VOLUME 31 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, OCTOBER, 1971 NUMBER 7

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Sudbury radio club volunteersare ready for any emergencies

Using highly-sophisticatedequipment, the Sudbury and Dis-trict Amateur Radio Club's be-hind-the-scenes volunteers areready to go into action if anemergency occurs withinminutes.

Last winter, the club becameaffiliated with the local Emer-gency Measures Organization(EMO) and the radio hams nowprovide all emergency communi-cations for the disaster organiza-tion. As part of this responsi-bility, the club has introduced anew service to connect all theSudbury and district hospitalswhen regular telephone serviceis disrupted during emergencysituations such as floods, fires,tornadoes, etc.

To handle the job, club mem-bers have adopted very high fre-quency (VHF) receiving andtransmitting equipment, and nowbroadcast on what is equivalentto the upper range of the com-mercial FM radio band.

Under the supervision of anew full-time coordinator, thelocal Emergency Measures Or-ganization has undergone an ex-tensive revision to improve itsreadiness. One of the radioclub's members, Doug Stickles(a radio specialist in Inco's ap-plied geophysics department)was appointed emergency com-munications officer. He acts asthe EMO's liaison with the radioclub and is responsible for call-ing them into action. He meetsregularly with the EMO staff andkeeps the radio club up-to-datewith their requirements.

Once-a-month, the radio clubstages a readiness exercise andchecks its commu nicationsequipment linking the hospitals.Club president Richard Forget isan instrument foreman in Cop-per Cliff. He said that within 30minutes from the time the initialcall is made to the club, the sys-tem will be in complete opera-tion.

Inco radio club members andtheir stations are: Richard Forget,Copper Cliff Hospital or LivelyMedical Centre; Geoff Horsfall(planned maintenance, Garson),reserve man, or base station; RoyBain (purchasing, Copper Cliff),Copper Cliff Hospital or SudburyGeneral; Dave Green (StobieMill), Memorial. Other membersof the club cover the rest of thearea's hospitals.

The emergency communica-tions are important because with-out them it would be difficultfor the hospitals to contact spe-cialists at other medical centresfor consultation; call for helpfrom blood banks; or, in thecase of a hospital filled to ca-pacity during an emergency, pollthe other hospitals to see whichcan admit more patients.

Fifteen of the club's 25 mem-bers now broadcast on the FMband, and eight have broadenedthe usefulness of the system byinstalling mobile sets in theircars. The rest still use conven-tional shortwave radios.

Richard Forget said the FMband is preferred because it of-fers privacy and easier access to

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Richard Forgetchecks the perfor.mance of the re-peater station'scomponents whileKen Buchanan,who helped Rich-ard build the sta-tion, reads off theresults on the testmeter. The kind ofreadiness that re•suits from thisconstant vigilanceover equipmentpaid off in theaftermath of theAugust 20, 1970,tornado, when clubmembers set up ashortwave radiostation In Lively.Said Richard: "Be-tween the time thestorm struck andthe re-establish-ment of the firsttelephone ser•vices, our 10 mem-bers handled 974calls to and fromanxious relatives."

OCTOBER, 1971

Thismonth'scover

Drilter Fred Schiewek is one of thepeople you'll meet on this month'swalkabout at Garson and KirkwoodMines. The photostory starts onpage 6.

Published for Ontario Division em-ployees of The international NickelCompany of Canada Limited.

Peter Marshall, Editor(705) 682-2604

To contribute suggestions for ar-ticles, please call the above tele-phone number, or write to:inco Triangle, Copper Cliff, Ont.

Authorized as second class mail by thePost Office Department, Ottawa, and forpayment of postage in cash.Material contained in the Inco Triangleshould not be reprinted unless permissionhas been obtained from The InternationalNickel Company of Canada, Limited,Copper Cliff, Ontario.

Pigott, Petersonget new posts

The Company has decided toseparate the executive manage-ment of the Indonesian Projectfrom that of its activities in

J. A. Piqott H. W. Peterson

Australia. To accomplish thispurpose the following changeswill be effected as soon aspractical:

H. W. Peterson, vice president,inco Canada will transfer fromSydney to the New York office.As managing director of P. T.Inco Indonesia he will be re-sponsible, under the direction ofJ. C. Parlee, senior executivevice president, for administeringall aspects of the IndonesianProject.

J. A. Pigott, vice president,inco Canada is appointed to theadditional position of president,inco Australia, Ltd. He will trans-fer to Australia and will beresponsible for administering theCompany's affairs in Australia,reporting to Mr. Parlee.

Every month, club members station themselves at the Sudbury area'shospitals and run checks on their equipment by communicating betweenthe points. Here, Memorial Hospital administrator Don Fish is assuredby Doug Stickes that the signal from the Copper Cliff Hospital is comingthrough loud and clear.

INCOFAMILYALBUM

Garnet Phillipsand his family livejust outside LIvely,whIch Garnet findshandy to hIs jobas a 1st classmaintenance manat the CreightonMill. Born on ManI-toulin Island, hegrew up in WatersTownship andstarted with theCompany in 1959.His wIfe, Louise,also an slander,grew up at Teh-kummah. TheIr twochildren are Bever-ly Ann, 3 and Wen-dy Lynn, 5. ThePhillIps enjoybowling and camp-ing.

Both Alex Boyleand hIs wife,Monlque, are fromSudbury and thisis where they con-tinue to make theirhome. Alex is ashift boss at StobieMIne and startedwIth the Companyin 1960. The threeBoyle children areKeIth, 10, Neil, 8,and Scott, 3. AlexlIkes bowling (hehad a perfect 450game in 1966) aridgolf, whIle Mrs.Boyle enjoys read-ing and needle-work.

Callander nearNorth Bay was thebirthplace of LeoBoyer, a shift bossin the converterbuildIng of theConlston Smelter.Leo started withthe Company in1956. His wIfe,Shirley, is thedaughter of thelate Pete DavIs, aConiston Smelterpensioner. Theirtwo children areTim, 12, andJames, 10. TheBoyers count curl-ing, fishing, base-ball and hockeyamong their in-terests.

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and youngest Inthe family of Port

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RefInery computer- operator, Bob Boz-

zato and hIs wIfe• Virginia, has Itsr - - advantages-built-

V : in baby sItters wIllbe one of them.

P r Bob joined Inco in- : 1956 In the ac-

4 counting depart-I • ... ment and trans-

• ferred to data pro--. \- cessing in 1959.

Bob enjoys bowl-4 ing, golf, camp-

ing and coachIngthe 7-8 year olds in the Welland MInor Hockey League. Their happyfamily Includes Kelly, 9, Leah, 1 month and Shelley, 11.

Bob Moore's summer jobs on a railroad gang in northeastern OntarIoguaranteed a future at Inco between the rails. Bob is a locomotiveengineer with the Copper Cliff transportation department which hejoined in 1956. He was born in Cobalt and worked there as a mInerfor six years previous to starting with Inco. His wife, Gayle, was bornin Haileybury but grew up in New Liskeard. Their two children areMichael, 14, and Terry, 12. The whole family enjoys tent-trailering atFaIrbanks Lake Provincial Park, their favorite campground. TheMoores live in Sudbury.

Eganvllle in the Ottawa Valley is the original hometown of CelIne andGarry O'Reilly whQ now live in Garson. A tlmberman at Garson MIne,Garry started with the Company In 1947. TheIr two sons are Dan, 20,and TIm, 12. The O'Reillys like tent trailering and snowmoblling.Mrs. O'Reilly is a school librarian In Garson.

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Young hero awarded medalfor saving friend's life

Nine-year-old Brent tahaye ofSudbury is alive today becauseof Robbie MacTaggart's quick-thinking last spring. Recently,10-year-old Robbie, a sixer in the16th Sudbury Cub Pack, wasawarded the emblem of the Sil-ver Cross, the second highestaward for gallantry. He will beofficially invested with his medalby Governor - General RolandMichener, the Chief Scout, in aceremony in Ottawa next month.Robbie is the son of Froodhanger aero mechanic IJoydMacTaggart.

The incident occurred shortlyafter Robbie and Brent leftschool. The two boys decidedto see whether the path alongJunction Creek was a quickerway to get home than going

down Delaware Avenue andHawthorne Drive in New Sud-bury. Brent took the JunctionCreek route and when he at-tempted to jump across thecreek, he misjudged and landedshort, breaking through the thinice.

Robbie heard his friend's criesfor help and ran down to thecreek. Brent was treading wateras he had been taught to do atthe YMCA. Robbie lay down onthe ice and tried to pull Brentout by the hand, but couldn'thold him. Then the youngsterremembered seeing a televisionprogram about safety rules, andlay down on the ice again andclutched Brent by the wrist. Thistime he was successful and pull-ed him out of the cold water.

Laval University students sample Stobie Mine

Specialorientate

programOCTOBER, 1971

helpsnew engineers

About 80 newly-hired engi-neering graduates recently com-pleted a special orientation pro-gram at the Training and De-velopment Institute in Sudbury,Designed to help them "get toknow us" at nco, they spent aweek being briefed on Companyhistory and organization, benefitsprograms, purchasing and ware-housing procedures, safety, thenco maintenance system, ac-

counting, industrial waste con-trol, training and development,and industrial relations. Wherepossible, representatives fromthe departments concerned metthe engineers and answered theirquestions. While at the trainingcentre, they also saw films onmining, milling and smelting,and waste control.

