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4*iiNCVOLUME 28 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, JULY, 1968 NUMBER 4

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Published for all employees of TheInternational Nickel Company of

Canada LimitedD. M. Dunbar, Editor

D. J. Wing, Assistant Editor

Editorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont.

Authonzed as second class mall by thePost OOtce Department, Ottawa and forpayment of postage in cash.Material contained in Inco Tnangleshould not be reprinted unless permissionhas been obtained from The InternationalNickel Company of Canada, Limited,Copper Cliii Ontario.

Chemical EngineersGive Highest HonorTo Louis S. Renzoni

The highest honor in Canadianchemical engineering has beenawarded to Louis S. Renzoni, vice-president and manager of processresearch (Canada) of The Inter-national Nickel Company of Can-ada, Limited, Toronto.

Announcement of Mr. Renzonias recipient of the R. S. Janememorial lecture award of TheChemical Institute of Canada wasmade at Vancouver by the Insti-tute's president, Dr. I. E. Pudding-

ton, at the 51st Canadian ChemicalConference and Exhibition.Presentation of a $300 honorariumand a scroll took place at theannual banquet.

Mr. Rensoni will deliver theaward lecture at the internationalTripartite Chemical EngineeringConference in Montreal in Sep-tember.

Mr. Rensoni has had a prolificcareer in research and develop-ment and holds patents on extrac-tive processes in nickel metallurgy.One of the achievements for whichhe is internationally known is thedevelopment of direct electro-re-fining of nickel from nickel sul-phide. It is on this research anddevelopment work that Inco'selectro-refining plant at Thomp-son, Manitoba, is based.

Born in Copper Cliff in 1913, hereceived his bachelor of sciencedegree in 1935 and a master ofscience degree in 1936 from Queen'sUniversity, Kingston.

He joined International Nickelin 193'? as a research chemist atPort Colborne. In 1944, he wasappointed superintendent of re-search at the nickel refinery andfour years later was made assist-ant superintendent of research at

Copper Cliff. He became super-intendent of research at CopperCliff in 1956 and was transferredto the Company's offices in Torontoin 1960, as manager of process re-search (Canada). In April, 1964,he was appointed assistant vice-president.

Mr. Rensoni has received severalachievement awards including thegold medal of the metallurgicalsociety of the American Instituteof Mining, Metallurgical and Petro-leum Engineers, and the H. T.Airey memorial lecture award ofthe Canadian Institute of Miningand Metallurgy.

CAVALCADE OF MUSICNine hundred children from Port

Colborne's elementary schools tookpart in a "Cavalcade of Music" atthe Inco Recreation Hall on June14.

A capacity audience showed en-thusiastic appreciation of the in-spiring choral festival, which willprobably be established as an an-nual event.

Robert Wood, supervisor of musicfor the Port Colborne board ofeducation, was in charge, anddirected the massed choir of thejunior schools in several numbers,with "Somewhere a Child is Sing-ing" as the finale.

Spectacular StructureThe Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

in New York contains three timesthe steel of the Empire StateBuilding: its twin towers are astall as a 70-story building: and itsfour cables could support theQueen Mary. Engineers predictthat the bridge should last foreverthanks to modern metals such asnickel aHoy steels.

Inco's AgriculturalAchievement RelatedTo Waste Conference

The conversion of barren areasof mine tailings to green pastureland was described in a paper de-livered at the 15th Ontario In-dustrial Waste Conference atNiagara Falls by T. H. Peters, amember of The InternationalNickel Company's agricultural de-pai tment.

The disposal of tailings, thesterile rock waste of the mill, hasbeen of considerable concern tothe mining industry. They cannotbe dumped into sti'eams or lakesas they would cause a pollutionand silting problem. At Inter-national Nickel's Copper Cliffoperations the tailings are dumpedin saucer-shaped areas where therock settles out and the cleanwater is decanted from the centreof the depression.

As the area becomes filled thetailings around the edge dry outand another problem arises, Inareas exposed to wind the dry,loose tailings can be stirred upinfo a dust stoi'm.

Over 500 Acres ConvertedSome years ago the pi'oblem of

stabilizing the dry tailings was putto International Nickel's agricul-turists. After many years of trialand error they have developed aunique technique for growing grainand grass on the barren tailings.The result is that not only arethe tailings stabilized but the areais converted from a grey desert tolush green pasture land. To dateover 500 acres have been convertedto gently sloping grassland.

Tests ai'e continuing to find even

bettei'. mole economical ways ofgrowing vegetation on the tailings,but a standard practice has beenevolved from the work done sincethe first crop of grass appeared ona small test plot in 1957.

The first task is to condition theacid tailings with a heavy appli-cation of ground limestone aboutsix weeks before seeding and againimniediately befoi'e seeding. Fer-tilizer is applied and the area seed-ed with a mixture of gra.ss andFall rye. The rye protects thegrass during the first two years ofgrowth. Snow fencing is oftenused to pi'event the seeds frombeing blown away or covered bydrifting tailings. Seeding is donetowai'ds the end of July as it hasbeen found that the heavy dewsare sufficient to provide all themoisture the seeds need and ar-tificial irrigation is not required.

Leave Stubble for ProtectionWhen the rye is harvested the

following year, a 10-inch stubbleis left to collect snow during thewinter for protection for the grass.The grass is cut each year and thehay sold to local farmei's to feedtheir livestock, To maintain thegrowth, fertilizers are appliedannually after the harvest. Itsrecent years spontaneous treegrowth has begun on the grassedareas and, in time, It is possiblethat the entire area will becomeforested.

International Nickel's agricul-tural department, one of the fewsuch departments in the miningindustry, is believed to be the firstin the Western Hemisphere togrow vegetation on tailings areas.

THE FRONT COVER

300 Brownies atThompson Rally

When the Triangle's Thompsonreporter, Ron Gnyra, was cover-ing the third annual Brownie rallyot the Recreation Centre, the girlsdecided to elect him HonoraryBrown Owl. The experienceshook him a little, but he hungon to his cool and came awaywith the nice shot of smiling facesthat appears on our front cover.

There were 300 Brownies fromThompson's nine packs in atten-dance at the very successful rally.The afternoon began with aBrownie Rng, followed by songsand games, barbecued hot dogs,cokes, ice cream. The Brownieprayer and taps brought theprogram to a close.

Mrs. D. Morris is division com-missioner of the Thompson Brown:es, wth Mrs. C. Alguire as com-missioner of Burntwood districtand Mrs. E. St. Goddard as commssoner of Cambrian district.

The nine pack leaders whosenterest and enthusiasm is the keyfactor in the growth and successof the organization arm No. 1,Mrs. P. Helburg; No. 2, Mrs. G.Romanis; No. 3, Mrs. T. Raynar;No. 4, Mrs. G. Bercier; No. 5,Mrs. H. Maddison; No. 6, Mrs. D.Tilling; No. 7, Mrs. P. Timmerman;No. 8, Mrs. Wm. Harrison; No. 9,Mrs. R. Jarvis.

"Holy smoke! This sure must be an old drilL"

Dr. Ira E. Puddington presents theR. S. Jane award to Louis S. Renzoni.

inco' Jarn14 Afhm

Five acres of the Waters Township farm on which he wasborn is where Copper Refinery payroll clerk John Koskiand his family have their home. John joined lnco in 1951.A member of the Manitou Flying Club, he has held hispilot's licence since 1946 and is the proud owner of apeppy little Piper Cub. I-1e has been a member of theWaters school board for 11 years. With John and hiswife EHa are their family of Judy, 15, Ken, 17, andSharon, 11. Both girls are accomplished accordionists.

