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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.

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

Inco Teams UpWith France inNew Caledonia

PARIS (Reuters) - Agreementhas been reached between France'sdepartment of geological and min-ing research and InternationalNickel Co. of Canada on formationof a second company for develop-ing mineral resources in NewCaledonia in the South Pacific.

A communique issued Saturdaynight by the industries ministryand the ministry for overseas ter-ritories and departments, said aFrench Consortium will put up 60per cent of the capital and Inco40 per cent.

The management board of thenew company will be French, thecommunique said.

Until now, exploitation of NewCaledonja's ore bodies has been ex-clusively in the hands of a Frenchcompany, Le Nickel.

The communique said: 'With theimportant technical co-operationof Inco, the new company will beable to develop this South PacificOcean territory as a major indus-trial centre, realized thanks to theintervention of the French govern-ment."

New Caledonia's mineral re-sources include not only nickel butalso chrome, manganese and iron.Silver, gold, cobalt, lead and cop-per have also been mined at va-rious times.

Favor ReturnedStepped out briskly

along the Albert Embank-ment in London with lnternational Nickel publicrelations officer MichaelDraco (left) are Peggy andArchie Dimmock of Cop-per Cliff.

Mill metallurgist Archiehad acted as Michael'sguide on a plant toursome years ago, and theyhad agreed to meet againin London some day. TheDimmocks couldn't havehad a better host thanthe enthustiastic Michael,who shows off London asf he personally invented

JYCO 'r('hairman Issues Statement

Paris. October 22 - Henry S.Wingate, chairman of the boardand chief officer of The Interns-tional Nickel Company of Canada,Limited, made the following state-ment in regard to the announce-ment by the French Government:

'We are pleased to have the op-poi'tunity to be associated withFrench partners in the new projectannounced here today by theFrench Government for the devel-opment of previously undevelopednickel deposits in New Caledonia.While in accordance with thepolicy of the French Governmentwe have a minority equity position,40 per cent, the new project willhave our complete attention andcooperation, The InternationalNickel organization will participatefully in the feasibility studies withthe objective of establishing facili-ties to provide yearly 50 to 100 mil-lion additional pounds of nickel tothe world's supply. This new inter-national venture will, we believe,benefit all of the participants andit will provide New Caledonia witha very real, new economic resource,with significant benefits to Franceand Canada. The anticipated ad-ditional production will providenickel to meet consumers' increas-tog requirements throughout theworld."

THE HINTTired of being a widower, Farm-

er Smith went into town, pickedout a wife, married her, turnedDobbin around and drove home-ward. Dobbin stumbled: "That'sonce," said the farmer. A littlelater, the horse stumbled again."That's twice," said the farmer.When Dobbin stumbled again hesaid, "That's three times," pulledout a p.m and shot the horsedead.

"You heartless brute," screamedhis bride, slapping him hard inthe face,

He looked at her for a moment,then said, "That's once,"

Safer LlghtpolesFor greater highway safety, spe-

cial nickel stainless steel lightpoleswith riveted bases have been de-veloped to break away when struckby a car. The first large-scaleinstallation of such poles has beenmade by the Minnesota StateHighway Department.

Archie and Peggy touched almost all the bases in their glorious nineweekEuropean holiday, visiting Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany,Italy, Spain and France, and winding up with two weeks in the British Isles.

'R!,YGLE NOVEMBER, 1967

The maker's number plate off one of the last of the old steam locomotivesto be phased Out of Inca service was the nostalgic souvenir presented to retiringtranspartatian superintendent Jack MacKinnan (left) by his successor, KenJahnston. On the right is I. B. McConnell, manager of reduction works, Ata largely attended dinner Inca assistant general manager G. 0. Machumand other speakers lauded the fine tradition of service maintained by theretiring superintendent and his department.

Jack MacKinnonWhen Jack MacKinnon stepped

into retirement after 16 years assuperintendent of transportation atCcpper Cliff, his department hadgrown to an extensive railroadingoperation involving 187 miles oftrack, 500 units of rolling stock, 22locomotives, and the maintenanceof a 500-acre slag disposal area.

The efficiency of Inco's trans-portation system has been called amodel among Canadian industrialenterprises.

Now comfortably settled in To-ronto, Jack is at least close enoughto the main line of the CPR that

..he can hear a'train whistle

now and then,which helpssome to easethe transition.

Uppermost inhis mind as

- he relinquished- command was

admiration forthe "high senseof personal re-sponsibility"Mrs. MatKinnon felt by the men

of the transportation department."They take real pride in their workand in delivering the goods aroundthe clock in all kinds of weather,"he said. "They're a fine group ofmen."

He confessed nostalgic regret athaving watched the phasing outsome years back of the last of theold steam locomotives in the Com-pany's service. "They were smelly,and dirty, and noisy." he said, "butthey had a little romance to them,and everyone was sorry in a way tosee them go."

Among the major improvementswhich have taken place in the de-partment's operations during histime he specially mentioned themechanization of track moving onthe slag dumps, and the establish-ment of radio communication withthe locomotive crews.

One of a family of eight, JohnC. MacKinnon was boi'n in Ross..land. British Columbia - "theGolden City" he describes it, still

with a throb of the old home townpride in his voice.

He attended school in Trail, thenstarted work in the old Bank ofHamilton. At 19 he spent amemorable summer as a forestrylookout man all alone on top of a7800-foot mountain; he learned totalk grizzly bear language, whichoccasionally came in handy whenhe got into the railroading game.

He was employed by Cominco atTrail as a tank tester in the elec-trolytic zinc plant, then at a cus-tom copper refinery where heworked at every job from scrapwasher to crane operator.

Joining Inco at the Copper Re-finery in 1930 as section inspectorin the tankhouse, he became super-visor of the transportation depart-ment t.he following year.

His transfer to Copper Cliff asassistant superintendent of trans-portation took place in 1941, and 10years later he was appointed super-intendent on the retirement of R.A. Elliott.

During the latter part of WorldWar II he also served as transitofficer handling the rationing ofgasoline and tires for all Inco em-ployees, and the oiganization ofcar pools, a hectic experience fromwhich he emerged firmly convincedthat "most people are honest."

His marriage to Rose Dunning-ton of Sudbury took place in 1933.Their daughter, Judith Baker, anursing science graduate, is on thestaff of a psychiatric clinic inChicago.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?"What's your name?" the store

manager asked the young appli-cant for a job.

"Henry Ford," replied the lad."Henry Ford, eh?" i'ernarked the

manager with a smile. "That's apretty well-known name."

The boy looked pleased. "Yessir, it 0 ugh t to be." he saidpi'oudly. "I've been delivel inggroceries around here to r twoyears now."

Two can live as cheap as one,but it costs them twice as much,

Frank Sullivan

NOVEMBER, 1967

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This is the happy band of Stobie level boss Fern Roy and his wifeEvelyn. One of a family of 17 himself - he has six brothers on theInco payroll - Fern is a firm believer in the oys of a large family.At the piano are Suzanne, 14, and Louise, 12, and in the audiencewith their parents are Dennis, 11, Rachel, 9, and Luc, 6, andMicheline, 4 months.

Ken McDonald came to Thompson in 1961 as a member of thesecurity guard at the Inco plant, after serving for three years on theWnnipeg police force. He and his wife Margaret liked the life inthe lively new town, and Ken is now employed by the Companyas dispatcher. He takes a keen interest in sports activities Theyoung McDonalds are Steve, 4, lan, 7, Jfll, 10, and Paula, 12.

An Incoite since 1947, Ed Charlebois is a carpenter at the Nickel Refineryin Port Colborne. In the back row with Ed and his wife Norma in this merrygroup are Larry, 10, Dianne, 13, Leonard, 14, and Johnny, 8, while in frontare Laura, 5, Joanne, 12, and Raymond, 3.

The girls outnumber the boys three to one in the attractive family of CopperCliff chief maintenance planner Leno Crema and his wife Maureen At theback of the group are Lynn, 14, Patsy, 13, Debbie, 5, and Robbie, 10; inthe foreground, Laurie, 3, and Janet, 9.

Garson stope leader Aimo Maki manages a minorhockey team in the winter and enjoys his camp at LittlePenage Lake in the summer. Here he is with his wifeKaarina, daughter Elm, and hockey loving sons AIf, 19,and Robert, 14.

Ambitious Tom Cian1one works in theCreighton mill by day and studies dectricity and mathematics at night school.He and his wife Rebecca came fromItaly to Inco in 1951. Their childrenare Susan, 13, Danny, 7, Richard, 10.

A Nova Scotia man, Sid Ward joined the Company in1960, is now a trackman at Levack. Hes teachinghimself to play the guitar. With him in this picture arehis wife Sandra and their two young ones, Sidney, 4,and Carol, 5.

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TORONTO QUARTER CENTuRYCLUB MEETS AT ROYAL YORK

Mac Dunn and Alex Illis, former members of the researchdepartment at Copper Cliff who are now on the staff of the J. RoyGordon Research Laboratory at Sheridan Park, near Toronto,received their gold 25-year badges when the Toronto chapter ofthe Inco Quarter Century Club held its annual dinner at the RoyalYork Hotel.

