy, Raymond, Lorraine (Mrs. D.Blass) and Annette whose husbandLeonard Lebreton Is a Creightonmill man. They have 12 grand-children,

Paul finds the winter days ratherlong due to his activities beingrestricted by respiratory trouble,but by summer he hopes to bemore active again. "I miss thegang at work," he added.

Research supports the belief thatthe centre of the earth is pure iron.It's a hard-hearted world.

- Ottawa Journal.

Guns Have Been Mike Pechkoff'sHobby Since His Boyhood in Finland

I Miner, mechanic, marksman,nimrod, gunsmith, all are amongthe many talents of popular MikePechkoff, who recently retired fromGarson mine on disability pension.Arthritis and dermatitis had pla-gued him for many years and Mikefinally agreed that a pension wasthe best solution so he could givemore attention to his comfort.

Renowned throughout the Sud-bury district as an expert gun-smith, Mike is equally well knownfor his activities with the revolverclub. Both he and his wife arecrack sharpshooters and have wonmany trophies in competition. TheDominion championships at Ot-tawa each year is a must for Mike.

Since his youth in Helsinki Mikehas been interested in guns andmachinery. "My father was withthe navy," he told the Triangle,"and when he finally got a shorejob at Helsinki he set up a com-plete machine shop with guns ashis hobby."

in the area around Burwash hewatched over many years ago.

Coming to Sudbury Mike workedin town for some time before join-ing Inco at Frood in 1934. A coupleof years later he transferred tothe drill fitters, a job he handledcapably until retirement. He wasdrill fitter boss at the Open Pitbefore moving to Garson in thesame capacity in 1951. While atFrood Mike was a member of themine rescue team.

Joining up with the engineers inthe last war he switched over tothe infantry, ordinance, and wasall set for Dieppe with the RCEMEwhen he was tagged as an armorer."I really learned a lot there too,"he said.

Mike and Saimi Makinen weremarried in 1929 and have a nicehome near the New Sudbury shop-ping centre where Mike does hisgunsmithing in a beautifully equip-ped workshop. Their family con-sists of Anita, wife of Dick Carlsonof Murray, Aili (Mrs. B. Dube),Arne and Allan all of Sudbury, andseven grandchildren.

Mike is a life member of theCanadian Civilian Association ofMarksmen as well as a long-timemember of the Sudbury RevolverClub.

To the extent his arthritis per-mits, Mike is enjoying his retire-ment and keeps quite busy. "I'vegot lots of time to gunsmith now,"he said. He is also planning onbuilding a steam bath in his base-ment since he finds that steameases his aches.

A smiling Nell Shamess, nurse at Copper Cliff Hospital , escorts RelyYork and Jim Olive to a Sudbury Wolves hockey game . Assistingparaplegics to attend such events is one of the many "Helping Hand"activities of the Red Cross Corps.

"THE HELPING HAND"One of the many active volunteer

groups performing outstanding ser-vice to their community is theSudbury detachment of the Cana-dian Red Cross Corps.

Each member contributes manyhours each month to extendingthe helping hand to the less for-tunate.

President Ray Jessup made hisfeelings clear about the Corps atthe annual meeting of the RedCross when he said "They dosplendid work. They carry RedCross before the public and makefine representatives of this organ-ization."

High on the list of the Corps'many activities is helping thehandicapped and assisting atregular Red Cross blood donorclinics.

Paraplegics, the blind, and resi-dents of Pioneer Manor are wellacquainted with the smartly uni-formed Corps members, as aremany hospital patients who needvisitors or help. "Our Corps ori-ginally started the school forcerebral palsy victims too," pub-licity director Mrs. James Millertold the Triangle.

Their latest project is helpingwith occupational therapy treat-ment at the Sudbury General Hos-pital. Every afternoon, Monday

through Friday, one Corps memberattends the clinic to assist itscapable instructor, Miss KarenBrunsch.

"We regularly visit all wards inall three Sudbury hospitals too,"Mrs. Miller went on "and we par-ticularly try to make things a bitmore cheerful for those who arestrangers in the city." Cigarettes,gum and other sundries are dis-tributed to those visited.

Pioneer Manor residents receivea good many visits from Corpsmembers too, and the groupprovides transportation for manyoutings such events as circuses,teas, etc. "On nice days we some-times take them to the shoppingcentre for an outing," Mrs. Millersaid.

For the blind the Corps stationwagon provides transportation tomeetings, parties and other outings,and at times Corps members alsoserve lunch for the members ofthe White Caner Club. Paraplegicsare given similar assistance, andto many a hockey fan the RedCross Corps uniform standing bya wheelchair behind the screen atthe Sudbury Arena is a familiarsight.At the Red Cross Centre on

Drinkwater Street the Corps mem-bers staff the regular Thursday I

Red Cross branch with volunteerworkers, uniformed at their ownexpense, trained and prepared todo any job given."