It was in 1951that Vol Lanteigrietook his last tripout into the Gulf ofSt. Lawrence as acommercial fisher-man on a two-mast-ed fishing schooner.11e left his hometown of Lameque onShippegan Island,New Brunswick, forCreighton minewhere he works un-derground as aswitch conductor.With Val and hiswife Lucite, a Conis-ton girl, are theircharming family ofClaire, 7, Colette,12, and Glles, 10.

A craneman in the anode department of the Port Colborne refinery,Raymond Damude has been an Inco man since 1955. 11e and hiswife Dorothy, with some help from the young fry, ore busy re-modelling the interior of the old family home at nearby Sherkston,which was built in 1858. It sits on 26 acres of fertile farm land,which will make a bgger garden than Ray really wants to lookafter. The children are Raymond fr, 10, Danny, 9, Jeffrey, 7, Leisa,5, and Lori, 4. These are the happy Houles of Dell Street in Sudbury -, alt 13 of them.

Head of the household, Stobie skiptender Ed came from a family of 12 andso did his wife Georgette, so the hustle and bustle and fun of a big familyis nothing new to them. In the back row are Francoise, 7, Denis, 10, Collette,12, Diane, 14, Gloria, 18, and Suzanne, 20. In front with their parents areBob, 16, Pierrette and Pierre, 3, Carole, 5, and Marcel, 22, who works in thereverb building at the Copper Cliff smelter. Ed joined the Company at Froodin 1942, moved over to Stobie last year.

The age spread between the oldest and the youngest in the family of CopperCliff electric shop winder Loyal Lagrove and his wife Anita has its advantages,built-in baby sftters being one of them. Born in Madrid, N.Y., and brought upin Cornwall, Ontario, Loyal joined Inco at Frood in 1947, worked undergroundfor five years, and then on surface with the mechanical department beforehis move to the smelter electrical shop in 1953. Their happy band areSylvia, 9, Jacques, 15 Danny, 7 Jocelyne, 13, and Marc, 3.

Norm Kalika worked for the Foundation Co. on construc-tion of the Thompson plant, then stayed on with Inco andis now a mechanical foreman. I-us wife Alice is employedin the accounting department. Their family are Dale, 12,Russell, 20, Janice, 15, and Terry, 17. Hockey (Norm ispresident of the Thompson senior league), curling, fishingand music are favorite interests of this pleasant group.

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New Pit and South ExtensionNow Operating at Clarabelle

12 Tons at a Bite

In this closeup One of Clarahelle/ni/le'.V thieF' /ICII' electric shovelsis low/i/i' a sturdy 35-ton truckof "'hiichi the 'ni/Fe has a fleet of/8. The poii'erfuul s/bid Fi'eiF,'/is230 tons , Sta/ids 38 feet Inch totop of its /100/ui sheaves, scoops up(1/1(1111 12 toi v of (Ire in its 6-carddipper. Caterpillar mounted, itis,, re/c at a cedate I mile per in mrIl/Fe/I C/la/1l,'i/ll,' beat jo/F. Theolder 412 -var,] electric shovel.s atthe Flit/ic are used for auxiliaryser i'jc't'.

Ore production fi'om the Clara-belle open pit mine was boosted50'; this month when the new No,2 pit near Murray mine swunginto full production.

Clarabelle now has a minimumcapacity of 9,000 tons per day. Aquick source of ore, it can readilyadapt to increased schedules whennecessary to level out pi'oductionor grade from Inco's undergroundmines in the Sudbury district.

Ore from the new No. 2 pit ishauled by truck to a raise connect-ed with the Murray mine orepasssystem, crushed at the 1500 levelstation, and hoisted to surfacefrom the 1650 loading pocket forshipment by rail to the CopperCliff reduction plants. This ar-rangement neatly eliminates thenecessity of erecting a new crush-ing plant at the pit, without plac-ing undue strain on the Murraymine facilities,

Powerful New EquipmentOne of Clarabelle's three new

Bucyrus-ErIe 6-cubic-yard electricshovels, and a BE. 45-R rotarydrill, have been assigned to theNo. 2 pit, along With new 35-tonHaulpak trucks from the mine'sfleet of 18. The older 4½-yardshovels will be brought into ser-vice as required. A service garageand office have been built.

To maintain its production of3,000 tons of ore per day, No. 2pit will have to remove approxi-mately 12,000 tons of waste rockper day during the mining of theupper benches. As the pit pro-gresses the amount of rock to be

handled will gradually decreaseuntil eventually it will reach a1-to-i ratio.

Some 1.200 feet long by 700 feetwide, the pit has a projecteddepth of 340 feet, at which stagemining will be taken over fromunderground by the Murray opera-tions.

Preparation of the No. 2 pitcommenced last August, when acontractor moved in to strip theoverburden from the orebody, Ap-proximately 575,000 cubic yards ofrock was removed.

Meanwhile, back at the homei'arich - the No. 1 pit near the newCopper Cliff North undergroundmine - Clarabelle has shifted em-phasis for the next two years tomining its South extension, anarea about 1,500 feet by 350 feet,located approximately 400 feetsouth of the main pit.

Assists North Mine PlanningIn order to accelerate the

planned production of CopperCliff North, the South extensionwill be mined at the rate of about4,000 tons per day until it reachesa depth of 250 feet. The North'sunderground operations will thenmine through and recover the sur-face pillars. During this two-yearinterval Clarabelle's main pit andNorth extension will produce atthe rate of about 2,000 tons perday, but at its conclusion they willresume a full schedule,

To permit the mining of theSouth extension a dam 1,000 feetlong. with a maximum height of 80

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Other new equipment at Clarabelle includes thus 45-R rotarydiesel-electric drill, is'huich can drill a 9-inc/i blast hole 46 feetdeep at a single pass. It has been put into service at No. 2pit. The /nine buss two other rotarys which, drill 9-inch hole,v27 feet deep.

Tk Nese No. 2 Pit

Operations tire in Iii!! wing at (lienew No. 2 pit of the Clarabelle,ninc, ar veen in this view lookingwevtward. The electric shovel isloadin,' ore at the first bench, whilepreparation of the vecond benchiv underway. The picture wastaAen from the top of tile rotarydrill mast. In the distance are thetownvite and surface buildings ofthe Murray undc'r,'rouind mine.

View of the Main Pit

This view shows part of the ,,uainarea of Clarabelle No. I pit, withone of the three new 6-yard electricvhovels at work and a rotary drilloperating on top of tile bench A412 -yard shovel can he seen stand-in by on the left. Tue loadedtruckv avcending the ramp areeo,n,n from other activity in theNorthern extension. The Clara-belle crushing plant is at the leftof the group of hiiildingv at topriç'ht, standin' bevide the head-fra,ne and vurfact' buildim,'s of theic'w Copper Cliii Vorti, ninc'.

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The South Extension

Lady MacDonald Lake had to bedammed and 200-million gallo,tsof water pumped out to permitmining the South extension ofClarabelle No. I pit, the scene ofthis activity. Trucks await theirturns for loading by the 6-yardshovel, while an 824 dozer keepsthe loading area clean. Up on topof the first bench a rotary drill iscompleting a round of holes forthe next blast, and (left) a powderslurry pump truck stands readyto load the holes with explosive.

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Pt! eciwnical Pension ClubHad Dig Annual Danquet

Sixteen new pensioners from themaintenance department at Cop-per Cliff received the traditionalgold watches when the depart-ment's pension club held itsannual dinner at the Italian Hall,

Honored were J. Chapman, R. A.Temple, J. Prier, E. T. Saville,G. A. Costello, I. Short, G. T.Warren, G. Schnare, J. Quenne-ville, A. J. Lalonde, J. Mihalcin,A. Piccini, T. A. O'Connor, J. A.Beaudry, P. Foran, P. Frappier.