Executive vice-president Foster Todd, in making the presen-tations, spoke of the sense of comradeship felt by members of theclub through mutual bonds of long service and appreciation of theCompany's strength and stability.

Old times at Frood-Stobie mine wererecalled when pen-sioners GeorgeHardy and SteveQuendeck got to.gether for a chat.Mrs. Quendeckseems to be wiselytaking the conversation with a grainof salt.

Mrs. Clarence Chapman with Mr. and Dr. Charles O'Neill, director of theMrs. Jack Vickers, who were married J Roy Gordon Research Laboratory,following Jack's retirement last spring, with his vivacious wife, Catherine.

There were 130 at the mostenjoyable function, the majorityformer residents of the Nickel Beltnow residing in the Toronto area.From afar came former chief en-gineer L. M. Sheridan, who retiredon pension at Copper Cliff in 1947,and Mrs. Sheridan of Santa Bar-bara, California. After a receptionin the Territories Room, dinnerwas served in the Ontario Room,followed by an excellent floor showand dancing to the music of thePaul Simmons orchestra.

Chapter secretary Gerry Marshwas in charge of the arrangements,and was assisted by a committeeof Doug Cousins, Doug Keppy,Anna Langley, Shirley Clapper.Sandra Drolet, and Evelyn Sin-clair.

Ed PrieurEd Prieur has downed tools and

retired on service pension afternearly 25 years as a maintenancemechanic at the Copper Cliff mill.He celebrated his retirement bystarting to paint his house fromtop to bottom, inside and out.

Born in Sturgeon Falls in 1902,Ed's first job was helping his dadin the family furniture store there.Driving a fire truck and workingas a garage mechanic filled theyears before he joined the Com-pany in 1942. Pump work and re

Mrs. Felix Noblet of New York, wifeof the Company's treasurer, danceswith assistant vice-president K. H. J.Clarke.

pairs to notation cells has been hisjob for many years.

Ed married a Sturgeon Fallsgirl. Juliette Menard, in 1931. Theirtwo daughters live in Sudbury:

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Mr. and Mrs. Prieur

Francoise is Mrs. Ray Sauve, andLorraine is married to John Roche-leau. Ed and his wife derive agreat enjoyment from their fourgrandchildren.

During a mechanical departmentstag party at the Italian Club, Edwas presented with a purse andthe best wishes from his friendsand workmates for a long and en-joyable retirement. A bouquet offlowers sent to Mrs. Prieur wasmuch appreciated.

New members Mac Dunn (left) and Alex Illis are warmly congratulated byexecutive vice-president Foster Todd.

NOVEMRER, 19O7

Mrs. Andy Zachorosky, Mrs. John Yawney, Mrs. Foster Todd and Mr. Yawneyenjoying after-dinner reminiscences of the Sudbury district.

Harold Elves and Harry Galley, Tor-onto chapter members, talk thingsover.

The sparkling Allen Sisters just backfrom a series of night club bookingsin the U.S., were the top attraction ofthe snappy floor show. (Above) pensioner Dr. Trevor Beckett talks withMrs. Harold Borland; in the bockground are Mr. Borland and Mrs.Norman Wadge.

NoVEMBER, 1967

Inco Assists Laval'sExpansion Program

A Contribution of $200,000 over10 years has been made to LavalUniversity. Quebec. by The Inter-national Nickel Company of Can-ada, Limited. The contribution isthe largest received by Laval forits present expansion program bya company without operations inQuebec.

The donation is part of the com-pany's continuing aid to educationwhich includes provisions forgrants to leadership universities,particularly those committed toexceptional accomplishments. Inannouncing the contribution, F.Foster Todd, executive vice-presi-dent, said it was being made 'inthe belief that in the coming yearsLaval Will continue its leadershipin high standards of education".

Laval is one of Canada's oldestuniversities, tracing its descentfrom Le Seminaire de Quebec,founded in 1663 by Francois deMonmorency Laval, first Bishopof New France. By 1950 the uni-versity had grown to such a sizethat it was no longer possible toexpand its original facilities inthe old city of Quebec, and theCite Universitaire was founded ona new site in the suburbs.

In 1973 this square mile complexwill represent a total investmentof $231 million and have a studentenrolment of 15,000, nearly doublethe present number. The univer-sity has initiated a campaign toraise $35 million from privatesources to finance this expansion.

AppointmentsThe following appointments in

the Canadian sales, market devel-opment and research organizationof The International Nickel Com-pany of Canada, Limited were an-nounced at Toronto by K. H. J.Clarke, assistant vice-president:

K. B. Young, deputy manager,Canadian marketing, formerly as-sistant manager for Canadiandevelopment and research;

J. D. McLean, assistant to themanager, Canadian marketing,formerly assistant manager, Cana-dian sales and administration;

H. A. Skelton, manager, Cana-dian sales, was assistant to themanager, Canadian sales and mar-ket development. He also becomesmanager, International SalesLimited, a subsidiary;

W. H. Brokenshire, manager,Canadian development and re-search, was metallurgical engineerfor the steel industry section;

A. S. Tuttle, group leader, ferrousproducts, in the development andresearch division, was mechanicalengineer in the stainless steel sec-tion;

S. H. Ward, group leader, non-ferrous products in the develop-ment and research division, wasformerly chemical engineer in theindustrial chemicals, cobalt, pre-cious metals section;

G. A. Lowles, who was chemicalengineer in the nonferrous metalssection of the development andresearch division, becomes assistantmanager of the subsidiary, Inter-national Sales Limited.

Procrastination Is the art ofkeeping up with yesterday,

(Don Marquis)

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Spent 20 Years As ACommercial Fisherman

A Manitoulin Islander, CliffLangman left his job as tugboatcaptain and commercial fishermanin 1937 to join the Company. 'Thegood old days when we could pullfour tons of lake trout out of aseven mile gang net were over,"

/ 1wMr. and Mrs. Langmon

he recalled. "Maybe the lake wasfished too hard, maybe it was thelamprey, I don't know, but thefish just weren't there."

Cliff has retired on service pen-sion after nearly 26 years withInco at Creighton.

Born in Parry Sound in 1902,his family moved to the Islandand Meldrum Bay in 1906. Timeswere hard and at the tender ageof 10 he was putting in a fullday's work at the local shinglemill. Shutdown of the mill in1914 was followed by work on aSilverwater farm; he turned hishand to commercial fishing in1916.

After many years as operatingshaft boss at Creighton, Cliff washospitalized by heart trouble in1960. He returned to the minesalvage shop, and worked thereuntil retirement.

Myrtle Brokelbank became Cliff'sbride in 1924. She has beendisabled by a hip injury since1961. Their grown-up family ofthree are Irene, the wife of JohnButler of Deep River, Helen, nowMrs. Ross Blakely of Pte. Claire,Quebec, and Cliff, a machinist atCrean Hill. There are 13 grand-children in the family.

Cliff is still a fisherman atheart, and enjoys nothing morethan to wet a line and bring homefresh fish for the table.

Ike Short"It's my own opinion, mind you,"

said disability pensioner Ike Short,"but I feel that it makes life muchmore interesting if a fellowchanges his job once in a while."And Ike should know. Since hejoined the Company 31 years ago,he worked in the transportationdepartment as a trackman, in thecopper reverb building as a

Mr. ond Mrs. Short

furnaceman, as a slag dump man,as a maintenance mechanic inthe crushing plant, as a black-smith, and was a carpenter at thetime of his retirement.

During his new-found leisuretime this past summer, he triedyet another job. "I became a full

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LEVACK AND LIVELY GET NEWPOLLUTION CONTROL CENTRES

New pollution control centrescosting approximately $300,000each have been provided by Inter-national Nickel to the towns ofLively and Levack, assuring thesecommunities of the most efficientsewage disposal facilities.

General manager J. A. Pigotttook part with mayor Len Turnerin the official opening of the newplant at Lively, with town coun-cillor J. Dyck as chairman of thebrief program. Town officials,interested citizens, and represen-tatives of the manufacturers werepresent. At Levack, the officialribbon-cutting was performed byadministrative assistant D. B.Taylor and Mayor I. J. Coady.

Similar facilities have also beeninstalled by the Company duringthe past year at Frood, Stobie andMurray mines, at a total cost of

Deputy mayor JohnYanda, D. B. Taylor,representing lnco,mayor Jim Coady,and councillor EricFrederickson oreshown at the opening of the new lesack facility.

over $340,000.The five new pollution control

centres are the first major instal-lations in North America usingthe unique extended aeration pro-cess, a modification of the acti-vated sludge system, in which theaverage flow of sewage Is subjectedto a 24-hour retention period fol-lowed by chlorination.

All the new mines and plantsnow under construction in Inco'shuge expansion program are beingequipped with pollution controlfacilities.