During the week, they visitedthe data processing centre inCopper Cliff, and the mines

Les tewis, Joe Rossi, and JohnZimmer of the Port ColborneNickel Refinery were successfulgraduates of a safety seminarheld recently in Welland, On-tario, under the sponsorship ofthe Industrial Accident Preven-tion Association. The course,Accident Prevention Fundamen-tals, was specifically designed topinpoint potential causes of acci-dents and how to eliminate

Three from the smelter learn howmechanized equipment is maIn-tamed underground at CreightonNo. 3: Frank Boniakowskl, Roy Ver-brugte, and Geoff Taylor.

engineers visited the smelter,copper refinery, and iron oreplant, while the process and sur-face engineers visited CreightonNo. 3. A second orientationprogram, this time for newly-hired mines exploration engi-neers, is scheduled for thismonth.

them. John Zimmer, supervisor,training and development, saidhe plans to incorporate thecourse into his first-line supervi-sor training program, with theobjective of moving one stepcloser to a 'frequency zero"accident rate. Above, tes Lewis,assistant safety supervisor, andJoe Rocsi, safety supervisor, arecongratulated by Charles Ott,assistant to the manager.

District scout commissioner Vern FIeld (mines engineering) presentedRobble MacTaggart with the slIver cross emblem for gallantry at ameeting of Robbies Cub pack in New Sudbury.

Some of the group of new mInes engIneers who toured the copper refIneryas part of the week-long orientatIon program are seen here: Choon Park,Crelghton No. 5 mine; PhIl Taylor, Frood engineering; Rick Staples, mInesprojects, Copper Cliff; Arthur St. Louis, Garson engineering; FrankSchmIdt, copper refinery guide; Alen Buhr, mInes projects, Copper ClIff;and Gerald MInsky, Crean Hill mines engineering.

Three more earn safety diplomas at Port

FIve graduatIng-year engIneering students and two professors from LavalUniversity's department of mines and metallurgy paId a two-day visitto Incos Sudbury-area facIlities last month. While here, they were shownthe underground caving operations at Stobie Mine and the extensiveuse of mechanized equipment underground, the Frood-Stobie and CopperCliff Mills, the tailings area, the smelter and the copper refinery. Above,Stobie driller John Lecoupe explains the operatIon of hIs secondary drillto André Godbout and Michel Robinson.

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Inco pensionerconsults overseas

Half-way around the world inKashan, Iran, Inco pensionerLeonard F. Kitchener has a newjob. He's serving as a specialconsultant to a spinning com-pany which requested an advisorfrom Canada familiar withpowerhouse operations. His as-signment involves setting up amaintenance and repair program

and training new stationary en-gineers to continue his programs.He will be in Iran for about sixmonths.

Len Kitchener's posting wasarranged by the Canadian Exe-cutive Service Overseas (CESO),a non-profit organization formedin 1967. Its purpose is to recruitsenior Canadian executives andtechnical experts, usually retired,to serve as volunteer consultantsto developing countries. CESOpays all transportation chargesand the host government ororganization pays for living ex-penses and accommodation.

Chief engineer at the copperrefinery for all of his 30 Incoyears, Len retired in 1962. Qual-ified as both a mechanical andelectrical engineer, he special-ized in boiler and pressure prob-lems. He helped design the6000 KVA transformer for No. 2arc furnace, the waterwalled gas-fired auxiliary boiler, and mostof the safety devices installedwhen natural gas came into usein the refinery.

Following his retirement fromInco, he moved to Bramptonwhere until his recent "secondretirement", he was chief engi-neer of the Peel MemorialHospital.

Skid you notDid you know that you can

lessen the danger of skidding onwet roads by driving on the 'iirewipes" left by vehicles ahead?Even in heavy rain, car tracksremain visible and relatively freeof water for several hundredfeet.

Practislng skid stops under thewatchful eye of Instructor AllanMcPherson are: DavId Huffels,Steve Johnston, Peter Burns, andTommy Faddis.

Power skatingis hard workfor 450 kids

Stanley Stadium in Copper Cliffhas become the centre of pre-season minor hockey activity inthe Nickel Belt. Hard on theheels of the recent successfulhockey school, over 450 young-sters between the ages of 7 and17 received instruction in powerskating from Allan McPherson.This is the second year thatAllan, who was Scottish freeskating champion for five yearsbefore he came to Canada, hasoffered the course.

Divided into age groups of7-9, 9-11, 11-13, and 13-17, 45youngsters took to the ice dur-ing each of the four classes inthe evenings. The course ranfor seven nights, one hour ofhard skating each night.

The boys were drilled in whatAllan calls the "basics": skating

Below, watching a demonstrationby Allan McPherson are Fred Van-denburg, Robert Dufresne, BruceFaddis and Brian Jones.

Allan McPherson leads the boys through a series of push-ups duiingthe 15-minutes of exercises at the beginning of each session. The 60-minute periods go non-stop and the boys have to be in good shape.

Concentrating on what the instructor has to say are Gary Smith, SteveJohnston, Bruce Eaton, and his brother, Kevin Eaton.

forwards, backwards, stopping,starting, and turning. Definitelynot a figure skating course, allinstruction was related to theboys' hockey experiences: Allanconstantly reminded them tokeep their heads up to watchwhere they were going, and tomaintain their balance at alltimes. Discipline was stressedtoo and Allan was strict withboys who played pranks on theice.

Besides the skating skills, thecourse aimed to improve theyoungsters' coordination andphysical fitness. The first 15minutes each night was spent incalisthenics which also servedas a warm-up. Those who took

the course, Allan noted, got inshape quickly and were readyfor their first league games.

Rolly Wing, Stanley Stadiummanager, said he planned onlytwo weeks of power skating butthe available vacancies werefilled so quickly that he had toadd a third week and later afourth. Next year, he said, thecourse will be modified to 10one-hour sessions over a two-week period. It will also run fora month and if the demand isthere, hell extend it, he said.

The participants at this year'sschool came from all over theNickel Region: Levack, ValleyEast, Coniston, Sudbury, Lively,Copper Cliff and Espanola.

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HUGH RORISONPreparing to leave the cage

and enter the 2800 level shaftstation at Garson Mine, cage-tender Hugh Rorison is seenhere ringing a three-bell callon the shaft signal system thatindicates his intentions to thesurface hoistman.

A miner since he came tointernational Nickel in 1934,Hugh has worked at Garsonsince 1939. He has tendedcages for the last 17 years,and figures that during thattime he's travelled close to75,000 vertical miles.

A native of bonnie Scot-land, Hugh grew up in Spring-side, Ayrshire, and was trans-planted at age 12 when hecame to Canada and Sudburyin 1929.

He and his wife, Grace, havea grown-up family of threeand "our surprise package",daughter Laurie age 7. A resi-dent of Garson, Hugh enjoyshis quarter-mile twice-a-daywalk between home and themine.

GERRY BLANCHARDOn the 400 level of Kirk-

wood Mine, stope leaderGerry Blanchard had justcompleted the drilling of astope face, and was using apneumatic loader to chargethe holes with Amex, a granu-lar explosive made from am-monium nitrate and diesel oil.

Gerry's earlier life was spentin very different surroundings.One of a family of 14, hegrew up on his father's dairyfarm near Marionville close toOttawa.

Newly married and 24 yearsold, Gerry left the farm to try

WALKABOUTMeet some of the people

at GarsonlKirkwood Mineshis hand at the mining gamein 1952. He joined the Com-pany at Creighton, and trans-ferred to Kirkwood in Juneof last year. He and his wife,Valine, are Sudbury residentsand parents of four sons.

NORM SYNNOTIA topman at Kirkwood

Mine, Norm Synnott movedover from Garson Mine whenKirkwood came into produc-tion early last year.

Responsible for the efficientoperation of the mine's shaft,Norm controls all skip andcage activities. This includes

the movement of miners toand from their working placelevels, the hoisting of themine's ore production, andthe delivery of materials andequipment. He is also incharge of the mine's waterpumps.

Born in Stayner, in south-western Ontario, Norm joinedinco at Garson in 1948.

Norm and his wife, Ina, livein Garson. They have a familyof three. Come vacation time,the Synnotts usually head forCanadas east coast with theircamper trailer.

GORD McINTYREA security guard at Garson,

Gord Mcintyre came to incoearly last year following a 12-month stint with the OntarioProvincial Police at Wawa. Heis 24 years old.

Born with an "inquiringmind and a nose like a blood-hound", Gord admits that he'shappiest when he's involvedin investigations and thetricky business of gatheringclues that could lead to thelogical solution of a problem.

Born in Cache Bay, he mar-ried Claire Duschesne of Stur-geon Falls in 1969. They areexpecting delivery of theirfirst-born later in the month.

Our picture was taken whileGord was checking traffic atthe mine gate. Presentingidentification is services fore-man Dave Mann.

STAN GIRARDHigh on a gangway, while

making a sandfill pour in acut-and-fill stope on the 3000level at Garson, sandfill bossStan Girard is seen while di-recting a surging stream ofwaterborne sand and cement.The completed pour will raisethe floor of the stope some 10feet, enabling drillers to makeanother cut in the overheadore.

Born in Ville Marie, Que-bec, Stan started with inco atGarson in 1946. He and hiswife, Florence, are the proud

parents of three sons and twodaughters.

Happiest when hes clump-ing through the hush witheither rod or gun, Stan grab-bed the Ontario record forpike in 196 when he pulleda 8-pound 10-ounce lunkerout of Lake Timiskaming. "A43-minute battle I'll never for-get,' he commented.

Owner of a small armorycomprising seven rifles, Stanmanages to drop a mooseevery fall. "Where?" heechoed with a grin, "Why inthe bush of course - whereelse."

RAY MAKIA 1st class maintenance

electrician at Garson, RayMaki is a graduate of Inco'sapprenticeship training pro-gram.

The son of Frood Mine top-man Auri Maki, Ray was bornin Sudbury. He started hisfour-year electrical apprentice-ship and his Company careerat the iron ore plant in 1964.During his training period heworked at Levack, Copper

Cliff and Coniston, and settledat Garson in 1969.