A bang-up stage show fromToronto featuring the inimitableold trouper Doug Romaine andother standout acts, topped off theprogram.

Jack O'Hara was the chairmanand presented the watches. Thepension club president, HarryCostello, headed up the committeewhich made such a fine job of thearrangements. Bob Garrow issecretary of the pension club,

Tiitus KujulaEsteemed veteran at Creighton

No. 3 shaft, Tlitus Kujula hasstepped into retirement with thegood wishes of a host of friends.

A large crowd from undergroundgathered in the warm room forhis official leave-taking at the endof the shift. "I never thought Ihad so many friends," said Tiltus,shaking his head In wondermentat this evidence of his popularity.

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Creighton, is ther fine record of thequietly genial Tiitus.

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L 1904, he came toCanada in 1929 atthe urging of

Mrs Ku'ula friends who hadlocated at Garson.

He soon had a job at Frood minebut got caught by the depressionlayoff, and it wasn't until earlyin 1933 that he was taken onagain, this time separating 'topsand bottoms" in the Orfordbuilding at Copper Cliff. At thattime he got to know Judson Webb,the Inco pensioner who celebratedhis 100th birthday on July 6.

Tiitus was transferred to Creigh-

23rd Award forCreigh ton Mine

It was the 23rd time thatCreighton had won a specialsafety award when on June 13the mine completed one millionconsecutive safe man hours.

Creighton worked the periodfrom March 19 to June 13 with-Out a lost-time accident, a totalof 1,030,917 man hours, and isstill going strong.

In extending congratulationsto the men and supervision,safety superintendent CharlesHews noted: "The fact thatthey overcame problems inearly 1968 reflects the greatstrength and stability of thesafety program at Creighton."

ton mine in 1939, a move for whichhe has always been thankful."There is good spirit there," hesays. "Everybody friends andwork together."

Mr. Kujula was married in Sud-bury In 1930 to Anna Rantatalo,who came from the same districtin Finland that he did. They tooka trip back to the old haunts fiveyears ago.

Their son Bob works in the elec-trical department at Copper Cliff,and has a camp at Long Lake.They have two granddaughters.

Through the trees at their com-fortable home on a rise of landnear the Lively turnoff they canwatch the cars travelling back andforth to Creighton at shift change.Tiltus isn't quite sure yet if he'sglad or sorry not to be in theparade any more.

AppointmentG. R. Green, Ontario division

manager of mines, announced theappointment of A. P. Olive asproject superintendent, Sheban-dowan mine, effective June 1.

Mr. Olive has been located at theCompany's new mining develop-

ment 50 miles west( of Fort William -

Port Arthur sinceNovember 1.

d He was assistantsuperintendent o fthe Stobie sectionof Frood - Stobiemine for 14 years,and was also assis-tant superintendantat Murray mine,

A. P. LJIIve Born in Stettler,Alberta, Al Olive graduated fromthe University of Alberta in 1932in mining engineering, He joinedInco at Frood mine in 1934, workedunderground and then in the effi-ciency and engineering depart-ments, and went to Creightonmine in 1942 as a foreman. Hewas later a general foreman atCreighton.

Prior to leaving for Sheban-dowan he was in engaged in dataprocessing studies in the minesdepartment at Copper Cliff.

He is married to the formerGladys Dakin, and has two sons.

International Nickel was honored by a visit to its Copper Cliff operationsfrom the Indonesian ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Commodore R.Darmobandoro, with his wife and party. The Indonesian government recentlychose Inco's proposals covering exploration and possible development of nickeldeposits on the island of Sulawesi (Celebes). Shown above inspecting adisploy of precious metals products at the copper refinery are: Inco divisiongeneral manager J. A. Pigott, R. Ma'mun, first secretary of the Indonesianembassy, Ottawa; C. E. Michener, assistant to the vice president, Inco, Toronto;Graham Dick, copper refinery manager; the ambassador; C. Soejarman, presssecretary, Indonesian embassy.

Surrounded by friends and workmates, Tiitus Kujula is farewelled at Creighton No, 3 shaft. Mine superintendent EarlMumford presented him with a wallet of money and a long ribbon bearing the names of 200 well-wishers. Alsothanking him on behalf of the Company for his long and faithful service were assistant mine superintendent WilfMoore ond general foreman Charlie Quinn.

Indonesian Ambassador and Party Guests of Inco

Mrs. R. Darmobandaro, wife of the Indonesian ambassador (second from right)and Mrs. P. Ma'mun (centre) were accompanied during their tour by (left toright) Mrs. C. E. Michener, Mrs. R. R. Saddington (whose husband is assistantto the division general manager), Mrs. Graham Dick, Mrs. J. A. Pigott, andMrs. J. E. Dowsett (whose husband is chief geophysicist).

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R. H. BROWNArea Superniendent

Crean RdI nd Toltenmines

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N. A. CREElArea SuperintendentMurray mines and

CarabHe pits

8. 1. KINGArea SuperintendentGarson, Madenan

and Kirkwood mines

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0. LENNIEArea SuperintendentLevack ard Co'eman

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4S. J. SHEEHAN

Area SuperintendentFrood Slobie and

Litfle Stobie mines

With the expansion of International Nickel's mining activities in the or developing mines, as indicated above. J. A. Pigott, generalSudbury district, superintendents at the Company's operating mines manager of the Ontario division, announced these appointments,have been appointed area superintendents, in charge also of the new effective July 2.

Prepared by theINCO SAFETY DEPARTMENTSummer Is here and with It

comes that happy event the sum-mer vacation. For the past fewmonths we have been planningour holidays and feel that at lastwe are ready to go. But STOP,have we thought of everything?Have we put a little Safety intoour planning?

No holiday can be completelysuccessful if It involves Injury toourselves or any member of ourfamily. We must take a littletime to think of the potentlaihazards In our vacation plans.

With this in mind our Companyis offering to all its employees abooklet entitled "Family Camp-ing". It is intended as a comple-ment to the "Family Almanac"issued earlier this year. It ishoped that these two booklets willaccompany you on your vacationand help make your holidays thebest ever.

Let us take a look at some ofthe main points covered m•"FamilyCamping".

Full of Helpful HintsSince any trip involves travel,

and for the most of us this willbe by car, we have a section onroad safety. This does not includetraffic rules, with which we are allfamiliar, but it does offer manyhelpful hints designed to eliminatesome of the hazards of travelling.For instance, do you know the bestway to cool an overheated engine?How much of a load is a safe loadfor your car? Do you have all thestandard items you will need incase of a breakdown on the high-way?

For those of us who are plan-ning a camping vacation do youknow what to look for in thechoosing of a campsite? Do youknow what to avoid? Has yourfamily the proper clothing andequipment to fully enjoy them-selves out-of-doors?

In the area of "Water Safety"have you a clear, concise instruc-

and as a pitcher in both baseballand fastball.

In 1920, he married Ruby Beam.Their family of five included a setof triplets. One son, Robert, al-ready has 20 years of service inthe nickel refinery mechanical de-partment. Wayne lives in Kit-chener nd the triplets Kay, Kevin

SUPERVISION ANNOUNCED FOR NEW OR DEVELOPING INCO MINES IN THE SUDBURY DISTRICT

tion sheet on mouth-to-mouth re-suscitation within easy reach9 Youhave if you have "Family Camp-ing" With you.

Have you thought about thewater you will use, types of foodbest suited to camping, garbagedisposal and sanitation? Manyhelpful hint will be found In thebooklet.

Care in Using FireSome of the most useful infor-

mation given is in the sectiondealing with fire. We use fire inmany ways when camping. Incooking we Will be using stoveswhich require fuel such as wood,gas or low pressure fuels. Someof us will use the open campfire.Read the best ways of using eachone.