The Copper Cliff pollution con-trol centre, built by the Companyin 1958 at a cost of $680,000, rateswith the best city-owned sewagedisposal facilities on the continent.Like other larger plants it uses theactivated sludge system withheated sludge digestion.

time gardener at my canip onMcFarlane Lake." he explainedwith a grin. 'It suits me justfine,"

Born in Dudley, Staffordshire,England. in 1907. Ike came toCanada and Meath, Ontario, withhis parents in 1912. By the timehe was 17, he was working on therailroad by day and the familyfarm by night. He ended thisdouble life when he came to Incoin 1936,

His first wife, Myrtle Morrison,whom he married in 1927, died in1928 after the birth of theirdaughter Isobel, now Mrs. ElmerSchuneman of Pembroke. He wasmarried again in 1930, takingMai'garet Anderson as his bride.Their son Robert and tlseir grand-son live in Waterford.

The Shorts are all set to travelthis winter, with their sights seton Ottawa, New York cnd pointssouth.

levack's neatly designed new pollution control centre employs a unique systemwidely used in Europe but new to this continent.

Lively's new pollution control centre also uses the extended aeration process,which Was chosen for the disposal facility at Expo '67.

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"The Legion of the Living Salutes the Legion of the Dead"

NOVEMBER, 1967

ore Plant. completing thefr familyof three are John th Oskv!lle andMary a teacher n Sudbury. Sixgrandchildren are willing helperswhen its picking thuie In the largeberry patch that takes up thegreater part of Joes fiouS]1iggarden where he spends manyhappy and relaxed hours in thesunshine.

Onesime Dinard"Bowling keeps me limbered up

said peppy service pensioner One-sime Dinard. Weve got a reallivewlre league going at the St.Jean De Brebeuf parish seniorcitizens club.

Onesime has retired from his jobas baleman in the Orford buildingafter 24 years with Inco.

Born south of the border nearMayvllle North Dakota Onesime

Mr. and Mrs. Dinard

POLITE BUT FIRM But she took none when theyThe hostess asked a Uttle girl were passed and the hostess said:

dining out if she liked buttered "1 thought you liked butteredparsnips, parsnips.

'Oh yes replied the child Oh I do explained the child,politely. "1 do." 'But not enough to eat them.

Joe KoritkoSince his retirement on service

pension after nearly 32 years withthe Company Joe Koritko has be-come the official buyer o the fam-

ily groceries. I( have lots oftime now tobrowse aroundthe stores andc 0 m p a r eprices said he

• with a wink•1 and t pays

off.Joe was born

In Kraviny asmall village InCzechoslovakia,Joe Koritko in 1902. He

made his move to Canada ii 1928,and worked in Saskatchewan andon the docks at the Lakeheadbefore he joined Inco at Frood in1933. He spent his full servicethere, and for the past few yearshas been a timberman on the 800level,

His wife Elizabeth Okal whenthey were married in 1927 joineJhim in Canada in 1937 with theireldest son Jack who is now amaintenance mechanic at the Iron

was three when his family uppedstakes and moved to a farm closeto Alida Saskatchewan. He movedto Nobel In 1941, and left there forInco and the Orford building in1943.

A longtime bachelor, he marrieda Copper Cliff girl AiphonsineWalker, In 1948. A contentedcouple, they both enjoy travellingand meeting old friends at cardparties.

Onesime and his wile werehonored at a No. 3 shift pensionand welfare association stag anddoe party. He wa presented witha purse, and she with a wristwatch.

John UrbanNow that hes retired from

Frood on service pension aftermore than 36 years with IncoJohn Urbans chief occupation willbe his garden, from which he hasalways had great pleasure.

Tilling thegood earth issecond natureto John, whowas born tofarming in1902 in Se-covska P0-lanka Slova-kia. With anest egg as hisgoal he sailedfor Canada in

John Urban 1928 and wasemployed on a

farm in Saskatchewan.A search for a bigger pay

cheque brought him to Sudburyin 1930. He was hired at Froodand worked in the pillars andstopes there until 1962 when hebecame a powderman the job heheld at retirement.

His bride of 1924, ElizabethSvirbel joined him in 1938. TheIrthree sons John Joe and Mikeall live in Sudbury. Joe is a winderat the Copper Cliff smelter.

Present plans include taking iteasy, keeping tabs on his fivegrandchildren aiid organizing &trip to the old country to visitfour brothers and sisters whom helast saw in 1928.

Brigadier G. 1. Cassidy, DSO ED, of Haileybury, took the salute as 70 members of R. 1. Beattie Branch 224, RoyalCanadian Legion, marched smartly past the reviewing stand in the annual Remembrance Day parade at CopperCli1 on November 11. Mayor R. G. Dow, Silver Cross Mother Mrs. Clarence Buck, and Legion president JackBennett were in the reviewing party. The parade was led by the Copper Cliff Highlanders pipe band.

It was a gray misty day in the Nickel Belt but hundreds turned out to ceremonies like the one above at Copper Cliff,honoring the dead of two world wars. The Last Post was sounded, the standards of the color party were lowered,and following the two-minute silent salute to the fallen, a lament was played by the pipe band. In the officialparty are seen Legion secretary Ed Corbett, mayor Dow, Brigadier Cassidy, Silver Cross Mother Mrs. Clarence Buck,master of ceremonies Capt. G. H. Hervey, CD, lODE regent Mrs. Eric Kossatz, Venerable Gilbert Thompson, and Legionpresident Jack Bennett. The guard of honor was composed of members of the Highland Cadet Corps.

President of the Legion ladies' auxiliary, Mrs. Rita Flynn bows in tribute afterplacing a wreath at the cenotaph. Accompanying her are Mrs. Doris Clareand Mrs. Nell Rilley. Representatives of various other community organizationsalso laid wreaths.

NOVEMBER, 1967

Inco SubmissionHighly CriticalOf Carter Ideas

A wide ranging, 3OO-pge sub-mission to federal finance ministerMitchell Sharp on the Carter Com-mission's proposals has been madeby International Nickel.

In addition to its own resources,experience and staff, the Companyretained a number of internationally known economists and axexperts to ensure "the most knowl-edgeable examination available" ofspecific proposals and what theCompany judged to be areas ofprimary concern not only to themining industry but to the welfareof Canadians generally,

While the submission is in themain critical, it states that itsopposition is not "resistance tochange" or an unwillingness to seeimaginative new ideas implemen-ted. The submission's underlyingthesis Is that economic growth,rather than the criteria used bythe Commission, should be theprime consideration in formulatingtax policy.

The submission notes the drasticquality of the changes recomrnen-ded and pointed out that there isno experience in Canada or else-where to support the Commission'sjudgment as to the generallyfavourable impact of the recom-mended proposals. The submis-sion points out that "the Commis-sion's conclusions are based ontheoretical analysis and are highlysubjective."

"Enormously Damaging"The C o m p a n y expresses its

strongly held view that the availa-bility and use of capital would beadversely affected w i t h seriousconsequences for Canada's growthIf the Commission proposals wereadopted.

It stat that proposals for theelimination of the long-standingtax Incentives for t h e miningindustry w o u 1 d be enormouslydamaging to the industry an dshould be rejected. "If accepted,they would retard development oflarge areas of Canada, particularly

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in the northern parts of the prov-inces and other remote areas, re-duce provincial revenues and ulti-mately, federal tax revenues fromthe mining industry, cut Canada'sexports, divert foreign capital fromCanada and reduce the miningindustry's important contributionto Canada's overall e c o no m i cgrowth."

It further maintains that thetotal impact of the proposed newand dtfferen tax structure wouldbe to partially isolate Canadaeconomically, and that Canada'sbalance of payments would sufferunfavorable and probably severeeffects.

The Company supports a numberof proposed reforms on the treatment of losses, the concept of in-come averaging, the deductibility of'nothings", and reduced taxes ontransfers between spouses. Thetaxation of capital gains is alsosupported by the Company if rev-enue needs require it, but only atsubstantially lower rates than therates applicable to ordinary in-come.

AppointmentsJ. McCreedy, general manager of

the Manitoba division, announcedthe following appointments atThompson, effective October 5:

E. A. Carlyle, plant metallurgist;G. E. Vivian, general safety en-

gineer.E. A. CAItLYLE

After attending high school andCarleton College at Ottawa, RobertA. Carlyle enrolled at Queen'sUniversity, Kingston, where he

graduated i n1959 with aB.Sc. degree inmetallurgicalengineering.

He was em-- ployed by No-

randa Mines,Limited, andAluminum' Company ofOanada, beforejoining Inter-

R. A. Carlyle national Nickelin 1962 as a re-

search engineer at Port Colborne.His marriage to Sally Elsen-

Hilarious Fun at Big"Stag and Doe" Party

An excellent meal, top-notchentertainment, and more than 400members and guests in party moodwere the ingredients that produceda fun-filled evening when the Cop-per Cliff No. 3 shift pension andwelfare association of the nickel,copper, casting, separation and Or-ford buildings held its semi-annualstag and doe at the Italian Club.