The Triangle camera movedin on Ray in the mine'spowerhouse, where he wasbeing prepared" by adjusting

a spare time-delay relay.Single and 26, Ray enjoys

outdoor life, and has just com-pleted the construction of asummer place on Lake Pen-age. A member of the CreanHill Gun Club, he regularlyattends target practice ses-sions with his .22 calibresemi-automatic pistol.

LAURIE CARROLLit was a combination of

steady employment and thechance to earn a better paycheque that attracted LaurieCarroll to inco.

While visiting relatives inSudbury in 1957 he cized upthe local situation, returnedto his home town of Lantz-

siding in Nova Scotia, and twomonths later packed his bagsand headed back to the nickelcapital of the world.

Starting with the Companyat the Copper Cliff reductionplant, he moved into miningat Garson in 1958, on toCreighton in 1959, and toKirkwood last year.

A diesel loaderman, he wasphotographed at the controlsof a powerful load-haul-dumpmachine on the 400 level ofthe mine.

Unmarried and 40 years old,Laurie 'prefers his freedom".

BOB BANKSOn-the-job in the 3000 level

cut-and-fill complex, Garsondriller Bob Banks was photo-graphed while preparing todrill up-holes with a tracklesstwin-boom jumbo.

Bob grew up on a farm nearShelburne in southwesternOntario, left the land to workin a furniture factory at OwenSound, and came to work inthe Copper Cliff Smelter in1959.

Switching from reduction tomining, Bob made his first tripunderground when he movedto Garson as a mine beginnerin 1960.

Together with his wife,Grace, and their three young-sters, Bob returns regularly tohis parent's farm come vaca-tion time. 'We all enjoy ourstay there," he said. But I'malways glad when we're head-ing north again. Farming's OK,but this mining game gets in-to your blood."

INCO TRIANGLE

SAM TOIVOLALike his father before him,

Sam Toivola lives in Garsonand works at Garson Mine.

A 1st class machinist, Samjoined the Company as an ap-prentice in 1943. Busy in themine's surface machine shopwhen the Triangle camerazeroed in on him, he is seenwhile boring a stainless steel

insert destined for mine waterpumps on the 4000 level.

He and his wife, Clara, andtheir three youngsters leaveon most summer weekendsfor Lake Wahnapitae and thefamily's summer cottage. "Be-lieve it or not," said FinlanderSam, "we don't have a saunathere. My neighbor has agood one so I didn't need tobuild my own."

Sam's other spare time re-laxation is wood turning. "Iknow it's similar to my job,"he said, "but working withwood is a pleasant changefrom working with metal."

DICK ALTMANDick Altman was photo-

graphed against a very appro-priate background. It's a tim-ber pile, and as yard laborboss, Dick is responsible forevery stick of lumber that isused both on surface and un-derground at Garson Mine, Heand his crew of 12 also handleall other incoming and out-going mine supplies andequipment.

Dick hasn't always workedon surface. A native of Win-nipeg, he grew up on a Sas-katchewan homestead, andstarted his career with Inter-national Nickel at Frood in1938. He worked underground

there and at Levack and madehis move to Garson in 1943.He was employed as a tram-mer boss prior to the 1969switch to his present job.

A Manitouliri Islander, RenaHembruff, became his wife in1942. They have a family oftwo.

Owner of one acre of Mani-toulin Island near Sheguian-dah, Dick's retirement dreamsinvolve the building of a com-fortable home there.

ANGELO CASSANDROYou wouldn't guess it from

the picture, but Angelo Cas-sandro is Kirkwood Mine'slamproom attendant. "Look-ing after 280 lamps doesn'ttake all day," he explained,'so I have other duties."

One of those duties con-cerns the operation of themine's lime contact plantwhere mine water is treatedbefore discharge to settlingponds. He was photographedwhile recharging the plant'svolumetric dry lime feeder.

A native of sunny Italy,Angelo grew up in Venice,and learned the mason's tradewhile rebuilding some of thecity's many canals.

He came to Canada tomarry Lena Piazza in 1950,and made his first trip under-ground as a mine beginner atCreighton in 1951. He'sworked at Kirkwood for thelast 18 months.

Angelo and his wife live ina large six-bedroom house inNew Sudbury. Their king-sizefamily of nine range in agefrom 20 to 14 years old.

NORM ZANU1TONorm Zanutto has been tot-

ting up long columns of num-bers since he started into theworking world as a Sudburybank clerk.

A timekeeper at Garson, hecame to Inco in 1970 after acareer that took him to To-ronto as a bank teller, broughthim back to Sudbury as a

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construction site timekeeperand an automobile dealer'scredit manager, followed bythe establishment of his owncollection agency. "The col-lection bit wasn't for me," hesaid. "You have to be meanin that game and that's justnot my temperament, besideswhich I had three guns pulledon me."

Thirty-five years old, Normmarried Dorothy Sitko in1960. They are parents offour.

Norm's spare time is crowd-ed. Not only does he golf,bowl, and coach little leagueball, he also finds time to per-form the duties of a Conistontown councillor and belongto the governing bodies ofConiston's Club Allegri andthe Coniston Credit Union.

He is the son of Companypensioner Tony Zanutto, whoretired in 1969 after 34 Incoyears at Coniston.

FRED SCHIEWEK(Cover)

With a look of rugged de-termination showing on hisface, Fred Schiewek was pho-tographed on the 3000 levelat Garson Mine while bitingdeep into an ore body withan air leg drill.

A man who enjoys a chal-lenge, Fred recalled a roughone that came his way in 1968.A pilot since 1954, he crash-landed his Piper Cub on alake 10 miles back in the bushnorth of Chelmsford.

"There were no roads there,so some friends and I cut oneand hauled the wreckage outby snowmobile," he said. "Ittook most of the winter, butwe did it." Nearly rebuilt,he hopes to have his 'planein the air by next spring.

Born in East Germany, Fredcame to Canada in 1951, start-ed with Inco at Copper Cliffin 1952, and has worked as adriller at Garson since 1960.

He and his wife, Inge, livein Val Caron. They have twosons.

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Faces&

Places

The Us Three, a talented local folk-singing trio of Grade 13 students,have been very busy. Ontario Placetalent scouts booked them Into theOntarIo Place Forum. A concertin Thunder Bay, sponsored by theOntario Council for the Arts, andthe Massey Agricultural FaIr weretwo other engagements. They are

OrganIzed Pee

come to Copper

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Wee baseball has

Cliff. Directed byHarold Vatcher'"r' , (data processing)and backed by

PH ?%RAT strong parentalsupport, theleague enrolled

4some 140 bat-swinging young-sters between theages of sIx and12. Seen frontand centre in thispicture is KirbyBlais, captain ofthe "PIrates", whoclaimed top ho-nors as league

champs. Around him, the lads voted as most valuable players of eachof the six competing teams are, front row: "Expos" captain StevenKusan and "Cardln&s" captain David Creasey; back row: "Phillies"captaIn David Mossey, "Pirates" Bryant Higgins, "Cubs" Shawn Kanerva.and "Mets" captain Barry Bissonet.

Sudbury Star

also regulars at the coffee houseat Lo-Ellen Secondary School.Above: Jane Ripley, Kim Turcotte(daughter of Fred Turcotte, CopperCliff North engineerIng), and ViolaMazerolle (daughter of DavidMazerolle, a 1st class maintenanceman in Copper ClIff).

Seen durIng a regular maintenance 4.75% nIckel. The grindIng media talns 80% nIckel sulphlde solidsinspectIon Is the InsIde of one of on the bottom consists of 125 tons about the sIze of coarse rock salt.Frood-Stoble MIll's sIx gIant grInd- of tapered Ni-Hard billets. Driven After grInding, the solIds are re-ing mIlls. Thirteen feet in diameter by a 1,750 hp electrIc motor, the duced to the sIze of fine sugar.and 18 feet long, the ball mill Is mill revolves at a speed of 16 rpm, Mill shift boss Buster Martel is inprotected insIde by 70 tons of Ni- and has an overall weight of 215 the picture.Hard lIners contaInIng from 4% to tons. Slurry feed to the mill con-

ChrIstopher Duffett, from Inco's London, England, treasury office, vIsitedthe Port Colborne Nickel Refinery recently. Here, he watches DaveThomas, senior plant operator and Larry Little, shift leader, turn on thepower to start the solvent extraction system in the cobalt-nickel separa-tion process under development in the No. 3 research station.

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Blessed with glori-ous weather, 49golfers drove,sliced, and puffedtheir way through18 holes at theGarson Golf ClubdurIng the annualCopper Cliff Ath-letIc Associationgolf tournament.Chairman of theorganIzing com-mittee, Jack New-ell, came out ontop wIth a lowgross of 73 andclaimed the Dor-an's trophy. Run-ners - up H u r Ii eHreljack and RoyMaud came inwith 74. SteveRanich's low netof 70 won him theassocIatIon trophy.All from the Cop-per Cliff Smelter,the foursome inthe picture are(putting) Pat Ril-ley, Stan Rogers,Glen Butcher andEd Lacoste.

Gary Hall, coachof the Warehouseteam, Copper ClIffShift Leaguechampions, re-vIews line-ups withthree of hIsplayers: shortstopRichard Gauvreau,left fielder MoeCorelli, andcatcher GerryMills.

Town pitcher Ger-ry Ready (left)trIed hard but lostthe final game ofthe Copper CliffShift League'schampionships toRene Gervals'Warehouse team.Warehouse w o nthe best-of-fIveseries by threegames to one.Convenor RayFrattlnl arranged a10-team scheduleduring regularseason play.