The tools we take with us pre-sent their own special hazards.Learn how to handle the unfa-miiiar ones.

We can avoid unnecessarytrouble with animals if we under-stand their habits and how toavoid them. Other potentialtrouble makers can be handled tooif we read the sections on insectsand flying pests, poisonous plantsand berries found in the woods.

With these two booklets, "FamilyCamping" and "Family Almanac",we can avoid most of the hazardsof a summer vacation. Take themwith you on your holidays.

Will ThompsonWilfred Douglas Thompson

started to work at the Port Col-borne nickel refinery with thebricklayers on October 18, 1928 butsoon transferred to the purifica-tion section of the electrolytic de-partment where he worked for thenext 18 years. He was a sub-fore-

man for the fol-

çlowing 10 years andin December 1956became tank houseforeman, the posi-tion he held at thetime of his early

- service retirement.Wilf was born in

Dunnville in 1908and his family

W. Thompson moved to Port Col-borne two years

later. After leaving school at anearly age, he worked at variousjobs around the Welland Canaland as a bread salesman before hecame to Inco.

In sports, he excelled as a bowler

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irAi. A. MASSEY

Area SuperintendentCopper Chff

North and South mines

E. E. MUMFORDArea Superintendent

Creighion mine

and Karen (Mrs. Robert Sykes)all live in Port Colborne. Thereare four granddaughters and fourgrandsons. Mrs. Thompson died inApril of this year.

After a trip to Vancouver, Ed-monton and Wixmipeg to visitfriends and relatives, Wilfred plansto "take it easy" for a while.

Taught Three Generations at Coniston

Three generations of a Coniston fami'y who were afl her pupi's are shownhere with Miss Veronica Droham Yoanda Ceverson and her husband VictorBadisera, their daughters E'eanor Masotti and Jean McNair, and their grandson Rodney McNair. Another daughter, E'aine Badisera, was ako taught byMiss Drohan.

An outstanding record of 46years in the teaching profession,all at Coniston, has ended for MissVeronica Drohan with her retire-ment last month on pension.

Three generations of four Conis-ton families have attended herclasses at Our Lady of MercySchool. Her "graduates" includepeople in many professions. Threeare members of the Conistonschool board. Another is thetown's mayor, Mike SoLski. Anotheris TJgo Comacchio, who was master of ceremonies at her farewellbanquet.

With a parade led by the townband, and a banquet and recep-tion attended by 500 at the ClubAllegri, the friendly Conistontownspeople showed their affectionand esteem for this dedicated ladywho has played such an importantpart in the life of the community,She was presented with many

handsome gifts, including a Per-sian lamb coat with mink collar.

It was in September, 1922, thatMiss Drohan arrived in the MondNickel Co.'s smelter town at theage of 19, fresh from North BayNormal School. She lived at theclubhouse, and helped entertainthe lords and ladies who camefrom England to visit. Her classeshave included grades 2, 3, 4, and5. For nine years she was princi-pal of the school's English classes.She has taught the children's choirat her church for 25 years. andhas taken a keen interest andpride in all community affairs. Shereceived the Centennial awardfor Coniston.

Born in Eganville, Miss Drohanhas returned to her old home townto live with her sister, Mrs.Thomas Harrington. She'll offerher services as a supply teacher"if they need me." Which theyvery probably will.

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JULY, 1968 INCO TRIANGLE

Progress Pictures at Four of Inco's New Mining Developments-

KirkwoodWith shaft sinking completed to a depth of 2,134 feet, the new Kirkwood mineis in the early stages of underground development. The permanent hoist hasbeen installed, and is hoisting two cmbinatin skip-cages in balance, as atCrean Hill mine. Kirkwood is scheduled for production in 1970 with acapacity of 1,500 tons per day.

Copper Cliff SouthPicture shows the temporary surface plant at No. 2 shaft of the new CopperCliff South mine, opposite the Copper Refinery. A development shaft whichwill later be used for mine ventilation, No. 2 will be sunk to a depth of2,250 feet. Work is also in progress on No. 1 shaft, the production shaft,which will have a depth f 4,250 feet. A 180foot concrete headframe,essentially the same as the one at Copper Cliff North mine, will be erectedat No. 1 shaft. Copper Cliff South is scheduled for production in 1971, withan ultimate capacity of 6,000 tons per day. Two drum hoists will be installed.

Inco To Have 14 Producing MinesIn the Sudbury District for 1971

With the completion of its current expansion program in 1971,International Nickel will have 14 producing mines in the Sudburydistrict.

The map on the opposite page shows the locations of the nineInco mines now in production, and the five new mines presently underdevelopment, around the nickel irruptive of the unique geologicalformation known as the Sudbury Basin.

Producing mines are FroodStobie, Garson. Maclennan, Levack,Totten. Crean Hill. Creighton. Clarabelle and Murray.

New mines under development and scheduled to come into production within the next three years are Copper Cliff North, Coleman,Little Stobie, Kirkwood. and Copper Cliff South.

Inco's current mining developments in the Sudbury area alsoinclude new shafts at Creighton (deepest in the Western Hemisphere.7.150 feet). FroodStobie and Totten, shaft deepening at Crean Hill,and expansion of the Clarabelle open pit operations.

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ColemanStarting to reach for the sky is the concrete headframe at Levack's newneighbor, the Coleman mine. It will be 226 feet to the top of the hoisthouseabove the headframe, in which will be mounted two friction-type hoists, firstof their kind at Inco in the Sudbury area. Two other new operations nowunder development, FroodStobie No. 9 shaft and Little Stobie No. 1, will alsohave friction type hoists. The Coleman shaft has been sunk to 2,278 feet butfurther underground work has been suspended while the headframe andhoisthouse are being built. Coleman is scheduled for production in 1969with a capacity of 3,500 tons per day.

Totten No. 2 ShaftConstruction is approaching completion of the surface buildings at Totten mineNo. 2 shaft. The shaft has been completed to 1,987 feet and considerableunderground development has been carried out. Production through No. 2wfll commence next year at the rate of 1,500 tons per day, using twocombination skip-cages in balance. In the background is the contractor'sheadframe at No. 1 shaft, where operations will be completed in 1969.

Also in the Ontario division a new mine at Shebandowan willjoin the ranks of Inco producing mines in 1971.

En the Manitoba division three new mines. Birchtree. Soab andPipe, are scheduled to attain full production between now and 1971.and deepening of No. I shaft at the Thompson mine will be completedthis year.

With this vast expansion program International Nickel respondsto the challenge of the ever-increasing world demand for nickel byincreasing its Canadian productive capacity to 600-million pounds ofnickel per year.

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Two-Mile Parade Feature

INC() TRL\NGLE JULY, 1968

of SlI(llMIry's Brilliant Canadiana Festival

JiU1LLI

Young boys manned the oars while girls with twirling parasols rode in style inthe exotically decorated Dragon Boat float that won first prize for the Chinesecommunity. A girls' flower drum corps preceded the float.

Patron saint of Sudbury district skiing, Inco pensioner Paul Jansson sat at thehead of the cleverly simulated Finnish community tribute to a great nationalsport. Entered by the Knights of Kaleva, this float won third prize.

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A streamered color party preceded cars of costumed adults and children inthe representation of the Polish community in the parade, which includedentries from a total of 18 different ethnic cultures, as well as service groups.

A miniature grape arbor and a wine press featured the Italian communityfloat, which was awarded second prize. The jolly winemaker tossed grapesto the crowd along the parade route. Costumed children sang ItaRan songs.