Talented Levack rigger GilLevesque and his quitar-playingcountry gentlemen opened thestage show with some foot-tappingrhythms, then juggler Seppo Levionimbly demonstrated his controlof balance. Toronto comedianBenny Silverton soon had thegathering rolling in the aisles withhis clever violin shenanigans andhis side splitting patter.

Following the show, and beforethe floor was cleared for dancingto the strains of the Commodores,presentations were made to pen-sioners Onesime Dinard and Cyril

hauer, a nurse, took place at herhome town of Bridgewater, NovaScotia, in 1962. He has two sons.

If the Italian Club had to suffer anyshort drcujts or a case or two offizzled fuses, then the time to havethem would surely have been thenight that the Copper Cliff electricaldepartment welfare assodation heldts annual dinner.dance. There wouldhave been no end of expert helpand advice from the 105 spark sharks

who attended with thek ladies. Theguys and gals danced to the sweetmusic of the Stardusters, and at mid.night enjoyed beautiful servings ofItalian Club style chicken andspaghettL Organizer of the affair,able Albert Prete, did his usual finejob. At one table, shown above, wzsa group of the departments hardy

outdoor he.men, the linemen, withtheir partners. Clockwise from theleft are Jack and Iris Hunter, Leoand Helen Barbe, Mickey Stahan,Eulalia McRae, Marilyn Gale, Monka[eclair, Rita and Bernie Akey, BobLeclair, Gerry Gale, Sharon and PeteHllstrorn and Kay and Buckey Basso.

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Thrush and their wives. The menreceived purses, the ladies wrist-watches.

As usual, jolly Dennis Thyne dida first-class jcb as emcee for theaffair, and, together with his cap-able committee, deserves congratu-lations for an evening that was en-joyed by all.

Curling, playing bridge, andtravel are his favorite relaxations

G E. VIVIANBorn at Wishart, Saskatchewan,

Gordon E. Vivian attended theUniversity of Toronto where he

1960 with a

[Jgraduated in

bac helor ofscience degreein mining en-gineering.

- Immediatelyfollowing hisgraduation he

-... beganwork- with Interna-

tional Nickel atThompson as a

G E Vivian mine safetyhelper. He sub-

sequently held positions in themine as a shift boss, safety engi-neer, and divisional foreman.

His leisure time activities includefishing, hunting, curling and bowl-ing.

Incandescent PlatinumThe first incandescent lamp, de-

veloped by Thomas A. Edison, usedplatinum wires sealed in glass asa conductor for the electricity.Platinum Was used because its ex-pansion from heat is nearly thesame as that of glass.

THEY LAUGHED TILL THE TEARS ROLLED DOWN THEIR CHEEKS

AT BENNY SILVERTON

Electrical Department Held Its Annual Dinner Dance

ALL IN THE DAY'S \V

.....AT.rood '1'

Welded metal screen,used for roof support incut-and-till stopes andformat construction niundercut - and - fill, hasbecome a big supplyitem in the changingmining scene at Frood.It comes in rolls 5 feetwide, and the mine usesabout 25,000 linear feeta month. Here deck-men Ike Landry andAlbert Fontaine push atruckload of screen intothe cage, en routeunderground.

T HESE are times of change at Inco mines, times ctions in methods and equipment as the Compaipace with the demand for nickel. Here and tF

focuses on new jobs, giving them glamour. But still iiare the "unsung" jobs that are the backbone of a rThe Trinagle camera took a walkabout at Frood mineexamples of both.

I11Up in the engineering departmenta familiar scene shows Rod Mac-Donald, stope surveyor, updatingthe master longitudinal map of themine which hangs in the superin-tendent's office.

Ilolstmauhis contrtithe headfibig skipimportant

A powerful low-slung ScoopTram with a 5-ton load of ore in its bucket moves smartlyfrom muck pile to ore pass in a cut-and-fill stope just above 800 level at the Frood. Thelow camera angle accentuates the height of the big stope, which Is 20 feet. Clearly shownare the extensive roof bolting and wire screening, standard protection in this miningoperation. The cemented sand fill floor provides ideal travel for the trackless miningjuggernaut, which puts on a demonstration of ore removal that would make the oldslusher sigh with envy. You can't see him from here but Joe Jackson is at the controls.

In the plate shop Berk Keaney is burning a strip off acutting machine. The scene on the right is in the electrireconditioned. Lorne Christuik is watering the 66 nict

)RK

exciting inflova-strives to keep

re the spotlightthe backgroundfling operation.nd caught Some

The Front CoverOur drenustically lit cover plc.tare shows on. of the strikingd.velopnsonts hi tradcieu win.usg at Frood, the three-boomstrill jumbo. driUing 12-footupper hole, in 10.75 riit.JiIlifop. eu 800 leveL The track.mu jumbo (mUST ai she ce,uralconsole Is Rnile Chartnw4,

Rugged and ready arethe riggers, who thriveon the many tough in-stalation jobs that keepcropping up around themine. Here four ofthem are shown cap-ping a new rope for in-stallation on No. 2 skip.Securely bolting theloop of tough wire ropearound the thimble areOrville Brennan, Hec-tor Bleau, Fred Thorn-ton and Gene Monag-han.

iece of ^-inch plate, using the highly versatile automaticl shop, where an underground locomotive battery is being

I cadmium cells while Rene Wagg is replacing a jumper.

The well - equippedFrood machine shophandles the mine's workand also the occasional"custom" job like thisone, in which 4th yearapprentice GordonEvans is machining abushing for the idlerwheels on one of thebig electric shovels atClarabeile Open Pit.

In this picture a stope crew is loading upper holes drilled by the three-boomjumbo shown on our cover. Gil Renaud directs the hose through which An/Foexplosive is blown into the drill holes by the Anoloader which Elmer Burt Iscarrying. Fuses can be seen snspended from holes already loaded. Observingon the left is shift boss Roger Lapensee.

oel Carriere's full attention is on the dial as he manipulatess to bring a 12-ton skip of ore into the dump at the top ofam. The hoistuien, sitting alone on the platforms of theid cage hoists, have a solitary sort of a job but a highlyone.

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200 AT COPPER REFINERY STAGOver 200 attended the Copper Refinery stag party at which nine

recently retired employees were presented with gifts such as transistorradios, fishing rods and reels, and wallets of money. Each also receiveda mounted copper billet inscribed with his service record. The ninepensioners honored were A. Berube. W. Day, T. Ushick, A. Guise.F. Palakovic, L. Prete, G. Penstone, J. Morin, J. Crnich.

A delicious chicken and spaghetti dinner was served by the ladiesof the Caruso Club, where the stag was held. Master of ceremonieswas M. A. Luck. Arrangements for the highly successful party, stagedby the athletic association, was made by president Bill Brown andsecretary Bud Eles.

Some of the personalities in the big gathering are shown below:

John Tallevi certainly had the attentionof his audiencewhen this shot wastaken. On the leftare Roger Rochonand Roy Walsh, onthe right Emil Joli-coeur and HarryLyons.

Four well-known Re-finery men areshown in this pre.d i n n e r conversa-tion: Ivan Pawluch,F r a n k Palakovic,Ivan's cousin, JoePawluch, and GabePrevost.

It's hard to say who's telling who in this gag pose by Ted Moroz and Mel Luck.On the right, enjoying a chat, are Walter Day and Charlie Crouch.

No Refinery partywould be completewithout that faithfulcommittee man, JimTosto, who helpedout this time bymanning the cashbox. He's seentaking some kiddingfrom Fred Carson.In background areGeorge Perzo andJohn Juhas.

In this quartet wereBill Cook, Len Tu!-loch, Frank Cookand Tom Cornth-waite. A summeremployee, Bill Cookhas since returnedto his studies atLaurentian Univer-sity.

Inco's Clydach, Wales, RefineryGets $10 Million Modernization

A $10 million modernization pro-gram at the Clydach, Wales, re-finery of International Nickel Urn-ited has firmly established thisfacility as one of the most tech-nologically advanced metai re-fineries in the world.

Much of the nickel sold by Inter-national Nickel Limited throughoutEurope is refined in this plant,which is International Nickel's old-est refinery in terms of continuousoperation. Crude nickel oxide pro-cessed at Clydach comes from theCopper Cliff plant.

The recently completed modern-ization program includes the in-stallation of two reducer kilns,which replace 36 units of olderdesign. These large rotary kilns,designed to carry out the reduc-tion and volatilization stages of thecarbonyl process, have greatly in-creased the plant's overall effi-ciency. Modern methods of pro-cess control have been installedand a new unit has been builtto produce hydrogen gas fromnaphtha.

Among the other major improve-ments made at the Clydach re-finery in recent years have beenthe expansion of nickel powderproduction capacity and the re-placement of 240 decomposers by

18 modern, high capacity units. Anew chemical products plant acobalt refining plant, and researchand control laboratories have beenconstructed as well.

The Clydach refinery was builtat the turn of the century, follow-ing the development of the car-bonyl nickel-refining process in1889 by Ludwig Mond and CarlLanger in England. Almost three-quarters of a century later, thisvapometallurgleai process Is stillconsidered a scientific marvel. Atmoderate temperatures and atmos-pheric pressure, crude nickel istransformed into gas nd thenback into metallic nickel of thehighest purity.