Cambrian CGliegeCrowned frosh queen at the end of Cambrian College's Frosh Weekcelebrations was Marilyn Ferris of Lively, daughter of Keith Ferris, a 2ndclass maintenance mechanic at Creighton No. 5 Mine. Miss FerrIs,enrolled in CambrIan's medical secretary course, was chosen queen ina six-way contest. Runners-up were Sharon Sedore of Espanola, andMabel Blakely of Sudbury.

Sudbury and district Boy Scouts and Cubs held their annual "apple day"earlier this month. The 1st Levack Cub pack sold nearly 500 applesin that community. Above, salesman Stanley Kleniewskl completes asale to driller DennIs Duckworth. Holding the pack's flag Is CharlesBeckett, and polishing apples are Akela Larry Brown (a shoveller)and cub George Murray.

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is important veteranBy Derek J. Wing

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No. 1 electric furnace

These are the fur-nace's three elec-trodes. Made ofgraphite, they ex-tend down throughthe roof of thefurnace to withinone inch of themolten bath. Thepowerful electricalcurrent they carryarcs between elec-trode tips and bathgenerating meltingtemperatures ofclose to 4,000 de-grees F. As theanodes burn awaythey are loweredInto the furnaceand additionalsections are add-ed. Screwing a 6-foot long, 1,200-pound section intoplace are DanLewis and JoaoDaSilva.

T he world's leading producerof nickel, lnco also ranks

among the world's major copperproducers. Last year's deliveriesof copper amounted to nearlythree and a half million pounds,a quarter of which passedthrough the No. 1 electric arcfurnace located in the Orfordbuilding at Copper Cliff. It de-serves recognition.

Built in 1949, the 6,000 kilo-volt-ampere (KVA> furnacehandles high grade copper sul-phide concentrate that is re-covered from nickel-copper bes-semer matte after grinding andselective flotation in the separa-tion building. Furnace feedamounts to some 350 tons-per-day.

Measured inside the basic re-fractory brick from which it isconstructed, the furnace is 19feet long, 12 feet wide and sevenfeet deep. The self supporting15-inch thick arched roof sits onWater cooled copper skew backjackets. The floor is 27 inchesthick, the walls 24 inches. Thestructure is braced by steelbuckstays and adjustable tie rods.

Furnace feed is delivered toa ground level storage hopperby 60-ton side-dump railroadcars. A belt feeder and beltconveyors elevate the feed totwo oscillating pan conveyorslocated at roof height over theside walls of the furnace. Sixadjustable rotational gates ineach pan maintain even distribu-

tion to the feed hoppers below.Reciprocating gate feeders injectthe feed into the furnace.

Heat for maintaining a 36-inchdeep 125-ton molten bath at atemperature of 2,250 degrees Fis provided by the arcing of three20-inch diameter graphite elec-trodes that are suspended abovethe furnace and pass through therefractory roof. Their bottomends are about one inch abovethe surface of the bath.

Through oil cooled step-downtransformers, a 33,000-volt supplyis converted to 100 volts. Underload, the furnace draws a load of6,000,000 watts (enough to sup-port the requirements of a townthe size of Copper Cliff>. Tem-peratures at the tips of the elec-trodes run as high as 4,000 de-grees F.

Located in the transformerroom, amplidyne generators re-act to fluctuating power demandswhich signal a required verticaladjustment of the decomposingelectrodes and automaticallyraise or lower them to maintaincorrect arc length.

Electrodes are installed in six-foot sections and are burnedaway at a rate of one foot everythree hours. Limited to a two-foot vertical movement, thewater cooled electrode holdingassembly is manually slippedevery six hours.

Two refractory lined laundersare used to tap the furnace. Onetap hole located close to the top

These transfor-mers step down in-coming 33,000 voltelectrical power toa mere 100 volts,but by doing sostep up 280 ampsto 93,000 amps,providing a power-ful punch of noless than 6,000,000watts -enouqhpower to keep thefurnace bath at asizzling tempera-ture of about 2,250degrees F. or sup-port the require-ments of a townwith 4,000 resi-dents. Instrumentman Reg Hibi isseen with theequIpment.

Left, looking into the furnace through an Inspection port, this pictureshows the white-hot tip of one of the three electrodes moments afterpower to the furnace was cut. The electrical arc that jumps betweenelectrode and molten bath generates temperatures up to 4,000 degrees F.

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of the bath is used twice a chiftto 'kim 'lag the other, some 10inches lower is opened five toix times a shift to tap copperulphid mitte. Both slag and

matte are then transferred to theOrford building matte processconverters for conversion toblister copper. Slag lined 66-cu.it. capacity cupola pots are usedfor the transfer.

Furnace exhaust gas at 2000

degrees F is diluted with suf-ficient free iir to drop its tem-l)emture to about 300 degrees Fbefore it is drawn to the mainconverter jisle flue by a 30000-dm fan.

Past the ige of majority, theNo. 1 electric arc furnace gets awetl earned face-tift about onceevery 18 months when she's at-lowed to cool down for re-bricking.

Inside the furnacecontrol centre con-sole, electric fur-nace boss KenMilner is manuallycontrolling the ver-tical movement ofan electrode hold-ing assembly dur-ing the installationof a new sectionof electrode.

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Located above thefurnace, thIs is oneof the two oscIl-latIng pan convey-org that drop con-centrate into thefurnaces loadinghoppers. Convey-orman Joe Chaj IsadjustIng one ofthe six gates thatmaintain even dis-tribution along thelength of the fur-nace.

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A general view of the top of the No. 1 electrIc arc furnace in the Orfordbuilding, thIs picture clearly shows the cable and pulley mechanismsthat support the furnaces three graphite electrodes. At right, the openuptake allows free aIr to dilute and cool exhaust gases from 2000 to ahandleable 300 degrees F. Tending one of the furnaces two oscillatingpan feeders are Claude Ranger and Joe Chaj.

Furnace product, copper sulphide matte at a temperature of 2250degrees F., cascades down a refractory lined launder into a slag lInedcupola pot. On the tapping platform are tapper Walter Prechotko andhelper Roger Pigeau who is ready to stem the flow from the tap holewith a clay bud.

Furnace feed, copper sulphlde concentrate Is delivered in 60-ton side-dump cars. Securing safety chains to the car prior to dumping the loadinto the furnace storage bins is conveyorman Bernard Maher.

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Golden wedding

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Letters and telegrams from theGovernor-General, the primeminister, and a scroll from theOntario government, wereamong the many cards of good

wishes received by Norman andOrca Coopman when they cele-brated their golden wedding an-niversary on August 13.

Relatives and friends fromCampbellford, Saskatchewan,Sherkston, St. Thomas, Sudbury,Lively, King City, Midland, andPort McNicoll, helped mark the

1972 Incoreserved scholarshipsSons and daughters of Inco

employees who wish to com-pete for these awards in 1972should ensure they are pres-ently enrolled in a full com-plement of subjects requiredfor university entrance in1972. Results of repeatedcourses do not qualify. Itis also essential that the "Gen-eral Application for Admis-sion to University 1972" becompleted, and that they par-ticipate in SACU and otherachievement tests offered attheir school.

event at the Coopman's home inCardiff, Ontario.

Married ri Stevensville,Ontario, they lived in Sherkston,where Norman worked as acraneman in the Port Colbornenickel refinery, until his transferto Copper Cliff in 1933. Sud-bury was the couple's homeuntil his retirement in 1951.

Their family consists of oneson and two daughters; ninegrandchildren and one great-grandchild complete the family.

Frood-Stobie and Frood millionsThe inscription on the trophy reads: "Awarded to Art Pyne for beinga safety concious miner".

A driller at Frood Mine, Art won the trophy by being the firstFrood employee to receive five decals during the Frood-StobieSafety Decal Contest. Bearing the pertinent message "Safety is myBusiness", the decals can be seen on headgear in the picture. Anoriginal brainwave dreamed up by Frood-Stobie area safety super-visor, Stan Snider, the contest started last June. If an inspection of aworking place found it to be up to defined safety standards, then adecal was awarded to the man or men involved. During the life ofthe contest, more than 700 decals were awarded at Frood. So far,more than 800 have been awarded at Stobie, but no one there yethas won five. The winner also must have been injury-free duringthe duration of the contest. Present when Art received his awardwere four miners on his shift who had reached the four decal stage.Seen are: driller Rollie Poulin, stope leader Frank Grenon, Froodsafety supervisor Stan Foreman, driller Otto Wetzel, celebrity ArtPvne, Frood Mine superintendent Ted Flanagan, motorman JoeProulx, and Art's shift boss Fred Spry. Going all out with respectto safety, Frood Mine worked 1,000,000 safe-man-hours between!une 4 and September 10. Another commendable milestone wasreached when the Frood-Stobie Mine complex reached the 1,000,000mark on September 24. Their long run without a lost time accidentstarted on August 4.

Inco film winscoveted award

"Shehandowan -- a summerplace" received an Etrog Awardfor the best public relations filmat the 23rd presentation of theCanadian Film Awardc, October1 in Toronto.

The film describes Internation-al Nickel's efforts to develop amine-mill complex at Lake She-bandowan in northwestern On-tario without disturbing the natu-ral beauty of the area, a summerresort.

Two years ago, "Rye on theRocks" won the Etrog Award inthe same category for Interna-tional Nickel. The award wasdesigned by sculptor Sol Etrog,after whom it is named.

Both films were directed byDon Haldane of WestminsterFilms, Toronto, who producedthe films for International Nickel.

Both Inco's prize-winners areavailable to the public from As-sociation - Industrial Films, 333Adelaide Street, Toronto.

Radio club(Continued ftom page 2)

the airwaves, avoiding the some-times waiting-line congestion ofshortwave. Broadcasting on FMalso results in unmatched clarityof transmission, he added. Thisis because an FM signal is re-ceived as clearly at its maximumrange as it is very close to itstransmission point.