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The Bell Park Amphitheatre, in its idyllic location on the shoreJ'ei1v f'o,rz the I'oji of Lake Ramsey, proved a perfect setting for the folk artsconcert of the Sudburv Canadiana Festival. On staae when

the picture was taken were the group from the Italian community, one of 10 ethnic cultures represented in the colorfullycostumed program. Although most of the big bowl has fallen into evening shadow, and the stage lights are takingover, the lowering sun still illuminates the beautiful buildings of Laurentian University across the lake, and falls gentlyon a single sailboat reluctant to call it a day.

Three-Day Canadiana FestivalMarks 101st

A carryover fron CentYear, Sudbury's three-day Cana-diana Festival over the nationalholiday week-end was a brilliantsuccess.

The many ethnic cultures thatare warp and woof o the corn-niunity fabric turned out tradi-tional representations in costume,folk arts, music and food topresent a colorful cross-section ofthe Canadian mosaic.

Somebody up there likes me,'smiled the parade marshal, deputy

police chief Bert7 Guillet, as threat-• ening clouds rolled

back and brightsunshine poured

- - down on his two-mile extravaganzaas it wound throughthe city streets tothe judging standin front of theArena.Miss Canodiano

Again this yearthe Sudbury Chinese communitycarried off top honors for theparade with their exotic DragonBoat float, fierce dancing dragons,and pretty girls of the flower drumcorps in beautiful embroidered andhand-painted silks and satins.

Floats and decorated cars froma total of 18 ethnic cultures wereentered in the grand parade, alongwith several from community ser-vice organizations. The AntiqueAuto Club and the various ridingclubs of the district on theirprancing horses made a fine show,and marching bands and major-

National BirthdaynnIal ettes played their all-inipotant

crowd by Mrs. Grace Hartinan, thegeneral chairman of the Cana-diana Festival. The young queen'sfather, Norm Trif!, is a carpenterat Copper Cliff smelter.

pan.The international theme ws

carried into the Arena at the foodfair, where displays of teniptingtraditional delicacies of manycountries, from Ukrainian cbagerolls th Scottish scones, were soondevoured by the huge crowd.

Track and field events, yachtand canoe races, a water - skiingexhibition, soccer, ladles' softball,and horseshoe and bocce tourna-ments were among the items onthe sports menu for the Festival.

There was an Inter-faith serviceof worship and a folk arts concertat the Bell Park Amphitheatre.Tours of Laurentian Universitywere on the agenda. Ontario'saward-winning 'A Place to Stand"and other films were shown, TheWikwemikong Pow-Pow dancersfrom Manitoulin Island performed.Hundreds flocked to the SudburyMuseum to see an exhibition ofearly Canadiana sketches by C. W.Jeffreys.

At a grand wind-up dance inthe Sudbury Arena the winner ofthe Miss Sudbury Canadiana con-test, lovely Laura Triff, wascrowned to the cheers of the

Over 6,000 pounds of nickel arecontained in each of the five F-iengines that will propel the SaturnV i'ocket to the moon.

Tom Butler Became aCompressor Specialist

Time has robbed the Frood-Stobie maintenance department ofa valued expert. Tom Butler theman who, over the years became acompressor specialist, and was

Mr. and Mrs. Butler

often called upon to diagnose theinternal troubles of those very im-portant machines at many of theCompany mines, has reached his65th birthday and has retired onservice pension after 40 years withInco.

Tom's history goes back to i903when he was born on Bell Island inConception Bay near St. John's,Newfoundland.

His father came to work at theCanadian Copper Company No. 2mine at Copper Cliff in i913, andthe family moved to Creighton in19i6.

Tom was an office boy at Creigh-ton in 19i7, was a rock-picker inthe Crean Hill mine rock house in1918, and started a machinist ap-prenticeship at the going rate of21 cents an hour at Creightori in19i9.

He had worked underground atCreighton, as a floorman at HighFalls. and at the Copper Cliff con-

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centrator before he made his finalmove to the mechanical depart-ment at Frood mine in i929.

Those compressors at Frood arealmost part of men," confessedTom the trouble shooter. Theywere installed the same year Istarted there, and I've nursedthem ever since just like they weremy own."

Another very important eventhappened in i929 when Tom wasmarried to a young Chapleaunurse, Rose Fortin.

Their grown-up family of fourare, Pt (Mrs. Don MacDougall)in North Bay, Tom jr., a machinistat the Copper Cliff smelter, Rayin Sudbury, and Bob, who is at-tending university at Windsor. Sixgrandchildren round out thefamily.

The Butlers are formulatingtravel plans which include a visitto Denmark and the low countries."I'll also be dropping down toToronto once in a while to see my92-year-old mother," said Tom."She plays an excellent game ofbridge, and I lose more often thanI win."

INCO GOLF AUGUST 10August 10 is the date set for the

annual Inco golf tournament atIdylwylde Golf and Country Club.

An Iron Ore Plant committeeunder the chairmanship of E. H.Bracken is in charge of thearrangements for this years event.for which a capacity entry isexpected.

There will be two shotgun starts,at 7:00 am, and 1:00 p.m. toaccommodate the big field.

Three trophies will be up forgrabs, the Beattie and the Godfreyfor low gross team scores, and theLambert for low net.

The Callaway handicapping sys-tem will be in effect as usual,assuring everyone a good shot atthe prizes. Closing date forentries in August 2.

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Sadder and wiser men, student Keith Nesbitt and teacher Bruce Dawnie rest their weary dogs after completing the30-mile course in the fastest time of 6 hours 10 minutes. On the right, smiling their relief that the ordeal is over,a quartet of walkers dsplay their bandaged blisters.

In the morning the marchers, carrying lunches and pop, pressed forward with great determination (left) but as theafternoon wore on and the pavement got hotter and the miles langer, some of them came up to the check-points(right) carrying their shoes and treading very gingerly on tender tootsies.

Thompson Collegiate Marchers Raise7,OOO for "Care of Canada" CauseA goal of $7000, enabling them

to adopt" needy children in anunder-developed country throughthe Care of Canada" plan, wasrealized by Thompson junior andsenior high school students intheir Miles for Millions march.

Some 325 students at R. D.Parker Collegiate were joined bymembers of the teaching staff intheir bunion derby. A total of135, including seven teachers,finished the 30-mile course whilethe others fell by the wayside butcompleted an average of about 20miles each.

All were generously backed bysponsors who made possible thehighly gratifying financial successof the stunt. Stores and wholesalehouses also donated 1300 canneddrinks, 600 wieners, 500 candy barsand 500 oranges to keep body andsoles together during the long trek.

Temperatures soared to the high70s during the afternoon, and thehot pavement wrought havoc withtender feet. The St. John Anthu-lance people almost got cleanedout of bandaids, but they savedthe day for many a moaningmarcher,

Three 10-mile circuits of thetown made up the course. KeithNesbitt and Bruce Downie madethe fastest trip, striding the 30miles in the excellent time of 6hours 10 minutes.

Kinsmen and Rotarians helpedman the 10 check points on the

route, and the Nickel Yaks, a newtwo-way radio club in the town,provided radio coverage of thewalk, greatly adding to the inter-est.

Spirits soaring when theylearned that they had walked atotal of 6800 miles and hadreached their financial objective,the students celebrated by holdinga dance at the school in the even-ing. It was called the "BlisterHop".

New Pit('onflnued froni Page 4

feet, had to be built in Lady Mac-Donald Lake and 200-million gal-lons of water pumped out. Thedam contains 350000 cubic yardsof rock, faced with 70,000 yards ofclay. The contractor then strippedthe overburden from the lake bot-tom to expose the orebody andmake the initial sink cut, removingmore than 800,000 cubic yards ofclay. This extensive preparatorywork was completed in June ofthis year, Similar herculean taskshad to be performed in theoriginal preparation for open pitmining at Clarabelle back in 1960-61. Sections of both Clarabelleand Lady MacDonald Lakes hadto be dammed off and pumped out,and a 750-foot tunnel driven toreplace a creek connecting thetwo lakes.