The refinery today supplies some50 nickel and cobalt compounds toindustrial customers throughoutGreat Britain and ContinentalEurope, in addition to pure nickelpellets and powder. It has over1.300 employees.

Lengthy Tunnelsreached a total of 617 mIles inUnderground development in the 1966 more than the distance by

nickel mines of International road between Toronto, Ontario,Nickel in Ontario and Manitoba and Louisville, Kentucky.

Deluxe TransitRapid transit and subway cars,

newly designed in nickel stainlesssteel, weigh several tons less thanconventional steel cars and permitsavings in power costs and main-tenance of an estimated $10,000per car over a 35-year span.

An aerial view of the Clydach, Wales, refinery of International Nickel Limited,where an extensive modernization program has recently been completed. Thenew improvements firmly establish the facility as one of the most technologicallyadvanced metal refineries in the world.

An important part of the improvements at the Clydach refinery was theinstallation of two large kilns of about the same size as those in the Iron OrePlant at Copper Cliff. The Clydach kilns, one of which is shown above, operatein series, one for reduction and the other for volatilization. They replace 36units of older design.

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Gil Lafreniere and Dick PearsonChiefs of Champion Fire Brigades

Although on the cool sideweatherwlse, the month of Octoberwas nonetheIes a hot one for theCompany's firefighters as theypitted wits and skills during theannual inter-plant fire brigadecompetitions.

Champions from a field of 10 inthe pumper division, turned outto be Gill Lafrenlere's Copper Cliffsmelter brigade, while top honorsIn the non-pumper division, with15 plants and mines competing,went to Dick Pearson's fast moversfrom Murray mine.

After congraat1ng the twovictorious brigades, re inspectorDon Bray expressed his satisfaction

with the overallresults of thecontests, whichshowed a highcalibre of com-petence andteem spirit.

• Three-SecondMargin

______ It was a closefinish in thepumper divi-

• sion. with theCopper Cliff

Don Bray smelter brigadenosing out

Charron's Copper Cliff mill brigadeby a mere three seconds, with re-spective times of 182 and 185seconds. Levack town, winners inthis division for the last threeyears, and Beauchamp's shift fromCopper Cliff mifi tied for thirdplace only four seconds behindLively (Eveline) followed with 190seconds; Creighton mine 197 sec-onds; Copper Cliff smelter (Keall)205 seconds; Levack mine 208 sec-onds; Copper Cliff mill (Pidgeon)215 seconds; Lively (Fortin) 216seconds, and Copper Cliff smelter(Laframbojse) 240 seconds.

Murray Away AheadThe score sheet for the non-

pumper division showed that Mur-ray mine, with the excellent timeof 44 seconds, held a healthy lead

of 16 seconds over second placeConiston (Rivard). Other timesin this division were: Frood-Stobie7 shaft, 61 seconds; Garson. 66seconds; Crean HIll, 69 seconds;Copper Refinery (Aubin), 72 sec-onds; Frood-Stoie 3 shaft, 73seconds; Iron Ore Plant (Mor-rIson), 74 seconds; Copper Refinery(Boluk), 76 seconds; Coniston(McLean), 81 seconds; ClarabelleOpen Pit, 85 seconds; Iron OrePlant (Jack), last year's divisionwinner 86 seconds; Coniston(Strom), 92 seconds; Copper Re-finery (Clara), 98 seconds, and IronOre Plant (Pandke), 109 seconds.

Several evolutions were devisedto test the brigade's speed andefficiency, including a hydrant-to-re problem involving laying of

hose through an obstacle andopening a target door with a com-bination fog nozzle set to delivera prescribed degree of spray. Aroof top fire, represented byanother target door on an 18-foot-high building, was included to testladder techniques, and there wasalso an oil and gasoline re thathad to be brought under control byselection of the appropriate handextinguisher.

Operaung In SmokeBreathing machines and blind-

folds were used in a test of thefiremen's sense of direction. Theywere required to follow a hose intoa supposedly smoke-filled room,find another hose there, and makea connection.

Three members of each of thenon-pumper brtgades were testedon their knowledge of knots, in-cluding a rescue hitch for thelowering of a man from a roof, arolling hitch for securing a hose,and a tie for hoisting nozzles andhoses.

Two 1remen from each compet-ing unit were also tested on identi-fication of equipment located inthe area covered by the brigade.

After completion of each evolu-tion, fire inspector Bray gave a

short talk on various aspects of thetype of re fighting involved, andfinished with a question-and-answer period.

First Worked as Water BoyAt O'Donnell Roast Yard

It was In 1923 that GeorgeHamilton started his 44- yearcareer with Inco. Retired now onearly service pension, his familiarfigure wIll be missed from theCopper Cliff smelter where he hasworked as a conductor with thetransportation department since1929.

Born in St. Gabriel, Quebec, in1904, George first saw the Sudburyarea when his family moved tothe Mond village of Viotor}a Minesin 1908. They moved to the Ger-

Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton

trude Mine in 1912, and then thenext year to ODonnell, WhereGeorge started his working life atthe Canadian Copper Companyroast yard as a water boy in 1918.A conductor when the roast yardoperation ended In 1929, and hewas transferred to Copper Cliff.

He and his bride of 1927, AngevaGsuthier, brought up a family ofeight. Liil&n (Mrs. Harry South-worth), lives in Toronto, but theother seven have settled in Sud-bury, Blanche is the wife of RogerLaframbolse, Madeline is marriedto Copper Cliff smelter bin bossEd Lacote, Margaret is Mrs. RonGivoque, Annette is Mrs. Gil Dou-cette; sons George, Rene and Mikecomplete the list. So far they have31 grandchildren.

Family and friends turned outin force to the Ryan Club to honor

George and his wife at a stag anddoe party, and to present him witha ship-mounted mantle clock anda much-cherished picture of him-self proudly posing on the Com-paxy's first 100-ton electric loco-motive. Mrs. Hamilton received abouqet of red roses.

Joe GrneichAs a member of the yard and

transporttlon department at theCpper Re&iery, Joe Grncich hasoperated a crane in the pig stor-age building since he joined theOompany in 1936.

Now on pension, Joe is extreme-ly proud of his more than 30years of accident-free service.

Fort William was the place th&the headed for when he left hishome town of Dobrinj, Yugoslavia,in 1928, and he worked at a paper

Mr. and Mrs. Grncich

mill there untIl 1931 when hereturned home to marry MaryJustinic. Called by the ruggednorth country, he caine back toCanada and tnco five years later.Mrs. Grncich joined him here In1955. Their son and daughter livein Yugoslavia.

One of Joe's retirement high-lights so far has been a thr-month visit by his daughter Aflica,and a family trip to Expo.

As busy owner of an apartmenthouse on Eva Street in Sudbury,Joe plans to devote his new-foundleisure to putterthg with theplumbing and the thousand andone other little jobs that crop up.A visit to the old cuntry andtheir family is on the books forJoe and his wife for next y.r.

Winners of the pumper division championship were Gil Lafreniere's CopperCliff smelter brigade back row, Kurt Tischler, Jerzy Golebiowski, Reo Bellmore,Terry Short, Jack Gibson; front row, Bob Soucie, Gil Lafreniere (shift chief),Luke Williams, Bill Martenuk; not shown, Larry Frappier, Ralph Lebleux, JoeDubrieul, Louis Dove, Jim Pohinko.

In the non-pumper division the Murray mine brigade emerged as champions:back row, Doug Dinnes, Jack McFadden, Joe Eles, Dick Pearson (chief), FrankBeauchamp, Tom Ryan; front row, Ron Hamalainen, Ed Lachance, Bill Mun-caster, Manse Brooks; not shown, Adam Petryshyn, Bill Mattonen, Bill Gamble,Jim Kilby, Dolph Flora.

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Vinko GrzetichService pensioner Vinko Grzetlch

has some sound advice for thosewho wish to retire and be as con-tented and healthy as he is. "Themost important thing, as I see it,is to have pride In your job - no

T/ rt

Mr. and Mrs. Grzetich

matter What it happens to be," hesaid. "Secondly, take care ofyourself with regular physicalcheck-ups, and rest up when youfeel the need."

The formula has paid off wellfor Vinko, who, with more than30 years at the Copper Cliffsmelter behind him, could be mis-taken for a man in his early fiftiesany day of the week.

Born in the fishing village ofDobrinj, in Croatia, Yugoslavia,he came to Canada in 1926,worked as a furnaceman at No-randa following a trip to the oldcountry Where he was married in1935 to Jelica Franuko, he joinedInco in 1936. Since 1938 he hasworked in the nickel reverb build-ing as a fettler tender, skimmer,and, for the past 22 years, as atapper.

His wife and teenage daughterOlga joined him in Canada in1952. Olga is now the wife ofCopper Cliff control lab plantassayer Paul MuIc. One grand-child completes the family.

Vinko plans to take time offfrom the many maintenancechores connected with his apart-ment building on Frood road, andIntends to travel in Europe andpay a visit to his home town.