In spite of FM's other features,however, its range is poor whenboth transmitter and receiver areat ground level. This is especiallytrue in areas such as Sudburywith its hilly terrain.

Repeater boosts rangeTo overcome this problem, the

club members built and installeda repeater. With an antenna 120feet high atop a hill in the city,the repeater automatically re-ceives and retransmits signals.The repeater has significantly in-creased the range of the club'sequipment - members haveraised Sudbury when travellingin Toronto, Timmins, and Mani-toulin Island. A quarter thesedistances was the limit before.

In keeping with federal Minis-try of Transport regulations, therepeater identifies itself automa-tically in Morse code after eachsignal. The wavelength assignedto the club is 146.94 megacvclesand the repeater has its own call-sign, VE3SRS, the last three let-ters standing for '5 idbury Re-peater System."

OCTOBER, 1971

AppointmentsThe following appointments

have, been announced in theOntario Division:

Copper CliffH. B. Fowler, assistant super-

intendent of mills;M. J. Puro, superintendent,

Frood-Stobie Mill;G. A. Mitchell, superintendent,

Copper Cliff Mill;J. L. Gamey, assistant superin-

tendent, Clarabelle Mill;L. M. Bernard, assistant super-

intendent, Frood-Stobie Mill;D. A. 1-luggins, superintendent,

electrowinning department, cop-per refinery;

R. Moskalyk, assistant superin-tendent, separation and sinter-ing department, Copper CliffSmelter.

H. S. Banasuik, superintendent,Garson Mine. This assignmentis during the absence, due toillness, of superintendent R. J.Ludgate.

F. H. Mulligan, manager,projects, engineering;

R. V. Griffiths, chief projectengineer;

F. C. Svenson, chief construc-tion engineer;

H. R. Lanz, chief estimator, en-gin ee ring;

N. Santink, superintendent,services, engineering;

J. H. H. Smith, supervisor, costcontrol, engineering;

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J. H. Holtby, superintendent,purchasing;

W. F. Campbell, superinten-dent, warehousing.

Port ColborneJames F. MacDonald, environ-

mental control supervisor.

Smelter makesmillion manhours

The Copper Cliff Smeltersurpassed the 1,000,000 safeman-hour mark October 2."The achievement is thatmuch more remarkable andsatisfying when one considersthe variety and complexity ofsmelter operations," John Mc-Creedv, Ontario Division gen-eral manager and vice-presi-dent, commented.

Although the smelter oftencame close, this was the firsttime the 1,000,000 man-hourlevel was reached since Janu-ary 1967. "This emphasizesthe difficulty of the task andits achievement reflects thewhole hearted co-operationand effort exerted by all em-ployees in the smelter com-plex," Mr. McCreedy said.

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Black powder enthusiasts step back into pastWhat they lack in numbers,

they more than make up withenthusiasm and knowledge -that sums up a small but dedicat-ed group of shooters who preferthe challenge of old muzzleloading guns and black powderammunition. last month, eightof them took a step back intothe twilight zone of the past atan open shoot held on theCapreol Handgun Club's ranges.

No formal black powder gunclub exists and there is no in-tention to form one. The en-thusiasts get together aboutonce a month during summerand fall to match shooting skills,try each other's guns, and tradeinformation about the lore ofthe old weapons. Indoor blackpowder shooting during the win-ter is almost impossible becauseof the heavy choking smokeemitted by the guns, so occa-sional social evenings keep thegroup together. Among the enthusiasts are Incoites Larry Marcotte (Copper Cliff stores), whoprefers percussion handguns; AlScrutin (Stobie engineering), whohas a percussion rifle; and John

Shooting offhand,Cam Pitkethly fireshis original Materpercussion rifle. A.32 calibre piece,it was made inCanada about1860 and like mostCanadian guns isquite rare. His wasthe only "original"gun being fired atthe Capreol range.

Taylor (staff personnel), whoowns muskets and handguns.

Behind their interest in oldweapons is a conviction thatwith modern guns, sights andammunition, the skill in shootingis lost. On the other hand, blackpowder shooting, whether mus-ket or handgun, requires a goodmarksman to overcome the idio-

syncracies of his weapon toachieve a good score. Suchpeculiarities include the chokingsmoke that follows each shot;the time lag between the ham-mer of a flintlock striking thepowder pan and igniting thepowder to fire the weapon; thecrude, almost non existent, ironnotch sights; the stiff triggerspercussion handguns need toland a wallop on the caps to setoff the powder; and the muzzle-heaviness of many of the oldguns, making the balance ofmany modern guns a luxury.

Most of the black-powdershooters are also collectors. Antique weapons are classed asthose over 100 years old andare good investments, althoughfew enthusiasts think of themthat way. Because of the tremendous interest in old gunscreated by collectors in theUnited States, asking prices for

Below, Brad Coyles, organizer ofthe Capreol shoot, and Al Scrutin(Stobie engineering) use "buffalosticks" to fire from a sitting posi-tion at their targets. Buffalo hun-ters used this type of crude gunrest when firing at the animalsfrom great distances on the openpriaries.

old guns appreciate about 15per cent a year.

The Colt .45, the "gun thatwon the west", almost qualifiesas an antique: first introduced in1873, gunslingers bought themfor $13 or $14; now $200 won'teven buy one of the reproduc-tions Colt makes for enthusiasts.Very definitely classed as an-tiques are highly-prized Ken-tucky flintlocks, worth close to$700 if original; flintlock pistolsof all types; Colt and Remingtonpercussion revolvers; the SharpsBuffalo rifle; and the Hudsons'Bay fur trading muskets.

Few collectors fire their preci-ous guns, however, because ofthe danger of corrosion, fatiqueor age hardening which couldcause the breech or barrel toburst with fatal results.

Rather than fire their valuableantiques, most shooters buy

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John Taylor (staff personnel) loadshis replica Kentucky flintlock withpowder. Next step is to drop ina ball, and then ram a patch downthe barrel to hold the combination.The Kentucky replica costs about$140; an original in good shape willfetch $600 to $700.

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Re fired on J)ncoWITH 20 OR MORE YEARS OF

PenôionSERVICE

ALF MENARDNew pensioner AIf Menard was

born at Bonfield near North Bay.He started with the Company in1943 after three years' gold min-ing in northeastern Ontario. Alfwas a timberman at Garson Minewhere his son and son-in-law alsowork. Roger Menard is a tim-berman like his dad and ClarenceMcNamee, married to AIf's

Mr. and Mrs. Menird

daughter, Claudette, is a motor-man. Another daughter, Geor-gette, is married to Don Pagnutti,a 1st class garage mechanic atthe Clarabelle Open Pit.

AIf's marriage to a home towngirl, Cecile Landry, took place in1935. They were blessed withfive children and have 13 grand-children to date.

The Menards are living in ValCaron where AIf enjoys garden-ing and woodwork. Althoughslowed down by a heart condition,he feels fine as long as he takesit easy.

FRANK DELUCAFrank Deluca was born in the

town of Villa St. Lucia in Italyin 1906. In 1924, he emigrated

Mr. and Mrs. Deluca

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to Canada and joined Inco forthe first time. Leaving Inco ayear later, he worked on severalconstruction projects in Port Col-borne and in Timmins. Afterhelping to build the local theatrethere, he stayed on as projection1st and still has his operator'slicense.

While in Timmins, Frank metand married Evelyn Merle Howe.They have two sons and a daugh-ter; son Danny is presently working in the electronickel refinery.The Delucas have three grandchildren.

Frank returned to Port Col-borne in 1947 and was rehiredat Inco. He alternated between

the leaching, calcining and sin-tering departments and was acraneman in the anode departmentwhen he retired.

After 24 years' service, Franksaid he is going to take it easyand concentrate on his gardening.

DOUG HEWITFDoug Hewitt was born near

Saskatoon and after working withhis farming parents and servingoverseas, he started with Inco in1947 at Murray. He later brokehis service but returned again toMurray in 1951.

Ferne Vickell, from the MooseJaw, Saskatchewan area, becameDoug's wife in Sudbury in 1947.

Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt

They have three children andseven grandchildren.

Doug enjoys gardening at hisSudbury home along with readingand television.

The Hewitts plan to maintaintheir summer home at Spanish,west of Sudbury, and will winterin Florida.

JACK MCLENNANMaintenance general foreman

at the Creighton No. 5 Mine,Jack McLennan started with Incoin 1934 at the Copper Cliff Smel-

Mr. and Mrs. McLennan

ter and transferred to Creightonin 1959. Jack was born in Tor-onto and before coming to theCompany he did electrical contracting work in Niagara Falls forfive years.

It was also at Niagara that hemarried Jenny Singleton in 1934.Mrs. McLennan was born inYorkshire, England, but movedto Canada as a girl of 10. Theyhave three children and six grandchildren.

The McLennans plan to travelto Florida and perhaps to West-ern Canada but will still callhome the house they have justcompleted in Lively.

DAN McCOOLA maintenance electrician 1st

class, Dan McCool was shift electrician in the loco shop in Copper

Cliff from 1946until his retirement.

Dan was born in) Sudbury and was a

ii commercial traveller between theSoo and Mattawa

V before joining In-co. He marriedRita Mimeault in

Dan McCooI Sudbury in 1939.Mrs. McCool was originally fromSturgeon Falls. They have fourchildren and four grandchildren.

The McCools live in Sudbury.Dan enjoys gardening and tin-kering around the house.