Ore production at Clarabelle o.

1 pit commenced in November1961, and to date some 91,, milliontons of ore has been mined fromthe main pit and its North ex-tension, along with over 12 milliontons of waste rock.

Dimensions of No. 1 pit are 3,400feet long and from 400 to 1,700 feetwide. Its projected depth is 400feet.

Trucks have an average haul of3,500 feet to the crushing plant,which has a 54-inch gyratory pri-mary crusher and a 5-foot 9-inchgyratory secondary crusher, and abin capacity of 1,500 tons. Ore istransported by rail to the CopperCliff works.

Radio Hookup EffectiveEfficiency of operations at both

the Clarabelle pits is streamlinedby radio communication betweensupervision, electrical and me-chanical departments, first aid,shovel operators and dumpmen.The antenna is mounted on theNorth mine headframe,

Auxiliary equipment includesrubber-tired Caterpillar 824 dozersfor quick clean-up around theshovels, and graders for roadmaintenance. Submersible auto-matic electric pumps keep theworkings dry.

Underground woikmgs 50 yearsago of the ill-fated British AmericaNickel Corporation will be minedthrough as No. 2 pit progresses,just as workings of the old CopperCliff No. 4 mine at the turn of thecentury were encountered in theearlier stages of No. 1 pit.

Oliver Gordon Marr, popularanode department foreman whohas joined the ranks of Inco pen-ioners, was born in Port Colborne

in 1906.Upon leaving school he drove a

grocery wagon, cleaned and sortedbags at the Canada Cement Plant(cement was then packed in re-usable cotton sacks and went outto Alberta on three harvest excur

sions. He then tooka job as truck driverfor contractor PeterBeam. In 1936 hebecame an Incoite

- at the Port Colborne refinery.

Gord's entireCompany service,with the exceptionof his first three

Gord Marr weeks of employ-ment, has been in

the anode department. He wasa craneman. weigher and sub-foreman prior to his promotion toforeman in December, 1963.

Upon early service retirementhe was presented with a completefishing outfit, along with an en-velope of money, on behalf of theanode department employees.

Gord and his wife, the formerDora Bannister, who he marriedin April, 936, will continue toreside in Port Colborne. Theirson, Terry, and a granddaughteralso live in "Port".

The Marrs are seasoned travel-lers and plan to continue visitingdifferent parts of the continent.

Chris MacsonAn agile and active young man

at 65, after 25 years with Inco,service pensioner Chris Macson isnow Jooking forward to a lot oftouring, driving a car being hisfavorite recreation. As a starter,he'll he2d for Vancouver.

"I feel just great," said Chris."Apart from the odd cold and a

- . toothache now and' again, I've never

been sick in my life.Maybe it was luck,

, maybe not, I be-lieve in hard work

.- Jas the best pill, andI never worry abouta thing."

Austrian by birth.Chris sought bettertimes in Canada in

C. Macson 1924, and was luckyenough to find a job in a Winnipegsugar factory similar to the one hehad left.

Things slackened off around1941, and he headed east to seeksecurity. He found it with Incowhen he started at the CopperC]iff smelter in 1942.

Work on tht' cujola and blastfurnaces fol]owed. tiwn he movedto the separation building in 19Rto orrate the grinding mil]s. thejob he held until retirement.

Selma Birch of Winnipeg be-c"me his wife in 1939, and theyhave a family of two. DaughterMavis is the wife of Copper Clifirostal clerk Heimo Nupponen, andKen lives in Toronto. The twograndchildren that complete thefmily live in Copper Cliff.

Some 40 of Chris's friendsgathered at the Parkiand Hotel towish him well and present himwith a purse of money.

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Exchanqing a warmhandshoke with reverb general foreman Oran Dickie,operator Bert ChasSe receives farewellwshes and a giftfrom personnel ofthe Copper Cliffsmelter cottre IIplant. In the centreof the group areottrell foreman

Ron Paulton and reverb general foreman Howard Kilby.

Bert ChasseAs free as a bird, with 35 years

of Inco service behind him, servicepensioner Bert Chasse plans toheed the good sense of the fea-thered species and follow theirlead with respect to migration.'I'll be headed in the same direc-tion as them in the fall he de-clared, "south and a little bit westto California."

Living in the USA will be noth-ing new to Bert, who was born inFall River, Massachusetts, in 1903,and at age 18 went to work in thelocal cotton mills.

Two years later he answered thecall of the ocean, and for the nextfour years served as a deck handand donkeyman.

He headed north to Copper Cliffin 1930, was hired as a sampler atthe copper refinery, broke his ser-vice to spend two years wanderingthrough 13 states, and returned tothe Company and the converterbuilding in 1933.

Work as a binman and a fur-naceman followed, and in 1946 hemade his final move to the No. 2cottrell where he was an operatoruntil retirement.

Spry, active, and brimming withgood health, the 65 year old bache-lor's first ambition is to return toFall River for an unhurried visit.

of them by 1935, and returned toFrood. He worked in the dry thereuntil 1942, and moved over to theStobie dry when No. 7 shaft sink-ing began there in 1941.

Frances Marushchak and Samwere wed in 1925 and they have afamily of three daughters and fivegrandchildren. Daughter Nellie isthe wife of Levack shift boss NickMaciborka, Elizabeth is married toCrean Hill stope leader DavidWilson, and Pearl, 15, attendsschool.

"1 won't be moving too far awayfrom the house," said Sam whohas developed a strong mistrust ofautomobiles. "And when I do I'lltake a cab.'

Bill Gonda"There's not much of a market

for a good used miner," said Mur-ray service pensioner Bill Gonda,who views inactivity as the worstkind of torture. The retired motor-man has been with the Companyfor 21 years.

Austrian by birth, Bill came toCanada in 1928 after a stint in theCzechoslovakian army. Starting

Mr. and Mrs. Gonda

New Hunters MustPass Licence Exam

Only 13 per cent of Ontario'sprospective new hunters have sofar this year applied for and suc-cessfully passed the mandatoryhunting licence examination.

An estimated 24,000 new hunterseach year must now pass the de-

partment of lands and forestsexamination before they can pur-chase their first licence. Depart-ment officials urge all prospectivehunters to try their examinationsduring the current slack season toavoid possible inconvenience anddelays in the busy fall huntingseason.

Applicants under 20 years of agemust now take a compulsorycourse in hunter safety training.Although not compulsory for per-sons 20 or over, the departmentstrongly supports and recommendsthis safe gun handling course toall applying for the examination.

Inquiries for the training course,as well as for the final examin-ation, should be directed to thenearest lands and forests office.

With 21,000 new hunters still totake the examination, the depart-ment strongly urges all prospectivehunters to prepare now for the fallhunting season which it hopes willprove to be the safest on record.

Sam PolukSam Poluk almost ended 32

years of service with Inco veryabruptly late last year when hiscar was involved in a one-sidedhassle with a locomotive on aSudbury grade crossing. "I'm real

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SMr. and Mrs. Poluk

lucky to be alive. said the long-time Stobie dryman who receivedhead injuries. He retired on pen-ion soon afterwards, and now

spends much of his time enjoyingwork in his garden

Born in Czutromincoch, Austria.in 1902. Sam came to Canada in1928. to Sudbury on Copper Re-finery construction in 1929. andstarted with the Company atFrood mine in 1930.