Pat Was Once a CottonFarmer in South Africa

E, P. Dalton, better known as'Pat", who has retired on servicepension at Port Colborne, wasborn in Dublin, Ireland on Octo-ber 18, 1902. At the end of theBoer War, Pat and his mother

Mr. and Mrs. Dalton

joined his father, who was mana-ger of a coal mine at a little town

in South Africa called Vryheid.Pat attended St. Charles College,Peter Marltzburg, Natal, and ithal-ly Durban High School.

He had a job with a motor com-pany for a couple of years andlater managed a section of a cot-ton estate at the foot of the Lem-bombo Mountains on the PongolaRiver. Surrounded by virgin bushteeming with wild life, it was 150miles from the nearest town, andall transport was by ox or donkeywagon. Pat and his father thenbought a small farm in that areaand started in cotton. Priceswere good then but in two years,with a glut of cotton on the worldmarket, the price dropped from75-50 to 10 for the best, so in1927 Pat struck out for Canada.

He wanted to see the countrybut had no money, so he got a jobas news agent on the railway and

toured Canada at the CPR'sexpense. He then worked forTeck Hughes Mines at KirklandLake, Thompson Cadillac and No-randa Mines. It was at theThompson Cadillac Mine that hewas taught assaying.

In May of 1941 Pat started withInco in the precious metals labat the Nickel Refinery in PortColborne. In 1949 he trans-ferred to the general lab. Hismain hobbies are the open spacesand hunting and fishing.

In 1932 Pat married HelenWingham. Their son John isattending high school.

Pat's fellow employees gave hima retirement party at which hewas presented with a purse ofmoney by T. Cundill, who voicedthe wish of all present that heand Mrs. Duncan would long enjoyhis retirement.

ØflBarbara Turner (accounting), Ardele Clark (personnel), Jean Donovan (mail

t e sta 1 e at onipson and file), Virginia Goodridge (general engineering); standing, Barbara Duncan(switchboard opr. - receptionist), Ann Hunt, (steno pool), Doreen Birch (general

Besides being much less interesting, the Thompson plant would be much less engineering), Brenda Harlton (laboratory), Wendy Kachanoski (general en-efficient without the young ladies whose talents and skills are so valuable in the gineering), Linda Gutray (mail and file), Phyllis Van Drunen (I.B.M. keypunch),smooth operation of the second largest nickel producer in the world. In the linda Squires (I.B.M. keypunch), Nancy Mould (accounting), Beth Reed (labora-above group photo are, left to right: seated, Mieke Kimmel (laboratory), Sadie tory), Ethel Brown (I.B.M. keypunch), Cheryl Anderson (I.B.M. keypunch),Peters (mail and file), Betty Forrest (purchasing), Judy Svenson (accounting), Maureen Abrey (I.B.M. keypunch), Ishbel Campbell (general engineering).

Another group on the distaff side at Thompson: left to right, seated, Margaret Green (personnel), Colleen Bernard(pay office), Helena Knezevic (accounting), Maria da Costa (pay office), Eleanor Morris (pay office), Patricia Biggs(geology), Barbara Bramley (steno pool); standing, Jacqueline Perrier (steno pool), Arlette Gaertner (accounting),Marilyn Franck (steno pool), Dorothy Thibert (pay office), Edna Dorrington (pay office), Irma Bernauer (purchasing),Anne Kerr (purchasing), Hilda Fricke (purchasing), Audrey Sly (accounting), Iris Montpetit (accounting), BarbaraKloppenborg (purchasing).

NOVEMBER, 1967 INCO TRIANGLE Page 13

Lively Golfers SwingAxes to Boost TheirCourse to Par 34

Most golfers feel they're fullyequipped for the course with spikedshoes, a bag of clubs, and a goodsupply of balls. Not so the LivelyGolf Club. Some of the boys therehave done as much swinging withan axe or a shovel this season asthey have with their drivers. Andthe results? Next year, when thegrass has grown in, their attractiventhe-hole par 27 course will havegrown to a par 34, after a bush-clearing program to lengthenseveral of the fairways. Close to180 members and guests attendedthe club's second annual banquetat the Italian Club to enjoy aroast beef dinner, followed by pre-sentations and dancing to the mel-low music of the Stardusters.

According to men's presidentBert Squirell, it was a most suc-cessful season, with membershipreaching the limit of 525.

The annual junior tournament,for youngsters eight to 18, saw 55tee off, while the men's club tour-ney kicked off with 80 contestantseyeing the loot. Ladies' presidentBeula Caul reported that theirmembership was up to 150 fromlast year's figure of 120; sixty com-peted for the championship.

Winner and runner-up in themen's club championship flightwere Allan Vickman and EddyMayer; in the 1st flight RandyCret.zman and Frank Young, 2ndflight Dale Borden and Dr. TerryCarscadden, 3rd flight Jack Con-nors and Walter Lalonde, and inthe 4th flight Vern Tupling andJack Young. The husband andwife championship went to Beulaand Casey Caul, with runners-upJune and Bo Seawright, while theladies club championship wasclaimed by Gerry Pappin withJewel Connors runner-up.

Full of vim and vigor, the mem-bership plans to add a large veran-cia to the clubhouse next year, andgive the building a fresh cost ofpaint.

Faithful Frood BowlingSecretary Since 1939

Retiring from his job as store-man at Frood mine, after 39years with the Company, AlbertStone recalled that it was to playsoccer for the Garson mine teamthat he crossed the ocean from hisnative Wales in 1927.

My brother was working at themine and wrote me that theybadly needed a good right-winger,and that there was lots of jobs tobe had," explained Albert, I was

Mr. and Mrs. Stone

pretty fast on my feet in thosedays, and we had some real goodfootball in the old Sudbury soccerleague."

Starting as an office boy withthe Mond Nickel Company, whichthen operated Garson mine, he

worked at the rockhouse beforemoving to Frood in 1933 to startwhat was to be his life's work inthe warehouse.

Albert and Emily Marsh, alsoof Cardiff, were married one weekbefore his move to Canada. Theirdaughter Edna is the wife of IronOre Plant welder Clarence Soule,and they have three grand-children.

His devoted service as secretaryof the Frood athletic associationbowling league, since 1939, wasrecognized by the presentation tohim of a transistor radio. I liketo think of it as a retainer," saidAlbert with a wink. A stag partywas also held in his honor bysome 120 of his workmates, andduring the eventhg he received awell-filled purse and a model ofthe warehouse truck that hadbeen his constant companion overthe years.

Among the most prominent newlandmarks in Florida is a 20-story-high nickel stainless steel cross atthe Mission of Nombre de Dios,St. Augustine. Known as a Beaconof Faith," the monument marksth site where the cro&s of Chris-tianity was first permanentlyplanted in the United States morethan 400 years ago.

Bill WincottWilliam Wincott was born in

Birmingham, England, but at thetender age of two came to Canadawith his family and took up resi-dence in Mimico, Ontario, wherehe attended school. By 1914 hisfamily was on the move again, thistime to Port Colborne.

Bill worked on the Welland ShipCanal, installing forms at Lock 8(the longest lock in the world),and then for Fraser-Brace duringconstruction of the Inco nickel

Mr. and Mrs. Wincott

refinery. It was in February of1930 that he entered the employof Inco as a skimmer in No. 1Building. He joined the carpentersin 1935 and for the past 32 yearshas demonstrated his know how"in the carpenter trade, always acheerful, obliging and safety-conscious workman.

In 1923 Bill exchanged marriagevows with Marion Hardy of PortColborne. They have one son andtwo daughters: Lois (Mrs. JosephFabi), Winnipeg; Kay (Mrs. Don-ald Noyes), photographer for thePort Colborne News; William, withInternational Milling in Buffalo,N.Y.; another son, Donald, gavehis life in the Second World War.They have 10 grandchildren.

Bill is a hobbyist. He raisesprize bantam chickens and pigeons,and is presently also raisingcanaries. He is also an ardentlawn bowler.

At a gathering in the machineshop Bill was presented with apurse of money from his fellowemployees. C. H. Ott expressed

the Company's appreciation forBill's faithful service, with bestwishes for his retirement.

George HornbyFrood pensioner George Hornby

can recall some very vivid memo-ries of the pioneering days in theWest. Born in Toronto in 1902,

G e 0 r g e waseight when hisfather ified ona homestead

- of 160 praIrieacres at Senlac,Saskatchewan."We built ourown sod housea n d ploughed

____ the soil with ateam of oxen,"he said. 'It

/ was a three-

George Hornby mile hike to0 u r one-roomschool. There was one teacher for50 children in the eight grades.She sure had lots of courage."

Three years of drought followedby grasshopper plagues was enoughto convince George that his futurelay elsewhere, a n d in 1937 heheaded east to work undergroundat Frood. He came to surface asa bulldozer operator at the openpit in 1942k and worked there untilthe pit closed in 1957. From thezunW retirement he was a main-tenanee mechanic in the machineshop.