MATTI LAAKSOMatti Laakso's career at Inco

spans a lot of years and unfoldsat five of the Company's mines.He started the first time in 1929

at the Frood, andtransferred in 1934to Creighton where

- - he worked until1937 when he de-cided to leave theCompany to try

I - full-time farming.. He returned in

1950 to Crean Hilland later worked

Mrs. Laakso at Frood Open Pit,Creighton, and Levack before re-turning to Crean Hill in 1964 forthe rest of his service.

Matti was born in Finland, aswas Lyydi Karvonen, the girl hemarried in Sudbury in 1931. Theyhave four children and sevengrandchildren. Their daughter,Anni, is married to Walter Ranta,a 2nd class carpenter at Creigh-ton No. 5 Mine.

Matti and his wife live on afarm near Whitefish, near whereMatti enjoys good hunting andfishing.

EWART WRIGHTEwart Wright, better known as

Bill, has had a long associationwith the Company, 48 years to becx

His father, William, workedwith the Mond Nickel Company

H!Mr. and Mrs. Wright

in its smelters at Victoria Minesand later Coniston.

Bill, Jr., was born at VictoriaMines and started with the Com-pany in 1922 doing electricalmaintenance work at ConistonSmelter. In 1932 he transferredto Copper Cliff to work in thetransportation department, but in1955 moved over to the account-ing department at Frood and thenMurray Mine where he was time-keeper.

He married Clara Guimond inMattawa in 1934. They havethree children and nine grand-children.

Enjoying good health, Billfishes and hunts near the Wright'sMinistik Lake cottage. A tent-trailer trip to the west coast andAlaska is under consideration fornext year. The Wrights plan toremain in Sudbury.

STEVEN BOROSRetiring after 29 years with the

Company, Port Colborne's Steve

aMr. and Mrs. Boros

Boros said he'll keep busy lookingafter his garden and setting up hisown woodworking shop.

Born in 1906 in Hungary, hemade custom-made shoes until

Some of Matti's former workmates gathered around when divisional fore-man, Elmer Manninen, presented the popular miner with a wallet and agift certificate for a big chair. Keith Henderson, left, the area super-intendent for Totten and Crean Hill Mines, was also on hand to wishhm well.

OCTOBER, 1971

he left for Canada in 1929 tojoin his sister in Port Colborne.Jobs were scarce at that time,Steve recalled, but his trade asa shoemaker came in handy andhe obtained employment at alocal shoe company where he re-mained for over 11 years.

In 1942, deciding it was timefor a change, Steve joined Inco inthe calcining and sintering de-partments. After five years, hemoved to the yard department asa freight handler and trackman,finally transferring to the me-chanical department.

While at a dance in 1932, Stevemet Martina Karoly and after awhirlwind courtship, they werewed. Both their children havemarried and a total of eight grand-children complete the family.

BLONDY MOYLEIf any of Blondy Moyle's four

grandchildren pick up a bruiseor cut during a visit to Grandpa'sand Grandma's in Creighton,there should be no cause for

alarm: for after 25years as a first aidman at Creighton,

• Blondy has hadplenty of experi-ence with swabsand iodine.

I Blondy was bornin Quyon, Quebec,near Hull and start-

Bloody Moyle ed with the Com-pany in 1937. All his Inco yearswere spent at Creighton.

Married to a Creighton girl,Joyce Simpson, in 1942, Blondyis the father of five children.Son Tom is a 1st class main-tenance electrician at CreightonNo. 5 Mine. Mrs. Moyle's father,the late Hugh Simpson, was acarpenter at Creighton for 30years.

Blondy plans to spend a lot oftime fishing and hunting. TheMoyles will remain in Creighton.

HERVE BERTRANDIt's no great surprise that Herve

Bertrand plans to spend a lot ofhis time in retirement tending thegarden at the Bertrand residencein Sudbury. Herve spent the first25 years of his life on his father'sfarm near the now abandoned

Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand

town of Victoria Mines, west ofSudbury. Herve's decision tojoin Inco in 1947 was also pre-ceded by five years' work with adiamond-drilling company. Allhis Inco service was in the CopperCliff Smelter nickel reverbs de-partment.

It was also in 1947 that hemarried a Hanmer girl, LucilleTremblay, in her home town.

They have a famil3children.

'I'm enjoying my retirementbut 1 sure miss all the boys onthe job," remarked Herve at theend of his interview with theTriangle.

ALFRED PERRIER"I'm under warranty y'know;

I'm still good for 50,000 miles."Alfred "Fred" Perrier was sum-

<;Mr. and Mrs. Perrier

ming up the state of his health atthe beginning of his Companypension.

Fred was born in Chelmsfordand started with Inco in 1937. Heworked in the copper refinerythroughout his Company serviceas a welder in the plate shop. Hespent five years in Niagara Fallsas an iron worker before comingto Inco.

Edesse Therrien became Fred'swife in 1934 at Espanola; Mrs.Perrier was born in St. Charlesbut grew up in Espanola. Theyhave one child and one grand-child.

The Perriers live in Sudburybut they spend a lot of their timeat the cottage Fred built on theFrench River 16 years ago. Likemany pensioners, he counts fish-ing and hunting as two of hisfavorite pastimes.

JOHN JUUSOLATravellers who enjoy the com-

fort of the "Polar Bear Express",Ontario Northland's popular ex-cursion train between Cochraneand Moosonee in Northern On-

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Mr. and Mrs. iuusola

tario, owe a vote of thanks topeople like John Juusola, whosepre-Inco days saw him workingon the construction of that lonely185-mile stretch of track.

John was born in Finland andcame to Canada in 1930. Startingwith lnco in 1934 and finallyagain in 1939, he worked on shaftsinking at Levack, Murray,Creighton, Garson, and StobieMines. In spite of John's retire-ment, the family name is still ac-tive at Inco as one of his twochildren recently joined the Com-puny: Dr. Jack Juusola is a pro-ject leader with the process tech-nology department at CopperCliff.

John's wife is the former

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of seven

Tyyne Kaksonen. She was bornin Copper Cliff but grew up ona farm at Middle Lake in BroderTownship. The Juusolas now liveon property beside Mrs. Juusola'schildhood home.

John has some serious fish andgame sessions planned for hishunting camp north of Capreol.The Juusolas have just com-pleted a one-month trip to Fin-land, and a similar trip in thefuture is under consideration.

FRED THORNTONLike many young men of his

era, Fred Thornton started workat a very early age, 12 to be exact.

Mr. and Mn. Thornton

He started with the CNR doingsection work around Parry Soundwhere he grew up; he was bornin Hagar.

Fred joined Inco in 1936 atCopper Cliff, left the Company in1942, but then returned in 1946and accumulated 24 years non-stop. Much of his service wasspent as a 1st class rigger atFrood Mine.

His wife, the former Anne Car-penter, was born in the northernAlberta village of Czar, but Tim-mins became her home town atage 12. They were married inSudbury in 1948, and have threechildren and nine grandchildren.Their daughter, Marlene, is mar-ried to Levack Mine stope leaderBob Langstaff.

The Thorntons have been livingin Sudbury for many years butwill be changing their address toArizona in 1972.

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DICK PELLADick Pella has shut down the big

crusher for the last time callingan end to this Company associa-

tion that lasted 37a years. Dick startedwith Jinco in 1933working for the

- late Alex Mcintyreon the pole linesout of CopperCliff. He transfer-red to the receiv-

Mrs. Pella ing bins in 1934and from 1940 onwards he wasin the crushing plant. He cameto Canada from Italy in 1922.

Working first in Fort Willism,Dick found a wife in GenoeffaBartolussi. They were marriedat Fort William in 1930, andhave a family of five childrenand six grandchildren Theirson Dennis works in the CopperCliff Smelter FBR building, andtheir daughter lole is married tonickel converter puncher MikeLuciw.

The Pellas live in Sudburywhere Dick enjoys playing theaccordion and tending to his sixpet canaries. Regular visits totheir son's cottage at Espanolarounds out their recreations.

GEORGE GR.&VELLEGeorge Gravelle is calling it a

day with the Company with 35years' service to his credit.

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Me. and Mrs. Gravelle

George was born at Rocklandnear Ottawa. He started withInco in 1936 on the Copper Cliff

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Several of Dick Pella's associates gathered at the crushing plant topresent the popular worker with a wallet and a wad of money. Shift bossRosie" Roseborough did the honors during Dick's last shift. On the

extreme right is the late E. H. "Cappy" Capstlck, then superintendent ofthe Copper Cliff Mill.

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Smelter's nickel reverbs and, after20 years in that department, hewas transferred to the cottrellswhere he was an operator for thelast 15 years.

Married in 1931 to Cecile Du-beau, George is the father of sixand the grandfather of 15. SonGerry is a switchman at StobieMine.

The Gravelles will split theirtime between their home in Azildaand their summer cottage on theFrench River. George's interestsinclude televised hockey, snow-mobiling and ice-fishing. Theyplan to spend this winter inFlorida.

LIMPIO TOMASSINILimpio Tomassini, known as

Happy", had a long Companyassociation that started back in1926 at the Creighton rockhouse

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Mr. and Mrs. Tomassin

and, except for a two-year stint atLevack, all his service was spentat Creighton. Twelve years acrusherman, he also spent eightyears on ventilation assignments.

Happy was born in CopperCliff, but grew up in Sellwood,the now-abandoned communitynear Capreol. He was marriedin Italy to Gennarina Pernici andthey have one child and twograndchildren.

The Tomassinis live on theoutskirts of Lively. As one of thefounding members of the Creigh-ton-Lively Conservation Club,Happy plans to catch tip on somehunting and fishing. He alsoplans to return to his hobby ofrock collecting.

MANSFORD BROOKS"Among other things, Inco of-

fered security and I liked that,"reflected Mans Brooks aboutwhy he started with Inco in 1935.

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Mr. and Mrs. Brooks

the Company's Copper Cliff locoshop. In 1941, he transferred tothe electrical department and wasstationed at Murray Mine for therest of his service.