He headed for the bright lightsof Montreal in 1931, had enough

from Lomond, Alberta, he workedhis way through the mid-westarriving in Sudbury in 1934 whenhe began mining at Frood. Hemoved to Creighton mine in 1912but left the Company for Torontoin 1945 to have a try at the furbusiness.

'But missed the smell of themine and also the drifting bonusthat I was used to," Bill confessed,nd he returned to the Company

and Murray mine in 1947. He wasa motorman there at the time ofhis retirement.

took me a while to find thei'ight one." said Bill, referring tohis bride of 1951, Noella Lafram-boise, Their young family of threeare Gerry. 16, Brenda, 12. andAnne, 11. all attending school.

Bill's motto has always been, "IfI can get up in the morning I cango to work.' He's justly proud ofthe fact that rarely missed a shiftin his 21 years as a miner.

Oh, yes, each man spoils the onehe loves, and gratifies her wishes- the rich man showers her withgifts, while the poor man does thedishes,

Champs of Port Colborne 10-Pin Bowling

Here are the Pump-men, who finishedon top in the regular schedule of thenine teom leagueback, Roger Cote,Reg Breton, NoelEthier, Bert Lacroix; front, MinnieChevalier, GarryGrondin, Leo Julien,and captain RogerJacques. The sea-son's scoring starswere high average, Leo Julien,171 high single, Roly Methot, 244;improved bowler, Bryan Ferrell.

In the "B" divisionplayoffs it wasPipefitters, led bycaptain Art Bellin-ger, who coppedthe loot: back row,Brian Scott, GeorgeGarner, RolyMethot, Leo Julien,Barry Bitner; front,John Cormier, JoeFabiano, DougDuggan, Art Bellinger.

high triple, George Garner, 584; most

banquet, Gord

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Held Fine Spring Review

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The pyramid-building performance of the girl gymnasts in the 5 9 age group came to a surprise ending that got alot of laughs when the carefully built formation collapsed in a giggling heap.

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Graceful ballet numbers were warmly applauded features of the longprogram. In this quintet of "Swans" were Stacy Biggs, Marlene Dunn,Marlaine Sharpe, Carmen Frunchak, and Karen Locker.

A big variety show featuringgymnastic, ballet, tap dancing,baton-twirling majorettes of allsizes, and the marching music ofthe drum and bugle band onceagain demonstrated the effective-ness of the Thompson CommunityClub's instruction progam at theRecreation Centre.

It was the fifth annual SpringRevue, and although it didn't drawthe capacity audiences it deserved,there was no gainsaying its suc-cess. The kids were great, in allsizes and flavors.

Too much credit could not begiven the instructors, who laboredhard and long to produce thehighly entertaining bill: gymnas-tics, Betty Bosters, Mrs. SandraKlose, Mrs. Ginnel, Gary Whelan;tap dancing, Jo Anne Ferens; ma-jorettes, Jackie Duncan ballet,Mrs. Sandra Klose, Mrs. YvonneFrunchak.

There were smartly costumed

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numbers in the ambitious pro-gram, which was co-ordinated byMrs. Mary Fenke, assisted byCarol Heather, John Eibe andDavid Anderson. Master of ceremonies was Cecil Smith.

AppointmentJ. A. Pigott, general manager of

the Ontario division, announcedthe appointment of T. D. Parris asassistant superintendent of mines,effective July 2.

Thomas D. Parris served in theRCAF from 1942 to 1945, thenentered the University of Torontofrom which he graduated in min-ing engineering in l94..

Born on theisland of Bam'badO6,in the British WestIndies, he obtainedhis secondary

I schooling there.He worked for

- - Inco during the• summer of 1948,

and on graduationreturned to t h e

T D Parris Company andstarted in the effi-

ciency office at Creighton mine,where he was later a shift boss.

He went to Copper Cliff as minesproduction engineer, then in 1956became a divisional foreman atGarson. He next served as safetyengineer at Frood, after which, in1959, he was transferred to Levackas a general foreman. This wasfollowed by promotion to under-ground superintendent. He becameassistant superintendent of Levackmine in June 1961. In December,1963, he was appointed assistantto the manager of mines at CopperCliff.

He was married at Windsor in1946, has four sons.

HONOR PENSIONERSThe largest group of copper

refinery pensioners yet to behonored at one of the plant'ssemi-annual dinners was presentedwith purses of money and othergifts at the Caruso Club onMay 30.

Over 260 attended the affair, atwhich assistant manager C. C.Dunkley was master of cere-monies. The new pensionershonored were Art Bourassa, BillFeasey, John Jarsulic, Ray Jones,Peter Lasci, Jean Marion, ReneMorin, Norm Pelletier, GeorgePerzo, Bob Rodger, Rudy Slijepce-vic, Mike Sninski, Joe Santaro.Mike Taback, John Topolskov,

The committee which organizedthe very successful gathering in-cluded J. Rienguette, J. Tosto, R.Daoust, D. White, and J. Stelmach.

The Thompson Drum and Bugle Band, under the direction of Gerry Bercier,put a lot of pep into the program with its stirring selections and grand finolemarch. Instructors of this Fine unit are Jerry Sayer, Norm Mann and MartinBosters.

Turbines for CommutersA stainless steel railway cal

powered by two aircraft-type gasturbine engines is being tested byNew York's Long Island RailRoad. Initial tests show no "jetscream" or dust and no noticeablevibration or odor. Nickel alloyshelp to make the turbine heat-and corrosion-resistant.

LEFT, abave: Susan Locker and BobbyGreen soon got over their shyness intheir delightful tap dance numberwith two other little couples. LEFT,below A daring young gymnast takesa flying somersault over the proneFigures of four of his trusting teammates.

The Circus on Parade" was the theme of the Junior "B" baton group's bignumber, in which 16 wellrehearsed young ladies took part.

Thompson Community

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Levack Bowling Champs Receive Trophies After Another Big Season

1. Mixed league "A" division champs and winners of the Piccolo trophy wereMurray and Sadie Crane, Marlene (captain) and Paul Thompson, and (notshown) Jane and Alex Lefebvre. 2. Champs of the "B" division in the mixedleague were Jim and Joan Connor, Rose and Murray (captain) Jalsich, and

Bowling continues to be a verypopular pastime in Levack, and itwas a busy schedule indeed for the290 members of the Inco Em-ployees Club pin-pounding set."There were times when we couldhave used a few more alleys totake care of them all," declaredAlice Didur who served as capablesecretary of the men's and ladies'leagues. "We included some teamsfrom Onaping and Cartier andthen had to close off the entries."

Levack mine's popular personnelofficer Harvey Nadeau presentedtrophies to the proud winners ofthe six leagues within the or-ganization, the ladies' A and B,the men's A and B, and the mixedA and B. The presentations pre-ceded a most enjoyable evening ofdancing at the Elks Club on WindyLake, with a buffet supper laid onlater in the evening.

Ladies' league "B"division champswere Jenny Shes-nicky, Nellie Ste1.mackowich, LenaBrizinski (captain),Angie Charlebois,Annie Unwin, and(not shown) GretaKoski.

Individual stars in the ladies'league were Ruby Laframboisehigh single, 338), and Pat Kelly

thigh average, 218, and high triple,816;. In the men's league, the hotshots were Bun Londeau (highsingle, 410), Murray Crane (highaverage, 241), and John Mthajicthigh triple, 893). In the mixedleague, individual top scorers forthe ladies were Joyce Farrow (highsingle, 329), Arlene Brideau (highaverage, 223), and Bea Mallettehigh triple, 829), and for the men

Paul Thompson (high single, 348>,Murray Crane (high average, 228),and Bernie Deveau (high triple,892),

As a token of the bowlers' ap-preciation for her good naturedassistance throughout the season,Employees Club stewardess Bar-bara Stanich was presented witha gift by secretary Alice Didur.