Married s i n c e 1931, Georg&sgrown-up family includes Neil InFort Frances, Helen (Mrs. JimAdams) and Vern in Sudbury, andGeraldine, a nurse at the BlindRiver Hospital. Eight grandchil-dren are on his regular visitor'slist.

ThIS retirement bit takes a lotof getting used to," said George,who Is the picture of health. '1haven't figured out yet just whatI'm going to do, but I'm certainof one thing - there'll be no morepunch cards and whistles for me- I'm free!"

This group of gracious ladies,enjoying an afternoon chat overa cup of tea, has a unique dis-tinction - all are wives of man-agers, past and present, of theCompany's nickel refinery at PortColborne. Their husbands heldthe post in succession from 1923,collectively representing a total of178 years of service with Inco.

From the left are Mrs. MabelFreeman, wife of W. J. Freeman,manager from 1959 to 1961; Mrs.Rhea Tuck, wife of J. H. Tuck,

manager from 1961 to 1964; Mrs.Ethel Walter, widow of H. W.Walter, whose term as managerwas the longest, 1923 to 1945; Mrs.Margaret McQuire, widow ofR. C. McQuire, manager from1946 to 1958; Mrs. Helen Koth,wife of W. R. Koth, present man-ager who was appointed in 1964.All reside in Port Colborne.

Mrs. Walter will be 86 onNovember 20; she is the motherof assistant plant manager J. H.Walter.

Complete with trophies and victory smiles are the winners of the Lively GolfClub 1967 championships: meWs club champion Allan Vickman, ladies clubchampion Gerry Pappin, and husband-andwife champions Beula and CaseyCaul.

Wives of Five Succeeding Refinery Managers

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Partners Above and BelowThey Mine Mink

The partnership of stope leaderJoe Kuhle and driller Louis vanDyk on the 3200 level at Levackdoesn't end when the two ambi-tious and hard-working minersfinish their shift. On their owntime, they're also partners in mink.

'Windy Lake Joe" and "Dutchy",a.s they're known at the mine,started their underground partner-ship in 1959, three years after Joeleft Germany for Canada and twoyears after Louts emigrated fromRotterdam, Holland. Joe had beena tailor and Louis worked on adairy farm.

Their mink ranching partnershipstarted in 1963 when they bought11 of the furry little animals -eight females and three males -for $550 from the Southern Ontariomink centre at Fergus, and instal-led them in individual wire pensthey had constructed on a peace-ful wooded site near Joe's modernhome overlooking Windy Lake,some two miles from Levack.

In the first year they averagedthree and a half offspring perlitter - mink produce one litter ayear - and since then have ship-ped 130 pelts to the annual fui'auction in Montreal.

They added a black mink totheir stock in 1965, and currently

Ground,As Well As Nickel

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their pens hold some 200 animals,40 black, 159 pastel and semi-huff,and one handsome fellow which, bya whim of mutation, is pink-eyedwith white fur.

After careful scrutiny of theirmeticulously kept breeding recordcards, the stock will be reduced toabout 40 females and 10 malessome time this month, and thedelicate business of pelting for themarket will begin. At this time ofyear the pelt,s are at their best -the top hairs are long and theunderhairs are thick and fine.

"During October and Novemberwe have to watch the weatherpretty closely," explained Joe. "If amink gets wet in the cold weatherit usually ends up with pneumonia,and is dead within 24 hours, Thepelt is no good to anybody then."

Pelt prices are controlled by sup-ply and demand. A few years agoa good skin would fetch $50, butat the auctions last year $20 wasthe best price that Joe and Louiswere offered. "Fur fashions andfads create the ups and downs,"said Joe. "One item that causedquite a flurry of interest was ablack mink bikini, but it didn't addmuch pep to the market."

Pelts from Canada go mainly toGermany and the United States.

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About 50 pelts must be tanned andstretched to make a coat. Blackpelts are worth more than brownones, which is the next most popu-lar color. One breeder developeda jet black mink, sold pelts for$1,000 and breeding animals for$5,000 each.

Mash for mink consists of about60% fish. "It puts sheen and colorinto the fur," explained Louis. Thebalance is carefully made up witheggs, liver, horsemeat and cereal.A heavier meat content is fed tothe animals during the springbreeding season. A healthy minkwill eat about half a pound ofmash a day, and requires a con-stant supply of fresh water.

Joe and Louts sidestep the choreof mixing their own feed by buyingit in frozen 50-pound slabs from aFergus supplier. A 1,000-poundsupply is always on hand, storedin the deep-freeze chest,s adjacentto the pens. "Thawing it out inmid-winter can be a problem,"observed Joe.

Other problems that have to befaced include those that presentthemselves d u r i n g the springbreeding period. "After the intro-duction, some of the couples justdon't see eye to eye," explainedLouis, 'and that's enough to start

the fur flying and a fight to thedeath."

Joe and his wife Hannelie havea family of two, Joey, 6, and Bir-git, 5. Louie and Geertje also havetwo youngsters, Johnny, 6, andTeddy, 2.

Not content with a finger in onlytwo pies, Louis runs a dry cowboarding farm on his 160 acres inChelmsford. "There are 55 animalson the place right now," said Louis,"and I've just finished cutting andstacking 5,000 bales of hay for thewinter."

What with mining, mink, andcows, it's a sure thing that there'snever a dull moment for Joe andLouis.

Paddy GuisePaddy Guise admits that he's

never had it so good. Retired fromthe Copper Refinery on disabilitypension after nearly 24 years withInco, he now enjoys the freedomthat lets him watch television lateshows until the small hours of themorning, then tumble into bed andsleep until noon.

Born and christened Albert inCopper Cliff in 1917, he left hIsjob at a Sudbury garage to jointhe Company at the refinery in

"w 1943, and has

-f - worked withthe transporta-

P tion depart-I ment there

ever since.

/ who confesses

earnest searciLhe never couldfind the rightgal to be his

Paddy Guise life partner,Paddy has en-

joyed all the comforts of homewhile living with his youngersister, Mrs. Lenore Spark, for thepast 25 years.

A transistor radio and a copperplaque recording his service withthe Company were presented toPaddy at the Caruso Club, whenthe Refinery boys held a stag forseveral of their new pensioners.

With a natural meanness, and a set of razor.sharp teeth, mink are readyto fight and bite anything that moves, including the hand that feeds them.Protected by stout leather gloves, Joe Kuhle holds one of their 200 animalswhile he and his partner, Louis van Dyk, inspect the condition of its fur.

Showing their natural inquisitiveness, three of the inmates crowd to the frontof their cages to see what's going on. Seen between two of his more commonsemi-buff color companions is the only pink-eyed white mink on the ranch.With 24 known shades between black and white, odd mutations can and dooccur. A palamino put in an appearance on the Khule-van Dyk ranch last year.

It's feeding time at the only mink ranch between Levack and Pointe au Baril. Meals of mash, containing about 60%fish together with horsemeat, eggs and liver, are served twice a day to the ever hungry and constantly activeanimals. Louis is shown placing the food on the top of the wire mesh enclosures, while Joe makes a regularinspection of the snug straw-lined sleeping and nesting quarters.

200 Enjoyed First Annual PartySuch a success that many af the men naw think ance a year isn't often enough,the first annual Pensioners Ball of the combined mechanical, electrical andstores departments at Coniston was thoroughly enjoyed by 100 couples. Tworecently pensioned employees, Cyprien Larocque and Don Keir, were presented

Gid CostelloIt was in 1940 that Gid Costello

left his firemans berth on anocean-going oil tanker to join theInco mechanical department atCopper Cliff. Retired now ondisability pension on account ofarthritis, after 26 years with theCompany, Gid confessed, "A coupleof slow convoys in those big tubswas enough for me."

Born in Larchwood in 1911, andraised in Sturgeon Falls, he work-

Mr. and Mrs. Costello

ed as a timekeeper for the CPR atSturgeon, and in the express officein Sudbury, before going to sea.

After two years with Inco hejoined the RCAF in 1942 sej,redin England, crossed to France ontraffic control just after D-Dayin 1944, and returned to Canadawith his war bride, DorothySwainson of Great Yarmouth, in1946.

He returned to the mechanicaldepartment the same year, andhad worked in the shops officesince 1965.

Gid and Mrs. Costello have onedaughter, 18-year-old Linda, whoattends grade 13 at Nickel DistrictHigh School. They live on FourthAvenue, Sudbury, with a fine viewof Lake Ramsey from high abovethe shore line.

Bill RadeyLabor boss in the Orford build-

ing since 1938, Bill Radey hasretired on service pension after

Mr. and Mrs. Radey

more than 30 years with theCompany. Since I retired,' saidBill with his familiar twinkle in

his eye, one thing has becomevery plain, I can't boss the laborat home."

Bill was born in 1902, in NorthOnslow, on the north shore of theSt. Lawrence. As one of a familyof 10 he became a breadwinner at14 in the local sawmill. He attended barber school in Montreal in1927, and for the next two yearscut hair In Quyon, Quebec. Hemoved to the Sudbury area andInco in 1937.