Each Corps member must firstpass a thorough examination inFirst Aid which requires someweeks of preparation. As a unitthe Corps holds periodic drillsessions.

A fine group are these pleasant,capable workers who have donemuch to help the Red Cross renderreal and living assistance to thecommunity in a manner acceptableto all.

The attractive Red Cross Corpsmember in our cover picture is Mrs.Lionel Roy of Copper Cliff, whosehusband is safety engineer at theCopper Refinery . She is shown onduty at the occupational therapyclinic at the Sudbury General Hos-pital, helping a patient . With herat one of the looms in the abovepicture is the clinic Instructor, MissKaren Brunch.

On the left above Mrs. Helen McLaren of the Red Cross blood donor clinic staff and Mrs . G. Campbell of the Corps are shown with the symbol

of their labors , a blood donation , sealed and ready for hospital use. In the centre picture a box of bottled blood is being loaded into the Corps station

wagon for transport to the hospital by two of the smiling , smart - looking Corps workers, Mrs. H . McParlang and Mrs . J. Sime. On the right two

more Corps members, Miss Y . Proula and Mrs. C. Bostord , join three blood donors at the clinic in a cup of coffee served by Mrs. Rose Mitton.

The three university student donors are Rene Guenette , Charles Cooper , and Richard Sauve . Richard's father Len works at Frood and Rene's

father is also an Inco man.

Another Corps member , Mrs. E. K. Brunton , is shown here on duty atthe Red Cross blood donor clinic . The two donors she is attending areSudbury university students Louise Britton and her friend Ray Dusehene,whose dad Victor Is an Inco man.

blood donor clinic every secondweek, alternating with the HomeNursing group, and also transportthe blood donations each Thursdayto whichever hospital is designated.It should be no slight inducementto prospective blood donors to beassured of a warm welcome andthe best of care and attention bythese extremely capable volunteersany Thursday they care to attend.

Monthly the Red Cross Corpsholds a dinner meeting at whichbusiness is looked after and eachmember receives her workingcalendar. On it are marked herassignments for that month, whatshe must do, where she must be,and when.

The Sudbury detachment wasformed back in 1951 with Mrs. T.Dixon at its head. Her husband,Dr. T. Dixon, was also instrumentalin its organization. Charter mem-bers were Mrs. G. Collins, Mrs.C. C. Evans, Mrs. Leo Landrevilleand Mrs. M. Spiegel.

Present chairman is Mrs. J. F.Sykes and other executive mem-bers are Miss F. Grant and Mrs.J. Sime as vice chairmen, Mrs. P.Portielje secretary, and Miss H.McFarland quartermaster. TheCorps presently has 36 members.The members buy their own uni-forms and pay their own incidentalexpenses in the course of theirassignments.

In her annual report Mrs. Sykespointed out that during 1960 theCorps had driven nearly 12,000miles last year and served close to6,400 man hours on a volunteerbasis. "The purpose of our Corps,"she said "is to provide the Sudbury

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Nickel Measures UpTo a Demanding JobIn Electrical Heating

Electrical resistance heating, farand away the most popular electricheating system, operates on thesame principle as a toaster. Elec-tricity is passed through a wireor other conductor which offersresistance to current flow, therebyconverting electricity into heat.

Because of the rigorous demandsmade upon resistance wire, nickel-chromium alloys are widely usedin this application , not only forhome heating , but also for clothesdryers, cooking ranges , irons andother household appliances opera-ting on the resistance heatingprinciple.

Resistance wire must stand upunder years of off-and-on heatingand cooling . It must withstandheat and remain impervious tocorrosion . And, of course, it musthave excellent electrical resistanceproperties.

The substantial amounts ofnickel consumed in the manufac-ture of resistance wire is a graphicindication of how well nickel-chromium alloys measure up tothe demanding job. The mostcommon types of nickel-chromiumresistance wire are an 80 per centnickel-20 per cent chromium alloy;an alloy containing 60 per centnickel , 15 per cent chromium andthe balance iron; and a third alloywith 35 per cent nickel , 15 per centchromium and the balance iron.There is a nickel -chromium alloyto meet the special requirementsof every electrical resistance heat-ing installation.

In effect , electrical resistanceheating provides each room withits own heating system , controlledby its own thermostat . Thus, thehomeowner can adjust the tem-perature In each room to suit theparticular needs of the room .. .

Exciting Victory in

INC() TRIANGLE FEBRUARY, 1961or not heat the room may all

keepwhen

theit is unused He may Gathercole 's Crew Conned Coveted Inco Tronhvbathroom warmer and the bed-room cooler. Whatever the settingon the thermostat, each room willenjoy virtually even temperatureeverywhere. There are no drafts,no heating lags with electric heat.