A year after coming to Inco,Mans married Cora Tees in Stur-geon Falls. Born in Saskatche-wan, Mrs. Brooks grew up inBruce Mines just east of the Soo.They have three children and fivegrandchildren. Mrs. Brooks taughtschool in the Val Caron area for16 years. Their home is in Sud-bury.

ORVILLE COONEYOrville Cooney had a good

background for a mechanical jobat Inco: before joining the Com-pany at Copper Cliff in 1937, he

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Mr. and Mrs. Cooney

worked for several years in hisfather's blacksmith shop in theOttawa Valley town of Quyon,Quebec. He was born at nearbyFort Coulongç.

Orville left the Company in1941 but returned in 1947. Amiscellaneous fitter, he workedthroughout the Copper CliffSmelter, and since 1961, in thefluid roaster and FBR extension.He was a 1st class maintenancemechanic for the last 20 years.

Married in Sudbury to PinaDoyle, he is the father of 10children. Mrs. Cooney is fromCampbellton, New Brunswick.They also have eight grandchil-dren. Their daughter, Barbara,is the wife of Les Doyle, a 1stclass locomotive and shovel fitter,who works at Clarabelle Open Pit.

The Cooneys live in Azilda,and plan to visit the Ottawa Val-ley and western Canada.

STU DEMPSEYStu Dempsey had a lot of miles

under his belt before joining Incoat the Copper Cliff blacksmithshop in 1941. He drove a truckin southern Ontario for 20 yearsafter qualifying for his driver'spermit at age 14. Stu was born

in London, Eng-land, and came toCanada as an in-fant in 1907.

'- At Inco, heworked as a me-

,'. chanical leader1' 1 from 1947 to 1959

Mans was born in Sturgeon Falls,but grew up in Orillia and Belle-ville. He worked on the railroadfor six years prior to coming to

Smelter sinterStu Dempsey plant, and until re-

tirement as a 1st class mainten-

ance mechanic at the CopperCliff Mill.

His first marriage took place inToronto in 1932 when he marriedMarie St. Germain. Mrs. Demp-sey died in 1963. He remarrieda year later, choosing Della Le-cour as his wife.

Stu plans to take a job locallyas a security guard as soon as herecovers from an upcoming ses-sion with the surgeons. TheDempseys live in Sudbury.

FENTON CARSONCommunities look to couples

like Fenton Carson and his wife,Kathleen, as examples of dedicat-ed involvement. Fenton servedon the Neelon school board forsix years, three of them as chair-man. Mrs. Carson served in

Mr. md Mrs. Cmron

various school board positionsfor 20 years, was the first presi-dent of the Council of Womenin Sudbury and is now its pro-vincial vice-chairman, and is apast president of the Business andProfessional Women's Club. Shewas also UNICEF chairman forSudbury for five years and is con-sidered instrumental in bringinga day nursery to Sudbury (thenursery will open in early 1972).

Fenton was born in Ottawa andworked there for six years as acarpenter before joining Inco n1935. He was a maintenanceforeman in the Copper Cliff car-penter shop. During the waryears, he served with the RCAF,and was stationed in Newfound-land.

His wife, the former KathleenSullivan, was born in London,England, and came to Canada in1921. They were married in Sud-bury in 1935 and have a familyof three.

Both of the couple enjoy golf;their completely equipped traveltrailer will be their home in Texasthis coming winter. The Carsonsare presently living in Sudbury,but would like to settle in Florida.

Bill Bradfordshows his wife,Jean, the electricshaver he re-ceived from hisworkmates. Some150 couples at-tended the dinnerparty given in ho-nor of the Brad-fords at the ClubAllegri in Conis-ton.

OCTOBER, 1971

ARMAND BOUCHARDArmand Bouchard and his wife,

Eila, won't spend all of this win-ter in Sudbury; they plan to holi-day away from the blowing snowin the Bahamas. Back home inSudbury for our comfortable

t; :Mr. and Mrs. Bouchard

summers the Bouchards plan todo some tent-trailering and fish-ing. Armand was born in Espan-ola. Work in paper mills in hishome town, and at Terrace Bayin northwestern Ontario precededhis start with Inco in 1950 atStobie Mine. Most of his servicewas spent as a shift boss.

He married Ella Wiita in Wawain 1949. Mrs. Bouchard wasborn in Creighton. They havethree children.

BILL BRADFORDBill Bradford's colorful work-

ing career started in his birthplaceof Birmingham, England, wherehe mined coal for seven years.Diamond and silver mining inAfrica and India were precededby three years of semi-pro foot-ball, as inside left for the LondonCorinthians. A competitive poolplayer, he was defeated in thefinal championship match forEngland in 1938. His Armyservice overseas terminated onthe infamous Dunkirk beaches.

Bill started in 1949 at CopperCliff, but a year later he went toConiston Smelter. He was thesinter plant foreman for the lastfour years. "I appreciate my as-sociation with Inco; it has resultedin a lot of security for me, andfor my family," remarked thewell-known Coniston retiree.

Married in 1953 in Sault Ste.Marie to Jean Bennett, Bill is thefather of one boy. Mrs. Bad-ford, born in Schreiber, will retirenext January after 32 years' ser-vice with Bell Telephone. She isan instructor in commercial train-ing in the Sudbury office.

The Bradfords are living inSudbury but will move to south-ern Ontario in early 1972.

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Top drivers compete in rallyorganized by Sudbury club

Why would 42 young motorists give up a weekend to sample42 miles of some of the worst roads in the Nickel Region and

Rainbow Country? Some of Ontario's top car rally drivers andnavigators did last month when they entered the 15th annual\4anitoulon C3r Rally, organized by Jack Van Delden inco specialprojects) of the Sudbury Sports and Light Car Club (SSLCC).Twenty-one cars, and their two-man crews, from Thunder Bay,Woodstock, Guelph, London, Toronto, Hamilton, and locally, com-peted in the two-day event. Starting at Pawson's garage in NewSudbury, the rally included an overnight stop in Providence Bay onthe island, before finishing at the Sheraton-Caswell.

Recognized as championship eventThe 1971 version of the Manitoulon Rally was also the first to

be recognized as a championship event by the ralliest's governingbody, the Ontario region of the Canadian Automobile Sport Club.Twelve rallies are chosen from among the hundreds run each yearthroughout the province, to be the contests selected to determinethe all-Ontario championship team. The rallies are based on a 10-point system with the top crew winning 10, second place earningnine points, and the tenth team only one championship point. Atthe end of the year, each crew's seven best rallies are counted, andthe team with the highest total out of 70, is crowned provincialchampion.

Rallying has been described as a Sunday drive with a littleexcitement. The cars travel at speeds 10 per cent below the postedlimit around a specific route. The crews follow directions preparedby the organizers and penalty points are assessed for arriving earlyor late at checkpoints. The crew with the least points at the endwins.

As in most hobbies, rallying can be as expensive as you wantto make it. Newcomers can get by with paper, pencil, a stopwatch,and their car odometer. The enthusiasts and professional crewsmodify their cars with external odometer cables, which are moreaccurate than the stock cables supplied with the cars; mechanical orelectrical time/distance computers which can cost several hundreddollars; for better night visibility on rough back roads, most addextra headlights, which gives their cars a goggle-eyed look; and anextensive emergency kit including flares, first aid supplies, a tool kitand commonly-used spare parts. Breakdowns cost penalty points,and the crews have to be prepared to tackle anything from a blow-out, and minor mechanical problems, to retrieving their car from aditch.

Novices triumph over expertsFor the Manitoulon Rally, local crews were divided into novice

and expert categories. Winning the SSLCC novice trophy were

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Oh, the perils ofrallying, Don Mac-Kinnon (purchas-ing) seems to bethinking. DaveWilton, his naviga-tor, was replacingfor the third timeon the first leg thefront wheel odo-meter drrve cable.Despite this delay,Don managed topick up time onthe road, and theduo didn't loseany points at thenext checkpoint.

Roger Mayhew and Karl Biro, in Roger's Peugeot. They took homethe annual novice trophy and mugs, and various merchandise cer-tificates from local merchants. They also beat the experts and werethe highest-placing Sudbury crew. Best of the Sudbury "experts"were Don McKinnon (Copper Cliff purchasing) and David Wiltonin a Toyota. They won merchandise certificates. Visiting Toron-tonians won the top two plates: Overall winners were Al Boltonand Terry Epp, his navigator, in a Renault; while the runners-upwere Bob Lindquist and navigator John Bellefleur in a Datson.

Behind-the-scenes, another 70 people, including two dozenIncoites, gave up their weekends to serve at checkpoints, host over-night guests from out-of-town, help scrutineering and totallingscores.

Who says rallying isn't a horse race? These nags wouldn't agree asthey keep pace with John Howard's Datson on a back road north ofMcKerrow. Despite the 'traffic", the crew lost only one point at thenext checkpoint, barely a quarter mile from this action.

Don Nelson (general engineering) hustles to clear the checkpoint. Eachnavigator got a sticker from Al Parsons, in charge of that point, whichindicated the actual time the car arrived at the point, compared to itsscheduled time.

VIv MacIMoshRon Fielding and Ron Brooksbank (Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery) pullout of Pawson's at the start of the rally. The Sudbury Police trafficdepartment stationed a constable on LaSalle to stop traffic as eachcar departed from the official start point.

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Inco's own drop-in centre hires

S ame day service - that's what the newly renovated Sudburyemployment office is offering new recruits to Inco's hourly work-

force. Whether he's been invited to apply by one of the employ-ment recruiters on a "sweep" through northern or southern Ontario,or whether the applicant just walks in the door, the goal is the same.'The idea is that a man coming in off the bus in the morning, canfill out an application, have a medical, and, if he qualifies, get hiswork papers later the same day," explained Dave Chapman, super-visor of hourly employment recruiting. When he reports for workon his first shift the next day, the new employee is already on thecompany payroll.