(not shown) Ken and Cleo Miron. 3. Winners of the DeMarco trophy as men's"B" division champs were Francis Lutirell, Dino Traacanelli (captain), LorneLuttrell, Ivan Luttrell and (not shown) Harold Melanson and Wendell Luttrell.

Life'May Be "Rugged" for RalphBut He's "Hooked" On It That Way

A Copper Cliff pensioner whohas resided in Port Colbornefor 11 years, Ralph Crouse, re-markably fit and active at 81,has made a fine art of his hob-by of hooking rugs.

"Hooking" a rug doesn't meanpinching one off the neighbor'sclothesline, as some shamelesspunster might suggest. Farfrom it. It means many hoursof alert and painstaking work,creating artistic designs fromstrands of colored wool on abacking of burlap.

Each little square of the rugMr. Crouse is producing in thepicture represents about anhour's work. He plans to enterthat rug in the Canadian Na-tional Exhibition competitionsthis year, in the class for rug-makers over 80 years of age. Hehas won several prizes for hisrugs at the Welland CountyFair. and last year created alovely maple leaf design for theCentennial competition con-

ducted by Chatelaine Magazine."Sometimes I get so interest-

ed that I can't atop until a rugis finished," the bright-eyedpensioner told the Triangle."Once I worked 16 hours at astretch, but the wife took a dimview of that."

In all he has hooked about 40rugs, many of them as gifts fordelighted friends and relatives.He has turned down many of-fers of orders for his handi-craft. "I might get too in-volved. It's better just as ahobby."

Gardening is Ralph's otherchief interest. He and Mrs.Crouse have a beautiful flowergarden behind their cosy homeat 122 Forest Avenue, Port Col-borne. Prize-winning dahliasare his specialty.

Storekeeper at the CopperCliff reduction works, Ralphretired on pension in 1952 afteralmost 44 years with the Com-pany.

Safety Poles break-away at their base whenNew stainless steel light poles struck by a motor vehicle, reduc-

installed by the Minnesota High- ing to a minimum damage to bothway Department are designed to pole and vehicle.

Here with the Tony Soden trophy are the top team in the men's "A" league,Jerry St. Louis, Murray Crane, Hector Lauzon, Eli Maki, AIf Mallette, and PaulThompson.

Champions of the "A" division and winners of the ladies' league trophy wereMadeleine Vezeau, Flo Vezeau, Theresa Burton, Fern Cameron (captain),lorna Beland, and Noella Winn.

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900 Cositimed Boys in Colorful Annual Cuboree McCoy 368). The Mulligan team,cor('ci the high team single of1724 and the high triple, 4594.

Presntation of trophies tookplace at the league's well attendedaiinual banquet, held at theCai'uso Club.

Pniiehed aiid SkinirnetiConverters for 38 Years

"Putting automatic tuyere punch-ing machines on the converterswas a great improvement," re-marked disability pensioner RayBiscaro. "But they came too latefor me. I punched by hand for 14years before I moved to the con-verter controls as a skimmer"

Ray worked all of his 38 yearswith the Company in the Copper

Mr. and Mrs. Bscaro

1st Creighton PackAgain Prize-Winner

Nine hundred Wolf Cubs fromall over the Sudbury district madea howling success of the sixthannual Cuboree held at CopperCliff on June 1.

Theme of the big roundup was"Fantasy', each of the 38 packsbeing costumed to representcharacters from favorite adventurestories and fairy tales such asTreasure Island, Robin Hood,Robinson Crusoe and Snow White,

The grassy field opposite theslag dump on the Copper CliffRoad, site of this year's rally nowthat Copper Cliff South mine hastaken over the previous location,swarmed with eye-patched pirates,inerrie men from Sherwood Forest,

Trophy-Winning Teamslii Lively Mixed Bowling

Clarence Mulligan's team pickedoff two trophies in the Livelymixed bowling league last season.They received the athletic associa-tion president's trophy for finish-ing on top of the schedule in regu-lar league play, and also theOKeefe trophy for winning the

wild Indians, white-bearded dwarfsand many other colorful typesfrom the wonderful world of child-hood fantasy.

Creighton Wins AgainThe packs were judged on their

parade presentations and also ondisplays of puppets and artifactslaid out in front of their tents.For the third successive year the1st Creighton pack, of which EdCayen is cubmaster, won firstprize, with 1st Sudbury placingsecDnd and 1st Val Caron B third,The Creighton boys, some ofwhom are shown in the top leftpicture above with their leader,came straight out of Robin Hood.Their prize was a portable bar-becue. Judges of the competitionwere Mrs. Alex Gray, Dave Yeo-mans and Russ Empie.

A late afternoon rain doused

"A' group playoffs.Members of the two-trophy line-

up were Clarence amid Pat Mulli-zan. Pete and Lisa Duniencu, andBill and Pauline Fortin.

The Mary Sharpe memorial tro-phy for second place in the leaguestanding was won by the team ofChester and Nancy Kadjas, Blan-chard and Marion Bell, and Daveand Ann Farstad.

the traditional campfire, much toeveryone's regret, but it failed todampen the appetites of the hun-gry horde. Everything from hotdogs to spaghetti and meatballs,bountifully supplied by the groupcommittees, was wolfed down bythe cubs in a fearless exhibitionof gastronomic versatility.

The Cuboree chief, Dale Rich-ards of 1st Chelmsford pack, grate-fully acknowledged the assistanceof Rover Scouts, service Scoutsfrom each division of the district,and the St. John Ambulance Bri-gade in running the rally, whichwent off without a serious hitch.

District commissioner Alex Grayand &ther staff members heartilyconi'atulated the pack leaders onthe splendid turnout and costum-ing, and the flue spirit and en-thusiasm evident on all sides.

In the B" group playoffs forthe James C. Parlee trophy thevictors were Dick and Edith Moore.Angus and Elsie McLellan, andLarry and Lou Code rre.

Indidvidual stars on the season'splay were: high average, Pat Mul-ligan 228 and Bill Fortin 248high triple. Pauline Fortin 832and Charlie Trigg 884: highsinzle, Isabel Jarbeau 354 and Al

Cliff smelter converter building,and was skimming on the nickelend when he retired.

One of a family of 11, he wasborn near Paese, Italy, in 1909, andleft there to join his sister inCopper Cliff in 1927, He joinedInco in 1928.

A young lady from Barry's Bay,Ontario, Rose Zelney, becameRay's bride in 1938. Their youngfamily of four all attend school:Ray Jr. 19, and Richard, 18, are atSt. Charles College, and Diana,16, and Betty-Anne, 15, study atMarymount College.

His home, which he built onwhat was then Gatchell's farmin 1940, will be Ray's main con-cern from now on. "Once I getthe house and garden in shape.then I'll head for the water andmy friends the fish," he said."Work comes first - even for pen-sioners."

Alvin ThompsonAlvin Thompson has left the

hustle and bustle of the Frood-Stobie mill and his job as main-tenance mechanic for the peaceand quiet of a tourist camp on

Bigwood Lake. Hewill assist his bro-t.her who operatesthe lodge.

- A head injury re-sulting from anauto accident in1953 has broughtabout his retire-ment on disabilitypension after 27years with Inco.A. Inompson

Born in the townof Sellwood, some 20 miles northof Sudbumy, in 1917, Alvin left forthe lumber camps in the Timminsarea in 1934, and two years laterstarted at the Levack mine rockhow.e.

Service at both Frood and Stobiemines followed, and he moved tothe new mill there soon after itsrecent completion,

Alvin's marriage to LticienneLavoie took place in 1940. Theirfamily of four, who all live in Sud-bury. ire John. Terry, Daniel, andBonny, 15.