Baseboard units are one of themost popular forms of electricalresistance heating. The units areinstalled around the outside peri-meter of a room to give a uniformheat over a wide area, offsettingheat losses along window andoutside wall areas. Electric base-board units come in sections to fitany contour. As the name im-plies, they blend into baseboards,providing flexibility in room de-coration and furniture arrange-ments.

Baseboard units (like wall panels,another widely used form of elec-tric heating) give either convec-tion-type or radiant heat. In theconvection system, the air in theroom is warmed, and the air inturn warms the occupants.

Radiant heating, on the otherhand, furnishes reflected heat thatwarms anything solid that itbounces against. The radiantpanel method was originally devel-oped to heat underground fortifi-cations in the French MaginotLine before World War H. Itsinstallation at United Statesweather stations in the Antarcticattests to its effectiveness.

The biggest market for electricheating is the new home. Savingsin construction resulting frominstallation of electric heatingsystems often not only pay for thesystem but lower the overall costof the structure. However, in someareas, a greater amount of walland roof insulation may be recom-mended. Builders are finding thatelectric heat is a big sales plus ina new house. Statistical figuresreceived from the private utilitiesand compiled by the Edison Elec-tric Institute indicate that by 1970,

Geological Bonspiel

.,r _dIt took six years of do g but he finally made it, vie, of '$geological department , threw two perfect rocks in e nal end o edgelast year 's winner Karl McIntosh in the Midwest event at the sixthannual Foot and Hanging-wall Bonspiel . Down one coming home, Patdrew two identical dream shots past a guard and almost to the buttonto nip Karl 's hopes . Still glowing with victory the winning rink ispictured here, skip Ogilvie on the left with Terry Podoisky, Bill Johnstonand George MacDonald. A total of 20 rinks , most yet, entered the 'spiel.Waldo C'larke's foursome won the second event,

rs prize the nrst event o WENT an sell' *Ws7ff'e 46-47 -sacNOCA bonspiel In the 74 -year history of this big curling classic. Herethey are with the Inco trophy and the handsome silver trays that wentwith it : skip Gathercole , Joe Sauve, Bernie Leclair and Rusty Dubery.A Sudbury Granite Club entry led by Syd Stevens copped the GrandAggregate; his mates were Bill Nurmi , Doug Higgins and Wes Edwards.There were 128 rinks In the 'spiel , coming from 23 different clubs asdistant as Lachute, P.Q. Copper Cliff under president John Quancewas the host club this year, assisted by Sudbury Granite, SudburyCurling , and Falconbridge . The annual banquet, at Legion MemorialHall, skipped by Alex Godfrey , was a standout for fine fellowship andentertainment.

electricity will heat at least 40 percent of all new homes being built.

Older homes with conventionalfurnaces are a harder market tocrack, but electric heating is be-coming increasingly common as asupplementary or auxiliary heat-ing system. Many homeownersinstall electric heating in nur-series and bathrooms where extrawarmth is needed; in attics andadditions to their homes; onporches, and in garages, base-ments and rumpus rooms.

George SimkaA first class smelterman, George

Simka has retired from CopperCliff on disability pension. "NormPearce, Norm Kneeshaw, ClarenceHarrison, - they all punchedtuyeres for me many years ago,"George recalled. A skimmer formany years, he worked for themost part on the acid shells inthe old Orford building.

Born at the start of the centuryin Czechoslovakia he came toCanada in 1925, farmed a year inSaskatchewan, sampled bushworkand the grain elevators at PortArthur then Ianded at Port Col-,borne in 1927 working for JimSpalding in the Orford building.

Mayor Richard-Dow of CopperCliff tossed the first stone at thOhost club to open the big bonspiel- got away a nice rock, too.

A keen gardener, George has thegrounds around their home inshow-class condition all seasonlong This is a hobby he really

When the Orford process was enjoys and he is looking forwardmoved to Copper Cliff George went to spending more time at it nowto Toronto fora time, then came that he's a gentleman of leisure.on and rejoined the department in1932. A dependable workman what-ever the job, he took pride in doinghis work well, FAIR TRADE

Ann Serbinova, whom he mar- Two teenagers niet on the street.ried in 1922, died in 1944. One of one of them was leading a bulldoghis daughters, Ann, is in Czecho- on a leash.slovakia. His second daughter, look what I got fwr my girlJoanne is married to Harry Saw- friend, said he.kiw of the Copper Cliff smelter, "Boy," was the admiring reply.and George lives with them in "How did you ever make a tradetheir neat home in Sudbury. like that?"

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