For all concerned it means savings in time and money and lessembarrassment for a candidate who can't meet Inco's employmentrequirements. By streamlining the screening process, Inco savesmoney and at the same time gets those who are successful into itsplants and mines quicker. For the recruit, it's a quicker answer, yes orno, which means less cost to him in personal time and money,especially if he's arrived from out-of town on his own initiative.

The introduction of this speedier hiring process was madepossible by the changes made to the downtown offices located inthe Inco Club on Frood Road.

Besides comfortable waiting rooms with relaxing backgroundmusic, the entire office was reorganized to make a smoother flowof applicants possible, with a minimum of confusion. Interviewsand the processing of applications remained where they've been forthe past 17 years, but the medical staff moved to the other wingof the building. The extra space is used for more interviewingoffices and reception area.

Two more waiting rooms, dressing rooms, and larger medicalfacilities are contained on the other side. Inco's spine and chestX-rays are also taken there. Two new features are an electronic"audio box" for hearing tests, and in-house reading of X-rays.

Key to overall quick service is a new automated X-ray film pro-cessor. This saves transferring the exposed films to Copper Cliffwhere previously they were developed and read. As efficientlyas this was done in the past, it usually meant at least one day'ssuspenseful wait for a candidate. Now, not only are the X-raysprocessed on-the-spot in only 90 seconds, but they are interpretedin the same offices too.

OCTOBER, 1971

people

Open at 8 a.m. Monday to Friday, the team of three employ-ment officers, Gary Foy, Walter Chornenky, and Roy Carlyle, arekept busy interviewing almost non-stop throughout the day. Theoffices remain open during lunch hour and applications can be filledthen. Another innovation is night-time hours. Introduced on anexperimental basis for the first time last month, the employmentcentre was open one night every week. This was to help peoplewho would like to work for Inco, but who just couldn't take timeoff from their present daytime jobs to come and apply, DaveChapman said.

Linda Demkiw, an X-ray technician, pulls a just-developedX-ray plate from the rapid film processor, 90 seconds afterit was inserted into the machine from the darkroom side.Linda is the daughter of Frood Mine shaft inspectorleader Billy Demkiw.

A view of the new bright andMulti-colored chairs, and background music, helpairy waiting room and recep- contrasting wall-paint, plenty make waiting for interviewstion area in the employment of reading material (includ- or final placement as relax-office. ing the Triangle, of course), ing as possible.

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Jim Simpson,now employedas a miner inCreighton, isgiven a visiontest by employ-ment agentVern Tupley,in one of thenew offices.Jim is readingan eye chart,which Vernchanges bytwisting thedial on theside of themachine.

Richard Mc-Farland getshis start-to-

work papersfrom Roy

Carlyle, indus-trial relations

and personnelassistant. In-

terviewed andhired that day,

Richard wastold to report

to the Creigh-ton Mine per-sonnel office

the nextmorning.

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Black powder enthusiasts

Assistant X-ray technician John Dandenault briefedemployee prospect Jocelyn Corriveau, from Gaspe, Quebec,on what to expect and is about to conduct a hearing test.The two electronic "audio boxes" were added during therenovations. John dials a high-pitched whine into eitherheadphone to determine the prospect's hearing range.

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replica guns. Costing $40 to$240, depending on the handi-work and the type of gun, theseare usually identical in allrespects to the older guns, withthe exception of modern steel.The cheapest replicas are madein Spain, but others can be purchased in Belgium or the UnitedStates. Black powder can bebought at most sporting goodsstores, especially those that caterto handloaders, and costs $2-$3a pound. Add a bullet or ballmould and a small heatingdevice to melt lead and anenthusiast is in business. In-stead of the rawhide once usedas wadding to hold the bulletand powder in the breech, oldsheets are preferred for eco-nomys sake by most twentiethcentury "Daniel Boones".

There's no one source of guns

in Canada. In the United States,there are quite a few antiquegun shops, where collectors canpurchase good pieces at fairprices, or get appraisals on gunsthey want to sell. One such U.S.shop has over 3,000 rare guns.

Most antique gun "finds" arediscovered by collectors' friendsor relatives in basements, barns,or the bottoms of old trunks. Theclassified pages of newspapersalso turn up some surprisingfinds for the patient collector.This usually occurs when anothercollector decides to sell out,either to specialize in one typeof gun, or to get his money back.

Collectors weep at the thoughtof people who keep guns theydon't need or appreciate for sen-timent's sake. For example,two extremely rare Kentuckyflintlock squirrel guns, in mintcondition, are known to be lan-guishing in a barn in Vermont.They've been left there by twoelderly spinster sisters who main-tain that their grandfather putthem there in case of Indian at-tack and there they are going tostay . . . just in case!

Creighton gets Boydas new plant hR rep

Dave Chap-man, supervi-sor of hourlyrecruitment, _______

discusses anew applica-tion withstenographer .H:Mrs. JudyMcKinnon. On -

Judy's desk is the radio/tape player which pipes music throughout thebuilding. All mines and plants send their monthly manpower requirementsto the Copper Cliff industrial relations department. There, the Company'soverall manpower requirements are assessed and Dave learns what hisnext recruiting objective is.

Mike Boyd has been namedplant industrial relations repre-sentative for the Creighton Mine

complex. The plantIR rep maintainsclose contact withemployees and

_. Union stewards toassist in solvingany problems be-fore they reach thegrievance stage.He interprets, for

both employees and supervision,the Collective Bargaining Agree-ment and the Company's indus-trial relations and personnelpolicies.

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We have a good ton of inco brawn on our side this year and we're veryglad to have them," said Spartan coach Sid Forster. Front row left toright are quarterback Bob Jelenic, a student who worked in the CreightonNo. 3 Mine time office; defensive halfback Heimut Maimiste, a processassistant in the copper refinery; defensive halfback Aime Dimatteo, astudent who worked in the purchasing department's count group;offensive end Bruce Brgdges, a driller at Frood; middle linebacker RudyReschke, a graduate engineer at Copper Cliff. in the back row aredefensive lineman Gerry Skyba from Copper Cliff North Mine; defensivehalfback Larry di Pasquale, a driller at Creighton No. 5 Mine; defensiveineman Tom Hywarren, storeman at Stob3e Mine warehouse; defensivehalfback Gord Evans, machinist 2nd class at Frood Mine; fullbackLarry Burridge, a miner at Creighton No. 5, and assistant coach ReneBoo Boo" Brisebois, a stope leader at Garson Mine.

Incoites help Spartanscinch first place finish

The Sudbury Spartans, lastyear's champions in the four-team Northern Football Confer-ence, have again clinched firstplace. At presstime, one gameremained in the Spartan's sche-dule, but their six-wins-andone-loss record put them out of reachof the second place KirklandLake Kougars, whose four winswere offset by three losses. Always tough competition for theleague, this season was the Spar-tan's 20th since their formation.

Spartans' only loss was to theirarch rivals, the third place NorthBay Ticats who squeezed a12-6 win out of the Spartans inSudbury. North Bay fullbackKurt Rush still leads the league inmost yards for a pass receiveralthough he bowed out of the

North Bay lineup early in theschedule.

Coach Sid Forster, in his fifthseason with the club, againreceived some spectacular per-formances from individual Spar-tans. Tough veteran defenderJohn Taus kept a wide eye openand hauled down six pass inter-ceptions, two of them for touchdowns, setting a new leaguerecord; and in 86 carries, backRay Owens leads the leagueyards rushing department with491 yards.

Crowds have shown an improvement over past years. Paidattendance over 500 was not un-common showing an upswing infootball interest in the area. Play-ing conditions at Queen's Ath-letic Field, improved due to aspring sod replacement program,are considered a factor in en-

Defensive halfbackGord Evans showsthe kind of bail-carrying abilitythat won him theSpartans' most-valuable - player -award for thefourth consecutivetime ast season.in this picture,Gord found a holein the North BayTicats' defenseand made a firstdown. Spartanswon this game15-12 in the firstencounter of theseason.

couraging a crowddrawingcalibre of play.

Playoffs will take placein late October. The Spartanshave a bye and are likely tomeet the Kirkland Lake Kougars

Thwarted by ex-treme wintercolds, Val Theresegardener WaiterKienappie had towait four years forhis white grapevines to bear fruit.Last winter's

heavy snows help-ed to insulatethem," remarkedthe champion gar-dener who hastaken the awardfor the best gar-den two yearsrunning in the ValCaron Hort3cui-tural Societyshow. Waiter is aconveyorman onthe Copper CliffSmelter flash fur-nace.

in a two-game total points series.Spartans may be without the services of end Ken Shields, hurt ina game against North Bay, butgenerally they're ready to defendtheir championship status.

Mr. and Mrs. NickPezzetta of 485Lorne Street inSudbury grew thisluscious crop ofblack grapes onthe wail of theirhouse facing ascant 15 feet fromthe roaring trafficon that busy tho-roughfare. Theirthree-year-old vinegrew from an 18-inch cutting. Aninco pensioner,Nick was a skip-tender prior to hisretirement fromCreighton in 1965.

'if you want togrow grapes,"said Frank Shep-herd as he snip-ped a bunch fromthe four-year-oldvine in his gardenon Redfern Streetin Sudburg, "youhave to shelter thevine from thosechilly north windsand keep it wellcovered up untillate spring." Hisvine was in blos-som in late May.A constructionleader at FroodMine, Frank start-ed w3th inco atLevack in 1926,and has workedunderground sincethen. He was 61last August.

Yintae year for grapes