His marriage to Mary VelmaBean in 1933 has been blessedwith a family of five: Joan Is Mrs.Ron Levigne of Sudbury, )arllives in Capreol, Ed in Montread,Gerry in Vancouver, and Keith inEspanola. Of their 12 grand-children nine live locally andthree in Montreal.

In excellent health, Bill plans torelax and take life as it comes."Visiting the family will be ourprime purpose in life,' he said.That will keep us happy and

busy enough."

Precious SparkersElectrodes in aircraft sparkplugs,

which fire an average 1,100 tImeseach minute at the cruising speedof a piston engine airliner, havetips made of the precious metalplatinum.

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with well-filled wallets, and their wi's with bouquets of flowers. Shown aboveore some of the head toEle guests 1, Miss lizo Riutto and Frank Sottte of the

smelter fitters, who was master of ceremonies, with Mr. and Mrs. CyprienLarocque; 2, chief electrician Herb Goodspeed and Mrs. Goodspeed, plantsuperintendent Roy Snitch and Mrs. Snitch; 3, Mrs. Price and mechanicalforeman Verdel Price, Miss Frances Grant and master mechanic Ross Ferguson.

August's Not Ready YetFor That Lazy-Boy Li/c

An underground track boss atFrood since 1950, and an Incaemployee since 1929, service pen-sioner August Pintur isn't ready tobe eased into a rocking chair justyet. "The boys at the mine pre-sented me with a dandy lazy-boy.

guess they figured I needed to

Mr. and Mrs. Pintur

at Frood in 1929 as a trackman,and has worked all of 1-us 37 yesrswith the Company there. "I work-ed on surface for a short while,"recalled August, but it was alwaystoo hot or too cold, or too wet, andI was glad when I went under-ground again."

A girl from his village, BarbaraBerecek, became his wife in 1921.Their son Joe Is a Sudbury highschool teacher and daughter Maryis Mrs. John Kirwan, who alsolives in Sudbury. 'Their twograndchildren are regular callers.

August doesn't plan to matchthe 20 miles a day that he figureshe walked at the mine, but Istaking regular strolls tAD visit hisold friends around town. These,together with summer gardeningand wine making in October, willkeep him happily occupied duringhis retirement years.

rest my legs after all the track-walking I've done," said he witha grin. "I appreciate theirthoughts, but there will be lots oftime for sitting down when I getold.'

August's track experience start-ed in Volavje in his native Croatia,and on his arrival in Canada in1926 he was employed on railroadwork in the West. He joined Inco

Two miners sat down to esttheir lunch. One began to Un-wrap a package some 18 incheslong which was tied to his lunchpall.

'Whats that?" asked the other.My wife's away," said the first,

so I made myself a pie."A bit long, isn't it?"

"Long? Sure it's long, itsrhubarb."

Arrangements for the dinner and dance at the Club Allegri were capably handled by a committee representative of themechanical, electrical and stores departments. Members of the committee with their ladies posed for this photograph:Carmen and Gerry Regimbal (blacksmith and machine shop), Villia and Angelo Franchetto (carpenter shop), Miss LizaRiutta and Frank Sottile (smelter fitters), Colette and Bob Conlon (electric shop); Mary and Dino Santi (stores), Rose andBill Poirier (sinter plant fitters), Letisia and Armand Lemieux (plate shop).

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Faithful Bikes StillPart of the SceneAt Nickel Refinery

In this day and age when Justabout everybody gets around bycar - even if they have only afew blocks to go - its unusual tosee well-filled bicycle racks in aplant parking lot.

But to a considerable numberof nickel refinery workers at PortColborne, the trusty bike is stillthe favorite, health-giving, inex-pensive means of transportationto and from the job.

Twenty years ago, before theinsidious auto completed its con-quest and legs went out of style,there were six 40-bike racks in thenickel refinery parking lot. Al-though the need for this accom-modation has gradually dwindled,there are still some 50 Incoitesremaining faithful to their two-wheeled steeds except in the mostinclement weather.

Most of the cyclists live withinfive or 10 minutes pedalUng timeof the plant. The man who couldbe aptly titled the senior cyclistis that sprightly 62- year - oldsampler, Charlie Given, who haspumped his way to and from theplant, summer and winter sincehe joined the Company in 1927.

Charlie lives just over a milefrom the plant gate, and admitsthat on the occasional stormy dayin mid-winter he breaks down andresorts to the comforts of his car.For nearly 15 years, the old bike

and I didn't miss a day," saidCharlie proudly.

From the economy viewpoint it'shard to beat Charlie's low costtransportation. He bought hisbike second hand back in 1928 forthe very reasonable price of $4.00and apart from a new pair oftires every three years or so, hehas replaced little more than theoil needed for lubrication. 'Thehandlebars came apart a fewyears back recalled Charlie, 'butI clamped em together with apiece of pipe and I've had notrouble since.

"I guess well retire together.We could both take off now onearly pension, but if she doesn'tfall apart in the meantime, maybeIll wait till I'm 65."

disability pension after a longbattle with arthritis.

Born in Fullbrook, near Perth,in 1907, he left shoes for nickelmining when he joined the Com-pany in 1938. "I started on motor

I C

Mr. and Mrs. Scott

crew, and I finished on motorcrew said Cliff. "I enjoyed mywork because I was always on thego, and that suited me fine, I can'tbear standing around with noth-ing to do.

Cliff and Marie Pratt tied thematrimonial knot in 192? and havetwo sons. Orville lives in Peter-borough and Gerald In Sudbury.There are already six grand-children to carry on the familyname.

Steve CulumovwForty-one years is a long time

but Steve Culumovic has completedthat many years at the Nickel Re-finery in Port Colborne and is now

Mr. and Mrs. Culumovic

retiring on service pension. Hisservice dates from July, 1926, theyear he came out from Yugoslavia.

Steves first and oniy job inCanada has been with Inco. Heworked In the leaching, calcining

and sinter department until itscurtailment in 1951. when he wastransferred to the electrolytic de-partment. For the past 16 yearshe has efficiently carried out theduties of sampler and boxman.

Steve and Monda Culumovic,who were married in 1926, havetwo sons and one daughter: Anna(Mrs. Harry Fyke) of Port Col-borne, Steve in Toronto, and Peterin Maine. Five grandchildren com-plete the Culumovic family.

Presentation of a purse of moneywas made to Steve from his work-mates by C. H. Ott, who thankedhim on behalf of the Company andwished him and Mrs. Culumoviclong happiness.

Vince HowardThere was a bumper crop of

snow in Copper Cliff in 1936 re-called disability pensioner Vince

Howard. He- should know,

for that wasthe year hecame to CopperCliff from hishome town on

4 Allumette Is-land, Quebec,to shovel thewhite stuff fortown foreman

Vince Howard Bert Stone. ewas 19.He moved to the comfortable

warmth of the nickel reverb build-ing in the smelter the same year,and worked there for the full 28years of hs service with Inco, re-tiring as a furnaceman.

His bride of 1940, Irene Rochon,died in 1948, leaving him with adaughter, Joan, now the wife ofJohn Dube of Rochester, New York,and mother of Vince's three grand-children.

With a lifetime hobby of car-pentry behind him, Vince is nowspending much of his leisure timein his basement workshop makingall the things that he never hdtime for during his busy workingyears.

Safe and secure from the elements,these trusty holdouts In the auto ageawait their masters in the two remain-ing bike racks in the nickel refineryparking lot.

Cliff ScottRetired now from his job on an

underground motor crew at Frood,after nearly 29 years with Inco,Cliff Scott recalled memories ofhis first job as a rough-rounderin a Perth shoe factory. "My jobwas to cuf the excess leather fromthe sole after it had been stitchedto the upper." he explained. 'Iwas on piece work, and it didn'tdo to have an unsteady hand themorning after a night out withthe boys - it would have put ahole in my wages," Cliff is on

A. Y. Jackson Paintings Presenied to LibraryA painting by thecelebrated Cona- ., 'dian artist, A. V.Jackson, one of thefamed "Group of .Seven" with hisbrush at the age of84, was presented ,.to the Copper CliffCentennial Library . -by S. Walter Stew .art of To r onto, Y. -

chairman of theEast York public li-brary board and -immediate past pre-sident of the CanaIian Library TrusteesAssociation. He is _______shown on the left,handing over hi5gift to Alex Cros5grove, chairman ofthe Copper Cliff public library board. The Sudbury and Algoma districts havelong been favorite haunts of Jackson, supplying many scenes for his vigorousand colorful work. Mr. Stewart's gift shows Onaping Falls on the rood toLevack. Another Jackson original, painted at Coniston, has been presented tothe Copper Cliff library by Mr. Stewart's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. andMrs. John Dowsett of Copper Cliff.

Lunch pails aboard, part of the Port Colborne nickel refinery's bicycle brigadewheels past the main gates, homeward bound at the end of the shift.

Sampler Charlie Given is the seniorcyclist, with 40 years in the saddle.The small seat on the crossbar wasinstalled for his three children, is nowused by his grandchildren.